Chapter 2
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"Well, that was a good walk," Mynami said casually.
"That was a walk for her," Lucy thought, "I can't tell if these guys are strong, crazy, or both."
"Hey, Lucy, are you ready to officially enter the guild?" Mynami asked, ending Lucy's internal dialogue. "Sorry it took so long, we know you were looking forward to joining." Mynami continued.
"Nah, it's fine, we were helping people, that's the job of all members of any guild," Lucy said while they both smiled.
They then slowly turned around as they opened the doors to the guildhall when all of a sudden…
[Explosion]
"Great," Mynami said with a sigh. "Lucy stay close and stay down." she continued before pushing the doors open and walking off to the right.
"What is she talking about?" Lucy thought worried.
"Lucy when we get inside follow me so you won't get hurt," Mynami said with a kind yet worried smile as if she knew something bad was going to happen.
Lucy nodded.
Mynami and Lucy crept around the outside and made their way over to a bar where a beautiful woman with silver-blonde hair was trying to avoid being dragged into the fight. "Hey, Mira holding down the fort I see," Mynami asked the girl while sitting down at the bar.
"Yeah, this fight has lasted about ten minutes now and probably won't last another five." She responded while ducking to avoid getting hit by a flying mug.
"Wait so you're Mirajane?! The Mirajane?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Who's this, is she a friend of yours?" Mira asked Mynami curiously.
"This is Lucy, we found her in Hargeon and she wants to join the guild."
"Nice to meet you," Lucy said with a powerful look of glee.
"Nice to meet you too. So you want to join the guild? Well, the master is a little busy at the moment so how..." she was cut off as a booming voice began to shout through the guildhall.
"What is this nonsense?!" A large figure cloaked in shadow began. "Stop this at once!" He continued as the brawl dispersed all a Sept for Natsu.
"Never mind, there he is now." she finished
"Looks like I won this round! Who's the man!?" Elfman exclaimed as the giant's foot crashed down flattening him like a pancake.
"Well hello, master. Good to see you're doing well." Mynami stated with a smile.
"That's the master?!" Lucy exclaimed as the giant turned to her.
"Seems we have a new recruit." He boomed.
"Uh! Aye, sir!" Lucy exclaimed as he started shrinking and became more invisible. "Wait he's tiny?!" she exclaimed again.
"You say "Aye sir" just like a few of our other members," The master said.
A short man with a bushy, white mustache, he wore an orange jacket with a white t-shirt with the fairy tale insignia printed on it underneath, and on his head, he wore an orange and blue striped jesters hat.
"Size doesn't really matter when it comes to magic," Mira said to Lucy. "Master Makarov, this is Lucy, she would like to join the guild," Mira stated.
"It would be a pleasure to have you aboard." Master Makarov said with a smile as he jumped to the banister of the second floor not before hitting his head and then climbing up with a sigh. "This is unacceptable!"
"Will you look at this pile of complaints the Magic council sent me this time." He starts ranting as the guild becomes silent. "Are you brats nut's all you do is make the higher-ups mad at me," All the guild members present lower their heads in guilt as he begins to have tick marks sprout from his heads, "However," He continues as they all look up, "I say to heck with the council!" He states while he sets the large stack of complaints in his hand aflame. Mynami was resisting the urge to jump up and devour the flame. "Power that surpasses reason still comes from reason, right. Magic isn't some kind of miraculous power; it is a talent that can only work when the flow of energy inside of us and in the natural world are in perfect synchronization. To perform magic one must have a strong mind and the ability to focus, it should take over your being and come pouring out of your soul. If all we do is worry about following rules then our magic will never progress. Don't let those blowhards on the council scare you, follow the path you believe in. because that's what makes the Fairy Tail guild number one." As he finishes with Fairy Tail's sign and the rest of the guild cheers and raises their hands at the end of his speech in agreement and pride.
A few moments after everyone calmed down and began to clean up the guild Mirajane asked Lucy "Where would you like your guild mark?"
"Hm, how about on the back of my hand." She said.
"Sounds good," Mira responds as she stamps the guild mark onto the back of Lucy's left hand, "There you go."
"Wow, thanks. Now I'm part of an official guild and it's the number one guild!" She exclaimed with a massive smile. She then decided to run up to Natsu and Mynami, "Hey Mynami look I joined the guild."
"It's good to have ya, Lucy," Mynami said with a smile.
