Grinding Sword and Chain 3

That Evening

Fairy Tail Guild Hall

Everyone was present in the Guildhall as it was evening when Makarov came back in a sour mood. What he wants doesn't happen and he didn't find anything about Kagura or anything relating to the attack.

That's when the resident blonde boy wonder chose to talk to the master and approached the tired master.

"Gramps," he called and Makarov looked up to see the work of hope he had in the next generation.

"I want to take Kagura and Loke on jobs. Please stamp on these," Naruto said, extending a few hundred job requests. Makarov's eyes widened at the amount, but he tiredly stamped on all of them.

He knew it was normal for Naruto to go on many jobs at once and bring a lot of money to the Guild. He looked up at the smiling blonde.

"Ok, gramps. Take care of Sirius for me. I'll be leaving." He said and left with a tired Loke and eager Kagura. That surprised him.

He didn't see the girl this eager since the day she came here and during his taps on Naruto's training. 'Maybe there is still hope.' A stray thought came.

He doesn't like losing any of his children. After all, Fairy Tail is his family and every member of the guild is his child. If Kagura decides to leave, he won't stop her, but he wishes she wouldn't.

"Cana, give me some booze," Makarov said, approaching the Card magic user who was gulping a barrel.

"Maaster? You want maine?" Cana asked with a drunken drawl. Makarov silently poured a mug in the time she asked and started to drink.

"Something wrong, Master?" Erza asked from the side, waiting for the old man's response. He nodded negatively and she continued eating her cake.

'What's wrong with that place? Every time I go there, I get this bad feeling that they will do something bad.' Makarov thought, drowning in the booze.

With Naruto

"Ok, you know how we do this," Naruto said to Loke and Kagura who were looking at him as they reached the forests surrounding Magnolia.

"How?" Loke asked, perplexed.

"With Clones of course. Loke, take him with you while I go with Kagura." Naruto said, making a Wood Clone appear beside Loke. Loke's eyes reached his hairline at that.

"You come with me and send him with Kagura!" He said in a whining tone and Naruto nodded and they both changed spots. Kagura stayed silent to the side, observing everything.

"Here, these are your jobs and I want you to complete them as soon as possible. We will have a Harvest festival soon and I don't want to miss it." Naruto said, which made Kagura raise her eyebrows.

"What?" Kagura asked, surprised.

"The Harvest Festival is an event held in Magnolia Town. It is hosted by our Guild and it occurs once a year starting on October 15th. It was done to celebrate the good crop season and is followed for long.

There will be many competitions during the festival and it ends with the most popular event, the Fantasia Parade, a parade featuring the members of our guild, who ride on different floats and use their Magic to entertain the watching public.

It's a show of our power and our promise to protect Magnolia from anything with our magic. I heard it was awesome. I missed it last year as I joined just after the festival was over. After that many things happened and I was promoted to S-class mage. I don't want to miss it this year. So hurry. Don't take long." Naruto explained and Loke nodded.

Loke also heard of it from the many female acquaintances he had in and around Magnolia. The only part he wants to see is the Miss Fairy Tail competition and is secretly waiting for it. He nodded vigorously to Naruto.

"I promise to be there in time. Now let's see." He said counting the number of jobs he was given.

"And don't forget. I'm not going to help you one bit no matter how strenuous and hard the job is. I'm coming along just to see how strong you have become and help in case things go out of hand." Naruto said, which made Loke's counting falter for a second.

"Of course, I can defend myself and if need be, defend Kagura as well," Loke said with a boisterous laugh. He finally completed counting the job he was given.

"Ok, take care. See ya." The other Naruto said and started following Kagura, who already left them.

"Wait! Why the hell do I have 75 jobs to do?" He yelled.

"Only 75? I thought I gave you 100. Sorry. My bad." Naruto said with a sweet smile and added a few more into the pile Loke had. Loke's mind is in complete shock, but he couldn't reply. He walked half dead with other Naruto beside him.

"Wow. I didn't expect you to keep your mouth open for so long, Leo." Naruto said, which shut the celestial spirit's mouth.

"I'll kill you for this." He yelled, his knuckles turning white in his anger.

"Yes. Show that anger on those jobs and complete them. You don't have much time. Remember your promise. How does Kagura feel if she finds out you didn't complete your jobs?" Naruto nudged and that pushed the orangette off the edge.

"YEAH! I'M DOING THIS, BABY!" Loke yelled to the heavens and ran in the direction of his first job, Naruto following him.

With Kagura

"Why did I get only 50 jobs then?" She asked Naruto curiously.

"You counted them? Well, yours were A and B class once while Loke has more C and normal jobs." Naruto explained.

"So you don't want us attending the harvest festival?"

"I never said that. If you want to, you need to finish fast. That's it." Naruto said with a cheeky smile.

"You said you won't help us. Does that mean you won't teleport or transport me when the job is too far?" She realised and asked.

"Exactly. For all you know, I'm just a ghost. I'm going to watch from afar while you do everything. Take this as another method of training. But this time alone."

"How cruel. And I thought you were kind and forgiving."

"I have my moments," Naruto said with a shrug. Kagura nodded. What Naruto said had merit and so their journey began.