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Chapter Nine: The New Fairy Tail
Inside the castle-like building, stone floors and walls could be seen all around, with pillars standing tall and proud like that of an actual castle. Multiple floors of the building could be seen from the first floor, totaling in four separated layers of the building. Many of the tables were in civilized condition, despite the few spars that some of the members of this guild were doing. Like in the past, there were some members who continued to go on with their own businesses. A few of them were talking, a few of them were drinking, and few of them were sparring with one another. Unlike in the past with the old guild, these weren't brawls, they were simply spars. Two members each would battle on for the sake of having something to punch, or simply use as an excuse to get some little bit of training in.
At the bar of the building in the back, three members could be seen relaxing. One of them was a familiar purple haired woman, who was working behind the counter wearing a black barmaid dress. The other was a familiar knight from a foreign land. And last but not least the one armed former leader of a certain tribe was seen as well while he looked around the building.
"You looked a bit tired out Kinana, would you like me to help you out?" Asce offered to the purple haired woman, who smiled at his care.
"Thank you for the offer Asce, but I'm fine. Don't worry." Kinana replied back to the knight, not wanting him to worry over her. She was used to this kind of work after all; it would take more than that to tire her out completely. Zin scoffed at her words.
"You shouldn't waste your time working over some bar," The former leader of the Inama Tribe stated as he turned to look at the woman, "You should be taking time to train your new abilities. How will you ever defeat an enemy if you don't improve yourself?" The white haired male stated to her.
"Come on now Zin," Asce spoke up, getting the one arm warrior to turn his attention back to the knight, "Not everyone can spend their time training. Some of them prefer to take it easy." He informed Zin, who only scoffed at the other's words.
"And that's how weakness comes to be. We shouldn't waste time; we should be out there hunting the Fel Demon down." Zin replied back as he glared at the knight, who sighed by the white haired male's words.
"And do tell me where would we even start? That monster goes all over the planet, so I doubt he even has a lair of his own. Even if he did, where could we even hope to find it without any clues?" The helmet wearing male stated to his acquaintance, who only glared back at the armored being.
"Calm down you two," Kinana politely stated, not wanting to get the two to fight once more, "Arguing like this isn't going to help anyone." The purple haired woman attempted to calm the two down.
Both Asce and Zin merely glare at each other once more before turning their heads away from one another, getting Kinana to sign at their behavior. The two of them were opposites, both of them believed in a different ideology, not to mention their personalities were also opposites from one another. The knight from the Nation of Kalavar, was more nicer and cared more about justice being delivered. While Zin was a warrior at heart, and saw kindness as a weakness, as he stated that kindness would only lead to ruin. One believed in working together, while the other believed in fighting alone. Asce believed in diplomacy if the chance came, while Zin believed in destroying anyone who opposed them. Asce would give mercy to one if they deserved it, while Zin wouldn't hesitate to just cut them down without a hearing.
It was a miracle that they even tolerate their presence with one another, especially since both of them were S-Class. They had to rebuild the guild hall once due to them going all out on one another due to their disagreements.
"So Kinana," Asce started to speak once more, getting the purple haired woman to look at the knight once again, "How much longer do you think that Laki and her group will return?" The warrior of light asked her, to which she went into a thinking position for that.
"I would have to say later today. She did contact us earlier in the morning letting us know that they completed the job, so I doubt they would be gone that much longer." Kinana informed the knight and the sole Inama survivor.
"What about the kid with them?" Zin questioned, as Asce and Kinana understood who the one arm being was referring too.
"No, Romeo isn't with them. Laki guessed that he took of to do whatever it is that he does." Kinana answered the one eye man, who grunted from her words.
"I don't trust that kid one bit. He reeks of death, not to mention that he claims that he still serves this… "King" of his, a king that we don't know anything about mind you." Zin responded to Kinana.
"I have to agree with Zin here," Asce put his own two cents on the matter, "He goes off doing questionable things. Everywhere he goes the scent of death follows. Not to mention his weapons just scream death and decay." The knight from Kalavar finished.
"I get your concern, but Romeo-."
"Isn't the same that you knew before, you and your violet hair colored woman said this yourself," Zin interrupted Kinana, before she could finish her sentence, "I doubt that his loyalty lies in this guild, nor does it lie in the greater good of defeating E.N.D."
