Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Fairy Tail. If I did then the Grand Magic Games Arc would have been less confusing.

Ikō: I'll tell you what's confusing Skillet. What this story is doing here?

Greed: Why are writing this clichéd ol' thing when you should be writing Ninja of Santoryu?

Skillet: Because-

Cedric: Or the sequel to my story?

Skillet: Beca-

Maya: Or that Assassination Classroom story you were working on?

Skillet: Because! I want to have some variety in my stories. I know it's clichéd, but so was Ninja of Santoryu. I made that work by putting my own spin and style on the subject.

Cedric: Arguably. Voodoo's Disciple is much better…Or at least the rewrite was.

Skillet: Kiss my ass. It's not as if I'm giving up my other stories or anything.

Greed: He's just bothered that it's Rated T.

Cedric: Have you read the damn summary? This is gonna flop, mark my words!

Skillet: We'll see.

Chapter 1: The Land of Fiore

In a land far far away, lies the kingdom of Fiore: a small peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. To most magic is a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they have devoted their lives to its practice. These men and women are known are mages. Banded together into magical guilds, they use their power for fame and fortune.

Many of these guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to make legends, well into the future: Fairy Tail…

However we haven't actually gotten to that part of the story yet. The child we're focusing on right now isn't even a mage, but rather an ex-shinobi of a land far southeast of Fiore. He was banished from his former home after a successful mission backfired, much to the protest of his friends.

For those of you who probably already know what happened by now, I'll cut to the chase. Our story begins on the docks of Hargeon, a port town in southern Fiore "Hey guys, you're not going to believe what I just found!" A nearby fisherman announced to his co-workers as he pulled up his peculiar catch.

"For the last time Fabby, just because the fish is shiny doesn't mean it's valuable!" Another came over to see what he talking about before seeing what he'd fished out of the ocean. A young blond boy in a messy orange jumpsuit who appeared to half dead "What did you do?"

"Why are you automatically assuming it's my fault?"

"Because most things are your fault!"

As the two fisherman bickered, Naruto awoke in a coughing fit to see he was hanging over the ocean from a fishing pole "Wait a minute! What the hell is going on here?" Upon hearing the supposed corpse scream out in horror, the fishermen both double taked back and accidentally dropped him back in.

"So the gaki was alive after all?"

"At least he was."

Naruto swam back the shore and began coughing up the sea water he'd swallowed while at sea. As far as he could tell his small boat had capsized upon coming across an ocean storm. He looked around in confusion, as the way of living and architecture was very different than what he was used too.

"Where the hell am I?" Naruto asked himself in shock as he tried to absorb his new surroundings.

"Hey gaki, you ok over there!" One of the fisherman asked as they ran up to him on the shore "You looked like a drowned fox when we pulled you out of the water.

"I'm fine, but I just wanna know where I am." Naruto explained himself and his reasoning "Nothing looks like it did before. Did I die and this is the afterlife?"

Seeing the opportunity to have some fun, the other fisherman said with mischievous grin "You're right gaki, this is the afterlife and we are the Tormentors of Hell." In response to his teasing, the man hit him upside the head with his fishing pole.

"Shut up dumbass, can't you see he's been through enough already!" The man scolded his co-worker before observing Naruto and arriving to a conclusion "You look like your from Shang. Now what are you doing all the way in Ishgar?"

When he said this Naruto immediately took on expression of absolute horror, before screaming loudly enough to grab the attention of most of those at the port "YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME! THAT DAMN STORM TOOK ME ALL THE WAY TO ISHGAR!"

"Fiore specifically; you're from a few continents down, quite frankly I'm surprised you're still alive."

"No way. No! No! No!" The blonde ex-ninja gripped his head to keep it from exploding due to shock, before running off into Hargeon.

"Hey kid where are you going?"

Naruto ignored him and kept running, thoughts of anguish racing around his head 'How could things have gone so wrong! I just completed my mission and kept my promise, but they kicked me out and now I'm halfway across the world! This is such a drag! And now I'm talking like Shikamaru all of the sudden!' Naruto was quickly interrupted from the distraught monologue when he ran into somebody else on the path.

