Naruto flipped along from the force of the throw. The actual action itself had surprised the blond as he'd expected a punch or something along the lines of that. Getting hurled into the air wasn't in the plan and the rapid flipping of the ground/sky/ground/sky/ground/sky was quickly making him feel sick.

Trying to work out just how far the arrogant man had thrown him, Naruto tried to spot anything familiar, but it all blurred past too fast. Frowning as the wind whipped around his clothing and hair, Naruto swallowed as his stomach tried to push its contents back out his mouth. 'I gotta do something to stop this. Not only might I get hurt, but I'll get sick all over my clothes.'

Stretching his legs out, Naruto forced chakra into his feet and out into the surrounding air. While he couldn't stand on it yet, the chakra effectively acted like an air break and managed to slowly halt his uncontrolled flipping. Finally catching a glimpse of the ground, Naruto's eyes widened as he saw himself passing over his training grounds. 'Holy crap... did he really throw me that far?'

Finally pulling himself to a stop, Naruto's stomach let out a weak cry of happiness as everything stopped spinning. He wasn't given a chance to breath as a thunderous crack rang out right in front of his face. Appearing from nowhere, all Naruto saw was Laxus's smug smirk before a massive punch landed itself square in the middle of his face and sent him catapulting away.

Growling in pain, Naruto felt his nose fold in on itself. He let his healing ability take control from there and pushed the pain to the back of his mind as he tried to work out where he was going to land. Thankfully the punch had just pushed him back instead of making him flip because that would have been too much for his stomach.

Looking over his shoulder, the blond could see the mountains in the distance quickly drawing near. He didn't know if he'd make it quite that far, but he was going to be close no matter what.

Unfortunately, another crack above him notified Naruto to the other blond's arrival. His blue eyes flashed up to see Laxus rearing back a fist and he rapidly brought his guard up. The punch crunched into his arms and sent him flying straight for the ground. The force of the attack also made Naruto begin flipping around again and the blond didn't even have time to try stop before his legs hit the ground. A dust and rock explosion went up around Naruto as he was buried up to his waist in the earth.

Outside the dust cloud, Laxus flashed into view via another one of his lightning bolts. Grinning angrily, he began walking into the dust. "So, is this all that a mighty Wizard of the Ten Saints can do? Seriously? Because you might have well given the title to Natsu if that's it. Ha, actually he can take a better hit than that!"

Instead of a biting remark or angry retort that Laxus expected, a strange heaving sound reached his ears.

"BLERGH!"

Something wet hit his shirt and as the dust cleared, Laxus's eyes widened in fury and disgust as he spotted a strange oatmeal coloured patch on his chest. Enraged eyes looked up and he spotted Naruto wiping his mouth, a queasy look on his face. "Awww that was so gross... why'd you have to make me flip so much?"

Screaming in fury, bolts of energy exploded from the tall man as he lashed out at Naruto. Falling backwards, Naruto pulled his legs from the ground and kicked straight up, catching Laxus fair to the chin. The blow knocked him high into the air, but not with enough force to stun him. Flipping back, he landed on his feet and glared at Naruto as he pushed himself up.

Naruto sighed as the nausea left and he looked up. Seeing the death glare he was receiving, Naruto growled. "What is your problem aye? Other than me throwing up on you."

Despite wishing to rip the infuriating child's head from his shoulders, Laxus calmed himself and smirked. "My problem? Oh, no problem really. I just find people over looking my power annoying, that's all."

Scrunching up his nose, Naruto gave him a disbelieving glare. "Are you serious? Everyone in the guild already knows you're the strongest!"

Narrowing his eyes, Laxus growled. "Apparently not because the council saw fit to give you that badge instead of me!"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Well dur, earth to Laxus, I kinda defeated Jose! If you had actually been there you might have had the chance!"

Laxus growled at the insult, but then a strange light seemed to fire behind his eyes and he smirked cruelly. "So... that would mean then if I killed you, I should get that badge."

Lowering his center of gravity, Naruto narrowed his eyes. "I thought Fairy Tail members didn't kill?"

Laxus snickered. "No, that was an unspoken law Erza decided to enforce. It ain't official and I don't happen to care if someone weak lives or dies."

That took things to a whole other level. Raising his hands, Naruto frowned. "And you would go out of your way to kill someone like that?"

Laxus snorted. "Pfft no, who would waste the effort? You though... you're definitely worth the effort!"

He then began chuckle as a bright gold light encircled him and effectively cutting him off from Naruto's view. Focusing on the light, Naruto readied himself for the attack.

"Where you lookin', noob?"

Eyes wide, Naruto felt a powerful elbow smash into the back of his head. He flew head first into a tree and consequently cracked the thick trunk. Shaking clear the stars, Naruto looked back over at the laughing man. He had moved so fast he hadn't even seen it.

Looking back at where he was originally, Naruto saw the ball of light fading that had once held Laxus. Looking back to the man, Naruto frowned. Standing up straight, the blond then let out an audible sigh. "Well that was weak. You need a distraction to get behind me. Is that really your best strategy?"

The jab cut Laxus's laughter short and the man glared over dangerously. "You really wanna try me boy?"

Naruto held his arms out wide. "One free shot. Do your worst."

While a risky gambit, Naruto had to see something. Training his eyes on Laxus, he saw the man's form explode into light. Suddenly Laxus was before him in less time than it took to blink, swinging in with a massive uppercut. Managing to jump just in time, Naruto cushioned the blow as it hit his gut and sent him flying, though with no serious injury. Focusing on landing, Naruto reached out with his feet and anchored himself to the trunk of a large tree.

Looking up as Laxus raged at him, Naruto frowned. Laxus had incredible speed, but there seemed to be a delay just before his attack. Again with a large crack, Laxus was before him as he kicked out at Naruto's head. Cutting the chakra to his feet, the ninja dropped just in time to avoid the powerful hit. The force kicked the the tree clean in half with a loud snap, birds shooting up from it with an annoyed scream as their roost was destroyed. Flipping, Naruto landed on his feet and quickly created several clones. Splitting up, the group dispersed into the trees.

Naruto could hear Laxus shouting angrily at the clones, calling him cowardly and weak amongst other things. Upon reaching a safe distance, Naruto managed to catch a moment to think things over. Laxus was fast, dangerously fast. His weakness within that though was the half second moment just before the attack. A normal mage or person could never hope to keep up with something like that, but for Naruto it was just enough time to counter.

Stilling himself against the tree, Naruto then took a breath and centered himself, letting the powerful energy surrounding him flow into his being. He felt calm wash over him and any lingering anger he may have had seemed to fade away. As the transformation completed, all that remained in the blonds mind was a calm, clear focus. Laxus may have had vastly different views to the rest of the guild, but he was still a member. It was time to try help shift his view on things.

Hearing a cry of frustration as the clones Laxus was chasing popped, Naruto stepped from behind the tree and called out. "Laxus! Over here."

There wasn't even a vocal taunt in reply, just a single crack of thunder and Laxus's rage filled face in Naruto's. What happened next though didn't quite go to the lightning mages plan. There was a flash of movement and he felt his punch get blocked before a counter hit smashed into his body, propelling him powerfully backwards through the trees.

