First some answers to the review.
Guest - "Interesting. Just reading chapter 1. I wonder why Danzo giving control and powerful tool like sharingan to Naruto. Danzo is a control freak. Even his subordinates didn't have implanted sharingan."
Well, you see Danzo didn't had any shortages of Sharingan and he saw a great potential in Naruto. Also he gave it to him in order to have control over Kyuubi with the help of his sharingan.
SuperAnimeChauhan - "Good chapter again. But why Naruto decided not to use sharingan on kyubi?"
He didn't want to depend on others. And he also told that he will not use unless he has other options. But as last resort he can use it.
thetroyking- "Good work. so does Naruto always carry uchiha scroll inside his body seals?"
Yes he keeps them in his seals on his body.
Chapter 8 – Fairy 'Tail'?
"Will you teach me? Will you teach me magic?" asked Naruto not looking at her eyes. He wasn't really fond of asking for things from others.
"I was thinking when you are going to ask." Susan smiled.
Naruto lifted his head to look at her. She was smiling at him, a genuine smile. "I have one more thing to ask."
"Yes, tell me." Replied Susan.
After listening to his demand Susan was confused. "Are you sure? I sure can try. But do you really need that?" He nodded. "Fine then. Give me some days."
"But I don't feel good asking so much from you after all the things you have already done for me. I don't know how I can repay you."
Susan smirked at him, "Who said anything about being free." Naruto just looked at her, trying to find any clue about what was on her mind.
After an hour Naruto found himself standing in the front yard. He looked at the big bag in his hand which was giving quite a smell. "Come on Naruto, We should leave if we want to return before evening."
"Where are we going Susan-san? And more importantly what is in this bag?"
"Home-made medicines. We are going to distribute it in the town."
"You can make medicines?" Asked Naruto to which Susan replied gleefully, "Yes. In fact our visit to Porlyusica was for this reason only. I wanted her to check these." She pointed to the bag in Naruto's hand.
"Are they good?" asked Naruto.
Susan pouted and replied, "Of course they are. Who do you think I am?"
"Then why not sell it? Why give it free?" Naruto was really curious. Susan smiled at him, "I don't need money Naruto. I made quite well during my mage days. And helping others without any wish for return, that's a good feeling."
"Feelings. Don't you think it's a waste of one's logical side?" asked Naruto looking at Susan from corner of his eyes.
"Feelings is something where logic fail to explain. To think of it, I have never seen you showing much. You rarely smile. No matter how I much tease you, you never become mad. You wasn't even scared that time." She remembered their little clash with Elfman. "When I found you, in spite of all those wounds you rarely showed any pain. And that time when you saw the man responsible for your parent's demise…" she suddenly stopped, "I am sorry Naruto, I shouldn't have brought that topic." Naruto had told her about his old days, about being a ninja and his lost homeland.
"It's alright. To answer your questions, I think emotions only clouds one's judgement. These could become the reason for someone's downfall in a battle."
"If not for emotions, then why do you fight Naruto?"
"I used to fight for protecting my village."
"Wasn't that your love for your village?" Susan asked. Naruto was unable to answer her. "One day you will know the power of emotions. I hope you will find someone to whom you can show these emotions. Enough of that, we are at our destination." She gave a smile. They were in front of a small clinic.
"Welcome Susan" Said an old lady. "Who is this young lad?"
"He is Naruto. My new apprentice. You will be seeing him more from now."
"Hmm. So you finally decided to take one." Susan motioned Naruto to give the bag to the old lady. "Wow! This is really heavy. Thank you Susan for this. These medicines of yours, really do wonders." Said the lady. "Come on in both of you."
"So how does it feel to help others?" asked Susan. They were returning to Susan's home after helping at the clinic for several hours. "It was fine. I guess." Naruto replied apathetically. Susan sighed at his reply, 'It will take some time for him.'
