"Talking"

"Thoughts"

"Jutsu/Spell"

"Demon/Summon"

"Writing"

"Location"

Disclamier: I do not own Naruto or Fairy Tail.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Konoha, Land of Fire xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The sun shined down upon the land of Fire as a figure slowly walked among the trees, he was tall with spikey blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. His body was covered in a long red short sleeved coat, with black flames along the hemline, the rest of his arms were covered by black sleeves and grey metal arm guards. Under his coat was a tight black shirt and he wore loose black pants. On his back were the kanji symbols for both Sage and Hokage, this was Naruto Uzumaki. He moved slowly but with purpose as he cleared the trees and came to an open field with several stone tablets stuck in the ground. Walking towards them he silently thought about all the names now written upon them.

It had been four years since the end of the Fourth Shinobi War, years Naruto thought would be filled with peace and prosperity but he was wrong. After the defeat of Madara everyone went back to their respective villages and celebrated, for two months everything was peaceful and Naruto was finally able to sit back and relax. That time ended when reports of sickness started coming in from all over the Elemental Nations. Tsunade and Sakura had started looking into the people starting to get sick and they discovered something horrible, a disease that fed of chakra.

It didn't take them long to figure out that the diseases was created by the newly resurrected Orochimaru, who had gone missing after the war. They at first thought he had simply died in the final fight but now knew they were wrong. All the greatest medics in the nations got together and under Tsunade's lead looked for a cue to the strange plague. While that went on Naruto and Sasuke lead teams of shinobi across the nations to find Orochimaru and hopefully a cure, but as the moths passed and the body count rose they never found a single clue.

Naruto watched all that time as more and more of his friends became ill, eventually passing away because of this strange new disease. He threw himself into his father's library, having learned of it from the man before Naruto released him for the Impure Resurrection Jutsu. He learned all he could about seals, hoping that they could somehow help but found nothing that would permanently cure anyone.

After two years of searching and burying their friends Orochimaru finally surfaced. By now the shinobi population was down to a fourth of its size and Orochimaru took advantage of that. He recruited mercenaries, bandits and freed prisoners to his side, promising them their freedom in a world of their making if they fought with him. He gave them all weapons coated with the disease so that even if the shinobi attacked them they had to only knick them and eventually they would grow sick and die. He even experimented on them and created strange hybrids like he did with his cursed seals but they possessed no chakra.

This began the Great War, the Elemental Nations versus Orochimaru, the shinobi did the best they could but slowly their numbers died down until three were left. Naruto Uzumaki and Killer Bee were unaffected by the diseases because their Biju's chakra destroyed the infection before it could turn lethal. Naruto had hoped that could have been used to heal everyone but Biju chakra only delayed the diseases because none of the shinobi had a constant supply like himself. The last person was Rock Lee, because he wasn't able to use his chakra his reserves never grew and while he did get sick the disease didn't live long enough to actually kill him. The trio of shinobi did their best to train all the Daimyos soldiers while also searching for Orochimaru but it wasn't until the final year of the war that the snake appeared.

Orochimaru told them he created the disease to go into effect after he had gained immortality, so he would be the strongest person in the world and unstoppable. After seeing Naruto and Sasuke in the fourth war he realized he wouldn't gain the Sharingan so he stepped up his plans but not before creating an antidote just for him. The fight that followed lasted only minutes but at a great cost, Orochimaru had hidden hybrid men around the area and they attacked on his command. Lee fought them off while Naruto and Bee focused on Orochimaru, the two easily over powered the Sannin but he had a plan for that. The snake man activated a strange seal as he started to die as they saw it Killer Bee threw Naruto out of the way as the area filled with a strange gas. Naruto wasn't sure what the gas was but after it cleared he found the bodies of both men, their skin melted off parts of them.

Peace finally came after that day; a statue of Killer Bee was created to honor him for all he achieved during the war. Naruto and Lee returned to what was left of Konoha, Naruto had become the sixth Hokage, no one counted Danzo, after Tsunade passed due to the chakra disease two years after the war began. The duo began rebuilding the village by making it a new kind of shinobi village, using Lee's training style since he didn't ever use chakra. Man people came to train under the two and soon they created a shinobi force that worked all across the nations to promote peace.

Naruto stopped when he reached the tombstones and slowly looked down each one, reading all of the names but only tearing up at a few.

Kakashi, his first sensei and also a pervert.

Sakura, his first crush and teammate.

Hinata, his first girlfriend and the first to tell him she loved him.

Sasuke, his best friend and brother despite everything they went through.

Jiraiya, his perverted godfather and sensei.

Tsunade, the woman he thought of as a mother even if he called her Baa-chan.

"I'm sorry everyone." Naruto said, his voice shaking slightly. "I wish you all could be here."

