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How did I get wheeled into this crap?

"You can't like Creator, 'cause I like him!" The girl screamed, keeping a firm grip on a lock of brown hair belonging to the other young girl.

"You gotta be joking! Do you really think he'll ever like you, you ugly pig?!" The brunette shouted back, trying to loosen herself from the other brunette girl's hands.

It was chaos. Mayham, to say the least. The day had stared out so well, only to end in this petty little skirmish.

"You're just mad that I got the looks and you got the.. What? Big mouth?" Another jab at self esteem got fired.

"I hate you!"

"I hate you first!"

"That doesn't even make sense!"

"It does too!"

"Does not!"

"Yea-huh!"

"Nuh-uh!"

Mahan's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, while his fingertips drummed impatiently against the table's rough surface. They were currently stationed in the common room, the guild's other members sitting in small cliques about the squared space.

How in the world did he let himself get reeled into this stupid duty? He was a high ranking member of the most bad-ass dark guild in the entirety of Fiore and he he was, babysitting children.

"Yea-huh!"

"Nuh-uh!"

"Enough!" Mahan kicked himself up from his sitting position. His light brown hair ruffled slightly by the sudden movement, while his angry eyes focused on the bickering girls. "Shut up! I've had enough of your silly little girly problems, so just shut up!" His loud tone echoed of the wall, alerting the other members, none of which decided to comment on the disturbance. The man was fuming angry puffs of air, when he a second later cursed at himself.

"Chill out old man, we were just joking around, right Lilly?" One brunette looked to another, who nodded with a sudden bored look on her face.

"Yeah dude, no need to pop a vain." The girl called Lilly spoke. "Milly and I were just having some fun."

"Fun?" Mahan exclaimed, a confused and irritated look haunting his features. "What is wrong with teenagers now-a-days?! I was not this stupid when I was your age." He sighed, worn out.

"Yeah, but that was like a trillion years ago." Milly chuckled.

"Hey, I'm only 25." Mahan complained, completely forgetting that he was angry.

"If you don't wanna be here, then why don't you just leave?" Lilly asked, curiosity playing in her bored tone.

"Taking care of you is an order from the master, I can't just leave." Mahan sighed while dumping himself in the chair once again.

"Well, we don't need taking care of, right Lilly?" Milly asked her twin. Why was it always twins? First those annoying, unnaturally loving brats Subject 101 was hanging around with and now these twits. Mahan decided, he hated children.

He was already sick and tired of this day, now all he wanted to do was get a drink and sleep until tomorrow. His eyes traveled to the windows, where small rain drops slowly began staining the glass. The dark sky showed no sign of stars, being covered in heavy rain clouds. The two girls by his side began bickering again, making him shut his eyes and forget the world around him.


"Gray, how could you run away like that?!" Mirajane scolded the still shivering teen.

Gray had been brought back to the guild by a very displeased Keir. The silver haired teen sighed when he let the prison of black land on the floor. Luckily they had just avoided the oncoming rain that now started falling outside. The cage around Gray disintegrated before their eyes, letting the dark haired boy free.

"I'll go greet my boss." Keir stated, not bothering to lock eye contact with anyone.

"You mean your father?" Lucy asked, having joined the crowd around Gray, a group of people existing of Erza, Natsu and a distraught Juvia.

Keir seemed to jump slightly by the mention of his family member, whereas he only nodded without a word and continued on his way.

"Odd fella." Marco commented, somewhere in the mass of people.

"Seriously Droopy-eyes, what kind of pansy-ass move was that?!" Natsu taunted. Gray, who were still on his knees, just looked at him with both confusion and irritation in his eyes. Droopy-eyes? Pansy-ass?! Who the hell did this guy think he was, calling him things like that?! Then again, was this a normal thing? The ice mage felt anger within himself, but it also felt like this was something that happened rather often.

"Shut-up! I don't even know who you are!" Gray sneered, surprising even himself. Natsu frowned deeply. That was right, Gray didn't remember him. He didn't remember anything, not his past nor his time here at Fairy Tail. He didn't remember Erza, or Lucy, or the master, or even Juvia. Not even his own powers. The thought made the fire mage a little somber. Who the hell did this to him? Neel was somehow involved, but according to Old-man-Tanarou this dark guild, "Codename" had something to do with it. Anger arose within Natsu, no one hurt his friends! He was gonna beat the crap out of whoever did this to Gray and Erza!

