Chapter 10
Makarov walked through a forest, he didn't know where he was going but he knew what he looked for was here, he soon came upon a clearing filled with the bodies of monsters and cut down trees. In the middle of all the carnage a man sat on one of the fallen tree trunks, Makarov walked over and sat next to him on the trunk, "what are you doing here old man?" he asked, he didn't look at the old man and his voice held no emotion
"I was just walking through the forest and I need some where to rest my old legs" Makarov said
The dark mage went back to sitting in silence, ignoring the old man, "you've had quite the life" Makarov said not knowing if he was listening, "Natsu told me all about it"
The old man still got no response from the lightning slayer so he continued, "spent the first 13 years of your life alone in the forest, you were found by Reapers path and soon became their most powerful wizard" Kalex still refused to acknowledge the old man, "I found out something interesting, the forest you were found in wasn't that far from Magnolia if you had just walked in the other direction you probably would have ended up at Fairy tail"
"are you just here to lecture me to death old man" Kalex asked still not looking at him
"no I'm here to offer you a place in Fairy tail" Makarov told him
"why would you do that, I'm the one who beat up that little blue haired girl"
"I know but I would never forgive myself if I let you be consumed by the darkness and didn't try to help"
"you know nothing about me old man now leave me alone" Kalex started to walk away from the guild master
"you are alone" Makarov said stopping the slayer in his track, "you have always been alone, even when you were in Reapers path and especially now"
"I had plenty of friends in Reapers path, you're going senile old man"
"they were not friends, they were subordinates your power meant that everyone feared you and you could never connect with them, you have been alone for your entire life" Makarov told the slayer, "that's why you trained Natsu, so you could have an equal"
"you can talk nonsense all you like old man but I ain't gonna listen" Kalex continued to walk away from the old man
"it is a sad thing when a talented young wizard loses his way, I will not stop you from walking down this aimless path you have set for yourself and even if you join Fairy tail I cannot guarantee you salvation or forgiveness but I can promise you a path to walk" Makarov stood as the slayer turned to face him
"if I join your stupid guild will you stop this stupid lecture?" he asked looking annoyed
Makarov cracked a smile before saying, "sure"
Natsu sat in the guild hall, with his team, as they argued over which job to do, "this one sounds more fun" Natsu said slamming down a monster hunting job
"that pays nothing we should take this job flame brain" Gray put a job for some help dealing with bandits on the table
"yeah I agree I need a little extra cash" Lucy sided with Gray
"no this job is perfect" Erza slammed down a job about helping out a bakery
"you only want to take that job because I pays in cake" all of them said
"is there something wrong with that?" Erza asked as they all started to fight and argue
"calm down guy, I'm sure we can talk about this" Wendy tried to calm them down but was ignored
"welcome back master" Mira said when she saw the master walk through the door but her eyes widened when she saw who came in behind him
"what is he doing here master?" Erza asked as she pointed a sword at him and the rest of the guild stood up to fight
"he's the newest member of Fairy tail" Makarov said but everyone soon started voicing their complaints
Kalex ignored all of the mages and walked over to the request board, he ripped off a job and walked out of the guild without a single word.
Kalex had been at the guild for a month and he had barely stayed at the guild for more than a few minutes before leaving for another job. Natsu sat at the bar with Lucy when Kalex walked in and, like always, walked straight to the request board, took a job and walked out right away, "that guy freaks me out" Gajeel said appearing next to Natsu
"he wasn't normally like this" Natsu said as he remembered when they were on the same team
"I heard a rumour that he doesn't even take the rewards for jobs" Gray appeared next to Gajeel, confusing Lucy as to where all these guys were suddenly coming from, "he just shows up, does the job and leaves without a word said"
"what the hell is wrong with him" Gajeel said, "people might start thinking we're handing out our services for free"
"it seems joining Fairy tail has not done what I hoped it would do" Makarov appeared next to a started Lucy, "killing his father has affected him much more that he first let on, I fear he has lost all hope for a future he is just a corpse going through the motions of being alive"
"how can we help him, gramps?" Natsu asked
"I don't know but if anyone can do it, it's you" the master hopped off the bar and made his way to his office
"you'll help me Lucy?" Natsu turned to the blonde
"sure" she answered not 100 percent sure what she just agreed to
"Gray? Gajeel?" Natsu turned towards the two guys
"sure I have nothing better to do" Gray said
"no way sound like a waste of time" Gajeel said before walking off
"Juvia will join you as well" the crazy water mage jumped out of nowhere and clung to an uncomfortable Gray
"Wendy will you help us?" Natsu asked the little sky slayer sitting by the bar
"sure whatever you need" she responded with a smile
"what about you Erza" he asked the knight sitting at the other end of the bar eating cake
"no way" she said sharply, still not over her grudge
The group sat down to brainstorm ideas to help him but after an hour they had come up with nothing, "really we can't come up with a single idea?" Lucy said as held her head down
"he's back you guys" Happy, their lookout, flew in announcing the slayers arrival
"ok I'm gonna wing it" Natsu said as he jumped up
Kalex walked in to the guild and made his way to the request board, "HEY KALEX LET'S FIGHT" the fire slayer charged forward as was taken out by a punch to the face
"that was stupid" Gray said as he stepped over the salamander, "hey Kalex you wanna go play pool?"
The lightning slayer ignored the ice mage as he took a job and headed to the door, the group sat down together again, "well that was useless" Gray said
"well we only have a few seconds til he's gone" Lucy said as she turned to Natsu, "what kind of things did he like?"
"well mostly women" Natsu said as he looked at the three females on the table but swiftly ignored Wendy
"well go seduce him you two" Gray said
"I know I shouldn't but if it is for my love I will seduce any man" Juvia grabbed Lucy and ran towards Kalex
The two stood in his way as he was about to leave the guild, "hey there big boy" Lucy said trying to sound and look as sexy as she could
"Juvia wants you to show her how to please a man" Juvia did the same thing
Kalex walked past the pair as they tried to continue to get his attention. Erza sighed, fed up with the racket, the knight stood up and shouted at the lightning slayer, "black storm god Kalex I will honour the bet we made"
The entire guild went silent and Kalex stopped just as he was about to leave, "then put it on" he said his first words in a long time
"what are you talking about?" Erza asked
"the armour we all know you have" Kalex turned with a smile on his face, "your private use armour put it on in front of the entire guild"
"I don't have any armour of the sort" Erza said, getting nervous as the guild started to chatter
"we all know you do now honour the bet and put in on and say this" Kalex walked over to Erza and whispered in her ear
Erza had gone completely red in the face by now, "as a knight I must honour this bet"
Erza requiped and when she was done she wore pink panties with stockings, the only thing that covered her chest was a long white apron and on her head she wore a maid hat, the only armour like parts were the gauntlets and the sword that had the words come on boy written on it, "hello master how can I serve you today" she stumbled through the sentence clearly embarrassed
The guild hall erupted in cheers and was filled with flashes as every member scrambled to take a picture of the now panicking Erza, Kalex let out a sinister laugh as he watched the chaos unfold.
End of chapter 10