"Alright, before we keep going, I think there are a few people that need to be punished for, if I recall correctly, those that sabotaged my sochi's education and potential while in the academy." Kushina gave them a blood thirsty grin that made most people tremble and pale in fear at seeing her like this.
Minato was of the same mind as he remembered that tidbit of information and wasn't a happy man knowing the very village that he and his wife gave their lives for, would hurt their son for such a stupid reason. He made this known by cracking his knuckles as that got everyone's attention knowing it wasn't just Kushina, but him as well.
Not wanting to deal with two angry parents, Kakashi and other Konoha shinobi that knew of the perpetrators responsible, were quickly called out by them and given to the angry parents that demanded retribution. The sold out people quickly became whimpering messes knowing what was coming and there was nothing they could do as it was few people so the two parents created a few shadow clones to drag them off.
As they started taking them away two doors suddenly appeared making the parents grin knowing that they could take care of them in the rooms without prying eyes, much to the ones in trouble in horror. The two parents dragged them away while their prey begged for mercy and said how sorry they were, but they weren't hearing it and they needed to get their own form of penance for what was done to their son.
"I'm glad that I was smarter than those idiots and knew that Naruto wasn't the Kyuubi. It made zero sense to think like that." Anko said, clearly terrified yet, also was very curious about what the two would do to them.
"I know Kushina-senpai, she won't kill them, but she will make sure they understand what they did and why they're with her now." Kakashi had to fight a wince and his fear as they started hearing screams coming from the two rooms, but more so from the one Kushina was in.
"In the meantime, we can mingle until they get back." Kuro said with a grin as she, Mei, Samui, Temari, Anko, Fu, and Yugito moved away from everyone else to talk and catch up, especially with Fu and Yugito since they've been dead and wanted to know what was going on in the world. The four others had gotten close to Naruto since the war had ended, romantically.
Everyone else followed their example and went to their friends as well with Tsunade and Shizune going to Hashirama and Tobirama, the Rookie 12 were together along with others from different villages. This was nice.
Half Hour Later
Everyone was mingling and enjoying themselves when the two doors opened, catching their attention when they saw Kushina and Minato walk back in with smiles on their faces. The others didn't look so good as they limped into the room, whimpering the whole way.
"Alright with that out of the way, who wants to read next?" Kushina asked as everyone nodded, not wanting to go into what exactly they did to them.
"I'll read next." Fu said with a wide smile, raising her hand. She was handed the book and couldn't contain her excitement as she began reading.
Chapter 4 – Downtime
At the Fairy Tail Base Camp
The whole guild plus Naruto were back at the base camp, the fortress Naruto created around it still standing. Currently, Naruto was getting treated by Wendy, using her healing spell. One would think that with Flame Gods Blessing of Apollo, he would be able to heal the wounds he suffered at Hades hands. However, Naurto was incapable of using it on his own person, which meant he could save others from death, but not himself. So he bandaged the laceration on his upper arm and on his forehead to stop the bleeding, but he would have a few scars from it.
"So, there is a flaw in his magic, he can't heal himself while he can heal others." Tsunade said in amusement, but also sadness since he'd be getting more scars on his body.
Naruto's arm was still bandaged up and in the sling he made, but it no longer hurt. He would have to let it rest. He smiled at Wendy. "Thanks for the help, kid," Naruto said to Wendy.
"Oh, uhm, it's no problem," Wendy said shyly, "I'm just glad we don't have to fight you anymore."
Naruto had a solemn look on his face as he looked at her. "Look, that person that fought you wasn't me. Not the real me at any rate."
"I don't really get it, but I think deep down, you're not really bad." Wendy said innocently.
"Oh, she's just so cute, how can anyone want to hurt such a cutie like her!" Ino and others couldn't help, but coo at the young dragon slayer.
"So innocent despite everything she's been through. I'd take it in as my own daughter if I could." Kushina said with a smile.
Minato nodded his head in agreement at his wife's words. She seemed like a nice girl who likes to help people.
Naruto let a smile creep along his face as he regarded the young dragonslayer for a moment. "Hold on to that innocence, kid. It will be a real shame when it's gone," Naruto said as he patted her on the head, thinking about how he had finally lost his 6 years ago.
Naruto walked back over to the Strauss siblings to see them gathered around Natsu.
"How am I supposed to relax with Natsu snoring logs like that!?" Elfman asked in frustration as Natsu's snoring was annoying him.
"Now now, brother, he needs his rest just like everyone else," Mira gently reprimanded her brother.
"Hey, I just got an idea." Lisanna said excitedly as she tied the sleeping Natsu's hair into pigtails, making him look ridiculous. "It's pig-tail Natsu, isn't he the cutest?" Lisanna and Mirajane laughed at that, but Elfman about it being unmanly.
"Don't be such a stick in the mud, Elfman," Naruto mentioned as he walked up to them and sat down next to them. "Most girls don't like men who complain all the time." He may not have ever had a girlfriend, but he paid attention to girls his age and some of the habits that are common amongst them.
"Wow, okay, this Naruto seems much smarter and more aware of girls than ours does even if they're the same for the most part." Tenten said with a whistle.
"I like it too, it makes me wonder who helped him be less dense?" Ino asked with a finger to her chin in thought.
"I think it's safe to say that Hades helped him with his magic, but Mira seemed to have been the one to help him the most even if she doesn't realize it." Shizune said with a smile, happy for her little brother.
