An: I do not own Naruto or Fairy Tail

Summary: Branded a Dark mage at a young age Naruto went to the only place that would accept him, a Dark Guild. Is their really any hope for someone with such a dark past?

Notes: Takes place 5 years before Cannon. Naruto is 16, and everyone else is the appropriate age. Not a dark fic, Naruto is just a little OOC during the beginning.

Escaping The Dark

The First Step

Naruto slowly made his way through the Raven Tail guild, passing a few of its members but not speaking to any of them. Dressed in a open black hooded coat that reached his ankles, his features hidden, except for his blood red eyes that seemed to shine. His hands, both of which rested lazily at his side, were wrapped up in bandages. He neglected a shirt underneath the coat, but he wore a pair of black pants, rolled up half way to his knees showing off more bandages on his left leg that reached his ankle. His shoes appeared to be custom made sandals of some kind, not something anyone else would wear.

"You called Master?" Bowing low before Raven Tail's Master Naruto waited for a reply.

"Ah Naruto-chan, I'm glad you're here." Looking down at the youngest member in his guild Ivan Dreyer smiled. "I have a special mission for you and Eberhart-chan. I want you to both travel to one of our bases near Magnolia town, it seems some naughty person reported us to Fairy Tail, and they sent someone to clean the base up." Grinning madly the man took a few steps towards the young boy. "Word is that my father sent a team of some of his new up-and-coming mages, I want you to gage their strength for me Naruto-chan."

"Is that all Master?" Naruto questioned.

"Yes, now off with you boy." Ivan smiled madly as Naruto walked away, "It's a shame Naruto-chan, I had grown quite fond of you, but you're more trouble than your worth!"

Later that Day

Two figures walked down a dirt road, in the distance was a small town. Neither spoke for a while until they were just a mile from the town. "Shouldn't be to hard huh Naruto-san?" A large man smiled down at his young companion. "Killing a couple of Fairies, Master sure does hate them, don't you think."

"Yes," Naruto replied simply, not bothering to look up at the older man. Eberhart was a huge man, in both height and width, easily towering over anyone the boy had meet before. His face was held in a constant smile, like it was frozen or he was wearing a mask, and his chin was covered in a prominent and jet-black scruffy beard , that reached his equally dark sideburns. As for a hairstyle the man was very unoriginal with a traditional clean cut.

"We will be arriving soon, tonight we will discreetly destroy the base. Tomorrow we find the Fairy Tail mages, and then you can dispose of them."

"You're not going to take part of the festivities again, Naruto-san?" The giant man shook his head, "I just don't understand what you don't like about killing Naruto-san."

"Its too…sorrowful." Naruto responded quietly.

"You sure are an odd one Naruto-san."

Ignoring the comment Naruto continued making his was to the town, Eberhart only a few feet behind him. Looks like they would make it just in time for the sun to set.

~xXx~

Erza sighed as she looked out the window of the hotel she was staying in, currently she was sharing it with Natsu and Gray. They had shown up in this town to scare away the dark mages that were using this place as a base of operations, but the second they had shown up the cowards had ran for the hills. She knew that the mission had been low ranked, but she wasn't expecting it to have been this easy, and the fact that it was so close to Magnolia Town, in her mind something wasn't adding up. The base the mages were using was pretty obvious as well, she was actually surprised nobody had reported it earlier.

The sound of something breaking shook Erza's concentration, "Grey did it!" She heard Natsu call. Shaking her head Erza went back to staring out the window, pondering about the mission, there was one other thing bothering her. The symbol that she had seen at the dark mages abandoned hideout look familiar. In fact if Erza didn't know any better she would have said it was Fairy Tail, but that was impossible. Sure the design had been similar but there was an obvious difference; instead of a fairy the dark guild's symbol had consisted of a raven.

As concerned as she was Erza had sent a letter back to the guild describing her findings, she hoped the Master received it and sent word soon, something strange was definitely going on. Hearing another crash Erza sighed, standing up she decided to go she what the two trouble makers were up to.

Fairy Tail

"Master is there something bothering you?" Gildarts looked over at the surprisingly short Makarov, watching as the man franticly read over letter that was just delivered to him.

