A/N: Here you guys are, the next chapter. I actually forgot to mention this last chapter, but I achieved a personal goal of mine. That goal being to have Pit use one weapon from each class before I reached 10 chapters. Anyways, enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 9: Pit's Trial?
-Fairy Tail Guild Hall-
The inside of Fairy Tail was nothing like it usually is at the current moment. No one was fighting, drinking, or cheering in joy. No one was in a good mood after seeing one of their guild mates be arrested. And no one felt like saying anything. All but one person that is.
"Let me out!" Natsu yelled. "Let me out of here!" Natsu is now a small lizard, trapped underneath a cup to prevent him from running off.
"Natsu…" Mirajane said. "Be quiet."
"Lemme out!" Natsu yelled again.
"You'll act reckless if we let you out," Mirajane reasoned.
"I won't!" Natsu shouted. "I mean, let me back to my original form!"
"Then you'll go and try to rescue Pit, won't you?" Mirajane guessed.
"I won't!" Natsu responded. "Who cares about Pit!?"
"Our opponent is the council," Gray explained. "Nothing we can do for now."
"Let me out!" Natsu continued to yell. "I just have to tell them something! I don't care if they are council members or not, I know they're wrong!"
"Natsu, just be quiet," Erza said. "Yelling like that isn't going to bring him back."
"Shut up Erza!" Natsu yelled, pointing at her. "You're the reason why Pit even went with them!"
-Flashback-
Everyone was stunned into silence from what the frogman had said. Also very confused as to why the council would arrest Pit.
"What!" Natsu shouted in anger as his and Pit's attacks disappeared.
"I…I really have no idea what's going on right now…" Pit admitted, scratching his head in confusion, holding a deactivated Aquarius Blade at his side.
"What a minute, why is Pit under arrest?" Lucy questioned. "He didn't do anything wrong."
"That's not what the council thinks," the frogman informed them. "Now, mister…um…uh…what was your last name? It seems the council forgot to write it down." He was looking at the document given to him, but one very important piece of information was missing, Pit's last name. Which no one knew that he didn't even have one.
"My…last name?" Pit questioned, getting slightly nervous. He thought, "Crap! How could I not think of a last name to go by!? Okay…what was that stupid nickname everyone called me before I was made the captain of Palutena's guard? Oh yeah!" Pit looked at the frogman then said, "Icarus, my name is Pit Icarus."
The frogman looked at Pit skeptically before writing something on the document and saying, "That's a strange last name, but I've heard stranger. Alright Mr. Icarus, if you would please come with me, I'll take you to the council members so we can have your trial."
"A trial for what exactly?" Pit asked.
"The crimes you committed during the Eisenwald incident," the frogman stated. "The list is too long, so I won't bore you with the details."
"But I didn't do anything wrong!" Pit shouted. "In fact, I probably did a lot more good than I did bad for saving the guild masters!"
"That doesn't matter," the frogman said. "The council's orders are absolute."
Pit was going to argue further, but Erza said, "Pit, just go with him."
"Why should Pit go with him!?" Natsu shouted.
"It'll be much simpler if he goes now instead of prolonging it," Erza explained. "If necessary, the council would probably even put out a wanted poster for him, and that would attract a lot of unwanted attention."
"No way!" Natsu said. "There is no way…!"
"Natsu," Pit said, cutting him off. "I'll just go."
"Why!?" Natsu yelled in surprise.
"Erza has a point, if I don't go with him now, it could cause a lot of unwanted attention to the guild," Pit explained, dismissing his weapon and approaching the frogman. "I'll go with you."
"Good, I'm glad that is didn't have to get messy," the frogman stated. "Now if you would please hold out both of your hands." Pit was slightly confused when he said that, but did it anyways. The frogman then took out a pair of hand cuffs and put them around Pit's wrists. "These are just a precautionary measure. They prevent you from using any magic whatsoever. Now, please follow me." The frogman then started to walk off, Pit following close behind him. Everyone just watched them leave. When they were out of site, everyone slowly started to go into the guild hall.
