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Natsu is sitting on the branch of a nearby tree, waiting for everyone to wake up.
The first to wake was Happy, who quickly found his spot on Natsu's shoulder.
"I assume you went to the cave last night since it's not that far from here?"
"Yep, and I had some visitors too."
"Really! I didn't think you would allow that knowing how important it is to you."
"Yeah, well, I took a leaped faith since I'm their guild master now, and I through in an idle threat to keep their traps shut."
"Soo, you and Ultear seem to be pretty cozy," he said, mischievous grin.
"No fish for the week."
"Oh, come on!"
"You brought this on yourself, and I'm your guild master, so I'll make sure of it."
Happy didn't say anything as he didn't want to dig his grave deeper.
After another hour, everyone had woken up from the long night.
"I'm hungry," Meredy complained.
"There should be a town nearby we can stop for food their" Doranbolt informed.
"How are we gonna pay for it" Jellal interjected, getting a round of nods.
Seeing their concerned face, Natsu spoke up, "I got it covered, so don't worry."
All eyes landed on him at his choice of words.
"I just got back from a big job in Bosco, so don't worry about money for right now."
Surprised by this, Doranbolt had to ask, "What were you doing in Bosco?"
"I'll tell you about it when we get to magnolia."
They quickly made it to the town dinner, true to his word. They didn't have to pay for it.
Needless to say, Ultear Meredy and Jellal were on edge the entire time. After all, up until yesterday, they are wanted criminals.
Well, they still are, but they have yet to prove they can be trusted.
"So Natsu, what's Magnolia like?" Meredy asked
"It's a nice quiet town."
"I find that hard to believe with a guild like a Fairy tail," Jellal interrupted, getting chuckles from Ultear and Doranbolt.
"The citizen of Magnolia are used to it, so they generally keep their mouth shut when it concerns fairy tail."
After an hour of walking, they entered Magnolia. The group was getting looks as they made their way to the guildhall.
Both girls instinctively got closer to Natsu as continue their walk as fear crept its way into their minds.
Not being on the run will defiantly take some time getting used for the two of them.
Jellal was another story he was going over. Fairy tail reaction to him. After all, he was responsible for Erza's lifelong nightmare.
"Relax. You got me with you."
"Somehow, I feel worse knowing that," Natsu grunted at Meredy remark getting a chuckle all around easing some of the tension in the air.
They now stood before the fairy tail guild "no time to waist" he casually walks through the doors with his guild right behind them.
Everyone looks to the door only to see an all too familiar face "NATSU!" they all yelled, crowding around him.
They were so focused on Natsu they didn't notice Crime Sorcery walkthrough standing there awkwardly all the door.
Meredy seeing the commotion, "Should we say anything."
"No, let them be after all they went through a lot recently."
With Natsu
"Where a been?"
"Are you doing good?"
"We missed you, dude?"
"Did you decide to join back up with fairy tail?"
The thing went on like this for half an hour before someone notice his new guild mark.
"NATSU, YOU JOINED A GUILD!"
"Sorta"
They noticed the rest of his crew, and many guys had their eyes on Ultear.
Their stairs were less than amused to Ultear. At first, she like the attention, but the novelty wore off a long time ago.
"Leave our guild master alone," Meredy shouts, causing a dead silence.
"Did she just say, guild master?"
"Ah Natsu, mind explaining," Macao asked
With a sigh, he told them about his encounter with the council and how he, their guild master, now leaving out specific details, of course.
Natsu seated at a nearby table with the rest of his makeshift guild.
"If Makarov could see you now."
"I can only imagine Gramps reaction to this"
"Ok, we know Jellal, but who are these two girls," Wakaba asked.
"The little girl's name is Meredy, the adoptive daughter of Ultear. Both are former members of Grimoire Heart. Ultear is my assistant or second in command."
"Hmm, and Doranbolt."
"As a member of the council, to help me keep an eye on them and make sure they don't break the law."
"Knowing you, that's a good idea," he said with a chuckle. Natsu let out a snort at this.
"So you guys have places we can use as temporary base till we find a more permanent location."
"There's that old tavern with the windmill at the end of town. you know the one that has been abandoned for years."
"That could work," Ultear chimed in.
"Let's go check the damage, Ultear" he got up and left the guild with her not too far behind.
"Seriously, how does Natsu do it."
"I don't know; there are plenty of men who would kill to be in his shoes right now."
Curious about what they were saying, Jellal had to ask, "What are you talking about?"
"Natsu, of course somehow someway he always attracts the attention of the most beautiful women you can imagine."
With a chuckle, "I know what you mean. After all, Erza's a member of fairy tail."
"I don't know how he does it."
With Natsu
"I guess this will have to do," he said in a thinking manner.
