The New Captian 3

Naruto was flying towards Bosco and contacted Sirius through the connection they share.

'Siri, are you there?'

'Papa. Where are you? Why is your clone here?' Asked Sirius worried? Over time, Sirius was able to distinguish between the original Naruto and his clones.

'I was summoned by the Council for a job and was on my way to Bosco border-'

'What? Why didn't you take me,' yelled Sirius through the link.

'Calm down, Siri. They emphasised on coming alone and I thought of training you instead of taking you on this boring job,' said Naruto in a faux hurt tone. Sirius sighed at his father's dramatics.

'Wait, Tou-chan, how did Mira 'talk' to you?' He asked curiously. Naruto can imagine Sirius's smile.

'Hah. We 'played' dodge and I managed to calm her down after some time. But she roped me into promising to take her on an S-class job,' said Naruto with a sigh.

Though the kiss felt good, the experience before that is not memorable, to say the least.

'Ooh. Can I come?' Asked Sirius in hope.

'I have a better plan than that, Siri,' said Naruto and now Sirius can imagine the smirk on his father's face. Naruto paused to build up suspense.

"Spit it out,' yelled Sirius and with a foxy grin, Naruto explained.

'Why don't you and Loke go on jobs together? I'm going to teach him Chain magic, at least this world's variation and you learn more just in the scrolls my clone will give you and go on missions together.

Your teamwork is good when you fought with those gangs last time and I want you to learn how to work with others. So, how about it?' Asked Naruto.

Sirius started thinking. In the outside world, he is still sitting at the bar table behind the shield Naruto's clone made and Loke truly joined Fairy Tail by joining in the Brawl.

He thought about all the pros and cons and felt what his tou-chan suggested was a sound idea and decided.

'Ok. I'll go. But I want to go on an S-class job with you as well,' bargained Sirius.

'Of course, Siri. I'll take you on one after this,' said Naruto and with one last goodbye, cut off the connection.

After talking with Sirius, he continued his journey and soon reached the camp area of the Rune Knights identified by Magic Council flags in the vicinity.

Naruto landed a few meters outside of the camp area and walked towards the guards who are guarding the entrance. After seeing him, they stopped him.

"Halt. Identify yourself and your purpose coming here," asked one of them in a stern tone. Naruto remembered Kotetsu and Izumo after seeing them. They are known as Eternal Gate guards of Konoha because of their regular posting at the entrance gate of Konoha.

Naruto gave the guard who asked him the letter given by the Council, appointing him in charge of the camp for the time being.

"Apologies, Captain. We didn't think you would be early, Sir," replied the one who questioned Naruto.

"Apology accepted. Can you gather all the squad leaders here, I want to know what the situation is," said Naruto in a plain tone.

As he is on an official Council mission, he decided to act like that as he doesn't want to spoil the name of Fairy Tail in the eyes of the Council.

Naruto understood this is a test mission to measure his level of seriousness and behaviour as a whole. They want to get a good picture of him as he is the first person to accept the role of Hunter for the Council from Fairy Tail.

So, by gaining the respect of the soldiers in the camp, he is going to show the Council how serious Fairy Tail mages take their jobs.

After a few minutes, all 5 squad leaders were summoned to the Captain's tent in the central area of the camp. The room has all basic necessities and Naruto liked it.

"Greetings, gentlemen. My name is Naruto Uzumaki, Hunter sent by the Magic Council. I will be the acting Captain for the time being. I want to know the situation here. Please introduce yourselves," said Naruto plainly.

"Lorenzo, Captain,"

"Antonio, Sir,"

"Leonardo, Sir,"

"Marco, Sir"

"Polo, Sir," introduced each of them with a salute. Naruto was told there were 5000 soldiers here and these 5 were squad leaders of them, each squad having 1000 men under their command.

"Captain, Bosco is currently facing tough times. We have been informed that a major political figure has been murdered and the country lost its stability." Said Lorenzo.

"All the light Guilds are accusing each other but the culprit remains unknown. Meanwhile, some Dark Guilds are taking this as an opportunity to strike at the weakened defences." Continued Antonio.

"The Rune Knights in the country are trying to get the situation under control, but things are becoming complicated as time passes, Captain," added Carlo.