Sorry for the really really really -_- long update :/ but dealing with some issues in college and what not, but that's beside the point. Anyway, I got some ideas in this chapter and in the coming future, so let's see if I can write this out properly. Don't forget to review and favorite
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Chapter Three : Ominous Tears
~July 8th, X777~
Onboard the Train
Natsu, Nero, Atlas, and Laxus Dreyar
Laxus had his arms folded and was presumably napping while on the train until his eyes opened. "We're getting closer to this village." As he eyed the sunshine from the window. But then rain drops started hitting the window, causing Nero to smirk and Laxus to ponder why was it raining? Why now? The sun was shining just a moment ago. 'I don't get it, how could rain just come outta nowhere? Especially now that we're in the area of the village. Oh well.' Laxus thought as the train was nearing the station.
Nero had his arm over Natsu's shoulder because Natsu suffered from Motion Sickness and his face was a horrible mess. His cheeks were puffed up and he was slumped over, barely even able to speak.
"A-are w-we… therrrrrrrrrrrrrrre yet?!" Natsu uttered in disbelief. And he was right, being on a train was Natsu's worst enemy. It killed him how he could be easily defeated by a mere moving locomotive, despite having power that could kill legendary creatures. Atlas merely looked at Natsu and thanked the lord that he wasn't a Dragon Slayer, since he thought that some Slayers have a weakness and he didn't want to know what Nero's would be, since he looked fine.
"No man, but we're close. At least it's starting to rain, Laxus did say that this village is always raining for some unknown reason." Nero replied to the weak Natsu. They reached the village and the sky was very gloomy, a grayish sulky looking horizon with rain dripping all over the village. Nobody was outside and the village seemed deserted except for a few house lights that were on.
"Well this town seems lifeless, it should be easy to weed out these bandits." Laxus muttered to himself, with Nero and Atlas eyeing the town and it's small houses. Natsu was still recovering from his motion sickness, "Oh crap, finally… I'm off the goddamn train. What are you idiots all looking at?" Natsu proclaimed as he saw the other slayers analyzing the raining deserted village. They were searching for a bandit group hiding in the village, robbing innocents and kidnapping people for their own benefit. At least that's what the request said on the board when Laxus took it. They kept wandering the town until they saw what they thought was a shopkeeper closing his store, a middle aged woman with amber brown hair and a simple white dress.
"Hey! Excuse me." Laxus started. The woman turned around in a surprised look but turned back to her neutral state.
"Yes? Hello boys." The woman replied in a soft tone, analyzing them. She knew that they were no trouble, it's just that Laxus had a pretty intimidating look to him.
"We're from Fairy Tail and we got the request about bandits. Do you have any leads on where we can possibly find them?" Laxus asked her in a rather aggressive tone. The woman calmly shook her head as a "No" as she didn't know anywhere the bandits would be, only that they strike when they please.
"Bandits? No. I wouldn't say there are bandits, but something in this village is taking people and putting them into the ground. A-and when I say ground, I mean people's voices, their screams can be heard through the ground and there's no way of reaching them. The legend here is that a spirit, who has the ability to make it rain, causes people to disappear once they stay outside overnight too long. The rain here never stops and that's why stores and trade buildings are closed because of the nightmare that ensues." She started speaking very nervously and Laxus was beginning to become annoyed with the backstories. Nero was becoming a little frightened by the talks of ghosts and spirits, while Atlas and Natsu were getting riled up at the thought of phantoms.
"Well it happens at night right?" Laxus questioned the woman, and she nodded her head in response.
"I must be going, please don't get caught by the spirit. Don't stay out too late." She muttered discreetly and this caught all of the group off guard. As she walked away from everyone, she looked back one last time to the group of Slayers.
"She's acting weird." Atlas and Nero interjected in unison, and this caught both Natsu and Laxus' attention. "What do you guys mean?" Natsu asked with a confused look.
Laxus just listened to Atlas and Nero as they both explained, "The way she was talking to us, don't you guys see it? She was very vague about certain details. Like where did this begin? When did the all the rain come? or what happens to some victims because one spirit can't take multiple people." Nero explained and Natsu was borderline confused but understood some of it.
"I don't think it works that way Nero. I think it's more of what caused this to happen or if there's a catalyst to all this. Something must have caused the rain to be never ending or why something is taking people and putting them under-" Atlas couldn't finish as the group heard faint cries of pain and agony coming from the ground beneath them.
"What the hell?" Laxus interjected as Natsu put his face to the ground listening for more screams to no avail. After the initial wails, they were gone. Atlas put his hand on the ground, "Hey Atlas, what are you up to?" Laxus asked the god slayer and he got no reply, just a pointed index finger as a sign of 'Wait'.
"Cmon we have to go find the person who sent this request anyway, looks like only some people know about the bandits." Nero continued.
"How do you even know if it really is just bandits Nero? I mean from what the lady told us it's some kind of presence." Natsu answered, leaving a worried look on Nero's face.
"How about the both of you put a fucking sock in it and let's go find the damn contact and see what these bandits are all about." Laxus ended, leaving Nero and Natsu with somewhat angry looks. While Laxus turned away walking slowly, Nero and Natsu looked at each other with devious smirks. "PuT a FuCkInG SoCk iN It." Nero mimicked Laxus with a whiny tone and Natsu laughed. "See wHaT tHeSe BanDitS aRe AbOuT!" Natsu continued in the same tone as Nero, making Laxus shrug his shoulders.
Atlas was still kneeling down as Laxus walked ahead, but Natsu and Nero were still with him.
'I can feel the presence of magical energy, even the slightest bit, I can feel these people. It'll be hard without more training to use this ability but I can definitely feel vibrations and movement coming from the earth, it's like… their restricted, trapped in a way. Whatever's keeping those people down there are cold blooded, they have no regard for human life and it's a game of cat and mouse to them. They won't go away lightly.' Atlas thought as he stood back up and began to walk deeper into the village with the group, soon finding a well made house.
It was a renaissance style house, with the lights turned on in the inside. The house wasn't a mansion, but a large house nonetheless. Laxus still kept his nonchalant attitude when eyeing the house, even in the gloomy rain, it looked haunted. "Man, this house is giving me some bad feelings." Atlas proclaimed which made Laxus turn around and gave him a chuckle. Natsu had a pondering look on his face, while Nero had rain dripping over his hood and onto his face, waiting for Laxus for knock on the marble door.
Laxus knocked and after a few seconds, a middle aged man with brown hair and some gray spots, but a nice mix and a full beard opened the door. "Are you 4 from Fairy Tail?" The man asked.
