Fairy tail Fanfic!

Chapter 1 The Story Behind His Darkness!

Everything was going as normal in fairy tail's guild hall, laughs, talks of legends and the ridiculously low pay of some jobs. Yes all was going as normal until an unexpected visitor arrived.

As the doors to the guild hall slowly creaked open a teenage boy walked through them covering his body with a black cloak, and head with a black hood.

He was almost immediately addressed by Erza scarlet as she approached him, "Hello welcome to our guild hall do you have business here?"

She was met with a swift reply of "Yes, I do, I heard Makarov is the guild master here I need to see him immediately".

"I'm afraid the master isn't here at the moment but you can tell me if its urgent".

"Sorry, it's a personal matter".

Curious about the request the boy had given her, Ezra told him, "Alright then, feel free to take a seat and wait for him to return if you want, he shouldn't be long".

She pointed towards a set of the many free seats that he could take.

"Thank you, il do just that", the boy replied whilst walking towards the pointed out seats.

Erza gave a friendly smile to the boy and strolled off to Gray and Lucy who were anxiously waiting for the words Erza had been given by the boy.

"So, what did he want?", Gray asked as if the boy was some sort of mischievous person.

Erza replied simply with "He's come to see Master Makarov, he didn't say why".

"Did he say who he was?" Lucy questioned.

"No, he didn't really give me any information. Just that he needed to see Master Makarov immediately and that it was personal".

"Who needs to see me immediately?" a voice exclaimed from the door as a small figure walked in. It was Master Makarov.

"That would be me sir, Ikiru Ikaruga, it's nice to meet you", he said aloud whilst leaving his chair to shake hands with the master.

"Ikiru Ikaruga, I know that name. You're Cid's boy aren't ya?" the master asked shaking hands.

"Err, yes sir but how did you know that?" Ikiru answered his question with a question whilst scratching the back of his head.

"Ah, your uncle Luso is a good friend o' mine".

Makarov and Ikiru both took seats at the same table. In a way so that they were opposite each other.

"That so, but you're aware we bear no relation right?"

"I know the story" the master exclaimed."

Ikiru turned his head and looked at the floor in disappointment.
"Well anyway now that the formalities are done with let's get down to business shall we", he said turning his head back to the master.

"I'm aware of why you've come, you need to control it right?"

"Yeah"

"I'm not just going to help you for free you know?" the master exclaimed.

By now all the guild members had their attention drawn to this conversation between Ikiru and Master Makarov.

"I wouldn't expect you to I'm prepared to pay. One-hundred-thousand jewel", Ikiru said casually as if that money didn't matter to him.

"One-hundred-thousand jewel!" the guild members shouted in shock.

"Whoa I think he's actually serious about this, whatever he wants from the master must be really important", Gray told the others.

"The master would be crazy to reject One-hundred-thousand jewel!" Lucy exclaimed aloud.

Everyone's attention turned back to Ikiru's conversation with the master.

"No, I don't want your money?" The master told Ikiru.

"WHAT!?" ,the guild members screamed in shock. Everybody knew that the master was always crazy about money.

"Ok, I think the master has finally lost it", Gray told the others.

"So what do you want?", Ikiru asked.

"I want ya services lad"

"So what? You want me to clean dishes and wash up?"

"No lad, I want ya to join ma guild, I want ya to join Fairy Tail", the Master explained.

The look on Ikiru's face turned from seriousness to shock to anger.

"No way, you can't be serious! You said you know my story right?! So you know there's no way in hell I'd join your guild!" Ikiru replied furiously slamming his hands on the table.

Offended by Ikiru's statement the guild members began to stand up one by one.

"What do you mean by that? You trying to say we're weak", a guild member addressed Ikiru harnessing magic energy in his hand.

"Not at all, im just saying that you're not trustworthy, I never said that you're weak", Ikiru said further offending the guild.

"You little brat I'll put you in your place!" , the guild member angrily stated.

