No.1 Guild Konoha!
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Lucy Heartfilia sighed. Despite her pose for the shop keeper, he still charged her 10,000 jewels for a Canis Minor key. The white dog was cute, but that was excessive. However she HAD to have it, Canis Minor was THE key to have for girls these days.
She brushed her shoulder reaching blonde hair out of her brown eyes, tucking it behind her blue ribbon that matched the rest of her outfit, a sleeveless blue and white top, a blue mini skirt and a brown belt with her gate keys and battle whip attached.
Off in the distance she noticed a rather large crowd of women growing; she decided to see what the commotion was about, she didn't think anything interesting would happen in the little port town of Haregon.
"Salamander-sama, can I have your autograph?" asked one brunette in a pink dress
"Salamander-sama, you're amazing!" cried a blonde with green eyes.
Lucy peered in closer and found a rather unattractive man - who had blue hair, slightly tanned skin, a prominent chin and was dressed up exuberantly in purple and yellow robes- she didn't know what the fuss was about, the man wasn't famous, at least she didn't think so…
Wait salamander, wasn't he a member of fairy tail who used powerful fire magic, a member of THE fairly tail! She had to ask him if he could get her into the in/famous guild (depending on who you asked) of her dreams. Fairy tail was famed for their strong, beautiful; destructive members, Lucy couldn't see who wouldn't want to be a member of them. After all, they were always headlining in sorcerer magazine for their destruction.
As she approached Salamander to ask if she could get into fairy tail she realised she had miss judged him, his perfect smile, his wild hair his- wait! That peculiar pink ring on his finger, it was a magical artefact that cast illegal love magic! It was banned by the magic council last year due to the amount of crimes it helped commit, and the fact it caused people to do things against their will, yet was easy to but from a stranded magic shop.
"Oi!" she called " That magic, it was banned last year, if the rune knights were here, they'd lock you up straight away, a member of fairy tail or not!"
"What magic dear? What's your, sweetie?"
"Don't call me sweetie; the trick to love magic is knowledge of it! And it's Lucy, future member of fairy tail!"
"How talk to Salamander-sama in that tone of voice!" shouted the swarm of charmed women, who were ready to murder for 'the love of their life'.
And as such, Lucy was driven of by a mob of rabid women, fuelled by an illegal love magic.
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Naruto was merrily stuffing his face his all sorts of different ramen flavours. He didn't even care as the broth dripped down from his dried out lips, over his sun kissed skin and landed on his black and orange jacket.
"Chef fill me up!" shouted the blonde sixteen year old, who's hair went down to the top of his neck and bangs framed his face.
"Another miso?" the middle aged chef inquired.
"Damn right 'tte bayo!" Naruto responded, his verbal tick slipping in, something he'd had since before his whisker marks.
As Naruto slurped through the noodles and broth, he noticed a blonde young woman who appeared to be around his age sit down on a comfortable, black stool in the small ramen stand. By the looks of the gate keys hanging at her side she was a celestial spirit mage, although he couldn't see a guild mark, so she was probably a new mage.
This was quite the opposite to Lucy, who would have thought such a terribly mannered person could be a mage, but knew he had to be due to the leaf shaped, orange coloured guild insignia on his forehead, an unusual place to put a guild mark.
"Hi, what's your name, mines Lucy." Lucy pondered
"Naruto." The mage revealed whilst eating ramen.
"So, what guild are you from, I don't recall one with a leaf mark?" Lucy questioned in an attempt to make small talk with the unusually dressed man.
"Konoha." Naruto quickly replied before getting straight back into eating his ramen.
"Leaf? I've never of that guild, is it small, because I know most of the large one?"
"No! But we are in a pretty secluded area, but it doesn't mean bad, nu- u, were gonna be the No.1 guild, Datte Bayo!" Naruto burst out after finishing his ramen.
"Oh, I'm sorry if I insulted you, I'll pay for your ramen to make it for it."
Naruto didn't care about Lucy's mistake, but who was he to decline free ramen?
"That 'el be 8245 jewels miss." The short, balding owner said.
"WHAT! Where's that damn mage gone?" Lucy said outraged that the ramen nearly cost as much as her gate key and the fact that Naruto had ditched her to pay the extortionate price.
"It will be 8245 jewels miss."
