Secret of Scarlet
Chapter 06: Secret of Mission
A week has passed since the festival. Naruto at the time was having fun with the guild, watching how the Mages reacted to the excommunication of Laxus, Natsu more especially. The blonde sighed as Natsu tried to talk Makarov out of excommunicating Laxus. He just doesn't get it, does he? Makarov was in more pain about releasing Laxus than anyone else. But he had to, because of what Laxus did.
Days have passed and Natsu was still mad about Laxus being excommunicated that he vented his anger by challenging Naruto in more duels. Naruto, being fully healed after a day, much to everyone's surprise finally accepted 5 days after the festival, seeing that Natsu was finally healed as well.
Needless to say, Natsu was thrilled and immediately rushed at Naruto, his arms a blazed.
(5 days after Festival)
"Karyuu no Tekken! (Fire Dragon's Iron Fist)"
Naruto sighed before dodging it slightly and kicking Natsu outside. "Can we at least take this outside?" He asked, calmly walking outside as Natsu got back on his feet. "As long as I get to fight you, I'm ok with it!" The pink head roared, charging in once more.
"Karyuu no Kenkaku! (Fire Dragon's Sword Horn)" He roared, putting himself on fire and rushing towards Naruto with his head bent. Naruto sighed, bringing his leg up before Natsu was stopped with a foot on his head. Everyoen was flabbergasted at this Natsu tried to punch Naruto.
"Dammit! Let me punch you! Dammit!"
"Not the most inviting way to get punched, no thanks." Naruto said, pushing Natsu farther away with a small thrusting kick.
Natsu rolled against the ground before getting back up. "Arrgh! Karyuu no Houkou!" Cupping his hands around his mouth, Natsu breathed out a large ball of fire as Naruto blinked. "That's one huge-ass flame you got there…" He commented before sticking out his right hand. Some of the guild members warned the blonde as the flames came dangerously close, before, to their surprise, it was repelled by an unseen force.
"What the hell!" Natsu yelled in confusion as Naruto was suddenly before him. "Crap!"
"Rasengan…" Naruto muttered, thrusting a small orb of spiraling energy onto the Dragon Slayer, before the pink head was thrown all the way across town, spiraling. Naruto watched as Natsu crashed onto the ground. "Whoops, I thought I powered down the Rasengan a bit… guess I didn't…"
It took a while for the guild to realize that the battle was over, seeing that Naruto has somehow pulled Natsu in front of him. In fact, during the entire fight, Naruto hasn't even moved from his position. A few Mages rushed towards Natsu to help him up as Naruto went there himself. Natsu grunted in pain as Naruto let down a hand. "Hey, you ok?" The blonde asked as Natsu grabbed it.
"Man, that was a tough attack!" Natsu said. "You gotta fight me again next time!" He yelled in enthusiasm. Naruto blinked, chuckling. "I suppose."
In the end, Gajeel also tried to challenge Naruto to a fight, only to be shot down as Naruto replied that he needed money for his rental fee and started looking for a job to do. By the end of the day, Gajeel was still waiting for Naruto to fight him only to be told that they'll fight next time. When "next time" is, no one knows.
(A week after the Festival)
Naruto yawned as he walked towards Fairy Tail before seeing Lucy walking determinately out of the guild. "Ohayo Lucy. You going somewhere?" Naruto asked as Lucy hesitantly nodded. Seeing the hesitation, Naruto frowned. "Is something wrong?"
"N-no! Nothing wrong! Ahahaha…" Lucy tried to change Naruto's mind as the blonde frowned further. The blonde sighed. "You going on your first solo mission?"
"H-hai."
The blonde smiled. "Alright then, you take care of yourself now." He said, leaving as Lucy raced on. Turning to Team Natsu, who was equally as confused as he was, he asked, "So… you guys going somewhere?"
(Later…)
Naruto sighed as he looked at the bulletin board for any jobs he could do. Sighing to himself once more, Naruto noticed Team Natsu coming back. "Oh, you guys back already?"
"Yep, I finished what I had to do pretty early!" Lucy said as Team Natsu prepared to go on their planned mission. Naruto nodded before slumping on his seat, sighing. Erza, taking notice of this, asked, "Is something wrong, Naruto-san?"
"Eh, nothing… I just have no idea what to do, seeing that most of these jobs are pretty boring or they don't pay enough…" The blonde responded as the group noticed that it was true on the bulletin. Erza, thinking of an idea, suggested, "Then why not come with us?"
The others, however, weren't too happy with that. "EHH! But Erza!" They started before one glare from the red head halted them in their tracks. Naruto was skeptical, as he knew that the group didn't really need him to help. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure." Erza answered the blonde's question.
Sighing for the umpteenth time for the day, Naruto sighed (again). "Sure, why not?" The blonde accepted the offer, smiling.
(Later…)
Lucy is seen wearing a very revealing maid outfit as she asked the customers what they wanted. Later on, she threw down her order slip, wondering what the hell she was doing, to which Natsu answered, "Come on Lucy, this is a job, you know."
"What part of this seems like a Mage's job to you! And what's with this revealing outfit!" Lucy retorted as Happy answered, "The chiefs in this restaurant make Magical food, after all!"
"Yup. And we're here to help you out, remember?" Natsu tried to jog his teammate's memories when the blonde yelled, "No eating the customer's food!"