Gray found it odd the way the pink haired teen stopped talking and went into deep thoughts, somehow that didn't seem like Natsu. Wait a minute! How did he know the boy's name was Natsu?! Sudden pain shot into Gray's brain, making the teen clutch at his hair.

"Gray, what's wrong?!" Erza asked quickly, seeing the pain the ice mage was in. She bowed down, putting herself on Gray's eye level.

The wrench of his brain stopped as suddenly as it had come. What did he just think about? Oh well.. "I don't remember."

"You looked like you were in pain, are you sure you are alright?" The red head looked concerned.

"I don't know, I don't know anything. Who was that guy?" Gray looked a little lost, as he jerked his head in the direction Keir had went. "Who are you? What is this place?" He looked Erza straight in the eyes, making Juvia's toes curl out of jealousy. If only he would stare into her eyes like that.

"I'm Erza Scarlet, your friend." The s-class mage smiled.

"My friend?"

"Yes," Erza chuckled and gently took hold of Gray's left arm. "Come on, lets get you cleaned up. You're freezing."

Gray felt a sudden warmth within his chest. This place filled with crazies might not be such a bad place after all.


"So, you're Erza, you're Natsu, Lucy and Juvia." Gray pointed at each person he named. Having gotten a warm bath, new clothes and a soft bed in the infirmary, Gray's mood had upped quite a lot since earlier. The ice mage now sat cross-legged on his bed looking around on his so called "friends".

The blonde, Lucy moved on her chair, smiling at Gray. The innocent, confused Gray was cute no matter how you looked at him. His rough, icy, but also positively weird personality was gone, only to be replaced by a scared, confused and child-like one. Knowing nothing of the world and the people in it, had changed the man unmeasurably. The Gray they knew was gone until further notice. Lucy didn't know what to think, she felt sad on Gray's behalf, not remembering anything about yourself or your friends, must be a very sad thing to go through. Somehow things hadn't gone well lately, Erza had lost her powers too. Poor Erza, she looked fine, but in Lucy's experience, the red head was just putting up a front for everybody. Most of all Gray. Having the ignorant Gray know that one of their guild's most powerful mages were without power at the moment, was probably not a smart idea.

Gajeel, a big grumpy guy Gray had noted, clicked his tongue and turned in his bed, most likely trying to sleep. The rain were coming down harshly outside and the blue haired girl, Juvia kept reassuring people "it wasn't her fault", whatever that meant.

"That's right! And this here," Natsu pointed to his fist, "is the the hand that's gonna beat the shit out of you of you don't remember us soon." The fire mage smiled, but yet somehow was still serious underneath his toothy grin.

"Natsu, stop it!" Lucy scolded, while Erza looked back and forth between her and Natsu.

"What, can't I say stuff like that any more?! I used to do that all the time and you know it!" The teen sulked.

"That's not the point, maybe he wants to remember, but can't! He doesn't need you pouring salt in it!" The blonde's irritated tone went on deaf ears, as Natsu crossed his arms defiantly and looked away from her.

"I'm right here, you know." Gray sighed.

"Lucy's got a point though." Erza agreed, ignoring Natsu's "traitor!" scream. "Every time Gray tries to remember anything, everything from before he lost all his memories get's wiped clean. Just as Tanarou said, someone stole his memories and he can't just take them back by remembering."

There was a small pause of silence. Everyone looked to Gray again, making him slightly uncomfortable.

"So what you're saying is, someone stole Gray's memories and he can't remember them before we steal them back from whoever took them in the first place?" Lucy asked.

"Most likely."

"That suits me fine, I'm gonna kick their asses and bring back both Gray's memories and your powers!" Natsu yelled, looking determinedly on Erza.

"And how do you plan on doing that, do you even know where to start looking?" Lucy asked, curiosity playing in her voice.

"Neel." Juvia, who had been quiet through their entire conversation, flinched by the mention of the name. Not unnoticed by Gray, who looked at her with slight concern. Juvia struck him as an odd girl, mostly because she had tried to convince him that she was his girlfriend before he lost all recollection of her. She was mostly quiet, but found drooling sometimes, off in some kind of dreamland. Sure, he had only known her for a couple of hours, but she seemed nice enough. Weird, but nice.

