Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. This story is for entertainment purposes only.
Naruto yawned loudly as he got up, remembering the previous day's events. After his fight with Natsu, which had let the entire guild gaping, they had gone back into the guild where Makarov finalized the documents for his joining, and then proceeded to throw a massive party. Naruto himself was the centre of attention and he was greeted by pretty much everyone in the guild, who were intrigued by his abilities and strengths. After the party, which had left everyone on the floor except for a few people and Naruto, Makarov offered him residence in the guild basement, which he accepted, though he was slightly wary.
Naruto smirked in a manner quite unlike his normal self. "I cleaned out those poor bastards."
They had been gambling last night, where he had cleaned out almost everyone in the guild, leaving him with a sizeable amount of cash- Jewels, as they were apparently called in this strange and foreign land.
"Might as well go upstairs and see who's up."
Walking up the stairs, and also popping various bones, Naruto entered the main guild hall to see that not very many people were up and about at this time. In fact, the only two there were the guild master, and the girl from yesterday, Mirajane.
"Good morning." Naruto said, surprising the both of them.
"Oh, Naruto! I didn't realize you would be up at this time. Not very many are," Makarov said.
Naruto shrugged casually in response.
"Yeah, but I usually wake up pretty early. So what's up?"
"Nothing much actually. Mira-chan and I were just opening up the guild for the other members to come later." Makarov paused. "What are your plans for today?"
Naruto thought over what he should say for a moment before replying.
"Well, I was planning on doing some training about now. But after that, I'm not to sure what I should do. Any suggestions?"
"Training, huh? How come? You seem plenty strong from yesterday's display, and you weren't even using your magic." Makarov asked, curious. "Not very many people try to train their magic after a certain point."
"Well, I guess you can never be too strong. Plus, I wanna work on some moves I have trouble with." Naruto replied with a grin.
"I see. And to answer your earlier question, after your training, come by to the guild to grab some breakfast, and then why don't you go on a job to get some more cash for a place to rent. Sleeping on the basement floor won't be good or you," Makarov suggested helpfully.
Naruto nodded his agreement. "Thanks old man. I'll see you and Mirajane later."
With that, he walked outside the guild, heading towards the nearest open area that he remembered from yesterday. After getting a fair bit away from the guild, he broke out into a light jog to for a warm-up before he started his training. Arriving in the field in minutes, he sat down to prioritize what he should work on.
"Let's see," he muttered to himself. "I need to work on learning more Wind Style jutsus so I can actually use them without killing someone every damn time. I also need to brush up on the Fuinjutsu that Ero-Sennin taught me and figure out how to make my own explosive tags cause I might need more of those."
Deciding on what he needed to do, Naruto made a few hundred clones to to attempt to recreate the various wind techniques that he had seen over the years.
"Let me remember. There was Great Breakthrough that Orochimaru used on us back during the Chuunin Exams."
Wincing slightly at the unpleasant memory of being swallowed whole by a giant snake, he continued. "Then there was Gaara's Drilling Air Bullet, and Pressure Damage that Kakuzu used, and Temari's Cutting Whirlwind. I think that needed a fan, but it should work without them. Then there was the basic wind manipulation that Asuma-sensei showed me. And those techniques that Sora used most of the time. Beast Wave Palm. And that Wind Blade technique that Gaara's sensei used. That one was pretty cool too."
Turning to face his clones, he began giving out orders on what to work on. "25 of you go over how wind manipulation that Asuma-sensei showed us. I want 25 clones working on these jutsus. I need you to work on Great Breakthrough, Drilling Air Bullet, and,uh, I guess the Wind Blade."
As his clones got to work, Naruto thought over his battle with Nagato. Going over what had happened, his eyes went wide as he thought of something.
"I wonder," he mused. "I'm not sure if it'll work or not, but, maybe I'll be able to make it happen. I'll hold off on attempting it until later."
Sighing to himself, he got up and began his physical exercise.
"I need to keep getting stronger. When I get back, I'll beat the Akatsuki and protect everyone!"
Naruto was walking back to the guild after about two hours of intense training. Even with clones, he was having trouble re-creating some of the moves. Great Breakthrough had been easy enough, considering it was somewhat similar to the Grand Fireball that his former team-mate had used so frequently. But other than that, he had made little progress on the other techniques, except maybe the Drilling Air Bullet. Every time he tried to form a Wind Blade, it would just break apart after a second.
