The New Face in the Guild Chapter 4

Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own Fairy Tail or any things mentioned in this Fanfiction

"Talking"

"Sound Affects"

"Demon or Monster Talking"

I found myself skidding through the cyclone and slamming straight into a warm body, who collapsed under me and we both collided with the ground.

"What the hell? Get off of me!" A gruff and familiar voice shouted as hands pushed at my back.

I rolled off my friend and got up, checking for any damage. Thankfully, I'd automatically covered my body in magic as Erigor punched me. Sighing in relief, I looked up from myself and watched Natsu run full speed at the cyclone wall. I was tempted to yell at him to stop, but I was also tempted to let him learn a lesson.

"Stop! That thing will rip you to shreds!" Erza yelled, nursing a slightly bloody and torn arm.

Not heeding her warning, Natsu slammed into the wall and was almost immediately grabbed back by Gray, who had gotten up and ran toward Natsu.

"Listen to Erza, you idiot!" Gray growled as he let go of Natsu, who hadn't touched the wall long enough to be harmed,

Natsu glared at Gray and shouted, "What did you call me, Ice Cube?"

"Huh, I just called you what you are, you Hot Headed Idiot!" Gray retorted.

The fire dragonslayer inhaled to scream when Erza hit both of them on the head and proclaimed, "You're both idiots!"

The two mages shut their mouths and just nodded at Erza as she glared at them. The Fairy Queen breathed in deeply and then looked over at me, looking slightly confused. Smiling, I glanced away and then back at her.

I sensed her question and said as I shrugged, "I was tracking someone and they led me outside the station. Erigor pushed back in through the cyclone but my magic somehow protected me."

Erza gave me a 'we will talk later' face, but dropped it and looked around and said, "So, the problem is that we're stuck in here and we don't know how to get out. We can't go up and we can't go around, which only leaves, downwards…"
"Alright!" Natsu screamed as he smacked his flaming fist into his palm. "It's time to dig!"

"You can't break through this rock fast enough, Flame Breath!" Gray yelled at Natsu, instigating another fight.

Meanwhile, Happy was mumbling something about Lucy and how he was supposed to tell her something. Of course, I was thinking of how to get out too, when Happy yelled something and pulled out a golden gate key

"Here, Lucy!" Happy screamed as he held out the golden key to Lucy. "This is some sort of key that Mr. Everlue wanted to give to you!"

Taking the key, Lucy examined it and then exclaimed with comically wide eyes, "This is the key of Virgo! But that's that big Gorilla!"

The blue cat just shrugged and a few moments later Lucy muttered, "Wait… maybe Virgo can dig a hole through the ground to the other side."

When Lucy summoned Virgo, she was surprised to find a thin maid woman standing in front of them, but it was then explained that Virgo was a very loyal celestial spirit and would do anything to please her wizard. Once she dug the hole in a minute, we headed down and out, Natsu carrying Kageyama, the one who had attacked him on the train. As we all stood outside of the station, Kageyama told us we'd never make it in time. A few seconds later and Natsu was gone, along with Happy. I told everyone when theynoticed they were gone that it was likely Natsu had used Happy's ability to fly to go on ahead. As such, we hopped in the magical vehicle we used to get here, with Erza at the wheel.

I didn't want to be in the cab so I sat on the roof, watching Erza as she drove, noticing the way she was getting paler; she must've used too much magic energy when we were at the station. I regretted not looking for Wren harder before I left, now knowing that I could be helping Natsu. The dumb cat had a notorious habit of disappearing whenever we were about to leave, so I couldn't ask him to fly us ahead, and although I could move ridiculously fast, I couldn't move too fast for too long. After Erza almost careened us over into the canyon several times, I made her go sit in the cabin so I could take the wheel. Fortunately, she was too exhausted to really argue with me, but even that was a little troublesome, as she kept trying to insist she was fine.

When we got there, Erigor was halfway in the ground and Natsu had his shirt off and was a little scratched up, but still looked happy. Lullaby was on the ground next to Erigor, but none of his really paid any attention to it because of our victory. While Natsu and Gray argued, that bastard guy we took with us used his magic to grab Lullaby and take the magical vehicle. I sweat dropped as Natsu started yelling profanities and started running. A few seconds later with Erza on my back, the rest of us ran after him. We were all running but eventually we all, even Natsu, slowed into a jog to prevent us from getting too tired and not tripping to send us to our deaths. Eventually, Erza regained enough magical energy to run on her own, and I let her down a little before sundown.