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Lucy walked down the promenade gazing out at the sea, wondering where that piggish, blonde mage had gone. As she pondered it she didn't notice she bumped into the blue haired man from earlier.
"You again, I ought to get the rune knights on you!" Lucy shouted at the criminal in front of her.
"Now now, I was only doing it to feel like a celebrity." He informed Lucy.
"That's no excuse for violating people emotions like that!" Lucy blurted out at him.
"Look if we just shove this under the metaphorical red carpet that was at my feet, I can do something for you." The mage tolled Lucy.
"Nothing you could do will interest me!"
"So you don't want to be a member of fairy tail Lucy-chan?" The blue haired man questioned, knowing just what to say to his target.
"What? You could really get me into fairy tail!"
"Sure just be on my boat at 9:30 tonight and you can meet some friends of mine. You'll see what boat it is, it will have a red carpet leading on to it." He informed Lucy.
"Okay, but you better not be using your love charm there!"
"Of course I won't."
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9:30 pm
Lucy had just finished the walk from the tiny hotel she was staying at, to the imposing boat that had a tacky looking red carpet in front of it. The walk had being a long one, as the hotel was situated on the other side of town.
"Welcome aboard!" said the mage from earlier. "I hope you enjoy the party."
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Whilst on board, Lucy met lots of the women from earlier, and she couldn't help but wonder why they were here, they weren't joining fairy tail were they. In fact the males on board were the sailors, it was rather suspicious.
Just at that moment she saw the blue haired man from earlier walk into the large room where the party was taking place. He walked past the grand marble doors, under the golden chandelier, and finally with a face splitting grin on his face into the centre of the room, next to a obviously fake plant.
She walked forward to ask him her questions, when all of a sudden he raised his finger. An antique looking ring ,that was an emerald inscribed with runes, started to glow. A wave of magic passed over the room and the female inhabitants fell to sleep. Aside from Lucy's that was.
"Well well well, you stayed awake, I suppose you get to watch you and the other get tied up and ready to be sent off to the highest bidder." He spoke sinisterly with a grin on his face.
"What?" Lucy said, with her shock clearly evident on her face.
"Are you really so stupid? You should have got the rune knights while you still could.
Lucy reached for the gate keys, but one of the sailors grabbed them and threw them into the ocean.
"NO!" cried Lucy in anguish, her life may as well be over, her chance to escape was gone.
"Hahaha! Stupid girl, now its ov-"Interrupting the purple robed man a gigantic wave of water crashed into the boat, causing it to fly through the water and land in the harbour.
Lucy fell down from the deck and landed in the pitch black ocean.
"T'ch no wonder you don't have a boyfriend, so careless."
"Erg! Gate of the Aquarius close!" Lucy said calling her disrespectful spirit back. She then proceeded to swim back to the shore.
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Naruto had seen the giant wave hit the ship, and from the looks of it the wave wasn't natural.
"Damn, bet that Boras there, then I can go collect my reward and head back to the guild." Naruto spoke to himself, hoping that his target wouldn't put up too much of a fight.
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"Quick scramble before the rune knights get here!" 'Salamander' shouted to his men "We can't afford to get caught, we'll be jailed for sure!" that little incentive caused his men to dash of even quicker.
But as 'Salamander' was running along he saw that damned blonde, Lucy.
"Well look who we have here, you've ruined my ship, so you best be prepared to pay!"
Lucy was scared, without Aquarius she didn't know if she could beat Salamander.
"Prominence Blast" A blast of purple flames lashed out at Lucy, illuminating the oceanfront.
Lucy ducked under the blast, although the heat still affected her, causing her to lose focus.
"Seems you got lucky, let's see you dodge this Prominent Sphere of Katsuchi!"
A purple rounded orb of fire flew at Lucy, threatening to incinerate her should it hit. As such Lucy mustered all her strength into a leap to dodge the menacing sphere of unusually coloured fire, yet the sphere swerved and followed her. It seemed like the tale of Lucy was going to end as the sphere approached her. She counted down till it's inevitable impact 'Three…Two…O-
"The hero always shows up at the last second!"
Naruto was suddenly in front of Lucy, and to everyone presents surprise, he ate the sphere.
"What are you crazy, you may have made me pay for your ramen, but to sacrifice yourself for me!"
