Chapter 5. The Two Years
(Day of Naruto's departure)
Today was the day that Naruto embarked on his two year training trip. Currently the blond was standing with a suitcase in hand outside the main gate of Magnolia. He was waiting on the arrival of his new teacher for the following year; Warrod Sequen.
As he waited, Makarov stood in silence behind his grandson. Neither were saying much, as it was the crack of dawn and both were quite tired. Though the silence was starting to grow on Naruto's nerves.
"Why couldn't I just meet him at the train station? It would have been so much faster than traveling on foot." Naruto whined in a dry voice, slowly propping himself against the town gate.
"Warrod-sama can be very... Odd at times, but you will find that out soon enough." The elder Dreyar explained, before closing one eye and folding his arms. Taking a moment to look Naruto over. "Though how are you holding up?"
"I'm fine." Naruto lied quickly, his voice sounding annoyed by the question.
Makarov frowned. "It's ok to talk about how you are feeling Naruto. I know Lisan-.."
"I said I'm fine." Naruto cut in sharply, as he didn't want to continue the conversation.
The master nodded and decided to drop the subject. "You know, your friends will be upset that you didn't say goodbye."
Naruto shrugged his shoulders with a sigh. "It's better off this way. Besides this will only be temporary, I won't be gone for good." Naruto pointed out, as his thoughts drifted to Lisanna. Who he believed was gone for good.
"That's the spirit Naruto!" A happy voice chimed in from behind. "Why say goodbye when you are never leaving for good!"
Naruto and Makarov spun around and were met with the sight of a smiling Warrod. Both wondering how the man snuck up on them so easily. Though Makarov shrugged his shoulders, thinking to himself his old friend was a Wizard Saint. So with that mindset he was the first to walk over to Warrod.
"Warrod-sama it's great to see you made it here safely." Makarov began as he held a hand out to the man.
Warrod smiled playfully and patted Makarov's head. "It's good to see you too Macky-chan. Last time I saw you in person, you were only this tall." The Wizard Saint joked, while holding his hand by Makarov's forehead.
Naruto couldn't help to release a snicker at the man's words. Though after a moment he caught himself and stopped.
"Warrod it's good to see your sense of humor, like my height, hasn't changed." The third master of Fairy Tail grumbled, while placing his hand back to his side.
Warrod nodded and looked at Naruto. "Well trust me, next time you see your grandson he will have changed. I'll mold him into a fine Wizard Saint." The man promised, speaking with a serious tone. Making It appear like he was a completely different person than moments before.
Naruto grabbed his suitcase and slung it over his shoulders. "Well let's head out then."
Makarov frowned at how quickly his grandson was wanting to leave. These next two years were going to be hard.
"Alright Naruto, stand right over there." Warrod explained as he pointed to a large open area.
Raising his eyebrow in confusion, Naruto complied to the strange man's instructions. "Is this good?" Naruto asked, standing in the center of the area.
"That's perfect!" Warrod replied in a happy tone, as he walked over to the blond. "Just remain still."
Naruto did as he was told and watched Warrod close his eyes. Then as he felt the man build his magical power, the ground started to shake.
"What the hell is going on?" Naruto gasped as he stated to sway off balance.
Makarov smiled as he realized what the old wizard was doing. "Brace yourself Naruto!" The grandfather instructed with a small smirk.
Before Naruto could even question what his grandfather meant, a large red flower ripped out of the ground beneath him and carried both him and Warrod high into the sky.
"Holy shit!" Naruto exclaimed, as he looked down to the master. Who was at least twenty meters below him now.
"There we are, traveling by flower is always faster than a train and it's free too!" Warrod exclaimed with a loud laugh.
Naruto was amazed, he had never seen anything like this in his entire life. He then looked to the strange Wizard Saint who was laughing at his own joke.
'He places up this persona of an idiot, but deep down he is a fantastic mage. This is the level of power I need to be at.' Naruto thought to himself with amazement.
"Well are you ready to go Naruto?" Warrod asked.
Naruto shook himself out of his daze and nodded. "Yeah let's head out-..."
"NARUTO!" A loud group shouted.
Recognizing the voices, Naruto looked down to see Cana, Erza, Gray, Natsu and Happy. All of them were running towards the base of the flower and waving him down.