"They weren't lying when they said it was run down."
"Yeah, I hate to ask this, but you can use your magic to fix this."
"Fine" with her arc of time, Ultear brought the old tavern back to its former glory "what about sleeping arrangements?"
"My house isn't that far from here; we can use that, but theirs not a lot of room there for all of us," he said in a thinking pose.
"I'm sure we make it work."
"Yeah, we have to get some cots or something for all of you, assuming Doranbolt is using his old place here in magnolia."
"Isn't there a female dormitory nearby?"
"Yeah, but it's for members of fairy tail, and the rent is 100,000 jewel a month."
"Yikes!"
"Tell me about it."
"So what are we going to do then?"
"Well, Jellal can stay with me, and Happy, I guess you and Meredy can stay at the inn in town for now."
"If I remember from my research on you for grimoire heart, your good at building so we can build a lodge in the future."
"Research, I think you mean stalking," he said with a smirk only to get a lacrima smashed on his head, only for it to reform.
He looks to Ultear only to see her with an angry expression on her beautiful features.
"At least I don't dress like the opposite sex" he would have gotten hit again, but He caught it this time, Keeping a firm grip on it.
"Hey, give it back!"
"No"
"Give it back NOW!"
"No"
"For fuck's sake, give it back now unless you want to know why I was the strongest of the seven kin of purgatory."
"I didn't know you were in kinky shit!"
Ultear didn't say a word resulting in silence from the time mage.
She also wore a massive blush at what Natsu was implying before a murderous aura enveloped her.
"Fine, you can have it back."
Ultear let out a Squeal of joy at this.
"wow, Ultear, you actually sounded like a girl instead of a man like on galuna."
Another wave of silence from her but this time, he sensed anger from her.
"Will you quiet with the Childish antics."
"I'm always like this," he said with a smirk.
"We're doomed," she thought to herself.
"I was just messing around. I noticed you always had this serious expression on your face on our way to magnolia, so I pulled this stunt so you can slow down and smell the roses."
Again no response. This time Ultear had a somber expression on her face.
Natsu was slightly concerned "hey, I didn't mean-"
"Your right. I've been on edge, but that because we're on thin ice as far as the council is concerned."
Natsu chuckled at this as Ultear glared at him, "what so funny?"
With a knowing smile, "You actually acting like a normal person, before you were the cold, calculating type, but after my teasing, I saw what I think is the real you. Someone who isn't tied down by their past deeds."
Ultear was taken back by his words, never has anyone go out of their way to make her feel normal.
Usually, she was forced to abide by a higher standard as she was always in a position of power that required a high standard of etiquette, as some would say.
"Come on, let's get back to let everyone know what the plan is for the time being" he walked towards the fairy tail guildhall.
Ultear was quick to catch up to him as she didn't want to get left behind.
"You better not tell anyone about your little stunt."
"And if I do?"
With a wicked grin, "I'll tell everyone about your little secret."
"What secret?" Ultear whispered in his ear what she knows about him.
"You wouldn't!"
"I would who would've thought the pinked haired dragon slayer-"
"Fine, you win this time, but next time you won't be so lucky."
"Just keep telling yourself that"
"Stalker"
"Man whore."
"At the end of the day, I'm still a guy you, on the other hand, are still a stalker some people don't find that attractive"
"Fuck you!"
"Sorry we just met"
"..."
"I win."
"Shut up."
"A stalker like you would know that's pointless for me."
"Let just get back to the guild."
Fairy tail guildhall
Natsu and ultear finally made it back to the guildhall seeing everyone was sitting around and socializing.
"So did the tavern work out," Macao said
"Yeah, it will do for now. The only problem is sleeping arrangements for the time being"
"I assume you have a solution to that issue."
"Yeah, if Doranbolt uses his old home in magnolia, Jellal can stay with me and Happy while Ultear and Meredy stay at the inn in town for now."
"You could have them stay in Lucy's house or the Strauss household since there not using them."
"True, but if they're not really dead, I don't want to deal with that headache."
"Can't blame you their"
"What is going on now?" Jellal interjected
"Until we have a proper place to sleep, you're staying with me while Ultear and Meredy are staying at the inn in town."
"I suppose that could work"
"Doranbolt, you still have your old place in magnolia?"
"Yeah"
"Good, now that that's settled, we can start taking jobs from the council."
"What about adding members to our guild" Meredy interjected
"Well, I had thought about that. However, I think it would be best if Crime Sorcery only accepted former dark mages or those on the wrong path since you created this guild to absolve your past deeds."
With a grin, Macao had to say, "Wow, Natsu, those are some big words coming from you," before everyone started laughing.
"HEY! I'm not as dumb as you all think."
"Really, I find that hard to believe," he said with a smirk.
