Welcome back everyone. Sorry for the slightly late chapter. Man, things have been really interesting for Erza, huh. First she lost to Zoro in Death Battle.
Erza *Grumbling* : He was an impressive opponent.
Happy: She's grumpy cause she lost. *Erza glares at the blue Exceed.
But we learned about her parentage. And boy was that revelation shocking.
Natsu: If Erza's mom was the Queen of the Dragons, then that kinda makes Erza a dragon!
Gray *Muttering under breath*: She's was already kind of a monster
Natsu: Erza, fight me! *Erza knocks him out in one punch.
Alright then, with that out of way, let's continue, first I want to thank AeonsCookie for following and favoriting Alternate Tail, and second I want to thank Cinder Fall 39 and OneWhoCharms for their reviews. Glad you two enjoyed it that much that it made one of you almost speechless.
Lyon: She can just type out her thoughts.
It's an expression, go with it.
Alright Mira, this is the last part of your story. You don't mind, do you.
Mira: I really don't. DigiXBot does not own Fairy Tail.
Goodbye Old Friends, Hello Old Enemies
When the spectacular ended, there was nothing left of the tower. Only a spot of water was in its place.
"The whole thing…" Shô gasped. "Vanished to thin air."
"Is it actually over?" Merudy asked.
"If that's the case," Lily inputted. "Then where are Mirajane and Gajeel." With no answer present, all they could do was pray for the best outcome for their comrades.
Where am I? The white-haired girl, who wore only a free-form white-dress, thought as she drifted within a golden ocean.
Am I in the Etherion? Mira asked herself. Then does this feel so warm… Beelzea, can you hear me? When she got no response, she attempted to call the rest of her Satan Soul, but got no response.
Guess I have to go this alone. She sighed. Hours ago she would be terrified of being without them, but with her own strengths she began to explore this strange world. A flash of light then grabbed her attention. I see…
But when Mira moved towards it, she found herself floating above Magnolia. But the atmosphere there was somber and cold, as the rain poured heavily over her guildmates, nearly all dressed in black and covered with expressions of lost as they stood in front of a large grave
The grave was a mainly a single tombstone with a statue of a demon in behind it and a bouquet of roses resting in front of it. Yet the demon did not look menacing, but stood strongly as its two bat wings were raised to the sky as a guardian angel's would. But was most haunting to Mira was the words etched onto the tombstone: "Here Lies Mirajane Strauss. Caring Sister and Brave Guild Mate. X765-X784."
This is… my funeral… Mira realized as she saw Makarov, in the white coat of his Wizard Saint clothing, kneeling before it. She looked and saw her siblings near the front. Elfman was struggling to stay strong as he stared in anguish at the grave, while Lisanna looked close to breaking down. She found Levy, Lily, and Lyon standing nearby, all in deep grief for their fallen friend.
"Mirajane…" Makarov began. "To the world she was the fearsome She-Demon, a devil that brought her fury upon her enemies. But to us, she was our closest and bravest comrade. She cared so strongly for each of us, and use her strength to protect the innocent that would fear and hate her. So many of us saw her not as a monster, but a guardian that stood fiercely against those that would bring us harm.
"Her beauty was of many levels. Her form, even her Satan Souls, were that of which nature will never again replicate. Her kindness is rarely shared, yet that made it more precious.
"We know that love is our strength, but it is a double blade sword. In the lost of such love ones, we slowly begin to break apart."
Master… Mira could only watch her grandfather figure speak in agony.
The old master started to sniffle as tears began to drip from him. "I… I loved her as if she was my daughter… I pray that she rest in peace…" His eyes continued to cry out his pain.
Approaching the gathered Fairies, eight wizards with ankhs on their cloaks watched the funeral with empathy. "They are two open seats left in the wake of the incident that took this woman." Org stated. "As such, we have unanimously decided that Mirajane Strauss shall be placed posthumously in history as one of the Ten Wizard Saints of Ishgar."
Guys… Mira tried in vain to call out to her family, to not be so defeated by this loss. But she became startled when a black-haired figure started marching through the crowd. Everyone looked in worried in what would he do…
Gajeel?
"What the fuck is wrong with you guys?" Gajeel growled, then to everyone's horror, he transformed his arm into a club and used it to smash the bouquet.
"Gajeel!" Levy shouted as she kept hold on Lisanna, who looked as she would faint any moment.
"Why you…" Lyon growled. But he didn't finish as Elfman marched over to the Dragon Slayer to slug him. The punch barely fazed Gajeel.
