Yes, I am alive and well. My self put dark period where I couldn't even let you all know if I was gonna update a story is gone. My eyes are open now and my soul feels better. In that time though, my mind was pulsing with different ideas for stories and other ideas that I will post sometime this year.

Anyways, I decided to ditch the whole harem thing for most stories. Some will stay with the harem while others will have a single girl pairing. Yes, this story is a single girl pairing only now. Anyways, let's get on with the story… now!

Scarlet Shinigami of Fairy Tail

Chapter 3- The Shinigami meets the Sky Sorceress

It's been a few days since Naruto and company rescued Macao from Mt. Hakobe, and frankly Naruto was bored. He is sitting alone at the bar in the guild, as Natsu dragged Lucy of on a job with Happy.

"I'm bored!" The scarlet haired sixteen year old moaned as he laid his head on the bar counter.

"Well why don't you go on a job? There might be an interesting one now." Mira said as she served a nameless member a plate of food.

"Point taken." Naruto said as he jumped up from his seat and checked the mission bored, bumping slightly by Nab; who is still looking for a job.

"Beating a river monster… stopping a crazed man in red who is eating mushrooms… man these jobs seem pretty easy." Naruto began until one caught his eye, "Collaboration Mission: Protect archaeologist crew in mysterious swampland ruins."

"Hey Mira! Have you ever heard of the guild called Cait Shelter?" Naruto called out as he walked up to the model with the mission slip in hand.

"Oh yeah, they're a rather small guild so not many people know about them. Strange this quest specifically asked for them though." Mira said as the younger mage sat back down at the bar.

"Well this was the most interesting one I found, so sign me up!" Naruto said as Mira smiled and stamped the paper.

"If Erza comes back before me… tell her I'm on a job!" Naruto called out as he took the paper, ran out of the guild, and used his Chaos Rocket spell to fly to the destination.

~X~

"Let's see, it said at the museum. Now where is it?" Naruto asked himself as he walked around a small town with the mission slip in his hand. He arrived in the small town just as the train arrived, so roughly five minutes ago.

Just as he was turning a corner, he was so engrossed in the mission page that he didn't notice the someone coming around the same corner; he only noticed when they walked into each other and she fell down.

"Oh I'm sorry, I've been trying to find where my mission is located so I wasn't paying any attention." Naruto apologized as he helped the girl up, luckily his face was covered so she wouldn't see him blush.

She is a girl at his age with long blue hair with twin bangs framing down her face. Her pale skin seems to work in key with her soft brown eyes which shines from her rather plain outfit; a sleeveless red top with a black heart on the stomach, a plain black skirt reaching her mid thigh, and high black leggings.

"It's alright, I'm also looking for where my mission is too." The girl said, before another voice interrupted them.

"Unhand her you brute!" A small flying white cat yelled as she flew down and landed between the two teenagers.

"It's alright Carla." The blue haired teen said as she picked up the newly named Carla.

"It's a female Happy." Naruto said as the white cat took offence to what he said. "Sorry, a guildmate of mine is just like you; a talking cat. Except he's blue."

"Oh you're a mage, what guild are you from. Oh I'm Wendy Marvell." The blue haired girl asked Naruto

"Nice to meet you Wendy. My name's Naruto and I'm a member of Fairy Tail." he replied, only to freeze as Wendy now has stars for eyes.

"Really, do you know Erza Scarlet!? What about Mirajane Strauss!?" Wendy frantically asked, only for Carla to scoff.

"How do we really know he's a part of Fairy Tail? I don't see a guild stamp." Carla pointed out, only for Naruto to start unbuckling his trenchcoat; causing Wendy to turn bright red.

"It's right here." Naruto simply said, showing them his guild mark above his heart, barley allowing them to see the skin as his clothes are covering it.

"Oh you must be the member who accepted the same quest as my, I'm a member of Cait Shelter." Wendy said as she showed the scarlet haired teen her guild mark as he was fixing his clothes.

"Okay, now to just find the museum." Naruto said as the two human plus cat attempted to find the museum.

Ten minutes later, the trio found themselves in a small museum; talking to an old man wearing stereotypical archaeological wear while nineteen other people wore regular clothes.

"So you see, if there are any creatures about in the ruins; your task is to defeat them so my team can learn from the ruins. Please make sure to not destroy any of the ruins." The old man said as he led the two mages out of the museum with the rest of his team.

So after a half hour drive in a Magic Four Wheeler, which is pulling an extension carrying various tools, the mages and archaeologists arrive at the entrance to the swampland and could see several old destroyed buildings.

"We arrived, now keep in mind the ruins are valuable; I understand Fairy Tail members are rather destructive." The old man said as Naruto sweatdropped.

