A.N: Yeah I know I said Sunday but I was bored! So give me a break. Well here is a chapter clue; In this chapter we will be meeting a MASTER… but will they be on the side of Fairy Tail or the Citadel? Find out by reading.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does.
Two weeks later, at the entrance of hall of the Guild Masters' Hall in the town of Clover.
"How long is this friend of yours going to take Banan?" Gray asks the flame slayer impatiently.
"Don't worry, Arial won't be much longer… her wind magic is so powerful she's unlocked the ability to fly… and fast" Banan replies.
"SHE CAN FLY?" the group; Erza, Gray, Natsu and Lucy cry out.
Banan laughs.
"I remember Arial from the tourney last year… she sure showed me" Karen reminisced.
"Hahaha… as I recall she made you fly for a few seconds didn't she?" Banan recalled.
"Indeed she did… are you sure she'll help us Banan? Arial can be known to be… temperamental at the best of times" Karen inquired.
"She'll help us… if I have to I'll count it as a favour for me… she owes me a big one" Banan spoke seriously.
I wonder what he did? The Fairies wondered.
Suddenly however, the group was bombarded by a powerful force of wind.
"What is this?" Natsu exclaimed. He couldn't believe the magical power he was feeling.
The wind calmed and when the group opened their eyes, a girl of sixteen appeared before them.
She had short purple hair, brown eyes that pierced and a smirk so sharp it cut.
"Hey Banan… been a while. Nice to see you as well Karen" Arial of the Wind greeted her fellow slayers.
"Hello Arial, it has been a while, nearly a year, not since the tourney If I recall" Banan replied.
Arial nodded, "And who are these… mages" she added distastefully as though she hated calling them mages at all.
"That's no way to talk to an ally" Erza marked, frowning.
"Ally? I did not believe I agreed to help you" Arial countered.
Erza scowled and was ready to fight.
"Enough! We have more pressing issues to discuss Arial… alone if you may?" Banan intercepted.
"Hmph" Arial said under her breath but followed Banan away anyway.
"Well she was pleasant" Erza commented.
"Oh she is in a good mood; you should see her when she's actually annoyed… let alone angry" Karen spoke cheerfully.
"She was in a good mood… her good mood is as bad as Erza's worst" Gray said.
Karen laughs.
"Well It seems the waiting is over, let's head inside to hear the guild masters out" Erza said, turning to the hall.
The group all nod and follow Erza into the hall.
"I refuse to believe that there is an entire order of wizards numbering in the thousands that can utilize any form of slayer magic naturally!" Wizard Saint Wolfheim declared angrily to those present which included all the wizard saints, all the guild masters and representatives of each guild. "The idea that even God Serana, traitor as he was, would be considered weak to this Citadel is inconceivable".
"You had better believe it Wolfheim… Banan here took out all ten of the wizard saints in one go using only his aura and he claims he is ranked only at 168th at the Citadel" Makarov growls.
"Just his aura?" a random guild master spoke.
"That's Impossible!" declared a random wizard.
"It's true… Banan here is so powerful that I wager he could have defeated Zeref and his Spriggan Twelve with nothing but a wave of his hand" Makarov declared.
"How can we trust him?" Draculos asks Makarov.
"I'll answer that" Banan speaks up, immediately gaining the attention of everyone within the hall.
"The Citadel wishes to relieve its boredom by conquering the world… in the outcome killing tens of thousands of wizards and maybe millions of citizens… I refuse to believe in that cause!" Banan declares.
"Same with me!" Karen agrees.
Everyone looks at Arial, who looks confused before sighing, "Yeah I agree".
"She doesn't seem serious" Warrod states.
"It's because I see you all as a lost cause" Arial replies.
The uproar that followed was fearsome… until everyone felt invisible gags in their mouths.
"Ugh, you guys are giving me a migraine" Arial complains.
"Arial… release the gags" Banan orders.
Arial raises an eyebrow and shrugs releasing the gags.
"It was kind of funny" she mutters.
"Now is not the time to be funny" Banan says, "Right now we need to prepare for the Citadel, so would you all be willing to hear my plan?"
When they all nod, Banan continues, "First we need to improve some of your mages".
"Who and how?" Warrod asks.
"I myself will take Natsu, the Salamander under my wing… Karen here will teach her brother Gray" he indicates Karen who sticks a tongue out, "As for the rest; I have made contacts with corresponding slayers of the citadel who are sympathetic with us and have agreed to train the following; Gajeel the Iron Slayer, Wendy the Sky Slayer, Laxas the lightning slayer, Sting the Holy slayer and Rogue the Shadow slayer" he finishes.
"Wait… isn't Wendy going to be taught by Arial?" Natsu interrupts.
"HELL NO! I am not teaching some snot nosed brat no matter how many times you ask Banan" Arial argues before Banan puts up a hand.
"Don't worry Arial, your mission is still the same… I have someone else in mind for Wendy, Natsu" Banan explains which Natsu nods.
"I can also help the magic of some other mages from Fairy Tail with some of my contacts" Banan continues.
"Who are they?" Makarov asks, the first he's heard of it.
"Juvia will undertake training with a Water Slayer that I am on… good terms with" behind his back Karen smirks knowingly, "I can also send Lucy and Erza to train with a wizard I know… she may not be of the Citadel but she is… formidable" Banan ends.
The room nods in agreement.
"Besides training these young wizards, what else do you have?" Wolfheim asks, more eager than before.
"I have selected three wizards from the citadel to conduct a training camp for any wizard who wishes to train some more… the camp will last for three months and I can guarantee the promise of more strength… as for everything else I have some detailed written plans best left for the Saints" at that he hands over a pile of scrolls to the Ten Wizard Saints, "All we can do to prepare in the end is to become stronger and gather more Citadel citizens who believe this situation to be wrong… that's where Arial comes in".
Arial steps forward, "My wind magic can reach all across this continent of yours… I can use it to find any Slayer of the Citadel just from sitting… once I have a list of people and locations I'll set out to recruit them all… it may take a month however even for me" she finishes.
"Does the council agree?" Makarov passes.
The Ten Wizard Saints consent.
"Do the Guild Master agree?" Makarov passes.
The Guild Masters consent.
"Then I believe this meeting is ov-" Makarov begins to end the meeting but is interrupted by the Hall doors bursting inwards.
"What the Devil?" Makarov exclaims preparing for battle.
However, when the woman walks in, all three of them; Banan, Karen and Arial kneel.
Standing before them was a twenty-year-old woman with pinkish hair and red eyes, looking calm.
"Hello Banan… am I late?" Master of the Flame Cassandra Pentaghast asked quietly.
A.N: You guessed it, Cassandra is a Master of the Citadel who holds the title 'Master of the Flame' basically meaning she is the most powerful Flame Slayer in the Citadel. A quick fact about Cass, when she was four she became Master of the Flame when she released her aura accidently and burnt the current Master of Flame to the point that he lost all his magic through trauma… I calculate that she has more magical power at her disposal than ten 'F.A.C.E' projects… you know… those things from the Tartaros arc. She is also ranked #2 in the Citadel… number one is just going to be ridiculous. Anyway here we are, Im going to take a break and I'll return on the day and time I mentioned in my previous chapter. Later!
