"It's been about four years, huh? Kyuubi?"

"If you're referring to that accursed accident mortal, then yes, it has been four of your miserably short four human years."

"Lighten up, would ya?"

"The day I lighten up is the day I rip your flesh from your bones, fleshling! Oh your heart in my great maw shall be the last your pathetic eyes will see before your spirit falls in the great unknown!"

Naruto chuckled. Bantering with the Kyuubi was one of his favorite hobbies as the old demon was extremely melodramatic in his threats. Still he had a point. It was four years since he had that unfortunate accident with the seal. Four long years since he had talked with the old geezer. And four long years since he had met the red-haired beauty. Naruto inhaled deeply, the numerous smells of Magnolia Town filled his senses. The fresh bread of the bakery. The sweet smell of wine. The-.

"Quit your artsy-fartsy description of the damned town and get to the meaty part before I begin to torture you for a thousand suns, puny mortal!"

Naruto's eye twitched. He quickly went back to the seal and smirked at the trapped Kyuubi. The demon swore under its breath when he saw the evil smirk on his jailer's face. Naruto snapped his fingers and with Kyuubi were two people. Gai and Lee. Kyuubi only had enough time to curse before the two started on their fearful speech.

"GAI!"

"LEE!"

In front of Kyuubi's eyes they hugged, exposing his eyes to the full power of their youth genjutsu.

"Aaargh! Curse you and your family for a thousand years! I shall-!"

Naruto ignored the threats and headed through the town, searching for the famous mage guild. The mage was a famous guild mostly because it was full of eccentric mages of all sorts. The first person he met was the guild master, Makarov who sent him on a training trip long when he first arrived. Said it would be good for him. Naruto agreed and left, promising to return. Naruto could not help but smile as he entered the large doors of the guild.

"I'm HOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMME!"

Whack!

Naruto winced and glared at the mug that nailed him in the side of the head. He picked up the mug and shook it in the air. The inside of the guild was a huge bar brawl. Naruto ducked a large unopened bottle and snatched it out of the air. He pulled open the cork and took a long drink out of the bottle, enjoying the sweet wine. Once he finished, he grinned and jumped in the middle of the brawl. Naruto nailed a pink-haired teen with a solid uppercut before slugging a shirtless teen in the face. He took a powerful fist in the face but grabbed the offending arm and slammed the person into a table. Naruto planted a foot on the dazed man and held up his bottle.

"I am the conqueror!"

"That's my line asshole!"

Naruto sprayed wine as a foot kicked him in the groin, sending him rolling on the ground. Near him, the man he slammed looked at Naruto in pity.

"Men should not be hit down there."

"I know right?" Naruto squeaked. He had to take several deep breaths to steady himself. After a long moment, he stood back up only to be nailed in the groin again by another mug.

"Hahahahaha! Yes! Feel the power of my wrath! Fate shalt be on my side! You time has come!"

"Shut the hell up Kyuubi."

Naruto pulled himself to his feet and glared at the people around him. He gathered up his chakra and made a cross with his hands.

"Ninpou: Shadow Clone!"

Ten Naruto copies appeared around Naruto and began to beat anyone in range. At that point, magical spells began to fly everywhere. A huge gout of fire erupted. A large brick arm, crushed a clone. He dodged an ice pillar only to get nailed by several cards. Naruto began to do hand seals for another jutsu but a loud voice roared through the guild.

"STOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!"

All action stopped and everyone turned to see a huge giant glare at them. Naruto paused and relaxed. The pink-haired teen cackled at everyone in the bar.

"Hahaha! I'm the winna-!"

Squash!

The giant squashed the teen under his foot like a tiny bug. He then turned to a blond girl, scaring the living wits out of her before reverting to a small man. Naruto chuckled as Makarov jumped twelve feet in the air to stand on a banister, looking down at the guild as if they were a bunch of rowdy children. He pulled out a pack of papers and shook it.

"I just came from the council and they are furious! Punching a VIP! Drinking several barrels and charging it to the council! Arrested for public nudity?"

"Hah! Amateurs!"

Makarvo glared at the pink-haired teen.

"Natsu you are the worst! I won't go into details but destroying half a town?"

"My bad."

Makarov sighed, shaking his head. Much of the guild looked down guiltily at the ground, shamed in disappointing their master in such a way.

"Forget them!"

Makarov ignited the stack of papers in his hands. He tossed it to Natsu who ate it.

"Magic is not a tool! It is a gift. Never mind the council and their rules! Do what you feel is right! That will and always will be the rule of our guild. We are Fairy Tail!"