"Yes we are. You the person who sent this request about bandits in the village?" Laxus questioned the middle aged man and a faint voice could be heard from behind the man. "Honey? Who is at the door?" A feminine voice was heard and from behind the man, in the shadow of his home was a woman with blonde hair. "It's nothing, the Fairy Tail wizards are here to help the village." The man turned his head to respond to his significant other.
"Please come in so I can explain the details of this town in full. Also my name is Roy." He ushered in for them to come into his home and the inside of the house was like a medieval castle on the interior. It caused Nero and Natsu to analyze each and every dark corner and empty space of the large house.
"Welp this place definitely takes the cake as the creepiest place I've been in." Nero muttered loud enough for Natsu and Atlas to hear him as they walked with Laxus and the man to a room where they could assess the situation.
"Oh yeah, I hear Erza's room is way scarier than this Nero." Atlas muttered with a smirk on his face, then he whipped his hair to see Nero's face. Nero had a smug look as he knew what Atlas was getting at. "Really Atlas, Do I need to tell Master Makarov about how a new member already has the hots for Cana?" He replied in a joking tone.
"HEY, it's the other way around. SHE has the hots for me, I'm just playing along." Atlas bickered back while throwing his arms up as if he had no idea what Nero was talking about.
"Mmmmmmhm, sure pal. I know your lips can't wait to touch hers eh? You totally like her back, don't lie to yourself." Nero retorted back to Atlas, earning a slight giggle from Natsu.
Roy led the group down a hall that was dimly lit and at the end was a nice living room with classical furniture. "Please make yourselves comfortable, while we discuss this issue." The man declared to the group of Slayers and Nero sat down on the couch with Natsu, while Atlas and Laxus stood with their arms folded.
Roy ended up explaining that the town has been in a rain crisis for over 2 years now and it hasn't stopped, the only time it stops is momentarily at random intervals. He also spoke about the "presence" taking people at night during the rain and even discussed how he too was almost a victim of capture. The man let the fairy tail wizards stay the night in the guest bedrooms, since the house he lived in was very large.
~Later that day~
Everyone is asleep
Natsu Dargneel and Nero Lamenton
Natsu and Nero were sharing a room and outside in the hall, directly on the opposite side is the room that Atlas and Laxus were sharing. Natsu woke up because he needed to use the bathroom. He rubbed his eyes as he walked around a darkened room.
"Mannnnnn! Where is the bathroom in this place." Natsu asked groggily, trying to adjust his eyesight to the darkness.
"I don't know where that is, try to find it Natsu." Nero responded back to the half awake Fire Dragon Slayer.
"How bout you get your ass up and help me find the bathroom." Natsu retorted to the Water Dragon Slayer. Nastu then pulled on Nero's cover and it came right off.
"Natsu what the f-" Nero couldn't finish as his legs were pulled by Natsu and his body hit the carpet floor. Nero was momentarily dazed but got back up quickly, instantly yelling at Natsu.
"Shhhhhhh, would ya pipe down for a quick second and let's find this bathroom." Natsu spoke to the enraged Nero, whose water energy was surging through his body with some sparks of electricity. Eventually the two slayers went outside the room and into the hallway. They stepped out into the darkened hallway and they could sense an eerie feeling.
"I can still smell Laxus and Atlas, their asleep. Let's try to keep quiet as much as possible." Natsu told Nero as they both searched for the bathroom, opening random doors throughout the hallway.
It seemed endless, but luckily for them being Dragonslayers, their noses could detect other human beings in the area. They were looking into rooms, slightly opening the doors. Not wanting to make any noise, but that was impossible as squeaks from the door were evident. They finally came to a door, separate from every other in the middle of the large hallway.
Natsu tried to open the door, but it was locked. Nero tried, no good for him either. The door wouldn't budge, let alone even make a rattle. "Alright this door won't open, let's see if I can melt the knob." Natsu declared while engulfing his hand in fire.
"Wait Natsu, can I at least look inside the peephole to see what's in the room?" Nero asked the fired up Dragon Slayer. Natsu nodded his head and Nero proceeded to look inside and there was nothing but a rather large lockbox sitting atop a nightstand.
"What the hell?" Nero uttered as he backed away from the peephole and looked back at Natsu.
"What is it Nero? What did you see in there?" Natsu asked curiously.
"Just a box. A. Fucking. Box." Nero said unsatisfyingly.
"Well now we really gotta open this door. Step aside buddy." Natsu assured confidently as Nero stepped back with a neutral face and his hands up. "Ok firebrand. Let's see if you can melt the knob."
Natsu grabbed the knob with his right hand and the fire around his hand started to turn the knob from it's marble black color to a blistering hot orange look. He continued to hold onto the knob and it refused to melt. Natsu then used both his hands to amplify his fire magic and Nero noticed how frustrated Natsu was becoming.
Natsu was beginning to show his frustration as veins on his forehead and arms began to pop into view to Nero. He put his feet to the door for leverage but it didn't budge. The door then stopped everything and the blistering hot marble began to return to its original color and blasted Natsu back with some sort of mystical energy.
"WOAH! I didn't expect that door to blow you back like that, let alone even have magic behind it." Nero quickly added as Natsu was on the ground, momentarily stunned. As Nero looked back at the door, he walked towards it and put his hand on it, covered with his water magic. As his right hand drew closer to the 'magical' door, the energy became more prominent. When his hand touched the door, the door collided with Nero's Water Dragon Slaying Magic, causing Nero to pull his hand back in pain.
" Tch…It's a barrier. We're not getting in there Natsu."
"WE WILL FIND A WAY INTO THAT ROOM." Natsu yelled, forgetting that it was late at night and he could have woken up Atlas and Laxus or even worse, Roy and his wife.
"Natsu did you really need to use the bathroom." Nero muttered with disgust toward Natsu.
"No, not really. Heh, I just wanted to explore this big place and now we have a reason to." Natsu responded with a toothy grin.
Nero facepalmed and it left a very visible red mark on his face. He sighed, "All this for exploring some creepy ass house eh. Cmon let's go back to be-" Nero was interrupted as he turned around to bump into Atlas and Laxus staring both him and Natsu down with cold eyes and shadowy faces.
"What. The. Fuck. ARE YOU TWO DOING UP EXPLORING THIS PLACE!" Laxus was visibly angry with both of the Slayers and Atlas didn't say anything, he let his God Slaying energy do the talking. To both Natsu and Nero, Laxus and Atlas appeared like ghosts to them, with both their respective lightning and earth auras becoming more prominent in the shadows of their bodies.
"Why don't you idiots go back and get some sleep." Atlas spoke out while stretching his arms out.
