I'm currently considering adding an OC to the story to take the place of cannon Natsu. I feel like Fairy Tail wouldn't be Fairy Tail without an idiot around. But ultimately it wouldn't matter to me much, I could write around it. What do you guys think? Also, I might change the pairing to an OC (Not the Natsu replacement). It's not guaranteed though. Give me your opinion :D

It's been a full year since Natsu came to the world of Fiore, during this time he has found new friends, as well as somewhat of a new family in Igneel. Right now, however, we find natsu reminiscing over his time in the strange land.

Man... It's hard to believe I've been here for a full year... It feels like it was only a month ago that I was dropped off in the middle of that forest. I'm really glad that I found Igneel when I did, otherwise, I would of most likely died wandering alone in that forest. And I got to learn Fire Dragon Slayer Magic! Who knew a dragon would teach someone magic that's specifically meant to kill them, right? I even invented my own signature move! Even if it is based off of Kakashi's jutsu... But hey, copying from the copy ninja, am I right? Hehehe. Learning from Six Paths Sensei, Madara, and Mu was fun too I suppose, even if Mu was a little cold. But all in all, a great year! Hopefully all future years will be just as good!

Unfortunately for Natsu, however, things were about to take a big turn for the worse. But for now, we can see Natsu going back to training with Igneel.

Natsu ran into the den full speed, and crashed straight into a certain red dragon. "HEY IGNEEL! I'M BACK! AND I GOT SOME SUPER COOL STUFF FROM MUMMY-SENSEI!" Natsu yelled.

Igneel felt Natsu bump into him and turned around. "Oh, you're back... WELL GUESS WHAT?" Igneel said.

Natsu raised an eyebrow. "What?"

RYUPOU: SEN RYU!

Igneel called out the spell and shoved his claw straight through a rock. "Pretty good, huh? Now what did you learn?"

Natsu grinned. "Heh. I'll show ya!" Natsu motioned for Igneel to follow him as he ran to the entrance of the cave looking out onto rows and rows of trees.

"What do we have to come over here for?" Igneel asked.

"Watch this." Was all Natsu said, before he put his arms strait out, with his hands making the shape of a diamond in front of him. All of a sudden, a white cube appeared in front of his hands.

"What's that little cube gonna do kid?" Igneel asked with a quirked eyebrow.

Natsu ignored him and looked at the forest. Then, the cube disappeared, before appearing again over the forest, albeit one thousand times larger.

Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!

Igneel's eyes widened as smoke filled the interior of the cube. When the smoke cleared, the box fizzled out of existence, and Igneel could see what had happened inside the box. Every single thing inside had been completely annihilated, with nothing remaining. On top of that, the disintegration had been done so precise, that it looked as if it had been laser cut.

"Whoa, that's one hell of a technique you've got there Natsu." Igneel said with a smirk.

Natsu grinned. "Yeah!" Natsu said, before returning to genius mode. "Although, upon further examination, I can see a few ways for the style to be expanded. Maybe even into a taijutsu style?"

Igneel sweat dropped at his sudden transition. "Nice?... Anyways, we're going to finish up on your dragon slayer training, so you'd better be ready!"

Natsu suddenly started laughing. "Huh? What's so funny brat?" Igneel asked with a confused expression.

"It's j-just that you s-sounded exactly l-like Six Paths Sensei, Madara, and Mu w-when you s-said that." Natsu managed to stutter out between fits of laughter.

Igneel huffed and looked away. "Hmph. Just be ready tomorrow brat."

TWO YEARS LATER

Natsu is now eight years old, and has finished his dragon slayer training with Igneel. He now wears Gaara's coat, slim black jeans, and plain white sneakers. Of course, he still has his gourd, as well as the Ebony Blade, but he prefers to keep them sealed when he's just relaxing. To cover his rinnesharingan, he uses his Sunagakure head band, much like Kakashi. He even gets most of his spiky, pink hair to stick out above the headband, also like Kakashi. When he wasn't training his dragon slayer magic, he spent his time perfecting particle style. He can now cover his hands in molecular sized particle cubes, to disintegrate anything he touches within a small area. On top of this, he advanced the capabilities of the Atomic Dismantling: Pillar by making it able to curve, much like Darui's Laser Circus.

Right now, though, Natsu just couldn't figure out where Igneel had went. Natsu had been waiting for a week, and still igneel hadn't shown up. He hadn't even said where he was going, he just left. Straight outta the blue. He must be hunting or something. Oh well... I'll just wait for him to come back! Natsu thought, before running off to explore in the forest.

THREE WEEKS LATER

It's been a month... Igneel has never taken over a week to go hunting... Did he abandon me? Maybe he thought I was too weak... NO! Igneel would never do that. But then the only possible explanation is... N-no... n-not again... T-this can't be... Natsu thought with tears running down his cheeks as he sobbed.

"WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME?!" Natsu roared to the sky.

E-every time I-I accept p-people as my f-family they end up g-g-gone. F-first mom and dad, then Six Paths Sensei, Madara, and Mu, and now Igneel! Natsu thought as he lay on the ground in the pouring rain, crying miserably. I guess that friends and family just ain't for me, eh? Well, I suppose the only thing I have left to do in my life is defeat Acnologia...

Nobody could of seen it coming... Hell, even Natsu didn't realize it. But gone was the fun-loving little boy that would play merrily in the village of Suna. Now, there was only the genius dragon-slayer trained solely to defeat the dragon of destruction.

A WEEK LATER

Natsu was taking a nap on a tree branch, exhausted after a long day of flying through the forest.

"Hey brat."

Natsu jumped into the air, turned invisible, and grabbed his sword all in one motion.

Natsu narrowed his eyes. "Who's there?" Natsu asked.

"No need to get so worked up kid, I'm in your head."

Natsu looked confused. "How can you be in my head? That makes no sense."

"Just wait a second and I'll explain, and by the way, just think what you want to say to me. If you talk out loud around other humans it might seem weird."

Natsu found it a little suspicious how this voice addressed people as 'humans', but decided to trust it for now.

"Alright, now explain."

"My name is Shukaku, the one-tailed beast"

"WHAT?! Why are you in my head? And more importantly how are you not in the Elemental Nations?"

"Whoa, whoa. Slow down there kid. In reverse order, I'm not in the Elemental Nations because I asked dad to bring me with him, I'm in your head because I'm sealed in you, and I don't know how to answer the first question to be honest."

"Hmm... Alright. Your father must be Six Paths Sensei then, but why are you sealed in me?"

"Because I asked him to seal me in you."

"Why?"

"Two reasons. One, being sealed in Naruto was super fucking boring, and painful because he's dumber than a rock."

Natsu sweat dropped. "I gotta agree with you there."

"Two, I want to help you to make up for what I did to Gaara."

"Sounds good I guess. So... uh... Not to try and sound rude, but how do you help me other than giving me a huge chakra boost?"

"Well first of all, you can do the tailed-beast transformation, which is totally awesome."

Natsu sweat dropped yet again.

"Second, your sand abilities get a huge boost in power. And third, you gain the magnet release bloodline limit."

Natsu's jaw dropped, before suddenly realizing something. "Wait a minute, then how come dad didn't have magnet release?"

"He did, you've just never seen him use it."

"Oh... So then will I be able to use iron sand and gold dust?"

"Yeah, you will. But It'l take some practice. Luckily I know how to teach ya. Oh, actually I just came up with a pretty sweet idea."

"Well, let's hear it then."

"Come into your mindscape first, then I'll tell you."

"Uhh... How exactly?"

"Just close your eyes and think about it for a bit"

Natsu face faulted. "Uh, ok. Thanks for the advice. I'll get right on that."

NATSU'S MINDSCAPE

Natsu opened his eyes and saw that he appeared to be in a huge sewer. He walked around for a while before finally seeing the Shukaku behind a huge gate.

"Uh, why are you in a cage, Shukaku?"

"It's not like I want to be, brat. But that's what the seal does, so I have no choice."

Natsu smirked. "We'll see about that."

Natsu closed his eyes and appeared to be concentrating. Shukaku looked around him as the sewer slowly started to disappear, followed by the cage, only to be replaced by a huge desert. It seemed to stretch on infinitely, and the skies above were blue, and clear of clouds. Shukaku felt something on his arm and looked down to see a small red armband that said 'SEAL' on it. But apart from that, there was no indication that he was sealed.

"Whoa, well I didn't know that was possible. Thank you, Natsu."

Natsu grinned. "Can't have my new friend living in a dump, now can I"

"Hahaha, you remind me of Naruto sometimes, y'know?"

Natsu looked horrified. "NO! Really?! How do I fix it?! PLEASE TELL ME!"

Shukaku laughed loudly. "Just kidding. Now, about my amazing plan. Here, take this." Shukaku pulled a long scroll out of the sand and set it down in front of Natsu. "Put some of your blood on the scroll."

Natsu did as Shukaku told him, and put his blood on the scroll. As soon as the blood touched the scroll, it glowed bright white. When it returned to normal, Natsu took a peek at what was on the scroll. Natsu raised an eyebrow at what he saw.

Summoning Contract of the Tanuki

Summoners:

- Natsu

"So this is a summoning contract?"

"Yeah, and you're the first person to ever sign this one."

"Why?" Natsu asked with a curious expression.