He looked up to see three thuggish looking men with various deformities and scars covering their bodies. The most distinct quality each of them held was a strange red mark that looked like a goblin with flames coming from the top of its head. The man who appeared to be the leader, a tall fellow with long and bushy white hair with red eyebrows and a soul patch stepped forward with a menacing scowl.

"Watch where you're going you little brat. You wouldn't want to make me mad would you. I doubt anyone would miss a stupid little shit like you." The man growled while glaring down at the blond teenager.

Naruto was intimidated for a brief moment, before working up the nerve to shoot back "The only thing stupid here is your haircut old man! Don't make death threats in public, especially not to a ninja!"

"Oh, you're a ninja are you? Now I'm scared; practically shaking in my boots." The man grew a menacing grin and picked up Naruto by the collar of his soggy jumpsuit.

"Kill that gaki already Yeto! That's show what happens when you mess with Burningbane Goblin!" Another man said excitedly before he noticed a crowd forming around them "Eyes to yourself people, or else you'll be kissing pavement like the kid!"

Immediately after he was forcibly picked up by Yeto, Naruto quickly began doing the hand seal for his signature Kage Bushin no Jutsu. But to his surprise and horror, nothing came to fruition 'What's going on? Where's my Bushin?!' His terrified state only increased when Yeto hold him up toward the other two thugs with a sadistic smirk.

"Who wants a crack at the kid first?" Yeto asked his cohorts as both evilly chuckled and somehow formed dark green and yellow circles with strange patterns around them formed from their hands. However before anything else could happen, a voice rang out from not far away.

"Purple Flare"

Before they could fire on Naruto, a large whip of what seemed to be purple fire shot out and hit one of the thugs into a nearby building. This distracted the others long enough for them to set down Naruto and their strange circle of light. What appeared to be the source of this was a blue haired man in his early thirties who also had the strange circle of light around his hands, though it appeared to be purple. He wore khaki slacks, a blue t-shirt, and had noticeable stubble on his face.

Next to him was a man around the same age with a brown pompadour with a cigarette wearing a brown jacket with an orange undershirt, and dark sunglasses. He proceeded to speak in a gravely voice "Honestly, it's X777 and you punks still can't get your act together for shame."

"What do you legals know? The only thing your good for is being the council's lapdog!" Yeto yelled at the man before ordering his comrade that was still conscious "Ujem, kill that bastard or I'll kill you!"

"Y-yes sir!" Ujem stuttered out before before attacking clumps of mud at the pompadoured one who continued to smoke only for a pink version of the circle to glow from his cigarette and form a wall of smoke which blocked the attack.

"Mud Shot"

"Smoke Wall"

"What the hell is-"

"Smoke Crush"

Before Ujem could comprehend what happened, numerous fists fist shot out from the wall and pounded him around. The thug fell back into unconsciousness, leaving only Yeto to stand and fight "You weaklings can't even handle a few legals? Fine then, I'll handle it myself! Starting with the brat!" Yeto formed an icy blue circle before aiming it at Naruto.

"Ice Magic: Freezer Burn"

"Kage Bushin no Jutsu"

Naruto immediately jumped out of the attack's path, and when he landed, five Kage Bushin suddenly formed nearby "Where the hell did you come from, and why didn't you show up earlier?"

"What the-This little shit just performed a duplication spell without a magic circle! Is he a Mage too?" Yeto said in shock before the group of Naruto began to charge him.

"I don't know who you are, but you picked the wrong guy to mess with. Now you're going to get yours!" Naruto gave the man a hard right cross on his face his face and sent him reeling into a trio of clones who kicked him into the air. In one final move, the real Naruto gave Yeto a heel drop to the face, sending him crashing to the ground.

"Uzumaki Combo Attack"

"Purple Net"

As Yeto fell to the ground, the blue haired man ensnared him a net of more purple fire while the other grabbed his cohorts "Well that was an easy job. Let's turn these punks in and collect the reward money!"

"Good call, but there's something we need to take care of first." The blue haired man turned and faced Naruto with a glare, only to extend his hand with a smile "That was impressive work you did there gaki, my name's Macao Conbolt. I didn't even see you do a magic circle."