"Cause there's magic covering this door and Nero looked inside of it and found that just a lockbox is sitting in there."
"Barrier, I don't see no damn barrier." Laxus interjected as he went up to the door and examined it. He could smell the foul energy covering the door. 'He's right, there is some kind of barrier here and its strong. My lightning won't do anything and I'm guessing Natsu tried to melt the barrier off or try anything crazy already and it didn't work. Begs the question, what's behind that door and inside that box?'
"There is a barrier, it's stronger than all of our magic. But it's not our business anyway to know what's behind that door. So if you guys could just leave it be." Atlas concluded and he kept his serious demeanor even though Laxus himself was intrigued to find out what was in the lockbox.
"Cmon Atlas at least help us try to break the barrier." Nero asked of the God Slayer and as much Atlas didn't want to admit it, he wanted to see how much of his power the barrier could take since Natsu and Nero couldn't break with their water and fire.
'Jesus, these guys are gonna get us in trouble with Roy and his family.' Atlas thought as he succumbed to the curiosity that was in mind. "Fine, I swear we better not get in trouble with Roy."
The 4 Slayers slightly backed away from the door and inhaled greatly with their cheeks puffed.
'Fire Dragon'
'Water Dragon'
'Lightning Dragon'
'Earth Gods'
'ROAR!'
'BELLOW!'
The 4 Slayers gathered their respective elements and let out their roars of magical energy. The combination of Earth, Water, Fire, and Lightning all coming at the barrier collided with the foreign mystical energy.
The barrier and the elements went back and forth as the 4 Slayers poured more of their magical might into their roars. The barrier couldn't take anymore as it disappeared in a flash of purple light.
~Hours Before the Destruction of the Barrier~
Magnolia, Fairy Tail Guild Hall
Erza Scarlet
Erza had returned to the guild hall, to which everyone was happy to see her. The only difference being, she no longer wore the eye patch and her eye was as good as new.
"Gray." Erza walked towards the Ice Make User who turned back towards her and looked in surprise.
"Hey Erz- woah! Your eye, it looks good as new! How'd that happen?" Gray responded making Erza smile a little more than usual with her eyes becoming shiny.
"Well the contact master Makarov sent me to, restored my eye but artificially. But I can see very clearly and it feels like I never lost my eye in the first place." As Erza said that last part she started to remember her past. The times where she led a revolt against the oppressors of the Tower of Heaven and how she and a few of her friends, well used to be friends were slaves at such a young age. The time where first started to learn the feelings of love toward a certain blue haired individual who stabbed her in the back, keeping her feelings for anybody at bay under the armor.
The remembrance was clearly showing on Erza's face through slight tears. "Erza? Are you ok?" Gray asked, noticing the tears coming from one of Erza's eyes.
"I'm… fine Gray." Erza quickly wiped her tears and avoided going further into something that didn't need to be brought up again. "So where's Natsu and Nero?" She asked curiously.
"That Ashbrain and Nero are on that mission with Laxus and Atlas remember, they should be back in a few days or if everything goes well, tomorrow." Gray told Erza and she was not happy to hear this as she really wanted to see them.
"That's too bad, I really want to see them." Erza responded with a saddened look, but continued with a walk past Gray, which also left him confused.
"Erza wai-" The Ice Make user stopped himself because he thought he shouldn't intervene with Erza when she's sad as she is a loner type. She turned around quickly and looked at Gray with a look that meant she didn't want to be bothered.
'I never wanna see her cry again. I wouldn't be able to see Erza of all people crying, it would just make me sad and angry. I'm gonna promise her to never cry again, regardless of the situation, because she is our light. Our rallying point, the strength of Fairy Tail. Our Titania. Queen of the Fairies.' Gray thought as he looked down at his feet and then back at Erza walking to Master Makarov's office.
Erza went to master Makarov and showed him the job that Porlyusica did on her eye.
"Ahhhhh Erza I see that Porlyusica did a nice job. How do you feel?"
"I feel ok, I guess. It was pretty simple, but it took a while to get the eye planted." Erza replied to the Guildmaster and she explained how it was a long process and it makes her complete to know that her body feels whole again. Erza bidded Makarov farewell and she returned to the main area of the guild hall, running into her rival The Demon of Fairy Tail, Mira.
"The Scarlet Knight finally repairs her broken eye and looks as good as new." Mira stated as she came face to face with Erza, analyzing her figure. Erza stayed quiet, just wondering why Mira of all people was complimenting her? Let alone even talking to her. "Now I know what your thinking Erza, why would I be talking to you? Well don't get any bright ideas, I still don't like you. I… just wanted… to see if you were ok…" She uttered then turned away, a small redness appearing on her cheeks.
'Mira does care, albeit just a little. I still don't like her either, but she's family to me nonetheless. The Demon of Fairy Tail and my sworn rival actually caring for my well being, just goes to show that some people really do have hearts under all that thick skin.' Erza thought for a moment until she noticed she was quiet for a little too long. A redness was also appearing on Erza's own face, she snapped herself back to reality and looked at Mira, who was still looking away from her blushing. "Aww Mira, how sweet of you." She happily said while bringing Mira in for a hug, much to Mira's dismay.
"Don't get it twisted, I still don't like you either. But it's sweet that you care." Erza deviously said and Mira just rolled her eyes and reciprocated the hug, albeit unwillingly.
'This isn't… so bad. Being friends with Erza? Something new to look forward to I guess'
Master Makarov was overlooking the guild hall, happy to see that two of his children who were seemingly always at each other's throats were finally making some peace between each other.
~Roy's Estate~
The Barrier has been Destroyed
Natsu, Nero, Atlas, and Laxus
The sheer raw power of the 4 elemental attacks tore straight through and even the door was opened. All slayers slowly popped their heads on each side of the door, chibi style, wondering what would happen if they set foot inside the room.
"You guys think anything will happen once we set foot in here." Natsu asked his fellow Slayers and they all looked at each other, then back at Natsu with devious smirks. Nero then pushed Natsu into the room and he stumbled in, "You bastard! I want a one on one when we get back to the guild!"
"Your on, we just needed you to be the lookout for any booby traps that's all." Nero bit back at Natsu. He took a good look at his Slayer companions before looking back at the lockbox and then he took a deep breath. "More like a decoy to me! We don't even have a key to open this damn lockbox anyway!" Natsu yelled back at his comrades and they stepped out from the sides of the door. They went to his side and thought of ways to open the box, but all came to the same conclusion.
Destroy it.
Laxus stepped up to the lockbox and with a quick move, smashed the lockbox over the top with his lightning infused fist. The box opened to reveal a small teddy bear, which looked like it had been old. Its false fur was withering away and dirty, the stitching was out of place.