Landing heavily, the powerful man rolled a few times before managing to pull himself to a stop. Glaring back up at the young teen, the mage pushed himself to his feet. Rubbing the spot he got hit, Laxus narrowed his eyes. "How did you hit me?"

Naruto looked at him passively. "I had enough time."

Laxus growled but it slowly turned into a chuckle. Straightening up, the mage flexed his fingers. "Huh, seems like the council didn't make that huge of a mistake after all. You're tougher than Natsu, that's for sure. You're nothing like me though."

Naruto said nothing and just waited. Chuckling again, Laxus crouched. "Let's cut down that time span then."

Vanishing in a burst of light, the mage shot forward, only to be sent flying back a second later with a loud crack. Hitting the earth again, Laxus let out a frustrated growl and spat out a wad of blood. Forgoing the energy attack, Laxus rushed him instead.

The single punch effectiveness of his Lightning Rush was for some reason being countered by the boy, so it was time for a good ol' fashioned beat down.

Eyes used to dealing with speeds as fast as light watched as Naruto readied his defence. Lashing out, Laxus watched as Naruto raised a hand in defence with barely a millisecond to spare. Flowing from that, Laxus spun around with a back elbow. He watched over his shoulder as Naruto dipped beneath the attack. His body suddenly turned to electricity as instinct screamed at him. A fist plunged itself into his body and was subsequently zapped with several hundred volts worth of energy. Not giving Naruto enough time to recover, he lashed out with a kick.

Raising and arm and leaning into the blow, Naruto stopped the leg easily and grabbed a hold of it. Pinching a bundle of nerves in the knee, Naruto heard a yelp but didn't stop there. Pulling Laxus in, Naruto shoulder charged him and drove his bone into Laxus's stomach and then up. The blow forced all the air from the mage's lungs and he gasped in pain. Orange eyes lined Laxus up for the final attack but a crackling beneath Naruto's feet distracted him.

All of a sudden, a bolt of lightning smashed into him from above, meeting with the rapidly forming current beneath him. Crying out as the electricity effectively stunned him into paralysis, Naruto grit his teeth and watched as Laxus jumped back while holding his stomach. Ignoring his gut, Laxus then held his palm out and gripped that wrist with his other hand. Shouting, a sudden torrent of blue edged balls of bright, sparking energy flew at Naruto. Unable to do anything, the ninja took the hits unguarded and was thrown back with a cry as they exploded. Hitting the ground, Naruto rolled several times before sliding to a stop.

Exhaling slowly, Naruto allowed the fox to heal the nerve damage and other wounds he sustained while refilling his source of natural energy. It only took a moment so Naruto was able to push himself to his feet in time to counter yet another attack flying in from Laxus. Batting a fist wide, Naruto raised a fist high and dropped it solidly onto the back of Laxus's head. Whether he cried out or not was unknown as the electric mage's head hit the ground that fast it looked like a blur. Taking the chance to jump back and shake off any lingering stiffness, Naruto watched as Laxus slowly pulled himself from the ground.

Sparks seemed to be going ballistic as mage stood up, arcs of electricity jumping from the man to anything within a ten foot radius. Something seemed to have changed with his eyes too, as they now had a strange glow about them that hid his pupils. His torso seemed to twitch as well as the sparks flew around him, his muscles seemingly bulging from the excess energy.

Frowning, Naruto spotted what looked like scales starting to form on his arms too. The hairs on the back of his neck also began prickling with the latent energy that was beginning to fill the air. Remembering a bit of what he was taught about elemental affinities, Naruto had the hunkering that electricity was weak against wind. He couldn't remember properly, but it was worth a shot.

Taking another leaflet from the fight with Erigor, Naruto let the natural energy within and around him begin to stimulate the air. Relaxing, the blond then let his heightened chakra control ease the air encompassing him into a tight whirl. Letting it pick up pace, Naruto fed some of his own wind natured chakra into the whirlwind to strengthen the bind between the air molecules.

Dust and debris began kicking up around the opponents as the power each displaced began affecting the nature around them. Sparks seemed to shoot from Laxus to Naruto and back again as the wind redirected the energy away from the blond within. Chuckling as he saw Naruto unaffected by his excess energy, Laxus stood up straight. "Well, I've had fun! You aren't the slouch I expected. I like the little whirl wind thing you got happening there to protect yourself from me too. It's cute."

Naruto frowned as the electricity began jumping between them at a higher rate. He didn't say anything though as he was more focused on the attacks to come. The cymbal sounding crashes of lightning around him had made him weary. His eyes were fairly well blinded by the amount of dust in the air but Laxus's power signature stood out like a beacon.

Hearing a loud rush of energy, Naruto focused on the form before him and frowned as he noticed a large amount of electricity forming in Laxus's raised hands. It charged rapidly and upon completion, the muscular man shouted out in effort and hurled the attack straight at Naruto.

Eyes widening as he felt the power flying off the compressed lightning bolt, Naruto dipped his head and crossed his arms over one another as he more than tripled the amount of energy into the wind barrier surrounding him.

An explosion went off a split second later and Naruto was swallowed within the bright light. Laughing cruelly, Laxus's eyes shone as he watched the spectacle. "Ha! You actually waited to take my Heavenward Halberd head on? You're making this too easy for me!"

Lightning flashed off the attack point as the lightning began rotating around the area. His laughter dying away, Laxus watched on curiously as it began spinning around faster and faster. In a sudden boom, the energy dissipated into the air and Naruto stood in the middle of a now sizeable hole drilled into the ground. His clothes were smoking slightly and his arms were blackened, but he was still breathing. Raising his head, the blond looked up at the mage. His eyes flashed and a second later he was standing in front of Laxus, a swirl of leaves rising in his former position.

"Wha-"

He wasn't given a chance to finish his question before Naruto lashed out with a wind coated kick. Gagging as he felt the wind rip at his insides, Laxus was flung backwards in a spiralling blast. That wasn't the end of it though as Naruto somehow managed to get behind him via that weird leaf whirlwind and stop him solid with an elbow to the middle of his back. Gasping as he felt his spine pop, the mage fell to the ground, unable to make up his mind whether he wanted to hold his back or his front.

While in pain, he was still coherent enough to hear Naruto begin growling behind him. "The fight is meaningless. I wouldn't have said no if you'd asked for a spar but instead you go do this. I'll stop if you stop, but be warned that I will break every bone in your body that won't directly kill you."

Anger filled the mages mind at the thought of this twerp talking down to him. Thrusting an arm into the air, Laxus howled as he forced his electrical power into the ground and up behind him in a heartbeat, right under where Naruto was standing.

Not expecting such a direct attack to explode upward out of the earth, Naruto only managed to back flip mostly out of the way. His legs however were caught in the powerful blast and he bit back a curse as he felt his muscles explode into painful spasms. A reverse kick from Laxus caught him mid air and threw him backwards. Rolling across the ground, Naruto coughed and pulled back in the air that had been booted from his lungs.

Looking at the ground as frustration really began taking hold, Naruto's head tilted to the side as his eye twitched. "Oh that's done it. To hell with being nice, he's going down."

