They say that a town's atmosphere reflects the guild within. Magnolia town is no exception. If someone were to spend a day inside Fairy Tail's guild hall, then spend a day walking around Magnolia, they would say the same. But today we see someone who seems to be trying to avoid Magnolia's charm. He walks through the town with a headband holding up his spiky pink hair, and covering one eye. His emotionless face and eye give away nothing as to what he thinks of the town, and his body language is the same. He wears a red trench coat that seperates in the front and back past the waist, with a painting of a black dragon on the left side. He also wears slim black jeans, and simple white sneakers that somehow manage to never pick up any dirt. On his back there's a heavy looking gourd, and a huge blade that somehow sticks to his back without anything holding it in place. This person is none other than Kobarutosuna no Natsu, as he now decided to call himself, as he had no surname.

His name was born during one of his magnet release training sessions with Shukaku. Shukaku had asked Natsu to bring forth as many minerals as he could from ground beneath them. Natsu attempted this, and after a few minutes, a few chunks of iron, gold, and silver came to surface. A few seconds later, however, Natsu heard a loud rumbling noise, almost like an earthquake. Natsu looked around him for whatever was causing the noise, but saw nothing. Then, he noticed a few cracks forming on the ground beside him. Almost as soon as the cracks formed, massive chunks of cobalt started pouring out of the new cracks in the ground, almost quadruple the amount of iron he had brought forward. From then on, Natsu had the easiest time controlling cobalt dust, and it was his favourite thing to manipulate, other than sand. Of course, Natsu had to find a way to carry his cobalt dust, so he drew the largest storage seal he had ever made, right onto the inside of his gourd. His cobalt maniupulation was so good that it was already on par, if not better than his sand. And it was from this that Natsu came up with his new name, Kobarutosuna no Natsu. Natsu of the Cobalt Sand.

This town is extremely annoying, Natsu thought. I can only hope that I don't get roped into whatever go-lucky crap Fairy Tail has going on at their place. Hopefully there are apartment complexes on the edges of town, I can't stand all this noise. Apparently you get a discount on food in the guild hall, so that's a bonus. The only downside is that I'll have to actually stay in the guild hall for more than a minute... Snapping out of his thoughts, Natsu looked up to see that he had finally made it to Fairy Tail's guild hall.

FAIRY TAIL GUILD HALL

Things were pretty chill in the guild as of now. Macao and Wakaba were sitting at the bar, casually sippin their beers. Gray was stripped down to his underwear of course, and was sitting on one of the benches. Nearby, you could find Reedus painting a picture, and Makarov silently enjoying a drink. All in all, it was a pretty normal day in the guild. That is, until a certain pink-haired someone decided to slam the doors open.

Natsu walked through the doors with his normal emotionless face. "I wish to speak to Master Makarov." He stated in a monotonous voice.

The guild became dead quiet in an instant.

Makarov looked up from his drink with interest. "That would be me, young man. What would you like to speak to me about?"

Natsu quickly scanned the rest of the room, before narrowing his eyes at Makarov. "I would like to request to join this guild." He stated.

Makarov raised his eyebrows. "Well then..." Makarov seemed calm while speaking, but on the inside it was a whole different story. I can't read this boy at all. It's like he's completely devoid of emotions. What has caused him to be like this?... "you're in!" Makarov continued.

Natsu maintained his expressionless face, but nodded. "Very well. Thank you, Master Makarov." He said, before starting to walk to the bar.

Makarov suddenly adopted a shocked expression. "Oh! Where are my manners? This person here beside me is Reedus, and that's Gray, Macao, and Wakaba!" He paused for a second before continuing. "May I ask your name lad?"

Natsu stopped for a moment and turned to him. "I am Natsu." He stated simply.

Makarov frowned at this. "What about your last name?" He asked.

Natsu shook his head while responding. "I do not have a surname. However, if it is a requirement, you may address me as Kobarutosuna no Natsu, or Natsu of the Cobalt Sand." Makarov nodded with a smile as Natsu continued on towards the bar.

The guild was still remaining quiet, but that soon faded as people began whispering.

"That guy sure is suspiscious... He's like a robot..."

"I wonder what magic he uses..."

"What's with that weird looking container on his back?"