"Didn't really feel like giving it to anyone." Shukaku replied with a shrug.

Natsu sweat dropped. "Ok... So how does this pertain to your plan?"

"Basically, the idea is to put a transportation seal on the inside of your gourd. Then, you summon one of my Tanuki, and have him reverse summon to the Elemental Nations. Once he's there, he puts the transportation seal linked to your gourd in the middle of the desert, therefor giving you infinite sand!" Shukaku explained.

Natsu went wide eyed. "Wow... I didn't even know that was possible..."

"Yeah, it's pretty sweet. Anyways, off you go now, Imma go play in the sand!"

Natsu smiled. "Alright, see ya later!"

A FEW DAYS LATER

Natsu is currently walking along the streets of Magnolia, looking for ways to get money. I'm going to need someplace to wait until Acnologia shows himself. Might as well get some place to live. Magnolia seems pretty decent. The prices here are fairly cheap and there are dense forests nearby to train in. Natsu thought to himself as he walked down the road, completely lost in thought, until he heard something that caught his interest.

"Hey have you heard about Fairy Tail's latest mishap?"

"Yeah, supposedly they blew up half a mountain this time."

"Wow... But they probably need the firepower. After all, the best guild probably gets the toughest, and highest reward missions."

*laughter*

"I suppose you're right!"

Fairy tail, huh? Natsu thought. He had heard of them before. Supposedly the biggest troublemakers in Fiore, but still one of, if not the strongest guild out there. I suppose it couldn't hurt to join, after all, I need the money. But I don't want to be pulled in to their 'family' bullshit. I just need the money... In the end, Natsu decided it was worth it and walked towards the massive building at the end of the city. But as he was walking there, Shukaku started to speak up again.

"Natsu."

"Yeah?"

"I just had another great idea."

Oh boy... "What is is this time?"

"Well, I remembered that Kurama's hosts can do this chakra cloak thing. Since I can obviously do better than Kurama at everything ever, I came up with something similar, but wayyyy better."

Natsu face faulted at his explanation. "I.. see... Well, what is it that you came up with then?"

"Go into the forest first, some of those dumb humans might freak out."

Natsu groaned. "Alright, fine."

After Natsu made it to the forest, Shukaku asked him to enter his mindscape, so he did.

"Yo"

Natsu sighed. "Hey"

Shukaku held out his fist. "Fist bump me, and then leave your mindscape. You'll see what happens..."

"Alright"

When Natsu returned to the real world, he made a circle of sand, and applied his fire chakra, instantly turning it to glass. His reflection in the make-shift mirror startled him. He was clad in some sort of demonic looking sand armour. The helmet had horns, and completely covered his face, only leaving two holes for the eyes. The chest piece had spikes coming off the shoulders, and the front looked somewhat like a ribcage. The gauntlets had spiked fingers, and the boots were equally as demonic. On his back there was a long spear with red, tribal markings on it. The spear end had four spikes, seemingly randomly placed, like a flame. (AN: I'm horrible at explaining things, go look at a picture of daedric armour, but imagine it made completely of sand. The spear is just the spear of shukaku)

"Well this is certainly interesting. How much chakra will it consume to keep it active?"

"None, I keep it active with my own chakra."

"What does it do? How tough is the armour and spear?"

"It does everything that Naruto's kurama chakra mode can do."

Natsu could hear the pride rolling off Shukaku's words. "Which is?..."

"It increases all your physical attributes, as well as your durability. I don't know exactly how much, but I do know that Naruto deflected five tailed beast bombs at the same time during the war. He also out-sped the fourth raikage in that form, who was said to be the fastest man alive at the time. Another thing Kurama told me is that Naruto was able to combine it with his Six Paths Sage Mode for an even greater effect."

Natsu was stunned. He knew he could do all that easily in his Six Paths Sage Mode, but this was something almost as strong, and for zero chakra cost. And he could combine it with his Six Paths Sage Mode to increase it's potential exponentially.

"As for the armour and spear... well the armour actually is the chakra cloak, so what I just described comes from that. The spear is practically invincible, as it is made from the same chakra as your armour. You should be able to make it cut through whatever you want, depending on how much of my chakra you put into it."

"Well Shukaku, in my opinion your better than Kurama."

"FINALLY! Someone agrees with me!"

Natsu chuckles. At least I can have Shukaku as my friend, I know he'll never go away...

"By the way, I wanna start training your magnet release now, I can detect a lot of minerals nearby."

Natsu sighed. "I guess joining a guild will have to wait then, eh?"

"Whatever, It'l only be like two weeks or something with those weird clones you can make. And DON'T COMPLAIN! I mean, it's not every day that you get a teacher as awesome as me to teach you."

Natsu sweat dropped. "Right..."