"After the news on tenrou, I decided not to hide this side of me anymore. Besides, it was kinda fun making you all think I was an idiot."
"And why were you hiding it?"
"Why be the smart one when you can have someone else do it for you, hehe" everyone sweat drops at this.
Curious to what Natsu meant, Doranbolt was compelled to ask, "Back to recruitment do you have anyone in mind."
"Well, the only one that comes to mind is Richard from Oracion Seis."
"That may prove difficult."
"I didn't have my hopes up to high with him still there has to be a few others"
Remembering Fantasia "Wait, what about those guys from Eisenwald? I remember a few of them being their" Macao through in.
"That could work. One went by the name Kageyama!"
"I might be able to track them down." Dorabolt
"Sweet, in the meantime, I can start building a lodge for you guy to stay in," he said to his three guildmates.
"Wait, weren't you going to say why you were in Bosco" Meredy chimed in.
"Natsu, what were you doing in Bosco?" Macao asked
"Remember that recent eruption in Bosco."
"Yeah," they all said in unison.
"I assume you didn't know this, but whenever a volcano erupts, the Surrounding area becomes a prime breeding ground for every fire creature you can imagine" he looked to everyone making sure they were still following him.
"Please continue."
"Anyway, knowing I'm fireproof, an envoy from Bosco asks me to help them deal with it. You will not believe how good the pay was"
"How much did you make?" Macao asked
"All I'll say is will be set on money for a long time any way they asked me to train them in dealing with these monsters."
"And?"
"I'm getting there. Will you relax."
"Sorry, please continue."
"As I was saying, they ask me to train them, so I taught them everything they need to know in dealing with them like their food source, mating/nesting habits, weak points, etc., their main focus is wyverns as most fire creature tend to avoid human contact."
"What were some of the other fire creatures?"
"The only ones they normally don't have to worry about are drakes."
"What are drakes?" they all asked.
"They're a member of the draconic family that includes dragons and wyverns. Drakes are normally not a problem because they rarely interact with humans as their biggest threats are other drakes or wyverns competing for the same territory or food."
"How come none of us have heard of them," Meredy asked.
"The council actively keeps them under wraps. Only two members know of them."
"Who?"
"That would be Org and Yajima, and before you ask, I've fought them before as they are special requests monsters the need eliminated immediately."
"How dangerous are they?"
"they are technically an S-class monster."
"Hey, if there S-class, then why were you able to face them?" Macao interjected.
"One, I'm a dragon slayer, and two, there only a hand full of people in each nation who have the means and experience not to die when facing them."
"Who else was facing these creatures besides you?"
"Gajeel for sure back when he was with phantom, and I can only assume Laxus as well. I only know of one other person in Fiore who can deal with them. The moniker he goes by is lizard man."
"If they're so powerful, how come only a handful of people know about them?" Ultear asked
"Simple drakes often live in areas not suitable for humans. So when they need to be dealt with, it's usually when a hatchling is old enough to live independently, therefore going looking for a new home. The other time is when some poor soul unknowingly enters their territory."
"Is that all?"
"No, there's more, they're closer to dragons so they can speak, so I'm able to talk to them, therefore show them vacant land to set up their nest."
"How big can they get?"
"About the same size as a wyvern, just not as tall."
"You said you could talk to them. I didn't think that be possible since there a monster."
"being a dragon slayer, I'm afforded some level of respect, allowing me to exchange words with them. But, 90 percent of the time, they just want to be left alone to their own devices."
"And there other 10 percent?"
"I'm forced to kill them as most mages wouldn't be able to leave dent thanks to their scaly hides."
"We've heard enough about the drakes back to Bosco."
"Right, I hate to say this, but I told them most of the time the creature can sort themselves out thanks to the drakes. The weaker creatures often fight against each other for the available resources, but that doesn't mean they won't cause problems for the people of Bosco."
"So from what I understand, they normally don't have to worry about the influence of fire creatures since I assume drakes are at the top of the food chain, giving them a prime choice of the resources causing the lower tear one to fight over what left" Macao summarized.
"Yes, but with limited resources, the lower one might get desperate and attack humans."
"That must be why they asked for your assistance them."
"Bingo, someone gives this man a cookie," he said. A smug grin causes everyone to laugh at Macao's expense.
"I might as well put the word out that we're recruiting then," Doranbolt informed.
"Aye, sir."
Later that day
"I know it's not much, but it will have to do," he said, showing Jellal his humble abode.
looking around his house, he saw there was adequate room to house the three of them, "why am I staying with you instead of at the inn?"
"One to save money," a massive grin formed on his face" two, I didn't want you to compromise the relationship between guild members."
"I don't follow."
"Come on, your adult male, and Ultear is an adult female, and you know what happens when they get a little too close hehehe" A massive blush formed on Jellal face from what Natsu was insinuating.
