Chapter 2: Joining Fairy Tail
After Makarov welcomed Ryu to Fairy Tail saving him from seeing his guild members destroy the guild master's meeting place. Much to the shock of those watching the interaction
But that is done and the Fairy Tail mages are on the train back to Magnolia. Natsu was feeling his motion sickness skyrocket with Happy sitting on top of the dragon slayer, Gray was looking out the window not noticing that the ice mage was in his boxers, Lucy was on a different seat with Erza Scarlet right next to her eating a strawberry cheesecake, Makarov was humming a happy tune after Ryu saved him from losing his soul from his children's destructive tendencies.
Speaking of the person in topic. He was looking at the group with interest and his thoughts about Fairy Tail
'A guild with freedom where they don't care about the Magic Council's rules' he smiled 'and word spreading about the destruction being marked by their power' a chuckle escaped his lips 'though if that keeps up then the guild will be shut down if the kids did not learn their mistakes...'
The train stopped upon their arrival in Magnolia Town where Fiore's population has visited more times in travelling. The group walked out of the train walking through the town to their guild
While they walked on the street, some of the people were taking notice of Ryu before making a bit of gossip:
"Hey, is that guy from around here?"one man whispered to his friend
"I wonder if he's a veteran?" A lady muttered with a small blush on her cheeks
Ryu noticed the whispers and looked around making the whispers stop and the people looking away
Makarov noticed too but he chuckled at that 'this boy will be the main focus for a while'
Upon arriving at the guild The place was full of screams and crashes, showing how active the guild is
"Is it always like this?" Ryu questioned to the others
"Sadly, it is" Lucy sighed "I still wonder how I can handle all of this..."
"ALL RIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH!" Makarov declared in his giant form making everyone stop and he shrunk down to his normal size "today we have a new member joining us"
Everyone started to cheer for Ryu's arrival like it was the best thing to happen in Fairy Tail while said person went to the bar and sat down
"Hello there" Mirajane smiled "you must be the new member correct?"
"That's right" Ryu nodded "I'm Ryu"
"Mirajane Strauss" the girl greeted "S-class mage at your service"
"Ice tea please" he ordered "I'm feeling a bit parched"
"Not so much of a drinker, are you?" Cana questioned after she drank her wineglass
"I drink" Ryu replied "just...not often"
The brunette raised an eyebrow, now why would Ryu hesitate if he had a condition on drinking? Shaking her head from that, she returned back to her drinking with Mirajane coming back with Ryu's drink.
"Here's your drink" she smiled before walking away to the other members for their food orders
Ryu watched the whole guild calm and peaceful...that is until Natsu and Gray started fighting making everyone follow creating a ruckus in the guild making the place lively as it was meant to be.
Lucy on the other hand was busy hiding behind the bar looking through an old issue of Sorcerer Magazine about the mage known as Decade
"Lucy?"
The Celestial Spirit Mage squeaked but saw Levy looking at her "oh it's you Levy"
"What are you doing under here?" the bookworm questioned "it's not like you to be this quiet"
"Sorry" the blond sighed "It's just a surprise that Ryu is someone strong..."
"Someone strong?" Levy quirked
"He's..." Lucy breathed deeply on the words she'll say next "he's Decade"
There was a loud "WHAT!?" causing everyone to stop. They looked to see Levy jumping out of the bar and grabbed Ryu's shirt
"Is it true?!" she screeched
"About what?" he questioned
"That you're really the infamous Decade!?"
It was now the entire guild's (minus Gray, Natsu,Happy, Erza and Lucy) turn to scream upon hearing the news that Ryu was the mage that faced Dark guilds. And soon enough each of the members are bombarding the poor boy with endless questions:
"Is Levy's words true!?"
"Did you really face Dark Guilds before coming here!"
"Did the other Guilds try to force you to join them?"
"How strong are you?!"
The questions just kept piling up making Ryu squirm under their barrage, thankfully Makarov came in and stopped the bombardment
"You brats!" He yelled in his giant form "don't swarm on our newest member!"