"You shit head, trying to leave without saying goodbye!" Gray shouted out with mock anger. "That's not cool at all!"
"Snowman is right! Now you owe me like three fights!" Natsu chimed in, speaking in the same tone as his rival.
"Aye and you owe me a fish!" Happy yelled out.
Erza narrowed her gaze, making Naruto shiver at her glare. "For not saying goodbye to your big sister, I will make sure to punish you with no ramen once you return!"
"And I'm just gonna kick your ass!" Cana added in with fury.
Naruto looked down, but he felt a light hand on his shoulder. "Go say goodbye, you six share a close bond. Cherish that always, one day your farewell may be for good."
Naruto nodded and jumped off the flower, then by using his gravity magic he floated down to his friends. Though before his feet could even touch the ground, Naruto found five bodies tackling him to the ground.
"I'm gonna miss you so much!" Happy wailed out, speaking for the entire group:
"I'm sorry." Naruto mumbled, disappointed in his own actions as he comforted the small cat. "I shouldn't have left like this."
Cana smiled with a small tear in her eye. "I'll forgive you this time!" The Crash wizard replied, as she started to squeeze the life out of Naruto.
"I want to punish you for your foolishness, but that will have to wait." Erza admitted with tears pouring out her eyes.
Natsu cocked a smirk and tried to hide his tears. "Get really strong Naruto, that way I won't beat your ass too bad next time we fight." The dragon slayer spoke without any backing behind his words.
The group of fairies laughed at the pink haired wizard's words.
"You're never gonna change Natsu." Gray laughed as he shook his head. "I hope the same goes for you whiskers."
Naruto wiped his tears with the sleeve of his jacket. "You guys." The blond croaked weakly, they were the reason he wanted to get stronger in the first place. As he wanted to protect all of them. "Am I doing the right thing?"
"I believe so." Erza replied in a warm tone.
"I second that." Cana added in.
"Aye!" Happy, Natsu and Gray chimed together.
Naruto smiled and backed away from his friends. "I don't deserve such great friends, thank you all for caring about me."
Gray scoffed and tried to play the blonde's words off. "Yeah don't go and get too emotional on us you loud mouth."
While giving Naruto a kind smile, both Cana and Erza smacked Gray over the head. Making the ice wizard's head spike into the dirt.
"Don't listen to him." Cana instructed.
"Never be afraid to show your feelings, especially around your big sisters." Erza explained with compassion in her voice.
Naruto slowly began to float into the sky. "I promise I won't... I love you guys." The blond revealed as he slowly made his way back to Warrod.
"We love you too!" Cana and Erza both replied in a fit of sobs. They weren't ready to let their little brother leave.
Natsu placed a comforting hand on each girl's shoulder, then by looking up he gave the blond a toothy grin. "See you around Naruto."
Landing on the flower, Naruto let a small smirk pass his lips. "See yeah." The blond replied sadly, before the flower unexpectedly shot off at insane speeds away from the area.
Sighing to himself, Naruto watched the town he knew as home slowly shrink into the horizon. Then as the flower traveled he took the opportunity to sit down and collect his thoughts.
"Jewel for your thoughts Naruto?" Warrod asked as he took a seat by his new student.
"It's nothing really, but I will admit leaving them all behind is hard. Though I will see them again and by then I will be strong enough to protect them all." Naruto declared as he looked off into the distance.
Warrod chuckled. "That's a funny choice of words." The man pointed out as he extended his body out and looked up to the clouds. "Protect them all huh? They seem like a perfectly capable bunch to protect themselves."
"Yeah they are, but-.." Naruto began as he trailed off in thought. He lost Lisanna and now he feared of losing his sisters and two best friends. He didn't want that to happen, he couldn't lose anyone else. And he feared what would happen to himself if he lost anyone else.
Warrod glanced over to Naruto. "You know, when someone is determined to protect something. They do so out of a fear of loss, so tell me. That poor girl from your guild, Lisanna was her name. You two were close and you are afraid of losing someone else close to your heart."
Naruto flinched giving Warrod his answer.
"I see, so you were close to her." The Wizard Saint noted, before he began to laugh to himself.
"Is something funny?" Naruto asked with a hint of rage behind his voice. "Does the death of the woman I loved amuse you?"
