Hey guys. I bet some of you didn't think I would make a third book to Fairy Tail New Era. To tell you the truth I wanted to do it earlier but Fairy-L-Tail wanted the story to stop with Cooro defeating Waru. I, however, believed there could still be more to the story. cheeryblossoms redwillow and Karen White along with other authors helped me write this first chapter and cheeryblossoms redwillow and Karen White will help me with the second chapter of this story. I love Fairy Tail, my favorite arc is the one where Gajeel is an enemy and the arc where the group plus Juvia fights Jellal.
Cooro Dash, a student and active member of Fairy Tail. A year had passed since he defeated Waru and luckily nothing strange had happened since then. Nothing except for the missions he took for Jewels and a pupil for him to train.
Cooro was told his pupil would be twelve, instead he got a fourteen year old first year from his school. The boy used water magic, which Cooro thought Juvia should be teaching, not him.
His name is Bato. His hair was blue like Juvia, but shaved short. He wears an orange shirt with a bear face stiched on and long green pants that strecthed close to his feet. His left hand had a heart mark and he had gray eyes
Members of Fairy Tail always had time for a hobby or just something strange thrust on them. Bato's hobby was making people dress up in strange clothes while he painted them.
The person he liked to pick was Cooro. Earlier he asked, "Hey Cooro can you wear a new piece of black armor I bought?"
Cooro told him he would wear it if Bato paid attention to his lessons and didn't imitate Juvia's Water Slicer again.
"I don't know what it's like when you use your water magic, Bato, but remember all magic reflects the personality of the user. What fun would magic be if it isn't controlled by your own thoughts and desires?" Cooro already told Bato this before. This time, however, Cooro demonstrated it by turning his arm into a steel gloves with long chains.
Cooro used dummies for his test. The best dummies were the ones of people despised the most. Cooro didn't know who he despised most but since he had a long list of members who told him to put a sock in it he made his dummy have the face of every member; he didn't have Loki, Elfman, Luna, and Don.
Cooro showed Bato how he controlled his magic twice. The first time he raised his hand as if he was waving to the dummy, moved his chains without moving his hand, the chains moving slowly like five hungry snakes hunting mice, and then his chains went down in a rain of sharp objects impaling the dummy. He repeated this a second time, but with his eyes closed.
"That's so cool!" Bato said excitedly.
"I'm glad you like my magic. I also hope you know I wasn't aiming for any specific member, I hate all of these members equally. Now it's your turn, can you try using your magic to get one of these dummies wet?"
Despite just telling this to Bato, Cooro was ignored and Bato used a move he wanted to try. "Rip Water Rip!"
Cooro told Bato the first time he saw it that the move wasn't safe even against dummies. When the move was used, the air started to get heavy then it rained down like they were in a monsoon.
The move was a threat to all things dry. First Bato then Cooro were wet. After that the water created a large B made of dripping water that solidified. It broke in the air and flew towards the dummy, slicing it in half with five sharp blades.
Bato was so happy so he used another spell. "Bounce Water Bounce!"
Water from puddles and leaves merge together to make a single, giant ball of water. He couldn't move the ball without using force against it. He pushed it hard so that it bounced up and down, hitting the ground before rolling over the remains of the dummy.
"Thank you so much for getting rid of my dummy." Cooro was kidding. If he wasn't Bato's sensei, he would walk away and complain how Fairy Tail members had no respect for the things he makes. "How about a treat? Food on me at Fairy Tail."
Bato had an assumption of what Cooro was going to give him when they got back to Fairy Tail and he was right.
Cooro ordered him those triangle shaped steaks with salad dressing on it. The point of Cooro ordering this was to have a moment with one of the Fairy Tail members even he wanted to talk to, Erza Scarlet.
Cooro looked at her and saw a woman whose strength shined above the rest, but was losing that strength because no one wanted to face her anymore. She was the teacher of Cooro's best friend, Haru, strong even against dragons, and lost the same thing as Cooro. They lost three good friends.
Cooro would be lying to himself if he said he didn't want to talk to her. He was about to, but he was stopped by Don coming at him trying to make his best impersonation of him.
"Make me a wizard who has multiple voices in my head," Don laughs, "I'm smart and all the girls in Fairy Tail are starting to like me."
