Chapter 13: Official initiation

A/N: Enjoy! Here's the newest chapter! Please review!

Disclaimer: I do not Fairy Tail but I do own my OC.

Warning: This chapter contains an instant K.O, an Ice Pervert, a Flame-Brain, Happy, a Magic Shinigami, Strauss Siblings, a Guild Mark and...a team being dissolved...you have been warned...have fun reading!

Normal Speech: "Talking..."

Thoughts: "Thinking..."

Magic Spells/Chants: "Spell/Chant..."

Demon/Kaito's ancestors' Speech: "Talking..."

Magic's Ghost's/Possession Speech: "Talking..."

It's been a few days since Kaito and Cana had left Sakura Village. Now, they were on their way back to Fairy Tail as they alight from the train they were on.

A cheerful smile was on Cana's face as she got off of the train. She turned back to see Kaito sighing as he rubbed his neck.

"What a miserable ride," Kaito grumbled as he walked alongside Cana, who giggled at his words. The Spirit Magic user rolled is eyes at Cana and he stretched his arms. "We should head back to the guild. Master Makarov might be waiting."

Cana beamed. "Master should have gotten feedbacks about us from our clients by now. So I'm sure that he will be glad to see you again. Maybe you would get to meet Mirajane too!"

"Mirajane?" Kaito repeated.

The Card Magic user nodded. "You haven't met her yet, Kaito. She was away on a Job when you first came to the guild. Mirajane's one of the strongest in our guild as well! In fact, I'm sure she'll be able to make it into the S-ranked Trials." Then, a blush formed on Cana's face. "But I'm sure that you will make it into the Trials as well. You're a very strong Mage, Kaito. I doubt that even Mirajane would be able to stand against you."

Kaito scoffed. "I wouldn't underestimate this "Mirajane" that you speak of. You said that she was one of the strongest in the guild, yet you say that I will be able to take her on. However, that will only lead me to my defeat."

"Huh? Why?" Cana asked.

"Underestimating your opponent is a way to make yourself vulnerable. If you do so, you will have the mindset that you could defeat your opponent without any problem, which makes you lower your guard and therefore, you will lose. That is why I do not underestimate anyone, not even you," Kaito replied as he looked at Cana.

Her blush deepened and Cana nearly tripped as well. "E-eh? But why? I'm not any good at Card Magic nor am I good at fighting."

Kaito shook his head. "No. I don't think so." The two then turned a corner, allowing them to have a clear view of the Fairy Tail guild and Kaito continued. "All you need is practice, Cana. I'm sure that you well make S-rank as well."

"You really think so?" Cana asked in which Kaito nodded to.

Then, a loud explosion stopped them in their tracks as they turned to the guild. A human-shaped figure was blasted out of the guild with a trail of debris following it. The figure then crashed in front of the two, only to reveal that it was Wakaba.

"Wakaba?" Cana gasped.

The Smoke Mage gave her a weak smile as his sunglasses fell off of his face. "Hey there, Cana. Did your Jobs go well?"

Cana nodded. "Yes. Kaito was an amazing partner."

Wakaba chuckled. "And I told Macao that he didn't need to worry. But no~! He just had to overreact. I bet Master is giving him a smack on the head. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going home to rest." Wakaba groaned in pain as he got back up on his feet and limped away from the two while picking up his sunglasses and putting them on, only for the lenses to break.

"I wonder what kind of trouble those two got themselves into this time," Cana sighed.

"Not my problem, but I guess we have no choice since it's in the guild," Kaito replied.

After making their way to the guild's door, they were greeted by another body flying out of the guild and insults could be heard coming from inside of the guild.

"Come on, Flame-brain, you chicken?"

"You're toast, Ice Princess!"

"MACAO! YOU IDIOT! WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO WHAT I SAID?!"

"I'm sorry, Master!"

Then, Macao was sent flying out of the guild with a giant bump on his forehead.

Both Kaito and Cana sweat dropped. "Does this happens all the time?"

"Sadly, it does," Cana sighed as she walked into the guild. She looked down in disappointment as she watched the whole guild break out into a brawl again. Though them didn't seem to bother to even notice her standing there.

"I'M BACK!" Cana cried as her cheerful smile returned to her face. Then, all of a sudden, the entire guild became silent. Cana could see most of the guild members all shaking in fear when they looked in her direction while others had already hid themselves behind tables that were flipped onto their sides.

