So...it's been a month...yeah...

Anyway

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Having a job kinda sucks, but at least I'm getting money. Aside from that, I've also had to rewrite several parts of this chapter until I was satisfied with how it all played out, and I like out it turned out. my only hope is that most of you are satisfied as well.

Onward!


"...Goodbye." Erza managed to say, still keeping her sad smile intact at the sight of Yusuke trying to break apart the solid matter. Erza's body continued to travel deeper into the lacrima. Her left eye welled up more tears as it fell and traveled down her cheek, and soon, white obscured her vision.

She winced for a second before opening her eyes, only to find herself floating. Looking around, she recognized the place being the graveyard in Magnolia and saw all, if not most, Fairy Tail members crowded up in front of a large statue of a woman with angelic wings riding a horse with a lance in her hand, and a large cross behind them. Rain poured from the gray skies over everyone, as all of their depressed looks kept staring ahead in respect.

Erza looked below to catch her sights on Yusuke, who was dressed in a black suit, looking down slightly with his eyes shadowed. She looked ahead slightly to see Fairy Tail's Master in front of everyone present, sniffling.

'I...I really am dead…' Erza sadly thought to herself.

"Erza Scarlet…" Makarov's gloomy voice echoed. "...was loved by God and she loved God...and she loved all of us, her dear friends...Her heart was bigger than the endless sky...and her sword shined brilliantly for the sake of those she loved. Her figure...a dancing, fluttering fairy. Her beauty rivaled nature itself. Love makes us stronger, and it is love that makes us weak as well… ...I...I loved her like my daughter...may she rest in peace…"

Erza's heart panged greatly at the sight of Makarov and the other Fairy Tail members. Lightning boomed above, and that was when she noticed people walking up towards them.

"...The Magic Council has voted unanimously to eternally grant one of the two open seats to the to this women...and to name Erza Scarlet as one of the Ten Wizard Saints." Org announced, and everyone save Yusuke looked back at the Magic Council members with disgusted looks.

"Like hell this is happening!" Natsu roared, appearing behind everyone else, catching most off guard. He stomped forward towards Erza's grave with a maddened look on him. "What the hell is everyone doing…?!"

"Natsu…" Erza muttered. When she saw him go up front to the statue, he kicked away the bundle of roses that laid there.

"Erza ain't dead! No way she could be! She's still alive!" Natsu shouted.

"Natsu...stop, please…" Lucy muttered, covering up her face with her hands, begging with her body trembling.

"Natsu, stop it this instant!" Makarov demanded.

"There's no way she could die!" Natsu shouted once more at the top of his lungs.

"Natsu...you…!" Gray snarled, about to step in before a rush of wind blew past him.

Erza gasped, the next thing she saw was Yusuke pinning Natsu down on the ground with his hand behind the dragonslayer's head. Even with his recent action, the redhead still wasn't able to see his shadowed eyes.

"Yusuke…! Let...go…!" Natsu yelled, struggling.

"...I'm sorry Natsu." Yusuke uttered, and slammed his head down on the ground once more, leaving Natsu unconscious. He stood up, still keeping his shadowed eyes down.

Without her knowing a few moments later, Erza covered her mouths to try and hold back her sobs, and she felt tears going down on the left side of her face once again.

'I did it for everyone's sake and future...so that they can all be happy…' Erza inwardly said, continuingly looking down as everyone had started crying. 'Please...everyone...please stop...I-I just wanted to make everyone smile...not like this…'

Erza blinked, seeing Yusuke turn around from Natsu as he began walking. He leaped, and flew away from everyone else, and from the graveyard. Curious, she followed after him, and soon found him near the base of mountains.

She heard him shouting, and if she didn't know any better, it was as if his voice was filled with agony. As his voice was let out, the ground shook and several whole mountains around him crumbled and broke apart, collapsing to the ground.

Erza looked on with shaking widened eyes, and gasped silently to herself as she saw Yusuke fall down on his hands and knees. She went over to him, and looked at him sadly, kneeling down next to him.

When Erza saw tears streaming down his face, her body shook, and her left eye watered up again. She wanted to touch him, hold him, comfort him that it would be alright in the end.

But she restrained herself.

"It's my fault...damn it…!" Yusuke snarled through his teeth, slamming a fist on the ground, making a small crater underneath. His body trembled as he breathed deeply, his eyes still shadowed by his wet bangs.

'No...no it's not! Yusuke...please, you can't blame yourself!' Erza shouted in her head, but could only stare at him sympathetically. She watched him stand up, breathing hard.

"When I find her…" Yusuke muttered with gritted teeth and shaking fists.

'Her…? D-Does he mean me…?' Erza thought disbelievingly.

"No...When I find them...I'll kill them if it's the last thing I do."

Lightning boomed across the rainy sky, making Erza flinch, now seeing Yusuke's eyes fully. His teal iris' flaring with anger as tears flowed down his face once last time before sparks appeared around him. She saw his hair sway upward, and then, bright light covered her vision.

She widened her eyes to see the white space around her once again, and looked up with a gasp to see golden light coming towards her.


*BEEPBEEPBEEP!*

Erza woke up with a startle and sat right up, a cold sweat on her forehead. Her breathing hitched slightly, and she looked to the side to see the three healing chambers' water receding from within.

'Why...why did I have that vision again…?' Erza thought as she placed a hand on her forehead, wiping the sweat. She looked to see Mirajane groggily waking up with a quiet moan, and she slowly sat up, sleepily rubbing her eyes.

Once all three pods were empty of the waters, they hissed, and slowly began opening up its doors that caught both of their attentions.

Yusuke was the first to slowly flutter his eyes open, and he groaned, catching his girlfriend's attention. Still sleepy, he kept his eyes half-lidded, and he slowly stood up. The male Saiyan went to take off his breathing mask, shook his hair and combed it back with a hand, slicking most of it back.

It had been awhile since Erza and Mirajane had seen Yusuke in that form of hairstyle.

Yusuke stepped out of the pod, and looked ahead to silently gasp, seeing both female S-class mages staring at him.

"You two stayed here?" Yusuke asked.

"Yes...we did. How are you feeling?" Erza asked, standing up from the chair.

"I feel great." Yusuke replied, stretching and cracking his neck. "Better than ever actually."

The male lowered his arms, and watched Mirajane walk up to him.

"You really are back to normal…" The barmaid said, observing him up close.

"It takes time, but it's better than nothing when you don't have a senzu handy." Marissa spoke, catching the other three's attention as they looked back to see her walk out of the healing pod. She wrapped her left arm over her right arm that stretched across her body, and leaned back, cracking her spine. "Oh that feels good…"

"Yusuke...could, we talk?" Erza silently requested, walking up to him.

"Uhm...yeah. We can…" Yusuke complied, and he followed her and Mirajane as they started heading out of the room.

Marissa looked on with her head tilted slightly in confusion as the trio walked out of the infirmary.

"You want to tell me what the deal is with Tarok and those two women are?" Ann said, speaking up for the first time. The Earthling saw the female Saiyan leaning against the side of the pod with her arms crossed, and was looking straight at the entrance.

"Well...the one with the red hair is named Erza, and the one with white hair is named Mirajane...putting it simply, Bro is in a relationship with those two." Marissa answered.

"With...two women?" Ann carefully asked with her eyebrows raised.

"Yeah, that's...what it is. He's been training those two, and I guess that's how they ended up together."

"I see...I suppose that's why they knew how to use Ki…" Ann muttered, and she looked to the side. She narrowed her eyes at the thought of the three, but casted it away a moment later. Ann went to grab her boots and torn Gi to put them on. "...I should scout out any new clothing and armors here."

"That's a good idea...I could use some new gloves." Marissa said as she put on her white sneakers. She went to grab her backpack with the Dragonballs that was next to the pod she rested in, and joined Ann in search of new attire.


Yusuke, Erza and Mirajane arrived just outside in front of the ship that faced the backside of the guildhall. The sun was still rising, and the sky had a orange hue to it that would soon change to blue later in the day, indicating it was dawn.

The Saiyan's heart was pounding...it was getting to him as to what both women had wanted to talk to him about.

"Back...in the Tower of Heaven, Yusuke...tell me." Erza started to say, turning around to face him. "Was Jellal also part of it?"

"...he was." Yusuke confirmed with a nod, and the redhead tensed up. "Just as he was about to throw his attack at you, Natsu and your friend Simon was when he gained the power up…that was when I stepped in front of you all...and it was mostly the reason why I took over to fight him. If any one of you continued, then you would have died most likely."

"And you fought him...despite your condition…" Erza muttered, loud enough for him to hear.

"...I did. I couldn't let anyone do it at all because...the power Towa gives them, it's just too much for normal people to handle…" He answered, and he looked straight at her. "...and I definitely didn't want anyone to die on my watch."

Yusuke saw the slightest smile on the redheads features.

"What made you not tell anyone at all until now…?" Mirajane spoke up, and the Saiyan looked over at her.

"I…" Yusuke started, but was silent for a long moment. He slowly looked down on the sandy ground, restarting his sentence. "What...what do you two think of me now...after all of this?"

Both women looked at him unexpectedly. They've never heard his voice as...as insecure as it sounded out. They were so used to the liveliness within him, his adventurous part, the quips that he says left and right.

At this moment however, it was rather...fragile, timid, and even almost...afraid.