Next day Naruto was waiting for Susan in the yard. It was early in the morning. Naruto looked at the sky which was still somewhat dark. Susan was supposed to be teaching him magic from that day. "Are you ready Naruto?" Naruto lowered his eyes at her and nodded.
"Alright then. Since I don't see any need for physical training, we will start directly from magic. This is…" She brought her hand forward and wind started concentrating till it was visible "…wind. You can use magic to give it any shape or size. Now throw one of your kunai at me." Those were the kunai which was left in his holster when he reached Earthland along with some shurikens and his black sword. He threw one. Susan knocked it out of way by her wind covered hand. "As you can see this can be used either for defence or offence."
Naruto scoffed. He already knew all these. "Can we move from these parts? I already know this."
"Al right smarty-pants. Now come here and try concentrating wind in your hand." Naruto just hoped magic to be easier than chakra manipulation, because this time he didn't have his shadow clones to help him learn faster.
For the next few days Naruto gave most of his time to training. The energy which was left after that was used for the household and other works for Susan. He was trying to enhance his sword using wind magic but was still far from success. Susan was watching him slashing air for last hour. She was getting irritated with all that. "Naruto what are you doing? Take a break, I already made your lunch."
Naruto sheathed his sword back and went inside.
"So Naruto, that sword looks good. Where do you get it?" She picked the sword from his side and unsheathed it.
"It was a gift from someone." That sword was used by Danzo during his prime days. It was a brilliant sword, adding some wind chakra only made it even more dangerous. According to Danzo, he didn't see anything which that sword can't cut. Obviously he never exchanged blows with Ksunagi before and the legendary sword of Second Hokage was rumoured to be converted into dust when he died. Dazno decided to give it to him because his age didn't permit him to use that. Neither finding any wind user especially as good as Naruto was easy. "My previous master gave it to me."
"By the way Naruto, I have made what you asked for." She pointed at some designs made on papers which were kept on the table. "But I am still not sure whether it's a good idea or bad."
"Don't worry about that. I used to have something like that. It helps in increasing speed and power behind your moves." Naruto had asked her to make a seal that could restrict his movement by increasing its weight.
Naruto continued his lunch.
Naruto looked at Susan, "I don't want to. Is this really necessary?"
"Stop whining crybaby. If you want to learn from me, then you have to do this." Naruto followed her in a building. It was an old building, made in Japanese style. The red colored roof was appearing as a crown for the pale colored princess. The main thing which made it stood differently from other buildings was the board above the entrance. 'FAIRY TAIL' was written beautifully on it.
The first sight that greeted him inside the guild building was not something that he had expected. It was a complete chaos and in the middle he saw a pink haired boy. "Susan-san, is that boy related to Porlyusica?" He pointed to the pink haired boy with his eyes.
"No. Why do you ask?"
"His pink hair." Naruto stated as a matter of fact. She giggled, "No, he is not. He is Natsu Dragoneel." She moved closer to his ear and whispered, "He is a dragon slayer."
"Dragon slayer?" Naruto asked. Before she could answer him she heard someone calling her name. She turned to find Macao. "Oh hey Macao. Where is the master?"
"He is around. Somewhere." He sight dropped to Naruto, "Who is this kid?"
"Naruto. I have been teaching him magic."
"Oh Susan. You are here. What's the occasion?" Susan and Naruto turned to see a small old man. "Hello master." Naruto raised an eyebrow, 'Master? Him?'
"Master I brought someone who wants to join Fairy Tail." Naruto scoffed and mumbled, 'Who wants to join?' This earned him an elbow from Susan. Makarov laughed at the sight, "So you want to join Fairy Tail kid?" Makarov made himself comfortable on a nearby table.
Naruto looked at the glaring Susan before sighing, "Yes please."
"Well why don't you go and see the guild then. We will give you a stamp later." The small man gave a big smile at the new member of his big family. Naruto nodded and left. Naruto was watching the other members. He remembered Elfman who was fighting with some other guild mate. His eyes shifted to the pink haired one who was fighting with a topless boy of same age. He turned his head to look back, and was surprised at the face which was so close to his.