'I need to get better on controlling wind chakra.'
And speaking of wind manipulation, it was the one field where he had actually made progress in. His was still far from what Asuma had showed him, but it was much better than before.
Arriving at the gates of the guild, he noticed that while there were more people than before, it was still not much. Naruto chuckled to himself. "They're all probably dealing with their hangovers."
"Good morning Naruto!" A voice called out. Turning to whoever had called him, he noticed Mirajane waving him over towards the bar. Deciding to see what was up, he calmly walked over and took a seat.
"Hey Mirajane. What's up?"
Mirajane smiled as she cleaned a glass. "Nothing much. I thought that I would see if you wanted something to eat after your training. How did it go by the way?" Naruto grinned.
"It went great! I made some pretty good progress. Oh and I was wondering, could you make me some ramen?" he asked, with large, wide eyes near the end. Mirajane giggled at his expression.
"Of course! Just give me a minute and it'll be ready!" she said cheerfully.
Naruto nodded, trying to hide how excited he was. 'I finally get to have ramen. After so long!' He shouted mentally, tears of joy streaming down his face.
A few minutes later, Naruto was sitting with a bowl of ramen in front of him. Thanking the gods once more, and instinctively purging it of any poisons, Naruto began digging into his ramen full force, not pausing a second from his treat. Mirajane was just staring at him eat, her jaw slightly open as she wondered how on earth anyone could eat that fast without spilling a drop. Naruto noticed her staring, and momentarily paused from his eating.
"What's so funny?" He asked. Her only response was to blink and start giggling uncontrollably. Naruto growled again. "I said, what on earth is so funny?" Mirajane giggled even harder, before shakily pulling out a mirror from lord knows where, showing Naruto that he had noodles hanging from various parts of his mouth, making him look comical.
"Oops!"
Sucking up the noodles, Naruto quickly finished the ramen. He looked at Mirajane seriously, getting her to stare back and feel nervous under his gaze after a few moments. "W-what?"
Naruto lowered his head, darkening his features. He snapped it back up, revealing stars in his eyes and a lovestruck expression on his face.
"Thank you so much for the delicious ramen! The Gods of Ramen have truly blessed me!"
Mirajane giggled cutely as he yelled, bowing.
A few minutes later, with Naruto relatively back to normal, they were once again in their former positions. "Ahem. Anyway, what should I do now?" Naruto asked.
"Well, I guess you should go get a job to do." Mirajane replied.
Naruto thought over it. "Sounds good. Where do I get a job?"
"Just head on over to the job board over there, and choose any you like. Normally, we forbid new members from taking combat-heavy missions from the start, but I think I can make an exception for you if that's what you choose." Naruto nodded.
"Thanks. Be right back." He said, getting up and heading over to the job board.
Once in front of the board, he looked over it, glancing at the jobs. 'A lot of these jobs are similar to missions back home. Capture, combat, escort, delivery, even those stupid D-ranks.' Naruto shivered at the thought of those stupid chores being disguised as serious shinobi missions.
'Yeah, I'm not doing those unless I really need cash. Let's see. I guess I might as well take on something mildly exciting.'
Once again scanning over them, he finally found one he liked. 'Hm, not the most exciting, but it should be enough for me to handle with the bare minimum chakra. Sounds good.' Grabbing it off the board, the brought it back to Mirajane, who looked at it for a second before looking at him.
"Alright. Let me just put this down in the mission log. Oh! And since it's your first mission, you have to bring a team with you. It's standard requirement for all new members going on combat missions for the first time." Naruto nodded.
"Alright, I guess I can do that. But who should I bring?" He asked. "I don't really know many people in this guild," he added sheepishly.
"On this type of mission, since you're most likely to be doing large scale fighting, you'll need a more versatile fighter and a support. You'll also need an attacker, but you should fit the bill there." Mirajane lectured slightly. "For those roles, bring Gray as your versatile fighter, and Cana as support."
"Aright thanks, Mirajane."
He made to leave, only to sit back down.
"Ah, who are they again?" he asked, rubbing the back of his head and grinning.
Mirajane merely smiled at the question as she pointed to the aforementioned persons.
"Gray is the boy over there who is stripping, and Cana is the girl in the bikini top drinking from a barrel at the table over there."