"You're asking what's wrong with us!" Elfman shouted. "Can't you show respect at least once?!"
"Why the hell are you even doing this?!" Gajeel yelled back. "Your sister isn't dead! She's still alive, dammit!"
"Please stop, Gajeel…" Levy begged, tears ready to burst.
"There's no way she would have died!" His guildmates could no longer stay back, and Elfman, Lyon,and Lily, already with heavy emotions upon them, rushed forward to pin him to the ground. "Get off me! How would even she have died!"
"Enough!" Lisanna screamed. "Just stop it! You need to accept reality! Mira-nee is dead and-" She should broke down, and Levy struggled to stay strong enough to hold her close.
This isn't what I wanted. Mira watched her comrades as she cried for their agony. She paled at the broken expressions on her siblings; her brother's eyes filled with reopened wounds and her sister's with a destroyed soul.
How… how can me dying cause this must suffering. She witness a river of tears from Erza's organic eye. She saw Cana painfully sober. She saw Lucy at a point of lightlessness. She saw her eccentric master as an old man who lost a piece of his heart
I did it to save them, so they can have a future. She saw the normally stoic Lily looking so fractured.
But this isn't the future I wanted. She saw Levy struggling to stay standing, ready to fall apart.
I did so you can all smile… She saw Lyon becoming more broken, like a china doll with cracks forming on it.
So why are you still crying… And she Gajeel, trapped in the illusion of his comrade's immortality.
Please stop… She then sensed a growing warmth behind her, and saw an outstretched hand. Out of her control, she cautiously placed her hand into it, and let it pull her away…
When Mira regained conscious, the first thing she saw was the bright moon hanging in the starry sky. "Where am I?"
"Mira!" She turned her head and saw not only she was in the water near Akane beach, but that Levy, Lyon, Lily, Merudy, Shô, Wally, and Millianna were running towards her.
"You're safe!"
"Thank goodness!"
"Don't make us worry like that!"
"Nee-san, you're alive!"
"I don't understand," She let out. "How am I alive." She looked up and learned the truth.
Gajeel was holding her in his arms as he stood silently in the water, the scars and wounds from the battle against Laxus still present.
"Gajeel. You save… but how..." The Dragon Slayer remained silent. You actually pulled me out of the magic vortex… that should be impossible. His knees then gave way and they fell closer to the water.
"You said that you couldn't live without us." Gajeel grunted. "Well we can't live without you." He growled as they continue to sit in the bay, waiting for their friends to come over. "Promise me… promise all of us… that'll you'll never do something like that again."
Mira sworn she saw a few tears escape the slayer. "Gajeel…"
"Promise!" He gritted out. Mira nodded and place her forehead onto his. "Alright then."
She smiled as everyone came together for a massive group hug. I thought that by dying for them I can give my friends a future. But the truth is, I can only do that by living for them…
As the sun rose one morning, many of the tourist were viciously shook awake when an extremely loud series of snores penetrated throughout the hotel.
"...and he's suppose to be okay?" Lyon asked skeptically as he and the rest of Fairy Tail's fiercest team sat around or on the bed, where Gajeel, who was bandaid for his injuries, was still asleep.
"He's been like that for three day straight." Levy responded
"It's best we left him rest a little longer," Lily advised. "From the circumstances Mira explained, this should not have been unexpected."
"He actually ate Etherion, practically poison," Lyon said. "Guy's becoming more and more of a monster each day."
Mira, who had her arm and neck wrapped in bandages, chuckled. "You should have seen him," She grabbed a napkin and a pen that was nearby, then began to draw on the napkin quickly. "It was like he became some sort of dragon-man after eating that stuff." She then showed the others the sketch which was…
... a badly drawn lizardman with black scales and cartoonishly spiky hair. Everyone sweatdropped. "That… looks somewhat descriptive." Lily deadpanned.
Mira groaned as she place the napkin away. "Everyone's a critic." She then frowned. "I really need to apologize to you guys," She stated suddenly. "You were dragged into this incident because of me and…"
"It's okay Mira," Levy smiled reassuringly. "We came because we wanted to help you."
"Then I should be thanking you." She then blinked and turn to Lyon. "Speaking of coming, what happen to that Elemental Five girl?"
Lyon sighed as he leaned back into his chair, and Mira could have swore she heard a bit of longing in his voice. "Merudy's heading to Fairy Tail. She really wants to join, so she went to ask Gramps as soon as possible."
