Hoh boy! Hey guys! I apologize that it's been over a week, but at least it's not past Halloween eh? Anyway, review time! Got a few here this time around.

Guest Reviewer "fairy saiyan": Thanks firstly! For Carla, it Is a good idea which i might take up on. Most likely it'll happen.

Guest (1): When this story is over (sequels and everything else), I may or may not move on to whether he'll end up in another universe or not. Most likely not considering I want a take over at the non-crossover section of the FT section. But again, this is subjected to change. Will it be Naruto? Most likely not as well. I've seen and basically completed the manga, but there are just so many things in that series that I kinda up and forgot some parts. Fairy Tail is similar, but I just so happen to be a much bigger fan than Naruto that I have much more knowledge of it. If anything, I was thinking of Highschool DxD or RWBY by Monty Oum.

roeequaza: When this series is over, you can refer to my answer above. As for the first times of Yusuke transforming, I already have it planned.

ssj golden: Thanks for taking the time to enjoy my story! To answer your questions, No, I plan on Yusuke only having up to SSJ2 for a long while. Mira will learn new moves. What are they? You'll find out sooner or later. Any weaknesses hm...I could say there will be. Lol. Uh...the drawings however...I...can't look at them? Lol I kinda wish I could, but...I just can't.

Guest Reviewer "saiyan fairy": I actually did notice that after I made the moveset for Yusuke lol. Different in types of their attacks, yeah. but funny how they got the same name. Like before, Erza and Mira will know new things eventually lol.

That's it for now. Hope you all enjoy this chapter! Quite a doozy, 14K excluding stuff from the A/N.

One last thing. More Butterfly Effects.

Onward!


"Gaah!"

"Ahh!"

"Nng!"

"Dah!"

Four random guys came crashing out of a building through a wall and painfully landed on the dirt ground beneath. A lone figure came walking to the edge, scratching his head.

"I wonder if I hit them too hard..." Yusuke wondered. He then shook his head in denial. "Nahh, they're fine."

"Yusuke." Erza called out. She walked up to him and looked over to the edge to see four unconscious bodies lying on the ground. "Have you finished things up here?"

"Yeah, what about the rest of you?" He asked.

"Same. Let's regroup back downstairs with the others."

They both headed down to the first floor to meet with Natsu, Happy, Lucy, and Gray. Currently the whole team was finishing up a mission to take out a simple dark guild near Balsam Village. Yusuke and Erza had come back over week ago with the latter succeeding at clearing her mind between her now realized crush and the barmaid. Upon noticing the more upbeat knight, Mira couldn't help but ask. Needless to say, she had trouble keeping calm when she heard it all from the Saiyan about the events...besides certain parts, and what happened after the ball. And so here the team was taking on another easy job for payment.

"That was a piece of cake!" Natsu exclaimed as he walked out of the dark guildhall.

"Easy to do and easy money to gain. My rent's pretty much covered!" Lucy chippered.

"Let's go back and do another one!"

"Don't we have the rest of the day to stay here? Honestly I could go for the hot springs." Yusuke said.

"It does sound pleasing…" Erza said.

"Hey...over there." Gray said pointing to a direction. Everybody turned to see where he was pointing at. Or rather, who.

"Loke!" Lucy exclaimed. The Ring user turned his head towards the source of the voice and saw that the team was walking towards him.

"Oh hey guys. You're all here to?" Loke asked.

"We just finished up a job. You?" Gray asked.

"Trying to complete mine as well."

"Hey! Loke!" Lucy said walking up to him.

"L-Lucy?!" Loke exclaimed stepping back a bit.

"I just wanted to say tha-"

"Sorry! Gotta go do that job! See ya guys!" Loke shouted sprinting away from them. Lucy just stood there dumbfounded, and soon seethed in anger.

"Huh, that was weird." Yusuke commented.

"That jerk…!" The blonde said through her teeth.

"Come. Let's head back to the inn." Erza said walking off. The rest followed with Lucy trailing behind.

Night came upon the village the team was temporarily residing at, and over at the men's side, a relaxed Yusuke laid his back against a rock and exhaled in content.

"I think this tops all of the relaxation I've been through...ever since coming here…" Yusuke said muttering the last part. He was all alone currently as Natsu, Gray and Happy had all taken their turns. They were currently heading back to their rooms while he sensed the girls at the other side, still in the baths. While soaking in the hot water, his eyes started to drift off from the comfort.


"So...TokiToki City huh…?" Yusuke said looking around.

Cars were traveling either on the streets or from tube bridges in the air. People of different races were conversing while walking around or just simply doing so while standing. Yusuke adjusted his sleeves of his Patroller suit so they'd fit him comfortably.

"Yup! Glad to have ya!" A young girl with black hair in a red gi said enthusiastically.

"...who are you again?" The Saiyan asked with a raised eyebrow.

"It's Marissa…" She said pouting.

"Uh, right."

"I'm...just gonna ignore that so c'mon! I told ya I'll show you around so lemme do so!" Marissa said floating away. Yusuke sighed and frowned a bit.

'Hope agreeing to being a Time Patroller was a good thing…' Yusuke thought. He followed after her a moment later.

"You're gonna love it here, I just know it." The shorter girl said looking back at him.

"I'm impressed already…" The Saiyan sarcastically said.

"Oh bite me! Look down and see all the restaurants! Tell me that doesn't appease you?"

"A plus I guess."

"See! I knew you'd like it." She exclaimed. Yusuke internally rolled his eyes.

Marissa kept guiding Yusuke all over the city the whole afternoon. They went from various shops that ranged from clothes, capsules, accessories, and to medical. To the Saiyan, it was pretty new for him as he had never experienced being in a city before.

"And over here is a training area anybody can use. There's plenty more out there, so this is just one of them." Marissa explained. Just then Trunks came over towards the duo.

"I see you two are back and finished?" Trunks asked.

"Yeah, though you'll have to ask Mister Boring over here what he thinks of it all." Marissa said gesturing a thumb at the black-haired teen, who gave a slight glare at her return.

"I still appreciate you in helping us through all of this. We need every hand we can get." Trunks said.

"It's not like I had anything better to do..." Yusuke said glancing to the side. The blue-eyed Saiyan quietly sighed sympathetically.

"So, how do you like it here so far?" Trunks asked.

"...it'll take time getting used to. Considering where I came from before-"

"I know. Hopefully you'll get used to it soon enough." The older Saiyan said. "I've already got a place set up for you. Come on. You're free to come too Marissa."

"Gladly!" Marissa exclaimed.

All three that talked flew away with Trunks leading them.

'I guess one thing I'll never get used to is the noise in this place...' Yusuke thought last as he continued to follow the one who brought him to the city.


"Hey New Guy!" Natsu's voice echoed in the bath, stirring the Saiyan awake. "We're gonna try and get a sneak attack on Erza and Luce with pillows! C'mon!"

Yusuke couldn't help but chuckle out his antics. What's more, he's sure that the girls heard him from how loud he was considering they're still on the other side at the moment. But he began to sense that they were getting out. He did the same as well, figuring it wouldn't hurt.

"Go on ahead! I'll be there shortly!" Yusuke yelled at.

"Hurry!" The Dragon Slayer ran out and back to their room to prepare some more. The Saiyan lifted himself out of the water and reached out for a towel, wrapping it over his waist. He walked out of the rock surface back into the wooden floor inside the inn. He grabbed a robe that he set out before he went out to the bath and covered himself with it. Feeling that everyone but him was back in their room, he then set off to where they were.

Upon arriving, he slid open the wooden door only to find Natsu, Gray, and Erza; who was simply knocking both of the guys down over and over again with a pillow, in their robes going at it. Happy was simply oblivious to the whole thing as he was fast asleep. Lucy was nowhere to be seen, and the Saiyan looked to the side of their room only to sweatdrop that it was broken, letting the cool night air inside. He figured something crazy must have happened to the blonde and that she opted to do something else instead.

"New Guy! Help!" Natsu screamed.

"C'mon man! We gotta get her!" Gray said defending himself from another swing from the redhead.

Yusuke smirked and grabbed three nearby pillows on the floor. He threw the first one at Erza, who was caught off guard at the speed, and softly tumbled down.

"Alright! We got her!" Natsu exclaimed getting up. But just then, he was knocked down again with his face crashing on the ground.

"Huh?" Gray turned around only to get hit by a pillow in the face and falling on his behind.

"How's bout a three on one eh?" Yusuke said with his smirk widening as he picked up another spare pillow on the floor. The rest looked at him and grinned as they picked up several pillows as well. Both sides charged at one another, swinging their respective pillows around wildly as dust comically surrounded them.

Eventually they all calmed down as the night went on. Natsu and Gray, with new bruises on them, tired themselves out and immediately fell asleep, or rather knocked out, from their pillow fight. Erza retired in the room next to the boys, who's room was still broken at the side, and was already in her bed waiting for sleep to overtake her. Yusuke though, finished changing into his regular outfit.

"...need to catch up on my training." The Saiyan said as he finished zipping up his gray jacket.

"Yusuke?" He heard a whisper from all the snoring that was induced by the Ice and Fire mage. The Saiyan turned around to see the redhead from the door that separated the rooms slightly opened. "Are you going somewhere?"

"Oh, Erza. I...was just gonna go on a night flight."

"This late?"

