AN: Oh Hi. Sorry this chapter's a bit late, but I had a dance show and then I was at my cousin's house and then my mom was shitting kittens on the state of my room so I had to clean it up, which took the entire freakin' day. Oh and then there's the school projects.

But enough excuses.

I've been getting really nice review from people, and they make me so happy. Thank you to those of you who take the time to do that! It's what keeps me going on stories.

Um…warnings…possible OOCness, lots of swearing, and minor violence.

Anyway. I'm sure half of you have already stopped reading this and skipped to the chapter, so I'll shut up now.

ON WITH THE CHAPTER~!

Chapter 3: The Party

A young man stood just outside the doors of the famous Fairy Tail, debating whether or not he should go through with this.

On one hand, if it turns out the party was just a trick or something happened, Fairy Tail would be there to help. On the other, having Fairy Tail there would destroy any chances of having a calm evening.

To be safe, or to have peace?

Finally deciding he'd rather be safe than sorry, he sighed and reached up to the doorknob of the guild.

This was of course, since it was Fairy Tail, the exact moment Natsu was sent flying through the doors, a smug Gray standing in the doorway.

"Fix those doors! I just put them up yesterday!" Someone yelled from inside.

From the doorway you could see the normal playful brawl happening. Food, tables, chairs, and people were being sent flying across the room.

The young man sweat dropped at the sight of the chaotic guild. "U-um, excuse me…" He tried.

"Hi! A blonde girl said, popping up next to him. Her name was Lucy, he believed.

"Oh, uh, hi. I came here to tell you guys about the new guild's party that they're throwing." He said nervously.

"Oh, let me take you to the master then!" Lucy said with a smile. She grabbed the young man's hand and dragged him inside the guild.

*TIME SKIP*

"So basically you want us to go as extra security?" Makarov, the small old man known as the master of Fairy Tail and one of the Ten Wizard Saints, sat on the bar counter located at the back of the guild, listening to the request.

"Well…yeah, basically."

"Alright!" Makarov said with a grin. "I wanted to go anyways. Maybe try and offer peace or something so that we wouldn't end up like we did with Phantom Lord." He said as he hopped off the bar. "Mirajane! Tell the guild members we're going to a party!" Makarov said happily to the white-haired woman that was working the bar.

"Yes master!" She walked out from behind the bar and headed into the brawling mass.

"Hey, show us where it is, will you?" Makarov looked at the young man who had come to tell them of the party.

He forced a smile. "Sure thing!" But I wanted to go with my date… He mentally sobbed.

"Um, master?" Mirajane came up to where they were standing. "The only ones available right now are Natsu, Erza, Lucy, Gray, and Happy." She said gesturing to the small group of teens and a flying cat gathered by the broken door.

Makarov nodded his approval to her. "Okay, thanks. You're in charge while I'm gone Mirajane."

She nodded her understanding to him as he walked over to the group of teenagers with a grin, the still unnamed young man close behind.

"You guys ready for a party?" Makarov asked. The four teens and cat looked down at him, their bickering temporarily stopping.

"I wonder if they have strong people there?" Natsu said with excitement.

"Is fighting all you ever think about?" Gray asked.

"Gray! Where are your clothes?!" Lucy exclaimed.

"My clothes? What do you – " He glanced down at himself. "Holy crap! Where'd my clothes go?!"

"Just go get dressed!" Everyone shouted in unison.

Anyway, it was good thirty minutes until they set off. When they finally did, Gray was fully clothed, Erza and Lucy were both in dresses, Natsu was fired up and eager to see the new guild, and Makarov was laughing heartily.

This is going to be a long walk… The young man thought.

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The party was going surprisingly smoothly, which was making Ichigo very jumpy. No one had approached him to question him yet, instead engaging in civil conversation with different guild members.

Every time Ulquiorra led inside another group of people, he would watch them like a hawk until he was sure they weren't going to start any trouble.

So when Ulquiorra escorted in a group of bickering teenagers with a talking cat, a troubled looking man and a small old man, Ichigo was almost relieved. As he looked closer, he could see a guild mark on the pink haired boy's arm, and he studied it. It looked like it was the guild mark of Fairy Tail, but he wasn't sure.