-Flashback End-
"It's because of what you said that Pit went with that weird guy!" Natsu shouted, still pointing at Erza.
"Maybe so, but it's better than possibly having people coming here hunting for our guild mate," Erza explained. "And the final decision was Pit's to make."
"Besides," Gray side. "Even if something's white, once a council member says it's black, then it becomes black. They just won't listen to our excuses."
"But why…?" Elfman questioned. "We've done so many things in the past, so why this time? And why Pit of all people? He's brand new to the guild."
"Yeah…" Loke agreed. "I just don't understand."
"I'm certain…" Lucy said from her place at the bar, resting her head on the counter. "I'm certain there's something fishy going on."
-Magic Council Headquarters-
Pit was still following the frogman down the large halls of the magic council headquarters. As they were walking, Pit took notice of someone in front of them that was leaning on one of the many pillars in the hall.
"Ah, you must be Pit," the man said. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Siegrain, I am a member of the magic council." The frogman went down on his knee, bowing down to Siegrain.
Pit just looked at Siegrain, and then said, "Oh, so you're one of the guys that had me arrested?"
"Not me, personally I tried my best to avoid having anyone from Fairy Tail arrested," Siegrain explained. "But they were set on setting the blame on someone, so you ended up being their scapegoat. A simple unknown mage who apparently holds great power. For some reason they found that to a great excuse to arrest you." Siegrain then chuckled a bit before saying, "Fairy Tail's Angel…doesn't that have a nice ring to it? At least, that's what the papers are calling you."
"What, so this trail thing isn't even real?" Pit questioned. "Geez…those magic council guys don't sound very responsible."
"Anyways, you're not even talking to me, this is just an Imaginary Body," Siegrain explained, his body flickering slightly. "Those geezers behind that door are in their Imaginary Bodies too. They wouldn't bother coming all the way here for such a small case."
"So what? I answer their questions then they let me go?" Pit asked.
"Pretty much," Siegrain answered. "That is…unless you do something that angers the council. Good luck in your trail now." As he said that, Siegrain's Imaginary Body started to disappear, but before it disappeared completely, he said, "I'll see you behind that door, but as a member of the council. Good luck."
Pit stood there for a moment before he thought, "That guy…I don't know why…but he's just way to suspicious. He's gotta be up to something."
Pit then proceed to enter the trial room, standing on the prosecution platform, before the ten members of the magic council. "We'll now start the mage trial," the frogman said. "Defendant, Pit Icarus, please take the stand."
-Fairy Tail Guild Hall-
"I just can't leave him like that!" Lucy shouted as she suddenly stood up. "Let's go and testify for him!"
"Hm…have patience," Makarov said from his spot on the bar counter.
"What are you saying!? He doesn't deserve this!" Lucy yelled. "We'll be too late if he's already been sentenced!"
"No matter how fast we try to get there, we'd be too late anyways," Makarov stated.
"But…!" Lucy tried to protest.
"Lemme out! Let me out!" Natsu continued to yell from under the cup.
"Are you sure you want to come out?" Makarov questioned. That question did a lot more than anyone thought it should, because Natsu immediately went quiet, no longer saying anything. "What's up Natsu? Cat got your tongue?" Makarov then shot at Natsu with a blast of magic, causing the cup to fly off of him and launch him backwards. But what no one expected was for the lizard Natsu to turn into Macao.
"Sorry…" Macao apologized, rubbing the back of his head. "I was indebted to Natsu. I transformed into a lizard so I could pretend to be Natsu."
"Where the real Natsu!?" Lucy yelled.
"Don't tell me he went after Pit!" Gray shouted.
"Yeah, probably," Macao responded.
"This is no joke!" Elfman shouted. "He'll probably beat up the council members!"
"Sit and be quiet guys," Makarov said in an unusually calm tone for a situation like this. "Just wait patiently for the outcome."
-Magic Council Headquarters-
"Defendant Pit Icarus," said the Magic Council Chairman. "You are suspected of destroying part of Oshibana Station, Ryushika Canyon's railway bridge, and an entire mansion in Clover. According to witness' testimony, the culprit is a male mage who has wings. Even though you don't have any right now, according to our messenger, you had wings when he found you. Is that correct?"
