1 From fox to dragon.

Team 7 was currently on an escort mission, where they had to take Tazuna to their home in Nami no Kuni. The mission was supposed to be a simple Class C mission, but as the day before they had met the Oni Kyōdai, two chūnin-level nukenins, the mission became a class B, and there was a high chance of becoming a class A or even an S .

The recommendation would be for them to return to the village, but due to the pleas of Naruto, who was moved after hearing the reason for the lie from the builder, Kakashi decided to continue.

The group walked with caution, because according to Kakashi's warning, as two chūnins had failed, there was a certain chance of sending a jōnin in the next one, Naruto was so nervous that he didn't take his hand off the bag where he kept his kunais.

The group stayed like that until they heard a noise from a thicket where soon afterwards Naruto launched a kunai, from the thicket came out a snow-white rabbit, there was a moment of relief for the genins and Tazuna, except for Naruto, who started to receive a sermon from Sakura and Kakashi, who found that rabbit strange.

(Kakashi): 'An albino rabbit? He should be white in the winter, and we are in the summer.' - He thinks before his eyes go wide. - "BEND DOWN!" - He screams pulling the attention of the group.

The group obeys Hatake instinctively when glancing at a giant sword was thrown in the direction of the group, however, Sakura was unable to react in time, her legs stopped in fear when she saw that weapon being thrown in her direction, and believing it to be her end , she closes her eyes.

(Sakura): "Huh?" - She finds it strange to be on the floor, and when she runs her hand over her dress she realizes that something is wet, and when she opens her eyes she is terrified. - "N-Naruto?"

In front of him was the very bloody blonde due to the diagonal cut on his torso. He realized that Sakura wouldn't buckle in time, and ended up pushing her to the ground, but ended up taking the blow in the process, starting at her right shoulder region, hitting her face a little, and ending at the left side of her waist.

(Sakura): "N-Naruto, w-w-why did you do that?" - She asks crying, while watching the blood gush from the blond's wound.

(Naruto): "B-Because w-whoever breaks the rules is s-scum." - Says with difficulty while spitting blood. - "B-But those w-who a-abandon their companions are e-even w-worse..." - He says with a smile that he became the blonde's trademark before he succumbed.

Kakashi looked at the scene in disbelief, seeing again a companion die with him being unable to do anything to stop it, but what really shook him was that, despite everything, Naruto kept his motto to the end, which made him proud of his heart. of gold from the blonde, as well as sad that his life was so short.

As for Sakura, saying she was destroyed would be little, she remembered all the times she mistreated Naruto, even when he tried to be nice to her, she never cared about him, and he cared to the point of playing his life outside, it made her heart ache so much that tears started to flow.

(Sasuke): "Hump." - He grumbles, drawing attention to himself. - "What a idiot, sacrificing his life for a dead weight, he was really a loser and a failure." - He says in a mocking tone.

Kakashi was furious and disgusted with the Uchiha. It had been almost a month since Team 7 had been made official, and Hatake paid more attention to Sasuke for seeing in him a little bit of himself and his former companion Obito, however upon hearing the words of Sasuke, who literally spit in the pit of Naruto, made him rethink things.

(Sakura): 'Was I in love with someone like him? Who just spits on the grave of someone who sacrificed himself to save others.' - She think sadly, angry and disgusted by the Uchiha as he went to Naruto and hugged his body.

(?): "Did you teach that to this kid?"

Kakashi looks at the direction the voice came from, and sees a black-haired person, who was wearing some bandages above his nose, in Kirigakure's characteristic clothes, who was on top of the sword that was fixed on a tree. Kakashi realized that he was referring to the motto that Naruto said before he succumbed.

(Kakashi): "Hai, a very important person said those same words to me a long time ago, Kirigakure no Kijin, Momochi Zabaza." - He said while looking at the nukenin.

(Zabuza): "He would be a great Shinobi." - He says with regret, because, even if they were on opposite sides, he had to admit that the boy had a heart of gold. - "If you survive, give him a dignified funeral." - Says getting ready to fight."

Naruto's subconscious

(Naruto): 'So... this is what it's like to die.' - He thinks while keeping his eyes closed and didn't feel any pain. - 'At least I was able to protect Sakura-chan.'

Naruto remembered the time he was in love with Sakura, but, even though he was an idiot, he could see a lost cause, so after a while he just tried to be friends with her, which didn't help much, because the treatment that received was still the same. He wondered if the sacrifice he made improved her image of him a little.

At that time, Naruto opens his eyes and is incredibly surprised at where he was. The sky was totally dark and he was in the middle of a region full of volcanoes and magma, initially he was scared to think that he stopped in hell, but soon afterwards he calmed down, because that place had a feeling of power, sovereignty, as if it were the home of a king.

