Eastern Forest of Magnolia
Matoro was sitting in the middle of a wide clearing. He was still completely exhausted from the Nova Blast he used against Master Jose 4 days ago. After the fight, the magic council arrived at Magnolia to investigate the whole guild war. Matoro told the council that he was the one who unleashed the massive burst of ice and that he would take full responsibility for it. However, his whole guild stood behind him and said that Matoro saved all of Magnolia. After a long talk between the Councilwoman Ultear Milkovich and Master Makarov, the council decided that the death of one wicked human was a reasonable price to pay for the wellbeing of every single citizen of Magnolia. So Matoro was off the hook with just a halfhearted warning. Since then Matoro retreated himself into the forest to reload his elemental powers. He also had a lot of time to think. 'That woman from the council, somehow her magic feels familiar but how can this be? Also, why do I always have that strange dream where that voice tells me about a gift? Aggggghhhh, guess I can't do anything about it now…should I train a bit? Won't hurt I guess.' "LET'S DO THIS!" With those words Matoro jumped up and began, although a bit shaky on his legs, to train his mind and body.
Sephernus Magna, Coast near the tomb of Mata Nui
Jaller, the Toa Mahri of Fire, has changed. A lot. After his talk with the Great Spirit nearly ten years ago, he spends every minute of every day with all kinds of training. Currently, Jaller was talking to his team, who he decided that they shall also train with him. A few hundred meters away, stood Axonn, Hydraxon and Helryx. Those three mighty warriors were observing the pep talk the fire Toa gave his team. "I must say, I would never dreamed that a puny fire spatter like him could become so strong in just a decade." Said the first Toa in a somehow arrogant voice. "Watch your tongue Helryx. Maybe he once was a simple Toa, but if we regard his strength now, he might be the strongest of us all." Hissed the invincible mass of muscles. "What do you mean, sentinel?" Replied Helryx. "One hundred thousand years where you rarely left Daxia must have made you blind leader. His elemental power is way richer and purer than that of any other Toa. He managed to master the art lava controlling. Not even Tahu could do that, and he is regarded as the strongest Fire Toa of all times. Well, till now~" Said Hydraxon with a not so slight smirk at the end. "He also studied his mind; he learned nearly all kinds of handcrafts. He even learned how to mold protosteel and he made a full armor including mask and weapons for him and all of his team completely made out of protosteel. He has truly grown into a mighty warrior" "Maybe he has even surpassed that" The three legendary fighters turned around and saw a small, Matoran-like being with a staff in his hand to support him while he walked. Beside him stood a proud Toa, with a golden armor on his body. "Turaga Vakama, Toa Tahu, what an unexpected surprise. What do you mean with he surpassed that?" asked Axonn with a respectful bow. "I mean that he has overcome the earthly needs. He doesn't strive for glory or fame anymore. All he wants to do is to do the right thing. And for that he will do anything. He asked me to teach him the art of Mask molding and he did something that even I couldn't do." "What do you mean Turaga?" "What I mean Helryx is that he made himself a new mask. A unique mask. The Kanohi Calix Arthron. He fused the power of both his masks together. He will lead his team truly to glory." After the speech of the Turaga, the other four looked at the fire Toa in complete awe.
"Brothers and Sister, I know this is the first time we speak after ten years. I'm sorry that I was so long away but I promised the Great Spirit to become strong and I want that all of you strong as well. Will you train with me?" All of his team nodded and so the Toa Mahri, once again (mostly) united began to train together, for a long long time. 2740 years long to be exact.
Eastern Forest of Magnolia
One week has passed till Matoro started his training. He became somewhat stronger, although his growth rate was slowed down because of the Nova Blast. While he was away, the guild hall got rebuild and Team Natsu left for a short vacation at the Akane Resort. Now Matoro was strolling towards the guild, he just finished a series of quests and had finally enough money to buy him a nice house. While he walked down the road and hummed a small melody to himself, a hooded person passed him. The moment the person and Matoro were next to each other, the person collapsed and landed in Matoro's arms. Matoro quickly caught the person and frantically began to shake the person. "Hey you, are you alright? What happened? Can you hear me?" He pulled back the hood and saw the face of a young woman with short purple black hair and pale skin. She was breathing slowly and weak, but at least she was alive. "Barraki poo gotta run to the guild" He picked up the woman and began to run towards the guild. Thank Mata Nui for his strong body; the way to the guild was done in a matter of minutes.
