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Chapter Three : Newest Members
Makarov's P.O.V -
Erza stood, beaten badly. In fact, everyone seemed to be a bit injured.
"What happened?" I stomped towards Erza. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Master," she lied. "But these people came here demanding answers."
"Answers to what?" I asked.
"I'm not sure…." she answered. "But they caused quite a disturbance, as you can see."
"Yes, yes," I nodded. "Go get yourself healed up along with everyone else. I'll take care of these kids."
I turned towards the strange children. Not one of them had a single scratch on them. Hmm. There were five total.
The first was a young man. He was a little taller than Natsu. His hair was unkempt, but a clean white. On the front, his hair dangled over his brilliant green eyes, but didn't cover them. He wore a hakama (Japanese swordsman outfit) with a long sword. Well, all of them wore the same clothes and had the same sword.
The second was a young woman. Her short hair was whiter than snow, while her eyes were a light blue. Her lips were a beautiful red.
Then there was a tall man with short, light, purple hair. His eyes were a deep blue, almost black.
Next was a girl who had very light brown hair. Her hair was in a ponytail, but she still had hair dangling at the front of her face. Her eyes were a bright hazel full of wonder.
Lastly was a man with a dead serious expression. His long hair was grey and tied up while his eyes were black.
All of them were extremely beautiful ⎯ almost doll like.
Once everyone was gone, I faced them, "Well, what do you want?"
"My name is Tanoshi," the first boy I had looked at spoke. "These are my teammates. We would like to know where we are."
"You went through all that trouble just to ask where you are?" I laughed. "Magnolia, Fiore."
"I see," he nodded. "Who are you?"
"I am Fairy Tail's guild master," I cautiously said, not wanting to give too much information to these strange children.
"Guild?" he raised an eyebrow. "What's a guild?"
"Well it's a group of mages who work together like a family," I stated.
"Mages?" he was not following.
"People who use magic…" I spoke slowly. "Where are you from?"
"Well how do we know we can trust you?" he asked. "You could be trying to kill us."
"I believe you were the ones who came here trying to kill us," I said.
"I apologize…" he bowed. "We're lost."
"Where are you from?"
"We don't know…" he whispered. "But we wish to seek refuge in this town. Start fresh."
"Hmm…" I played with my beard. "If you truly wish to seek refuge, you've come to the right place, but why should I trust you?"
"Before I explain, can you promise us something?" he asked.
"Well let's hear it before I make any promises," I sat down on one of the chairs.
He turned to look at his friends and then looked at me, "If we become allies, would you help us?"
"Hmm….if you are able to prove to me that you mean us no harm and you decide to take refuge here, then yes," I nodded.
The children huddled together and began to speak quietly. Finally, he kneeled before me, preparing to explain their story.
"Have you ever heard of the Tower of Heaven?" Tanoshi asked.
I glanced up at his suspiciously, "Yes."
"Well this is unknown to most, but the Tower of Heaven has a sister tower called the Tower of Shisu. They may not have had the same goal, but they worked with one another occasionally. We come from the Tower of Shisu, whose main goal was to create perfect soldiers. The people running the tower were our parents," he explained. "We spent our whole lives in that tower, until finally, we heard a rumor. Whispers about a world outside of the tower. So we fled."
"Tower of Shisu?" I pondered. "Well how did you escape?"
"Well, after many experiments and training, Nakina (he gestured towards the girl with short white hair) and I became success'. They were able to create….a power inside of us superior to others and much more powerful," Tanoshi sighed. "When we heard this, we decided to escape. We fought as hard as we possibly could."
"How is it that all five of you escaped?" I questioned.
He looked down sadly, "Well, we are the only ones who managed. All of our other siblings were killed."
"So you guys are all siblings?" I asked.
"No, none of us are related. There were a handful of other kids, including our brothers and sisters, who fought hard, but never made it," he whispered. "Because of their sacrifice we were able to make it this far."
I tried to find any loopholes in his story, but couldn't. Though everything was a stretch, it was not necessarily impossible.
"Well, is there any way you could prove this information to me?" I looked at Tanoshi intently.
He looked up hopefully, "If you have a highly skilled doctor, perhaps you should look at our DNA. Surely you would find strands that were modified by out parents!"
"Modified?"
"Yes, you see, none of us were born with magic. They created powers and tried ripping each and every strand of DNA in our bodies and adding strands of magic," he said. "The successes were the ones with 100% of their DNA converted."
I finally thought up a solution, "I will test to see if this information is true. Until then, you will stay in the Fairy Tail cells. After I get your results back, and assuming you are telling the truth, I shall offer you a job. You will work until you have paid off this mess you've made. When your time if up, you can either leave or stay here and join our guild. If you are lying, you will be turned in to the magic council. Is that fair?"
"Yes, thank you," Tanoshi grinned at me. "Also, if we become members of this 'guild' of yours, we will be under your care and protection?"
"If you join our guild, you will officially be apart of our family, so yes," I smiled.
