Hey everyone! I'm not dead, I've been busy with school and everything, Finals are really hard especially physics, my English class is insanely horrible to me right now. I will definitely be pumping out more chapters as soon as my school year finishes though. Thank you all for putting up with my slow updating schedule though.
Here we go again everyone. So I got some constrictive advice last chapter and I hope to improve my writing from it. Now I have been consistently getting a reviewer who keeps asking for the reckoning of the Konoha twelve, I currently have no plans for the Konoha twelve to reappear in this story, if they do however they would be a mini arc somewhere in the canon time line. Speaking of canon I plan to hopefully be there within two to three more chapters after this one, now this is liable to change as I see fit but that is roughly my working of when I hit canon. Alright enough of my authors note here's the chapter.
Chapter five: Settling In
Naruto and Erza had walked three days from the town of Shinba and were now close to the town of magnolia where Fairy Tail was located. The area around the two travelers was a small forest, where all the trees held a vast amount of leafs.
Magnolia was now only a day away and the sun was setting so the two travelers stopped for the night and began making a campsite. It was not long after that the two made a fire for the night. Both Erza and Naruto sat down by the fire as it was the only thing that provided any semblance of light on the road they were currently on.
"So Fairy Tail, what kind of place is it?" Naruto said trying to start a conversation since the two had walked in almost complete silence the whole entire day.
"Fairy Tail, well it's an interesting place that's for sure, it's full of craziness. But I wouldn't trade it for the world." Erza said with a far off look in her eyes.
"It sounds like you really enjoy it though." Naruto said after hearing the way she happily spoke about the guild's apparent insanity.
"I do, Fairy Tail is the place that I can really call my first home. Even if I've only been there for a short time." Erza told the blond.
The two sat in silence for a few moments longer, no one saying a word, the only sound that could be heard were the insects in the forest around them. Naruto stood up first and made his way to his make-shift tent. The tent itself was a product of his magic spell Ki no Foresu, he had used the spell to make and bend trees into a tent like structure slightly above the ground. Meanwhile Erza sat by the fire remembering how she came to fairy tail and all the events leading up to it, her becoming a slave and later leading a rebellion alongside her friend Jellal, Jellal suddenly becoming a different person seemingly possessed by a ghost, and later finding and joining Fairy Tail. Fairy Tail truly was the place she could finally call home. The place was always full of life even if it got out of hand constantly even so Erza loved being at the guild. After she finished her trip down her memory Erza returned to her tent and fell asleep for the night.
The sun had just risen, it shined down on the two travelers waking them up, even if they didn't want to. Naruto slowly got up out of his tree tent and stretched popping his bones with loud cracks. Erza was also doing something similar although her bones did not crack like the young boy's. The two went about the morning packing up the campsite, Naruto making his tree tent return into the ground and Erza packing hers and storing it within her requip dimension.
After the two travelers finished packing up their site they continued on their journey to Magnolia the home town of Fairy Tail. The day was spent walking in silence neither party making an attempt to start a conversation with one another, this was not because they didn't like each other it was because they had no idea what to talk about to one another.
As fast as it started the day also passed and two travelers were now just outside of the Fairy Tail guild building. Erza stepped up first and opened the door. She proceeded to walk in ignoring the ongoing bar fight in the background, Naruto followed her as he guessed that she was heading to the master to report her mission. As it turns out the Master was waiting in the back sitting on top of the bar giving him a better view than standing as he was a very short old man.
The master was none other than Makarov Dreyar, a wizard saint who used Titan Magic(1), he had a slightly balding head, only the mid section on the top of his head was hairless, the sides still being a very see able white color, he also had a white mustache on his face.
"Master." Erza said gaining his attention.
"The mission was a success, the town of Shinba no longer has to worry about their monster troubles." Erza said.
"I see, and who is the boy behind you?" Makarov asked.
"I'm Naruto Namikaze, and I wish to join Fairy Tail." Naruto told the old man.
"It seems like there's a story to be told since it appears that you've been traveling with Erza here for the past few days." Makarov said to the two children.
The young mages nodded and launched into an explanation of what had happened, though Naruto did not mention about how his eyes changed into the sharingan when he saved Erza.
"Interesting, I'm assuming that the townspeople didn't know about the colony of monster cats then?" Makarov asked after the two mages finished their tale.
"No they had no idea until I told them, not even Naruto knew about it and he was near the forest almost everyday apparently." Erza replied to the guild master.
"Alright then," Makarov started, "In that case Welcome to Fairy Tail Naruto!" The old man said with glee.
"let me go get the guild stamp and then we can make it official." Makarov said as he hopped off the bar counter and went to find the guild mark stamper. Moments later he returned with a light colored wooden block.