"She did come handy back at the tower." Mira stated, then rose You seem a bit bothered."
The ice-mage's eyes widen. "Well, um, I am glad she's joining. I just feel she might need us backing her up. The Phantom attack wasn't that long ago and…
"Or you're not happy she's right next to you?" Mira teased with a devilish smirk as Levy tried to hold back a laugh.
Lyon blushed and turned away. "Shouldn't you be resting as well?"
Mira leaned back enough that the chair's front legs started to rise. "I can handle the damage pretty well. Though to be honest, I shouldn't still be here. The Etherion should have dissolved my entire body in that vortex." In truth she had no idea why she was still alive.
"Then we can consider ourselves fortunate that you manage to get out." Lily responded.
"Still you got better luck that this Metal-head, eating poison like that." Lyon said.
Suddenly Gajeel awoken and sat up straight. "What'ch say, you punk?!"
"Ah, you're awake." Lily stated. But no sooner did Gajeel collapsed back into the bed.
"Did you only got up just to yell at me?!" Lyon shouted as Levy and Mira laughed, and soon everyone that was awake was joining in.
"Listen, what we're trying to say is," Wally rubbed his head nervously. "I'm pretty sorry for what we did." The four former prisoners of the Tower of Heaven were meeting at the beach.
"We really are, Mir-chan." Millianna added apologetically.
"If anyone should apologizes, it's me." Mira stated. "I was the one who left you for eight years..."
"That was because Laxus was threatening you." Shô protested. "You stayed away to protect us."
"I can't keep using that excuse." The She-Demon countered, crossing her arms as she looked downward. "If I came sooner then Simon…"
No one said anything for a few seconds. Then Wally spoke "Simon was a real man! I mean… he wanted to protect you because-"
"Wally!" Millianna rebuked.
"I know how he felt." Mira said. "Because of him, I know how you all felt when I left. But we can't keep down forever. We have to move forward, for Simon's sake."
"Yeah…" Shô nodded.
"He'll still be with us," Millianna added. "In our hearts,,,"
"We have to believe that!" Wally agreed as he struggle to hold back tears. "If not… then what was it all for?!"
"The past isn't what will define us," Mira said. "Just the first step to the future."
"So what will we do now?" Millianna asked,
"If you don't have any plans, then you can always join Fairy Tail." Her childhood friends gaped in shock.
"Really?" Shô asked.
"I know it isn't the freedom you were searching for. But freedom can definitely be found at Fairy Tail. You guys would like it."
"You know, Black Steel and his partner were talking about that place." Wally mentioned.
"I heard it's the most upbeat guild in the world!" Millianna added eagerly, then turned to Mira. "And we get to meet Elfman and Lisanna!"
Mira chuckled. "I know. I can't wait to introduce you guys. You'll definitely love Fairy Tail."
Shô smiled. "That's sound great, Nee-san."
"We'll in that case, let's get going. I want to introduce you to my teammates proper." As the four walked back to the hotel, Mira suddenly heard a compassionate voice.
You became strong, Mira. The She-Demon turned around to the source, but only saw the ocean.
Laxus? She thought, then she shook her head. Nah, I guess that would be impossible.
When they got back to the hotel, Mira and her old friends had a festive dinner with her guildmates. Shô, Wally, and Millianna easily got along with the other Fairies as they ate cheerfully.
Much later, Mira called Levy and Lily to the hotel room privately.
"What did you want to talk about?" Levy asked.
Mira sighed before speaking. "I heard Laxus at the beach." The other two were startled for a second before Lily spoke. "Are you sure?"
"Not really, but I think it explains things. Why me and Gajeel were able to survive the explosion."
"What do you mean?"
"Gajeel defeated Laxus by grounding Laxus into the Tower while the latter was in his lightning body." The She-Demon explained. "I think at that point, he broke free from Zeref's control, and turned back to his old self. Since he was fused with the Etherion, he took my place and redirected the Etherion's magic to the sky."
"That makes sense," Levy stated. "I mean, how would Gajeel have save you if you were broken down subatomically."
"But if that's true, then Laxus was nothing more than Zeref's puppet." Mira replied scornfully.
"His fate was determined by the path this world had for him." Lily nodded.
Suddenly Gajeel and Lyon bursted into the room. "Mira," Lyon gasped. "Have you seen your friends."
Mira quickly bolted up. "What do you mean?"