"C-Cana's back?!"

"Then that means that boy is as well...WE BETTER HIDE!"

Cana tilted her head in confusion. Did they meant Kaito? Of course she knew the answer to that but she had thought that the guild had already gotten used to Kaito. After all, she did felt a calm and pleasant feeling whenever she was around him.

Speaking of the Masked boy, Kaito had decided to step in at that moment, filling the entire guild hall with the sounds of chains rattling. When he did, he felt the familiar emotion of fear within the members of the guild, completely the opposite of what Cana felt. But he knew that he couldn't possibly change it as well. Kaito simply sighed in annoyance as he approached the counter, where Makarov was busy helping himself to a mug of alcohol.

"Master Makarov..." Kaito began.

Hearing that voice, Makarov froze for a moment before he spat out the alcohol on his mouth and threw himself behind the counter in fear. "O-oh, you're back...Kaito..."

Kaito sweat dropped. "Uh...yes?" He sat down at the counter and looked behind it to see Makarov cowering in fear. "Why are you hiding?" Kaito found it strange. Why would the Guild Master do so? It must have a reason to it.

Makarov blinked. He was right. Why was he even hiding under the counter? Was he truly scared of the boy that he had to fear him when Happy told him about what had happened between Kaito and Alberto? Pushing those thoughts aside, he cleared his throat and scrambled to his feet. "Sorry about that, Kaito. So, I believe that the Job requests went well. I received feedbacks from all of your clients. I have to say..." Tears of joy began to fill his eyes as he began to sob. "This is the first time that I receive this many feedback of not destroying any properties! My money is safe!"

This time, everyone in the guild sweat dropped.

Kaito rolled his eyes as he pulled out a bag filled with money, which was the reward from his first Job, and handed it to Makarov, who gave him a look of confusion. "I'm still not officially part of this guild, which means that I have no rights to the reward, even though I am the one who completed it with Cana. So this belongs to the guild."

Again, Makarov's eyes were filled with tears as his sobbing became more louder. "KAITO! YOU'RE SUCH A MODEST BOY!" He began hugging the bag of money, dropping his mug, and even making his emotion of fear fade away within seconds, much to Kaito's surprise.

"So, what do you think?" Kaito asked, stopping Makarov from sobbing any longer.

"What do I think?" Makarov repeated and smiled, knowing what he was already asking about. "I think you would make a great Fairy Tail Mage!"

Now, it was the entire guild who spat their alcohol from their mouth when they heard that. Even Natsu and Gray, who finally stopped their personal brawl when they felt the dark aura coming from where the Guild Master is at, looked at Makarov, surprised. Cana simply smiled as she returned to talk to Elfman.

"If that's what you think, I guess I would like to join," Kaito replied with a shrug.

Makarov just looked at Kaito with curiosity. "Strange. I thought that you would have wanted to wait a little while more before you accept, not say it straight away, but I don't mind that at all. But what changed your mind, Kaito?"

"Cana did," Kaito replied without hesitation. "I learnt quite a little more about Fairy Tail while I was with her. And from what I have heard so far from people, I think that I am ready to join this guild, even though most of the members still seem to fear me."

"They'll eventually grow on you, Kaito. I'm sure of it," Makarov said with a grin. "Now, I have two more questions for you before you join." At this point, both Kaito and Makarov became oblivious to the crowd of Fairy Tail members who had gathered around to see what will happen next, but they already do.

"What kind of questions?" Kaito asked, feeling anxious about what the old man was about to say.

Makarov gave him a smile and began. "What color would you like your Guild Mark to be and where do you want it at?"

"Oh," Kaito said. "That felt rather anticlimactic." He pulled down his hood to reveal his spikey black-hair and his mask, making the guild members look at him with widened eyes, it was their first time seeing him without the hood after all. Then, Kaito tilted his head and spoke. "Reddish-purple, on my neck."

The Guild Master smiled as he brought out a Magic Stamp. Then, Makarov pressed it against the boy's neck, causing a glow to appear at the top of the stamp before the Master removed it, revealing the reddish-purple Guild Mark of Fairy Tail on Kaito's neck. "Welcome to Fairy Tail, Kaito!"

