Welcome back everyone, the Tower of Heaven saga is now over and now the next awaited chapter can begin. I hope you enjoy this with all your heart.
Dear diary
It's been three days now since the mishap with Jellal; Natsu is still healing and has been sleeping for these past three days; he just woke up recently but seems to be making a quick recovery as for everyone else well…they're fine; Juvia have headed off again saying she wanted to join Fairy Tail as soon as possible. I say that she should although I'm not sure why Juvia keeps calling me her love rival?
After that whole deal with Etherion and the Tower of Heaven things were cleared up now. Natsu; Gray; Lucy; Happy and Erza are all safe now; they were a little beat down of course but safe. Sho; Milliana and Wally are all still here with us and might even join Fairy Tail. I haven't forgotten about Simon though; I plan on helping Erza build a small memorial for him when we get back; just for the two of us. I still can't help but think that I could've saved him if I was stronger.
Erza and I haven't been able to stop apologising to everyone for what had happened; for being kidnapped; there was even a fleeting moment when I wanted to apologise for allowing myself to care about Jellal however I knew that it would be a lie and that Erza would never forgive me if I said that; I know she still has feelings for him even now. Even though she says we should move on.
Gray as usual was not happy when he heard about my little stunt with the Etherion and Lacrima; he looked like he was going to blow a blizzard; anyway all of us have had our share of the battle now. I'm more than ready to head on back to the guild.
Last night Lucy and Erza and I were talking together in private about the battle. I told them about how I felt; everything; I told them about my past with Jellal and how he really felt like a brother to me. I did however keep a certain amount of things to myself. For starters I failed to repeat what Jellal told me about the past. It's still hard for me to wrap my head around.
To think that I was sent to another dimension as a child
I told them I thought that Jellal had prevented the tower from exploding and sent the Etherion to the air because I don't have any real thoughts on doing that. I said that maybe he was freed from Zeref's possession and returned to the way he was once before; to the Jellal Erza knew and fused himself with Etherion in my place. I want to believe that but it doesn't matter now.
No one's asked me so far how I'm feeling about Jellal...I wouldn't know how to answer that questions but for some reason...every time I think about him; how he vanished I cry. I try not to show my friends it still hurts to have lost him; I do my best not to tell them that every time I look out to sea now I feel like I'll see him but mourning for the person who killed a friend right in front of you? I don't know what to think about that; it's better if I let them believe I'm alright.
I had this strangest visions also while I was trapped in the Lacrima but I don't really want to think about it anymore; because when I do I see what it's like to lose someone close to you and my thoughts may travel back to Jellal over and over again; I don't want them to but I can't help it.
I don't want to lose my friends; I have to admit though those visions were real to me as if they had happened but I won't let it stop me. I do however want to speak to Sasuke and ask him some questions when I see him again. At least I hope I will.
We've all celebrated and we're going to heading back tomorrow.
This experience won't leave my heart and I can't forget about my brother no matter what has happened; I will always have a piece of him in my heart. I just wish I could've done more to save him. I wish I knew what I could've done to change everything.
I've decided though that starting soon I'm going to begin searching for more information on my power. My magic and learn how to use it better that way I can help my friends and protect them. While everyone else has been getting stronger than ever I haven't changed at all and I'm finished with it.
Suddenly as Sakura closed her diary Erza and Lucy came barging into the room looking frantic.
"Sakura; did you seen Sho and the others?"
Sakura shook her head "No; but they should be around here somewhere right?"
Erza gasped "Don't tell me…..Lucy tell Natsu and Gray to prepare fireworks; Sakura come with me"
Just as Erza predicted the two girls found Sho; Wally and Milliana at the shore about to sail off on a boat. Erza called to them.
"Sakura; Erza" Sho gasped very surprised to see them
"Where are you going?" Sakura asked
"We've been raised in the tower our entire lives" Sho began "There's a lot we don't understand; a lot we're uncertain of but just like Sakura we want to see the outside world for ourselves. We don't want to live relying on other people any longer"
Sakura smiled at them as Sho turned around with a determined grin "From now on we'll live for ourselves! We're going to find our own reason to live. That is our freedom"
Sakura spoke up "When I left the tower it was hard at first; I won't lie and say it's easy to make it out in the outside world however…." She turned and smiled at Erza
Erza smiled "If you keep that strong will you can accomplish anything. It reassures me"
Erza requip into armour it was rather hefty looking silver and blue armour with a red cape; she also carried a large spear of some sort.
"However; there are three conditions for anyone who leaves Fairy Tail. Listen well"
The three friends looked at them confused "Leave? But we never joined…
"One; you must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others as long as you live!"