"We were gonna tell them more about Fairy Tail, but they're nowhere in the hotel." Gajeel explained.
"They were suppose to stay here…"
"Even after we told them that we would be checking out of the hotel and heading back to Fairy Tail?" Levy thought outloud.
"So they just ran off then!" Gajeel growled.
"Well we have to go after them." Levy stated
Mira thought about what was happening, then ran to the door. She stopped by it and face her guild mates. "I need you guys to get some 'fireworks' ready."
"Fireworks?" Levy asked curiously. The other three were confused as well until they realized what she meant. "What does that have to do with your comrades?" Lily asked.
"Just trust me on this!" And Mira ran out the door.
"Think we can handle living in the outside world?" Milliana asked as she, Wally, and Shô prep a boat on the shore.
"It's a matter of can or can not." Shô argued as he untied a knot keeping the boat on a post. "You remember what happened just an hour ago." Earlier Millianna ate some bananas from a fruit stand at the resort , and she and Wally were unprepared to pay for it as they were unfamiliar with the concept of cash, causing the three to run away from the stand. "We can't cause any more trouble for Nee-san."
"Now let's get out of here!" The card mage shouted as he and Wally pushed their boat into the water. "We need to get going before Nee-san and her friends find out!"
"We can make it some how!" Wally added eagerly. Millianna cheered in the boat.
"Ahem!" Shô stopped at the sound of the stern voice, and the others turned around as saw Mira walking towards them
"Nee-san!"
"Mir-chan…"
"Speak of the devil… literally." Wally groaned.
Shô sweated a bit as Mira raised an eyebrow at them. "Well…"
"If you're gonna try to stop us, don't bother!" Wally shouted in panic. "We made our decision and we're sticking for it."
Mira remained quiet as she continue to glare at them, causing Shô to speak out. "We lived our whole lives in that tower. And like you said, we using that as the first step to the future, by exploring the world.
"Sure, they're a whole bunch of things out there that we don't know, but have to learn about them hands on. We can't continue to rely on people, and we can't live for anybody else's sake, either. We need to live for our own lives, to find out what we want to do!" He smiled largely to her. "That's the freedom we're searching for!"
Mira smiled back. "With that determination, you won't have any problems exploring. That makes me worry a bit less.
"However," She began suddenly. "They are three rules that I'm obliged to say for anyone that leaves Fairy Tail. So listen up..."
"Wait…" Wally spoke up. "We weren't even Fairy Tail wizards in the first place!"
"One!" She continue, standing tall as her voice reached their hearts. "You must never reveal sensitive information about the guild to outsiders as long as you live!
"Two! You must never you clients you met through the guild to achieve personal gain!"
"We don't know any 'sensitive information' or anything about the guild…" Wally deadpanned.
"What's a 'client?'" Millianna asked.
"Three!" Mira shut her eyes to hold back a stream of tears. "Though our paths will differ… you must always live at the fullest! Never once consider your own life to be insignificant!" Her words easily tugged their heartstreams as they continue to listen.
"And never in your life forget the friends you held dear!" When she opened her eyes, her emotions leaked out through them, and her comrades were unable to hold back tears as well.
"Let the Fairy Tail Send-Off Party… begin!" She transformed to Satan Soul: Halphas and sent a burst of energy into the sky that released in the form of rainbow fireworks.
"Fire!" Further into the beach, Lily lit a set of fireworks that flew up and gave off a spectacular in the night sky.
"Not a party without ice!" Lyon shouted. "Ice Make: Eagles!" The ice mage released a flock that danced elegantly in the sky.
"Or iron!" Gajeel threw a series of knives at each eagle, shattering each of them into a sparkling explosion.
"And some Solid Script: Celebration!" With a dance of her fingers, Levy launched a Solid Script that became it's own set of fireworks.
Shô, Millianna, and Wally as they watched the celebration in tearful joy. "...to be honest," Mira confessed as she reverted her Satan Soul. "I really wanted you guys to stay with me… but I can't hold you back, so I'll have to support you…"
"That's not it, Mir-chan!" Millianna cried.
"If we stayed around, we would only bring back all those terrible memories!" Wally said as tears ran down his face.
"Those memories were why be became strong, and they'll make us stronger tomorrow." Mira said. "And I don't have just painful memories of you, I have memories of you guys that I'll keep with me in my heart.
"So walk tall! And I'll keep walking tall too! As long as we remember this day, we'll meet again!"