Naruto turned his head to look at both people, only to sweat drop as he watched them. The boy, Gray, was indeed stripping as if it were the most casual thing in the world. The girl, Cana, was downing a barrel of what appeared to be sake. Behind her were several other similar sized barrels.
'...I'm not gonna bother saying anything.'
Turning back to Mirajane, he spoke. "Anyway, thanks again Mirajane. I'll see you after the mission is complete."
"No problem Naruto. Oh! And just call me Mira. That's what everyone calls me." She said.
"Will do. See you Mira."
With that, he headed over to the suggested members to enlist their help. Choosing to walk to Gray first, he walked over to where the boy was sitting with his back turned, once again fully clothed.
"Gray?" He asked. Gray turned around, wondering who it was, only to see Naruto behind him.
"Oh! Naruto! What do you need? Good job beating Natsu by the way," he said.
"I was gonna go on my mission, and Mira suggested that I bring a team for it and recommended you and Cana to come along. So, wanna come?" Naruto asked.
"Sure, why not? When do we leave?" He asked.
Naruto thought. 'I still wanna look around town, maybe find a blacksmith to make me some armour, and maybe some kunai later on. And a clothes shop cause mine are barely holding together.' Naruto paused in his thinking. 'That should take around 2-3 hours. Yeah, that sounds about good.'
Looking at Gray again, he answered his question. "How about we meet in front of the Fairy Tail gates in 3 hours?"
"Sounds good." Gray answered. Naruto grinned.
"Sweet!" I'll go tell Cana the same. See ya then." Naruto said before walking over to where Cana was.
Unlike Gray, who didn't see him because his back was turned, Cana noticed him walking towards her.
"Naruto! What do you want?" She asked, glaring at him for some reason.
Naruto sweat dropped. 'Why is she so angry at me?'
"Umm, why are you glaring at me?" Naruto asked, voicing his concerns.
Cana's glare only intensified. "You...you pretty much BANKRUPTED me and you ask me why I'm angry?!" she yelled at him comically, waving her arms. Naruto's sweat drop only grew bigger.
'So that's why.'
"Hey! I didn't know I would be that lucky!" he protested, though a little voice in the back of his head told him he knew he would be. He promptly told that voice to shut up.
Cana crossed her arms and huffed at him while looking in the other direction, pouting.
"Just tell me what you want, and then leave me to drown in my sorrows," she whined, weeping comically. Naruto fell over, the weight of the sweatdrop growing too heavy to hold any longer. Straightening himself, he looked at her again.
"Erm, anyway. I was going on my first mission, and Mira told me to get a team. She suggested you and Gray. I already got Gray, just need you." He told her.
Cana blinked, considering it for a moment. "Fine. How much is the pay?"
"I dunno. Lemme check." Looking at the job request in his hand, Naruto looked the pay for the job. "It's paying 750 000. Is that good?"
Cana blinked. "Is that good? It's three quarters to a million! I'm in! I need the booze money anyway."
Naruto's sweatdrop returned with a vengeance at the last part, but he grinned nonetheless.
"Awesome! Meet in front of Fairy Tail in 3 hours. See ya."
Walking outside, Naruto thought over what to do next. "I guess I should find a blacksmith that I can rely on to make me good kunai, and some light armour. I'll check that out first, and then find a clothing store to find something cool to wear. Orange, but cool." His thoughts set, Naruto began walking towards what felt like the commercial part of Magnolia Town.
Naruto found his first destination after about 10 minutes of searching. It was a fairly small shop, nothing to extravagant, but it was what he was searching for. Entering, he noticed that it was rather cool for a blacksmith's store. Looking around, he saw various swords of all shapes, sizes, and quality.
"Something ya need lad?" A voice called from behind him. Naruto spun around, only to find himself face to face with the man that he had met at the entrance to Magnolia, Bert.
"Ah it's you lad! Glad t' see ya. What brings ya here to my fine shop?" Bert asked him jovially.
"Yeah. I was wondering if you did custom orders?" Naruto asked the large man.
"'Course I do lad. This 'ere is the finest blacksmith shop you'll find in Magnolia." Bert said. Naruto grinned.
"Sweet! Here, take a look at this and tell me if you can make more of these." Naruto said, handing the man a kunai, albeit a dulled one. Bert took it and examined it.