Erza took a breath "Two. You must not have unauthorised contact with past clients or profit personally from them"
Sakura then spoke up "Three. Even if we walk different paths; one must always live as strong as you are able! You must never treat your own life as something insignificant!" Sakura started having tears roll down her face watching as everyone else began to cry silently "You must never forget the friends you love for as long as you live!"
Erza raised her weapon into the air grabbing onto Sakura's hand with her free one "Begin the Fairy Tail farewell ceremony!"
Natsu; Lucy; Happy and Gray appeared behind the girls; Natsu shot out fire with his mouth into the air creating a wonderful display of fireworks.
"Let bloom the flowers of light within your hearts"
Gray and Lucy joined in creating the fire works with their magic as Sakura and Erza bid their old friends farewell watching as they sailed further away.
"We won't forget you no matter where you are. And in our painful memories will become the seeds of tomorrow" Erza stated looking at Sakura with a smile
Sakura waved out at them "We'll see you soon"
"It's a promise" Erza said
After the team ended their 'vacation' they headed back to the guild there were more surprises awaiting them; like for one a completely fixed up; bigger than before guild. It really was different than the one before; it was improved; there was an outdoor café and Lucy spotted a Fairy Tail goods shop.
Happy flew over to the shop to check it out "Look you're a sales man now Max" he said to the shop keeper
"I've been out studying business on master's orders"
Lucy noticed him straight away from sorcerers weekly; the group looked at all of the items they had a lot of Fairy Tail theme items. T-shirts; wrist bands; mugs; towels and then Sakura spotted something disturbing and pointed to it.
"What are those?" she asked feeling her eyebrow twitch
Happy took out two of the items
"It's a Lucy and Sakura figures" Happy said
"Don't go making something like that without our permission!" the two girls flushed in embarrassment
"It's our most famous products" Max stated "And of course the clothes are cast-off"
The Lucy and Sakura's figures clothes popped off leaving Lucy in white underwear set and Sakura in black. Sakura and Lucy flushed even more.
"Oi; how much is the Sakura figure?" Gray asked bluntly
Sakura seethed at him "Don't even think about it! If you're going to use that thing to make fun of me I swear Gray I'll hurt you"
Gray whispered to Max "Send it to me later" he said slipping Max some money
"I can still hear you" Sakura growled crossing her arms over her chest
Gray simply grinned in response to her
When they got inside it was even more amazing; the beer hall was a lot wider now and there was even a stage now. They all marvelled at how spacious and amazing it looked now all except one. Gray turned to Natsu giving him a questioning look
"What's the matter?" he asked
"It's different" Natsu grumbled like a child
"Welcome back" Levy said coming up to them "Amazing isn't it; in the back of the drinking hall there's a pool too"
Sakura and Lucy gasped in excitement; this new guild really just couldn't get any better
"And there's a game parlour in the basement!" Levy told them before pointing up "And the biggest change is the second floor; anyone can go up there now. Of course you still have to be an S-class wizard to go on an S-class quest" Levy warned them looking at Natsu
Sakura and Lucy laughed softly before they heard another familiar voice "You've returned you bunch of fools"
They all smiled when they heard the master's voice but when they looked around he was there standing with a blue haired girl with short hair dressed in blue and white.
"Juvia" Sakura gasped
Juvia curtsy to them "Juvia at your service"
"Ooh; your hairs shorter it looks so cute" Lucy gushed slightly at her
"You helped us a lot on Akane island; thank you" Erza said
"It's all thanks to you" Juvia smiled "Juvia will work hard!"
"Nice to have you here" Sakura said
Juvia glared at Sakura "Love Rival!"
Sakura stared at her strangely then "Eh?"
"We also have two more members; come out and say hi" Makarov said "One's been pouting since discovering you weren't here Sakura"
The master pointed to his left
"Huh?" Sakura asked as she followed his finger at a dark corner, she gasped at what she saw.
'Now way' she thought walking over to the figure sitting alone at a table sipping on his drink
"Sasuke!" she said smiling "So you did join?"
"Nice to see you too" he responded smirking slightly
She laughed reached out her hand "Welcome to fairy Tail"
He took her hand in his and shook it "Not the welcoming from you I was expecting but I'll take it"
"Uh" Sakura rubbed the back of her head in confusion, she still remembered those visions clearly from the tower and yes she had a lot of questions to ask Sasuke but felt that those could wait for now. After all he was actually here now and for some reason Sakura felt a wave of happiness wash over her when she discovered this.
'I've got some time before asking him anything' she thought as she sat down at the table with him and they started to chat.
"How was your little vacation?" asked Sasuke blankly
Sakura stiffened slightly when she thought about it but still held a smile "Not much of a vacation"
Meanwhile there was an angry ice mage watching the two conversing and though he may be an ice mage, you could practically see the flames of rage radiating from him.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Gray said softly, he looked at Makarov "Master, why him?"