It was dark when we arrived, but we were still a little ways from the meeting hall. It was then that we saw Master Makarov with that bastard, and just as we were about to run in, Master Bob of the Pegasus Guild stopped us and told us to wait. He hit on Gray and Natsu, but when he saw they weren't interested, he turned to me. I deflected him expertly and soon enough he turned his attention back to the other two. Erza and Lucy watched the scene below us, and when I had avoided Bob, I realized that our enemy hadn't used Lullaby yet, but instead was holding it to his mouth, hesitant.

"You can't change the fact that those who are weak will always be weak, that is human nature. It is the reason we have guilds and friends, because of our insecurities, because it's necessary for human survival. You can play Lullaby's song, but it won't change anything," Makarov said, and a few moments later, our enemy surrendered and we ran to our master.

Like usual, Erza hugged him and almost knocked him out as she slammed his head against his metal chestplate, and the others looked happy. Natsu was yelling at Gray and Lucy was beaming as she talked to the Master and Erza, who continued to hug the suffocating man. I smiled at the scene, but when Lullaby's eyes flickered red, a sense of dread filled me.

A second later and a gigantic purple magic circle appeared in the sky, along with smoke coming from Lullaby alongside a voice, "I'm tired of you cowardly humans trying to use me! This time I've had enough! I'll come here myself and eat your souls!"

"I shall feast upon your pitiful souls!" A gigantic rock monster with three eyes and various large holes in it screamed at us as it came from the magic circle.

To be honest, I was awfully unimpressed with Lullaby's true form. It was supposed to be a demon of Zeref, right? That meant it should be strong, but from the look of it, a guild master wasn't even necessary to defeat it. In my mind, there was no doubt now that Lullaby was one of the weakest of Zeref's demons.

After some arguing and words from Lullaby, it seemed irritated and decided to prove me wrong by sending a single huge blast toward what I assume was the Fiore Army. I couldn't say that it was exactly weak, but I stood by my guess of it being the weaker of Zeref's army of demons. Lucy and I stayed back as the original trio leaped into the air and attacked, blasting holes in it so that it looked like a chunk of cheese. It was funny that after the show of power, a few minutes later, Lullaby was gone, and not to

mention it couldn't even do it's melody of death. Hilariously, it was defeated by three wizards of varying skill, who completely destroyed the building where the guild master's meeting had been held.

In the end, we all ended up running away from the angry civilians and guild masters, who claimed we could've defeated Lullaby without destroying anything. I didn't understand why Lucy and I were being attacked too, since we hadn't taken part in destroying the meeting hall, but I guess it didn't matter to them. Thankfully, we made it home in a decent amount of time, considering we spent a long time losing the angry mob and eventually made it onto a train headed for Magnolia, and even then we had to keep our heads down.

Things went back to normal afterwards, if anything that happened in Fairy Tail could be considered normal. Newspapers in Magnolia were filled with headlines talking about Fairy Tail and it's strongest team. I managed to sneak out of a picture, but it only made my mysterious reputation even further so. It was a little annoying, but it beat having people swarm me about how cool I was or something. Not to mention I finally found a place with a lot of acreage. It was a long way from Magnolia, but with Wren, I could get there in a few minutes. It was remote and the building that was supposed to be a house was small, but there were around five hundred acres of land that I legally owned in every direction. The 'house' was dingy but with the money Mira gave me for helping the team and keeping them from destroying too much, I got enough supplies to fix it up enough to call it a home. When she had given me the money and the reason, I stared at her because we managed to destroy the railway and a gigantic meeting hall that took many years to build. I hope I never see what happens when Fairy Tail members destroy a normal amount of things, or an abnormal amount of things.

I was happy about it but I had more things I wanted to build, so I needed more money. Luck wasn't on my side though, and I got a letter from my other employers, and had to dumb everything and go over to them. Even so, it had been a few days since we had gotten back, but still Wren was nowhere to be found. I wasn't too concerned though, because he would often go away for weeks with only the explanation of that he wanted to know what he forefathers felt like in the wild. I saw him again only at the train station at Magnolia after receiving the letter.

As I was heading out of Magnolia on a train, a messenger for the magical council was heading into it on foot, looking for a certain Fairy Tail Wizard.