There was an awkward silence between them before Naruto spoke, "I promised I would tell you all what happened to me after you left. I'm ready to tell you now."Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman all sat down around Naruto as he conjured up chairs for each of them. Markarov also sat down with them. Thinking about where he wanted to start, he decided it would be best to start from the beginning.
"I'm gonna get this part out of the way, but you need to understand that I am not from this world." Naruto revealed, to the Strauss Siblings and Fairy Tail's master's complete shock. "In the world that I come from, there is no magic. What humans possess in magic's place is a form of energy called chakra. Chakra is basically the combined form of physical and mental energy. It allows humans to perform superhuman feats like walking on water, manipulating the elements, and casting illusions, just like magic does in this world. Except unlike here, where only 1 in 10 humans can use magic, every human from my world has a chakra network, which is an additional circulatory system through which chakra flows. Anyone could be trained to access and wield it." Natsu had woken up by this point and joined the group. Him and Happy had heard about Ninja and performed their funny ninja pose that Lucy, who had also joined the group, remembered back from their first job together. Wendy was taking a break from healing the guild members by this point and also joined in.
"The ones that typically wielded chakra the most, though, were the shinobi." Naruto said. "In my world, Ninja/shinobi are everywhere. They are the primary military force for every country in the world. Basically, think of shinobi like an army of super soldiers." Naruto knew he could not hide it forever from them and they deserved to know the truth of who he really was. He couldn't move on from his past if he was still bound by it.
"Jeez, it's hard to imagine Naruto being so informative and detailed." Kiba groaned while others agreed though some giggled in amusement.
"So, not everyone can wield Magic unlike our world where everyone can use Chakra? Very interesting." Hiruzen said as he rubbed his chin in thought.
"So, it seems rare to be able to use magic. I wonder how they learn that they can use Magic?" Kurotsuchi asked curiously.
"Maybe we'll get the answers in the explanation that he's giving." Her grandfather said with a shrug as she nodded.
"Whoa. A real ninja!" Natsu said as he wrapped his scarf around his face and mouth. "Nin-nin!"
"Aye, nin-nin." Happy agreed.
"Will you stop it with your ninja obsession, Natsu!" Lucy yelled.
"Never, as a master of shadows, I must remain vigilant nin-nin." Natsu responded.
Naruto turned to him with a cold expression. "You laugh, Natsu, but there is nothing glamorous about the shinobi world. Shinobi are not JUST superhuman soldiers, we're superhuman mercenaries. Our services go to the highest bidder. We will do just about anything, including kill, cheat, steal, and destroy if the price is right. Something that hasn't changed since long before I was born." That shocked the guild members present, who thought it was all fun and games.
"And just like that, he shattered their view on Shinobi from what they thought it was like to what we are in reality." Mei said with a shrug, not bothered with how they were described as it was true.
"And how they all thought what our lifestyle was like." Minato frowned at they thought so little of them.
"I'm not sure what to think of how they thought our world is like a game to them." Kushina said, not amused with how Natsu and Happy thought about Shinobi's.
"Let's keep reading and see how Naruto will explain things to them. I'm curious to see how he'll go about it." Jiraiya said as others nodded in agreement as Fu went back to reading.
"Long before I was ever born, there was a period of time called the Warring States Period. In that era, countries were small, constantly vying for land, power, and resources. To fight these battles, shinobi were hired from various clans to fight their battles. This constant battle led to constant death. Most ninja didn't live to see the age of 30. Children barely 7 years old were trained and expected to fight alongside their adult counterparts, more often than not being killed by older opponents." This caused everyone's eyes to widen in horror.
"This went on for at least 2 centuries. The clans of this era don't really matter with the exception of 2; the Senju and the Uchiha. They were the strongest shinobi clans in the world, both of them along with one other clan, my clan, the Uzumaki, being direct blood descendants of the first person to ever wield chakra, a being called the Sage of the Six Paths, who was basically a living god. Towards the end of the Warring States Period, the future Leaders of the respective clans, Madara Uchiha and Senju Hashirama befriended each other in their youth. They would go on to fight many battles, but this friendship did eventually lead to an end to the fighting. The two most powerful clans stopped fighting and joined forces, leading other nearby clans to join the village they had formed and other clans in other countries to emulate them. For a time, peace was achieved."
"But only for a bit. I was born about 57 years after the formation of the Hidden Village system and 3 world wars had already been fought, the last one ending a year before my birth. All the Hidden Village system ended up doing at the end of the day was consolidating the shinobi forces of the world. The wars were less frequent, but still more destructive and widespread." This shocked those present, as Naruto regaled them more and more with what the dark and violent nature of his former world. At this point, more Fairy Tail mages were gathering around their little group.
"Wow, I never would've expected Naruto or any version of him to be able to give a detailed recount of our history, i'm impressed." Iruka said with a whistle.
"Gah, it doesn't sound like Naruto at all!" Kiba groaned as he held his head.
"I'm glad that he knows his history and even if it was simplified a bit, he did a good job." Hashirama said with a nod as his brother nodded in agreement.
"Then, comes my birth. I don't know exactly what happened that day, but I know this. The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, the most powerful demon of my world, attacked the village. The Fourth Hokage, the leader of the Hidden Leaf Village, which is where I was born, gave his life to stop it by sealing it inside of my infant body. My parents probably were killed by the beast. And my life was a living hell."
"So he still doesn't know we're his parents at this time?" Kushina asked, sad that her son doesn't know about her or Minato at all.
