We walked out of my apartment and we began to walk towards the Hokage's office. The villagers stared at my friends and we didn't care. We were together and that's all that matters.

We walked into the Hokage's office and she looked up.

"These people are my family and they are going to be helping me train. They will be here for about a month before they get sent back." I explained and she nodded.

"As long as the village doesn't get destroyed then I don't care." Tsunade said before drinking sake.

We left and decided to go to barbeque. We walked in and walked past Naruto and his group of friends and went to our own area.

"Order everything on the menu!" Natsu shouted in excitement.

"You think I'm made of money!" I scolded and pulled him into a headlock.

We were laughing and having fun and eating. When I got the check I was angry.

"Natsu. Why is there more food on here than on the table?" I asked turning to him.

He chuckled nervously before running off with Happy behind him. I stood up after placing the money on the table and took off after him.

"It's been a while since I seen them fight." Gray said with a chuckle.

Natsu and I stopped outside the door.

"I'm all fired up!" He said and fire surrounded his hands.

"You truly think you can beat me?" I asked as blue fire surrounded my hands.

People surrounded us in awe and some were simply curious.

"Fire dragon iron fist!" Natsu said sending a fire punch my way.

I then dodged.

"Fire shot." I said and used my fingers as guns as I shoot fireballs at him.

Natsu dodged them left and right.

I smirked.

"Is that all you got!" Natsu shouted and we went to hand to hand combat.

"I will destroy what ever is left of your pride." I said and I gave him a smirk.

I then punch the ground and the ground below him rose into the air.

"That's enough you two." Erza said and I put the ground back together and Natsu jumped on my back.

"Let's continue this when we train!" He said and I nodded.

We went back to my apartment and slept.

The next day we began to walk towards an empty clearing. The clearing had plenty of room to train.

"We will split into pairs. Erza you'll train with me today." I said and the rest broke of into pairs and began to train.

"Requip! Heaven's wheel." Erza shouted ad swords flew my way and I dodged them.

I summoned a spear and charged forward.

She blocked the staff with her sword and we went at it blocking each other's attack.

I sensed people coming our way but I focused more on the battle.

"Your guard is down!" Erza shouted and went to strike but a spear came from teh ground and blocked it.

I then kicked her knee causing her to fall and I pointed the tip of the spear at her.

"Don't underestimate your opponent, It will be a weakness. Again." I said and helped her up.

"Requip! Flight armor." Erza then disappeared from view.

"So you finally began to master this one. I'll play." I said and summoned a small dagger.

I then jumped into the air and listened for a breathe.

I heard her and I began to track her footsteps.

'There!' I thought and threw the dagger to my right as I landed.

Erza then stopped at the dagger and was surprised.

"I still got it!" I said placing my hands on my hips.

She smiled and then quickly returned to her heavens wheel armor and threw swords at whoever was behind me.

"Earth style mud wall!" I heard Kakashi say from behind me.

I used my spear and teleported and knocked away the swords.

"This is my friend. Stand down." I said and Erza nodded returning to her normal armor.

I then turned to Kakashi who took down the mud wall.

"I didn't think more came." He said rubbing the back of his head.

I then seen Naruto and Yamato behind him.

"Yes. This is a few people from my home." I said and turned to the others,"Break time!"

"But we just started!" Natsu whined.

"Natsu that was two hours ago." Happy said and I smiled.

I turned to them and started the introductions.

"This is Erza, Gajeel, Wendy, Gray, and Natsu. Guys this is Kakashi, Yamato, and Naruto." I said and they all nodded to each other.

"Woah! A real ninja!" Natsu said and began to question Kakashi on everything.

"I take it you are here to train as well?" I asked turning to Naruto who had sadness and guilt in his eyes.

"Yeah. Kakashi sensei and Captain Yamato are going to teach me a new jutsu." Naruto said looking down at the ground.

"Good luck. Now let's return to training. Wendy. You're with me." I said

"Are you sure? I'm not that strong." She said looking down.

"Let me be the judge of that." I said and we walked away from the rest.

We stepped about thirty feet apart.

"I will go easy on you since your only a kid. But that doesn't mean you can slack off either. Now hit me with your strongest attack and we'll go from there." I said and she nodded.

"Sky dragon roar!" She shouted and a tornado came my way.

I took the attack head on and I was pushed back a good ten feet.

"I'm very impressed. Good job Wendy." I said and she smiled happily.

"Thank you! I am mostly used in healing and unison attacks. I'm not that strong by myself." She said rubbing the back of her head.

"I see. Gajeel your with me now." I shouted and Gajeel ran straight at me turning his arm into a sword.

"Iron dragon sword!" He shouted and I turned my arm into metal and blocked it.

I then pushed him back and he attacked again.

'He tried to end the battle quickly.' I thought as he used his breathe attack.

"Iron dragon roar!" Gajeel shouted cupping his hands together.

I held my hand palm facing him and the metal shards came my way.

