AN: I decided to start this off with a small original mission to show the Sages first, then it will get back to the canon storyline.
Previously:
Hagoromo woke up in a daze as he worked off his headache. He pushed himself to hard the other day without resting.
He looked up to see the short master of Fairy Tail staring down at him.
"Erza told me what happened with Jose." Makarov started, "And I need to thank you for saving one of my children from such a horrible fate."
"It was no problem." Hagoromo said in a scratchy voice, reaching over to a cup of water that sat beside the hospital bed he was.
"You said you wanted to join Fairy Tail?" Makarov asked and seeing the man nod, pulled out a small stamp.
"Where and in what color?" the short man asked.
Hagoromo smiled, things were certainly looking up.
Had either one been paying attention, they would have noticed a woman's blue hair barely visible over the window seal.
Chapter Start:
It had been a week since the attack by Phantom Lord and the guild was recovering extremely well. The guild hall was being rebuilt and missions were being run once more. Hagoromo had been keeping himself busy with helping around the guild, training, and socializing with the other members of his new family, but he had yet to take any jobs and as a result had been staying in the guild hall at night since he couldn't find a place with no money.
He was wearing his new uniform, his Konoha jonin outfit having been damaged in the fight. It consisted of a blue button up shirt with the top few buttons undone to show the Fairy Tail mark located on the collarbone on the left side of his neck, which was the same shade of purple as his Rinnegan with a black outline. Over that he was wearing a black bomber jacket. He was also wearing a pair of blue slacks a few shades darker than his shirt and a brown leather belt with a pair of black combat boots and a pair of black gloves that ended at the knuckle with a steel plate on the back.
He had designed the outfit himself after seeing what people around Magnolia wore. Overall he felt strange wearing it, being used to formal kimono's and robes.
At his hip sat a black, straight edged tanto with a small oval guard and in his hand he held a medium sized Jian with a gold guard with a jewel in it.
He was standing in an empty field a few miles away from the city training with various types of clones.
A water clone charged him with a simple kunai and attempted to slash at him. He dodged and quickly drew the tanto in his left hand and used it to bisect the clone, the tanto leaving a trail of white light in its wake. He ducked as a lighting clone swing at him with a large broadsword, stabbing the Jian into the clone, causing it to dispel as well. He sheathed the tanto and walked back to a large patch of dirt near the edge of the clearing. Stabbed into the dirt sat several weapons, each legendary in the world that he came from. He had been looking through the biju's memories and came across several extremely powerful weapons and had decided to use his Banbutsu Sōzō to remake them. He already had several different ones made.
The first was a large sword with two holes in it, the Kubikiribōchō, most famously used by Zabuza Momochi.
The next was a pair of short swords with a smaller, curved blade sticking out from the base of the blade and just below the tip, the Kiba, used primarily by Ameyuri Ringo.
Next was a large black single bladed sword with a roll of explosive tags attached to it, the Shibuki, the sword wielded by Jinpashi Munashi.
After it was a large single sided axe attached to a hammer by a chain, the Kabutowari, the sword used by Jinin Akebino.
Then an extremely thin long sword with a spool of ninja wire attached to it, the Nuibari, used by Kushimaru Kurairare.
Next came a short, thick sword that was wrapped in bandages and closely resembled a flounder, the Hiramekarei wielded famously by Mangetsu Hozuki and more recently by Chojuro.
The next sword in line was a terrifying long sword that looked to be covered in shark scales, Samehada, used quite famously by two previous swordsmen, Fuguki Suikazan and Kisame Hoshigaki.
After the legendary seven swords of the hidden mist were several other legendary weapons.
First was a sword hilt that did not have a blade. It was the legendary sword of the thunder god, used by the Nidaime Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
Beside it was the tri-bladed sword with blue blades and a golden hilt, the Garian Sword of Ryugan.
Next was an ornate blue short sword with five diffent colored orbs, one for each of the main elements, the Dragon Sword.
Last in line was a large, flat rectangular sword that looked like it could fold down onto itself, the Clever Sword wielded by the Kumo ninja Darui.
The Jian and tanto that he was holding were also very famous blades. The tanto was the White Light Chakra Saber, wielded by Sakumo Hatake, and later, Kakashi Hatake.
The Jian was the Sword of Kusanagi, wielded by the rouge sannin Orochimaru.
The last weapon was not a sword at all, but a three bladed gauntlet made of chakra enhanced metal.
