Chapter 3. The Offer
(Back at Fairy Tail)
Natsu was in a panic, he was kicking tables over and spewing fire out of his mouth every chance he got. "Where is it!?" The young Dragon Slayer yelled in anger.
Lisanna followed Natsu around the guild and tried to stop the young boy's rampage. "We will find it Natsu-kun. Just please stop tearing everything apart!" The smallest of the Takeover siblings begged.
Her plea fell on deaf ears however, as Natsu continued to rampage about the guild causing many of the weaker members to flee the building. Though the stronger wizards like Mira, Gray and Erza remained.
"Will you cool your jets match stick!" Gray yelled as he pushed Natsu back and forced the Dragon Slayer's rage towards himself. "Just what is your problem?"
Natsu growled and shoved his forehead into Gray's. "Grrr you stupid snowman, I bet you were the one that stole my dragon egg!" The pink haired wizard accused.
Gray gritted his teeth and started to push Natsu backwards. "I don't have your stupid egg flame brain." The ice wizard spoke honestly.
"Liar-.."
"Enough!" Erza declared as she pushed the two apart. "Gray didn't steal your egg Natsu, he's been at the guild all day. So take a deep breath and tell me everything that happened."
Mira walked over and crossed her arms. "I bet that idiot ate the egg and doesn't want Lisanna to know."
"I did not!" Natsu yelled towards Mira. "Why would I eat my dragon!?"
Mira shrugged her shoulders. "You're an idiot, that's why."
Erza glared at her rival and got in her face. "Be polite." The girl ordered in an angered filled voice.
"Oh, and what will you do if I don't tin can?" Mira asked in a challenging tone.
"I'll kick your half-dressed ass, you demon bitch!" Erza replied causing the two to lock hands and start to push each other while tossing insults.
While this was happening Natsu turned to Gray and started to accuse him once more. "I don't believe Erza, I know you stole my egg!"
Gray punched Natsu in the chest. "I didn't steal your stupid egg moron!" The ice mage yelled in anger.
"Liar!" Natsu shouted while tackling Gray to the ground.
Lisanna watched the four wizards duke it out and frowned. None of this fighting was helping anything, but it felt like she was the only one that knew that.
"If only Naruto was here." The younger girl sighed in depression. "He would know what to do."
"But I am here." The voice of Naruto replied form behind, making Lisanna jump back in surprise.
"Naruto don't scare me like that!" The older girl ordered, while placing a hand on her beating chest.
"Hehe sorry Lisanna-chan, but why are they at each other's throats this time?" The blond asked while looking towards his fighting friends.
Lisanna looked to Naruto with the look she had when she wanted something from him. "Natsu's egg is missing, could you stop them so we can find it?"
Naruto nodded and held his hand out, making the four Fairy Tail wizards float into the air and away from each other. "That's enough you four! I swear I'm the youngest, but at the same time the most mature."
"My apologies little brother." Erza spoke sincerely to her surrogate brother. "You may punish me for my actions."
"Yeah whatever." Mira grumbled in an annoyed tone. No matter how mad she was at Erza, she could never be mad at Naruto. She and her family owed him a lot after all.
"Blame Flame Brain for this." Gray accused while trying to take another swing at the pink haired boy.
Naruto sighed and made the two float even farther away from each other. "Natsu, Lisanna tells me your egg is missing. So instead of blaming your fellow guild members, why don't you ask them to help you find it?"
Natsu pouted and looked away, he hated when Naruto would make sense. "Fine. Can you jerks help me?"
Naruto sighed and started to make the Dragon Slayer spin. "Use your manners Natsu."
Erza smiled and gave Natsu a thumbs up. "Good punishment Naruto."
Naruto rolled his eyes and stopped spinning Natsu. Then he opened his mouth to speak, but someone else beat him to the punch.
"Everyone calm down, I have the egg." The voice of Elfman spoke from behind the group.
Naruto turned around and found Elfman smiling while holding a giant egg. The egg itself was white with blue flame designs.
"Elfman-nii, why did you steal Natsu's egg?" Lisanna asked in a disappointed voice.
"I didn't mean to cause a panic, but I was afraid you or Natsu would crush the egg in your sleep. So I've been keeping it warm for you guys." The middle child explained honestly. "You can have it back now if you would like."
Elfman walked forward, but the giant egg blocked a majority of his eyesight. So he was unable to see the cup laying on the ground in front of his feet. Then before anyone could say a thing, Elfman tripped over the cup and the egg went flying into the air.
Everyone's eyes grew wide as they watched the egg descend down onto the ground. Lisanna turned away as she didn't want to watch her egg smash. Naruto on the other hand released his friends from his Gravity Magic and jumped forward. And with just enough time, Naruto caught the egg in his hand.
Though as he held it, his hands glowed green followed by small black designs growing out of his hands and onto the egg. "What the hell?" Naruto mumbled as he almost dropped the egg in surprise.
"Great save Naruto!" Natsu praised as he snatched the egg out of the blonde's hands, not noticing the new appearance of the egg.