A teddy bear? Now why would someone lock away a teddy bear? Whether it was an item of value or just some old useless thing, the Slayers couldn't think of a reason why someone would hold a teddy bear.
"A teddy bear?" Natsu inhaled with a dull look as he looked back at the others.
"Your actually gonna sit here and tell me that an empty room with nothing but a lockbox inside of it, NOT TO MENTION A BARRIER PROTECTING THE DOOR, was holding a simple teddy bear." Natsu continued, getting more frustrated while Nero just had his mouth open in a mixture of confusion and disgust. Atlas and Laxus simply didn't care as much as Natsu and Nero but were a little bit disappointed that they used their power in hopes of finding something exciting.
As the Slayers stood in awe of the teddy bear, they heard steps coming from beyond the entrance. Now who could that be? Especially at the time that they were awake, who else would be up besides the Slayers? They slowly turned around and out from the shadow of the hallway stood Roy.
"Now why did you have to go snooping around, it's not polite. This room was supposed to be sealed away by a barrier, but it looks like you all have broken it." Roy sighed heavily with a look of disappointment toward the Fairy Tail guild members
"I see you lot have also found the teddy bear." Roy uttered nonchalantly as he walked towards Natsu, who was holding the teddy bear. "Why would you lock a teddy bear away Roy? Does this hold some kind of value?" Natsu plainly asked.
*SMACK*
"Of course it would you dumbass! Why else would he put inside a lockbox and keep a barrier up!" Laxus interjected, smacking Natsu on top of his head, leaving the rose haired Dragon Slayer with a bruise.
"DAMN IT LAXUS! I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE GUILD HALL!" Natsu declared, having fire in his mouth and having his aura flare up due to his ferocity. Seeing both Laxus and Natsu's lightning and fire magic power surge was leaving Roy somewhat uncomfortable. Meanwhile it left Nero and Atlas mentally facepalming, seeing Natsu all fired up over anything.
"There will be no fighting here, please calm down." Roy uttered in fear of the Fire Dragon Slayer.
As Roy walked toward Natsu, he gave Roy the teddy bear and Roy just looked at it. "This holds… so many memories." Roy said bluntly. Now all of the Slayers became curious. "Memories of what?" They all uttered in unison.
"This… teddy bear was given to my son, Gerald, by… the Guildmaster of Fairy Tail." Roy mustered up slowly. This brought shock upon all of the Slayers' faces.
"HUH!" Natsu started.
"Whaaaa." Nero continued.
"...!" Laxus added on.
"Welp." Atlas ended.
"Gerald was a member of Fairy Tail. He was an outstanding mage, he'd been training since day one. Trying to hone his skills as a wizard who uses Wind Magic, he was known as the Ashen Whirlwind in Fiore…" Roy was about to continue when a thought popped into Laxus' head.
'No way, Ol' White Tornado was this guy's son?! The old geezer only talked about him once, but… what really happened to him? I saw him one day take a quest from the request board when I was younger, then I was told that he died because he was overwhelmed by dark guild forces. It sucks what happened to him, cause he was capable of taking on armies.' Laxus thought as he closed his eyes remembering the praise the old guild members use to give Gerald, he truly was a renowned wizard.
"This was the last thing given to my son…... b-before he passed away." Roy struggled to say because his only son had been killed in the world of mages. "I can't be sad though, because it's not what he would have wanted. He provided us with so much and yet his life was taken away so quickly." Roy uttered with visible sadness.
"You said it was given to him by the Guildmaster of Fairy Tail. I'm thinking it was Makarov am I right?" Laxus asked.
"Correct, why do you ask?" Roy responded.
"I knew your son and he was a powerful mage. One that even in my days as a young kid, when he was still there, I trained with him and honed my Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic."
"Dragon Slayer Magic hm? That's Lost Magic if I recall." Roy answered with a bit of curiosity.
"Your right about that, it is an ancient type of magic. Annnnnnnd we happen to have Dragon Slayer Magic." Nero added while pointing to himself, Natsu, and Laxus. "That guy right there, yea this guy." Nero started with pointing chibi-style at Atlas, "He has God Slayer Magic. I hear it's really powerful, supposedly stronger than us Dragons."
"Now there's something new, magic powerful enough to slay Gods eh. No wonder your magic energy was so high, even for a kid it was still power to behold. It's even clearly visible, are you trying to show it?" Roy asked Atlas whose golden brown energy was somewhat visible, however hardly able to see. "Not really no. It just shows itself when it wants to, but I think it works on how I'm feeling at the moment." Atlas responded not truly knowing why his magic aura would just show itself to others. It was weird because he could see and feel others magical energy better than most.
"Anyway, aside from the talk of our magic, I need to ask a ques-" Laxus couldn't finish as he and everyone in the room heard cries coming from the town. Natsu went to investigate and noticed it was still raining, but now more furiously. "I can't see much but I do sense some magic power. Nero come here." He issued to which Nero came over and opened the window, letting in a gust of wind and more rain. This made Nero smirk in anticipation for more power.
The water had been absorbed by Nero, whose cheeks were getting bigger and looked as if he wasn't going to tire out from eating his respective element. "That tasted a little weird but good. Anyway, I see a girl about the same age as us and she's being attacked by a group of guys who look scary."
"Then let's help her out and get going." Atlas followed up and all of the Slayers nodded their heads. "I'm wayyy ahead of ya buddy." Nero responded as he zoomed faster than the eye can see to grab his cloak and other clothes. "Damn he's fast." Laxus said quickly as he saw Nero come back in mere seconds and fly through the window. "We better go help him." Atlas chimed as Natsu bumped his fists together in a show of agreement and Laxus closed his eyes and nodded.
From within Roy's estate, he could see 7 men trying to kidnap a little girl with azure blue hair and a snow skin complexion. "S-stop LEAVE ME ALONE, JUVIA DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE." Cried the girl as the men surrounded her and left her in a scared state. She got on her knees and covered her head and closed her eyes, "Drip, drip, drop. Drip, drip, drop." She kept repeating this and why? Was it some kind of safe phrase? Who knows.
Roy saw a single yellow lightning bolt crack through the sky and strike 2 of the 7 kidnappers as Laxus appeared before the remaining 5 members.
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! LIGHTNING?! So the little brat has friends now!?" One thug said before the rain began swirling around in a circle and as the drops got closer, blue electricity started to form and swept the remaining 5 members off their feet. The blue electricity sliced through one of the necks of the thugs, cleanly killing him.
The 4 thugs who were knocked down, were startled by one of their own being killed and still didn't get up. "H-he's DEAD! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?"