Shô smiled and tearfully nodded as he pushed the boat further into the water and got in with Wally and Millianna. As it sailed away, they waved back to their friends old and new.
"Goodbye, Nee-san!"
"Bye bye, Mir-chan!"
"We'll definitely meet again! It's a promise!"
Mira smiled as her friends sailed off. "It's a promise." And she her friends stood on the beach, watching the three sail off to explore the world.
"And so," In a church in an unknown location, a violet-haired woman laid in a bathtub as she spoke to a communication lacrima. "The council will have to take responsibility for their actions. I wouldn't even be surprise if they get disbanded."
"Excellent work, Ultear," The lacrima replied. "And what became of Laxus?"
"Who knows," Ultear replied nonchalantly. "Maybe she actually died." As she got out of the tub and wrapped a towel around her body, a mark shaped like a broken heart with devil horns beneath it was visible on her lower back. "And all without knowing that he was a puppet dancing to the tune strung by the very woman he thought he was manipulated."
She laughed at the thought. "What a pitiful man. He was so cute, not realizing that for eight years, I was playing the part of the 'ghost of Zeref.'"
"With the Etherion fired leading to the massive conflict within the council, you were able to retrieve one of the keys as we planned." The lacrima stated. "Now it belongs to me."
"Congratulations, Master Hades." Ultear smiled as she looked out the window. "Poor Laxus," She cooed to herself. "You actually thought that you resurrect Zeref. What foolishness; that's practically impossible.
"No one could have bring him back from the dead, because he wasn't dead in the first place, just sleeping until we wake him up…"
"Wow!" The five Fairies arrived at Magnolia only to be shocked out of their socks when they reached their guild. "They've finish it!"
Past a large archway with the words "Fairy Tail" on top and where their old guildhall stood was now a massive, three-story, marble building, topped with a large bell and an orange banner holding the Fairy Tail symbol.
"It's... huge…" Levy gasp.
"No kidding," Mira nodded as they walked past the arch. "They really went all out."
"We did have to rebuild from the ground up," Lily stated. "So a few additions should have been expected."
"A few? We have an open-air cafe." Lyon pointed at the series of picnic tables, where some of their guildmates were waving at them. "And a souvenir shop by the entrance!"
"Hey guys!" A familiar sandy-haired mage waved from a concession stand filled with various Fairy Tail products. "Welcome back!"
"Greeting Max," Lily replied as the five walked over. "I see you've finished your education."
"Education?" Levy asked.
"Master sent Max to a business school to learn a bit of economics." Mira explained.
"That's right, you're looking at a proud owner of a Bachelor Degree in Marketing." Max said.
"So you're Max Alors," Levy said. "I've heard so much about you."
"I heard lot about you too, Levy."
The Solids Script mage rubbed the back of her head. "I'm guessing it's probably embarrassing."
"So what kind of stuff you sell here anyway?" Lyon asked Max.
"The usual sort. We got Fairy Tail T-Shirts, wristbands, even Magic Lacrima with our guild mark on them. But the best sellers are these babies for 3000 Jewels each." He pulled out 6-inch figures of Gajeel and Levy.
"Shouldn't you have least asked us before making those?" Levy deadpanned.
"Hey, mine's has its clothes removeable." Mira grumbled as she held onto her own figure, which was missing a top that was in the She-Demon's other hand.
"At least yours starts with clothes." Lyon grumbled at his figure's lack of a shirt.
"Maybe you should take this to customer support." Max sweatdropped.
"Well, given our normal economic situation, this can't possibly hurt, despite the exagurrents." Lily said. "What do you think, Gajeel?" When the Exceed looked up at his partner, he saw that the dragon slayer was scowling at the guild hall. "Gajeel?"
"Everything's too different..." He growled back.
"Hey guys!" The five looked at the entrance and saw Lucy and Lisanna rushing towards them. "Welcome back!"
"Lu-chan! Li-chan!" Levy greeted. "It's great to see you guys again."
"So how was your vacation?" Lisanna asked.
Mira rubbed the back of her head. "It was… interesting…"
"You guys have to see the guild on the inside." Lucy said as she guided the five into the guildhall. When they got inside, most of them were dazzled at how much more massive and cleaner the hall was compared to their old guildhall. Rows of tables were now organized inside, and a massive stage was at the back of the hall.
"Damn," Mira let out. "They really went all out."
Lyon notice Gajeel fuming next to him. "What's up, Gajeel?"
"It's nothing like before…"
"So what else is there?" Levy asked.
