Title: Blood Revelation
Author: Sane. Allen
Rated: T
Genre: Angst, Hurt and Comfort, Romance
Summary: Nastu was kidnapped by a dark guild few days after Erza was declared to be the 7th guild master of Fairy tail. Three weeks after Natsu got kidnapped, Zeref, who heard what happen to Natsu, pass by a castle where he heard Natsu screams. The dark mage saved him, but the fairy tail mages arrive when he healed Nastu and both of the revealed something that the other mages never accepted for few years.
Pairing: Eventually Gray x Natsu
Warnings: Bad Grammars, OOC, Angst scene, Mention of rapes, torture, brother complex, temporary female Natsu, bad languages, gore and violence, trigger warnings and major AU.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Brother complex mode, angry"
(Actions while singing/ actions while playing song/ scene change)
"Flashback/Past/memories"
"Emphasizing"
Please enjoy the story!
A/N: I'll using Natsu and Etherias to call our favorite salamander
Opening Song: V.I.P from Magi
Akogare o ima tsukanda
(Natsu, who was facing to the right and face down, slowly looks up and look in front and gives a sad smile.)
Daikansei no namari ni kokochiyoku utareta nara
(Zeref, who was facing to the left, face down as well, looks up although albeit faster and gives us a sad look)
(Gray, who was standing in the middle, face down, looks up and raise both of his hands, his fisted hand to the other and began to use his magic)
Saa tobikomou
(Then Gray release it, viewing this words
"Blood Revelation
ケツち
コクつ.げる")
Ashita kara umarekawaru to ka dareka ga mikiritsuketa to ka kono machi no sutairu to ka
(Sakura petals began to fall from their tree. Zeref, who's back is facing us, walks few meters away before stopping and look behind him and watch the petals flew before reaching his hand out and caught some sakura petals before blowing it and looks up.)
Sonna mono ni nagasaretsuzukete kado no toreta genseki ni wa kitto daremo you wa nai
(Nastu, who was laying down at the grass under the shade of tree, watch the petals flew over him before reaching out and caught one of the petals, and inhaled deeply when the breeze pass him and he lets go of the petals his holding)
Fushigi to tobira no mukou ni wa V.I.P nanoru yatsu wa naku daremo ga kunou no hate sa
(Gray, who was climbing at a plain grass mountain, stops and look down where he saw the town below him and looks up and watches the petals flew, before reaching out and took some petals before pocketing it, he smiled and then he continue to walk)
Akogare o ima tsukanda mi o yudanereba ii kaji wa kono te ni mittsu
(Zeref, who's face was near the view before it began to move away and showed as his whole body, open his closed eyes, as the view moves away from him and held up his fisted hand before opening it and releasing some black mist. Natsu jump in front of Zeref smiling and blow some fire towards the black mist, which made the mist to burst into flame before it disappeared, showing)
Kazoete the show time
( Natsu and Zeref standing back to back smiling and their hands intertwined.)
Daikansei no namari ni kokochiyoku utareta nara saa tobikomou
(Gray appeared in front of them and began to make some arrows with his magic and shoots it at us, followed by Erza who was wearing her Heaven's wheeled armor and her swords circling around before firing at us and lastly Lucy who summoned her celestial spirits.)
("Blood Revelation
ケツち
コクつ.げる")
(Bloody 9: Sayonara)
Natsu inhaled deeply, breathing in the sea breeze.
"How come you're not sick, princess Etherias?" Makarov asks, finally accepting that the Natsu he once had and knew is will be no longer with them.
"Ah… nii-sama put a spell on me so that I won't get sick for 7 hours." She said, Makarov nods.
"Hime." Brandish called, they look at her. "Your floral bath is ready."
"Lavender or rose?"
"White rose, hime."
"Arigato, Bran-chan."
"Brandish desu." The girl pouted, which made the princess to chuckle and pats her head as she passed by the said shield of spriggan. When Natsu closed the door behind her, Brandish then glared at Makarov, who sweats drop.
"Listen here tiny old man." She started.
'Tiny?!' Makarov thought gaping.
"Hime is now an Albareth ruler. Don't even think she'll side you again." She growled before turning and left the master alone.
'I know….' Makarov thought looking at the floor. 'I know.'
(With Nastu)
The pink haired princess hummed as she entered her room. She then went to the bathroom connected to her room, the moment she saw what was inside, she sweats drop.
'I thought I told him to keep things to minimum." Finishing that thought, she inhaled deeply and shouted.
"BRANDISH!" said spriggan appeared not a minute later.