With these words a dark aura started emitting from Ikiru's body. He turned and looked deeply into the eyes of the guild member that had challenged him.
"Just come and try it!", he shrieked and the guild member became paralyzed with fear.

"Enough! the two of you should know better", Master Makarov addressed them.

The guild member left his seat and walked into the rest room.
Ikiru withdrew his energy and began to pant. Whilst sweat dripped from his brow.

The guild members had returned to their seats. Still they stared at Ikiru.

"And that's another reason I refuse to join your guild. Just look at how their all staring at me as if im some sort of monster! That's what pisses me off the most!
Ikiru screamed pointing at all the guild members.

The guild members reacted in a way in which they jolted back in their chairs. Although they knew what he said was true. They looked at him like he was a monster even though he'd done nothing wrong.

A tear dripped down Ikiru's face.

Makarov sighed "Ahhh , well Ikiru my offer still stands. I'll let ya have a week to decide."

Ikiru left his seat and walked to the doors of the guild Hall.

"I'll consider your offer, thanks for your time". With this Ikiru left the guild hall.

"I feel kinda bad for him, if we'd not been listening in to his conversation in the first place he wouldn't have got upset like that" Lucy said to Gray.

"Yeah", Gray said back. "Hey where'd Erza go?"

"She's gone to find Ikiru and talk to him, don't get involved" the master explained.

"Err, alright", Lucy and Gray said in unison.

Meanwhile somewhere away from the guild hall Ikiru was sat alone on a bench. Thinking about what had just happened.
It was late and the sky was dark. Tears streamed down Ikiru's face. Everyone saw him as a monster.

"Hey, what's wrong?" , he heard as Erza entered his sight.

"It's nothing", he replied wiping his face with his hands.

"I'm sorry about what happened back there we were out of line", she said taking a seat next to him.

"Don't apologize you did nothing wrong", he replied. "You're different from the others, you didn't get scared of my powers. You were more surprised and intrigued", he continued. "Also you took it upon yourself to apologize for something you hadn't done".

"Well that's what we do in our guild. We watch each others backs. So if you had attacked him in there you'd have had to fight all of us", she explained softly.

"Well I don't think you'd want that. You see I can't control my power", Ikiru replied.

"Oh, well. Let's put this behind us shall we", she said putting out her hand.

Shaking her hand Ikiru replied with, "alright, thanks".

"I hope you'll consider the masters offer we could use somebody like you", she called back to him as she left back for the guild Hall.

With those words Ikiru got up from the bench and with his bag in tow went to find an Inn, in which he could spend the night.

The next morning started quite hectically. Ikiru had just awoken and was in his room when there was a huge explosion, BOOM! He had jumped next to the wall and had been blown straight out of the building; his room was on the second floor.

Luckily he'd sensed the explosive device in time to avoid any serious injuries. Everyone on the street stared at him as he knelt down in pain clenching his bleeding arm. Almost immediately he was bombarded with questions.

"Are you alright?"

"What happened?"

"Did you do that?"

Ikiru didn't care to explain what had happened to people he didn't know or trust for that matter. Ikiru doesn't trust anyone after some of the experiences he's had. Then the Inn Keeper came out to see what had happened.

As she approached Ikiru he pulled a huge bag of jewel out of his backpack which he had managed to save from the explosion. He handed it to her and told her "Here this should pay for the damages", with this he walked off still clenching his bleeding right arm with his left.

The towns people stared at him each with their own emotions displayed on their faces. Ikiru acted as if it was his fault and paid for the damages even though clearly somebody had tried to murder him. Although he acted as if it had happens to him every morning. He was so casual about a serious event the people were somewhat worried for him.

He proceeded to pull a white rag out of his back pack and pull it tight around his wound as he entered the Fairy Tail guild hall for the second time. He pulled up a stool at the bar and politely asked for a drink as he connected his fingers assuming the gedo pose and began to think of Makarov's offer. His drink was placed next to him, he gave his thanks, sipped, and began to think again. He was almost in a trance of thought.