"Well, yeah. It's when things are pretty calm." He shrugged. "You should probably go back to sleep. I won't take long."

"Very well...if you say so." Erza said rather reluctantly. She wanted to fly with him for awhile as well. But a look in his eyes somehow told her that maybe she should let him be.

"See you soon." Yusuke said waving with his back facing her. When he reached the open air, he floated upwards and flew away. The knight closed the door behind her and headed back to her bed, covering herself and closed her eyes.

Wind brushed against Yusuke's hair as he flew towards the mountains and landed on top of one. He stood for a moment looking out in the distance of darkness and the little dots of lights that were stars. He inhaled deeply and exhaled it all out, sat down in a Seiza position and closed his eyes.

'All I've been doing is keeping myself physically fit...some mental training won't hurt every now and then.' The black-haired teen thought as he cleared his mind


The next day, the team headed back to Magnolia later in the day. The Saiyan barely came back just to the inn as the sun was rising to find that everyone, including Lucy who likely came back during the middle of the night, sleeping. Everybody relaxed for awhile longer at the village, and eventually was ready to head back to their guild.

At the site, members were still continuing to rebuild their guild. Over at the bar, Yusuke and Lucy sat here. The former happily eating some of the barmaid's cooking while the latter, who was also eating, simply did so slowly with a rather irritated look on her face. The rest of the team decided to continue helping their friends with the building, determined to have it finished.

"What's wrong Lucy? You look rather down this morning." Happy asked, sitting on the counter next to her.

"It's...nothing." Lucy plainly said. She kept eating from her plate with her eyes closed.

"Are you sure?" The feline asked again. This time, the blonde simply sighed and slightly opened her eyes.

"Just things on my mind lately…"

"Gah! Hey!" They heard Yusuke shout. Both of them looked over to see the black-haired teen on the ground with the bowl of food he had was on top of his head upside-down. The food within was either on the dirt floor or on the Saiyan himself. In front of him, several woman was standing nearby, fuming.

"Where's Loke?!" One shouted towards the white-haired maiden. That one question of demand caught Lucy's undivided attention.

"Huh? You're looking for him too?"

"And just who are you?"

"I should be asking you that!"

All the while the random woman that came out of nowhere were screaming at each other, Mira's eyebrows constantly twitched visibly at them as they rudely knocked down her black-haired crush on the floor while the two of them were happily making conversation. The fact that the food she affectionately made for him was ruined as well only made it worse. Dark aura was seen seeping out from her person and the girls in front of the bar seem to be ignorant of it.

"What's going on…?" Lucy asked.

"I think they're girls within the town. Loke's girlfriends it looks like." Happy said.

"That jerk broke up with me last night! How could he?!"

"M-Me too!"

"Me three!"

"...eh?" Lucy muttered in surprise. '...Was he really acting strange last night?'

Yusuke finally stood up taking off the bowl over his head. He brushed off the food from his jacket and set the dish down on the counter.

"Geez, what the hell are your guys' problem…" He muttered brushing food off his hair.

"You're about to be one if you don't beat it mister!"

That was the last straw for Mirajane.

The ominous aura around her thickened. Next thing that happened was wind picking up from inside the bar. The glass that she was cleaning in her hands suddenly shattered and she clenched her fists in anger. The group of women, and Yusuke included, stepped back in fear. The barmaid's hair and dress was currently swaying around, a visible and violent white light now surrounded her, and her eyes glared at the girls for their rude interruption, but a moment later she smiled sweetly with her eyes closed. If the winds had died down, one would think she had calmed down as well. But they didn't, and even if it did, for those who knew her closely, there was venom behind that angelic face of hers.

"I'm going to have to kindly ask you girls to leave please." Mira surprisingly said calmly. Everything still shook around her and those nearby stiffened.

"W-We'll be going!"

"Loke wasn't worth it anyway!"

Just like that, the group of woman quickly fled the construction site. The Saiyan looked back at the barmaid wide-eyed. Lucy and Happy were visibly sweating from where they were at. Mira exhaled and her hair and dress let gravity take them over.

"Sorry about that. Can I make you another portion?" Mira asked the Saiyan.

"U-Uhm...I think I'm fine for now Mira, but thanks. Ignoring that though, I gotta say I'm impressed." Yusuke said sitting again. Lucy got up from her stool just as he sat down and walked away from the site with Happy following her.

"Huh? Impressed with what? If it's scaring off those girls it was no trouble…" The barmaid said putting a hand to her cheek.

"You too huh? I was just saying that you managed to bring out your aura."

"R-Really?" Mira said wide-eyed.

"Heh, and before I was wondering when I could make you push yourself. I managed to do so with Erza when we went on that mission."

"I think you left that part out yesterday...what exactly did you two do?"

"We were flying, and I forced her to go faster." Yusuke simply said shrugging.

"Mm...I see." Mira said nodding.

"In any case, firing off all those attacks helped you both getting your Ki out more easily. With all things considered I figured the both of you could try something new now. Though it might be tough."

"Ufufu, I'm sure we can handle it."

"I'm sure you guys will. The most damage that might be done is uprooting the whole forest. Hahaha!" Yusuke laughed rubbing the back of his head. The white-haired maiden was now giving a sheepish smile, her confidence wavering a bit at what he said.

"GUYS!" Everybody at the site heard Gray shout. He came sprinting to the middle of it to get everybody's undivided attention. In his right hand was a crumpled up piece of paper. "I just got a letter from Loke, he's left Fairy Tail!"

"Huh?!"

"What?!"

"He didn't even say a word to us…"

"I don't have a good feeling about this...Everybody! Scatter around and look for Loke! His actions so far doesn't seem plausible and if something's wrong we'll be there to help!" Erza commanded. With vigor, everybody dropped what they were currently doing and ran out of the construction site, hoping to find their womanizer of a friend. Erza and Gray came over to the bar where Yusuke and Mira were at.

"I didn't see Lucy around here, do you guys know where she is?" Gray asked. The Saiyan looked away from him towards the ground, frowning a bit. A second later he looked at the Ice mage again.

"She's back at her apartment with Happy." Yusuke answered.

"Alright, I'll go tell her what's going on." Gray said running off.

"Are you able to detect Loke anywhere?" Erza asked the black-haired teen. He looked down in concentration once again, but to his surprise, he wasn't able to detect his signature.

"I...I can't." The Saiyan replied. Erza and Mira gasped in surprise. There were so many people in the city, but out of almost all of them, he couldn't get ahold of Loke.

"What do you mean?"

"I thought for sure I'd be able to recognize anyone from the guild, but for some reason I can't feel Loke anywhere. I don't sense him outside of Magnolia, so he's still gotta be in the city…but..." Yusuke didn't finish as he knew that they understood what he meant.

"That's...odd." Mira grimaced.

"We can't jump to conclusions just yet. We have to think he's still in the city. I'm going." Erza flew off in the distance, overlooking the city.

"Let's go help the rest of them." Mira said walking out of the bar. She floated up as well and shortly flew off to look for her guildmate.

"Shit...He better be alright." The Saiyan said. Hastily, his aura flared and he instantly went to the sky, now hovering around to spot the Ring mage.


"Arghh! This is so annoying!" Yusuke shouted in the sky. He's been searching for almost an hour now all over the city. Well, mostly just flying around over and over and over again to see if he had any luck finding Loke. So far, not so much. He continued to fly around while looking down at the city when he suddenly stopped in his tracks and widened his eyes in a direction. "What the hell?"

He currently felt Lucy's energy skyrocket out in the distance, away from Magnolia.

"Did...she find him?" Yusuke said to himself. A moment later he flew out of the city, heading towards where she was at. While flying there, he felt another signature, however it was so faint that he wouldn't have been able to feel it, if not Lucy were there. He came upon bright spiraling light and a giant, wide waterfall that would be breathtakingly beautiful if he wasn't in the situation he was currently in. Away from it, was a pointed cliff reaching out to the waterfall. He could make out two figures from all the light swirling around.

Yusuke landed within the trees and ran over towards them. But the Saiyan stopped in his tracks behind some bushes when he felt another odd sensation just creeping about. He saw Lucy and Loke break away from each other from an unknown force, and a moment later the water out in the distance cleared away towards the sky that was rippling. A beam of light brightened their eyes and a torrent of wind hit their bodies. The bright light disappeared to reveal a titan-sized old man with a white mustache and turquoise armor. The Spirit King had come to confront them personally.

"Holy shit that guys tall…" Yusuke said looking up. Snapping out of the daze, he tilted his head to the side as he remembered something similar that came to his mind. "...might be as tall as Shenron…"

"The-The...The Spirit King…!" Loke choked out.

"T-The Spirit King?! The most powerful spirit?!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Old friend...We serve our oaths to humans. And we are forbidden from killing…" The Spirit King's voice echoed.

Yusuke watched on as Lucy defended Loke against the indirect crimes of his past Celestial Spirit Mage, Karen Lilica. Both sides went back and forth, the King being relatively calm while the blonde throwing every comment she can get in. Eventually, Lucy had enough.

"It's not a sin for caring for your friends!" Lucy screamed. Her power rose once again as bright golden light surrounded her. Her spirits she had on her person appeared one by one beside her to confront the Spirit King. However a moment later they disappeared and the blonde collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.

"L-Lucy! You shouldn't push yourself that much...!" Loke lightly scolded while going over to her, but was stunned at her display. '...to summon that many spirits at once...'

