With the sudden appearance of Kori and her Dragon Saphira who made short work of the Obsidian's Fragment that had made its home in Rogue's Shadow. The group of Fairy Tail wizards along with the Twin Dragons and Layla, escorted the 2 new arrivals back to the Fairy Tail building.
Sting and Rogue were confused as to what was going on as they were completely out of the loop, but at this stage they were more pleased that Rogue was now rid of his Possession. Thanks to this the Rogue of the Future who had appeared on July 7th, would no longer fall to Despair.
The group finally reaching their destination was met at the gates by a smiling Yukino who had remained behind to mingle with other Fairy Tail members.
"Welcome back everyone, I hope you 2 got whatever it was out of your system" Yukino waved as she stared at Rogue and Gajeel who were walking together.
Gajeel had his arm over Rogue's shoulder and was in the process of teasing him for his loss in the Duel, which Rogue couldn't help but get angry at, but was thankful for the way it all turned out.
"Hi Yukino!" Lucy said as she ran up to the Celestial wizard
"Did you have fun while we were gone? Did everyone behave themselves..." Lucy asked slightly worried that there may have been a brawl or something.
"I had a wonderful time, I had a talk with your Master Makarov who asked if I had found a guild to call home, but I had to turn him down as I have decided to help Sting and Rogue with the rebuilding of Sabretooth." Yukino said with a smile.
"So you did end up joining back with these 2; how did Kagura take it?" Erza said as she looked at Sting and Rogue, who of which Sting couldn't help but show embarrassment as he started to blush.
"Ho..." Erza said as she leaned in towards Sting who had issues maintaining his cool.
"Haha, Kagura was okay with it... We have spoken a lot since and she seemed to like the idea of being able to check up on me at Sabretooth" Yukino responded with a smile.
"Look it was just one time I swear!" Sting suddenly blurted out as he cracked under all the subtle shots he received in the conversations.
"Wha!" Natsu and Lucy proclaimed as they stared at Sting.
Sting went quiet as he blushed scratching his head.
"Haha, No need to be modest Sting, you have a thing for Kagura! Just be honest" Rogue said as he grabbed Sting in a headlock
"Well it's good to see my little sister has found someone to make her happy" Erza said as she placed her hand over her heart and closed her eyes.
"Um... you know she isn't really your sister right?" Gray said to Erza before he suddenly freaked out in terror as Erza Towered over him with an evil glint in her eyes.
"But Yukino what are you doing outside anyway?" Lucy asked as she couldn't have waited for them all this time.
"Oh, our carriage back to Shirotsume will be arriving shortly, so I was actually waiting to hold it here, in case Sting and Rogue didn't get back in time." Yukino replied
"Oh is that where Sabretooth is based?" Natsu asked
"Yep, we have decided to move our base there and rebuild it from the ground up to have a fresh start." Sting replied glad that the conversation had steered away from Kagura.
"You guys are really starting over, can you afford to rebuild your base like that?" Gray asked looking at Sting and Rogue.
"Well you see we still had a bit of Jewels left over from our previous victory at the Grand Magic Tournament, and all the members that share our vision of the new Sabretooth have all come forward to donate some of their job earnings towards it. This new guild is being built by us, for us." Sting replied happily.
"That's sounds wonderful" Wendy said having heard how much Sabretooth has changed for the better.
"I'm glad to see you all landed on your feet, and we look forward to visiting your new home in the future" Erza said proud of their achievement and obvious bonds they have started to form.
"Oh here comes our carriage now!" Yukino said as a carriage appeared in the distance.
"Well I guess we are leaving, we didn't really get to know you for long Kori and Saphira, but thank you" Sting said as he bowed to the 2
"Really, you have done more for us then you will ever know" Rogue added as he also bowed.
Kori and Saphira looked at each other and smiled, they didn't know the history of the shade they simply attacked it because it was Obsidian's shade.
The 3 Sabretooth members had all left the scene and the remaining Fairy Tail wizards all entered the Hall with Saphira and Kori in tow.
