Alright, here's the next chapter and I've been really thinking about a new story. Also related to GTA but in a different universe (some kind) related to GTA San Andreas, I really want to do it. Anyone who who wishes I should do it, message me.

Let's get to it!

It's been a few days since the Eisenwald incident. The news that a group of dark wizards attempted to use death magic to assassinate the guild masters at a conference came as a shock to many. That the Fiore military had to be called in got the citizens of Fiore curious what happened, but when they heard that the Fairy Tail guild was there to take care of the problem, there were some mixed feelings.

On one hand many folks were glad to know the strongest guild was there to prevent any sort of fatalities, but on the other hand, many were also anxious on what kind of damage the guild would leave behind giving their reputation of leaving a trail of 'unintended' collateral damage wherever they went.

In the end, most of the Eisenwald dark mages that took part of the plat were arrested and the guild masters were unharmed. Still, there were a lot of questions unanswered like how the dark mages managed to get ahold on a dark magic artifact that belonged to the dark mage legend, Zeref.

That is what was now debated in Era, home to the Magic Council headquarters of Fiore. In a dark room with a magic circle with nine people standing around it.

"The Eisenwald guild may have been defeated, but that is only one small victory in a much larger battle." Org the leader of the circle said, he was an elderly man with a considerably long beard and a mustache, he always has one of his eyes closed and the other open. He's was the 2nd seat of the Magic Council and was perhaps one of Fiore' oldest wizards in the country. He wore multiple robes and was a known skeptic of the Fairy Tail guild. Of course, this last event did not ease up his view on the destructive guild

"I agree, the number of dark guilds have been growing, and at an alarming rate. So we need to come up with a strategy to counter this threat." Another council member added, "Because a guild like Eisenwald will be quickly replaced as they just had a minor part to what is to come."

"But how will we do that?"

Org held up the sealed up Lullaby flute that took quite the damage "However it's done, we cannot allow Zeref's magic to fall into the wrong hands again."

Yajima, a small old man with thick light-brown eyebrows and a small toothbrush mustache gave his opinion to the troubling fact of the situation "I still don't understand how Eisenwald was able to obtain a tool of forbidden magic in the first place. Let alone breaking the seal, this only proves more that dark guild like Eisenwald is becoming more of dangerous."

"I hate to admit it but Yajima is right, not only are these organization gaining more members, but they also start to adapt to more deadlier and hideous tactics that are not even known to this part of the world."

"I hate to say this but Yajima may be right, but I fear the blame may go all the way to the top." Another council member suggested, it may sound farfetched that someone might have given away the location of the Lullaby flute away to the rogue mages, but there were no other ways to confirm otherwise. There were suspicions that the top reason why the dark guilds were growing was because of an insider, someone who may have been aiding the criminals in informing them of the council's decisions and avoiding the authorities. But who could it be?

"Whatever the case we cannot just ignore the two reasons why Eisenwalds' plan failed."

The council members turned to whoever continued this sessions' main topic. It was a young man with blue hair and a noticeable red tattoo that covered the upper and bottom of his right eye. He was simply known as Siegrain.

He crosses his arms and gave no eye contact while explaining "Of course I'm talking about the Fairy Tail guild, and of course the man who took down the Lullaby, Naruto Uzumaki."

He already got a chuckle reply from the woman standing between him and Yajima who added "Not only did he defeat Erigor the Grim Reaper, he also defeated the Lullaby monster with little to no effort. You got to give it to such a promising man."

Some of the council members started mumbling among each other.

But Org did not have it and said: "Fairy Tail is one thing that will have to face its crimes, but Naruto Uzumaki is a whole different level."

"You only say that because Naruto refused to eliminate Erigor like requested, instead of according to the military he was spared and taken into custody," Siegrain said in counter-argument.

"And still that killer is free!" Org shouted back "If that boy just had done what was ordered to him, we would not risk this menace to roam free again!"

"That's enough, Org!"

The room became suddenly silent and all council members turned to Yajima, the small man was not the one who would let out an outburst so easily but when he was angry, he always had a good reason for it.