"Where and what color would you like the mark, Naruto?" Makarov asked the blonde haired boy.
Naruto pointed to his left pectoral," right here, and could you make it a dark violet." The boy said.
Makarov nodded and pressed the stamp onto the boy's arm for a few moments before taking it off. What was once unblemished skin now had a dark violet Fairy Tail insignia on it.
"Tell me Naruto, What do you know about Fairies?" Makarov asked the boy.
"Not much, I don't even know if Fairies exist or not." Naruto said to the old man.
Makarov smiled before speaking,"Everyone's like that, That's why there's Fairy Tail."
The whole guild had became silent listening to Makarov as he spoke.
"Do Fairies even exist and do they have tails, that is the question the original guild master always asked, But in a way it doesn't matter, the guild will continually search for whether or not Fairies have tails and continually go on adventure after adventure. That's what Fairy Tail stands for a never ending adventure with your friends and comrades right beside you." Makarov said, passion evident in his voice during his speech.
The whole guild cheered after hearing their master's words right before starting their bar fight once more.
"Hey master?" Naruto began gaining Makarov's attention, "Do you know an open field or forest where I can set up a place for me to stay at?"
Makarov brought his hand up to his chin and began scratching it in thought, after a few moments he finally spoke, "I think I know of a place but we'll wait till later before setting it up as I want to get to know you and I bet the guild does also. So how about you explain the two magics you mentioned that you use."
"Well the first magic is Shizen no Maho or Nature magic, it allows me to connect with nature on a higher level and bend it to my will, Shizen no Maho can honestly be used for just about any kind of attack or defense. The second magic I know is Shirumajikku, Sealing method is the magic I know more about and I am further ahead in. Sealing Method like Nature Magic allows me to do a vast amount of spells, but in Sealing Method's case it allows me to seal away certain aspects of just about anything or allows me to release aspects as well." Naruto said explaining his current primary magics.
"I see, so then it's a jack of all trades then?" Makarov said.
"Sort of." Naruto said agreeing with the master's assessment.
"Well enough of that I'll let you go and socialize with the guild then." Makarov said waving his hand in a shooing method to get Naruto to go into the still ongoing bar fight. Naruto nodded and went to try and find a table that hadn't been destroyed in the never stopping fight.
"He'll be an interesting one that's for sure." Makarov said quietly to himself after Naruto left.
Naruto finally found a table that hadn't been destroyed and sat down, he was tired. The events of the past few days finally caught up with him. He had left his home town earlier than he thought he would and had joined a guild, the whole experience was a little overwhelming if he were to be honest. Naruto hadn't regret it though, as the guild master had said life was one long adventure. Naruto looked up from his table to see that the bar fight had finally stopped for a moment and most if not all members of the guild involved had some sort of punch mark or black eyes among other injuries, he wondered to himself if this was a regular occurrence in this guild.
A few hours later.
Mos of Fairy Tail had left and went to their homes, Naruto though went to the master to find out about the area where he could go and create his home, as master Makarov had said he might know of a place earlier in the day.
Naruto went to where the master had been earlier and he saw that Makarov was still sitting on the bar counter.
"Master, You said you might know of a place where I can make a house at?" Naruto said to the small old man.
Makarov looked down to Naruto and stood up before speaking, "Yes I think I know of a place, follow me." Makarov said before jumping down and walking to Fairy Tail's main exit and entrance, Naruto quickly followed after the tiny old man.
The two walked out of Fairy Tail and went into a nearby forest, they kept walking deeper into the forest until reaching a medium sized clearing devoid of plant-life, the clearing was perfect for what Naruto had planned for his home here in Magnolia.
"So, What do ya think Naruto?" Makarov said turning to face the young blond.
"It's perfect." Naruto replied to his new guild master.
The young blond mage clapped his hands together and closed his eyes, a moment after he did this the area around his eyes gained an orange pigmentation. Naruto stayed in this trance like state for a few moments before bending down and placing his palms on the dirt below him. He pushed his Nature magic through the earth below him, roots began to form and combine together below the visible earth, the roots went deeper and deeper to provide a strong anchor to hold down what was about to come. Mere moments after the roots finished their tunneling, they began to combine to a single circle, the circle was huge in diameter easily fifteen feet across. The wooden circle then began to push upward and finally broke free of the earth. The circular base began to shoot upward providing a trunk for the large tree. The trunk stopped growing once it hit thirty feet high in the air. Once the trunk stopped growing outward branches sprung out from it top going every which way creating a crisscrossing of branches. Buds then appeared on the branches and began to bloom giving the tree vibrant green leafs. More Features began appearing on the trunk, at the ground close to where Naruto and Makarov were appeared an elaborate wooden door, going around the trunk at about the same level the door was at, appeared window like openings. The opening had a straight line at their bottom and straight lines up that began to curve and meet a single point. Then at about ten and twenty feet in the air the trunk began to extend horizontally, the extension was flat and went out about four foot, at the edges poles shot up and from their tops wooden beams connected to each other forming balconies. Just like the ground floor window opening appeared at the second and third floors along with a visible door to each of the balconies. The tree house was now finished and Naruto fell onto his back panting from how much energy the house's creation took.