Erza eyed the younger mage, she saw what happened but she didn't know what to make of what she saw. "Yeah good job Naruto."
Elfman stood to his feet and rubbed his head in embarrassment. "I'm sorry everyone I didn't mean to cause so much trouble." The white haired boy apologized.
Lisanna smiled. "It's ok big brother Elf, everything worked out in the end. You were doing what you thought was best."
"It would appear so." The voice of the master boomed as he walked among the group of young mages. "I'm glad Naruto got back from his spar with Gildarts quick enough to save the day."
Natsu looked towards Naruto with a hint of jealously. "What?! You got to fight Gildarts? That's not fair! I already called dibs on fighting him next jerk." The Dragon Slayer whined, earning a bonk on his head by Erza.
"You aren't strong enough to fight Gildarts." The scarlet haired mage pointed out before looking at the unharmed Naruto, thinking to herself just how strong the young blond was. "Besides last time you challenged Gildarts to a fight, he hit you so hard that you flew across town."
Gray, Lisanna and Mira chuckled at Natsu's expense, causing the pink haired wizard to jerk his head off to the side. Naruto sighed and decided to try and pick his friend's spirit up.
"Hey look at it this way Natsu, you have an awesome dragon's egg. No one else in the guild has a dragon's egg." Naruto pointed out.
Natsu smiled at that and opened his mouth to speak. Though just then the egg started to crack and shake. "Ahhh my dragon is hatching!" The young boy shouted.
Everyone leaned in closer and watched the egg glow bright. Then before they knew it, the egg shattered into dust. Leaving nothing besides a small blue cat in Natsu's hands.
Gray started to snicker at his rival's expense while Erza brought a hand to her chin and cocked her head to the side. Mira and Lisanna grew hearts in their eyes as they looked down at the small baby cat. Natsu just stared down at the small ball of fluff in his hands. He was disappointed it wasn't a dragon, though he couldn't help but look down lovingly at the cat in his hands.
Naruto and Makarov looked at this cat with a different point of view. They knew cats didn't lay eggs so there had to be something going on that they didn't know about.
"Nice dragon Flame Brain." Gray laughed in a low voice taking a shot at his rival's new cat.
"Screw you Gray!" The Fire wizard yelled in response, holding his cat tightly. "Happy is better than any dragon! Well besides Igneel."
"Happy?" Lisanna asked with a small giggle. "You are naming him Happy?"
Natsu nodded with a goofy grin. "Aye sir!"
"Aye sir!" The small cat mimicked, causing everyone to go silent in shock.
"Did that cat just talk?" Naruto asked, hoping he wasn't going crazy.
"Yeah I think it did." Erza replied, not believing what her own ears heard.
Makarov folded his arms and looked the cat over, it was a complete mystery. Though so was his own grandson, and Naruto was harmless enough. "I don't know what kind of cat little Happy is, but I'm sure he will fit perfectly into our guild."
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(Four years later X782)
It has been four years since Happy was hatched and Naruto had fought Gildarts. Over that time, the guild discovered that not only could Happy talk like a normal human but the blue cat could also use magic and grow wings for flight. A feat that was very useful for Natsu, as he would have Happy carry him through the air. Allowing the Dragon Slayer to fly high into the sky with his partner.
Also during the past four years Cana and Gildarts grew increasingly close. Finally they were able to have the father and daughter relationship which Cana yearned for so badly. Not only did Gildarts become a good father towards Cana, he also became her teacher as he taught her how to use his Crash Magic, making Cana one of the guild's most powerful members.
Speaking of members, over the last four years Fairy Tail had gained dozens of new members. Some of the more notable ones would be Levy McGarden, Jet, Droy and a mysterious boy by the name Mystogan.
The masked boy was even able to become an official S-class mage. That's of course after Erza, Mira and Cana had already joined their ranks leaving other mages like Gray, Natsu, Elfman and even Naruto as regular wizards. Of course the only reason Naruto wasn't S-class was because of his grandfather. He felt letting his grandson compete would be unfair for some of the other members, so after he asked Naruto to sit out the blond agreed to not take the exams until he was sixteen. Then he would defeat anyone that got in his way.
Though for now, Naruto was happy with life. Over the past four years he has only gotten stronger and has already completed multiple S-class jobs by helping Laxus, Erza and Cana. In fact many started to wonder why the blond wasn't S-class considering no one knew of his and Makarov's deal.
However, the biggest change for Naruto over the last four years wasn't his magic. It was his feeling towards Lisanna that changed. He no longer had a silly crush towards his best friend. Instead he was completely in love with her, doing everything he could to earn her love.
Which explains why the Yōsei Kami was seated at a table alone. His eyes and focus towards the beautiful girl with short white hair talking to her older sister.
Over the years Naruto had grown quite well, no longer was he a small child. Now he was a confident fourteen year old who was slowly working his way towards manhood. Already the teenager was taller than his grandfather as his height was only a few inches under six feet tall.
Though his height wasn't the only change that Naruto underwent. He completely discarded all his baby fat and traded it in for lean muscle. His hair had become medium-length, wavy and spiked while being a light blond color like his mother's and the black steak across his hair slowly reseeded away.
