Return of the Six Paths

In the town of Magnolia a blond hair 14 year old was walking to his guild that he was part of. He was a mage under the guild known as Fairy Tail and considered by many the weakest of his new generation. However, he never saw it like that as he was not front line's fighter like his friends so he didn't feel that meant he was the weakest. He just like playing support more or adding a distraction for someone in a fight when they needed him. But this was not the shared thoughts of some people in town or in the guild as a whole. Makarov saw this as a weakness and had him going on missions with everyone at this time and whenever he tried to do a solo one he shut him down unless it was in town and then, even then he would have someone watching him from the shadows like he didn't know. Not that he didn't trust Naruto, it was he just wanted to keep the boy safe and was simply being overprotective. If that wasn't bad enough he was also forced to team up with Erza Scarlet and Mirajane Strauss most of the time and their dislike for him was apparent for all to see. Whenever he was forced to work with them they berated him constantly and if he didn't do everything they said or tried to take his own pay from the missions he ended up beaten or threaten by a sword for his efforts.

Naruto did enjoy working with Natsu or Gray most times as they were willing to let him help out in the background while also giving him a fair share of the reward money. They were like supportive big brothers to him while Gildart Clive acted like the caring uncle when he was in town and it was rumored that he would be coming back in a couple of days. He heard that one of his other friends Cana wanted to talk to him about something and he was willing to help her out when he was back from his job and he showed up at the guild. On top of that he had people in the guild that supported him more than they knocked him down but at the same time he was not excited about today as he was ordered to be at the guild building today.

Speaking of such he walked through the door to see a brawl going on between Gray and Natsu, a black hair near naked boy with a guild mark on his chest and pink hair boy wearing a dragon scarf around his neck. He smiled seeing his two friends constantly fighting before watching Erza hitting both of them and knocking them out in the process for a little while. Erza was wearing a thin plated armor around her chest, carrying a eagle hilted sword, and a blue skirt while having her long red hair rolling down her back while Mirajane settled for a tight black top and skirt. Naruto could honestly say from their budding looks they were some of the prettiest girls in the guild but he honestly did not like their personalities and wondered why people or even the master put up with it for so long. Looking up he saw the two of them glaring at him for some reason and could only fear the worst as he knew this meant something about him was angering but then again him breathing might be a problem as well.

"Naruto glad you came." Turning to the short master sitting on the bar wearing a blue jacket and wearing a red hat on his head and carrying a staff was smiling at him. His white hair was visible on his face and his short stature made him smaller than many children he knew throughout his life.

"You wanted me to come in today so I came."

"Naruto I have an A-class job for you but I want you to have Mirajane and Erza accompanying you." Naruto paled, both of them on the same mission with him!? That is insanity them alone is a problem but both of them with him was a death sentence to him.

"Can't you send me with Natsu or Gray or even Laxus. I mean he is back I saw him on my way here." While most would think Laxus would never bother with someone that he considered weak the truth is that he treated him better than his own team. For him, Naruto was a little brother that never gave up and continued striving to become stronger and that is something he respected so he taught him some lightning magic to help with his support stuff. He even did some small missions and allowed him to tag along on some of his missions with his team to see how S-class jobs worked for the future as he called it.

"No I'm afraid I need you to go with them don't worry it is a simple monster elimination job you three should have no trouble." Naruto sighed and turned to the girls who glared at him and flared their auras,

"Meet us at the station in three hours got it brat?" Mirajane walked off while Erza grunted at him and showed her evil look,

"Remember Naruto screw this up and I promise my fury on you." Naruto kept a blank face while she walked away and grunted annoyed about their high and might attitude. Natsu woke up seeing this and frowned, having a bad feeling about this mission and he knew that if something bad happened he would never talk to either Erza or Mirajane again for this.

Time Skip

The train ride was a pain in the ass and walking to the small village that hired them was even worse. First the girls were forcing him to buy all their stuff on the train while threatening if he didn't as they said,

"It is the least someone as weak as you could do for us and wasting our time brat."

Naruto never wanted to go on this mission with them but for some reason the master dragged them on this mission and now he was being blamed for this decision.