"As if you are one to talk about loyalty to the guild Zin." Asce responded with a small glare at the white haired warrior, who glared back at the knight, "If I recall you only joined this guild with the sole purpose of destroying E.N.D, and nothing more."
"Isn't that your reasoning as well knight?" Zin responded back, his hand already on the blade he carries on the side of his waist as Asce only glared back at the one arm warrior.
"Guys, please…" Kinana started to say, in hopes of calming them down before they got out of hand once again.
Luckily, fate would be on her side as the doors to the Fairy Tail guild hall swung open. This of course got everyone in the building's attention as they all looked at the group that arrived.
The Tenrou group didn't know what to expect when the entered the building. There wasn't as many people like it used too back in the day before they vanished for the seven years. From first glance, there didn't seem to be a single soul that they recognized. Everyone else in the building looked at the new group in confusion, as well as weariness.
"Who are those guys?" One member questioned to another next to him.
"How should I know? New members perhaps?" The member replied back to her fellow guild mate.
The Tenrou group got even more confused as well as worried. No one here recognized them at all? Surely someone would have recognized a few of them like Titania for example. Makarov stepped forward, bringing everyone else's attention to the small old man.
"Excuse me, but is the guild master present?" He called out, wanting to know who is running the revived guild while they have been gone.
Zin, not trusting these sudden newcomers, got up from his seat before walking toward them with his blade in hand. He then spoke up, which got the Tenrou group to notice the one arm man heading toward them.
"She is not here at the moment. What is it to you? Identify yourself." Zin spoke with a voice that left no room for defiance. A few of the Tenrou group wizards couldn't help but find the man before them somewhat intimidating, from both his looks and the way he sounded. Other though didn't like the way this guy spoke to Makarov.
"Do not talk about Gramps like that!" Natsu shouted at the white haired man, getting his glare to shift from Makarov to the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer.
"I was not talking to you pink head. You will speak when I say you can." Zin responded back to him, while Gray had to hold back a snicker at Natsu being called pink head.
"We don't mean trouble," Erza started to speak up, getting Zin to look at the red head, "We are not an enemy. We are part of Fairy Tail."
This got Zin, as well as everyone else in the room, confused by he words. They never saw her or any of them before in their whole lives. Many of them began to think that the group was just talking crazy. Asce merely looked on before getting up from his seat.
"I'll go see what this group wants Kinana. You stay he-." He stopped himself as he looked to see the purple haired woman, only to see tears coming out of her eyes. She also had her hands closed to her mouth.
She couldn't believe what she was seeing. They were alive. The Tenrou group who disappeared years ago, they are alive!
"T-They're alive…" Was all Kinana could mutter as the tears continued to pour down her face.
This got Asce to widen his eyes, before looking back at the group that Zin was still in front of. Were they friends of Kinana's? Not wasting time, the knight bolted up before running over to the large group and Zin.
"Zin, that's enough!" Asce exclaimed, getting the white haired warrior and everyone else to look at the armored knight, "There are no threat. They are friends of Kinana." He finished saying, getting Zin to raise an eyebrow.
"Friends of Kinana?" Zin questioned, before turning his attention back to the large group before him, "You are friends with Kinana, and by extention are friends with Laki. Is this true?" He questioned them.
"Kinana is here?" Mira spoke up; getting the two S-Classes of Fairy Tail to look at the white haired woman.
Before Asce or Zin could reply back to her, Kinana was then seen running up to the group as well, with some tears still present in her eyes. But these weren't tears of sadness though; no these were tears of joy.
"Kinana!" Makarov spoke happily as he walked over to her with a large smile on his face, "It's good to see you again!"
"Y-Your alive…," Kinana started to say, before looking back everyone else, with a smile forming on her face despite the tears, "Y-You're all a-alive…"
It didn't take long for the rest of the Tenrou group to greet the purple haired woman, as well as some of them being hugged by the purple haired barmaid, as she continued to cry, happy that many of those who she thought perished were still alive.
Asce, Zin, and everyone else in the building only watched at the reunion between them all. Many of them who were acquainted with Kinana haven't seen her this happy in a long while. So this brought smiles to many of the members of the rebuilt Fairy Tail guild.
"Well… I didn't expect this to happen, but I can't say it is unwelcome." Asce admitted with a smile on his face, though one couldn't tell due to the helmet.
Zin only remained silent, as he only continued stared at the Tenrou group, wanting them to hurry up with their reunion before getting some answers out of them.
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