"You bellowed, hime." she stated, entering the room, Natsu immediately pulled her towards the bathroom.
"Answer me truthfully," Nastu then started to point inside the bathroom. "Are we in a ship or a five star hotel?!" the silver haired girl look at the room before looking back at her.
"I don't see what's wrong with it."
"What?! We're inside a ship… and my bathroom is sparklingly clean… walls and floors are tiled with gold, a bathtub that three people can fit in with golden knobs, a shower and a golden sink with a mirror above it and heck I think five people can fit in this room and still have a space to move on!"
"…."
"*pants*…*pants*...*pants*"
"Hime… just what kind of life were you living with these pass years?" Brandish asks slowly, Natsu sighed.
"A simple life Brandish…" she said looking at the mirror. "Just a simple life…"
"…Hime… the Emperor only wanted what's best for you and your other siblings." Brandish stated.
"I know…" Natsu sighed before smiling at her and shoo-ed her out.
"Please call me or bellow if you need anything." She said. When the door closes, Natsu began to strips. Dropping the clothes at the golden tiles, Natsu then removed the bandages that was holding her breast before looking at the mirror.
'Skin is still tan…' she thought, looking at her skin. 'No scars… Nii-san really did well… I even didn't feel their lingering touches anymore.' She then sighed and went towards the shower, turning the knob on, and then warm water sprayed above her, wetting her hair and skin. She grab her shampoo that was positioned besides her, ripping its seal, she opened it and smelled.
"Sandalwood?" she thought before squirting it into her palm and began to lather her hair, then she grabs the body wash lotion, white rose scented, squirts it and lathers it to her body, massaging her, supposedly C-cup, now G-cup breast softly.
'The next time I wore bandages, I'll loosen it for a bit.' She thought before washing the bubbles from her body. She then turns her water off and then went towards the tub and submerged into the water until her collarbone reach the water. She then leaned at the tub, her arms hanging at the side of the tub, while her hair is floating above the water, sliding her right leg towards her. Natsu let her knee appear above the water and stayed in that position, watching as the petals floats around her, while some are clinging to her skin.
'So peaceful…' she thought, before closing her eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
(Natsu's Dream)
A five years old Natsu is found cleaning inside their parents' bedroom, the last room he needed to clean. He look outside before humming with a thoughtful expression.
"Nii-san will be home soon…" he said before continuing his chore. When he was passing by a photo frame of his father hanging at the wall he stopped and look at it.
"Huh? Tou-san's pictures is crooked and dusty." He said before dragging a chair and steps on it, grabbing the frame once he was standing at the chair, he then began to wipe it with a wet towel. When Natsu finished wiping it, he look up and frown when he saw a black journal, he then wipes his frown from his face and change it into a confuse expression and grabs it. The pink haired boy turn it to its back before looking back at the front and unlock its lock before opening it, what he saw or rather read, made him think what will happen in the future.
"Natsu,
if you ever found this book I hidden then… your mom and I are probably gone, and no, I know Zeref didn't found this book before you because we all know how lazy he is when it comes to household chores especially cleaning….. As I was saying if you're reading this then mom and I are gone. I as a mage who can see the future give this journal to you as a guide for you and your brother. Use it to help him and guide yourselves with this.
Tou-san"
Nastu blink before turning the front page, his eyes then widen.
"This is…"
"Natsu! I'm back!" Zeref shouted, Natsu slowly closed the journal, as calmly as he could, and put it back to the wall before covering it with the frame.
"Natsu?"
"I'm here oni!" Natsu shouted, happily turning to his brother with a smile and left the room.
(End of Natsu's Dream)
Natsu slowly open her eyes, before blinking and stretching her arms up and slowly stands up from the tub.
'That dream… no memory…' she thought, wrapping a fluffy pink towel around her, while drying her hair with another towel and look at the mirror at her side. She sighed before going out of the bathroom, her mind still in the memory she just had.
'It may help us… but… I wander if that house is still okay…' she thought. She went towards her bed and sat down still rubbing her hair while frowning.
'So father can see the future? That means nii-sama or I should have his ability but…' she then close her eyes, putting her thumb and forefinger at her forehead. 'I don't remember if he had it… because I certainly don't have the power to see the future.'
She then sighs before looking beside her and notice her clothes, which made her blink before mouthing an 'oh'.
'I remember him saying that I'm going as a soldier or something…' she thought before shrugging and let the towels slips from her body and hair. After wearing her underwear and loosely bandaging her breast, Natsu leans forward to grab her clothes and went towards her body length mirror and dresses in front of it. Wearing the white collared shirts with cuffs and black trim, she buttoned it over her neck. She then proceeds to wear her white skirt which stopped at his mid-thigh. Natsu sighed and look at the mirror before frowning.
