HI everybody :D. First of all, I want to thank all those who submitted reviews. Thank you very much ^_^. I also want to thank for the favorites and alerts. As I have said in the previous chapter, there won't be a tower of heaven arc and instead I would make an interlude for the next arc. Oh and before I forgot again, Naruto doesn't have any whisker marks here. I know it was a birth mark but I don't feel it's right to still put it in him when he doesn't have the Kyubi anymore. And yeah, Naruto will have a new outfit and hairstyle :D. This chapter will answer some questions but will also give new ones. I hope you like it even if it's not action packed than the last one. :D
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And now unto the story.
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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Chapter 6: Time to move Forward
"Here it comes, Naruto." Valandil said as he hurled a rock towards the seven year old Naruto. The rock flew towards Naruto. At first, Naruto focused his concentration to the rock but as seconds passed by he turned it to a glare and then his eyes widen and he dodged the rock.
"I told you before we start to make it stop, not dodge it." Valandil said as he used his magic to lift the rock again.
"Let's try it again shall we?" He said as he hurled it again to Naruto.
Naruto stretched out his hand in a stopping motion.
"Ah, shit!" Naruto said as he again dodge to the side.
Valandil shook his head.
"Naruto, have you forgotten what I said on how to control your magic? I thought you already got the concept when you were able to control those small stones."
"No sensei, I haven't forgotten it. It's just that it already took me all the concentration I have just to control that small stone. How am I supposed to do that with a rock that is almost a hundred times bigger?"
"Do you doubt yourself, Naruto? That is not the Naruto I know. And your concentration is not the problem. Your concentration is superb; you know what the problem is?" Valandil asked.
"What is it?"
"You have the wrong target." was Valandil's answer.
"Eh?"
"I guess I have to tell you the lesson in this. I was hoping that you would get it yourself but I guess it can't be helped. Tell me, what have you learned from the hand to hand combat I taught you other than fighting?" Valandil asked.
"Concentration and Instinct." Naruto answered.
"Right, now what have you learned from the sword combat?"
"Composure and Patience."
"Very good. Then what do you think is missing right now from you?"
"Umm, Wisdom and… err I don't know." Naruto said while scratching the back of his head.
"Wisdom and Perception." Valandil answered.
"Perception? Didn't I already have that? I am already able to quickly perceive things like their smell, shape, sound, taste and feel." Naruto asked.
"Yeah, you do. But the things you have said, they are perception of the senses. What I want you now to do are to perceive what your senses could not. You're going to use the perception of the mind, the eye of your mind." Valandil said and just like many times that happened before, Naruto just looked at him confused.
"What is the magic I am teaching you?"
"Erm, the Arc of Force." Naruto answered.
"So tell me, why are you trying to control the rock?" Valandil asked.
"Because it's going straight at me, I need to make it stop."
"Naruto, the Arc of Force controls the force acting on the objects. It doesn't control the object. That's why you need to have the eye of the mind and become wise."
Naruto continued to listen. If there is one thing he had learned for so many years, if a master teaches you listen.
"Force is not something you could see or smell. It is something that you couldn't hear or taste. You will have a hard time trying to feel it especially if it was not acting on you but on other objects. So what else do you have left?" Valandil asked.
Naruto thought for a while, taking into consideration all the things Valandil said and then concluded.
"My mind, my ability to imagine how the force is acting on that object and what would happen if I try to control it."
"Very good… Look at that rock. It is currently on the ground because there is probably a force pulling it towards the ground but it is not sinking into the ground because there is probably also a force of equal quantity pushing it away. So, the result is it resting on the ground and forces reacting on equilibrium. What happens if I lessen or strengthen one of the forces?" Valandil asked.
"Then it would probably sink into the ground if you lessen the one pushing it and it would float if you lessen the one pulling it. The same could be said if you strengthen one of the forces."
Valandil smiled and threw a stone forward; they watched it until it slowly descended to the ground. Valandil looked at Naruto as if asking him to tell him what happened to the stone. Naruto deducted what happened and then said.
"When you threw the rock, you transferred a force to it. That force was enough to momentarily neutralize the force pulling the rock unto the ground. But there are also forces out there like the wind which has enough force to move objects. Eventually the force you transferred will weaken due to the other forces reacting to it."
Valandil put his hand on Naruto's head and ruffled his hair.
"You see, you already got it. So, ready for training?" Valandil asked.
