An: I do not own Naruto or Fairy Tail

Summary: Screams and blood and expressions frozen in fear, those precise moments brought elation. I was what one would call a demon, but now I have found my light. I am Uzumaki Naruto and I am a Fairy Tail mage!

5-didgit: I already sent you a message but I thought I would put it so every one could see Naruto is 18 and we are about a year away from cannon. Probably two more chapters (including this one)

Orchamus: Thanks for the review, no that girl was not Meredy. I had originally planned to use her instead of Zancrow but I decide that now would be a better time to show the Naruto vs. Zancrow flashback instead of following my original plan and waiting till the S-class trail arc. I'm glad that you enjoy the story.

Chm01: I could have worded this better, but Naruto could never make black flames. The biggest they ever got was the small one he showed to Ivan, to me that and a spark translate to be the same thing, so I probably should have worded that better.

Some-Good-Names-Were-Taken: Glad you loved the chapter! I would say Naruto is a good A-rank, but when he transforms he's about Gildarts level. The kicker is he can only use that form for only five minutes before he starts to lose control, and even during the five minutes he has to keep a level head.

Miranime: I was a little worried about the fight myself, but to me it would seem that the younger members of GH aren't going to be as experienced as they will be in a year. I felt like that they probably don't have much experience outside training, add Naruto's surprise attack onto that as well as their cockiness, and it would be pretty easy for a guy who only has to touch you to make you pass out. Anyways I'm glad you love my fanfic!

Escaping the Darkness

One's Heart

Naruto sighed as he looked over the Request Board, nothing seemed to interest him at the moment. Walking over to the balcony he lend on the railing and looked out over Fairy Tail. 'Such a lively place,' He thought to himself as his eyes scanned everyone below. It had been hard at first gaining everyone's trust, but after being announced as Fairy Tail's newest S-class mage a few weeks ago he had felt that he had truly accomplished something when he went on stage with the whole guild applauding him. He smiled lamely as he watched Natsu and Gray begin to fight only for Erza to break it up before it could escalate, 'Like one big family.'

A year had passed since he joined the guild, and though he always wanted to remember what he had done in his past, and where he had originally came from he found it harder and harder to think back to before he had met his master. 'I think there was a girl that I liked…Sauka or something like that, I wonder how she is? And sensei, I wonder if he's still teaching? And the old man, I wonder if he's still kicking?' He scratched his head in frustration, the memories where there, but they were fading. Some times he could remember names but not faces and other times he would recall a face but not know the name. Each day it became harder and harder to remember, even his time spent as the Demon of the Mountain was hazy. 'I remember, pain, and death, and expressions frozen in fear. I remember being so happy when people would wander to close to my mountain, and then I remember great sadness, and Ivan finding me.'

Now he was something of a hero in the eyes of the people, most of them calling him Yuusha. (Hero) He had something of an image to keep up, even more so than any of the other S-rank mages. He found it slightly annoying, but he couldn't help but like the attention everyone gave him everywhere he went, and Master Makarov told him that his action figures that they sold in the gift shop helped pay for the numerous bills Fairy Tail paid for property damage.

Sighing Naruto spotted Mest down below, chatting happily with everyone. He had grown in the past year, Naruto's sword strapped to his back proof of that. 'Damn kid, who knew he'd be such a fast learner?' It had been a long time since they went on a mission together, turning back to the bored Naruto eyed it once more. He sighed again, he wouldn't feel comfortable taking Mest out with him on any of these missions. 'Oh well,' Naruto thought with a smile as he turned around, seeing Mest laughing with Grey and Loke. 'He's fallen in with a good group.'

Running his hand through his hair, the pony tail reaching his shoulder blades now, Naruto examined the request board. At nineteen he hadn't grown at all, his height maxing out at 185 cm, but he had grown in strength. In the argument of who was the strongest in Fairy Tail many argued it was him, instead of Mystogan or Laxus, and in all honesty Naruto felt like he could fight evenly with either of the two S-class power houses, but he continued to tell people that he could never accept the title of strongest so long as Gildarts was still around.