"It's not your fault Naruto." The voice of Kurama, the nine tailed fox, said in his mind.

"I know but I can still be sorry." Naruto said, he knew it wasn't his fault and he did everything he could to save them but it didn't ease the pain. Kurama stayed quiet for a moment before finally speaking again.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Naruto took a deep breath before answering.

"Yes." He said with conviction. "The world is changing, people are getting used to the idea of not having shinobi around and I'm the only one who can use chakra. It won't be long till people start to see me as a god or worse a demon."

"I understand and agree." Kurama said calmly. "I just worry about what will happen."

"I know Kurama, I won't lie and say I'm not scared but it's what I'm going to do." Naruto said as he looked back at the stones. "Goodbye everyone, maybe I'll see you soon." He then turned and started back along the path he took to the clearing. Minutes of walking lead him to another open field but on the ground a large seal had been drawn.

Naruto carefully walked into the center of the seal and inspected the area around him, making sure everything was drawn correctly. Nodding to himself in satisfaction Naruto took a deep breath and closed his eyes, when he opened them instead of blue eyes there were red ones. Before he died Sasuke had ordered the medics to transfer his eyes to Naruto, just as Obito did for Kakashi, and told him to use them for the betterment of the world. With the foxes help Naruto's eyes were able to change back to his original unlike how Kakashi's stayed Sharingan.

"Kurama." Naruto said as he appeared in his mind and looked up to the fox. "Whatever happens I want you to know how great it's been these past few years."

"I know gaki." Kurama said with a smirk, making a tick appear on Naruto. "And I to want you to know it has been a pleasure being with you. But you won't get rid of me that easily."

Naruto smiled at the giant fox before rushing forward and hugging it's leg, taking a shaky breath to keep from crying. Kurama for his part looked away, not wanting to show any emotion. Naruto let go of Kurama's leg and took another breath before leaving his mind and looking out at the sealed area. Bending down Naruto started channeling chakra into the area, the seal glowed a bright yellow and as he felt his body begin to fade he opened his eyes wide.

"Kamui" Naruto focused the vortex on his own body and the jutsu clashed with the seal technique. Naruto felt his stomach drop as his body moved, the field he was in exploded with yellow chakra. The only thing people found when they came to inspect the area was a large crater.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Magnolia Town, Fiore (March X784) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Alzack Connell smiled happily as he walked down the dirt path back to Magnolia Town, he was of average height with long black hair that covers the right part of his face. His eyes are black as well, and the right one is always obscured by his hair. His body and neck covered by a brown poncho. His face went slightly pink as he stole a quick glance to his right where his partner/crush walked beside him.

Bisca Mulan was the same height as him, with long green hair that fell past her shoulders, her bangs cut so not to obscure her vision, and a light, polka-dotted neck scarf, and a pair of reddish brown boots. Her body was covered by a short, strapless one-piece dress decorated by spiraling motifs with darker, striped edges.

The two of them were mages of the famous guild Fairy Tail and had just completed a mission together. Alzack was currently working up the courage to ask Bisca out when she let out a gasp.

"What's that?" Bisca said as she pointed up into the sky. Alzack followed her finger to see a strang vortex forming in the sky, he was about to speak when a yellow energy shot out of it and they heard a boom.

"Come on." Alzack said as he grabbed her arm and ran through the trees, taking a moment to relish the fact they were holding hands. The duo soon saw trees uprooted and dust settling, unable to see Alzack pulled a revolver from his hip and aimed towards the dust cloud.

"Gun Magic: Tornado Shot" The tip of his gun glowed before a large swirl of wind shot out from it and into the dust. The blast pushed the dust apart and Bisca moved forward to see a small crater had formed.

"Alzack someone in here." She called out as she jumped into the crater and moved to the downed form. Alzack quickly followed and took in the figure that lay before them, he was blonde, looked to be about their age and wore a long red coat over his clothes. Alzack saw the metal arm guards and what looked like chest armor under the coat but couldn't tell. He had a headband with a leaf on it and Alzack wondered if that was a Guild symbol.

"Is he alive?" Alzack asked, keeping his gun ready just in case. Bisca kneeled down and placed her hand on the man's neck.

"He's got a faint pulse." She said turning to her partner. "We need to get him to the guild."

"Are you sure that's wise?" Alzack asked, after all they didn't know anything about this man.

"We can't just leave him." Bisca said heatedly. "Besides Master will want to know what happened and I'm sure talk with him." Alzack thought for a minute before sighing and nodding.

"Alright, lets get him up." Bisca smiled and grabbed the mans right arm as Alzack grabbed his left. The two mages lifted the blonde up and placed his arms around their shoulders before carefully climbing out of the crater and heading towards their Guild.

