Chapter 1

Wanted: The Lightning Thief

Magnolia, Fiore, Earthland, X791

Fairy Tail had finally come home after winning the Grand Magic Games, reinstating them as the top guild in Fiore. "We're home!" they all yelled bursting into the guild hall
"Haha! I knew we would win from the start!" confidently said Natsu
"Who's up for a victory pint! On me!" shouted a cheerful Makarov. And soon, the guild went back to its normal self. Gray and Natsu started to fight, Juvia had another daydream about her and Gray (more like several), Vijeeter started doing one of his weird dances, Cana challenged Erza to a drinking contest but instead, Erza slammed Gray and Natsu's heads together to stop them fighting and Happy tried to get Carla to like him but Carla just sighed and said to herself
"Oh brother!" all was normal in Fairy Tail.

3 days passed and soon a job came up that caught Erza's attention. She walked right over to Natsu and Lucy, who were sitting at a table, and slammed the job poster onto the table "Waaa!" screamed Lucy in a jump of fright
"Whoa! Erza, what's got you in a bad mood?" asked Natsu, but instead of telling him, she gave him the classic Erza Stare "Nevermind, nevermind" said Natsu in fear
"Anyway, take a look at this you two" said Erza, pointing at the job poster, which was to capture a criminal who was wanted for stealing.
"Hu? A request?" he then read out what the information said on the poster, and it read:

Wanted
Name: Unknown, eye witnesses claim him to be: The Lightning Thief
Wanted for: Stealing the following: A pack of tofu, 3 carrots, 1 leek and 200 Jewel
Reward for Capture: 1,000 Jewel

It also featured a picture of a man fully masked with a black hood and a mask which look like it had only two small slits at the eyes, so you could barely make out who it was. "So, we now forced to capture a masked man going around and stealing what looks like other people's groceries?" laughed Natsu
"Yeah Erza, I don't think it's very important at the moment because, well, just look at what he stole" stated Lucy, as she read out what the thief stole. Erza went into deep thought for a moment, and thought to herself
"Criminals must always be brought to justice, but considering what he stole, the request does make Fiore's guards look lazy, plus he could have only done this once" during her thought, Gray appeared and stated he overheard the trio speaking and said that the request didn't need a reward for his capture. "Ok, we shall ignore this request for now, lets just hope he doesn't do it again" said Erza and soon everyone went back to normal.

One and a half weeks later, Erza's wish that this Lightning Thief wouldn't strike again, just fell apart into a million pieces because this time on the poster it said:

Wanted
Name: Now confirmed to be: The Lightning Thief
Wanted for: Stealing the following: 4,231,900 Jewel from a wealthy home in Magnolia, 32,600 Jewel from a wealthy store in Magnolia, 3 packs of tofu, 20 carrots, 3 leeks, 1 bottle of soy sauce and a few sprigs of thyme
Reward for Capture: 2,000,000 Jewel

And the same picture of the fully masked man that appeared in the other poster, was the picture in this job poster. Team Natsu couldn't ignore it this time, it was time to bring this thief to justice.

In Magnolia City Centre, Team Natsu's: Erza, Gray, Lucy, Happy and Natsu, began their search for this masked criminal "Ok, listen up! The thief has got to be around Magnolia, so we need to be on our guard at all times. To find him faster, we'll split into teams; Happy and Lucy, your one team. Gray and Natsu, your another. I shall search for him, alone. If you find him, contact each other on these" she then handed out small, miniature sized communication lacrimas "We have our objectives, lets find this man, move out" and they all went to search the whole of Magnolia.

Nighttime came, Team Nastu eventually regrouped, unfortunately not finding anything "It's no use, he doesn't seem to be in Magnolia" stated Happy
"Yeah Erza, can we give this up and go home now? I'm starving" asked Natsu
"No! Not until we-!" replied Erza. She was interrupted, however, by the sound of a rooftop tile smashing on the ground which caught the group of five's attention "Stay alert!" Erza demanded "He could finally be here" she added.