"Yeah, that's true," Pit said.
"There is also something else we are curious about," the chairman said. "Fairy Tail is the first guild you have ever joined, is this right?"
"mhm, I've been a mage for Fairy Tail for around a week now," Pit explained.
"Now our concern is that we have no previous records on you," the chairman explained. "We have no previous affiliations, no previous residence information, we have almost no information on you. Now, please answer this question, where did you come from?"
Pit immediately got very nervous, thinking that his cover had been blown. He was sweating slightly and trembling as he thought, "Oh crap! This is it for me! There's no way I can get out of this!" Pit was about to say something until an explosion occurred right behind him.
All the council members were taken off guard by the sudden explosion. "What's going on!?" the chairman shouted.
"I'm the mage with wings! Arrest me if you can!" shouted Natsu, who was crudely dressed up like Pit with a brown haired wig on his head that did little to hide his pink hair, and wings that were clearly taped onto his back. It didn't help that he was breathing fire. Everyone was surprised to see what emerged from the explosion, but Pit was much more confused than surprised. "I'm Pit dammit! Tell me what I'm guilty off!" The only one who wasn't surprised was Siegrain, for he had an amused expression on his face. "Make sure it's even more important than the guild masters' lives!" Natsu continued to yell, pointing at the magic council. Natsu then grinned at them, spreading his arms over his head.
"Put them in jail," said the chairman.
"Natsu, what are doing?" Pit questioned.
"Shut up Pit!" Natsu yelled. "Wait, I mean I'm Pit!"
After being put into a jail cell, Natsu discarded his disguise and then he and Pi started to talk.
"Really Natsu, what are you doing here?" Pit asked.
"Isn't it obvious!?" Natsu shouted. "I'm here to get you out of here!"
"Great job doing that Natsu, look where we are now," Pit said. He then thought, "Although, you actually saved me more than you think Natsu. If you hadn't shown up when you did, who knows what would have happened."
"Whatever!" Natsu yelled. "If you just ran when I showed up, we wouldn't be in here!"
"Actually Natsu, this whole thing is just a formality," Pit explained.
"Formality!?" Natsu yelled.
"Yeah, they just needed someone to blame," Pit explained further. "They just wanna keep Fairy Tail in check and show them whose boss basically."
"That's so stupid though!" Natsu shouted.
"Yeah," Pit agreed. "And the thing is, I would have been let go after I answered all their questions. But then you showed up and started to destroy everything."
"What!?" Natsu shouted in disbelief. "…Sorry…"
Pit then grinned at Natsu as he said, "But hey, it was actually kinda funny, what you did."
Natsu chuckled a bit, "Yeah, it was pretty fun too."
As the two of them laughed about what Natsu did, outside of their cell, but out of sight of the two, Siegrain was standing in the hall. He said, "I see, so he was at Fairy Tail, Natsu Dragneel." He smiled as he turned and started to walk away. "And maybe an even bigger possibility with Pit."
-Fairy Tail Guild Hall-
Fairy Tail was once again as lively as it was before, even if Natsu was the only one celebrating.
"That air is way better outdoors!" Natsu yelled, holding a mug of fire in his left hand. "It's really the best! Freedom is wonderful! Freeeedoooom!" Natsu was running around the guild shouting and celebrating by himself as others told him to be quiet.
"He should've stayed in jail a little longer," Lucy commented. She then rested her head on the bar counter again before saying, "I can't believe the arrest was just a formality…I wasted my time worrying."
"I see!" Gray said, pounding the bottom of his fist into the palm of his open hand. "The messenger was a frog, so he bounced right back!"
"As expected of an ice mage! As cold as ice!" Happy commented.
"Is Natsu always this excitable?" Pit questioned, holding onto a soda that he was drinking.
"Pretty much," Happy answered.
"By the way," Elfman said. "What happened to the duel of men between Natsu and Pit?"