Pulling himself to his feet, the ninja crossed his fingers and pulled a clone into existence beside him. Holding a hand out and began swirling chakra around, Naruto began creating his signature technique. His clone readied itself beside him to begin the nature manipulation, but a loud roar distracted them both. Looking up, Naruto's eyes widened in surprise as a thunderous explosion of brilliant electrical energy shot towards them like a bullet.

The clone dived behind Naruto as the blond reacted on instinct and raised his hands. Forcing chakra into the developing Rasengan (Spiralling Sphere), Naruto felt the massive amount of energy flood the ball in his hands. Realising its creator was having trouble maintaining the Rasengan, the clone reached around him and held its hands out as it helped stabilise the crazily pulsating orb. Both Naruto's struggled for what felt like hours until the electrical blast finally halted. Once it finished, both blonds opened their eyes and gasped at the thing in their hands.

Goosebumps ran up and down their arms as their hairs were pulled erect by the insane amount of electrical power pulsating in the ball. What should have looked like a typical Rasengan was instead a ball about twice the size and pulsing a brilliant, golden yellow. A number of rings of blue electricity circled the ball at a slow pace, orbiting around the ball on different axises. They would cross over from time to time and the dangerous hum the ball was giving off seemed to increase two fold. Swallowing, Naruto began to realise that this was most likely the electrical version of his original technique, the Raiton: Rasengan (Lightening Release: Spiralling Sphere).

All in all it was a spellbinding attack that was probably just as devastatingly destructive as it was captivating. Turning their eyes over to Laxus, they saw the man had his jaw dropped open in disbelief that his entire attack had been absorbed into that... ball. He shook his head though and growled angrily, "I will NOT be shown up by some beginner who hasn't even been in the guild an eighth as long as me!"

Lightning exploded from the man as he let out an enraged cry, his shirt stretching and ripping as his chest and arms began expanding even further. Watching on as the power continued to grow, Naruto then looked at the humming orb in his hand. If it was anything like the Fuuton: Rasengan (Wind Release: Spiralling Sphere), it could probably generate enough power to kill a standard ninja or mage with ease. While extremely keen to try it out on something, Naruto knew now wasn't the time. The shockwave from it exploding would probably be enough knock Laxus back though, allowing Naruto the time to deliver the finishing blow.

Hearing the ground explode as Laxus kicked off, Naruto steeled himself and crouched in preparation.

As the massive man neared, Naruto raised his hand high and brought it down to hit the ground.

"CUT THIS OUT!"

A deafeningly loud voice boomed out across the entire area as two gigantic palms slammed into both fighters and sent them flying away at an extreme velocity.

The sudden interruption unfortunately caused Naruto to completely lose control of the sphere in his hands. It vibrated furiously for a moment before exploding with an earth shattering boom in his palms. Having his back to the ground, Naruto clenched every muscle possible as the unbridled power of the Raiton: Rasengan slammed him into the earth. That provided as much resistance as tissue paper as the blast bored out a hole into the earth with Naruto right in the middle of it. Reaching an astounding diameter of near twenty feet, it suddenly hollowed out as all the energy within was sucked into an infinite point with a sharp crack. The shell that remained seemed to groan before shattering into millions of pieces and vaporising into the air.

Unclenching an eye, Naruto looked up around him and took a shaky breath when he saw the enormous hole he was currently lying in. That was far beyond the power he had expected from the surprise attack. He could only thank his lucky stars that he had been in Senjutsu (Sage Techniques) mode or he wouldn't have come out of that as unscathed as he did. As it stood though, his new clothes were completely trashed. What remained of his blue pants and shirt were nothing but a couple of crispy threads. Thankfully, there was enough to scrap together to cover his modesty but that was about it. While Naruto was happy his scroll with all his clothing had been left back at the guild and not destroyed, it was still frustrating he couldn't retrieve new clothes now. There was a lot to be said for Erza's requip ability.

Hearing a set of footsteps above him, Naruto looked up and saw Makarov glaring down at him from the rim of the hole. Neither spoke for a moment as they simply eyed off each other. Eventually though, Naruto broke the silence. "Where's Laxus?"

Never taking his eyes off him, Makarov pointed off to the side. "Over there and unconscious at that. I don't know what that was you were planning to hit him with, but when it detonated in your hands, the shockwave of it was enough to knock him out."

Frowning, Naruto looked down at himself. "I wasn't planning to hit him directly with it. I was going to use it as a way to distract him so I could knock him out. I severely underestimated how strong it was though."

Narrowing his eyes, Makarov crossed his small arms. "Why were you using an untested attack in a fight like that?"

Scratching his head, Naruto shrugged. "To tell you the truth, I had never created that thing before. Laxus shot some massive roar thing at me, much like what Natsu can do, and my Rasengan managed to absorb it. Actually... is Laxus like Natsu? A Dragonslayer?"

Sniffing, Makarov nodded slightly. "In a form. He was artificially created via Lacrima being forced into his body. Natsu was trained by a real dragon though. Are you injured?"

Sighing, Naruto winced as he pulled himself free from the rubble. "No, I should be alright I think. Nothing lasting anyway."

Makarov frowned. "Why weren't you as damaged as Laxus? You were twice as close as him."

Naruto pointed to his eyes as his orange eyelids slowly faded. "A by-product of Senjutsu. I become pretty durable."

Naruto flinched and held his left arm as a spasm ran through the muscle. It passed quickly though and he cautiously let go. "Do you know what happened back at the guild?"

Makarov nodded slightly again. "Erza and Mirajane informed me. You are very lucky they supported you in this. After what I just saw, had you any part in riling up Laxus, I would have suspended you from the guild indefinitely."

Naruto frowned and growled softly, but he could see where he was coming from. That had been one hell of a light show that easily could have taken the mage's life. He wanted to know what was going to happen to Laxus, but knew it wasn't his business.

Pulling himself to his feet, Naruto tied the remains of his clothes around his waist and limped out of the hole. Upon reaching the lip, Naruto looked down at Makarov when he felt the guild Master lay a hand on Naruto's calf. "As it stands though... I'm extremely relieved that you are alright. Don't scare me like that again."

Suddenly at a loss for words, Naruto looked down at the old man with a new found respect for him. Unable to think of anything meaningful to say, the blond just swallowed and nodded. Dropping his hand, Makarov turned and walked over to his still grandson. Checking him over, he tutted softly. "Naruto, give me a hand carrying this nuisance back to the guild."

A small smile slipped onto Naruto's face and he walked over. Picking up the man, he settled him onto a comfortable place on his shoulder. A sudden thought entered Naruto's mind and he groaned unhappily as he slapped his hand to his chest. "Damnit, my Saints badge!"

"Oh?" Walking over to the hole, Makarov peered in before spotting something. Sliding down, the man grabbed a shiny little object and climbed back out. Holding his hand out, he smirked. "What, you think that little party popper would destroy it? These things are made for mages far more powerful than you or I. It can take a good hit and come out perfectly fine."

Grinning thankfully, Naruto attached it to his waist. "That is a massive relief. Who knows what the council would do if they found out I lost one of these things."

Chuckling, Makarov began walking down the road. "I don't think you'd wanna find out."