Reading over the letter over once more Makarov sighed, "I'm afraid the team we sent to deal with the dark mages may be in great danger." Handing the letter over to his strongest mage Makarov watched as the mans eyes widened. "I'm afraid that this maybe a trap set up by Ivan."

Standing up abruptly Gildarts seemed to have a bit of fire in his eyes. "Master let me go as back up, I won't let Ivan get away with this."

Watching Gildarts Makarov nodded, "Go then." Nodding Gildarts started to leave immediately when Makarov called out to him. "Anyone Ivan sent is sure to be dangerous, don't underestimate them."

~xXx~

"Naruto-san, is that them?" Eberhart asked with a wide smile on his face, the large man was pointing at a group of three, all around the same age. Looking in the direction the man was pointing Naruto immediately recognized the girl dressed in armor with a sword strapped to her side, Erza she was a mage with rapidly increasing fame. "Hmm," The giant beside him scratched his chin. "They're all just a bunch of kids."

"Underestimating them would be foolish," Looking back at the group Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Careful of the one with pink hair, something is off about him."

Glancing down at his partner Eberhart shrugged, the kid was weird almost as weird as he was. From previous mission the man had with Naruto he had learned that the blond didn't really care for fighting, in fact he tried to ignore it as much as possible. Naruto had always let Eberhart do the fighting, not that the giant minded, he enjoyed it actually. The one time he had seen the blond fight it had been over in a blink of an eye, before Eberhart even had time to notice Naruto was standing over a corpse, apologizing to it. Eberhart shrugged, Naruto was strange, but he was deadly, and he respected that. Now it was time to deal with the Fairies.

"Erza!" Natsu whined, "How much longer do we have to stay here!" Crossing his arms Natsu pouted slightly as looked up at the red haired girl. "This place is boring!"

"Natsu I already told you," Erza crossed her arms as she looked down at the younger boy. "We have to make sure the dark mages don't show back up." Beside them Gray muttered something under his breath causing Natsu to turn on him.

"What'd you say?" Natsu shouted.

Erza sighed as the two started to bicker, ready to interrupt them Erza felt someone approaching them. "Natsu, Grey," She said sternly, gaining both of their attention. Turning around Erza watched a large bearded man approached them followed by a smaller hooded figure.

"So these are the little Fairies I get to crush." Eberhart spoke aloud as he approached the three. "It doesn't look as fun as I thought it was going to be."

Putting her hand on her sword Erza got ready for a fight, Natsu and Grey standing at the ready behind her. "It seems you know who we are, does that mean you are part of the dark guild that had a base here?"

"Haha that it does little lady, that it does." Taking a little bow Eberhart kept the smile on his face. "You may call me Eberhart, representative from Raven Tail."

"Finally!" Natsu shouted, "Some action!" Charging forward before Erza could stop him Natsu's fist ignited into flames. Cocking his fist back the young Dragon Slayer got ready to finish the fight in one hit when the giant hand of Eberhart sent him skidding across the ground, finally coming to a stop several feet away.

'Fast!' Erza though in surprise, she had half expected Natsu's charge to catch the man off guard, but he didn't even bat an eyelash. "Natsu! Grey! This guy isn't an amateur we need to work together if we want to beat him!" Glancing behind the giant Erza warily watched the hooded figure behind him. Following her gaze Eberhart kept the smile on his face, and chuckled. "Don't worry about Naruto-san, he won't interfere." Grinning lecherously Eberhart turned his attention back to Erza, "You three are all-"

"Fire Dragon's Roar!"

Eberhart didn't get to finish as he was enveloped in ball of fire. Using his distraction to his advantage Natsu had snuck around the man and unleashed one of his most powerful attacks on his unprotected back. "Heh," Whipping the blood that had leaked from his busted lip Natsu turned to Naruto. "Your next!"

Naruto simply shook his head, "You're a fool if you think that weak flame of yours would be enough to take down that giant."

"What?" Turning back to Eberhart Natsu watched stunned as the man was standing there with a smile on his face. His shirt had been burnt off revealing his muscular chest covered in tattoo's, and on his right bicep the symbol for Raven Tail.