The group swiveled their heads on as much as their necks could support, watching their surroundings like a hawk eyeing out for it's prey. And pretty soon, their patience was rewarded as Happy decided to fly into the sky and act like a real hawk and soon enough found their target "I see him!" cried Happy

They all look in the direction that Happy was pointing out to them and saw a dark figure on the rooftop that the tile had fell from "Hey! Are you The Lightning Thief?" Erza shouted to the figure, but instead of replying it ran away into the night from them "Quick, after him!" demanded Erza and soon, Team Nastu were pursuing the dark figure they suspected to be The Lightning Thief.

The figure started to climb up and run along walls as well as rolling every time he landed off a rooftop and was sprinting with incredible swiftness. Happy decided to fly up and carry Lucy so she could summon one of her spirits when he dropped her in front of him. But it was a decision he was soon regretting "Lucy, what on Earth have you been eating? You're really heavy" asked Happy in pain
"Hey, why don't you shut your trap, cat! I'm a perfect weight!" argued Lucy. The man they were chasing however heard their bickering and soon caught on of what they were trying to do. So to prevent them, he charged a little bolt of lightning, which oddly was black outlined and blue in colour, and zapped the two of them just enough to make Happy fall out of the sky and drop Lucy at the same time.
"Happy! Lucy!" shouted Natsu, who swiftly caught them in the nick of time. The group then agreed to let Lucy look after an unconscious Happy while the rest hunted for the man they were after.

Their chase soon lead them into an old, 5 storey, derelict building that look as if it was on its last legs. Team Natsu quickly hatched a plan to corner the masked thief and capture him. They set their plan into motion by hiding on a third floor corridor that faced the main hall of the building and the man fell straight into their trap "No where to run now, pal!" confidently claimed Gray who was blocking his path back where he came from.

The man froze and turned his head in all directions until he sprinted towards Natsu and Erza, who were on the opposite side, jumping on their heads, getting 2 old-looking knifes out from his sheath and jumped for the banner flag that hung from the ceiling and thrusted his knifes into it. He swung on the flag, grappling onto his knifes tight, as if he was Tarzan and the flag as his jungle vine. He then quickly released one of his knifes from it and, from his hand, produced a long strand of lightning that attached to the knife as if it were a piece of rope and threw it at the top balcony floor that was the direct opposite of Natsu and co. and soon it was stuck onto that very floor and acted very much similar to a grappling hook as his knifes were almost in the shape of hooks.

While this was happening however, Natsu, Erza and Gray were all trying to make the flag fall by using their magic. But each time their magic got close, it always seemed to miss.

With the momentum of the flag swaying him forwards and backwards, he soon seemed to absorb the lightning rope. Since his knife was stuck, the man was propelled towards the knife and 5th floor balcony with incredible speed.

"He's getting away!" shouted Gray
"Oh really freeze-brain? I thought he was coming this way to say hello!" sarcastically replied an annoyed Natsu
"Stop your arguing and let's capture him!" demanded Erza and the trio sped off to capture the criminal.

The thief maneuverered his way effortlessly through the rubble that was in one of its many corridors, vaulting and flipping over the ruins of the corridor all the time flowing through them as if he himself was a bolt of lightning. He soon got to the end of the corridor, blasted a hole in the roof and leaping into the outside world which had just turned the sky into a beautiful early sunrise, with no sign of Team Natsu.

The man soon took his mask off as he walked to the edge of the building. His mask was actually a black skin-tight scarf-like band of fabric that covered his face and a black assassin's hood that almost covered his eyes and a portion of his nose. When he removed his mask, long jet black hair flicked outwards to reveal he had his hair in a spiked fashion that was in the shape of a crescent moon at the back and at the front, two spiked curtains on either side of his head with a small spiked fringe. His eyes slim and had a single black line on both eyes going from the top point of his cheeks to his eyebrows. His eyebrows where also very thin.

