"Keep your fists up, I've told you this a thousand times Sting", Natsu scolded his little brother as they had a sparing match in the middle of the training grounds of the guild. "If your not going to take this seriously switch with Rogue, then I know I'll have a good battle", Natsu told Sting as his little brother fell to the floor. "Come on Big Bro, we started at six o'clock and now it's eleven o'clock and its boiling toady, can't we take a swim and relax for the rest of today?", Sting asked with hope.
"Alright", Natsu answered. "YYYYYYYYESS-", Sting started to scream. "Only after the one-thousand punches exercise, if your hot take off your shirt", Natsu finished as he took of his coat and shirt leaving him with the bandages up his arms and his white pants and black boots. "OH GOD NOT THAT ONE BIG BRO", Sting screamed at the top of his' lungs. "YESSS, LETS START BIG BROTHER", Rogue yelled at the top of his' lungs.
The two took off their shirts and stood next to Natsu, Rogue on the right and Sting on the left. Once they got into position they started punching in front of them as if fighting an enemy, as they punched Natsu yelled to keep count, "Two, Three, Four".
In the guild everyone was sitting at the tables and talking while Erza was next to the window looking out towards the training group transfixed with Natsu as he punched. As she watched people tried to communicate with her but they could not reach into the mind of Erza Scarlet. With each punch she enjoyed looking at the muscles that tensed and released.
The guilds huge wooden doors burst open shocking the people around them, out from the sun shinning into the guild three figures walked into the guild each one of them different to the next. "Big Sister Erza i'm here all day, so can we train for a bit", Kagura said as she emerged from the light, she looked towards the red head with a smile on her face which surprised the little sister. "Erza, how are you feeling today", Kagura said with a smile on her face, 'She must have finally goo ten over Natsu'.
After a little while with no reply Kagura got annoyed. "Erza, Erza Erza, Big Sisiter", She repeated until she finally gave up and looked in the direction her sister was looking. Her eye's layer upon the black haired dragon slayer, her eye's locked and stayed their as she marvelled at the slayer.
"Lucy, I'm here to train today, so what do you suggest first", Yukino appeared as she walked towards her mentor. Lucy was startled at first by her apprentices appearance but then remembered a few odd occurrences that had happened to Yukino when a white dragon was around. "First thing I want you to do is look out the window to see the beautiful day that were having", Lucy told Yukino as a smile appeared on her face. 'Young love, GOD I love being the match maker'.
Yukino approached the window that the two girls were staring into and instantly froze as the blond haired man caught her eye, she was frozen in time just like the other two that were beside her.
"Gray, I am here today for my lesson, what are we going to do", Rufus asked his raven haired teacher. "First take off your clothes", Gray replied with a fire in his eye's. "Not this again, No Gray I am not stripping down, my magic is a bit different from yours so I don't need to", Rufus refused. "Okay man, I'm going to level with ya, our positions as men are going to be threatened if we don't show our skin, and plus I know of a certain sky dragon slayer that would enjoy it wink* wink*", Gray said to his apprentice.
"Gray I only have one problem with that", Rufus replied as he stared at the ground. "What would that be?", Gray asked. "It's just, IT'S JUST THAT I LOOK SO SCRAWNY WHEN FULLY DRESSED", Rufus yelled as he ripped off his coat and shirt leaving on his lower half of the clothes. He was surprisingly well built for what his personality suggested. "That's the spirit, NOW LETS SHOW THOSE DRAGON'S WHAT WE MAKERS CAN DO", Gray shouted as he ran outside with his apprentice in hot pursuit and joined the Dragon Slayers as they punched the air.
Juvia and Wendy saw the two run out and they joined the three girls next to the window transfixed with the men outside. "Oi Zancrow, we can't let them steal our thunder, what do ya say fellow Slayer, Gihihihi", Gajeel asked the blonde haired man next to him. "Well I can't let them steal the spotlight, that is a postion for a God", Zancrow replied and the two bolted outside leaving their shirts on the floor inside.
"Lyon, I think we need to show our manliness if we ever want to keep our heads up in this guild", Loke said as he unbuttoned his shirt. "For once I think your right Loke", Lyon said as he copied Loke. They both ran out to join their friends. While the men were punching, inside the girlfriends and admirers of the males watched in a total trance like state.