This gave the master a chance to explain a bit about him to the rest of the guild as Wendy and Natsu had just returned from a mission.

"It happened fifteen years ago, with a roar of thunder and a crash of lightning", the Master spoke out.

"What did gramps?" asked Natsu curiously.

With a stern look on his face the Master turned towards Ikiru. "Fifteen years ago on the same day as that child's birth, on the 27th of September a darkness entered this world".

"What do you mean, he's like bad?", Natsu questioned.

"This story may take a while to tell so take a seat if your interested", the Master exclaimed in a way so that Ikiru didn't hear.

Everybody in the guild hall pulled up a chair in a circle around the master, intrigued about the story. All except Ikiru Ikaruga who was trapped in thought about the question given to him yesterday by Master Makarov.

"So where was I?" Makarov asked himself out loud. "Ah yes, fifteen years ago, with a roar of thunder and a crash of lightning on the day of Ikiru's birth a darkness entered this world".

"What kind of darkness?", asked a guild member covered by the crowd.

"Yeah, do you mean that, that kid is darkness?", asked another.

Master Makarov began to twitch with anger as several questions were blurted out at him by the guild members.

"IF YOU'D ALL JUST BE QUITE I'LL EXPLAIN!" , the Master screamed out with anger. Concerned that he might have drawn Ikiru's attention with his shouting he turned and looked at him. But the shout hadn't even phased him not one bit. Ikiru was still caught up in thought. The rest of the guild had gone silent as Master Makarov had told them to.

"Hah" Makarov sighed.

"Alright then I'll continue. Nobody knows where it came from, except that it had appeared in a small village in the shape of a human boy who looked about 15 years old. Then when somebody approached it to ask its name, it exploded into fury. Harnessing its power of darkness it destroyed anything and anyone who it came close to it. Including that poor boys family". Master Makarov explained looking at Ikiru.

Everyone in the guild turned to look at Ikiru with expressions of sadness and sorrow on there faces but he didn't notice. After a brief moment of grief everybody drew their attention back towards Master Makarov so he could resume the story.

"Although the monster had killed most of the boy's family, his farther Hikari Ikaruga still remained, although he was terribly wounded. Back then Hikari was among the most skilled and talented of wizards. Even I wouldn't have stood a chance against him".

"If he was stronger than Master Makarov then this guy must've been a complete power house", one of the guild members blurted out.

"That he was", Makarov said confirming the earlier statement. "But even he couldn't harm the darkness. Knowing this he did the only thing left that he could to protect his son. With the last of his strength he sealed the darkness away inside his new-born son and left beside him but a simple note with nothing on but his son's name - Ikiru". Meaning to live on.

"After that event the boy was found by Cid a friend of his fathers who took care of him until the boy turned ten. At that point the boy already had an interest in magic, that was growing everyday. So he turned to Cid, thanked him for taking care of him and said that one day he would pay him back and left with a small amount of jewel to get him by. The darkness inside him hadn't made any sort of trouble since the day it was sealed, until one day 3 years ago. After 2 years of traveling and hard work to get money Ikiru returned to Cid's house to pay him a visit. But when he arrived he found that Cid was dead, he had been murdered in his own home. When Ikiru saw this his emotions made him vulnerable and the darkness inside him tried to pounce and take over his body , by taking advantage of that." The Master explained with a voice of mixed emotions.

"Wow that kid got it rough", Gageel proclaimed aloud.

"Yeah, that is rough", Natsu agreed.

"Guys I know its sad but lets let Master Makarov finish the story", Levi said in anticipation.

"As I was saying, the darkness inside him tried to take advantage of his emotions to take control of his body. But even in this state of grief Ikiru wouldn't let the darkness take control of him. But then when he decided to stay in town for a few days he overheard some people talking about Cid", Master Makarov explained.