The scarlet haired teen simply walked into the ruins while Carla carried Wendy as they flew. "Wendy! Tell me if you spot anything while I check for any hidden traps!" Naruto called to the blue haired mage.

"Let's see, nothing." Naruto said as he continued to walk through the swamp only to stop when he comes across a large hill covered in moss.

"Strange, I sense magical energy so it can't be a regular hill; plus it's covered in moss not grass." Naruto said to himself as he placed a hand upon the 'hill' to brush away some moss.

As he brushed away more moss, he took notice it was a dome structure made of stone. Jumping up on top of the dome, he came upon a strange pedestal like object.

"Now this doesn't seem right." Naruto said as he took notice of a perfectly clean half sphere of stone on the pedestal. He was about to walk away, only for a hand to grab his and slam it on the stone sphere.

The moment it did, a sharp object stabbed through Naruto's hand and his blood dripped onto it. He picked his hand off the blade and turned around to see who did that, only to be met face to face with the old man.

"Why…" Naruto began only for the old man to chuckle, and for the chuckle to turn to full blown laughter.

"You mages are all so naive! Not seeing an obvious trap when it's in plain sight! That's why we chose Cait Shelter, no one knows who they are so no one cares! A member of a popular guild was trouble though, so I saw how to fix it." The old man laughed as the structure began to emit a purple light and begin to shake.

Naruto used his magic to fly into the air as the old man simply walked down to the bottom of the structure. "Now untold riches belong to me now! All we needed was a little blood sacrifice!" The old man yelled as the structure began to glow and shake more wildly.

"Naruto!" Wendy yelled as Carla flew next to the scarlet haired mage just as the other men walked up to the old man.

The light and shaking stopped for a split second, and then the structure exploded; with a large shadow in the smoke.

"W-What!? We were told untold riches, not a monster!" One man yelled as multiple sets of red eyes gazed upon them from the smoke. Out of the smoke, was a large reptilian monster with three heads connected to serpent like necks.

"A hydra…" Naruto said as the Hydra roared and began to eat the frightened men, along with the old man.

"Such monstrosity, I cannot let it live!" Naruto called out as he flew down to the Hydra's level. "Hear me Hydra. My name is Naruto Scarlet, and get ready for another nap; except this one will be for the rest of eternity!"

"He's him, the Scarlet Shinigami." Wendy said in awe as Naruto extended his arms and a ball of magic formed in each.

The Scarlet Shinigami sent the two magic blasts at each other to make a smokescreen. Wendy watched as the Hydra stuck it's heads out of the smoke, and for it to roar in pain as one of it's heads to hit the ground by a flash of orange.

Two more heads grew and all roared at the red headed mage, who was above them. A red ball of magic formed in each of their mouths and they each fired a beam of red magic at Naruto.

"Crap-baskets!" Naruto yelled out as the attacks hit him dead on and a cloud of smoke eclipsed him.

"NARUTO!" Wendy yelled in shock as the smoke cleared. She let out a sigh of relief as he was just fine and was seen with his arms extended forward and his hands open.

"Did not expect them to be able to do that." Naruto said as Carla flew next to him, only for him to grab both girl and cat as more shots were fired at them.

"I knew they regrow a head everytime it gets cut off, but not the firing beams part." Naruto said as a tick mark grew on Carla's head.

"Then why did you cut off it's head before!?" Carla screeched at the scarlet haired mage.

"I was hoping to grow too many heads that it will be immobile." Naruto said as he circled around the Hydra. "Guess I'll just have to improvise!" Naruto said as he threw the girl and cat higher into the air and let himself plummet.

"A warning would've been nice!" Carla yelled as she grabbed onto Wendy as her wings appeared.

"Hey ugly! You can't catch me!" Naruto taunted as he quickly flew around the Hydra, who with each head sent balls of red magic at the flying mage.

"Arms X Armor X Vernier!" Wendy said as a magic circle appeared on her hand and one appeared under Naruto.

"Naruto I boosted your strength, speed, and defence!" Wendy yelled as Naruto grinned under his scarf and mask and flew faster around the Hydra.

"Why don't I speed things up a notch!" Naruto yelled as his body was surrounded by a brighter cloak of magic and began to fly even faster. With the boost from Wendy and his stronger rocket, he formed a large tornado surrounding the Hydra.

"Wendy! I hope you know some offensive spells!" Naruto said as he appeared next to Wendy. The Hydra was launched in the air by the large tornado and he charged a magic ball in his hands while Wendy inhaled.

Just as they were about to use their magic, the Hydra did something no one would expect; it grew a pair of large wings.

"This can't be any good." Naruto said as the Hydra flew quickly behind them, with red balls of magic charged in each mouth. The monster attacked the duo and they were surrounded by the red attack. After that, the Hydra let out a roar of victory.