Warrod shook his head and looked down to his pupil. "No, I mean no disrespect towards you or your loss, I was just reminiscing and got lost in thought. See you remind me of someone very special to my heart. An old dear friend I lost years ago."
Slightly interested, Naruto raised his brow. "Oh how so?"
"She was a woman who had lost her parents at a young age. She was raised as a servant and treated like trash, but one day everyone she came to know was killed. Leaving her stranded alone on an island for years. Though even through all that, she never once cried. She feared that if she cried she would never see a fairy."
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "That's a tragic story, but I don't see how that connects with me."
"Oh I forgot that part." Warrod chuckled before pointing to Naruto's hair. "She had light blond hair like you." The man revealed before laughing to himself.
Naruto rolled onto his back and almost fell off the flower, then by recomposing himself he glared at the man. "Are you kidding me, my hair color is what reminds you of her!" The blond yelled out, not believing how weird his new master was.
His laughter slowly fading, Warrod slowly turned serious. "There is one other thing, like my friend you are determined to protect your friends. Like her you care for everyone you call friend and you treat them like family. It's a trait I haven't seen so prominent in another person until now." The plant wizard explained softly. "You may go by the name Dreyar, but you carry her will and vision of what Fairy Tail is."
Naruto looked down and let the words Warrod soak in. "What was her name?"
Warrod smiled wide. "She was the first master of Fairy Tail, Mavis Vermillion."
"Mavis." Naruto muttered the name and for some reason cracked a wide smile to match Warrod's. "Could you tell me more about her?"
Warrod nodded, he promised he wouldn't tell Naruto who his mother was. Though he never promised that he wouldn't tell Naruto everything else he knew about Mavis.
"Let's see I first met Mavis years ago on a small island called Tenrou..."
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(Edolas)
Alone in a small room located inside the Fairy Tail of Edolas. A white haired teenager was slowly sobbing to herself. Though what could cause the girl to be in such a state? And who was this girl? The answers were quite simple, the girl was Lisanna Stratuss from Earthland. While the reason she was upset was thanks to the piece of paper clutched in her hands.
Over and over she read over the last few words written onto the letter addressed to her. Unable to properly move past them. These words were the three simple words of 'I love you.'
"Naruto." Lisanna croaked his name weakly as she was a mess. Her entire world had literally changed and this letter was the final nail in the coffin. "Why didn't you tell me before now?"
As she cried to herself a voice called out to her. "Lisanna come on down, everyone is waiting on you."
Lisanna dried her tears and tucked the letter away somewhere safe. "I'm coming Mira-nee!" The girl shouted out to her sister's counterpart, before heading out of the room and pretending like she was someone she wasn't.
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(Six months later with Naruto)
Six months have passed since Naruto first left Fairy Tail, and since then the blond has done nothing besides train. Though his training wasn't what Naruto had originally envisioned. He expected rigorous training sessions and practicing advanced techniques. However, for the past six months, Naruto has had the same schedule. Which was meditation, followed by practicing the skills he already had, followed by more meditation.
Honestly Naruto was growing rather sick of his rather lack luster training regiment. He wanted to get strong enough to protect all his friends, not learn how to meditate. Though for now, Naruto did as he was told, hoping Warrod knew what he was doing. He was a well-respected member of the Wizard Saints after all.
Currently, Naruto was outside of Warrod's house, floating high into the air with his Gravity Magic. While he floated Naruto was in a meditative position and his eyes were closed.
Down below the blond wizard, Warrod was moving around his garden. Watering the various plant life that surrounded his home. As Warrod watered the plants, he began to hum a happy tune to himself.
Naruto listened to his master, who was now slightly distracting him. He tried to block the older wizard's noise out, but as the time passed by, Warrod was starting to grow louder and louder. Eventually Naruto's eyes snapped open and he looked down to Warrod.
"Ok I can't focus anymore." Naruto grumbled, as he floated his body onto the ground. "Can we please focus on learning something new?"
Warrod placed his watering can down and looked over to Naruto. "We have been working on something new." Warrod replied in a happy tone. "Haven't you noticed yet?"
Naruto shook his head. "No all I've done is mediate and work on the skills I've already mastered. When am I gonna learn something new, something that will make me stronger?"
