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After a brief falling sensation, Harry and the others fell in a heap on the ground, in the middle of a very familiar forest. After almost two years, they were finally home.

"Common guys, let's go to Fairy Tail, it's been way too long." Natsu cheered and Lisanna smiled brightly.

"You forget one small detail Natsu. Ultear and I are wanted criminals here, we won't just be welcomed and when the council finds out, there'll be serious trouble." Meredy pointed out, drawing a grimace from those who remembered that small detail, and surprised looks from the group who had just gotten to Earthland for the first time.

"Wait, you're a criminal?" Neville asked, looking at Meredy strangely.

"Well yes and no. I joined a dark guild that Ultear was already apart of, but I'd spent years working from the inside to destroy it, which happened shortly before we wound up getting sucked into your world." Meredy clarified.

"And as much as I want to go back to Fairy Tail Natsu, I'm not leaving Meredy behind." Harry said, still leaning on Meredy who blushed lightly at his words.

"So what now?" Sirius asked, serious for once.

"I have wrongs I have to right, I won't ask any of you to join me, but the help would be appreciated." Ultear said from Laxus's arms, having regained consciousness.

"We split up, Natsu Lisanna and I will go back to Fairy Tail. Ultear, Meredy, Harry can go do their thing, you four are free to choose." Laxus said, addressing those new to Earthland.

"We'll be staying with Harry, he is our friend after all." Luna said airly, drawing agreement from the other three.

"Like I'd leave Prongslet alone, I need him to teach me some fancy new magic after all." Sirius joked

"Ok then, but remember, you guys are always welcome at Fairy Tail." Lisanna said, ignoring Natsu's loud complaints.

"We know, but things have a funny way of working out, this certainly won't be the last time we see each other." Harry said, and with that, the two group parted, each with a mission.

Time skip, a little over 5 years later

Makarov Dreyar was an old man, and when he saw the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse, his only hope was that his precious children would escape unharmed, or at least alive.

So when he woke up on the beach on Tenrou island with a stick poking his cheek, surprised would be an understatement for how he felt.

"You awake gramps, Lisanna said you were still alive, but you still aren't moving. Is it because you're old?" There was a voice Makarov would recognize anywhere, and his heart felt lighter knowing Natsu was still Natsu.

"OF COURSE I'M OLD YOU BRAT, NOW STOP POKING ME!" Makarov yelled at the fire dragon slayer, punching him over the head, knocking him face first into the dirt.

"Good to see you too gramps." Natsu's voice came from the ground.

Makarov rose slowly, being careful of his injuries, time certainly wasn't his friend. When he rose, he noticed how different Natsu seemed, older.

"Natsu, why do you look like an adult instead of a brat?" Makarov asked carefully, mentally preparing himself for an answer.

"Well, I managed to get off the island before is disappeared, so while it was only a second for you guys, it was seven years for the outside world, at least that's how the new master explained it." Natsu said, striking a thinking pose.

"Seven years…" Makarov trailed off, he missed seven years of his children's lives. "Who else got off the island?"

"Me, Lisanna, Harry, a few of his friends, and Laxus." Natsu listed off.

"So when you said new master…" Makarov paled, Laxus as the Master of Fairy Tail.

"Yup, Laxus does a good job though, no matter how much he complains about the paperwork. I think he wants to give you the job back though, something about missing all the dangerous missions." Natsu said, drawing streams of tears from Makarov at the thoughts of all the complaints from the council.

"Now let's go Gramps, we gotta go find all the other, I really want to beat it into Gray that I'm stronger than him by a lot now, maybe I could even beat Erza and Gildarts…" Natsu trailed off, clearly fantasizing about beating up his human father figure and Erza.

"You never change do you Natsu?" Makarov laughed and with that the two started looking for the rest of their guild.

By the time Natsu and Lisanna found everyone a loaded them onto the ship back to Hargeon, everyone had questions. And Gray really wanted to fight his old rival.

