This is not an April's Fools Day chapter!
Some things to address, I did push the envelope just ever so slightly with Oración Seis and I'll admit that. Other than that little hiccup, and the fact that I slightly aged those 5, I'm sticking very closely to the timeline itself, I'm constantly time-facting my timeline that way I don't screw anything up.
So far: Gohan x Minerva x Cana, more to come!
"Hello": Character speech
'Hello': Character thought
"Hello": Transformed character speech
'Hello': Transformed character thought
"Hello": Dragon talk
'Hello': Dragon speech
"DAMN YOU!" Pissed off transformation
"TECHNIQUE'S NAME"
Chapter 4: Rob's justice! Your father's a what?
Last time on a Saiyan's Fairy Tail
Makarov dropped his stamp as he heard what the little girl had said. "Can you repeat that Erza?" She nodded sadly as Gohan was even in shock. "R-Rob-jiji is dead Master Makarov. He gave his life to protect me from the dark mages and I was in a rage I unlocked my magic and sent the weapons they had nearby at them." Makarov sighed sadly. "That's what I thought I heard, go see my grandson Laxus and have him take you to a nice woman named Porlyusica. She'll fix your eye, I'll be there shortly." She nodded, leaving Makarov's office as he slammed his hand on the desk in sorrow. Gohan looked on in sadness, it wasn't every day one of your oldest friends died, he knew that pain all too well himself. "Master….." Gohan put his hand on Makarov's shoulder. "I'll find the bastards who did this, bring them to justice. As a favor for you taking me in all those years ago, and as for Rob. He might not have wanted vengeance, but I'm sure he would want justice. I also want to make sure all those kids got out safely too." Makarov wiped a tear away and nodded. "Be careful Gohan, this is an S-class mission for you. Take Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe with you, tell him it's of the upmost importance. Come back to me if your leads come to dead ends, or if you find those kids." Gohan nodded and left the office.
Makarov sighed and pulled out his Lacrima, walking out of his office and heading to Porlyusica's. "I better tell Bob and Goldmine, Yajima will know after the council meeting."
A few days later
(Insert Grief and Sorrow from Naruto)
A funeral was currently being held for Rob, one of the senior members of Fairy Tail. All of the current Fairy Tail members were there, as well as some of the older ones like Goldmine, Bob of Blue Pegasus, even Councilman Yajima was there as well. On the tombstone it read "Rob Scarlet, loving member of Fairy Tail, grandfather to all. March X697-X776."
They were all dressed up in funeral clothing, even young Gray, Erza and Cana. Gohan had wrapped his useless left arm in black bandages for the occasion. Even Laxus had forgone his usual earbuds and jacket and had suited up for the occasion. Makarov stood at the grave, sighing softly in his own tuxedo jacket as it began to rain. No one had seen him, but even the former second guild master of Fairy Tail, Precht Purehilto was there in respect to one of his former guild mates. With him stood Ultear Milkovich.
"Death is a tragedy for most of us Ultear. I may not be with Fairy Tail, and may actively seek goals against their own by looking for Zeref and the One Magic, but even I will show respect to the fallen, especially one that I had high hopes for." Precht, or better known nowadays as Hades, said to the young girl. He put his hand on her shoulder. "Let me tell you something that a close friend of mine once said Ultear."
"Master?" She asked, looking up to him as a tear fell down Hades' cheek. "No matter what we do, whether it be seen as good or evil, no matter how dire the battle, never forsake honor. Some of the dark guilds, like Eisenwald, or our partners in Tartaros and Oración Seis may laugh on petty things as honor, but honor is the mutual respect between warriors. Between us, and our enemies." (References, yeah!)
Ultear nods sadly, looking down at the grieving members of Fairy Tail, past and current. 'Once I learn the secrets of the Lost magic, Arc of Time, I'll prevent such occurrences from happening. All the evil I may do will be nothing once we gain the One Magic and I can use Arc of Time to rewind the past mistakes.' If only she knew what would happen if she were to use Arc of Time in such a way.
Makarov had finished giving a speech about Rob's life, how he was loved by many, respected by all, and how he will be sorely missed in the hearts of Fairy Tail. Gohan stood close by Erza, who had tears running down both eyes as Gohan had helped Porlyusica in replacing Erza's damaged eye with a fully functional one. He had learned some healing magic, in case he wouldn't be able to fight ever again, he could still help the guild in its times of need. He hugged her, letting her cry into his chest as he looked down at her in sorrow. He rubbed her head softly.