"Nng…! You...Loke, and even Aries are the same...so shouldn't you understand how they feel as well?!" Lucy screamed while struggling to get up.

"..." The giant spirit simply narrowed his eyes at the two below him. Finally, he spoke up. "If you would go this far for my old friend...then perhaps this 'rule' has been at fault."

Lucy and Loke looked up at him wide-eyed. They couldn't believe what they're hearing, and it was relieving, as if a weight on their shoulders were gone.

"I shall make this case an exception...Leo the Lion, old friend, you are hereby falsely accused. And for that, you shall be allowed back to the spirit world." The Spirit King said as he began to fade away. Loke was on his knees, tears started pooling under his eyes but not a second later they began to fall.

"I...I…" Loke choked out.

"If you still wish to atone...then as King, I hereby command you to support our young friend here with your life…" The King instructed. He then vanished, and time that seemed to have stopped, moved once again. The waterfall continued pouring down, and the slight cool breeze came back. The Lion Spirit's tears wouldn't stop, and he currently had a hand over his face in relief.

"What'd I tell ya…" Lucy said to Loke, smiling. He began to fade away as well, and this time they didn't try to stop it as they knew he'll simply be returned back to his original home.

"I can't thank you enough Lucy...from here on out, simply call me whenever you're in a pinch and I'll come and save you no matter what." Loke said with tears still falling from his eyes. he left without a trace except the golden key that was now in Lucy's hands. She clutched it closely to her chest with a fond smile.

"Looks like everything is settled eh?" Yusuke said walking up to her smirking a bit. Lucy perked up at his voice and looked up at him.

"When did you get here?" She asked.

"When that big dude first appeared...I'd love to fight him honestly."

"Haha...you sound even more crazy than Natsu then…"

"Need a lift back?"

"By flying?!" She said with stars in her eyes

"Uh, how else?"

"Well I certainly don't want to walk back…"

"So girly...c'mon just climb on my back." Yusuke said turning around.

"I don't know…" Lucy said reluctantly.

"Okay, it's either that or I just grab you by the waist."

"Ugh, fine. I just ate so…" Lucy said walking to his back. She placed both of her hands on his shoulders.

"Hold on tight. Don't want you falling off like Mira did before." Without warning, he bent down and grabbed her behind her knees so she was straddling a bit against him.

"W-Wha-AAAH!" The blonde screamed as the Saiyan instantly shot into the air at an alarming rate for Lucy.


"Gah! Next time, warn me when you're going to do that! I could have died! A-And...I think I feel my food coming up-!" Lucy said with a green face as she barged through the entrance door of her apartment complex. Yusuke simply shrugged and figured that now would be a good time to train as it was night time.

"Oh wait...I should go let them know about tomorrow…" Yusuke said. He sensed that nearly everyone had gone home, assumed they were feeling rather lost as they thought they couldn't find their guildmate that, in reality, had left Fairy Tail but for good reason. The Saiyan now decided it'd be a good time to inform the redhead and the barmaid about meeting him at the usual spot to train. Erza was the closest to him at the moment, and he flew off to find her.

In a short few seconds, he came upon a sea-surrounded hill with a lone building in the middle of it with several lights shining through a few windows.

"Huh...this must be the Fairy Hills that only girls can go to…" Yusuke said looking down. Not wanting to intrude, he sensed more keenly to make out the knight's signature. The Saiyan flew to the front side of the building where she was supposedly at. When nearing an open window, he saw Erza in a red tank top and pink leggings that went just below her knee and laying on her bed reading a book wide-eyed with a bit of red on her face.

He rested his arms on the windowsill and looked inside while the redhead had all of her focus on the book she was reading. It was rather spacious, white walls, her bed against the wall in the middle of the room with strawberry covered blankets, a wooden dresser to the left side of her room on the wall, a nightstand on either side of her bed with a lamp on the left. A desk with a mirror was at the southeast corner of her room. The door connecting her room with her other four was closed to the right side of the wall. There was an open archway of a dark room that was assumed to be her bathroom by the look of the tile floor differing from the pink carpet that decorated her floor. Finishing eyeing her room, Yusuke grinned thinking he got the drop on her.

"Watcha reading there?" The Saiyan called out. Erza jumped from her spot, instinctively closing the book in front of her. She looked over the window to see him lazily dangling from her window.

"Yusuke...!" Erza said through her teeth with a blush.

"You're reading about me? I'm flattered." The Saiyan teased. The redhead simply sighed in exasperation and placed a hand on her forehead. Calming herself, she decided to ask him about the missing guildmate situation.

"Is there any news about Loke?" She asked walking towards the window.

"Yup, found him."

"You did?" Erza asked surprisingly.

"Yeah. Lucy found him first outside of the city actually. Not too sure about the whole story on how, but I did discover that Loke is actually a celestial spirit."

"Loke? A celestial spirit...?" She said rather disbelievingly.

"It's true. I thought it was weird that I couldn't sense him. But it turned out that his life force was going away, and it was really faint."

"Then-!"

"Don't worry...he's safe. Lucy managed to save him. Some King of the spirits showed up and she managed to convince him that Loke was innocent from a crime or something, and he's back in the spirit world recovering at the moment." Yusuke explained.

"I see. That's good news then."

"Anyway, wanted to tell you that we'll still be training tomorrow morning. I wanted you and Mira to do something new. Both of you managed to bring out your Ki well enough, so you'll both be ready."

"What will be we doing?"

"You'll just have to find out later. I'll go tell Mira about the news, have a good night."

"Mm. You too Yusuke."

The Saiyan floated away from her window and with a wave, he flew off towards the Strauss residence. Erza looked on until she couldn't see him anymore, and with a sigh, she closed the two panels of her windows.

'It's fortunate that he didn't see what that book was…' Erza thought with a bright blush. Shaking her head of such thoughts, she went back to her bed and opened her book again to read.

Over at the white-haired siblings house, Yusuke repeated the same process like he did with the redhead by hanging by the window of Mira's room. He told her about what happened between Loke, Lucy and the Spirit King of how it ended up the Lion Spirit being saved. Afterwards, he informed the barmaid of the training her and Erza will be doing the next morning.

"Mmm...can I ask what we'll be doing?" Mira asked.

"Not yet. Erza asked the same thing and I told her that you'll both be finding out tomorrow morning at our usual spot." Yusuke said.

"Aww…" Mira pouted.

"Eheh...I'll see you both tomorrow morning." With that, Yusuke waved her goodnight while she gestured the same. He flew away from her house towards the mountains to continue his own regime of training.


"Both of you still have plenty more! Just bring it out!" Yusuke shouted with his arms crossed.

"Ha!" Erza shouted as her scarlet hair moved violently with her aura surrounding her. Mira had her teeth gritted and fists clenched with her body shaking, also bringing out more of her Ki.

The three had come to their training spot in the woods just outside of Magnolia and have been in that spot for over an hour now. Continuing what the Saiyan did with Erza, Mira had joined in, and he was currently testing how much of the girls Ki they can bring out.

'I was right on my assumption...Erza definitely has a little more than Mira…' The black-haired teen thought as he saw both of their lights waning. The barmaid's vanished first as she was now panting and placed her hands on her knees. A few seconds later the knight's dissipated as well and was panting at the same rate Mira was. Yusuke clapped his hands to get their attention. "Alright, we'll take a break for a few minutes. I'll tell you both of what you'll try doing today."

They both relaxed their breathing rate, and Yusuke looked down a bit thinking through his categories of what would be appropriate for them to learn. Figuring that for now, some basic charged up attacks will suffice.

"Both of you have learned and are already used to firing off Ki blasts one by one, and controlling how strong they are. Setting that aside for today, we'll be doing some basic melee moves for now." Yusuke said.

"I think this suits me well." Mira said with a smile.

"It wouldn't hurt…" Erza said with a finger and thumb to her chin.

"Great! Then the both of you, go ahead and duke it out then. I want to observe how the two of you will fare against each other and see what type of styles and forms you guys have. Of course, Erza won't use her magic to bring out any weapons or armors." Having said that, Erza couldn't help but stiffen a bit, but reassured herself that she was amongst friends, and nothing drastic would happen to her if she has a few scratches without protection. It's not as if they were out to mercilessly kill each other.

"U-Us?" Mira stuttered.

"...is it okay for Mirajane? As far as I know she hasn't been in combat since-" Erza quickly closed her mouth, remembering the incident that took place for the Strauss siblings as well as for the whole guild a couple years back.

"It's alright Erza. I'm ready, and I didn't ask him to teach me for nothing." Mira said smiling at them.

"Very well then...if you're ready." The redhead balled her fists.

"It has been awhile...remember us Erza?" Mira asked, smirking.

"Yes, almost like old times." Erza said smiling fondly a bit. Yusuke couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at their small talk.

'Wonder what they meant about that…' He idly thought. The stare-off between the two girls continued, and they didn't move a muscle. As if on cue, wind brushed past them, and when it went away they both charged at each other with determined eyes.

Mira utilized her days back then before the incident of her younger sister befell on her, and mimicked any of her self taught punches and kicks to land a blow on her past rival. Having to spar again after so long, she couldn't help but feel a thrill of adrenaline coursing through her veins. Having more experience in hand-to-hand combat, she was already getting a couple of hits in against the redhead.