"Magic…circle…?"

"Look at him Macao, he's probably from the Shang continent." The other man noticed Naruto's confusion and pointed it out to Macao.

"So he's probably a ninja and uses chakra. Where's you hitai-te?"

'I can't tell anybody I was banished, they'll just treat like how it was before.' Naruto panicked internally before putting on a fake smile "I turned it in when I retired a few days ago. So what's all this stuff about magic anyways?"

"Well it's kind of like your chakra but it requires magic circles instead of hand signs. Their not very compatible with each other so if you try to use jutsu with magic this continent's air there's probably going to be a delay." Macao tried to explain the situation "We have something called guilds where Mages like us work together to earn money. Me and Wakaba are part of the Fairy Tail guild."

"Were those jerks part of a Mage guild too?" Naruto asked in reference to the unconscious men nearby.

"Not quite, they're members of Burningbane Goblin, a dark guild. They've been running a so-called protection racket around Hargeon so we were called to kick their asses." Wakaba explained more about the situation, though it only left Naruto more confused.

"Dark…Guild…Sounds kind of like Orochimaru-teme's dump too me."

"Dark guilds are ones that haven't been approved by the Magic Council, and are involved in illegal jobs and rule violations. Anything from drug trafficking to acts of terrorism. You don't want to mess with them." Macao darkly explained while picking up the unconscious dark mages and facing Naruto "You said you're not a part of your old village anymore right. Why not join Fairy Tail with us?"

"Now hold on a minute Macao, don't you think with Cana, Erza, and Gray the guild has enough crazy kids running around? Besides with the kid's chakra delayed he could get himself killed if he took a job!" Wakaba tried to dissuade Macao from the decision.

"You seem to forgetting that our Master is one of the very few mages who can convert chakra to magical power." Macao reminded his friend before turning his attention back to Naruto "So what do you say, wanna join Fairy Tail?"

'Should I…They seem nice but what if they find out about…It could end up just like…' Naruto once again got lost in thought before Wakaba pointed something out.

"Before we head back to guild, we should at least get the kid some better clothes. He's gonna stick out like a sore thumb walking around in those rags."

The train ride to the town called Magnolia took about 3 hours before they reached town and arrived at the Fairy Tail guild. To Naruto, it felt like getting rid of his old jumpsuit was like getting rid of the last pieces of his old home. He now wore a black t-shirt with an orange spiral in the middle, and a pair of jeans.

After a bit of walking they stopped in front of a multi-floored old building with pagoda style roofs and a dome at the top and a sign that read Fairy Tail in front of the entrance "This is the guild hall; we'll let you talk to the Master before you decide to join."

"Alright." Naruto stood still observing the guild, while Macao and Wakaba went inside to let him absorb his new surroundings "Everything is going so fast. What if they hate me too."

Before Naruto could ponder his situation any further, a blonde teenager with a scar over his right eye and headphones on "Hey kid, move out of way. If you've got business with us take care of it and get the hell out!" The man stomped away in clear bad mood, to Naruto's irritation.

"Great another sulky jerk. Guess every continent has people like that." Naruto scowled at his attitude.

"You'll have to forgive my grandson. I did something that made him mad a few days ago, so anything he does is my fault." An old voice said from behind him. Naruto jumped around to see a diminutive old man with a balding head white hair and a mustache, wearing a blue coast and brown hat and holding a large walking staff "I'm Makarov Dreyar, the third master of Fairy Tail. You must be the shinobi child I heard about."

"Well former shinobi, I kind of retired a few days ago before I got completely lost and ended up in Fiore." Naruto hastily tried to explain, worried Makarov would assume the worst if he was told of his banishment.

However Makarov was a wise old man and saw right through his bluff "Oh really? Are you sure you weren't banished by your village?" Naruto blanched as he feared the worst, and no choice to explain what happened.

Makarov listened carefully to the tale of Naruto's life, slowly nodding as Naruto recounted before speaking up on the story's end "I see so Konoha banished you for injuring a traitor. But what I don't understand if why they would they do such a thing. Normally traitors are harshly punished in the Elemental Villages."