"Pleh, is that the best shape you could do? It was awful!" Naruto said whilst licking his lips.
"What are you, who are you!?" 'Salamander' questioned fearfully, in complete awe of the mage who stood before.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, of Konoha guild, and you, Bora of the Prominence are going to hand yourself over like a good mage aren't you 'tte Bayo!" Naruto shouted at the now revealed Bora.
"Wait, Bora? I thought you were Salamander?" Lucy said confused.
"Nah, he's just pretending to be, Salamanders only half his age!" Naruto informed Lucy.
"Prominence Typhoon!" Bora called trying to attack whilst his enemies were of guard.
A twister of purple flames rose up and flew towards Naruto and Lucy, threatening to consume them. It was large, rather incredibly so, and was one of Boras most powerful techniques, and as such took a large amount of his magic.
"Shape Demons Spherical Cry!" Naruto called.
A large blue sphere barrelled towards the typhoon. When they clashed they caused large explosion of fire and sheer magic, Lucy was amazed at the somewhat beautiful, yet very much deadly, result.
"Shape Demons Conical Breath!" Naruto shouted, a large cone appeared from his mouth and collided with Bora.
Despite the gaping hole in his side Bora stood up and looked Naruto in the eye.
"Your dead brat, dead, ya hear me! Hellish Figure- Prominence Armour."
Boras blue hair turned purple due to the flames surrounding them, similarly his upper and lower body were covered by purple flames. Only his face remained un obscured, though the flames from his hair covered it in a medieval knight style helmet.
"Hellish Weapon- Prominence Lance." A large purple lance, made purely of fire, appeared in Boras hands.
"Now you'll see what makes me an A rank mage boy! Get ready, because here I come Prominent Charge!"
Bora rushed forward, and picked enough speed to be a blur, as he ran purple flames gathered, forming a half-cone around him as he ran towards Naruto.
"When will you learn?" Naruto ate the half-cone around Bora before calling "Shape Demons Cube Fist!"
Naruto ran at Bora and sent a haymaker at Bora; in return Bora shoved his lance at Naruto. Naruto leapt above the lance and re-equipped a small metal staff he had for situation like this, where he can't touch his opponent. He smashed it into Boras's chest, although the flames were deceptively solid, so he disengaged.
"Face it kid you can't win Prominence Shot Searing Pain- Screaming Sound!"
A small but compact bullet flew out of a purple magic seal towards not Naruto, but Lucy.
"Don't attack my friends, or you'll pay Bora Shape Demons Circle Shield."
A blue circle appeared in front of Lucy, keeping her out of harm's way, although the shield did waver slightly against the heat of Boras's bullet.
"Shape Demons Oval Disk!" Naruto shouted at the top of his voice.
The disk appeared in Naruto's hands and he threw it at Bora, but Bora stayed still, confident his armour was impenetrable. It was much to his surprise when the disk cut through his armour, slashed his chest and sent him flying in to a conveniently place wall.
The local rune knights quickly arrested Bora when they had finished with rescuing the sleeping women.
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"So you were on a quest to apprehend Bora of The Prominence, that blue haired mage?" Lucy checked with her new apparent friend as they ate in one of the local cafes.
"Yeah, I've being following him for a week trying to catch up with his slave trading ring." Naruto told Lucy. "By the way I noticed you weren't in a guild, and well, you see Konoha is always looking for new members, I know were not as popular as fairy tai-"
"YES!" Lucy shouted, much to the dismay of the other customers.
"Really, we don't have any celestial spirit mages yet, so we won't have anyone to he-"
"I said yes already stupid!" Lucy scolded Naruto.
"Sorry Ma'am, I won repeat my mistake Ma'am." Naruto saluted sarcastically.
"I said shut up all ready!"
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An unusually pink haired boy pounced of the train he was on, due to the motion sickness it gave him.
His company was a winged blue talking cat, which nobody seemed to notice. "Hey Natsu, I heard Igneels already moved on from her."
"I'm not getting back on that train Happy!"
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An: So this is the introduction to my story, about the life of the guild Konoha. I chose for Naruto to use shapes for a few reason. 1. The Uzumaki Spiral. 2. Many of his jutsu. Original. I hope you enjoy and I'll update whenever I feel inspired. LatR
~Pein-Sama Is Not Insane