Sorry about the original chapter 12. I wrote it while I wasn't really thinking, so I removed it. By the way, if something like this happens again, check the end of the previous chapter for author notes.

The fight between Aki Dragneel and Natsu of the Cobalt Sand has just ended. A mysterious figure shows up who seems to know Natsu, and begins conversing with him.

"Kakashi... How are you here?" Natsu asked, clearly in shock at seeing this new figure.

Kakashi chuckles nervously and scratches the back of his head. "Hehe... Uh... funny story actually. You see, I heard about the rebellion in Suna, so I gathered by best ANBU squad and we ran there as fast as possible. When we arrived, I went to the Kazekage office as fast as possible, but as soon as I entered the room, I got caught up in some weird jutsu Gaara was performing, and I ended up here." Kakashi finished with a shrug.

Natsu sweat dropped at his explanation. Everyone else was just confused as hell. "Wait... So you've just been wandering around in Fiore for the past three years?" He inspected him further. "And why do you look so young?" He asked.

"I'll explain later. For now, we need to talk."

Natsu nodded at him and turned to the crowd. "I'll be back later, see ya!"

He turned back to Kakashi, and nodded. They both disappeared in a swirl of leaves and sand respectively, leaving behind a bewildered crowd of Fairy Tail members.

WITH KAKASHI AND NATSU

They arrived on top of a tall tree in the forest surrounding Magnolia, and sat down facing each other. Kakashi spoke first.

"So... I see you've taken my old look." Natsu nodded silently.

Kakashi continued. "What are you hiding under the headband?"

Natsu sighed. "First I'm gonna have to explain what I've been doing for the past three years, otherwise it won't make any sense."

Natsu went on to explain how he met Igneel, Hagoromo, Madara, and Mu, and what his new abilities are. He also told him about his newly invented glass style, and rinnegan ability. To say Kakashi was surprised would be an understatement, because he nearly fainted.

After Natsu was done, Kakashi looked at him skeptically. "So... to get this straight, you met a dragon, learned dragon slayer magic from a dragon, had a god as a teacher, had the most powerful human as a teacher, gained two of the most powerful eyes on the planet, and learned a technique only counterable by itself. Oh, and the Shukaku got sealed into you."

Natsu nodded. Kakashi whistled appreciatively. "Damn... Well that's sure a hell of a lot more exciting then what I've been doing."

Natsu motioned for him to continue.

"When I first arrived, I had no idea what was going on, so I just wandered around for a few weeks, learning about the currency, laws, and magic. After a few weeks of... um... borrowing food, I started taking bounty jobs. They were pretty easy, especially with the raikiri."

At this Natsu stopped him. "I thought you could only use the raikiri when you had a sharingan?"

Kakashi eye smiled. "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell ya." He said, as he opened his eyes, two kamui mangekyos spinning into existence.

Natsu gasped. "How? I thought your sharingan disappeared after the fight with Kaguya!"

Kakashi shrugged. "I don't know why, I think it may have been caused by Gaara's jutsu."

Natsu gave him a thumbs up and grinned. "That's awesome! I wonder what would happen if we combined our kamui onto one target..."

Kakashi waved him off. "Enough about that, let's continue. As I was saying, while I was taking bounty jobs, I began to see some useful kinds of magic, so I decided to try and learn a few. It went fairly well, I've mastered requip, crash, and dark ecriture so far. But that isn't even the most exciting part."

Natsu raised an eyebrow curiously.

"About a year ago, I was fighting a dark guild to complete a bounty on their leader. When I defeated him, I saw what he was working on, and it just happened to be two dragon lacrimas!"

Natsu went wide eyed. "Don't tell me..."

Kakashi laughed. "Yep, I'm a shadow and light dragon slayer!"

Natsu grinned and shook his head. "Damn it Kakashi, you got some shit done over three years." They were both silent for a moment, before Natsu blinked and asked Kakashi another question.

"Wait, you never told me why you look only a little older than me! And what's with the clothes?"

Kakashi was wearing green sweatpants that were tucked into bandages that started just below his knees, exactly like Mu. He also wore a navy blue overcoat that covered a fishnet muscle shirt. Of course, he still had his face mask, headband, and gravity defying, silver hair.
"Well, I think it's just a side effect of Gaara's jutsu. I'm actually thirteen now."

Natsu whistled. "Well shit, that's cool."