"That sword sure looks nasty... Where'd he get it?"

"What's under that headband of his?"

"It's probably to cover up an injury if you ask me..."

The whispering continued until a certain semi-naked, raven-haired ice mage decided to speak up.

"Oi! Robot! Aren't you going to introduce yourself at least? After all, we are your new guildmates..." Gray asked.

Natsu completely ignored him, as if he wasn't even there. He just kept walking towards the bar with the same emotionless face. I don't have time for this idiotic pervert. I need to start doing missions as soon as possible. Hopefully, there will be a few assassinations or bounties I can complete. They should be exceptionally easy with my Cobalt Coffin, I don't think anyone could break out of it. Maybe Igneel or Madara, but even they would struggle, let alone any of these pathetic mages. I don't think I would eve-

"Hey! I'm talkin to ya buddy!" Gray shouted at him, clearly extremely annoyed by Natsu's behaviour.

I swear to god, these stupid mages are going to kill me with idiocy before I can even REACH Acnologia! I suppose if introducing myself is a requirement, then I will be forced to do so.

Natsu reached the bar and sat down. After a few seconds, he looked at the Makarov. "Master, is introducing myself a requirement?"

Makarov frowned. "No, but it would be nice for you to do so, after all, we don't know anything about you!"

Makarov seems like a nice guy, I could get along fine with him. I suppose there is no harm in introducing myself.

Natsu let out an unnoticeable sigh. "Very well, I shall introduce myself." How should I go about this... I suppose I'll just go with the way Kakashi told me to when I first met him...

FLASHBACK

"Hey dad! Where are we going this time? Can we go to Iwa again please?! They have such cool houses there!" Natsu repeatedly bombared Gaara with questions.

"Actually Natsu," Gaara replied, "We're going to Konoha."

Natsu suddenly became very excited. "CAN I FINALLY MEET NARUTO!?"

Gaara laughed. "You can, but don't expect much... He's rather idiotic if you ask me."

Natsu huffed. "No way, he saved the whole entire world! There's no way he's stupid."

TWO HOURS LATER

"HI! I'M UZUMAKI NARUTO! DATTEBAYO!"

How could someone so powerful be so idiotic? Thought a recently facefaulted Natsu.

Suddenly, a man appeared behind Naruto. The man was wearing normal shinobi attire, sandals, military pants with a kunai holder, and a flak jacket. Above that, he wore a mask that completely covered the lower half of his face. His hair was silver and spiked strait up, with a little bit of a curve.

He eye smiled at Natsu. "You must be Gaara's son! Hello, I'm Kakashi Hatake, and this idiot beside me is Naruto Uzumaki. Why don't you introduce yourself? Tell us your likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams for the future!"

Natsu beamed back at him. "Ok! My likes are..."

FLASHBACK END

Natsu looked up and realized everyone was waiting on him to give his introduction. He took a deep breath, and then spoke. Here goes...

"Hello, my name is Natsu, I am eight years of age. Everything I liked in this world is now gone. Things I dislike include traitors, sweet foods, warmongers, and people who cannot tell the difference between the beast and it's jailor. My hobbies are training and meditating. The only dream I have is a goal set for me by someone who is now gone. And that is to kill the dragon known as Acnologia."

Natsu inwardly smirked. Guess they realize now that I'm not an ordinary eight year old. As a matter of fact, from what I can tell, I'd be the strongest person in this guild EVEN if I only used my dragon slaying magic.

His introduction shocked everyone in the guild into complete and utter silence. Thoughts were running through everyone's heads, especially Makarov's.

This boy is a strange one. Something tragic must have happened to him for him to become like this. He talks as if he's quadruple his own age for god's sake. Most of his introduction seemed normal, but what does he mean by 'people who cannot see the difference between the beast and it's jailor'. It MUST have some sort of other meaning. And does he really think he can defeat Acnologia? Thought Makarov.

He must be really strong if he thinks he can beat Acnologia... Either that or he's insane. Probably the latter to be honest. I'll just have to fight him to find out! Thought a determined Gray.

Macao and Wakaba were much simpler. Huh. That's one weird kid... They both thought.

