Chapter 4

1idontcare-Thank you. The meet up between Ragna and the Tenrou team will be short because I don't see any reason to extend that part of the story. And yeah, I believe the seven-year time skip is a good plot starter that isn't used as much as I think it should be. Plus, I rather like the side characters. Don't get me wrong, I like the main characters, but Hiro does so much with them that he neglects the side characters, which I don't blame him for, as they're all pretty awesome in their own rights. In my opinion, it's hard to focus on side characters without them overshadowing the main ones. It's also my opinion, that side characters will help liven a franchise as it shows us that there are people beyond the back ground characters and the main cast. POV chapters will eventually come.

Mystech Master- Yes, there is. Can't say anymore as that would be spoiling. As for them coming...spoiler. As for the true Azure, he'll have it. He'll just not have full control over it yet. Just pretend that...uh...his current power level is that similar to his power during Chrono phantasma, just a bit more powerful. He'll eventually know about it and master/control it, just not now. As for the complete domination, we'll see.

J0K3R Of Monday- Well, I am aiming for decent at the very least. Anything else makes me fell happy. Unfortunately, we're past the point I can rectify his personality without drastically changing the story. I'll try to provide explanations though. Then again, they may not be adequate explanations. And thank you for the comment on his fighting style. I actually thought I did poorly on that.

Gerald Sta Maria Terumi 310-I heave heard about that crossover game. It appears, however, that most people care only about the RWBY characters in it. Not that it's bad, I just only hear people caring about the RWBY characters, which is bad because of how bad the fandom can be, or so I heard. For example, if Ragna is swearing at Ruby...I'm worried that will cause the fandom to hate his characters, which is stupid. Either way, I'm actually okay with the RWBY being in there. Makes for great marketing. Just wondering why they were chosen. And here I am wondering why this story is better than my RWBY crossover: RWBY: The Return. *Chuckles sadly* Why can't anyone review that. Anyway, interested in it when it comes out.

shadowedge27- Uh...can you be more specific. I can't understand what you're trying to convey, sorry.

"This is where you need it Kinana?" Asked Ragna as he was holding a large barrel of alcohol.

"Yup." Said Kinana as she watched him place the barrel where it belonged. The two then went inside the guild, where everyone was doing their usual thing. "Hey, Ragna, can you cook?"

"Why the sudden interest?" Asked Ragna.

"Just curious." Said Kinana. "No one hear can cook, so I thought that maybe you could."

"Well, actually yeah." Said Ragna. "I can cook a pretty good meal if I wanted to. Why? Thinking of taking a break?"

"Yup." Said Kinana. "Macao has been telling me to take a break every now and then. Overworking can be dangerous. So, can you…"

"*Sighs*Sure, I'll cook while you take a break." Said Ragna. "That cool?"

"Thank you!" Said Kinana with a smile. She then began to tell him where all the cooking equipment was.

Few hours later

"Hot damn! This is great. Even better than Kinana's!" Yelled Macao as he ate the chow that Ragna made. Kinana, though a bit offended by the remark, couldn't help but agree as she ate Ragna's cooked meal.

"Damn! Both a great fighter and cook! We really got a keeper!" Yelled Wakaba as he chowed down.

"This meal is inspiring me to make a dance of how fortunate we are!" Yelled Vijeeter, somehow dancing while eating.

"Guys, seriously, I ain't that good." Said Ragna, downplaying his cooking skills.

"No, this is truly as good as they say." Said Droy while crying tears of joy. "Now, I don't need to dream of eating at a five-star restaurant. We got a chef that make stuff like that." Chuckling in amusement, Ragna went to the request board and saw a letter that was addressed to him. Curious, he opened it and saw that it was from Mermaid Heel. He then read the letter and saw that Kagura wanted to meet him about a job. Deciding to indulge her, Ragna then told Macao of where he's going and who sent for him, which resulted in him grinning.

"Wow!" Said Macao with a grin. "Got the ace of Mermaid Heel asking for you personally. You got a great score kid."

"Seriously?" Said Ragna, annoyed. "It isn't like that." He then removed his apron before grabbing his sword and leaving for Mermaid Heel. While on the road he couldn't help, but wonder why Kagura was asking for him.