"What do you mean 'Neel'? What about him?" Lucy asked Natsu, who seemed to be thinking up some kind of master plan.

"Neel was the one who put that weird spell on Gray, so he must have some connection to those who stole his memories." Natsu said cleverly.

"That's actually a good point Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed, impressed by him.

"Juvia doesn't think it's a good idea." The water mage suddenly said, avoiding eye contact.

"Why not?" Erza asked calmly.

Juvia swallowed a lump. She was seated on a small dresser pushed up against the wall, her legs brushing by the handles of the drawers. "We left Neel-kun alone back at the orphanage, it's hard to imagine he's still there after almost three weeks." She stated.

"Yeah, but the magic council probably took him into custody. We can just talk to him there." Lucy suggested.

"I wouldn't count on that." A voice sounded from the infirmary door. They all looked that way, only to watch the silver haired boy from earlier enter. His face was indifferent and cold while he stepped closer.

Natsu immediately put a sour look on his face, he didn't much care for the newcomer. "What do you want?" He asked in a irritated voice.

"Natsu, you're being rude!" Lucy tried to scold again, but only got ignored.

"I just happened to overhear your little discussion and thought to myself 'what an idiotic idea'." The cold teen teased Natsu.

"What did you say?!" Natsu took two steps towards the stranger before Lucy took it upon herself to take hold of Natsu's west, holding him back. The fire mage was already boiling with anger, but Lucy's presence behind him calmed him slightly. If that bastard so much as smirked right to his face, he would crack his skull open.

"I said it was 'an idiotic idea', can't you hear?" The white-silver haired teen asked, his own face portraying slight irritation. What did he have to be irritated about, Natsu thought. He was the one coming in here and pissing people off!

"You.. Um?" Erza started.

"Keir." The silver headed one answered her unasked question.

"Keir, what did you mean when you said that we shouldn't count on Neel being held by the council?" She continued.

Keir stepped slightly closer, keeping an eye on Natsu, who had calmed down a little. Lucy still had a good portion of his west in her hand.

"Subject 101, or Neel as you prefer, was or is depending on him still being alive, a member of Codename." Keir started his explanation. "My boss and I have been working on this case concerning Codename for nine years now and I know how they act. They would rather have him killed then to let him into the hands of the council, meaning if he is still alive, you wont find him unless you find their headquarters."

"So? Taizou knows where that is, we can just ask him." Natsu shot in, contempt him his voice.

"Taizou is not allowed to share that kind of information, not even with us." The silver haired teen stated, ignoring the ill will in Natsu's tone.

"What do you mean 'not even with you'?" Lucy asked.

"According to our spell researcher, Taizou's been equipped with a rather powerful one that will kill him if he spills any vital information about Codename." Keir explained.

"How does that work? Juvia thought Taizou-san already told you a great deal of information." The water mage said confused.

"Everything Taizou has told us, has obviously not been of great importance to them. This is why he hasn't told us of their master plan, nor of their location." Keir stated.

"I have no idea what you guys are talking about." Gray sighed, lost to the conversation.

"Haven't you tried following him? To see where he goes when he's off to missions?" Erza asked again.

"Of course we have, but we always end up losing him in the end." Keir's voice shook with slight frustration, he regained his indifference a second later.

"Amateurs, can't even follow a single guy." Natsu spat out with venom.

"You idiot, every member of Codename is granted some kind of way to escape. Of course, Taizou isn't allowed to tell us what that is. My boss doesn't want to risk losing our only inside member, so he doesn't force Taizou to say anything." Keir explained.

"Awfully easy to trick you guys then. Haven't you even considered the possibility that he might be lying to you or something?" Natsu asked. Lucy looked nervously between Keir and the fire mage.

Anger immediately showed on Keir's face. "Take that back." He sneered.

"Natsu, what's the matter with you?!" Lucy yelled at the pink haired teen, anger in her tone as well.

"Taizou would never betray The Guard! He's a good man, so take back what you said!" Keir roared, his fists clenched. The silver haired teen stepped closer, when suddenly he launched for Natsu.

The fire mage pushed Lucy aside, getting into a serious fighting stance. "Come at me then!"

