Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor Fairy Tail. They belong to other people. Not me.


"So you want me to watch the border of here and Bosco, search for a Tower of Heaven around the south coasts, and check out a ridiculously large area to find the Oracian Seis base of operations, while still looking out for a village you asked me too. IT HASN'T BEEN A WEEK!" A voice yelled at Naruto through the lacrima that he was holding. The voice was somehow digitised making it impossible for anyone else to make out anything about them.

"Oh come on. You know you can do that easily." Naruto complained to his friend. "It's not like I expected all of this to happen."

"Yeah, yeah. I know, I know. Mr 'I don't follow the drama the drama follows me'. Watch, the meeting you're about to have will be something that will force you to do something major. You damn drama seeking whore."

"Naaaaaw. Love you too." Naruto smooched the lacrima much to the person on the other side's discomfort. "I've got to go."

"I'll let you know about the cloaked guys soon." The voice on the other end said before cutting off.

"Why does he change his voice like that? It's annoying." A man squatted beside Naruto, half barked half asked. He had long shaggy black hair, wore a black coat with white pants, and had various metal piercings all over his body.

"He likes his privacy, Gajeel." Naruto answered, the other non-Element 4 S-Class member of Phantom Lord. "Master seems ready for us all." Gajeel nodded as he stood up and they both entered the meeting room. It was a typical conference room with a number of chairs around a large table. Around this table sat the Element 4 and the 5 Area Masters positioned around the table with 2 empty seats. These 5 would be the closest to S-Class, but not strong enough for Jose to promote them.

"Amber, Baldroy, Mey, Tanaka, Meg." Naruto politely greeted the 5 Area Masters who all nodded their heads in response. A meeting like this doesn't happen often, so further pleasantries would have to wait until after. Naruto sat at the head of the table, away from where Jose had just walked in and sat down, claiming his right as second in command. This seat was always up for challenge, and any member can take it. They just had to beat Naruto first.

"First let's start with reports." Jose began. This wasn't the reason for the meeting but it always happens at the beginning of every one. Each Area Master goes into how many new members have signed up, how many quests are coming in and being completed for their individual areas, and other housekeeping stuff like that.

The first to speak was Tanaka. Tanaka was the eldest member of Phantom Lord, and the most loyal. He had grey hair which he kept at a manageable, short length which he stylishly slicked back to keep some refinement to his look. The grey hair matched his thick moustache that was shaped almost like a horseshoe and looked like it was groomed to perfection, as to not allow it to grow unkempt. He wore a classic black suit jacket and pants with a white button up shirt underneath with only the top button undone. Tanaka's polished attire was a true reflection of his personality. He was a true and proper gentleman in all ways. By all regards this man was strong enough to be S-Class; however he had long since retired from the front lines and chose to work a comfortable managerial position as an Area Master.

Next was Megalin. She was visibly in her late thirties, although if anyone knew what was good for them they would know it was not wise to ask Meg her age…or make any comment about age around her…or ask her when her birthday was…just don't ask. Although her age was a mystery, Meg was a striking beauty. She had long, crimson hair that entrancingly flowed around her head and down her back. Her choice of attire always came with signature red framed glasses that made her icy gaze all the more intimidating. She also wore a red coat that always hung below her shoulders, showing off her smooth, pearly-white skin. The buttons that fastened the coat around her chest were magically enchanted to never fall lower than she wished. But don't let her appearance fool you, Meg was not someone you would want to try to mess around with and if you did all she needed was her main weapon, a rapier, which hung from her black pants to make you regret it.

Baldroy was next to speak. He was a tough, burly man with a build that would intimidate even the manliest of men. Unlike Tanaka, he did not keep himself so groomed, he let his shaggy yellow hair go wherever it please and rarely bothered to groom it, only when it became a nuisance would he so such a thing. He also had a rough, stubbly beard growing, the mark of a true man. He always dressed himself in a completely clean miner's uniform, and a pair of brown goggles would always hang around his neck. Baldroy, Megalin and Tanaka were older members of the guild who, like Naruto, witnessed the change in Jose first hand over the years.

Mey-Rin, who was around Naruto's age, got up to speak next, her voice was calm and collected. She had to clear her throat before talking which was probably because she was constantly observing everyone and everything but rarely spoke herself. She kept to herself a lot as she preferred solace and quiet to noisy company, however if things ever got serious she would deliver some serious pain to the enemy. She had messy brown hair tied into two short ponytails. A more unique feature about Mey-Rin were her blood red eyes that would put the fear of god through any normal person that saw them hence why she kept them hidden behind a pair of thick black glasses. Her attire was casual and nothing significant like the previous three wore, she had a basic black leather jacket and paired it with blue jeans.

Amber was the last to speak as he was the youngest and no older than 14 at that. The blond haired boy was easily and constantly mistaken for a girl due to his effeminate appearance. Like Mey he was more reserved and shy but had a particular fascination with flowers. Despite his demeanour he was still able to hold his own against most members of the guild but that didn't stop some of the guild members from picking fights with him but Amber always sent them packing and made sure they knew their place. For some reason the boy held his hair back with red bobby pins which Naruto couldn't figure out the reasoning for. He also wore a loose fitting white shirt, plaid pants and black knee high boots. He also had a straw hat sitting around his neck and Naruto could swear he'd never seen him wear it.