"A Dragon Slayer?" Eberhart questioned out loud with a deep booming voice. "This just got a little bit more interesting!" Moving towards Natsu Eberhart was surprised that the kid held his ground, ready to fight back against the bigger opponent.

"Ice Make: Arrow!"

Feeling multiple sharp objects bounce off his back Eberhart turned around finding Grey behind him, holding his hands up, ready to unleash another volley of arrows. "Hmm that didn't even hurt." Eberhart remarked, making Grey growl in frustration.

"Try this then! Ice Make: Hammer!"

Turning his attention above him Eberhart's eyebrows raised when he found a giant hammer floating above his head. Raising his hand to stop the hammer Eberhart was caught off guard when Erza and Natsu came at him from both sides.

"You're wide open! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

From the left side Erza charged at him, dressed in Black Wing Armor, she wielded a dangerous looking sword in her hand.

Reacting quickly Eberhart Reached up and grabbed Grey's Ice Hammer and flung it at Natsu with his full strength. Turning to Erza he caught her sword just as she was preparing to thrust it at him. Trying to pull the blade from the giants grip Erza found it to be stuck as the man lifted her off the ground and threw her at Grey.

Flying through the air Erza found she couldn't stop as she collided with Grey. "Y-you alright Erza?" Grey questioned from under her.

Nodding her response Erza stood up and watched as Natsu dusted the shattered pieces of Grey's hammer off of himself, and went to attack Eberhart again. Wincing slightly as Natsu was batted away like a fly.

"Just what is that guy?" Grey questioned as he stood beside Erza.

"I don't know, but," Holding up her sword Erza showed that it was cover in blood, "He must be using some kind of magic that makes him resiliant to magic."

Natsu grunted as he came to a skidding stop near Naruto. "What is this guy made of?" Natsu questioned aloud to himself.

"Thick Skin Magic," Naruto replied catching Natsu off guard. "it's a magic that makes the users skin repel magic."

"What?" Natsu questioned as he looked to the hooded boy. "Why are you helping me?"

Naruto was silent for a minute before speaking. "My Master simply wishes to see how strong Fairy Tail's new blood is, sorry."

"Tch," Natsu turned his attention back to the waiting Eberhart. "Weirdo," He announced before charging after Eberhart. This guy had thick skin, and could resist magic, but Natsu was a Dragon Slayer. His magic was designed to kill things that had skin ten-times as thick as this guy. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Natsu's whole body ignited as he charged Eberhart. Dodging the giant initial sweep Natsu shouted, "That won't work on me again!" Tacking Eberhart head first in the gut Natsu surprised everyone by sending the man flying backwards through the air.

Laughing aloud Natsu watched as his opponent struggled to get back up to his feet, the smile gone from his face. "You little brat," Standing up Eberhart began charging Natsu, the ground shaking with every step he took. "I'll kill you!"

Trying to get out the way Natsu stumbled over his own feet, and fell on his ass. Watching with wide eyes as the giant approached Natsu panicked as he tried to scramble out of the way.

"Natsu!" Erza shouted as she watched the pink hair boy try to scramble to his feet. There wasn't anytime to move, by the time she took her first step the giant was already on top of the wide eyed Natsu.

"Damn it!" Grey shouted as the giant hadn't even been fazed by the ground that had been frozen underneath him. The young mage had been hoping to make him slip up, but the second his heavy feet stepped on the ice it shattered under his great weight. Now he chased after Erza as they desperately tried to reach the panicked Natsu before any real damage could be done.

Cocking his fist back Eberhart smiled at the panicked Natsu, "End of the road for you kid!" He was going to make this punk pay for humiliating him like that. He was Eberhart The Invincible, his skin was impervious to all magic. After he was done with the Dragon Slayer the other two would be a piece of cake.

Naruto watched the scene unfolding before him and shook his head sadly, "You fool."

It all happened in a flash for Natsu, one second he saw Eberhart bringing his giant fist down on his small body. The next he saw Eberhart was suspended in the air, frothing at the mouth his eyes rolled into the back of his head.

"Natsu," Gildarts called softly. "Are you alright?"