Everyone stepped back as the old Guid Master walked in the center
"Now since we are all eager to see Decade in action" Makarov hummed a bit "I will choose a few opponents for Ryu to fight against" he looked around his guild members seeing them quiet for once "now let's go out and see him in action"
Most of the Fairy Tail guild dashed out of the place leaving Ryu, Lucym and Mirajane inside
"Sorry" the blonde rubbed her head "I thought everyone was able to handle it when I told them"
"Don't worry about it Lucy" Ryu smiled "I expected this to happen soon" he stood up and started walking out "let's get this over with so that I can get my guild mark"
"He's interesting" Mirajane giggled beside Lucy "let's watch too"
Outside was an open area where all the Fairy Tail guild are anxious to see the, rumored, power of Decade
"All right" Makarov called "I'll be the referee for this match and Ryu's first opponent will be...Gray Fullbuster!"
"Good" the ice mage went to his opponent "I'm dying to get a good fight"
"Yeah" Ryu chuckled at seeing Gray's half naked form "but first, you might want to get your pants"
Gray looked down to him in his boxers, he ran back to the crowd to find his pants, Natsu luaghed at the scene with the other members of the guild following
After Gray got his clothes, he went back to the fighting area ready to face Ryu
"Ready?" Makrov looked at the two "BEGIN!"
Gray made the first move "Ice make: floor!"
The ground was now covered in ice and Ryu slipped when his feet was on the ice
"Not so easy now huh?" Gray smirked at gaining the advantage
"Not really" Ryu instantly got on his feet and skated around surprising everyone "I was gonna transform first, but that will have to wait"
He then skated forward using the speed and momentum by delivering a kick on Gray's midsection sending the guy flying
"What's wrong Gray?" Ryu skated around him "getting winded already?"
"You wish" Gray stood up and gatheres his ice magic "Ice make: sword"
"Since this is getting serious" Ryu smiled "let's start the fun"
Ryu raised his arms and bright light covered them, when it died down, a grey book and a camera-like buckle appeared in his grasp
"Getting serious now?" Gray gripped his ice sword tightly
"You bet I am" Ryu placed the buckle on his waist and pulled out a card for everyone to see "henshin!"
"Henshin?" most of the audience questioned
Kamen Ride: Decade
Symbols appeared before changing into grey figures and merged with Ryu creating black armor, and then magenta plates came out of the buckle and moved toward his helmet dying his armor in black, magenta, and white
Everyone gaped at the transformation, when Ryu took out a card they assumed that he would summon something, but they never thought of a card being used as a transformation spell.
Gray and Ryu clashed swords showing the audience a good skill on swordsmanship
"He sure knows how to use a sword" Erza commented on the fight 'I'm glad to see you again... my hero'
That got everyone's attention and they were looking at her suspiciously
"What?"
"I can guess anyone making a comment on this fight" Makarov hummed "but I didn't think Ryu would get your attention Erza"
"Uh..." the titania flinched when the eyes continued to stare directly at her
"If you're asking Erza about me" Ryu grunted as he pushed Gray back "I'll just say she and I met each other before the girl joined Fairy Tail"
Murmurs were made about this development but Makarov smiled internally at figuring out what Ryu meant
'I see what you mean Ryu' he chuckled 'Erza couldn't stop herself from talking about a hero saving her from the Tower of Heaven'
"Master" Mirajane blinked "do you know anything about them?"
"I won't answer that" the old Guild Master smiled "it's up to Erza or Ryu for that topic"
They looked back to Erza who just turned her head and crossed her arms not giving her answer
Attack Ride: Slash
Everyone went back to the fight, only for some of them to have their jaws dropped at seeing Ryu's sword making multiple blades cutting Gray's Ice sword into pieces!
'But how!' Gray stumbled back a bit 'my ice is almost like metal, there's no way it can be cut like butter!'
Ryu made sweep kick making Gray fall on his back and placed his sword right next to the Ice-make mage's head
"it's my win" Ryu smiled
"Okay that's enough" Makarov jumped in "Ryu has proven that he can hold his own share of fights" he then looked back to the audience looking for the next candidate to face Ryu
"Erza" he called the red-haired knight "your next"
"But master"
"Your the next and last one to fight Decade" he said with absolute certainty
The Re-quip mage sighed as she stepped forward hoping that she wasn't going to be picked for this battle
The other watched Erza hesitate gaining her turn to fight Decade, usualy she would be ready to scrutinize new members if they had bad habits after joining the guild and all in all one thought raced through their minds...