"We never thought he was ready to know about you or his inheritance." Jiraiya said, but apparently it was the wrong thing to say since the room was filled with KI that was coming from Minato and Kushina. They weren't happy in the slightest.
"And when would you tell him about us? What would make him ready? He's only "immature" as he is because of how he was treated as a child, so he had to pretty much raise himself and with all the hatred he received from the adults, but also the children." Minato said with a scowl as he glared at his sensei.
"And the children when they were told to either pick on him or to not be around him at all." Kushina was just as angry if not more so considering how she was treated at first when she arrived in Konoha. This made Hiruzen, Tsunade, and Kakashi stiffen, knowing she was right while others around them had passed out from the combined KI by the two parents, not being able to withstand the pressure.
Hashirama, Tobirama, A, Gaara, Mei, Kurotsuchi, Samui, Anko, Temari, Fu, Yugito, and Onoki didn't look too pleased learning this piece of information as they looked at Konoha Shinobi with disappointment and anger with the latter coming from the women mentioned, especially Yugito, Akko, and Fu as they knew what it was like. He was a prince and royalty and yet was treated like dirt.
Nothing else was said as Kushina and Minato let up on the pressure after realizing that people were passing out. Once those that were affected the most were up and feeling better, Fu went back to reading.
Seeing everyone's quizzical looks, Naruto elaborated further, "Because everyone knew the fox was sealed inside of me, the civilians and a lot of shinobi saw me as the Fox itself. I was hated by Konoha, kicked out of the orphanage at 5 and forced to live out of dumpsters and steal food from others just to stay alive until I was given a rundown apartment to stay in. The people hated me and verbally tore me down, and when they would sell me food, it would be rotten and old, and they charged at least 3 times the regular price. Even though their kids didn't know about the Nine-Tails, they emulated their parents by ostracizing me. I was alone for basically my entire childhood." Hearing such a sad childhood made some like Lucy and Levy start to tear up at how terrible it was for Naruto. Others like Erza sympathized more quietly, while feeling relieved they had never been forced to experience something quite like that.
"I suppose, luckily or unluckily, I was able to become a Shinobi. It wasn't much better there since most of the teachers sabotaged my learning or kicked me out of lessons for no reason, so I wasn't learning what I needed to. I was ignored, and so, I turned to pranking, just to get people to notice me. And I was pretty good at it. I mean, I painted a mountain sized monument with graffiti and nobody noticed it until after I was finished. And then I'd always outrun all the elite ninja as well." Mira and her siblings smiled at that as they visualized it in their heads. They had never seen Naruto perform pranks when they lived in the village but it sounded fun. "But I was very naive. When I failed the graduation exam for the 3rd time, though not for lack of trying, I was actually tricked into stealing the Forbidden Scroll of the Village. Think of it like a book containing the most dangerous, powerful, and forbidden techniques our village had. I ended up learning one of the techniques in the scroll and used it to defeat the traitor, which allowed me to become a shinobi. I was only about 12 at the time."
"Wait, Naruto-kun, you were a child soldier?!" Mira asked in horror.
Naruto nodded. "Same as everyone else. You start training at a young age and entered the Shinobi Academy, about 6 or 7. I could have graduated earlier at age 10, if the damn instructors had actually done their job."
Minato and Kushina scowled again at being reminded of their child being sabotaged in the academy. They hated being reminded of that fact at what their son went through because of their actions.
"Why would they do that to mere children?! I thought you said that the point of creating the Shinobi Villages was to end that!?" Erza shouted. What heartless monsters would train children to be soldiers!? Erza and several others felt this was too close to home to their less than stellar childhood.
"Why else? Power, greed. You think up a reason, the Kages would justify it as a reason to go to war. And if you think that was bad, that was the standard during times of peace. In wartime, kids went to the academy at age 4, and graduated at about 7." Naruto said, shocking them yet again.
All the kages lowered their heads in shame knowing of their past crimes, especially forcing children so young like that to fight for their villages. The only ones who were exempt were Gaara and Mei who frowned having experienced similar things.
Kakashi winced since he had been in the military since he was 6, but wasn't actively in the field until he was older when he was placed in his sensei's team.
"Why?" Lisanna asked as she covered her mouth in horror. "Why would you sign up for that life, Naruto-nii?"
"Because the alternative was staying as a helpless civilian and being treated like a plague the rest of my life. At least, as part of the military, I was somewhat protected, since any action taken to hinder the Hokage's shinobi was seen as risking the security of the village and hurting it's strength." Naruto said, since the civilians became much more hesitant to mess with him after he became part of the military.
Again Hiruzen winced, knowing he could've done more for Naruto when it came to protecting him. He didn't have an excuse to give and lowered his head even more in shame.
Minato and Kushina were beyond pissed by now, learning that Naruto felt he had to become a Shinobi if only to receive protection from the very village they protected.
The girls Samui, Mei, Yugito, Fu, Anko, Temari, and Kurotsuchi were like his parents scowling and angry, but didn't comment. Gaara had a large frown on his face hearing about his best friend's reason for becoming a Shinobi.
"Things got somewhat better when I became a ninja and got assigned to a team, but not by much. I'm not really gonna go into it much, because what occurred back then does not really matter. The only part that matters is what caused me to arrive here. My former teammate, see when he was a kid, his whole family was killed by his older brother and ever since, he had been driven by an all-consuming need to avenge them. To that end, he desired power, not really caring where it came from. He had an encounter with his brother while he and I were on a team, and that really left him shaken, because his brother thrashed him around like he was nothing. And when I showed him that he and I were on equal footing, something he couldn't stand because I had always been considered a dead last up, that was the final straw for him. He betrayed the village to go to a rogue ninja to get more power so he could kill his brother." Naruto said.