The magic council… I wonder what they want with me again. Well, that's pretty obvious, but they didn't send an actual messenger this time, but rather a bird with a letter implanted in its collar. It's sort of annoying but it meant don't have a choice in the matter this time, which also means this is important. I flash a smile at the guard, and a few minutes later I'm wandering through the gigantic building. I've only been here a few times, so I'm a little lost, and there's no one around to ask for help. As I walk aimlessly around, a familiar scent is suddenly in the air and it's not any of the mages here, as they have a distinctive rotten smell about them. Walking past a three way crossroad, somebody wearing clanky armor runs into me.

"Hey watch it!" That voice, it's Natsu's. "Oh, it's you! What're you doing here Sion? Are you here to save Erza too? Of course you are, let's go!"

I'm really confused as to why Erza's here or why she needs saving, but I let Natsu drag me along in random directions, bursting through doors. Holding back a laugh, I look him up and down, noting the hastily made wood and twisted metal armor, and know how desperate he is to get Erza back, even if she just went on a visit. I watch his red hair which was clearly a cheap wig swish back and forth between his shoulder blades, and I sigh, knowing what he thinks is Erza going away forever is probably just the council making a formal example out of her.

A few minutes after he found me, I recognize the magic council's main courtroom and Natsu tells me to stay a few feet back. Like he did with the other times he burst through doors, Natsu came in

breathing fire and screaming how he's the real Erza. It's funny to watch him look around and scream with a red wig and horribly crafted wood and metal armor, but I know the magic council won't tolerate it.
Our relationship was one of mutual benefit, so I stopped being useful, they would drop me until I became useful again, knowing I had no right to complain. That was completely showcased when the lead mage called out for guards to take us all away, including me, a complete bystander. Natsu had to be literally dragged away in magical damper cuffs, but I just walked alongside Erza to the dungeons and we were have thrown half pushed into a single cell.

"I knew it from the moment he started yelling about Erza being taken away that this was a formality… I should've just stopped him," I muttered under my breath, the red head looking at me with a smile on her face.

"It won't be that bad, I'm sure it will take a week at most for them to let us all out of here considering this was originally a formality. Natsu just made it take a little while longer," Erza reassured, making sure I was the only one who heard.

Smiling back, I was glad that even though I was actually a year older than her, that she was reassuring me. I was in fact a very composed person most of the time, but when it was something other than fighting or an arguement, I tended to fall apart easily.

Natsu had his cuffs removed one inside the cell, along with Erza, and it was then that she started yelling at him for being an idiot. Turns out the whole thing was a complete formality, which I had figured since Erza clearly hadn't done anything wrong, and now because of Natsu we were stuck in a cell. A few days later, after a severe scolding from the magic council, and they were heading back to Magnolia, with me being stuck in front of the magic council. They didn't care for an explanation so I didn't give them one, and afterwards I headed home with more money in my bank account and a new mission. Spying on the Fairy Tail Guild was already being covered by that Mest guy, so all I needed to do was take care of the strongest team in the Guild and keep them out of too much trouble.

Of course, seeing as I was missing everything recently, I missed when the other resident mysterious guy, Mystogan, popped in to visit and grab a job. Well, almost. I walked in to find everybody asleep except for the master and a guy covered in robes with a weird staff. The man looked surprised but I could tell he wasn't a threat and walked past him, completely ignoring the fact that I was unaffected by the sleeping spell. He walked out after continuing his countdown, and by then I had already slipped out of my coat, put my stuff on the bar stool next to me, and was behind the bar. I was pouring myself a glass of beer when everyone was waking up, and as I slid back across the bar, Makarov looked at me.
"Aren't you a little young for that, boy?" Makarov asked, amused.

"I would be if I wasn't barely legal of age, sir," I said, half of the tankard already gone.

"You're twenty?" Makarov yelled, causing a few unsuspecting people to fall back down.

Nodding, I finished the tankard and listened to everybody talking about Mystogan. Nothing was new, but Laxus speaking caught my attention, especially since it was coming from above me. I leaned back from my seat to get a look at him, and found myself craning my neck up to look up at the second floor balcony. He had spiky blond hair and a large scar across his face, along with spiky headphones practically stuck to his ears, and he wore tight clothing which showed off his muscular physique. I had only seen him this once, and information on him was limited, but I could already tell we weren't going to get along well as is. He was insulting Erza and Natsu, both of them being my friends, and although information on Mystogan was almost nonexistent, I knew he was a good person, and not somebody to be talked about like he was nothing. It was tempting enough to go up there and punch him, and I was confident enough to say that I'd be able to handle Laxus easily enough, but it wasn't my place. After a few scalding remarks and a short banter with the Master, the snake slunk away back to his room upstairs and didn't bother us further.