The boys eyes widened, standing in front of him was none other that Fairy Tails strongest mage, Gildarts Clive. The man was holding Eberhart above his head with a single arm, he didn't even appear to be struggling. Sitting there in silence for a moment Natsu's eye began to sparkle, "Y-you're so strong!"

Chuckling Gildarts turned to the hooded Naruto, "So that just leaves you." Throwing Eberhart down at the boys feet Gildarts was impressed that the boy didn't even flinch.

Locking eyes with the older man for a moment Naruto simply shook his head. "You win, I rather not fight if I have too. Especially against Fairy Tail's strongest."

"You seriously think that I'll just let you wake up your partner and leave?" Gildarts stared down at the boys unnatural red eyes.

Thinking quickly Naruto shook his head, "Your right, he'll only slow me down." Holding his bandaged hand out Naruto grabbed hold of Eberhart's head, "Sorry."

Gildarts watched in shock and curiosity as magical energies began to flow from Eberhart to Naruto, the boys hand acting like a magic pump. Once the man was out of magic his body began to thin, slowly disappearing completely, leaving nothing but the giants clothes behind.

Standing up Naruto's hood fell off revealing his blond hair, and red eyes filled with tears. Turning back to Gildarts Naruto pulled his hood back up, "Now if you'll excuse me." Turning to leave Naruto was stopped by Gildarts's voice.

"Wasn't he your ally?"

"Ally? I don't know that word." Naruto's stare meet Gildarts, their eyes locked, unable to look away from each other. "As for his death, it was going to happen eventually, failing a mission is unacceptable."

Gildarts seemed dumbfounded, "You're really okay working under such strict rules? Living your life without any happiness?"

"Master Ivan accepts me, he's the only one who ever has. I would do anything he asked." Naruto answered his voice wavering, "As for happiness…monsters don't deserve happiness." With that said Naruto turned sharply and left.

"Aren't you going to chase after him?" Grey questioned besides Gildarts.

Turning back to look at the kids he had saved, Gildarts chuckled as Erza looked over a squirming Natsu, scolding him. Looking down at Grey he ruffled the boys hair making him grumble. "Nah he's not worth it," Glancing in the direction Naruto had taken off Gildarts narrowed his eyes in thought. The magic that kid had used to kill the giant was dark. He had never even heard of such a magic before, he was going to have to tell Makarov about this new Dark Mage Ivan had under his control.

~xXx~

Naruto limped through a forest, blood dripping down his body, a mixture of his and others, his clothes ragged and torn. When he got back to the Raven Tail guild he was surprised to find some of the members there waiting for him, and if he hadn't absorbed Eberhart's Thick Skin Magic, then their surprise attack surely would have killed him. Stopping he leaned back against a tree sliding down the trunk till he was sitting on the ground. Removing his hood Naruto revealed his unruly spiky blond hair, and young features. His face was clean and untouched except for three distinct whisker marks on either side of his face. His blood red eyes were filled with tears as he sat in the dark forest in complete silence.

The Master had betrayed him, said he had outlived his usefulness, and had the rest of the guild try and kill him. Of course the man himself hadn't been their at the time, if he had then Naruto would have undoubtedly died. Now he was sitting in the forest trying to fight off the sleep that was trying to claim his tired body. In the end his body just couldn't take it any more and Naruto passed into a fitful sleep.

~xXx~

"Hmm a blond mage, named Naruto, you say?" Makarov scratched his chin, sitting beside Gildarts at the bar. He had been beyond relieved when Gildarts had returned with Erza the other two, thankfully wounded prides being the biggest problem. "And his magic allowed him to absorb the other mage?"

"That's right Master," Gildarts took a swig of beer. "It seemed like something that Zeref would have been capable of doing."

"Hmm another Zeref," Makarov wondered out loud.

"Are you going to inform the Council?" Gildarts asked.

Makarov scoffed, "No, there would be no point." Makarov paused, "And from how you were talking about him, you made it seem like there was a possibility to save him."

"I saw," Gildarts thought about his words for a minute before continuing. "I saw a flicker of doubt when he was talking about Ivan."