Ichigo decided he would go and greet them to see what their intentions were. As he approached, he raised an eyebrow at their conversation, and the fact that the troubled looking man was hurrying away.

"Gray! Where did your shirt go?!" The blond girl asked.

"Eh?!" The black-haired guy exclaimed, looking down at himself.

"Wow! Everyone looks so strong! I'm getting all fired up!"

"Hehehe~ all these women are very nice~" The old man said with a perverted grin.

"I agree with Natsu. Everyone here seems very strong." The red head noted, examining various people.

"I wonder if they have fish?" The oddly colored cat asked.

Ichigo smiled at the cat, it reminded him of his old teacher, Yoruichi. He stopped beside the blonde girl, smile still in place.

"Hello. Welcome to our guild, Hollow Moon." Ichigo said, giving a shallow bow. They all stared at him curiously, and he straightened up. "Would I be wrong in assuming you are members of the guild Fairy Tail?"

"Nope! I'm Makarov, master of Fairy Tail." The old man said with a grin. "This is Lucy, Natsu, Erza, Gray, and Happy." He pointed to each person, and the cat. He turned back to Ichigo. "And who might you be?"

Ichigo crouched down and held out his hand to the old man. "I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, the guild master. Pleased to make your acquaintance."

"Ah, yes. Ichigo, what a cute name." The old man said smiling, and shook his hand. Then it donned on him what Ichigo had said. "G-guild master?!" Makarov exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'm the guild master." Ichigo repeated. He chose to ignore the comment on his name and not to correct him.

"But you can't be any older than 18!" Makarov cried.

"15, to be exact." Ichigo said casually. Why do I feel like I've had this conversation before? He wondered.

"How ever did you become a guild master, boy?" Makarov asked.

"Um…long story. Bunch of stuff happened, and the Magic Council made me the master of this guild." Ichigo explained shortly. It really was too long and complicated to tell, along with the fact that it would reveal the guild's past and probably get them pitchforked and torched out of the town.

"Hmm…you must be very strong for the council to acknowledge your power enough to make you a guild master." Makarov said. Ichigo smiled wryly at him and scratched the back of his head.

"Well, that's not exactly why I'm the master, but it's close enough." He said, standing up. Natsu planted himself in front of him, a determined look on his face.

"Hey, fight me will you?" Natsu asked excitedly.

"Why?" Ichigo raised an eyebrow at him, crossing his arms. Natsu was going to reply when Erza smacked him in the back of his head.

"Don't pick fights with random people!" She scolded.

"But he isn't a random person! He's the guild master, and I want to fight him!" Natsu exclaimed.

Bickering between the teens ensued, and Ichigo watched with interest.

"Ne, Ichi-chan, what do we have here?" Gin asked, coming up behind Ichigo and slinging an arm over his shoulder.

Ichigo lifted Gin's arm off him, frowning. "What do you want Gin?" He growled.

"Aw, don't be like that Ichi-chan~" Gin said sadly, his foxy grin turning to a frown for a brief moment. Ichigo sighed and raised a hand. He began to gesture to the Fairy Tail guild members.

"We have guests from Fairy Tail. I'd appreciate it if you didn't screw with their heads, 'kay Gin?" Ichigo said, giving a pointed look to the silverette.

"Okay, okay I won't." Gin held his hands up and grinned, then turned and left swiftly. Ichigo watched him go and sighed again, shaking his head.

"As you can see, we have some interesting characters here. And Gin's not even the worst of the bunch." Ichigo turned back to the group of Fairy Tail members. "Oh, pardon me. Feel free to mingle. I told everyone to be on their best behavior." He smiled politely, sweeping a hand out to gesture to the feast laid out and everyone talking and walking around. They all nodded and the boys headed to the feast while Erza and Lucy headed off into the crowd.

Ichigo followed the boy's direction, deciding to grab a bite to eat himself. All he had today was ramen, and his stomach was growling. On the way there he was assaulted by Nel, who changed to her child form, her usual green dress now white.

"Itsygo! Gwimm-tan is getting bullied by Nnoi-tan!" She exclaimed, pointing over to where Grimmjow and Nnoitra were fighting. Nnoitra had Grimmjow in a head lock and was giving him a noogie, while Grimmjow was shouting and clawing at Nnoitra's arms.