"Well, the guy who left was kind of a big shot clan heir in the village, so the council's advisors practically worship the ground he walks on. And as for me…they've always had it for me but I only learned why a few months ago." Naruto said as he lifted up his shirt to reveal the seal that branded him all his life "I've got a demon sealed inside me. The Kyuubi no Kitsune that attacked the village on the day I was born."

"I see…there's only one thing I can do about that then." Makarov stroked his chin before suddenly hitting Naruto where his seal was, sending him flying a few feet back.

"What the hell was that for you old fart?"

"Take another look at the seal on your stomach child." Naruto followed the order to find something shocking. The chakra seal that once existed there had now been replaced by a red magic circle "The seal wouldn't have held for much longer with the strength of chakra weakened in Fiore's air. So I put an extra layer of protection up to counteract the effects."

Naruto brushed the dust off his clothing and noticed that the magic circle was slowly spinning around "It also converts your chakra into magic, but you should still be able to perform most of your old techniques. But they'll be in the form of spells instead of jutsu, not to mention you'll have your own type of magic based off your chakra nature."

"Chakra…nature…Sorry I wasn't really told about a lot of this before I left." Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.

"You really are a clueless child aren't you?" Makarov groaned in exasperation before facing the guild "Well, it's rather difficult to get from Shang to Ishgar, quite frankly I'm surprised you survived the first time. I suppose you're free to do what you want now, but just know the doors of the Fairy Tail guild are always welcome to those in need."

Naruto gave the old man a grin in response to his offer "Thanks Jiisan, I think I'll join Fairy Tail. I mean it's not as if I really have anywhere to back to."

"Good to hear. Welcome to the guild my child."

"So you're saying there might be some new guy joining the guild?" A dark haired boy around Naruto's age asked Macao, who was currently drinking whiskey with Wakaba nearby.

"Yep, he used to be a shinobi from Shang. He's talking to the master right now about joining."

"I had a feeling something like this would happen soon; my cards did say we'd be meeting someone new pretty soon." A young brown haired girl said as he flipped around magical cards around the tables of the guild.

"As long as he's pretty quiet I don't really care if he joins or not. This guild is noisy enough as it is Cana." The boy voiced his opinions while drinking some soda, only for him to freak out upon Cana pointing out his old habit.

"Gray, your clothes!"

Watching Gray rush around the pub looking for his clothes, a young girl in armor with her long red hair tied back into a braid chuckled lightly to herself "Let's just hope you don't scare him off with your stripping habit before he even lasts a day."

"Shut up Erza!"

Gray growled before his attention was turned to the front entrance opening along with the rest of the guild to see Master Makarov walking in with a short blonde boy wearing a black t-shirt with jeans, and an orange Fairy Tail guild mark on his right bicep. There was a slight red glowing under his shirt, but no one really brought it up.

"This is Naruto Uzumaki; he'll be a part of our guild for now." Makarov introduced the new mage to the rest of the guild, who slowly walked up to the center before making an introduction of his own.

"It's just like Jiisan said, my name's Naruto Uzumaki. I'm not going to lie, I'm probably going to be a lot a weaker than you at first, and I don't know the first thing about magic. But don't look down on me just because I'm new! Dattebayo!" Naruto proclaimed to the amusement of the older guild members.

"What have we done?" Wakaba groaned "It's like having two Grays."

"Looks like we've got a live one." Macao chuckled before taking another swig of whiskey from his mug.

"Great we've got an idiot in the guild. This is even worse than what I thought would happen." Gray slapped his forehead in frustration, only for Erza to slap the back of the head.

"Don't be rude Gray, he should at least at be given a chance before you start insulting. And go put on some clothes." Erza scolded him before walking over to Naruto and smacking him on the head "And you, don't be so loud. I'd prefer to keep the guild peaceful this late in the day."

After Naruto got up and rubbed his aching head, he saw Erza holding out her hand "Sorry if that hurt too much. My name is Erza Scarlet."

Once he got up from the hit to the head, Naruto's felt his face begin to go red from blushing when he looked at Erza 'Oh man, she's pretty. But she's also scary! Are all Ishgar girls like this?'