(Naruto): "Why do I feel that this place belongs to a king?"

(?): "Because, in a way, it belongs to one." - A voice came from behind Naruto.

The blonde turned and came across a tall young man with hair the same color as Sakura's, black eyes, had a scar on the bottom of his cheek, wore a sleeveless black vest with gold edges, a black leather cloth around the waist that reaches the knees, suspended by a brown leather belt with an oval silver buckle, white pants at the knee, a thick black bracelet on his left wrist, black open toe sandals and, the that surprised Naruto, a white checkered scarf, on his right shoulder was a red tattoo that Naruto couldn't see the shape.

(Naruto): "W-Who are y-you?" - He asks quite fearful.

(?): "I'm Natsu Dragneel, The Fairy Tail's Salamander." - He says as he sketches a big smile, which was identical to the blond one. - "And I am your reincarnation."

Naruto is quiet for a few moments until his eyes open wide and his hands are close to his mouth.

(Naruto): "WHAT?!" - He screams in a comical expression of fright that makes Natsu burst out laughing, while some tears come from laughing so hard. - "Don't laugh at me." - He says with an angry and comical expression.

Natsu continued to laugh for a while until he managed to compose himself.

(Natsu): "Sorry, but your face was very funny, I haven't laughed so much since the last time I saw Erza beat Gray" - He says while Naruto had a tic of anger and a great curiosity as to who was Erza and Gray. - "But, back to the subject, I really am your reincarnation."

(Naruto): "How is that possible?"

Natsu explains about the war against the Alvarez Empire, where he and his friends, whom he saw as his family, fought to protect his home, spoke of his battle against his own brother, Zeref Dragneel, and the battle against Kokuryū, Acnologia, whom he gave his life to defeat.

(Natsu): "After I managed to kill Acnologia, everything got dark and when I regained consciousness, I found myself in a totally white place, and there I found the Shinigamis of my world and of your world." - Naruto is pale when he hears that. - "They congratulated me for defeating my brother and Acnologia, and felt sorry because I was not supposed to die at that time, but as it happened, someone in their world would be my reincarnation and inherit my powers, and well... this it's you." - He says smiling.

(Naruto): "Incredible!" - He says with eyes shining with excitement, before getting depressed. - "But how will I do that if I'm dead." - Say sad and Natsu puts his hand on Naruto's shoulder.

(Natsu): "You are alive, Naruto. That blow you received did not kill you, the Shinigami here said that I would appear to you at a time when you were mortally wounded, and well, we are here. But, before I talk about my powers, I have to talk about your parents."

(Naruto): "Did you meet them? - He asks in shock.

(Natsu): "After they sealed me in, I was able to talk to both of them, they had left part of their souls inside you to be able to talk and help you when you had problems with the Kyūbi no Yōko... man... I wanted to face her in one-on-one..." - The last part says with a dreamy and excited expression.

A drop appeared behind Naruto's head when he realized that his past life was a battle maniac.

(Naruto): "Natsu, focus!"

(Natsu): "Yes, of course, sorry." - He says embarrassed, and then seriously. - "Naruto, your parents are Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage, and Uzumaki Kushina, Akai Chishio at Habanero."

Naruto starts to cry when he learns the identity of his parents, and already has a sense of how they died.

(Naruto): "S-So... d-did m-my p-parents die to s-save m-me?" - Natsu nods and Naruto's crying intensifies, Natsu approaches Naruto and hugs him until he put everything out.

After all, Natsu knew what that pain was like, as he felt the same thing when Acnologia killed the one he considered a father, Igneel, while it protected him from Kokuryū.

(Naruto): "B-But why would they seal the Kyūbi on me?" - He asks while sniff.

(Natsu): "Your dad believed that you would be able to control the Kyūbi's power one day, and that you would be seen as a hero for carrying Biju and protecting the village, but... things did not go as he wanted in many senses. Not only because of the treatment you received from the villagers, but also because you are not Kyūbi no Jinchūriki."

(Naruto): "H-How so?" - He asks confused.

(Natsu): "Shinigami had other plans for you, so he decided to seal and modify the seal that your Tou-san developed, which allowed me to meet them. Thanks to this, they gave me some important memories, which I will soon pass on to you, among them, the reason for your difficulties in your activities."

(Naruto): "What do you mean?"

(Natsu): "Well, the magic of Dragon Slayer modifies the user's body to be able to resemble that of a dragon, so much so that his senses are very sharp, until his nose even exceeds that of his friend with the dog."

Naruto remembered the time he and Kiba fought to find sweets that the other boys had hidden, and Naruto found most of them just because he smelled it, something that made Kiba indignant. And also that he could hold his breath longer than the other boys, his hearing was incredible, which greatly helped him not to run into some ignorant villagers who could not differentiate a prison from a prisoner, not to mention his stamina. Although it was only a few times, and it seemed that he did not control of his own free will.