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Fairy Tail was known throughout Fiore as the strongest guild, but also as the most destructive and rambunctious. Their Guild hall represented this as it was constantly a place where the members could relax or let out stress by starting fights. Makarov Dreyar, third Guild Master and one of the Ten Wizards Saints sipped his beer as he looked out at his Guild members. He was an extremely short older man with white hair poking out from under his orange and blue striped jester type hat. He wiped his thick mustache clean with his matching orange hoodie and smiled as he saw one of the members, Natsu Dragneel, punch another member, Gray Fullbuster, into a wall. It did his old body good to see his younger members so full of life.

"Master!" Makarov turned when he heard his name and the main door get kicked open to see Alzack and Bisca carrying a man between them. He had questions but immediately placed his beer down and jumped towards them, flipping multiple times in the air.

"What happened?" Makarov asked as he landed in front of them.

"We were on our way home when we saw this vortex appear in the sky, then this bright yellow light shot out and we heard a boom. We headed in that direction and found this guy in a small crater." Bisca said to her Guild Master.

"I see." Said Makarov slowly, this wasn't the first time he heard of strange vortex's but the yellow light was new. "Get him to the infirmary." He commanded as he turned back to the rest of the Guild members, who had stopped fighting to see what was going on.

"Oi who's that?" Natsu asked pointing to the stranger.

"No one any of you need to worry about." Makarov said calmly. "When he wakes will find out. Now if you'll excuse me I'll get back to my beer." The older man flipped back to his seat on the bar counter and picked up his beer before pointing at Gray. "Gray, pants."

"Ah crap!" Gray yelled as he looked down to see he was naked. Natsu started to laugh, which mad Gray attack him and thus return the Guild atmosphere back to normal.

"Master do you want me to go check on our guest?" Makarov turned to see Mirajane Strauss, Guild bartender and S-class mage, standing behind him. She was a beautiful woman of below average height. She has long, white hair which curls slightly at the ends, with two bangs framing her face and reaching down to her chest; her hairstyle's most distinctive trait is a short, upward ponytail obtained by gathering and tying the hair covering her forehead. She wore a sleeveless, ankle-length maroon dress with a pleated skirt. The chest is adorned by a large, pink bow, and similarly colored trimmings frame the rather ample neckline, acting as straps, and circle around the waist.

"Please, I'll be in in a minute." Mirajane smiled and headed towards the infirmary, leaving Makarov with his thoughts.

The Guild Master wondered if the vortex was similar to others he knew about and if so he needed to contact one of his members. He was more curious about the strange energy the he felt from the boy, it wasn't magic but felt similar in some ways. Knowing he wouldn't get answers until the boy woke he let out a sigh and finished his beer then jumped off the bar towards the back rooms.

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"Ugh." Naruto said as he opened his eyes, only to close them because of the light. "Damn you light."

"You're awake?" Naruto's eyes shot open and he sat up to look at the person speaking to him. Only to let out a groan as his body screamed at him in pain, he fell back down on the bed but had turned enough to see the person. She was beautiful and gave him a big smile. "Sore?"

"Very." Naruto said with a chuckle, he then took in the room and his own body. He found he was in only his boxers and the room seemed to be a hospital, something he was not happy about. "Where am I miss?"

"Mirajane." She said. "And you're in our Guild Infirmary, Bisca and Alzack found you just outside of town."

"I see." Naruto said as he processed the information. "What, may I ask is a Guild?"

"You don't know?" She asked shocked, when Naruto shook his head she continued. "A Guild is a place for mages to gather and take missions, make friends and learn."

"Magic? Seriously?" Naruto said, kicking himself mentally as he finished. He needed to gain more information without sounding like he didn't belong here.

"You've never heard of magic?" Mirajane asked, again shocked.

"Not really, I mean the kind I know of is all sleight of hand and hidden mirrors." Naruto informed her.

"Hmmmm." Mirajane said before getting up. "Well our Guild Master wanted to know when you woke so I'll go get him. Do you need anything?"

"Some water would be nice." Naruto said to the woman as she walked out of the room. After she left Naruto sat up slowly and assessed his situation, he was in an unknown place that had people who use magic. He could save the fact he sounded surprised by magic by telling them about chakra but needed to see actual magic before he did. He also wondered how much he should tell these people about himself but decided to wait and talk with this Guild Master.

Nodding to his plan Naruto closed his eyes and relaxed his body to feel his chakra, luckily he felt it but it was lower than he would like. He could tell it was replenishing though so he would have to wait and see if he had all his chakra or not.

"Kurama." Naruto said into his mind, he waited a few moments. "Kurama!" Again he waited before he opened his eyes; he took a calming breath and tried to assure himself that the fox was simply sleeping. He heard footsteps coming and turned to see the door open, then the smallest man he had ever seen carrying a glass of water.