Leaning back against the railing with his elbows Naruto pulled off a random request and examined it, "Large group of rouge Knights harassing village, sounds more like an Erza job," Naruto mumbled to himself as he put the posting back on the board. "Monster terrorizing citizens, now that sounds more like a Naruto job." The blonde smiled as he vanished from the upstairs in a small flash of golden light, reappearing downstairs by the bar. "Mira-chan I'm going on this job." He smiled as he handed the white haired girl the poster, only for her to frown.

"Naruto this is a two person job, I can't let you go alone." Mira frowned at the blonde, hands on her hips, trying to decide if he had skimmed over that part, or had been trying to ignore it.

"Mira-chan don't give me that look!" Naruto pouted, "I can totally handle the job myself!"

Mira frowned, crossing her arms over her chest, Naruto confirming her suspicions, "Naruto…"

Naruto waved his arms franticly, taking a cautious step backwards, "A-aye Mira-chan I'll just go find someone to take with me then." Quickly disappearing into the crowded guild Naruto let out a sigh of relief, happy to escape without a lecture for once, most lectures ended in Mira threatening to stop making Ramen. 'Now to choose who to take with me,' Scanning the guild Naruto's eyes landed on Erza first, 'Too…Overkill.'

Natsu, 'Too…destructive.'

Gray, 'Too…naked.'

Elfman, 'Too…actually he would be perfect for this mission.' With a smile on his face Naruto started to make his way over to Elfman when he froze in mid-step, a disturbing thought in his mind, 'What will Mira-chan do to me if I try to take her little brother with me on an S-rank mission…' With that thought in mind Naruto stood rooted to his position before he made up his mind and walked away.

Elfman, 'Too…Troublesome.'

'Of course, Mest!' Naruto thought as he looked around the room, only to find that his apprentice was nowhere to be seen.

Mest, 'Too…missing.'

Trudging back to the bar, Naruto was wondering if he would be able to sweet talk Mira into letting him do the job anyways when he spotted someone sitting at the corner of the bar by themselves. 'Its Cana,' He thought as he watched her lift up a giant barrel of alcohol. They were good friends, or at least they use to be, ever since he had beaten her in the last S-class Promotion Trial Cana had stopped talking to him altogether. 'Maybe if I invite her along with me on an S-class job she'll start talking to me.'

Cana sighed from her position at the bar, downing another barrel of alcohol. From the corner of her eye she could see Naruto making his way towards her. The blonde was dressed in an open form-fitting black jacket with orange lining. Underneath the jacket he wore an orange tank top, with blue lining. Holding up his ragged looking black jeans were a pair of crisscrossing white belts with circular buckles. For footwear he had on a pair of Geta with orange straps.

"Hey Cana," Naruto waved as he approached her, trying not to shrink at a slight glare sent his way.

Cana berated herself for glaring at Naruto, it wasn't that she hated the blonde, she still wanted to be considered a close friend, but she still wasn't very happy with the results of the last Promotion Trial. The thing she was most disappointed with was herself.

~xXx~

Makarov, along with the present S-ranked mages, stood up on a stage in the middle of the coliseum. He was currently addressing all of the S-rank hopefuls, Naruto and Cana being two of the candidates. "This years Trial will be a tournament!" He shouted with his arms spread wide, "To become an S-rank you must prove that you are ready, and we will judge if you are by watching your fight. You do not have to win to get the promotion, you merely have to prove that you are ready for the responsibility that being an S-rank mages brings!"

"What a load of crap," Naruto muttered to Cana. "Making us fight each other to prove if we're ready.

"Shh!" Was Cana's only reply.

Naruto frowned, "So mean Cana-chawn~"

"Quiet Naruto!" She whispered harshly, "This is our future, its important!"

Naruto tsked, as he stuck his pinky in his ear, "I'm happy being an A-rank, less responsibility, and I get to goof off more. What's with you by the way? You never do what your told to do unless it involves this stupid promotion."

