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So let's get started… where were we? Right! Naruto was in Fiore-
At the guild hall,
"Hey Mira! Who is that blonde guy Elfman is carrying on his back" A lean, muscular young man of average height with a slightly tan skin tone, black eyes, spiky hair and who was wearing a white-black checked scarf asked Mira referring to Naruto, who was unconscious.
"He…" Mira looked at Naruto "He was the one who knocked Elfman unconscious when he tried the full body take over and failed." Mira said to Natsu, the fire dragon slayer.
"Thanks to him I am still alive and we made it back safely." Lisanna added.
"Made it back…sa-safely? What are you guys talking about?" Natsu asked with a worried expression. He had insisted that he be a part of the same mission earlier, before they left for the S-class mission. But they rejected him saying that it would be alright for them to do this alone.
But now he came to know something bad had happened during their mission. But Lisanna soothed him.
"Don't worry Natsu! I am alright now… so no need to worry. That Oni-san saved me" Lisanna said as Mira just flapped her head having a blush adorn her cheeks at the mention of the word 'Oni-san'. Natsu had a confused look when Lisanna mentioned the word Oni-san again this time directing her gaze at her elder sister. Then he looked at the figure who supposedly saved his best friend.
"He looks in pretty bad condition. Why don't you take him to the infirmary, Mira?" An extremely short, elderly man who has black eyes and is growing bald with only the outer rims of his head containing white hair and who has a thick white mustache made his way through the guild members and suggested to the Strauss family's eldest sibling. He noticed bandage on Naruto's right arm and assumed it had something to do with their last mission.
"Master… Fine! I will take him to the infirmary" Mira said huffing to Makarov, guild master of Fairy Tail. Makarov called Elfman to have a small chat regarding their latest outing.
"I will ask you the details of the mission later." Makarov said to Mira.
At the infirmary,
Naruto slowly opened his eyes, his head was still spinning around from the pain. He slowly got up and found a familiar figure sitting on a chair, they were alone in the room at the moment.
"Finally awake, huh?" Mira said who was sitting on a chair next to Naruto.
"What happened to me?" Naruto asked rubbing the back of his head.
"You became unconscious when my brother, Elfman knocked you." Mira replied to Naruto.
"Oh, I see!" Naruto said as he looked down.
"I wanted to ask you this when you woke up. You wouldn't mind answering me, right?" Mira asked.
"Depends on the question" Naruto said.
"What happened to your right arm?" Mira said stating Naruto's right arm which was covered in bandages.
"Oh this… I lost my right arm when I was trying to save a friend from falling into darkness…actually he was trying to kill me…" he said as he observed a disgusted look on Mira's face so he quickly gave her some reasoning, "not that he was bad but because he was influenced by a lot of things. He had different ideals towards peace but I finally got through to him" Naruto said.
"Why saving a friend who nearly tried to take your life." Mira asked with earnest and eager attention.
"Actually I used to hate my friend. Even though, like me, he didn't have a family… he was elite and I was always at the bottom. But it was actually fun being with him. He's… He's the person who acknowledged me more than anyone else. He is my friend. It's a special bond I was finally able to make." Naruto said having a smile on his face for which Mira's eyes widened in shock. She remembered a little about her rival when he talked.
She also wondered what exactly had happened that led the two friends to fight to the extent of losing their arms. Even if she had just met the blonde, she could tell he was strong. But how strong? That was a question for later. But if even he had lost his arm, then his opponent must have been a strong one.
"Even so, with such a strong man as your opponent…" Mira's statement was cut short by Naruto.
"It doesn't matter who the opponent is! If my arms get torn off, I'll kick him down. If my legs get torn off, I'll bite him down. If my head gets torn off, I'll stare him down. If my eyes get torn out. I'll curse him in my grave! Even if I get chopped into pieces… I'll bring my friend back… was my intention back then." Naruto said to Mira who was gazing at him intently.
'Talking about him…I wonder what he is doing now?' Naruto thought.
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There were footsteps trails in a huge desert. Following up the footsteps, there was a figure having a discarded konoha vest in his right hand.
The figure was wearing a black high collared shirt and blue pants covering his dress with a tattered light brown poncho over it and wearing a blue sash around his head as he was walking in a desert. A slight breeze making his poncho float in the air, brushed aside his front hair bangs revealing a purple rippled eye in his left eye socket and a black obnoxious one in his right.
He continued to stare wordlessly at the vest before he dropped it and continued on his way.
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"Wait a second… I AM NOT IN KONOHA, RIGHT?" Naruto screamed when he realized that he was currently in a mysterious place known as the Fiore.
'I can't believe this. Is he the same person who just now said all that cool stuff regarding his friend?' Mira thought as she sweat dropped.