'Skirt is too short… and too loose…' she thought before grabbing black military jacket with white trim and buttons that held the insignia of the Albareth empire and wearing it. She then grab her black gloves, putting in on her hands and encircled a thick white belt around her waist keeping the skirt from sliding down below the military jacket. Natsu look around the room before noticing a pair of black boots beside the door, the pink haired mage pick it up before sitting down at her bed and slips it on, smiling when it stop an inch below her skirt. Each boots have three large buttons at the upper lateral sides and three smaller buttons coming up from her ankles all had an Albareth symbol. She then sighed and stands up before walking back to the mirror, she then smiles at her reflection before grabbing a hair tie and tied her hair in a high ponytail before going out of the room, grabbing a black cloak that was hanging near her door on her way and put it around her, looking over her shoulder, Natsu sighed when she saw huge printed symbol of their empire.
"Bran-chan…" Natsu called out softly, going out of her own room and head to the deck, making her sure her cloak is hanging behind her, using her neck as a leverage. Natsu inhaled deeply before exhaling and opened the door making sure to cover her eyes for a bit before opening them, presenting herself as the head general of their empire, unknown to her of course.
"Hime…." Brandish gaped, while the rest of their soldiers had to cover their noses to stop it from bleeding.
"Brandish… close that mouth of yours." Etherias said, using two of her fingers to close the girl's mouth and look around the ship before glancing at her. "Bran-chan… is this the normal clothes for a female soldier?" she asks.
"Eh?" she asks, dumbfounded before looking at their soldiers and sweat drop when they merely ignored her question but rather focusing on how the clothes hug Natsu's body so well. This made Brandish to sigh and glance at her princess.
"Hime… that clothes aren't for female soldiers but those are clothes for the female commander of the army… the head general I might say." She explained and watch her reaction before smiling when Natsu merely shrug.
"Oh well, guess I wasn't listening to nii-sama properly earlier." Natsu said before sighing and look around the ship and cleared her throat when she still has their attention.
"I want you guys to stop looking at me and do you jobs properly… I'm sure all of us know that were heading at the caracolle island, we were given a report that there are spies in there, so I want you all to be alert and focus. If there are guild around the island, I want you to search the guild members especially those who are meticulously. We don't know who these spies are… well, we probably do but the answer isn't very clear. Just be on guard." She explained, looking at each soldier making sure they understand what she said. She smiled when they nodded and signaled Brandish, who sighed and ordered there men to do their work.
"I'm surprise you knew how to act as a head general, hime. And how you take it the title so easily." The latter said, which made the former to scoff.
"If you had a brother like the emperor, you need to be prepared on anything." Etherias said, which made the silver haired girl to smile at her. The pink haired princess sighed and went to the bridge and stands beside the captain of the ship, looking at the sea.
(With Erza and Co.)
(Spoiler alert for those who hadn't read the manga yet, with a slight AU)
"Something wrong, Gray?" Erza asks, walking towards the ice mage, who was leaning at the side of the ship with a solemn expression.
"I just thought that Mest would just 'PEW!' and teleport us there." He stated, the all look at the Mest, who had his arms cross over his chest.
"Not across an Entire Ocean. Too far." He commented.
"Heh," Gray scoff, smiling sadly. "I think that would be better than seeing things that would made us think 'what if they were here' and all that stuff." He finished, his statement made the two girls to bit their lips and look away from him, but it also made Mest more confuse.
'Calm down… I'll ask them later…. No matter how curios I am.' He though before looking at Erza who seems to move at the front deck, which made him sigh and tried to change the atmosphere around them.
"Something the matter, Erza? Or should o address you as master?" he asks, Erza look at him over her shoulder before looking back at the sea.
"Just Erza is fine, I'm no longer the master remember? It's just that… the sixth, Makarov, went as far as dissolving the guild to protect all of us. At the same time, he protected lumen histoire from the enemy. That much I understand. But without knowing the nature of lumen itself, I cannot help but question whether or not it was worth of him going through all of this. What even is it?" she thought.
"A weapon… or something equivalent to one. That's all I know."
"What we know is that gramps tried to activate it to stop the faces." Gray stated, which made Lucy to say.
"Yeah… but he said that 'He didn't have the courage to.' Does that mean if he had actually activated it, it really would have stop all of those face?"
"Whoa…" Gray gaped, while Erza hummed before saying.