"Natsu, stop this right now!" Erza stepped forward, ready to intervene when she remembered the loss of her powers.

Keir's fist slammed into Natsu's face a second later, making the fire mage step back from the impact. It wasn't enough to beat him! Natsu flew forward, successfully hitting Keir square in the jaw. Keir also only stepped back a little, putting them at the same physical level.

"Woah, what the hell is happening?!" Gray yelled having jumped from his bed, backing up against the dresser, right next to Juvia. The water mage was for once a little to busy to notice her dear Gray-sama's closeness. Never thought she would be thinking that, she regretted it instantly.

Lucy looked on in horror as Natsu and Keir slammed each other with deadly blows, as if taking turns. Natsu hit, then Keir hit, then Natsu and then Keir again. back and forth, like an endless circle.

Natsu's fist flew right for Keir's face once again, when the silver haired teen suddenly dodged the attack, bowed down to get under Natsu' field of vision and held his hands by his hip. A katana of black matter formed in his hands in seconds. The slim sword got sliced upward, aiming for Natsu's throat. Luckily the fire mage stepped back in time to barely dodge the slash.

Lucy gasped frightened. Keir was really trying to kill Natsu and judging from his continuing attempts at hitting one of Natsu's vital spots, he was dead set on it. Besides that, Lucy was really curious as to what that katana was made of, the black matter that formed out of nowhere, what could it be? Shadows? Darkness?

Natsu continued to dodge, hating the fact that he was on the defensive. Letting his fists catch on fire, the pink haired teen dodged once again and went for a counter. His flaming fist connected with the black blade of Keir's sword, the other teen having blocked his attack. Natsu cursed as he jumped back, creating some distance between him and his adversary.

"Take back what you said!" Keir screamed, having totally lost it.

"Yeah Natsu, please just take it back before you destroy the whole infirmary!" Lucy yelled, having ducked behind one of the many beds.

A power struggle ensured between the two when Natsu went on the offensive once again. Keir kept blocking Natsu's fire attacks, where as if Natsu hadn't been holding back, this fight would have been over with a long time ago. Little did he know, Keir thought the same.

In fear of destroying the building like Lucy said, Natsu held back from releasing bigger, more destructive attacks. Lost in thought, Keir's black katana came out of nowhere, grazing his cheek. A small cut formed on the fire mage's skin, instantly shedding blood.

"Natsu!" Erza gasped slightly. Juvia and Gray were still stationed by the wooden dresser, while Lucy peeped forth from behind a bed.

"It's just a scratch." Natsu reassured them.

Both the two boys launched for each other at that same moment, one with flaming fists, the other with a pitch back katana. Before either of them could finish out their attacks, an infirmary bed came flying through the room, in between of the two and crashed against the wall behind them.

"For fuck's sake!" An angry roar was heard further down the room. "Can't you be allowed one god damn MINUTE of sleep, without having to listen to you assholes FUCKING AROUND and making SO MUCH FUCKING NOISE!" Gajeel growled as he slowly stepped closer. His eyes tired, yet deadly went from Natsu to Keir, then back. "Shut the fuck up." His voice was once again in a lower pitch, yet still as pissed off.

"Gajeel, oh thank god!" Lucy exclaimed, praising his temper internally.

"No, not god, me!" Gajeel voiced his anger. "Now, get over yourselves, and let me sleep!"

Natsu and Keir had momentarily forgotten each other and stared at the pissed off Gajeel. Lucy eyed the broken bed by the wall. Wow, Gajeel must have tossed that thing hard.

"What is going on in here?!" Makarov suddenly blasted through the door, Tanarou in tow. The small master stopped in his tracks as he eyed the scene before him. Natsu and Keir clearly fighting each other, Lucy hiding, Juvia and the confused Gray in the corner of the room and Gajeel, who should be resting, out of bed. Anger formed on his features.

Natsu let the fire on his hands vanish as Keir incinerated his black sword.

"Natsu, what in the world is going on here?" Makarov asked, hoping for a pleasant answer.

Before Natsu even had chance of answering, Tanarou had slipped by the master and took long, steady steps towards Keir. The silver haired teen looked up to his tall father, obedience in his eyes.