Erza, even with all of her battle experience being greater than Mirajane's at this time, found herself being on the short end of the stick considering that all she's mostly fought with are her weapons. She kept a close eye at the barmaid and dodged most of her attacks, but was still receiving. In the midst of trying to exchange her share, her mind remembered what Yusuke had done when they were alone together, training.

"You can basically bring out your Ki easily enough to try and become one with your weapon…"

"I see...I basically focus my energy towards the blade?"

"That's how I did it."

'If I'm able to do it with my weapons...could I do the same with myself?' Erza thought as she sidestepped a kick just in time from Mira. The barmaid was continuing from her previous attack by bringing back her leg and began to kick Erza in a sideways arc. But before doing so, the redhead took the time to gather energy to further guard herself. Just as Mira's next attack was about to connect, Erza swiftly brought up her forearm to protect herself. The white-haired teen winced as she felt a bit of pain from her leg.

'Hm, she's finally using her Ki, and in a different way as well. Let's see if Mira can follow up from that...' Yusuke thought while still observing the two go at it.

'It worked...It hardly hurt at all.' Erza thought as she backed away from her opponent.

'What was that...she's blocked before while I hit her...but those didn't hurt like now...' Mira thought as she kept a keen eye at Erza, who currently had her guard up. Thinking of a new tactic, the barmaid inwardly nodded, and quickly brought Ki into her hands forming an orb of light. Erza perked up at her action, and an instant later Mira shot the blast straight at her. The knight crossed her arms in front of her, hoping to come out unscathed. However, as the Ki blast contacted her arms, she staggered back from the burning sensation.

'Well, I didn't say they couldn't use Ki based attacks.' The Saiyan thought. By now, he figured he could try and challenge them more. "You two have stayed on the ground long enough! Try continuing in the skies now!"

They both looked back at him with his arms still crossed and looking at them. Erza and Mira eyed at each other and a second later they both floated upwards.

'It shouldn't be that hard should it? I've fought in the air plenty of times...' The knight thought.

'Ufufu, it really is like back then. I hope I still got it...' The white-haired maiden thought while keeping up with Erza. Yusuke took to the skies as well, and arrived at a short distance away from them.

"Continue whenever you're both ready!" He shouted.

Mirajane was the first to charge at Erza with a punch ready. The knight moved her head to dodge it, and started to retaliate. With her Ki still focused, she launched her own fist at the barmaid at a greater speed than hers, and it connected to Mira's arms, which she brought up at the last second. The model winced again at the blow Erza did to her, and skidded a few feet back. She rubbed her arms together to try and ease the pain. It didn't go unnoticed by their teacher, and decided to step in.

"Alright! Stop for a moment you two." The Saiyan and knight floated over to Mira who was still holding her arms. "You alright?"

"Yeah...Erza has gotten stronger it seems." She said sheepishly.

"You have as well, the only reason why Erza has the slight advantage is because she's using her Ki." The barmaid simply looked at him in confusion. "Remember how I told you about Erza and I training that one day?"

"Y-Yes..." Mira answered, rather grudgingly. She did remember that as Yusuke talked with her when he first got back. When she thought that them going alone together on a mission was bad enough, it was worse when he mentioned that the Saiyan trained Erza without her. Being rather upset, she scolded him that they should have a day of training alone together in the future. Seeing that that was fair, the Saiyan agreed to do so, and would let the redhead know of a day where she can just sleep in. "Hope you haven't forgotten…"

"Of course not...I'll let you know ahead of time." Yusuke said with a crooked smile. Suspicion was raised within Erza's mind. "Though that aside, it looks like Erza managed to do more with it than just her weapons."

"Then...with her body?" Mira said in realization. Both Yusuke and Erza nodded.

"You're using your Ki right now by flying, but that's different from actually using it to attack and also different when firing off a blast. Since Erza managed to do so with her weapons, then I guess she figured out she could do the same with herself. You should be able to do the same."

"I can...?"

"Focus your energy higher." Yusuke said. Mira did so easily from what he felt, and nodded in approval. "That's good. Erza's attack shouldn't hurt that much anymore now that you're basically equal in power right now." He floated a few meters away from them. "If you're gonna fight while being in the air like this you gotta get used to it, so go ahead and continue."

Both girls nodded and faced each other again. With their determination back, they both charged at each other. Both of their adrenaline coursed through them a second time, and with a shout, they attacked.

"I'm curious Mira...what did he mean back there?" Erza asked while moving her body to the side to get away from a punch.

"Ufu, I don't know what you mean Erza." Mira said smirking as she attacked with another one of her fists. It connected on the redhead's cheeks, and she staggered back a few feet. She regained her bearings a moment later.

"When he said that he'll let you know ahead of time…!" Erza went ahead and uppercutted the barmaid, who yelped in pain but stood straight again shortly after and stared down at the knight.

"I'm just getting the same treatment you got with him on that mission." Mira said with a grin.

"T-Treatment…?"

"While you got to train alone with him, I'll be doing the same later." The barmaid said now smirking. Erza growled and felt her anger rising. She looked to the side to see the Saiyan with a glare, who simply quirked an eyebrow.

"I can see why…" Erza said in defeat, looking up at her. Mirajane's only response is pointing her palm towards Erza with charged up Ki. The knight widened her eyes, and instinctively gestured the same towards her. Both of their blasts were fired at the same time, colliding into each other and smoke formed between them. Mira flew to the side and met Erza with an incoming punch. The redhead looked to the side to see her attacking, and managed to duck under it, grabbed ahold of the barmaid's arm, and kneed her in the stomach. Mira gritted her teeth in pain, not wanting to let out her voice, but soon ignored it and headbutted Erza against her skull, which resulted in the knight letting go of the model's arm, and followed up with a kick to the stomach. The redhead had a bit of saliva come out of her mouth from the impact, and was forced a few meters away from her. She clutched her stomach with an arm and had her teeth gritted and an eye closed.

'They're definitely equal at the moment. Mira has had more hand-to-hand experience. And it looks like they've fought while being airborne before...' Yusuke thought. Seeing enough, he decided to test them further. "Alright, let's change things up!"

Mira and Erza looked over to him, only to see trees and the sky. Not a second later, their white and scarlet hair, respectively, blew past them, mostly obscuring their vision. They slowly managed to turn around to see Yusuke with his arms crossed.

"Both of you come at me at once!" The Saiyan declared. The girls glanced at each other, and nodded in understandment and a second later they both charged straight at him.


"You don't take it easy do you…?" Erza said rubbing her shoulder.

"I could, but then you guys wouldn't improve now would you?" Yusuke said with his hands in his jacket pockets.

"Perhaps not…"

Their training session ended with the girls losing and not being able to land a single hit to Yusuke. He simply grabbed and twisted their arms behind their backs and made them submit after a while of dodging. Mira had went ahead back to her house to get cleaned up, and would later be at the guild. The Saiyan and Knight, currently taking it easy and walking down the streets of Magnolia.

"Ah, found you two." They both heard a familiar voice said. Yusuke and Erza turned around to see none other than Loke wearing his usual attire as if he was still in the guild.

"Loke!" Erza exclaimed.

"Feeling better Loke?" Yusuke asked.

"Yeah, finally getting some rest after so long feels good. Welcoming as well." The spirit fondly said.

"...you're really a Celestial Spirit Loke?" Erza asked.

"Yup, shocking I guess. Sorry I didn't say anything sooner but...there were some complications." He said rubbing the back of his head. Loke reached into his pocket to pull out a couple of tickets. "Think of this as my thanks to you guys."

He extended his arm forward and Yusuke and Erza walked up to pick up each one. They both eyed it, and Erza's face lit up while Yusuke was simply staring at it blankly.

"A-Akane Resort!" The redhead excitedly said.

"Resort eh? Like a vacation spot?" The Saiyan asked. Loke nodded.

"Considering I'm not able to stay here in the human world for so long anymore, I got no use for these. I plan on giving it to the rest of your team so you guys just enjoy it alright?" Not a second later, dust was blown in their faces as Erza was comically seen running towards Fairy Hills.

"Hehehe...I'm sure Erza thanks you Loke, as well as I. Thanks for these, we'll make sure to put it to good use." Yusuke said while sweatdropping.

"No problem. You all have fun." Loke said walking past him and waving goodbye. Yusuke looked at the ticket in his hand again.

"A beach huh...haven't been one in awhile…I guess it wouldn't hurt." Yusuke said to himself. He went back to his apartment to prepare packing for a few days once again.


Donning a black collared shirt with a long sleeved white undershirt, tan cargo pants along with a pair of sandals, Yusuke was all prepared to go to the beach. While holding onto a bag, he flew to the construction site to see Erza, in her own beach outfit, talking to the rest of the team, and carrying a wagon full of things. He landed down where they were.

"Well, I'm all ready." Yusuke said.

"Geez, you guys are so quick, we just got ours so let us pack!" Lucy exclaimed. She ran back to her apartment to get ready with Gray, Natsu, and Happy going as well to go pack. Erza walked up to the bar with a victorious smirk.

"It seems I'll be with him for awhile longer." Erza said to Mira.

"...considering yourself, you don't even have what it takes." Mira said simply with her eyes closed, polishing a glass to distract herself. Erza's eyes twitched a bit.

"Hoh? And perhaps you do?"