The doors of the guild flew open and everyone thought that Natsu has returned. But no, it was the newest member of the guild, the white Toa who had a woman in his arms. "TURAGA MAKAROV! I NEED HELP!" yelled Matoro. He scanned the whole guild hall for the tiny old Master. "Calm down Matoro, what's the matter?" Came the voice of Makarov from the second floor. The old man was standing in front of his office, seemingly a bit annoyed that his paperwork was interrupted. "This woman here, she collapsed on the street as I was passing by. She's still alive but her breathing is shallow. Please, can you do anything to help her?" "Bring her to the infirmary, I will call our guild healer." Matoro nodded and walked into the guild infirmary, the woman still in his arms.
An hour later the doors that led into the infirmary opened and an old woman with pink hair walked into the room. Matoro stood up and bowed towards the lady. "My name is Matoro, newest member of Fairy Tail. It's a pleasure to meet you wise healer" The woman chuckled a bit and said "My my, such a polite person in such a rowdy guild. My name is Porlyusica, healer of Fairy Tail. Can you tell me what happened?" "I don't really know. I passed her on the street and suddenly she collapsed. I can't say more" Porlyusica nodded and turned towards the woman. "Don't worry Matoro, she is in good hands. I will do what I can for her" "Alright Turaga Porlyusica, I will take my leave then, I would hate to disturb you while you work. If you need anything just tell me" With that Matoro bowed and left the room. The old healer merely giggled a bit and started to work "A Toa huh? I've got a feeling things will get interesting with him"
Two days later, noting new happened. Porlyusica took the woman with her to her hut in the woods, saying there she could work in peace, and use better equipment. She told Matoro that he could come around when ever he wanted, that was a huge shock for the guild, since the old healer never allowed anyone to come to her home. Team Natsu was still gone, which was a bit strange, since their vacation should've ended two days ago. Matoro was sitting at the bar, drinking a mug of beer with the Mater and the guilds very own lush, Cana Alberona. He was slowly sipping the alcoholic beverage before eying it with a bit of suspicion. "*hick* whaaaaatsch theee maaaatterrr Matorooooo~~~" Asked the drunk woman. "It's nothing Lady Cana. I just can't understand why you all like this stuff so much. The taste is bitter and there must be some kind of poison inside of it" "That's the alcohol Matoro. Didn't you have any of that at your home?" "No Turaga, we didn't." He chugged down the rest of his beer before standing up "However, I don't think I will drink that another time, poison can't affect me so yeah. Now I you'll excuse me now, I will go and visit Turaga Porlyusica"
Deep in the eastern forest, there stood a small hut. In that hut lived the old healer of Fairy Tail. Porlyusica was working on a tincture for her newest patient, the mysterious woman that Matoro brought to the guild. Mixing the ingredients that will hopefully wake her up she was mumbling in thoughts. 'Who are you lady? I think I know you but I can't put a finger on it.' "AARRRGHHH! WHY ARE HUMANS SO CONFUSING!?" In a fit of rage she threw one of the books that she labeled as useless towards the door. *thump* "Oh Turaga Porlyusica, is it indisposed right now?" In the door stood the Toa of Ice, holding the book in a tight grasp. "Oh Matoro, I haven't seen you there. Come in" Matoro entered the hut and closed the door.
"How is she?" "Unchanged. Her breathing is still shallow, her heartbeat is slow but still steady. I can't figure out what's wrong with her, but trust me, I will cure her" Said the old woman in a somewhat disappointed tone. Matoro walked at the bedside of the unknown woman and looked at her. "Don't worry Turaga, I'm sure that one day she will wake up again. For my kind, a year is merely a relevant time. I can wait." He turned around and bowed. "For now I won't disturb you any longer, oh honorable Turaga. Goodbye" "Goodbye Matoro. But one question, was your mask always half golden?" "What?" Matoro turned around and looked into a mirror at the wall and was shocked. The whole upper part of his mask all the way down to his eyes was glowing in a bright golden light. The moment he met his own eyes in the mirror a booming voice was heard. "NOW IT'S TIME TO RECIVE YOUR GIFT!" The voice came from his mask and after it vanished Matoro fainted.
Here you have the next chapter of my story. I hope you liked it. So, what do you think is the gift for Matoro? And who is the voice? And the woman? Anyway, I decided to skip a few arcs of Fairy Tail, namely the tower of heaven, most of the battle of Fairy Tail, all filler arcs in the anime and a massive part of the Tenrou arc. I think it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the rest of Matoro's team, the Toa Mahri will someday come to Earthland. Question is: shall they come as a Team in the GMG or shall they arrive through the Eclipse Gate because of the Lulz? If you prefer one of those two options please let me know in the reviews. So that's all for now, see you in the next chapter.