"Excuse me, are you alright. It's rude to stare you know." Erza said before Naruto responded.

"Sorry, it's just that your armor looks really cool on you." Naruto complimented her, causing Erza to break out into a small break out into a small blush as well.

Gray noticed this and saw the opportunity to tease them a bit "Smoochie, smoochie, someone's in love." In response Erza backhanded him across the room.

"Be quiet Gray, you shouldn't tease people you just met like that. Naruto's just being nice is all." Erza scolded him before turning her attention to Naruto "The one in his boxers is Gray Fullbuster, and the girl practicing card magic is Cana Alberona."

"Hello there." Cana give the new Mage a quick wave.

"So if you're a shinobi then what kind of magic do you use in Shang anyways?" Gray asked, while cleaning off his now bloodied nose.

"Ninjas use something called chakra Gray. I doubt he's even heard of magic till today." Erza explained to the young mage.

"I'm not really sure what type of magic I can use. It involves the conversion of my chakra nature or something like that." Naruto tried to use his growing magical power through a typical shinobi hand seal only to receive no results "How do I control magic anyway?"

"People have different ways of using their magic, but it all comes back to forming a magic circle. For example, my magic revolves around Requiping." Erza allowed Naruto to see her magic as a red magic circle engulfed her in golden light, before it died down and she was revealed to be wearing winged armor with the appearance of a large metal flower.

"Requip: Heaven's Wheel"

"You can do that with magic? I hope I get magic like that!"

"Get used to seeing it on all the time, she never takes it off." Gray grumbled at the habits of his mysterious guildmate.

"At least she wears something Ero-stripper. Put some clothes on."

"Jokes on you, I've got my clothes on now." Gray snapped back, only to realize he had stripped down to his boxers again, and began panicking to find them "NOT AGAIN!"

This reaction caused the guild to start uproaring with laughter "He's got you there Gray! Second time in a row you've been burned by a rookie." Wakaba howled with laughter.

"Maybe he's a fire Mage!"

Naruto laughed at Gray's misfortune with the rest of the guild before realizing Makarov was standing next to him "I see your fitting right in. Just try not to get into to much trouble without your magic fully converted."

"You got it Jiisan! I think I'm going to like it here." Naruto gave the master a thumbs up signifying his happiness "But I still want to know how I'm supposed to form those magic circle things."

"Just let the magic flow through and find a place to channel it. It doesn't require any particular seals to form like jutsu do, but if you feel comfortable with it I'd recommend hand seals."

"Alright." Naruto said to the old man before trying to focus the magic that had already been converted and made a ram seal with his hands. It took him a few moments, but he managed to form a light green magic circle and perform his first spell as a Mage "I got it!"

Unfortunately he released the circle before it could be controlled fully, causing a large blast of wind to tear through the pub and eventually hit the wall "So I use wind magic?…Oh crap I'm really sorry!"

'Oh no. Between this gaki and Erza and Gray I can only dread how the guild will be when their old enough to perform jobs big enough for the Magic Council to notice!' Makarov let his imagination run wild and did the only thing he could do upon envisioning an even more destructive Fairy Tail. He started to cry.

"Pull yourself together Master!"

(A/N): Hello readers it is I Skillet28561. To returning readers from the Monster Chronicles or Ninja of Santoryu, you may be wondering "Why aren't you working one of those two stories?!" Because Fairy Tail is back on Netflix and I've been watching it a lot lately. I really don't want to use the banishment cliché but I used him running away in Ninja of Santoryu, so I don't want to use the same concept twice. The first small bit we'll be focusing on is Naruto growing up as a member of Fairy Tail before we get into the main story of the manga. As such only Cana, Gray, and Erza have joined by this point.

For a second chapter not sure when that will be, because I want to finish up the current story arc in Ninja of Santoryu soon, and there's about five chapters left. No to mention I've got some school work to take care of for the small remainder of senior year.

If you like the story and want to see more, click the favorite and follow sections and be sure to review as long it's not trolling, death threats, or general douchebaggery. I promise the quality we improve the further in I get to the story. Wish this story plenty of luck and I'll see you next time.

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