"More than you." The barmaid declared, now glaring at the knight, who glared back. After a few tense moments, she spoke up again. "Maybe you should put those books you've read to good use."

"W-W-What a-are you t-talking about?!" Erza stuttered, instantly blushing.

"Oh please Erza. I'm sure everyone in Fairy Hills and most in the guild know you read those smutty books."

"I...I have read no such things!"

"I wonder what Yusuke would think if he found out? As far as we've seen, he might not be into the perverted types." Mira said, now starting to have a triumphant smile on her face. Erza was looking down to the ground with her bangs overshadowing her eyes, her blush now to a color that would put her hair to shame.

"Hmph, you'll see after we come back." Erza huffed and turned around back to her crush. While walking away Mira's smile faded. She turned around and her body shook. The glass in her hands shattered when she clenched her fists.

'Why can't I go with them….?!' The barmaid jealously thought, grinding her teeth.

Erza approached Yusuke who simply looked on at the members who were still constructing the guild. They were nearly done with the outside, and in a few more days it should completed. When she arrived, Erza tugged on his sleeves getting his attention.

"We're going to the train station to meet with the others. Let's go!" Erza stated. She started to walk and pull him away, surprising the Saiyan once again.

'Seriously, where does she find the strength…?' Yusuke thought as he tried to walk properly.


"Mmm! This is nice!" Lucy exclaimed while stretching. She was currently in a two piece bikini with black and white checkers. The rest of the team followed her into the warm sands of the beach. Natsu currently was only wearing swimming trunks that had a flame design on it. Gray was wearing a simple light blue swimming trunks. Erza had on a simple black two piece bikini. Yusuke still kept his white undershirt and tan cargo shorts on. They all reached the shore and Natsu and Gray went ahead and dived into the sea. Lucy stayed close where the water was shallow. Erza was about to go in as well until she noticed Yusuke staying behind, simply watching on.

"You're not joining in?" The redhead asked him.

"You can go on ahead." He said shrugging. Erza frowned at his answer, and walked up to him.

"This is a time to relax Yusuke. We should all make the most of it." She reassured.

"C'mon New Guy!"

"Aye!"

"Water ain't that bad."

"It's still nice!"

Everybody else encouraged the Saiyan to join in. After a few seconds, he sighed in defeat.

"...alright, alright. Let me go back and take off this shirt." Yusuke said walking away from them towards their belongings. He reached to the hem and pulled it off his torso, showing off his upper body. He figured that just wearing his cargo shorts would be enough rather than swimming trunks. He didn't care either way. He looked back to see all all four humans and feline playing with the water, splashing each other. He chuckled lightly at their carefree nature. The Saiyan threw down the white shirt, and figuring that he'd make this fun, he jumped high into the air. When he was high enough, he dived straight down into the ocean, resulting in a massive shockwave making those within the water lose their balance.

"A-Ahh!" Lucy screamed.

"Gah! What happened?!" Natsu shouted as he pulled his head out of the water. Everybody soon saw the water erupted to see a laughing Yusuke with his hair wetted down.

"Hahaha! Man I got you guys good!" He said with a wide grin. Natsu's face of annoyance turned into a playful one.

"Oh yeah? Take this!" Natsu splashed an arm full of water at the black-haired teen, who put his arms to cover him in defense. Everybody else joined in to attack him with water and Yusuke did the same to the others.

Erza managed to go over to him in the midst of the water fight. When she arrived, she got a good look at the Saiyan's upper body, and felt her face heat up. Looking closely however, she saw more scars covering him than the first time she saw the black haired teen.

"Your body…" Erza said.

"Huh? Oh…" Yusuke said looking down at himself.

"Would...this be the reason...?"

"Ah don't worry about it. Like you said, a time to relax right?" He said smiling and resting his hands on his waist.

"M-Mm...right." Erza nodded. Not wanting a somber atmosphere, Yusuke splashed water all over her.

"C'mon! Hahaha!" Yusuke said as he kept pouring large amount of sea water at the redhead. She defended herself and soon did the same, all the while laughing.

Throughout the day the whole team enjoyed the vacation Loke gratefully gave them. They went from playing volleyball, riding on the waters, eating out in the open, resting under the sun, and even having a sandcastle competition. Eventually, night came upon them. Figuring that they wouldn't retire to their rooms just yet, they decided to head over to the casino's within the hotel provided for them. Yusuke, now changing out of his wet clothes and into a black collared shirt and his black cargo pants with the usual belt and white boots, had walked in with Happy, Natsu and Gray and left on his own to go exploring within the gambling area.

"Not much on gambling...no point in it for me really…" The Saiyan said looking around. He saw a simple blackjack table and figured it wouldn't hurt to try. With Jewels and chips in his pocket, he sat down on a stool and began to test his luck.


"You need Zeni? I just got the thing to show ya." A small figure with black horns sticking out of his head and a blue face said to Yusuke.

"Other than just going out to patrol...?" The Saiyan asked with a raised eyebrows.

"Yup! Good ol' Master Arc here will show ya how to! Easy-peasy!" Arc said pointing to himself. The young frost demon began to fly away and gestured Yusuke to follow, which he did. "Gambling's great! I gotta tell ya!"

"Gambling…? Couldn't that end poorly?"

"Noo…! Of course not!" Arc sweatdropped.

"Your tone says something different…"

"W-Well...I might have a slight addiction!...and might have some unfortunate blockways…"

"..." Yusuke simply looked at him to his side, blankly.

"Look, I'm all for destruction and killing Cell and all of that but this can be pretty fun too!"

"Fun in my book would be killing Cell a hundred times over…Even Frieza would be a good alternative."

"Ah please! This is just like that. Especially that bastard Frieza! You do good and you're basically killin' the casino!" Arc said and dived down to the local TokiToki City Casino with Yusuke landing shortly behind him. "C'mon! I'll show ya the ropes!"

"Don't come to me if you lose all of your Zeni…" With that, they both walked in. One determined with fire in his eyes while the other acting like a simple passerby.


"Hit me." Yusuke said.

"V-Very well sir…" The dealer shakily said. In front of the Saiyan was currently a Queen of Hearts and a Nine of Diamonds. A crowd formed behind him and was currently observing the Saiyan, and eyeing the big stack of chips, that were neatly organized in chip holders, he's collected. The dealer sweatily pulled the top card face down, and soon threw it towards Yusuke with it facing up.

"Ohh!"

"Amazing!"

"Hey buddy! Mind giving a round of drinks for everybody here?"

The card that Yusuke recieved happen to be a Two of Spades, resulting in a twenty-one. The Saiyan collected the rest of the chips from the table and placed them in spare boxes that's design with holding the circular form of money.

"Alright, I'm out." Yusuke said, picking up the stack of five boxes and leaving the table.

"I-I think he just earned a total amount of a quarter of a million jewels…"

"Damn, I'd kill to have his luck."

Yusuke was about to cash in all of his savings when he heard cheering from a table. A different crowd was there from his and feeling that Erza and Lucy were within it, he decided to walk over there.

"Erza! Your luck is amazing!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Ufufu, I guess it's with me tonight." Erza said collecting an armful of poker chips.

"Sup guys, winning over here?"

"Yeah! Erza is real-Oh my god!" Lucy turned to said to Yusuke, but her eyes nearly popped out at the large sum of chips that the Saiyan had. "How much is in there?!"

"This...Dunno, I heard about two-hundred and fifty thousand?" Yusuke shrugged. Lucy went speechless and left her mouth agape.

"Ufu, not bad Yusuke." Erza said turning towards him.

"Hm? And how much did you pick up?"

"Hmm...I would say almost to a fifth of a million."

"Alright, alright, not bad I guess."

"Dealer change...my turn." They heard. He had blonde hair with his bang to the right side of his head and tan brown skin. He had one chain loose earring on his left ear, a finger sized tattoo on the bottom left of his mouth; just above his chin, and wore a simple black vest and pants with a white undershirt. He began to shuffle and bridge the deck of cards in his hands. "You can forget about your chips...because this time we're not gambling for money…"

The dealer began to serve the cards face up. He dealt five of them in front of the Fairy Tail members. When it was all done, it spelt one word:

Death.

"We'll be putting our lives at risk. That alright with you...Big Sis Erza?" The blonde dealer said. Erza widened her eyes significantly as she now recognized the familiar voice, and started shaking.

"S-Shou…?" She asked warily, looking directly at him.

"Long time no see Sis…"

'...what? They have nothing resembling each other.' Yusuke thought with a frown.

"E-Eh…?" Lucy was looking back at Erza and the blonde dealer.

"Y-You're alright…" Erza said.

"...alright?" Shou spat out.

"I-I meant that…" Just as the redhead started to talk, but everything went dark in the casino.

"W-What's going on?!" A gambler said.

"Someone turn the lights on! I gotta see what I rol-ah!"

All three heard screaming and shuffling. A second later, the light fizzed up and Shou wasn't in front of them anymore. Yusuke narrowed his eyes and turned around just in time to see him fling some cards up in the air.

"Shou!" Erza shouted. She and Lucy turned around as well, to see cards falling towards the ground.

"There's...something in those cards?" Yusuke said looking down. Looking more closely at them, he saw that people were inside of them.

"Impressed Sis? I managed to learn magic as well." Shou said holding up a card. In it revealed a gambler in the casino.

"Magic…? W-Wha…" Erza choked out.