"Hmm, should be simply enough." He said. "A knife that can be thrown, but mostly used for close combat and slipping into chinks in yur enemies armour. Extremely lethal, extremely precise. Am I right?" Naruto whistled. 'This guy knows his stuff.'
"Damn, you're good." Bert just laughed.
"I've been in this business long enough lad. Plus, one of my more frequent customers has given me a similar design before, so I know what I'm doing." Naruto was instantly on guard. 'Is there another shinobi in this world? If so, who are they? How did they get here? What village are they from?"
Naruto stared at the man carefully, his body language giving away nothing. "Ah, if you don't mind me asking, who asked for this design?" Naruto asked carefully. 'If it's another shinobi by some odd chance, I need to make sure they aren't a threat.
"Ah, this lil' missy named Erza Scarlet. Though you might know here by her more famous nickname, 'Titania' Erza. She's a Fairy Tail mage and has been coming here since she was a child." Bert answered.
Naruto allowed his guard to loosen upon hearing the name of his new guild. 'At least I'm not dealing with some foreign shinobi. He said that she's a Fairy Tail member, but by her nickname, she must be pretty strong. I'll be careful around her if I ever meet her. I might ask Mira what she knows about her.'
"Anyway, how long will it take for you to make me a set of, say around 20?" Naruto asked, getting back to topic. Bert thought for a moment before answering.
"Should take me 'bout a week or so. You can pick 'em up then." Naruto nodded.
"Alright, thanks Bert. I'll see you in a week then. Bye."
Walking out of the shop, Naruto tried to look for a clothes shop that he could go to. Passing by one, he entered a moment later.
"Hi! How may I help you?" The clerk called out.
"Just looking around. Trying to find something orange, and extremely cool. Do you know of anything like that?" Naruto asked her, hoping that she did. He REALLY wanted orange, painting a target on your back be damned. He brought his hopes up when the clerk smiled after a minute of thinking.
"We may have something of the sort. I'll bring it in just a moment," the clerk said, walking to the back of the store. She came back a minute later, with something folded in her hand.
"Here, take a look at this. It's not fully orange, but I think it's suitable and meets your requirements." The clerk said, holding it up.
Naruto smirked. "It's perfect. How long for you to make about 4 sets?"
"It should take about 4-6 days to finish your order. May I know your name to identify who ordered it?"
"Put it down as Naruto. And I'll come by in a week to pick it up." Naruto told her. The clerk nodded.
"We'll see you then. Have a good day."
Naruto nodded before leaving the store. Checking the time, he noticed it was almost time for him to meet up with his team. Heading back to Fairy Tail at a lax pace, he noticed Gray and Cana waiting for him at the gates.
"Hey guys!" He called. "I hope you didn't wait to long!"
It was Gray who answered him.
"Nah. We just got here. So, what's the job?"
"Our job is to get rid of some bandits that have been terrorizing a town and free some hostages they kidnapped from the towns people." Naruto explained.
"Sounds good."
"Let's do this."
Naruto smiled. "My thoughts exactly. Let's get this show on the road." With that, the team of three headed in the direction of their job assignment.
-End-
And that's chapter 3. Yeah, It's more filler-ish than anything, but the next chapter will hopefully have more action, it being the mission and all. Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 2 and I'm glad you liked it. I wasn't to sure if the fight seen was good or not. Now, quick review addressing time.
Lightningblade49: Don't worry, Naruto's gonna stop thinking in his battles from now on mostly. He was mostly thinking cause he was trying to be careful on what he showed. And it did hinder him, but he'll stop that from now on. And thanks. Still not sure about NarutoxMirajane, but it's the most likely going in my head right now.
Back to the general questions/ comments you might have.
Starting with clones, Naruto is only going to use clones this one time cause he needs some wind techniques and fast because you never know when you'll encounter an enemy that you can't beat with taijutsu alone. Of course, he could use Rasengan and Sage Mode, but he's trying to keep things like that at a minimum.
Next up is the thing about Naruto's own ninjutsu. I'm not really sure what it should be, so if you all could put your suggestions in the reviews, that would be great! I'll put them in a poll, and make it by most popular vote.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. It was kind of boring, but I wanted to get it out of the way. Anyway, review and tell me your ninjutsu suggestions.
HokagenoNaruto, out.