Naruto listened to the reports with interest, but had nothing to add to the conversation. Gajeel was falling asleep, while the rest of the Element 4 found other ways to amuse themselves. Totomaru was picking his lunch out of his teeth. Juvia was making another teru teru bozu. Sol was turning parts of himself into earth, wrapping his arms around himself, and sinking further into the chair. Aria seemed to be meditating, or praying; Naruto didn't know if he was religious or not.

Now that, that was done, Jose cleared his throat before getting to the reason for this meeting. "A very rich client made a request recently." Naruto rolled his eyes knowing about this. "The Heartfillia Konzern is one of the wealthiest companies in Fiore. Its founder and current owner is the one who made the request. He wants us to not only find his daughter, but make sure she is unable to run away back to the same place. I had Gajeel track her down, and she is in the perfect location for us."

"Gehehe." Gajeel's chuckle put Naruto on edge. Something bad was about to happen. Dammit his friend was right. "The girl Lucy Heartfillia has joined Fairy Tail."

"So according to the mission, we are required to both get the girl back and destroy the Fairy Tail guild." Jose's grin was shared by most of the members, albeit for different reasons. Gajeel, Totomaru, Sol, Megalin, Baldroy and Amber all had wide smiles at this opportunity. It was not every day you get a chance to go head to head with the guild apparently called your equal, crush your competition and for Jose, get revenge. The rest seemed indifferent. Except for Naruto, he was pissed.

"Everyone out now." Naruto coolly demanded.

"We are not finishe…" Jose started to speak, but when Naruto slammed his palm on the table, everyone moved.

When the room was finally cleared Naruto spoke. "Are you out of your fucking mind?"

"YOU WILL NOT TAKE THAT TONE WITH ME BOY!" Jose stood up, enraged.

"I'm sorry Master. But you've officially gone insane. I mean you've always been a little crazy, we all are, but this is a whole other level." Naruto didn't flinch under Jose's glare. "You want to start a war with Fairy Tail over a girl?"

Jose calmed down slightly. "Yes, and you will do as I say. This is a chance. All we need to do is get Makarov out of the fight, maybe using Aria's ability, and then the rest will fall quite easily."

"Need I remind you that it is illegal to fight another guild?"

"That doesn't mean much coming from you. That law applies to Dark Guilds as well Phantom of Ruin. You just fought against Orcaion Seis, while trying to fight against Eisenwald, both of which were unsanctioned fights." Jose sat down believing he had the upper hand in this debate. "You see Naruto. We aren't as different as you might like to believe. I have not changed, you have just started to see the world for what it really is. Once you accept it and become a part of it you can fully embrace life."

"That is not a life I want to lead, and it is not a life anyone should lead. The darkness is not a fun place to be." Naruto sighed and stood up. "I will leave you one warning. The law does not apply to fighting within a guild. If you try to go after Fairy Tail, I will PERSONALLY stop you."

"Hahaha. You think you can stop me boy?" Jose laughed at the back of Naruto as he walked out of the room. Those outside had heard the entire exchange between the two. It seems that sides will have to be chosen. They all filed back in, while Naruto walked away. He pulled out a lacrima and sighed.

"What is it now? Something happened in the meeting didn't it?" The digitised voice from earlier spoke.

"Well…"

XxX

Naruto stood in the quest room. This room had walls plastered with every quest that has come Phantom Lords way that had yet to be accepted. They were perfectly ordered according to difficulty. Naruto was not alone. A younger member of the guild stood nearby.

"What quest you thinking of taking Ryos?" Naruto asked the young black haired boy in a black cape.

"I can't take the ones I want."

"That's because you need to show us your magic first. We can't just send you on a hunting quest without knowing your skill, even though we know you have magic." Naruto watched the boy grumble a bit. He didn't want to show his magic just yet, for whatever reason. Instead of responding the boy left the room. One day he would show them all his magic, and tell them his real name, but for now he was okay just being around Gajeel who he was a major fan of. Naruto didn't wait in that room long before someone else joined him.

"Well, well Naruto-kun. You could have handled that better." It was Tanaka. Of course he referred to the meeting.

"I know, but it has gotten so messed up so quickly, all because a daughter ran away from her rich father." Naruto frustratingly rubbed his forehead. "It's going to happen way too fast isn't it?"

"Indeed, but it's not like we weren't planning for it. And this way you have the perfect excuse." Tanaka placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Mey-Rin-chan has agreed to join us. I believe Amber-kun is the next most likely."

"My contact has also moved up the schedule. I can only hope that he's still willing to help with all the shit I've dumped on him."

"Do not worry Naruto-kun. This coup 'd'état of ours will be successful. Especially if we can get Fairy Tail on our side."

"If not, we might not be able to make it in time."

"Even if they do not join us, you should warn them. We need to show that our side stronger than Master Jose's, then we can finally return Phantom Lord to its former glory."

XxX

Naruto let out a massive sigh. He didn't like coming here. The town of Magnolia wasn't very friendly to members of Phantom Lord. Naruto had been standing on the edge of town for a good ten minutes now. Naruto grumbled a little, before finally taking a step into town. He stopped when he felt a presence coming towards him.

A very shady man started to approach Naruto. His dark blue cloak, bandana and pants, and green mask covered most of his body, while bandages covered the rest. On his back slung multiple magic staves. "Oho~ You must be the fabled Mystogan." Naruto marvelled as he stuck out his hand. "Pleasure to meet you." Naruto couldn't see his eyes, but he felt them narrow. Naruto slowly dropped his hand as he felt the hostility radiate off of him. "I'm not here to fight anyone. I'm actually here to warn your guild. I am no threat to you." Satisfied by the response, Mystogan tried to disappear and walk away, but Naruto's eyes followed him even while he was invisible much to the mage's amusement.

