The sun was beginning to dip into the horizon when Blue Fullbuster returned to her guild after an exhausting mission. The mission was simple enough, but it took two months to complete. Albeit tired, she was excited to return home. Until she opened the door, that is.

Erza Scarlet was standing in the middle of the guild hall with waves of anger rolling off of her. Blue stood frozen in her position in the doorway as Erza argued with Master Makarov.

"Heh, just turn back around slowly Blue. They won't notice if you just back away now-." She thought to herself sheepishly. The gray haired girl put one foot back and she heard someone call out her name.

"Oh welcome back Blue." MiraJane smiled from behind the counter. Blue let out the breath she was holding and smiled back. She walked into the guildhall where everyone was saying their hellos.

"You've been gone for awhile kiddo, what mission did you take again?" Macao asked from his usual seat with Wakabah.

"The messenger guard one. I spent two months transporting classified messages between two scientists; it took so long because they lived hundreds of miles away from each other and they didn't trust sending it by air." She crossed her arms and sighed, "Though their responses to each other were so quick I swear they were just playing a game of tic-tac-toe."

"Any trouble other than the distance?" Wakabah asked.

"Nah, a man did attempt to rob the caravan though. Attempt being the key word." She smiled sweetly.

Erza glared at Blue from across the room, "Are you aware of the location of your brother?"

Blue was startled by the coldness of her voice and shook her head honestly, "I just got back, Is he okay?"

"Hm, we're pretty sure. Gray went after Natsu, Happy and Lucy who had stolen an S-class mission but he hasn't returned." Master explained.

Erza continued, "We think that he was either overwhelmed by Natsu's team or he has teamed up with them to fulfill the mission."

Blue laughed softly and said, "Yeah- that second one sounds about right."

Master Makarov's gaze went to both of the girls before he spoke again, "Alright Erza, you can bring them back but Blue is coming with you."

Blue's slanted eyes widened with surprise. She thought to herself, "I get to go with Erza?!"

"With all due respect Master, I do not need anyone to accompany me." Erza argued.

Blue listened to her bicker back and forth with the Master a few more times before cutting in. "Erza." She said softly, stopping the red head mid-rant, "Please let me come; I may not be as strong as him but I am positive that I can convince Gray to come home. I'll let you take care of Natsu, but Gray is my brother. I need to be there for him."

Erza's eyes filled with dramatic tears and she knelt before the lithe sixteen year old. "Such family devotion! How honorable! Of course you can come with, I couldn't bear to keep two loving siblings apart!"

Blue smiled sheepishly as Erza made her scene. Behind them the guild laughed along and spoke to each other.

"Boy does that girl have a way with words." Wakabah noted.

Reedus leaned over and whispered, "Not to mention how gullible Erza can be sometimes."

Macao laughed and said, "You better hope she didn't hear that."

Erza was too busy to hear the comment though. She had already had her things packed and ready to shove off; which meant they were leaving now whether Blue was ready or not. Blue followed Erza out the door.

"Bye Blue! It was nice seeing you!" Mira giggled.

Blue sighed and waved saying, "Be back soon!"

"Hopefully."