Toad Saged! Chapter 1: The Beginning

October 10, X773

A blond child grinned in glee as his cerulean blue eyes stared at the birthday candle in awe. He had spiky blond hair which pointed in every direction, cerulean eyes, and three whiskered birthmarks on each chin. The boy was about 6 or now 7 years old as his today was his birthday. Today was Naruto Namikaze-Uzumaki's 7th birthday.

Holding him up to his cake was his father who chuckled seeing the expression on his son's face. Minato Namikaze was very identical to his son with the same set of hair and eyes color only missing the whisker marks. However his hair stretched down to two bangs at his side which stopped around his jaw line. Overall he looked like an older version of Naruto, as remarked by his wife.

Kushina Uzumaki closed her eyes and giggled hiding the mirth in her eyes. She had long, vibrant red hair which stopped at around her waist. She was slender yet possessed a feminine physique which were complimented by her violet eyes, and pearly white skin.

In this world, Earthland, where magic was found in many of the world population Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were world-renowned mages. They were actually so popular that many would be surprised to find out that they were independent mages instead of belonging to a guild. Both were easily S-Class Mages in many people's opinions, Minato himself was once offered a Wizard Saints title which he turned down.

However they spoke very fondly of another guild. If Naruto's recollections of the stories his parents told him were correct then this guild was known as Fairy Tail. The son of the two powerful mages would always be hyped to hear another story of their adventures there. Kushina would always speak fondly on how they were treated like a well- knit family there, while Minato would have a blast reminiscing about the many quests he went on.

The single thing they hadn't told Naruto about was the actual reason they left Fairy Tail… approximately seven years ago from the day they were celebrating today. Both Minato and Kushina made many enemies in their famous careers, or rather infamous in the latter's case, in Fairy Tail. It was due to fear of some dark guild attacking and possibly harming their child in revenge which drove them to leave Fairy Tail and settle in a small rural village just around a mile or so away from Hargeon Port in Magnolia.

"Well Naruto-kun make a wish." Kushina said as she moved forward to get a better view of her child. She giggled quietly seeing Naruto pout, cross his arms, and close his eyes in an attempt to think of a wish.

Naruto squirmed in his father's grasp as he spent a few more seconds thinking. Abruptly he opened his eyes with elation and excitement as he finally settled on a wish. Taking a deep breath he prepared to speak.

"I wish that I can become a strong mage, join Fairy Tail, and make Tou-san and Kaa-san proud!" Naruto wished in a joyful tone. Behind him both his parents smiled at the boy's wish. The Uzumaki leaned back and took another deep breath before lunging forward and blowing out the candle which invoked a small cheer from his mother and father.

"That's our boy!" Minato exclaimed as he set his son on the ground. His smile widened seeing Naruto beam a grin towards him at the words.

"Now that you're 7 years old you know what that means!" Kushina said giving Naruto a cheeky Uzumaki grin. Naruto tilted his head before jumping in raw excitement, he bounced in place a few more secnds as his clear blue eyes reflected his elation. "Soon we'll start teaching you magic." Kushina finished with a laugh, she watched Naruto make a fist and thrust it upwards at the announcement. The scarlet-haired mage put a finger onto her skin in thought. "Now what should I teach you first, my Chain Magic or the Uzumaki traditional Sealing Magic.

"Awww." Naruto frowned hearing the magic his mother opted to teach him first. He would never forget the demonic stare Kushina gave him hearing him complain about the magic she would teach him, sweat slide down Naruto's right cheek as he held his hands up as if to protect himself from the demon visage which appeared behind his mother. "I-I mean it's not like I don't want to learn your magic but I realy wanted to learn Tou-san's magic first."

Minato simply put a hand down on his son's head as he let out a happy sigh. He honestly could'nt say he was surprised. Naruto had always enjoyed and expressed much interest in his Flash Magic. "Sorry Musuko but that's my Flash Magic is a little too experienced for you." Minato rubbed Naruto's head while laughing in response to Naruto's pout.

