Chapter 2: Meeting the Guild Master

Sakura follows Lucy inside of the massive guild hall and is instantly met by two guys duking it out with each other. One had black hair and was fighting in his boxers and the other one (thankfully fully clothed) had pink hair and was wearing a white scaly looking scarf.

"NATSU you bastard!" the black haired guy yelled out as he charged at the pink haired guy. "I can't believe you did that!" He then punches Natsu so hard that he's sent flying into the wall across the room.

Lucy called out to the black haired guy. "GREY, PUT ON SOME DAMN CLOTHES!" Grey looked down and apparently had just now noticed that he was half-naked.

"Can't you take a joke, or has all of that ice finally frozen your sense of humor?" Natsu calls out as he pulls himself out of the wall.

"Not when you told the entire fucking guild that I got Juvia pregnant you asshole!" They charged at each other again and continued fighting.

Sakura averts her gaze from the two muscular guys fighting each other and was instantly met by a guy with long black hair with metal studs on his face. He looks down at her and stares at her briefly before finally saying something.

"You must be new around here," the man says calmly before looking at Lucy. "Are you a friend of Lucy's or something?"

"Y-yes sir," she says timidly whilst shaking in her boots. "I uh, just met Lucy a short while ago and she brought me here in hopes that I might be able to join the guild."

"Gajeel, take it easy on her, would ya?" Lucy interrupts. "You're scaring her." Sakura looks at Lucy, and then back to Gajeel.

"Wait… 'Gajeel'? As in the same Gajeel that destroyed this guild and started a war between Phantom Lord and Fairy Tail? You're Blacksteel Gajeel?!"

Gajeel straightens himself up and smiles at Sakura. "That was back in my days as a Phantom wizard, but those days are long gone now. I'm proud to be a member of the strongest guild in the entire country. By the way, what's your name?"

"M-my name is Sakura; Sakura Ayako," she says timidly. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Gajeel."

"Lucy, I've been looking for you," a strong female voice called out amongst the sounds of Natsu and Grey fighting each other. Her hair was scarlet red and she was wearing a simple chest plate with the guilds emblem on the left side, a pair of gauntlets and a blue skirt. Sakura instantly recognized this woman as she saw her perform in the Grand Magic Games.

"It's good to see you, Erza," Lucy greeted the scarlet-haired wizard. "I'd like you to meet a new friend of mine." The blonde wrapped her arm around Sakura's shoulder and pulled her close. "Introduce yourself," she whispered.

"I-it's nice to meet you," Sakura said to Erza politely. "M-my name is Sakura Ayako and, correct me if I'm wrong, but you're Erza Scarlet, are you not?"

Erza smiled at Sakura and extended her hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Sakura, and yes, I am Erza Scarlet. So, I take it that you want to join our guild, correct?"

Sakura places her hand in Erza's and shakes it. "Yes, I very much want to join this guild. Is the Master here, by chance?"

"Yes, he is," Erza said to Sakura. "Follow me and I'll take you to him."

"Good luck, Sakura!" Lucy called out as she saw her new friend walk away with Titania.

Sakura followed Erza up to the second floor all the way to a door at the end of the hallway. "The Master is in here; wait for just a moment." Erza knocks on the door. "Master? It's Erza, I have someone with me that wants to join our guild."

"Thank you, Erza," an old voice replied from behind the door. "Please send them in and return to the lower floor and wait for us."

"As you wish, Master," the scarlet-haired wizard replied and left without saying another word. Sakura entered the room and immediately felt a strong field of magic energy coming from the old man sitting at the desk.

"P-pardon me, sir," Sakura spoke timidly, "but are you Master Makarov?"

Makarov looked up from his stack of paperwork straight at Sakura. "Yes, I am Makarov, the master of this guild. So Erza tells me that you're wanting to join our guild, is that right miss…?"

"Sakura, Sakura Ayako is my name," she politely says to the old man. "And yes, I very much want to join this guild."

Makarov got up from his desk and Sakura instantly noticed that he was as tall as a toddler and she almost burst out laughing. He approached her and looked her up and down. "Well you seem to have quite a lot of spirit and I can sense a large amount of magic energy within you. But tell me Sakura, what kind of magic do you use?"

This causes Sakura to tense at the question and remains silent for a few beats before Makarov speaks up.