Tanarou let his palm run across Keir's face in a fierce slap that made Keir fall backwards and land on the floor. Dead silence rung through the room as all eyes were on the pair.

"Know your place." Were Tanarou's only words as he looked at his son with disappointed eyes. He then turned on his heel and walked out the room. After the noise of the door being slammed shut had passed, Keir got on his feet.

The silver haired boy turned to look at Natsu and the fire mage's eyes widened by what he saw.

Keir's eyes were dead of any kind of emotion. Earlier, when they had fought, his eyes had been full of passion and anger, now they were empty. Except a tiny speck of life, which only signalized that the human was alive, those grey eyes held nothing.

"Excuse me." Keir said, even his voice indifferent. He bowed slightly to the master on his way out and gently closed the infirmary door behind him.

Natsu was filled with an odd feeling. He was torn by his anger and his sympathy for Keir. Natsu wasn't usually one for feeling sorry for anybody, but that dead look Keir had given him was already haunting his brain.

"N-now Gajeel, back to bed." Even then master seemed shook up a little. None of the members of this guild was related to him by blood, but he still considered everyone of them his children. Never would he have hit any of them that way. Sure he had bashed around Natsu a couple of times, but that was totally different. Both himself and Natsu knew the fun in it.

Maybe it was time for a chat with Tanarou.

"Fine." Gajeel complained a little, but followed orders and threw himself on an empty bed, dragging the covers over himself.

"M-master, I-" Natsu started, but held his tongue when Makarov held up his hand, silently asking him to be quiet.

"We'll talk about this later." His voice portrayed finality. "Gray, please go back to bed and the rest of you, go home, it's late."

Lucy got out from her hiding spot and looked nervously to Natsu, who didn't say a word. Juvia said a gentle goodnight to Gray and bowed slightly, which he thought was odd. Natsu, Lucy, Erza and Juvia followed the master, exiting the infirmary.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Lucy told Natsu and let her hand gently brush down his arm, an action he noticed and smiled slightly. He nodded to her and with his eyes, followed her until she vanished from sight.

Erza said her goodnight and made her way to Fairy Hills, the dormitory for the girls.

"Master, I-" He tried again.

"Natsu, I said later." Makarov's voice held an odd tone of something Natsu hadn't heard before, he therefore backed off.

Making for the front door he passed by Taizou, who waited just outside. He smirked lightly when Natsu walked by him.

"Fought with the young master, have we?" His sudden question startled Natsu a little, but the teen quickly regained his composure.

"What's it to you?" Natsu sneered slightly, not caring if he sounded rude.

"Oh nothing, I was just saying you should be careful messing with that boy, he's a real monster when he get's serious." Taizou chuckled, his dark eyes shining in the moonlight. The rain had let up a little while ago, making the almost full moon shine through the cracks in the clouds.

"What are you saying?" Natsu frowned.

"Just giving you a bit of advise, watch your back when it comes to him." Taizou gave Natsu one last look before turning and entering the Fairy Tail building once again.

Natsu stood there for a while, just looking at the front gate. From the inside, the letters were backwards and harder to read, but having seen the sign so many times, Natsu had no problem deciphering the words:

Fairy Tail.

His home, his family. He was gonna protect them, no matter what. Codename were messing with the wrong people and they were gonna pay for it. Big time.


Hello my lovely readers, have I ever told you guys how much I love you? No? Well I do, a lot!

This was Chapter 7, so what did you think? It was kind of dramatic, wasn't it?

I was looking forward to introducing Keir, because I have a feeling you guys are gonna love him as much as I do. Yeah, he might seem like a dick right now, but don't worry, you'll know why eventually.

Plus, I think I made Natsu kind of OOC this chapter, so I'm sorry for that and again, some of you might think it's weird that Happy ain't around, but as I said I have absolutely no clue how I should portray him. He really lives up to his name and I am not optimistic enough to actually write in such a happy character. Yeah, you could say Natsu is the happy type, which is why I feel bad about changing him a little and making him kind of OOC.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll be super happy if you would review your thoughts. (After all, I become depressed if no one praises me) (I'm kidding) But seriously, please review ;)

Oh and I'll try to edit some chapters of ToR, maybe that'll make some more people read it. To all of you here (who hopefully have read ToR) Thank you!

I'll see you next time~

Sigi-san signing out!