"The hell are you talking ab- oh." Laxus uttered as he saw the damage Nero had done. 'So the kid's got it in him to kill eh? The old geezer would normally get on cases like this, but I'll let him have a little fun.'
Nero himself appeared from the gathered water forming in the shape of his body, followed by a wave of fire being blown at 2 more members, blasting the members far away. Nero held a smirk on his face as he could tell it was Natsu's Fire Dragon Roar.
Natsu was seen rubbing his stomach with smoke coming from his mouth, "I'm kinda hungry and that roar took a little out of me." He stated lazily, to which Laxus rolled his eyes. "When aren't you hungry buddy?" Nero muttered happily towards Natsu and he replied with a toothy grin. As Nero, Natsu and Laxus were gathering around the last member, they could tell he was visibly shaken by their display of power.
"N-NO WAIT PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" The man uttered, very frightened by the 3 Slayers standing before him. It was then the earth under began to crumble and shake, lifting itself a few feet out of the ground. "H-HUH WHAT'S HAPPENING!?"
The earth with the man atop it was then hurled quite a distance above the village and emerging from the crater was Atlas. "Did you really have to do that?" Nero asked his friend. "I don't know, did you have to kill one of them?" Atlas responded with a snarky tone.
"Wait what?! Nero! You killed one of them?" Natsu surprisingly asked.
"Yea so, no big deal."
"What the hell do you mean no big deal?! I'm sure gramps won't allow that kind of stuff. Yeah sure beat them up but don't kill them!" Natsu was in full force serious mode when assessing Nero.
"Not if he doesn't find out, you worry too much Natsu. Plus look at it from my side, what's going to stop these types of people from doing these things again? Nothing. Unless we end the problem permanently, they will continue to make others' lives a living hell." Nero retorted back to the frustrated Fire Dragon Slayer.
"Just be careful next time. We don't kill and I don't want this to become a habit. I'm sure Mercuphobia didn't teach you stuff like this." Natsu stepped closer to Nero's face and made a serious face. Nero stayed quiet and closed his eyes, not wanting Natsu to speak any longer.
'Natsu doesn't understand, these guys put this girl through pain and possibly even the whole village. It's not like I wanted to kill the guy, it's just something that needed to be done.' Nero thought before he opened his eyes to Natsu and then he looked around to see that Atlas and Laxus were staring at him, "Alright, I'm sorry. And also Mercuphobia taught me to defend myself through any means necessary, I'm not sure what Igneel taught you, but it's completely different I bet." He said towards Natsu.
"Igneel taught me to protect the ones I hold dear and to try to see the good in some people. But I know there are people whose good are beyond them. Forgive me though Nero." Natsu responded before gesturing his hand in the form of a high five, to which Nero reluctantly high fived him back.
Natsu and Nero stopped their bickering and looked at the helpless girl, who was still crying. She was still uttering the same words, "Drip, drip, drop." Laxus and Atlas were still pondering about the exchange between the Water and Fire Dragon Slayer.
"We'll talk about this later then I guess? Eh Laxus." Atlas asked and Laxus merely nodded. Nero and Natsu walked closer and kneeled down to the girl before making their presence known.
"Hey, are you alright? Did these guys do anything to you?" Natsu asked the blue haired girl. She finally ceased her crying and opened her eyes to see that a pink haired boy and a gray haired boy were both staring very intently at her. "Juvia doesn't know any of you. GET AWAY FROM JUVIA NOW!" She yelled at Natsu and Nero.
She backed away in fear of their magical energy and how close they were to her face. "Hey calm down, we're here to help you." Natsu tried reasoning with Juvia but she wasn't sold on the idea. "Juvia right? We just saved you from these guys who were trying to kidnap you." Nero followed up and he got closer to Juvia, whose face was covered by her hands, still in fear.
"B-but nobody likes Juvia, why would you help Juvia?" She uncovered her face and looked at both Nero and Natsu. "Because it was just the right thing to do." Nero answered. "You needed help and we had the ability to stop what they were doing, plus we wouldn't want anyone to be treated like that." Natsu followed up.
Both Natsu and Nero held their hands open for Juvia to take. While she was hesitant, she could feel no ill intentions from either of these boys and was happy that they saved her in her time of need. "Well now since the girl is safe, do you know anything about these bandits who tried to kidnap you?" Laxus interjected.
"Juvia does not know anything much but that the bandits are being run by a rich man. Juvia wishes she could be of more help to her new friends." Juvia was beginning to become more sad and then the rain intensified. But why? Was the rain linked to Juvia somehow?
"Why do you keep talking in the third person Juvia?" Atlas asked Juvia and she answered very bluntly. "Juvia does not know, it's a habit of mine and I can't seem to get around it. Juvia is sorry if it bothers you. Juvia would also like to know your names please."
"I'm Nero."
"My name is Natsu."
"Atlas."
"... Laxus."
Natsu and Nero helped Juvia up, but her legs gave out. Nero knelt down and offered to carry her piggyback style, to which she agreed. "Juvia thanks you Nero. Nobody has been this nice to Juvia in a while." She got on Nero's back and they walked back to Roy's estate, which was a short distance due to them seeing the whole kidnapping from a window in Roy's estate.
They returned with Juvia and introduced her to Roy, but there seemed to be some suspicion between the two of them.
"Juvia recognizes you, but doesn't remember from where."
"I could say the same about you too Juvia." Roy looked at Juvia with an angry eye.
Nero and Natsu looked at each other with confused looks. Atlas and Laxus narrowed their eyes and sensed the bad blood between Roy and the young Juvia.
"Juvia… do you have a place to stay? Your… more than welcome to stay here." Roy uttered with a bit of frustration. But why was Roy so frustrated with Juvia? They had just met and it seemed like there was history between an adult and a young girl.
"Juvia is fine, I will stay with either Natsu or Nero in one of their rooms." Juvia declared, making Natsu and Nero look at each other with their mouths wide open and surprised faces. "Um Juvia, me and Natsu sleep in the same room but in separate beds. Since the room is large I guess you could be with us."
"Yea it's no big deal, you could sleep in the bed with me. Just don't move too much, it makes me uncomfortable." Natsu answered, making Juvia feel happy and welcomed.
"Well then it's settled. She will be in your room until your mission is complete." Roy finished and everyone went to their respective rooms. Meanwhile on the way to the room shared by Natsu, Nero, and Juvia. She had stopped both Slayers, "Where is the bathroom?" She asked them. They both turned around and Nero replied, "Straight down, past our room to the left."
"Can one of you come with Juvia please?" She asked with nervousness because of the large house and creepy dark hallways.