Cana opened her mouth to retort when they felt Erza's magical presence crash into them.

"Master was explaining something important you two," Erza's steel like gaze settled on Naruto. "Master since they have something so important to talk about might I suggest that they discuss it in the ring?"

"Now Erza," Makarov started off saying, what he had been talking about hadn't been that important, but before he could continue Naruto interrupted him.

"Wait did I get that right? You want me to fight Cana-chan just because we were talking?" Naruto's eyes flashed red, "Did I hear you right Scarlet?"

Erza's eyes narrowed, "You heard me right Uzumaki, but its not just because you were talking its to prove that you really have what it takes to become an S-rank."

Naruto tsked, "Then I drop out of the running, I refuse to participate in such a ridicules game! I refuse to fight my Nakama!"

"You refuse?" Erza questioned, her power surging. "This is a tradition Uzumaki, and if you refuse to participate than nobody is allowed to participate and nobody will get the promotion!"

From behind Erza Laxus laughed madly, "Haha let him quite, as far as I'm concerned no one here is ready!"

"Naruto," Cana pleaded. "I don't want to fight you either, but we have too."

Naruto hesitated looking into Cana's eyes, before he shook his head, crossing his arms over his chest. "I won't fight you, no matter what!" All of the other mages gathered shouted at Naruto, pleading with him, but he wouldn't budge from his position. The crowd was shocked though when something struck Naruto in the chest sending him flying backwards through the air. The shouting had stopped and everyone turned to see Cana standing there, with her cards out. "I'm sorry Naruto, but I need this! So please fight back, because even if you don't I won't hold back!"

Naruto laid on his back on the ground staring up at the sky, he was quiet for a minute before speaking. "Go ahead then if it means that much to you."

Cana gripped her cards shakily, tears threatening to fall from her eyes, "Naruto get up! Defend yourself!" She brought a card up, and charged it with magical energy, "Please Naruto!" She shouted, but the blonde refused to even look up at her. Cana's arm began to shake, She would do it, she had to do it, she…she…she couldn't do it. Her arm fell to her side, and she fell to her knees, her cards slipping from her now lose grip. "Damn it Naruto," She cried, "Damn it damn it damn it!"

From his place on the stage Makarov sighed, "This year's S-class Wizard Promotion Trial is over, and I Makarov, Third Master of Fairy Tail, see fit to grant the title of S-rank mage to Uzumaki Naruto." Everyone except the current S-rank mages seemed surprised at this. "I grant him this title for being the only one in this group to understand the value of his Nakama!"

~xXx~

Cana sighed as Naruto sat down next to her, a lame smile on his face. "So Cana…" He paused for a minute, trying to think of what to say before sighing, "We haven't really talked very much these past couple of months have we?" He chuckled, "If I know you your probably just mad at yourself, and your probably worried that I'm mad at you."

"B-baka!" Cana shouted a blush on her cheeks. "I'm definitely mad at you!"

Naruto stuck his pinky in his ear and rolled his eyes, "Sure whatever you say Cana-chawn~"

Cana seethed silently, the blush on her cheeks darkening. "So listen," Naruto started, "I wanna make it up to you, really I do. So how about you come on an S-rank mission with me?"

'S-rank?' Cana thought in excitement, "R-really?" She asked.

"Of course!" Naruto smiled, scratching the back of his head.

"But, after the way I've been treating you…"

Naruto sighed, "Cana come on, you're my Nakama, a precious friend, do you really think I would be mad at you for what you did for even a second?"

Cana clinched her fist, tears prickling at the corner of her eyes, "Baka." She smiled as Naruto laughed, she had really missed that sound.

~xXx~

"This is the town," Naruto said as they departed from the train station. They were at the town center, where many people were out selling their goods at stands. Just to the left of the town, behind the houses was a small forest. After looking around Naruto muttered to Cana, "Do these people look like they're being terrorized by a monster to you?"