"Long story short, I'm the one that catches up to him out of the team that was assigned to go after him. We fought, and I had to use the Ninetails' chakra to keep up with him. Eventually we were both running out of steam and decided to use our strongest attacks to end it. Our techniques hit each other and somehow opened up a wormhole, likely due more to me using the Ninetails power than anything else. Both of us were pulled into the wormhole, which brought us here. But the thing about moving through dimensions, if you don't know what you're doing, your body will get ripped apart. I saw Sasuke's body get ripped into a thousand pieces as we moved through the wormhole. I would have suffered the same thing had it not been for the Kyuubi working overtime to save me, because of the way he was sealed into me, if I died, he would die as well." Naruto continued.
Sasuke winced at seeing himself being ripped apart in the wormhole and was glad that nothing had happened to him or Naruto during their fights. He only hoped that it was painless, but was glad that his friend had survived.
"That had to hurt." Asuma said, it looked painful to say the least. No one could argue with that as it did look beyond painful.
"I ended up landing a few miles outside of the village you and your siblings lived in Mira, and immediately noticed something was different. My whisker marks on my cheeks that I had been born with were gone, I didn't feel my chakra anymore, and I couldn't sense the Kyuubi inside of me anymore, so I came to believe he had been extracted from me when I moved through the dimensions." Naruto said.
"As you know, we became friends. I helped you beat the demon in that church and I did all that I could to shield you from their hate afterwards. But it wasn't enough. I was sad that you left with your siblings without telling me, but I was more angry that they made you leave. Those fucking ungrateful villagers! You and I saved all their worthless lives and they hated and scorned you for it. It struck a little too close to home for me. So, when I went to your home and saw it destroyed, finding your note, I decided to make them pay." Naruto said, remembering what he did after he found out Mira had left.
"Oh yes, I've been wanting to know what happened after learning about his best friend's disappearance and what he did in response." Ino said, her gossiping mind, demanding to know what he would do.
"Me too. Although, I've never seen him upset and part of me doesn't want too." Sakura said with others agreeing, not wanting to imagine him being angry since it was almost impossible to happen or so they thought.
"Let's get back to the book as I want to know what my baby boy did." Kushina was on the edge of her seat. She was especially invested in wanting to know since it involved her son and her hopeful daughter-in-law.
Flashback
Hamura Village. A small village within the kingdom of Fiore on the easternmost region, on the border with Bosco. This is where Naruto had landed after his accidental travel through dimensions after his battle with Sasuke. It was here that he met the Strauss Siblings and became friends with them. The village itself was relatively peaceful, at least, looking at it from the outside.
But looks are deceiving. After Naruto and Mirajane killed the demon that had invaded the church, and Mira had accidentally absorbed the demon by means of her inherent Take-Over magic, the villagers showed their true colors.
Despite saving their lives, Mira was treated with scorn and hate. Believing her to be a monster, the townspeople mocked her, called her awful names, and ostracized her. They sold her rotten food, in the belief the demon was starting to possess her and that it couldn't be allowed to regain it's strength. Some of them even openly attacked Mirajane and her siblings and Naruto had to fight them off to keep Lisanna, Mira, and Elfman safe.
Everyone was angry at what the village was doing to Mira and it was thanks to her that the village was safe and yet, they didn't care. Others, while angry, were happy that Mira and Naruto were keeping Elfman and Lisanna safe from danger. They were proud of Naruto standing up for them and doing everything he could to protect them, but sadly it hadn't been enough.
"If that village wasn't already in ashes, I'd destroy it myself, consequences be damned." Kushina growled, anger clear in her voice.
"I'm of the same mind. Naruto did them a favor since we wouldn't have ended them as quickly." Minato said with restrained anger.
Mirajane and her siblings couldn't take the abuse for very long, and left in the dead of night after little more than a month. Mira knew the village was punishing Naruto and her siblings for their affiliation with her. And Mira did appreciate Naruto's efforts to shield them from the abuse but it had become more than she could bear. All she had time to prepare was a note for Naruto when he came by the next day.
Of course, that day, when Naruto came by their house, he found it a pile of rubble. The damage was fresh too, meaning that whoever did this was probably still around. He dug around, trying to find her and her siblings, but even after all the digging, all he found was a note. Taking the note he began to read it. 'Naruto-Kun, I don't know how to break the news to you, so I'm going to just say it. I've taken Lisanna and Elfman and ran away. I'm sorry you had to find out this way. We overheard that they were making plans to capture and kill us last night. I'm sorry Naruto, I know you tried so hard to protect us from their wrath. I should have told you we were leaving but I was afraid the villagers would find out and stop us. I hope you'll be able to forgive me one day, Naruto. You're better off not having a monster for a friend. - Mira'
The women were crying at hearing what Mira had thought of herself at the time and others like Tsunade, Kushina, Shizune, Kurenai, Anko, Kurotsuchi, Mei, Yugito, and Fu were beyond pissed with the scowls on their faces.
"How could they treat someone like that so horrible after living there all their lives?" Konoharmaru asked with sadness and rage in his voice.