"Well, we do have a new pool behind the bar…" Lisanna explained.
"And a game room in the basement." Lucy added.
"And best of all!" The five were shock seeing Elfman at the S-Class floor. "Anyone can go the second floor! Pretty awesome, huh!"
"And I'm guessing you still need an S-Class wizard to go on them." Mira said.
"Pretty much." Lisanna clarified.
"Hmm," The She-Demon eyed the stage at the back. "Hey Lisanna, is their waiting list for performing?"
"None yet, why?"
Mira just smirked. "Think you can start one then."
Levy notice that Gajeel was now sitting at one of tables grumbling to himself. "Come on, Gajeel, it's not that bad."
"Yeah right."
"Ah, welcome back!" The seven heard their master walking towards them, and when they turned, the members of the Fiercest Team (Especially Lyon) were shock at the sight of a familiar pink-haired girl.
"I like to introduce our newest member, Merudy Keymon." Makarov said cheerfully, then whispered. "Isn't she a cutie."
"Great to see you guys again." Merudy smiled.
"It's great to see you too!" Lyon said. "Really awesome that you joined!"
"Thanks for helping us back at the Tower." Mira said.
"No problem." The Maguilty mage replied. "I just hope I can do just as good as a job as being a guild mate."
"Best of luck then." Levy replied.
"Thanks!" As the two girls chatted eagerly alongside Lucy and Lisanna, Makarov whispered to Mira. "I don't know if you know this, but Merudy used to be a member of Phantom Lord…"
"Don't worry about that. We already know, but she's our friend now."
"Great, then I'm sure you'll make her feel welcome."
"We will," She then smirked and pointed at Lyon, who was watching the other girls' conversation with a bit of envy. "Especially Ice-Boy there."
Makarov chuckled. "Well then, hope he dosen't bother Merudy too much. Anyway, there's another new member I want you to meet." He pointed at a silhouette eating at a table by himself.
"Another member?" Lily asked. "Well who could it-" He stopped as he and the others recognize the figure.
"W-What?!" Levy recognized the white scale scarf the new comer was wearing.
"This has to be a joke!" Lyon shouted.
Gajeel growled in furious recognition at the figure. "Salamander." Natsu Dragneel got up and faced the five Fairies.
"Natsu!" Mira shouted, then she glared at the old man. "You can't be serious!"
"Seriously! This has to be a joke!" Lyon shouted.
"Guys, calm down!" Merudy called out. "I was the one who invited him."
"Merudy is one thing, Master." Lily said, then scowled. "But Dragneel the reason we needed a new guildhall in the first place." Natsu just ignore their comments.
"Now, now." Makarov chided them. "Natsu was only acting on Jose's orders, nothing he can do. You know what they say, yesterday's enemies are tomorrow's friends."
"He's right,"Lucy said nervously. "It's not a real problem. I'm pretty fine with Natsu joining."
Levy didn't have much confidence in her friend's statement, especially with the latter hiding behind a pillar. "Lu-chan…" Though she couldn't blame the Celestial wizard, given what happened between her and the Salamander.
Unbeknownst to either girls or anyone else, the golden keys at Lucy's waist were glowing furiously at the mention of the Fire Dragon Slayer.
Gajeel furiously marched over to Natsu. "There's no way in hell I'd be working with that psycho Arsonist!" He shouted.
"Don't worry." Natsu challenged. "I'm not interested in being your friend. I only joined so I can get jobs. And this lameo guild the only one weird enough to take me in."
Gajeel slammed his hand on the table. "Say that one more time!" He snarled. "I dare you to!"
"Look, Natsu was on his own after Phantom Lord disbanded." Merudy explained. "I couldn't just leave him alone…"
Meanwhile, the psychotic, inner-yandere part of Lyon was going wild. She was worried about that Flame Head. Why would she unless… unless he is a rival in love!
Luckily he keep that part hidden, though now he was just as angry at Natsu as Gajeel was.
Makarov continued from where Merudy left off. "Neither could I. As an old man, it's my responsibility to guide young souls who have been lost to darkness. Trust me, Natsu's a nice guy once you get to know him… at least I hope."
"THen we'll trust you on this," Lily sighed. "But we will keep an eye on him for any trouble."
Gajeel growled as Natsu walked away from him, the former not sharing in his partner's sentiment. "This guild starting to lose the appeal…" Suddenly the lights went off.