"Also, the body of the first. That's the biggest mystery."
"Is she alive? Is she dead?" The ice mage said. "More importantly, what exactly is that spectral entity that's been appearing before us all this time? There's just too much we don't know."
"Once we rescue the master, I'm sure everything'll become clear." The celestial mage stated.
"How much longer until we reach Albareth?" the equip mage asks.
"It takes 10 days to reach Arakistashia… and from there, there's still a few days' journey to the capital." Mest answered.
"Master…."
"I understand how all of you must be feeling now, but we can't afford to lose our focus. We must first gather materials and food; we'll be doing that at the tourist destination just ahead, caracolle, which is just few hours away." The former council soldier said.
"A town not named after an herb or flower…" Lucy stated, which made Gray to add.
"Means that it's not a territory of Fiore. Do we have time for side trip like this?"
"I just told you how important it is that we remain calm. This is an infiltration operation. Preparation is essential. And I've arrange a meeting on Caracolle with an intelligence agent. We'll learn from him the best way for us to go about our infiltration."
(A few hours later, waters outside Caracolle Island)
"There it is! That's Caracolle!" a random sailor shouted excitedly.
"Yes it is. Prepare to disembark." The captain said, which made the sailors to say 'Hurp!' before Erza shouted.
"Wait! What are those ships!?"
"!" Mest narrowed his eyes before it widen.
"That's a fleet of the Albareth Imperial Navy!" he shouted.
"Why're they here? Caracolle isn't a territory of Albareth." Lucy said.
"It appears as though they're doing some sort of inspection in the harbor." Mest stated, worriedly.
"Which means approaching the port would be a bad idea…" Gray thought out loud.
"Could it be that they found out about the agent Mest was talking a few hours ago?" Lucy asks.
"What should we do?" the teleportation mage asks.
"We've got to get in contact with the agent before they get their hands on him." Erza ordered. They look at each other before nodding and use their magic to hide their guild mark and replaced it with the Wendy's first guild mark, Cait shelter.
As their ship landed at the port they saw Albareth soldiers surrounding the island ordering the people.
"We'll be setting up a temporarily blockade of the harbor."
"Form a line!"
"Everyone coming or going from the island will have their person and belongings searched."
As the soldiers said those orders the people began to whisper to each other.
"What in the world is going on?"
"Word through the grapevine is a spy that infiltrated the empire has escaped to this island."
"Those damn agitators…."
"Restrain yourself. Got it, Gray?" Erza ordered, the said mage nodded.
"I know."
"Next!" the soldier ordered, which made them to step forward.
"We've come to this island to sight see!" Lucy said cheerfully.
"We heard the star mangoes on this island are just to die for." Erza commented, while Gray and Mest merely watch them.
"I'm so excited, Sis!" Lucy added, which made the boys behind them to sweat drop.
"Sis?" Mest asks, dumbfounded.
"SO, playing the part of a family…." Gray added.
"Is that the crest of your guild?" The soldier asks.
"Yes! Mage guild Cait Shelter!" Lucy happily showed them the symbol on the back of their hand.
'Fufu… our disguises are perfect!' Erza thought smugly, while also trying to think what Wendy's reaction would be.
"Doesn't ring a bell…" soldier one said, before soldier two added.
"I really only know as many Ishgar guilds as I can count on one hand, anyway."
"What should we do? Our orders were to search the guild members especially meticulously."
"Come on. You think that that spy's friends are just gonna waltz through here with their guild marks on display?"
"Good point…"
"Hey…" Lucy called out, cutting the hush meeting between the soldiers. "Won't you please let us through?"
"We'd just absolutely be crushed if the star mangoes sold out." Erza added, seducing the soldiers together with Lucy, pressing their breast using their arms.
"G…Got it! All of you, show us your bags!" the fluster soldiers stated, before saying. "All clear!"
"Damn… geez… it's almost scary." Gray commented, while Lucy made a 'V-sign'.
"With all these squads roaming the city. We must remain cautious." Mest stated, they all nodded before looking to the side when they heard a young girl shouted.
"Bring back my dad!"
"Hm?" a soldier hummed as he and other three other soldier surround the child.
"!"
"Where'd you take him?! Daddy!"
"Looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree…" a soldier commented.
"…..!"
"Ignore them, Gray." Erza commanded.
"You must not lay a finger on them." Mest said.
"WAAAAH! DADDYYYYYYYYY!" the child wail, which made it harder for the fairy tail mages to ignore.
"Shut your filthy mouth, or I'll shut it for you!" the soldier raise an arm, planning to strike the kid who uses her arm to block it.