Ichigo stifled his laughter as he headed over to the pair. When he was around 20 feet away, he whispered to Nel, "Hey Nel, you think you could use your head butting move on Nnoitra? It'll make this a lot easier."

"Okay! Nel will do her best!" She fist pumped and climbed onto his shoulder. Then she launched herself off him and shouted something about head butting. She hit Nnoitra in the stomach, sending him flying into the wall and making him release Grimmjow. Ichigo came up behind Grimmjow and grabbed him by the collar to keep him from going over to Nnoitra.

"Good job Nel!" Ichigo gave her a thumbs-up with his free hand, and the girl grinned. He then rounded on Grimmjow and Nnoitra who were glaring at each other. "And just what the hell were you guys doing?" Ichigo growled.

"He started it!" Grimmjow shouted, pointing an accusing finger at Nnoitra.

"Bullshit! You're the one that bumped into me!" Nnoitra shouted back.

"I DON'T CARE WHO STARTED IT!" Ichigo yelled over the two of them. "What did I say about fighting?" Ichigo glared at both of them, but they didn't answer. "Okay, since it seems you've forgotten, I said anyone who fights on guild grounds is on bar duty with Nel for the rest of the month. That means no jobs for you guys, and you're going to be doing all the heavy lifting for her, along with whatever else she wants you to do."

"That's bullshit! Why do I have to take orders from you? You're younger, weaker, smaller, and less experienced than me, so how can you just order me around?" Nnoitra roared. Everyone was staring at the scene now, watching with interest and fear.

"Nnoitra – " Grimmjow started, but Ichigo held up a hand, cutting him off.

"It's okay Grimm." Ichigo said stepping in front of Nnoitra's towering form. "Nnoitra, I may be all those things, and many more. But I want you to remember that I'm also the only thing standing between you and the Magic Council, and I sacrificed a lot of shit to save not only your ass, but everyone else in the fucking guild. I've been tolerant of your bullshit for the past week, but it stops now. You better give me the damn respect I deserve, or I'll drag your ass to the Council myself. Understand?" Ichigo hadn't raised his voice, he hadn't shouted or screamed. His tone was quiet and perfectly even, but it screamed danger.

Nnoitra swallowed and looked away, hissing, "Yes." Ichigo nodded in approval and stepped back, turning on his heel. He clapped his hands together, a grin on his face. "Sorry about that everyone! Don't worry about it; just go back to whatever you were doing." He could feel all the different looks being directed towards him, but he ignored them. From a few guild members he felt glares; from guests he felt both fearful and curious looks, and on the Fairy Tail members he could see shocked faces. He sighed as everyone slowly started moving and talking again.

He jumped as he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey Ichigo, you okay? It's not like you to snap like that…" He heard Grimmjow say worriedly. Ichigo rubbed his eyes and tilted his head back, letting out a groan.

"I'm just stressed. I've been wracking my brain for ways to get Shiro out of prison; I have a shit load of paperwork to do still for the legalization of this guild, and the agreement between us and the council. Then I have to go down and help Urahara out with his shop this weekend because Jinta has a cold. And my sisters wrote me saying how much they miss me and that they want me and Shiro to go visit them. They still don't know he's locked up. And then Nnoitra wants to give me shit over bar duty? Fuck that." Ichigo took a deep breath after his explanation, looking at Grimmjow.

"Oh it'll be alright Ichigo. It always is for you and your damn brother. You two are the luckiest bastards I've ever met, even more than that dumbass Ikkaku." Grimmjow said with a grin.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Ichigo muttered as he strained to see the clock that was across the room behind the bar. "Shit, it's already 9:00?" Ichigo muttered. "Oi Grimm, get your ass behind the bar, and take Nnoitra and Nel with you." Ichigo said walking over to the table where the majority of people were at. He noticed a lot of the guild members that were sitting before had now stood and began to walk around to talk with others.

He looked around for a spot to sit and saw a seat next to Szayel and Yylfordt. Across from them was Natsu wolfing down more food than should have been logically possible, with Gray eating at a more reasonable pace. The cat Happy was hoarding fish on a plate next to Natsu, grinning like a madcat.

Walking with a swift pace, he threw himself on the chair next to Szayel. "Yo." Ichigo greeted, grinning at Szayel. "How's my favorite nutty scientist doing?" He joked. Szayel looked at him blankly.