He was in no way a master of any of the weapons, his best being the Kusanagi since it required about as much skill as the katana he used during his first life, but his worst was the Nuibari due to the frightening amount of skill required to use it. All he had been able to do with it so far was get himself tied up in the ninja wire for two hours until he could get his hands together to make a clone to get him out.
Hagoromo stood examining his collection of weapons when he heard the tell-tale rustle of someone emerging from the forest. He looked up to see the now familiar form of Erza Scarlet walking in his direction, dressed in her basic Heart Kreuz armor.
"Hello, what brings you out here?" Hagoromo asked the red haired requip mage.
"I was returning from a mission and though I heard someone." Erza responded, noticing the dirt that Hagoromo had on him from his unfortunate run in with the Nuibari's ninja wire spoil. "Why are you so dirty?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Hagoromo said, slightly despondent.
"They're fine weapons." Erza said, indicating the swords laying before them, trying to change the subject, "But I've never seen anything like them in any weapon stores. May I ask where you got them?"
Hagoromo thought for a minute before deciding to tell her the truth, seeing no reason to keep secrets. "I made them."
"You made these yourself?" Erza asked, bewildered.
"Yes." Hagoromo nodded.
Erza seemed to think for a moment before looking to the tall sage with questioning eyes, "Can you make me a sword? I've been looking for one to go with my new armor but I can't seem to find one."
"Hmmm, Sure. But I need to know what kind you need." Hagoromo said.
"What do you mean?" Erza questioned.
Hagoromo deadpanned as he stared at the shorted red headed woman. "Do you need a stronger, sturdy sword, or something lighter and quicker?" he said slowly as if talking to a child.
Erza either didn't notice his tone or shrugged it off as she just made a thoughtful face before turning to him and saying, "The armor focuses on speed, so I assume the weapon should as well."
Hagoromo nodded before closing his eyes and holding his hands parallel to the ground. Erza wondered for a moment before he snapped open his eyes and his hands were covered in red and blue fire.
"Yin-Yang Release: Banbutsu Sōzō"
A bright flash filled the field and when it subsided, Hagoromo had a new sword in his hands.
It was a single edge wakizashi with a wooden saya wrapped in a dark red cord, a matching sheath and a silver blade.
Erza stared wide eyed, her gaze moving between the sword and the man who created it out of thin air.
"Well, take it." Hagoromo said, thrusting the sword into her hands.
"It is very light." Erza commented, giving the sword a few test swings.
"The blade is made of carbon steel, which is not only very light but also very strong. This also allowed me to make the blade hollow." Hagoromo said, "Push your magic into it."
Erza did as requested and much to her surprise, the blade grew until it was the size of a common odachi.
Erza stared at him in shock before he answered, "It is just a surprise in battle, since not many people expect a blade to elongate. Also now that the sword is attuned to your magic, no one else will be able to wield it without triggering the defense mechanism, which will stab a metal spike into the person's hand."
Erza looked up in amazement, "I don't know what to say." The red head started, "Thank you."
"Anything for a friend." The sage answered.
Right then he could have sworn he felt a stab of jealousy from the tree line, and he looked up to see a blur of blue fly behind a tree.
Shrugging it off as a bird or other wildlife, Hagoromo turned back to Erza. The red haired girl had reverted into a shell ever since the incident with Jose. The only men she felt comfortable around was her friends Elfman, Gray and Natsu, who all knew something was wrong when she used Elfman as a shield to hide from Macao when he flirted with her, and Makarov himself . She also seemed to hang around Hagoromo a lot when she was in the guild, refused to take missions with any males except Natsu and Gray and refused to do missions for male clients. It had gotten so bad that Makarov had personally gone to his longtime friend Porlyusica to ask for advice on mental trauma, who unfortunately said there was nothing they could do but hope she healed from the trauma.
"Well I should get back to the guild," Hagoromo said, "Im going to take my first mission today. I need money."
He rolled up his left sleeve and sealed all of the swords into a storage seal he had tattooed onto himself. Having the knowledge of two of the greatest seal masters in history, as well as partial knowledge of a third proved extremely useful in some cases. He was still surprised by some of the things that the shinobi world learned to do with his gifts. He had never even thought of secondary and tertiary elements, nor seals.
Erza went quiet for a moment, before quietly assuming it to be some form of requip magic. She fell in beside him as they quietly made their way back into town.
When they entered the makeshift bar of the guild hall, the first thing the two saw was a certain pink haired dragon slayer get knocked to the ground by a taller blond with a scar running down his eye. He was wearing a yellow shirt under a fur cape.