"Never used that much before." Naruto panted out resting on his back.
"I'm surprised you didn't just pass out completely from that." Makarov said to the young boy.
"To be honest so am I." Naruto replied no longer short of breath.
"Give me a moment and then we can take a look inside." Naruto said as he started to get up.
The two mages walked the short distance over to the new tree home, Naruto opened the door and inside was a simplistic room as there wasn't any furniture yet or lighting. The ground floor was almost completely empty except for the back part of the room, in that area was a series of cabinets and a counter marking the area as the kitchen. Naruto and Makarov then explored the rest of the tree home though the expedition was very short as there wasn't anything to really see yet.
"Well I guess your set for now aren't you Naruto?" Makarov asked the boy.
"Yeah for now, tomorrow though I'll start getting all the necessities for here." Naruto replied to the old man.
"Well then see you again tomorrow." Makarov said as he left the new home.
Naruto made his way up to the third floor. He unsealed his Scroll of seals and laid it down on the ground. Then he set his head down upon the scroll making it a makeshift pillow for the night. The next morning Naruto got up and immediately resealed the Scroll. He preceded to crack his bones in a loud manner and stretch to wake himself up. He then left his home and went back to the Fairy Tail guild hall determined to get some sort of mission done today and get some money so he could furnish his new home.
Upon entering the guild hall Naruto headed straight for the mission board, and after asking Master what missions new mages to the guild could take, he found out that the ranking system started at D and went up to S. D rank mission being the easiest and those that mages new to the guild could take since higher ranked missions were harder and the guild wanted to make sure that the new member would be able to handle tougher missions.
After searching for a few moments Naruto found a mission that was relatively better than the other D-ranks on the board. The mission was a simple finding a missing cat but the reward was worth almost as much a C-rank mission's. The reward was 30000 jewels which was by no means a small amount nor a huge amount of money. Naruto pulled the mission off the board and brought it over to Makarov telling him that he was going to do it.
Naruto then left the guild and went to the mission clinet's home. The client was an old woman who was slightly larger than normal. The old lady cried on and on about how her poor cat left the home. The woman while in between fits of crying told Naruto of her cat's description. The cat was apparently over weight like the woman and had a coat of orange fur with black stripes, the most noticeable thing about the cat though was that it apparently had different colored paws, the left paws being white while the right paws being black. Also apparently this wasn't the first time that the cat had escaped.
Having received the information he needed to find the cat, Naruto left the elderly woman. He went on top of a nearby water tower and sat down, his legs crossing over each other, his hands intertwined with one another and his eyes shut. He was searching. Every living thing gave off a noticeable signature of magic even if they didn't use it. Though each signature was different, species gave off a similar signature of one another. After sensing around the town of magnolia for around a half an hour Naruto found where the largest amount of cats were. So he started jumping from the water tower to the tops of buildings heading to the congregation of cats.
Naruto finally arrived at the mass of cats and began searching through them to find the odd colored cat that the client had described to him. He finally found it and caught it and secured the cat making sure it couldn't run away. He made his way back to his client and finished his mission with no problems and 30000 jewels richer. The first thing he did was going out and buying an actual bed for him to sleep on tonight, after wards he bought a fridge powered by cooling lacrima. He then procured food to store at his home.
After Naruto was done shopping for his home he was left with a measly 1000 jewels, he stored it in his pocket as he made his way back into the fairy tail guild hall as there was still quite a bit of day left and he could finish another mission so that he would have some more money that he could keep for later. The mission was more a chore than anything else though as it was a simple pet care mission with a reward of 20000 jewels. After completing his second mission of the day Naruto headed back to his home made in a tree.
After a quick meal Naruto went out into the field nearby his home and opened up his toad summoning contract. Biting his thumb open and making it bleed, he signed his name onto the old contract once more this time as the first person on the contract. He did a quick series of hand seals and slammed his open palm onto the ground expecting something to happen. Nothing did as Naruto waited for some smoke to appear signifying a successful summon. The young mage scratched his head in confusion wondering why the summoning didn't work, so he made his way back to the contract and began to read the writing above where his name was. He wanted to slap himself for not reading it beforehand after he finished the text. The summoning didn't work because he hadn't used his magic with it. Naruto then focused some ethernano onto his hand making a magic seal appear along where he was bleeding. He slammed his palm once more onto the ground hoping for the summoning to work. This time the summoning did work as a large plume of smoke appeared. Once the smoke dissipated a large red toad carrying a ninja-to on his side appeared.