"I can understand perfectly," he began, "if it's a type of magic that people aren't fond of, trust me. I can assure you that there is nothing that you can tell me that will surprise me."

"A-are you sure, Master?" she asks timidly.

"Yes, my dear, I'm absolutely sure," he assures her.

"O-okay then," she says to the tiny old man. "Master, I am a mimicry style wizard, able to mimic any kind of spell that I see."

Makarov placed a finger to his chin. "Mimicry style wizard, huh? The last time I saw that kind of magic was at the Grand Magic Games. It's a type of magic that most, if not all, people frown upon and is often ridiculed for being an unbalanced form of magic."

"Yes, Master," she begins, "I am well aware that most people aren't fond of mimic magic. Before I came to Magnolia, I tried to join three other guilds, but when I spoke to the masters of those guilds and told them about my magic, they shoved me out the door and told me to never come back. I came here hoping that the master of the Fairy Tail guild would look past it."

Makarov had a stern look on his face but remained silent for several minutes. After several minutes of silence, Sakura believed that she had made a terrible first impression on the guild master.

"I'm so sorry if I said something that upset you, Master," she bowed to him in respect and began to walk away from the tiny old man. "If you'll excuse me, I won't bother you anymore."

"Wait Sakura," Makarov stopped her dead in her tracks. "Yes it's true that mimic magic is looked down upon by a vast majority of people, but through my years as the master of this guild, I have seen many types of magic that even had me impressed; mimic magic being no exception." Sakura faces the old man with hope in her eyes. "I see no issue at all having a mimic style wizard as a part of my guild, so as far as I'm concerned, you are now a member of the strongest guild in all of Fiore."

Sakura is completely overcome with joy and shock that the first thing she did was scoop up the guild master and hugged him tightly with his face buried in her breasts. "Thank you so very much, Master! I promise you that I won't disappoint you as a member of this guild!" She then placed Makarov back on the floor and noticed that his face was completely red which made her chuckle a bit.

"Very well then," Makarov said after clearing his throat. "If you will please follow me to the second floor balcony, I'll introduce you to the rest of the guild."

Sakura followed Makarov to the second floor balcony and stopped behind him when they got to the rails. The guild was still as lively as it always was but it went dead silent when the Master began to speak.

"LISTEN UP!" Makarov yelled out getting the rest of the guild's attention. "Everyone, as of today, we have a new addition to our family." He motions Sakura to step forward and she does. "This is Sakura Ayako, I believe a few of you have already met her." He looks at Lucy, Erza and Gajeel when he says this. "I trust that all of you will make her feel welcome here and I expect all of you to treat her as a member of the family. Now then, let's PARTY!"

The guild cried and cheered in welcoming their newest member as Sakura followed Makarov down to the main floor where she's instantly met by her friend Lucy.

"Hey Sakura," the Celestial wizard greeted her.

"Hi Lucy," she responded. "I can't believe that I'm finally part of a guild!"

"I knew the Master couldn't say no to you," Lucy added. "You see, everyone in Fairy Tail has a bit of a past that they don't really like talking about, and when they come here and explain to Master, he welcomes them as a part of the family. But enough about that, we need to get you to Mirajane so she can put the Fairy Tail emblem on you!" She grabs Sakura and basically yanks her away towards the bar.

They reach the bar and Sakura is instantly met by a striking young woman who didn't look too much older than her. She had silver hair and which had a small tuft tied above her forehead and was wearing a red dress that accented her figure. Sakura had seen her many times in Sorcerer Weekly magazine as Mira was a pin up model for them at one point.

"Hey Mira," Lucy said to her as she sat down at the bar with Sakura sitting down beside her.

"What's up, Lucy?" Mira smiled cheerfully. "Oh, this must be the new member I heard master talk about a second ago. It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Mirajane Strauss; welcome to Fairy Tail Sakura."

"The pleasure is all mine, Miss Mirajane," Sakura returned the smile. "So, how do I get the emblem of Fairy Tail?"

Mira chuckled a little bit, reaches underneath the bar and pulls out a stamper that has the guild mark on it. "What color would you like your emblem to be and where would you like it?"

Sakura thought for a minute as she didn't have a particular favorite color. "I think I'll go with a gold color and I'll take it here." She turned around and moved her hair out of the way and placed her hand in between her shoulder blades.