"Nine hundred and ninety seven, Nine hundred and ninety eight, Nine hundred and ninety nine and One thousand fists!", Natsu yelled as he kept the pace fro the bunch but as soon as the last punch finished all except Natsu, Rogue and Zancrow (what does that mean wink* wink*) fell down in complete exhaustion.
"Good to see that your still able to keep up with me Rogue", Natsu praised his younger brother. "Yes Big Brother, at *puff* *puff* least I can *puff* *puff* still stand", Rogue replied although he felt like falling down as the rest did. "Sting we can go for a swim now if you want, hey lets make this a competition whoever can get changed into swimwear and hop into the pool with a woman wins", Natsu asked the group of past out mages.
"What do we get if we win", Rufus questioned Natsu. "Well isn't the bragging rights enough for you people, saying your faster than everyone else in the guild", Natsu replied. "HES RIGHT I WILL DEFEAT YOU ALL", yelled Loke as he launched himself off he floor and began to run back to the house. With the declaration of a challenge each male shot up too and began running towards their houses.
Natsu ran into the guild and saw all the transfixed women by the window. "Are you going to stand there all day, were going in the pool, so you better catch up to your couple", Natsu told the frozen women, then he grabbed Erza's hand and ran away with her back to their house snapping the frozen women out of their stupor.
"Looks like your the last one here Natsu, and after you talked so big", Gray said with a grin on his face. Natsu walked into the guild pool area with Erza following suit, Natsu wore his flame swimming shorts no shirt and white bandages up both if his arms, while Erza wore a yellow bikini. "Oh really I lost cause I distinctly remember telling you guys you have to have a girl come with you", Natsu retorted.
"OH HOLY FUDGE, HOW COULD I MISS OUT ON SOMETHING THAT IMPORTANT, JUVIA COME HERE TO ME MY DARLING", Gray shouted out and screamed for his love to come. "I'M COMING GRAY, MY LOVE", Juvia screamed towards the man and she appeared at the gate of the swimming pool. "Forget about the challenge lets just swim, but I can't stay here long", Natsu told the people at the pool.
"Why not Salamander, you scared a little water will defeat you Gihihi", Gajeel teased the fire dragon. "If you must know, I'm going to check out the house with Erza and if I like it were going to live their", Natsu told the iron dragon.
Natsu put his stuff down and dived into the pool, by the time he resurfaced the girls had come back ready for a swim, the water was nice for a day like the warm day they were experiencing. 'If only I could pause the time and keep it here forever', Natsu thought to himself.
"Alright I think that's enough for today, I'm going to head to the windmill, I'll see you guys later tonight, I'm heading somewhere else today so wait up a little while", Natsu told the group of his friends. "Where are you heading to after you see the house?", Lisanna asked as she got out of the pool.
"Oh a certain somebody, I haven't seen him in along time and his kinda in the same spot he was seven years ago. If everything goes as planned we should have another member to this group", Natsu replied as he grabbed his clothes and took Erza into the guild to get changed.
"Wow, so this is the windmill", Natsu asked in amazement. "Yep, this may be your new house, so wad ya say you two", The salesmen said to the couple. "It looks like it's going to fall down any moment", they both said in unison. "I know it's a fixer upper, but the only way to fix this fixer upper is to fix it up with you", the salesman told them.
"Imagine during the winter when it snows in this yard you could build a snowman", the salesmen told them in desperation. "Does it have to be a snowman", Natsu asked him. "It doesn't have to be a snowman", he told them with excitement. "Okay bye", Natsu finished as he waved goodbye and began to walk out. "WAIT, I'll do anything just buy this rundown shit windmill house thing, I'll takeaway the costs to fix it from the sum alright.
"Now your talking, so I guess that drops the place to a more manageable price", Natsu told Erza. "Natsu i'm going to be honest with you, I'll be happy if your happy", Erza said to her boyfriend. "Yeah when I see that windmill I can imagine all our friends up here cleaning out the place and helping us make it into a real home, I want to experience those types of memories here, so i'm fine with a fixer upper", Natsu felt inspired by the house.
"We'll take it then", they finished the deal with the owner and he left finally able to say goodbye to the wreak of a home it was. "So where are you going now ha", Erza asked Natsu as they sat down at the steps outside their new property drinking water. "Yesterday I contacted the magic council, after a long argument with them they allowed me to talk to someone and if everything goes well, I can bring him back to the guild", Natsu replied as he got up.