His skin was an almost ghost white colour and his eyes a piecing blue. His head was square to start with but came to a point at his chin.

The Lightning Thief then began to speak to himself "So, The Lightning Thief..., that is the new alias that Fiore has named me? It is most certainly a most unwelcome title. I only wish one day Fiore could open it's eyes to my true motives" but he then turned his attention to his satchel that he was carrying on his back and began to inspect the inside "Let us see what will be going to them today" after a quick inspection on how much money was in the bag he added relieved "This is a satisfactory amount, they will be able to eat tonight"

Just as he was about to set off Team Natsu finally caught him and cornered him "Think you could get away from Fairy Tail?" confidently asked Natsu
"Hand over what you stole and turn yourself in Lightning Thief!" Demanded Erza
"It appears that I would be in a slight predicament, though I am very much with regret going to have to decline your demand. As you see this money is not for me but for a better cause than being locked in a safe for an unknown period of time" he then later added "And please do not refer to me as this new alias, I would much prefer to be named Perceous, Perceous Ungarrth"

Frustrated looks then appeared across the trio's faces at Perceous's statement. They had hoped not to use violence but it seemed necessary to capture and restrain Perceous. "We are Fairy Tail, I am-..." Perceous interrupted them
"I know too well your names..., Erza Scarlet, Titania... Natsu Dragneel, Salamander... and Gray Fullbuster, Fairy Tail's Ice Wizard. Each one of you is unique, an admirable quality although as I said beforehand, I shall resist arrest" He the prepared himself for combat by attaining a perfect mantis stance, while Natsu and co. acquired their normal positions for combat.

His attire and whole body appearance was an old black short sleeved shirt with one sleeve torn off by the looks of things, the black mask he used that was now covering his neck, tatty-old looking black trousers, a worn and torn black waist cape and black pointed one inch heeled shoes. He was also muscle built but at the same time looked very unhealthily skinny.

Natsu rushed in and made the first attack on Perceous, who was just standing extremely still and not moving a muscle. Natsu tried a flame fist attack, but it was straight away blocked by Perceous by only his index finger. Perceous then counter-acted by performing various Kung-Fu techniques and finished with a Thunder Charge. This sent Natsu flying across to the other side of the building. "Why you!" angrily called Natsu
"Gray, Natsu, I have a plan!" stated Erza

They all huddled together and discussed the plan. Perceous was kind enough to let them finish and only when they said they where ready did he resume.

"Ice Make: Sword" called out Gray. Gray swooped in for an attack but once again, Perceous blocked it. Now the team set their plain into motion. With Gray distracting Perceous, Erza and Natsu could attack at the same time which they did. Unfortunately Perceous managed to somehow know it was coming and dodged out of the way.

He then acquired a different stance. Feet shoulder width apart and a flat left palm with his four fingers shaping a V in the middle and thumb out, one of the two fingers pointing at Erza, the other at Gray and his thumb to Natsu "Gu Mme Na Sa Toro: Electric Impulse!" he incarnated as he swung his fist around and slammed it onto his fist, causing the magic energy to spread outwards along his fingers and thumb hitting all three at once.

Just as Erza rose up into the sky in her Heaven's Wheel Armour, Lucy and Happy found them "Natsu! Gray! Erza! You ok?!"shouted Lucy as she climbed up the hole Perceous had made.
"We're struggling to lay a single hit on this guy!" complained Gray

However as soon as Perceous's eyes turned to see who else had joined the fiery, he was shock and amazed at what he saw. To him, Lucy seemed to a beauty far from comparison to any other woman alive. His heart began to race and pound like the rapid beat of a song. He continued to stare at what he had just laid eyes upon and all of time felt slow all of a sudden. Lucy and Perceous's eyes then suddenly met each others gaze only making the feelings more desirable to want. Just staring into her eyes made Perceous almost forget about everything around him.

Erza saw this and rose to the opportunity now her opponent was off-guard. She attempted her Trinity Sword attack on Perceous.