"Yeah, but could we use a little smaller rock?" Naruto answered.
"That's what I like about you… You love to joke around." Valandil said as he hurled the giant rock towards Naruto again.
"The hell, I wasn't joking! I swear you're one sadistic sensei!" Naruto shouted as the rock flew towards him.
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A giant rock was hurled towards Naruto as he stood inside a forest. But when the rock was about to hit him, he raised his hand towards it and it stopped in mid air. He then thrusts his free hand forward sending a wave of invisible force at a high speed. The force hit something big and it toppled over. He then flicked his wrist and the rock flew up and then he sent it falling at high speed towards the toppled being. The rock hit it dead on but instead of resting, Naruto disappeared in a blur and then reappeared in front of the rock. He felt the rock move slightly.
"Oh no you don't." Naruto said as he appeared floating on top of the rock. He reared his fist back and then compressed so much force in it. He then punched the rock and instantly released the compressed force. A loud bang was heard as a shockwave of force literally crumbled the rock into sand burying the monster with it. After that, he sat on top of the sand panting.
"Damn it, compressing the force like that really takes too much energy from me." Naruto said as someone appeared behind him.
"Yeah, because it is something that would continually try to be freed. It will push and pull until it is free. That is why it gives a devastating blow and shockwave after you released it instantly. But I commend you, even I didn't dare try that because it was very taxing to the body and mind as there are so many forces you would need to control inside that compression, but you seem to be very adept at that." Valandil said.
"When I was still a shinobi, I was thought how to control two things at the same time though, I needed a special technique to use it but as time goes by I was able to even detect the energies around me. It does also help that I had friends who had the similar technique, though they use chakra instead of force so I kind of got the idea. But hell this is too taxing, I'll probably only have one or two shot of this a day." Naruto replied.
"You're only ten years old, you'll get better as time goes by." Valandil answered.
"Want me to teach it to you?" Naruto asked.
"Nah, I want it to be your own and own only. For me, it's enough that my protégé was able to develop his own technique."
"Neh sensei, this monster, it was once a human right?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, but he became corrupted because he carelessly used those possessed artifacts."
"Did we do the right thing? I mean to kill him, even though we knew that he was once human?" Naruto asked.
"What do you think?"
"I'm not sure but if we let him roam like this he would probably kill many people and I think he wouldn't also like that. But was it enough reason to kill him?" Naruto replied.
Valandil sat next to him and said.
"I believe that there is no such thing as absolutely right or wrong, that things shouldn't be viewed as black or white. I am more leaning to the shades of gray. That everything we do in here will probably cause good and bad. The degree of it being good or bad is the thing that we should monitor. We killed him and that is bad. Even how you look at it and reason it, killing is bad. But if we let him roam, he would cause so many catastrophes and one way or another someone would kill him. But I ask you this; if you had the chance to end it all right here but you decided to spare him and after a while you found on the news that he took down a whole village and some mage who were trying to defend that village, will you be able to live in peace?"
"No, I would have nightmares about it every night." Naruto answered.
"If I had the choice, I would have tried to turn them back to normal or exile them till I could turn them back. But until now, I haven't found that solution." Valandil said as he clenched his fists.
Naruto stayed silent, so Valandil said.
"Naruto, always do what you think is right even if it's hard…" Valandil's voice trailed as everything went dark.
"MASTER!" Naruto exclaimed as he shot up from the bed. For a moment, he was confused at where he is. He looked around and saw an unfamiliar room.
"Where am I?" He said to no one as he tried to remember what happened. Realization hit him as the memories came.
"Oh yeah, we lost… Phantom Lord is probably disbanded now… The last thing I remember was Juvia's water covering me from that light." He said.
"Speaking of which, where is Juvia and where did she brought us?" He asked again to no one. The door opened and in came a lady wearing white dress.
"Oh great, the place that I hate most, the hospital." Naruto mumbled.
"You shouldn't say that sir. The lady who brought you here was very worried and even paid for all the bills. She said that she was your little sister and that you had a rough mission." The nurse said.
"Oh, I see… Where's my sister then?" Naruto asked.
"She said she had a mission to do. She'll probably be back in a few days." The nurse answered as she checked him up.
"How long was I out?" He asked.
"About three days."
"Thanks… May I know when will I be discharged?"
"You're checkup shows that you are in perfect health, all you need is some food and you'll be good as new. We can discharge you in two days." She answered.