Natsu looked at Nero and issued for him to go. "You go buddy, I'm gonna go catch some z's."
"Screw you Natsu." Nero replies as he walked down the hallway with Juvia. For some reason Nero had the eerie feeling of being watched, so he stopped and looked around in the darkened house hallways. "Is everything ok Nero?" Juvia asked him and she got no response, just him with a serious look on his face.
"Nothing. Let's keep going, the bathroom should be near." He responded and they arrived at the bathroom where Juvia went inside, while Nero waited. He had heard the workings of the bathroom and Juvia's odd humming, but smelled something different. It wasn't her scent, it was someone else's. His dragonslayer senses detected an unknown presence with Juvia, but she wasn't in danger.
"Nero! PLEASE COME INSIDE!" Juvia yelled in fear as she saw someone appear out of thin air in the bathroom with her as she was washing her hands. The unknown assailant picked Juvia up by her collar and knocked her out cold, while Nero punched through the door.
He saw Juvia being held by this thing with darkened glowing green eyes, it was like staring into an abyss. He couldn't tell if it was a man, woman, or beast. "Put. Her. Down. NOW!" He exclaimed at the abyss, it was like smoke was covering this thing from head to toe.
"WATER DRAGON-" Nero puffed his cheeks and prepared a roar but was struck from behind by Roy, knocking him unconscious.
"Now we can't have you ruining my plans young dragon slayer. Don't worry, your body will make an excellent catalyst." Roy taunted over the Water Dragon Slayer's body. The smoke cleared and the figure holding Juvia was a female with bright amber hair and the same green eyes that flashed through the smoke. She looked like a teenager with peachy skin complexion, a very beautiful face and figure. "This girl better be of some use to be such a high priority of yours." She said towards Roy.
"She is and now this boy has become part of the problem. If he goes missing, the others will notice and come looking for him. But we should still bind him so that he doesn't tell the others, wouldn't you agree Ruby?" Roy responded to the young woman named Ruby and she had a concerning eye towards Nero.
"By all means, he is an interesting boy. I'll take care of him, he'll be my… personal experiment." Ruby responded and they both continued to hold Juvia and Nero. They put them below the main level of the estate, a secret area of sorts. Juvia and Nero were captured by an enemy who right under their nose. The contract must have been some type of bait for Fairy Tail to bring in Laxus, but it seems he wasn't the intended target.
Nero and Juvia were locked in a cell that was underground. Nero began to wake up and he noticed Juvia was still knocked out. It was only him and Juvia in the cage, inside of a big room with only one exit.
"W-where am I?" Nero asked himself and he tried to move, he noticed he was restrained by chains. He tried to gather his magic but couldn't. Tried to roar, couldn't. Tried to shake off the restraints with his eye shattering speed, nothing was working. His magic was rendered useless, Nero felt helpless once again as he did before he gained his Water Dragon Slaying Magic. He looked around a dimly lit cavern filled with other people? Could these be the people that have been disappearing through the village.
"Awake now are we?" Nero turned to see that Ruby was watching him and Juvia from beyond the cage bars.
"Who are you? W-what did you do to me and Juvia? God help me if you did anything to her, I'm gonna-"
"Your going to what? You can't touch me at the level your at now. You won't last a second against me." Ruby cut off Nero as he was beginning to show signs of anger but she quickly noticed his restraint.
"Calm down little dragon, she's not hurt. At least not yet anyway heh." Ruby struck a nerve on Nero as she saw a few veins appear on his face. Nero just sat there, it's not like he could move anyway, he was just analyzing Ruby.
'Why is she doing all of this? What does Juvia have to do with any of this? When the others find out, this girl and whoever hit me from behind are in for it.' Nero wanted nothing more than to show Ruby the power he had at this age and prove her wrong, but he couldn't. She was right, he wouldn't last a second against her even with his blinding speed.
"Wait til the guys find me and all these people you have down here will be free. I'm gonna make sure I take you out with my bare hands." Nero uttered with certainty that he would get a crack at Ruby.
"Name's Ruby kid, don't forget it. Remember you can't even touch me with your power right now. Maybe when you grow up, you might be able to handle me. Who knows, maybe you could do even more to me." Ruby uttered with a hint of benevolence, but who knows what could be going through her mind.
Nero sucked his teeth and looked at Ruby in a weird way. She just got all flustered and for what? "So mind telling me why me and Juvia are the ones that got captured out of all of us?"
"Well you were just in the crossfire and I can't let you tell your guildmates about this because I don't want that brute Laxus after me. Rain girl over there is the reason this village has non stop rain for the past few months." Ruby revealed the unknown reason to him and now he understood.
'That's why! When we saved her and she was crying, the rain intensified for a split second. The rain is fueled by her emotions and that must mean she's a water wizard! Oh my fucking god, these guys better hurry up and get me out of this.' Nero thought with certainty.
~Same Time~
Natsu, Atlas, and Laxus
"Cmon Atlas can ya find him? My nose isn't pickin' up his scent anywhere." Natsu asked of the God Slayer, who was knelt down with his hand to the ground searching for magical energy.
"Even my nose can't find his magic source, and considering he's hot blooded like Natsu over here. His power should be spiking." Laxus claimed after Natsu.
"Yeah but you're a fake Dragon Slayer buddy. The unoriginal noses don't compare to the real slayers like me and Nero, so it would make sense that you couldn't smell him." Natsu retorted matter of factly.
"What was that ya runt? It doesn't matter anyway because you can't beat me regardless of the fact if I was an original dragon slayer or not."
Atlas was trying to concentrate, but with Laxus and Natsu arguing over something as petty as their sense of smell. He was scanning the earth for Nero's body signature and magic power. Surely if other Dragon Slayers couldn't find him, maybe a God Slayer can. He scanned through multiple powers until he found Nero's directly beneath them, not minding the bickering of Natsu and Laxus. What was more important was finding his Slayer brethren and perhaps his real friend from the beginning. Atlas felt the presence of someone with Nero and Juvia, someone whose magic power rose above all of them, but was close with Laxus in power.
"Would you two PLEASE. SHUT. THE. HELL. UP! I found him already, he's actually right below us and I can sense other people with him, Juvia included. But wait… someone else is there with Nero and Juvia, someone whose magic power is way above ours but right next to yours Laxus. If I can just-" Atlas didn't finish sentence as he was channeling his magic to make the ground move and possibly collapse the ground. The ground was shaking all around Ruby, Nero, and Juvia until the ceiling gave out above Ruby. Nero could see a flash of yellow lightning before the Natsu and Atlas landed along with the rubble and knock out Ruby. Laxus had incapcitated Ruby before she could do god knows what to Nero and Juvia.