"Well that was interesting." Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he finally entered Magnolia. His first destination wasn't going to be the Fairy Tail guild though. There was one place that would probably like to see him more.

"Oh it's Aniki."

"Naruto-niisan"

"Hey everyone." Naruto walked into a local church, and almost instantly he was surrounded by young boys and girls. They all excitedly bounced around him and he pet them on their heads as they did so.

"It has been a while Naruto." An elderly priest with a round stretched face with grey hairs on the sides and a moustache approached the blond.

"Yo Father Block." Naruto waved at the older man.

"I'm glad you're alone today. But it wouldn't hurt if you stopped by more often." The priest and Naruto shared a look. They both knew what the Father meant. Naruto was well known by the orphanages around and even outside of Fiore. During Naruto's travels, if he finds any child who is alone and cannot be taken care of by those around them, he will personally take care of them until he finds an orphanage that can look after the kid.

"You know it's not easy for me to come to Magnolia. But I'm here now." Naruto shrugged. He spent the next couple of hours playing with the kids. Whatever they wanted he would do. Hide and seek. Kick the can. Pretend fighting. Any number of games they played. Naruto finally decided it was time to move on and go to the Fairy Tail guild.

"Sorry kids, but I gotta go." After gently walking through the complaining children, Naruto finally noticed that Father Block had a new guest, and they had been watching him for who knows how long.

The rather eye-catching woman did not look like she belonged in a church, her clothes leaving very little to the imagination. She wore brown three-quarter pants, a light blue bikini and high heeled sandals. That was it. Her long brown hair hung freely and had two strands framing her face. She also had a shoulder bag with large light blue feathers all over it. Naruto could see the black Fairy Tail guild stamp on the left side of her abdomen.

"I didn't realise I was being watched." Naruto smiled at the newcomer.

"You haven't met?" The priest didn't realise they were strangers, since they both visitor often. "Cana Alberona this is Naruto Uzumaki." At the mention of his name, Cana quickly reached into her bag and pulled out a few cards and got them ready to throw. This alarmed the priest greatly.

"This is why I don't visit very often." Naruto raised his hands showing that he did not want to fight.

"And to think I was enjoying watching you play with the kids, Phantom of Devastation, was it?" Cana lowered her hands when she saw the priest step in between the two.

"Ruin actually." Naruto corrected just before the priest got his words in.

"Cana! It is not wise to draw a weapon in front of the children." For what it was worth, Cana did seem a little apologetic, but she did not drop the hostility targeted at Naruto.

"Cana-chan." Naruto earned a harsh glare for saying her name in an overfriendly manner. "I'm not here to fight or anything, I just need to speak with a guild member of yours."

"Sorry if I don't believe you."

"Cana. Naruto is the Golden Fox." The priest rubbed his head. Naruto had told him in the past about the conflict between the two guilds, but he did not expect it to be this bad.

"Eh? That donor? How out of character" Cana was surprised. The priest just told her that the churches biggest donor was a member of Phantom Lord. She finally dropped her hostility. Father Block wouldn't lie to her about this. "So you gonna tell him about the mission too?"

When the priest looked a little disappointed, Cana realised she made a mistake. "Mission?" Naruto questioned the priest. "If you need something done tell me Father. I can get half of Phantom on it with a single call."

"I know Naruto, but the Chavana Church cannot in good consciousness send a person who is widely known for killing on a job for us. We are not Zentopia." The priest's words were unshakable and to the point. Naruto felt a little offended.

"I do not kill unless the situation calls for it. It may be against your teachings, but your teachings did not protect half the kids out there." Naruto pointed to where the kids would be playing outside. "My killing may be a sin, but I have no issue being sinful for the right reasons."

"Oho~" Cana was definitely interested in what the blond had said. She personally didn't like the idea of killing, but she saw his point of view. She supposed it came down to how they were raised. She had felt many times that the world would be better without certain people, but Naruto gave into that urge.

"Nevertheless, we cannot send you on a Holy Mission with that mindset."

"If you ask me not to kill I won't, but there is no need to pay someone to do something when you know I'll do it for free."

"We're not paying Cana." Naruto looked over to the girl who simply nodded her head. Father Block smiled in response. "However, I do not believe the Church would be opposed to sending you as help, on the condition that you obey the Chavana teachings when it comes to others."

"Done." Naruto nodded his head. "So what's the mission?"

"Would you be alright with him joining Cana?"

"Yeah, it could be fun." For some reason the girls smile sent a shiver down Naruto's spine. He didn't know it yet, but even with Kurama, his liver wasn't going to be happy with this arrangement.

"Okay. Both of you follow me please." The priest walked inside the small church, rather than the living quarters, as to not have the kids hear or see what might happen. Naruto shrugged and followed, Cana still had her cards in hand, just in case. Inside was a typical church, pews of seating with an altar at the front with a small confessional to the side. This was not Father Block's main place of worship. The important services, whatever they may be, took place in the Kardia Cathedral, which was arguably Magnolia's most distinctive landmark. However the majority of small events like everyday mass took place here, as there would not be enough people to warrant using the big Cathedral. The priest motioned to a pew, which Naruto and Cana both sat on.

Father Block cleared his throat. "Holy Artefacts have been stolen from churches all over Fiore. We aren't sure what they are looking for, but they have had no issue killing and torturing priests to get them."