Warrod folded his arms and sighed. "You already have so much power inside you, power that you can't even control. Like your ability to amplify your spells and turn your magic white, an ability which you have no control or understanding about."
"So let's work on controlling that power then!" Naruto replied in desperation, showing his desire to improve himself.
"But we have been doing just that." Warrod explained while poking Naruto's chest. "From what your grandfather told me, this power comes from when you are pushed either physically or mentally. I theorize it could be triggered by a combination of both. So maybe if you meditate and find inner enlightenment, it could help you understand more about not only your powers, but also about you as an individual."
Naruto rolled his eyes and took a seat on the ground. "What is there for me to figure out?" Naruto asked in a dry tone. "I already know everything I need to know about myself."
Warrod sighed and took a seat. "But do you really?" The old wizard began, while looking to the sky. "You don't know your parents, you don't know where this power you have comes from. And you don't know how to forget Lisanna's death."
Naruto flinched at the last part, the memory of his loss still fresh in his heart and mind.
"I know all I need to know about my parents, like for example, Ivan is not my father." Naruto declared, giving his master a hard stare. While moving the conversation away from Lisanna.
Warrod was surprised, Makarov never mentioned Naruto knowing Ivan wasn't his father. "What makes you say that Naruto?"
Naruto glanced over to his master, just by the way Warrod spoke. Naruto knew that Warrod was aware that Ivan wasn't his father.
"So you know he isn't my father as well." Naruto mumbled while moving to lay on his back. "Well I've known for years now, it's just I've had this feeling that he wasn't my father. Grandpa is unaware I know the truth, but this doesn't change anything. Grandpa is still grandpa and Laxus is still my brother and I'm a Dreyar."
Warrod smiled at Naruto. "That's quite mature, but don't you wish to know your birth parents?"
"Maybe one day." Naruto mused, while watching the clouds roll by. "But for now I want to focus on protecting my current family, Fairy Tail."
Warrod smiled and stood up. "Well let's get working on making you stronger then."
Naruto smiled wide. "It's about time, I'll do whatever you ask of me."
"Well keep meditating, then once you've finished. I'll show you something interesting." Warrod revealed in a cryptic voice, causing Naruto to nod and continue his training.
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(One Year later)
It's been one whole year and currently, Naruto was in his second year of training with his other master, Jura, whose idea of training was much different than Naruto's previous master.
Naruto couldn't say he preferred one over the other. However, he did enjoy Jura's method of training. Since it was a little more hands on than Warrod's methods.
Speaking of hands on, currently Naruto and his master were both deep inside a nest full of Wyverns. Jura felt that simple training wasn't enough to prepare the blond. So to make sure Naruto was ready to enter the ranks of a Wizard Saint, Jura had been making Naruto tag along on various dangerous quests. This way, Naruto could gain experience in the new magic and skills that Jura was teaching him.
In fact during most of these dangerous missions, Jura would just sit back and observe. He wanted to allow Naruto as much practice as possible, but he never placed the blond in harm. So if Naruto needed his help, Jura was always prepared to jump in and assist his young apprentice. However, in the six months they have been together, Naruto has never once needed Jura's help and today was no different than the previous missions.
"Man there is so many of these things!" Naruto whined while lifting a Wyvern ten times his size into the air with his Gravity Magic. "I'm losing interest in tossing these beasts around."
Jura smirked from where he was seated, the large bald man was sitting cross legged on a large rock. Which stood over his pupil and gave him a perfect bird's eye view.
"What, are they too much for you?" The older wizard joked, trying to get a rise from the blond. "It's ok to admit you've hit your limit."
Naruto snorted. "As if." The blond mumbled, before taking his other hand and summoning two pillars of rock from the ground. These pillars shot up to the floating Wyvern which Naruto had suspended in the air and crushed the beast like a bug between someone's fingers. "I just dislike harming the weak. It's a waste of my time."
Jura had a sweat drop on his bald head. "These are A-class monsters, and he's already killed twenty. And now he is board and calling them weak? I swear there is nothing normal about this brat." Jura spoke in a low voice, one that Naruto couldn't hear.
Suddenly a Wyvern double the size of the one Naruto just killed came rushing towards Naruto from behind. Causing the Fairy Tail wizard to leap forward before being crushed by a large claw.