"Gold, huh? That's a rare request, but it's not a problem," Mira said with a smile as she set the color to gold and stamped Sakura's back with the mark of Fairy Tail. "There you go, now you're an official member of the strongest guild in all of Fiore."

Sakura looked over at Lucy and showed her the mark on her back. "How does it look on me, Lucy?" she asked the blonde.

"It looks great, Sakura," the blonde replied with a smile. Just then, a certain pink haired wizard had sat down beside of the new recruit.

"Hey, so you're the new member? My name is Natsu Dragneel," he jammed a thumb to himself. "I'm one of the Dragonslayers of this guild." He then extends his hand out to her. She grabs his hand and instantly notices how warm he is.

"It's nice to meet you, Natsu," she blushes at the sight of his muscles. 'Holy shit, not only is he smoking hot, but he's also extremely warm,' Sakura thought to herself. "M-my name is Sakura and I'm a mimicry style wizard."

"Mimicry?" the pink haired wizard questioned. "You mean you can copy other people's spells? That doesn't seem fair."

"It really isn't," Sakura sighs, "but it's given me an edge in numerous fights that I've been in."

The Dragonslayer's eyes sparkled. "So that must mean that you're pretty strong, huh? Let's fight and see what you're-" he was cut off when he saw Erza out of the corner of his eye.

"Natsu," she scolded him, "I hope you're not making Sakura feel uncomfortable." She then gave him a death glare.

"N-no I'm not!" he responded scared out of his wits. "I-I was just making her feel welcome, is all!"

"I really don't mind his company, Erza," Sakura said to the scarlet haired wizard. "I honestly had no idea that this guild was so lively. I think I'm going to love being a part of this guild."

Natsu then returned to his normal, rowdy state. "In that case why not join Team Natsu?!"

"'Team Natsu?'" she questioned the fire wizard asked rambunctiously. "Is that like a group of your friends all working together or something?"

She heard the blonde wizard chuckle. "You hit the nail on the head there, Sakura. Team Natsu consists of me, Natsu, Happy, Erza, Grey, Wendy and Carla." After she finished listing the members of the team, a young girl with dark blue hair walked up to them along with three flying cats. One was blue wearing a green sack around his neck, the second one was black wearing green pants and had a sword on his back and the third was white wearing beautifully embroidered clothes with a pink bow tied near the tip of her tail.

"Hey guys, I came over to meet the new guild member," the young girl said politely. "We haven't been introduced yet, my name is Wendy Marvel." She pointed to each of the cats and named them off. "This is Happy, Pantherlily, and Carla."

"We're what you call 'Exceeds'," Carla said sternly. "It's nice to have a new face around here. I'm sure that you'll make a fine addition to this team, Sakura."

"Aye sir!" Happy said loudly and started digging through his green sack before pulling out a small fish. "Want some of my fish? It's really tasty."

Sakura chuckled lightly at the blue cat. "I think I'll pass, but thanks for the offer, Happy." She reached up and patted him on the head gently. Suddenly Sakura's stomach growled so loud that everyone in the guild heard it leaving them stunned for a few seconds before all of them chuckled to themselves.

"Sounds like you could use a bite to eat, Sakura," Mira said to her. "I'll whip you something up in the kitchen and be back momentarily." She returned moments later with a plate of seasoned rotisserie chicken, steamed vegetables and a scoop of pasta salad along with a glass of water.

"Wow, Mira, this looks delicious!" Sakura said with widened eyes. She dug through her satchel for some money but Mira placed her hand on Sakura's shoulder making her stop digging.

"Don't worry about paying for it," she said smiling, "this one's on the house, so eat up."

Sakura took one piece of the chicken and as soon as she placed it in her mouth, she practically melted in her seat. "Mmmmm this is so good! It's like I just got lost in a world full flavor and herb seasoning!" she then scarfed down the whole plate in just a few minutes satisfying her hunger for the time being.

"My goodness," Mira chuckled, "the only other person I've seen devour my food that fast is Natsu."

Sakura then began digging in her satchel again trying to find her cigarettes. When she finally found them, she placed one in her mouth and struggled to find her matches.

"Here, let me light that for you," Natsu said as he emitted a small flame from his finger and lit the cigarette.