"Naruto? Is that you?" asked the white haired mage. "I am Mirajane. You saved us that day. Remember?" Naruto nodded.
"Wait a second. I want to you to meet someone." She said before going inside the chaos. After a minute she returned with Elfman, who was a little nervous.
"Hi, my name is Elfman. Mira told me about that day. I am really glad that you were there."
"But I didn't do anything. If you have to thank someone, it should be Susan-san. She's talking with that old man there." He pointed at Susan.
"It's not true. If you hadn't come that day then I might have ki…" words chocked his throat "I might have killed Lissana." The voice never came above a whisper. He looked at his feet. Naruto smiled and said, "No problem then." It was easy for him to just accept the thanks.
When he tried to leave, he heard Elfman shouting, "Oh hey Lissana. Over here." Naruto turned to see the other sibling coming their way.
"You returned?" asked Mirajane to which she nodded. "Look who is here. You remember him. Don't you?"
Lissana said gleefully, "Of course. How could I forget? Thanks again. You really saved us that day." Naruto smiled and said, "It's alright. Your sister and brother have already thanked me."
"By the way Naruto, why are you here?" Asked Elfman, a little thrilled in case he might be there to join the guild.
"I am supposed to join Faity Tail. Your master told me to see the guild. I guess he just wanted to talk something with Susan which he didn't want me to hear." He looked at them talking.
"Really? Then let me show you the guild. There are others who would like to meet you." Said Lissana. "Come on."
Suddenly he became the center of attention. Everyone stopped their little fight, after all Naruto was someone who had saved one of their guild, their family. "So you are Naruto. I am Natsu. To fight against Elfman in that form you must be strong. Fight with me." Naruto found the attitude of him totally different from that of the only other pink haired person he knew oh their age.
"Shut up you idiot. Why are you always ready to fight?"
"You shut up Gray. And why are you naked?" That was something Naruto himself would like to ask him.
"Shut up, both of you." Both Erza and Mirajane shouted at them, which made both of them shiver. But the situation didn't improve, only the person changed. "Why are you here Erza? Want to fight or something?"
"Sure. But don't cry after getting beaten up." Replied the red haired girl now known as Erza. Naruto find herself rather good looking. Her red hair reminded him of his mother. She was wearing a silver armor over her chest and a blue knee-length skirt.
"Please don't start it again. We have a guest. Remember?" said Lisanna.
They both decided to put that for the next time. "Sorry you have to see that. I am Erza Scarlet." She gave her hand for shake which Naruto took. "Naruto Uzumaki. 'Atleast she can behave.' He saw Erza looking at his sword which was on his back. "Are you a swordsman?"
"I can wield somehow."
"Hey, what's is going on here?" Naruto turned his head and lifted to see 'a talking-flying-cat?'
"Susan, since you are the one who is referring him, I don't have any doubt about his capabilities. But please tell us about him and what he is capable of." Asked Makarov while looking at the blonde shinobi.
"He is wind type like me. He is a quick learner. He can do some Rune magic and sealing. His magic is weak but his physical combat techniques is very good. He is a good strategist. In short, it's like he is made for battles."
"Then why don't we check him? See what Susan's apprentice can do." Macao smirked.
"Do you have someone in mind?" asked Susan.
"I have one. Natsu." Said Macao. "Natsu? He might be a dragon slayer. But last time I saw, his magic was nothing better than Naruto's. And to be frank, I don't think he can compare against Naruto's physical fighting style."
"That may be true. But don't take my 'apprentice' light. I have taught him one or two things. You just have to wait and see."
"So it's decided. Naruto vs Natsu." Said Makarov jumping from the table.
After some time Naruto and Natsu were standing facing each other. They were outside, surrounded by the whole guild members present at that time. Naruto looked at area for the second and touched his holster. 'Glad Susan-san asked me to bring this.' Susan had asked a blacksmith to make some shurikens and kunai for him. They were standing between a wall and a wooden wall which was around an inch thick and was in the centre of the open ground on which were some graphiti drawn.