He was proud at his son for wanting to join Fairy Tail though; hopefully he would get a chance to get something he was denied for the early part of his life… friends. Living in a rather isolated village had many disadvantages all the people in the village were out of Naruto's age range, and even then the blond's parent didn't communicate with the other civilians very much.

The blond Flash Magic user was brought out of his thoughts when the sound of knocking at the door caught his attention. He raised his right brow in dismay, they weren't expecting many guests. Removing his hand from his pouting son Minato walked towards the door fully unprepared for what was to come.

The door swung open forcefully as he neared it and without any time to react the blond felt a hand pierce through his stomach. Minato coughed very harshly as he hack up blood. His head slowly picked itself up as he moved his vision to find who had assaulted him. His eyes widened in shock as he recognized the attacker.

"O-Orochimaru…" The Namikaze slowly said in between a stutter and cough.

The man identified as Orochimaru gave a very deep cackle in reply. Orochimaru was pale in skin color, and had black hair which stretched down to his neck in the front and waist in the back. His eyes were golden and in place of what were normally round pupils were slits. Through his cackle his sharp, possibly fang-like teeth could be seen. For attire he wore light armor, which was short-sleeved, above a black, long shirt. Most noticeably of all was the emblem which was christened upon his breastplate. The symbol seemed to have a black spiral which was sucking in a wizard hat, the same symbol was on the hand which pierced Minato.

Naruto eyes filled with fear as he watched his father being pierced. The young boy froze in fear as only a few seconds later Orochimaru removed the hand which pierced his father's abdomen carelessly. Letting out another maniacal cackle the attacker flicked the blood off of his arm. Minato hacked up a little more blood and quickly gasped for air at the action.

"Naruto… run as far as you can now!" Kushina yelled as she slammed her hand down towards the ground. A red Magic Seal appeared on the ground before several chains erupted out the ground and wrapped themselves around Orochimaru. Kushina turned her face back towards her son, Naruto hadn't expected the rage on her face as she looked at him. "Musuko I said RUN!" Kushina shouted in a fierce, demanding manner.

Naruto slowly nodded in response as his eyes caught sight of his father kneeling and grimacing in pain as he held his wound with his right hand. The young blond's feet turned him around himself and ran at full force on its own. The tears which had quickly welled up in Naruto cerulean eyes softly hit the ground.

With each step he sped up as the trees began to blur in his path more and more. At the same time with each step more and more water slipped out his eyes. Before Naruto even knew it he was standing at the beginning of the mountain which separated the village and Hargeon Port.

'S-Should I get help?" The blond slowly thought, his eyes widened as the realization of what would most likely happen if no help would arrive. 'No, I couldn't get help in time. I have to go back!' He thought with a determined stare. He wiped his now red eyes before turning around to head back only to have his eyes become wide and stark at what was in front of him.

The entire village was on fire…

-Break-

"Is this the proper way you should treat your guest?" Orochimaru asked mockingly. He showed no signs of pain as the chains wrapped around him even tighter. "My, My Kushina it appears your Chain Magic has become quite… "Rusty"." The snake-like man pumped a quite large amount of magic into his forearms before pushing them outwards, he devilishly grinned as the chain burst into pieces as a result.

Dully the snake-like foe lifted his palm in order to telegraph a punch from Minato who disappeared from his spot on the floor and moved into the air in front of Orochimaru. Looking down at his slightly bloodied hand Orochimaru chuckled in interest.

"It appears as though you've improved your Flash Magic from our last meeting Minato. Now you can put Hirashin Seals immediately when people come in contact with you."

The pale adversary smirked as he crushed Minato's fist into his bare hand. A small cackle left his mouth when Minato slightly yelped in pain. Orochimaru swung the arm holding Minato's fist upwards and released his vice causing the blond to quickly ascend then descend through the air. The snake-like foe's next attack was precise yet brutal. Midway through Minato's freefall Orochimaru swiftly leaned and released a quick kick right across the Flash Magic user's wounded abdomen.