Yajima sighed, he really didn't want to raise his voice but it was necessary "Listen, we all know what dangers lie beyond that sea. It's a fact that everyone in this council knows of young Naruto's background and everyone in here, including me, had their concerns."

All the council members nodded.

"But we cannot ignore that he is a boy that has proven himself, he saved numerous of innocent lives fighting against bandits, helped out mages in need and even helped track down wanted criminals and capturing them. That and others, he never killed ever after he was found by Master Makarov as of now." Yajima said in defense of the young boy he knew closely like Makarov and knew his past.

Org kept listening closely at his colleague.

"So, even with Doma's absence, I will state this yet again. Org. if you and Doma are again trying to order Naruto to fulfill such a hideous act, I will see no other choice than to enlighten the Royal Family, or did you forget that the King had given Naruto special status?"

"….No." The bearded man groaned, of course, he had to bring it up. Naruto had once done a quest for the Royal Family of Fiore when King Toma had found out of Naruto's former allegiances and listened to his story, he gained special status.

"And please let me remind you that Naruto is still one of the very few who still voluntarily comes forwards and help us fight the threat of the Dark Guilds, while other ex-shinobi like him had chosen life more peaceful. So why not stop the blaming of the young man and start acknowledging the problems that we face even within this institution that we are the heads of it." Yajima stated as he was done talking.

The room was silent for a good moment before the chuckling of Siegrain broke it.

"Always the humanitarian, aren't you Yajima? Well, I guess you are right. Consider that in the end, Naruto was mostly responsible for the prevention of Eisenwald's plan. Saving lives yet again and making sure none of us had to step down from our well-earned positions on this council to save face."

"You fool!" One of the council members named Leiji protested "Are you insinuating the council is somehow to blame?!"

"Enough of this nonsense!" Org yelled "Even though Yajima is right on the issue of Uzumaki's status, that does not mean he's not responsible, nor is his guild. At the end of the day, Fairy Tail's good deeds are overshadowed by their reckless destruction!"

Siegrain's mouth gave a growing smile as he suggests "Then why don't we take the opportunity to discuss the matter with them?"

"Hmmm…..We can do that." Org agreed as he asks "Who were the members of Fairy Tail were in on it?"

"Except for Uzumaki, I believe there were, Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, an unidentified female who just joined the guild and Erza Scarlett as the leader." Belno said reading from a scroll "That's what the guild masters have stated through the report."

"Dragneel and Fullbuster in one team?!" Org yelled out of anger "Those two troublemakers have caused more property damage over the years then the whole guild can do in a decade! What was Scarlet thinking putting them on the same team?!"

"Considering they are powerful, I could say she wanted to make a safe bet."

"It doesn't matter. Send someone to arrest Erza Scarlet and bring her in for the trail. We'll do a show for the sake of it."

"Will do."

Siegrain chuckled "I thought they were going to get a punishment."

"Urgh, try and explain that to the King, and I want Uzumaki also."

"Uhm, he isn't there, the last thing I know is that he went with the Fiore military who held the Eisenwald mages to the cells at the Fiore Branch council building," Yajima said.

Org was surprised "Why?"

"I don't know, but I'm about to find out," Yajima answered he had his suspicions on what Naruto might be doing.

National Council Fiore Branch: prison cells

Kageyama was sitting in his own bed, in his cell, waiting for his trial for the numerous crimes he had committed. Coming over here he was ignored by his fellow guildmates, it looked like they were angry for him not finishing the job they all had been working on for weeks, only his friends in the guild didn't bail out on him and tried to back him up, only now were they like anyone else, separated from each other and into their own cells.

"Hey."

Kageyama looked up and saw that on the other side of the bars was Naruto Uzumaki, with his mask covering his mask and the bandana his one eye. He then saw the guy pull over a chair.

"What do you want?" Kageyama asked without looking at him "It's not like I got anything to offer, you fly."

"No, but I have." Naruto said tuning around the chair and then sat on it "I mean, maybe if you are interested. You don't have anything else to do than to listen."