"Huh?" A spotlight then appeared at the stage, where Mira was at a chair with a guitar in her hands, bringing everyone in a full uproar of cheer.
So the She-Demon's performing huh, He thought as he sat down with the rest of his teammates, as well as the other two Strauss siblings, Erza, Cana, and Merudy. Maybe she has the right idea...
"It's great to back," The She-Demon smiled. "And I want to demonstrate how glad I am for our new guildhall." She started strumming her guitar and soon started singing (Cue Imagine Dragons Warriors acoustic version)
"As a child, you wait, and watch from far away," She sang softly. "But you always knew you be the one that work while they all play.
"In youth, you lay, awake at night and scheme. Of all the things that you will change but it was just a dream!"
The crowd went wild as the intensity of her singing grew. "Here we are, don't turn away now. We, are the warriors, that built this town. Here we are don't turn away now. We, are the warriors, that built this town, from dust…" Mira then strum a series of notes as the bridge, and when she was finished with that, she slowly entered her last chorus
"Here we are, don't turn away now. We, are the warriors, that built this town. Here we are don't turn away now. We, are the warriors, that built this town, from dust…" Once she finished, her guildmates went into full applause as she walked back to her friends.
"That was amazing!" Levy complimented. "Didn't knew you sing that well."
Mira smirked. "I'm a girl of many talents."
"And modesty isn't one of them." Cana joked despite the S-Class's glare.
"Hm," Lily scowled at an empty seat. "Where did Gajeel go?"
"Oh no," Lyon groaned. "You don't think he…" Everyone got their answer when the spotlight came back, and they got it in the most frightening way possible.
Gajeel was at the stage wearing a white suit, a white fedora, and a pair of sunglasses, as well as having a purple, cat-style guitar with chains.
"Since you people love this new building, I better it open up with this tune of mine called Best Friends."
"Huh, so Gajeel can sing as well." Levy noticed.
"...Can is a bit of an exaggeration." Lily deadpanned.
"Get off the stage!" A guildmate shouted. But Gajeel ignore him as he started to sing.
"Colorful, colorful… Shooby doo bop! Tremble with love, steel gray metallic!"
As Gajeel continued to sing, Lily sighed with strained patient, Lyon banged his head on the table, and Mira facepalmed. Levy shrugged as she continued to listen. To her Gajeel's singing wasn't that bad, it was actually enjoyable.
"Bite it hard!" Gajeel continued to sing. "Sweet honey~"
Though she was in the minority in that thought, with the other guild members being more parallel to…
"What kind of music you people listen to?!" Natsu shouted from a few tables over. "This is the worst song I ever heard!" He was responded with a guitar to the face as Gajeel blew viciously through a harmonica he got somewhere.
"You want a piece of me?!" The Salamander shouted as he and Gajeel charged into each other.
"Shooby doo bop!" Soon the two were wrestling around on the floor.
"Both of you, stop this!" Makarov shouted, fearing the damage that would fall upon the new guildhall.
"I have enough of your shoe doo bebop!"
"It's shooby doo bop, you dumbass!" Suddenly a mug was thrown into Gajeel's face. "Alright, who threw that!"
"Gajeel!" Lyon yelled as he got up. Unfortunately, he was sitting next to Erza, so he bumped into the Titania and forced her to drop a strawberry cake she was eating. "Would you quit screwing around already!"
"My strawberry cake…" Erza said painfully. But she didn't get the chance to mourn as a wooden clog suddenly smashed it.
"Enough already!" Elfman shouted. "If you were real men you would take this outside!" Erza, in rage for her lost dessert, kicked him out of the guildhall.
"Watch it, you oaf!"
"Erza." The knight turned around and saw Mira growling at her with a demonic aura. "Did you just kicked my brother for no good reason?"
Erza scowled back. "He destroyed my cake. Justice must be delivered!"
"Well I got your justice right here!" Mira transformed to Satan Soul: Beelzea, and the two former rivals were now in the heat of battle.
"Oh come on!" Makarov cried. He didn't thought the two S-Class mages would go back to fighting. "The guildhall is in even more trouble!"
The brawl continued as everyone soon joined in, saved for Levy, Cana, Lisanna, Lucy, Merudy, and Lily. As Gajeel continued to fight Natsu, he looked around and saw the carnage. He then smiled. "Ghi hi, guess nothing really changed after all-"
"Incoming!" He couldn't finished as a flaming fist landed on his face.