"Looks like we got to you in time." Laxus stated as he freed Nero and Juvia from the cage and binds.
"There's more people and more guards here, we have to free them! Ruby is down and that leaves the leader of the so called "Bandits" to fight." Nero exclaimed as he woke Juvia up and started using his nose to detect others. As the others followed their own senses, Nero took one last look at Ruby's unconscious body and it glowed green before disappearing and reappearing in front of Nero again, startling him.
"We're not finished Nero." The black smoke uttered with glowing green eyes, but Nero knew it was Ruby and he hadn't seen the last of her.
As Nero caught up with the others, they had released all of the prisoners from their shackles and left the bandits guarding them down for the count. Each of them left behind a source of each slayers magical power and or wounds that left them down but not dead. Lightning effects around stunned bandits, blunt force wounds and rock shards on bloodied bandits, and burns just enough to not incinerate the body on charred armor bandits.
"Well looks like you guys didn't need my help at all."
"Nope we took care of em!" Natsu said with a fist in the air. With little time to celebrate Roy emerged from the corridors leading to the cells of all the freed prisoners. He was in a suit of armor and he walked in as if he was a king of some sorts.
"I knew something wasn't right about you old man. Comin' here like a final boss just to get your ass whipped." Laxus said with lightning shrieking around his body.
"I found your scent and I knew it was you who hit me earlier from behind you BASTARD!" Nero followed up with a shadow engulfing his face and showing his red eyes, with his body glowing a midnight azure blue. While Laxus and Nero were flaring up, Atlas and Natsu saw more bandits and wanted to take them out instead.
"Show these Fairy Tail wizards what for boys!" Roy yelled to his band of bandits, at least 20-30 men with either axes, swords, or staffs. Natsu coated his fists in brilliant red fire and Atlas's black God Slayer energy engulfed his rock hand.
"Hey kid stay back, this asshole is mine." Laxus stated towards Nero, seeing his anger dominate his posture.
"The hell do you mean Laxus?! It's either we both get him or you stay out of the way! Because I'm doing this for Juvia and I'm gonna show him not to poke a dragon." Nero bit back, wanting revenge on the leader for capturing him and Juvia/
"Look ya little arrogant runt, I like your confidence believe me. But his power is beyond yours. I'll handle it."
"You still doubt me?! FINE!"
As Nero finished his argument with Laxus, Natsu launched a Fire Dragon Roar, decimating the majority of bandits. While a group surrounded Atlas, Natsu left him alone sensing Atlas was about to unleash an attack.
"Earth God's Purging Sand Bind!" Atlas yelled out with a fist enclosing motion and sand was erupting from the ground and caught the remaining bandits, leaving them unable to escape. Atlas ripped off pieces of the ground and began eating the hard material.
"W-what the hell?! He's eating the ground?! This kid ain't no goddamn wizard, he's a monster." One trapped bandit said as Atlas's hazel eyes turned golden.
"EARTH GOD'S… HEAVENLY FIST" Atlas yelled as his rock arm charged through the captured bandits with an explosion of sand. When the dust settled, the bandits were down for the count, not dead, but badly injured. Natsu just looked at Atlas with a wide mouth open smile.
"ATLAS YOUR CRAZY!... I like it. With him on our side, there's no way we'll lose!" Natsu answered and Atlas looked back with a tired expression and a thumbs up.
Back with Nero and Laxus, the lightning dragon slayer was currently fighting Roy and the latter was surprisingly keeping up with Laxus. Nero was stuck with his arms crossed until an unsuspecting bandit came behind him. "I got you now ya little freak." A raspy voice uttered. Nero simply sighed, turned, and gut punched him, sending him flying.
"Do I really have to watch Laxus fight this idiot, I need to remember that technique Mercuphobia was teaching me before he disappeared."
-Flashback-
Nero is sitting while Mercuphobia is explaining a new dragon slayer secret art to him.
"Now Nero, I will teach a powerful move called a dragon slayer secret. These attacks are not to be played around with, as they can cause massive amounts of damage. However, the one I am going to teach you won't destroy per say, it will help you and confuse your enemies."
"Yea Dad, I understand. Now let's get to it cmon!" Nero was excited to learn a new powerful move and Mercuphobia proceeded to charge his magic power, an azure blue aura radiating around him. With one hand, he put his palm to the ground and summoned a doppelganger of himself. A perfect copy of himself in every way, clothes, hair, and even stature.
"No… way. You made another 'You' and how is this supposed to help me?"
"Don't you understand boy? Two of you means double the attack power. As you grow up and become more powerful you can summon up to more duplicates, each with power on the same level as you. Now only use secret art in times when you need an extra hand or when your feeling bold hehehehe. I transfer it to you, now summon your duplicate!"
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Acolytes of the Trench!" (A/N : Yes I know super cringy and I just made up a Secret Art :P)
Nero summoned his duplicate to his astonishment but then it quickly disintegrated. "Why did he go so quickly Dad?"
"Perhaps you require more training? This didn't happen to me when I first developed this technique. My double stayed with me until I commanded him to disappear. Interesting…"
-Flashback End-
"That's it! Dragon Slayer Secret Art : Acolytes of the Trench!" Nero called while channeling his magic power and summoned his clone and this time he didn't disappear right away.
"Sweeeeeet! You thinkin' what I'm thinkin?" Nero asked his clone and his clone responded with a sarcastic face.
"I'm you of course I know what your thinking." The clone responded and both Nero's moved faster than the eye can see and blindsided Roy, who was fighting Laxus. Even though Laxus was somewhat tiring out, his rage was fueling him to continue the fight. The pair of both Nero's struck with such force behind their punches that it pushed Roy back and into more attacks. They were coordinated and perfectly in sync, back and forth moving pretty quickly.
"THAT'S IT!" Roy screamed and grabbed both Nero's in the midst of their attacks and had them both in a headlock. They couldn't escape and were struggling to break free.
"If you Fairy Tail wizards don't stand down their lives are done for." Everyone stopped fighting, the bandits, Atlas and Natsu, and even Laxus had a concerned look on his face for once.
'I can't afford to let him kill the runt, the old geezer would kill me. It's time I show these little dragons what a REAL DRAGON IS CAPABLE OF!'
"What's that look on your face Laxus? Aren't you supposed to be the big bad boss of Fairy Tail? My son mentioned how adept at combat you are and here you are showing me how little you live up to his praise.
"..." Laxus was silent as he thought of a way to free Nero and end all of this crap. He knew this was an S-Class Mission but he also didn't think these new bloods would need saving. 'I'm such an idiot man DAMN IT! Taking these runts on this type of mission is stupid, but they were proving to me that they were capable so far, but now comes the hard part. I have to end this now!'