Later

Mermaid Heel Guild

Upon entering Mermaid Heel, Ragna went over to the bar and waited for Kagura. Sure enough, she arrived shortly after and sat next to him.

"Thank you for coming over at short notice." Said Kagura before ordering a glass of water.

"No problem." Said Ragna. "Now, what's the problem."

"Nothing much." Said Kagura. "I wanted pass along a thank you from that job you did for us. She was grateful for what you did, even if it was boring."

"No biggie." Said Ragna. "Anything else?"

"Yes." Said Kagura. "You see, I need your help again. This time it's a guard mission. I need your assistance on the matter."

"Really? How come?" Asked Ragna as he watched Kagura look slightly uncomfortable.

"The client is having a fancy ball and he recently uncovered a planned assassination attempt on his family. The ball his too important to cancel, so he asked us to guard them while it's being done. Unfortunately, the ball requires all participants to have a partner of the opposite sex to attend. My teammates all have one already, but…"

"You don't have one." Finished Ragna, which Kagura nodded in confirmation. "And you can't ask a random guy because they'll be in risk at being in the crossfire." She nodded again. "Okay, but why me?"

"*Sighs* I don't have any friends beyond my own guild. Though it certainly has its perks, being in an all-female guild can be detrimental to anyone doing a job like this. And I rather not go with an unsatisfactory male or someone I don't trust or know. You, on the other hand, seem to be a self-restrained man, you can handle yourself in a fight, and you're starting to gain my trust. So, will you take me to this ball?"

"I get paid for this?" Asked Ragna, not really caring about the payment.

"Of course." Said Kagura with a nod. "It wouldn't be fair if you weren't paid for this."

"Well, as long as it doesn't involve dancing or wearing formal wear." Said Ragna.

"Then you're in luck." Said Kagura. "We aren't required to."

"Then I'm in." Said Ragna. "Besides, not like I have a choice to say no. Guild still in debt. Not as much as before, but just enough to warrant this."

"Are you sure its not to have you do something?" Asked Kagura, a bit of curiosity in her voice. Ragna just shrugged.

"Maybe." Said Ragna before shrugging.

Much later

Client's mansion

"When exactly is this assassination going to happen?" Asked Ragna as he drank his punch. "We've been here for several hours and nothing happened."

"Maybe we scared the assassin away?" Suggested one of Kagura's teammates, a girl with brown hair. She wore a blue dress, despite them not needing any formal wear.

"Tch. Wouldn't pay that much if that was the case." Said Ragna.

"Guys got a point." Said a woman with a rather unique hairdo for her green hair. She wore an emerald green dress that exposed her backside. "They could be simply bidding their time, making us let our guard down."

"Or maybe they ran scared when they heard that our Kagura was here along with this guy." Said a chubby girl with black hair. She wore a dark blue dress that was modest in nature.

"Kitties!" Cheered Millianna as she hugged and nuzzled the kittens that were around the ball for some reason. She wore a white dress that complimented her figure.

"Seriously." Said Ragna. "Who has cats in a fancy ball?" All he got was some shrugs from the other girls. After getting this answer, Ragna then left to go find Kagura while the others went to their dates. As he was walking, he couldn't help, but think on what he would have done back during his younger years. Back then, he would have been rude and inconsiderate to others feelings. In some ways, he still is. He's also a little more laid-back now when he was a lot more grumpy and serious back in the day. He had chalked it up to his time in the boundary with the master unit and the origin. Being alone with nothing but a girl and giant piece of metal for company really mellowed him out. Still, he was still a bit of an ass at times. Only when he was really annoyed or pissed off, though. Or when he feels like it, which isn't a lot. Eventually, he found Kagura, keeping an eye on the client and his family, wearing her usual outfit, which made his smirk. Guess he wasn't the only one that hated formal wear.

"Anything wrong on your end?" Asked Kagura upon seeing Ragna.

"Nope." Said Ragna, leaning back on some railings. "I would be complaining about this boring job, but honestly, I've had so many that I'm used to it."

"Yes." Said Kagura. "I suppose having so many wizards around was too much for the assassins to handle."

"Could be waiting while our guard down, though." Said Ragna, getting serious as he looked around.

"Indeed." Agreed Kagura as she eyed the people that were close to the client's family. "Perhaps they decided to attack right after the event."