"Oh yeah! I forgot!" Natsu said, turning his attention to Pit. "Pit! Let's continue!"
"I'd rather not Natsu," Pit said, scratching his head. "I'm just not feeling it right now."
"Here I come!" Natsu said, setting his right fist ablaze, charging at Pit, and ignoring what he said.
Pit just sighed as he held out his arm towards Natsu, a light enveloping it. It cleared to reveal a strange contraption now covered his arm. A grey band was around his shoulder, and a small black piece of fabric covered his arm before his arm went into a grey piece that had a yellow line that went vertical and horizontal on it. After that was a very large grey piece, where one was over another smaller identical piece with a hollow red circle in an area where they meet. At the end of the piece are black, jaw looking pieces with red lines going down their lengths. The two black pieces separated, opening like a jaw to reveal a small cannon on the inside of it. But instead of firing something like everyone thought Pit was going to do, the end of it clamped down on Natsu's fist, effectively stopping his attack.
Natsu tried to pull his fist out, but was none too successful at this. "Dammit Pit! Let me go!"
"Hold on just one moment," Pit said. He then started to raise Natsu up, arcing him over his head, and slamming him down onto the ground head first, also causing a dust cloud to raise. Everyone was shocked at just what happened, and when the dust settled, Natsu was revealed to be knocked out. "There, I think we're done."
"And you're out!" Happy exclaimed.
Erza chuckled to herself a bit before she said, "Nicely done Pit, although next time, please refrain from causing damage to the guild." The floor where Pit had slammed Natsu was splintered and had formed a small crater.
"Oh…sorry…" Pit said, scratching his cheek with his left hand.
Gray and Elfman were currently laughing at Natsu. "You're so lame Natsu!" Gray commented.
"Pit really is strong!"
"Hey, is the bet from the other day still on?" asked a random guild member.
"Oh my…the store is wrecked again," commented another.
"Geez Pit…" Lucy said. "What kind of weapon do you have this time?"
"Oh, this thing?" Pit said, lifting up his weapon. "This is the Crusher Arm."
"Blades, bows, palms, cannons, claws, and now this?" Gray questioned. "What all do you have?"
"Well…I've mastered the usage of nine different weapons," Pit admitted. "And I have 12 different versions of each."
"Wait a minute…" Happy said. "Nine different weapons…12 of each…that's…um…" Happy tried to do the math with his paws, but was failing at doing so.
"That's over 100 weapons!" Lucy shouted in amazement. "Where did you even get that many!?"
"Sorry, but that's my secret," Pit said, dismissing the Crusher Arm.
"…What about the Aquarius Blade?" Lucy asked. "Where did that come from?"
"It came from the same place as all my other weapons," Pit said. "I have nine Zodiac Weapons, one in each class, and three Zodiac Powers. Each one bears the sign of the zodiac."
"I've never even heard of the existence of such weapons," Erza mused. "Their crafter must have been a very experienced smithy."
"You have no idea," Pit thought, thinking of the maker of his weapons, Dyntos, the God of the Forge.
Mirajane was smiling as she watched them talk. She then looked over at Makarov and noticed that his head was nodding slightly. "What's wrong Master?"
"Nothing, just getting sleepy," Makarov stated. "It's him." Soon after he said that, members of the guild started to fall asleep. After everyone but Makarov was asleep, a man covered in many robes, covering his face with bandanas, and holding a spear at his side, entered the guild. "Mystogan." Makarov said as he watched the man walk to the request board and choose a job from it.
Mystogan then went up to Makarov, showing him the job he choose before he said, "I'm leaving."
"Hey! Release you're sleep magic!" Makarov complained.
Mystogan then turned around and started to count down from five. By the time he reached one, he had already exited the guild and had disappeared. All at once, everyone in Fairy Tail woke up, except for Natsu, who is still knocked out for Pit's attack.
"This feeling…was it Mystogan!?" shouted Jet.
"That punk!"
"His sleep magic is so powerful!"
"Mystogan?" Lucy questioned.
"Who in the world is that guy?" Pit asked, yawning slightly.