"Lightning…" Laxus started as he zoomed as fast as a lightning bolt behind Roy and uttered the words Roy would never forget. Roy didn't have time to think as Laxus moved so fast and Nero saw this as an opportunity to escape , which he did "Dragon's JAW!" Laxus locked both his hands together in a fist and swung down onto Roy head, smashing him with ferocious lightning. Lightning big enough to disorient everyone in the vicinity, but not the Slayers. A shadow was looming over Laxus' face with a dim yellow aura, "I didn't think I would pull that one out, but you had to target the runts didn't ya."
Roy was knocked out cold and perhaps even dead by his injuries and the amount of lightning that had struck him. Meanwhile Nero's doppelganger disappeared due to his power waning from fighting Roy. Juvia was looking from beyond a corner and saw the bandits were down and the only people left standing were the Slayers. But she rushed to Nero's aid as he was laying down on the ground, exhausted and out of power. He needed something to eat, he needed his element.
"J-Juvia? How'd you get here?" Nero asked her softly.
"I was watching the fight and you all did amazing. I never got to thank all of you for saving me from these guys, I know you use Water Dragon Slayer Magic so here." Juvia said as she used her Water Magic to give Nero the element to eat.
"No way! Thanks Juvia, this is great." Nero uttered as he drank all the water Juvia could conjure, albeit not a lot but enough to get his stamina back and then some.
"Hey Laxus… thanks for the save."
Laxus nodded and they headed outside of the estate with Natsu donning an interesting smirk on his face. "What you smiling about Natsu?" Atlas asked the Fire Dragon Slayer as they were walking away from the estate.
"Oh nothin. Just wait for it." Two seconds later the whole estate blew up in a blaze of crimson red fire as the group turned around in awe of the light show. "Wow Natsu, you didn't have to do that." Atlas told him.
"Yeah we already defeated them now you went and blew up their house, which probably costs a lot… who cares anyway, nice job ya Salamander." Laxus interjected but didn't care as it was a victory for all of them.
"Let's get back to the guild hall." Nero ended as they walked back to the train station. They also noticed that it had stopped raining over the village and Juvia seemed more happy, maybe she was the one causing it to rain.
"Oh no god damn it, my worst enemy! The train…" Natsu uttered but he prepared himself as he got aboard the train, but then the motion sickness hit him. For added horror Nero was affected as well but Juvia helped them both and allowed them to rest on her lap during the train ride back to Magnolia.
~Magnolia~
They arrived hours later, back into the town of Magnolia at night. "Juvia wants to get stronger guys, thank you again for saving me but I need to go."
"Where will you go?" Natsu asked her, earning him a slight blush from Juvia. "Juvia will train and see all of you in the near future." As Juvia walked away from the group she looked back at the Natus, Nero and Atlas waving goodbye. Nero then ran up to her and stopped her. "It's night time, so please be careful. I know you're really strong with your magic if you really work towards it. Just don't forget us and if you ever need a place to stay, we're always here in Magnolia."
Juvia looked at Nero walking away and she had a blush on her face from his kindness. 'Nero… Natsu… Atlas… Laxus. They saved me from those bad people. I'm grateful.'
The 4 Slayers walked back to their guild hall and it was empty. "That's strange, usually this place is a pigsty for the entire night, but it's empty. Oh well I gotta go tell the old geezer we completed this mission. Follow me runts." Laxus issued and the others followed behind him, leading to Master Makarov's quarters.
They entered his quarters where he was dressed as if he is going to sleep, with a white shirt with a black Fairy Tail stamp in the middle under an orange hoodie. His attire was completed with matching orange shorts and an orange and blue striped jester hat. But he was focused on paperwork when he saw Laxus enter along with the new members.
"LAXUS! How could you take these new members on an S-Class mission?!"
"Relax they did just fine and nobody got hurt. I was there too y'know, I ain't weak either you old geezer."
"Hmm, Laxus that doesn't matter. They are just kids and I'm looking out for them and for you as well. Please try not to be careless next time my boy, your all my children and I would go to hell for any of you. Now go get some rest, I'm sure you 4 are exhausted from that mission."
"Thanks Master." Natsu, Nero, and Atlas all said in unison.
"That reminds me, I haven't given you boys your guild marks yet. What color and where do you want them?" Master Makarov asked the 3 young men.
"My right shoulder and dark red." Natsu answered.
"On my back in the middle and purple." Nero followed up.
"Right here on my rock arm and golden." Atlas ended.
Master Makarov gave them their guild marks and let them be on their way. Nero and Atlas made their way to Fairy Hills, while Natsu stayed in the guild hall with Master Makarov and he allowed Natsu to sleep in a guest room until the jewel from the mission came in.
Nero climbed up to Erza's window and searched inside and saw Erza sleeping softly. He lightly opened the window and made his way into her room, however Erza opened her eyes to see Nero coming midway in, before he could close the window.
"Nero?" She questioned as she wiped her eyes. When she finished, she knew she wasn't seeing things. It was him. It was really Nero. She ran to him and gave him a big hug.
"You finally came back, I missed you." She said while her face was in his chest.
"I wasn't gone for that long Erza. I missed you too. Now let's get some sleep." Nero finished the conversation quickly and now onto the Slayer, Atlas as he noticed Cana was still awake watching TV.
Atlas knocked on her window and Cana let him in and hugged him as well. "So tell me how the mission went?"
"It was alright, I really got to test how strong I am and all I can say is that time is going to make me stronger. Now can I lay down, I'm exhausted."
"Yea go ahead, I'll join you in a little bit. I'm gonna watch more TV." Cana replied and when she looked back at Atlas, he was already fast asleep.
So I finally finished the chapter and man that took a really long time. Nearly 7 months wow, sorry for that I was occupied with college classes and just being on a writers block since I had to create this whole S-Class mission out of my head and it could have went better. But now we get to the main story, the next chapter is gonna be the time skip to the beginning of the show and where Natsu meets Lucy. Nero and Atlas might accompany him who knows but know that they are probably not going to be on Team Natsu as I'm thinking of making them a duo kind of like Sting and Rogue. However them being on Team Natsu would literally make them Fairy Tail's strongest team. But anyway time skip next chapter and Nero and Atlas will have updated clothing in the next chapter to represent their duo. I'll try to be more consistent with this story as I have a good plan for this story and the ideas just keep coming to me. Thanks for reading and make sure to review as it helps me write better chapters and I know what you guys are thinking and i could take the ideas you give into consideration.