Watching as people chattered amongst themselves happily, she noted that there were no signs of a monster attack, "Are you sure this is the right place?"

"Of course," Naruto muttered, "But something is definitely off." Walking over to one of the street vendors Naruto smiled at the young woman behind the counter. "Excuse me miss I'm a mage sent from Fairy Tail to help you get rid of your monster problems. Can you explain to me what's been going on around here?"

The girl smiled in return, "Please, leave while you still can."

"Eh?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto," Cana tugged on his arm dragging him away from the stand, "Something is wrong here, very wrong."

"I kind of got that already Cana-chan, but-" Before he could continue Naruto was interrupted from the screams of a young girl. Her face was covered by a hood, but she was being chased by a mob. "Someone save me please!" She shouted as she ran straight into Naruto. "Please!" She shouted as she looked up at Naruto.

Acting on instinct Naruto pushed the girl behind him and shielded her from the mob, "What's going on here?" He shouted, something was wrong though. 'The mob, all of them have such a horrified expression, like they think someone is about to kill them.' Suddenly Naruto felt something cold touch the back of his head, painfully pulling something out of him.

"Naruto!" Cana shouted as she watched the little girl reach up and grab Naruto from the back of the head, pulling out a small golden orb. Bringing the orb up to her lips the girl swallowed it whole, and giggled madly, "I'm a monster who can steal one's mind! And you are a fool!"

"What did you do to him?" Cana shouted as she drew her cards, getting ready for a fight.

The girl giggled again, "I told you already didn't I? I'm a monster who can steal a person's mind!" Throwing back her hood she revealed her long golden locks and red eyes with slit pupils. "What I stole from your friend was his 'righteous mind!'"

Cana cursed, "And the towns people?"

"Them? I took their courage, why?" She laughed, "Because now none of them are brave enough to leave and can act as bait for un-expecting travelers!"

Cana cursed again, looking at Naruto laying prone on the ground, to the towns people cowering around her. 'Looks like I'm not going to be receiving any help.' Just then she felt something club her on the back of the head. Turning around she saw that it was one of the villagers, with a terrified look on his face. Falling to the ground Cana cursed her luck as everything went black.

"…na."

"Cana."

"Cana!"

"Mm," Cana moaned as she struggled to open her eyes. "Shut up, baka," She mumbled when someone grabbed her wrist and forced her arms apart, now she was awake, and looking into the red eyes of Naruto.

"I told you to wake up already Cana," He told her apathetically.

"What-" Cana asked as a blush spread across her face. Breaking free of Naruto's grip she drew a card out, "-are you doing?"

Naruto moved fast, grabbing Cana's hand and forcing it down, "Don't object me…" He told her forcefully.

"Naruto," Cana fought against his grip with all her strength, but he wouldn't budge. "You're acting weird."

"Cana…"

"What now?" She shouted, still struggling in his grip.

"I like you."

The struggling stopped as Cana's body become limp, staring into Naruto's red eyes. 'What…What did he say?'

Letting go of Cana Naruto walked over to the blonde monster and forcibly yanked her up off the ground by the arm. "Cana tie her up," Naruto told her as he threw the monster to the confused girl. Catching the monster Cana hesitated, her eyes meeting Naruto's awkwardly as a blush spread across her face. Pulling out some rope she began to tie the monster up.

The monster squeaked, "Go easy on me."

"What a foolish monster," Naruto scoffed, "You won the situation but you didn't finish us off, you deserve to die for such a mistake. Make sure to tie her up good so she won't be able to escape."

"Okay," Cana muttered, a blush still obvious on her face.

"Now tell me why you did to us," Naruto crossed his arms over his chest, his crimson red eyes glaring dangerously at the monster. "So you won't talk? Then what should I do to make you confess? Should I break each of your fingers one by one?"

The monster cried and squirmed on the ground, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

"Naruto," Cana muttered quietly, like she was worried to attract his attention towards her. "You're acting weird." Naruto spared her a sideways glance that made Cana flinch slightly, also making her blush deepen even more. 'W-what's wrong with me? What part of my mind did the monster take from me?'