"When someone can't understand something, they fear it and do whatever they can to be rid of it. Sadly, it's how we were for the Jinchuriki and the BIju." Gaara said in a monotone, but if you paid close attention, you could hear the barely restrained rage as he wanted to lash out at the village.
Suffice to say, Naruto was shocked by the contents of the letter. Shocked and angry were what he was feeling right now. He couldn't bring himself to be angry at Mira. She put up with so much just for lending a helping hand. He couldn't blame her for being afraid for her family and running away when they heard what the villagers were planning.
(Enter song: Naruto Shippuden OST - Prophet (Yogensha) Crimson Flames (Kouen))
The song started playing and they looked around for where the music was coming from, but they felt that this was perfect with how angry Naruto was right now.
No, he was angry with the villagers. Angry at them from driving Mira and the Strauss siblings away. Angry at them for hating her for their lives. Angry at them for taking away the people he cared most about in this world!
"Fucking bastards." Naruto growled as his god slaying flames came to life, burning the letter in his hands. They wouldn't get away with this. Naruto wouldn't let them. "I'll make them pay."
The Village
Within the village, a celebration was occurring. Booze and music flowed freely and the villagers celebrated.
"We did it!", one villager said as he guzzled some booze.
"We rid ourselves of the demon brat and her evil siblings!" Another said.
"Beers on the house for everyone!" the local bartender said as he served beer from a stand.
"Disgusting." Kushina sneered as she and everyone listening was not happy with them, but most of the Konoha Shinobi were ashamed since they would call Naruto demon or kyuubi brat whether it was behind his back or when talking about him in general. They had been no better than these people at that time.
These were just some of the things that Naruto heard as he walked through the village square. Each word filled him further and further with rage. It struck far too close to home for him, as in Konoha, he had been ostracized and called a demon brat! This is exactly what he had gone through as a child, except it was worse this time for him, because it wasn't directed at him, but people he cherished! He would have been mad at the villagers if it had been Naruto himself they had been talking about, but they were doing it to Mira and her siblings and it drove them away! How dare they! These fools would not even be alive if Mira and him had not stepped up and defeated the demon living in the church. Fucking hypocrites! He was so angry he didn't see that he bumped into some drunk fool.
"Hey, watch where you're going, kid!" The drunk man said.
"Why don't you watch it, you drunk shithead!?" Naruto growled.
"What did you say!?" The drunk villager said, getting in Naruto's face. "You better apologize right now punk!"
"You want an apology!?" Naruto said as his fist tightened. Without warning, he slammed his fist into the fool's face, causing blood and teeth to spill out of his mouth, sending him flying through the air, crashing into a stand where music was playing. The loss of music caused all the celebration to cease and turn their attention to him.
Some of the villagers gasped, recognizing Naruto as the demon child's friend. Others were drunk and got angry.
"Hey, it's the demon brats friend!"
"What's he doing here?"
"Let's kill him like we were gonna do with the demon brat!"
"You fucking animals!" Naruto shouted as he was coated in an aura of black flame, shocking those present. "You wouldn't even have your lives if Mirajane and I had not defeated the demon that took up residency in the church. And what did she get for troubles? You people fucking ostracized her, treated her like a pariah, and made her run away!"
"But she was starting to exhibit demonic traits! She had clearly been taken over by the demon!" One courageous/ stupid villager shouted and the rest of the villagers hooted and hollered in agreement.
Everyone growled or sneered at the stupid villager that made that statement. It was obvious that Mira didn't know how to control her magic at the time, so of course she couldn't turn it off yet.
"Baka villagers." Kushina growled. She wanted to kill them herself, but her son had done it already, so she was glad that someone had done it.
"Wrong! Mira did accidentally absorb some of the demon's energy, but I had already killed it and chopped it into tiny bits by the time that happened! Mira absorbed some of it's power and made it her own. She started to show a demon's arm because she couldn't control it yet!" Naruto explained, shocking the villagers. "But did you fools bother asking someone who knew anything or seek a professional opinion? NO! You just showed yourselves as closed-minded bigots who hate anything that's even remotely different from you!"
"You tormented an orphan and her siblings for saving your lives, selling her rotten food and ripping her off whenever she needed to buy something to feed her siblings. You insulted her, called her names, and treated her like an outsider when she'd been here her whole life! And that is unforgivable!" Naruto shouted, his flames becoming hotter as his rage grew.
Thunder crashed over head again, the black clouds swirling above them as the heat in the air rose.
"I may have saved this village once but now I'm going to DESTROY IT MYSELF!" Naruto screamed, his voice louder and more ferocious than the thunder above. They caught a glimpse of his eyes, the shining blue had been replaced with a malicious red. "I WILL TAKE MY VENGEANCE ON THIS VILLAGE! FOR TAKING AWAY MY BEST FRIEND WITHOUT EVEN GIVING HER A CHANCE!"
Villagers began panicking and some started running while others tried to plead with him.
"Please, we're sorry. We didn't know!"
"Please show mercy!"
"We'll be better. Won't give us another chance!?"
"Bastards." Ay cursed as he couldn't believe how stupid those people were acting. Now that Naruto could really fight back and they had no chance, they suddenly were sorry.
"I couldn't agree more. If Naruto couldn't use his god slayer magic yet, I doubt they'd be apologizing and would be trying to kill him instead." Tobirama sneered, beyond angry at this point. He was disgusted with the village and learning how his own village had done things similar had put him in a bad mood.
