I own only my character in this story, please review and tell me what you think! This is post the Leo Arc and just before the Tower of Paradise Arc.

In the dim light of a candle, a young man sat at a desk writing with a quill. He wore a black sleeveless long coat and white pants tucked into a pair of silver greaves. His left hand often moved to his head to move his wild golden red hair out of his face. In a few seconds he put down the quill and folded the paper into the envelope. He stood up to walk over to a nightstand to put the envelope on top of it.

As he straitened his body he looked outside his room's window. It would be a week and a half walk to where he needed to go. His violet eyes sparkled in the moon light as his eyebrows creased. It had been so long, and now he was almost sure of his capabilities. But he needed to get rid of his doubts. He needed to ensure he had what it took to fulfill the task he had set for himself all those years ago when he left.

'Just have to wait a bit.' He thought to himself as he removed his coat and set it on the room's coat rack.

He walked over to the bed and sat down to take off his greaves and set them next to a set of armor. The metal boots clanked as they were set down, although one fell to the side and with an audible 'thud' sound, the floor cracked as if a tremendous weight had been put on it.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The next morning ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The young man had already sent the letter and was on his way to the edge of the town. As he walked people looked at him in questioning stares as he gave off quite an appearance with his armored form. That and the fact that he was carrying a four foot long sheathed sword in his left hand.

When he reached the edge of town he did a check on his body. He put his hand to his throat to see the circlet still around his neck, as well as the ones on his arms and wrists. He took ten deep breaths and went into a sprinters posture.

"One...two...Three...go!"

At three, the man shot off like a bullet down the road, leaving small foot-shaped indentations in the ground.

~ ~ ~ ~ The town of Magnolia~ ~ ~ ~

Mirajane had just finished signing the order forms for the guild's storage of foods and goods. As she finished her work and was about to go inside when she heard her name.

"Mirajaaaane!"

She turned to see the postman coming her way, a big smile on his face as he came to her with a bundle of envelopes.

"Ohh Mirajane, I have some letters for youuuuuuu!"

"Oh thank you sir, what do we have today?" she asked kindly at the spirited mailman.

"From what I can tell just the usual, some bills, notes from the council, etc. etc..." He said as he handed her the letters. "But this one's weird, it has no return address."

"Hm?"

Mirajane took the letter to see that it had indeed no return address, but it had the address of the guild written in a beautiful form of cursive.

"Oh, thank you again. Anything else?"

"Not for today Mira! Well, I've got to go, you have a good day now!"

"You as well!" Mirajane waved to the man as he walked off.

Mirajane walked back into the guild and back into the chaos.

"PUT YOUR FREAKING PANTS ON YA DAMN EXHIBITIONIST!"

"YES Natsu! THAT'S HOW A MAN SHOULD SPEAK! FROM THE BOTTOM OF HIS HEART AND FROM THE DEPTHS OF HIS SOUL! BE PROUD AND-HACKACK!"

"WE DON'T NEED YOUR OPINION ON THE SITUATION ELFMAN!"

"Guys calm down!"

"Did you not hear Lucy? She said SIT DOWN!"

CRASH!

"Thank you Erza, a girl can't drink properly in that kind of environment."

"You shouldn't be drinking at all!"

SWING!

"My barrel! HEY!"

"Well things are going on as usual it seems." Mirajane said as she approached Makarov as he sat at the counter.

"Yes, but not to worry, I'll stop it soon, if Erza doesn't end it first."

"Here's today's mail master, just the usual, but with an added spice to it." Mirajane said as she handed over the mail.

"Oh really? Who's it from?"

"I don't know, there's no return address."

"Hmm, lets see." He said as he held up the envelope before starting to open it. While doing so Mirajane went to collect the broken glasses and assorted messes scattered across the room. When she was done she went over to the garbage bin. But before she could, she noticed that Makarov was looking at a piece of paper as if he was holding a venomous snake.

"Master, what's wrong?" She asked.

"Him." He said as he turned the letter so that Mirajane could read it.

Her eyes moved as she read the note. Not even a second later...

CRASH!

She gasped before she put her hands over her mouth with eyes wide.

The entire room froze as if time stopped to look at Mirajane.

Elfman quickly rushed over to his sister, pushing aside a few people as he did so.

"Mirajane, what's wrong?"

"Elfman...the letter..."

Elfman turned to Makarov and took the letter.

"Oh no..."

"What is it? What's wrong?" Lucy said moving over to Elfman, as well as many others trying to get a view of what was making the commotion.

"This letter..." Elfman began.

"JUST SHOUT IT OUT ALREADY!" Natsu urged.

"Be quiet and let him speak then!" Gray said.

"Be quiet both of you." Erza said as she gripped the shoulders of her friends. "Elfman, what does the letter say?"

"It says 'I'm on my way back. Signed... Rouki.'"

"Rouki!"

"He's coming back!"

"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING!"