"Welcome back to the land of the living my boy." Makarov said with a smile as he walked towards the chair Mirajane had placed by the bed, hopping on to it and placing the water beside Naruto. "I am the Fairy Tail Guild Master Makarov Dreyar." He then held out his hand.

"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said as he took the man's hand and shook it, finding the older man's grip to be quite strong.

"Well Naru-chan, I'm sure you have questions so ask away." Naruto gained a tick mark at his name but looked at the man cautiously; Makarov seemed rather calm for a man talking to a stranger. Naruto grabbed the water and drank some down before turning back to Makarov.

"Where exactly am I? Mirajane-chan said I was at your Guild but where is that?" Naruto asked.

"Magnolia Town in the southeast part of Fiore." Makarov said while he watched Naruto's reaction but saw nothing.

"You wouldn't have a map by chance?" Naruto asked, making sure to keep his face blank.

"No but if you tell me where your from I can give you an idea of how far you've gone." Makarov said, though he had an idea of where this conversation was going. Naruto and the older man stared at each other for a minute before Naruto spoke.

"I think we both know you wouldn't be able to." Naruto said after he decided reveal some information.

"I'm glad you decided not to beat around the bush." Makarov said with a nod. "So you are from Edos?"

"I have not heard of my home called that but I guess." Naruto said with a shrug but noticed Makarov looked confused.

"You haven't?" Naruto narrowed his eyes and Makarov realized if he wanted information he need to speak up. "I have met someone who came through Anima like you did and he told me his world was known as Edos. I assumed you came from there but it seems I was wrong." Naruto processed the information and saw it as a small sign of trust.

"I do not know what Anima is but I come from a place called the Elemental nations." Naruto didn't see Makarov show any sign of recognition so he decided to ask his own questions. "Can you tell me more about your world?"

"Like what?" Makarov was being cautious now, this man was an unknown and he needed to figure out what he was doing in Earthland before he gave up to much information.

"The country in general, Guild, Magic." Naruto said with a shrug, he tried to play it cool but was very curious. Makarov seemed to think for a minute before he pulled out a long wooden pipe with two bowls.

"The kingdom of Fiore is on the end of the western peninsula of the continent; next to us is the kingdom of Seven. Last I heard there is a population of around 17 million people." Makarov began as he took a puff of his pipe. "Magic is the physical embodiment of the spirit. When the physical spirit of an organism connects with the spiritual flow of nature, the spirit forms Magic as a product of the connection. Only ten percent of the world's population is able to use Magic."

"What can you do with Magic?" Naruto asked, the definition was similar to chakra and he was curious if he could pass his jutsu off. Makarov smiled, suddenly his body inflated like a balloon.

"I don't think I could tell you everything you could do with magic in a day my boy." Makarov noticed Naruto had looked startled by the sudden growth of his body but then had a faraway look in his eye. Naruto was lost in thought as he looked at the inflated man; he remembered his friend Choji and the others of the Akimichi clan that could do similar things. Naruto wasn't sure how much time passed before he finally noticed Makarov was calling his name.

"I'm sorry what?" Makarov deflated his body and looked curiously at Naruto.

"I asked if you were alright, you looked sad and like you were remembering something." Naruto nodded.

"I'm fine sir." Naruto gave Makarov a small smile. "Please continue." Makarov nodded but he made a mental not to ask Naruto why his magic made him remember something.

"Very well, now Guilds are basically organizations that mage's can join to take missions and improve their magic skills. Missions are broken down into classes based on difficulty and you receive more money depending on its class." Makarov saw Naruto's eyes widen ever so slightly at his words but he couldn't tell if it was from shock or remembrance. "We also classify mages by class; D is the lowest and S the highest."

"So I guess, as a Guild Master, you are an S-Class?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, there are also levels within a class. I would be a High level S-Class whereas Mira-chan is a Low level S-Class." Naruto looked shocked at the information, on Mirajane being so high level not the levels in general.

"I see." Naruto said as he thought for a minute. "Does that mean there are other Guilds in Fiore? What about an Army? Do mages also protect the Kingdom? Do Guilds have laws they must follow?" Makarov puffed on his pipe, watching Naruto carefully.

"The kingdom does have an army but we Guilds would gladly take up defense if need be but all guilds are watched over by the Magic Council and their army called Rune Knights." Makarov said as he pulled his pipe down and focused on Naruto. "Guilds have some flexibility with the laws but if they break to many or certain laws they will be Dismissed and labeled a Dark Guild."

"I assume that by Dark you mean evil." Naruto said without breaking his gaze from Makarovs.