"I'm going off to meet the guy its Five o'clock so I should be back at around Ten o'clock tonight, just wait for me and we might have agues tonight so I think you should head home and put some blankets on the couch or something", Natsu told his girlfriend as he started walking. "Alright, I'll see you tonight Natsu", Erza waved the man goodbye as he walked away. Suddenly his figure disappeared only leaving fire in it's place.
She had to admit that she loved the view she got from their new house and the was the single large windmill but around the area was a short cliff and forest that surrounded the property, stone stairs led up to the building and the green grass flowed all around the open forest. Their was also wood next to the house and a small farm. It was truly a house that she could see them building and renovating with their friends, while the men worked on the outside and the furnishing, the girls could find furniture and lay the layout of the house. One thing was for certain was that they needed to build a little more onto it and that needs blue prints drawn up probably from Reedus and not Mira.
"He's supposed to be here right now, god he's finally not dead and he just going to leave us standing here while we wait from him, isn't that just so inconsiderate Lahar", Doranbolt yelled outside the council building. "Doranbolt, he;s only five minutes late, if he was an day late then we would have a problem so just calm down", Lahar trie to control his hot headed companion.
"Sorry to keep you guys waiting, so does he know I'll be visiting him or not", Natsu suddenly appeared around the corner of the building. "Natsu, it is Five past Five,where were you", Doranbolt asked the rose haired dragon slayer. "I was just buying a house, anyway does he know i'm visiting him", Natsu asked the two guards. "No he doesn't, so it should be a surprise to him, if you would follow me we can go to the prision", Lahar cooly answered Natsu's question and then opened a wooden door on the side of the council building.
The three people started to walk into the council building and went around corners, the place looked like a stone brick trap that never ended with the same sized blocks connected to each other. They reached a wooden door and Lahar pushed it open to reveal a staircase that looked similar to the rest of the building, it was occasionally lit by fire lacrima's as they travelled down finally opening up to a large prison.
The smell of moss and fungus lofted in the air as they continued forward in the dimly lit prison. The noises of the prisoners were little to none as they walked forwards passing each of the cells that held the most dangerous criminals to ever walk on the land of Fiore. Some of them Natsu had arrested himself and they probably still had a grudge on the fire dragon because of that and he wasn't excepting them to thank him for sending them on the road of righteousness so he continued on without looking at them and they did the same to him.
They finally reached one of the last cells in the area, multiple locks were placed along the door and the iron bars were only placed on the door, On the outside moss grew on each of the stones that made this one cell and it was quite obvious that the man in there wasn't supposed to be happy with his accommodation, but the council couldn't care less whether or not he enjoyed it in the cell or not because of the crimes he had committed against Fiore and the people that lived in all around the kingdom.
"Look alive in their Cobra, you finally have someone that wants to see you", Doranbolt taunted the 2nd generation poison dragon slayer. "Tell them they can shove their worries up their ass, I don't need anyone coming in here and asking how I am and if I like it here and all that krud", Cobra replied from inside the cell.
"Well Cobra, I thought you would have been at least excited to see the person you lost to again, my hearts broken at that comment", Natsu replied while facing distress. "Natsu, is that you, of all people I thought that would come to this dirty place you were on the top of my list, but I didn't expect you to be visiting, I thought you would have been thrown in here with me", Cobra told Natsu. "Pleasant as ever I see Cobra, can I come in", Natsu asked his fellow dragon slayer. "Sure, why not it's not like I have anything better to do, might be good to have a little chat to someone I know", Cobra replied.
Lahar opened the many locks to the door and then it squeaked open to reveal a man with crimson hair a yellow pyjama like clothes on, the cell was bare of anything except two long chains that connected to the wrists of the man. "Nice place you got here", Natsu joked with Cobra. "Yeah it is, I just got it refurbished you see, before I had a bed but they believed that made the room look bad so they made me sleep on the floor", Cobra continued with the joke.
"Natsu why are you really here cause i'm certain it isn't just to comment on my luxurious room, what do you want to talk about?", Cobra asked Natsu as he towered over him. "I wanted to get you guys the Oracion Seis out of this place and make you join Fairy Tail but after a lot of arguing with the magic council I could only get permission for you to be let out, but i'm going to work myself silly to get the whole team out", Ntasu answered the prisoner.