Arriving at the village they were greeted by the mayor who explained that some monsters were camping nearby and they were having time dealing with them. All they needed to do was drive the monsters off and then the job would be complete. So hearing all the needed they took off to fight the monsters while he was forced to race after them on foot. When arriving at the scene he was not surprised of them defeating some of the Minotaur like beasts scouring around and before they could register it they were being erased on the spot or cut to pieces. But then he saw something coming at them from the tree line while their guard was dropped. So gathering lighting in his hand he shouted,

Lighting Bolt! The bolt ran from his hands and hit the minotaur in the head angering it but was soon beheaded by Erza and Mirajane finishing off the last of the monsters there.

"That was a close call Erza. You guys almost got rammed by that monster." Naruto could not see their face but before he knew what happened he was hit across the jaw by a metal fist sending him flying through the air and crashing to the ground with a thud. Before he could register what was going on he soon was stomped on by the heel of Mirjane's Satan form.

"You bastard! You did this on purpose! You waited for the monsters to overwhelm us just so you could play hero didn't you!" Naruto coughed up a little blood but he whimpered out,

"W-w-w-what are you talking about? You two took off before I could have a chance to keep up. How is it my fault that-," he felt her kick him in the air and then hit again in this face this time with a claw hand. Before he could land on the ground he was caught by Erza and then slammed into the ground face first breaking his nose and forcing blood to pour into the dirt.

"Your punishment has been completed, you tell anyone in the guild about this then you will be punished harder got it? Now stay here while we go and get OUR reward money." Erza walked away while Mirajane in her human snorted at him and with one more kick into his stomach sent him crashing into a tree.

"Do me a favor and lie there and die after all you would be one less eye sore for the guild loser." She smirked arrogantly and walked away with a swagger in her step happy with what she did.

Naruto laid there against the tree whimpering from the pain he was in asking one question,

'Why can't I be treated like family? What did I do wrong?' He was fading in and out but heard someone rushing for him and then he passed out.

Hut in Forest

Naruto woke up, pain in his face and ribs sitting up with a suddenness form the feeling of being on a soft bed, he felt his ribs throb in pain.

"Yeah you might not want to move for a little while." Looking across at the opening in the small hut he saw it was an old man with a long white beard reaching down to his knees. "The damage you sustained by your guild members was pretty bad. Broken ribs, broke nose, lots of blood loss, and worse your spine was cracked as well. Luckily I know some remedies to fix this kind of damage."

"Thank you sir." The old man laughed,

"A youngster with manners nice change of pace. Don't worry about your pay I sent a message to the Tobo about what those girls did to you and how you helped on the mission so your pay should still be there."

"Tobo?"

"The mayor of the village you were helping." Naruto smiled this was a kind old man.

"Can I know the name of the person that helped me out?" The old man bonked his head,

"Of course I never told you my name well my name is Kiryu and honestly I'm just a man that knows his way around alchemy and healing potions and stuff. I've got nothing on my student Tsunade who has really taken everything I have taught her to a new level." Naruto was wide eyed,

"You mean THE Tsunade Senju was your student!" He grunted at his ribs,

"Yes she was smart girl and a caring one too. Sadly her drive is lost after she lost one of her friends a couple of years ago to another friend and not being able to help him."

"I heard about that it was a sad day for the kingdom to lose a Wizard Saint, honestly his replacement Jose was a step down from him."

"Indeed distrustful old man. Well I should give you this." He showed Naruto a green liquid inside of a clear bottle, "Drink this and you should be able to move around more and leave as soon as you get your clothes." Naruto smiled but then remembered what would happen if he went back, causing a frown to deepen on his face. This made Kiryu to ask,

"You alright son?"

"No I'm just thinking about what I should do now? I mean going back to my guild may be worse for my health especially since I can't afford another beat down by those two. Plus the master would just shove me on another job taking their word over mine anyway and they might be mad about not getting the whole pay at this point."

"Then where would you go then?" Naruto sighed,

"I don't know but I know I want to find a place for those that chase the impossible can achieve the impossible without fear of being stopped by those around him. One that treats each other as a true family while striving for success and strength to protect that family the most. I will always hold Fairy Tail in my heart but I need to find my own way." The old man smiled at him and then he swore he saw another blond hair child sitting where he was and with a headband around his forehead.

I wonder? Could he really be the same boy from back then? His name was written on the tombs years ago meaning it could be his reincarnation. If so then maybe this is a sign that I can finally find peace.

"Naruto if you are looking for something to get you on your feet then I have a personal job for you. I'll pay you handsomely for it if you can do it because no one has been able to get it done. But I think you can."

