A/N: hi everyone!
This is my first time writing a story so I really hope you all like it! Please review and tell me what you think also criticism is accepted.
Disclaimer: This is a work of pure fiction. Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima. Only this story belongs to me!
In a land, far, far away, lies the kingdom of fiore. A small peaceful nation of 17 million and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every market place. For most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some however magic is an art and they have devoted their lives to its practice. These are the Wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they play out their skills in search of fame and fortune. May such guilds dot the landscape of fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name is Fairy Tail.
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Jellal stepped into the guild only to be greeted by a table flying towards him. Easily sidestepping, he made his way towards the bar.
"Welcome back Jellal! How was your mission?" Mirajane asked him while placing a glass of water on the table in front of him.
"I didn't get paid all because I broke a stupid vase." He sighed. Grabbing the glass he gulped down all its contents before slamming it back down on the table. "What kind of person doesn't pay a wizard who completes his job?"
"JELLAL! FIGHT ME!" Natsu yelled out. Sighing once again, Jellal got out of his seat and turned around just in time to punch Natsu in the gut.
"ONE SHOT K.O!" Happy yelled, suddenly popping out of nowhere along with Lucy, who was shaking her head.
Gray walked towards the bar and stood next to Natsu, nudging the dragon slayer with his toe. "Geez. What a flame brain."
Natsu immediately got up after hearing that. "Look who's talking squinty eyes! You can't even beat me in a fight!"
"You wanna go at it bastard?"
"Bring it on stripper!"
Immediately the two began to punch each other. From behind them Lucy sighed.
"Gray, your clothes."
"AAAAHHHHH! When did that happen?!"
And within seconds all the mages had begun fighting each other. Natsu and a shirtless Gray were strangling each other. Elfman was yelling about how fighting was manly simultaneously throwing around tables. Cana was gulping down barrels of beer. Lucy and Jellal stood amidst the chaos.
"My, my. Looks like they began to fight again." Mirajane said, with her ever present smile.
Suddenly a gigantic fist slammed down on Natsu. Everyone stopped and looked up at Master Makarov, who stood on the stage. On either side of him stood Erza and Laxus, both trying their best not to laugh at the now squashed fire dragon slayer.
"Listen up brats!" Master Makarovs voice echoed throughout the guild hall. After scanning the guild hall to make sure everyone was listening, he cleared his throat and continued in a stern voice.
"This is an important announcement so you all better pay attention. As you all know the strongest guild from the Balam Alliance, Tartarus, has begun to make their move and as of now have destroyed several villages and guilds for unknown reasons."
There was complete silence in the guild hall.
"Uhm master. I don't think they knew anything about that." Erza whispered to him.
"HUH! What kind of idiots are you! Do you all live under a rock or something?" Angrily he once again slammed his enlarged fist down on Natsu.
"Why me?" Natsu choked out.
"Ah! He got hit again!" Happy exclaimed.
Laxus turned to his grandfather and said with his usual monotone voice "This information was considered highly classified by the council until now. Even Erza and I didn't know until you told us."
"Oh. That so?" Makarov wondered out loud. "Ah sorry my bad!" He laughed returning his fist back to its normal size and crossing his arms. After waiting for Natsu to get up he continued. "As I mentioned before Tartarus has begun to make their move, although we do not know what they are after. Therefore the council has just sent in a SS Class mission request to find out what their goal is and take them down before they do anything more."
"SS CLASS!" Everyone yelled out.
Per usual Elfman was yelling about SS Class missions being manly, Natsu shouting out that he was all fired up and the others were drooling over thoughts of the reward money.
"Wow!" Lucy exclaimed. "Just imagine all the money! I will be able to pay my rent for more than 6 months!"
"Uh Lucy?"
Lucy turned towards Jellal. "What is it Jellal?" she asked, confused.
"Well….. You can't exactly go on this mission"
"WHAT! WHY NOT?"
Before Jellal could answer Makarov interrupted them. "Unlike in an S Class mission, where you must be accompanied by at least one S Class wizard, in a SS Class mission only qualified wizards are allowed to go."
Lucy fell to her knees in a dramatic fashion and cried "Oh cruel world! Why do bad things happen to such an innocent and cute girl like me?"
"Are you alright Lucy?" Jellal asked.
Natsu and happy began to giggle. "Looks like Lucy has finally lost it." They laughed.
A vein pulsed on her forehead. "I CAN HEAR YOU, YOU IDIOTS!"