A few minutes later, food was sent to Naruto's room.
Two days passed since then and he was about to be discharged.
"Do you have a way to contact your sister?" The nurse asked.
"Yeah, may I get my things back?"
"Sure, the clothes your sister gave are in the closet. The one you were wearing when she brought you here were close to garbage. Should I leave the room or would you like me to dress you myself?" The nurse said seductively.
"Excuse me?"
"You're no fun but if you change your mind, just call for me okay?" The nurse said while winking and then she left.
"Tch, stupid fangirls."
Naruto opened the closet and looked at the clothes Juvia left.
"Where the hell did she get these?" was all he could say as he looked at the clothes. Hanging inside the closet there are a white sleeveless undershirt and a navy blue almost black kosode with pants. Under the kosode, is a pair of black sandals that looks like of what he wore when he was still in Konoha. What caught his attention were the white sleeveless haori and the fingerless gloves. The fingerless gloves had metal plates in them and for a moment he thought he saw the Konoha symbol in it. Same with the white haori as he thought he saw red flames licking on the bottom.
"Tch, I think that Salamander fried my brain too hard." He said as he shook his head and started changing. Once he had put on his kosode and pants he frowned.
"Juvia got the wrong size; it's big for me." He said as he tucked in the kosode and his undershirt in his pants and then tightened it with a narrow width white sash. But he still had a problem, the sleeves of the kosode and his pants were a little long.
"I can't fight like this… Oh right, I can do that." He said as he thought of something. He quickly changed back to his hospital clothes and looked for the nurse outside. Lucky for him, she was just outside of the door.
"May I ask for body wraps?" He asked.
"What for?" The nurse asked.
"I'm a mage so I need it extra protection on my hands and feet." He reasoned calmly.
"Oh okay." She answered.
He got back to his room and changed back to the clothes Juvia gave him. A little later someone knocked on the door. He opened it but didn't let the nurse in, saying he was in the middle of changing. He just put out his hand and let her hand it to him.
'No way in hell I would let myself be seen like a kid trying on his big brother's clothes.' He thought.
Once he got the wrappings, he pulled the sleeves back until the edge is on his wrists and then he wrapped his forearm. The wrapped extended from halfway of his forearm till halfway of his fingers. He did the same with the other sleeve. He then pulled the pant legs up till they are the right length and then he wrapped his ankles and a few inches above it. He then wore the gloves and the sandals.
"The wraps should keep them in place." He said as he wore the white haori. He looked at himself in the mirror and smiled.
"Good, the haori hung almost unto my ankles, it would be a shame to cut it. Almost, look like I was back in Konoha." He chuckled at the thought and then he realized.
"I just smiled and chuckled. I haven't done that for quite a long time. I have forgotten that it feels… nice." He said. He shook his head as he rummage the closet for his sword. He didn't found it there.
"Juvia must've kept it somewhere else. I don't have a choice but to wait for her. In the time being, I think I need a haircut and a new hairstyle. I also need a bigger sash to tuck my sword when I have it back." He said as he opened the door.
Outside, he met the nurse who started ogling at him when she saw Naruto walk out of the door. He paid her no mind as he continually walked towards the counter.
"I am Naruto Namikaze, I believe my sister Juvia Loxar had already paid all the bills and I am ready clear for discharge." He said to the girl at the desk.
"Yes sir… Please fill up this form and you may go…" She answered blushing. Naruto took the form and filled it up. Afterwards he gave it back to her and thanked her smiling; he then walked out of the hospital. When he was out of earshot the nurse who was ogling at him walked towards the girl at the desk and squealed.
"Isn't he one handsome and hot piece of meat?" The nurse started.
"Yeah those vibrant and lively cerulean eyes together with that warm smile. I hope to see him again." The girl answered.
Outside the hospital, Naruto heard two squeals and he felt a shiver on his spine.
"Damn fangirls, just when I'm feeling good, they just had to ruin it." He mumbled as he hurried to get away for fear of someone glomping him.
He searched around looking for a sash. He stopped at a store where he saw clothes selling the same as what he is currently wearing. He walked inside and was instantly greeted by the site of so many clothes and gadgets that were unusual, atleast in Earthland. He was greeted by the shop owner.
"Good morning sir, may I help you?"
Naruto looked at the shop owner and studied him. He was an old man, a little thin than average but certainly looks strong and quite knowledgeable of the things around him.