"Erza." He said softly, making her look up to him as he smiled warmly but sadly. "I'll get the men that did to this Rob. Bring them to justice, save your friends. But I need your help okay?" She nodded softly. "Where did they take you from?" He asked. She sniffled slightly, "Rosemary Village. I saved a little girl there before they could take her too." He smiled gently, making her feel warm despite the rain and the sadness of the situation. "That was very brave of you Erza. I'm going to take Laxus and a few of our friends there, start our search there. Maybe look for that little girl you saved as well." Erza nodded and hugged him tightly. "After I come back, I'll take you under my wing and train you in your magic. Re-equip right?" "Yes," Erza replied. "The Knight re-equip." Gohan nodded. "We'll visit a dear friend of mine to get you some armor and swords for you to work with, along with a strong metal arm brace for me. I don't want you to pull any punches you hear?" Gohan smiled warmly, making Erza smile as the rain started to part. "Go with the others, I'm going to talk with Laxus real quick and make our plans." Erza nodded and left with Gray and the other new members as Gohan looked up as the clouds parted away, revealing the sun. He smiled softly. 'Rob, I'll take care of her. You had a big influence on helping me get adjusted in the guild, as well as helping me help Laxus when his father disappeared. I'll repay my debt to you, by taking her in.' Gohan smiled fondly. 'Just like I did for Trunks.'
He turned his head slightly, catching the sight of an older man with a young girl. 'Wait, isn't that?' He took off in their direction after seeing them walk away. "Hey! Wait!" Gohan caught up to the two as the older man turned around to face him, the girl hiding behind him. "Excuse me mister, but why didn't you come down to the funeral?" He asked, without a hint of suspicion in his voice, despite him being suspicious of their being there. 'Smart boy, hiding his suspicion.' Hades thought. "I'm sorry lad, but I've known Rob for a long time. Just as long as Makarov, and it hurt that I haven't seen him in years, only to hear that he died. Where are my manners? My name is Hades." Hades smiled softly, lowering Gohan's guard. Gohan did indeed lower his guard, but was ready to act within a moment's notice. "This is Ultear." Hades said, making the girl come out from behind him. Gohan raised an eyebrow slightly. "Did you free her from Brain? He was the one who I heard kidnapped her when he left the Bureau." Ultear was puzzled by what he said as Hades internally scowled but outwardly had a grandfatherly smile. 'Damn it, I was hoping to get away with Ultear without her knowing about her mother. But maybe, I can spin this the right way.' "Yes I freed her, I was going to take her back to the council until I heard about Rob's death." Gohan smiled sadly. "We only heard of it ourselves a few days ago, by a little girl by the name of Erza. Did you hear about the incident at Whale tail Island?" Gohan asked, making Ultear stiffen as Hades nodded softly, readying his magic. "It's a shame what happened, so many families lost relatives there, to that demon Deliora. Especially young Gray." Hades paused for a second as Ultear did as well, wanting to hear what happened. Gohan had a hidden smirk. 'Hook line sinker.' "He lost his father to the demon, the legendary Silver Fullbuster. And his own teacher who I'm sure you know Ultear." Ultear growled in anger, shooting off ice magic at Gohan who narrowly dodged it. "Don't speak her name! I want nothing to do with her!" Hades smirked, knowing the boy fell into a trap. But wait, Hades thought, why would he purposely draw in Ultear?
"Ur Milkovich, your mother Ultear, sacrificed herself to stop the demon. Leaving behind her two students, and you. You look puzzled when I asked if Hades saved you from Brain. It's simple, the council wants you to return because Brain was a part of the Bureau of Magic Development who kidnapped you and countless other children." Hades scowled and shot his knee with his Bullet Magic, causing Gohan to gasp in pain as his knee buckled as he fell onto his other knee. "Ur didn't abandon you Ultear, Ur was told that you-"
"Silence boy!" Hades growled out, shooting another magic projectile, this time at Gohan's bad arm which caused him to scream in pain, alerting Makarov and Laxus with the magical energy being released. "We must leave Ultear, the others will be here soon. And even I in all my power cannot best them all." Ultear looked conflicted, but nodded, taking Hades' arm as he teleported them away. Gohan chuckled softly, groaning in slight pain. "Glad he shot my bad arm than my good arm." He channeled his healing magic and started to heal the pain in his knee and arm, sighing softly as Makarov and Laxus arrived. "Gohan what happened?" Laxus asked, concerned for his friend. "It's a long story. Master, do you know a man by the name of Hades?" Makarov was confused by the name and shook his head.