Erza and Mirajane thought back to the small conversation they had last night, and the latter balled her hands into fists, slightly shaking them.

"Does anything we say matter to you?" Mirajane asked, giving Yusuke a hard stare.

The Saiyan looked up at her with widened and surprised looked eyes.

"You're different Yusuke…" The white-haired women said, walking up to him. "But I was too when I first joined Fairy Tail. I thought for so long that I could never be treated normally. But that all changed when both Lisanna and Elfman convinced me otherwise. It's no good thinking down on yourself…"

"Before Mirajane and her little sister and brother joined the guild, I first arrived after I escaped from the tower." Erza began saying, and she placed a hand over her right eye. "I heard so much about the guild from Grandpa Rob...and I just had to go there to see for myself. Master accepted me, and I was glad about that. However...I didn't interact much with the other members, and kept to myself. It...wasn't until I grew used to them before I began being happier there."

Yusuke simple stared at them with understanding. He had heard about their pasts, however for him it was different entirely. Not only him, but the other two Time Patrollers as well that were now present on Earthland. All three of them weren't from here at all, and it was all due to the demoness Time Breakers. He wasn't human, while looked liked one, Saiyan's can't be compared to them.

"...when I was young, all the way back before I joined the Time Patrol, I was all alone." Yusuke began explaining, and looked back down on the ground with thought. "I was sent to a planet when I was small, with almost nothing on me…"


A cry was heard within the tree's of the humid forest as the sun shined through the thicket of leaves.

It was empty at the moment with no animals lingering about. Apart from the childish cries, only the running waters of a river could be heard, as well as leaves from trees being rustled from the mild winds.

However, sounds of footsteps started to linger about towards the cries of a small child.

A creature…

It made its way past the bushes until a cluster of trees that left an opening small enough for it to go through. Looking around up at the trees, some were broken, torn in half that fell on the ground. Placing its line of sight below, a sphere shaped ship was inside a crater in the middle of the area. Smoke rose from where it landed, its door sealed tight.

The cry must have been very loud if the entire pod was sealed shut.

On its four paws, the creature howled, and made its way down the crater, wanting to investigate. When it arrived, it sniffed closely.

There was bright light being emitted from the crack between the door and the body of the ship itself, and it exploded the moment another very loud cry was heard from the outside world.

The spacepod shattered and parts of it flew in random directions. Some parts penetrating the trunks of trees, piercing the dirt ground...and evidently going through the large predator that had its curiosity going too far for its own good, colliding on the ground with its blood pooling under it.

Smoke that had appeared were soon gone, and the crying that was within the pod sounded more clearer than ever within the humid forest.

A male child...looking at least no younger than four years of age, wore nothing but a rough blanket wrapped around him with a long brown tail peeking out underneath. He kept weeping with his head up, and after a minute or so it died down to sniveling whimpers. The child looked ahead with watery eyed at the dead body of the animal.

All of a sudden his vision became clear. He kept staring blankly at the dead animal...and slowly, he crawled his way towards it. Almost possessively, he extended an arm towards it, and grabbed its skin. With a pull, the child tore apart the piece of flesh he held.

The smell infiltrated his nostrils. It was almost...enticing. With a watery mouth he instinctively placed the meat in his mouth, and tore a piece of it away and chewed into it. The blood from the beast overflowed and dripped down the child's mouth.

It was addicting.

He swallowed, and bit into another chunk.

He kept going, biting, savoring, biting, savoring, gulping. Over and over again until there was little to none left of the dead predator's now bloodied and skeletal body.

Something awoke within the child as he looked around furiously. Wobbly, he stood up, and began searching for his next victim.


Yusuke winced visibly recalling the memory. It wasn't something he was proud of, but more importantly it was something he didn't directly remember by himself, which he was glad of.

"I didn't know what came over to be like that when I was so young...and honestly, I can't believe it's something I would actually do." Yusuke said looking up a bit at both Erza and Mirajane to see them with a slight squeamish look, but he continued. "From then on...I kept being like that. I just kept fighting and surviving on my own."

"It...doesn't sound like that makes sense. You described yourself as almost...primal, living in the wild like that. But, with what you told us in the guild and looking at you now at this moment, it doesn't seem believable." Erza deduced.

"You're right, it doesn't look liked it worked out that way. But, being on that planet I didn't know anything about, just about anything could happen...and something did happen. Not once, but more than a few times…"


A young boy landed on a branch of a tree, scouting the forest ground below him with keen eyes. The humid winds passed by, swaying the clothes he wore that covered him mostly. The village that was nearby had been rather...resourceful to his needs. His physique had changed considerably in the seven years he has been apart of the forest. Ever since arriving, his bloodlust grew with each victim he had fed on to survive. He fought the beasts that resided in his tree filled home, and the wild knew of him.

They knew of him, and they were afraid.

The boy kept quiet, continuing to look down, looking for any signs of something he would have during the afternoon.

His ears twitched.

The boy swiftly moved his eyes to his left, seeing the leaves of a bush move the slightest, and something moved away from it.

He leaped, and dived down on the ground, quickly catching the poor animal that had tried to escape. The boy bent down to pick it up by its large ears. It squirmed, wanting to be let free, but to no avail. Soon, he twisted the neck, hearing a satisfied crunch. He brought it up to his mouth, however he stopped when it was close. He brought it away, looking at the now dead food with a scrunched up face, and threw it away.

Lately, he had been growing tired of the easy prey that fell to his hands. He wanted something more, bigger. He held a bloodthirsty grin, knowing perfectly well where to look. The child leaped onto a tree and climbed to the very top, taking in the sight and breath of air high up. Out in the distance, a more open field of safari caught his attention. With anticipation lingering in his eyes, he began to travel towards it, leaving his forest home for now.


Cautious eyes looked around from within the tall clumps of grass as the child surveyed the surrounding area. Creatures, larger than those in the forest roamed around freely. He licked his lips, his eyes landing on the sight of a horned animal that had purple colored hide, a short neck, and had eight stubby legs stomping on the ground. The boy made its way through the grass towards the lone animal in hunger.

He kept quiet, now just to the side of the beast with it knowing. The boy looked around him once more to see others away from them. Having that in mind, he leaped atop of the animal. The moment he touched it, the beast flailed, astonished at the sudden added weight on top of it. It kicked and moved violently, trying to get rid of the child on its back.

This wasn't good. The more it moved, the more its blood ran through its body. It wasn't good for the meat. Grunting, the boy begrudgingly kicked himself away, and back into the tall grass. He looked back to see the animal trudging away, as fast as its small legs allowed it too. The child sneered. He should've thought of another approach.

His ears twitched, and he directed his sights forward. Another animal, with tusks out of its mouth, and had a skinny tail swishing around behind him.

A boar...they were a delicacy.

A grin came back to invade the boy's features. Not wanting to miss his chance, his slowly and quietly treaded his way over to the large beast.

The child arrived near the edge of the grassy area, and he poked his head out to see the boar lapping up water from the large lake. The boy crouched, ready to leap. The boar stopped drinking and turned its head towards the opposite direction where the young child was at.

The moment the boar looked away, the boy jumped, and caught the boar within his arms. They rolled along the shores of the lake with the animal on the bottom, flailing its hind legs to escape. It was only for a short moment it tried to move before the boy, who already had his hands on the top and bottom of the boar's mouth, forcefully pulled it apart, effectively resulting in killing the boar. The animal went limp, and the child landed on the ground, causing the boar to roll to its side. The child wiped away any drool from his mouth as he eyed the beast, and just when he was about to pierce into the flesh, his instincts flared in his mind, and he jumped away from the dead animal considerably.

With his feet landing on the grassy dirt, he snarled when the boy looked up to see a black, large behemoth of two curved horns on its head, spikes protruding on its large muscular arms and legs and its tail violently swishing around behind it. It roared, showing all of its sharp teeth, saliva stretching away from them. It placed its large paw atop of the boar, and growled at the boy, clearly claiming the dead animal.

The boy growled back audibly, and leaped to take back what's his. The behemoth lowered its head to retaliate, and the boy shoulder bashed into the large creatures head, and they both skidded away from the dead boar. The behemoth stopped themselves, and reeled its head back to send the boy away from it. The child clawed on the ground to slow himself, and jumped forward again to attack with rage in his eyes.

This wasn't the first time they had first encountered. Even in the past few years the boy and this behemoth had faced off multiple times. Each time, the child left hungry with the large beast filling its hunger.

This time however, it was sure to be different in the boy's mind.

When the child closed in, he tackled the creature, barely budging it, but was forced back a bit. It grunted, and used one of its large arms to swipe the boy away. The creature's hit connected, sending him rolling on the ground. The boy winced, holding his shoulder, now bleeding. He widened his eyes to see the beast charging in horn first, and rolled out of the way to escape the attack. The child stood his ground firmly, and growled, feeling more anger well up within him. He charged again at the beast, and was able to stagger it back with his shoulder. He went to tackle it, bringing them down on the ground with the young child on top. Straddling on the beast's neck, he started to violently punch the behemoth all over and under its head.

It felt good to finally be able to have the upper hand, for once. It roared loudly, making the child wince, and in that moment of weakness the behemoth rolled over, sending the boy into the lake. He came out with a loud gasp, needing air in his lungs. He widened his eyes however when the large beast jumped into the lake after him, clawing his foot into his chest, and forcing him back into the water. The child felt his lungs burn, all the while the behemoth gleefully growled.