As they entered the male members of Fairy Tail had to contain their excitement as the presence of 2 beautiful women drew their gaze."Haha, Hiya everyone!" Kori said as she lapped up the attention
"Kori we probably shouldn't make a scene" Saphira said as she was worried Kori may take it too far.
"Oh it's ok these guys are adorable, but if you like I could always freeze over their libido's!" As she said this her eyes twinkled with excitement as blue fire burned in them, this had the instant effect of scaring the crap out of the men in the room who all cowered and protected their manhood.
"Well I guess that sorts that out" Saphira said as she almost face palmed.
"Kori I'll leave you with the other Slayers if you don't mind, Saphira and I need to have a talk to the Guild Master" Layla said with a smile, but at the same time flashed a glare at Team Natsu that had the heavy subtext of 'don't do anything stupid while we are gone'.
"Sure thing Grams!" Kori said cheerfully which Layla couldn't help have a shiver down her spine.
"Haha, it ended up being easier to just tell her you were like a grandmother to her" Saphira said with a giggle.
"Well I guess I kind of am" Layla said with a smile before adding "Come, we best head upstairs so that I can explain the situation to Makarov"
"So I can't help but ask, but why are you all so young?" Kori said as she looked at the other 3 Dragon Slayers in confusion
"Oh um... 7 years ago our group was attacked by Acnologia and to survive we ended up being in a shield spell that put us in stasis for 7 years, so we are 7 years younger then we should be" Wendy responded.
"Wow really, damn... I was kinda looking forward to seeing what these 2 guys would look like in their 20's" as Kori said this she flashed Natsu and Gajeel a wink which caused both Lucy and Levi to feel a pain in the chest.
"Hey are you saying there is something wrong with us now!?" Natsu said angrily like he was oblivious to the gesture.
"Calm down Salamander, are you really that stupid, that's not what she meant" Gajeel said as he angrily stared Natsu, which quickly escalated into a brawl between the 2
"Oh now this takes me back to my childhood!" Kori exclaimed with an evil grin in her eyes as she jumped into the fight.
A few seconds later both Natsu and Gajeel were frozen solid in circular pillars of ice while Kori was ignited in blue flames standing between the 2 as she laughed like a maniac before proclaiming "HAHA I WIN!"
"NATSU!" Lucy exclaimed at the sight of Natsu frozen
"GAJEEL!" Levi exclaimed at the sight of Gajeel frozen
"SHE'S A MONSTER!" everyone else proclaimed at how quickly she subdued the 2 slayers
Wendy couldn't help but be embarrassed by the sight of the 3 of them fighting
"Don't mean to spoil the fun, but could you release those 2 idiots" Erza calmly asked
"Sure thing!" Kori said before she said "Flow" and snapped her fingers instantly turning the ice into water causing the 2 slayers to drop to the floor as they caught their breath.
"I guess I was a little too hard on 'em, it was more evenly matched when we were kids" Kori said with a smile.
"Hey I don't remember any of that" Natsu said confused as he had never forgotten a fight
"I'm with Salamander, I don't remember fighting kids when I was younger" Gajeel added
"Hmm that's strange, we used to play and fight all the time when we were younger, all our dragons and us used to meet up every couple of weeks like a family gathering, but in the end we used to just fight and compare our strength much to their displeasure" Kori said as she laughed
"That is wierd, Natsu would never forget something like that" Erza said crossing her arms with a frown.
"Maybe it has something to do with the fact Kori stayed with her Dragon?" Gray suggested as that was the only difference he could see between them
"Hmm maybe, Saphira did manage to find me after we travelled 400 years into the future" Kori said as she tilted her head back in thought
"WAIT WHAT!" everyone except for Lucy, Gajeel, Wendy, and Natsu shouted.
"Oh? you didn't know?" Kori said confused as she looked at the other Slayers
"..." The 4 of them sighed as they didn't really know how to tell the others.
"Oh... Was I not meant to say that" Kori said as she placed her hand over her mouth.
"No, it's okay. We had only found out recently ourselves... So we never really decided on how to tell everyone" Natsu said slightly depressed.
"What do you mean 400 years into the future?" Gray said angry with Natsu for keeping a secret.