"Not always but in most cases, some are just thieves or conmen." Makarov said, he didn't see any reaction to the statement but wasn't sure if that was good or bad.

"So you would be a Light Guild then?" Naruto asked.

"Yes or Legal Guild." Makarov said as he cleaned his pipe and filled it again. "Now I have answered your questions I hope you will answer some of mine." Naruto thought for a second before giving him a quick nod. "You asked what magic was but did not seem too shocked by my display; I believe you've seen something like it?"

Naruto started to think on what he should say, a part of him wanted to come completely clean but another said to hide everything he can. This man seemed nice enough and Naruto couldn't feel any cruel intent from him. Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath he made his decision.

"I would like to be honest with you Makarov-san but something's I am just not ready to tell you. Before we begin though may I ask two things of you?" Makarov smiled, glad the boy wanted to open up.

"Of course." Makarov said with a nod.

"First where are my things?" Naruto asked, Makarov turned and pointed to the dresser across from the end of Naruto's bed.

"We put your clothes in there." Makarov said. "I am curious what you coat says on the back."

"You couldn't read it?" Naruto asked confused, when Makarov shook his head Naruto hummed. "Interesting."

"What is?" Makarov asked, curious as to why the boy seemed confused.

"It's just odd that we seem to speak the same language but our writing is different." Naruto said with a chuckle, which Makarov joined.

"Yes, let's just call it magic eh?" Naruto snorted at Makarov's joke but nodded.

"Very well, now for my second could whatever I tell you remain between just us?" Makarov thought for a minute then nodded.

"As long as it does not put anyone in danger I see no problem with that." Naruto smiled and then looked at the door.

"Well if you will allow me I would like to show you something that might help you see why I wasn't shocked about you magic. I promise its safe." Makarov stopped his smoking and eyed Naruto carefully. He then gave a small nodded and Naruto smiled.

Naruto slowly got out of the bed, he was sore and his body felt stiff but he was able to walk to the door. Once he arrived he went through some hand seals slowly, Makarov watched Naruto carefully, ready to strike if the blonde showed any signs of ill intent. He was curious as to what the hand seals meant.

"Wall of Silence" Naruto finished the seals and touched the door; chakra covered it and created a barrier. Makarov rocked back on his heels but caught himself before he fell off the chair.

"What was that?" Makarov asked curiously.

"Where I'm from we are able to use an energy known as chakra, it is similar to your magic." Naruto said as he slowly walked back to the bed. "In my village there was a clan who could change the size of their bodies with chakra, much like you did that why I reacted the way I did."

"Was?" Makarov asked, Naruto grew quiet and looked down at his hands.

"They are all dead now." Makarov gasped quietly but let Naruto continue. "In my world there are people called Shinobi or Ninja, we use chakra to do a variety of things, much like how I'm sure you use magic." Naruto then took a breath to ready himself for the next part. "There are many villages in the Elemental Nations and we were constantly at war, Shinobi were trained from a young age to fight and if necessary kill. Like you we had missions of different levels and Shinobi were defined by class but unlike Fiore we had no rules on missions involving theft or even assassination."

"You were a Shinobi?" Makarov asked quietly, sadness filling him that children so young were trained to fight and possibly kill. They may have young mages but he would never put them in such a position.

"I was." Naruto said with a nod, still not looking up.

"Have you killed before?" Makarov asked quietly, Naruto looked up and into the man's eyes.

"Yes." Naruto said, Makarov looked into the boy's, no man's, eyes and while he didn't see regret he also found nothing to make him believe Naruto enjoyed it.

"Is that why you left?" Makarov asked.

"No, I do not regret the lives I had to take but it wasn't why I left." Naruto said calmly. "Years ago an evil man created a disease that leeched off of chakra and attacked people. We tried our best but sadly never found a cure."

"So your friends and family?" Makarov asked but knew the answer.

"Yes, all but one of my childhood friends are dead." Naruto said before looking away and taking a breath to push down the memories of his friends.

"How did you survive?" Makarov asked, trying to get the blondes mind off his friends.

"I had a powerful healing ability." Naruto said, he was not ready to speak about Kurama yet because he wasn't sure if the fox was even in him anymore.

"Had?" Makarov asked, curious about the phrasing.

"As I am not at one hundred percent yet I don't know if I have all my skills still." Naruto said to deflect the subject. "Now as to why I came here, well I couldn't stand to live in a place where I was constantly reminded of the people I lost. Also as the only one who could use chakra I was worried people might view me as a god or demon and fear me."

"So you found a way to travel to another place? Why here?" Makarov asked.

"I honestly had no idea where I would end up or what would happen when I used my techniques." Naruto said quietly, Makarov looked surprised.