"Oh, this one looks a little tougher than the rest." Naruto spoke in an excited voice, his right hand twitching in anticipation.
Jura looked to the massive beast with a blank expression. "Well it appears to be the last one, why not make this interesting. You have to defeat this one with only your Earth Magic."
Naruto grinned wide and started to crack his neck. "I can do that." The blond replied, while bringing both his hands high into the air. Forcing dozens of large boulders to fly into the air.
The Wyvern hunched over and unleashed a loud roar, causing a shockwave of sound to travel towards Naruto. However, this feat had little to no effect on the blond haired wizard. Instead it just made Naruto smirk, as he knew victory was assured.
"Let's see what you got you over grown lizard!" Naruto yelled out, while yellow aura surrounded his body and the rocks floating beside him.
The Wyvern flapped its wings and sprung forward, causing its body to dash towards Naruto at high speeds. It's mouth was wide open and it was planning to snatch the blond up in one bite.
However, Naruto was easily prepared and sent all the boulders flying at the Wyvern. Causing the beast to stop and shield itself from the assault of projectiles coming it's way, by using its wings as a way to shield its body from the full blunt of the damage.
Noticing this Naruto smirked and held a hand forward, while pointing two of his fingers outward.
"Iron Rock Wall!" The blond shouted out, creating stone pillars to shoot out from under the Wyvern. Forcing the large beast to fly up into the air.
Off to the side Jura cocked a grin at his students attack. "Using one of my defensive spells for an offensive attack. You're full of surprises aren't your Naruto." The bald wizard mumbled to himself.
Noticing that the Wyvern left itself wide open for an attack, Naruto took a leap into the air and floated above the Wyvern. Then by flexing his bicep, the Yōsei Kami met the Wyvern in midair and placed his fist over the beast's skull. This caused the Wyvern's head to jerk downward from the force of the blow, showing the blond had grown exponentially in physical strength over the years.
"I'm not finished with you yet!" Naruto declared, while clapping his hands together and closing his eyes. Trying to concentrate on the ground while floating in the air. "Iron Rock Fist!" The blond cried, causing a gigantic stone fist to pop out of the ground.
The stone fist then traveled up and past the Wyvern, before redirecting itself to smash the Wyvern back into the ground below. Causing the beast to be smashed a few feet deep into the ground below.
Naruto seeing the beast trapped under the rock fist he made smirked. Then by holding two hands out he decided to finish this little fight. "Iron Rock Spikes!" The blond called out, creating dozens of stone spikes which impaled and killed the massive Wyvern.
Jura began to clap as he walked over to his student. "Well done Naruto, it's been only six months and you have become very proficient in using Earth Magic. I'm very impressed by your progress." The elder of the two praised.
Naruto placed his hands in his pockets and smiled at the praise. "There is a lot for me to learn still." The blond admitted honestly. "I'm not a master in Earth Magic yet, but I plan to be before these next six months are finished."
"That's a big goal Naruto, do you believe you're up for the task?" Jura asked, while slowly folding his arms across his chest.
"I've mastered every other magic I've been taught so far. So Earth Magic shouldn't be any different than the others I have learned." Naruto replied causally.
"Is that confidence or arrogance?" Jura asked with a slight smirk, causing his student to shrug his shoulders.
"Call it determination." Naruto answered with a serious face, one that left Jura surprised by Naruto's words.
"What makes you say that?" Jura asked, while studying his student's facial features.
"Because I want power." Naruto revealed, as a mixture of two auras surrounded his body. "Power to protect those I love, and destroy those who try to take away that which I love."
Jura blinked as he tried to figure his student out, his emotions were a mixture of both light and dark, love and hatred, happiness and anger. Honestly, Jura was afraid of his student's behavior. Because his emotions were like a scale; his dark hatred seemed to be perfectly balanced by his love and lighter side. Though if something were to happen to tip that scale in one direction, Jura feared what could become of Naruto.
'You've already lost one person you cared for. And your friends, grandfather, Warrod and myself have tried to keep you from your own darkness. Though I fear if you lose someone else you love, there will be no saving you from your darkness.' Jura thought to himself, while slowly zoning out.
Naruto tilted his head and looked up to his master. "Jura-sensei, are you still paying attention?" The blond asked with a confused voice.