"That's a kid, man!"
"He can't be serious!?" but before the soldier could hit the child, a gloved hand grab his arm and grip it tightly.
"What is going on here?" a furious female voice asks, this made the fairy tail to look at the person who stop the soldier and noticed that the person is wearing a black cloak covering her appearance.
"C-commander!" the soldier stuttered before they began to explain the situation. They watch as the person hummed before she kneeled down and grabs the girl hand.
"Let's look for your father, okay?" she said, softly which made the girl to nod softly. "Let's go…" she then stands up before looking back at the soldier.
"Continue with your duties and wait for Brandish. The ship she's riding is only a minute away from arriving in the harbor." She ordered.
"Yes, commander." They all saluted, which made the commander to nod in acknowledgement and lead the girl away from them.
"Who was that?" the people then began to whisper while the soldiers talk to each other.
"Did the commander use her magic to come here? Or did she use jump over one of our ship without us noticing and had been in this island the whole time?"
"She probably did the latter."
"Damn… we're so screwed for that scene." They all said, before walking away, leaving the place.
"That was close." Erza sighed, before sitting down at a chair.
"Yeah." Gray agreed.
"So there are more reinforcements and will most likely come from their ship, especially from that ship that's coming here as their commander said." Erza stated.
"Why don't we just force those guys to tell us where gramps is?"
"Probably not the best idea, Gray. Chances are low that they actually know anything… and we'd be revealing our true objective." Lucy stated,
"Anyway… it's best we stay on high alert…" the red haired mage said, while eating the star mangoes.
"Damn this is amazing!" Gray commented.
"Their idea of high alert doesn't exactly match mine…"
"If you don't mind me being frank, it's probably best if you turned your voices down a couple notches…" the owner of the stall said.
"You're probably right."
"You're not going to tell the soldiers about what we just discussed?" Mest asks.
"I rather not, besides I can't leave my business here. Business is business! I need to keep stashing away my nest egg in order to get to Ishgar."
"Ohh?"
"So, you're all from Ishgar?"
"Yep."
"I'm going to spread mango gelato throughout Ishgar… and start the number one sweets shop."
"Nice, it's a splendid idea... *cough* that's a dream I can get behind." The ever sweet toothed Erza agreed.
"Right now, all I have is this run down stand… but, I say, dream big or go home! A skirmish of this level would never…" as they watch the owner talk they never noticed a person walking towards them until the stand exploded.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" the owner shouted.
"What?"
"The stand…"
"!"
"Ummm…"
"Passed. With flying colors!" a person said clapping his hands together.
"Who the hell are you!? You've got some nerve!" Erza shouted.
"Those expression on your faces… those also pass as well…"
"You can call me Marin Hollow. I'm a member of the Brandish squad from the Albareth Imperial Army." The fairy tail mages all gritted their teeth while Mest was thinking how screwed they were.
"This guy… just laid waste… to my dream…"
"Run." Lucy said, while Gray handed the old man some money.
"This might not be much, but it'll help get you back on your feet…"
"Take a good look at the face of mango gelato vengeance!" Erza said.
"You pass again, with flying colors! It seems you can't fail in my eyes!" Marin smiled
"Enough of your nonsense… the grudge sweets bear…. Is frightening." Erza then walk forward. "Ex-quip!"
"!"
"What's the matter, Erza?!" Gray asks.
"I can't use my ex-quip." She said.
"That won't be happening. This 'space' here belongs to me…" Marin explained.
"Space?" Mest ask.
"'The Knight'… magic which allows you to equip armor and weapons from a different dimension in an instant. But you're wasting your time. All space-like magic is ineffective against me."
"In that case… gate of thee archer, I open thee!"
"Celestial magic… sorry to say but that's also space-like magic."
"No way…"
"Ugh…." The girls grunted.
"Ah… I forgot to add ne little tidbit… those who have been defeated by my 'edicts of space'…"
"What in the world…."
"My body is…"
"….Get a one way trip to my personal relaxation dimension."
"Whaaa!"
"Whaa!"
"LUCY! ERZA!" Gray shouted, before he and Mest glared at Marin.
"Where did Lucy and Erza go?!" Gray roared.
"Slow on the uptake are we… what part of one way trip to my relaxation dimension did you not understand? Those two passed, so they belong to me now. But you guys… fall way~ short…." And then he's innocent face change until veins began to appear on his face. "Failed douchebags!"
"!"
"Geez, can you say Jekyll and Hyde." And then he snapped his fingers and a girl appeared.
