Well sorry about the longer absence of a new chapter. This was a hard one for me to do, since i really didnt know where i wanted it to start or end, but i think i like what i have it as right now, and hopefully you all feel the same. Anyways the grand magic games arc is about to start, so leave a comment saying if you are excited for it. On that note please enjoy this chapter and have a good day.
It has been a month since the fairy tail tenrou team returned from their 7 year disappearance. In that time they had put the twilight ogres guild in its place, and defeated the new oracion seis. For the first time since returning from being gone for 7 years, the guild had a chance to rest, or so it thought. 3 nights before a mysterious storm had hit magnolia and since then something strange has been happening. Random people, and twilight ogre members would be found beaten and defeated around the town. The areas around them showed that a fight had taken place, but the person who took them down was never spotted. Nobody was killed, and only some severely injured, but it was beginning to worry the people in the town, so they asked Makarov and the fairy tail guild to help. So in the temporary guild hall, Makarov was talking to the team he was going to send to solve this.
"So do we know anything about the person or thing we are going to encounter?" Erza asked Makarov. She was part of the team that was being sent, along with Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Wendy, Happy and Carla.
"We have some information but not enough. One of the victims said that it was 2 people that they fought, and that no matter what they did, they could not do any damage. He said it was over quickly, in a burst of light. Also we know that most of the attacks happen in a dark alley, and is usually against a small group of people," Mirajane explains.
"Your job is to find these people and find out why they are doing this. If they won't stop you will have to beat them in a fight," Makarov orders.
"Sounds good to me!" Natsu says, slamming his fists into each other in excitement. The team leaves the guild hall and walks to the city.
"Do you think these mystery people have anything to do with that storm the other day?" Lucy asks Erza.
"I think its possible. From what mirajane says, our opponents are very strong, and we dont know the extent of their magic," Erza responds.
"Do you think its a couple of monsters?" Wendy says, some fear filling her voice.
"Dont be silly child, the victim said two people, not monsters." Carla retorts.
"It doesn't matter to me! Im going to roast them either way!" Natsu exclaimed in confidence. They had been walking around the town for a bit after that, talking to people and asking if anyone knew anything. Nobody knew anything more than what they had already known.
"What are we going to do now? Its like looking for a needle in a haystack!" Gray states in annoyance.
"There's one more person to ask," Erza states, looking away.
"Who!? We have asked everyone that might know something." Lucy says.
"Listen, while we were talking to other people, i noticed we were being followed. Im looking at that person now," Erza explains. The others follow her gaze and sees a person in a hood watching them from behind a stand. The moment the groups eyes trained onto the hooded figure, it took off running, with the fairy tail wizards giving chase down the street. Erza took the lead when suddenly the hooded figure did something. A magic circle appeared on its back, and in its left hand. On the back a quiver of arrows were spawned and in its left hand a bow. The figure jumped into the air, drew an arrow and shoot it at the fairy tail members. Erza equiped a sword and knocked the arrow out of its path. But without making another shot, the figure lands, and runs into an alley. The group follows and realizes that the figure was cornered, with its back to them. But before Erza could ask any questions Natsu leaped forward and used his breath attack.
"Natsu! What are you doing!" Lucy yells out as the wall of fire moved towards the mysterious figure. Suddenly another figure jumps between the fire and the other figure, and extends its right hand. The moment the fire touched its hand, its was negated and disappeared.
"Well is that your way of saying hello after so long?" The first figure says as it turned around. As it turned, Wendy caught sight of the blue fairy tail guild mark on its left upper thigh, and as it removed its hood, the group finally realized who it was.
"Mikoto! Touma!" Lucy exclaims.
"Its you! Your back, and it looks like you havent changed a bit!" Wendy exclaims running up to Mikoto. Mikoto embraced Wendy in a hug and looked at the others.
"I guess you were the ones sent to hunt us down then," Touma says.
"Yes we were, though we didnt know it was you causing the problems." Erza confirms.
"Sorry about that, there were some people that Raiden told us to take care of so we had some things to do for a bit," Mikoto explains
"So are you coming back to the guilds?" Wendy asks, a pleading look in her eyes.
"Yes we are though i need to speak to everyone about some important things," Mikoto replies.
"What do you mean?" Erza asks, noticing the slight darkness that had entered Mikotos eyes when she said that.
"We realized that we should no longer keep the clan in the dark about what happens in the future that we are trying to stop, that caused problems before and no longer will that be an issue. If we are going to join the guilds future, you should be told what we are changing." Touma explains.
The group walked back to the guild. When they walked in, Makarov greeted them.
"Wow you're back early Erza, did you find the people we were looking for?" Makarov asks.
Before Erza could respond, both Touma and Mikoto walked out from behind the others, earning a gasp from the rest of the guild, since it was the first time they were seen in seven years.
"Well it looks like you two didn't age a day," Makarov says evenly, though his eyes betray a happiness that two of his children had returned once again.
"Same with all of you, well except those that didnt go to tenrou island of course," Mikoto replies.
"So where did you disappear to?" Macao asks, walking forward.
"After I was defeated at the hands of Acnologia, I was knocked out of the blast radius of the destruction of Tenrou Island. I was not in a good spot, I had thought that i had failed in my mission, failed Fairy Tail. I meet up with Touma, and suddenly we were transported out of this world. We opened our eyes back in our own world, in my mentors base. He told me that i had in fact saved Fairy tail, that if i had not fought Acnologia, the energy he would have used in that final attack would have been enough to destroy Fairy Sphere, and kill all of you. He then gave me a day to rest," Mikoto begins to explain.