2 weeks later, Rosemary Village
Gohan sat on the train, with his metal arm brace on as Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe sat with him. He was in deep thought about what happened after Rob's funeral. Gohan frowned, taking the master's words into deep consideration after their meeting before the funeral. Hence why he was on the train instead of flying there himself. "Alright, we're going to search the town for any clues, I'll be personally looking for a little girl that Erza gave me the description of before we left. Look for anything that might pertain to these slavers, if anyone knows anything or if we can find a trail." The Thunder God Tribe nod as Laxus frowned. "Putting a lot of faith into the new kid aren't you Gohan? What if we can't find anything?" Gohan sighed, "If we can't find anything, we don't find anything. Laxus you saw the condition she was in when she came into the guild. No one can make that up or lie about it." Laxus put his hands up in surrender. "Hey, I'm just saying. Who knows how long ago she was at that tower? How long it took her to find the guild? The trail could be stone cold for all we know." Laxus puts his hand on Gohan's shoulder. "Listen, I want to be hopeful and find Rob's killers too, but I'm just trying to be realistic here Gohan. We're going into a town that might not even exist anymore, on the words of a little 11 year old kid." Gohan sighs. "I know Laxus, I'm hopeful though. There was a boy I mentored in a past life, we both lost everything. It's just…." Laxus smiled softly. "Erza reminds you of him and yourself doesn't she?" Gohan nodded, clenching his fist. "We'll find something Gohan, you'll be looking in the air, we got the ground." Laxus smirked. "If you can keep up to us." Gohan chuckled and smiled at Laxus, nodding.
They were making progress. From what they found on the so called "paper trail" is that the slavers killed the parents, took the kids and were heading to Hargeon. There were both men and women slavers, making it easy to appear as a family going on vacation, and thus easier for them to get away without anyone really taking notice. They asked the boat master where most of the ships had gone from the port, and after some persuasion and saying that they were from Fairy Tail on an investigation job, he gave them their records.
Freed looked over the entries. "Bosco, Caelum, Alvaraez… these slavers went everywhere." He looked up at Laxus and Gohan whom was rubbing his chin in thought. "It's going to be hard to narrow down where Erza was sent to, but I can do it." Gohan nodded. "Well we can eliminate Alvaraez, no way would slavers of that man go way out there to revive him. Bosco seems too mountainy and militarized to allow slavery, but it can still happen. We might as check any islands near Caelum. Just remember, we're looking for something that would be the equivalent of a tower." They all nod, taking a boat heading for Caelum. Gohan lowered his voice. "Blend in, but don't act too suspicious. See if there's any slavers still here, or any children. We want to make sure this smuggling operation is ended without any causalities." They all respond with "Right!" or "Got it" as Gohan nods, leaning against the wall of the boat. He crosses his arms and pretends to dose off, allowing his sense of hearing to be enhanced. He heard a door for the ship open with two men walking out. "The kid's plan may actually work. As long as we keep providing him with children, Zeref will come back in no time." Gohan heard, clenching his fist but keeping his coo as the other guy hit his partner upside the head. "You idiot! Don't say such things out loud! Do you want us to get caught? Just remember to use the lifeboats when everyone's asleep tonight. I'll continue the plan once this ship comes back to Fiore." The first man nodded, rubbing his sore head and grumbling out a few curses before going back inside, leaving the second man behind. Gohan opened his eyes and walked past the second man, pushing him overboard into the water to hopefully disrupt the plans slightly as he made his way to find Laxus and inform the others of the slavers' plan.