"This one belongs to you if I'm not mistaken?!"
"Angel!" Mest shouted, Gray look at him.
"Huh?"
"She's the agent I've been talking about."
"Ah so she's the spy… she had the nerve to try and use space magic in my presence! All of you are failures! Filthy eye-sores! Space magic was never meant to be wielded by Uncouth Neanderthals!"
Gray then immediately went towards Marin who disappeared and appeared behind him and punch his back before disappearing and hit Mest at the back of his head.
"When did he get behind me?" Mest ask himself.
"Those who manipulate space…. Will always come out victorious." Marin said, sitting at one of the roofs of the building around them.
'This jerk… is gonna be a head-ache…' Gray thought.
Step.
"!" Mest froze before he began to sweat and turned around together with Gray.
"Marin, how much longer will you be entertaining yourself?"
"Ms. Brandish! My apologies, that outfit… definitely gets a pass…" Marin said, appearing beside Brandish who sighed.
"Would you stop with that pass nonsense? It's just… creepy…"
'This… can't be… this… obscene level of magic power…!' Gray thought as they watch Brandish walk pass them.
'What's with her magic power… it just might be the greatest I've ever felt…' Gray added in his mind, sweating together with Mest.
"I wish to purchase this star mango gelato." She stated heading towards the said stand only to find is destroy.
"Hey, this store's in shambles! What's the meaning of this?!" she cried looking at Marin who pointed at Gray and Natsu.
"Those guys…. They …. Bang, and…"
"That's low man…" Gray gritted out.
"Shifting the blame on us!" Mest shouted. This made Brandish to sigh and walk away.
"I was really looking forward to that gelato… I'm going home."
"Wah! Brandish-sama wait! They might even be here to meet up with another spy!"
"As if I care~" Brandish cried. "Marin. Bring back those girls that you 'passed.'"
"WHAAT?! But… they were gonna be part of my collection…. Brandish-sama you specifically told me that you'd let me keep…" as Marin protested, Brandish patient was wearing thin until she began to use her magic.
"Wh-what's going on?!" Gray shouted, while Mest look at the ground.
"The ground's…"
"!" Marin began to pale and sweats. While at some part of the island Natsu just finished finding the girl's father, felt the ground shake together with the other tourist, who began to shouts.
'Tsk. I thought I told her to never use her magic before I left the ship.' She thought, before patting at the girl's head and disappeared.
"Damn her…" Mest cursed, while Brandish merely looked down.
"Do not make me… repeat myself…" she said slowly, while Marin saluted.
"Understood!"
'What sort of magical power was that…?' Gray thought. And then Erza and Lucy appeared which made the ice mage to run toward them asking if they were alright.
"My relaxation dimension isn't a dangerous place by any means, so they're fine!"
"Just… what was that creepy room…?" Erza paled, while Lucy rub her head.
"Glad we made it back…" she then look up and saw Brandish. "Hm? Who's this person?... !"
'What… what is up with this magic power?! Calling it huge would be an understatement…' she thought.
'It might even be greater the sixth master…' Mest bit his lip.
'Who in the world is this person…?' Erza thought.
(End of Spoiler the rest is completely AU)
BOOM!
"What the-?!" the fairy tail mages all turn around and saw the cloaked person who saved the girl earlier walking towards them and away from the crater she created.
"What's going on…Brandish…?" they heard her asks, furiously which made them gulp and watch as the person head towards Brandish who began to shiver while Marin is hiding behind her. "You said that you won't shrink this island…. Instead you rise it from the ocean! Give me a proper explanation… now!"
"I'm sorry commander!" Brandish said, bowing her head at their commander. "I couldn't control myself, Marin wasn't following my orders, he was always protesting when I ordered him to release the girls he 'passed'." She explained Marin gaped at her. The commander turned around and look behind her, her breath hitching a bit she saw who they were and then look at the ground where Angel is.
"I will tell the emperor about you disobeying direct orders from a high ranker than you… both of you…" she said glaring at the two Albareth member from the corner of her eyes which made them to nod hesitantly.
"I'm sorry Commander Etherias…." Marin stated, Etherias then removed her hood and look at the fairy tail mages.
'Natsu….?' They thought before shaking their head inwardly, knowing that this person is a girl not a boy and it's impossible for Natsu to grow such long hair in a short period of time. Before they could be absorbed by their thoughts they watch as Etherias walk towards Angel, which made them tense and gaped when they saw her healed their former enemy. When the wounds were closed Etherias grabs the girl's wrist and made her disappear and appeared in Mest arms.