A huge cheer erupted. Naruto smiled as he saw the happy faces of the mages around him. The placed was indeed like Konoha. He could make a home here.

Who was he kidding?

He was home.

"Back again, just as you promised. Have you decided on joining us?"

Naruto nodded and smiled. "I have Master Makarov."

Makarov smiled. "Thank you Naruto. Now onto the fun part. Let's get you registered."

"Registered?"

"Nothing big. Just fill out a form and we give you a tattoo."

Naruto glanced down at the form and quickly filled it out. He paused at the last part in choosing a nickname. Makarov glanced at his paper and smirked.

"I might have a name for you. One that I've heard your enemies called you."

Naruto turned to Makarov, interested.

"Legion. The thousand-demon army."

"The puny human's suggestion is satisfactory. It is worthy enough."

"Suits me."

Naruto grinned. "The Legion Mage. I like that."

After sorting out a couple of forms and handing several packs of paperwork, he headed down to the main area. Naruto took a seat at the bar and smiled at Mirajane, the pretty barmaid. She smiled at Naruto and passed him a mug of beer.

"New mage? Welcome to Fairy Tail."

"Thanks. Finished a longtime mission from Makarov really. Finally became a member."

"Oh really?" Mirajane asked. Naruto handed her the small card Makarov handed him. She glanced at it and gave a small gasp in shock.

"S-rank?"

Sprrrt!

"What?" Naruto asked. Mirajane glanced at Naruto in surprise.

"Didn't you know?"

Naruto shook his head. Mirajane gave him a small smile.

"Well Master certainly has a lot of trust in you. I think I'll be hearing a lot about you in the near future. Good luck."

"Thanks," Naruto said. "By the way, I'm looking for a girl with red hair and armor."

"Erza? You can't mean Erza Scarlet right?"

Naruto fished out a locket around his neck. Mira squealed when she saw what was inside the locket. Inside was a picture of Erza and Naruto kissing. It was the most girly picture of Erza she had ever seen.

"She's one of the main reasons I kept my promise."

Mira gave Naruto a small pat on the back. "Don't worry she'll be back soon."

"I hope so."

"You really fell for her, huh?"

"I did."

"Bah! Your pathetic lovesick speech is so sugary it rots my fangs! It amuses me that your manhood seeks a woman who is so much like your birth giver."

"Shut up before I bring the plushy toys!" Naruto snapped.

"New guy, let's fight!"

"No I'm fighting him first!"

Naruto glanced to the right to see two teens fighting on the bar stools next to him. Food and drinks were scattered about, messing up the bar. An overturn mug splashed sticky beer all over Naruto, staining his coat. Naruto grabbed the scruff of their necks and slammed them on the ground, knocking the wind from them and stunning the two of them.

"Have you any manners?" Naruto growled. "I'll fight both of you."

"Bring it on!"

"I'll take you down myself!"

Naruto looked up at the smiling bar maid. "Do they do this all the time?"

"You get used to it," Mirajane said. "Oh by the way boys, he's the new S-class mage. Naruto, the Legion."

"An S-class?" Gray asked nervously. He was lucky if he could be ranked a B+, much less S. He turned to Natsu who was positively jumping in joy.

"Yes, if I can defeat you, I can beat Erza!"

Naruto chuckled. Natsu definitely reminded him of himself, albeit his twelve year old self. The boy probably haven't received his first kill.

"Sure I have time. Let's go outside."

Five minutes later.

"Yes puny mortals! tremble in the face of my absolute power! Mwahahahaha!"

"Um, I fought not you."

"You are my avatar in this world. My strength are yours! My powers are yours!"

"So my ungodly obsession for ramen is due to you?"

"No. I mean yes. I mean-! Curse your circular philosophical reasoning puny mortal!"

"Yeah yeah, save it."

Naruto pulled out a pipe and began to smoke on the cured tobacco. He sat on a cushion and glanced at Natsu's head on the ground, his body stuck in the ground.

"I wasn't ready you whiskered cowered!" Natsu roared. Happy glanced at Natsu.

"You were beat like a whipped cream."

Naruto smirked. "Ain't that the truth?"

"Aye!"

"Happy you traitor!" Natsu roared.

"As much as I'm enjoying the useless argument, can you get off me?"

Naruto glanced down at the "cushion" he was sitting on. Natsu smirked at Grey who was wrapped up tightly in rope.

"Hah, you got your ass whooped!"

"So did you!"