"Sick bastards." Cana was getting seriously pissed off at whoever these people were, but her anger was nothing to the hatred radiating off the blond beside her.

"So you want them found, arrested, and the items recovered?" Naruto questioned.

"Indeed. We are unsure of where they will strike next, but we have a list of churches they have attacked and when, so hopefully you can find them." Father Block pulled a sheet of paper out of his robe and handed it to Naruto, knowing he was the more resourceful of the two.

Naruto grinned and handed it to Cana. "I interfered in your mission. You take point."

"What a gentleman." She joked as she started reading the list. "Yeah I got no idea. I think we're gonna need more people to watch all the churches."

"Most churches are increasing security already, you just need to find them."

"So do we go to the latest attack and wait until they strike again?" Naruto questioned.

"There has to be a pattern. Is it one group or many? This just seems too random." Cana rubbed her chin in thought. Maybe she would have to find Levi and ask for her help. She would be the most likely to figure it out in Fairy Tail, except she was out on a mission.

"I know someone who would be able to decipher that, and he'd join us for the mission too." Naruto believed George would be more than able to help with this.

"Another Phantom Member?"

"He's tamer then I am."

"Perfect. Let's go."

"Oh, I need to speak with Lucy first." Naruto remembered why he was originally here.

"Lucy? What business do you have with her?"

XxX

Since the guild would be closing for the night soon, Cana took Naruto to the place where they would be guaranteed to meet Lucy.

"You want me to wait inside her house?" Naruto hesitantly asked. This was definitely a bad idea.

"Yeah don't worry. Here's a key." Naruto didn't ask why she had a key to Lucy's place, but didn't let it bother him. "Anyway, I'm gonna go pack for the mission. I'll meet you back here."

"Sounds good." Naruto waved before walking up the stairs to Lucy's front door. Entering the apartment, he sat down around the coffee table. The walls were a pure white, and Naruto currently sat in an incredibly large room, which was both main room and bedroom. He could see doors to a bathroom and kitchen. There were a large amount of books all over the place, and he noticed a stack of pages on her desk. Getting up to look at them he realised they were a draft of a book. Lucy was a writer. Picking up the manuscript, he sat back around the coffee table and started to read.

He would have made himself something to drink but that would just be rude. He technically wasn't even a guest there yet. But after a while, he realised he really needed to go to the bathroom. Placing the script down he walked into the bathroom, noting it was also well sized with a bath and all. Finally feeling relief he started to hear commotion outside. Assuming Lucy was home he quickly washed his hands before walking into the main room.

"We'll do an S-Class job, Lucy!"

"HOW DID YOU GET THAT?!"

The first thing Naruto saw was a blue cat holding onto an S-Class quest. Naruto later learned this cats name was Happy. The next thing he saw was a pink haired boy in the middle of a sit-up. This boy was shirtless but Naruto could see a sleeveless black coat beside him. This matched the black cloth around his waist. He also had white knee length pants. Naruto could see the Fairy Tail guild stamp on his right shoulder. Naruto knew that this man was Natsu Dragneel the Salamander.

Stand above the two, and apparently quite shocked at them was a blonde haired woman with a ponytail tied on the right side of her head. She currently wore a tight fitting black shirt sleeve top and a white skirt. Naruto assumed this was Lucy Heartfillia.

"Wait a second. Salamander's not an S-Class is he?" Naruto commented aloud, instantly drawing the attention of the 3 others in the room.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Lucy yelled as she threw a nearby book at Naruto. Easily catching it, he watched as Natsu took a defensive stance in front of Lucy.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki."

"Phantom Lord!" The cat froze as he recognised the name.

"The Phantom of Ruin!" Lucy excitedly squealed. If she hadn't joined Fairy Tail she would have tried to join Phantom Lord. She didn't know why he was in her house, but for such a well-known mage she wouldn't complain.

"What are you doing here?!" Natsu angrily questioned as he charged at the blond to attack. The fist of fire was easily caught by a glove of darkness which literally enveloped the flames snuffing them out.

"Oops." Naruto commented as he saw the 3 people not used to Darkness Magic shiver at the feeling they got from it. "I'm not…" Naruto started but a kick from Natsu forced him to release the pink haired mage. Once again the flames from the kick were eaten by Naruto's darkness. "Can you stop…?"

"GET OUT OF LUCY'S HOME!" Natsu yelled as he once again charged at the blond, this time with a flurry of attacks each with fire imbued. Every time though, Naruto blocked the attack, and used the darkness to absorb the flames. When he realised it wasn't working, Natsu leapt backwards and took a deep breath. "Fire Dragons Roar." Naruto's eyes widened when he realised what was about to happen. He had seen Gajeel do this many times. He couldn't snuff it out at easily as he did the other attacks.

"Dammit Natsu." Naruto complained as he leapt towards the pink haired mage. He pushed darkness out of him and when Natsu released his breath, Naruto had it wrap around the flames. Lucy watched as darkness with an orange tint wrapped around the fire, making it change direction and send it out the open window and straight up into the night sky. Lucy finally realised what was happening.

"Natsu stop." She said as she prevented the Salamanders next charge.

"But Lucy…" In response, the blonde punched the pink hair of the mage, causing a lump to form on his head. "Heeey."

"You're going to destroy my apartment like that!" She let out a deep sigh, before turning to her intruder… uum… guest. "What can I help you with?"