"Hmm," Makarov polished off his beer. "Its something to think about, especially if we ever run into him again." Turning his attention back to Gildarts Makarov sighed, "Now there is something that I've been meaning to talk to you about."

~xXx~

Naruto's eyes shot open, his body covered in a cold sweat, the last thing he remembered was passing out in the forest. Trying to control his breathing Naruto failed to notice that he was no longer in the forest. He was in a bed, in a home, and somebody was watching him.

"So," An old raspy voice called out. "You're finally awake."

Naruto was brought to his sense's as he sat up, finally realizing where he was. "What, who are you?"

"That's not important right now," An old man waved his hand dismissing his question. "However if you must known I am the one who brought you to my home and patched you up." His eyes seemed to sparkle in curiosity, "Now who are you, and why did you have such sever wounds?"

"I…" Naruto paused, "it's a long story."

"I've got plenty of time," The old man smiled at Naruto, which confused the boy. This wasn't an evil smile, or one a fake one, this was a real honest smile.

Naruto sighed, his past made him sad, but he was in the old man's debt. "It started four years ago…"

Naruto ran through a forest in a panic, trying to escape from some creature that was chasing him. The last thing he remembered was trying to learn a jutsu from the Forbidden Scroll, next thing he knew he was in an unfamiliar forest. He had been confused at first, but then he figured that the jutsu had just transported him to another part of the forest or something. Trying the jutsu again Naruto pictured in his mind the area that he had been in, only for nothing to happen. Desperately Naruto tried the jutsu again, and again, until he made a terrifying realization; he couldn't feel his chakra.

Falling on his ass Naruto began to hyperventilate, these trees weren't familiar, this area wasn't familiar. Where was he, where could that jutsu had transported him to, and then he heard it. A terrifying, ear shattering screech, and something deep inside of him told him to run, with out questioning Naruto did just that. Tearing through the forest he didn't pause for a second, not once did he look behind him, he simply let instincts take over and tried to escape from what ever had made that horrible noise. Finally he had come to a clearing, not even thinking about the lack of covering Naruto charged out trying to race across to the other side, when something fell from the sky and landed in front of him, making dust and dirt fly up into the air.

Taking a few steps back Naruto felt his heart stop when a glowing pair of red eyes stared straight at him, through the dust. "Human," a voice growled out. "No one has dared cross my mountain in decades." The dust cleared revealing a tall creature with fanged teeth and horns, it reminded Naruto of an ogre from the stories. "You'll make a good snack," It laughed as it began moving towards Naruto.

Reacting on instincts Naruto reached into his holster and threw several kunai at the hulking beast. The kunai, simply bounced off the monster's skin like it was made of stone. "Shit," Naruto growled out as he tried to run away, only for the monster to grab hold his leg and fling him like he was a rag doll. Crashing into a nearby tree Naruto felt some of his bones break as he fell to the ground. "Shit," Naruto grumbled out as the monster started to move closer to him. He had no idea where he was, and he was about to get killed and eaten by something out of a story book. As the monster started to reach for him Naruto closed his eyes, and sadly accepted his fate. He would never get to be Hokage, he would never make any friends, he was just going to die here in the middle of the woods.

"Is this really your limit?"

Naruto's eyes shot open, he was no longer in the middle of a forest but sitting in ankle deep water. Looking around Naruto found a blond haired man looking down at him with sad eyes, he was standing in front of a gigantic gate that was held closed with a single piece of paper with the word 'seal' written on it. "So we finally meet…Naruto."

Naruto was shocked as he realized just who was standing in front of him, "Th-The Fourth Hokage?"

"The seal is set so that if eight tails are released I'll appear in your consciousness. I was surprised though when I found that the only thing left of the Kyuubi was his chakra."

"What?" Naruto questioned. "The Kyuubi? Seal? What are you talking about? Where are we? And how do you know my name?"

Minato smiled sadly, "That's quite a few questions, but I'll try to answer them to the best I can. Twelve years ago I sealed the Kyuubi inside of you to stop it from destroying the village." Minato winced at Naruto's shocked look, "I know what the history books say, but their wrong." Pointing behind him at the cage Minato continued, "He was sealed behind these bars for twelve years, but it seems like the jutsu you used drained him pretty badly, he isn't even able to maintain a solid form."