Nodding, Naruto stepped into line with him. "I'll trust you on that." Thinking back, Naruto then looked down at the Master. "So, those massive hand that hit us, that was you wasn't it?"

Looking up with one eye, Makarov shrugged. "So what if it was?"

Naruto shrugged in return. "Nothing, it just reminds me of a big boned friend I have back home."

Chuckling, Makarov looked back down at the road and kept walking.

XxXxXxX

By the time Naruto got back to the guild, he was sure half the men in the city hated him and half the women were even more perverse than his old teacher. He had never heard such open cries of 'Strip!' in all his life. It certainly boosted his confidence however and he wasn't ashamed to admit it.

Though he had a number of crusted over cuts covering his body and was generally looking absolutely filthy, Naruto strutted into the makeshift guild happily, a pleasant smile on his face. A number of mages looked over and stared disbelievingly as the mostly naked blond carried in their second most powerful mage over his should, the guild Master trailing behind him resignedly. Looking at Makarov, Naruto shifted Laxus around on his shoulder. "Where do you want him?"

Sighing, Makarov rubbed his head and waved at the back of the guild. "Just put him there out of sight. I'll deal with him when he wakes up."

Nodding, Naruto then began making his way through the sea of wide eyes. Sweat dropping at the number of jealous comments he was getting, he did his best to rush through the group. Finally making it through, he took one step and ran straight into Natsu. Flitting around him in awe, the energetic teen poked and prodded him as well as his cargo. "You beat Laxus? How the hell did you do that? I've been trying for years and can never scratch him! I bet you stuck your fingers up his butt hey. You're dirty. Maybe I should try that though? It is pretty powerful. Are you ok but? You're all covered in cuts and blood and stuff! You really must have struggled against him."

Recoiling from the rapid-fire questions, Naruto held out a hand. "Natsu, take a breath!"

Remembering his did in fact need air, Natsu sucked in a lung full and grinned. "So what ya doin' now?"

Shrugging, Naruto wandered around the back. "I dunno. After I drop this guy off I guess I'll need a shower."

Frowning, Natsu shook his head. "You don't need a shower, just go jump in one of the fresh water rivers. Works for me."

Considering the idea, Naruto then shook his head. "Nah, I can't. Mira-chan wants another date tonight so I better do something a bit more fancy than that."

Eyes widening, Natsu watched the blond drop the mage in awe. "You went on a date? Like, an actual date?"

Straightening, Naruto walked out with a grin. "Yup! Lucky huh?"

Placing a thoughtful finger to his mouth, Natsu narrowed an eye. "So, what did you actually do?"

The blond shrugged. "I dunno, hung out, talked, went for a boat ride..."

He then trailed off with a goofy smile on his face. Natsu didn't notice that though and frowned. "So, it was just like hanging out with her?"

Any answer he was to receive was cut off as Mirajane suddenly rushed over, having been told Naruto had returned. Checking over him worriedly, Mirajane fussed and hummed in concern. "Oh Naruto! Are you ok? I was so scared after Laxus threw you away! Where is all this blood coming from?"

Chuckling as her hands ran all over him, Naruto grabbed her wrists. "I'm fine! Honest! I'll be all better by tomorrow. You might wanna check on Laxus though..."

The name instantly got a sour response from the ivory haired girl. She puffed her cheeks out and frowned. "I probably should, but I'm not very impressed with him. What did he even do to you out there?"

Chuckling, Naruto scratched the back of his head as he toned the story down. "Oh, something like Erza's and Natsu's challenge, just a bit more... serious."

Narrowing her eyes at the blond, Mirajane scrutinised him for a moment. "I guess that sounds reasonable enough." Sighing, she suddenly wrapped the boy up in a hug. "I'm just so happy you're ok."

Letting go, she frowned. "Though we will have to get you some new clothes now."

Putting on a fake pout, Naruto looked down. "What, you don't like my body?"

A finger then traced itself down his chest and down his stomach. Looking up, Naruto's eyebrows raised at the heated flush on her cheeks. "Now I never said that did I? Just think of it as keeping prying eyes away from what's mine."

Dropping her hand, she winked at Naruto before giving a stunned Natsu a little wave and disappearing around the back to look at Laxus. Both teens stood still for a moment, watching where Mirajane had disappeared behind. A few seconds later, Natsu spoke up. "Your date is going to be awesome, isn't it?"

Naruto didn't miss a beat. "Oh hell yes it is."

"Oh, and your scroll thingy with your clothes in it is on the counter."

Looking over as Mirajane's voice floated out, the blond saw his portable wardrobe. Turning to face Natsu, Naruto held it up. "Well, I better go have a shower or something. Can't really change into clothes like this."

Nodding, Natsu moved in. "Can I come with you? I... wanna ask you something."

Shrugging, Naruto nodded. "Yeah sure."

Grinning, Natsu raised his hands to the back of his head. "Thanks! So, where ya gonna take a shower? The usual ones are all wrecked."

Naruto hummed in thought. "Hmmm, I could probably... oh CRAP."

Suddenly taking off in a wild sprint, Natsu cried out in surprise as the blond shot past him. Regaining his bearings, he took off in pursuit with an angry shout.

XxXxXxX

Naruto was sitting sheepishly in front of Cana, his head hung apologetically as the brunette stood before him. She had her arms crossed over her impressive chest and she was not looking at all pleased. "So? What do you have to say for yourself?"

Naruto whined and looked up. "I already said I'm sorry like a thousand times! I didn't mean to leave you locked in there so long, it was Laxus's fault for distracting me!"

Natsu stood towards the back of the room, snickering as Naruto was reprimanded. He laughed harder when Naruto's soft voice reached his super sensitive ears. "Traitor..."

Frowning, Cana dropped her hands to her hips. "Whatever. It still meant you left me locked in that room, WITHOUT ALCOHOL I MIGHT ADD, for who knows how long! How are you going to make it up to me huh?"

Naruto shrugged. "I dunno! I'd take you out or something but I got no money."

Cana raised an eyebrow. "Why would you say that? You don't strike me as the 'going out' type of guy."

Naruto scratched his head in frustration. "All you girls seem to like going out! I mean, first Mira-chan asks me out, then Erza does, so why wouldn't you?"

Eyes widening in surprise, Cana had to take a seat. "You mean the Erza asked you out?"

Naruto nodded. "Yeah, but from everything I've learnt, girls hate guys who do multiple dates at once. You're a girl, can you tell me what's going on?"

Blinking one or two times, Cana shook her head. "Uh, I don't really know what those two think. They used to be worst rivals but now they're joining teams to bag you?"

Naruto shook his head. "Nah, not quite. Mira-chan seemed a bit... off when Erza asked, but still said yes."

Cana paused for a few moments before shrugging. "Well, I have absolutely no idea what's going on. That's all your problem boy. So long as you keep making me breakfast, I couldn't give two damns what you do with your spare time."

Sighing, Naruto scratched his head. "Well thanks for not helping. You might as well be a guy in a hot chick's body."