"Yes, may I ask if you had other sets of clothes like this? And also a bigger sash?" He asked.
"Why yes, in fact I am sure that clothes were brought here." The man said.
"How can you say that?"
"Because my shop is the only shop that sells this kind of clothes, you see I inherited this design from my ancestors."
"Well I don't see this kind of clothing nowadays, if it is very old then how come you are the only one knowledgeable of it. Shouldn't others know it as well since it may be part of history?" Naruto asked.
"Actually, my grandfather once told me that our ancestors don't come from here. That our family came from far away." was the answer he got.
"Still it's quite unusual to see these kinds of things, do you know from where your ancestors got this concepts?" Naruto asked as he checked on the clothes on the rack and various unusual weapons he doesn't normally see in Earthland.
"I'm sorry, but I certainly remember nothing about where my ancestors got these ideas. They just passed it to me. From your asking, do you know anything about it?" The owner asked.
"Just a little curious… Say, could you tell me the name of these blades?" Naruto asked as he showed the man a blade of about sixty centimeters. He also showed him a four pointed star shaped blade with a hole at the middle.
"If my memory serves me right, I think my old folks just called it a peculiar dagger and the other one is a throwing star."
"I see pretty interesting. They looked very good for stealth attacks and quick movements. I think I'll also buy some of them together with the holster and add a spin of that metal wire. Oh and don't forget the set of clothes and bigger sash." Naruto finished.
After a while, the owner came back with Naruto's purchases. Naruto took the holster for the dagger and tied it on his right thigh. He took the pouch of the wire and throwing stars and pinned it inside his haori. He then took the slightly bigger sash that is the same color as his kosode and tied it on his waist over his haori, which concealed the weapon holster and pouch.
"That should keep the haori from flailing too much from the wind and this would conceal those holster and pouches." The owner commented.
"Yeah, it would also give me a place to tuck my sword." Naruto said as he paid.
"So you really are a weapon master. Thanks for purchases." The owner said.
"I'll come by again sometime." Naruto answered as he was about to go out he noticed something out in the corner of his eyes.
"What is that?" He asked the owner as he pointed at a black cloth with metal plate in it.
"Oh that? It was supposed to be a head guard." The owner answered.
"I think I'll buy it too."
The owner took it and gave it to Naruto.
"Nah, consider this as a freebie for your purchases." The owner said.
"Thanks a lot." Naruto said as he gets out of the shop.
'First the clothes, then kunai, shuriken and now a forehead protector, am I really on another world? Why do I only notice this now?' He thought.
Three days passed and he felt Juvia's magic. He followed it until he saw her sitting by the edge of a cliff overseeing the city.
"Juvia loves this kind of places because she could see how ordinary people lives." Juvia said as she smelled Naruto's scent.
"Can't fool the nose of a dragon slayer huh, little sister?" He asked seriously.
Juvia looked at him and her eyes widen at how he looked.
"Juvia apologizes for saying those things to the nurses. She doesn't want to look suspicious." She answered.
"I see, though the clothes you gave me…" He let it hang.
"Another apologies, Juvia can't find anything that is like Naruto-san's dress so she bought dresses that she felt would fit Naruto-san's fighting style. The owner said it is good for fighting. Though, Juvia never thought that it would look good on Naruto-san." She admitted.
"Hey don't be joining my fangirls now, you're supposed to be my little sister are you?" Naruto teased as he sat next to her. For a moment there was silence, so Naruto looked at Juvia. He chuckled as he looked at her and saw her surprised expression.
"What?" He asked.
"Naruto-san just teased Juvia. Naruto-san just chuckled. Naruto-san just showed emotion. Juvia is very happy for Naruto-san." Juvia said as she hugged Naruto.
"Ooof, hey Juvia, okay I get it now. I was an ass and a jerk. I was also a cold bastard…" Naruto wasn't able to finish as Juvia cut him off as she let go of Naruto.
"Juvia did not believe that one bit. Juvia always knew that Naruto-san was a good and kind person."
"Eh, why'd you think that?"