"I would never, and besides Erza-"
"Is gone and might come back, but we have no idea when that will be, and even you have to admire Ultear is quite the beauty."
"Ok, I see your point."
"Good. I'm not saying you can't start a relationship with other members, but at this point, since we just started this guild, that's not a good idea at this time."
"Ok, so where am I sleeping then."
Natsu walked over to his closet and brought out a hammock "this is a spare hammock I have in Incase of guests and if my magic leaks out when I'm sleeping, the pain of being a fire wizard."
With the help of Jellal, they set up the hammock using a tree that grows in the middle of it.
"You really need to clean this place, Natsu."
"I know I'll do it tomorrow since it's late."
"You better, or I'll tell Ultear, and trust me, you don't want her catching wind of this"
"I know I'm going to regret this, but why?"
"You forget her adoptive daughter, Meredy."
"Gotcha," he let out a yawn as he laid down in his hammock.
"Night, Natsu and Jellal," Happy said before drifting off into dreamland.
With that said, jellal climbed into his for the night.
one month later
Over the past month, the guild had come together nicely. Especially job requests. However, they were primarily dark guild elimination.
These requests were mainly from the council themselves since they might also take advantage of their small group of powerful mages.
At that time, word got out about the guild, many wizards wanted to join, but few are accepted into the guild because of their strict requirements.
The member in question is Kageyama and his gang from Eisenwald guild.
"Feels so weird referring to you as master," Kageyama said.
"I can't blame you. Who would've thought I would be master of a guild one day, so how did the job go."
"That guild was pretty easy thanks to my shadow magic."
"Good that one down about million more to go."
"so, how many members do we have now?"
"All together, we have eight members since few wizards can cut it."
"Just wondering would wizards from legal guild be able to join, or is it just former dark mages."
"honesty, I'm still deciding on that."
"It would increase our numbers."
"True, but only one person comes to mind, but I don't know where to start looking for him."
"Who?"
"Aria of the former phantom lord guild."
"Why him?" Ultear asked, joining the conversation.
"He would help balance our guild out by having air magic-user. So we have somewhat the word that begins with a d."
"Diversity," she said
"Yeah, that."
"Having multiple types of magic can help counter wizard who uses magic we might have a disadvantage against, especially when your fire wizard hehe?" she said with a wicked grin.
"Don't remind me," he goes back a week ago when he was having trouble against a wizard using water magic.
"Oh yeah, we have a wizard wanting to join."
"Ok, let go see what they're made of, Ultear."
With a sigh, "fine," she's tired of continually gauging wizards to see they have what it takes to join their guild.
When they were out of earshot, Kageyama had a slightly angry expression "seriously, Natsu, how do you do it, getting a babe like her at your side? I need a drink."
With Natsu and Ultear
Natsu and Ultear stood outside the guildhall only to see a single person.
He looked to be around the same age as gildarts. He had brown hair, brown baggy pants, black boots, and a worn-out white blouse.
"Ok, what's your name and magic?"
"My name is Jordan, and I use stone-make magic."
"Stone make? I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued."
"So why do you want to join Crime Sorcery," she said
"I wish to join to clean the blood off my hands, hopefully."
Ultear curiously asked, "You have our attention, now explain what you mean by blood on your hands."
"There was a time where I used my magic for nefariousness means...I was a member of a group of bandits. But, I won't lie, I felt good and powerful when I was with them so much. In fact, I thought I was unstoppable."
"What changed?"
"Last year, my group was ambushed by a powerful wizard. I think his name was Jura."
"Wait as in Jura of the wizard saints!"
"Yes, the very same, during our battle, I was hopelessly outmatched. No matter what I did, he effortlessly counters and attacked with so much veracity there wasn't anything I could do. He could have killed me, but he didn't. I asked why but he didn't give me an answer."
"Were their other survivors from this ambush?" She asked
"None as they didn't know the meaning of giving up, and till this day, I pondered why I was left alive. Then I heard about Crime Sorcery, and its purpose is" he would of continue but couldn't find the word.
Fortunately, Natsu was able to deduce why he wanted to join "you're hoping you'll find your answer if you join our guild is that right."
Jordan could only nod at this. He had a pleading look in his eyes.
"Hmm, well, Jordan, welcome to Crime Sorcery."
"Where do you want the emblem and what color," she said
"Wait, I can join you, guild!"
"Yes, so where do you want your emblem."
"Right pectoral black, please" he lifted his shirt, revealing his slightly defined muscles allowing Ultear to place the emblem in white.
"Thank you for accepting me."
"It's no problem now. It's time to introduce you to the other members."
Natsu walked him into the guildhall and introduced him to everyone.
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