Naruto also found an old picture of his grandfather's father; Yury Dreyar. In honor of the man the boy modeled his appearance after him. So he donned a black turtleneck, over the top of which he wore a leather jacket with a folded, fur-trimmed collar and breast pockets on both sides. He also wore simple black pants and matching black shoes.
"Are you going to look at her all day?" A female voice asked in irritation. "Or are you going to finally tell her how you feel?"
Naruto looked up to see one of the two girls he saw as an older sister; Cana Clive. She had grown over years as well and filled out nicely into her young female body. She wore a black tank-top with a small leather jacket that left her abdomen exposed. She also sported tight Capri pants and black high heel shoes.
"Oh hey Nee-chan." Naruto replied in an offhand tone before shifting his attention back to Lisanna.
Cana grew a tick mark and took a seat by Naruto. "Don't play me off like that." The eldest warned while digging her knuckles into Naruto's head. "When your big sister comes to give relationship advice, you take it."
Naruto rubbed his head. "Oww~! Alright you have my attention Nee-chan."
Cana smirked in victory. "Good, now here is my idea. Since my little brother is too much of a wimp to confess in person, write her a letter and give it to her. She can read it in private and give you a response later."
"But what-.."
"No buts mister!" Cana cut in sharply. "Do as your big sister says. Besides, when have I ever steered you wrong?"
Naruto held his fingers up. "Well there was that time you convinced me to take some of Jiji-chan's alcohol. Then the time you convinced me to steal Mira's panties because you said you left yours in her room by accident. I thought either her or Lisanna-chan were gonna kill me. Then there was-..."
"Ok you proved your point." The elder mage dead panned. "But this time I'm right and not trying to prank you."
Naruto sighed in defeat. "Fine I'll give it a try and if this is another prank I will stuff itching powder down all your clothes again."
Cana growled with fire in her eyes. "That was you!? Bastard, I thought it was Natsu and Happy!"
Naruto gulped and rubbed that back of his head. "Well I done goofed." The blond chuckled in a nervous voice.
Cana started to radiate white magical pressure as she cracked her knuckles. "Oh yes you sure did." She replied before taking a swing at Naruto's head.
Quickly dodging and running towards the door, Naruto called out for forgiveness. "Please don't kill me Nee-chan, I'm sorry!"
"Too late asshole!" Cana shouted while chasing the blond down.
As the two ran out the guild they pasted Mira and Lisanna. Both girls just sighed and shook their heads, knowing neither Naruto nor Cana would ever change.
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(With Makarov; at the meeting of Wizard Saints)
Currently Makarov was away from the guild, he was off on important business. Said business was meeting with the other eight members of the Wizard Saints in hopes of finding a tenth member.
The nine most powerful men in Fiore were gathered together at a large round table. In the center of the table was the emblem of the Wizard Saints.
Starting off with the weakest member, his name was Jura Neekis or more commonly known as Iron Rock Jura; the Ace of Lamia Scale. He was a tall and massive man with a heavily muscular figure, distinguished by his bald head. His chest was bare, being only covered by a series of dark belts crossing diagonally and around his neck. He donned a short mantle covered in horizontal blue and white stripes and sporting edges decorated by numerous short, yellow strings hanging from it. On his arms were tight-fitting green armbands almost reaching up to his shoulders. Around his waist there was a long loincloth, held up by a simple belt and sporting a motif composed of several arcs.
The next member was Jose Porla, the current guild master of Phantom Lord. Jose was a tall, slim man with long, straight, black hair reaching down to his shoulders and a thin mustache. He had a long and sharp face, vaguely pointed ears, prominent eyelashes and dark-colored lips. His attire consisting of a flamboyant coat with a high collar that sported a jagged mantle and jagged lower edges, as well as intricately decorated borders and inners featuring two prominent wings similar to a bat's, with a matching witch-like hat bearing Phantom Lord's symbol, complete with an extremely long, bent top hanging down on Jose's left. A plain shirt which sported his Wizard Saint's medallion around the neck, with two light ribbons falling down from it, paired with long socks, and a pair of pointed shoes each bearing two furry balls, one on the front and one on the back of the foot. While donning this attire, his left hand's fingers were adorned by a pair of rings, with one of them sporting a spherical gem.
After Jose there was the youngest of the group, a teenager by the allies Siegrain. His real name was Jellal Fernades, but no one besides a select few who worked beside him knew his true name. His most prominent features were his spiky long blue hair and the red tattoo under his right eye. He dressed himself in elegant yet simple robes; consisting of a long white frock-coat with black stripes across the edges and on the upper part of the arms, a decorated standing collar, large straps connected to decorated buckles closing the inducement on the front over a dark shirt, and matching pants and shoes. Finishing his attire of with his Wizard Saint medallion around his neck.
Next was Naruto's adoptive grandfather and master of Fairy Tail; Makarov Dreyar. He was dressed in his formal attire, wearing a white tunic with the Fairy Tail symbol on the left collar, and black pants, all in which was covered by a formal white coat with white fur around the edges and with the Wizard Saints emblem proudly placed on his back.