"When Juvia first arrive on Phantom, she didn't have any friends. So, she was always alone on a corner. No one wanted to go with Juvia on a mission. Juvia always did things alone. Until four years ago when Naruto –san was introduced by the guildmaster to the guild. Instead of mingling with everyone, Naruto-san walked towards Juvia. He didn't say anything to Juvia but he sat with her. When everyone was avoiding Juvia, Naruto-san stayed. Naruto-san was also the only one who would ask Juvia to accompany him on his missions and even though he never said it, Juvia knows that he trusts her with his life and for that, Juvia wanted to be stronger for Naruto-san, her friend… No her big brother. Master Jose gave Juvia a guild but Naruto-san gave her a family. Even if he always calls Juvia unpleasant, gloomy, annoying and weird, she knows it is his way of caring for Juvia." Juvia said as tears started to streak down her eyes as she looked down. To her surprise, Naruto took the cap on her head and then placed his hand on her head. He ruffled her hair for a bit and then said.
"You too, are like sister to me. When everyone in Phantom was scared of me, you stayed. You were the only one brave enough to stand against me and even banter words with me. Thank you." He said.
Juvia cried so much and water goes out of her eyes like river.
"Oi Juvia, stop it already before everyone drowns below." Naruto said which stopped Juvia.
Once she has settled he asked.
"Hey, were you able to get my sword?" He asked as he looked down on the town.
"Yes, Juvia hid it somewhere. Shall Juvia get it now?" She asked.
"Nah, it can wait. Hey, I just noticed. The rain isn't following you around anymore, where you able to control your magic now?"
"Yes, because Juvia now understands what Zennyo-Ryou-sama means."
"Huh?"
"She told Juvia that magic is all about the will and the heart. It's not because Juvia can't control the rain but because she felt she wanted to rain. Deep inside Juvia she wanted to rain to show the people how lonely she was. Together with Juvia's dragonforce, it does not deactivate because deep inside Juvia, she doesn't want it to deactivate as it would make her vulnerable to physical pain. But Juvia was wrong, it was not the physical pain that was hurting her, it was the emotional pain. Gray-san beat Juvia because he had more will and heart than her. Isn't it the same with you Naruto-san. When you were about to win, you gave up the fight. That was what Salamander implied."
"I just remembered something I shouldn't have forgotten. That I should always do what I think is right. At that moment, it was what I think is right."
"Were you able to forgive yourself now, Naruto-san?"
"Not yet, but I hope someday I could. Because that man, had already forgiven me a long time ago and he won't be happy to see me kicking myself. So, what your plan?"
"Juvia doesn't know. Can Juvia go with Naruto-san?"
"No you can't."
"But why?"
"Because you can't always be following me, you wanted to join Fairy tail don't you? You were always envious of them when we were still in Phantom. You are now free to do it."
"Juvia can't do that anymore after what happened."
"Juvia, do what your heart says. Isn't that what your dragon said? And I think they would accept you."
"But what about you?"
"Oh me? I have things that I wanted to do. Things that I wanted to know and discover. Those are things that I must do by myself." Naruto answered.
"Juvia will miss Naruto-san."
"I'll miss you too but it's not like we won't see each other again. Now come on, let's get my sword and eat. My treat, sis." He said as he held out his hand.
Juvia smiled and took his hand.
"Oh and I wasn't teasing you when I said you were weird." Naruto finished as he dodged a water whip.
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Naruto opened the door to a restaurant.
"Table for how many sir?" The waiter asked.
"Just for one." He said as he was led to a table by the window. He gave the waiter his order and then looked at the window. His face was reflected on the window.
'I think I like this new hair style.' He thought as he examined his new hairstyle. He got the hairstyle from a poster he saw. The poster was called Thunder Emperor. When he asked them what is it? They said that it was a play that would be showed on the theater soon. It was a story about a person named Amano Ginji who lived inside a city where there is infinite electricity.
"Thunder Emperor huh? I heard that there is a mage in Fairy tail who has that nickname. Maybe he got the idea from there." Naruto mumbled.
His food arrived and he started to eat. He looked outside the window again.
'Wonder what Juvia is doing right now. We had separate ways for sometime now. Hope she was accepted in Fairy tail.' He thought. He then looked in front of his table and said.
"Now that's a face I haven't seen in a while."
"You're detection is really good. I almost didn't recognize you with your new look." The guest said. Naruto noticed the teal orb.
"Your magic signature is too unique and familiar. You like my new look? Never knew you would become a fortune teller though. I know about your magic but come on, never thought you would use it at that kind of business." He said as the guest placed the orb on the table and said.
"You idiot that's not a crystal ball, that's a lacryma."