"I'm sorry, but Cana-chan said it would be okay for me to wait here. She even gave me a key." Naruto put his hands up defensively, but as soon as their fellow Fairy Tail mage was mentioned, everyone relaxed slightly.

"How did she get a key!?" Lucy rubbed her temples.

"Anyway, I have something to speak with you about, Lucy Heatfillia." At the mention of her last name, the Celestial Spirit mage looked incredibly shocked. She fell back onto her bed which caused Natsu and Happy to worry. "Your father has requested your return by any means necessary. Phantom Lord has accepted that quest, however not all of us want that, and so here I am to warn you. I'm gonna see Master Makarov next to warn him too. You guys need to be ready for a fight if I can't prevent it in time." Naruto saw that his continued presence was less and less welcome as Natsu was about to get hostile again. Lucy also couldn't speak. Her father would really go that far.

Was it possible her being here would endanger the guild?

Could she stay knowing this?

"Oh by the way." Naruto's firm voice snapped her out of her daze. "Your draft is good. You should definitely keep working on that." Naruto left a slightly blushing blonde being held by the fire mage and walked out of the apartment.

"That was Natsu's magic!" A voice down the street rang out as Naruto stepped out the door.

"Oh shit…" Naruto shook his head as he realised what was about to happen. He looked to the source of the voice to see three men running towards him. He recognised two of them from missions in the past, and they recognised him. The first man wore an open knee length white jacket on top of a black shirt and brown pants. His short dark blue hair was slicked back, and he had a stubble. This was Macao Conbolt. The other he recognised wore a long sleeve green floral shirt and pants that end just after his knees. He had a brown pompadour and a cigarette in his mouth. This was Wakaba Mine. Naruto had met both of these men on previous missions, and they knew he was Phantom Lord.

They had seen Natsu's flames fly into the sky earlier, this and the fact he just walked out of Lucy's apartment, did not sit well with them.

"We gotta warn everyone. Warren, tell everyone we're under attack by Phantom Lord." Wakaba ordered the third man. This man named Warren Rocko wore a high collared red and brown jacket and white pants. When he placed his fingers to his temple, Naruto realised he was a telepath and cursed his luck slightly.

"Hold on a se…" But before Naruto could finish a fist of smoke, made out of Smoke Magic, reached out from Wakaba's cigarette and upper cut Naruto. He easily blocked the attack, but didn't coat it with Darkness Magic whichmeans it wasn't enough to prevent him from launching into the sky. Before hitting the apex of his flight, Naruto's leg was caught by a rope of Macao's magic Purple Flare, a sticky type of flame, and was being dragged towards the ground, hard. Naruto internally hoped that Natsu, or Lucy would appear and explain what's going on, but considering the state he left her in he didn't imagine that was going to happen.

Naruto quickly sprouted darkness from his foot and cut the Purple Flare loose before he hit the ground. He now flew on an unusual angle and got further away from the three mages. He would have to hold out until Cana came and got them to stop, they wouldn't believe him if he said he didn't want to fight at this point. Natsu's flames ruined that. Cana should have got the telepaths message, but from the little time he knew her, he could assume she would watch on for fun until it got seriously bad for him.

Naruto properly landed and stuck with chakra waiting for their next attack. What he didn't expect was a new person to suddenly appear and punch him with a gorilla's fist. From the side of his view, Naruto saw a tall man with spikey grey hair was the one who attacked him. He wore dark blue jacket and pants, and geta sandals. Naruto assumed this was Beast Arm Elfman. He had heard of him before. When Elfman tried to attack again, Naruto caught the attack, but was pushed back slightly. Being able to tell that his Takeover magic was incomplete, Naruto didn't want to attack the rest of his body for fear of seriously harming him, since it wouldn't be above the level of humans like his arm was. So he leapt over the taller man, putting him in an arm lock.

"I'm not here to fight." Naruto started, but was quickly forced to leap away when a few tiles were flung in his direction by the Purple Flare. Elfman turned and quickly punched the ground near Naruto confusing the blond, until a giant smoke fist appeared in the dust cloud, and once again launched him into the air. Naruto quickly regained himself and looked down at his 4 opponents, and realised that the telepath was coordinating the attacks. Naruto had to run, since fighting was not an option. What Naruto didn't expect was two ghosts to appear on either side of him. Naruto tried to swat them away, but all it did was give him chills and cover his vision slightly. Naruto saw that a girl down on the ground was controlling them. This dark-skinned girl had an orange cat hat covering her long blonde hair, and a pink and purple sleeveless vest with white sleeveless shirt underneath and a dark miniskirt. Naruto had no idea who this was. He later found out she was Chico C Hammitt.

Naruto wasn't sure how to deal with these ghosts, but he didn't have enough time to worry about that as he felt something approach him with great speed. He quickly put up a darkness shield, but the attack pierced through and Naruto was hit by a blunt force to his head. If he wasn't chakra reinforced he would be dizzy or even knocked out. Naruto turned to where the shot was fired from and realised it was a long way away. Flowing enough chakra to his eyes to see across that distance showed him that the shocked person who held a sniper rifle. The long green haired girl wore a yellow cap, white and yellow polka dotted scarf, short strapless black one piece dress and brown boots. For a second Naruto could have sworn he recognised her.