The child's vision started to darkened from the lack of air and accidentally breathing in water from the need of breath in him. He felt the beast push him further down, and bubbles of air was forced out of his mouth. His consciousness continued to fade away. However, just the thought of losing once more to it just boiled in him more than the feeling of the burning sensation from the lack of air. He snapped his eyes wide open.

The body of water in the lake exploded outward where the behemoth had its foot underwater. The sudden action startled the beast, and stepped back, seeing the boy with a feral glare aimed towards it. With an audible growl, the boy leaped once more at the creature. Only difference was, it was caught off guard by the sudden speed and outburst the boy brought out, and they both crashed back towards the grassy land. They rolled again, however the behemoth ended atop during this exchange, and proceeded to lift up its right arm and swipe. The young boy positioned both of his arms at that direction to block, only to struggle against its strength. It retracted its arms and swiftly went to claw on his abdomen. The boy saw it coming, and kicked at its arms to avoid any direct damage. Unfortunately, he was only able to lift its arms up slightly, and the creature grazed five lines on his stomach, and blood started to come out.

The child winced with an eye closed and gritted his teeth. He caught its claws with both of his hands, and placed a hand on its arm. With a large grunt, he was able to lift the behemoth of its feet and threw it to the side. However, as he did so, the boy was also thrown to the side even further as he was still grabbing the creature's claws. He rolled all the way across the grass field. And unknown to him, near a cliff.

He shook his head of any fatigue, and snapped his head up, widening his eyes as he saw the behemoth charging at him head first, and crossed his arms.

The moment they both collided, the boy felt his bones shift on his shoulder and stomach. He vomited blood, and with the air knocked out of him, he was sent flying over the high cliff. His vision blurred, and the last thing he saw was the black behemoth looking down at him, and the last thing he felt was a sharp pain on his head before he blacked out.


Yusuke winced again as he rubbed the back of his head. He didn't feel a bump, but the memory of watching himself inflict damage to himself was there.

"I...would never have thought of that." Erza said.

"Yeah, me neither. I'm lucky I even came out alive out of that…" Yusuke muttered.

"It must've hurt…" Mirajane commented.

"I don't even remember. Though the panging headache was there…" Yusuke said.

"What happened afterwards?"

"After...I guess that was a turning point for me. When I woke up, I was pretty confused, and couldn't remember anything. In short, I had amnesia. But all of my instincts were kind of there...I had to adjust myself in order to get used to it. For three years, I basically wandered and kept surviving. I would go into villages but...every time I would step foot in one, I always get shunned at." Yusuke chuckled lightly. "I guess you can have my tail to blame for that, and how there was so much blood on my body all the time."

"So, you continued living how you were before?" Erza asked.

"I...tried the first time. When I first saw myself how I was before I hit my head, it looked liked I really enjoyed the hunting...but after my brawl with that animal...my instincts just wanted me to get raw food since I've been doing it for so long. I acted out of my will doing it, but when I had the first taste of the raw blood I remember, it was just so disgusting…"

"You said you saw yourself doing what you did before the accident...how exactly?" Mirajane spoke up.

"...Apparently there were scrolls in the Time Nest about me. After the five years being stuck with Chronoa, I happened to find it by chance when I was studying in there alone...just seeing myself like that was weird enough, almost kind of frightening to be honest…" Yusuke said with a tone of realization, and stared out blankly.

"...Yusuke?" Erza called.

"Uh, y-yeah...anyway, the rest of the time I spent on that planet, I just kept going from village to village...just stealing. I hated eating all of the raw meat and the fruits that I didn't want to risk having an unhealthy stomach over...it was the only thing I could rely on at that time. So I stayed neared the villages, and whenever I needed something, I would sneak during the night and see what I can find." Yusuke continued.

"And then you were transported to aid the Time Patrol to fight against the Time Breakers." Ann's voice interrupted, and all three that were first out of the ship looked to see her and Marissa walking down the ramp that entered the spaceship. Yusuke blinked when he saw Ann in a blue spandex suit with white chest armor and yellow belt straps. Additionally, she wore white gloves and boots, her tail wrapped around her, and had her hair tied up again with her signature bang that covered her left eye.

The male Saiyan looked over at Marissa who got back in her regular clothes that was bought for her the first time she came to Earthland, along with white gloves and boots that adorned on her.

"You found armor." Yusuke commented towards Ann, her appearance resembling their Saiyan prince.

"Surprised they had this type. I suggest you get one for yourself. I didn't mean to interrupt...however Tarok, I believe you and I need to train immediately." Ann said, tightening her left glove.

Yusuke narrowed his eyes disbelievingly at Ann, looked back at both Erza and Mirajane, and then back at Ann.

"Now? Are you serious?" Yusuke asked incredulously.

Ann placed her hands on her hips. "With Towa up and running rampant again, we can't waste anymore time than we already have."

Yusuke couldn't argue about that. Now that Ann arrived on Earthland, he could safely say that he has a viable training partner now without holding back too much on his power. It would be good for them. At this moment however? What would be more important?

"Yusuke...I think you should go for now." Erza said, speaking up, and the male Saiyan looked back at her surprisingly.

"A-Are you…" He trailed off seeing nods from both women. He caught them moving hesitantly before turning and walking away from the Time Patrollers.

"Here." Ann called out and she threw clothes and armor at Yusuke, which he promptly caught.

"...I'll go change." Yusuke quietly said after a moment.


"Got any ideas?" Yusuke asked, adjusting his chest armor.

"Just one in this case." Ann said, crossing her arms. "It took us awhile but not too long to get used to our first forms...and since we're used to them, I suggest we try the same thing in the ascended form."

"You sure? If we keep it up the whole day we'll just collapse here in the forest."

"It's what we want...we just need to get used to it."

"I guess...it's a start. You think it'll work?"

"Won't know until we try...now." Ann spread apart her legs, immediately going into her first form, and then her second form not a moment later.

Yusuke narrowed his eyes and clenched his hands, his black hair turning golden yellow, and not a second later it became more rigid as lightning surrounded him.

Ann couldn't help but smirk, feeling the anticipation well up within her. She made a stance, placing her hands on the side of her wrists, crouching forward.

Yusuke kept his stare at her. He put out a foot forward. His right fist at waist level while his left hand was chest level, out in front of him.

Static coursed around them and their auras a few thousand times a second before they roared at each other, and charged at one another in a blinding flash.


Marissa closed and locked the doors to Yusuke's apartment after feeling refreshed after a hot shower and changed to a set of new clothes. She glanced in a direction, feeling both Saiyans fighting one another at a high level. She unconsciously shuddered at the thought of them going all out. Luckily they were far away enough from the city.

'I should go to the guild, maybe talk to them…' Marissa thought as she remembered how Erza and Mirajane looked when she came out of the spaceship. Placing two fingers on her forehead, she instantly transported herself inside the guild hall after feeling Erza's energy.

The Earthling looked around to see several surprised looks directed at her. She chuckled and waved nervously before turning around and sitting at a stool bar next to Erza. She noted that the hole in the walls and the bar had been fixed.

"Hey." Marissa greeted, making Erza jump and out of her deep thoughts.

"M-Marissa...hello." Erza eyed her briefly before looking back at the counter again.

"Geez, what's wrong?"

"It's…" Erza trailed off. She took a deep breath before speaking again. "It's still so much to take in…"

"Erza, I was pulled into a situation abruptly as well in helping the timeline in my universe, fought a lot of battles, and then ended up here like Yusuke. How do you think I feel?" Marissa said with a small, but sheepish grin.

"It seems as if you are taking it well."

"Not really...it's only my third day in this world and I already had the pleasure of trying to survive another battle. Yeah, it's not easy but...you get used to it. Almost scary really if you do…" Marissa said, quietly muttering the last part.

"Only a few...spontaneous events has ever happened in my life...but yesterday definitely tops all of them."

"Well I can kind of relate…" Marissa stared blankly for a few moments before side glancing at the redhead. "Did he tell you and Mirajane about himself?"

"Yes...before you and Ann came out." Erza said with a nod.

"...what do you think?"

"... ...It's interesting. I never would have imagined his background to be rather, different."

"Yeah, going straight from the wildlife into a city life can be pretty drastic."

"May I ask you the same question?"

"Hmm." Marissa hummed in thought, rubbing her index and thumb together randomly. "Dunno. I'd say it's pretty interesting as well. Saiyan's can adapt to new things when given the opportunity. Though...for Bro, I'd say he learns pretty quickly. When he first arrived and then left with the Supreme Kai of Time for a week, he came out so differently. After, he just began starting his new life."

"Has he ever talked about how much of a rush it is?"

"Not really, now that I think about it...maybe not out loud from all the times we've hung out." Just then, Mirajane came walking out of the kitchen behind the bar, and her eyes widened a bit by the sight of the Earthling next to Erza.

"Hi Marissa!" Mirajane greeted.

"Hey Mirajane." Marissa greeted back with a wave of her hand.

"Can I get you anything to eat or drink? It'll be on Yusuke." Mirajane said with a wink.

"Hehe, I'll have hot chocolate, thanks."

"Mira, a slice of cake please." Erza asked.

"Coming right up!" The barmaid said and went inside into the kitchen.