"You are acting weird because the monster took a part of our minds." It was the girl Naruto had been talking to earlier. "She took the courage of all the people in town so no one would be brave enough to run away, and so she could force everyone to do whatever she wanted them to do. But now that you've defeated her we don't have to be afraid anymore."

"Ah excuse me," Cana interrupted a large blush on her face still, "I'm acting very weird and obeying whatever anyone tells me to do. Did you see what part of my mind she took?"

'Probably your 'I'll do whatever I want' mind…' Naruto thought to himself.

"I'm sorry," The girl muttered. "I didn't see I ran away with everyone else after you were knocked out."

Suddenly the monster broke free from her binding, making a dash for the nearby forest. "After her!" Naruto shouted as he and Cana chased the monster from to the edge of the forest.

"Ar-aren't you going after her?" Cana asked.

"No," Naruto told her as he brought up his hand and charged it with demonic energy all I need is this! Onimahō: Katana!" Swinging his arm like a sword Naruto tore up the landscape, the earth exploding as if he was dragging a giant blade along it. "Hahaha!" Naruto laughed madly as he continued to swing his arm around like a sword, kicking up dust. "Trying to run away from me? Don't make me laugh! I will rule this world one day and I will become a God! The world will be mine and I am going to destroy all! No one is going to get away from me! No one can stop me!"

"He's going to destroy the entire forest!" Cana shouted as she covered her face from the dust. Then suddenly Naruto stopped swinging his arm around like it was a sword and gripped his head in pain.

'What…?' Naruto thought as he held his head in he hands, 'My head.'

"What the heck happened," Cana thought as the dust began to die, her eyes bulging at what it reveled. "Only one tree is left," She muttered in shock, "Everything else was destroyed." Around the single tree that had been left standing was a pile of brush. From the pile a hand shot out, weakly someone muttered "Help…me!"

After digging her out and tying her up again Naruto set her down on her knees and glared down at her. "I will return your minds to you." She muttered.

Naruto scoffed, running his hand through his hair, "That's what evil always says."

'To me you're the evil one here,' The monster thought as a sweat drop rolled down the back of her head.

"Anyways," Naruto popped his neck, "You don't have to give it back, its better this way."

"What do you mean?" The monster shouted.

"My righteous mind was holding me back, without it I'm the strongest. At my current status I could rule the world and bring about its total destruction!"

'H-how is this better?' Cana thought to herself. When Naruto grabbed his head in pain again.

"My head hurts again," Naruto mumbled. "Is it because of what you did?"

"Y-your mind is imbalance now, that would be the cause of the pain."

"God damn it," Naruto muttered as he bent over in pain. "My head hurts so much that I can't use my powers correctly."

Cana looked behind her at the destroyed forest, 'Th-that wasn't even his full power?'

"I like this power," Naruto started as another wave of pain washed over him. "But it hurts pretty badly, turn me back. Give my mind back, if you don't I'll rip off your arms and legs!" Naruto brought his arm up again and built up the demonic energy, '85%' He thought to himself.

"I'll give it back! I'll give it back! I'll give it back right now!"

Cana sighed to herself, 'Good he'll return to his normal self again.' She thought back to Naruto telling her that he liked her. 'So that was a lie, because he was acting weird…yes I was acting weird too…' Cana sighed, "Yes it was all a lie," She told herself. Looking over at Naruto she smiled sadly at he growled in pain, 'For Naruto his wrath, greed, and sorrow have all been under extreme control thanks to his righteous mind. He is human though, so he definitely has though thoughts, but since everyone looks up to him as a hero he always keeps his darker thoughts in check. Right now it's safe to say that the restricted part of his mind has surfaced.' Cana thought about it again, another blush reddening her cheeks.

"I like you."

'Was that what his true feeling then.'