Then after Makarov came the man ranked as the fifth most powerful man in Fiore; Hideaki Fujikawa. A man who wasn't as well known as the previous members mentioned before him, but he was incredibly powerful regardless. Hideaki was a tall muscular man with shoulder length black hair that was slicked back to reveal his pale white face. His attire consisted of a long dark green leather over coat and matching pants and boots. His shoulders, knees and wrists all sported a gold plated armor covering over his clothing. On his chest he had his Wizard Saint medallion hanging loosely down his neck. Finally he had a long golden spear gripped tightly in his right hand.
Makarov always got chills down his spine when he looked at the man. For some reason the short master didn't trust the man. Though moving away from Hideaki and towards the Four Gods of Ishgar. The first one to look at was the weakest of the four, Warrod Sequen.
Warrod was an incredibly old individual as he was one of the founding members of Fairy Tail. He was an old friend of Mavis and Makarov's father Yuri. His appearance resembled that of an aged tree trunk and his hair seemed to be replaced by a leafy treetop. Warrod was dressed in a high-collared kimono tied together with a belt, loose trousers, a coat, and a pair of boots.
After Warrod was the third strongest Wolfheim who was a very short, older man who sports a long beard. He was dressed in a dark-colored shirt, a light-colored vest with large buttons and stripes towards the bottom of it. For pants he wore dark slacks decorated with diamond shapes and on his head he wore a large hat, glasses, and a gemstone earring.
Seated beside Wolfheim was a man by the name Hyberion. He was an older gentleman with clean-cut dark hair, a well-groomed mustache, pointy ears, and a tattoo on his forehead that is reminiscent of a cross. He was wearing a button-up dress shirt, a lightly decorated vest, dark-colored slacks, and a bowtie. He covers his ensemble with a dark-colored cape that sports light-colored crosses towards the mid-line. He also wears a large ring on his middle finger. All the while elegantly sipping wine from a large chalice.
Finally sitting at the largest chair at the table was the strongest man in Fiore; God Serena. He appeared to be a middle-aged man with medium-length wavy and spiked light-colored hair that juts out at the top in a shape similar to rabbit ears; he has thick eyebrows and bears a scar over the bridge of his nose. He was garbed in a very well decorated high-collared white kimono with golden designs covering his entire outfit.
"So now that everyone is here, let's get down to business." God Serena spoke loud and commanding. "The Magic Council has been on my ass to find a tenth member to bring the Wizard Saints back at full strength."
Wolfheim snorted. "And are we not enough?" The short man asked, his temper was on a very short fuse.
"Oh don't be like that Wolfy, the Council is just worried about looking powerful towards the other countries." Warrod pointing out while using his nickname for Wolfheim.
Wolfheim's eyes changed into beast like pupils, showing he possessed some form of Takeover Magic. A magic he was on the verge of using. "Don't call me that Warrod." The short man warned.
The plant using wizard laughed. "I didn't call you anything Wolfy." The man replied innocently.
Wolfheim started to radiate magical pressure in anger, Warrod looked towards the man with a sudden serious face and matched his magical pressure.
"Would you two fools stop bickering, we have important things to discuss." Hyberion spoke up, breaking the tension between the two. "You can fight after this meeting, but right now you are wasting my time."
Both men dropped their magical power and caused everyone from Makarov to Jura to take a deep breath. Even though they were Wizard Saints, the Four Gods of Ishgar were on a completely different level.
"Well I'm glad that is settled." God Serena spoke in a monotone voice before looking to Makarov. "Did you convince Gildarts Clive in joining as our new member?"
Makarov cleared his throat as all the attention was thrown towards himself. "I tried to convince him, but I had no success." The master explained in a disappointed tone.
God Serena nodded. "That is unfortunate, but does anyone have any recommendations for a tenth member?"
The room remained momentarily silent, no one spoke a word. However, the newest of the Saints decided to voice his opinion.
"I would like to nominate Makarov-dono's grandson Laxus Dreyar." Jura spoke up, earning eyes on him and a glare from Jose. "The boy shows a lot of potential and as a relative of Makarov-dono is bound to have great strength."
"Bah! Another Fairy Tail nominee? I'll pass." Jose replied showing his hatred for Fairy Tail.
Warrod gave a warm smile towards Jura. "I believe Laxus would be a great addition. He isn't exactly my first pick, but still a great one at that. My vote is yes."
"Well in that case I'm voting with Jose, two Fairy Tail idiots is enough." Wolfheim declared, his decision made on his anger towards Warrod.
"That's makes the vote two against two." God Serena announced to the group. "I place my vote in as yes."
Hyberion took a sip of his wine before speaking. "I've heard of the boy's rash nature. No offense Makarov, but unless he does some growing my vote is no."
Makarov nodded his head. "It's fine I actually agree with your statement. I vote no as well."
This surprised many of the men inside the room, most would think Makarov would vote yes. Not only was it his own grandson, but it was a chance to bring another Wizard Saint into Fairy Tail.