In an instant, Kaito felt a tremendous amount of joy coming from all around him and to reinforce that, cheers erupted from the entire guild as Kaito was lifted into the air by the members who welcomed him warmly, compared to how they had reacted earlier, proving to Kaito once again that the guild was strange and interesting at the same time, just like when he first came to the guild.

At the corner of his eyes, he saw Cana smiling at him, blushing at the same time. Then, he felt it again. His heart had skipped a beat and then it beat faster. Kaito could also feel heat coming to his cheeks. "What kind of emotion is this? Why won't it go away?" Kaito thought as he was finally allowed to get back to his feet when the guild members put him down and gave him a pat on the back.

"So, you did join our guild after all."

Kaito turned to the direction where the voice came from and found himself looking at Natsu. He stared at the pink-haired boy for a couple of moments before Kaito looked away again, making Natsu's eye twitched.

"Oi! Don't ignore me, jerk!" Natsu cried as he pointed his index finger at him. "Since you join our guild, I'm going to have to test your strength. FIGHT ME!" Immediately, Natsu's hands caught on fire as he lunged at Kaito, who sidestepped the Dragon Slayer and smashed a fist on his head. Natsu crashed onto the floor and a large bump grew on his forehead. "I...I lost..."

Hearing those two words, the guild could only sigh as they had already expected that to happen. But to defeat Natsu in less than two seconds? That's a record that the strongest S-ranked Fairy Tail member has!

"I hope I don't regret my decision..." Kaito muttered as he walked away to find his usual seat. However, he was stopped when Gray walked in front of him. The two shared a long stare at each other, somehow blocking out all other noise from the guild.

Gray stood his ground, slightly shaking, but not scared. Now that he knew that Kaito joined the guild, he would not be considered an enemy to the masked Mage. But he had to make it up to the boy for saving the Guild Master, and to apologize for nearly trying to kill him as well. Gray took a deep breath before he finally spoke, breaking the silence. "Listen, about a few days ago..."

"Don't bother apologizing," Kaito interrupted, knowing what the Ice-Make Mage was about to say.

Gray only stared at him with confusion. "But why? You saved gramps, Happy and Flame-brain. I need to thank you for that and I...really need to apologize to you for nearly killing you too."

Kaito rolled his eyes. "That was the past. This is the present. Besides, I wasn't a guild member of your guild at that time. But now that I am, I consider it as what I would have done if my Guild Master was in trouble." Kaito then continued his walk back to his seat but stopped beside Gray, continuing his speech. "And you're annoying, Ice Mage. Like I said before, I hope I don't regret my decision."

As Kaito walked off, Gray sighed deeply in relief. He felt as if a deadly feeling had just vanish from his side and he was glad about it. But there was still one thing that made him shiver about Kaito. Why was Kaito acting coldly towards the guild members with the exception of Makarov and Cana? He was determined to find out why. But for now, he had to finish a fight with Natsu since Kaito's reappearance had stopped their fight.

Cana approached the masked Mage and gave him a smile. "You're finally a member of the guild. Aren't you glad?"

"Do you expect me to smile?" Kaito asked as he sat down.

The Card Magic user only pouted. "You're being a meanie. But I already know why and I won't judge you because of it. What I really want to do is to introduce you to two friends of mine. Kaito, say hello to Elfman Strauss, middle sibling of one of the guild's strongest female Mage and Lisanna Strauss, youngest of the Strauss family and the youngest sibling of the same strongest female Mage, Mirajane Strauss, the one I told you about earlier today."

When she said those two names, Elfman stepped forward together with a girl who was holding Happy in her arms, Lisanna.

"Nice to meet you, Kaito!" The two siblings said in unison.

Lisanna then spoke again. "It's nice to finally meet the Mage who saved my cute little Happy, Natsu and Master. I can't tell you how grateful I am to you for doing so!"

Kaito did nothing. He just stared at Happy, who was now shaking when he realized that Kaito was looking at him. Kaito had recalled the memory where he fought against Alberto. Makarov was unconscious and so was Natsu. He was battling against Alberto using his Spirit Magic and Happy saw it all, his Shinigami's Judgment, his other spells which he used, he knew that the cat must have already told Makarov. Why else would the Guild Master hide under the counter?