"When I inherit the guild I will get rid of all you weaklings, as well as anyone who sets in my way! I will create the ultimate guild!" he exclaimed in an extremely arrogant tone.
"Really? You don't appear strong enough to be guild master." Spoke the deep voice of the Sage from the entrance causing Laxus to turn to him in a rage.
"Well why don't I show you my power!" the blonde haired man said as he jumped up and disappeared into a flash of lightning, only to reappear in front of Hagoromo and swing a had right hook. For a moment it appeared that the punch would land until the reborn sage disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Laxus growled as he made eye contact and leapt toward the man again, this time landing a devastating knee to his midsection, causing the sage to double over in pain. He followed up with a lightning imbued left straight that connected with his jaw, knocking him to the ground.
Laxus went for another strike but before he could, the body of the sage faded away. The blonde looked around in confusion before he spotted Hagoromo standing at the job board, looking no worse for the wear. Laxus stepped forward like he was going to attack again, but then turned and walked away with his Thunder God Tribe.
Hagoromo ignored the four as they walked away, preferring to keep looking over the board.
After a few minutes he pulled one of the requests off of the job board and took it over to Mirajane at the bar.
Job Request: Wyvern Hunt: Reward – 2,500,000 Jewels. Location – Oak Town. (For those that don't know, 100 Jewels = 1 United States Dollar or 104.195 Japanese Yen. So it equals out to 25,000 USD.)
Mirajane logged the mission before turning around to face Hagoromo again, "Alright, since this is your first mission, you have to take another member, its protocol."
Hagoromo frowned and looked around at the group of people still there. First he looked to Macao who was talking with Wakaba, then to Cana, who was drinking, then to Alzack, who was subtly flirting with Bisca.
"I'll go with you." A voice said from right behind him, causing him to jump forward a little. He turned around to see Erza, who was glancing anxiously at Wakaba when he looked at her.
"Alright." Hagoromo shrugged, "Do you know where Oak Town is?" he said as the two began to walk to the exit of Magnolia Town.
"It's the town that Phantom Lord was located in before their disbandment." Erza replied.
"That must be why no one has taken the job yet." Hagoromo replied.
"It's quite far away, we'll need to take a train." Erza said.
Hagoromo turned to her with a confused look, "What's a train?"
Now it was Ezra's turn to be shocked, "You have never rode a train?"
Hagoromo shook his head and looked around at the scenery outside of the town.
Erza looked bewildered before continuing, "A train is a large vehicle that runs on a set of tracks, usually made of some sort of metal with a steam or coal powered engine."
Hagoromo looked skittish for a moment and glanced around at the forest around them before looking back at his redheaded companion, "I don't think I want to ride that, is there another way to get there?"
Erza shrugged and said, "We could walk, but it would take a lot longer."
"Could we ride something else?" he asked.
"If there was something else to ride we could." Erza confirmed.
Hagoromo looked around with a small grin. 'We are far enough away from town...' He thought.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" he yelled as a giant puff of smoke filled the road they were on. When it cleared a massive orange and black centipede with two giant Rinnegan eyes and a large black rod pierced through its head lay curled on the ground. Hagoromo quickly leapt onto the centipede before looking back down to Erza, "Coming?"
Erza looked a little nervous as she climbed onto the centipede and sat on its back behind her partner.
"Which way?" Hagoromo asked.
"To the northwest." Erza answered.
"Hang on," Hagoromo said, "This is my fastest summon."
Erza wrapped her arm around the silver haired man as he used his chakra to stay rooted on the giant insect
As if by a mental command, the centipede took off at high speeds, rocketing across the Fiore countryside at speeds that no train to compare to. Erza let out a throaty scream, clenched her eyes closed and squeezed onto her partner as the wind blew her air back. She slowly opened her eyes to see the land flying by. She laughed in exhilaration as she got over the shock of the take-off.
In front of her, Hagoromo smiled, 'She has a really pretty laugh,' he thought, 'Wait, what?'
It took the two a little more than an hour to reach Oak Town. Erza and Hagoromo jumped off the centipede as it disappeared in a puff of smoke. Erza took the lead as they walk toward the mayor's office. They knocked on the door and an older man dressed in a tuxedo answered the door.
"May I help you?" the butler asked in a thick accent (Chose one.)
"Yes, we're the mages from Fairy Tail that your boss hired." Erza answered in as polite a tone as she could.
