Hey guys, Flipkicks here and today I bring to you a new chapter for "Civil War", thank you guys for checking out the story and what you all thought of the previous chapter. Sorry for being absent on this story since I have been focusing on "The Reaper's Memories" and I wanted to make sure that I was ahead for that story before going back to this one.
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Ult Guest: South Park's A Fractured but whole is a parodied version of Marvel's Civil War and mine is more in line with the Marvel story with some other aspects that I have in mind for the story.
Those asking on the whole Erza pregnancy situation, it will play a factor for Ichigo story
I do not own neither series.
Ichigo's Side
Part VI: The Face
Mercurius, Crocus:
3 Weeks Later
It has been 3 weeks since Natsu left the guild and everyone still can't believe that one of the hearts of Fairy Tail is no longer there. Some would blame Natsu's absence because of Zero's choices while others believe that Zero is doing what he thinks is good for the guild with some help from Evergreen and Laxus. With Natsu now gone from the guild, Some were skeptical on Zero being the leader but there was a severe lack of trust with him being the main leader of the Guild.
Since it has been 3 weeks since Zero did leaved the guild to attend a meeting for the Government, Erza didn't get a chance to reveal that she is pregnant with his child and everyone in the guild started to notice her belly starting to grow. Evergreen, Levy, Lucy and Wendy would help the scarlet haired teen with her 'hubby' being gone.
Right now, Ichigo is in the capital of Fiore and more importantly, inside the castle of Mercurius.
"Ichigo?" Jura looks at the very tired 'Face' of Fairy Tail and sees him dozing a bit, "Are you alright?" He asks him in a concerned tone.
"I'm fine Jura." He waves it off, "Let's proceed with the meeting." He nods his head as the 'Faces' then proceeded with the meeting on hand. Ichigo is the Face of Fairy Tail, Jura being Lamia Scales, Kagura Mikazuchi of Mermaid Heel, Ichiya of Blue Pegasus, Sting of Sabertooth and Jellal of Crime Sorciére.
"Why would we proceed when none of us want to be in this situation?" Sting says to the group, "Last I check, the one that should be in power of everything is Hisui."
"Sting," Ichigo stares daggers at him without a care, "Just shut up."
"You want to start something you disgraced Fairy?!" Ichigo didn't flinch from the comment as his Royal Weapons appear all around him, "Now I can see why Natsu-san left! You think you are in charge of everything but it should have been Natsu!"
"Natsu wouldn't be able to solve anything besides destroying things. He has no idea on how to run a guild and I was put in that situation with everyone picking me." Ichigo would appear in front of Sting as he dared him to make a move, "I'm surprised that you were put into this situation since most Dragon Slayers like yourself don't use their brain. Minerva seems to be the smart one of the group, hell even Rogue or Yukino. Charisma is a good quality but if you think that it'll get you far in life, you are surly going to meet a bad end."
"That's enough!" They turn their attention to the green haired beauty coming towards them, "As the Queen of Fiore, Hisui E. Fiore, I order you to cease this at once!" She orders the two bickering mages to stop.
"Very well." The crystals disappear and returned back to Ichigo, "As long as he's behaved, I'm good." He then returns to his seat as Hisui sits as the main head of this meeting.
"Let's continue on where we left off." Hisui goes straight into business, "Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel have voted to be part of Class A, guilds that wishes to regain their independence from the Government by working for the new Magic Government and if signs show progression and stability within their region such as Fiore, they will be grant independence from the Government. While the Government will keep an eye out on those who wish to. Now I ask of the faces of Crime Sorciére, Blue Pegasus and Sabertooth to respond with their decision."
"I vote for my guild to not be under the watch of the Government." Jellal response first to the Queen and proceeds, "As you know your highness, you grant amnesty to my guild for our actions against the Alvarez Empire. I am forever grateful for you granting myself along with my colleagues a clean slate but the new Government hasn't shown any signs of making a better world for all of us." Jellal stated to the Queen in a calm matter and everyone can buy that while others didn't, "It has been 4 months since the New Government has been placed and so far, there hasn't been any new results of change."
"It's still a new system that we placed Jellal and I know that it may be suspicious but the Magic Council has brought up points that we needed to be accountable for our actions. Everyone wants to make things better for everyone." Hisui response back to the former Saint.
"But how long is the question." Sting says to Hisui in a more calm tone, "Sure all of us are accountable for the War but it was the Alvarez Empire that started this war and we were the ones to end it! Ichigo 'Zero' Kurosaki, Natsu Dragneel were the ones to end the war against the Dark mage Zeref. I just don't see why we have to be blamed for this kind of mess."
"Because you don't think of a bigger situation than this Sting." Kagura response back, "As Mages, we have to take responsibility for our actions because of this gift that we all got. We represent the most powerful guilds in all of Ishgar from Fairy Tail to Sabertooth. We have to be the ones to take action for our statuses as the most powerful magic guilds in the world."
"That maybe but if we are to take blame for this, the Government shouldn't have been rushed to placed new regulations because of what happened. We didn't start the war, they did!"
"You may need to use your brain for this one Sting." Ichiya says to the blonde haired holy Dragon Slayer, "Just because they started the war doesn't mean that they were in the wrong per say. Sure we have the right to defend ourselves as Mages or Civilians but actions leads to consequences." Ichiya would turn his attention to Hisui, "I may agree that the new Government was rushed with out our consent but for now, I must remain neutral until I see results Queen Hisui."
"Very well Ichiya. For now, Blue Pegasus will operate their usual 'missions' but they won't be receiving monster hunts or the S-Ranks missions until they decide. Of course you will be receiving compensations so that your guild may earn money to pay rent." Ichiya nods his head to the Queen and the meeting proceeds, "Jellal, since you wish to not accept the Government I presume?"