"She seems to be taking it well." Marissa idly commented.

"It does seem that way..." Erza said.

"But…?"

"I...suppose the both of us are still feeling the effects of the battle, but trying to act normally again." Erza looked back at her guildmates, who were all sitting around, but talked quietly amongst one another. "So is everybody else. I'm glad no one else got hurt, really, but everything was just so sudden."

"Now that, I can relate…"

"Being thrown into somewhere new entirely can take a toll I can assume." Erza said with a slight smile. She saw Mirajane come back out of the corner of her eye with a tray in hand. The barmaid walked towards the counter and placed a hot cup in front of Marissa and a plate in front of Erza.

"Thanks!"

"Thank you Mira."

"My pleasure." Mirajane said with a smile.

"So, Mirajane, how are you feeling?" Marissa asked, looking at the white haired women.

"I feel fine." Mirajane answered.

"Really?"

"I mean, I am still tense about this whole situation but...we can move on." The barmaid answered.

"I'm surprised you're taking this whole thing well…"

"Don't think I can say the same thing about Erza there…are you going to eat that cake or not?" Mirajane called out.

"I…" Erza stuttered, and she set the silverware down. "I don't have the appetite for it at this moment…"

"Erza, I know he's different, but so are we in some way." Mirajane said.

"I'm aware Mira...but, it's not exactly that I'm stressed about…" Erza said. Her scarlet hair shadowed her eyes for a moment before she stood up from her seat and walked over to the mission board.

"E-Erza?"

"I'll be going on a mission alone...I'll be back by nightfall." Erza promptly showed Mirajane the paper before she walked out of the guild, and flew away from Magnolia after gaining some distance from the guild.

"She's going to be alright...right?" Marissa awkwardly asked.

"I...I hope so." Mirajane muttered, downcasted.

Marissa sighed and leaned in on the bar counter. She looked intently at the half empty cup of hot chocolate in her hand before closing her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose to reduce the incoming headache.

'I guess it's finally settling in…' The Earthling thought with a groan.

"Starting to feel it I'm assuming?" Mirajane asked.

"Yeah...I guess so…" Marissa grumbled, rubbing her eyes. "Do you really think the same about Bro?"

"Of course...like I said, we're all different in some way. But overall, we're a family here, and we care for each other. I don't care if he isn't human, if he's from a different world...he's still Yusuke isn't he? That's enough for me to still care for him." Mirajane said with her eyes closed, a fond smile on her face.

"Bro's lucky to have you then." Marissa said with a small smile.

"Ufufu, I think I'm lucky to have him." The barmaid said with a giggle. "He's helped me in ways more than one...I'm really grateful."

The Earthling stared at the white-haired women for a brief second before her smile widened a bit. She watched her turn around and started to clean glass cups and mugs, and Marissa eyeballed to the side.

'They're really going at it...hope they don't get too reckless.' Marissa thought as she sensed the other two Time Patrollers fighting.

She took one final drink from her hot chocolate before sighing once more, blinking a few times before a grin came on her face.

"Hey Mirajane...what's it take to get in this guild?"


Sounds of punching and kicking boomed throughout the sky. In a flash, the two Saiyan's clashed their legs together before retreating themselves back and exchanged blows against one another.

Ann shouted and elbowed Yusuke across the face, sending him crashing down on the ground. She narrowed her eyes, phasing out and appearing just in front of the dust and rubble where the male laid.

"You're not focused." Ann stated, crossing her arms.

"Is it that easy to see?" Yusuke spoke up, brushing the rocks off of him. He stood up with a grunt and evaded Ann's eyes.

*BOOM!*

In an instant, Ann punched Yusuke straight in his cheeks, sending him through multiple trees behind him. She sighed heavily and made her way towards him. When the female Saiyan reached near him, she saw him looking up at the sky with his hardened look.

"What the hell is bothering you?" Ann asked with a raised eyebrow.

Yusuke sighed and closed his eyes, lifting his upper body up, sitting upright. "I can't train at the moment…"

"You've been doing fine for the past few hours." Ann retorted.

"Only shows how sharp I am." Yusuke replied as he got up, dusting himself off again, and turned around. "I'm heading back to the guild."

"And do what?"

"Ann, it's the afternoon, we trained for a few hours, and I'm starving. I haven't eaten anything in almost twenty-four hours since Frieza, Towa, and Mira came invading this planet." Yusuke stated and he began to fly away. Ann followed after him with a hum.

"And see your girlfriends?"

"Partly. But mostly food."

"How long have you been in this world?" Ann asked, glancing at him from the side.

"Four months if I remember correctly...I heard from Marissa you haven't been training much ever since I disappeared."

"That's...tch, why did she even say that…?"

"Well?" Yusuke asked again, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah! Okay? I haven't been training after you died. What the hell was the point? At most I only took out my frustrations elsewhere most of the time!" Ann screamed.

"Geez, you don't have to snap at me like you did yesterday."

Ann winced for a moment but her look became stern again, and she looked back at him.

"Maybe because I'm frustrated Tarok! Maybe because I regret not continuing my training so I actually stood a chance at that bastard!" Ann yelled, screeching to a halt in the air as both of them were now above Magnolia. The moment Ann stopped her movements, Yusuke did so immediately after her and looked at her surprisingly. "When they came to Earth, and when I fought Mira, I hardly did anything to him, and that monster just stood there! Do you know how humiliating that is?! Then the fact that you actually made a scratch against him is infuriating!"

"Because I knew I had to keep training, Satsumi! I end up somewhere new entirely and I had to prepare myself." Yusuke said and he began to descend down towards the entrance of the Fairy Tail guild with Ann following him. "Is it so wrong for you to feel that you've gotten weak? Use that to train even harder then!"

Yusuke's words hit Ann like a brick and she stopped abruptly in the air to incredulously look at him descend down. It was rare that he would actually say her saiyan name, and the only times he would use it was to get a point across. She bit her lip stressfully that she could taste just a bit of copper that leaked in her mouth. Slowly closing her eyes, she continued to follow him down; Albeit, at a much slower speed.

When both Saiyan's stepped in front of the Fairy Tail entrance hall, they both walked in to see people lounging around. Yusuke however, caught that it was noticeably quieter than their usual loud banter. He saw several, if not most, members look at him, but he averted his own eyes away. Shrugging it off with a quiet sigh, he made his way towards the bar and saw that Marissa was there chatting with Mirajane, Cana and Lucy.

"Hey guys." Yusuke greeted, and Ann stopped just behind him. She crossed her arms and looked away.

"Hey Bro." Marissa greeted, and Mirajane greeted with a noticeable wave of her hand and bright smile.

"...why are you dressed like that? The both of you." Lucy asked with a slight sweatdrop. Yusuke looked down at himself on the wear and tear of the armor he wore not even for a full day. There were multiple holes and burn marks all over him.

"It's just a training suit. Not bad to be honest." Yusuke answered.

"Armor." Ann corrected with a grumble, and the male Saiyan waved her off.

"Hey Mira, could I get something to eat?"

"Sure!" Mirajane chirped, surprising Yusuke a little. "What would you like?"

"...think you can make, like, a lot of food? And...I mean a lot. I don't mind what kind."

"Oh, of course!"

"Lemme help." Marissa said as she turned around in her stool, getting off of it and followed the barmaid into the kitchen.

"So why are you two being Lucy's brother and sister right now?" Cana said in a teasing voice with a grin, leaning against the bar counter with her hand on her cheek.

"It was kind of funny the first time Cana...now it's just getting stale." Lucy exasperatedly said. She looked over at the two Saiyan's, her curiosity the same as the brunette's. "Why are you two like that?"

"Like what?" Yusuke asked.

"She means why we're still in our transformed states…" Ann said with a sigh.

"Oh…" Yusuke raked his hair with a hand. "We were just training like this. I guess I forgot I was like this before coming here…" He turned around to look at Ann. "That's a good sign right?"

"Yeah...whatever…" Ann muttered walking past him abruptly, making him step to the side just in time and see her with her eyes closed in irritation. He raised an eyebrow and watched her sit down on a stool, a little bit away from the three currently at the bar.

"What's wrong with her…?" Lucy quietly asked.

"Don't worry about it…" Yusuke answered in a quiet sigh. He went to go sit where Marissa sat, next to Cana and leaned in towards the counter.

"You ain't changing back?" Cana asked.

"Not right now...I'm trying to keep this up the whole day until I'm drained."

"What's the purpose of that?"

"It's so I can get used to the form. I already did so in my first transformation, now I'm trying to do the same in my second one."

"What do you get out of that?"

"Using less energy and stamina. The second one takes up a lot more, and it still is right now. If I can brush that off, then it'll help me fight longer."

"Hm. Neat."

"Neat? That's all you gotta say?"

"Well, yeah. I mean, I'm not like you. So…" Cana sheepish said as she trailed off.

"Now you're just sounding racist."

"I am not! Whatever, it's cool either way, don't get me wrong. So I wish you the best of luck."

"Well thanks, I appreciate that…" Yusuke stared at the counter blankly for a few seconds before glancing upstairs at the second floor. "...I'll be right back."

The male Saiyan stood up and headed towards the stairs of the guild. He found the office of Makarov, and sensed that he was inside. Yusuke knocked the door, and waited for a response.