"Well if Makarov is voting no then I will as well." Siegrain revealed, completely ruining Laxus's chance of being a Wizard Saint.
Warrod frowned, but shrugged his shoulders. "Oh well can't win them all, but I believe my candidate has a better chance of joining our ranks." The plant mage explained cryptically before speaking with some power behind his voice. "I nominate Naruto Dreyar!"
"Hell no!" Jose cried in anger. "What is with all these Fairy Tail nominations? First there was Gildarts last meeting and now both of Makarov's brats! Why not offer the position to one of my mages?"
"Because Makarov's brats, as you call them, and Gildarts are stronger than any mage in your guild." God Serena spoke up, making Jose retreat back into his seat. "In fact comparing those three to one of your mages... Well it would be like comparing my strength to yours. In other words I vote yes with Warrod."
Wolfheim glared at Warrod with anger. "Still not voting with this bastard. So no."
Hyberion shook his chalice around, disappointed that he was out of wine. "The boy is too young and foolish. The only reason someone young like Siegrain is here is because he was mature enough to earn a seat on the Magic Council. So my vote is another no."
Jura crossed his arms over his chest. "Young or not that boy is remarkably strong for his age. I believe in the years under the proper guidance he could become something beyond comprehension. So I place my vote in as a yes."
Makarov opened his mouth to speak, but he was cut off.
"If I may speak, I didn't get to vote last time." Hideaki began slowly, earning all attention on himself. "I believe the recommendation for the tenth member of our ranks as Naruto Dreyar is a wonderful choice. I've followed the boy's achievements recently and I'm impressed by his skill."
"So that is four people for Naruto Dreyar and three against him. Siegrain, Makarov what is your answers?" God Serena asked, hoping a yes could be met so he could leave.
"I vote no." Makarov declared shocking the room once more. "Neither of my grandchildren are ready to join the ranks of the Wizard Saints. Laxus for the way he behaves while Naruto just hasn't had enough time to grow into the proper wizard I want him to be."
"Well." Siegrain spoke in a calm voice. "I vote yes."
God Serena nodded. "That settles things, Naruto Dreyar will be offered the position to join the Wizard Saints."
"Absolutely not!" Makarov shouted in anger. "I've said it all ready, Naruto isn't ready for such a responsibility."
"It's too late Makarov-dono the vote has been made. If you don't approach the boy about the offer one of us will." Hideaki explained showing the way everyone else besides a few felt on the subject.
"Actually I have a solution to Makarov's problem." Warrod spoke up towards the group. "We will write Naruto's name down as our unofficial member, that will keep the Magic Council off our backs. That's if you don't say anything Siegrain."
"My lips will be sealed." The blue haired teen replied in a calm voice.
"Good then I will take young Naruto-kun for two years and train him. By the time I am done with him he shall be plenty strong enough to join our ranks." Warrod finished before allowing the idea he gave to sink in.
"Actually I remember last time me and Makarov-dono spoke. He explained his grandson was looking for a teacher who could show him Earth Magic. So I would like to take Naruto for a year as well and show him my magic." Jura revealed causing Warrod to nod.
"That's acceptable, I'll take him for a year and then you can have him." The plant like man agreed. "What do the rest of you say?"
God Serena folded his hands over the table. "The yes has already been made. Right now the only person who has to agree to this is Naruto and Makarov. So what do you say?"
Makarov closed his eyes and reclined back. "Knowing my grandson he would quickly agree to these terms. And as his grandfather I shouldn't hold him back. I will agree to Warrod-sama's idea."
"Good then our meeting is concluded." God Serena announced to the group.
Warrod smiled in victory while Wolfheim, Jose, Hyberion, Siegrain, Hideaki and God Siegrain disappeared, showing they were all nothing, but thought projections. However, Jura, Makarov and Warrod stayed behind. They had some talking to do.
"So now that the crowd is gone let's talk for real Makarov." Warrod began in a serious voice.
Makarov looked between the two men and sighed. "You planned this didn't you?" The short guild master grumbled.
Jura nodded. "I'm sorry we didn't tell you friend, but Warrod-sama said you wouldn't agree."
"Got that right." Makarov mumbled while looking off to the side.
"Makarov I need to know something before I train Naruto." Warrod explained in a serious voice. "How is he the son of my dead friend Mavis?"
Makarov and Jura's eyes grew wide. Both of them were shocked for much different reasons. They really did have some serious talking to do.
"Let's start with when I first found Naruto." Makarov began as he started his story of Naruto's origin.
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(With Naruto)
Naruto was walking with Cana towards the backyard of the guild. He held a small freshly written letter in his hands while he sported a large lump on his head.
"Nee-chan did you really have to hit me so hard?" The younger of the two whined as he rubbed his head.
Cana glared at Naruto. "You're lucky I'm still helping you." She replied before dramatically pushing her hair do the side. "Just shows what a great big sister I am."
"Yeah, don't go around tooting your own horn." The blond mumbled while looking off to the side.
Cana growled and whacked Naruto over the head, causing the blond to almost fall over. "What was that?" The girl asked, challenging him to say something stupid.