"Mulan Rouge?" He questioned, but didn't have time to marvel at the likeness as a new attacker appeared beside him. She was a small girl who also wore a one piece dress, except hers was striped. She had striped gloves with larger clearly combat gloves over those. Her long brown hair had two horns laid over the top. Naruto later learned her name was Mickey Chickentiger. Naruto blocked the punch, and countered with a palm attack. That was easily pushed away, and the two went back and forth for a bit as they fell. Until suddenly, she let him push her away and he realised why soon. Below him stood two people with a fist on an open palm. Naruto recognised this as Maker Magic.

The first was a man with black spikey hair. He wore a silver necklace and underpants. That was all. Needless to say Naruto was very confused. Naruto later learnt his name was Gray Fullbuster. The other was a smaller lady with long purple hair with a red ribbon in it. A matching ribbon was around the collar of a light teal coloured coat which reached below her waist. She also wore tight fitting red pants. This was Laki Olietta. Ice Make came out of the man while Wood Make came out of the woman. Both simultaneously shot out numerous speared objects from the ground towards the falling Naruto. Doing the only thing he could. Naruto shot out his own Darkness Magic and used it to destroy the attacks that came towards him. He stopped his attack before it hit the two mages though.

Naruto landed safely on the ground, or so he thought. Where he landed collapsed onto itself into a pit of sand. A man with a dark yellow bowl cut was held out his hands guiding the sand. He wore a blue button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up and dark blue pants. This was Max Alors. The sand didn't hold long as Naruto pushed it all away using his darkness, but that gave Elfman and Mickey the chance to send a bombardment of punches Naruto's way. Naruto was easily able to block them all, but it distracted him enough for Purple Flare to tie him down, and another shot from the sniper hit him in the head. Naruto felt a little dizzy after that one and had no choice but to retreat. Once again breaking all the purple flames holding him down, he leapt into the air, straight into a pile of smoke; which punched him a few times from random directions since he had no room to block.

This didn't slow Naruto down, and gave him enough of a chance to escape the majority of the enemies that were there. What he didn't expect was to see another mage on the rooftop he was about to land on. He saw a man with a brown poncho and with his shaggy black hair covering his eye. This was Alzack Connell. Two guns were drawn from cases he had around his belt, and he pointed them both at Naruto. Naruto raised his hands into gun shapes as bullets flew from the stranger on the roof towards him. He shot two quick darkness bullets that clashed with the magic bullets. Naruto landed beside the black haired mage who smiled at the sudden gun challenge. Diving to the side, Alzack shot many types of bullets at Naruto, who met them all with a darkness bullet of his own. Naruto meeting the gun challenge may have been enjoyable for the both of them, but when he felt another bullet from the sniper approach, he was too distracted to be able to block it with darkness in time. He took another blow to the head.

"Dammit Mulan-chan." Naruto cursed as a wave of dizziness caused him to miss a few of Alzack's shots, literally shocking him with electricity as they made contact.

"You know Bisca?" The gunner asked as he watched Naruto create a barrier of darkness between them.

"Who the hell is Bisca?" Naruto asked as ghosts started to surround him. Still not sure how to fight these guys, he leapt into the air to escape. But instead of a clear escape, he was met with Elfman's attack, this time with a stone bull's fist. Even though he blocked the attack Naruto was flung into a web of the sticky purple flames. He was caught in these sticky flames while smoke that had built up around the flames began to converge on top of Naruto. Naruto sighed, this was getting exhausting. Once again he used his darkness to cut his way out of the Purple Flare, and beat away the Smoke Magic. What he didn't expect was a man with orange hair, blue tinted sunglasses, a green coat with white fur lining, orange shirt, black pants and an assortment of rings to suddenly appear and punch him with a burst of wind, sending him rocketing across Magnolia. He later learnt that man's name to be Loke. Naruto noticed the mage used a lot of his power in that attack to send him flying like that. Which means…

"Shit shit shit…" Naruto started to panic as he felt himself rocket towards an enormous presence. He quickly approached a giant palm that was ready to swat him. "I didn't want to fight dammit." Naruto cursed as he made his darkness power rocket from the base of his feet. He couldn't fly, but he was NOT running into the palm of the man who beat Master Jose. Naruto barely managed to slip through the fingers, it was so close his leg hit the side of it, sending him spiralling out of control. Before he hit the ground, Naruto had re-centred himself and braced himself preventing the majority of the damage. As the dust settled, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief as he picked himself up. He had yet to be attacked which means he could take a few breaths and hopefully talk his next opponent down.

That was until he realised who his next opponent was. A sharp killing intent was close by. Close enough to make Naruto freeze. Naruto turned to see who it was.

"No it can't be." Naruto started to worry. This was no longer a joke. This level of dark aura, it could only be her. "The Demon Mirajane." A girl with pure white hair walked slowly towards Naruto. Her long hair had two bangs that framed her face and an upward ponytail on the front. Her curvy body held in by a sleeveless maroon ankle length dress. In her hands she held a broom. She was now within arm's reach, but Naruto had yet to move. When he was finally about to move, the Demon did something he did not expect. She smiled at him. A chilling smile that once again froze his movements without magic.

Naruto then proceeded to take a beating from the broom in Mirajane's hands.

XxX

Cana could not help but laugh. She knew something was going to happen by leaving Naruto in Lucy's room. But THIS was just too good. She heard the Warren's announcement but wasn't worried. After she finished packing she saw Naruto fly across the sky and straight towards the Master. Thinking it was about time she saved the blond from the Master she approached the short elderly man. What she didn't expect was that very same elderly man to be cowering behind a wall watching as Naruto was beat on by the former S-Class mage. Makarov wore his orange and blue jester's hat, orange hoodie with white shirt and black Fairy Tail guild mark on it. His white hair stuck out the sides of the hat, and he also had a white moustache.