Once nightfall hit, the slavers were leading children into the lifeboats but Gohan and the Thunder God Tribe stopped them with minimal effort as Gohan punched the wall beside the leader's head. "Tell me your plans or else you'll be sharing the same fate as a dear friend of ours." To emphasize their point, Laxus charged a lightning spell, Freed charging one of his Dark Ecriture spells, Evergreen charging one of her Fairy magic spells, and Bickslow….. Well Bickslow had a sinister grin on his face that creeped out the leader. "Okay, okay! I'll tell you what you want! Our boss wants the kids to reconstruct the R-system tower! It's on a small island halfway between Fiore and Caelum! We're supposed to be able to use this tower to bring Zeref back to live! Once it's completed, we'll be granted the power of the One Magic! That's all I know, I swear!" Gohan narrowed his eyes, and knocked him out, tying him up with the other slavers. "The One Magic….. Hades said something about that too before he took off. That has to be related somehow. Tell them to turn the ship around Evergreen, we've got kids here who need a home and these slavers need to answer for their crimes." Evergreen nods and goes back upstairs to alert the crew. Gohan sighed softly, sitting back as Laxus caught him. "It's getting rougher isn't it? The poison's still limiting your abilities isn't it?" Gohan nodded, wiping his forehead with his good arm. "I wish I knew what the poison was he used, otherwise I'm going to be handicapped for a while. Luckily Granny Porlyusica is looking through her book of poisons to see if she can find it." Laxus nodded softly. "I hate to see you like this Gohan, this weak…." Gohan smirked softly. "Didn't know you care so much Laxus." Laxus scoffed, looking away. "Oh please! I hate seeing you this weak knowing that I've lost to you!" "Laxus, it's just us and the Tribe, cut the crap." Gohan chuckled, making Laxus chuckle as well.
"So we've got a location, do we continue with their plan just without the kids?" Laxus asked. Gohan nodded. "Yes, take their clothes and I'll cut up some of my clothes, making it seem like I'm a slave. Once we're able to at least identify this is the place, we'll head back and tell master and the Magic Council." Laxus nodded, "Good plan, couldn't have done better myself."
A few hours of sailing in a lifeboat
The boat hit the shore, causing everyone to wake up from their short nap. "This must be it." Gohan said, looking up at the tower that is under construction. "You four go meet up with the head honcho here, I'm going to see if I can find Erza's friends. Be careful okay? Rob died here, who knows what these people are capable of?" They nod and set off to find the boss while Gohan looked around for Erza's friends. After some time of searching, Gohan sighed and gave up until a boy his age with black hair and an eyepatch covering his eye pulled him into a dark corner. "Drop the act, I can tell you're too clean cut to be an actual slave, so who are you?" Gohan narrowed his eyes. "I'm Son Gohan, Fairy Tail's guardian." The boy nodded, satisfied with Gohan's answer. "That means Erza did escape and found Rob-jisan's guild. Sorry for the suspicions, I'm Simon. Jellal, one of the fellow slaves and now leader of this operation, told us that Erza-chan destroyed the ships to escape herself. Of course I didn't believe it because Erza cared about getting us all of the island." Gohan gasped softly. "So that means….. that you guys are being tricked into doing this?" The now named Simon nodded. "Yes, only Jellal and myself know the truth. Millianna, Sho and Wally don't know that she didn't actually destroy the ships, that Jellal destroyed them." Gohan sighed softly. "You kids are in it rough huh?" "Kids?" Simon raised an eyebrow. "You're the same age as me." Gohan grinned. "True, but I've been in Fairy Tail for 6 years. I'm going to get you guys out of here." Simon shook his head. "Don't, Jellal has eyes everywhere on the mainland. As soon as we land, we'll be shipped back here and punished for escaping." Gohan grit his teeth. "Damn. Alright, I'm going to give you something then." Gohan slips a hand into his torn pants pocket and pulls out a communication lacrima and hands it to Simon. "I want you to be my spy here Simon, that way anything that Jellal does we can be ready for. Erza misses all of you, especially you Simon." Simon blushed darkly. "R-really? She misses me?" Gohan grins teasingly. "Yeah, seems like she has a little crush on you, while I think you have a massive crush on her." Simon sputtered, but took the lacrima. "Joking aside," Gohan started, straightening out and turning serious. "I want you to tell us if Jellal plans something big for this tower. I promise I'll get you all out of here safely. What made you think that I wasn't a slave though?" Simon pointed to his arm. "Your left arm, it's bandaged up and no slaver would want a kid with a broken arm." Gohan deadpanned. "Yeah… I didn't think that one through enough." He pulled out another lacrima and called Laxus. "Laxus, come in Laxus." Nothing, just static. "Damn it, we've been found out."
Gohan looked around the tower for hours, finally finding Laxus and the Tribe in the jail cells. "Guys!" Laxus looked up, frowning. "It's a trap." Gohan smiled at him and replied with an "I know" as Jellal came up, clapping his hands. "Well, well, well, Lightning God Laxus and Son Gohan. Who would've thought that Fairy Tail's strongest mages would pop up on my doorstep?" Jellal grins and Gohan turns, facing him with a smirk. "Jellal I presume? Erza spoke highly of you, until you turned on her." Jellal's grin falls flat as he stares at him. "You realize that you won't be leaving here, not in one piece at the very least." Gohan's smirk deepens. "I'm here not in one piece, what's going to change child?" Gohan powers up with a yell, blinding the guards with his aura as he takes them out easily and heads to Jellal who blocked his attack. "Is that all little guardian?" Jellal smirked at him as Gohan frowned. 'Strong!' Gohan leapt out of the way, using a low powered Special Beam Cannon to break the lock on the door. "Laxus! Get the tribe out of here! I'll be right behind you!"