(This would be a good spot to end this, but I'm not gonna. I'll do that in a later chapter.)

"That was close." Naruto said as he and the Cait Shelter members were in an orange sphere of magic, "My barrier hasn't felt that kind of power in a long time."

"Wendy, when I let the barrier go; I want you and Carla to fly back to the town. I'll deal with the Hydra." Naruto said as Wendy froze as the barrier began to dissolve. Next thing she knew, Naruto tackled the Hydra away from her.

"What did I say! GO!" Naruto yelled as he quickly appeared on the Hydra's back. Carla quickly flew away as the scarlet haired teen's hands glowed orange.

The Hydra roared as Naruto punched down between its wings and it was sent lower with each strike. The monster quickly used it's tail and used it to rip the mage off it's back.

The Hydra used it's long tail to have Naruto in front of its many heads as it roared at him. "You know, it's a good thing for me that Wendy is gone now…" Naruto began as his body glowed an even brighter orange.

"Cause I don't have to hold back as much anymore." Naruto said as he ripped himself from the Hydra's grip and appeared once more above it's back.

The scarlet haired teen gave the Hydra one monsterous punch, which sent it crashing into the ground.

"Now let's hear you roar in pain!" Naruto said as he appeared under the Hydra and used a kick to send it back into the air. He appeared to the Hydra's right and sent it flying away again.

(Just think of how Rock Lee did to Gaara in their fight during the Chunin Exams.)

"Now take this!" Naruto said as he appeared above the Hydra and sent multiple magic beams from his right hand. The Hydra roared in pain as the beams sent it crashing into the ground and through its wings.

Now the Hydra responded by using it's magic blasts to rip off multiple heads; until it had ten in total. Now all the heads roared at the teen.

"Now let's see how you handle this." Naruto said as he raised his right arm above his head and a LARGE ball of magic formed on it. The Hydra responded by aiming it's heads upward and charged larger balls of magic than before.

"This is the end! Chaos…" Naruto began as he then threw the large ball of magic downwards, "NOVA!"

The Hydra then sent ten large beams of magic to counter the attack. The two magic attacks met and each tried to overpower the other attack.

"If you were stronger, this would have been more fun. HAA!" Naruto yelled as he extended his arms and his attack overpowered the Hydra's attack.

The ball of magic powered through the opposing magic attack and reached the Hydra; it let out a final roar as Naruto's attack exploded.

~With Wendy and Carla~

"Carla fly back!" Wendy demanded as the white cat shook her head at the teenager's responde.

"It's too dangerous Wendy, he was right when he said that we needed to run." Carla said to the blue haired mage.

But before Wendy could say any more, she was cut off by a large flash of light coming from behind them. They both turned around to see a large swirling dome of orange colored magic.

"Naruto!" Wendy cried as Carla flew back to where they last left the scarlet haired mage.

~Back with Naruto~

"Now let's see where this thing came from." Naruto said as he landed in a large crater created by his attack. He then began to walk to where the Hydra first appeared.

Just as he was about at the destroyed structure, he heard the blue haired mage scream his name before he was tackled in a hug.

"I'm so glad you're okay!" Wendy said as Naruto blushed under his scarf and mask.

"I'm not gonna go out that easily, especially from something so weak. I thought Hydra were supposed to be stronger." Naruto chuckled, only to be met with the pouting face of Wendy.

"Hey, what's with that face?" Naruto asked the pouting blue haired girl, only to be answered by her cat.

"She's mad at you for doing something so reckless. You're her first friend from outside out guild." Carla explained, causing Naruto's mismatched eyes to widen slightly.

"I'm sorry for being so reckless like that." Naruto began to apologize as he patted the top of Wendy's head, only to be cut off when he requiped a communication lacrima.

"Naruto here, what's up Mira?" Naruto asked the model as her face appeared on the lacrima.

"Sorry to interupt your mission, but Erza asked for you to be back at the guild for something important." The model explained to the younger teen.

"It's okay, we just finished our mission. I'll be back in an hour or so." Naruto said to Mira as he hung up the lacrima and put it back in his requip space.

"Hey Wendy, how about as an apology; you can come to the guild to meet Mira and my sister?" Naruto asked the blue haired girl, who now has stars for eyes.

"Let's go!" Wendy said as Carla's wings appeared and they flew away with Naruto behind them. Unknown to them, a person came into the swampland as soon as they left.

"Seems like he's gotten stronger since last time. He's almost perfect" A female's voice said as she observed the two mages fly away.

Well that's a wrap everybody! I hope you all like this chapter of this story! Remember to leave a review for any ideas! This has been Noctis Knight, formerly The King Over Heaven, and I will see you all next time.