"You didn't know? What if you had died?" Makarov said before something clicked in his mind. "Where you hoping to die?"

"Not really." Naruto said quietly. "But I knew it was a risk and was prepared for it." Makarov frowned.

"Well, what was your plan then if you arrived somewhere?" Makarov asked, an idea already forming in his head.

"Live and move on with my life. I know my friends wouldn't want me to sit around crying." Naruto said with a small smile. "My Baa-chan would probably beat me to death if I did that."

"Would you be interested in joining Fairy Tail?" Makarov asked, Naruto looked at the man for a moment.

"You would have me?" Makarov nodded.

"I have more questions and I'm going to need honest answers but I think so yes." Naruto smiled and nodded.

"Very well, ask away." Makarov took a puff of his pipe.

"You said you had classes similar to ours?" Naruto nodded. "What where you." Naruto paused for a minute.

"I was labeled SS with a flee on sight." Makarov's eyes went wide and he almost fell out of the chair when he heard that.

"What?" The man could understand how someone so young could be so highly ranked; he had three mages around Naruto's age. It was the fact that in Naruto's world people ranked so high had to kill.

"I have some very powerful techniques and a very large amount of chakra." Naruto said, both were true but he didn't want to mention Kurama yet. He figured after people got to know him he could come clean and they would understand. "Those alone made me capable of defeating large numbers of Shinobi by myself.

"I see." Makarov did somewhat, if he killed people he could see how many might flee from him or even Fairy Tail's Ace mage, Gildarts. "How many people have you killed?"

"I honestly can't remember them all but everyone I killed were evil men that would not change their ways." Naruto said with conviction. "If I had to guess I would say around sixty people."

"Would you kill again?" Naruto thought for a second.

"Is it illegal to kill? Even Dark mages?" Makarov let out a sigh.

"Not necessarily, if they are part of a Dark Guild or labeled criminals we are allowed to kill them but there is an unwritten rule in Fairy Tail not to." Naruto sat there for a minute thinking before he answered.

"I gain no pleasure in killing but sometimes there are people who you cannot stop any other way." Naruto looked back to Makarov. "I can promise to only kill if the person is trying to kill me or my friends but that's the best I can promise." Makarov sighed and scratched his chin, he couldn't blame Naruto for his view, it's how he grew up and honestly there were people in the guild who had killed before, just not since they joined.

"I can agree with that." Naruto actually looked shocked; he thought that would be a breaking point. "But I think you shouldn't talk about that until people really get to know you."

"I would prefer to never have to mention it." Naruto said, gaining a small smile from Makarov.

"Good, now if you join what would you like to tell people about your life. Do you want to admit you're from a different world?" Naruto hummed in thought.

"Do people know about different worlds, I know you do but is it common knowledge?" The Shinobi asked.

"Some older and high class mages know about other worlds but only two people in Fairy Tail besides myself are aware." Makarov informed the blonde.

"How well traveled is the world? Could we say I came from some distant Island?" Naruto asked after a few seconds of thought.

"Yes that could work." Makarov said as he rubbed his chin. "You can just play your abilities off as foreign magic's. Of course people might want to learn them from you."

"I can say their family secrets, would that stop them?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Yes everyone would respect your decision." Makarov said, earning a nod from Naruto. "Of course you would be lying to everyone."

"Only small white lies and it's not that I don't want to tell people." Naruto started with a shrug. "It's just better for me to get to know everyone before I really open up. I have not had the happiest life." Makarov could tell Naruto wasn't only taking about killing and war like he mentioned earlier but didn't want to press him.

"I understand, not everyone in Fairy Tail has had an easy life." Makarov said quietly as he took a puff of his pipe. "Were a family here, everyone under my roof is like my child and I will do anything to help them." Naruto smiled at Makarov, seeing more of his Jiji Hiruzen in him than before.

"Fairy Tail sounds like a wonderful place." Naruto said, earning him a large smile from Makarov.

"I think you'll enjoy it, everyone is friendly and you'll make plenty of new memories." Naruto returned the man's smile.

"Then I guess I'm in." Makarov chuckled and hopped of the chair.

"Good, now something's we need to go over." Makarov said as he became more serious. "I can't just go and give you an S-Class ranking until I see you in action."

"Understandable." Naruto said with a nod. "After I recover I would be happy to spar with you or other Guild Members to test myself."

"Perfect." Makarov said with a large smile, he already knew several people that would jump at the chance to fight. "If in fact you should be S-class that will give you a chance to show not only me but others, it is odd for people to be that powerful and not in a Guild already."

"Should I hide my strength then?" Naruto asked, he didn't want to draw to much attention to himself.

"No, no." Makarov said as he shook his head. "Once people learn you're from a different place and you show off a bit it will be fine."