Kageyama thought for a moment, he had nothing else to do and the boredom was killing him honestly "What do you have to say?"

Instead of saying anything Naruto pulled out a paper and placed it on the floor and shoved it forwards.

Kageyama took the paper and saw it was written: "What's this?..."

Naruto just sighs and says "Just read the damn thing and you'll find out."

Kageyama kept reading the paper, the moment he was finished is when he starts clutching his hands into it and eyeing it with disbelief.

"T-T-This is, is-"

"An official paper reducing your sentence to only three months jail time," Naruto said what the paper was as he just sat there "with the signature of the King of Fiore himself, Toma E. Fiore and effective immediately. You and your friends. Not all of them but that group that was backing you up."

Kageyama dropped to his knees and looked up to the man who was actually offering him a second chance, to live outside. Even after all the crimes, he had committed in the name of his guild, someone who he had fought against just not that long ago was offering him something he did not expect from him.

"Of course you may want to ask why I would give someone like you a second chance, after all, you almost was successful in killing all the guild masters in one sweep if you played that flute. But here is where I need some information." Naruto pulls out something else out of his jacket and then slams it on the floor in front of Kageyama.

It was an explosive tag.

Kageyama recognized it "That? What do you want to know about it?"

"Don't play games with me." Naruto got to the point "You know better than I do why I am asking about this. I saw you activating it, meaning you have some knowledge of using it. Also, this kind of explosives are clearly not from around here."

"Yeah, they are from your country." Kageyama said staring at Naruto "The Shinobi continent…"

Naruto nodded "That's right, as you may know, this kind of weaponry isn't easy to get on this side of the ocean, let that it's illegal to possess them. So tell me." Naruto raises the explosive tag up and waved it around with it in front of the shadow magic user "How did you get these?"

Behind the blonde ex-shinobi walked up to a small man who stopped his tracks and started listening in on the conversation.

Kageyama thought for a moment before thinking why not? It's a good deal "Okay, I tell you where I got these explosives."

Later upstairs

Standing in the middle of the courtroom, Erza Scarlet was hearing the charges from an official while the council members were sitting while the charges were being read by an official.

"Erza Scarlet, you stand before the council to answer for the charges that are stemming from the incident involving the dark guild Eisenwald."

Yajima sighs as he saw that on the bench near the door, Naruto was busy his notebook he was writing down something.

"These charges include extensive damage to Oshibana Station, damages to the railways and complete destruction of the conference hall of Clover."

Erza blinked twice, these were all things Naruto had done. Why the hell is she held accountable for this and not him? She briefly looks back and sends an angry glare at Naruto hoping to remind he won't get away with that easily.

The blonde man just smiled at her and gave a small wave with an eye smile. Not seeming to care that he would be in some real trouble later on with the angry redhead woman.

"There are eleven property damage charges against you," the official kept talking "according to eye witness reports the perpetrator to all of this is described as a heavily armored female wizard."

Naruto shook his head smirking "Surely they must have the wrong person."

The doors behind Naruto imploded and debris of the doors flew everywhere. All the council members were stunned by what happened and turn to the door.

Out from the dust clouds appeared Natsu, wearing a disguise that was meant to look like Erza. Wearing a skirt, some wooden pallets, a wig that barely covered his hair and some wings that looked obviously fake.

Naruto looked at him and was trying to figure out, should he feel embarrassed or should he just laugh it out.

Natsu went on a rant on how he was the crazy lady they were looking for while obviously giving away he was Natsu Dragneel by sprouting out fire through his mouth and speaking with his angry voice.

The one council member who sat in the middle and was the leader just sighed.

Erza did the only decent thing she could do and apologized with a bow "I'm so terribly sorry for this."

"What are you doing Erza don't apologize to these council jerks! I mean, I AM ERZAAA-"

WACK!

Naruto head chopped Natsu, knocking the dragon slayer out and breaking the disguise in two. Natsu passed out as his body twitched multiple times

"Sorry Natsu, but it's time for you to take a nap." Naruto turns to Erza "Can you drag him back to the guild?"