Naruto stared at the man his eyes full of fear, "You…You sealed the Kyuubi inside of me?" Minato nodded grimly. "Then all these years, the reason I haven't had a single friend, the reason everyone in the village hated me, was because of you?"

"Naruto-" Minato was cut off.

"Do you know how much I've had to suffer?" Naruto was standing now, tears streaming down his face, his body shaking in anger. "Why did you seal it inside me?" He shouted raising an accusing finger, "Was I just some unlucky kid that you just so happened to find, or something?"

"Naruto," In an instant Minato was standing in front of Naruto, enveloping the boy in a hug. "I've caused you a lot of pain, I'm sorry." Minato stroked the crying boys hair, "Some father I turned out to be."

Naruto stopped his crying, "Father?" Breaking out of the mans grasp Naruto stared at him with wide eyes. "You're…You're my dad?"

"Yeah," Minato smiled down sadly at the twelve year old. "Twelve years ago I sealed half of the Kyuubi's chakra inside you knowing that you would learn how to use it some day, because you were my son." Minato frowned, "But there seems to have been a slight hiccup in my plan. The jutsu you used was a technique that I was developing that would, in theory, allow me to jump to and from dimensions. It was an extension of my Hiraishin, but because of its complexity and risks I stopped working on it and placed it in the Forbidden Scroll."

"So-so I'm in another dimension?" Naruto asked with a confused look, his tears were all dried up now.

Minato sighed, "I'm not sure, as I said it was incomplete, but I think its our best guess at the time." Smiling down at Naruto Minato put a kind hand on his head, "Now its time to do something about what's going on outside your mind. I'm afraid at the moment there's only one option for you to take." Raising his hand Minato directed Naruto's attention to the seal on the Kyuubi's gate. "Rip off the seal and absorb what's left of the Kyuubi."

"What?" Naruto asked as he took a step back from Minato.

"Listen you have to trust me on this. Its going to be hard, and the Kyuubi's power will corrupt you if you let it, but you're my son, I know you can do this." His body was slowly starting to fade away. "I believe in you son, I know you can do this."

"No wait please! I still have so many questions!"

Minato smiled sadly, pulling his son into one last hug. "I'm sorry Naruto, but I've already used up all my time. I love you son."

"I-I love you too, dad," Naruto whispered as Minato faded from existence.

Taking a minute to gather himself Naruto turned his attention to the seal. Walking up to it he hesitantly placed his hand on it, before ripping the seal off completely. In a flash the red substance that was Kyuubi's chakra charged him. Bringing his arms up to shield himself Naruto closed his eyes in anticipation, only to open them when he didn't feel anything crashing into him. In amazement he watched as the red substance was absorbed through his naval, completely disappearing.

"Whoa, that's it?" Naruto thought aloud when he suddenly felt an incredible amount of pain force him to his knees. "Shit, what the hell is this feeling?"

'I hate this,' a voice deep from inside Naruto spoke. 'I hated those damn people, I wanted to kill all of them.' Naruto grabbed his chest, if felt like his heart had shattered into at thousand pieces, he was torn in two. A part of him still wanted people to acknowledge him, to respect him, and the other part just hated everything and wanted the world to die.

"What the hell is this?"

"You can't control me, you don't have what it takes! You're nothing more than a tiny fragment of my hatred!"

"Kh, must be the Kyuubi, go away!"

'No one will ever accept you,' The first voice spoke again. 'Don't you remember how everyone treated us? They wanted us to disappear, to die! Why would we want to be recognized by them?'

"This hatred," Naruto cried out. "Its too much!"

'Do the world a favor, and just disappear forever!'

"You belong here," Another voice spoke out, brining Naruto out of his daze as he looked up into the eyes of a red haired woman, who was clutching her heart. "Naruto," She smiled down at him.

"Who are you?" Naruto shouted, as he tried to stand up, only to fall back down.

"Of course you wouldn't know," She smiled sadly, before grining ear to ear. "Why don't you guess?"