Kakashi eye smiled and scratched the back of his head. "I guess you could say that... But what about this guild that you've gone and joined? What's it like?"

"Well... It's pretty fun, I guess. Everyone there is really weird, but they treat each other like family, and they value teamwork quite a bit."

Kakashi nodded. "Well, I might just see about joining up. Oh, and by the way, you should keep my whole de-aging thing hush hush. It'll just incite more curiosity about our world, which is something we definitely don't want."

Natsu agreed, and they decided to head back to the guild to get Kakashi his guild mark. Before that though, Natsu had something else to say. "Kakashi, how many jewels do you have so far?"

Kakashi rubbed his chin, thinking. "Well, I keep all my things in my kamui dimension, but I think I have around ten million."

Natsu whistled. "Wow... That's enough to get the nicest apartments in Magnolia!"

THE GUILD HALL

Once again, Natsu had managed to cause an hour of chaos in the guild hall. People were chattering excitedly about the new arrival, wondering what kind of magic he used, and how Natsu knew him. Had Natsu told him about what's under his headband? And why did Natsu seem so surprised to see him?

Suddenly, two swirls in the middle of the room interrupted everyone's conversation. They all turned to the cause of commotion. Out of the swirls, appeared Natsu and Kakashi, causing them all to gasp, thinking that Natsu was the only person with the weird teleporting ability.

Everyone was silent, until Natsu decided to speak up. "Hey guys, this is Kakashi Hatake, he wants to join the guild!"

Kakashi eye smiled. "Yo!" He said, lazily holding up a peace sign.

They all cheered at getting a new member. Makarov grinned and jumped in front of Kakashi.

Kakashi stared down at the strange little man in front of him. Reminds me of Lord Third...

Makarov held up a little stamp. "Where do you want your guild stamp, young man?"

Kakashi eye smiled at him and pointed to his headband. "Over top of the old symbol please, in black."

Makarov complied, and stamped the headband in black, covering the Konoha symbol that used to be there.

Makarov turned to the guild. "LET'S PARTY! BRING OUT THE BOOOOOOZE!" Everyone started yelling and running around, grabbing drinks.

Kakashi sweat dropped and scratched the side of his head, confused. "Uhh... Natsu?"

Natsu laughed. "Yeah, this is normal. C'mon, let me introduce you to the others." He said, leading him towards Erza's table.

"Hey guys, this is Kakashi! He's a good friend of mine." Natsu introduced him.

Kakashi once again held up a peace sign. "Yo." He said.

Aki couldn't contain her excitement any longer. She jumped up and got right in his face. "WHAT MAGIC DO YOU USE? AND WHAT'S UNDER THE MASK?"

Kakashi blinked once, and cleaned out his ear. "Hmm? Did you say something?"

Everyone sweat dropped at Kakashi's response.

Erza decided to rephrase the question a little better. "Excuse me for our friend here, my name is Erza Scarlet. If we may so ask, what kind of magic do you use?" She asked.

Kakashi looked at her for a second, then eye smiled. "Hello there, Erza, nice to meet you. I use Dark Ecriture, Crash, two types of Dragon Slayer magic, and my personal favourite-"

He couldn't continue, because various people had rather explosive reactions to his kinds of magic.

Makarov and Gildarts somehow heard him from across the room and immediately ran over to him.

Gildarts was first to speak. "You know Crash magic?! How?!"

Makarov was next. "Two kinds of Dragon Slayer magic? Which two? and How?"

Erza and Gray followed up. "Dark Ecriture? I thought only Freed could use that! Don't you need some sort of special eye?"

Makarov once again asked a question, bringing up the rear. "How did you master so many magics at your age?!"

Kakashi sighed. "In order, I know crash magic from a book I found. I know shadow dragon slayer magic and white dragon slayer magic, from two lacrima I found while I was raiding a dark guild. As for dark ecriture, you actually develop the eye while you learn it. I mastered them all over my past three years, actually, I didn't need my full thirteen years."

They all just stared at him, completely stunned into silence. They all just stared at him. "H-how?" They all said.

Natsu laughed and decided to do some explaining. "You see, there are five ranks where we come from, Genin, Chuunin, Jonin, Anbu, and Kage. Jonin rank would be the closest comparison to S-Class, but I'd say that most jonin would beat S-Class mages. Kakashi here was known as a genius and prodigy. He became a genin at five, chuunin at six, and jonin at ten."