Smirking, Cana relaxed as a well overdue mouthful of her precious liquid entered her mouth. Sighing happily, she felt the tension leave her. "I haven't heard that one before, but I can see where ya comin' from. I'm a simple girl."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Yeah, that you are. So, can I use your shower now?"

Frowning, Cana looked up at him. "Oi! What about your apology dinner?"

Eyebrows raised high, Naruto looked back at her. "You mean you want a date too?"

Snorting, Cana sunk another mouthful. Wiping her mouth, she chuckled. "I don't care what you call it, but free booze and a free meal is something I'd never pass up."

Sighing in relief, Naruto nodded. Not that he wouldn't mind her company, it's just he would have even less of an idea how to juggle three dates instead of two. Walking past Natsu, he saw the stunned look on the boys face and dropped a hand onto his shoulder. "Don't think too hard alright? It hurts."

XxXxXxX

Patting himself down happily, Naruto was back in his usual orange get up, his Konoha headband strapped securely around his forehead. His Saints badge was fastened securely to his chest in a position of pride.

Wandering out, he waved at Cana. "Thanks for that! I guess I'll go take a job or something and get saving."

Flapping a hand at him, she nodded absently. "Yeah, yeah. Just make sure you save a lot. You owe me an open bar tab at the least."

Sighing, Naruto just nodded and wandered out. Looking at Natsu, he gave him a weak smile. "So, what did you wanna talk about?"

Just then, Cana's angry voice screamed out the door. "NARUTO! WHY IS THERE WATER ALL OVER THE BATHROOM WALLS?"

Flinching, Naruto looked at the smirking pink haired boy. "First, we run."

XxXxXxX

Having successfully escaped from raging brunette, Naruto and Natsu now found themselves seated on a few steps beside the canal. Sighing, Naruto leaned back and looked over at his companion. "So, what did you wanna ask?"

Frowning slightly, Natsu lifted his hands and began poking his fingers together. "Well... you're like dating girls n stuff aren't you?"

Nodding, Naruto said nothing and waited for him to continue. "Um, I was wondering then... how do you ask out a girl?"

Eyebrows raising, Naruto sat up. "Like, a real girl?"

Glaring at the blond, Natsu clenched his fists. "Of course a real girl! What other kind is there?"

Holding his hands out apologetically, Naruto smiled disarmingly. "Sorry, sorry! I just didn't think you cared about girls like that."

Frowning in confusion, Natsu shook his head. "I dunno what you mean 'like that'. Mirajane seemed to like whatever you guys did when you went out, so I wanna see if Lucy wanted to go do something! She's been stressing a bit lately, so I wanted to help somehow."

Naruto nodded. "That's thoughtful of you. I didn't think you were that deep."

Natsu blushed and looked away. "Wh-whatever! I'm just doing this for Lucy."

Chuckling, Naruto leant back. "I know you are. So yeah... asking out a girl..."

Trailing off, Natsu leant in curiously. After a moment though, Naruto sweat dropped and scratched his cheek. "To tell you the truth, I didn't ask either of them out. With Mira-chan it just kinda happened, and Erza flat out asked me."

Groaning, Natsu puffed his cheeks out and rested his chest on his knees. "Well that sucks! It didn't help at all!"

Pulling himself up beside the teen, Naruto tried to recover the situation. "Now, now, not all is lost! I had the greatest womaniser in all of history as a teacher, so I got a couple of helpful tips up there whether I like it or not."

Natsu looked over unbelievingly to which Naruto frowned. "I do! My first tip, think of something she likes. What does Lucy like?"

Naruto trailed off and they looked blankly at each other. They held each other's questioning gaze for a while before Natsu spoke. "So? What does she like?"

Snorting in surprise, Naruto widened his eyes. "I dunno! That was a question to you!"

Staring back at Naruto incredulously, Natsu shouted in his face, "Well I dunno either!"

Groaning, Naruto slapped himself in the face. "Dude, honestly, you gotta know what a girl likes before you take her out!"

Moaning pathetically, Natsu slumped back. "Awww why does this dating thing have to be so hard?"

Not one to give up just yet, Naruto clapped him on the back. "Come on! Don't give up yet, think! What do you know she likes?"

Groaning, Natsu held his head as he tried to run through his memories of the girl. "Oh... I dunno... parties maybe? Singing, reading books, getting dresses and stuff... she seems to like getting naked a lot too, but I think that's just 'cause she's always in the wrong place at the wrong time."

A pleasant image entered Naruto's mind of Lucy with Gray's stripping habit, but he did his best to ignore it for the moment. Natsu still needed help. "That's a start... maybe take her to a karaoke bar? You can get something to eat there and then sing to some songs you like."

Natsu gave him a dead pan look. "That sounds really dumb. Why would I do that?"

Rolling his eyes, Naruto explained. "You wanna do something for Lucy right? So suck up what you do or don't like and do what she likes. Even if you don't, just keep quiet and do it anyway. I guarantee she'll like it."

Humming quietly to himself, Natsu considered the option. "Well... I suppose it could work. So how do I actually ask her out?"

Naruto sighed as he tried to think. "Well... just ask her. See when she's free then just invite her out."

Nodding, Natsu raised his head as he heard something. "Naaaaaaatsuuuuuu..."

Squinting, Naruto could make out a little blue object flying in, eyes closed in glee and paws outstretched. "I found you!"

Barrelling into the flame mage's chest, Happy looked up at him with wide eyes. "I just found a new river! It has all yummy fish in it, I saw a bunch of people catching them!"

Eyes widening happily, Natsu grinned. "Really? Where?"

A small paw pointed to the outskirts of town. "Just that way! You should have seen the fish! They were HUGE!"

The little cat stretched his paws as wide as possible to emulate the gargantuan size of the animals. Drooling, Natsu wiped his mouth. "You sure? This isn't just a river you forgot we'd already been to?"

He shook his head. "Nup! I'm forty-five percent sure we haven't been there before!"

Grinning, Natsu jumped to his feet. "Good enough odds for me! Let's go!"

"AH-AH!"

Hearing the negative cry behind him, Natsu and Happy turned to look at Naruto. "Oh! Naruto! I didn't see you, you wanna come get some taste fish too?"

Sighing, Naruto shook his head. "Not just now. Natsu, weren't you about to do something?"

The teen looked at him questioningly.

"Lucy?"

Eyes lighting up in remembrance, he sighed and looked at Happy apologetically. "Sorry little guy, I was just about to ask Lucy out to some sing-along bar."

Frowning in confusion, Happy looked up. "But... I thought she liked Naruto?"

"Eh?" Natsu turned a questioning gaze to the blond. He shrugged. "I dunno."

Looking back at Happy, Natsu frowned. "So, she likes Naruto?"

Now bewildered, the cat blinked in surprise. "Well, I thought so... do you like Lucy?"

Natsu nodded. "Of course! Not as much as I like you but. I just wanna help her stop being worried all the time."

Nodding thoughtfully, Happy placed a paw at his mouth. "Yeah... we should go to the river and get her a fish!"

The teens eyes lit up happily and he threw the cat into the air. "That's a great idea!"

"NATSU!"

Flinching, the boy looked over at Naruto. "Oh, right, sing bar."

Looking up at the now airborne cat, he grinned. "Well, maybe you wanna come along on the date too?"