"So you say… cut the crap, why are you here? I fail to believe that you are here for a friendly chitchat." Naruto answered.
"I've joined a dark guild." The guest replied.
"I see, you were always the adventurous, thrill seeking and twisted one anyway so I'm not surprise."
"And what your entire mouth spout is still nonsense. But I'm not here to argue with you, I am here to offer you something."
"You want me to join you, am I right?"
"Basically yes, but hear me first before you decide."
"I'm listening." Naruto answered.
The guest started talking and after a while their conversation finished and the guest stood up and started to walk away.
"You haven't told me my fortune yet." Naruto said.
"I told you this is a lacryma and I'm no fortune teller, you idiot. Oh and better wish you find a way to use your magic again because the next time we meet, we'll be enemies." The guest said before walking away.
"Zeref huh? I guess I'll have to join a guild afterall."
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"Kyaaa!" Naruto heard as he was going back from a mission on the forest. The mission was easy enough for him, just killing wild beast who kept on attacking the villagers. He immediately runs toward the source of the voice. He stopped when he saw a bandit camp. He stealthily came closer and looked around the camp until he saw three mages. Two of them are male lying face down. He looked at the girl who shouted and his eyes widen.
"What the hell? I know some people unlucky but they are borderline cursed. I mean for all the times that I run into them, they are almost always on the wrong end of the straw." Naruto said as he shook his head.
'Wonder if they'll recognize me, if I don't show them my sword." He wondered as he left his sword on a shroud of bush.
"You guys are quite lucky today though…" He said as he disappeared in a blur.
Levy closed her eyes as she bowed slightly as if shielding herself. One of the bandits was about to grab her shirt. Jet and Droy are already out and she was the only one who could fight, but as things are looking she would be raped.
'No, please somebody help me…" As she thought of this, for some reason a face came to her mind and it was the face of a person one would thought that she would last ask for help.
"What the?" She heard. She steeled her nerves and opened her eyes only to meet the sky, only to shake her head in confusion.
'No, it wasn't the sky it was a pair of eyes that mirrored the sky.' She thought as she looked at the scene. A handsome young man was currently kneeling down in front of her while looking up towards her. She blushed profusely. She looked carefully and saw that he was kneeling on the back of the guy who was about to touch her. What he did next made her feel like those princesses on her romance books.
He smiled at her warmly and said.
"Are you alright?"
She only nods in response not trusting her voice.
"I'll take care of these guys. You seat back here and take care of your friends." He said as he stood up. He easily towered over her.
"Take care of us? Don't be cocky kid, just because you were able to take out one of us by surprise." One of the bandits said.
"You know what I hate most… Scums, who rape and play with people as if they were toys." Naruto said as he faced them.
"Tch, you're just a kid trying to play hero for a damsel in distress. This is no Fairy tale."
"Yeah, this is not. But I know some who are." Naruto replied.
"You bastard." One of them said as he charged at Naruto. Naruto ducked as the punch was about to hit him and then he stepped forward pushing himself towards the bandit as he delivered an elbow thrust. The strength of the trusth almost sent the bandit skidding away but Naruto held his shirt and then threw him towards the other bandit at high speed. The other bandit had no time to react as his comrade was thrown at him. He thankfully caught him but before he could relaxed, Naruto's foot connected on his comrade's chest and they were both sent flying towards a tree and the impact made them unconscious.
He looked towards Levy in time to see the leader of the bandit about to take her as hostage. In a blur he was suddenly in mid air. His body was parallel to the ground as he caught the bandit's arm and then he used it as a point of rotation to deliver a spinning kick on the bandit's head. The bandit's leader dropped to the ground unconscious as Naruto stood beside him.
The other bandits started to panic and run away from fear. Naruto easily picked them out one by one to beat them up. Afterwards, he tied them up and dragged them towards Levy.
"Here. These bandits are your mission right?" He said as he walked away.
"Wait! Why are you giving them to me?" She asked.
"Because they're yours, a village is near here. You can ask for help in there." He answered as he left.
"Thank you… I hope we meet again." was all she said and then she realized.
"I wasn't able to ask his name. Wonder who he is? But he does remind me of him…" She said as she started to remember a certain blonde.
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"It's very nice to look up on the clouds and the sky on this kind of a beautiful day, isn't it?" Naruto heard as he was looking up at the clouds similar to what Shikamaru usually does. He looked at the source of the voice and saw a dwarfed old man.