"Sure but the -?"

"I'll handle these charges." Naruto said patting her shoulder "Besides I'm the one who caused all of this anyway, even if this is just for show."

Erza nodded and turns to Natsu sighing "Damn it Natsu. That trial was just a formality….."

She starts dragging the dragon slayer's unconscious body away to the exit as they were being escorted out by the guards.

"Naruto Uzumaki."

He turns around to the magic council, seeing that the person addressing him was the one in the middle of the seats. It was Org, Doma's second who called him by his full name. This was the perfect moment to talk with the council about something important he was told by Kageyama.

He also noticed some of the council members eyed him with their own interest, like the blue-haired Siegrain who was responsible for the arrest of Erza had is his own twisted reasons why to bring the shinobi here. While another young female council member, who had pale skin, brown eyes and dark purple hair were scanning the man in front of him.

Chuckling as she thought 'Hmmm, Uzumaki.'

Later, back at the Guild hall

Naruto, Erza and Natsu got back to the guild hall and explained everything that had happened. that the trail was just a fluke and it was supposed to be a slap on the wrist.

"WE GOT ERZA OUT OF JAIL!" Natsu said celebrating while spitting fire out. Running around like a child who got a piece of candy, he began annoying some of the other guild mates.

"Shut up."

"Yeah, put a sock in it."

Mirajane just giggled while serving Naruto and Makarov a drink "Isn't he precious when he gets all excited?"

Naruto smiles "Yeah, but you should've seen what Natsu was wearing." He said before drinking from the glass of water he ordered.

Lisanna leaned against the counter and was curious what Naruto meant by "Oh? What do you mean?"

Naruto thought of thinking back and starts laughing "You wouldn't believe me even if I told you…"

This got Lisanna wondering what he meant by before he gestures him to lean closer, she did and he tells into her hear what Natsu wore and this got Lisanna's cheeks to flush and join in on the laughter with Naruto who couldn't contain it anymore.

The others like Lucy who had her head on the table, exhausted of all the panicking couldn't believe "I can't believe that stupid arrest and trial was all for the show, all that worrying for nothing."

"So she wasn't a sacrificial lamb, but a scape-goat," Gray said trying to figure out.

You must be one heck of an ice wizard because even your jokes leave me cold." Came from a griming Elfman before he remembered something and turned to Natsu "Hey Natsu! Are you going to finish it with Erza or what?"

Natsu stopped his celebrating and grew a confident grin "Oh yeah."

Naruto turned to Mirajane "What? was it not finished?"

She shook her head "Nope, the council interrupted the fight before one of them could hand over the first blow."

"What was the bet?"

THUD!

Naruto turns around to the noise and saw that Natsu laid broken on the ground with standing over him Erza with a fist.

"Erza! Couldn't you wait until I had put a bet?!" Naruto complained in a mock tone. Gaining laughter from the other guildmates, knowing that if Naruto places a bet on something he would automatically win. Like he had the luck of the devil with gambling.

Erza smiled and came back with a mock question "And letting you walk away with everyone's hard earned money?" She released a small laugh before saying "Sorry Naruto, but next time be on time."

Naruto smirks just as he leaned back against the counter, just next to master Makarov who he noticed wasn't joining into the laughter with the others.

"Hey old man, what's up?"

Makarov turned to Naruto "We need to talk, in private."

Then a surge of strong magic emerges, making somehow everyone's eyes sleepy, and everyone began to lay down slowly. This could only be one thing.

"Look like we can talk," Naruto said "Mystogan."

Everyone began to sleep, first Lisanna and Mirajane dropped to the ground and then all the others fell asleep, the only ones standing on the ground floor were Naruto and Makarov as a person was coming through the door.

It was a person wearing a dark blue cloak with his arms and legs covered in bandages, and to conceal his identity he wore a dark blue bandana with a silver forehead protector and a green mask that obscured the bottom half of his face and he was holding onto one of his magic staves. This was Mystogan.