"Mmmnyaa…" A new voice was heard. This time it was feminine. Orange ropes shot out from behind Lucy and Yusuke.

"Ahh!" Lucy shouted. It wrapped around the blonde tightly and she was pulled back. The same happened to the Saiyan, except he didn't budge.

"Lucy!" Erza shouted turning towards the blonde.

"The hell is this thing?" Yusuke asked as he snapped the rope around him.

"H-Huh? That's not suppose to happen-nyaa!" The new feminine voice said. Erza looked ahead to see Lucy struggling by another familiar voice she heard.

"...Millianna?" Erza said disbelievingly. "Y-You can use magic as well?"

"Been a while Erzy!" Millianna greeted, still taking hostage of Lucy.

"What's the meaning of taking our friend?!" Erza yelled.

"Friend-nyaa?"

"...weren't we your friends as well Sis?" Erza stiffened at Shou's statement. "That is...until you betrayed us of course…"

The redhead winced and looked down in shame.

"No need to go that far Shou…" Another new voice said. Erza shot her head up once again and both her and Yusuke looked to see a squared shaped man wearing sunglasses with a red hat, blue suit, and light yellow scarf.

"W-Wally…? Is that you…?" Erza asked.

"Not just them Erza…" A fourth voice said. The Saiyan and knight looked to another side to see a tall brute man wearing a blue sash with red axe-like designs on it. A simple green sleeve covered his left arm and the rest of his torso was left unclothed. He wore a large white cloth belt and black pants. His head was mostly wrapped in a cloth and had an eyepatch over his left eye. He wore a jaw-supporter that covered his mouth, the side of his head and jaw.

"S-Simon…" Erza managed to say.

"E-Erza…! W-Who are these people?!" Lucy said on the floor.

"...I'm kinda wondering as well…" Yusuke said.

"They're...my friends…" Erza said.

"Were." Shou said in spite. The redhead said nothing and held her arms over her stomach, looking to the side.

"We've come to take you back Erza." Wally said. He pulled out a gun and aimed it at the back of Lucy's head. "But if you'll be stubborn…"

"W-Wait a minute!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Wally! Stop!" Erza pleaded. Just as she finished saying that, an energy blast was shot and collided into the blocked man's torso, effectively crashing him into a wall and rendering him unconscious. Everybody looked to see the Saiyan with an outstretched open hand with a hard glare.

"Anybody try that again and I can't promise that your life won't be in danger." Yusuke intimidated. Everybody felt a chill up their spine as soon as he finished his sentence.

"...we need to fall back." Simon calmly said.

"What?! She's just right there!" Shou shouted.

"And that person as well...It's not a good gut feeling if he's in the way."

"B-But-" Milliana started.

"We also need to check on Wally." Simon stated. Both Shou and Milliana fell silent and glanced back at their comrades unconscious form.

"If you need to decide then let me help." Yusuke stated. A large orb of Ki formed in his hand a moment later, and electricity crackled around it.

"We need to move. Now!" Simon commanded. He ran back to his fallen friend and picked him up. Shou and Milliana soon followed after, and all four of them left the grounds of the casino. Yusuke relaxed and exhaled deeply. He turned to see Erza still looking at the ground.

"Hey...are you alright?" Yusuke asked gently. The only response he got was a timid nod from the redhead. Narrowing his eyes, he went over to Lucy and untied her by snapping off the robes.

"Thanks…" Lucy said getting up.

"Can you go find the others? I don't feel them moving but they should all still be fine." Yusuke asked.

"Right." The blonde nodded and ran out of the room they were at. The Saiyan walked back to Erza who had a forlorn expression.

"...Erza?"

"...I suppose you want an explanation?" Erza asked softly.

"Look at me Erza." Yusuke demanded. The redhead flinched a bit at his tone, but did so nonetheless. When she looked at him, the only thing she saw on his face was a simple smile, one that he would usually put on as if everything was normal. "Take a deep breath, and put on your armor. I'm sure you feel safer that way right?"

Her eyes widened. She nodded and followed his instructions. After a deep intake of breath and exhaling it, her body glowed and showed her in usual Heart-Kreuz armor. Erza felt more relaxed immediately after doing so.

"Better?" The Saiyan asked. She simply smiled and nodded in response. But it vanished a moment later and she started walking away. "Erza?"

"I...I need to go."

"...where?"

"If...If they're here, then it can only mean that they're going back to him…"

"Who…?" Erza turned to face him with a hardened look.

"Can I ask you to come with me?"

"Erza, how can I do anything if you won't talk to me."

"Yusuke...please…" She pleaded. He sighed and walked over to her and placed his hands over her shoulders.

"What's wrong Erza...Why are you like this?"

"I'll tell you if we go right now…I can't let the others involved..."

Yusuke sensed back that Lucy was still with Gray and Juvia, who he sensed for some time now, or rather, for a long while now. Natsu was still in one spot, but was fine otherwise.

'Damnit, I can just tell that something bad might happen if she tries to go alone...' Closing his eyes and sighing, he relented. "Alright, let's go quickly then. Fill me in on the way wherever we're going."

"Can you use your sensing to locate Simon and the others?" The knight asked. He nodded and with that, they ran out of the hotel. Yusuke flew out to the sea with Erza following behind him.

"Well, you might as well start."

"Right…"


Yusuke gritted his teeth in anger and veins were popping out of his forehead.

"What kind of sick people would do that…?" The Saiyan said through his teeth. Erza just kept looking down at the boat that her former friends were on, sorrowfully.

"I managed to encourage everyone that was imprisoned to a revolt...that's when I discovered my magic...after I witnessed Grandpa Rob's death in front of me something just...snapped. That turned the tides once again and people managed to get out of the tower safely. I went looking for Jellal, but when I found him...he wasn't the same when I did." Erza explained. Yusuke listened on with careful ears.

'Mira and Erza...both really did have it rough in the past…' Yusuke thought solemnly.

"He said that if I ever came back...he'd start killing off either Shou, Wally, Milliana, or Simon…and he threw me into the sea, away from everybody else...but I'm not going to let that anything happen to them." Erza stated. She looked ahead and stopped abruptly, wide eyed. Yusuke did so as well, looking ahead. "It's...completed…"

Out in the distance a tall tower can be seen on a small island. It's appearance was rather abstract as the shape of it was asymmetrical. Metal was twisted in every direction and looked liked it kept overlapping one over another. They saw the boat anchor ashore, and the four figures came out of it and soon went into the tower.

"The Tower of Heaven…" Erza frowned.

"Might as well blow it up from here."

"No! I still consider them my friends Yusuke...and I need to go face Jellal…" She exclaimed looked directly at him.

"...alright. I'll follow your lead from here then."

"Right. Let's go down."

Erza started to descend to the island, but Yusuke stayed in his spot for a moment, still observing the tower.

'There's a whole bunch of grunts within...the four that we encountered, three that are higher than the rest and...one signature above them all...but why the hell does this one feel familiar as well…?' Yusuke thought with narrowed eyes. He brushed it off and would come across that bridge when need be. He followed down to the island where Erza was nearing at and they both landed on the sands of it.

"Ladies first?" Yusuke said trying to lighten up the mood. It worked as Erza chuckled at his comment.

"...are you able to feel anything out of the ordinary?" Erza asked.

"I could sense one person that's basically stronger than everybody else in this tower, and it's coming from near the top."

"That must be Jellal then…" Erza said, and turned around to the sea rather reluctantly. "...and them?"

Yusuke knew she meant Lucy and the rest that were supposedly back at the casino. He sensed back where they came from, and felt the rest moving towards them.

"They're...coming here. It's not going to be for a while but...eventually." Yusuke answered.

"Then let's hurry...the sooner the better. It was obvious they might have followed in the first place, especially with Natsu's enhanced sense of smell." The redhead said turning around and walking towards the tower. The male followed after.


"...ninety-four…" Yusuke muttered under his breath as he kicked another soldier. Another one came up to the side of him with a axe propped up. The enemy swung down only to hit air and a moment later, collapsed to the ground with the wind knocked out of him. "...ninety-five…"

"Haaaaagh!" Erza roared out as she knocked out a group of incoming enemies with a swing of her sword.

Upon reaching inside the tower, they were immediately spotted by the forces of Zeref followers. Making some progress in advancing, both the knight and saiyan were forced to fight their way through. On the way however, the Saiyan felt four familiar energy signature arrive on the island some time ago.

'I mean...we could fly but...I did say I was following her for now. Guess she just opted to do this instead…and with the pace we're going we're bound to run into Natsu and the rest...' Yusuke thought as he backhanded another enemy to the ground.

"How much more are there?" Erza said keeping her eyes at the enemies in front of her.

"Well more than this at the moment. Funny, I was thinking we could just fly out of here y'know." Yusuke said.

"In this closed space?" She said with a bead of sweat running down her cheek.

"...so?"

"..."

"The rest already made it here by the way."

"W-What?!" Erza exclaimed glancing back at Yusuke while keeping her guard up.

"Hey, either blame these grunts and their numbers, or not going the easy way out."

Erza sighed and faced forward again. She focused her Ki and swung her sword in a sideways arc sending a shock wave at those in front of her, knocking them out. Yusuke watched on with his head glancing back.

"Hey not bad." He complimented.

"Are you finished?"