"Iron shield." I mumbled and a shield formed in front of me.

His attack hit my shield and it dented it.

I nodded.

"I am also impressed with you. Your attack left a pretty good dent." I said and destroyed the shield.

I went through one on one with the rest before lining them up.

"Erza. You are getting better and better with your requip magic. Though you need to work on your speed. Wendy. Your attack was good for a healer. But you need to work on strength such as hand to hand. Gajeel. Your attack was also good. Though I suggest you analyze your opponent more before you take them head on. Gray. Your maker magic is getting better and better every time we train together. You just need to focus more on what your creating instead of trying to hurry and created something. Natsu. You have definitely improved. You just need to focus on beating you opponent instead of showing off." I said and they all nodded.

I felt people walking behind me and I smirked.

"For each of you, I have a teacher. As I say your names please step forward." I said and both the teachers and my friends nodded,"First up is Erza. You will be with Might Guy. He will help you with your speed. He is a very tough teacher."

Erza walked forward and Guy did as well.

"Pleased to meet you." Erza said and Guy gave her a thumbs up.

"Let's start with twenty laps as a warm up!" He said and they both left.

"Wendy. Sakura will be teaching you some more knowledge about healing. She will show you herbs and she will also train you in hand to hand combat." I said and Wendy nervously stepped forward.

"Malia. How can they train us if they don't have magic?" Happy asked and I looked at him.

"They have something called chakra. It works similarliy to magic. I suggest you all work hard." I said and they all nodded.

"I'm Sakura, nice to meet you." Sakura said holding her hand out to Wendy who took it hesitantly.

"Nice to meet you too." She said and they both walked away.

Gajeel. You will be with Shikamaru. He is going to teach you how to analyze and create a defense against an enemy." I said and Gajeel looked at me.

"Why is a kid teaching me!" He shouted as if I offended him.

I was going to answer but Shikamaru intervened.

"Attack me. Let's see who is the smartest." He said and Gajeel immediately ran but was caught.

Gajeel stood frozen with wide eyes.

I smirked.

"He knows your every move. You make yourself obvious when you attack." I said and Gajeel glared at me.

"I watched how you acted and from what Naruto told me your good with metal and you usually attack first. I came up with twenty strategies when I began to challenge you to a small fight." Shikamaru said with a smirk.

Gajeel then seemed interested and the two walked away.

"Gray. You are actually going out of the village. Your teacher is going to be Gaara. He is the leader of his village and he also has similar abilities. Though his is based on sand, he can create things." I said and Gray stepped to the side.

"Natsu. Your teacher will be me. I will work you hard so don't you think about slacking off." I said and Natsu nodded.

We then began to go over what is going to happen and Gray decided to stick around because I'll be taking him to his teacher.

"So I will be gone for three days. During that time you will be with Kakashi. I gave him the whole schedule and I want you to follow it. If he tells me you slacked off, there will be hell to pay." I said and he nodded quickly.

I turned to Gray and motioned for him to follow me. We began walking to the main gates and Gray began to talk to me.

"So where is this village that I'm going to?" He asked and I smirked.

"In the desert." I said and his eyes widened,"Since he uses sand to create his art I figured you would be perfect. He is also willing to help you."

Gray then looked down then smirked.

"I'm up for the challenge." He said and we continued walking.

We made our way through the desert to the sand village.

"It's so hot!" Gray complained.

He was down to his underwear and I knew he was debating on going butt naked.

"I swear if you take those off I will kill you." I said and then sent cold wind his way and had it surround him.

Ice mages can last a while in the heat but the sand village was surrounded by sand and always has the sun on it. This is hell for ice mages.

For me on the other hand I have Eira to help me stay cool.

We finally arrived to the gates and we were stopped by the guards.

"Please state your business." The man said.

"I am Malia. I'm sure you are aware that I was coming with a friend to talk to Gaara." I said and the man nodded.

"Yes. Please pass through." He said and stepped aside.

We walked in and straight to the building Gaara was at.

We walked down the hall to his office and I knocked on the door.

"Come in." Gaara said and we both walked in.

"I brought my friend. This is Gray. Gray this is Gaara. He is the leader of this village." I said and they both shook hands.

"So I heard you can create things from sand." Gray said and Gaara nodded.

"Shall we go to the training ground and show what we can do? That way I have a better idea on what to train you on." Gaara said and they both walked out.

I followed after them but at a distance.

"Gaara. I need to head back. I have a student to train." I said and began to leave,"Gray I will pick you up a few days before the end of the month. I suggest you train hard."

I left the village and began to go to the leaf.

Upon my arrival I was stopped by Anbu.

"You friend has been causing damage to the village forest. I suggest you fix it." He said and left.

I walked to where I felt Natsu training.

"Fire dragon iron fist!" He shouted and hit the ground.

I placed a shield around the area and the smoke and debri filled up the shield blinding all who were in it.