"My Nee-chan is the best!" The blond replied with fake enthusiasm.
Cana crossed her arms and spotted Lisanna in the distance. She was standing under a tree and giving Natsu and Happy a talking to. "Well if you're done being an ass, your little girlfriend is right over there."
"She is not my girlfriend." Naruto dead-panned.
Cana giggled and started to push Naruto towards his crush. "Not yet she isn't, after all who could resist my little brother?"
Naruto saw Lisanna giggling happily while looking down at Natsu. The latter of whom wasn't even giving her attention. "I don't know if I should do this Nee-chan." The blond began, his nervousness taking over. "So many things could go wrong and-.."
"Quit being such a baby." Cana ordered while pushing her surrogate brother forward. "Just go over there and be yourself. She won't even know what the letter is about until she reads it later anyway."
Naruto turned around to face his sister. "I guess you are... Cana where did you go?" The blond mumbled while scanning the area for the brunette.
After a moment he found her hidden off to the side behind a tree. Once she noticed she was spotted she made a go ahead sign with her hand. Though Naruto remained still causing her to groan.
"HEY LISANNA!" Cana yelled out before hiding away.
Her attention being grabbed away from Natsu, Lisanna looked over and noticed her best friend. This of course caused her to smile and wave the blond over. "Hey Naruto, haven't seen you since Cana chased you out of the guild."
Naruto walked over towards the group and rubbed his head in embarrassment. "Oh you saw that?" The blond laughed out.
Lisanna giggled. "Yeah I did, I swear you two will never change. You both always fight about something, you'll never get a girl to like you that way." The girl teased playfully.
Naruto let out a fake laugh. "Yeah I guess you're right about that."
Natsu raised an eyebrow, he knew Naruto's laugh and that one he used was clearly fake. Though he decided to keep that bit of information to himself.
"Hey Naruto what's in that envelop?" Happy asked while floating on Naruto's head. "Is it fish for me?"
Naruto's groaned, everything was always about fish with Happy. "No Happy it's a letter." Naruto explained while holding it up for the cat to see. "A fish wouldn't be able to fit inside."
Happy pouted at the blonde's response, he really wanted a fish. Natsu on the other hand moved up on his feet and took interest in the letter.
"It looks blank, who is the letter from?" Natsu asked.
Lisanna laughed and snatched it out of Naruto's hands. "I bet Naruto's got a secret girlfriend he isn't telling us about." The girl theorized before acting like she was upset. "And to imagine you wouldn't even tell me about her."
Naruto sighed in exhaustion, he didn't even try to take the letter back. It was for Lisanna to have after all. "I don't have a girlfriend Lisanna." The blond explained.
"Ahhh don't be like that Naruto, I know it must be hard talking about girls with me. After all I know how you feel about me." Lisanna began causing Naruto to go tense. "We are like brother and sister, but since we really are not related it must be hard for you to talk about these things with me. Just know I'm here to help you, we are best friends after all."
Naruto looked down in depression. "Yeah I guess I should be more open with you regarding my feelings." The blond admitted. "Though that letter isn't for anyone else, but for you."
Lisanna was actually surprised, who would send her a letter? "If you don't mind me asking who sent this letter?" The girl asked, her hand slowly opening the envelope.
"Stop don't open it yet." Naruto instructed, cashing Lisanna to stop. "Like I said the letter is for you and only you. So I would assume you should read it in private."
Lisanna nodded and tucked the letter away, but her question still wasn't answered. She didn't know that the letter was from Naruto, though Natsu on the other hand was starting to get an idea. Before any of the three could speak, the voice of Mira called out to her sister.
"Lisanna it's time to go!" The eldest sibling yelled out. "This beast isn't going to sit by and wait for us to take care of it."
Elfman pumped his fist in the air. "Yeah lil' sis, let's go be men!"
Naruto frowned. "You have a mission?" The blond asked in a disappointed voice because missions usually took a couple days to complete. So Naruto would have to wait for an answer from Lisanna and that wait would drive him insane.
"Yeah, since Mira-nee is S-class now she is taking us on an S-rank mission." The white haired teen explained, causing Naruto to get worry in his eye and Natsu to grow jealous.
"What no fair! Take me too!" Natsu cried out childishly.
"Sorry Natsu the only man on this mission will be me!" Elfman declared, shutting the Dragon Slayer down.
Natsu growled and jerked his head to the side. "Whatever." The pink haired teen mumbled.
"Sorry Natsu-kun, I promise I'll do a mission with you another time." Lisanna vowed as she walked off, but she was stopped as Naruto grabbed her arm.
"Please be safe." The blond mumbled in a weak voice. "I've been on enough S-class jobs to know how dangerous they are. I can't imagine something happening to you."
Lisanna smiled and placed her arms behind her back. "Don't worry Naruto I will be safe." The girl replied, already making her way towards her siblings.
Naruto watched the three mages walk off and sighed. He didn't know what to do now. Not only was he going to worry about what Lisanna would say about the letter, he also was going to worry about her safety as well.