"Anyways," continued Natsu, causing everyone to look at him with dumb expressions, still processing everything he had said in his introduction. "Master, where am I to look for missions? Preferably assassinations, or bounties. If there are no missions of this kind, I would like the mission with the highest reward" Natsu asked, still in his emotionless monotone.

If the people of Fairy Tail were shocked before, then they could now be considered tasered. Some people even fainted. Makarov, however, only gained a frown.

Shit, assassinations must be outlawed in this place. God damnit, there goes some easy money. I'm fairly certain that Makarov won't kick me out for just asking though.

"Natsu, I'm assuming you don't know this, but assassination jobs are considered criminal activity in Fiore, so no, we don't have any. As for bounties, there are none as of now, but I'm sure some will come in later. For normal missions though, just head over to the request board, I'm sure you'll find something you like." Makarov told Natsu.

"I see, thank you for informing me, Master." Natsu responded. He seemed calm, but on the inside he let out a huge sigh of relief. It would've been a huge thorn in my side if I were to be kicked out already.

Makarov smiled at him and took a big sip of his beer. "No problem! And by the way, you're going to need our guild mark, y'know, in order to prove that you're in our guild!" He said, and walked over to Natsu with the stamp.

"Where do ya want it? And what colour?" Makarov asked.

Somewhere easy to show, if I want to, and at the same time easy to conceal if I don't want someone to know. He thought. Then Shukaku decided to speak up.

"Get it on your arm, kid. It'l make it easy to cover with sand."

Natsu inwardly nodded approvingly. "Good idea, Shukaku."

"Hey! I ain't the greatest bijuu for nothin!"

"Right..."

Natsu rolled up his sleeve. "I would like it on my left forearm, please. In red."

Makarov pressed the stamp on Natsu's forearm for a few seconds then took it off. "Done! You're all ready to go!" Makarov stated cheerfully. Natsu just nodded at him, and went to go get a job request.

Natsu was walking over to the request board, only to be stopped by a red-haired girl with a stern expression on her face.

So many of these idiots! Can't they see that I don't want to speak to any of them? Or are they too stupid for even that!

"I say you should just knock em out when they start becoming a problem."

"I would, but I think Makarov would get angry."

"Oh yeahhhhh. I forgot that guy was so caring. God damnit."

"Indeed..."

"Did I just hear you talking about assassination missions?" She asked, with a sword in her hand. "Are you a dark mage!?" She began shouting at him. Natsu remained expressionless.

"I don't know what a dark mage is. I've never even taken a request before, this is my first guild. The only reason I asked about assassination missions is due to the fact that where I come from, assassination missions were common, and very easy for someone with my skillset." Natsu replied.

It's taking every fucking ounce of my will not to slap this moron with a healthy dose of particle style...

The girl narrowed her eyes. "Are you saying you've assassinated innocent people before?"

"No, I haven't." Natsu responded.

She seemed to breath a sigh of relief. "Then how do you know so well that you're suited for them?"

Natsu hesitated for a moment before answering. "My father had somewhat the same abilities as me. By the time he was eleven, he had completed seventy-eight missions, without any enemy even managing to touch him. The majority of these missions were assassinations, so I assume they would be just as easy for me."

The girl's eyes widened in shock. "JUST WHAT KIND OF GUILD FORCES AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD BOY TO DO JOBS?! LET ALONE ASSASSINATIONS!" She roared.

Natsu remained impassive. "My father was not part of a guild, in fact, where we come from, there are no such thing as guilds."

The girl adopted a curious expression. "What do you mean?"

"He hailed from the Village Hidden in the Sand. This is one of five great shinobi villages, which are constantly at war with each other. Shinobi are trained from a young age to live and die for the village, and most die before the age of twenty five." Natsu explained.

The girl, along with every other person in the guild gasped in horror. "Just where the hell is this place? You'd think that people may of heard of it by now." The girl asked him.

"You don't need to know." Natsu said as he tried to walk past the girl, but she stopped him.

"Fine, don't tell us. But you still need someone to go with you on your first mission. It is a guild requirement." The girl stated.

This has got to be a fucking joke. If I have to take along one of these morons I'm going to end up killing my parter before I kill the enemy!

Natsu narrowed his eyes at her, before turning to Makarov. "Master, is this true?"

Makarov sighed. 'Yes, it is, Natsu."