'No…' The dark voice spoke up, making the woman chuckle. Taking in her appearance Naruto came to a conclusion. "You're Kyuubi's true form!" He shouted, pointing an accusing finger at her.

"What?" She burst into laughter, "That's like adorable! That expression on your face totally makes you look like your Father."

"You're…" Realization hit Naruto like a ton of bricks as he found the strength he was lacking just seconds ago. Standing up he slowly made his way towards the woman. "You're…"

"Yes," Kushina smiled down at Naruto, "I'm you're-" She didn't get to finish as Naruto tackled her into a hug, burying his face into her stomach and crying. With a small smile on her face Kushina bent down to her son's height and enveloped him in a real hug, letting him ball his eyes out on her shoulder.

"I've," He spoke in a shaky breath. "Its like I've always wanted to meet you, dattebayo."

"It's like," Kushina smiled happily, "you really are my son."

Breaking away from the hug Naruto smiled up at her, "There are so many things I want to talk to you about Mom!"

"Yeah," She smiled, "We'll have a nice long talk, but lets leave the Kyuubi out of this." Placing her hand on Naruto's chest Kushina closed her eyes in concentration before opening them, "There that better?"

Naruto nodded dumbly, the doubt and fear he had felt earlier had disappeared completely.

Sitting down Kushina motioned for Naruto to come closer, before pulling the boy into her lap, making him blush in embarrassment. "H-Hey!"

"Oh hush," Kushina huffed. "I like never got to hold you in my lap when you where a baby, so now I'm going to make up for lost time."

After a long talk, and a tearful goodbye Naruto found the strength that he needed to control the Kyuubi's power, and concur his true self. Once outside his mind Naruto found it easy to beat the monster that was about to kill him earlier, and after following his instincts he discovered the unique power that the Kyuubi's chakra had given him. Placing his hand on the monsters head he began to absorb it, its knowledge, and its energy. He learned that he was in a place called Fiore, where instead of ninja's there were Mages, and instead of using Chakra for jutsu they used magic energy to perform spells. He also learned that this Monster was in fact a demon that had been created by a Dark Mage named Zeref. From the demon he had learned many spells, each one darker and more evil than the last.

At the end of it all he had absorbed one last thing that he hadn't been prepared for, the demon's emotions. Anger and hate overwhelmed Naruto's sense's as he collapsed to the ground, this time there was no one to save him as he feel victim to the demon's hatred of humanity.

For the next year he lived his life as the new demon of the mountain, killing and absorbing any who dare come near. Each kill brought him new knowledge, new spells, and conflicting emotions. It wasn't until he killed a traveling old man, that he started to question his hate for humanity. The old man had been filled with sadness and sorrow so powerful that it had shaken the demon's powerful grip on Naruto's emotions, leaving him in a state of turmoil. Leaving the mountain Naruto traveled, looking for somewhere a monster like him could belong, and that is when he found Raven Tail.

Naruto and the old man sat in silence before the old man spoke up. "That was quite the story Naruto-san." The old man sighed, "So you allowed this demon's hate to rule you until finally the sorrow your victims felt right before you killed them overwhelmed you. Is that about right?"

Naruto didn't answer for a second, before hanging his head in shame, "Yes."

"And now you've been betrayed by your guild, you have no purpose and are still overwhelmed by sorrow." The old man rubbed his bearded chin, "Well as an ex-mage it is my sworn duty to report any known dark mages to the council," He paused, "but you seem more like a victim of circumstances than a dark mage, Naruto-san."

They sat in silence for a moment before Naruto spoke up, "So what are you going to do with me then?"

"Well," The old man cracked a grin, "I'm going to help you get better."

~xXx~

An: There we go, my first fanfic. My grammar isn't the best so point out the mistakes, though I hope it wasn't too bad. Let me know what you guys think, Good? Bad? Or somewhere in between? I personally thought it wasn't half bad, I'm waiting to see what people think before I post the next chapter. I'm not holding it hostage or anything, I just what to see everyone's opinion first.

Hope you read the Authors Note! Its right above this, go ahead take a look, I won't tell. It can be our little secret, I promise.