Naruto blew a cloud of smoke in Grey's face.

"Well I've wasted enough time. Next time, try harder. Later popsicle, candle."

"Popsicle?"

"CANDLE! YOU BASTARD! GET BACK HERE!"

Naruto chuckled as Natsu thrashed about uselessly. To add insult to injury, Naruto placed a spoon in Natsu's mouth.

"Dig."

That night, Naruto began to feast upon bowl upon bowl of ramen. After the humiliation of Grey and Natsu, he was given a very large berth. Naruto frowned at the fear. He didn't want it to end up that way. There was some good in that Mirajane kept him company during his dinner. After a while, Mirajane's brother, Elfman, began to talk to him. Naruto liked the odd man. He reminded him of a more normal Gai or Lee, except talking about a man's duty instead of youth. As he ate, Naruto felt that he had much in common with the large man.

"So you're telling me you have trouble with this take-over magic?" Naruto asked. Elfman nodded.

"A man should not have any weaknesses!" Elfman stated. "I am ashamed!"

Naruto glanced at the man. "We all have weaknesses. For instance, I cannot live without my ramen."

"HAH! I HAVE FOUND YOUR WEAKNESS!"

From out of nowhere, Natsu sprang up and grabbed the bowl in Naruto's hand. Before Naruto could stop him, Natsu ate the contents of the bowl. He slammed the bowl in front of Naruto, smiling triumphantly.

"The battle is mine! And so shall the war! Right Happy?"

"Aye!"

Naruto looked at the bowl in shock before looking up at Natsu with hollow eyes.

"You ate my ramen," Naruto whispered. "You ate my ramen."

"So? What are you going to do?"

A few seconds later, Natsu was rolling around the guild with his face completely covered by his underwear. Laughter filled the guild as Natsu stumbled about trying to remove his underwear. It was difficult considering his hands were tied to his ankles by the scarf. Naruto looked at Natsu in satisfaction.

"Never touch my ramen."

He turned to Elfman and pointed at the man's chest.

"The way I see it, you need to look deep inside of yourself and speak with every monster that you have sealed. Regain dominance over them. That is the way of the man!"

"YES!"

Mirajane giggled as Elfman ran away excitedly.

"Happiest I've seen him in a while. Thank you."

"My pleasure."

The next day, Naruto looked up at the job sheets, searching for a relatively simple job. He frowned when he saw some of the mundane missions, remembering the boring D-rank jobs he once did. He pulled one of the sheets down and examined the mission. It was a simple extermination job of a bandit camp. A-rank too with a good payment. Naruto smiled at the amount of money. Enough to rival a low S-rank.

"Naruto! Let me fight you!"

"Don't you have better things to do?" Naruto asked, without turning around.

"NO!"

Naruto rolled his eyes and pulled out a pen and some paper. He quickly jotted down some notes and gave it to Natsu.

"Once you can do that, you can fight me."

Natsu took the paper eagerly. "Yatta! Just you wait! I'll kick your ass soon!"

Naruto chuckled as Natsu ran off. He heard someone nearby and turned to see Fairy Tail's newest mage, Lucy. She was staring at him with a curious eye.

"Is there something on my face?"

"Are you the unknown S-class mage that eliminated the five Dark Guilds in the east? The same one that eliminated the Chimera in the Fire Canyons?" Lucy asked. "They say the person had blond hair and scars on his face, like whiskers."

Naruto nodded. "Both of those were mine. I was a freelance at the time, exploring the world."

"Wow! You must be really strong?"

Naruto chuckled. "Before an unfortunate accident, I was the strongest mage in my guild."

"What happened?"

"Well I was working on a space-time spell and I think I messed up a part of the spell, transporting me to fates know where," Naruto explained. "Makarov was the first person I met. He explained to the best of his abilities and I decided to explore the land for four years. Just wandering. During my wanderings, I met the love of my life. I haven't seen her for months and I joined this mage, hoping to see her again."

He turned to see Lucy staring at him with stars in her eyes.

"What?"

"That is so romantic!" Lucy squealed. Naruto shrugged.

"I guess it is," Naruto said. Lucy sighed.

"I wish I had someone like that," Lucy whispered. "But all I have is a man-child that spits flames."

Naruto frowned. "Don't be so harsh on Natsu. I was like that when I was younger. He'll change. He just needs time and experience."

"Hey Happy, check this out!"

Naruto and Lucy turned to see Natsu balancing on a table with a table on his head. He stumbled and the table came crashing down. Naruto winced.

"Maybe a lot of time."