Jura shook his head and looked down to the blond. "My apologies, I was lost in thought." Jura replied while getting an idea in his head. "You know let's collect the mission reward and then go get some ramen to celebrate your performance today!"
"Oh hell yeah!" Naruto agreed with a large smile.
Jura matched his students smile and started to walk off. "Well let's head back towards town, I know the best place in Fiore to get some ramen."
Walking beside his master, Naruto never once dropped his grin while he began to think to himself. 'I've never had a real father, but when I'm with Jura-sensei, I feel like I know what having a father is like.' The blond admitted only to himself, happy that he finally had a bond of a father figure.
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(Six months later)
The now sixteen Naruto Dreyar had officially finished his two year training. Over the last six months Naruto had in fact mastered Earth Magic. Which had left Jura both proud and stunned by the blonde's accomplishment. Though considering the level Naruto was at after finishing his first year of training with Warrod, Jura knew there was something incredibly special about Naruto.
Speaking of the blond haired mage, Naruto after two long years had finally returned to Magnolia. However, not a single person was aware of his return. Since Naruto asked Jura to keep his return a secret, because he wanted to surprise his friends and family upon his unexpected return.
So currently, Naruto was casually strolling down one of the streets of magnolia. While on his right side was one of the water canals that ran through the town.
"Not much has changed around here." Naruto mused, his eyes floating around to different landmarks which he recognized.
Though unlike his hometown, Naruto himself had undergone a few changes. His form of dress still stayed the same, as he chose to keep dressing like his great grandfather. However, the blond had grown quite a bit in size. Showing that his body had matured over the last two years.
Another thing that grew along with his body, was Naruto's hair. Which was quite long but didn't touch his shoulders, but did slightly overlap his eyes and covered his ears.
"Hopefully the old man never told everyone why I was actually gone." Naruto mumbled, while pulling a hand from his pocket. Revealing a Wizard Saint medallion, which he quickly placed back into his pocket. "I'd rather they not know about this for a while. I want things to just go back to the way they were before I left. I'll tell everyone I'm a Wizard Saint another day."
Naruto sighed and looked to the sky. "Though the guild's probably completely different from two years ago. I just hope everyone is still the same." The blond spoke in a low hopeful voice, before looking forward to a blond woman.
She was walking alongside the canal and looked as if one wrong step could send her into the water. Though what caught the blonde's eye was the pink Fairy Tail guild mark on her hand.
"Seems like things have changed." Naruto spoke softly, a small grin on his face as he watched the girl balance herself.
"Hey Lucy don't fall in!" A passing by fisherman called out to the named Lucy.
Naruto watched Lucy wave to the man, while muttering something about being fine. However, Lucy quickly started to sway back and lose her balance. Then before she knew it, Lucy found herself plunging towards the water.
"Crap!" Lucy shrieked, as she closed her eyes and waited for her body to hit the water. Though after a moment, there was no splash or feeling of wetness. "What's going on?!" Lucy shouted, as she looked to the water which was inches from her face.
Though before Lucy could get an answer, her body was quickly hoisted into the air and carried back onto solid ground.
"Better be more careful miss." Naruto spoke to Lucy, as he was already a couple feet in front of her. "Next time I'm might not be around to catch you."
Lucy looked to the stranger's back and narrowed her eyes. She could spot a traveling bag on his backside and a suitcase in his left hand. Showing that he was either leaving town or returning home. However, she had no idea who he was, but she was grateful to him.
"Um, thank you!" Lucy called out, while waving to the blond.
Naruto held his right hand up, and waved to Lucy without looking back or speaking. Then while placing his hand down, Naruto turned to his left, which was the opposite direction of Fairy Tail.
In fact Fairy Tail wasn't Naruto's first stop, no there was a place he had avoided for two years. At first he refused out of pain and stubbornness. Though after all Naruto's learned over the past two years and how far he's matured. Now seemed like the perfect time for Naruto to make a stop at Lisanna's grave.
So as he entered the local graveyard, that's exactly what he did. He knew well that her body never got a proper burial, but he still felt that he should at least visit her gave once.
Soon Naruto found himself standing over top of her headstone, which had her name, birth date, death date and finally the insignia for Fairy Tail.