"If you're sure." Naruto said with a shrug, he was happy though as he didn't like holding back.

"I am." Makarov said with a firm nod. "You've obviously been through a lot and worked hard for your skills. It would be a shame to force you to hide them."

"Alright then." Naruto said. "I think I should be good as new in a day or so."

"Very well." Makarov said as he hopped of the chair and walked towards the door. "I'll send Mira-chan back with some lunch."

"Thank you Makarov-san." Naruto said as he laid back down, a smile came across his face as he thought about how things were working out for him.

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"Mira-chan." Makarov called out as he hopped onto the bar.

"Hello Master." Mirajane said as she turned to the older man. "Everything go okay?"

"Yes Naru-chan seems to be healing fine." Makarov said as his arm extended and started pouring a beer from the tap down the bar. "In fact once he's all better he wants to join Fairy Tail."

"Really." Mirajane said with a large smile. "Oh that's wonderful but if he has magic why did he not know about it?"

"Where he's from they call it Chakra." Makarov said as he took a sip from his beer. "After I explained everything to him and we talked a bit I invited him to join when I found he had nowhere to go."

"He can't go home?" Mirajane asked with a frown.

"If you want to know more ask him yourself Mira-chan." Makarov said over his cup. "I told him you would bring him something to eat."

"Of course." Mirajane said as she walked towards the kitchen. Makarov turned back to the hall, as another fight broke out, and thought over his talk with Naruto. He was impressed the blonde seemed so calm and normal having grown up in, what he assumes, was a harsh world. Judging from the amount of scars he saw just on Naruto's torso, especially on the right side of his chest, he knew Naruto had seen many battles. Makarov let out a sigh and took another swig of beer, his gut told him Naruto was good and it rarely steered him wrong.

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Naruto laid in the hospital bed focusing on his chakra, it seemed to be replenishing fine but his healing was slower. He took that to mean Kurama was no longer dwelling inside of him, they both knew that was a possibility but he wondered if the fox was still in the Elemental Nations, somewhere in Earthland or another world entirely.

"Guess I'll just have to keep an eye out." Naruto said out loud, he then started putting a list together in his head. "First earn money and find a house, somewhere out of the way so not to draw attention. Second find out the main towns and establish contacts there for information." A knock at the door broke Naruto from his thoughts and he turned to see Mirajane walking in with a tray and what looked like soup.

"Afternoon Naruto-kun." She said with a bright smile. "Feeling better?"

"Somewhat, still pretty stiff." Naruto said as he took the tray from the white haired girl.

"Well I hope you're up and about soon, Master told me you're going to join Fairy Tail." Mirajane said happily.

"Yes, from what he told me it seems like the best idea and the Guild sounds fun." Naruto replied as he sniffed his soup. Upon smelling the delicious odor he realized how hungry he was and began to inhale it.

"Oh it is there's never a dull moment in Fairy Tail." Mirajane said as she sat down in the chair next to him. "But don't you want to get home and tell your friends and family you're okay?" Naruto stopped his eating and took a breath.

"Unfortunately I have no friends or family, they all died from a plague." Mirajane gasped and covered her mouth.

"I'm so sorry." She said, Naruto gave her a small smile.

"Its fine, most of them died years ago and I have gotten over it." Naruto said, though he wasn't one hundred percent truthful.

"Still it isn't easy to forget." Mirajane said sadly, Naruto looked over to her and noticed her eyes start to tear up. He guessed she lost someone close to her as well.

"So tell me about Fairy Tail." Naruto said hoping to get Mirajane's mind off of the sad thoughts. "Makarov-san only told me a little about it." Mirajane brightened up at his request.

"Well let's see were known for being the strongest guild and we have six S-class mages, the most out of all the guilds, and around forty members." Mirajane started as she tapped her chin with her finger in thought. "Master mentioned you had magic but you didn't know what Guilds were so what did you do at home?"

"Those of us that could use chakra or magic were allowed to enter an academy to learn and train." Naruto said carefully, he didn't want to give away too much yet. "After graduation we worked for the village."

"So you were a solider?" Mirajane asked as she cocked her head in confusion.

"Yes." Naruto said with a nod, he figured that was close enough to the truth.

"Did you have ranks? What were you?" Mirajane asked with interest.

"We had ranks; they were Genin, Chunin, Special Jounin and Jounin." Naruto said before eating another mouthful of soup. "I was a Jounin."

"So did you lead teams or have troops and what's the difference in a Special Jounin and Jounin?" Mirajane said excitedly as she leaned forward, her elbows resting on her knees and head on her hands. Naruto chuckled at the girl's excited attitude.

"You're just full of questions, not that I blame you." Mirajane smiled at him.