"Probably." Said Ragna. "We'll just have to be ready." Kagura just grunted in agreement. "So, who come you're in a dress like your teammates?"

"Simply put, I find them ridiculous to wear." Said Kagura. "I was born in a rather poor family so I couldn't enjoy the luxuries that most girls enjoyed."

"I see." Said Ragna. "So, I guess you don't have any dresses in your wardrobe."

"A few, actually, but I only have them because my team forced me to." Explained Kagura. "They say it was a "precaution" in case I ever get a date. Truthfully, I may never get one. Most men aren't too interested in the more serious women in the world."

"I could see that." Said Ragna, noting that this Kagura was a lot different than his, mainly she was serious all the time like his Kagura's assistant. As opposed to his, who was rather laid-back and lazy. Before they could continue, Ragna spotted some people going near the client's son. Nudging Kagura, he pointed to the disturbance. Seeing this, she motioned him to stay here while she went to investigate. As she got near the son, Ragna couldn't help but look around, in case this was just a diversion. After doing so, he silently watched as Kagura meet up with the son and guarded him, intently. Seeing the wizard, the people going after the son backed off and mingled with the guests. Narrowing his eyes, Ragna spotted one of them casually, but surely, making their way to the client's wife. Not willing to take a chance, Ragna marched down to the person. Upon nearing the person, a young man, he gently tapped on the person.

"Excuse me, sir." Said Ragna. He used to saying sir and ma'am due to the numerous times he had to be polite to the clients. The first few times he'd been disrespectful resulted in a deduction in pay, not a lot, but it was enough for him to begrudgingly refer to strangers, especially clients, with respect, no matter how much he thought they needed to earn it. "But I have a question."

"What is it?" Asked the man, trying to act calm.

"You look a lot like a friend of mine." Said Ragna as he looked up and down at the man. "Are you related to a Tim Marton?"

"I'm sorry, but I don't know who that is." Said the man, now relaxed.

"Huh. Sorry about that." Said the Ragna before leaving. As soon as he left, the man turned around and proceeded to the client's wife, hand in a pocket. He was two feet away when he pulled out a knife. He was about to stab her when suddenly a hand grabbed it and pulled the knife from his grasp. The man turned around and saw Ragna looking at him with a bored expression.

"Seriously?" Asked Ragna, incredulously. "You guys pull off a rookie move like that?" He then forced the man's arms behind him before slamming him into the wall. Seeing this, Kagura then ordered everyone to remain calm. Unfortunately, fate seemed to have other plans, as other people were drawing out weapons, taking potshots at the client and his family or charging at them, which caused people to scream and scatter. After knocking out his prisoner, Ragna rushed to a man with a magic gun, knocking him down before punching his lights out. The others, meanwhile, were already engaged, having been near the client should anything happen to them. The lady with the weird hairdo was encasing people with webs with Millianna. The other two were knocking people out with their magic, either through charging at them at high speeds or using…vegetables?

"I really need a good book on magic." Thought Ragna as he watched the one called Beth take some punks out with a giant carrot. "Cause this stuff is just plain weird." He then knocked out a girl that was trying to sneak up behind him with a knife, taking her out with a single fist to the face. Just when the fact seemed to end, the leader, at least they assumed to be, got up on a table and began throwing fireballs at the family, who were taking cover behind a statue. Seeing this, Ragna, the closet to the family, rushed in front of them before raising the arm that was his Azure Grimoire. Just before the first fireball hit, a barrier erupted in front of Ragna, shielding him and the family from the fireballs as they rained on them. After the last one hit, Ragna deactivated the barrier, just in time to see Kagura knock the leader out with a hit to the head from her sword. Satisfied, Kagura looked at Ragna before bowing in respect, obviously impressed with him.

Later

"I truly can't thank you enough." Said the client as the local law enforcement was taking the would-be assassins away. "They would have killed me and my family for sure."

"It isn't a problem, sir." Said Kagura, standing with Ragna and her team.

"Yeah, they were easy to take." Said Beth. Everyone nodded at that, even Ragna.

"As promised, here is your reward." Said the client before snapping his fingers, which was the signal for a servant to bring out a chest full of jewels.

"You know who wanted you dead?" Asked Millianna as the girls discussed on how much there was in the chest, doing the math, and how much they should give to Ragna.