"Bored. I haven't experimented on anyone for the past week, I've been so busy. I almost considered cloning myself, but that would take too much of my precious time up." Szayel said almost lazily.

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I know what you mean…" He grumbled. "Oh, and thanks for my uniform…it's actually not half as bad as I thought it would be."

Szayel made a shocked and insulted expression. "Since when do I ever make something of poor quality?" Szayel asked.

"Since that one time when you – " Yylfordt started, but was shushed by a glare from Szayel.

"We agreed to never speak of that." He hissed.

Ichigo rolled his eyes at the brothers, turning his attention away from them. He instead focused on Natsu and Happy, who were patting their stomachs in a satisfied manner.

"Man that was good, right Happy?" Natsu said with a content sigh.

"Aye!" The blue cat agreed.

"I'm glad you like it." Ichigo said, reaching over and grabbing a roasted leg of some sort of animal. "I'll be sure to tell Nel you liked it. She stayed up half the night trying to find all these recipes." Ichigo said, taking a bite of the leg and chewing.

"Nel?" Gray asked curiously.

"The green-haired munch. She's usually clinging to my back or head butting someone." Ichigo explained.

"No, she's actually the busty green-haired woman with a red tattoo on her face, and the scar on her forehead." Yylfordt corrected. "She's only a kid around you, Ichigo." He said, waving his fork at Ichigo.

"Oh yeah! I think I saw her earlier…" Natsu exclaimed. "Hey, tell me, is she strong?" He asked excitedly.

"Well…" Ichigo started.

"Are you kidding?" Yylfordt asked incredulously. "She's fucking scary strong! Nearly took off my head once with that damn lance of hers!" Yylfordt cried.

"Oh get over it. I already patched you up good as new. When will you ever let go of it?" Szayel asked, rolling his eyes with an exaggerated sigh.

"When I get an apology from 'er!" Yylfordt said around his food.

"You know she probably doesn't even remember it, right?" Ichigo asked, turning and chunking the cleaned off bone in the nearest trashcan. Yylfordt began muttering things under his breath, and Ichigo ignored him.

"Anyway, Nel fixed this feast for us, with some help from Pesche and Dondochakka of course." Ichigo said, gesturing to the food. "She's an amazing cook, I tell you. The other night she made this soup, and man did it taste good."

"Maybe we should have Lucy learn to cook from her. She only serves us coffee and tea at her house." Happy said to Natsu.

"Yeah! That's a great idea!" Natsu agreed.

"What's this about me learning to cook?" The blonde Lucy asked, coming up behind Natsu suddenly. "Maybe if you guys didn't show up out of nowhere randomly in my house and let yourselves in without my permission, you'd get more than just coffee and tea!" There were several tick marks on Lucy's head, and Ichigo grimaced.

"I know how that feels." Ichigo muttered. He then watched as Lucy began chewing out the two boys and cat, smirking at the fact that none of them were listening.

"Their antics are pretty amusing, huh?" He heard a voice say to his left. He glanced over and jumped about a foot in the air.

Makarov was sitting cross-legged on the table, a cheery grin on his face and a mug of beer in his hand.

"Yeah. Kind of reminds me of how my friends and I would act." Ichigo agreed, smiling a bit as well. He reached over and grabbed a strawberry from a dish nearby and took a bite, savoring its sweetness.

"Hmm. Where are your friends now, boy?" Makarov asked. He took a gulp of beer.

"Probably sleeping. It's already, what, 9:30? That is if they don't have any paperwork. Then they're probably doing that if they do." Ichigo said and shuddered at the memories of the piles of paperwork he would be assigned weekly.

Makarov laughed at that. "Yeah, paperwork can be pretty troublesome sometimes!" Makarov said, taking another gulp from his mug.

"Understatement of the year…" Ichigo muttered.

"Ahahaha…this has been a good party, Ichigo. It's a pity we didn't get to talk more, but I think it's about time for us Fairy Tail members to head back." Makarov held out his hand, and Ichigo took it.

"Thank you for coming. I hope we become good allies in the future." Ichigo grinned.