Makarov laughed "What's the matter Gray, afraid of a little competition?"
Gray frowned deeper and shook his head "It's not that, I don't trust him"
"Now, now" Makarov said waving his hand trying to calm down Gray "Relax, you look like Natsu"
"I'm really glad you and Juvia decided to join Fairy Tail" Sakura said
"It's not just us" Sasuke said averting his eyes in another direction, Sakura followed his gaze.
There was a guy clad in a dark outfit with thick spiky black hair and red eyes and had a Fairy Tail symbol on his arms. Natsu and Gray got into a fighting stance immediately
"Gajeel" Natsu hissed
"What are you doing here?" Gray asked his attention diverted from Sasuke
Juvia looked between them with worry "H-Hold on; Juvia recommended him"
"Juvia is one thing but the guy who destroyed the guild" Erza said frowning
Sakura stared at them
"Now; now" the master said "They say yesterday's enemies are today's friends; right?"
Levy nodded timidly "I-I don't m-mind at all….."
Sakura looked at Levy and resisted pointing out that she was slouched down practically hiding underneath the table. Natsu slammed his fist on the table Gajeel was sitting by
"You've gotta be kidding me; you expect me to go on jobs with this guy?" he asked
Gajeel turned to face him "Don't worry; I'm not sharing my work"
"Cold as steel" Natsu responded
"I only wanted jobs; I can't believe I ended up in the most annoying guild of all"
Sakura face palmed 'Oh crap'
"Say that again!" Natsu dared
"It's the job of elders to guide youth from the wrong path to the right one" Makarov said "Deep down even he is good"
"Yeah but I don't know about him" Gray said bluntly
"G-Gray" Sakura glared at him lightly, she actually wondered why he would have a problem with Sasuke? She was the one who fought him.
He walked over to the table and slammed his hands on it
"Let's get something straight right now if you try anything on Sakura again I'll make sure you regret it" he hissed
'That was a quick change in attitude' she thought
Sasuke didn't seem the least bit affected by his outburst and simply stared back at Gray.
"What would happen if I did?" Sasuke asked back
Gray glared at him harder
'Oh boys' Sakura thought shaking her head before looking around at the guild
'It's good to be back'
Lucy smiled at Sakura and Sakura smiled slightly in return; Fairy Tail really was an amazing guild to be the way they were and to have a master as wise as this one. He was right when he said there was good in everyone.
"Or so I'd like to think….." Makarov said
'Ok; subtract that last phrase' she thought
Erza still seemed sceptical "If that's your decision master but I still think we should keep a close watch on those two"
Natsu walked away from Gajeel after growling at him and muttering how he didn't feel that much at home here at the guild anymore; Sakura guessed that change wasn't a famous word for Natsu but she hoped adapt was a possibility.
The lights went off for a moment before on the stage Mirajane appeared sitting there in a yellow dress the same design as her pink one. She said that it was a song to commemorate the new guild and to welcome back the team. Everyone sat down at one table to listen to her sing as the tension in the air seemed to lesson.
'She's amazing' Sakura thought listening to Mirajane
I brush the desk with you gone….
The shadow drops…..
Alone; once again
Looking up at the starry sky; I say a prayer
You are now under the same sky…
Sakura looked around and smiled 'It's good to be back; back where I belong'
She glanced carefully at Sasuke 'That dream... perhaps it's best to forget'
There was still a darkness in Sakura's heart that she knew was there but for now she would try and bury that memory within the pages of her diary so that it wouldn't cause her pain for a while. When Mirajane finished the song everyone applauded; then something unexpected happen. Gajeel went up next.
"And the surprises just keep on coming" Lucy whispered to Sakura; she nodded in agreement
Sakura turned to Sasuke "Cover your ears" he said
Sakura covered her ears as told when Gajeel started singing; and Natsu commented right away which caused him and Gajeel to start brawling while the master begged them to stop most likely not wanting his new guild to end up in pieces. Then Gray went to scold Natsu but ended up hitting Erza's cake out of her hand which one could imagine was the worst thing you could do unless you had a death wish. Pretty soon it became a regular riot for them.
When things went up in flames Sakura; Lucy and Happy hid behind the counter to avoid the chaos
"Now it really is the old Fairy Tail" she said laughing lightly
"Lively bunch" Sasuke commented appearing beside Sakura
"Oh you're not getting involved in this?" she asked in surprise as she became use to seeing most of the males fighting with one another like brutes.
"Why would I?" he asked leaning back against the back of the counter
"C-Cool" Lucy whispered to Sakura "If things don't work with Gray at least you've got a backup"
Allison gave her an odd look asking 'What does that mean?'