"Come in." Yusuke heard Makarov's voice, and for a long second, the Saiyan gripped the doorknob. Letting out a deep breath, he opened the door and walked in.

"Hey Old Man." Yusuke greeted, and closed the door behind him. The elderly man blinked, almost not recognizing him for a second.

"Ah, Yusuke. What can I do for you?"

"You got a lot of papers here…" The teen said looking at the huge stacks of paper littered atop of Makarov's desk.

"Well, this guild does a lot, and I gotta do a lot to appease the situations. I'm used to it by now, sadly…" Makarov said with a sigh.

"I...I wanted to say that I'm sorry." Yusuke started.

"Mm...all is forgiven." Yusuke looked at him wide-eyed.

"What…? What do you mean?"

"It's as I say it is. You're forgiven." Makarov repeated, his eyes still on the paper in his hand.

"But...why? You should be scolding me!" Yusuke yelled, and pointed towards the door. "Because of me, I put everyone's lives in danger! All because I thought that keeping secrets to myself was the best way to go! And look where we all ended up!"

"We all ended up safe, aren't we?" The Master said, looking up at the teen.

"For now Old Man…" Yusuke looked to the side, narrowing his eyes a bit. "...I even thought about leaving."

"Hm, do you really believe that to be the best choice?"

"No...I don't...Towa's smart...and she wouldn't hesitate to use you guys as leverage…" Yusuke answered, and glanced up. "Why are you so relaxed?"

"And what would those two think?" Makarov asked, ignoring his question.

"Those two?"

"Erza and Mira of course…"

Silence overtook the room as Yusuke looked down in thought.

"That's the thing...it'd be complicated...either way, all of you are practically involved with us now."

Makarov sighed, and set his paper down. "What you see is the best course of action can be up to your judgement. If you leave, yes, this Towa may come up with something in order to have you get involved again, even if it means us. Unfortunately, if you stay then it'll likely be the same, yes?"

"Yeah...I-I guess it was dumb of me to think like that...but, how can you be like this?"

"Like what?"

"You just accepted my apology so easily...I don't understand…" Yusuke asked, trying again.

"You must have had your reasons keeping all of this to yourself, and I see why."

"...a while back, when you said that if I ever needed help...you and the guild would be there."

"Of course, after Phantom." Makarov replied after a moment.

"You're right that I needed help...ever since I arrived here. But...let's be honest, if all I said yesterday, I would say in the before, would you have believed me?"

"I'll admit, it would be very hard to believe given your circumstance. However, I would not have been optimistic about it, but at the same time, I would have tried."

"...I would have told you guys sooner or later…"

"Would you?" Makarov asked, looking him in the eyes observingly.

"Probably not to be honest...what good would it do?" Yusuke said, chuckling nervously. "I tell you guys, and then you'd all think I'm crazy."

"That may have been true, admittedly." Makarov offhandedly said, making the teen grunt in response.

"I...Thanks, I guess…" Yusuke turned around, but stood still. "Do you think of me differently now?"

Makarov took his eyes off the paper in his hand again and threw it down. He turned to get off of his chair and walked over to him.

"Yusuke...just because you are something else entirely from us, doesn't change the fact that you are a part of Fairy Tail, a part of us. While it may not be prevalent at the moment, what I said before still stands Boy. If you need any help at all, don't hesitate to ask."

Yusuke looked at Makarov for a long moment before smiling. "Thanks Old Man...I really appreciate it."

"Wait." Makarov spoke up as Yusuke was about to open the office door. "Be safe, do you hear me? After everything yesterday, I can understand that you are very strong, stronger than all of us. That kind of strength, can lead to disaster."

"Don't worry Master." Yusuke turned around full once more to face him with a smirk. "I wouldn't have gotten myself that far in strength if I didn't know the consequences."

"That I trust Boy...a shame really. Someone as young as you has such a large responsibility…" Makarov said rather sympathetically.

"It's not just me Old Man." Yusuke said as turned around again and gripped the doorknob. "But sometimes...I think fate is just playing with me."

The Saiyan opened the door and went outside, closing the entrance to Makarov's office. With a sigh, Fairy Tail's Master headed back to his desk to deal with the stack of papers from the Magic Council.

Yusuke headed back downstairs to find Marissa and Mirajane back at the bar with the former talking to the other Saiyan while she was trying to eat while the latter, along with Cana and Lucy, watched on and talked amongst themselves.

"Is food ready?" Yusuke asked with amusement in his eyes as he saw Ann forcing food in her mouth with her bare hands.

"Hey Bro! Yeah it is! Here!" Marissa brought out two large plates of meat. With lighted up eyes, Yusuke eagerly took the food from her hands and sat down next to Ann.

"Thanks Mira! Thanks Kid." Yusuke said with a large grin and began to eat his fill of food.

"Are they really going to eat that much…?" Lucy asked with a sweatdrop, looking at the multiple plates of stacked food on and just below the counter on Mirajane's side.

"Well...Marissa said that Saiyan's can eat quite a lot...it seems Yusuke has only been eating a lot less in this because he didn't want to empty our food supply." Mirajane explained.

"This isn't all of it...is it?" Cana asked.

"Uhm...there might be scraps left…" Mirajane said with a innocent giggle.

"They're actually going to eat that much?!" Lucy shouted.

"I said to Mirajane that this might only fill half of their stomachs." Marissa said with a sheepish grin.

"Now that I think about it...back on that S-Class mission, after we saved the villagers at Galuna Island, Yusuke was eating a lot back then too…I think I overheard a villager there said that they were almost out of food in their shed…" Lucy said in thought.

'It's good to see them like this again…' Marissa thought with a smile. She silently gasped remembering what she did earlier. With a wide grin, the Earthling wrapped an arm around Yusuke's neck, interrupting his lunch. "Hey Bro, guess what I did?"

"Uhh.." Yusuke swallowed the food he had in his mouth before he answered. "Dunno, got into new clothes?"

"Well that's obviously something everyone would see...but look!" Marissa held out right forearm and the male Saiyan widened his eyes seeing a bright red Fairy Tail symbol on it.

"You joined the guild…"

"Yup! I figured that while we're here, why not!" Marissa swiveled her head to face Ann. "You should get one too!"

Ann wiped her mouth and cleared her throat so that she would be able to speak clearly. "And exactly why would I want one?"

"Just a suggestion Ann, I like it so far." Marissa said, her grin hadn't left her face yet as she looked at the Fairy Tail symbol.

"Hey Mira, where's Erza?" Yusuke asked as he slid his sixth empty plate to the side.

"She went on a mission this morning." Mirajane answered as she picked up the stack of plates next to him. "By the way, there's something I wanted you to try, mind coming to the back with me? It's food~"

"Can't deny that...sure." He replied with a small grin. Yusuke followed after the barmaid into the kitchen as Mira set the plates down into a sink.

"I'm making out a new recipe of a cake I'm baking, and I wanted you to be the first to try." Mirajane said with a smile. She went to slice the cake that was displayed near the oven, and set it on a plate. She went to grab a fork and walked towards Yusuke. When she did, she sliced the piece of cake with a work and held it towards him with a smile. "Say 'Ahh'."

"I'm not gonna say it. But I'll eat it." Yusuke said with a small smile. He opened his mouth and Mirajane immediately placed the food in, and brought out the empty fork once Yusuke had the cake in his mouth. "This is pretty good."

"Is it? I'm glad!" The barmaid chirped as she set the plate and silverware down on the counter. She locked eyes with him while keeping her smile, making Yusuke blink as he swallowed.

"What is it?"

Without saying a word, Mirajane took a step forward and wrapped her arms around Yusuke's neck. He was startled for a small second but relaxed into her embrace, and he placed his hands on her waist. She leaned forward and placed her lips against his own, closing her eyes, and he stood there for a moment before he closed his eyes as well and kissed her back. Mirajane pulled her head back and opened her eyes to see teal.

"What was that for?" Yusuke asked quietly.

"Just letting you know I'm still here for you...we're all different Yusuke...but that doesn't mean you should think so low of yourself than others." She lifted up a hand and started fondling Yusuke's hair. Apart from its sharp and rigid look, it was still soft. "And it definitely doesn't change anything between us...but, you should go see Erza."

"I was thinking about doing that after I came here…" Yusuke replied. "...you, really think that of me?"

"I do." Mirajane placed her forehead against his. "...you're not alone anymore Yusuke."

Yusuke's breathing hitched for a moment and he felt his chest warm up. He fully wrapped his arms around her in a tight embrace, removing his forehead from hers and rested his chin on her shoulder, trying to stable his breathing.

"...thanks Mira…" Yusuke quietly murmured, just enough for her to hear. MIrajane didn't say anything back but simply smiled and tightened her arms around him.

They stayed in each other's arms for a long moment before Yusuke took a deep breath before letting it out. Feeling more relaxed, he stepped back and smiled.

"I should go find Erza now, try and sort it all out." Yusuke said.

"That might be for the best. The sooner, the better." Mirajane replied, smiling back at him.

They both stepped out of the kitchen to find several guild members crowded up around Ann's space, merely watching her eating the last of the food on the plates. The moment she cleaned the last plate, a loud cheer erupted from those who watched.

"She eats more than Natsu!"

"That's awesome! They need to have a contest to see who eats the most the fastest!"

"S-She really ate it all…" Lucy said with a sweatdrop.