"What is it?"

"I need you to go to the Tomb of the Ancients, it is hidden in the mountains but you'll see it long before you get there. If you are able to get inside then you will be able to report back to me after you find the hidden treasure inside."

"Why wouldn't I be able to get into the tomb anyway?"

"Simple there is a powerful energy that prevents those that are not worthy from entering the tomb and if anyone does make it in and is not worthy then they are torn to shreds by its defenses." Naruto paled,

"Why do you think I can make it then?"

"Because I feel in my heart that you and that Tomb share a deep family history."

"How so?" He smiled,

"You'll just have to take the job. I'll pay 2 million Jewel for the job." Naruto thought about the money and finally agreed to the job while shaking his hand on this. After he was feeling up to it he got dressed in his orange jumpsuit and walked out of the hut and back to the village after being told what direction it was in. The old man sighed before his illusion faded away and soon standing there was a white hair man with wrinkles and black eyes while smiling at the sky,

"Rin I'm close I know it soon we'll be reunited and I shall do whatever it takes to get your forgiveness for my mistakes I promise."

Arriving in the village Naruto was paid his money and he quickly went to work with what he was planning since he couldn't go back to the guild until he was stronger or at least found his own peace. So with great reluctance he wrote his resignation letter for Fairy Tail, his guild mark disappeared from his shoulder leaving him in tears for a minute before finishing his letter off. Then he wrote a second letter telling the owner of his place to give it to Natsu Dragneel and let him decide what to do with the stuff inside and to live there for two years with the lease having been paid for that remaining amount of time. Also he had a letter designated for Cana, Natsu, Gray, Makarov, and Gildarts that the village mayor agreed to send with his personal courier at this time. Thanking him one more time he got moving to the mountains in which he was searching for this Tomb of the Ancients and hoping that he could complete this great mission given to him.

Fairy Tail

Makarov was worried, Erza and Mirajane said Naruto was at the village that sent their request recovering from his injuries but he should have been back by now. He had to stop Natsu from going out looking for him with Gray, surprisingly for wanting to help find him without fighting with him. Laxus also said that maybe they should go looking for him but the girls assured him that he was fine. However that was four days ago and he was starting to get really worried about the boy since it was only a day trip at best on foot back. Natsu claimed that they were hiding something and nothing they did to him would change his opinion and he was starting to suspect the boy might be onto something as they were more agitated and Erza showed some guilt for something.

But the door opened and everyone saw a courier standing there with a bag and knew this was mail for someone in the guild.

"You Master Makarov?"

"Yes how may I help you or do I need to just know who to forward money to for the damages to someplace in the kingdom?" He shook his hands and shouted,

"I'm looking for a Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, Cana Albarona, Laxus Dreyar, and Gildarts Clive." All but Gildart who was still not there at the guild stood up and walked up to the courier who then handed them letters with their names on it. Before he turned around and handed him a personal letter for himself and wondered what it could possibly be but before he could open it he saw the children were upset. Natsu was burning with flames from his back and swore his body was gaining scales, Gray had ice forming at his feet, Cana had small magic coming off her and causing the spot she was standing on to crack, and Laxus was radiating lighting from all over his body.

"You bastards!" Natsu dropped his letter and soon turned to Mirajane and Erza who were sitting up on the second floor and his cheeks puffed up, Makarov eyes went wide but Gray stopped him.

"What the fuck are you doing Gray?"

"I'm stopping you from putting others in danger from your attack Natsu. I'm angry too but attacking recklessly isn't going to help." Cana had tears coming down her face,

"He's right Natsu," Cana wiped some of the tears away, "Think before your act otherwise you're no better than those bitches." Mirajane reacted,

"What the hell did you call us!" Laxus appeared in lighting and glared at them forcing them to back down,

"You two don't deserve to be up get the fuck down there like the cowards and losers you are." With more lightning coming off his body, "Or I promise I will turn you to ash here and now."

Erza and Mirajane returned to the floor and saw the master was glaring at them with a letter in his hand.

"How could you two."

"Master-," before Erza could finish he flood the room with his magic,

"Never harm family! All Naruto did was save you from being attacked from behind by a Minotaur and you couldn't just thank him! You had to savagely beat him bloody and leave him out there with god knows what! Then you dare try to force the mayor to give his share to you and all the other stunts in between!"