Many of the older Fairy Tail members such as Macao and Wakaba started off on similar reactions. While the younger members said their words of questioning.

"What the-? Who's Rouki?"

"What's the big deal?"

"Who?"

"EVERYONE CALM DOWN!"

Makarov's voice rang out to everybody, causing their attention to be set on him.

"Obviously, we'll be having a situation in the future. But we can't jump the gun on this. We have a few people here that weren't around at the time he was here. I'd like to think that they deserve a chance to learn a few things. Am I wrong?"

Many of the members nodded and quieted down.

"Now, when I call your name, step forward. The rest of you sit down while I tell them."

One by one, certain members were called to step forward. They were consisting mostly of many younger members, and surprisingly Erza was one of them while Natsu, Gray, Cana, and a few others in their teens were still back with the older members.

"What exactly is going on master?" Erza asked.

Makarov sighed deeply and looked to the people gathered in front of him.

"Rouki is-"

"You'll have to wait on telling them my story for a bit old man. There's going to be a brief reunion." A voice came from the door.

Everyone looked to the entrance to see a young man in a dark blue long coat decorated with black ornate lining and a shield-like armor piece on his chest. Black colored greaves were on his feet and a four foot sword in his left hand. His hair was gold with a hint of red in it and his eyes were a deep violet.

"R-Rouki!" Makarov started as he stood up. "You-"

"Calm down old man. I'm not here for that yet. Just here for affirmation."

"Who the hell is this guy!" Droy said as the stranger walked over to the assignment board.

When he got there he looked it over and sighed to himself.

"What am I doing..."

He then simply disappeared.

"What the..? Where'd he go?" Someone asked in the group.

Rouki then reappeared right in front of Makarov, with an S-class assignment paper.

"I'm taking this." He then started walking away from Makarov and walked through the gaps in between the people in front of him. When he reached halfway to the doorway he turned around and swung his word in his hand to point it at Mirajane.

"Mirajane..."

She stared back at him with eyes wide in apparent terror. Elfman put his arm in front of her and stared at the man named Rouki.

"When I come back Mirajane...you will be the first."

"LIKE HELL SHE WILL!" Elfman shouted at Rouki.

"We'll see." Rouki responded as he swung his sword around once more to hold it in his hand at his waist.

"What's he mean 'She'll be the first'? I don't-" Started Lucy, but before she could finish Natsu had started running at breakneck speed strait at Rouki.

"Nobody's gonna be first you bastard!"

"Natsu DON'T! STOP!" Makarov shouted.

Natsu jumped up and set his hand on fire..

"You have got to be kidding me."

Rouki thrust his sword backwards into the stomach of Natsu, stopping him mid-air. Then he disappeared and reappeared three feet above above Natsu with his leg raised. He disappeared again but only to reappear above Natsu by mere inches and slammed his foot down in an axe kick. When Natsu hit the floor, it cracked.

Needless to say, Natsu's eyes were white and he was coughing up globs of spit.

"Good to see you again too fire spitter. Don't worry, I'll be back for you too." Rouki said before he walked back to the door.

"Natsu!" Lucy cried as she started to run to him as well as Gray and Erza.

"NOBODY MOVE!" Makarov yelled. Lucy and the others stopped dead in their tracks.

Makarov stared strait at Rouki's back as if to burn holes into him. But nothing happened as Rouki walked out the door, and out of sight...

~ ~ ~ ~With Rouki~ ~ ~ ~

"Bout time that damn letter got here, I've been waiting for eleven days for it to get here."

"Alright, help him up." Makarov said, automatically everyone that had tried to go to Natsu went to him to help him up.

"What the heck just happened? Who was that guy? What did he mean that Mirajane was first?"

"I'd like to know that too master." Erza said.

"You should probably explain to them who that was master." Gray said.

"I will in a bit, first...Mirajane?"

"Yes sir?" The young woman said coming out of her stupor.

"Could you go up and see what mission he took?"

"Yes sir." She said as she rushed off.

Natsu had been set down on a bench to let him recover.

"That bastard...I'm gonna get him when he comes back."

"You should hope that he doesn't you idiot." Gray said.

"His time away from Fairy Tail obviously was well spent. His skills have improved." Macao said.

"Seriously what's going on? Who is Rouki?"

"Master!" Mirajane yelled as she rushed down the steps, "He took the Morrin Town assignment."

"Oh boy...he may be more powerful than we thought if he feels that he can take that one."

"Hey Erza didn't you say you were gonna take up the job in a couple days?" Visca asked.

"Yes, I was." Erza said grudgingly.

"Now that we have the moment again, you should all listen closely." Makarov began, "Everyone who's name I said, that man was Rouki..."

Everyone was listening intently to what Makarov was saying.

"A former member of Fairy Tail, and a man who has sworn to kill us all."

Well? How did I do? Review and tell me. Sorry 'bout the cliffhanger, couldn't resist.