"What happened after that day?" Wendy asks.
"I spent the next three days doing some very hard training, continuously getting my magic to a higher and higher level. Raiden had realized that the reason why i lost to Acnologia was because of my magic. I had used my magic that day a lot, and the more i used the magic, the more physically drained i was. So he wanted to increase my endurance in all areas, so that i would be able to last longer in a fight. It also made my magic stronger, which is a plus. After those 3 days, i had a bit to rest and did a mission for Raiden then returned here, 7 years after I was last seen," Mikoto finished explaining.
"Raiden sounds like a very smart man, after all he doesn't even know how magic works yet he did something to get you stronger," Erza comments.
"Thats the thing about helping someone else get stronger, it doesnt matter what is trying to change, each person gets stronger in a specific way, and Raiden knows what buttons to push to get me stronger." Mikoto states.
"So you came here for other reasons than just chatting, right?" Makarov says, reading Mikoto correctly.
Touma walks towards a table, pulling out a circular device and tossing it onto the table. As the guild gathered around the table the device activated and a projection of a man appeared on the table.
"What is that?" Lucy asks
"My name is Raiden, Mikotos mentor and friend and the one who sent her to Fairy Tail." The projection states.
"Oh, there's your answer lucy!" Happy says.
"We have decided that it's time to let fairy tail decide their fate. Mikoto knows exactly what is going to happen to each and every one of you in the future, and let me tell you, only some of you are lucky enough to survive. Most of you die in battle against Acnologia and the Dark Wizard Zeref. I will not go into a deep explanation, but if you want to learn more about your future ask Mikoto or Touma. I gave Mikoto very specific instructions on how to prevent this future from happening. The choice you all have is if you will trust Mikoto and Touma with your future, or not. This decision is completely up to you, and Mikoto will respect your decision, no matter what it is. If you choose to believe in her, let her do the things she wants to do, each one is vital to changing the future. Trust her completely, or it may all crumble to dust," the projection explains. As the guild began to discuss this amongst itself, the projection turns to Mikoto and touma.
"For you two, i recorded this message without either of you knowing. You know what is on the line, you know the dangers that await you two. I will kept my own interaction to a minimum, so if you fail in our plans, its the end. I will keep my eye on the future, and try to warn you of any unexpected changes, but other than that i will not help you. This is all up to you, and you know i have my full trust in you succeeding. Please Mikoto and Touma, don't prove my trust wrong. If we can save this world, we can save many more. So for now, this is good by, and may the light always be your guide." The projection ends there, and suddenly Mikoto and touma are surrounded by guildmates wanting to know their future.
"Everyone, hold on." Makarov yells out, drawing the guilds attention.
"I have made my decision. We will trust Mikoto and Touma with our future, but we will not learn about our individual futures. So that means no asking how you die, or if you end up with someone. So now then, what is the first move Mikoto?"
"Well the first move for now is to follow along with history, well slightly follow it," Mikoto says.
Romeo finally speaks up and says, "What do you mean by that?"
"We do exactly what you want us to do Romeo, we join the grand magic games." Mikoto responds with a smile.
"Thats a horrible idea! How will that improve our future!" Macao retorts, anger and despair flashing in his eyes.
"Whats the grand magic games?" Erza asks.
"Its a tournament to decide who is the strongest guild in Fiore. Also the winning guild gets 30 million jewels as a reward," Romeo explains.
"Yeah but every year we competed we have come in last place," Macao says in anger.
"That wont be a problem this year," Mikoto begins. "We have the tenrou Island team back. Yes they are a little behind in training, but not something a couple of months of training won't fix. Also remember you have Touma and I, with each of us being stronger than we were when we left." As if to emphasize her point, Mikoto drew her sword and stabbed it into the ground. Then she quickly transformed into level 6. Then she showed her friends her new level, as a magic circle appeared over her head. The color of her lightning changed, from blue to red. Her hair also changed to a scarlet red color, along with the lightning in her eyes. Yet she held full control over this state, as even though she was inside of a building, nothing was being destroyed.
"Then its been decided, Fairy Tail will join the grand magic games, and we will win it!" Makarov exclaims. As the guild begins to celebrate their chance at returning the guild to its rightful place, Mikoto looked over to Touma.
Its time to set our plan into motion Touma. Acnologia, I am coming for you, and you will not win this time.
Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold
But you will remember me
Remember me, for centuries
Just one mistake
Is all it will take
We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries
Remember me for centuries
Mama, fight my teenage dreams
No, it's nothing wrong with me
The kids are all wrong the story's aloof
Heavy metal, rock my heart
Come on, come on and let me in
I'm cruising on your thighs, leave my fingerprints
And this is for tonight
I thought that you would feel
I never meant for you to fix yourself
Remember me for centuries
And I can't stop till the whole word knows my name
'Cause I was only born inside my dreams
Until you die for me, as long as there is a light
My shadow is over you 'cause I am the opposite of amnesia
And you're a cherry blossom
You're about to bloom
You look so pretty, but you're gone so soon
He's been here forever
And he's the chosen fruit
I could scream forever
We all poisoned you
Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold
But you will remember me
Remember me, for centuries
Just one mistake
Is all it will take
We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries
Remember me for centuries