"You like her don't you?" Natsu spoke up in a low voice, making Naruto tense up.
"Yeah more than you or she would know." The blond admitted honestly. "How did you know?"
"It's obvious the way you act around her. Though she seems too oblivious to notice it." Natsu explained causing Naruto to laugh.
"That's pretty bold words coming from you Natsu." The blond joked, trying to hide his feelings.
"Yeah maybe that's why it took me so long to figure it out. But now that I know you like her I'm going to help you win her heart." Natsu declared with a cheeky grin.
"Aye sir, you just have to give her fish." Happy spoke while still perched on Naruto's head.
"That's not how things work Happy, but thanks for the idea. Though Natsu, with all the time you spend with her I thought you had a thing for Lisanna?" Naruto admitted, while letting a hint of jealousy shine through.
"What, me and Lisanna? Hell no I don't like her like that. And now that I know how you feel, me and her will never be a thing." Natsu replied giving Naruto a sense of relief. "But let me guess, that letter was from you?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah it was."
Cana made her presence known and placed Naruto in a headlock. "And you have your big sister to thank for such a wonderful idea!"
Natsu smiled as he noticed Cana. "Oh hey Cana, heard any news on your father?" The pink haired teen asked, his mind quickly placed somewhere else. "I wanna fight him already, I mean he has been gone for a whole year!"
Cana looked down, she and Gildarts were finally acting like father and daughter, though when he left a year ago it felt like he was out of her life once more. "I talked to him a month ago, he hasn't made any progress on his 100 year quest. To be honest I'm just glad he is still alive. No one has ever lived through the mission he underwent."
"He will be back before you know it sis." Naruto spoke softly, trying his best to comfort his sister.
"Aye sir, Gildarts is super strong, there isn't anything he can't do!" Happy chimed in before growing wings and floating into the sky.
"Yeah he has to come back soon so I can fight him!" Natsu chuckled loudly, punching his palm with a flaming fist to show his point.
Cana smiled at the comfort her friends gave her. Even though her father was gone she wasn't without family. "Thank you guys."
Naruto and Natsu smiled an identical wide smile. "Hehe don't mention it." The two boys spoke in unison.
Cana was surprised, she didn't noticed how similar the two boys were until know. Their smiles, facial features, and even the way they talked. It was almost like they had some kind of relation to one another.
"Hey Naruto my boy, we need to talk." The voice of the master yelled out, breaking Cana from her thoughts.
Naruto looked over to his grandfather and raised an eyebrow. "Is you meeting over all ready gramps?" The blond asked.
Makarov nodded and signaled for Naruto to follow him before walking back into the guild.
"Looks like you have to go." Cana pointed out.
Naruto chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah Jiji-chan seems serious, I better not keep him waiting." The Gravity Mage replied before running off. "Catch you guys later!"
Cana, Natsu and Happy waved goodbye to their friend and watched him run into the guild.
"Hey Natsu wanna get a drink?" Cana asked as she now had no one to spend time with. "I bet you're a lightweight like Naruto."
"No way! I can out drink that bastard easy!" The Fire Dragon Slayer declared. "Ain't that right Happy?"
"Well you haven't beat Naruto in anything yet." The blue cat pointed out, causing Natsu to fall on his face and Cana to laugh.
Back with Naruto inside the guild, the blond wizard was currently walking into his grandfather's office. Once he entered the interior he was not only greeted by his grandfather, but two other individuals as well.
Being struck with confusion Naruto raised his eyebrow. "What did you want to talk about Jiji-chan? And what is Warrod Sequin and Jura Neekis doing here?" The blond asked, easily recognizing the two powerful men.
Makarov held his hand out. "Please take a seat and I'll explain."
Naruto complied and took a seat between Jura and Warrod. As he took his seat he noticed their bodies flicker; signaling they were thought projections.
Warrod couldn't help to look at Naruto with a hint of nostalgia. He dressed like his old friend Yuri, but everything from his light blond hair color and features screamed Mavis. "It's a pleasure to meet you Naruto-san." Warrod greeted.
"Like wise." Naruto replied with respect. "It's an honor to meet a founding member of my guild."
"I would also like to say what a pleasure it is to meet the famous Yōsei Kami of Fairy Tail." Jura spoke up, extending his own greeting.
Naruto nodded with a smile. "I'm flattered that you've heard of me Iron Rock Jura. Like I told Warrod it's an honor."
Jura cracked a grin and looked to Makarov. "Quite the polite and humble grandson you have here Makarov." Jura praised while keeping the fact he knew Naruto's true linage a secret. The master made both men swear to keep what they learned to themselves.
"Yes he makes this old fool very proud, but let's get down to business." Makarov proposed, his features turning serious. "Naruto, some interesting events have unfolded in the last hour. All of which involve you."
"What do you mean involve me?" Naruto asked with confusion. He knew his grandfather had a meeting with the Wizard Saints and he knew he was currently in a room with three Wizard Saints.
"It's simple really." Warrod began as he folded his hands over his lap. "You've been selected to be the tenth member of the Wizard Saints."