"What the…" Gray said before looking at the commander, who had her back turn to them and were scolding on her companions before she look back at them again. They watch as she lift her right arm, and snap her fingers.
SNAP!
And with a blink of an eye, all of them were surrounded. They all began to tense as they waited for the next actions.
"I want you to bring the fairy tail mages to the harbor!"
"!"
"How did she know!?" they all shouted, which Etherias merely ignored.
"Bring them there the moment Brandish turn this island back to normal." They watch as the commander glared at the said girl, who seemed to shrink and then return the island back to normal. With a small grunt from the pink haired commander, the soldiers lead the mages away from the place heading to the harbor, listening to latter as she scold Brandish while walking behind them.
"Geez Brandish, I was just, like gone for 2 or 3 minutes and yes I told you I'll be waiting for you here at the island but I also told you to never use your magic!"
"I'm sorry…"
"And you Marin! You've been in under Brandish for too long, you should know what will happen if you disobeyed her!"
"I failed…"
"Ugh… this is giving me the head ache."
"Sorry commander, I just want to by some star mango gelato… but the shop was in shambles…."
"Stop crying Brandish… who even turned that shop into something like that?"
"Ah… the fairy tail mages…"
'That bastard!' the fairy tail thought, a vein popping in their forehead.
"I'm losing my patience here, Marin… lie to me again and let's see who will be in shambles…" Etherias threated, which made the said mage to gulp. "If you're wondering how I knew, don't forget that I had sharp senses, I can hear your heartbeat skip when you lie."
"I'll never do it again, commander."
"What about our guest Brandish?"
"Still in the ship…"
The last thing the fairy mages heard was a soft humming before the leaders become quite. The mages look at each other, thinking of some way to escape from them before they reach the harbor, though there was nothing that came in their minds that would save them.
"Where's the owner of the shop?" Etherias asks, looking at the soldier, who was walking beside her.
"We don't know, ma'am." He answered, which made her to hum.
"I want you to look for this owner and bring him to harbor…. And don't you ever hurt the guy, am I understood?" she growled glaring at the soldiers who nodded fearfully.
"Yes ma'am!" the soldier shouted before running away bringing two other soldiers.
"What are you planning to do to the old guy?" Gray found himself asking, which made nearly all of them to look at him.
"Gray…" the girls whispered harshly, while Mest merely frown while carrying Angel, who was still unconscious all this time.
"You had guts to question the commander, mage." One of the soldiers, who were walking behind the fairy tail mages growled, while the soldiers who were walking in front of them didn't even look at the noise behind them.
"It's alright…" Etherias said. "They are after all the good guys, so they felt like questioning us is probably the right thing to do."
"Are you mocking us?!" Gray growled, stopping from walking and turn around to glare at the commander, who merely shrug her shoulders and removes the cloak she wore, exposing her uniform, and letting the cloak hang at her right arm.
"Me? Mocking you? I would never do that Gray Fullbuster…. But I would like you to behave like a good boy before things got worse." She said, looking straight at Gray's eyes.
"How did she…" Erza trailed off, looking at the commander with wide eyes.
"Did you really think that the commander or more likely us the leaders, would know the name of your guild but never knew its member? That brings joy to me." Brandish said, rolling her eyes which made Etherias to sigh and wave her hand which made them move forward. This time the walk towards the harbor was quite, except from their shoes and slippers making contact and noise with the sand below them, no other noise or the movement is created. Upon reaching the harbor, the soldiers stop in front of the ship the fairy tail uses earlier, but before any actions could be done, the soldiers, who left earlier to fetch the owner of the shop that Marin destroyed, came back with the owner of the shop.
"I…is there something you want from me… Commander?" the old man asks, trembling and the fairy tail had to hold themselves back when they saw how scared the man was.
"You're the owner of the star mango correct?" said commander asks, which made the man to nod. "Think you can continue your business there?"
"I'm afraid not, with what happen to the shop…."
"Well, if I told you the shop is now fixed and renovated? Will you continue?"
"EHHHH?!"
"WHAT?!" the mages, soldiers and the owner shouted, which cause the pink haired mage to flinch before she put on an emotionless expression.
"Before we left the spot where your shop is, I put up a magic spell that would fix your shop and had it renovated. This way you can continue your job and pursue your dream." She then glance at the shield of spriggan who was with her that day and saw the said spriggan giving her puppy eyes, which made her to sigh and look at the owner. "I want you to give one or two bowls for every tourist and soldier that will go to you shop. Give three bowls for Brandish." She added pointing at the said mages.
"Commander are you alright with that?" one of the soldiers asks, which Etherias nodded to.