"Rest assured. I'm fully committed to figuring that out, though I have my suspicions." Said the client. "Thank you again. I hope to see you all again." With that the man left, leaving the group to figure out how to divide the reward. After some calculations, the groups decided to give Ragna a fifth of the reward, thinking it was reasonable, which he actually agreed, seeing that Fairy Tail was not in debt as it used to be. He was about to leave with his agreed upon money when Millianna stoped him.

"Wait! You didn't want to dance with Kagura?" Asked Milliana. This question caused Kagura to widen her eyes in surprise and also casuing Ragna to looked back.

"I was just here so Kagura has the required date. We're just friends, anyway." Said Ragna.

"Oh, c'mon. Just one small dance." Said Beth. "We won't tell."

"Yeah, c'mon, Kagura." Said Risley, the chubby girl, patting Kagura on the back. "He's not bad for a guy. And he looks to be your type."

"It would be a shame for both of you to be the only ones to not dance." Said the woman with the weird hair do. Sighing to herself, knowing they won't stop, Kagura relented.

"They won't stop until we do so, Ragna." Said Kagura as she walked to him.

"*Sighs in irritation* Well, it's just a dance." Said Ragna before grabbing Kagura's extended hand. They then began to dance, much to the other's delight.

"You're…adequate." Said Kagura, trying to ignore Ragna constantly stepping on her feet.

"Sorry, never did stuff like this." Said Ragna, "Besides, I could say the same to you." He then grunted when Kagura stepped on his feet.

"Point taken." Said Kagura. "But…I rather like this. Care to keep doing this for a few more minutes?"

"Eh, got nothing better to do today." Said Ragna as the two danced with the others watching contently.

Two weeks later

Lamia scale

"So, you're the new fairy?" Asked a young girl with pink hair as she eyed Ragna with curiosity.

"Yup." Said Ragna as he waited for Jura, who asked him to visit Lamia Scale so he can tell him to the current situation is regarding Tenrou island.

"Intriguing." Said an ice wizard called Lyon. "You're older than what I thought. Though you're not as handsome as me."

"You're really asking me to punch you." Said Ragna with annoyance. Upon seeing the smug look on the ice-wizard, which came with constant insults and arrogant remarks, he instantly wanted to punch this guy's lights out.

"Like you can beat me." Said Lyon with a smirk.

"Oh, I can." Said Ragna. Fortunately, for Lyon, Jura came and took Ragna away from the two wizards.

"Sorry about, Lyon. He may be arrogant and self-righteous, but he's still a good man that's willing to help others."

"Yeah, I know that type of people." Said Ragna, remembering his brother and Tsubaki, a friend of Noel. "So, what's the situation about Tenrou Island?" Jura just let out a large smile.

"You're not going to believe this, but a large spike in magic power had just erupted where it used to be." Said Jura.

"You mean that the island is back?" Asked Ragna with surprise.

"Perhaps." Said Jura as he stroked his beard.

"Then I guess I'll tell the guild about this." Said Ragna.

"Yes, but I'm afraid that another guild is currently going over there now and they'll likely get there before you." Said Jura. "Besides, I wanted to do something for you. For all the hard work you did for Fairy Tail." He then left before coming back with a large bag. "This bag contains many potions that can strengthen you in a variety of ways along with rare sweets. Both are rather expensive."

"You didn't need to do that." Said Ragna as he grabbed the offered bag.

"But I must." Said Jura with a chuckle. "Lyon and some of his friends did the same, they were all grateful for all your actions that they helped with the payment of all these. So please, accept them." Ragna just let out a sigh before nodding his head.

"Might as well offer some of them to the guild. They could use some of them." Said Ragna. Jura let out a proud smile before bowing.

"Good luck and have a good life." Said Jura as he watched Ragna left. As he walked back to the train station, he couldn't help but wonder who these main fairies were really like.

Tenrou Island

"GAH! Will you guys shut up and let me sleep!" Yelled a certain pink-haired dragon-slayer. He soon received a tackle from Droy, Jet, and Max.

"NATSU!" Yelled the three as they tackled the pinkette.

Back to Ragna

"Eh, probably like Kinana described them to be." Said Ragna as he got on the train.