Naruto's eyes grew wide, the news making him stand on his feet and slam his hands on his grandfather's desk. "Are you serious?" The blond shouted in surprise. "Do you really think I'm ready for something like this? Hell I'm not even S-class yet!"
Makarov held his hand up, causing Naruto to take his seat. "Now you know just as well as I do that you could be S-class. Though being a Wizard Saint is something on a completely different level. That's why Warrod and Jura are here."
Naruto looked between the two men. "Ok so why are they here? The blond asked quickly.
Jura cleared his throat. "We offered to train you and evaluate you as a possible member of our order." The tall bald wizard explained. "So we came to see if you would accept our offer."
Naruto was surprised, being a Wizard Saint was a tremendous honor. And being offered to be personally trained by two of their members was unheard of.
"I... I don't know what to say." The blond admitted, to stunned to think of a proper answer.
"Well if you say yes, I would take you away for a year to train. Then I would send you to Jura for another year of training. Which will end with you being evaluated as a possible member of the Wizard Saints." Warrod explained, lying about the last part as technically all Naruto would have to do is agree to become a Wizard Saint, but the blond didn't know that.
Naruto looked down, that was two whole years away from his friends and the people he loved. People like Lisanna and the blond wondered if he could take that kind of commitment. Sure on one side Lisanna could reject him, then a two year training trip would be perfect. Though on the other hand what if she returned his feelings? Would Naruto pass up such a big opportunity for a girl?
"I don't know about this. I'd miss everyone in the guild so much." Naruto admitted honestly.
Jura nodded. "That's understandable, but we are offering you a chance to grow stronger. That way you can always protect the guild and all the people that you love inside it."
Naruto nodded as his point made sense. Makarov on the other hand looked lovingly towards his grandson. "Naruto even though I would miss you terribly, if you truly wish to become the guild's strongest an opportunity like this could help you reach that goal. I'm sure all your friends would understand why you would leave. Of course you cannot tell them about you being offered the position of a Wizard Saint. We have to keep that on the down low for now."
Naruto nodded and started to think to himself, he was staring to think about taking the offer.
"You know Naruto you remind me of an old friend." Warrod spoke up, grabbing Naruto's attention and making Makarov and Jura turn pale. "My friend would do anything for the friends she cherished. I have the feeling that you would do the same."
Naruto nodded. "Of course I would." The blond spoke without hesitation.
"That's why you should take the offer. There is a lot of dangers out in the world and your friends and guild will need your power to survive." Warrod explained, leaving all the information he knew of Mavis out making the other two men sigh in relief.
Naruto looked to his hands and clenched them into fists. He was already one of the guild's strongest, but he wasn't the strongest. Now he was given the opportunity to become the strongest and he was going to take it.
"Alright Warrod-sensei and Jura-sensei, I'll agree to your offer." Naruto revealed causing both men to smile. "When will my training begin?"
"Excellent, I will arrive at Magnolia in one week to take you away. My advice would be to go say your goodbyes and pack your belongings." Warrod instructed before disappearing.
"I will take my leave then as well. I look forward to teaching you some Earth Magic Naruto." Jura said before he disappeared as well.
Naruto looked to his grandfather, now the two were alone and they could talk more freely. "Do you really want me to leave gramps?"
Makarov shook his head. "I don't want for any of my children to leave the guild. But it's not like you will be gone forever. It will be hard to be away from you, but I know this is for the best." The aged wizard explained before standing up and walking over to Naruto. "You've made me the proudest grandfather for fourteen years. I know you will continue to do so in the future."
Naruto smiled and brought his short grandfather into a hug. His words causing a small tear to roll out of his eyes. "I promise Jiji-chan, I'll never stop making you proud."
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Chapter end, Next time. Chapter 4. Heartbreak and Two Years.
So here is the second half of last chapter and unfortunately I won't be starting in the cannon time until the fifth chapter. After all I still have a lot to show and I was unable to make one mega chapter like I thought I could lol.
Also to get some things out of the way, a lot of people mentioned I didn't have Cana. Well I forgot she joined before Gray and as you can see I did have a plan for her and I wasn't taking her out of the story. She as well as Erza will be Naruto's over protective and powerful sisters. Btw did you like how I decided to make Cana a little more bad-ass by having Gildarts teach her Crash magic?
Speaking of Gildarts, some might be thinking how in the hell Naruto got the advantage on him. Well like I said Gildarts didn't go all out like he should have. And what you saw Naruto do to Gildarts was use his full potential. Naruto will be unbelievably strong later in the story, but he won't have full control over his power for a while. What you saw him do was slowly tap into some of the power he has within himself. So that's why he got the advantage over Gildarts.
Also many of you might have noticed I made an OC Wizard Saint. He will have a big importance in the story and I give a symbolic cookie to whoever can guess who he is based off of.
Lastly Naruto now has even more future magic than originally planned as you can see. He will have two powerful teachers that will help him grow even stronger than he already is.
Anyways that's my daily ramble, have a good day and thanks for reading. I love the support I've gotten already, guys kick ass!