(Naruto): "So, technically speaking, do I have the body of a dragon?" - He asks with shining eyes.

(Natsu): "Yes, but be careful not to become a dragon completely, otherwise you will be like Acnologia. And don't worry, the senses have been permanently improved, instead of just a few times."

(Naruto): "Any more advantages?"

(Natsu): "Yes, Shinigami said that if you have a lot of control over my powers, you can mix with the elemental chakras and have other elements of Dragon Slayer power."

Naruto remembered the last month before the last test he had to do at the ninja academy, where he read all that is parchment and in one of them talked about the nature of chakra, the main ones were Katon (Fire Style), Fūton (Wind Style), Suiton (Water Style), Doton (Earth Style) and Raiton (Lightning Style), but for his bad luck, what he remembered having studied, did not fall in the written test, which screwed him up a lot.

(Naruto): "So... I already have Katon and Raiton because of you... if I mix the Fūton in your power, will I have the power of a wind dragon?"

(Natsu): "Yes. And you can do it with sub-elements too. But as I already notice, the sub-elements or the mixture of elements like my Lightning Fire Dragon Mode, the mixture of Katon and Raiton, will cost you much more than just a single element, despite its be able to grow to an incredible level, but you can only have one base element."

(Naruto): "So... even if I get the wind dragon... I can't consider myself the wind and the fire at the same time without wearing myself out."

(Natsu): "That's right."

(Naruto): "Are there any disadvantages?"

(Natsu): "Actually, Dragon Slayers get sick in any type of transport, but the Shinigami here said that you can infuse the chakra around your body and avoid feeling sick... I wanted a trick like that... would have avoided many awkward moments." - He says with a depressed countenance.

(Naruto): "But if I'm not Kyūbi no Jinchūriki... what happened to Kyūbi?"

(Natsu): "As I said, when your Tou-san tried to seal the Kyūbi on you, the Shinigami moved the seal, and made your father take the Kyūbi with him."

Naruto was surprised by that fact, but soon afterwards Natsu's body started to glow.

(Natsu): "My time is running out, I would like to continue this conversation, but my time has come." - Naruto looks sad and Natsu puts his hand on his shoulder. - "Don't be like that, that's just a 'see you soon'." - He says smiling and he puts his hand over the place where the seal should be, causing it to gradually disappear and the memories, both of Natsu and Naruto's parents, to be sent. - "So, Naruto, what do you want to be?"

(Naruto): "I want to be the one who will overcome Salamander, the prince of fire dragons, I am Uzumaki Dragneel Naruto, and my ninja style is never to go back on my word, Ttbayo." - He says with a big smile and with fist raised.

Natsu returns both of the blonde's gestures while disappearing.

Outside Naruto's Subconscious

Zabuza had tricked Kakashi and picked him up in his Water Style: Justu Water Prison, Sakura was still under Naruto's body and Sasuke was paralyzed with fear after witnessing Zabuza's killer instinct, who did Sasuke almost committed suicide with a kunai, Kakashi despite the anger and disgust he felt for the Uchiha, reassured him, that moments later he was fighting against a Water Clone from Zabuza.

(Zabuza): "Let's get this over with." - He says while Kakashi was stuck in his joust while Sasuke was hurled into some trees by Zabuza's clone.

(Kakashi): 'No.' - He think about your students 'lives.

(Zabuza C): "It's over." - He says pushing himself towards Sakura that even with fear, he touched Naruto's body to the ground and pulled out two kunais, placing himself in front of Tazuna.

(Sakura): "Y-You w-won't go-kill him." - She says shaking with fear as the clone approached.

(?): "Fire Dragon's Roar!"

A large amount of red flames is sent in the direction of the clone, undoing it, scaring the others by the strength and size of the flames, after all it was the size of Zabuza's clone, which made the place warm up a lot, by looking at where they came from, everyone they were incredulous, seeing the standing upright, only extremely different. Naruto was taller, the wound had healed, leaving only a scar on his chest and face (the scar looks like Natsu's scar), his hair grew longer and two red streaks appeared on his blonde hair, which he remembered quite a pair of horns, and he became more muscular as well.

(Sakura): "N-Naruto?" - She asks surprised and happy, letting some tears flow when he saw his companion alive.

(Naruto): "A-Are you okay, Sakura-chan?" - He asks in a slightly thicker voice and in a more serious tone, the pink one settles a little flushed.

(Zabuza): "How is it possible?" - He asks incredulously, looking at the blond who somehow survived and got stronger.

(Naruto): "Let's get this over with. Yeah... I'M ON FIRE!"

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