Kakashi eye smiled and nodded. Everyone else just stared at him. This kid... Makarov and Gildarts thought. He must be extremely strong... I wonder what his favourite magic is though. He didn't get to it before we cut him off. The kids at Erza's table thought.

Kakashi continued. "As I was saying... I use those four magics, but my personal favourite is requip!" He said, eye smiling.

Everyone face faulted. He had so many powerful magic abilities... And yet his favourite was the ability to switch between weapons? What?...

"How can requip be your favourite kind of magic? I mean, you have all these powerful kinds of magic... surely they must be more useful?" Gray asked, causing Erza to glare at him.

Kakashi shook his head. "Not really... Many times in the past, the ability to switch weapons instantly, throw knives, or change into armour has been more useful than all my other magic abilities."

Erza stared at him. "You can requip armour? And how fast?"

Kakashi scratched his head, confused. "Well... yeah, I can requip armour. And I'm pretty fast I think, though I've never had anyone to compare myself to."

Erza smirked. "How about a little competition?"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "Oh? And what's this competition about?"

"We'll both requip throwing knives as fast as possible and throw them at the pillar over there. Whoever is first wins." She said.

"Seems fun I suppose." Said Kakashi.

Kakashi nodded, and got into a throwing stance, as did Erza. By now, the entire guild was watching the exchange, excited to see Natsu's friend in action.

Erza got into a throwing stance, bent knees, one arm pulled back, and eyes set on the pillar. Kakashi on the other hand, looked completely chill. He just stood there with his arms by his sides.

Makarov was the referee. "Three! Two! One! GO!"

Milliseconds after Makarov said go, Kakashi's arm shot up in an underarm throwing motions without a kunai even in hand, confusing most of the crowd. But when his arm was almost straight, a dagger seemed to just blink into existence in his hand, and was immediately launched forward, burying itself into the pillar up to the handle.

Erza stared at him. To be able to requip that fast... How? I've been requiping for years and I'm not even close to that speed. And yet he only had three years to perfect three different kinds of magic!

Kakashi eye smiled. 'I believe I win." He said. Erza blinked, and Makarov blew his whistle, causing the rest of the guild to go back to their previous activities. Makarov hopped back over to the bar, and settled down for another beer.

Erza walked over to Kakashi. "How... do you requip that fast?" She asked.

Kakashi looked at her and shrugged. "Good... concentration?... " He responded.

Erza sweat dropped. "Back to the drawing board..." She sighed.

Suddenly, she perked up again. "Say, Kakashi, do you want to go on your first mission with me? Natsu went on his first with me." Even if I was completely useless... She thought.

Kakashi tilted his head and looked at Natsu, who shrugged. "It's a guild requirement, your first mission has to be with someone else." He said.

Kakashi sighed, causing Erza to become annoyed. Both of them only like doing missions solo? Why? She thought.

All of a sudden Kakashi opened his eyes as if he had a great idea. "Hey, what's the quickest possible mission we can do?"

Erza rubbed her chin, confused. "Uh... probably the cat retrieval... After that it's most likely the bandit clearing job."

Kakashi's eyes widened in horror. "NO! ANYTHING BUT RETRIEVING CATS! LOOKS LIKE WE'RE OFF TO CLEAR SOME BANDITS, BYE GUYS!" He burst out, dragging a confused Erza behind him.

Everyone else, including Natsu, just stared at the spot Kakashi was standing a minute earlier, clearly confused.

THIRTY MINUTES LATER

A swirl appeared in the middle of the guild hall, revealing Kakashi and Erza. By now, the guild had gotten used to this, since Natsu did it on the daily. Makarov smiled at them. "Hiya guys! How did the job go?"

Kakashi nodded at him. "It was completed efficiently, and without difficulties, we were payed in full." Kakashi stated.

Makarov sighed. This one talks like a soldier as well... But ultimately, he shrugged it off. "Good job!"

Kakashi nodded and turned around only to be looking straight at Gildarts.

"Hey kid, how do you control your crash magic so well? I have trouble just not destroying everything I touch..." Gildarts said, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

Kakashi shrugged yet again. "Concentration?..."

Everyone face faulted. "Same... answer... as last time?" They all croaked out.

Gildarts was up first, and smirked at him. "Alright kid... fight me." Everyone gasped. Gildarts challenged both the newbies?

Kakashi looked at him blankly. "Hmm? Did you say something?"