A few days after the brawl, Natsu was about to go on a job when received an anonymous letter from a frightened Fairy (No doubt afraid of the Salamander) to come to Magnolia park. Seeing no problem with this, he headed over and saw a man with a suit and having orange hair and cat ears on his head.
"Who are you?" Natsu questioned.
"My name is Loke," The man responded coldly. "We met before."
Natsu rattled his brain before recognizing the man. "Oh yeah, you're one of those weird spirit things that blonde girl had with her."
The spirit scowled. "THe girl's name was Lucy,and you attacked her when your guild Phantom Lord declared war on us."
Natsu sighed. "Is this gonna take all day. I have a job to go to and…"
"I can't accept that the man who harmed my mistress is taking job at Fairy Tail." Loke rose his fist for battle. "And so can't the rest of my Zodiac comrades. Since I'm the only one that can come on my own magic, I'm the only one that can deliver justice."
"...Guess it's too late to say sorry." The salamander joked.
Meanwhile the mentioned girl was watching the incident behind a large tree. "Dammit Loke," Lucy muttered. "I already said I was over what happened. Then why are you doing this…"
"Go ahead then," Natsu said to the spirit. Loke scowled at him. Nine punches. One for each of us that couldn't protect her. He then charged straight at Natsu. "Regulus punch!" His fist was charged with a bright light as it send Natsu flying back.
But the Dragon Slayer didn't react, and just stood by as Loke sent another punch. Loke then sent an uppercut, sending Natsu flying into the air, then crashing even harder into the ground.
Lucy watched in worry not just for her spirit but for the Salamander as he struggled to stand up."What are you waiting?" Loke scowled. "Why won't you fight back?" Meanwhile, the Celestial mage realized what Natsu was doing...
"What's going on?" Loke turned around and saw a familiar face walking towards them. "Jellal?"
"The blue-haired mage carried a face of irritation as he came towards them. "So this what Fairy Tail has come to, attacking newcomers." He turned to Lucy and scowled. "I know you like to be kind to your spirits, but at least try to get that one on a tighter leash." Lucy clenched her fist, but didn't shout out in fear of the blue-haired mage.
Jellal walked past Loke and looked as the weakened Natsu in disdain. "But I can see why you take such, given what this one did to our guildhall.
"I've been travelling around and I've heard, discerning rumors of our guild." He scowled in remembrance. "People kept talking about how weak and pathetic Fairy Tail is. No has said such things…" He released a look of malice unto Natsu. "That is until you came along!" He collected golden energy around his fist and threw at the Salamander, making the latter scream in pain as he was sent crashing back a few feet away.
"And you will pay for that!" Jellal continued to sent numerous energy blast at Natsu, which pushed Natsu straight into a tree.
Why isn't Dragneel fighting back? Loke thought as even watched Natsu in concern. He much stronger that this unless, unless he accepting each attack so he can be accepted…
Natsu tried to get up, but Jellal keeped him down with a series of stomps to the head.
"You're not leaving that easily!"
"That's enough, Jellal!" Lucy shouted at the blue haired mage. "You're going too far!"
"You stay out of this!" In anger he sent another energy blast, but this time to the Celestial mage. Loke tried to intercept, but he wasn't fast enough to stop it.
"Lucy!" The Celestial mage couldn't move from the stop, and she braced herself for the impact.
But then a blast of smoke appeared, then faded to reveal Natsu standing in front of her with his arms crossed over him, both now bruised from the attack. He stumbled as the injuries he had received became to take hold of him.
"Natsu…" She tried to rest her hand on his shoulder to support him, but he shrugged it off.
"Is that all you wanted." He let out. "Cause I got other things to do now." He then walked out of the park.
"Natsu-"
"Just leave me alone
Jellal turned from the tree and started to march away. "This isn't the Fairy Tail I wanted." He growled to himself. "Everyone sees it as a joke." He clenched his fist. "Sorry grandfather, but your ways are holding us down. I must do what I can to make Fairy Tail a true guild."
Oh dear, just what is Jellal planning on doing. And I hope Natsu's doing well after that.
Lily: That was brave of you Natsu.
Natsu: Well yeah, I'll always keep Luc safe.
Lily: I meant in the context of this story.
Lyon *To Gajeel* : You did all that in canon to get accepted.
Gajeel *Looking away* : Keh. Nah, it was the only way to get people to stop bothering me.
*Levy chuckled to herself knowing the real reason*
Well with that out of the way, one arc ends and the next is about to start. That's right people, the Battle of Fairy Tail is coming up!
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