"AHHHHHH!"

The bloodcurdling scream of Minato echoed throughout the small house as the said man landed on the ground a clutched his abdomen in pain.

Orochimaru let out another maniacal laughter which overlapped Minato's scream. He menacingly turned his head towards his next target. Now in his sight was the scarlet-haired wife of Minato who was already dashing towards him with a magic coated fist.

"Now now…." Orochimaru said casually as he blocked and parried the barrage of punches of kicks Kushina, his grin grew slightly wider. "We simply want back what was right fully ours."

The Chain Magic user ignored his words as she spotted an opening in his rather secure defense. She continued her flurry of punches for a few seconds before sidestepping towards the right in a full 360. Kushina then swung her open palm towards Orochimaru's exposed right side but the movement proved to no avail. The snake-like foe had grabbed her wrist midway in order to stop the blow; however Kushina's attack was not over.

In a split second a magic circle appeared in front of the Chain mage's hand as Kushina cast another spell. This time a purple chain erupted from her hand and quickly imbedded itself into Orochimaru's arm, ironically the same one which had just previously stabbed Minato.

The scarlet-haired mage smirked seeing her spell hit. That was her Paralysis Poison Chain; Orochimaru should be paralyzed for a good hour or two. She sighed in relief before removing her fierce demeanor something she would regret only a second later. If only she knew that the one second she lowered her guard would cost her.

Kushina gasped when a purple-coated fist struck her in her gut; simultaneously her eyes widened both in the surprise of Orochimaru's attack and in her own ignorance.

"It seems seven years without practice can really rust a warrior huh? Back in the day the "Demonic Chain Kushina" would never lower her guard before she knocked out her opponent. Not only that but you forgot that I'm immune to all types of poison." Orochimaru shook his head as if he were telling Kushina that she was incorrect, for the first time the entire match his devilish smile disappeared in place of a frown. "Snake Mercenary: Poison Devastation!"

The Snake Mercenary Magic user now struck with both his palms targeting Kushina's vulnerable gut. The said Chain Magic braced herself off of pure instinct, with the distance between her and Orochimaru blocking would be like trying to run away from a point blank gunshot.

Kushina was sent flying once the attack landed causing her to crash right into the furniture in the kitchen. She weakly opened her eyes to look at the area where Orochimaru's fist had made contact with to see what appeared to be runes quickly spreading throughout her body. Her simply second of letting down her guard just poisoned her.

The scarlet-mage's vision was then shadowed by the figure of a person with blond hair. It wasn't the figure of her easily recognizable husband… it was the figure of her son Naruto. She slowly shook her head while her eyes widened. Why was he still here?

Naruto had just now realized that his entire body was shaking sub-consciously, he continuously tried to stop it but he simply couldn't. Not only that but he felt weird as he watched his father with no signs of movement on the ground near the entrance of the household. As his eyes moved from his Tou-san to Orochimaru's golden colored, slit-pupil eyes he finally realized what he was feeling.

Fear

"So this is your son?" Orochimaru pointlessly asked. His hair swayed as he moved to get closer and closer towards Naruto who was frozen in his newly discovered fear. His slits scanned Naruto's body from his cerulean eyes, to the triple whisker marks. "He looks just like Minato. Well then you'll be next to your father's side so-"

Abruptly a foot was implanted into the Snake Mercenary mage's face which interrupted his sentence and knocked him out of the Namikaze Household. The foot belonged to Minato Namikaze who stared at the area where Orochimaru landed with determined, fierce eyes.

"Naruto leave now! I won't last much longer!" Minato yelled, he didn't turn around to look at his son for a last time. He refused to let his son see the several stream of tears running down his face. His wound was still open a he was losing too much blood, his shirt was already coated in dry and fresh blood stains.