Laxus nodded and Gohan blocked a blast from Jellal that was aimed at Evergreen. "Cheap shot that was Jellal." Gohan growled as Jellal smirked. "How do you expect to fight me with one arm Gohan?" "The same way I'm going to shove my foot up your ass!" Gohan head-butted Jellal, causing Jellal to cry out in pain and hold his head. "How could you become the leader for the people who killed Rob?!" There was a momentary pause in Jellal as his personality shifted. "R-rob-jiji is dead?" He shakes his head, something Gohan noticed. "It doesn't matter, once we finish this tower and revive Zeref, he'll reward us with his knowledge and Ultear will bring him back using her Arc of Time." Gohan frowned. "An arc of time that strong would kill her! I admire you wanting to change the future, but why make the future horrible if you're going to change it in the first place? I fight for a better future, not to make a shitty one!" Gohan roared, clashing against Jellal, his brace straining against how much power he was pushing out. After a few minutes of fighting, Gohan's brace is blown off, which causes him to scream in pain as Jellal smirks in victory. "You see Gohan, you have no chance against me. Not in your current state." Gohan started chuckling and then laughing as Jellal narrowed his eyes. "What's so funny damn it?!" Gohan smirked and aimed a ki blast behind him, blasting the wall down. "Because I've distracted you long enough for my friends to get out of here. We will fight again Jellal, and mark my words, Erza will get her revenge for what you've done." Before Jellal can react, Gohan throws a ki orb at the ground, causing a huge dust cloud explosion. Gohan takes off, flying through the hole as Jellal watches on with a slight smirk. "He didn't discover any of our plans. Even if he did, there's no way he can do anything about it." Gohan crashed down on the lifeboat after finding his friends, chuckling softly as he landed in Evergreen's lap. When asked why he was laughing, he simply replied "We've got a spy."
July 7th, X777
After reporting to Makarov of the mission success they had, they were all pad for an S-class job, with Gohan being promoted to S-class due to his careful planning and his strategy in combat. Laxus meanwhile became an S-class the same year after the S-class trials. Erza and Gray were good friends with each other that is when Gray wasn't stripping due to his Ice Make training. Gohan had laughed at that and teasingly made fun of Laxus for not being able to break Gray out of that habit. Of course, on the other hand, Laxus teased Gohan for making Erza so strict which would in turn cause Gohan to deadpan. All and all, a normal average day in the life of the Fairy Tail guild. That is, until a loud wailing was heard. Makarov and Gohan left the guild to go find the source of the wailing, Gohan now a mature 13 years old. What they found was a young boy, no older than 10 years old crying because his father left him. Gohan went over to comfort the young boy as Makarov walked over, Gohan saying soothing words to the young boy. "What's your name son?" Makarov asked the young boy. He sniffles and says with a bright grin. "I'm Natsu Dragneel!" "Well Natsu, do you know where you father went?" Natsu shakes his head. "I don't know, have you seen him? He's big and red and he's a dragon!" Gohan and Makarov look stupefied. "Could you repeat that Natsu?"
Natsu grinned, "He's a big red dragon! His name is Igneel!"
And end!
Phew, got that one done through and through. So as people can see, I am not doing Erza x Jellal, but instead Erza x Simon! Haha! Plot twist! Also, yes Simon is a spy for Gohan and Makarov to fill them in with Jellal's plots! While it may not seem like it, Rob has been avenged. Gohan knows where the island is now, he's met Hades and almost told Ultear the truth about what had actually happened! Ultear is a bit suspicious of what she's been told by Brain and Hades, and will seek out Gohan in the near future.
And we finally got to everyone's favorite flame-brained idiot Natsu!
Natsu: You wanna go jerk?!
Wait, how the hell did you get here?
Happy: Same way I got here sir!
YOU'RE NOT EVEN IN THE STORY YET CAT! Anyways, that's the end of the story! Ja Ne!
Note: since this chapter is going up on Easter and April's Fools Day, Happy Easter everybody!