"Ok, questions now and Natsu can beat the crap out of Gray when we get back to the guild." Lisanna said, bopping the fire and ice wizards over the head, knocking them into the deck.

"So since Laxus is the new master, I take it Natsu and you are the new S class wizards?" Erza asked, eyeing the two carefully trying to gauge their strength.

"Yup, although Natsu is about as strong as Laxus when he fights seriously, but don't mention that to Laxus, he gets grumpy." Lisanna said, drawing every eye to the grumbling dragon who was rubbing his head, giving Lisanna a playful glare.

"Hey, I wanted to surprise them when I kicked Gray's ass." he complained as Gray scooted away from Natsu quickly. If he was as strong as Laxus, then Gray knew he stood no chance.

"I'm sure he'll forget quickly and you can beat him up then." Lisanna said, patting Natsu on the head playfully as he stood back up.

"Good point, he does forget a lot, like his clothes." Natsu commented. When Gray went to protest, he noticed he was once again dressed solely in his boxers...again.

"Damn it." Gray complained and sighed, he was too tired for this.

"Natsu, you had mentioned Harry also got off the island, is he at the guild too?" Makarov asked, his aged eyes watching the dragon slayer carefully.

"Nah, some of his friends had done a few less than legal things, but they felt bad about and wanted to make an amends to society and something like that. So they went out and formed an independent guild that hunts down dark guilds and works with the council in exchange for pardons." Natsu said

"Anyone we'd need to worry about wanting to get revenge on Fairy Tail?" Gildarts asked from his seat next to Cana.

"Nah, it's a pretty small guild, kinda like Oracion Seis was. It's just Harry, a few of his friends you guys have never met, two ex-Grimoire Heart mages and their undercover agent, who I'm not supposed to talk about." Natsu listed off, Erza eyes him carefully.

"And they won't try to get revenge on us?" she asked, knowing full well how naive Natsu could be.

"I'm sure, the ones from Grimoire Heart had been working for years to bring them down from the inside. Lisanna and I have worked with them all before, I trust them with my life." Natsu said, all playfulness gone from his voice, his expression holding nothing but strength and belief in his words. Erza could see why Natsu was S class, no matter how he may act sometimes, it was clear he knew when it was time to drop that.

When Makarov saw the cold hard look in Natsu's eyes, he felt a small piece of him die, he had failed to protect the boy from the worst the world had to offer, but he swore he would try and help the boy.

"Well what about the rest of Fiore, the other guilds?" Freed asked.

"Well, Fairy Tail isn't number one guild anymore, but that's just because we've never entered the Grand Magic Games." Lisanna said

"The what?" Gray asked, confused

"The Grand Magic Games are a series of events held in Crocus every year, started just after you guys vanished. The winner is proclaimed the strongest guild in Fiore and given 10 million jewel." Lisanna said and cash signs flashed through Makarov's eyes.

"So who does win?" Gajeel asked gruffly, speaking up for the first time.

"I bet they're really MANLY!"

"A bunch of jerks called Sabertooth." Natsu grumbled

"Sabertooth is good, but Natsu ran into two of their best mages once and let's just say that there's been bad blood ever since." Lisanna said, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly.

"How badly did flame brain loose?" Gray asked, eyeing his rival.

"I kicked their ass, then their master got all pissed and they keep trying to goad Fairy Tail into joining the GMG to 'prove their superiority'." Natsu grumbled, crossing his arms and huffing.

"Aside from Sabertooth," Lisanna continued, smacking Natsu upside the head again, "Lamia Scale has been doing quite well, and Blue Pegasus is doing well too. Mermaid Heel is kinda an ally of ours, more Natsu than the whole guild really, but that's just details." she listed off.

"Wow Natsu, an all female guild allied to you, anything we need to know?" Gildarts asked, wiggling his eyebrows.

"NO!" Natsu shouted, punching the older crash mage in the face. "I'm a dragon slayer, I have one mate and I stay loyal to her forever, don't you forget it!" and with that Natsu marched back up to where Lisanna was and pulled her into a deep kiss.

Every jaw on the ship dropped.