"Come on master he was the loser of the guild who cares?" Makarov growled more at her,

"I do care about all my children and I know when it is time to put my foot down on things and that is this situation right here and now!"

"What is the big deal? Is he just bitching because he could be lying for all you-," Natsu finally exploded in pure rage,

"HE LEFT THE FUCKING GUILD! HE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE HERE ANYMORE BECAUSE OF YOU TWO! I HATE BOTH OF YOU AND NEVER WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN!" Natsu left with the second unopened letter in his hand and fire following behind him as he stomped/ran out of the guildhall. Gray sighed and went after him not saying a word while Cana just glared at them and left as well. The guild was shocked to the core, Naruto had left Fairy Tail? I mean members left in the past but it seemed like he would never leave them no matter what happens, but hearing what happened to him at the hands of their supposed two most 'responsible' members they were glaring at them.

Just then a red hair man walked into the building with his black traveling cloak stopping Cana from leaving. But before he could stop her she rushed to him and hugged him tightly crying her eyes out freaking the older man out.

"Hey, hey there little one its going to be okay."

"No! No its not I lost my best friend and now when I was going to tell you the truth I can't without him here to support me!" Gildart was freaking out a little bit of the hysterical girl but then he recognized something in her, at least the way she was crying and the light that hit her face. He looked like, his brain stopped at the thought she said she wanted to tell him something and all the times she tried to talk to him. Then it dawned on him and he hugged her tightly,

"Cornellia you're her daughter aren't you?" She frowned and hugged him tighter with her tears constantly raining down,

"Yes."

"I'm sorry, she never told me."

"I know I came here to see you because she wanted me to meet you after she died." He cried tears; both of joy and sadness. One of the thought of his wife long gone now and at the same time to know that he still had a part of her in this world. But then he noticed what she said about her best friend and the only person she ever hung out with was Naruto and he didn't see the little boy here. He usually was one of the first to greet him but he didn't see him. Looking at the master he saw him glaring and crying at the two girls that he recognized as Mirajane and Erza and the rest of the guild was doing the same thing.

"Master what is going on?" He shook his head and handed him the letter, he opened it and after reading it his magic started sparking out of control,

"You two…," His fury was fully unleashed and the whole guild saw his magic unleashed for the first time in his life while Happy a blue flying cat was hiding behind Lisanna who was also cowering at the power being produced by the Ace of the Guild. "You don't deserve to be S-rank let alone members of this guild, you ever harm another guild mate again and I promise I'll put you through the ringer for it." He took his daughter in his arms and they walked through a wall of the guild leaving the guildmaster sighing but glaring at the girls in question.

"You two are going to pay for this and you better pray he doesn't die or this is going to be serious repercussions for it."

From this day, Fairy Tail was a different place; while they welcomed people relationships were strained and soon the guild was just getting the glacier of trouble to follow.

Mountains, Temple of the Ancients

"Fucking Mountains, I climbed four fucking mountains for two days straight! This temple better be worth it or I'm going back to the cabin to kick the old man's ass!" Pulling himself over the ledge he saw it, he had entered the temple of the Ancient and it looked like a city carved into the walls of the mountain. Entering the temple, he saw the carvings were telling a story of some kind. One showed a tree in the center with some kind of blue orb coming from it, a white hair woman eating the orb, turning into a monster, two boys appearing but one disappearing and the other sealing the monster, and then him having two children of his own. One had red eyes and the other had many people surrounding him while wood was surrounding him along with water. Following the carvings he saw a symbol of a fan above one group with red eyes and another mark on another group, then a symbol over a village at the bottom of the mural. From there he saw the carvings stretch out further and further showing war, falls of nations, and different figures of history until he arrived at the one's of a boy in orange with blond hair. He had an image of a fox with nine tails flowing behind him, another showing him holding a white orb in his hand, him fighting a boy with red eyes and some kind of bat like wings on top of two statues, and finally saw him walking with a white hair man. From this, he saw him interacting with different people and characters, standing against a man with an orange face, defeating a man with wripple silver eyes, fighting the fox, meeting other powerful beings, and finally he saw that same boy standing on top of a tower with the same symbol from earlier. He saw the story ended there but it lead into a large room with several tombs lining all around the place but the highest one located at the back of the room sat with a red spiral above it. Walking up the steps he looked at the tomb and read,