"NO! You fuckers made it personal when you planned to murder my loved ones!" Naruto shouted at them psychotically. He brought the flames in his hands together, forming them into a black scythe made of flames.
"FLAME GOD'S SEVERING FLAME!" And there was where the screams began.
Flashback End
(End song)
The entire group went white with shock as Naruto took a pause in his story. Those who were more light-hearted like Lucy and Levy were shocked and horrified at his brutality.
Mirajane had her hands buried in her face. She felt responsible for what happened. If only she had went and gotten him when she ran away with her siblings, this wouldn't have happened.
Lisanna covered her mouth with a gasp. She had always wondered why Naruto had not come with them when they ran away. She had no idea that Mirajane hadn't told him because the villagers actually wanted to kill them. She knew it had been bad, but not this bad! Mirajane and Naruto really had shielded her and Elfman from the true nature of the village. And Naruto had lost his temper when he found out.
"She shouldn't blame herself for not telling him. She was worried for her siblings and wanted to get out of danger." Mei said softly.
"And he certainly doesn't blame her either given he blames the village. She did what she thought was the best for her and her siblings." Temari said with a smile, knowing he would understand her actions.
"Naruto would do anything if he could keep them safe and happy. Taking the hate and anger to make sure that they could at least live their lives. It's what Naruto would do for a friend or someone he considers family." Kakashi smiled at the book, but was sad that this Naruto had to go through so much, not just the village, but with Hades too.
Makarov was silent as he carefully observed Naruto's description of his past. So, this is what the young man went when he said he had killed many people before Hades. Makarov knew a thing or two about losing his temper, though he had never killed anyone for it either.
"I had no idea the three of you had it that bad." Erza said. She had gone through some bad shit in her childhood too. What with being enslaved, tortured, having her best friend/childhood crush go insane, and having to fight for her life at 10 years old. That was rough, but having the village that raised you ostracize you to the point they wanted you dead and forced you to run away, just for helping out, was pretty bad too.
"How come you guys never talk about it?" Lucy wondered.
"It's not manly to drudge up the past." Elfman as he looked away.
"Plus, it's not really a period in our lives you want to bring up in casual conversation." Mira added sadly, wiping her tears away.
"After all, who wants to remember the place that raised them, demonized them just because your big sis lended a helping hand?" Lisanna said, her voice also sad.
"Hades and Ultear found me in the aftermath of destroying the village." Naruto said, bringing their attention back to his story.
Flashback
"Oh, so we're getting to why he joined Hades?" Kiba asked.
"Now we get to see why my son would join someone like Hades who would use him as a pawn." Minato said, wanting to know what his son was thinking.
An hour later, two people could be seen walking through the remains of the village. One was a man, advanced in age, clad in black armor, a long grey beard coming from the bottom, only one of his eyes were visible, the right one covered by an eye patch. A large cloak hung behind him as he walked powerfully down the road. The small black haired girl walked next to him, wearing formal attire. She walked softly next to the man.
"Master Hades, what are we doing here?" She asked the man curiously.
"Ahh, she's so cute." A random kunoichi gushed as others nodded in agreement, but not everyone felt that way.
"She might be cute, but she isn't what she appears to be as she liked to use people and string them along." Mei said with narrowed eyes at the girl.
"Let's keep reading and get back to the book. I want to know what happened." Jiraiya said as Fu nodded.
"We are looking for the 3rd member of the Kin of Purgatory." He replied bluntly, but not coldly. Caprico had joined them recently and he desired more elites for his guild. The power he felt coming from this village, and the darkness he sensed as well, should make an excellent addition.
Ultear looked around, seeing the black flames still burning hot, despite it raining out. In fact, the rain drops themselves were evaporating when they hit the flames. "What will we find here?" Ultear wondered, as she had never seen flames burn so hot that rain could not douse their heat or intensity.
"One who possesses powerful lost magic. Very likely, the kind purported to be able to slay the gods themselves." Hades told her as they walked, knowing from his research that those with black colored elements was a sign they were dealing with a god slayer.
They continued their walk until they reached the center of the village. All around them were ashes, bodies slowly burning to ash, burning buildings, mortar that was slowly melting, the repugnant smell of freshly charred corpses. Basically, anything that could be set on fire, had been. And in the center of the village, was Naruto himself. On his knees, sobs ringing through the air.
'A young boy, about the same age as Ultear,' Hades noted internally, feeling the magic in the air and sensing the same power coming from the boy. 'And he has a tremendous amount of magic energy as well. He would make an excellent addition to the 7 Kin.'
Naruto finally noticed their presence as he was brought out of whatever his internal thoughts were, thinking he had missed some of the villagers. He got on his feet and rounded on them, and they both saw his red eyes. Naruto very nearly attacked them but then he sensed their magic power. They both had ridiculous amounts of it, the older man more so than the small girl. As far as he knew, he was the only one in the village with power that high.
"Who are you? You two couldn't have been members of this village. I would have been able to sense your power before now and this is the first time I've met you." Naruto stated, holding himself back from attacking them, sensing how big their magic power was, his curiosity piqued.
"We are not. We are mages, traveling here because we felt your power from where we were. What happened to this village that made you destroy them?" Ultear asked, unafraid by the slaughter around her, having already committed a number of gruesome acts for Hades and Grimiore Heart. Although, she admittedly had not committed slaughter on this scale.
Naruto told them what happened, though he left some stuff out, like how he was from another world. Hades couldn't help but smile at the boy's tragic story. 'Good, this means no one will miss him, since everyone who knew him has been wiped out,' Hades thought.