"...just about." Yusuke turned his body towards those in front of him now. He twisted his body to the side and kicked in sideways counter clockwise and with a powerful force, knocked his own opponents down. "C'mon, let's continue."

The knight nodded and sprinted out of the room with the Saiyan closely behind her.

"Just up ahead…" Yusuke said.

"What is?"

Before Yusuke could answer, they had already gone into the next room and there they saw a large group of enemies and just up ahead were Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Juvia.

"Haaah!" Erza ran forward with her sword ready, and knocked out over half of the group with a swing.

Yusuke phased in between his allies and opponents with an open palm aimed towards the rest of the enemies. With a grunt, he released invisible Ki and blew his opponents away from them, most crashing to the ground and walls.

"Yusuke! Erza!" Gray called out.

"What's the big deal leaving us behind?!" Lucy shouted.

"You guys...I was hoping to get this finished before you all arrived...but it's best if you all leave." Erza said.

"But…" Lucy started.

"We can't go! They got Happy here! I can smell him!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Happy?" Erza said surprisingly.

"Huh...now that you mention it I do sense him here…" Yusuke said.

"Where?!" Natsu demanded.

"I feel him above us."

"Then that's where I'm going!" The dragon slayer then sped off into the tower, determined to get his best friend back to him safely. "I'm coming Happy!"

"Natsu, wait! Damnit that airhead!" Gray said.

"We need to follow him!" Lucy suggested.

"No!" Erza shouted. Everybody save Yusuke looked back at her. "All of you need to go back...as of now including you Yusuke."

"Whoa there Erza." The Saiyan said.

"I'm sure Happy is fine if my assumption is correct, so I'll get those two and bring them back. In the meantime, again, all of you need to get away from here." She firmly stated.

"You know we can't do that!" Lucy exclaimed.

"But you have to!...This is my problem...and I'll be the one to solve it." Erza said walking past them, her back now facing them.

"No matter how you look at it we're already here and dealing with this. Especially with Natsu running off like that." Gray said.

"Erza please...just what is going on?" Lucy asked. The knight stayed silent, and her head lurched down a bit.

"Erza." Yusuke called out. She reacted and glanced over at him to his smile and nodded in reassurance. The redhead smiled back, and turned to face her friends again.

"Very well...I'll let you guys know, what this tower is..." Erza solemnly said.


Everybody but Yusuke was just staring at the redhead wide-eyed as Erza spoke of her past a second time. Her body shook, but she ignored it by inhaling and exhaling through her mouth.

"And I plan to end this by confronting Jellal…" Erza said.

"Hold up...when Zeref was mentioned…" Gray said.

"Yes. Black Wizard Zeref. The death magic user…" Erza answered. "I'm not exactly why they would go through all of this trouble to revive him…"

"Back at the casino one of them said that you betrayed them...but from your perspective it sounds like it was the other way around…" Lucy deduced.

"I...don't know what Jellal might have said to them ever since I've been gone...but in a way I did leave them for eight years...I guess you could count that as a betrayal." Erza said closing her eyes.

"That was only because you were threatened by that guy! There was nothing you could do!" Lucy exclaimed.

'Still...it doesn't explain what they would need her for...' Yusuke thought with his arms crossed. Just then they heard footsteps. The Saiyan's head went up slightly, and sensed that it was Shou coming out of a hallway. Everybody else turned to see him walk out of the darkness.

"Big Sis...Just...Just what are you saying…?" Shou shakily said. "I-It's a lie! Jellal was the one who told us you sunk the ships! And that you escaped by yourself! If Jellal wasn't the one who discovered all of this then we wouldn't even be here right now! And that those who can't handle all of that power have gone insane! You dropped everything and abandoned us!"

"...Jellal told you all of that?" Gray asked. Shou abruptly stopped in his tracks and widened his eyes.

"Do you really think someone like Erza would do that?" Lucy asked next. The blonde boy started to sweat.

"No! All of you don't understand anything! I was saved, thanks to Jellal! Because of that I devoted to building this tower for the last eight years!" He slowly walked forward, his whole body shaking from the confusion. He rested his hands on his knees for support, panting. "...has all of this...been a lie…?"

"That's right." They heard Simon say. Everybody saw him walk into the room and towards them. Gray stiffened up when he sighted him.

"This guy…!" Gray snarled.

"W-Wait Gray! This person isn't out to harm us!" Juvia exclaimed. "The ice clone you created back then, he knew it was that and still attacked it anyway. Someone like him would most definitely been able to notice."

"As expected from one of the Element Fours." Simon complimented. "I've never planned on harming you from the start. In order to convince the others...I was simply going to knock you guys out. But making that ice duplicate was the perfect chance."

"What are you saying Simon…?!" Shou said.

"You, Wally, and even Milliana have been fooled by Jellal...I was merely being patient and biding my time with following Jellal." Simon explained.

"Then…" Erza started.

"I've believed Erza from the start...all of these eight years…"

Erza smiled fondly and walked up to him. She wrapped her arms around Simon and hugged him, and he gladly returned it.

"It's been a long time Erza…" Simon said.

"Damnit...how could you just trust her like that…?!" Shou said, now with his knees on the ground. "Why...Why can't I trust Big Sis...just who do I trust?!"

"Shou…" Erza sympathized.

"Just...who am I supposed to believe?!" Shou cried out. Erza crouched down near him.

"I know everything is a lot to take in but…" Erza started to softly say. "I wanted to let you know that in these past eight I have never stopped thinking about all of you…"

Erza wrapped her arms around his head in a hug.

"I couldn't do anything to because I was too weak...and I'm sorry…" Erza said.

"But that's different now, right?" Simon said. Erza firmly turned his head towards him with a hardened look. "I've been waiting for this moment...where strong mages would appear here. We'll take down Jellal with all of us combined. However...we need to go find Salamander to prevent him from confronting Wally and Millianna…We need to hurry."

He started to walk away with the rest starting to follow, but one person had something else on his mind.

"Hold on a second there." Yusuke called out. Everybody stopped in their tracks and looked back at him.

"What is it?" Simon asked.

"Back at the resort one of your friends mentioned that you needed to take Erza back. I can't help but wonder what the reason is...do you happen to know why?" Yusuke asked. Simon stayed silent for a few seconds and finally looked directly at him.

"If we would have caught her...then Jellal was planning on using her as a sacrifice." Simon answered. Erza widened her eyes and the Saiyan snarled.

"...what?" Yusuke said through his teeth.

"This tower, Zeref, and Erza...she would be sacrificed so that Zeref would be revived...that is how he has it planned." Simon said.


"Master Towa." A small green skin figure said floating near the demoness.

"Ah, Shun Shun. What brings you here?" Towa asked sitting on her staff.

"It's rather boring over there at the moment...I've managed to ask that Saiyan to let myself over here. This planet seems very similar to that of Earth…" Shun Shun said.

High above in the night sky of the Tower of Heaven, Towa was lazily resting on her weapon. Following the future warrior for the past few days was rather droll, but was glad that the way things have developed so far. She could definitely use that to her advantage.

Shun Shun had apparently asked the Masked Saiyan to use his borrowed powers to where one of her leader was, in a rather deadly way it would seem by the looks of it.

"What of Mira?" Towa asked.

"I'm afraid Master Mira is still currently gathering what he needs."

"Hm. Very well then…"

"May I ask...what of the one you are watching?"

"Hasn't found me so far. I trust you are masking yourself as well?"

"Of course."

"Excellent. I would rather avoid having a confrontation before it was planned. But...it wouldn't hurt to tease him a bit."

"M'lady?"

"Would you like to do something? You did mention you were feeling dull?"

"It would enlighten me…"

"Have your fun then. But I don't expect you to do too much. So be wary."

"Yes, Master Towa."


"...I can't get ahold of either Millianna or Wally…" Simon said with a index and middle finger to his temple.

After hearing that Erza was suppose to be a sacrifice, everybody agreed that they needed to set that aside for now and focus on Jellal. With approval from everyone, they headed up towards the tower, and was currently running up the stairs.

"They're fine...at most Natsu just incapacitated your friends." Yusuke said.

"How can you tell?" Simon asked.

"Just call it a sixth sense." Yusuke said brushing it off. Eventually reaching deeper and deeper into a stone hallway, something finally happened.

"Welcome...everyone." Jellal announced. A hologram of a hooded figure's head overshadowing the eyes appeared on the walls of the tower.

"The hell is going on?" Gray said looking around.

"Jellal set all this up so he could be heard from everywhere in the tower…" Simon answered.

"I, Jellal, am the one controlling this tower. And now, with all the playing pieces together...I think it's about time we begin shall we?" Jellal said. "The Heavens Game…and the rules are simple. I'll use Erza as a sacrificial piece in order to revive Zeref. Of course, if that happens, then I obviously win."

"This guy…" Yusuke said frowning.

"Jellal…!" Shou gritted his teeth angrily.

"If you are all able to prevent this...then you all will be selected as winners. But to make things more interesting...I have three players by me." Jellal explained further.

"Three players…?" Simon said uneasily.

"In order for anyone to reach me, they'll just have to try and get past them first. This is an eight to three battle royale within the tower. Then finally...there is one more rule. A very special one at that. The Magic Council is aware of the Tower at the moment...and have planned on using Etherion."

"What?!" Gray exclaimed.

"E-Etherion…?!" Erza stuttered.