After explaining what Naruto was doing there to the Master, Mirajane and the few guild members who had quickly approached, Cana laughed at the twitching blond that lay at the guilds feet.

"So… He was here to speak with us and we attacked him." Makarov let out a deep sigh. His guild may have been in the wrong here. After all Natsu would attack almost anyone, so seeing one of this attacks should not have been an excuse to fight. But in front of him lay a member of Phantom Lord, and he knew exactly the kind of people they were.

"That's right." Naruto picked himself up off the ground. He was still pretty much uninjured even though a large number of guild members attacked him which impressed Makarov. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. It's a pleasure Master Makarov." Naruto stuck his hand out.

"Same to you." Makarov shook Naruto's hand, unintentionally crushing it slightly. "So what brings you here."

"Not good news I'm afraid. But it's not something that your guild should hear from me, so a private conversation would be preferred." Makarov nodded at Naruto's words. He turned to dismiss the rest of the guild, who all looked a little disheartened. Not because they attacked someone who didn't deserve it, but because all of their attacks were for almost nothing. Naruto was unharmed. The old man thought for a moment before he spoke.

"It is times like these where I am proud to be a member of Fairy Tail. Each of you heard that a friend… no, a member of our family was in danger and all you answered the call without a second thought. You fought the enemy together, and we came out victorious. Sure the enemy wasn't here to fight and seems mostly unharmed. But the man who stands before you has been a candidate for Wizard Saint for years, and you gave him a run for his money without me or any S-Class mage. Know this. You protected your family today. You have earned your rest tonight. I'll see you all tomorrow." Makarov's words did make everyone feel a little better, but it didn't change the fact Naruto didn't attack them. They all went their own ways except for a few.

"Um… hey… Naruto-kun." A slightly embarrassed green haired sniper approached the blond.

"That is a new look on you, Mulan-chan. It suits you." Naruto smiled at the old friend of his. "Or is it Bisca-chan now?"

"My real name is Bisca Mulan. Sorry for not telling you." She bowed slightly.

"Hey hey, no need. Things have changed since… wow it's already been a year and a half." Naruto's bright grin irritated the other shooter of Fairy Tail who watched the conversation. "I'm glad you finally went legit, but why Fairy Tail instead of Phantom Lord?"

"I met Erza, haha." The girl chuckled as she watched Naruto's face show his understanding. He had met Erza, she leaves an… impression… on people.

"Okay we definitely have to catch up when I get back from a mission I just accepted. We'll do dinner?"

"Um… I don't think…" Bisca tried to reject Naruto. It's not that she didn't want to, but her time as Mulan Rouge is long since over.

"You shot me in the head like three times." When a tinge of guilt swept over her face, Naruto grinned. "Come on. It'll be fun."

Bisca thought about it for a little longer before finally nodding her head. "Okay. See you when you get back." Bisca turned her back to Naruto and started to walk towards Fairy Hills where she stays.

"So you and Bisca know each other?" Cana asked as she nudged the blond's side.

"Something like that." Cana grinned cheekily at Naruto's reply before walking to the side with Mirajane. Those two were going to wait for Naruto and Makarov's conversation to end. The elder man walked towards the guild, which was close by, where they could talk indoors and in private. Naruto followed in silence, while the other two were shortly behind him.

None of them saw the person who was watching them from afar on a nearby rooftop.

XxX

"So Jose's finally going to try something." Makarov was processing everything Naruto told him. "Lucy Heartfillia is it? She's going to be targeted. I must speak with her tomorrow."

"I will try to prevent this mission from being accomplished, however if I fail you will have to prepare yourself." Naruto continued. "But there is one more thing I ask of you. I will be attempting to fight Jose for control of Phantom Lord very soon. I ask that you accept my Phantom Lord as a sibling guild."

"Oh? Interesting." Makarov motioned Naruto to continue.

"The Magic Council already knows about my plans to take charge of Phantom, and I got enough approval from them on the condition that you accept this term. As you know accepting Phantom Lord as a sibling guild means that we become one under the same banner, so responsibility will fall upon both you and I as the Masters for everyone's actions. This was the condition Yajima-sama set for me."

"Hmmm…" Makarov thought for a bit.

"You will also gain access to Phantom Lord's funds, resources and everything through this arrangement, including a particularly good businessman, yet Fairy Tail would not be tarnished by the negative reputation Phantom has been gaining as we will still be considered separate unlike a child guild."

"I don't think I would be willing to accept all of Phantom's members." Makarov leaked out his incomplete thoughts. But Naruto understood what he was trying to say.

"No need to worry. When I take over, every member is going through an interview with me and whoever you wish to join the new Phantom Lord. Of course some members will remain no questions asked."

After a moment of silence, Makarov spoke. "I will need time to think and ask members of my guild."

"I'll be back after my mission. I hope you have an answer for me then."

XxX

"Alright! Who's the one who stole the necklace?!" Naruto just kicked the door of a well-known criminal bar on the small islands that littered the places in between the continents Ishgar and Alakitasia. He was technically still in Fiore, but any further west and he'd be on Alakitasia territory. He knew there was another continent somewhere in that direction, but he didn't know how to get there or know anything about it really.