Happy swallowed hard. He could feel the familiar dark aura radiating from Kaito and it was deadly. His small-sized body went out of control instantly, trying really hard to break free of Lisanna's grip but to know avail. He could tell that he was in trouble if he were to be alone with the masked Mage.

"So, Kaito," Cana spoke again. "How about you go on a more easy Job now that you're a member now? It will be your first official Job as a Fairy Tail Mage!"

"Are you coming?" Kaito asked.

Cana simply shook her head. "I'm afraid that I can't, Kaito."

"Why?"

"Because you have to make a living now," Cana replied. "Now that you're a Guild Mage, you're going to have to earn money to support yourself, like all Guild Mages do. Being in a team means that we have to split the reward for all of the Jobs that we do. The ones that we have done were just what you needed to know about how it is being in a team. But you gave the money to Master before I could tell you about the splitting of reward because I forgotten about it. Don't get me wrong, Kaito. I loved being your partner, but I can't always let you look after me. If I were to get stronger, I need to get some experience on my own. I hope you understand my decision, Kaito."

Kaito couldn't believe it, all those days where he had been with Cana, and she wanted to dissolve the team afterwards. He felt that warm feeling in his heart disappear, replaced by the harsh and coldness of its former shell once more as he replied her. "I...I understand, Cana." As he was beginning to turn away, he was stopped by Cana who began to talk again.

"But don't worry, Kaito. Once I'm stronger, I'm going to form a team with you again. You can bet on it! You said that you will always be by my side, now I want to do the same. But first, I have to become stronger, so that way, I can at least fend for myself. Kaito, please, don't feel sad. I'm not going to break the trust that you have for me."

The warm feeling returned to him, only weaker. But that was enough to bring relief to him as he nodded before Cana gave him a cheerful smile and left to get a Job.

"Cana was right about the whole earning a living thing, you know," Makarov spoke, startling Kaito a bit but it wasn't enough for him to flinch. Makarov continued. "Forming a team comes with its own advantages and disadvantages. You may have a well-balanced team of Mages to help you on your Job requests. However, forming a team will also mean that you will receive a lesser amount of the whole reward as you need to split it among your partners. Cana did the right thing to dissolve the team. She hardly knows any offensive Magic besides the one that she does. If you two were to continue, she would have felt that she was taking reward for what she had hardly even done. I'm sure you respect her choice, Kaito."

Kaito nodded. "I know, Master."

"Call me gramps, Kaito," Makarov smiled. "Everyone does that in the guild. In fact, call me that from now on. You must have wanted to say that now that you have a family, right?"

He read Kaito's mind perfectly. The boy had wanted a family, not a deceased one that looks after him as spirits, but a family that was alive. It was true that he calls his deceased grandfather as "grandfather", but the old man was deceased. He wanted to say it to a real person, who he sees as a grandfather and Makarov fit the spot well. The only thing preventing him was his heart. As cold as it is, he was unable to do so, having a feeling that the Guild Master may betray him one day.

"Whatever," Kaito sighed as he placed his hand on the table.

"And before I forget, here..." Makarov handed back the bag full of money that Kaito had given him, confusing the boy. Makarov simply smiled. "This belongs to you, Kaito. You will need the money eventually. This guild has surprisingly survived more than a few destruction from brawls."

"But Cana and I worked together to earn this reward. She should get it as well," Kaito responded.

Makarov shook his head. "Cana would have done the same thing as I have did, Kaito. You did most of the work after all. You did all the work and you even protected her as well. Besides, Cana has already told me to hand it to you even if you refused and there's no reason to argue with any female, even if they are kids."

Kaito sighed as he took the money and tied it to his cloak. "In that case, I'm going on a Job."

Just as he said that, the door of the guild swung opened, and a figure walked right in.

"I'm back, old man."

A/N: Sorry for the short chapter. Not much idea for this one so I had to end it here. But I wonder who this newcomer is? Anyway, the next chapter won't be a Job because it won't be happening thanks to the newcomer. That's right, there's going to be an all-out brawl with Kaito as the victim. Who do you think is involve in the brawl? Find out in the next chapter!

Speaking of OCs, I would like to thank The Dark Dragon Emperor, MechMuzic, Blacksmith8240, and Blue Wisteria4273 for their OC submissions! You guys gave some awesome OCs! The OC submission is closed as well because of it.

Putting that aside now, see you next time! Please review or PM me if you have any questions.