"I am sorry to break it you, but yeah!" Mira said. "Maybe master knows something about this 'KONOHA'" she said as she reassured him.
It pained her to see a dejected expression on Naruto's face. She tried to cheer him up, "Why don't you talk to master right now? I'll make you something to eat while you are talking. Tell me what do you like?"
Naruto looked at her as if she grew an extra head, "Y-you can cook?"
A tick mark appeared on her forehead, "What do you mean by 'you can cook'. Of course I can. In fact, I am the best cook around here so why don't you tell me what you like and see for yourself?"
"One bowl of Miso ramen please!" he said as he got up and made his way to the exit, "I'll be going now!"
Wow! That cheered him up fast She thought as she made her way to the kitchen.
He made his way to the bar and found a stout old man of short height sitting on the table and drinking beer. As Naruto approached, the man turned towards his direction,
"I see you are awake now!" Makarov said.
Naruto relaxed a little when he found no malicious intents from the old man, "Yeah"
"I am sorry for your inconvenience. One of my children had knocked you down when you had saved them. As a parent, I am asking for their apology."
Naruto took the seat beside him, "Well I did knock him out first. So, I guess you could call it even" He concluded that the people there were nice if the guild master was referring to others as his children.
"Young man! What's your name and where are you from?" Makarov asked.
"Uzumaki Nar-… err Naruto Uzumaki" he remembered the way Lisanna introduced herself earlier.
"I am Makarov Dreyar, guild master of Fairy tail. Nice to meet you Naruto-kun."
"Fairy… Tail?!" Naruto repeated the name. It sounded weird to him. Right… this is a guild.
"What exactly are these… guilds?"
"You don't know?" Makarov asked shocked. He continued when Naruto shook his head, "A guild is a place for mages to gather and take missions. It is the one place where you make friends and learn from them, train with them, fight with them and most importantly, protect each other."
Naruto liked the idea of this so called guilds… they were a lot peaceful than the shinobi world, which was still in the process of rehabilitation. But,
"Magic?" he said, "that sounds so cool. Ne ne, can you make a person disappear and reappear and that sort of stuff," he asked as his eyes had stars filled in them. Makarov was taken aback by the childish behavior of Naruto and also by his image on the wizards.
"We don't do that sort of stuff. The things you are referring to are done by illusionists. We use spells and stuff to complete our assignments. Magic is a part of our daily life." He said. "Ok! Seriously kid. Where are you from?"
"I am from Konoha. Ever heard of it Jiji" Naruto said as he filled himself with slight hope.
"I am sorry I don't know what place you are referring to. If what I am guessing is correct…" Makarov said, "you are not from this world, are you?" he finished with a serious look.
To his surprise, Naruto grinned, "you got that right Jiji. So where exactly are we?" he asked as he hoped to find his current location.
"Magnolia, southern Fiore" Makarov answered. Naruto went into some deep thought, "I knew it. So, portal was the thing that brought me here" he said in a low voice.
"Did you say something?" Makarov asked as the boy looked at him startled.
"Nothing…nothing at all" he said waving his hands in front of him. Makarov stared at him for a second before he returned to his beer.
"So this Konoha… what kind of a place it is?" Makarov asked as he stared at his drink.
Naruto closed his eyes, "It is a peaceful village. But it is in the process of reconstruction as we have just finished a big war" he then looked at the questioning gaze of Makarov, "don't worry. Everyone over there are good people."
Makarov looked at him, "It isn't exactly an ordinary village, is it? You are not an ordinary person either, are you?"
"We are called shinobi. And we use Jutsu's for attack and defense, unlike your spells. I would prefer if you keep it all a secret that I am from another world."
"Don't worry. I am already keeping a secret of similar type as we are speaking. So, what are you going to do now?"
I had anyway planned on going on an adventure… seems like this is a nice opportunity for it. I can always find a way if I wanted to go back. I'll probably learn a lot more here and about the portal and it will be useful when I become hokage one day… "I want to join your guild Jiji!"
"We would be lucky to have you… Before you join, don't you have any more questions left?" Makarov asked as he too was learning about the blonde.
"Can you tell me more about your world?" Naruto asked as he thought for a bit.
"Like what?" Makarov was being a bit cautious now, this man was an unknown, sure he had saved his children but he needed to figure out what he was doing in Earth land before he gave too much of information.
"This country in general, Guild, Magic." Naruto said with a shrug, he tried to play cool but was very curious. Makarov seemed to think for a minute-
"The kingdom of Fiore is on the end of the western peninsula of the continent; next to us is the kingdom of Seven. Last I heard there is a population of around 17 million people. Magic is the physical embodiment of the spirit. When the physical spirit of an organism connects with the spiritual flow of nature, the spirit forms Magic as a product of connection. Only ten percent of the world's population is able to use magic."