Naruto greeted him with a nod "Mystogan."

"Naruto….Master." the mysterious man said as he walks over to the board and picks up a quest before walking over to the master.

"I shall return…"

"Wait." Makarov said, "The first end the sleeping spell of yours before you leave." He then turns to Naruto "And you, we'll talk when it's dark."

Both men nodded before Naruto starts walking next to Mystogan "I'll lead you out, we got something to discuss anyway."

"No problem…" Mystogan said as he began counting "Five….."

"Four….."

"Three…."

"Two…."

"One…."

Makarov watches as both men who were perhaps equally strong leave the guild hall, leaving for all the others to wake up from their forced sleep…except for Natsu. Knowing what Naruto and Mystogan may discuss, he knew that both men held an interest of doing services of helping each other.

Both men stood outside the guild hall as Naruto hands him over a sealed scroll.

"Here, the information about Edolas." Mystogan accepted the scroll.

Naruto then pulls out a small letter "This letter contains the address for the four guys who will be given pardons over the next few months. You just need to bring them there and make sure no one comes after them."

Mystogan nods as he accepts the letter also "I will help you get these men to safety."

Naruto nodded as he thought it through, hopefully, those guys will be wise enough to take the pardon "If you got any problems, just send me a message."

"Will do, see you Naruto," Mystogan said before taking his leave and walking down the street with the scroll and letter he had received. Naruto watches as how the mysterious person he trusted with this favor disappeared in thin air.

some cursing and yelling were heard from inside the guild and one of those voices sounded all too familiar. He decided to go back inside to see what was happening.

"What are you trying to say?" Erza was pissed off and was glaring at the person on the second floor named Laxus who just called her a 'redhead' and that she somehow is lower than him. Laxus is a long and muscular young man with blonde spikey hair that was mostly slicked back and a notable lightning bolt shaped scare through his right eye.

Laxus smirked, "I'm trying to say that I am the strongest wizard of this guild, plain and simple."

Naruto enters through the front door and heard the commotion and saw the person standing on the second floor "Oh Laxus, you finally socialize with us. I wonder when you would come out from up there."

Everyone turned to Naruto with surprise, did he knew that Laxus was here all that time?

Laxus smirk grew wider "Naruto, come on just be realistic. You're a strong wizard yourself so even you have to see that I'm the strongest wizard here."

"I don't know I can agree on that," Naruto said as he leaned on the same table where Cana and Alzack were sitting at.

"Oh, and why is that?" Laxus asked without his grin fading away.

"I never saw you spar with any of the other wizards who are considered powerful. Mystogan and the Ace barely stay here for you to challenge, and we can't forget the old man and Erza here. They can't be forgotten." Naruto argued as he kept staring lazily at Laxus "Why just claiming instead of proving it. Maybe then I'm convinced."

Some of the other guild mates couldn't help but feel the tension that was boiling between the two blondes, and this got the newest member Lucy slightly curious.

The celestial mage asks Elfman and Gray "Who do I get the feeling that those guys hating each other?"

Gray and Elfman didn't respond and kept looking between the two wizards as some sweat was falling from Elfman's forehead. The tension got everyone nervous to know who was going to do what.

Laxus grin turned more sinister as small bolts of lightning were visibly appearing out of his hand that he was leaning his chin on "Why don't we see for that right now, huh?"

"If you insist…," Naruto says calmly while holding his hand over his jacket, where his kunai was…

Where they really going to fight? Right here and now?

Then the sound of Makarov's staff bottom hitting the counter broke the standoff. Clearly stating that he would not tolerate this.

"That's enough out of you, Laxus…." The guild master said without even looking up "You both are strong wizards without a doubt, but if you want to fight to keep it then at least on friendly terms or else…."

Laxus just scoffed it and walks away "Too bad, I wanted to see if you could be a challenge to me, Naruto. Even Natsu had the guts to try me on…"

"Why you!" Natsu growled as he was about to jump to the second floor, about to teach Laxus a lesson-

Then he was grabbed by the head and forced down on the ground by Naruto.