"Feeling better?" Yusuke asked with a smirk as he walked over. Ann silently gasped and snapped her head to his voice. Her face heated up with her widened eyes, and she scowled at him.

"It was enough." Ann sternly said.

"Alright, whatever you say." Yusuke said with a shrug.

"New Guy!" Natsu's voice ranged from the distance, and the mentioned Saiyan, while slightly irate at the nickname still, looked towards the entrance to see Natsu walking in with Happy floating just next to him.

"What is it Natsu?"

"I want you to fight me!" Natsu declared.

There was a long moment of silence as everyone looked at him surprisingly, until Yusuke sighed to himself.

"Natsu, I'm not going to fight you."

"You don't got a choice! You're gonna fight me right now!"

"...I think I do have a choice Natsu...why do you want me to fight you?"

"Because I gotta know how strong you really are!"

"You should already know from how I fought almost all day yesterday."

"Tarok. Either you accept or I will." Ann's voice spoke up and he looked at her with crossed arms. She looked back at him with narrowed eyes and her line of sight went over to Natsu again. Yusuke followed her eyes, fully looking at Natsu with determination in his eyes.

The male Saiyan inwardly sighed. If Ann fought him, who know's what might happen between them. Figuring to play it safe, Yusuke relented and nodded.

"Fine, let's go fight outside Natsu."


"This isn't really a good idea…" Marissa muttered.

"That guy wanted a fight, so he'll get one. Tarok understands." Ann said.

Those who were present inside the guildhall had all bunched up outside the behind the guild to see Yusuke and Natsu face one another.

"Not sure what flame-brain was thinking…" Gray said.

"Who knows what goes on in Salamander's small head." Gajeel grumbled.

"He's a man for challenging him!" Elfman yelled.

"You sure you want to do this Natsu?" Yusuke asked.

"Yeah!" Natsu shouted back, cracking his knuckles. He allowed his magic power to rise, and flames erupted around him, his white scarf and clothes flailing around. He crouched forward and smirked, showing his teeth. "I'm all fired up!"

The flames around Natsu expanded and swirled more violently around him. He shouted and charged straight towards Yusuke, leaping in the air.

FIRE DRAGON'S SWORD HORN!

Natsu's body spinned leaving behind a stream of fire in his wake. Yusuke phased in where he grabbed Natsu's ankle, spun him around, and threw him away. Natsu landed on his feet, skidding away but used his hands to slow his body. Yusuke phased in a few feet in front of him, and punched the air, sending violent winds towards the fire dragonslayer. He yelled in surprise from the sudden torrents as he was staggered back.

Yusuke phased in front above and punched downwards, sending more violent winds towards Natsu with his Ki, slamming him to the ground. The Saiyan landed on the ground just a few feet away from him.

"That's enough Natsu…" Yusuke called out.

"I'm...not done yet!" Natsu strainly said, shakily getting up on his feet, making the other teen sigh.

Flames erupted around Natsu again once he stood up fully. He yelled as his magic power grew even more, and the fire around him grew even hotter.

DRAGON SLAYER'S SECRET ART!

The flames traveled towards Natsu's hands, engulfing them, and the dragonslayer turned his upper body around.

CRIMSON LOTUS: EXPLODING FLAME EDGE!

Natsu spun his body back and released a torrent of large flames that he had gathered. It spiraled and traveled all the towards Yusuke, and it violently exploded on contact. Large fumes of smoke appeared after Natsu's attack, and he panted heavily, using a majority of his magic power.

The smoke was blown away to see Yusuke staring down at Natsu. Only a small patch of grass was left intact under Yusuke's feet while the small area around him was scorched from Natsu's magic.

The Saiyan closed his eyes as golden aura and static erupted around him, cracking the ground.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Natsu stumbled back from the force Yusuke put out. The Saiyan shot towards Natsu and launched a punched right in his abdomen. The dragonslayer gritted his teeth and bent down in pain. From the amount of power Yusuke put in his punch, Natsu inevitably fell unconscious and fell forward. He would have collapsed on the ground if it wasn't for Yusuke lifting him up and carrying him over his shoulder, and flew back.


After setting Natsu down in the infirmary to rest, Yusuke headed back to his apartment to get out of the armor that was on Frieza's ship to go into his usual clothing he wore. After zipping up his gray jacket, he heard Marissa and Ann talking, to which Ann agreed to come along after some begging from the Earthling.

"I hate that my cell phone doesn't work here!" Marissa whined.

"What did you expect Mari...it's not like we can call our way out of here in this planet…" Ann said with a sigh.

"Your cell phone was apart of the junk in your backpack…?" Yusuke asked as he walked into Marissa's bedroom, and saw her lying on her stomach on the bed while Ann was standing in front of her with nothing but a black sports bra and black shorts.

"It's not junk!" Marissa yelled, scowling at the male Saiyan lifting herself on the bed with her hands. "I worked hard to get the latest model and now I can't even use it!"

"Hm. Well, I can't do anything about it." He looked over at Ann. "Do you need clothes or something?"

"I...might." Ann muttered, not meeting his eyes, but at the same time, unfazed on how she was dressed in front of him.

"Kid, here." Yusuke rummaged through his jacket pocket and pulled up some Jewels to throw at Marissa, to which she caught. "Show Ann around town. You know where the store to buy clothes is."

"Where are you going?" Marissa asked when he saw him turn around.

"I need to find Erza." Was all Yusuke said, and he left the apartment.

"Alright...time to go shopping!" Marissa exclaimed.

"...I think that's something I can agree with." Ann said with a small smile.


It didn't take long for Yusuke to find where Erza was at. She was a ways away from Magnolia, out in the middle of a forest near some mountains. He sensed her within the trees, and just as he looked down he saw a dust cloud rise from the trees, and descended down to where she was at.

Yusuke saw a large wyvern in front of Erza, and he shot down to kick its head, bringing it down to the ground. More dust obscured the redhead's vision as she covered her eyes, and when the dust settled, she gasped as she saw Yusuke looking down at her.

"Hey." Yusuke greeted with a wave of his hand.

"Yusuke…" Erza continued looking up at him, but she stowed away her sword, averted her eyes away and looked to the side. Yusuke's smile vanished seeing this action, and he jumped down with a sigh.

"Erza, what's wrong?"

"Why are you here, Yusuke?" Erza asked, catching him off-guard.

"I...figured we could talk."

"...I'm not sure if I should allow that."

"C'mon…" Yusuke pleaded slightly, and brought his hands together in a begging fashion. "Please?"

Erza stole a glance at him, and she blinked, unsure if it was actually possible of the soft look on his face was present right now considering the fact that she's seen the stern and hardened looks of his eyes in Super Saiyan state.

"Very well…" Erza said with a quiet sigh.

A smile was brought out on Yusuke's features again and he walked over to her. He followed her towards a nearby campsite she had setted up with a small fireplace. She went to sit down on a log, and the Saiyan sat next to her, seeing her look at the ongoing fire.

"Are you mad at me?" Yusuke asked first, and she closed her eyes.

"I suppose you're competent enough to at least notice that." Erza said as she crossed her arms.

'Damn, that hurts…' Yusuke winced. "I might be but...not enough to know why."

Erza opened her eyes again, looking straight ahead.

"Yusuke, do you remember when I said to come to us if you needed help?"

Yusuke looked over at her again silently. He did recall the moments it did happen. Almost every involvement with the Time Breakers, namely after the Phantom incident as well as the Tower of Heaven.

"If all of this time you kept this to yourself...why?" Erza asked, looking back at him.

"...how could I have approached it in the first place Erza? I couldn't because I didn't. The Time Breakers are dangerous people...and it wasn't your guys' place to get involved."

"Then are you saying you're capable of handling it alone?"

"No...far from it. Yesterday showed that. You helped, remember?"

"I do…" Erza replied, looking at her armored hand.

"When I came to this world after my fight with Demigra, I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't met you. I was grateful when you found and helped me. And I still am. If...all of that didn't happen, then, we wouldn't be here right now…"

"...would it have been better if we hadn't?"

"Of course not." Yusuke said immediately, slightly raising his voice. "Sure, that if I hadn't ever met you guys, this whole thing would only involve me...but what we have right now? I'd rather fight to protect it."

"Then...you don't regret me finding you?" She asked with hope in her voice.

"I've met amazing people on this planet, why would I regret any of that?"

"I...I would think after all of this happened, you'd want nothing to do with us." Erza said, slowing turning her head to look at the fire.

"I'll admit...I was thinking about leaving the guild." Yusuke confessed, and Erza widened her eyes, but the Saiyan spoke up again before she could talk. "But I talked to the Old Man, and he made a good point...what good would it do? At this point, I need to keep trying my best...I want to make this work Erza."

"My only problem is trust Yusuke...can you trust me, as well as Mirajane, as much as we trust you?"

"At this point forward, it's what I intend to do Erza. Not only for both of your sakes, but with the guild's as well." Yusuke softly said with a smile, and he could feel any tension between them dissipate. "I'm sorry for the times where I kept to myself...I really did think I needed to do it all alone because I couldn't bring any of you into it."

"We may not be able to help you out there...but I'm sure we can at least give your moral support."

"As long as you guys are safe, it's all I can hope for."