"Hey Lisanna, sorry I haven't stopped by to visit yet." Naruto began, as he kneeled down. "I'm sure Mira and Elfman have already told you all about what I've been up to."
Naruto dug into his pocket and pulled out his Wizard Saint medallion. "What they don't know is that I'm a Wizard Saint now. Isn't that awesome?" Naruto asked, and waited in silence. "Jura-sensei was so proud when he gave me this. Oh that's right you don't know who Jura is. Well he's a Wizard Saint too and he's super powerful. You would have loved him, and I'm sure he would have loved you. He's a great man and he's been like a father to me this past year."
Naruto placed his medallion away and smiled, a tear going down his cheek. "I've been thinking about you so much over these last two years. I even helped a girl a little bit ago that reminded me of you. She seemed like a total klutz, I bet she gets into all kinds of trouble just like you did. She's even a member of Fairy Tail go figure, and her name is Lucy. I just hope she doesn't hang around Natsu, you know how much trouble he can cause." Naruto smiled and started to laugh, while tears went down his face. "I still remember having to save you two from a Vulcan you pissed off in the woods. Jeez come to think of it, I was also bailing you out of messes."
Naruto's lips started to shake, causing the blond to ball his fists. Though as he looked down to the dying flowers on Lisanna's gave he used that to distract the emotions he was feeling. "Looks like your siblings have been leaving flowers, but they look dead." Naruto began, while placing his hand onto the ground by Lisanna's grave. "Let me show you something my other teacher Warrod taught me."
Closing his eyes, Naruto focused his magic into the ground. Causing hundreds of multicolored flowers to sprout out of the ground around her grave. "I'm not as good as Warrod-sensei, he makes flowers much more beautiful than I do. However, you always loved the nice little things I would do for you. You just never knew why I would do them."
Naruto stood up and gave Lisanna's grave one more look over. "I'm going to promise on your grave, I will never lose anyone again. I'm strong enough now to protect everyone, and I will." Naruto declared as he started to walk away. "Goodbye Lisanna-chan, I hope you continue to rest peacefully."
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(At Fairy Tail)
The guild wasn't exactly in its usual state, in fact everyone's spirits were quite down. See a few days ago, Natsu along with Lucy, Happy, Gray and Erza. Had saved every guild master from the creation of Zeref known as Lullaby. However, in the process a lot of collateral damaged accrued and someone had to take the fall for the blame.
That someone was Erza, and the Magic Council had arrested the scarlet haired wizard only an hour ago. Everyone hated what was happening, but no one voiced their outrage. Well no one except for Natsu, who was currently throwing a fit.
"This is complete bull shit!" Natsu declared, as he kicked a table over. "We can't let the council boss us around like this, we need to stop them and get Erza back!"
Gray growled and glared at his longtime rival. "I don't like this either flame brain, but it's the council! There isn't anything we can do about the situation! So just shut your trap and wait like everyone else."
Natsu started to fume and grind his teeth, over to the side of the room. Cana was leaned over the bar, busy drinking the problem away. "Listen to what Gary says Natsu, there isn't anything we can do." The Crash wizard began, while tossing a barrel of alcohol to the side. "Just be glad it's Erza we are talking about, she always come out on top. So have some faith in her."
"Grrrrr, but it wasn't just Erza who went on that mission!" Natsu yelled back. "It's not fair that she has to take the blame!"
"Natsu!" The master spoke up in a serious voice, while he was sitting on a table. His eyes were glued on the Dragon Slayer as she spoke. "Cana and Gray are right, so drop it. Or I will be forced to take action."
Natsu jerked his body to the side and started to pout, though once he caught a glimpse of Lucy entering the guild Natsu quickly ran over to the girl.
"Lucy you have to be on my side about helping Erza!" The pink haired teen spoke quickly.
Lucy started to sweat and retreat. "Well I don't think it's fair that Erza is the only one being punished." She began, causing Natsu to nod with a grin. "But causing trouble with the council is something we don't need. Besides I've already avoided trouble once today, I don't feel like testing my luck."
Natsu slumped over and took a seat on a chair. "Damn it!" The teen whined.
Ignoring his partner, Happy flew over and landed on Lucy's shoulder. "What kind of trouble did you almost get into Lucy?" The small blue cat asked.