"Well it's not every day a cute guy from another land falls out of the sky." Naruto chocked on his soup and blushed slightly, causing Mirajane to chuckle.

"Yes well." Naruto said before he cleared his throat and collected himself. "First a Special Jounin is someone who is not yet full ready to be Jounin but is in a specific field. For instance one of my friends couldn't use chakra but excelled in Taijutsu, that's what we called hand to hand combat."

"If he couldn't use magic, I mean chakra, how did he get in the army?"

"Well he had some chakra but it wasn't enough to do many things." Naruto said carefully, he didn't know if magic moved through their bodies like chakra did and didn't want to arouse suspicion. "He was a special case and definitely showed people who didn't believe in him."

"By the way you talk about him I'd guess he was a really close friend." Mirajane said with a small smile.

"Yes he was." Naruto said with a nod. "As for troops and such we didn't really operate that way. When assigned a mission our leader would either pick the team or let the team leader choose. So we worked with different people quite a bit, I'm guessing its different here?"

"Yep, here the requests are up on a board and you choose the one you want to take." Mirajane said as she rose back into her seat and took a lecturing pose. "Each is labeled with a job description, recommended class and reward. You can choose people to work with you or go them alone but we do have a couple of teams in the Guild."

"Well that's a nice change of pace." The shinobi said with a smile. "I can't count how many boring missions Baa-chan used to send me on against my will."

"Your grandmother was the village leader?" Mirajane said with a gasp.

"Ya, well she wasn't my real grandmother." Naruto said before smiling fondly. "She was more like my mother but I called her Baa-chan to tick her off." Mirajane giggled and nodded her head.

"A lot of the members call Master Gramps." Naruto snorted and filed that information away for later. "So I'm guessing you can only take missions of your rank and lower." Receiving a nod from Mirajane he continued. "So how do you progress? Is there a test or a certain number of missions you have to complete?"

"Well not exactly." Mirajane said. "Up to A-Class Master decides when you change, but every year we hold an exam for someone to become S-Class."

"Is it a group exam or does Makarov-san pick only one person?" Naruto asked intrigued.

"Depends on who he feels is ready, we had our exam about five months ago and only two people were picked Cana Alberona and Freed Justine." Mirajane said with a shrug. "But I've heard of it only being one person and sometimes almost double digits."

"So the test must vary every year." Naruto said.

"Yup." Mirajane said happily. "Did you have to take tests for your promotions?"

"Yes, except for Special Jounin." Naruto said as he finished his soup.

"So would a Jounin be equivalent to an S-Class Mage?" Mirajane asked curious as to where the blonde stood compared to her and the others.

"Actually we had Classes like yours as well; I was an S-Class." Mirajane's eyebrows rose in surprise.

"Wow so that will be seven S-Class Mages when you join." She said.

"Well before he gives me S-Class ranking Makarov-san wanted me to spar with some people, so he could be sure our ranking systems were similar in criteria." Naruto said as he placed his now empty bowl on the stand next to him. "He also said that would be a good way for me to show everyone I deserve the rank because it's odd for someone to join at S-Class."

"That's true but I'm sure you'll do fine. When do you think you'll be ready to move about?" Mirajane asked as she stood and grabbed Naruto's empty bowl.

"If I take it easy today I should be moving easily tomorrow but I can't be sure when my chakra will be back to full." Mirajane smiled and nodded before heading to the door.

"Well I need to get back to the bar but it was nice talking to you Naruto-kun." Naruto smiled and gave her a small wave as she left, sighing and laying back down as she closed the door.

Naruto lay back down and placed his hands behind his head, he thought over the information he had given. Most of the information was easy enough to dance around and twist to keep from people learning of the darker things about him. Plus he liked the idea of being able to pick his own jobs and not have to worry about killing people anymore; while he needed to kill Orochimaru's hybrid men he never enjoyed the fact he had to talk a life. Letting out a sigh Naruto slowly sat up and crossed his legs, closing his eyes and tried to gather natural energy. Suddenly Naruto was felt a powerful energy in the air other than natural, it seemed both familiar and different at the same time. As the natural energy filled him Naruto looked outward from his room and saw many different signatures, all similar to the energy he felt in the air but with small additions.

"This must be magic." Naruto thought as he examined the different people. "It seems their magic takes on characteristics of their types or possible spells they use." He watched as someone with a warm fire type clashed with a cold ice magic, to the side of them he found another fire type sitting with an odd magic. "It feels like smoke?" Naruto let out a chuckle as the fight involving the two men earlier expanded to more people. Suddenly Naruto focused on a strange signature, it was dark and felt angry. "This is similar to Kurama early on." This peaked his curiosity and wondered what kind of magic was similar to a Biju and who used it."Well I definitely found an interesting place to start a new life."