A smile creeped up on Erza's face again. Slowly, she moved closer to him and her head rested on his shoulder. The warm feeling welled up within Yusuke's chest again, and he couldn't help but smile. He moved closer to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

They stayed in their spots for a few minutes, relaxed in each other's touch. Erza quietly gasped to herself remembering something she had since yesterday. She extended a hand out, and using her magic, the silver locket that belonged to Yusuke appeared in her hand. She faced him fully and she unhooked the necklace to wrap it around his neck.

He felt her hand unlatch from the chain, and her hands rested on his shoulder. Yusuke looked into the soft looking brown eyes she had with his own, and he blinked when he felt his face heat up.

"...I want to look at you normally again, if it's alright?" Erza asked with a smile.

"Y-Yeah...I can do that." Yusuke stammered a bit, but calmed down once he closed his eyes. Relaxing, his hair changed right in front of Erza.

"It's still interesting to see it happen like that."

"It's...not too weird is it?" Yusuke asked as he opened his eyes with the slightest tinge of worry evident.

"No, it's not." Erza answered, shaking her head. She felt him relax with a smallest of smiles, and she began leaning forward with the male doing the same.

Eventually their lips met each other and they closed their eyes, savoring the moment. In the heat of the moment, Yusuke leaned towards her, wrapping an arm behind her waist with Erza responding to fully embracing around his neck with her arms. They fell on the ground with the scarlet-haired knight on her back, and feeling her armor getting in the way, her body glowed, using her requip magic to put her Heart-Kreuz armor in her pocket dimension.

Needing air in their lungs, they separated with Yusuke looking down at Erza, both panting for air with flushed cheeks. She touched his cheek, and her eyes adopted a saddening look.

"...do you remember when I nearly gave myself to save you and everyone else, back in the Tower of Heaven?" Erza quietly asked.

"Yeah, I do." Yusuke responded, feeling tense again.

"When I was inside the lacrima, I was sure I had already died...and, I had a vision. Everyone in the guild...they were at my funeral. You as well...and it didn't go well." Erza started to explain, catching the Saiyan's undivided attention. "After some time in the cemetery, you left, and I followed. I didn't want anybody to be upset back then when I was resolved to sacrifice myself but...seeing that dream…" She trailed off, looking to the side.

"You said you followed me...did I do anything?"

"You were in the middle of the mountains, getting rid of your frustration when you destroyed a few of them around you...and...I saw you crying." Erza said hesitantly. She took a moment to gather her breath and locked eyes with Yusuke. "Through all of that, you said you'd find her...them...and kill them...I never knew what you meant until now…"

Yusuke slowly lowered his head, both of their foreheads touching.

"When I had to deal with the Majin and Jellal that Towa used her magic on...I was worn out afterwards...I didn't risk transforming because I wouldn't know how to explain it so soon. If I could have ended the fights a lot sooner...then just maybe I wouldn't have seen you try sacrificing yourself."


"...you're right that I'm stubborn...and if you think I'm letting any lives being taken away now...then you're dead wrong. Including you…" Yusuke took a step back from the lacrima that had taken Erza. Gritting his teeth, black turned teal. "All or nothing...body don't fail me now…!"

With a loud roar to the heavens, golden aura exploded around Yusuke with violent winds moving his golden hair. At the same time, a bright light emerged from the cracks of the lacrima, and soon a bright flash filled his vision.

'There…!' Yusuke's heart leaped, seeing red in his vision from a distance, and he immediately traveled towards it, outstretching a hand.


"The thought of losing someone hurts...for your sake I forced myself to transform, hoping to find you...and at the same time deal with the Tower." Yusuke said.

"Then...were you the one who…?" Erza asked, but her voice died down, feeling Yusuke shake his head.

"I felt something else inside...I matched the power of the magic used, trying to cancel it out, but something else was in the way. If I had to guess, maybe Jellal did something, and it was why he had amnesia when we found him again."

"I see…" Erza placed her other hand on Yusuke's free cheek, feeling the warmth. "It pained me when I saw you crying...I don't wish to see that happen again…"

"...maybe that makes us even of how I felt when you went into the tower." Yusuke light chuckled, making her quietly laugh.

"Everything that happened yesterday…" Erza started once again, the feeling of anxiety between them again. "When most of the time I, we, had to stand and simply watch...hearing every scream of pain from you...the thought of you being on death's door is frightening…"

"I…" Yusuke started, trying to say the words. He swallowed a lump in his throat, and let out short breaths of air. "I endured it as much as I could until the end. It never gets easy every time I fight like that...but it's something I need to do…"

"I understand, but, when I saw you out there...with all of that blood on you-" Erza was silenced when his pair of lips met her own, and she involuntarily moaned into it. The moment she did so was when Yusuke lifted his head up slowly to look at her.

"Don't. I'm fine, aren't I?"

"Y-Yes, but-"

"But nothing. That's all that matters...and that's what's most important right now." Yusuke said with finality. She sighed in vain, and wrapped her arms around his neck again.

"You're too reckless...you idiot." She said with a small smile.

"Thanks." Yusuke replied with a grin of his own. "...are you finished with your mission?"

"I am actually, you finished it for me." Erza said with a small smirk. She started to sit up and the Saiyan got off her to give her room. "We can head back once I report back to the client."

"Heh, sounds good."


The sun just touched the tip of the mountains from a distance once Yusuke and Erza arrived back at the Fairy Tail guild. When they entered in, the first thing they heard were the loud cheers and noises of merry that was perfectly normal for the guild. They reached towards the bar to see Natsu gulping down food into his mouth with Lucy and Happy near him.

Just on the other side of the bar Yusuke saw Marissa sitting down right next to Ann, who was in an entirely new attire. The female Saiyan donned black denim pants that hugged her legs with a gray hard leather belt, reaching all the way down inside her white boots, a small black felt jacket that exposed a few inches of her skin in between her jacket and jeans. Yusuke saw her hair back to normal, out of her ascended Super Saiyan state. While her hair was still tied into loose ponytail, one piece of clothing to note is that she was currently wearing a gray colored beanie on her head.

"Looks like you used up all of my money." Yusuke said, arriving near the other two Time Patrollers.

"Hey Bro. Yeah, we kinda did...considering the fact that we might have to be here for awhile, we went ahead and bought a lot." Marissa said.

"...clothes, right?: Yusuke asked, sitting down next to Marissa, with Erza sitting next to him. The redhead gestured to Mirajane to order something.

"Yeah, clothes!"

"Thanks, I suppose." Ann spoke, catching Yusuke's attention.

"Well we really can't have you in torn clothes can we?" Yusuke said, leaning to the side to get a proper look at Ann. He stared at her while she looked back at him with her exposed right eye. The male noted that her left eye was still covered up by her bang, and that her new beanie helped with it. Eventually, Ann got tired and she started to scowl.

"What?" Ann said through her teeth.

"Nothing. Never thought I'd see you in those kind of clothes." Yusuke replied, and he sat right again. Ann continued to stare at him when he wasn't looking, her scowl not leaving her features.

"So uh...you like it right?" Marissa spoke up a bit nervously, asking her surrogate brother.

"Yeah. Refreshing that you don't have to wear training clothes all the time." Yusuke replied, side glancing at the Earthling when he did but directed his attention back to Mirajane a few moments later.

Marissa turned her head back to Ann with a sheepish smile. The female Saiyan silently huffed to herself and looked away.

"At least he didn't say it wasn't good, so it wasn't a total waste, right?" Marissa whispered into Ann's ear, and she simply shrugged with her eye closed.

"New Guy!" Natsu's voice ranged in the bar as he walked over to the mentioned Saiyan.

"I see you're fine, hope I didn't put in a lot of power in that hit." Yusuke said.

"Nah! I feel great! I know how much I need to work on so I can catch up!" Natsu said with a grin.

"Catch...up?" Yusuke repeated his words with an eyebrow raised.

"One day New Guy! I'm gonna take you down!"

Yusuke and Natsu looked at each other that felt like an eternity until the former smirked at the latter.

"Good luck Natsu. See you in a thousand years then." Yusuke said, laughing a little.

"Grr, don't mock me New Guy! Just you wait!" Natsu said, and he stomped back over to where Happy and Lucy was, who had sweatdrops present on them.

"Hey Bro, there's something I thought of while I went out today." Marissa said.

"What is it?" Yusuke asked.

"Where's Ann gonna stay at? Your apartment's pretty much filled up with you and I in it."

"She can still stay there if she wants to. She can just sleep in the same bed with you. If it's too small, I get just buy two small beds."

"Wait a minute-" Ann started to say.

"I'm alright with that! Are you?" Marissa exclaimed, wrapping an arm around the female Saiyan. They looked at each other until Ann sighed.

"Yes, that's fine.'

"Great! I'm sure we'll have plenty of room!"

"Alright, suit yourself. Though since you're in the guild now Kid, you're gonna have to help pay rent." Yusuke said.

"Aww, I do…?" Marissa said with a pout. However, her face brightened up again. "Ooh! Ooh! You're gonna love this!"

The Earthling went behind Ann and tugged at her jacket, pulling it.

"M-Mari?! What are you doing?!" Ann exclaimed with a slight blush, pulling back her jacket.

"Cmon~! You gotta show it sometime!"

"N-No!"

"Hyah!" Marissa took the route of lifting up Ann's jacket from the bottom. While Yusuke observed with amusement, he gasped as he saw a black Fairy Tail symbol just under Ann's sports bra on the right side of her back.