"Last… much… longer?"Naruto said in a tone of great disbelief shook his head as he took another step back, his eyes for the second time that day began to water. He looked down to see his hands trembling even faster. As tears began slowly slipping down his face he felt a warm embrace from behind. "Head over the mountain and ask for directions to Fairy Tail from there."

"Lucky this poison isn't contagious." Kushina sighed weakly in relief. The poison runes now covered her entire torso and had begun stretching down towards her legs. She turned her son around a put up a weak smile as she denied the sadness that crept into her. "Musuko… please don't cry… it might be hard but I promise it'll get better."

Naruto's didn't know what to think… here his mother was poisoned on the verge of death and she was still worried about him despite the fact that she was wasting her last few words on him. Was he happy at the fact that they cared for him so much or was sad?

"Remember what you wished for… Join Fairy Tail… and become a strong mage… and remember that Tou-san and Kaa-san will always be proud of you." Kushina finished with a bold smile.

Naruto nodded at his mother words before using his sleeves to wipe away any tears which remained. He stood up rather solemnly and walked towards the door which he exited earlier. His heart hung heavy, and his eyes were downcast, yet Naruto turned around to look at both of his parents for one final time before rushing to the mountains. He thought what he couldn't say.

'Goodbye Tou-san, Kaa-san.'

-Break-

Naruto let out a heavy, tired sigh as he leaned against a tree. This was his first time taking a breather in over 3 hours of walking through the mountain's wilderness. He was determined to reach Hargeon before sunrise but that was looking like a dream at this point. Not to mention he was hungry.

It was ominously quiet now as the only sound which accompanied earlier was the snapping of twigs he stepped on and the patter of his footsteps as he journeyed through the small forest.

Letting out another sigh the blond turned his head towards the night sky. The only thing lighting his way was the brilliant light of the full moon. He would be lying if he were to say he wasn't sad or he didn't feel like crying, he was only a 7 year old boy it was understandable; however he wouldn't cry he made a promise and he wouldn't go against it.

Just then the rustling of bushes and the sound of the snapping of a twig drew out Naruto's attention. The whiskered soon to be Fairy Mage raised his awareness before remembering he didn't know any magic. Quickly he cast the thought aside as a figure walked out of the wilderness.

What appeared was a tall man with waist-length, white hair tied back in a ponytail. Two shoulder length bangs framed the sides of his face. On his head was a forehead protector carrying the kanji of oil and running down his eyes were red lines. He wore a short kimono shirt, which was covered by a red haori, and matching pants. He also had hand guards, a black belt over his waist, and for shoes had traditional red Japanese geta. A noticeable mention was the wart on the left side of his nose.

"Who the hell are you?" The man addressed bluntly while raising his right brow.

Naruto simply looked at the man for a single second before standing up and walking right past the man without speaking a word causing the man's previously raised eyebrow to twitch.

"Hey gaki where exactly are you manners? Don't you know that you should respect your elders?" The man, ironically, questioned on manners. Naruto simply scoffed in reply before continuing to walking along. "Alright, Alright calm down I just want to know why a kid like you is wandering out here so late."

Naruto turned around a looked at the man with a slight scowl on his face. "I'm heading towards Hargeon Port to ask directions to a guild called Fairy Tail." Naruto informed.

'Fairy Tail huh? Well lucky you, you're staring at one of its mages right now. I'm the Toad Sage of Fairy Tail Jiraiya!" The now known Jiraiya announced with pride as he posed and swung his spiky, white, hair in a full circle, mid-way he performed a pose. And to prove that he was a member he removed the hi-ate to display a grey colored Fairy Tail insignia.

"You really are a Fairy Tail mage!" Naruto exclaimed in excitement as he gazed at the insignia eagerly. The proclaimed "Toad Sage" of Fairy Tail sweat dropped at the 180 degree flip Naruto's tone took after finding out he was from the guild. "Did you know my parents? They were from Fairy Tail too! The "Yellow Flash" and "Red Hot Habenaro" Minato and Kushina!" The son of the two mages gave a prideful smile when he mentioned there titles.