Lucy chuckled nervously and started to rub the back of her head. "Well I was walking back to the guild, and I almost fell into one of the water canals. Actually, I did fall in, but I didn't hit the water." Lucy explained, causing the entire guild to look at her with confusion. "Somehow this random blond haired guy caught me, but I don't know how exactly. I was just floating above the water, then he levitated me back onto the ground."
"Like he controlled gravity." Mira spoke up, her voice slightly hitched while she was cleaning a dirty cup at the bar. Her mind quickly went to an image of a blond haired wizard, one who was very close to her now dead sister. "He was probably a Gravity Wizard."
Elfman looked to his sister with sad eyes, forcing himself to look down. Like his sister the image of Naruto came to mind, making the large man think of his last encounter with the blond.
Lucy nodded. "Exactly!" The Celestial wizard exclaimed, while bringing her finger to her head. "He also had a suitcase and a traveling bag. Maybe he's a wizard from another guild, who is stopping in town during his mission."
Soon all the members of Fairy Tail besides newer ones like Lucy, began looking to each other. All having similar thoughts about Lucy's savior.
Natsu jumped out of his chair and onto Lucy, almost knocking the girl over. "Did you get his name?" The fire wizard asked, his mood shifting from angry to excited.
"Uh, no." Lucy replied honestly. "I didn't even get to see his face."
"He had blond hair though." Gray mumbled out. "You guys don't think it's him do you? Master have you heard from him yet?"
Makarov sighed and closed his eyes. "No I haven't heard from him or Jura in a while. Though it has been two years since he left. He should be returning any day now."
Lucy looked around completely confused by what was going on.
"That's true master, and besides how many blond haired gravity wizards could there be." Cana spoke up in an excited voice, while looking to Lucy. "Hey Lucy, by chance was this guy wearing a brown leather jacket?"
"Um, I think so?" Lucy replied, not to sure herself. "I didn't get much of a chance to look him over. What's gotten into you guys? Who are you talking about?"
"His name is Naruto Dreyar, he's the master's youngest grandson. He's been gone training for two whole years now." Gray answered for the group.
Lucy looked to the master with wide eyes, shivering as she thought of a second Laxus. Though the guy who saved her seemed kind, unlike the master's oldest grandson.
Natsu on the other hand grinned and started to bounce on his heels. "Naruto was already really strong, way stronger than Erza. I hope he is back so we can fight!" The pink haired teen wished happily. "And if he's back now, he would surly go help me save Erza!"
Everyone who knew Naruto, besides Natsu turned pale. If anyone would rush in beside Natsu to save Erza, it would be her surrogate brother Naruto.
"Oh God no." Cana grumbled in a low voice. "If he finds out about Erza…"
"He does have pretty bad timing, and coming back now would be pretty bad." Gray added in, while slowly stripping his clothes off.
"He would tear the council in half, oh and Gray put your clothes back on." Mira instructed in a stern voice, causing Gray to scramble for his clothes.
Makarov sighed and slumped over. "My two grandchildren are gonna be the death of me." The old wizard whined.
Elfman punched his fist and looked down. "Naruto is too much of a man to not help Erza." The large man pointed out.
"And that's what everyone is afraid of." Happy mumbled, while still sitting on top of Lucy.
"Why is everyone acting like this? What makes the situation so different with Erza now that he might be back!?" Lucy yelled out, as she hated not knowing what was going on.
Cana sighed and pinched her nose. "It's because-..." The Crash Wizard stopped speaking, while brining a trembling hand to her mouth. Tears of joy leaking down her face as she looked to the guild door.
Lucy looked confused, but once she turned around and looked in the same direction as Cana. She was met with the sight of a smiling blond standing at the door. The same blond who in fact had helped her earlier.
"Yo, long time no see big sis, now what's this mess I'm hearing about my other big sister?" Naruto asked, his voice deathly serious and his eyes a cold icy blue. "She isn't in trouble is she?"
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Next chapter finally done and I'm hope you guys like it, I really didn't want to spend much time on the whole training so I only showed a little bit before heading into the two year time skip. Though in the future I might have little flash backs showing Naruto's time with Jura and Warrod.
Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and are exited for what's to come. Until next time leave a comment and tell me what you thought and have a great summer!