"And me as well. If you need any help running your guild, let me know. This old man has some experience in running guilds." Makarov stood up and jumped off the table, landing at the feet of his teenage guild members. "Now if we could just collect Erza, we could be on our way." Makarov muttered.

"Erza! We're leaving!" Natsu yelled, and Makarov gave him the thumbs up.

"Atta' boy Natsu!" Makarov praised, and Natsu grinned. They then headed towards the doors, Ichigo watching them as they left. Lucy turned to wake at him, and Ichigo waved back. Erza joined the group as they reached the doors, and they left.

Ichigo stayed seated where he was, watching as one by one the guests left, until they were all gone.

"Wow. That went…surprisingly well." Ichigo commented.

"For you maybe, but the rest of us actually had to socialize." He heard Di Roy complain as he sat down next to Ichigo.

"Oh really? How'd that go?" Ichigo asked.

"Ugh." Was all he got in response.

"I'll take that as a, 'it went horrible'." Ichigo laughed.

"They asked so many questions…" Di Roy cried, laying his head down on the table.

"Hmm…well, the good news is now we can all go to sleep. I expect we'll have few requests coming in, and we also have to tidy up the guild." Ichigo said, standing slowly and stretching.

"Yay…" Di Roy muttered unenthusiastically.

"All right everybody, let's hit the sacks! We can work on cleaning tomorrow!" Ichigo shouted, and then yawned. Without another word to anyone, he headed to his room.

"G'night Grimm." Ichigo muttered before walking over to the Nel, who hadn't spotted him yet, and thus hadn't transformed either. "G'night Nel." He said, before going into his room and locking the door. He stripped and grabbed some pajama pants and a t-shirt from his drawers and pulled them on, then collapsed on his bed.

Tomorrow is going to be a long day…

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"So what did you think of the guild?" Erza asked. They were walking back to Fairy Tail, enjoying the night sky.

"I thought they were okay. Things got kind of awkward when they were fighting, though." Lucy said. "Wonder what that was all about…"

"I heard some of it. Something about how Ichigo was the only thing standing between the guild and the Council, and how he had sacrificed a lot for them." Gray said, frowning.

"Wonder what he meant by that…" Lucy wondered aloud.

"Did you see all those strong people there, though? I bet they would even give Erza some trouble when it came to fighting!" Natsu said.

"Aye! They were actually kinda scary when they were yelling." Happy said from Natsu's shoulder.

"Hmm…" Erza looked down at Makarov. "What about you, master?"

"They certainly were different…a teenager as a guild master? Appointed by the Magic Council, too? Something's not right." Makarov frowned. "Did anyone ask where they were from?"

"Ehh…Didn't that guy say something about them being from a mountain town called Karakura?" Erza said.

"Karakura?" Makarov asked sharply.

"Yeah…I think that's what he said." Lucy agreed.

"Then something's definitely not right." Makarov said as they reached the doors of Fairy Tail. "…I'll be in my office if anyone needs me." He muttered to Mirajane as she came up to greet them. He then hurried away.

"Well that was…strange." Lucy commented.

"Let's all just sleep on it." Gray said, and everyone agreed.

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"Hollow Moon…there's no record of it…so how is it that Ichigo is it's 2nd guild master?" Makarov muttered, looking at several scrolls. "And the only two guilds that existed in Karakura were a legal guild named Soul Society and a dark guild named Los Noches…but how does this new guild fit into that?" Makarov wondered.

Makarov stayed up through the night, trying to answer his many questions. When he finally fell asleep, he was still at his desk, asleep on top of piles of papers, scrolls, charts, maps, and various other items.

When Mirajane came in, she sighed and covered him up with a blanket.

"Oh master…"

AN: Well, I hope this was worth the wait, and sorry if it seems a bit rushed and/or odd. I wanted to post this for you guys ASAP.

I hope everything in the chapter was reasonable and not too OOC. Idk though.

Review and tell me what you think, point out any errors or ways I could make someone more in character…the review are what keep me going and help me finish up in time to post weekly!

And also, there's still a chance for you to ask for pairings. Although it's not a romantic story, I could probably through some romance in there. And even some friendship pairings between Fairy Tail and Hollow Moon would be helpful, or who you think would be enemies etc. so I know what you guys want.

Um…yeah. 'Til next time-

~ Luci-chan