" Your imitations of people are getting worse now get out of my way," Cooro replied.
When Cooro usually said something he didn't like about a Fairy Tail member that member would either argue with him or another member would show up. Out of all the members he expected to show up-Lola, Giga, Beauty, Alzack Connels-it was Erza Scarlet herself.
" I would have to disagree with you on Don's imitations," Erza said crossing her arms.
Sparkles formed in Cooro's eyes as Erza approached him. He was no longer angry at Don.
"Hey there beautiful. I'm in a skit featuring you and Cooro!" Don yelled out loud to her. "Come here so I can put a red wig on you and make out."
He was talking to two girls. The first was Beauty who was, until Cooro showed up, the topic of every new boy members' lust. The second girl was Kokat, the S Class member who went with Cooro to the island where their member, Zia, lived.
Kokat walked up behind Cooro and slapped him hard on the back, almost knocking him over.
"Hey there Cooro! How's it going?"
Cooro scowled slightly and rubbed his now aching back.
"Pretty good until you broke my spine." he mumbled bitterly.
An arm snaked over Cooro's shoulders, any other person would have flinched, but Cooro knew exactly who it was.
"Don't be like that Cooro." Beauty purred, "If you'd like I could help you with your back problems."
"No thanks, now could you get off me?" Cooro said pointedly.
Beauty was Fairy Tail's resident flirt. For a while now she's tried to work her Charm Magic on Cooro, but to no avail. But that didn't stop her from trying, much to Cooro's annoyance and every other boy's frustration.
"Come on, pllleeasee? I'll be gentle." she pushed.
"I said no."
Finally seeing that she wasn't going to get anywhere with Cooro, Beauty snaked away to her next victim.
"That was really cool, Cooro," Don said. "All the girl members of Fairy Tail will respect you since you keep avoiding the Fairy Tail flirt."
Bato showed up, food grease on his mouth, grabbing Don by his collar and pulling his face to his level. "Don, please leave. Cooro has big plans for Erza right now."
Cooro rolled his eyes and sighed. Turning to face Erza, he nodded to a more private corner of the guild. One that was not being torn apart by the raging fight that stormed through the guild.
Erza nodded shortly and followed Cooro.
"So Cooro, how are you holding up without your teammates around?" Erza asked, a light air edging her voice.
Cooro shrugged. "How are you holding up? It's a lot quieter without those idiots around."
Erza chuckled. "They may be idiots, but they have their redeeming qualities as well."
Cooro cocked a brow at the redhead. "Like?"
"Natsu is furiously loyal and I admire that about him. Lucy is quite resourceful, which makes up for her lack of raw power, and Gray is an out-of-the-box thinker who always seems to have an ice creation to get himself out of a jam." Erza listed. "What about your team? What are some qualities you admire about them?"
"Well now every time I think of April, I think about how we kissed once. I told myself to hush and tell her I'll be her boyfriend. But like how you and Jellal kissed-me being you and she being Jellal-we are not free to make a relationship. Haru hasn't been up to any mischief and Bone's been able to control his temper for the last year. I admire my team as well. That's all I have to say."
The Requip Mage nodded in approval of Cooro's response.
"As pleasant as this conversation is, I'm sure there's more you wanted to speak about then our teams."
Cooro nodded and pulled a folded envelope out of his pants pocket and handed it to the Requip Mage.
Cooro had already read and re-read the letter since he got it that morning. It was a request from a man named Byru and he was requesting for him and Erza to slay a monster called the Trannasourous Red. Cooro found it strange that the request was specifically for them.
"Hmm. Quite an interesting request. I've heard of this beast. It's been quite a nuisance to travelers and its hide is remarkably tough."
"Think we should take it? It sounds suspicious to me."
The redhead nodded. "I agree Cooro, but if this beast is causing problems for innocent people then it's our duty as mages of Fairy Tail to help them."
"You're right. I also need this to remind myself who I am. I'm not a mage who sits around and does nothing while other people are terrorized. I act."
Erza smiled. "I'm glad you realize that, but you are correct that we should proceed with caution. We could very well be walking into a trap."
"That's what worries me." Cooro agreed, "But what exactly would they want to trap us for?"
"That I do not know Cooro, but if we are to find out, we're going to have to play Byru's game."