"Oh yes, this way." The man answered as he opened the door the rest of the way and ushered them in. He led them to a large office with a medium sized desk and a window overlooking the town.
"Sir, the mages you requested are here." The man said in a low voice.
"Very good, dismissed." Said the mayor, he was an old gentleman, at least as old as Makarov if not even more so. He had a small pointed goatee and a handlebar mustache and was just a little shorter than Mirajane, "So you are the ones who accepted my request." He said, looking the two over, and noticing when Erza flinched and then froze up under his gaze. Seeing his teammate's trouble, the twenty year old sage took over for her.
"Yes, sir. So what is the problem?" he asked.
"Well it seems that after Phantom Lord was forced to disband, a small pack of wyverns decided to move into the forest outside the town. Normally we would just ignore them, but there have already been a few attacks on small animals that wondered out of the gate, and one little girl was attacked by one of them. Luckily she hide in a small crevice in the rock where it couldn't get to her and was not injured, just a bit frightened." He said, "But some of the town's people are afraid that they may attack the town itself, and we have too few Rune Knights stationed here to fight them and the magic council will not send more."
"Do you know where they are?" Hagoromo asked.
"They were last seen about a mile south of the town. Along the river." The mayor answered, before looking over to Erza, who was still frozen up, "Is she okay?"
"She will be fine." He answered, "We will be back after we finish."
He gently led Erza out of the door and onto the street. On the way out of town she slowly returned to normal. "Are you alright, you froze up back there."
"Yea, im fine." Erza answered curtly, looking away from him.
They walked in silence until they heard a loud, animalistic grunt. They quickly dunked into a bush and peaked out. There at the entrance to a cave were 9 large, green dragon like creatures and just within the cave was a cluster of large eggs.
"That's them. And it's worse than we were told," Erza commented, "If they are laying eggs, it probably means that they are looking to set up a permanent den."
"Then we need to get them out of here as soon as possible." Hagoromo responded.
Erza nodded her head and began to glow bright yellow. When it died out she was no longer wearing her Heart Kreuz armor, but instead she was wearing a set of sterling silver armor. It had a skimpy metal breast piece that covered only the bottom portion of her breast and her sides. She also had on a large skirt and silver winds that appeared to be made of blades themselves. "Requip: Heavens Wheel Armor."
Hagoromo's eyes widened as a trail of blood threatened to stream out of his nose. 'Must look away from glorious breasts.' He thought perversely. He shook his head and channeled chakra into the seal on his arm and removed the Kubikiribōchō. He looked over to his scantily clad partner and whispered, "We take one by surprise, then you get the four are the right and I'll get the four on the left. Alright?"
She nodded and whispered back, "On three… One…Two…Three!"
On the count the two leapt out of the bushes around the cave and charged the largest of the wyvern. As they approached the surprised reptiles, Erza requiped five swords with her armor and used her telekinesis to control them. They struck the reptile at the same time, Hagoromo's Kubikiribōchō digging into its throat and Ezra's swords pierced its skull. The wyvern fell to the ground as the two mages split off against the remaining dragon-like reptiles.
With Hagoromo
Hagoromo quickly leapt over the claw strike of one of the green beasts. He attempted to strike with the Kubikiribōchō but the creature easily dodged the large weapon.
'I'm not skilled enough with this sword yet, I need something smaller.' He thought before resealing the large sword and replacing it with the smaller Sword of Kusanagi just in time to parry a slash of the wyvern's claw. He jumped backwards as the lizards tail came crashing down on the position he was in.
He slashed downwards with the Kusanagi while in the air and carved a thin red line down the lizards face, cutting straight through its eye and causing it to cry out in pain and thrash around. Hagoromo quickly took the initiative and stabbed the green beast through the skull, killing it.
'One down, three to go.'
He resealed the Kusanagi and replaced it with the Shibuki and cut through the leg of the second wyvern, blowing off its leg. He quickly finished off the green reptilian beast, causing its head to explode.
'This doesn't seem worth 2,500,000' he thought, 'Eh, whatever. Easy money.'
With Erza.
Erza rolled to dodge the teeth of the wyvern, almost getting her arm caught in its maw. She glowed yellow for a moment before requiping her Morning Star Armor. It was a simple one piece silver body suit, with four large orange pauldrons covering her shoulders and waist and thigh length metal boots with her hair done up in two intricate buns. She held two silver short swords that were missing hand guards with a small design at the base of each blade.