"Hey I was going to tell you, but you were too much of a pervert" Natsu angrily exclaimed as he and Gray got into a brawl.
"Yeah Citrine only told us a few days ago, so the story about our past is still kind of new to us" Gajeel replied
"We are still processing what we had been told, but I do kind of wish I remembered the 4 of us being together when we were younger" Wendy said
"You were a couple of years younger then us Wendy so you were like the little sister to all of us, you would always heal us after we fought" Kori said as she giggled.
At this point Erza knocked both Gray and Natsu out to stop their brawl that had raged on in the background the entire time. However when they stopped Kori was drawn to Gray who at this stage was in his boxers.
"You smell good... Like winter..." Kori said as she stood over gray looking at him.
"LOVE RIVAL!" Juvia exclaimed as she got in Kori's face.
"You smell good too... like snow in spring" Kori said as she flashed a big smile at Juvia and gave her a wink.
Juvia was stunned and didn't know what to say but for some reason she couldn't help but like the attention as she shied away confused by her feelings. This interaction however caught the attention of the Men in the room who started to lose control again.
"I guess we shouldn't have expected much from the guys here" Lucy said as she face palmed
"Oh I never got the story, but what's the deal between you and Citrine again, Lucy?" Kori asked as she stared at Lucy.
"Huh me? Oh 'Citrine' would be my mother" Lucy replied
"Really? You must be stupid strong, wanna fight?" Kori said with an excited grin
"Oh... um... I'm not strong" Lucy said slightly terrified of the idea of fighting her.
"Lucy's powers are currently sealed, so you will have to wait before you can have fun" Natsu said as he scrapped himself up off the floor.
"Oh that's too bad, I would've loved to throw down with her daughter" Kori said slightly depressed.
"I don't! You scare the crap out of me" Lucy said
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to scare you" Kori said as a tear ran down her cheek.
"Wait no don't cry! I didn't mean it like that, it's just you're so much stronger than us currently" Lucy said as she waved her arms in front of herself trying to shoo away Kori's tears.
"I'd love to see Kori's reading on the Magic Analyser" Natsu said getting excited as he ignited his fist.
"Yeah that wouldn't be a bad thing, would let us know what to expect later" Gajeel added.
"I'm a little scared, but... I want to see it too" Wendy timidly said
"Well you may all get your wish" Makarov said as he came down the stairs with Layla and Saphira behind him.
"Master?!" the group exclaimed.
"Kori, I have spoken to your Mother and Layla and with their recommendation I ask if you would like to join us as a member of Fairy Tail" Makarov said with a smile.
Kori looked at Saphira and Layla who both nodded to her before she replied "Sounds great!, I can fight with Igneel and Metalicana's kids all day!"
Saphira and Layla both sighed at her response but Makarov laughed "It may be good for my wayward children to have a little competition, well if you are happy then please see Mira at the bar and she will issue you a stamp"
The rest of the hall cheered as they had come to love Kori's antics and another Dragon Slayer makes Fairy Tail even more of a powerhouse.
Mira waved Kori over to the bar before introducing herself "Hello I'm Mira, where would you like your stamp?!"
Kori looked at her and couldn't help but flash a mischievious grin, "Mind putting it on my right breast"
"Sure thing!" Mira happily responded and leaned forward with the stamp and reached towards Kori's chest, this completely took Kori by surprise as Mira wasn't phased by the joke.
"Um, no, haha... kidding, I'm kidding. Damn you're a hard one to crack" Kori said in a fluster.
Mira just laughed before asking again with a smile "So where shall it be? And what colour would you like?"
Kori looked back at the other 3 Dragon Slayers and noticed that they all had the Insignia on their shoulders (2 right 1 left...) she thought to herself...
"I'll follow the others example, can you put it on my left shoulder please, Blue if you could" Kori responded with a smile.
Mira placed the insignia on her shoulder making Kori an official member of Fairy Tail.
Once done Kori turned back to the group and flashed a large grin and gave the peace sign with her right hand. The guild erupted with cheers and whistles, and a drunken party seemed to start in celebration of their new member.