Anyway, Naruto was here for a quest. Phantom Lord's reputation spread out even this far, but the Magic Council's influence did not. This was mostly a lawless area where villages had to fend for themselves. Even right up to the coast and a fair part in, there isn't much kingdom influence. Drug rings, slave traffickers. So many of the worst type of criminal littered this place, yet he was here for a mere thief. This annoyed him greatly. He planned on taking it out on as many criminals as he could on his way back.

"That'd be me. Now who the hell are you?" A woman with short green hair raised her hand from her seat. Her yellow shirt barely holding in her cleavage stopped just after her waist. Over this was a maroon sleeveless jacket. She wore black short shorts and boots. The black eyeliner highlighted her sharp eyes.

"I'm gonna need that back." Naruto walked towards the girl.

"Oh? Trying to pick a fight with a Fairy Tail mage are we?" The girl pulled a necklace out of her pocket and dangled it in front of the blond.

"Fairy Tail mages wouldn't come this far out. You chose the wrong guild to pretend to be a part of." Naruto reached forward to grab the necklace, but instead watched as she reached out for his pocket with incredible speed. Naruto grabbed her arm as she wrapped her fingers around Naruto's wallet.

"Oops." The girl scowled as she threw the necklace into the air. Naruto realised his mistake the instant he followed it with his eyes. He had just managed to look down in time to see the barrel of a gun in his face.

"Really?" He asked as he studied the gun. Magic bullets from the looks of it, the gun itself didn't seem very special. Naruto caught the necklace with ease but didn't clutch it too hard as the girl reached out for it.

"I'm not just going to hand it over. All my hard work would have been wasted." The girl teased as she once again dangled it from her fingers.

"You literally took it from a little girl."

"It's valuable enough to call for you."

"It's a family heirloom. Sentimental value and all that." Naruto opened his mouth showing his teeth and started to clamp his mouth around the barrel. What the girl didn't see was that Naruto had coated the inside of his mouth with Darkness Magic, so when she pulled the trigger it didn't actually do anything to the blond.

"What the…" She stood up and leapt backwards as Naruto bit down on the gun and broke off the barrel. Naruto then spat the bullet out at the girl, who blocked it with her other gun.

"Stun bullet. At least you're not a killer. I'll definitely go easy on you." Naruto started to leak out his magic and the two of them fought.

"…I won easily, but I enjoyed the fight more than I thought I would. She wasn't strong, but she didn't give up easily, and she never tried to hurt a bystander." Naruto continued his story. He currently sat in an empty Phantom Lord owned bar in Onibas. Cana sat across the table and was listening intently. George was reading over the list given to them by the priest and trying to see a pattern.

"So you're old enemies?" Cana took a swig of her drink and motioned for Naruto to do the same. She finished her mug and poured both herself and Naruto another.

"At first, but after the fight I bought her dinner and we talked."

"Oh so she's your ex."

"Exactly." Once again they both finished their mug and Cana repoured. Naruto hadn't met someone he wasn't able to outdrink so he was fine with matching Cana no problem. "We spoke about her past, she was an immigrant from the west and she needed to live by stealing, so I made a deal with her. I'd help her steal, but only from the gangs that ran those areas. We slowly moved towards mainland Fiore while destroying every gang along the way. Drug and slavery rings were the most satisfying to take down, but we also returned a lot of the money to the people so we didn't have much to live off. Mulan… I mean Bisca-chan was more than happy with that life. When we got to mainland though, there were no more enemies to steal from, and she was okay with that since that meant there were no gangs. She tried to get a real job but no one wanted her. I offered her a place at Phantom Lord, but she snapped, assuming I was pitying her and started to steal from people who weren't criminals. She said she did not want to rely on me, in much harsher terms of course, and left. I hadn't seen her since." Naruto looked down at his glass with a melancholic mood.

"Jeez. Bisca the Phantom Heartbreaker. Did not expect that." Cana had no idea that Bisca had such a past. She knew she was from the west, but that was it.

"You left me to look after Vivi for half a year… for a girl." George said, not looking up from the map he had laid out on the table. He was definitely not amused that he had to look after a 3 year old at the time. Naruto looked apologetically at his friend, but it was ignored as he spoke. "It looks like there are 3 teams hitting different locations at different times. They may be communicating but there is no way of telling. One group works the fastest so it's the biggest or most important. I believe this group will be hitting Hargeon Town. I suggest we get into contact with Blue Pegasus and Quatro Cerberus to protect the other two possible points."

"Wow… You're smart. How old are you?" Cana asked as she leant closer to the boy.

"15. I'll go make the calls. We'll move out tomorrow." He stated as he wrapped up the map and walked out of the bar.

"He's tall for a 15 year old." Cana commented.

"He's smart for one too. He's got his own complicated past, and he's worked his ass off to be strong." Naruto spoke as he smiled at the boys back. "Enough with this sad stuff. LET'S DRINK!" Naruto and Cana cheered their mugs and drank. They drank and drank and drank the majority of the night.

XxX

"HE WARNED HIM!" Master Jose grabbed his desk and threw it at the wall. "HOW DARE HE?!"

"I'm sorry Master, but that is what I saw." Megalin knelt in front of her Master. Maybe she could use this opportunity to become his right hand woman.

Jose sat back down eerily calm. "We must not be rash. Our enemies are more than we first thought. I have an idea about who we should speak to about this."


A/N

So yeah I'm putting my Author Notes here now, because I can actually comment about the chapter here. It's easier this way.

But I really don't have much to say about this one.

Just that Naruto will have the occasional flashback between his ages of 12 and 19.

Please review. Thank you, you marvellous readers.