"This is a friendly spar. So both of you refrain yourself from killing each other. If we find a time suitable to interrupt, we will interrupt."
After seeing Naruto carrying a sword, Erza had nominated herself for the spar. But letting a new member fight against the Titania and that even in a sword fight, was something that master considered as a suicide for Naruto. But Susan knew well. She had seen Naruto swinging his sword with such a grace that could even put some big swordsman to shame.
Makarov said raising his voice, "Start!"
As soon as Makarov's word reached Naruto's ears, he threw two shurikens at Natsu and made a dash towards him. Natsu barely dodged and Naruto was in front of him. Natsu had to block a punch but was unable to block the next kick which was aimed at his abdomen. He was pushed backwards few feets.
Naruto calculated his opponent from whatever he learned in the last seconds and started making his next moves. He again threw some shurikens and Natsu hid behind the wooden wall. Natsu was continuously locating Naruto through his smell.
Meanwhile Naruto smirked, he had pushed Natsu to a point where he wouldn't suspect his next attack. The shinobi who was once able to see thorugh the doujutsu, Sharingan, threw two kunais consecutively above where Natsu had gone. The slightly more power applied behind the second made it collide with the first kunai in such a precise angle that it changed its direction in mid-air, now coming dangerously towards the clueless dragon slayer.
The kunai missed the mage by inches and stabbed itself in the ground. Natsu jumped creating a distance with the wooden wall by few meters. Naruto cursed under his breath. Without his sharingan, he was far from what he once used to be.
The senior mages looked at Susan, raising an eyebrow. "Sorry, sorry. I forgot to tell you about his toys." She laughed sheepishly. They she turned serious, "He is something else with those. His aim is something you would need to see to believe." This was not something they got to see every day.
Naruto followed Natsu to other side of the wooden wall.
"Are we even going to use magic?" shouted Natsu.
"If this fight continues like this then I don't see a need for magic." was the reply from Naruto.
Natsu glared at Naruto before running towards him, his hands covered in flames and the dragon slayer magic increasing his speed to a large extent. Naruto charged, his hands covered with the grey wind. They both clashed.
Naruto weak magic by no chance was capable of holding Dragon slayer magic. The blast shook both of them and Naruto was thrown backwards. He turned in mid-air and landed on his feet. Before He could ready himself Natsu was onto him again. He punched Naruto and round kicked at his side. The fire was doing its purpose. Naruto felt the pain of burning where his punch touched his face.
Using magic suddenly turned the tide of that fight.
He looked at the dragon slayer, 'So that's a dragon slayer. With those fire of his, I can't attack him close range. My long range attack is not strong enough.' He gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath. 'I guess I have to change this fight.'
He looked around once more. He was now on the opposite side of the wooden wall. There were some trees around. 'Perfect.'
He counted the kunais he had left. He had enough. He put his hand in his holster for a moment and then hid behind his back. They both charged at each other, Natsu with his hand covered in a blaze and Naruto still hiding his hand behind his back. Naruto threw one kunai from his left hand aiming to puncture Natsu's side. Natsu moved to his side and continued coming at Naruto.
Natsu swung his fist which forced Naruto to slide and go under. He turned and threw other Kunai from his right hand which Natsu dodged again. Naruto took out two more kunais and prepared himself. In the next few minutes Naruto threw several more kunais each aimed precisely at Natsu's non-lethal point. But without chakra enhanced speed, it was easy for Natsu under the influence of dragon slayer magic to dodge. Each and every kunai missed its mark, getting stabbed in the nearby trees.
Naruto smirked.
"Blasted! What are you doing you idiot? Stop running and fight." Shouted Natsu.
Naruto stood in the centre and motioned Natsu to come with a crooked finger.
Natsu growled at this insult and charged at him again. He raised his fired fist at the still blond. Naruto smiled and moved his head violently to one side and Natsu hand stopped mid-air.