"I don't want your pity, leave us here cause this is where we belong, I committed to many crimes to be accepted back into the wizard community and all because of that idiot Brain", Cobra replied to the man trying to help him. "What if I was to tell you that something very important will be happening very soon and I need your abilities as a dragon slayer and if you help me out in this your reputation as a fiend will be changed to friend. But I need you to co-operate with me and allow me to train you to the peak of perfection", Natsu tried to gain his interest.
"Something to redeem myself, after I tried to corrupt the world with evil this will allow me to make peace with my former crimes, are you serious or are you just playing a practical joke on me, if you are then your a fiend as well", Cobra yelled at Natsu. "I am serious, this is my serious face, This one task will save many in the capital but I need you out of here for it, and if what you do is successful I'll be able to get the other four out of this place as well, so what do you say to me", Natsu told Cobra about his plans. "If your serious about all this and regaining my innocence than I have no reason to doubt your pure heart, I'll help you in whatever it is and you can call me your friend", Cobra finished as he looked a Natsu with a smile.
"So lets get out of this hell hole and get you back to Fairy Tail", Natsu said to the poison dragon slayer as he broke the magic cancelling chains with his bare hands. "WHAT, those things are made of the strongest metal known to man, how is that you can do that and not be fazed", Cobra frisked out. "Because this isn't the first time I needed to break an unbreakable metal and it wont be the last", Natsu proclaimed to the small group.
"So how does it feel to be out in the cool air right, nice and refreshing isn't it almost like a drug", Natsu contemplated while Cobra travelled behind him in a black shirt and grey pants. "Can I get some different clothes or what, I still feel like a criminal and I don't want to stay in these cheap handouts they gave me", Cobra told Natsu as they walked. "Sure, I guess I'll be paying for it thou, considering they took away all your jewels", Natsu asked the poison dragon.
"Well if your offering I would be delighted to comply, now what am I going to get, I am a wizard so something practical that could be used in a fight, God there's way to many stores here in this city, Natsu why don't you give me some jewel and I'll meet you soon at the centre of town", Cobra told the Fire Dragon Slayer. "Wow, a former convict that is being forced to join a guild and then leaving him alone with some jewel so that he can go shopping, well that doesn't seem like an escape attempt", Natsu said toward Cobra in a very sarcastic tone.
"Fine then I guess your coming along for the ride, lets go check this store fist and see what deals we can get, maybe a cool jacket for the look", Cobra went on and on while poor Natsu listened and began to slowly lose sanity as it continued.
"Finally finished are we or is there some other store that probably has a cool slaughtered wyvern belt, or are you finished with drying me down of jewel", Natsu said in a weak defeated tone. "Yes I'm fine to go now and leave this town behind on it's ass, thank you for giving me the jewel to by this stuff I guess", Cobra thanked Natsu about the situation
Cobra looked different from when he first entered back into the world, he now wore a red jacket that only covered his upper torso while he wore an under shirt underneath the jacket, for pants he wore dark pants with a snake scale like pattern along it and he wore normal brown shoes. Over the top of everything was a large white coat that had fur lining across the edges of the coat and the collar. Although his hair had stayed the same his left eye was closed with a scar on it.
"Natsu, was their another reason why it was me you chose to release, like other than my second generation poison dragon sayer magic", asked the curious man as they walked towards the outskirts of the town and towards magnolia. "Nope nothing really special just your dragon slayer magic and your addictive and happy personality of course, hey isn't your name Erik, I think I'll start calling you Erik instead of Cobra because it fits you better, yeah Erik Scarlet", Natsu replied towards Erik.
They walked for a couple more seconds until, "Wait what did you put at the end of Erik just then", Erik asked. "Oh nothing, nothing I was just putting random colours to the end of names like how about Mavis Vermillion thats a great one", Natsu thinker on his feet. "Alright whatever weirdo, if your going to be that way", Erik grumbled.
"Wow, I can't believe my future brother in law is a big cry baby when he doesn't get what he wants", Natsu said out loud. "Their it is again, you mentioned me as your brother in law, what the hell do you mean by that", Erik caught the last comment. "Nothing, nothing, I was just thinking of something else and I thought out loud, I better control myself from speaking out loud again", Natsu answered.
"Hey Erik, I really don't know much about you or who you are actually, what were you before you became a criminal and an outlaw", Natsu asked in fascination to what the answer was going to be. "You want to know who I was, well the easiest way to tell you is that I started a terrible life from the moment I was taken away from my home town and made to build a tower", Erik told his story and went on.