Jiraiya on the other hand was left with a look of dumbfound. He almost cast the boy's words as fake until he took another look at the blond's face. The resemblance that the boy had to Minato was uncanny and now that the Toad Sage thought of it the brash behavior he had shown earlier was a very notable trait of Kushina. It was also mentionable that Minato and Kushina had informed him that they had a kid.

"You must be Naruto!" Jiraiya placed a hand on Naruto's head, rubbed his hair, and grinned. There was still one question on Jiraiya's mind though. "Why are you trying to get to Fairy Tail by yourself?"

Naruto's previously prideful smile vanished as his mood tensed which didn't go unnoticed by Jiraiya's trained eye. The Uzumaki's head dropped as his blond hair shadowed his azure eyes. The blond was so engulfed by the mention of the guild he earnestly wanted to joined that when he brought his parents up he had forgotten about the events which had transpired a few hours earlier.

-Break-

Jiraiya was in a state of grief and sadness as he walked with Naruto towards Hargeon. Sunrise had just began with the sun slightly peeking out behind the horizon. The Toad Sage and Naruto hadn't spoken the word for about an hour or two yet the last words Naruto spoke still stuck in his mind.

"… They died."

It was impossible to believe but the Uzumaki couldn't have been lying. The sadness of his voice, his tenseness, and the look in his eyes were enough to know that he was telling the truth. Jiraiya desperately wanted to ask for where they had lived and rush to the location in order to confirm the information but he couldn't simply allow Naruto to wonder through the mountains alone.

Jiraiya had last seen Minato and Kushina seven years ago, the day which they had left the guild so it pained him even more that he never got to see them one last time.

The Toad Sage shook his head out of the sorrowful thoughts to make an attempt to break the oddly uncomfortable silence between him and Naruto. "So what type of magic do you use?"

Naruto stopped in his tracks at the words as he turned to Jiraiya with a sheepish smile and scratch to his hair. "I-I don't exactly know any magic." He stuttered hesitantly as he spoke the words and gave a small laugh which was just as hesitant.

"So what exactly did you plan to do once you got to the guild?" Jiraiya questioned while giving Naruto a blank look. The blond simply continued to look at Jiraiya silently as if the two were in a staring contest. "Wow…" Jiraiya was taken aback by how lax Naruto was being with him even though being with him even though his parents had died.

"Well I guess I could teach you my magic…" Jiraiya spoke. He felt obliged to teach the boy magic, he was Minato and Kushina's son after all and the boy seemed like he really wanted to join Fairy Tail… and yet at the same time he felt like he was doing this out of guilt, sub-consciously he felt as though it was somewhat his fault that they had died.

"R-Really!" Naruto said. He was mixed with shock and excitement at those words. The first step to fulfilling his dream of becoming a strong mage was to learn some sort of magic first not to mention that it was necessary requirement to even join the guild of his dreams.

"I'll explain some details of the training on the way there but I guess the real thing you want to know is what magic you'll be learning right." Naruto nodded hastily and Jiraiya smirked at the spark of determination in the blond's eye. "It's Oil Toad Sage magic!" He announced pridefully.

"Toads…" Naruto replied with a somewhat bored expression. He had been told by his parents about several types of magic and they would often tell him about Lost Magic. They would tell him how magic such as Dragon Slayer, and God Slayer magic existed but instead he would learn magic related to toads not very exciting.

"What's with the bored expression?" Jiraiya asked sarcastically. "Don't you know that Toads kill Dragons?"

A/N: Just a small fic I had lying around since last summer decided to upload it because why not. Don't expect many updates unless I really feel like it. The 2nd chapter is nearly done I just need to add some finishing touches even though I haven't worked on it in a while.