The next hour was uncomfortable and awkward as Naruto fumed at a table with Erza, who looked angry for a while. Lucy looked uncomfortable but Gray was relaxed and had already stipped, and eventually everyone else was relaxed and even Natsu stopped muttering profanities to yell at Elfman and get in a

fight. After everybody left- Mira eventually forcing them to fight outside after it finally looked like a hurricane came through -, Laxus returned and walked down the stairs. I was sitting at the bar, the only living things around Mira and Wren, and he walked right passed us. Even the brief time he stood at my shoulder made a chill go down my spine as I felt the killer intent and bloodlust release from his body, aimed directly at me.

A second later a hand was on the back of my shirt and I was pulled off the bar stool. Mira was off of her seat in a second, but I managed to avoid falling even though Laxus tried to trip me and his face was in mine in a second.

"Don't think you're anything special just 'cause you hang out with that wimp, Erza, and those two idiots! I'm the strongest here, so don't cause any trouble," Laxus hissed, jamming a finger in front of my face.

"Don't insult my friends then, Laxus. It won't get you anywhere to be a bully," I hissed back, suddenly angry, barely refraining from punching him.

Laxus did not have such self control and he pushed me hard enough so that I tripped and slammed my head on the top of the bar. I rubbed my head as I looked at him, but I didn't make any further moves as Laxus advanced. Thank god that Mira stood in front of him and Wren, who flew down from his vantage point to attack and prevented them from doing anything else, or somebody could've gotten hurt. Laxus almost tried to force Mira to move, and I could see that he was going to hit her as he lifted his right hand, and I tensed. It was a miracle that her defiant look was enough to get him to snort and walk out of the guild hall. Once he left, Mira helped me up.

"Are you okay? I know Laxus can be a brute sometimes, but he's a good person, I know he is. He just is a little lost right now," Mira said as she examined the back of my head.

"I'm fine, I just wish he would stop insulting people, and I know that he used to be a good kid, and maybe he can be that way again, but right now he is who he is," I muttered, frowning.

"Yeah, well, at least he didn't do any damage. I don't think you have a concussion or anything but you should be careful, you never know," Mira sighed, giving me a goodnight hug.

Wren grumbled as he flew me back home about why I should never say anything because I'll just instigate a fight and that wasn't good for his health or mine. I didn't say anything the whole time it took to get back home, but thinking over what had happened, I realized that there were some noises coming from the upstairs of the guild. It sounded like voices, but I couldn't be sure so I kept it to myself.

Of course, the next day, Mira found one of the S-Class job's missing, and Gray was sent out to go get the only wizards unaccounted for, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy. I wasn't sure if it was the best idea to send Gray out to get Natsu and Lucy, as flame brain would have support and the ice mage wouldn't

"Oh boy, I bet that when Laxus teased Natsu for not being able to go to the second floor, he snapped and decided he had to show the master he was worthy of S-Class. What an idiot," Wren said as he lapped up the remains of his milk Mira had provided.

It was hard to take him seriously when he was drinking, but I nodded and said, "I bet you're right… But do you really think Gray will be enough to stop those three? I mean, Natsu and Gray are at the same level in power, and with Lucy on Natsu's side, they should be able to overpower him. I bet you they're going to send me or even Erza to go get them back."

Wren laughed, "I don't think it will come to that."

A minute later, he was proved wrong. A messenger came into the guild and gave the news that Natsu had tied up Gray and they were all headed to the island of their mission. Erza, who was already angry and was sitting to the right of me, talking to Mira about how she couldn't believe that Lucy had gone along too. I offered my two cents on the situation and the other two agreed with me, but also saying that it was no excuse for Natsu to break two rules at once, especially one like stealing an S-Class mission from the upstairs board. After a few minutes of complaining and grumbling from Makarov, who had stormed upstairs, he finally came down and came up to Erza and I.

"Look, we can't risk another failed attempt to retrieve those three -four- so this time I'm sending the both of you. Set out immediately and get there and stop them no matter what! We cannot make another error or we'll be a laughing stock!" Makarov yelled, his face red with anger.