Afterwards, I guided them to the cells where I drew their blood. They put on the magic cuff restraints and sat quietly in the cells. I sent the blood samples to Porlyusica. That night I went to visit them once more.
"It will take around two days for her to get back to me," I informed them. "Now, can you repeat your names once more?"
"Tanoshi," the white haired boy stated.
"Nakina," the white haired girl whispered.
"Hikari," the with light brown hair smiled at me warmly.
"Kagayaku," the boy with light purple hair said.
"Tabiki," the boy with long, grey hair grumbled.
I attempted to remember who was who, but it was extremely hard, "Alright, I'll come back tomorrow morning with breakfast. Hope you guys aren't too uncomfortable."
"No, sir," Tanoshi said. "Thank you."
Mira's P.O.V -
All the Fairy Tail members who were at the pool went to the infirmary. Wendy struggled to heal everyone, but somehow managed. Erza was lying on one of the beds.
"Hey," I sat down next to her.
She smiled weakly.
"You really need to sleep. You couldn't even fight properly today," I scolded.
She nodded and as I was about to leave, she grabbed my hand, "Will you stay next to me?"
I froze and looked at Erza. Her facial expression was worn and full of…fear. I smiled and sat down next to her.
"Oh Erza," I whispered.
"Don't look at me like that," she laughed dryly.
I tried to smile, "I'll stay here, don't worry."
With that, Erza fell asleep.
Erza's P.O.V -
I drifted to sleep.
You're still alive I see.
What of it? I hissed.
Nothing really. Just a little surprised.
Why?
I didn't think you were selfish enough to stay alive and torcher everyone with your existence.
Shut up.
I opened my eyes to see Mira looking at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Why are you awake? You've only been asleep for a few minutes!"
"Oh…" I sighed.
She urged me to sleep more, so I tried again.
Poor Mira has to sit next to you.
She could leave if she wants.
Unless she doesn't know that and is just sitting with you out of pity.
I opened my eyes again and said to Mira, "If you have plans then you can-"
"Erza," she said sternly. "I do not have plans so just rest."
You're such a nuisance.
I felt someone else sit on the bed. I look up to see Lucy and Wendy. I smile and go back to sleep.
I was back on the hill with Jellal, who was slowly moving closer to me. His face was inches from mine when he pushed me back.
"Oh Erza, I would never love you," he laughed. "No one will."
I shot up, scaring all of the girls. Lucy even fell off the bed. My whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
"What's wrong Erza-san?" Wendy held my hand.
I couldn't answer her. The room around me was spinning, making me sick to my stomach. There wasn't enough air in the room. My heart rate rose and rose until I couldn't hear anything else except for my rapid heartbeat.
Lucy was about to run out and get Natsu, but I managed to grab her arm, "I'm *huff huff* fine."
"No," Mira rubbed my back, "No you are not."
"It was just *pant pant* a bad dream," I told half the truth.
"Umm," Lucy turned towards me. "You're so pale! And you look sick Erza."
"Don't worry, I'm fine," I was finally able to slow my breathing. "I'm really fine."
"If you say so," Lucy sat back down.
Mira sighed nervously, "Do you want to talk about it?"
I shook my head.
That's right. Not like they'd care. It's just pity.
Maybe.
Oh Titania, do you finally believe me?
No.
Don't worry, you will soon.
"Be quiet!" I yelled at the voice in my head.
"Umm Erza? Who are you talking to?" Lucy looked around. "No one was taking."
"Oh sorry umm," I tried to think of an excuse. "I just have a headache and…yeah."
"Okay how about you get more sleep," Mira tucked me in. "We will be right outside for you if you need anything."
They don't want to be with you. Your a lost cause Titania.
I didn't answer the voice this time.
Lucy's P.O.V -
I walked outside and said hi to Natsu. He came and sat next to me.
"Hey Luce!" he grinned.
"Hi!" I smiled.
Natsu whispered to me, "You know those people we fought with earlier?"
"Yeah…"
"Weren't they…different?" he asked. "They seemed as if they were on a different level."
"Yeah I know what you mean. Their strength…" I said.
"Aye~" Happy joined in.
"They were pretty scary," I admitted.
Natsu reaches over and touched my hand, "Don't worry! I'm stronger than all of them!"
"Y-Yeah!" I turned red.
Out of the corner of my eye I could see Mira and Wendy watching us and giggling.
"Well I gotta go bear some sense into Gray but catch you later!" Natsu laughed.
"B-bye Natsu,"
"You like~ him," Happy purred.
I walked back over to Mira and Wendy.
"Aww~" Mira teased. "You guys are so cute!"
"I don't…he's not…we aren't" I stammered.
"Hehe I agree with Mira-san!" Wendy laughed.
I rolled my eyes jokingly, "So…what should we do about Erza?"
"I don't know anymore," Mira said quietly.
Just then, there was a loud thud in the Fairy Tail cells.