"Of course. I maybe harsh at times, but I'm not going to let my people go, who work hard, to go without a reward. As for the tourist… they can consider it a payment for coming here." She explained before taking something out from her cloak that was hanging at her right arm, said arm had its hand on the waist, taking out a small bag before giving to the shop owner, who gaped at the inside.
"Good enough?"
"Better than good enough thank you, commander!" the shop owner bowed, which Etherias merely waved at hand to but not really dismissing the man. She then turn and look at the fairy tail mages, who was looking at her with wide eyes before she sighed.
"What took you so long?" she asks, the fairy mages frown in confusion before their eyes widen again, filled with relief and happiness when they heard the voice answered.
"The ship I you were in earlier was shove a bit by the waves when the Island rose from the sea and it took us a while to land back here in the harbor."
"Glad you stayed on the ship rather than stepping at the island the moment you arrive?"
"Yes." They saw the soldiers, parted which then revealed their master, Makarov, who was walking towards them.
"Master!" They all shouted, excitedly, to which the master smiled before stopping in front of Etherias.
"Thank you." He said, bowing at the commander. "Thank you for letting me stay at the empire for all those time, Commander Etherias." 'Thank you for letting me took care of you all those times, Natsu.'
"The gratitude is accepted, and please make sure to do your part of the condition as our emperor will." 'Thank you as well, master.' Etherias smiled, and watch as the master walk in front of the fairy tail mages.
"Master?" Erza asks.
"Everything is fine Erza… everything is fine between us and the Albareth." He said, which made them sigh then smiled in relief and happiness but team Natsu knew that deep inside everything will never be fine as soon as they told the master what happen, but for now they let themselves be free from the pain and grief. They all nodded at their master before turning to the ship. No longer do they need to stay for they already had their goal, they already had their master. Etherias watched them walk blinking when Makarov stopped and turned to look at her with teary eyes which she smile sadly and then she mouthed something which made his eyes to widen before they nodded and turn around back and walk towards the ship. The Albareth watch as the ship sailed away from the island, only then did Brandish step forward.
"Hime?" she ask softly, Natsu then turn to look at her and others smiling.
"So, who's up for a star mango gelato?" she asks, and then the shop owner headed back to his store while the people raises their hand which made her to laugh and nods at them. In a blink of an eye everyone was already running towards the shop with Brandish in the lead. This made Natsu enough time to gather her thoughts and look up in the sky smiling. Inhaling deeply, she then exhaled slowly, before following after her companions.
'This is… the beginning of a new start.' She thought, closing her eyes as she walk away from the shore.
When Natsu arrived at the shop, she sweats drop upon the people seeing forming a line in front of it. But she merely ignored it, as well as the shouts when the people saw her cutting in line but stop when they saw her uniform and the soldiers parted from their position at the door where they were eating, heading towards the shop which now turned into a café, with only star mango as ingredients.
"Commander!" the shop, now café owner greet her from the bar, while Brandish was sitting in front of it. Natsu nods her head to the side and ordered six gelato which was immediately serve in front of her and then disappeared in front of her in a blink of an eye.
"Hime…" Brandish whispered which Natsu merely wave a hand at and told the own to bring her more gelato for the remaining 12 spriggan at the castle and for her siblings.
"Hurry up, Bran-chan…" she said, turning around and grab the boxes of gelato from the bar and walk towards the door.
"Hai." Brandish ordered and in a blink of an eye her three gelato are gone and is already following her princess, heading back home.
(With the Fairy Tail)
Makarov watch from the back of the top deck of the ship, as the Caracolle become smaller and smaller as they sail away from it.
"Master? How did the meeting went?" Erza asks, Makarov inhaled deeply and look at his children.
"It went well… the reason I waited a year was because the emperor wasn't present at that time, but everything is fine now…. I will tell you about the details later when we arrive at the guild." He said they all nodded before heading back down to their quarters stopping when they saw a table with six star mango gelato on the top of it right in front of the table. They all glance at each other before they look at their master, who shake his head and went to grab a plate.
"Thank you commander." He said, before slicing a piece using the fork that was with it and ate it. The other mages followed shortly after while leaving the plate for angel. As Makarov bit at the piece of gelato he remembered what Natsu mouthed to him.
'Sayonara…' He then look up at the sky and smiled, the mages enjoyed their peace, as for that moment they have forgotten every single thing that had happen. They did remember they left the captain and the crew of the ship behind though… but nah, they paid the guys a hefty amount… so they're sure they won't bother them… they hoped…
TBC
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