"Here lies Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze Hero of the World and the Second Sage of Six Paths…. Wait how the hell could I read this?" He looked a the murals, "How did I know the story of the murals, what the fuck is going on?" Naruto felt something calling to him and he slowly reached his hand out and touched the tomb and before he knew it a bright blue light covered him and then a red light, then a gold one, and then finally white one covered him causing him to gasp from the sudden influx. Soon an explosion erupted sending him crashing down the stairs and landing on the floor at the foot of the highest tomb before sitting up and shouting,

"What the fuck!" Suddenly information rushed into his head and saw all kinds of images. The stories of the mural! Apparently this was the man that was sealed in the tomb and he was being fed the information because.. he was this man as well! At least another version of him but still him. Naruto was about to freak out before he heard a voice,

"So you've come back Naruto just like the legend fortold." Turning to the cave he saw the old man and frowned,

"I can sense your chakra, how are you here Obito?" He smiled,

"The gods punished me for my crimes and ordered me to wait until the day you are revived and ready to take on the world again. Now that has happened my sentence ends." He coughed and soon his body starts to fall into crumbles, Naruto frowned,

"This is strange so I'm Naruto but at the same time I'm this version as well." Obito answered,

"No you are Naruto, your just part of a new time line. As of everyone that is buried here we'll you might find them in this world since they were reincarnated like you were. After all I taught Tsunade."

"Yes, this is going to take some getting-," Naruto saw at the back of both of his palms was both the Moon and Sun and then remembered, "Right when I fought Sasuke when he was possessed by that asshole a couple of years ago he transferred his mark to me to prevent it from being used against us." He smiled at the thought of his best friend, he was an asshole no doubt but he was his brother in all but blood. "Well nice to know the chakra is assimilating like Magic so all I need to do is figure out the limitations compared to back then and how to adapt." Turning to Obito he smiled at him,

"Rest you deserve it and tell Mom and Dad I'll see them again sometime in the future." He smiled,

"Sure goodbye Naruto and thank you for everything." His body faded into dust and he sighed praying for him and his soul. He then sat down on the ground and closed his eyes to appear in his mindscape, which was now a white space,

"Better than that sewer."

"Damn right brat." Naruto turned around and saw a large fox with nine tails and smiled,

"Kurama." He laughed,

"Good to see you kit but we have a lot to talk about, all of us do." He waved his tail and showed all of his siblings standing at attention while also showing they were happy to see him as well.

"We do, the prophecy it is coming to pass and it is time to make preparations for this upcoming battle." Kurama grunted,

"True but how do you plan to prepare for this? Your going to need an army for this fight and you leaving that guild Fairy Tail cut down on the chance of that happening."

"Well you know me old friend I don't like thinking inside the box so I'll just build one for myself." Kurama coughed,

"Always the one that thinks too wide with no plan. How do you plan on building a guild with your reputation and more importantly prove you are worthy of being a guildmaster. While you might have us and most of your memories of your powers back you still need to retrain them and yourself to peak condition."

"I know that and I will but I have someone in mind to help me with my aspirations."

"Who?"

"A certain drunk Sannin who is always lost."

Gambling Den

"You Tsunade?" The blond hair woman with a diamond on her forehead and large breasts looked up from her table,

"Yeah why you here to make a name for yourself?" The blond teen laughed,

"No I had a bet for you and wondered if you were willing to go at it with me?" She raised an eyebrow at this,

"What kind of bet?"

"If I can show you something that will blow your mind, no pun intended or innuendo, you have to do a big favor for me. If I fail to do this then I'll help cover your debts for the last week you've been piling." She frowned at first at the thought of the bet but then smiled, this kid was better than the normal little shits she dealt with.

"Alright you're on kid."

Temple

"Well shit kid I lost. What do you want?" Standing next to the grave of the Last Senju Naruto smiled,

"You're going to become a guildmaster for a new guild we are building. I've already found the members we need for the limit at least and now all we are going to do is bring them up to speed."

"So you want to be guildmaster with me presenting you to the council?" Naruto shook his head and then she caught on,

"Fuck."

"Never bet with an Uzumaki we are built for situations like this." She sighed,

"Yeah, guess it doesn't matter what time you are in or who you become your luck is that of the devil. Got a name for this guild and a mark for us to use?"

He pulled a picture out of his pocket of a mark with cat like creature with long fangs coming down its mouth,

"We are the mighty Sabertooth guild now."

Chapter End