"What the …" Natsu looked at his hand confused. Naruto took advantage by gathering magic around his hand, violent winds enveloped his hands. He slammed his hand at the pink haired mage's chest. "Wind slash".
"What happened?" asked Gray. "Why did he stop in the middle?"
"Susan. Are those wires also his 'toys'?" Makarov eyed Susan. "Don't ask me. This is my first time seeing him using something like that."
Others wanted to know what master meant by wires. "Wires?" Erza asked.
Susan clarified, "If you look closely then you will see those wires. There are few hanging around there, so thin that would make it very difficult to see during fights."
"He is holding the ends in his hand and mouth. He stopped Natsu's hand by pulling one of those down." Continued Makarov.
Seeing Naruto fight was something new for them. Using things like small blades and thin wires was different. It was… 'Interesting', Erza thought without removing her sight from the blond.
Natsu dusted off, 'What are those? Wires?"
Naruto took out other Kunai and tied one free end of one of wires at calculated the distance. He dashed towards Natsu who prepared himself. Naruto threw one shuriken with his left hand which Natsu deflected easily with his flame covered hand.
When Naruto was in his reach, he swung his fist which Naruto tried to stop by his left hand. He felt the burning pain. He caught Natsu's arm in a wire loop and threw the joined kunai to the nearest tree, stabbing it in the middle.
Natsu found his hand stuck again. Naruto once again slashed Natsu with his Wind slash.
Natsu was sent flying into a tree. Naruto found the opportunity he was looking for. He pulled one wire and two kunais detached themselves from the surrounding. Naruto threw those kunai at each side of tree from which Natsu was standing himself up. The kunais made two rotations around the tree before stabbing themselves in the trunk, tying Natsu to the trunk.
"It's over." Said Naruto. He turned and started to leave.
"The hell it is." He heard Natsu saying. He turned to see the pink haired mage taking in air and puffing his cheeks.
Panic grew in Susan, "Wait! Is he going to use…" She was cut-off by sudden increase of light. She turned towards the source, it was Natsu.
"Roar of the fire dragon."
"Naruto magic is not strong enough for that." Susan said wide eyed.
Naruto saw the heat from Natsu's mouth melting the thin wires. His eyes widened to see the sea of scorching red fire coming at him. It was by no means equal to something that a grown dragon slayer could do, but still it was large enough for the little blond. Against the rune shield which he made, Natsu's attack was mammoth
The fire shattered the weak shield. The bright light made everyone close their eyes. When the dust settled down, Naruto was lying in the center. "Now it's over." Said Natsu while going towards the blond.
"So your apprentice got defeated." Macao smirked at her.
Mirajane heard someone saying, "Yeah, it was pretty much decided from the start." Lisanna and Mirajane were not rooting for anyone. They simply can't decide. One was their old friend, other was someone who had saved them that cursed day. But they didn't want a ending like that. When others decided to go and check the lying boy, they were stopped by their master's word, "It doesn't seem to be over."
He saw the blond clenching his fist while lying on the ground. He stood up.
"Aren't you going to stop this fight master? He is in no condition of fighting." Shouted Macao. "He will get seriously injured." Everyone looked at the standing blond. His condition was no good. His clothes were burned and skin was bleeding from one or two points. Naruto put out the little fire from his shirt with his hand.
"You never saw him practicing." Susan turned towards others. "I could tell you this, he never quits." Makarov looked at Susan. She continued, "And more importantly, it seems…" She looked back at Naruto.
Naruto lifted his head. His expression completely changed from before. Natsu could have sworn he had seen a flicker of red in his eyes for a fraction of second. He took out his last kunai and made a fighting stance for the first time.
"It seems he is serious now."
so who will win the fight? One with stronger magic or one with experience. But one thing for sure,they both don't know to back down.
About his chakra and sharingan, that will be revealed in next chapter. So stay tuned. Next chapter will be out next Saturday.