Moments later the guild door burst open with a cloaked figure being thrown into the front of the bar right next to where Lucy was sitting. "KYAH!" Lucy shouts as she sees the figure begin to sit in a pool of its own blood. The figure then shifts enough so that everyone could see his face and his exposed front causing all present to look at the door in fear. The figure then says "You're a monster, how could they let someone like you join a guild?" Everyone then heard footsteps coming towards the door and then everyone heard Natsu's voice "What's the matter Bora the Prominence are you finally regretting your actions." he walked into the guild with all eyes on him not even worrying about the pool of blood that is growing ever larger. They then took in the severity of what he had done. They looked at his face and all they could barely notice was his evil smile. The blood-red, dragon slit pupils were of little importance to them. They then moved down to his arms. He had streams of blood that was not his own dripping down his left arm while his right had a strange flame in its grasp. Nobody but Mynami knew it didn't belong to him. He walked by all his guildmates ignoring all of them. He then turned to someone on the second story of the hall, The guild Master, Makarov. He started "Natsu, why are you treating this man with such disdain?"
Natsu then retorted "I am only teaching Bora the lesson he deserves." he then began walking towards the beaten man with even greater blood lust. Then Gray got in his way. He had already stripped his boxers before Natsu came inside the guildhall.
"Well, what exactly gives you the right to teach that lesson!" Gray exclaimed.
Natsu glared at Gray before saying "Because he pissed me off."
"Everyone pisses you off!" Mynami butted in.
Natsu then shot her a glare and then Gray said: "So he pissed you off and that gives you the right to beat him within an inch of his life?!"
"That is enough!" Makarov shouted, "Natsu leave him alone! Jet, Droy, take this man to Porlyusica! Then someone comes over and clean up this mess." Jet and Droy then walked out of the crowd and dragged Bora out of the guildhall as another guild member came over with a mop and bucket and began cleaning up the blood puddle caused by the enraged Natsu.
"Natsu what absurd reason do you have for nearly killing that poor man." Master Mokarov asked frustrated.
"He was a slaver who used the name of our guild to kidnap unsuspecting people. He promised them a place in the guild if they came to a party he held on his boat. He then proceeded to drug them and chain them in the cargo hold. I found several dozen women chained to the walls. They were beaten, bruised, and bloodied. I just gave him a bit of what he had done to hundreds if not thousands of people before auctioning them off to the highest bidder." He replied. "I not only taught him a lesson but I saved several dozen people from being put through more hell than any of us could ever imagine."
"Well, at least you did some good while causing all that pain. Surely there were other slavers working with him, what did you do with them?" Mynami asked.
"I tied them up and left them for the army since they were already on their way there. But since bora was the ringleader I thought he deserved a worse punishment." He said with an evil grin.
"Well, at least it's over and done with, though there will be repercussions for this," Makarov stated.
"Yeah, I know gramps," Natsu responded. "Is Erza around by any chance?" He then asked.
"No, she's still on a quest right now and won't return until tomorrow," Makarov answered
"Too bad, I needed to talk to her." He responded after sighing
He then began to walk towards the door. As the door closed behind him everyone began to return to their usual antics. Mira then asked Mynami "What do you think that was about? I mean obviously, he didn't like the fact that he was a slaver but Natsu has met people far worse than slavers. Why do you think He got so angry?"
"I'm not sure but it might not be a bad idea if I go and talk to him." She responded before standing and heading for the door.
She made her way through the center of town before heading towards the woods where she and Natsu would play as kids. They had just joined the guild and hadn't learned to trust anyone there yet. Their father had always taught them to be cautious around new people. She then came across a clearing where there was a small dome of dry grass and sticks with a gravestone directly across from the entrance to the dome. The stone had the Fairy Tail insignia on it. This place brought back a lot of memories for Mynami, both happy and sad. She then looked across from the grave where she saw Natsu staring off towards the sunset. She then walked up next to him.
Before she got the chance to say anything Natsu spoke up, "There was a girl in the cargo hold that looked just like her. They could have been twins."
"Listen Natsu I know you still miss them but you need to realize that it wasn't your fault and no one thinks it was your fault. Everyone loved them and we all wish they were still here but no amount of grieving will bring them back to us." She responded.
After hearing this he turned and began walking toward the trees behind them and disappeared into the underbrush.
As the sun began to disappear behind the mountains Mynami turned and looked at the grave with tears in her eyes and the past and she saw a smaller grave again with the Fairy Tail insignia on it laying in the doorway of the little house. She then broke down crying at the sight of her childhood friends. As she cried she quietly sobbed "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."