"What the, Where am I!?" The giant boomed.
"Hey Gamabunta! Down here!" Naruto called out to the toad.
Gamabunta looked down and saw the smaller Naruto who was smaller than the old toad remembered.
"Why are you so small Gaki?" Gamabunta asked.
"Well that's sorta a long story." Naruto replied to the giant being.
"Well I've got time to listen." The toad snapped back.
Naruto sighed as he began to tell the toad of his tale. He spoke of his meeting with a higher being that make his skin crawl, he told the old toad of his meeting with his dead loved ones and he spoke about his time here in this new dimension in this country known as Fiore. The old toad whistled before bringing out his pipe and lighting it.
"That's quite the story Naruto." Gamabunta said to his species summoner.
"I know. I don't blame you if you don't believe me, heck even I wouldn't believe it if I didn't go through it myself." Naruto said still remembering his conversation with Kami, Truth, or whatever it called itself.
"I believe you Naruto, there's no doubt about that. It's just that the story is a lot to take in especially the part about you getting killed by the Uchiha brat." Gamabunta said expressing his disbelief that his summoner got killed in such a way.
"Yeah not my greatest moment, though they caught me in a stunned state as I had just found Baa-Chan being crucified along with Kakashi-sensei." Naruto replied answering the old toads disbelief.
"Oh well nothing you can do about it now though. Anyways the Toad clan will always be your allies Naruto never hesitate to call upon us after all you're our greatest summoner, even if the world was to turn against you the Toads will stand by your side ready to fight to our last croak." Gamabunta said as he expelled smoke from his mouth.
"Thanks Gamabunta. I'll be sure to keep that in mind." Naruto said, glad that the toads still had his back.
"Oh and one more thing before I go, be sure to call Gamatatsu and Gamakichi soon those two haven't calmed down since they heard that you were unable to be located." Gamabunta informed, before disappearing in another plume of smoke.
"Crazy old toad." Naruto said to himself before making two more summoning seals, one on both of his hands and placing them on the ground while thinking of Gamatatsu and Gamakichi trying to make those two toads appear. As he focused two plumes of smoke appeared and would reveal two toads smaller than Naruto remembered them being. The two toads were a deep red and bright yellow. The red toad was Gamakichi while the yellow toad was Gamatatsu, both were the son of Gamabunta.
"Yo Naruto, it's been a while since I last saw ya, what happened?" Gamakichi said as soon as the smoke was gone.
"Well Gamakichi that's a little bit of a long story." Naruto told his favorite summon.
"Ooh story time, do you have snacks we can have then?" Gamatatsu asked. Naruto sweat dropped at his other summons way of thinking.
"Sorry Tatsu but I don't have any snacks for you this time, I'll make it up to you next time okay buddy." Naruto told the toad.
"Anyway the story?" Gamakichi said trying to get information on what happened.
Naruto nodded and launched into his tale once more. He told the toads everything that happened with his meeting with the divine being.
"So you met Kami then?" Gamakichi asked after Naruto finished his story.
"I think so?" Naruto began sounding unsure of his words, "At least that's what it seems though it called itself Truth along with several other names."
"Oh well it's probably better not to dwell on it, so your now in Fiore was it? And you can use Magic now?" Gamakichi questioned the blond boy.
"Yeah, that's right." Naruto said and performed a simple spell making a miniature tree pop out of the ground showing the toads that he wasn't making it up.
"Wow, just wow that's unbelievable," Gamakichi said not being able to really express his thoughts, "Anyway as always just call and I'll be by your side though it might take a few years to get back to normal size since your dimension hop affected us toads as well." Gamakichi finished before he and Gamatatsu dissapeared back to mount Myoboku, the land of the toad summons.
Naruto went back in his tree home and went straight to bed after his eventful first day as a Fairy Tail mage. He fell asleep with a smile on his face, happy with his new life.
Chapter End
Wow, I am sorry for not updating in such a long time, real life has been stressful with school and everything. I hope this chapter wasn't too boring as it was a chapter that needed to be done to get Naruto into Fairy Tail and situate him in Magnolia. Also to anyone who is going to complain about the amount of Jewels I looked on the Fairy Tail wikia and found examples showing jobs such as pet care and the like being worth 20000 jewels. Anyway after this Friday I will be able to concentrate on pumping out more chapters so be expecting them sometime soon.