Grinning broadly, the cat cheered. "Yay! A love triangle! Can we order fish?"

Rolling his eyes at the cat's fixation on his favourite meal, Naruto stood up and dusted himself down. "Well, I'll leave you alone then. So remember, whatever you do tonight, if you want Lucy to enjoy it, you'll do whatever she wants."

Natsu grinned. "Even if I don't like it?"

Naruto grinned back. "Especially if you don't like it. Now go find her!"

With twin calls of "AYE!", the cat and his boy took off in the general direction of the guild, all the while making a massive amount of noise and mess.

Watching triumphantly as they energetically destroyed everything in their path, Naruto nodded to himself happily. That hadn't gone so bad after all!

Stretching, he leisurely made his way back to the guild as he decided he'd take his first official job since arriving here.

XxXxXxX

Wandering up to the board, Naruto peered at it solidly for the first time. All over the board were slips of paper, some decorated nicely and others a little less so. Pawing over a couple, Naruto frowned. They all had various rewards plastered onto them, but all the well paying ones were in places he'd never even heard of. Hearing movement beside him, Naruto looked over and then up.

Standing beside him was a rather tall, dark skinned man with thick, black hair done up in an odd bob style. His black eyes were trained on the job board intently, his thick lips pursed in thought. Letting his blue eyes quickly drift down for a moment, Naruto saw he was wearing a necklace made up on little carved skulls that hung over a black with green trim vest. He had some weird tribal looking skirt thing on that covered his legs, looking like it was simply a couple of clumps of dried grass tied to his waist with a red belt.

Feeling the smaller males eyes on him, the man looked down. "Oh, Naruto! I didn't see you there!"

Sweating slightly, Naruto grinned awkwardly. "Oh, uh, hello..."

The big man's face fell slightly as he realised the blond didn't know his name. "I'm Nab."

Chuckling, Naruto scratched his head and held out his other hand. "Heh, nice to meet you!"

Taking it, they exchanged a quick shake before turning back to the board. Looking over it again, Naruto turned his gaze up to the tall man. "So, what are you looking for? I've never taken a job and you seem to always be over here looking, so I'd expect you'd have a good idea of what's the go."

Nodding, Nab let his eyes flow over the board. "I'm actually waiting for a mission that only I can undertake. For you however, I'd suggest something like this to get you started."

Pulling a sheet from the top right hand corner, the man handed it to Naruto. Nodding his thanks, Naruto looked at what was given him. It seemed to be a one time job down at the wharfs scrubbing boats down of barnacles and other such creatures. It was a workload based payment too, so the more you did the more you earned.

Grinning, Naruto rolled it up and stuck it in his pocket. "That's perfect. Thanks!"

Nab nodded and smiled. "No problem. If you ever need help again, just speak to me. I'll probably be right here."

Giving him a two fingered salute, Naruto turned and made his way toward the door.

"Naruto!"

Hearing his name called, he turned and saw Mirajane running up to him with a book in her hands. "You can't leave just yet!"

Turning, Naruto dropped an eyebrow. "Uh, why? Is there something else I need?"

Dropping the book onto the table, Mirajane nodded. "Yup! We keep a record of what jobs go in and out so we don't double book. Let me see that."

Handing the sheet over, Naruto waited as the girl flipped through the pages. Finding the job listed, she pulled a pen from her blouse and scratched Naruto's name beside it. Handing the job slip back, she snapped the book shut and smiled at him. "All set! Make sure you're not back too late though, we still have our date tonight!"

Giggling happily, the girl then twirled around and skipped away. Chuckling at the couple of jealous glares he was receiving, Naruto turned and wandered out of the guild.

XxXxXxX

Reaching the docks, Naruto stopped and looked around. Sailors were wandering about everywhere, some more drunk than others. Watching as the majority seemed to head for the bar, the blond shrugged and followed suit.

Pushing into the room, Naruto's nose crinkled as the strong smell of alcohol and tobacco hit him. Taking another look at the slip, he looked around. Spotting one sailor sitting by himself, he wandered over and tapped his shoulder. "Excuse me, I'm wondering where I can find a mister... Donathan?"

Looking up, the gnarled man coughed. "Who wants to know?"

Nearly reeling back from the over powering sent of booze, Naruto steeled his face. Cana didn't stink that bad and she drunk as much or even more than these guys! "He posted a job in Fairy Tail and I came to do it."

Grunting in acceptance, he thumbed an arthritic hand over to the far wall. "He be the one in the center of that table."

Thanking the man, Naruto wandered over and stood before the rowdy group. The laughing men didn't seem to notice him standing there so Naruto cleared his throat. Dying down, they all turned their eyes to him. "Uh, I'm looking for Donathan? I took the job he posted at Fairy Tail."

A harsh laugh toward the back of the table drew his attention. "By yourself? Come now lad, I specifically requested a team or more. Run back home now and let them know I need a real group."

He may have been underestimated his whole life, but it still struck a chord with the blond. Slapping the paper down, Naruto frowned. "I can do it, I guarantee it."

Raising an eyebrow, Donathan looked him over. "If you can do all those boats out there, I'll eat my own boots."

Naruto extended a hand. "Willing to bet on that?"

Considering the hand for a moment, the grizzled old man then grinned. "Alrighty then boy. But if ya don't, what work ya have done is for free. Don't say I didn't warn ya."

Taking the extended hand, they shook. Standing, he dropped a couple of gold coins on the table. "Occupy yourselves until I get back mates. Shan't be long."

A joyful cry sounded out from the group and they all instantly raised their hands and summoned the overworked waitress. Following the man outside, Naruto observed the boats liked up. There were quite a number, all ranging in size from simple two manners, right up to open sea vessels. The man finally stopped and turned with a grin. Looking over the boats, Naruto nodded. "Alright, which one is it?"

Donathan's grin widened. "All of them my boy."

Looking at him in surprise, Naruto swallowed. "Like, all of them all of them?"

Laughing, the old sailor nodded. "Yup! I'll give you one last chance now to go back and find a group."

Cracking his knuckles, Naruto shook his head. "Nah, I'll be fine. I was just surprised how much you owned, that's all."

"Eh?" Frowning slightly, the man looked Naruto over. "Well... you got guts atleast. Not too sure about smarts though..."

Chuckling, Naruto brought his fingers up. "I've been told that before. Never stopped me though."

Focusing, Naruto tensed and Donathan let out a surprised cry as the entire area was suddenly flooded with identical replicas of the blond. More than a couple other sailors shouted out too, not at all expecting the sudden shrinkage of space. Turning to face his employer, Naruto grinned. "Should have this done in an hour or two."

His wide eyes stare was all Naruto needed in reply and with that, each of the hundred plus Naruto's withdrew a kunai and jumped off the wharf and onto the water's surface and got to work. The resultant shout of disbelief was music to his ears.

XxXxXxX

As said, about an hour and a half later a wet Naruto stood before the crowd of stunned sailors, every single boat picked clean of barnacles. Grinning, Naruto pointed at the worn, smelly boots of his employer. "I believe you have your half of the deal to uphold now."