"Shukaku"

"Yeah?"

"What's the best way to make someone shut up?"

Shukaku sighed. "Don't ask me, I spent years inside Naruto trying to do exactly what you say, but did it ever work? Nope. Not for even a second."

"Shit."

Natsu paused for a second before speaking. "Very well. Who here is the fas-"

She cut him off. "Actually, I have a proposal for you." She paused for a few seconds, but continued. "By the way, my name is Erza Scarlet."

This idiot again...

Natsu looked at her. "Fine. What is it?" Natsu asked, now on the breaking point. Not that he let it show, however.

"You have to fight me one versus one. If you win, I'll come with you on your first mission. I'm one of the strongest mages in the guild, so It'l make your mission go smooth as silk." Erza told him with a smirk, thinking he'd definetly want her help.

Hmm... she's rather small, it will be fairy easy to fit her inside a ball of sand to carry around with me.

Natsu narrowed his eyes. "I don't need help. I need someone who won't slow me down."

Everyone in the guild's eyes widened. Did this new guy just tell Erza he didn't need her? Did he even value his life?

Erza was shocked for a second before getting angry. "I'll have you know tha-"

She's very full of herself, let's see if she has the talent to back it up...

Natsu cut her off. "I don't care. Fine, if you want to come, I couldn't care less, I'm wasting time by standing here. Let's just fight already. Natsu said as he walked out the door towards the training field.

By now, everyone in the guild was deathly silent, scared of how Erza might react to being unable to intimidate someone.

THE TRAINING FIELD

The guild gathered outside around the training field. Makarov stood atop a stool, taking bets in a large brown bag. Everyone crowded him, desperately trying to bet as much as possible on Erza. There was no way some random new guy could just walk in and beat one of their best members, right? The odds were so stacked against Natsu, that even placing one jewel on Natsu would result in a one hundred jewel gain. Natsu noticed this, however, and decided to take advantage of the situation.

He found someone who had yet to place a bet, and walked over to him.

"Hello." Natsu greeted him with a monotone.

"Umm... Hi?" The man responded sounding nervous.

"Place fifty thousand jewels on me. After I win, we'll split it fifty fifty." Natsu told him.

The man just looked at him incredulously. "You really think you can beat Erza?!" He asked.

Why does everyone seem so confident in that idiot?

"Yes, I'm one hundred percent sure that I can. Now place the bet." He stated.

The man sweat dropped. "What if you lose..."

Natus sighed. "If I lose, I'll pay you back double the amount you lose."

The man's head shot up like a bullet, with a huge smile. "DEAL!" He said, as he rushed over to place the bet.

Hearing the exchange, everyone just looked at Natsu, clearly stunned by his declaration. This guy is really serious? Everyone thought.

The spectators whooped and cheered as Natsu and Erza walked onto the field. People yelled things like, "Kick his ass, Erza!", "Win me some money!", and "Don't get too discouraged from your loss! She's one of the best!". The man who bet on Natsu was just grinning like a mad man. Easiest one hundred thousand of my life! He thought. Natsu just ignored everyone and walked onto the field with his arms crossed. Erza walked on the other side, still dressed in her regular Heart Kruez armour. Whatever, she thought, don't need anything special to beat this newbie.

She drew her blade, and got into a ready stance. Then she looked at her opponent. He seemed to be doing... Absolutely nothing. He just stood there with his arms crossed, looking at the ground in front of him with his one visible eye closed.

"Hey, you gonna use your sword or something?" She yelled across the field at him.

He shook his head, eye still closed. "Don't need it." He stated.

She grit her teeth in frustration, before suddenly smiling. He must think I'm weak. Heh, I'll show him. She thought. She looked at Makarov, who was now dressed in a referee uniform, and nodded. Makarov then looked at Natsu, who was still doing nothing. Shrugging, Makarov began to announce.

"This match will be a one against one! Erza Scarlet against Natsu of the Cobalt Sand! This will be a friendly battle, no serious injuries, and no killing is allowed! The battle will now commence! BEGIN!" Makarov shouted from his stool.