"He's one of the strongest mage candidates in Fairy Tail," Loke explained. When Loke saw Lucy, he slowly started to back away from her.
"For some reason, he hates being seen, so whenever he comes to pick up a job, he puts everyone to sleep," Gray explained.
"What the!? That sounds so fishy!" Lucy shouted.
"He must not like big crowds or something," Pit guessed.
"Maybe, but only the master knows Mystogan's face," Gray said.
"No, I know it as well," said a new voice.
Everyone looked toward it and were surprised to see who it was. Sitting up on the second floor was a man wearing an orange tunic with spots reminiscent of a leopard's on the shoulders and sides, with dark-lined sleeves reaching down below his elbows, and fur on the lower edges. He sported a bright red cape, tied on the front with a garish knot, which bore a large, lighter Fairy Tail symbol on the back, and loose, baggy dark pants tucked inside light metal greaves. Around his waist was a simple belt to which he attached the device linked to his headphones, and was smoking a cigar.
"Laxus!" shouted one of the guild members.
"You're here!"
"How unusual!"
"He's also one of the strongest mage candidates," Gray said. Natsu was now starting regaining consciousness.
"Mystogan is really shy," Laxus said. "Don't question it too much."
"Laxus! Fight me!" Natsu shouted, now standing up.
"You were just defeated by Pit," commented a guild member.
"What? Who the hell is Pit?" Laxus questioned.
"That would be me," Pit answered, now standing from his seat and looking at Laxus.
Laxus just looked at Pit before laughing. "HAHAHA! You lost to this guy!? He looks so weak!" Laxus said. "If you lost to him, there's no way you can beat me! I'm stronger than Erza after all!" Laxus was still laughing after he said that.
"What was that?" Erza said in a threatening tone.
"I mean, I'm the strongest," Laxus said, now over his laughing fit.
Natsu was still looking up at Laxus. "Come on down bastard!" he yelled.
"Why don't you come up?" Laxus said.
"Bring it on!" Natsu said as he charged at him.
Makarov, without even looking at Natsu, stretched his arm while making it bigger. He then slammed his fist down onto Natsu, stopping him in his tracks. "You can't go to the second floor yet," Makarov stated.
"Ha ha! You got scolded," Laxus taunted.
"You too Laxus, stop it," Makarov stated, opening one of his eyes and looking up and Laxus.
"I'll never give Fairy Tail's strongest position to anyone else," Laxus stated. "Not to Erza, not to Mystogan, not even to that geezer. I'm the strongest!"
"Someone like you isn't strong," Pit stated, surprising everyone in the guild.
Laxus was looking right at Pit. "What was that?" he asked.
"I said you're not strong," Pit repeated.
Laxus once again broke out into laughter. "What are you talking about!? Of course I'm strong! I'm the strongest in Fairy Tail! Everyone knows that!"
"Then what do you fight for?" Pit asked, ignoring Laxus's laughter. But the question made him stop laughing.
Laxus grinned as he said, "Isn't it obvious? I fight for power."
-Later that Night-
"Geez…that Laxus guy sure was annoying," Pit commented, then drinking from his soda.
"Hey Mira, do you know what Master was talking about earlier?" Lucy asked, Plue sitting next to her. "What he meant when he said Natsu couldn't go to the second floor?"
"It's still too early for you Lucy," Mirajane responded. "But the request board on the second floor has far more difficult jobs posted compared to the first floor. They're S-Class jobs."
"S-Class!?" Lucy shouted in surprise.
"What's the deal with these S-Class jobs?" Pit asked.
"They're so dangerous that even the smallest mistake can lead to your death. But in return, the pay I very good," Mirajane explained.
"Really!?" Pit shouted, more in excitement more than panic.
"You're really weird Pit…" Lucy commented.
"Only mages approved by Master can take S-Class jobs," Mirajane explained further. "There are only five currently qualified, including Erza, Laxus, and Mystogan. You shouldn't aim for S-Class anyways Lucy. You'll never have enough lives with those jobs."