She ducked down to avoid a wyvern that sliced at her as she flew past. She quickly prepared herself as the reptile circled around. She slid underneath the beast and swung her sword in an upward arc, shearing though it's scaly wing, causing it to cry out in pain as it tumbled across the ground. She quickly jumped up and put the two swords together, "Photon Slicer!" she said as a yellow beam of lightning-like energy shot forward from the blades and tore through the creatures head.
Erza began requiping once more, this time into her Flight Armor. It had very little armor, a cheetah print bikini-like top with small armor plates sticking out from the top and a furry band underneath it. She had no waist guard, but instead donned a pair of black shorts and a fur belt. She had blue arm bands that reached her shoulders, with an armored arm guard, and matching blue leggings that ran up to her thighs and an armored knee length boot on her left leg and only a short, calf length high heeled boot on the right. The armor, if you could call it that, was completed by a pair of fluffy ears, a tail and a collar, all made of fur. In her right hand was the wakizashi that Hagoromo had given her and in her left was a short sword with an elaborate hand guard.
She dashed forward, her speed drastically increased, and began to slice away at the second wyvern. The beast flailed wildly trying to hit the speedy s-class mage, roaring in pain every time a new slash appeared on its hide. Erza front flipped over the beast and carved the two swords, the tanto wakizashi lengthened to match the short sword, down the creatures back, drawing two deep parallel lines of blood down its back. It reared its head back and roared in agony, exposing its vulnerable belly. The red haired mage quickly took advantage of the situation and swung the swords in a scissor like motion across its stomach, causing the beasts innards to leak out. She quickly jumped backwards as another wyvern barreled into the corpse of the other, sending it rolling.
The massive creature attempted to slash at her with the claw on its foot. She parried it with her tanto, now the length of a standard katana. The beasts eyes widened in surprise when the carbon steel of the wakizashi's blade cut straight through the creatures keratin claw, hacking half of it off.
The wyvern roared in fury as it bit down on the mage. Erza stuck both of her swords between its teeth as it barred down on her. The red head looked around desperately for a way out of the situation. She looked down and her eyes narrowed as she saw the cut half of the beast's claw laying on the ground. She quickly scooped it up and balanced it on her armored foot. She then kicked the beast in the head as hard as she could, burying the broke half of the claw into the wyvern's face, causing it to release a screech of pain as it died.
Erza summersaulted over the wing of the final wyvern. It quickly circled and tried to bludgeon her with its head. She slid under it and carved her short sword across its throat.
She sighed as she flicked the blood off of her blade and requiped back into her Heart Kreuz Armor and began to walk back to the entrance of the cave to wait for her partner.
With Hagoromo.
Hagoromo's eyes squinted in annoyance as he dodged yet another bite by his third wyvern.
"I wanted to finish them up with just my swords," Hagoromo sighed, "But I guess im not good enough yet."
He quickly resealed the Shibuki and used a Kawarimi to avoid a strike from the wyvern's tail, confusing the beast. He went to use a technique to finish the lizard, but had to abandon it to dodge the final wyvern. It seemed to Hagoromo that the two wyverns seemed to be smarter than the others, they seemed to attack in perfect unison. Hagoromo ducked and dodged to avoid the combined assault of the two reptiles.
He jumped back to avoid the head butt of one of the creatures when he noticed the second approaching from behind. He quickly formed a hand seal and called, "Earth Release: Mud Wall!"
He spat out a glop of mud which quickly hardened right as the wyvern crashed into it, getting its teeth stuck in the hardened earth. He leapt on top of the wall and completed another set of seals before holding his hands out as he called, "Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World." A transparent cube with a dense center appeared in his hands as he thrust them forward. The cube flew at the wyvern, expanding as it went. When it connected it completely disintegrated the large beast, a large crater in the ground, and a good portion of the mud wall, causing it to collapse.
Hagoromo jumped off the wall as it fell and narrowly missed the last wyvern as it flew passed. The creature circled around and came back toward the flying sage. He grabbed its snout and flipped over the beast. As the beast flew its course, Hagoromo formed a final set of hand seals, "Wind Release: Wind Cutter!" the sage surrounded his arms in wind chakra and slashed his arms outward, sending 15 blades of wind toward the flying beast, slashing through the thin skin of its wings and sending it crashing to the ground. The beast cried out in panic as it nose-dived into the ground and hit the earth headfirst, snapping the vertebrae in its neck with several loud snaps.
Hagoromo landed in a crouch and slowly walked back to where the cave was.