Sakura looked at Natsu in astonishment as she exhaled. "Natsu, you're a fire wizard?!"

"I'm the Fire Dragonslayer!" Natsu exclaimed. "So how about it? Wanna be a part of Team Natsu?"

Sakura took another drag of her cigarette and exhaled slowly. "Sure, why not. Sounds like it could be fun." Sakura then started to feel a dark presence somewhere close by. It felt as though someone with an intent to kill was watching her as she was chatting with her new friends.

"Umm guys…" she said cautiously. "I think someone is watching us. I can sense a dark aura and it's aimed at me." She points her thumb behind her.

Erza shot a look towards the direction that Sakura was pointing and automatically knew who it was. "Juvia, calm down and come over here and introduce yourself to our new guild member."

Sakura looks behind her and sees a woman dressed in blue with blue hair approaching her. She could still sense the dark aura coming from the woman and became a bit scared of her.

"So you're the new member of the guild?" Juvia asks sternly.

"Y-yes, I am," she replies still a little frightened of the water wizard. "My name is Sakura, and you must be Juvia, am I right?"

"Yes, I'm Juvia," she says. "Let's just get one thing clear, Sakura: don't you even think about trying to seduce my beloved Grey. There's only room for one woman in his life and that is me. If you can manage that, then I'm sure we'll get along quite well."

"Wh-what do you mean seduce him?" she asks while blushing a little. "I have no intention on trying to do anything of the sort."

"We shall see about that," she said coldly as she turned and walked away.

Sakura, still a little confused about why Juvia thought that she was going to try and seduce the ice wizard, returned her attention to her new friends. "It was nice to meet you all, but I think I'm gonna take off for a little bit and get a layout of the town."

"That's a good idea," Lucy agreed. "And if you need a place to stay until you can get a place of your own, you're always welcome at my house. I'll just have to convince the land lady to let you stay for a while, but it won't be easy."

With that said, Sakura waved good-bye to her new friends and exited the guild hall.

She pulled the map out of her satchel and began to examine it thoroughly. "When I was on the boat coming here, the captain told me that the main attraction of Magnolia was the Cardia Cathedral in the center of town. I guess I should head there to see if it's as beautiful as he said." She began making her way to the famous cathedral while still looking at the map when she bumped into somebody after making it about halfway there.

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry!" she shrieked. "I was looking at my map and didn't see you there! Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," the man said calmly. "What about you, you aren't hurt are you?" The man looked into her eyes and she was instantly met with the most beautiful pair of emerald green eyes she had ever seen and began to swoon over his accent.

"N-no, I'm okay," she said blushing. "I was just making my way to Cardia Cathedral when we bumped into each other."

"You're headed to the cathedral?" he questioned. "That's ironic, I was just heading there myself." Suddenly, a small cat that looked like a snow leopard flew up to him.

"Jason!" the leopard cat said catching up to him. "I told you not to leave without me."

Jason chuckled a little and stroked the flying cat. "Sorry about that, Soma, but you know that I don't like waiting for too long. After all, we still have to make it to the Fairy Tail guild hall before it gets dark." Sakura's eyes widened at what the handsome man had just said.

"You're headed to Fairy Tail?" she asked joyfully. "I actually just came from there myself and I just joined the guild." She quickly spun around to show him her golden guild mark.

"You just became a member of Fairy Tail?!" he looked at his cat with a sparkle in his eyes. "Well if this beauty joined the guild, then I'm certain that we can join with no problems." He quickly turned his attention back to Sakura and he realized that he hadn't properly introduced himself. "Oh, please forgive my lack of manners; I haven't introduced myself to you yet. My name is Jason Canonach, and my cat here is named Soma. So what, might I ask, is your name, my black haired beauty?"

Sakura blushed like crazy and bowed forward slowly. "M-my name is Sakura Ayako. It's a pleasure to meet you, Jason."

"Likewise, Miss Sakura," Jason responded whilst returning her bow. "Well then, shall we head to the cathedral then? I heard it's the most beautiful building in this entire town." He offered her his elbow and she gladly took it without even thinking twice about it.

"Yes, let us go and see if the rumors are true," she said graciously. With that said, the two wizards and the snow leopard Exceed trailed off to the cathedral.