"I'd like to extend you an offer to join my guild, Grimoire Heart." Hades said, with Ultear not surprised, having seen this coming.
"You've only just met me? Why do you want me in your guild? And why should I join you?" Naruto asked, suspicious of this man and girl. They were both powerful, he could sense that. And this Hades had so much power that Naruto felt like he was drowning in darkness but he would not falter in the face of it. He would stand his ground and not show any fear.
"Way to not bow down to him and show that you wouldn't be overwhelmed." Kushina complimented with a grin.
"He's never been one to allow himself to be intimidated and it would be hell if it did happen one day." Tsunade said with mirth as those that knew the him the best nodded in agreement.
"You are clearly a powerful mage and I want only the strongest in my guild. And, my boy, you are one of the strongest young men I have ever met." Hades said truthfully. "If you join, you will have access to more magic than you could possibly know what to do with. You will have the power to do whatever you want. The only tradeoff, is you have to do what I tell you."
Naruto thought about it for a minute, before getting up and delivering the two a shit-eating grin. "Well, what are we waiting for then? Let's get out of here." Naruto said, while hiding his real thoughts. He had nowhere to go, and Hades probably would have killed him right there had he refused to join, so he really didn't have a choice. And until he found Mira, he needed to get stronger so next time, he could protect her and her siblings. And no one could drive them away from him again.
Flashback End
"It's not like I really wanted to join him, but the vibes I was getting from him, made me think he would kill me if I had refused, so really, I had little choice." Naruto said.
"I thought I could use Grimoire Heart to get stronger while I searched for you, Elfman, and Lisanna, Mira. And at first, I did, learning and mastering a number of magics by the time I was 16. But I had to commit acts of evil for Grimoire Heart to keep up the act. Like I told gramps over there, I've stolen, I've killed, and tortured, and I've murdered longer before I became the form you saw me in. He somehow figured out the connection between me and you, and that I was planning to leave to come find you when I realized where you had gone. He assaulted me while my guard was down, stole most of my power and split it amongst 4 others, and then sealed my true personality away with that fake Zancrow." Naruto informed them.
"Ahh, so that's the reason he joined him. It was either join or be killed on the spot since Naruto knew he was no match for Hades at the time, smart move." Shikamaru nodded at his friend's decision.
"He was going to use him and the guild to get stronger until he felt he could leave when he could take on Hades or anyone from Griamore Heart." Hiruzen said with a nod at the sound plan.
"It's just sad that Hades caught on to what he was doing." Onoki said with a grumble.
"When I was inside of Zancrow, it was like watching my life unfold through a lens, but I had no control over my body, my voice or my magic. I was a slave, a passenger in my own body. Without the real me in control, Zancrow did whatever Hades wanted, killing hundreds from the sheer glee, because Zancrow was meant to be a maniac."
"But those types of runic seals don't last for very long. They are meant to be temporary, so how were they able to last for 3 years? Makarov asked.
"Because the ones he used fed off of my magic to power themselves. Hades obviously would have known that the seals wouldn't hold me back for long, so he altered them to feed off of magic to power themselves, leaving me with only of the total magic power I had left after he stole most of my magics from me." Naruto said.
"I thought I'd never be able to break free, but then I fought dragon boy over here." Naruto said as he pointed to Natsu. "Somehow, when he successfully absorbed my flames, the unique mix of the two magics disrupted the drain of the seals on my magic, allowing me to force Zancrow out and put me back in control, breaking the seals. I don't think he appreciates just how impossible what he did is." Naruto said as he pointed to Natsu.
"What? It was no big deal. It just took a little bit to figure out the trick to eating your flames." Natsu said as he crossed his arms behind his head.
"He really is like Naruto with how he thinks of plans on the fly like that." Sakura couldn't help, but see the resemblance between the two of them.
"I like it. The world needs more people like that." Jiraiya said with smile as everyone nodded in agreement.
"But why does Naruto make it sound like what Natsu did shouldn't have worked?" Gaara asked with a raised brow.
"I think we'll find out in a moment, so if you could let me read please, thank you." Fu said, wanting to get back to the book as she was wondering the same thing at the Kazekage.
"You don't get it. What you did is impossible for a human to do, dragon boy. You're not the first dragonslayer who's tried what you did to beat a godslayer by eating their element, the only difference, they all died when they made the attempt." Naruto said, shocking the others. "It's all recorded in the tome I learned God Slayer magic from. There have been several Devil Slayers and Dragon Slayers that tried to eat our flames, only to burn up from the inside out because they couldn't digest them. If I had been in control from the beginning, you wouldn't have been able to eat them at all. Zancrow didn't have complete control over the flames like I do, but the fact remains, you should not have been able to eat them at all. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful you were able to, because I've regained control of my body thanks to that, but the fact remains, it should not have been possible in the first place."
"Interesting." Tobirama said, finding the history intriguing.
"To think there were other slayers that tried to eat flames like Naruto's, but they ended up burning their bodies." Sasuke had to grimace as an image flashed through his mind, imagining how it must've felt for the person.
"Yeah, I don't blame you for thinking that, it sounds impossible and very dangerous to do." Sakura said in agreement with he boyfriend.