"Master Makarov?" Naruto asked confused.
"Yoh!" Makarov said as he waved at Naruto.
"What do you want? I didn't do anything bad to your members this time." Naruto said a little nervous.
"Yesterday, Juvia joined our guild." Makarov said.
"I see… I already saw that coming. But why seek me?"
"She was really worried about you, too."
"That girl, I already told her not to worry about me."
"You look different from the last time I last saw you. Your eyes are not void of emotions anymore. It looks like you got part of your humanity back but I believe that there is still a chance that you might come back to the dark. Juvia said that you couldn't forgive yourself for something you've done in the past and yet you yourself believe that, that person have already forgiven you. Why don't you come to our guild as well? Maybe we could help you move forward, maybe all you need is a good family."
"Why? After all I have done to your guild, how could you just forgive me like that? I destroyed your guild."
"I don't care about you destroying our guild house. It would have been destroyed sooner or later by those children who are always fighting inside." Makarov answered.
"And your members…"
"You hurt them and no matter what happen I won't forgive you for it." Makarov said as he released a small amount of magic energy.
"But from looking at you now and from what I had gathered from Juvia and Natsu, I know how sorry you are. And I am sure that you feel worse than how I feel." Makarov said as Naruto looked at him wide eyed.
"And to top it all, if I were to ignore a young man like you who are trying to come back to the light, fall into darkness. I won't be able to forgive myself even more."Makarov finished.
"Will you… will they accept me even with all the things I have done? And I have things that I want to do on my own…"
"I'm sure my children will understand because they are just like you, kids who are trying their best to stay out of the darkness and walk to the light. I'm not sure of what you wanted to do but as long as it is not something bad, you are free to do it. A free spirit is what I want from my children but if you do something bad, I will personally punish you. Think about it, Naruto-san. That person didn't give up on you; wouldn't it be a shame if you give up on yourself?" Makarov said as he stretched out his hand towards Naruto.
"This is not salvation. It's simply a helping hand and a guide towards the light of tomorrow. Continue or stop dead, do it alone or with a family, fall into the darkness or walk towards the light, kick yourself or allow forgiveness. In the end, you have to make those decisions on your own." Makarov finished as he continued to offer his hand.
"Thank you, for giving me a chance… I… I… I'm a Fairy tail mage…" Naruto said as he grabbed unto Makarov's hand and let the tears fall.
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"Everyone listen!" Makarov announced.
The members of Fairy tail stopped what they are doing and gave him their full attention.
"Yesterday, I have finished the papers and legalities for our two new members." Makarov announced.
"New members? Are they strong? Lemme see them, I wanna fight em' now." Natsu said.
"Now now Natsu, be nice to our new members. And yes, they are strong. Actually one of them was promoted by the council to S-class and not by his former guild, so his status carries over to the guild. The other one though, was once promoted to S-class by her former guild but as guild standards are different, I demoted her back to A-class." Makarov finished.
"I see, so the two new comers are S-class and A-class huh? Nice! Where are they? Lemme see them now." Natsu said.
"There they are." Makarov said as he pointed his finger towards the door.
Everyone looked at the two new comers.
"You two look familiar but I just can't pin point where I saw both of you." Lucy said.
On one side Levy was blushing profusely.
'I saw him again… Now I have a chance to thanks him.' She thought.
Natsu then suddenly sniffed the air and then pointed at the two of them.
"What the… I almost didn't recognize both of you. Both of you changed so much, good thing I had a good sense of smell." Natsu said as he smirked and continued.
"So, you joined Fairy tail afterall… Juvia… Naruto…"
Silence reigned over Fairy tail trying to process what Natsu had said until it was shattered by a collective shout by the members.
"EHHH?"
End of Chapter 6
AN: So umm how was it? Oh if you want to see Naruto's hairstyle. Just look at my Thunder Emperor avatar on my profile. I hope you like it. About the mage rank, Naruto was already promoted S-class even before he joined Phantom by the council since he was once a freelance mage. Oh have you seen the new chapter of Fairy tail? Makarov rocks and I personally don't like Ultear's new clothes it doesn't show her beauty :)) ... The next chapter would be the start of the Fighting Festival arc. Oh and please READ AND REVIEW. Good or bad it means a lot to me. Oh and before anyone asks. Naruto and Juvia are just like siblings. :D