Erza decided to briefly assess the situation before jumping in. He seems to be very sure of himself. Which most likely means he's positive that whatever I attack him with will not be able to hit him. His name must also factor into it, Natsu of the Cobalt Sand. He must be some sort of sand mage. I know Cobalt is a mineral, but I have no idea how that would factor into his abilities. Well, only one way to find out I suppose! She let out a mighty battle cry and charged towards Natsu.

She's pretty slow to be honest. I thought she was one of the best in the guild? Oh well... Natsu thought, inwardly sighing. He could hear her loud footsteps drawing closer. No need to open my eyes. She's slower than a fucking chuunin.

From the spectators perspective, all they could see was Natsu apparently accepting his fate.

"Oh well, it was to be expected I suppose."

"Yeah, the boy had it coming the moment he stood up to Erza."

"Poor kid, and on his first day, too."

With his enhanced dragon slayer senses, he could hear very clearly what they were saying. They sure are confident in her ability... Looks like I'll just have to knock her down a few pegs. He thought, inwardly smirking.

Some people couldn't help but cover their eyes as Erza drew ever so closer to Natsu, who still had his eyes closed. This ain't gonna be pretty... some people thought. Three seconds later, people realized that the expected cry of agony wasn't going to happen, so they opened their eyes. When they saw what happened, their eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.

Natsu was still in the exact same position as when they started. But when Erza's sword came down to strike at Natsu, sand rushed out of the gourd faster than the eye could follow, and wrapped around Erza's blade, completely stopping it. Natsu opened his visible eye and looked up at her.

"Well that was disappointing." Natsu stated in an emotionless monotone, making everyone's jaw drop to the floor.

Erza grit her teeth in frustration and tried to roundhouse kick him while the sand was still holding her sword. But when her leg got within two feet of him, more sand flowed out of the gourd and blocked it. Realizing it was futile to continue attacking, she backpedaled away from Natsu and requipped a halberd this time. Meanwhile, Natsu's sand just threw the sword at her feet.

"I don't need this." He said, still in the exact same stance as when they began.

Erza rushed at him once again, but with the halberd. There's no way sand can stop a halberd. The sheer weight of it should be enough to break through the sand. She thought as she pointed it towards him, and began charging again.

Natsu sighed and looked at her and extended his hand.

Sand Coffin!

All of a sudden, a seemingly impossible amount of sand came out of the gourd and wrapped around her, lifting her into the air. Impossible! She thought, There's no way this much sand could be stored in that thing! similar thoughts were going threw everyone else's heads at the same time.

"It's over." Natsu stated. "From this position, I could crush you into the size of a tennis ball. There is no way for you to escape. Give up."

"NEVER!" Erza roared.

Requip: Giant Armour!

Erza began to glow brilliantly as her new armour attached to her body. This armour increases my strength tenfold, I can easily break out of this sand with it! As soon as the light faded, she appeared in her giant armour. She started trying to break free, expecting it to be easy. Her eyes widened when she couldn't even budge the sand at all. How is this possible?!

"Have you given up yet? This is beginning to bore me greatly." Natsu said in his monotonous voice.

Erza screamed back at him. "I WILL NEVER GIVE UP! NOT FOR A MILLION YEARS!" The crowd just stared at him in shock. Some random guy who had walked through their door only moments ago, was now beating one of their most prominent members, as if she was no more than a civilian.

"Very well, never let it be said I did not try the peaceful route." Natsu said. Suddenly, Natsu got into a wide stance, bending his knees. He stacked his balled up fists on top of each other, and put them about half a foot in front of his mouth. He took in a huge breath, and roared.

Fire Dragon's Roar!

As soon as he called it out, an intense cyclone of fire shot out of his mouth, towards the sand encased Erza. Makarov's eyes widened at the name of his attack. No way, he thought, is this boy a true dragon slayer?

At the last moment, Natsu's sand shot back into the gourd at breakneck speeds, leaving Erza out to dry as the fire raced towards her. Everyone watched in horror as the fire completely surrounded Erza for at least five seconds.

When the attack ended, Erza's body went limp, unconscious before she even hit the ground. The crowd was dead silent. To them, this scenario seemed impossible.

"No way, he beat Erza?"

"He didn't even try!"

"How is he so powerful..."

Makarov too was wide eyed, but he soon remembered his duties as the match referee.
"Winner by knockout, Natsu of the Cobalt Sand!"