"Did you hear Cid was murdered in his own home!", a concerned man exclaimed to a crowd of people.

"Oh that's awful", a young woman replied. "He was so kind".

"Oh, stop your blubbering, Cid got what he deserved; he was a stupid fool who always acted like a saint. But he never got anything in return for those things he did; did he. And to top it all off he was weak".

"It was a member of dark guild who said that and that's what made Ikiru snap", Makarov exclaimed to everyone." Ikiru was sat at a table outside a café and when he heard this person badmouthing Cid he jumped straight from his seat".

"SHUT UP!", Ikiru shrieked. "You don't know anything about Cid so don't go around acting like your better than him!

A resident of the village recognised him and so he said. "Hey it's Ikiru you've come back".

Everybody had just burst into conversation, but then the dark guild member shouted out.

"You brat, who do you think you are talking to me like that! And yeah actually I did know Cid he did quite a lot of favours for me and for other people but that's why I hated him. He was such a goodie, goodie. But he was weak and that's why..."

Ikiru's face became more and more full of anger.

The Man from the dark guild pulled an evil Grin and with an evil voice announced to everyone, "THAT'S WHY I KILLED HIM!"

The man began howling with laughter but everybody else looked at him with shock and disgust. Everyone except Ikiru who stood looking at the floor clenching his fists.

"YOU BASTARD I'LL KILL YOU!" , Ikiru Screamed out with anger as he was enveloped in a dark, black, suffocating aura.

"I don't know the rest of the details but the town was completely destroyed and there where only two known survivors. Ikiru and Luso, Cid's twin brother who Ikiru knew. Luso is said to be the one who stopped Ikiru's rampage. I know Luso and he is a very accomplished sealing wizard, but when I asked him about it he showed me some gruesome injuries he had suffered from trying to seal Ikiru. He said it was extremely difficult and that he was lucky to survive. And that's as far as the story goes I don't know much else about him except he joined a guild after that event but they turned on him and tried to kill him so that's why he hates guilds and is hesitant to join fairy tail. It's also why he shouted at me yesterday, because I told him I knew his story but i tried to break his resolve ya see. He obviously vowed to never join a guild again for that reason."

"But why join a guild in the first-place when he can't control his magic?", Erza questioned the Master.

"Ha, for a very long time I asked myself the same question until just yesterday when he asked me that question", The Master replied.

"And, what exactly did he ask you Master?", Natsu and Wendy asked. "You never told us".

Everybody who hadn't been present yesterday looked at the master intrigued.

"He asked if I could teach him to control his power because of recent he has had the urge to kill people, well that's not what he said but that's what is happening." The Master explained. "You see the darkness inside him is one of seven demons, whose power can be harnessed and used by the host as magic. The other six demons have all been sealed inside other people around the world and each of the demons possesses their own type of power. They all have an elemental power of which is among one of these: Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Water, Light and Dark".

"There are also legends of other Demons of powers such as Frost and Magma but the Seven Demons are confirmed to be real Ikiru holds the Darkness Demon within him".

"Also along with the elemental power the host also gains a unique magic based on their own personality and the demons personality combined. That leaves the host with three types of magic for example if I based Ikiru's skill on two of your unique magic's such as Erza and Canna's magic's. He could be a wizard that uses his demons dark magic, his own card magic and a mixed personality requip magic." Master Makarov explained trying to catch his breath.

"Wow that kid must be strong, and now I get why he won't just join the guild he's carefully thinking about your offer so that history doesn't repeat itself", Gray said aloud.

"Wow, his story makes me feel so sorry for him", Lucy announced emotionally.

Natsu looked at Ikiru and saw him sat alone thinking.

"I think im gonna go talk to him", Natsu told everyone already walking towards Ikiru.

Natsu sat down next to Ikiru and blinked for just a second. But when he opened his eyes he looked at Ikiru to see a dark, black, suffocating aura emitting from his body.

End of chapter #1