"If you want to know what I was before I was bad, I was a big brother to a little girl, I can't remember a lot about her though because when my village was raided I looked everywhere for my little sister but I fell down and bumped my head and then I woke up in the evil grasp of really devoted and creepy Zeref worshipers and they worked me like a dog, I was constantly feeling the strike of the whip and thats when my memories of my little sister became blurry, I think the reason why only my sister was forgotten was because I made a vow to live and one day find her and that was what they needed to play with to break my spirits", Erik continued with his story telling Natsu more.
"I remember the name of the village thou, Rosemary village and I found out that it was burned to the ground and left no adult survivors, I remember so much from the village, the smell of strawberries that bloomed around the town, a mint aroma that loved to dance around the village, the nice people there god I even remember a kid that used to play with my sister, but his name alludes me", Erik told Natsu more about is past life.
"The one detail that might help me find my sister is that I remember that people around the village alway said that I took after my dad, a spitting image of him and my sister was the one who took after my mother but I couldn't find any pictures of my father and mother so it leads me nowhere. Anyway I forgot about finding her and Brain told me about how power is everything and then he implanted the dragon lacrima inside me, it was a painful experience", Erik ended the story looking Emotionally tired.
"I think this is far enough, Erik i'm going to teleport us back to magnolia, hopefully you don't throw up but anything is a possibility", Natsu told his companion. "Wait what do you mean going to throw up and possibilities explain dammmm—-", Cobra began but was interrupted by Natsu grabbing his arm and suddenly disappearing. When they reappeared he felt a bit Nauseous but he quickly walked it off.
The two walked towards the Fairy Tail guild and burst down the doors to reveal the huge celebration that was happening inside. "Natsu your back, and who is your friend here i'm going to assume that everything went fine for your negotiation to join the guild", Lisanna appeared next to her child hood friend. "Was there any doubts, i'm amazing at negota—-", Natsu began but was interrupted. "What the hell is Cobra from Oracion Seis doing here", Gray yelled making everyone freeze, "why did you release this guy Natsu, he's nothing but bad news for this guild.
"Well I don't know why your getting all defensive about that because right infront of me I see another member of the Baram Alliance and he did three times the amount of crime I did", Erik answered back. "EVERYBODY SHUT UP, Erik here is going to be joining the Fairy Tail guild under the special request of Natsu Dragneel, It's very important to him and as the guild master it's important to me too so if you have any problems voice them now and before you do, just remember we did let Zancrow join so what not him", Makarov suddenly appeared and defended the new member.
The room remained silent because no one could think of anything got retort with. "Well now that that is over time for the next part, this year I am going to be entering two teams into the Grand Magic Games in three and a half months time and I would like to hear what you guys think of the teams?", Makarov continued on from.
Fairy Tail Team A will comprise of
Rogue Cheney the Shadow Dragon Slayer
Sting Eucliffe the White Dragon
Gray Fullbuster the Ice Make Wizard
Erza Scarlet the Knight Requip Mage
Natsu Dragneel the Fire Dragon Slayer
and last but not least Wendy Marvell the Sky Dragon Slayer as a reserve.
Everyone cheated for the first team until the cheering slowed down for Makarov to announce the next team.
Fairy Tail Team B will comprise of
Juvia Lokser the Water Mage
Mirajane the Demon Takover Wizard
Lyon Vastia the Ice Make Wizard
Gajeel Redfox the Iron Dragon Slayer
Laxus Dreyar the Lightning Dragon Slayer
and as a reserve Zancrow the Flame God Slayer.
More cheering erupted as the mages drank booze and made merry with everyone at their lovely guild.
"Erza I think it's about time we head home with our friend here", Natsu tapped Erza on the shoulder and showed her a social dragon slayer. "Alright were going home I guess go tell Cobra to follow us back to our home", Erza said to her boyfriend. "Erik follow us, your staying at our house for the night", Natsu yelled towards the other Dragon.
'Erik, no he can't be big brother Erik, no impossible I would have found him', Erza thought to herself. "So getting picked to go to a challenge you don't know anything about hey, the Grand Magic Games, how do you feel", Erza asked the Natsu as she clung to his arm. "Oh I now them and i'm excited to start training soon, I'm going to get to face cool and powerful opponents bring it on", Natsu said with a fire starting up in his eyes. "But first were going home to sleep, It's been a long day", Natsu told her as he leaned in and kissed Erza.
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