"Anyway," Makarov continued "I have decide that Laxus and Erza will take this mission. They both have the qualifications necessary and are highly experienced. They will leave tomorrow, however this is not all I wanted to talk about. As you all know Tartarus has taken down countless guilds and thus the council has also requested that all guilds be prepared in the case of an attack. Until this issue is taken care of no one is allowed to accept any missions. Is that understood?"
"Yes master." They grumbled in response.
Within seconds the crowd began to disperse. Lucy sighed and sat down at the closest table while the others followed her. She, Natsu and Happy were seated on one side of the table while Gray and Jellal were seated on the other side.
"Great. At this rate there is no way I'll be able to pay my rent money on time!" Lucy whined.
"Oh come on Luce! Look at the bright side! Maybe we can trick Erza into taking us along with her" Natsu declared.
Jellal stared disbelievingly at Natsu. "Do you honestly think she is going to fall for that?"
"Fall for what?"
The gathered mages turned to see Erza walking towards them and taking a seat next to Jellal.
"Well? What were you guys talking about?" She inquired.
"N-Nothing! Nothing at all!" Lucy answered, clearly nervous. Erza raised a fine eyebrow at her.
"So Erza. You and Laxus are leaving in the morning huh?" Gray interrupted, hoping to start a normal conversation.
Luckily for him though, Erza completely forgot about it.
"Yeah." She then turned to Jellal. "Master wanted to send you as well, but I didn't think it would be great idea to let you get involved with the council just yet."
Jellal sighed. She was right.
Even though it had already been 5 months since Crime Scorciere was proclaimed innocent by the council, there were still a few members against the idea.
Erza looked at Jellal and after a minute continued.
"But you can help by providing any necessary information on Tartarus."
Just then Ultear and Meredy came up to them.
"Looks like you are back Jellal. How did the mission go?"
A gloomy aura surrounded Jellal as everyone at the table stared at him, confused.
"Was it that bad?" they wondered out loud.
Slumping his shoulder dejectedly, Jellal answered "I didn't get paid because I broke a vase"
Next to him Erza giggled, which he thought was adorable.
"Look at the bright side Jellal. This just proves that you really are a Fairy Tail mage now." She smiled at him.
"Uhhh. Yeah. I guess so." A faint blush crept up his neck.
Ultear bent down and whispered to Jellal in a teasing manner "Looks like the great former master of Crime Scorciere is blushing."
Jellal let out a frustrated sigh and ran his hands through his hair. There was no going back once Ultear started teasing him.
Meredy smiled at Erza and answered her earlier question.
"We don't really know much about Tartarus except that it consists of 9 members."
Erza smiled back at the young mage. "Thank you. It's better than nothing."
"Well I guess I better get going. It's going to be a long journey tomorrow so I better get some sleep. Bye guys." Erza stood up and waved at the group before leaving.
"Bye!" they waved back.
Jellal merely stared at Erzas back with furrowed brows.
Meredy noticing this asked "Is everything all right Jellal?"
"I don't know Meredy. I have this feeling that something really bad is going to happen." He replied his eyes never leaving the retreating figure.
"Relax Jellal. She'll be fine. I mean she has been on dangerous jobs before right?"
"Yeah but…" He didn't complete his sentence.
Even thought Erza had been on her fair share of dangerous missions, he couldn't shake off the feeling that something was going to happen this time. It wasn't just her he was worried about, but also Laxus who was going on the mission as well as the entire guild. He wished he could go along as well, but it wasn't an option.
Unless….
Within mere seconds, Jellal had gotten up and was half way up the stairs, leaving his comrades staring at his back.
"What's up with him?" Natsu asked.
The other merely shrugged in response.
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Master Makarov sat at his table, quitely looking at the blue haired mage in front of him.
"I'm sorry but I cannot let you go on this mission."
"But why not?"
"What else do you think?"
Jellal sighed in defeat.
"Look. I do understand how you feel. Even I have a feeling that something is going to happen. In all honesty, it shouldn't be bothering me. Those two are extremely capable wizards and should be fine. And that's why I want you to stop worrying as well. Is that understood?"
"Actually there is something else that is bothering me as well."
Makarov raised an eyebrow, urging him to continue.
"Well even though the council does not know much about Tartarus, during my time as a member we had collected enough information to prove a few things. One, is that even though there are just 9 members, each one of them is powerful enough to wipe out an entire army easily. The second id that….."
"What is it Jellal?" Makarov asked in a serious tone.
Sighing, he continued. "It's that they are all…. They are all demons from the book of Zeref."
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A/N: okay I was supposed to re-write this chapter completely but I kinda got lazy so sorry. Anyway please review and tell me what you think. Bye!