Shortly after that Naruto and Cana gathered all of the citizens together, and untied the monster. Rubbing her wrist she waved her hand, blue orbs appearing in front of all the civilians, a gold one for Naruto. "I forgot to mention that your memories of what happened while your mind was taken will be erased when you get your mind back." Everyone's respective orb disappeared into them, "So long." The monster bid them farewell as they all collapsed to the ground.

"Hey!" Cana shouted, before the monster could leave. "What about me?"

The monster tsked, "I never took your mind," She pointed to Naruto, "He stopped me before I could."

"But-But! I acted so strangely!" Cana shouted with a blush.

The monster smiled, "That's love." She told Cana before running away, "Farewell, and don't worry about me returning."

Cana moved to stop her when Naruto got to his feet, "Ah what the heck am I doing out here?"

"Eh…" Cana opened her mouth to think of an excuse, there was no way she could tell Naruto that he went crazy and leveled a forest.

Then the towns people started to wake up.

"What happened to the forest?"

"Look! It's wiped out!"

'…There's no way I can explain this,' Cana thought. When Naruto approached her the blush returned.

"Cana do you know what happened here?"

"Get away from me!" Cana shouted, the blush spreading across her face.

"What?" Naruto took a shocked step backwards.

Cana growled as she stomped towards the train station, "If your so curious about what happened to the forest than go look for clues! I bet there is none though!"

"H-how can you leave at a time like this?" Naruto questioned, completely surprised by the way Cana was behaving. "The monster that did this could come back at any time!"

'That was you!' Cana thought to herself. "I don't care! Do whatever you want! I'm leaving!"

"Ah," Naruto sighed, "Alright just let me ask the citizen's what happened, maybe I can get some money out of this."

In the end they went back to the guild empty handed, and without an explanation for what happened, not even knowing what happened with the monster. 'Mira-chan is gonna ban Ramen from the guild, I just know she will!' Naruto cried to himself on the train ride back.

~Omake~

"This is the town," Naruto said as they departed from the train station. After looking around he muttered to Cana, "Do these people look like they're being terrorized by a monster to you?"

Watching as people chattered amongst themselves happily, she noted that there were no signs of a monster attack, "Are you sure this is the right place?"

"…" Naruto hesitated, before pulling out a map.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…This is the wrong town, isn't it Naruto?" Cana asked as she started to head back into the train station, shaking her head. The next train wouldn't be here for another thirty minutes, "Baka," She muttered as she entered the train station, shaking her head in disappointment.

"G-Gomenasai." Naruto muttered with a hung head as he trudged into the train station behind Cana.

~xXx~

Tire, tired, tired, tired, I'm so tired! But I'm happy I finally got this out. Anyways I didn't really want to use a huge time skip, honestly I wanted to write a chapter about Naruto joining the guild, but well let me put it this way, this is about a 5K word chapter and it took me all of probably 6 hours to write. The chapter about Naruto joining the guild that I was trying to write never got longer than 1000 words, and it took me 5 days to get that far so yeah that's way I gave up on that chapter idea. Moving on

*Confetti* Yay 205 reviews *Confetti* Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, I never would have thought that this would be so popular, so thanks to all my awesome readers! I hope you continue to read and review!

Moving on, I dedicate this chapter to the manga Superior. Go read it! Cause I got this chapter from one of its chapters.

Moving on, Naruto was so strong because he wasn't afraid of the demon magic taking over because he was already acting how he would act if the demon magic takes over. He was using 85% of its power. Will I ever put him using 100% probably not, but I will give a small, tiny snippet of a future fight to the first person who can guess correctly the next time Naruto will use 85% of the demon's power.

Also guess who the pairing is for this story, if you guess correctly you get a free imaginary cookie, and I will post the pairing with the next chapter to help those who can't figure it out.

Next…the poll to give Naruto jutsu was a landslide victory for the nay sayers so I already took it down and replaced it with a poll to decide what the second story I post will be, if I post a second story. So have fun with that.

Anyways I had a lot to say hope you guys took the time to read most of it, see ya in the next chapter.

Ps changed the summary, opinions?