Natsu just closed his eyes and began to think. She proclaims to be one of the guild's strongest mages, and yet she couldn't last more than two minutes against my weakest defense. Then again, I can tell she thought I was weak. So she was probably holding back... Maybe she has stronger armours?

Natsu remained impassive and walked over to the downed form of Erza Scarlet. Reaching his right palm towards her, the sun icon on it started to glow brightly. When his palm finally touched her arm, all her burns and bruises began to fade away, and eventually she woke up. Everyone else just stared in amazement, Makarov in particular.

His combat abilities are extraordinary, but he can also heal? And by the looks of it his healing abilities aren't too shabby either. Just how many different kinds of magic can he perform? Makarov thought.

When Erza woke up, she began looking around frantically, before remembering what happened. Then she looked straight at him with a curious expression. "How did you do that? Your eyes were closed and yet you were still able to block me perfectly!" She asked.

"It's easier to just show you to be honest." He said.

Erza raised an eyebrow. "And how are you going to do that?" She asked.

"I'm going to close my eye, and turn around. Try and hit me however possible." He told her.

Erza looked at him skeptically. "...Ok then."

Natsu turned around and closed his eyes. "Alright, go."

Erza began trying to punch Natsu, but every time her fists got within two feet of him, sand would shoot out of the gourd and stop her, no matter how fast she punched.

"How do you do that?" She asked in amazement.

"Actually, It's not me doing it. The sand protects me of it's own will. This is how my father was never once touched during his missions. Nothing was ever fast enough to get past the sand." He explained.

That's a very powerful ability, probably even more dangerous if combined with that sword on his back. Although I wonder how many different kinds of magic he can use. I'll have to ask him later. She thought. "Has anything ever been able to get past your sand?" She asked.

"The only people to have ever gotten past it were shinobi, and they were my teachers. Even Igneel, a dragon, could not get past it. " Natsu explained.

Everyone looked at him, stunned. "You've fought a dragon?!" Makarov asked.

"It was only a spar." He explained.

This statement only further shocked the crowd. "HOW DID YOU GET A DRAGON TO SPAR WITH YOU?!" Makarov asked, now shouting.

"I lived with a dragon named Igneel for three years. He taught me dragon slayer magic, as I can see you have recognized." Natsu said.

He must be very strong if he was trained by a dragon for three years, I wond-
"Wait a minute, then why are you not still with Igneel?" Makarov asked.

Natsu tensed. "One day I woke up to find Igneel gone. I waited for quite a while, but Igneel never returned, so I left. Igneel was not the type of person to abandon his family, so I assume he was K.I.A." He explained, as he walked back inside.

He seemed calm about it while speaking, but he was inwardly cursing. Damnit! I should never of told them that! What was I thinking?! Now they're going to keep trying to pull me into their 'family', which is something that can't happen.

Makarov looked downed sadly, while everyone else just looked confused. "Master, what does K.I.A mean?" Erza asked, unknowingly asking the question everyone else was dying to know the answer to.

Makarov sighed. "Erza, it means killed in action."

Everyone grew wide eyed for a moment, then also looked down sadly. Erza looked shocked for a moment, and then sprinted inside.

She looked around desperately for Natsu. Where is he? He couldn't have gotten far... Maybe he's in the washroom? Unlikely. But then where could he hav-

"I have selected three missions for us to complete. We should be back well before nightfall."

She whipped her head around to locate the cause of the voice. Looking to the right, she saw Natsu standing there with three papers in his hand, staring at her with his normal emotionless face. She looked down at her feet, choosing her next words very carefully.

"H-hey listen... I just want y-you to know that Fairy T-tail treats all it's members like f-family, so you don't have t-to be alone." She said, clearly very nervous.

Natsu just stared back at her. "Family is something I'm not meant to have."

"But-" She started.

"Now, we shall complete these requests as fast as possible. Clearing three bandit encampments shouldn't take longer than an hour." He stated.

Erza frowned, forgetting about what she was saying earlier. "I suppose, but the train rides combined will be at least a few days."

"I don't know what a train is, but we're using my preferred method of travelling."

"Which is?..."

"Teleportation." He stated, grabbing her shoulder.

KAMUI!