"Seems so," Lucy agreed.
"What about me?" Pit asked with a smile on his face.
"I think it could be possible for you to become one Pit," Mirajane said with her usual smile. She then had a look of realization before she said, "I nearly forgot, I had the chiefs make a special dish to celebrate you're return. I'll be right back." Mirajane then left to go to the kitchen.
Pit, Lucy and Plue were then joined by Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Happy. "Hey guys!" Natsu said with his usual toothy grin. "What's up?"
"Mira's getting Pit a special meal," Lucy told them. "I think it was very nice of her to do that, don't you think?"
Gray smiles a bit as he said, "Yeah, good for you Pit. Hope you enjoy it, the chiefs here are really good at what they do."
Mira then came back and put a plate down in front of Pit. "Here you are Pit, eggplant casserole."
"Awesome! I can't wait to…!" Pit started to say until he stopped, a look of horror on his face. "Did…did you say…eggplant…casserole?"
"mhm" Mirajane said as she nodded, still smiling with her eyes closed.
"Hey, you okay Pit?" Gray asked
"He looks like Natsu when he's on a train," Happy commented.
Pit the covered his mouth as his cheeks puffed out slightly, jumping off of chair and heading straight to a bathroom.
"…He can defeat a mage as powerful as Erigor…" Erza said.
"…He can stare down monsters no problem…" Gray continued, talking about actual monsters and Erza.
"…And he can even fight me to a standstill…" Natsu added.
"…But eggplants make him sick to his stomach?" Lucy questioned.
"…Pit's not as strong as he seems…" Happy commented, the others nodding a bit.
-Outside-
Lucy was on her way to her home, talking to Plue. "I've heard of Mystogan and Laxus before," Lucy stated as she balanced on the rail of a bridge. "Fairy Tail really is a great guild. Now I finally understand the chain of command in Fairy Tail." She pictured in her mind what it looked like, with Makarov on top, then the four other S-Class mages, including Erza, Laxus, and Mystogan. There was a line underneath them and under that line was Gray, Natsu, Pit, and herself. With all the other guild members below them. "I'll work even harder starting tomorrow!" She then entered her house, only to see Natsu and Happy working out. "Your sweat stinks!" Lucy shouted as she dive kicked him in his stomach. "Go exercise at your own place!" she continued to shout as she pointed out her door.
"Calm down Lucy, we didn't do anything wrong," Pit said from his place in a chair.
"Nothing wrong!?" Lucy questioned. "You three snuck into my house again!"
"What are you talking about? We're a team," Natsu said, handing her a giant pink dumbbell. "Here, this is yours."
"You like pink, right Lucy?" Happy questioned.
"What am I gonna do with iron dumbbells!?" Lucy yelled.
"Uh…work out with them maybe?" Pit said.
"Wait…why aren't you doing anything!?" Lucy shouted, pointing accusingly at Pit.
"Cause I don't wanna work out," Pit answered.
"Then why do I have to!?" Lucy questioned.
"Cause we gotta get stronger in order to defeat Erza and Laxus," Natsu said as he and Happy started to do pushups, Happy saying aye in agreement.
"I don't care, go home!" Lucy shouted.
"We're gonna stay up all night to train," Natsu stated.
"Someone help!" Lucy shouted in distress.
"I've made a decision," Natsu said as he did pushups, catching the attention of both Lucy and Pit. "We're all gonna do an S-Class job!" Happy then held up a job poster with "S-Class" stamped onto it with the words "Help Us!" across the top of it.
"How did you get that!?" Lucy questioned.
Pit on the other hand was grinning at this, "Alright, time for some real fun."
A/N: That's the chapter, though I feel I could have done some parts of it better. Now to address a few questions you may have, mainly, why I had Pit arrested. The main reason is so he can meet Jellal/Siegrain early in the story. And to address the fact that no one knows anything about Pit's past, and how unprepared he is to answer questions involving it, seeing how he needs to keep where he is from a secret. That's all I have to say. Don't forget to leave a review and Favorite and Follow if you haven't already. Seeya later.