"Yes your highness. If your new Government shows progression on changing things for the better, I will accept but should it not, I will have to force them to change."
Hisui took the threat seriously as do the others and Ichigo tightened his hand, wanting Jellal to accept this for their friends.
"And I take it that you don't want to partake in this matter, right Sting?"
"You bet."
"Very well. Sabertooth will no longer be regulated as a legal guild and will be placed under surveillance." Everyone in the room didn't expect that from Hisui, especially Ichigo, "Should the guild take any actions against the Kingdom, they are to be arrested and judged for said action."
"You can't do that!" Sting stood up and yells in anger, "How is my guild going to pay for everything?! I have 100's of members that I am looking after and you want to take their livelihoods away from them?!" Sting fists started to turn white but Jura was able to encase him in the strongest rock formation, wrapping him around by using his hands.
"Jura, place Sting in the cell. He needs to calm down and once he calms down, he will be released and sent back to his guild." Jura nods his head to Hisui's orders and was allowed to leave the meeting with Sting in his hands.
Everyone wasn't expecting an order like that from Hisui. Probably ever since that her father became ill, she had to take on a more serious role and be the Queen that everyone will respect. She always sought advice from everyone from those who have been by her side and for some reason, Ichigo 'Zero' Kurosaki of Fairy Tail.
While the two initially had a bad outing at first but after defeating the Dragons and Future Rogue, Ichigo and Hisui became good friends but after the war with the Alvarez Empire, things went slightly down hill but Ichigo tried his best to maintain a good friendship with the current Queen and some speculate that Ichigo is trying to sway Hisui's from the real attention at hand. Of course both of them stated that there is no big gain from both sides and they both want a peaceful agreement with the new Government being placed.
'To think that you would go this far...' Jellal says to himself, 'Looks like that I might need to observe this.'
"The hell?" Ichigo found this troubling. Of course he did suspect that Sting might do this sort of thing but to be put in a cell for the time is something else. 'This will hurt her in the long run...'
"That's enough." Said a tall man with a muscular build. He wears a long black coat with silver pauldrons, black boots and black trousers. The top of his coat is open to reveal his chest, with his leather SOLDIER suspenders crossed over it. He has long silver hair has bangs parted to either side of his face.
"Who're you?" Ichigo asks and can feel that this man is one another level in terms of power.
"I'm one of the Governments new agents. The Executioner, Sephiroth."
'Executioner?' The mages gritted their teeth together as he comes forward towards the group.
"As one of the Government's new agents, it is my responsibility to make sure that things go smoothly. With the guilds of Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel being part of Class A, they are to make sure that they know their boundaries." He finishes as he approaches the table and shows them a piece of paper, "With that said," He turns his attention to Ichigo, "Ichigo Kurosaki, your assignment is this."
His eyes widen as he didn't expect this.
"Find Natsu Dragneel. Alive or Dead."
Magnolia, Fairy Tail Guild Hall
"I wonder if Zero-kun is coming back..." Lucy mutters to herself as she hasn't seen him since the day Natsu left the guild. She has been meaning to tell him about Erza's pregnancy and for him to be there for her but Zero has been in the capital after Natsu left.
She would then remember all the good times that Team Natsu was formed with herself, Gray, Natsu, Zero, Erza and Yoruichi being the leader of the young group. They had their ups and downs at times but they would always make up in the end and their friendships would grow stronger, especially Zero's brotherly friendship with Natsu and Gray. All 3 were considered to be the strongest male in the guild but when it was revealed that Zero is the strongest, it made the Gray and Natsu strived to become strong like him but now they will never get that chance with the way things are now.
"Hey Lucy." Mira greets the Celestial Mage, "You okay?" She asks her a bit concern.
"Oh yeah I'm fine Mira." She replies to the white haired bartender, "By the way, any news on Elfman?" Elfman left for some reason 2 weeks ago and hasn't come back to the guild.
Mira would shake her head to her friend/roommate question and response, "Lisanna made sure to place a mark on Elfman before he left but for some reason, the tracker went offline. I'm more worried that he won't be back."
'Even Elfman...' Lucy grips her hands tightly as now another member of the guild has vanished. First it was Natsu who quitted the guild, Romeo followed suit and Gajeel a week after that.
"I don't know why but we seriously need to make that nothing happens to anyone else in the guild." Mira says to the blonde haired beauty, "Also I received this." She shows her a hologram mail.
"Hey guys." It was revealed to be Lucina and Dizzy, "Sorry we haven't been in the guild for awhile but we found something interesting." Lucy leans in as to what she has to say next, "There's something big going on with the new Government. Dizzy and myself have been making tabs on what's going on."
"And we ended up running into Gildarts." The girls eyes widen as Dizzy continues, "Gildarts told us that Zero-kun ordered him to keep him inform of this new facility that their Aces have been at. Apparently some known strong members of different guilds have been there to show 'good faith' but things are just as bad Zero predicted."
'Predicted?' Both girls raise an eyebrow to what Dizzy says.
"Some of those Aces appear to have these weird marks on their necks and their eyes give this intimidating aura. They also keep on muttering 'No Justice for the Mages.'"
"Caeldori mentions that the Government has some big plans going on from what she says. It would seem that Zero was on to something, even having to make sure that he plays along to them."
'So Natsu was right but Zero suspected that something's fishy?'
"While he had to make sure that the people he cares about doesn't get involved into this mess, we were assigned to observe the new building here in the capital."
'Seems Zero is always thinking of others and they knew that its a risky situation if they were to get caught.' Both girls said to themselves.
"Well keep you guys inform the next time we get something big"