"You joined too…" Yusuke said.

"Grr!" Ann forcefully pushed Marissa away and straightened her jacket, hugging herself. "Yeah I joined...it's not a problem, is it?"

"No, of course not, I'm just surprised." Yusuke defensively said, bringing up his hands to protect himself.

"Ufufu, it was surprising to me as well when she was finally able to say it clearly of wanting to join." Mirajane said spoke up from behind the counter.

"All thanks to me!" Marissa said, pumping out her chest in triumphant.

"Yeah...thanks to you." Ann mumbled to the side, her face still slightly embarrassed.

"Well the rent is eighty-thousand bucks a month. Unlike Zeni, Jewels are pretty much easy to come by when you do enough missions. I got half of it covered, and the both of you got the other half."

"Are you telling me what to do…?" Ann sneered.

"No, I was instructing." Yusuke said, feeling a smirk coming up on his face. "That is, if you want to go somewhere else that's unknown to you then you're free to do so."

"Ann, please!" Marissa begged, weaving her hands together.

"Argh! I said fine already, didn't I?! I'll help you with your stupid rent." Ann exclaimed, crossing her arms.

"Good, we're all settled then." Yusuke replied, his smirk growing.

"Whatever…"

"We can go on a mission tomorrow if you like, show them how it is." Erza suggested next to him.

"If we want to, better do something challenging."

"Did I hear mission?!" Natsu spoke up, popping up in the middle of their conversation.

"Yeah, we can all go as a group tomorrow and show them around."

"Awesome! I'm picking one!" Natsu exclaimed, running to the missions.

"No S-Class!" Erza shouted at him.

"Should we really be doing this…" Ann said.

"For now, it's all we can do Ann…" Yusuke said sympathetically.

"We're just gonna have to adjust being here until something happens." Marissa said.

"And exactly how long is that going to take?" Ann asked sternly.

"Who knows. It could take as long as what happened yesterday, a week, years, I don't know…" Yusuke looked over to the female Saiyan with a hardened look. "But like I said earlier...we need to prepare ourselves…"

Ann couldn't help but agree to that. She looked blankly at the counter again in deep thought, but nodded before doing so.

Natsu came back with a flyer in hand that Erza grabbed from him. After reviewing that it was simply to take out a few dark guilds, she nodded in approval, and the dragonslayer ran off to let the others in the team know about the upcoming mission.

With the sun fully set, the Time Patrollers themselves were mostly mentally drained, and had opted to head back to Yusuke's apartment for the night. They said their goodbyes to the people in the guild, and they immediately went back with Yusuke's guidance to rest and prepare for, what might be the new lives of the two new otherworldly beings that had involuntarily dropped into Earthland for a while.

At the same time however, Yusuke left with a small smile on his face.


Deep within the fine spaces of a mountain located a large laboratory that was completely surrounded by a large forest, a far ways away from a city and an illustrious academy that watched over the forest.

Tubes of bubbling yellow-green liquid sprawled out all over a room with wires everywhere. Creatures of all sorts floated within the confinements, nothing more than fodder. The opposite side from the sliding metal doors were other large containers, but much bigger in comparison to the rest. Four beings, persons to be exact, who looked a few years into their teens, floated inside the containers. One of them, a girl, has red hair. The other, a boy, had blue hair. Another girl with green hair, and lastly another boy with dark blonde hair.

Aside from the four contaminants was a fifth container, much larger than the rest. A black beast, almost humanoid looking had its eyes closed, simply floating in the middle of the tube. Every so once in awhile, its fingers would twitch.

Doctor Sinew, the one responsible to look after each and every one of the containers worked on his keyboard ever so vigorously and would occasionally take notes of a whiteboard propped near him of complicated formulas. Despite being in his early 50s, he worked diligently, but nervously of the reason why.

His shoulders flinched once he heard the metal doors slide open, and heard footsteps of high heels coming closer and closer with each tap.

Eventually, it stopped, and the Doctor knew she was behind him without even glancing back.

"Miss Towa, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Sinew greeted.

"I am in no mood Sinew. Now, report." Towa ordered.

"Y-Yes, of course...well, the homunculus…" Sinew started, walking over to the four containers with the four teenagers. "Have progressed well in their development. However, with the supply of Dust we have at the moment, this is all we can progress so far."

"Then get more. You know how to contact him… What of that." Towa asked, gesturing over to the black beast.

"It's fascinating, I will admit...with the DNA you have brought me along with this animal...I was able to continue what you have started, and now it looks like a real person...it will only be a matter of time until the homunculus' are ready to infuse into it, then we will get to see the finale!"

Towa said nothing as she observed the tanks and the beings within. Closing her eyes, she turned around and began walking away.

"Continue as you were." Towa's voice echoed once she reached the doors, and it closed behind her once she walked out of the room.

With a sigh of depression and relief, Doctor Sinew went back to his research, thankful of surviving another day.


A circular ripple appeared in the middle of outer space, a warping beam came out of it, stopping in the middle of nowhere, revealing two figures.

The taller one out of both of them closed one of his eyes, peering into the orb of his staff while the other figure simply floated around with his eyes closed, lying on his back with his arms behind his head.

After some time, the shorter one snarled.

"Well?"

"It's no use, it seems as if they are not here either."

"Tch...I'm getting hungry as well...and it's getting annoying!"

"Just a little longer my Lord...if we cannot find them, then we may take a detour."

Grumbling, the shorter figure's ears twitched, and he made his way back to the taller figure, placing a hand on his back.

With a tap of the staff, they both warped away.


This story will now be on hiatus as I'll be working on my spinoff for Fairy Tail Xenoverse (FTXV). It'll be about 10 or so chapters depending on the length of each chapters. When the spinoff will be finished, I'll be going right back onto this story and we'll go straight into probably a couple of filler chapters before going into the Edolas Arc. This story is far from finished...until we get to the Tenrou Arc that is.

Yusuke's past before as a Time Patroller has been revealed. I've had this kind of background for my OC since the near beginning I began this story. and along the way were hints of how Yusuke was used to the forest and wildlife. I don't know if many of you caught all of those little snips, but sadly there were about a couple of people who caught on.

For those who has trouble picturing the black "behemoth," Look up "Behemoth, the Earth Eater Force of Will." I play Force of Will sometimes with my friends and it's pretty damn fun. The behemoth has significance, so I wouldn't count it out just yet in the flashback.

Ann's Saiyan name has been revealed! Satsumi. It's an anagram from a vegetable that's said in Japanese. If anyone can figure it out, write it down along with your review! I looked up how to say some vegetables in japanese, and I found this one to fit nicely. It's not really the way Toriyama does it in arranging syllables, but all I did was move one letter and cut the rest out.

I've thought quite a bit of how Yusuke would interact with Makarov, Erza and Mirajane about this whole thing, but all in all, they're still fine with how Yusuke is. It was either I go the "I need space alone" route or the forgiving route, and went with the latter.

Erza's vision when she got sucked into the lacrima, I didn't write it the first time because I thought it'd just be the same in canon, only difference is, Yusuke is there. But I saw an opportunity while writing the chapter, and I couldn't pass it up.

Marissa and Ann has joined Fairy Tail! I might as well do it, and it wouldn't make sense not too. Plus, this is more development for them.

I've revealed two secrets in this chapter in the very end! The first one can take some thought, however, it's what the sequel of what this story will be.

The second one will happen very soon.

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DRAGONBALL SUPER FUTURE TRUNKS ARC SPOILER WARNING BELOW!

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Despite my busy schedule at the moment, I find time to watch the latest DBS Episodes, and I have to say, the Future Trunks arc is looking pretty damn good as well, but one thing that caught my eye was how Goku went ahead and turned SSJ2 and SSJ3 in his spar against Trunks, and I was reading comments that Goku and Vegeta simple has God Ki tucked away somewhere else within them because going SSJ is just a multiplier of your base. The fact that the "Saiyan Beyond God" is also another base form that goes into SSJB, this makes alot of sense, especially back in Dragonball Xenoverse where Goku went SSJ3 against Demigra. I never believed that taking in the god powers Goku had from the ritual times the SSJ3 multiplier to be a thing, and considering the anime Is canon (let's not get into the DBS Manga where it took a turn as well during Goku VS Hit lol), I'm glad they did this. At least I hope it's the type of message they were portraying.

Also, more Time Traveling things with Black, I can't wait to get more info on the Ring of Time.

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DRAGONBALL XENOVERSE 2 INFO BELOW!

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I've seen gameplay and screenshots on the internet when Anime Expo revealed them, and I gotta say I'm pretty excited. Movie villains are actually going to be a thing now, Saiyan CAC's can go SSJ3, and a lot of distortions in the timelines. This is perfect for any future stories I plan on doing.

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That's pretty much all I gotta say since the last time I updated. Once again, this story will now be on hiatus, and I'll be working on my spinoff story. The length of the chapters won't be as lengthy, at most, an average of 5k per chapter, so look forward to that.

If you guys haven't already done so, be sure to follow my profile so that you'll get an early update as to when I'll be posting my new story.

if I could, I'd make the summer heat go away. I want it to be in the 60 degree areas lol.

Until Then.

Timestamp: July 3rd, 2016. Have a safe Independence day to those in the United States!