Direct hit! Perceous was snapped out of his daydream and flew halfway across the roof. He was down but not for long. The attack had weakened him but not too much damage was done. Perceous got back up and soon stated to everyone "You cannot harm what you cannot see! Lightning Hidden!" he then went into the position for the hidden spell and with a flash of a lightning bolt on Perceous, he disappeared into thin air.

Erza had now floated back down from where she was hovering from and joined Natsu and Gray where they were both standing. "I'll help too!" said Lucy reaching for her keys
"No! Stay there Lucy! You don't know where he could be" Ordered Natsu. The trio's heads all span to see if they could see him but soon decided to give up after 5 minutes after coming to the conclusion he ran off.

But as their backs were turned a flash of lightning appeared behind them and Perceous had returned into sight "Look out!" shouted Happy and Lucy, but they were too late to warn them. Perceous quickly overpowered the three mages with his martial arts skills and stunned them all with his lightning.

Lucy prepared herself to summon Loke in order to protect her friends, but much to her and the others surprise Perceous did not finish them off, he helped them up on their feet by gesturing his hand out to Nastu, Gray and Erza "You fought well my friends, I must admire your courage, determination and initiative to dealing with quick decisions. Most like your individual qualities they are all admirable in their own unique way" congratulated Perceous

Team Natsu however just wanted to get the request over and done with, especially Natsu "Ok, enough with the lectures can we have the money back please?" impatiently said Natsu. Perceous then entered into a deep thought and re-emerged saying this
"I do not wish to give this money to the people sent to hunt me down...but I am always willing to negotiate an acceptable amount" he stated

After some quick negotiation, Perceous handed over half of what he stole to Team Natsu and was given certain conditions in order for them to stay silent about what had just transpired. He thanked them for their kindness "I greatly thank you for allowing me to roam freely once more, I shall never forget your kindness" he then bided a farewell before adding just as he was about to jump over the side "I hope we shall meet again another time, under..., different circumstances"

He then jumped off the edge and the same strand of lightning fled out of his hand and onto one of his knifes and grappled onto the next building, he then ran into Magnolia a free man as Team Natsu watched him leave.

Chapter Epilogue

Three days had pasted since that event and Team Natsu were nearing the guild "Man, I'm worn out! I haven't been on a mission like that since, well..., three days ago with that guy...what was his name again, was it Parus? Perrucks?" asked Natsu
"I have no idea Natsu, but I wish I could of seen him, he sounds mysterious!" said Wendy. Just then Master Makarov walked out the main entrance
"Ah! I was wondering when you lot would show up. Anyway, how did the request go?"
"It was..., eventful...shall we say Master" replied Erza
"Very well. Anyhow, we have a new member joining our guild please treat him well! Oh..., damn what's his name again?"
"I believe Master the name you require is Perceous" replied a shockingly recognisable voice as it was Perceous himself standing in the doorway with the Fairy Tail symbol on his forehead, gold outlined and white in colour.

Natsu and the rest were all shocked at what they were seeing in front of them. The same criminal from three days ago had now joined their guild. There was soon an awkward silence but it did not last long because of Perceous bowing and stating "I will be most pleased to be of any service within acceptable reasons and I hope we can forge a bond stronger than the gods force that holds Earthland and Edolas in place"

Everyone was still too shocked to say anything, but Natsu was the first to say "Well this will only make Fairy Tail stronger, haha!" and soon everyone else came to their senses
"I agree" said Erza
"Heck, count me in!" Confidently said Gray
"It's nice to have you here Perceous, I hope you feel welcome" said Lucy and Wendy. And soon all of them went inside the guild hall to have a welcome party for Perceous.

Hey Jay here :)

Just to say if you don't know how to say Perceous's names here's a key on how to say them both:

Perceous is just my spelling of the Greek demi-god Perseus. It is also said in the same way (Per-sea-us).

Ungarrth, his second name, is said like so (Un-gar-th) could not be simpler.

That is all