"So, anyway, that's my story." Naruto said as he turned to Makarov. "Are you sure you still want me in your guild, old man? I wouldn't blame you if you didn't anymore after hearing about what I had done." His tone was wary and while Makarov had said that he had never turned a mage away, Makarov had also never extended the offer to a murderer like himself either. So, this was a test, to see if the stubborn old man would stick with his ideals and principles he proclaimed earlier.
Makarov was quiet for a moment, the smile he had previously and the warmth in his eyes returning. "What you did to your village… what you while in Grimoire Heart… I am willing to forgive and forget about." He paused, "You are in need and I have never let a wizard, no matter their history, go without help if I'm able. For me, letting someone stay in the darkness when I could have helped them is the most unforgivable sin of all." The members of Fairy Tail smiled at Makarov's sentiment. That was Gramps for ya. Without fail, he'd always offer everyone a place at Fairy Tail.
"He really is a kind old man, willing to help those that need it." Tsunade said with a smile as she liked the Third Master.
"Like it was said before, he reminds me a lot of sensei.." Jiraiya said in agreement as several others agreed wholeheartedly.
Hiruzen smiled at the comments from his two students and couldn't be any prouder of them and his grandson.
Naruto let out a sigh, releasing the breath he hadn't realized he was holding. He figured it would take some time for them to get used to them, since he technically was the enemy until recently. But he could be patient. He could wait. It would be worth it in the end. "Thank you, Makarov." Naruto said with a smile.
"I'm afraid you will have to wait until we return to Magnolia to receive the Fairy Tail mark, though. I left the Guild Stamper back at the Guild Hall." Makarov said.
"That's fine." Naruto said. "I'm more than willing to wait."
"I should probably get back to healing. There's quite a line that's forming." Wendy said, noticing a line forming.
"How about I take some of them for you?" Erza said and everyone looked to see her in a hot nurse's outfit.
"Holy!" Jiraiya, Kiba, and several other men flew back with nosebleeds as the image of Erza in her outfit appeared on the screen. Others that had more willpower like Gaara and Asuma looked away, but still had blushes on them. Kurenai nodded to her boyfriend in approval of him looking away.
Kushina slapped a hand over Minato's eyes, getting a grimace from him.
"Ow." The Fourth Hokage said.
"You look amazing, Erza, but why are you dressed like a nurse?" Wendy asked, eyes bugged out and wondering what was going on.
"Wait a minute, you're not a healer." Carla accused Erza.
"That's true, but differences in ability don't matter in battle. It's our hearts that will be tested." Erza said passionately, even though he confidence was misplaced.
"What do you mean, what battle!?" Wendy said, now nervous and scared.
"Look what you did, you scared the poor girl half to death!" Carla criticized.
"Oh jeez, she'd most like hurt the people she'd try to heal if she's anything like Kushina." Hiruzen muttered, but was still heard by the redhead who pouted at his words.
"I'm not that bad jiji." Kushina muttered, looking like a puppy that had gotten kicked.
"I'll say, she looks hot!" Jiraiya shouted with a thumbs up in approval along with other guys who had hearts in their eyes.
"Sensei." Minato muttered in embarrassment as his teachers shenanigans.
"...I'm more curious why you have a hot nurse outfit in the first place? Do you like roleplaying for your boyfriend or something?" Naruto asked, wondering if she was a closet perv.
"Well, uhm…" Erza said with a flustered face, not used to being called out on her habits. "...I don't actually have a boyfriend."
"Doesn't answer the question of why you have it in the first place." Naruto pointed out, noticing she was dodging the question. "Regardless, leave the healing to the actual healers. You, not knowing what your doing, are more likely than to make their injuries worse."
"And nobody needs that." Naruto said as he cast his Flame God's Blessing of Apollo on the Fairy Tail mages in Wendy's line.
"That's true. She'd most likely make things worse with her lack of knowledge. If she's anything like Kushina, than her patients would be in more trouble than not." Kakashi said with Kushina crying anime tears saying she wasn't that bad.
"Tell them I'm not that bad Minato-kun." Kushina said with teary eyes at her husband who scratched his cheek and chuckled nervously.
Seeing this from her husband made her cry even more while everyone else sweatdropped or laughed at the scene.
"And that's my future mother-in-law." Kurotsuchi said as Mei, Temari, and Samui nodded in agreement. Yugito and Fu wanted to pout since they hadn't gotten to know Naruto like the others.
Markarov stared at Naruto as he healed his new comrades, smiling as he watched the young man develop a sense of camaraderie with his new guildmates.
"Master, what should we do about the S-Class trials?" Mira asked as she watched Naruto heal the others.
"I think we'll let young Naruto and Wendy finish healing everyone first while I decide what we shall do next." Makraov said, as he decided whether or not to cancel the trial, or continue it.
Meanwhile, Naruto got a weird feeling, a sense of foreboding that something bad was going to happen soon. 'I hope my creation got Zeref away from the island. Because if it didn't…best not think about it. Wouldn't want to jinx myself.' Naruto thought, not knowing how right he would end up being.
"And that's not foreboding at all." Darui said with a bored look.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that, Zeref did get back on the island. I hope they'll be okay." Tenten said, remembering in the last chapter.
Who wants to read the next chapter?" Fu asked as Tsunade raised her hand.
"Give it here, I'll take a shot at it." Tsunade said as she opened the book to the chapter when a bright light filled the room.
And that's the chapter. What did you guys think of the chapter? Like it, hate it? The next chapter will be bringing in a few others including the intended ones. Figured with what was coming in the next chapter, the Biju (Who'd be in chibi sizes) could see what happens with Acnologia.