"They're in loooooove!" Happy sang, flying around the boat happily.

"Natsu, you haven't done anything to corrupt my sister's innocence have you?" Mira asked once the two had broken apart, her eyes alight with dark fire.

"Maybe?" Natsu said, then ran away screaming and Mira charged him in her satan soul and chased him around the ship, quickly joined by Elfman when he regained his senses.

"Well, some things never change." Lisanna said with a sigh at her sister and Natsu's actions as everyone else laughed at Natsu's shrieks.

When the group got back to the guild hall, Natsu was black and blue from the beating he had taken.

"I can't believe you let them beat me up like that." Natsu complained to Lisanna as they pushed the doors to the guild open, leading the Tenrou group home.

"Well, I figured it was best for them to get it out now rather than prolong your suffering." Lisanna said, patting Natsu's head and giving him a kiss on the cheek as he pouted, leading the group back into the guildhall for the first time in seven years.

Laxus was the first one to greet them. Seven year had been kind to the dragon slayer, he was now several inches taller and built like a truck. At 29, Makarov could sense his grandson had more magic power than a wizard saint.

"Welcome home Gramps, the paper work awaits you." Laxus said, going to the bar and grabbing the first alcoholic beverage he could find and tossing it to the shorter Dreyar.

"And nothing I say will convince you to keep the job?" Makarov asked his grandson, catching the beer.

"Are you kidding me, even if I did, I'd make you my secretary to do all the paperwork, I figured you'd want the title if you were going to do it anyway." Laxus said with a laugh and with that, the biggest party in Fairy Tail history kicked off.

The next day

Makarov looked over the Guild paperwork, surprised that Laxus had kept it in good order, for the most part. While the guild wasn't struggling, Natsu and Lisanna doing constant S-class quests was the only reason the guild wasn't in serious trouble, and even with their most powerful mages back, they also just got their most destructive mages back.

With that in mind, Makarov came to a decision.

He went down from his office to the bar below and greeted Kinana, the new bartender, with a smile.

After a few hours, most of the guild had arrived and were socializing, and Gray was trying to pick a fight with Natsu, one thing Makarov was not going to let happen until he knew how destructive Natsu had gotten in the past seven years.

"Alright everyone listen up." Makarov yelled, getting everyone's attention, and stopping Gray and Natsu from duking it out in the middle of the guild hall.

"In three months the Grand Magic Games will be held, and this year Fairy Tail will be entering them, so you all have three months to train before I decide who is on the team. Now get to it brats." Makarov yelled, and just like that the whole guild sprang to life. Some people ran to take hard jobs for experience while others like Erza grabbed their team and dragged them out the door.

After barely a minute, the Guild was nearly empty, only Makarov, Kinana, Natsu, Lisanna, Laxus and Gildarts were left.

"Well, that takes care of that." Makarov said with a grin on his face as he chugged a beer that Kinana handed him.

"Natsu and I will be taking a few S-class missions Master, we'll be back for the Games." Lisanna said to Makarov, holding up a trio of S class mission fliers.

"I'm heading out for a SS, need to get back in shape, don't count on me for the games though master, they'd probably bore me." Gildarts said and with that, it was just Laxus and Makarov left.

"It really is good to have you back Gramps." Laxus said after a long silence. Makarov could only smile at his grandson.

"It's good to be back, but I have one question for you." Makarov said, his voice completely serious. "Where is the special lady who will give me great grandchildren!"

Laxus's head slammed into the bar in exasperation as large tears fell down Makarov's face. Somethings never change, Laxus thought to himself, and sometimes that was a good thing.

Short but hopefully good transition chapter. Next chapter will be what Crime Sorcerie has been doing these past five years, and boy do I have plans for them. I'm not sure what magic to give Sirius, so if you have an idea, just drop a review and I might use it.

GMG will be big, but may be last arc before I end the story, depends on how it goes. Fav and follow, it does mean a lot when you do, reviews are all welcome, even mean ones, those make me laugh.

Happy Reading -Centurion Africanus