"It's unknown of how long it will be until they fire it...but if Etherion does happen to hit us...well, game over for us all. Enjoy~" Jellal finished.

"What the hell is Etherion?" Yusuke asked.

"It's a weapon that's used exclusively by the Council...but to have it actually fired here…" Erza answered.

"W-What is this guy thinking...his life will be at risk as well…" Lucy shakily said.

"Nng…!" Shou made a gesture, and in an instant Erza's form glowed and out popped a card from where she once stood.

"Erza!" Yusuke shouted.

"Shou what do you think you're doing?!" Simon shouted.

"...I won't let Jellal lay a hand on Big Sis...I'll handle him myself…!" Shou exclaimed and started to run away.

"Shou wait!"

"Hold it there, kid." Shou didn't make it past a few yards as he felt himself being pushed against a wall and pain shot up from his back. The Saiyan had him by his collar of his shirt with an arm forward and staring hard at him.

"L-Let me go!" Shou exclaimed.

"I will, after you let Erza out of there."

"N-No! It's...It's better for her this way!"

"Kid, you really think that you'd stand a chance to that bastard Jellal?"

"If I said I'll handle him, I'll do it!"

"You really think so? Kid, you don't even hold a candle to him. And judging from what I've seen so far, he'd either flat out stomp you or toy with you first."

"...what would you know?"

"Sixth sense of mine kid. I know. And I'll say it again more clearly. You're dead when you reach the same room that pricks in. Now, let Erza go."

Shou was shaking and sweating. He looked down so his eyes were shadowed. Biting his lip, he reached his conclusion.

"...fine."

The Saiyan let go of his collar so that the blonde boy stood up straight again. Still looking down, he gestured his hands and a moment later Erza appeared in a flash of light next to them.

"...I'm sorry." Shou said.

"Shou…" Erza said.

"Hey you okay?" Lucy asked running up with the rest.

"Yes. We should keep moving forward…" Erza said. Everybody nodded and was about to take a step, but echoes of footsteps were slowly heard.

*Tap...*

*Tap...*

*Tap...*

"Hmm...such a bore this place is...can't seem to find anything exciting…" A new feminine voice said ahead of them.

'...who the hell...I can't sense th-!' Yusuke thought, but wind brushed against everyone's body, and the Saiyan widened his eyes significantly. 'What the hell is up with this amount of power?!'

Out from the shadows a lone figure stopped as everyone now saw who she was.

"W-What the…?" Gray said.

"...A little girl?" Lucy asked.

"W-Why is she...green?" Juvia asked.

'No…' Yusuke thought with a bit of sweat forming.

Her whole gelatin-like body and hair with a long bang covering most of the right side of her face and obscuring her right eye was sea green in color. Her orange eyes held a playful wink. Her attire consisted of black arm gloves, White colored plate and gold tubed colored armor on her torso with the symbolic green Time Breaker insignia in the middle. She wore pink leggings, a frontal black skirt, and black boots. Finishing off her appearance, she had a gold accessory that was placed on her jelly substance, left side of her hair that resembled the Time Breaker symbol.

"Would any of you like to play…?" The little girl asked, tilting her head to the side and wrapping her arms around her back.

Everybody stayed silent, but Yusuke kept his guard up.

"M-Maybe...maybe she's lost…?" Lucy asked, finally speaking up.

"Another victim...perhaps?" Erza asked.

"I've...never seen her here before." Simon answered.

"Neither have I…" Shou said.

'Shit...what the hell do I do…?!' Yusuke gritted his teeth in anger and clenched his fists. The little girl then eyed at the Saiyan.

"Mister...would you like to play?" She asked once again, but at Yusuke. She brought her hands to the side, and a moment later her right arm was extended out in front of her, and stretched all the way towards Yusuke.

"...!" Yusuke brought up his arms in defense, but the little girl's hand anchored onto his left arm. She started to pull him away, and caught Yusuke a bit off guard as he stumbled a bit forward but regained his balance a second later.

"W-What the…?!" Gray exclaimed.

"H-H-Her arm!" Lucy said in fright.

"...is this one of those three players he mentioned…?" Simon deduced.

"Yusuke!" Erza shouted. The Saiyan gritted his teeth at the strength the child was using. Hooking back his right arm he charged his Ki.

"Hah!" Yusuke outstretched his arm towards the girl and shot an energy wave. It collided, and smoke was formed where she stood. The hand that was latched on to Yusuke's arm limply fell to the ground, and the body was seen collapsing on the floor, with her head and most of the upper torso gone.

'Definitely a Majin...she hardly got hurt…' Yusuke thought keeping his guard up.

"W-What have you done?!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Yusuke...is she…?" Erza started.

A moment later the stretched out arm was soon retreating back to the body. Everybody but Yusuke jumped at the sudden action, and they soon saw the body slowly lifting itself up with its arms, and soon back on its feet.

"What the hell is that thing?" Gray asked with slight fear.

The body of the little girl started to move, and more of its texture was seen being expanded. It reached to where parts of the body was missing, and a few seconds later it revealed the same little girl back to how she originally was when everyone first saw her. Most stiffened at her action and felt a bit sick to their stomachs at what they've just seen.

"D-Did she just…?" Shou said.

"That was not very nice Mister…" She said. Not a second later she phased out.

'Shi-!' Yusuke quickly brought up his right forearm to guard himself from a kick. She appeared in the middle of the air above him. He was still near the group, and the blow from it let out a force that staggered those behind them.

"All of you get the hell out of here, Now!" Yusuke shouted with his teeth still gritted together.

"But-!" Erza tried saying, but the Majin now retracted back her leg and swung her right fist, aiming at the Saiyan's face. He crossed his arms in front of his face to thoroughly block it, but not a moment later she went to knee him in the stomach, which he parried it with his own knee. They started skidding in the air with the Time Breaker forcing him back.

"HAAAAGH!" The Saiyan roared and flared his aura violently resulting in a barrage of winds that were felt by everyone. He uncrossed his arms surprising the Majin, and he punched her right in the stomach. She gasped as saliva were forced out of her mouth, and a second later Yusuke's hands were an inch away from her face. His palm glowed brightly and shot out a large Ki wave, sending the Time Breaker away from them. He glanced over his shoulder to look at everyone else. "I'm going ahead! All of you be careful and don't do anything reckless from now on!"

Not wanting to hear any objections, Yusuke phased out where he stood and immediately went after the Time Breaker.

"What...just happened?" Lucy asked.

"I'm sure he'll be fine. We still need to focus on Jellal." Erza stated. But something else lingered in her mind as she and everyone else finallly started to move. 'It was like back at the war with Phantom...she had that same mark like those robots…'


Yusuke arrived in a spacious empty room somewhere in the tower, and where he last felt the Time Breaker.

"Come on out Majin." Yusuke called out.

"Hehe, very well then, Saiyan." Shun Shun said back. She appeared a moment later in front of him, a distance away.

"Well, another one of Towa's lackeys coming to visit me. How quaint." Yusuke spat out.

"Don't get used to it. You'll be finished soon."

"Oh really? You underestimate me then."

"Honestly, I don't know why Master Towa has her eyes set on you."

"You want me to prove it to you? It'll result in you going to hell."

"Hmph, as if you can touch me."

"What? Back there didn't count?"

"I merely played around, and I can continue doing so now." She phased out and Yusuke did the same. They met in the middle with with their knees colliding one another. A shock wave was produced and shook the room and the tower. They leaped back facing opposite of each other a second time. "I am Shun Shun! One of the high-ranking commanders of the Time Breakers!"

"Yusuke Yasai...Saiyan...And your end!" He charged straight at her.

With an evil grin, Shun Shun did the same.


And done! People are getting more suspicious! I kinda left this on a cliff hanger, I know, but for good reasons!

Basically did the Loke arc, and now we're in the middle of the Tower of Heaven arc! Towa still playing and plotting. And more butterfly effects!

I will mention Dragon Ball Online. Considering it was only a Japan game (as far as I'm concerned) and then it got shut down (again, as far as I'm concerned lol), I have NO idea how actually strong the commanders of the Time Breakers are besides Mira and mostly Towa. Shun Shun and Haru Haru, they're Majins and according to the wiki, has a high-ranking position in the Makai Army. Now considering that they're Majins, I'm putting them at pretty powerful. Psidevilman, I already have it set at how strong he'll be as well. But for that RR Minotaur guy, not too sure yet, but weaker than the known commanders is what I'm coming up with. As well as they're personalities, I have No idea how they act. But similar to Kid Buu, this is what I kinda came up with Shun Shun's personality. She goes on the more offensive in fighting than her sister according to the wiki, so I figured this would be alright, kinda. Hope you guys like it.

If you guys happen to know how strong they could be or is, then you can go ahead and tell me but I already got it all planned out of how strong the commanders are, as well as most of the time breakers in their army.

I can't promise that I'll have the next chapter up in time by next week, or a little earlier. I might, who knows, but I got quite a bit going on at the moment. I still try to find the time to type this all out for you guys. But I WILL try and get it done by next Saturday at most.

i do urge those to leave a review on how I'm doing on my writing. It does help me and I take into consideration of what I read what you guys leave.

Lastly, a Big Thank You to those following, favorating (- Not a word according to FF but who cares lol), and liking my story thus far. You guys are awesome! :D

Until then.

Timestamp: October 31, 2015.