"Stay out of this Natsu…" Naruto said as he kept looking up to the second floor. The grin on Laxus' face turned into a glare. Naruto's only visible eye gave it back and both men gave one last glare to each other.

'One day Laxus….one day….'

Later in the guild hall

As it was pretty late, the only ones left in the guild hall were Lisanna, Mirajane, and Lucy who were all by the counter. The Strauss sisters were about to close up after being done cleaning the last glasses and mugs that were used, Lucy meanwhile kept sticking around.

But she then asked a question that had been bothering her for some time now "Say girls, what's with the tension?….between Naruto and that Laxus guy…."

Lisanna looks over to Mirajane and she sighs following by a nod. Lisanna turns to Lucy and starts talking "You see Lucy, while you can see that everyone in the guild can get along with each other, no problems still a brawl here and there, Laxus always had this belief that Fairy Tail should be exclusive to only the strongest of the strong, meaning he would like to ban everyone who is in his eyes weak and vulnerable. He even goes saying that he would feel no sympathy for anyone who had been beaten badly."

"That's cold." Lucy said, not believing that someone like Laxus could be in this guild full with people she befriended with "How come he got into this guild in the first place?"

Mirajane dropped a sad fact "Because Laxus is master Makarov's grandson."

"W-What? he's master Makarov's grandson?!" Lucy said shockingly, how could someone like Laxus be related to a kind-hearted person like master Makarov?

"Yes, he is," Mirajane said while drying up the last cleaned up glass.

Lucy then asks "But what's the trouble between him and Naruto?"

"Because Naruto had once confronted Laxus," Lisanna said thinking back "…and it almost turned into an all-out fight between him and Laxus. If it wasn't for the master things could've gone horribly wrong."

Mirajane turned towards them "That tension between Laxus and Naruto has been there for years. It was not abnormal for everyone else in the guild to side with Naruto more since everyone held a bad view of Laxus….well, except for Naruto."

"Naruto?" Now Lucy was confused "What else did he view him?"

"More of sorrow, pity." Mirajane said somber "Disappointment, it's something I cannot explain but I never really saw any anger in Naruto towards Laxus, it's just not him…"

In Makarov's office.

Naruto and the master just were talking about something important.

"Galuna island…." Makarov said "That cursed island?"

Naruto nodded "Yeah, apparently someone who's been seen using a rowboat." Placing an explosive tag on the desk "Kageyama said to me the guy sold him the same kind of papers like these from offshore and then goes back to that same island."

"And you believe that boy?" Makarov asked for certainty "How do you know he's not lying?"

"What good would come out of it." Naruto said "He doesn't even know the man, so it's easy to tell. Besides, he didn't do it for nothing."

"His freedom?"

"Why not? It's a waste for a young man like him doing a crime he only committed out of anger….hatred can make some people do horrible things without realizing it themselves."

Makarov understood what Naruto was talking about, he didn't have to guess what was going through the former shinobi's head.

Naruto sighs as he stood up "I'm planning on leaving now. The sooner I get there, the quicker the job is done."

"Are you sure you don't want any backup?" Makarov asked again "Someone like Erza-"

"No, this I have to do it on my own." Naruto said as he looked through the window, noticing all the lights from the buildings going out "No need to bother anyone after such a day."

Makarov nodded "Alright, but be careful, and when you're done with the mission. Don't stay too long on that island, I heard it is cursed."

"No problem….well I'll see you old man," Naruto said as he went through the open door.

"Later brat." Makarov said "Now, where is my pipe?"

Outside of Magnolia

Naruto was already taking the legs out, up to a new journey towards the so-called cursed island that was classified as an S-class mission. It would be a lie if Naruto said he wasn't interested in that pay, not the key necessary he could give it to Lucy, but the number of Jewels wouldn't be bad to put inside his pockets.

Only did he not know that at this moment a flying cat had already snatched from the second floor of the guild hall the same quest he was going to.

Oh, what was this going to be a journey of surprises.

Review if you like, anything is welcome.

Peace