He stopped in front of Erza and stood awkwardly for a moment before he spoke, "So…What do we do with the eggs?" he asked.
"We should probably destroy them." Erza recommended, looking over the eggs. The two approached the cave and the eggs but came to a stop as they heard a loud growl. From the depths of the cave stepped forth another wyvern. But it was not a normal wyvern. First off it was pitch black in color instead of the normal green and second it was large, much, much larger than a normal wyvern, about the size of a small dragon. The only way that Erza knew it wasn't a dragon was the shape of its head. It had the square, bulky head that is characteristic of the wyvern instead of the more streamlined that was typically described on dragons.
Both of the mage's eyes widened as the dragon-like wyvern lunged forward. They leapt back quickly as it haphazardly charged forward, actually crushing a few of its own eggs.
"Is it normal for them to get that big?" Hagoromo asked (Read Yelled.).
"No, I've never seen one like this." Erza answered (Read Yelled Back.).
'This thing is more dangerous than the other,' Hagoromo thought to himself as Erza narrowly avoided a strike of the giant, 'I need to end this quickly.'
The sage leapt into a tree and sat in a lotus position with his eyes closed, suddenly royal purple curved markings appeared under his eyes and his eye lids turned the same color. He also had a royal purple line going vertically down his eyes and two circles of the same color on his forehead (Think a mixture of Jiraiya's and Hashirama's sage modes with a different coloration).When he opened his eyes they were no longer the soft purple, but a menacing crimson red. He held his palms at and called out, "Shinra Tensei."
A good chunk of the forest ripped itself out of the ground as the abnormally large wyvern was sent flying away from Erza, who looked up surprised. The sage then formed another hand seal, "Wood Release: Hokage-Style Sixty-Year-Old Technique — Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands!" (Wow that's a long name.) Four wooden eastern style dragons erupted from the ground and wrapped around the wyvern. Hagoromo flew though a long set of hand seals before landing on a tiger seal and compressing a massive amount of mixed chakra and natural chakra before expelling it, "Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song!" At the moment that he expelled his chakra mix, several hundred fist sized, dragon head shaped balls of fire launched at the overgrown, discolored lizard and exploded in a ball of flame on contact. When the barrage ended, all that was left of the draconic creature was a charred skeleton. Along with half a mile of destroyed forest and a raging fire.
"Wow, you don't hold back do you?" Erza asked in amusement after the shock wore off.
"I just feel like letting loose every once in a while." Hagoromo said smugly as his sage markings faded away and his Rinnegan reverted to their normal color.
"Show-off." Erza smirked.
"Whatever," Hagoromo said, "Let's go get our money?"
The Next Day, Fairy Tail Makeshift Hall.
"So Erza, how did the new guy do on his first job?" Makarov asked his only active female S class.
"Minimal self-control, widespread and unnecessary destruction and potential property damage," the redhead told the diminutive master as the sages face fell, "But he did his job, he looked out for his nakama and he didn't falter in his belief. He will fit in fine here."
"Good to hear," the master said happily, "Now Hagoromo, come here."
Said sage turned mage stepped forward to the table that Makarov was standing on.
"Mirajane told me that you saved the guild while I was with Porlyusica, so as a thank you from the guild, we all chipped in some money and got you these." He said, producing 5 red tickets.
Hagoromo took them silently before looking up to Makarov, "Well… thank you, but…what are they?"
The entire guild blanched and Erza stuttered out, "Th-those are tickets to Akane Resort, the most luxurious place in Fiore. How do you not know what they are?"
Hagoromo looked a little embarrassed, "Well im not from around here so…." He trailed off before taking one of the tickets and putting it in a pocket on the inside of his jacket and handing the other four to Erza.
Erza looked a little confused until the reborn sage continued, "Im new here, like I said, and I don't know anyone. So you take those tickets, keep one for yourself and give out the other three." He said.
Erza smiled and nodded before walking off, carefully avoiding most of the guilds male population, and began to hand out the tickets and Hagoromo sat down at the bar for a drink to think about the upcoming trip, neither realizing the impact that said trip would have on both of their lives.
Chapter End:
So another chapter completed and the Tower of Heaven arc begins next. Also just assume that the Loke arc went on during this chapter as well, just without Erza. And the pairings start next chapter beginning with Erza and Juvia.
Also there is a new poll regarding the harem on my profile. But just a quick thought, just like most other authors the poll may influence what I do greatly, but it will not determine the choice.