A large potato was slammed onto Natsu's head as it flew back to one of the chief's hands. It revealed to be Naruto who was displaying a dancing like skill of cooking as he and his clones prepared the foods. Children nearby scooted closer to him to watch him dance as he said, "No eating the food, Natsu." Going in "Scolding" mode, he continued, "It's for the customers…" With an intimidating face, Natsu quickly took a new plate of food and gave it to the customers, obviously scared of the face.
Later, Gray came out wearing nothing but boxers and a bow tie. "And the waiter's uniform isn't that bad either." He commented. "It's good to change once in a while!"
"Try wearing the uniform then!"
"And who are we doing this for again?" Gray retoted to which Lucy apologized meekly. Naruto laughed, "Don't sweat it, Lucy! Besides, I need money; too, so technically, we're doing this for you and me!"
"And besides, check it out…" Gray commented, nodding at one direction as the group glanced at Erza who was seductively asking for any orders. The group sweat-dropped, save for Natsu and Happy who were busy eating any leftover food from Naruto's pile. "Somebody seems to be over enthusiastic about this…" Gray continued his sentence.
Lucy let out a whining sound, before turning her attention to Naruto. "But still, Naruto-san, how are you doing all that cool moves with those knives and food?" She asked, gesturing at Naruto's dances and unique techniques to cooking. The blonde blinked. "Ah, well, seeing as how I had to raise my daughter on my own, I had to cook for her, and since she liked entertainment, I had to think of something, y'know." He said, before suddenly he turned gloomy, his clones stopping and the doppelgangers collapsing on the table. "My… my daughter…" He said, an atmosphere of dread and sadness washing over him.
"OKAY OKAY OKAY! Enough thinking about bad thoughts!" Lucy tried to snap the blonde out of it as the children appeared to be a little scared about this turn of personality.
(Later…)
After work, Yajima, an ex-member of the Council, thanked the group before handing the money over. Erza, still in her maid outfit, asked how things were at the council as the old man said that he wasn't part of it anymore and that the Council were busy rebuilding themselves from scratch, gathering new members, and trying to set everything back into order. Naruto smiled as he shook hands with the Cook. The two have formed a fast relationship, seeing as they both like Ramen, and both were a bit off about politics and didn't like it very well. Yajima also reminded Naruto of his surrogated grandfather, if how he acted towards Team Natsu showed any resemblance.
Yajima then warned Natsu and Gray about the upcoming new Council and that he won't be there to save them from trouble any longer, so they should watch what they will be doing. Erza responded that she'll keep an eye on the two opposite elements as Naruto stared at her with longing and awe.
"As I thought, she acts just like me and her…" He thought to himself. The blond sighed to himself. "I wonder if what Makarov said was true…"
(Flashback, after the Festival)
"Naruto, I have something to tell you…" Makarov said, after the party ended and everyone left for home. The two met at the Master's office before the old man sat down. "I have something to tell you." He repeated his last statement to which Naruto commented on, before he continued, "It concerns your daughter."
This caught the blonde's attention as he hurriedly asked, "What! Really? Where is she? Can I see her? Is she here? Tell me!"
"Hold your horses!" Makarov calmed the blonde down. "Now, I don't want to keep your hopes up, but I'll tell you this…"
The blonde leaned forward, wanting to hear what Makarov wants to say. "Your daughter… is a Fairy Tail Mage."
Naruto, for the first time in many years, felt as if a ton of weight has been lifted off his shoulders as he sat on the chair. Feeling his tears coming, Naruto rested his hands on his face. "Which one is she…?" He asked, knowing that there were countless females in Fairy Tail.
Makarov sighed. "I'm not sure if my guess is correct, so I won't tell you, just in case." Naruto nodded, understanding why the Master of Fairy Tail said that. "However, I will say this. She is closer than you think."
(Flashback end)
Naruto sighed once more that day before a shout called for him, "Naruto-san, we're leaving!"
Looking up, he saw Erza waving at him as the group went farther away. Bowing toward Yajima, the blonde raced after Team Natsu before smiling at Titania. "I hope my daughter is you, Erza… not only are your looks and names the same, you are what your mother and I thought you to be. And we will be proud of you, no matter what happens…" He thought to himself, walking and talking with the group back to Fairy Tail.
Ignisha's Notes: OOH! Naruto is figuring out who his daughter is! And it seems like he knows who it is too! But will he really figure it out? Find out in the next chapter!
Ignisha's Facts: Decided to leave the fact about Naruto's wife for later on. So any of you who already read this chapter before I switched, ERASE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE CONCERNING NARUTO'S WIFE OR YOU SHALL FEAR MY LASER FACE! *BWAAAHHH~~~*
I forgot to say something about Naruto and Erza's obsession of Ramen... I actually planned for our crazy blonde to eat Ramen after the festival, but I guess i forgot... hehehe. So I guess I'll do it in the next chapter. Hopefully, that is. But yes, Naruto and Erza love Ramen, and Erza adopted Naruto's insane stomach and is almost always hungry, hence why Naruto had to learn how to cook. And since little Erza from the past loved entertainment and cool dances, Naruto had to learn how to do cool tricks, like tossing the knife around and cutting the ingredients and making funny shapes and sizes with it. I actually adopted this idea of dancing cooks from one of my favorite restaurants, and the most expensive one as well, called Tanaka Tokyo. It's pretty famous for their cooks who will dance and do cool tricks while cooking at the same time.
Anyway, that's all I have for facts of the day, so later bubs!
READ AND REVIEW! For the next chapter will finally go for Oración Arc! Until then, Later!