'What did Ryu do to the Titania of Fairy Tail?'
Erza looked away from Ryu when she remembered her time in the Tower of Heaven, it really pains her that she has to fight her savior
"Don't make this a burden on yourself Erza" Ryu reasoned "look at it this way, this battle will show me how you've become over the years"
The last part earned him a smile from Erza surprising the audience again, now they really have to ask Ryu about his relationship with the Titania
"Ready" looked at the two fighters "begin!"
The 2 combatants sprung forth clashing their blades which made a shockwave blowing away the debris around them. The audience had their jaws dropped at seeing the display of power between the two fighters
"Hey I thought this was supposed to be a sparring match" Wakaba spoke "why are those two showing so much power"
"I don't know" Macao replied "but one thing is for sure, Ryu can be a possible candidate as an S-class mage"
"Impressive power Erza" Ryu praised "you definitely lived up to your title as Titania"
"You haven't seen anything yet" the girl jumped back and spread her arms wide "Requip: Heaven's wheel armor!"
Her body glowed in bright light making everyne, except Ryu, to cover their eyes. Erza's armor was now silver and angelic and in her hands are a pair of swords
"The Heaven's Wheel Armor!" Natsu smiled "yeah! This is getting exciting!"
"Aye!" Happy agreed
"Isn't this going a bit far" Lucy added "I mean Erza's fighting a new member for cryng out loud!"
"Don't worry Lucy" Gray appeared in his boxers next ti the girl "I doubt Ryu won't back down from this"
Back in the fight Ryu looked at Eza's new look and suffice to say... he was impressed
"I have to admit Erza" he whistled "not many can handle that kind of armor"
"Glad that you liked it" Erza summoned 50 blades and aimed at Ryu "do you have any way to counter my attack?"
"Just one" he pulled out a card "henshin"
Kamen Ride: Blade
A blue rectangular field depicting a rhino beetle with a spade on its back came out of Ryu's buckle, he ran through the blue energy field changing his armor; he was now wearing a blue bodysuit with silver armor with a spade on the chest, gauntlets and boots, a blue helmet with red eyes with a silver horn and mouthguard
"You can change armors too?" Erza asked in surprise
"That's right" Ryu nodded "and just like your armor each change has their own set of abilities"
Erza sent a barrage of weapons at Ryu, with the guy not even moving from his spot
"Is that kid crazy!?" most of them screamed
Attack Ride: Metal
The flying blades created a heavy cloud covering the area with Erza looking down in worry
"Maybe I overdid it"
"YOU THINK!" the audience coughed
When the cloud dispersed it revealed Ryu with his body colored silver and the blades around him as if they never struck him
"Surprised?" Ryu moved changing back to his original color "like I said, each armor I change into has a set of cards for me to use" he took out another card "but that will be for another time"
Attack Ride: Mach
Ryu dashed forward grabbing Erza's ankles and slamming her back against a nearby tree.
"Enough"Makarov called as he walked to them "you've shown your capabilities in front of us" the old mage smiled widely as he looked up to the boy "Welcome to Fairy Tail"
Cheers erupted as the guild members are happy to have a new member in their family
Ryu opened his buckle, removing the armor, and smiled at his new friends before walking to Erza
The knight groaned as she rubbed her back to ease the aches a bit and she saw Ryu in front of her
"You okay?" he asked in worry
"Yeah" she replied "just a little sore, that's all" she smiled "I was surprised that you have a set of armors just like me"
"Well" Ryu pulled Erza up to her feet "my powers are a bit farfetched to other mages, but I will say this, I didn't obtain it. The power... was given to me"
Erza widened her eyes at Ryu's words before she was snapped away from her thoughts when he pulled to the guild
"Don't try to overthink my words" he smiled "now come on, we have a party to join!"
She smiled at seeing her savior act silly, she never thought he could be childish. But she was happy to see he is now a part of Fairy Tail
Where everyone treats each other like family