Shaking his head slowly, Donathan let out a low whistle. "My boy... I have never seen anything like that in all my years of sailing. I don't particularly wish to eat these old boots either, if for the simple fact they're really comfortable. Might you take a bit of a bonus on top as payment instead?"

Smiling happily, Naruto nodded. "Sure! I'm not one to turn away something like that."

Nodding, Donathan turned and began walking back to the bar. "Just wait here then lad. I'll get you your reward."

XxXxXxX

A few minutes later, the crowd had dispersed after Donathan had shouted at them to get back to their own business. Looking around suspiciously, the man then pulled a rugged paper envelope from his coat. "You can never be too trusting. They might be good men, but they're always looking for an easy jewel. You take this and go straight home. Some of these men are fine pickpockets."

Chuckling, Naruto pulled his scroll out and placed the envelope on it. Placing his hand on it, he flowed chakra into the matrix and in a puff of smoke, the money disappeared. Tucking it away, he chuckled as the old man drew a wrinkled hand over his face. Shaking his head, Donathan extended a hand. "Well, you made a right fool of me. That'll teach me to think first next time. What was your name by the way? I never did catch it."

Shaking his hand, the blond grinned. "Naruto."

Nodding, the man let go and stepped back. "What a strange name... never heard anything like it. Well Naruto, you take care and expect to hear from me in the future. I'd be interested in using your services again."

Chuckling, Naruto raised his hand to the back of his head. "Yeah well, you know where to find me."

Nodding, the old man took a step back. "Aye, that I do. You run along now and keep that scroll thing of yours safe. Don't let anyone snatch it ya hear?"

Naruto grinned. "If they can catch me, they deserve it."

And with a short run up, the blond jumped up and onto the roof of the building and dashed away.

XxXxXxX

A/N – Ok, I may get questions as to why Naruto had such a tough time with Laxus. I may not. Either way, I'll give you reasons now so you don't need to ask me. However, if you have a question that I didn't answer, I give you permission to ask, but just this once.

1. Laxus IS S Ranked. He is no push over and to top it off, he's the second strongest in all of Fairy Tail ((minus Makarov) Edit - stop stressing people, I remember Gildarts. Who wouldn't? He's AWESUM! I say MINUS MAKAROV, meaning that without him, Laxus is second strongest after Gildarts. There, all better) so yes, Naruto is going to have problems with him no matter what.

2. Naruto is holding back attacks like Rasenshuriken cause he doesn't want to kill him. Maim, yeah, but not kill.

3. Laxus isn't holding back. He wants to deliver some serious pain. It's hard to beat someone at full strength when you're not.

4. You also wanna know why the Raiton: Rasengan was so powerful too? Because it had absorbed the full Lightning Dragons Roar into it. On his own, Naruto could never generate that kind of power (Yet. Who knows?) so an unexpectedly powerful attack was the result.

I have also been told about something called TV Troupe. Vandenbz brought it to my attention that this story should be considered for it. I personally had never heard of this TV Troupe before, but if you agree with whatever it is, send Vandenbz a message about it.

I hope you enjoyed the fight too. That was actually the reason the chapter was pumped out so fast too, cause I had such a blast writing it!

As always, let me know if it was awesome/crappy and stuff.

This is usually where I sign off, but over the chapters I have been getting requests to do that scene where everyone swapped bodies for the episode. It wasn't cannon so I skipped it, but due to popular demand, here is a nice little omake for you all.

Omake

Naruto wandered into the main guild hall and spotted Natsu and Lucy bent over something. Erza and Gray were also wandering over so naturally intrigued, the blond followed suit. The group were muttering about some translation thing, so once within ear shot, Naruto called out.

"Oi, what's going on? The party seems to have moved to this table."

Looking up, the resident S Rank mage looked up. "Oh, Naruto. We were just considering this request. The reward is five hundred thousand jewels if you can read this."

Leaning in and looking at what the finger was pointed at, Naruto frowned. Lucy was sitting opposite him and looked up excitedly. "So you think you can read it?"

Snorting, Naruto shook his head. "I just wanted to see what it looked like. There's no chance in hell I'd be able to read that."

Groaning, the blond girl spun the piece of paper around and frowned as she tried to make out the words. "Honestly... why look if you're not even going to try?"

Ignoring her, Naruto looked at the other two males. "Either of you two looked at it yet?"

Gray shook his head. "Fire balls here got a brief look, but we got it back before he ate it."

Turning away, Naruto ignored the immanent fight and took a seat as the two males fell into a scrap heap. Shuffling over beside Lucy, he took a closer look. "Have you worked out anything?"

Casting him a quick glance, the girl shook her head. "No, but I'm trying! Something seems really familiar about it. These old style characters are so rare I'd doubt there's anyone left alive who could read them. There's a transliteration beside it though."

"Oh? Can I see that?" Looking up, Lucy's face brightened as the resident barmaid wandered over. "Mirajane! Of course you may, here."

Handing the sheet over, the ivory haired girl frowned as she studied the words. "Hmmm... I can kind of read the translation... let's see... Uugo deru rasuchi borokamia. Huh, I wonder what that means?"

Any reply was halted by a strange vibration through the air that seemed to permeate deep into their bodies. Naruto swayed about a bit as things went a little woozy, but it passed quickly enough. Blinking several times, Naruto wiped his eyes. "Damn, what just happened?"

"C-c-c-cold!"

All eyes trained on the suddenly shivering Gray. Cocking an eyebrow, Naruto heard a couple of mages behind him whisper, "An ice mage, cold? That kinda defeats the purpose of being one doesn't it?"

As Gray shivered away, Lucy suddenly groaned. Looking at the girl, Naruto frowned as she suddenly looked like she was struggling to hold her own body weight up. "H-heavy! It feels like I have freakin' Elfman hanging from my shoulders! Holy crap, my back is killing me..."

Feeling a pulling around his own shoulders, Naruto blinked. "Now that you mention it, I do too! What the hell Elfman, get off me!"

"S...sister, what are you saying?" Turning to look behind himself, Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Sister? And you're not hanging off me... hang on, what the hell, did you just grow a foot or something?"

"What am I doing sitting down?"

A deep voice from behind him made the blond look around. Squinting an eye, he shook his head. "Hang on, when did I create a clone?"

The clone blinked several times as it looked up at Naruto. Its head then tilted to the side in a very effeminate way as a hand rose up and cupped its cheek. "Oh my, this isn't right."

Growling, Naruto raised a fist. "Damn right it ain't. Stop being so girly! You're a man!"

Shaking its head, the clone hummed. "No, I'm Mirajane! I take it you're Naruto?"

Crinkling his eyebrows, Naruto leant back. "Yeah, who else would it be?"

His clone pointed at his body. "You may want to look down."

Blinking twice, Naruto then followed the direction. His eyes widened in surprise when instead of the expected view, he saw two massive orbs sitting just beneath his nose. Crying out, Naruto tried to jump away from them. "Oi! What the hell, who stole my body?"

Slapping his hands to the orbs, Naruto found them to be nice and squishy. Pushing them flat, he peered over them and sighed in relief. "Alright, that wasn't cool, I thought I was just a head for a second there. Why am I in a dress though? And what is up with my voice?"