"What can you do with magic?" Naruto asked. The definition was similar to chakra and he was curious if he could pass his Jutsu off. Makarov smiled, suddenly his body inflated like a balloon.
"I don't think I could tell you everything you could do with magic in a day my boy." Makarov noticed Naruto had looked startled by the sudden growth of his body. Naruto was lost in thought as he looked at the inflated man; he remembered his friend Choji and the others of the Akimichi clan that could do similar things. Naruto wasn't sure how much time passed before he finally noticed Makarov calling his name.
"I am sorry I spaced out." Naruto said rubbing the back of his head, "So where do I register… is there anything like some exam, or something?"
"You already are a part of Fairy tail now. You just needed my approval which you got it just now…" he looked around for something behind the counter, "With this stamp mark you are all set!" he said as he took out some weird box according to Naruto. "where do you want stamp and what color?"
He pulled his left sleeve up, "Orange please!"
Makarov put a stamp mark, "There you are!" he then turned towards the blonde who was looking at the orange guild mark curiously, "by the way, How did you get here?"
"I was sucked through a portal" Naruto said indifferently as he was still examining his guild mark. He then realized what he had said but Makarov didn't have any expression on his face,
"I think you were sucked in here through Anima."
"Anima?" Naruto asked.
"Anima is the name of a huge vortex in the sky which sucks people in" Makarov said drinking his beer.
That wasn't the vortex that sucked me in… better I agree with him until I really find out who brought me here? There is a chance that they will attack Konoha again so I must remain here until I find the one responsible for it, "Yeah! I think that was it." He said getting up, "I am going over to Mira. She said she'll cook my favorite food."
"I see… you have already melted the Demon, huh?" Makarov said with a mischievous glint in his eye while Naruto tilted his head in confusion.
"Um…I am going!"
He reached over to her. She had already prepared the Ramen and was waiting at the infirmary, "So… how did it go?"
Naruto pulled up his sleeve and showed her the guild mark, "What do you say about this?" he said proudly showing the orange mark
Mira was back to her original self when she saw the guild mark, which meant that the blonde was going to stay, "the old man let you in, huh?" she said scoffing and folding her hands, "And what's with orange…anyways, welcome to the guild, blonde" she said as she closed her eyes having a proud expression on her face.
*slurp* She opened her eyes to see that the blonde was busy eating. He didn't hear anything she had just said.
"How dare you igno-" she was cutoff again.
"This is good… really good" he said as he finished the bowl, "Man! That hit the spot. For a minute I felt like I was back at Ichiraku… I was wondering how long I was going to stay without Ramen, but with you here, I think I can stay here for a very long time. Please Marry me!" he said grinning.
Mira's face went red at the proposal, of course Naruto meant it in another way as a compliment, "W-what are you saying, baka?" she yelled as she slapped him and ran away from there.
"M-mira-chan!?" he looked confused at her actions as he held his hand on his cheek. She was all nice just a minute ago
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There was a knock on the door-
He turned towards the door as a figure walked in with a flying blue cat.
Sakura! "Hi! Nice to meet you. I am Naruto Uzumaki" Naruto introduced himself.
The pinkette had a serious expression before he grinned, "I am Natsu Dragneel and this is happy" he said pointing to the blue cat.
"Aye!" came the answer from the cat.
Happy… what a weird name and this guy has the exact same hair as Sakura-chan
Natsu stared intently at Naruto for a moment, "Thank you for saving Lisanna! She is a very important person to us and I don't know what would have happened to us if weren't for you" Natsu said as he shook Naruto's hand as tears rolled down his cheek.
"O-ok"
"Now that we are done with the introductions, FIGHT MEE!" he yelled.
"A-ah sure!" Naruto said. He wasn't sure how to respond to such a request. This Natsu reminded him of his past self when he was just a brat.
As they made their way out, they noticed the guild was a lot empty, "By the way… I have been meaning to ask. The guild looks a lot empty."
"Oh that! Everyone ran away when they heard Erza was returning" Happy answered.
"E-erza?!"
Natsu stopped, "since no one is around… why don't we fight here!" he said as he lit his arms in fire,
So that's how magic looks like…looks a lot like Ninjutsu, "Are you sure? I am not good at holding back," he said getting into his battle stance.
"Yeah!" he said as he was about to charge at Naruto but froze in his tracks,
The door burst open and a fierce voice was heard, "Natsu! Are you causing trouble again? And where is everyone?"
Naruto looked behind Natsu as he could only see a figure standing at the entrance with the bright light coming in from outside. The figure walked in as Naruto gasped when he saw long beautiful scarlet hair swaying behind her back,
"Kaasan?"
Erza looked behind Natsu, upon hearing the word 'kaasan', she stared at the blonde blankly,
"Who are you?"
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