"Naruto!"

Naruto turned to see Mirajane holding a slip of paper for him. On the paper was a note from Makarov. He quickly shredded the paper and looked around the bar.

"Anyone know a Gray Fullbuster?"

"He's over there. The guy without the shirt," Mirajane said.

Naruto looked over to see the teen realize he was only wearing his underwear. Naruto strode over to the teen. Gray pulled on his clothes and noticed Naruto standing there amused.

"You need something?"

"Yeah, you're coming with me on a mission. Makarov's orders. Pack light, we won't be gone long."

"Might I ask where are we going?"

"To the Athryn Range to eliminate the White Peak Bandits."

Gray blanched. "By yourself? Against fifty?"

"Actually more than 100. Now c'mon, don't be dawdling."

That afternoon, the pair took a train to the Athryn mountain range where the bandits supposedly lived. After talking with the mayor of the town, Naruto and Gray followed a guide up through the mountains where the bandits' stronghold was. The guide nervously peeked over the edge of the cliff and looked down into the raving. He pulled his head back in and hurried over to Naruto and Gray.

"There over there! Please, I see half of our town down there. Save them!"

Naruto nodded. "Don't worry we'll save them. Is there anyway down without being spotted?"

The guide pointed to a small opening.

"Over there. Leads to a narrow staircase. Will hide you."

"Thank you. C'mon Gray."

Naruto walked down the staircase, followed closely by Gray. The staircase led the right by the fort, behind a screen of bushes. Naruto hunkered down by the bushes. Gray sat on the ground near him.

"So what now?"

"We go in," Naruto said simply.

"Just like that?"

Naruto nodded. "Just like that."

Naruto stood up in the bushes and held out his hand. A blue orb appeared in his hand and began to grow. Gray's mouth dropped as the orb grew to human size before it was compressed into the size of a baseball. It shone a brilliant blue and gave off a ethereal sound, like sirens. Naruto smirked at Gray's face.

"Keep up, rookie."

Naruto sprang from the bushes and before anyone spotted him, he rammed his hand into the front gate. The gates buckled and blew inward as the orb exploded, sending a huge shock wave and knocking everyone near Naruto off their feet. Naruto rushed in the gate. Gray ran in after him but could only stare as Naruto systematically took down every bandit while rescuing every captured villager. A literal army of Narutos swarmed through any resistance. Gray could see two clones gang up on one man, while another clone knocked out five bandits by himself. Everywhere were yellow-haired clones running about, causing havoc in the fort. A few were dispelled but soon the whole fort was under Naruto's control. The clones untied the villagers and several of them escorted them out of the base. Another group rounded up all of the bandits into one long chain, all of them shackled and bound with ropes. A final group looted the whole area, taking away large chests of treasures, stocks of food, and barrels of alcohol. Gray could only stare as Naruto effortlessly cleaned out the fort.

"Close your mouth kid. A fly would fly in."

Gray turned to see Naruto calmly puffing on a pipe. Naruto exhaled a cloud of fragrant smoke into Gray's face.

"Didn't expect you to freeze up like that."

Gray glared. "I didn't freeze up! You already finished before I could run in the door."

Naruto glanced inside the fort and shrugged.

"Got a point there rook. C'mon, at least help me get the villagers and loot back to camp."

The trip to the village was a short one with all the clones. The clones unloaded the supplies at the village storehouse and dispelled themselves. Naruto and Gray kept an eye on the bandits as the villagers gratefully reunited with their loved ones. Naruto smiled as the mayor approached them with his wife and daughter near him. He wiped the tears of joy in his eyes and shook Naruto's and Gray's hands thankfully.

"I cannot thank you enough for what you have done," the mayor whispered, overcome with emotion.

"It's no problem sir."

"Please take this pay and as much treasure as you wish," the mayor said. His wife nodded in agreement.

"We can at least give you that much."

"We appreciate it," Naruto said. "Please if you have any trouble, Fairy tail guild is always at your service."

"Of course."

Naruto pocketed the envelope the mayor gave him and pulled out a scroll. With the scroll, he sealed three chests of treasure inside. Once he finished, Naruto and Gray left the village. On the train, Naruto laid back peacefully, staring out the window. He felt Gray staring at him and frowned.

"Something wrong?"

"You're amazing!" Gray said. "You took out a hundred-!"

"127 plus two dogs."

"All those bandits without breaking a sweat!" Gray gushed. "And those clones and that orb! How did you do that?"

Naruto smirked as he closed his eyes.

"I'm just that good."