Looking over the rest of the table, Naruto frowned as he saw the rest of the group acting weirdly. Gray was still shivering like it was the middle of winter, Lucy had all but collapsed under her boobs for some reason, Erza had the dorkiest smile ever on her face, Happy was looking around in bewilderment and Natsu had disappeared out the front door. Some other fellow was standing there though, looking just as confused as the rest of them.

Looking back down at his clone, Naruto scrutinised it for a bit before speaking again. "So... you're Mirajane?"

The new found Mirajane nodded unhappily. "And you are me."

Pursing his lips, Naruto looked down at his chest again. Poking it, he felt a strong hand grab his. Looking up, he saw Mirajane staring at him in embarrassment. "D-don't do that!"

Looking back down, Naruto then gave himself a test wriggle. The things on his chest swung around merrily. Ignoring the anguished cry from himself, Naruto grinned. "Heh, this could be fun for a bit! HEY BIG BOYS~!"

All the male mages looked over at the sing song voice to find Naruto with his hand halfway down his top, a finger on his lips and a heavy blush coating his cheeks as he slowly dipped his hand further into the fabric. A torrent of blood spewed forth from the multiple mages and Naruto burst out laughing as both Mirajane and Elfman shouted at him embarrassedly. Wiping a tear away, he looked over at the remaining group. Pointing at Gray, he got the rest of the laughs out of him. "So who are you?"

Looking over in dismay, the mage shivered. "L-Lucy."

Naruto nodded. "Right, I'm Naruto. You?"

He pointed at the unfamiliar face in the group. Frowning in confusion, the man clicked his tongue. "I'm meant to be Natsu. But, this isn't me, so have I been Loki all along?"

Ignoring the philosophical questions from the dense teen, Naruto checked out the floored blond girl. "So, you're not Lucy, you're..."

A painful moan sounded out. "Gray. Please someone rescue me from these things!"

Naruto chuckled. "Nah, I rather like them and I bet Lucy does too. Besides, it doesn't hurt that bad, I can say from experience." Then looking over at Happy and Erza, Naruto shook a finger at them. "So you two swapped then, I take it?"

The cat was currently on his knees, extremely depressed with the outcome of the swap. "Why... why of all things did I have to be swapped with Happy?"

The cat however was thoroughly enjoying the new, taller body and was quite ready to share his excitement. "Check this out! I got a fantastic pair of boobs now! Looky, looky!"

Cupping the former redhead's body, Happy pushed the large amount of flesh up and jiggled them around. Fresh blood torrents spurted out anew as an enraged Erza suddenly dived at Happy. "STOP THIS!"

The attack was proven to be completely ineffective as the tiny cat simply bounced off the much larger body with a dull thump. Regarding his chest, Happy grinned. "That didn't hurt at all!"

Finding herself on her knees again, Erza began shedding a few tears. "Why... why me? I wasn't the one who stole the mission, it wasn't me! What is going on?"

A sudden thump at the door drew everyones attention and they all looked over to see the diminutive form of the guild Master. Walking in, he looked over the rabble. "Hmmm... looks like you lot have stumbled over the magical words of Umpera. You just activated a Change Ring."

Everyone affected ran over, eager to hear what Makarov had to say. Clearing his throat, he continued. "That request is the cause. When a Change Ring is activated, everyone within the magic's vicinity has their minds and bodies swapped."

Looking over himself, Naruto smirked. "Well, I can't say I'm too disappointed with the swap. When do we change back though?"

Closing his eyes, Makarov hummed. "Well... if you don't undo the Change Ring within thirty minutes of being activated, it becomes permanent."

That wiped the smirk off Naruto's face quick-smart as everyone leaned in with a unified, "WHAT?"

Whirling around, Gray grabbed at his chest as it swung painfully. "How long has it been active?"

Elfman looked at his watch and furrowed his eyes. "Well... coming up fifteen minutes. You're half way there."

Shrieking in fear, Gray gripped them hem of his shirt. "I'M GONNA DO IT! JUST WATCH ME!"

A sudden clamber filled the room as all the males (Naruto included) jumped forward to get an eyeful of undoubtedly one of the best chests the guild had to offer. Lucy quickly shut down their hopes though as the much stronger body she now inhabited managed to wrestle Gray to the floor.

"Huh, so Gray still has his stripping urges. Actually..." Everyone turned to look at Happy as he looked at his body. "I know! Watch this!"

A bright glowing light encased the 'cat' and Erza cried out in fear. The light quickly faded and Erza's fears were well justified as Happy now stood there in a skin tight, one piece bathing suit. Frothing violently, Naruto along with Elfman, Macao and Wakaba all jumped forward with their thumbs raised high. "NICE!"

Erza tried yet again to attack Happy and stop the cat from exposing her anymore, but was subsequently silenced as a neglectful elbow from the former cat smashed Erza square in the face. Dropping to the floor, Erza began crying. "This is not fair. It's just a dream, wake up Erza, it's just a bad dream!"

Realising what's going on, Mirajane slapped a hand to her mouth. "No... no! We've swapped abilities as well!"

A cold chill suddenly ran through Naruto as the horrific reality of it sunk in. That meant not only the abilities had been swapped but also, '...Kyuubi.'

His gaze met Mirajane's and he was surprised to see her looking back at him with the same fear filled eyes. Pulling her off to the side, he lowered his voice. "Uh, Mira-chan, all I ask is that you trust me when I say please don't try anything I can do. I guess that's the same for me too?"

Seeing her just swallow and nod, Naruto let out a relieved breath. "Good. Let's focus on getting back to normal now shall we?"

Again, something thumped at the front door and everyone looked over. Standing in the light was Levy with Jet and Droy standing either side of her. "Here, let me take a look at the slip! I'm pretty good with old style languages so I might be able to work something out!"

Running over to the table, Levy pulled an entire stack of books from somewhere on her thin person and slapped them down on the top. Throwing on a set of weird red glasses, the girl began breezing through the books in front of her at an incredibly fast pace. Moving up beside her, Naruto looked her in surprise. "You can actually read that fast?"

She hummed absently as she dropped the first book and picked up another. "No, it's the glasses. They're magical."

Mirajane then moved up beside Naruto and gently grabbed his arm. "Come away now, let her focus."

Nodding, Naruto complied and was lead away to mingle with the rest of the afflicted group. Sitting down, he realised everyone was chatting silently to the person they were swapped with, possibly exchanging magic tips on their abilities and such.

Looking at Mirajane, he rolled his eyes as he saw his own face. "This is just too weird Mira-chan." Sighing, he leant back. "What happens if we can't change back?"

Trying to keep cheerful, Mirajane waved her hands about. "D-don't say that! Levy will change us back, I'm sure of it!"

Groaning as his shoulders let out another pang of pain from all the added weight on his front, Naruto sighed. "I hope so. Chronic shoulder and back pain doesn't really sound like all that much fun."

XxXxXxX

TBC

Don't mind any of that omake. It is totally mindless and has absolutely no importance in the great scheme of thing. Sorry for wasting your time.

Lanky Nathan

P.S. don't expect an update this fast again. One time only special, got it? Damn I'm too kind.