"Perhaps I should've considered this" he said jokingly; she didn't think he could tell a joke because of his tone
She looked over at Sasuke and smiled "Welcome to Fairy Tail"
"Hn" he replied tapping her forehead affectionately; Sakura's eyes widened as he did that...why did that make her feel something? She looked down; she still remembered those dreams she had about Sasuke. She still remembered those words and yet now that she was with him it didn't seem to matter to her at all, they were nothing more than empty words to her.
"They truly are a rowdy bunch" Sasuke said leaning back against the counter
"You could say that" Sakura said "But it's nice"
Sasuke gave her an odd stare
"What is it?" Sakura asked noticing him
"Mm; you use to be the kind of person who would jump into these kinds of fights and put a stop to them"
"Really?" asked Sakura
Sasuke nodded "You had quite a temper"
"Oh I think she still has one" Lucy said jokingly
Sakura laughed softly and rubbed the back of her head; she sounded so different than how she was now. Sure she still had a bit of a temper and she could get violent but to take on a crowd this huge.
"I would never be able to stop a crowd this huge"
"You used to do a pretty good job of it before. Your strength was really something to marvel at"
Sakura shook her head "No way; a little while back; I lost an arm wrestling contest to Gray"
"That may be because you've forgotten how to use chakra"
"What's that?" Sakura asked
Sasuke stared at her for a moment as if deciding whether or not he should tell her but in the end he decided to speak "It's a special kind of energy that allowed me to use those elements in our battle; jutsu that's what it's called"
"Oh" Sakura said "So I used to be able to use chakra to; for what?"
"To enhance your speed and especially your strength not to mention you had excellent control over it which enabled you to have healing abilities."
Sakura smiled "I'd like to learn more about this do you think we could-
Before Sakura could say anything else Natsu's head popped over the counter
"Hey what are you doing over here!?" Natsu asked Sasuke "Gray's looking for you"
"And he's looking for me because?" Sasuke asked narrowing his eyes slightly
"Just come on" Natsu said grabbing hold of Sasuke's shirt and pulling him over the counter suddenly.
"Well that just happened" Lucy said moving closer to Sakura "I can't believe; Juvia; Gajeel and Sasuke just joined the guild"
Sakura nodded in agreement "I know right but it's a nice surprise out of everything that happened..."
Lucy noticed how Sakura went silent; she hasn't been talking much lately to anyone unless you asked her something but even so Lucy could tell that Sakura was trying to hide something though it was already very obvious that it was because of what had happened back at the island. Since then Sakura hasn't done so much as shed a tear or mention Jellal since they returned it was as if he was wiped from her mind.
'I wonder if she would feel better if she just forgot everything about this' Lucy remembered that's what Gray had said when Sakura wasn't around because he had also noticed the way she was acting was weird. She was upset but they reframed form mentioning Jellal for their own sake.
Sakura stood up "I'm going to head back on my own" Sakura said softly "I'll see you later'
Sakura headed out of the guild to wait until things calmed down there she needed some fresh air to clear her head then after she'd see what kind of jobs she could do. The rent wouldn't pay itself after all but first; she looked around town; she needed to find a café or something she was starving and after what just happened to Erza's poor cake that met the sole of Elfman's shoe she would be better off in a normal restaurant.
As she walked through the empty park area she saw Laxus walking through it; she guessed he came back from a mission. She was aware she was walking closer to him; in comparison to size; he was pretty huge.
"Oh; it's the little pixie" Laxus said
"Oh it's the brute" she said; calmly brushing him off she headed passed him
"Oi; what kind of greeting is that to give rookie?" he asked smirking slightly
Sakura stopped; she heard about what Laxus did to Fairy Tail; the way he simply flipped off the incident with Phantom's attack leaving them to fend for themselves; she was sure that he was strong but arrogant as well.
'That's a downfall' she thought
"And what kind of greeting should I be giving you Laxus?" Sakura asked humouring him
"A lot more respectful one than that" he said
"I don't think that's possible considering you have to have respect for the person you're giving it to" she said
Laxus frowned angrily at her "What did you say?"
"You heard me before" she stated crossing her arms over her chest
"You better watch that pretty mouth of yours or you're going to regret it" he warned her clenching his fists
"Don't get so worked up because of some rookie; Laxus" Sakura said in serious sounding tone "That's pathetic"
Laxus raised his hand to strike her and it looked like he was about to pull a lightning attack on her but when she didn't so much as flinch away he just smacked her that her head snapped to the side. Laxus stared at her as he removed her hand; there was a red mark on her face.
"I'm going so why don't you go find somewhere else to pout" she said shaking him off and walking past him but damn that sure did hurt she won't deny that but showing him she was in pain; she wouldn't dare give him the satisfaction of such a thing.
'This is nothing compared to the pain I've experienced' she thought
She watched as he stormed off towards the guild.
'He's even more pissed off than usual' she thought 'Something doesn't feel right'
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