Hello everyone, it is I once more with another chapter for you all to either enjoy or despise with all of your hatred. It's up to you all really.

Now, in case anyone needs a reminder of the final harem:

Kinana

Laki

Ur

Sayla

Juvia

Lucy

Irene

Okay, with that out of the way, let's get back into the story shall we?

Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.

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Chapter Twelve: The boy with a cold heart

Nearly everyone of the Tenrou Group was shocked by what they were seeing. It was Romeo! The little boy of Macao's that used to hang around Natsu all the time. This was the same boy who always proclaimed about how he would join the guild one day when he got older.

What in the world happened to him? And why was everyone else in the building so unease by his presence?

Romeo didn't seem to notice the large group of Mages as he simply made his way toward the bar, where Kinana, Asce, and Zin were currently at. As he got closer to his destination, the one arm white haired Warrior scoffed at him.

"Well, if it isn't Mr. Death Kid himself. Where did you run off to this time?" Zin asked him, and if it weren't for the purple scarf around his neck and mouth, they would see him smirking.

Romeo stopped right in front of the bar as he turned to look at the white haired S-Class of the guild.

"Work." Romeo merely stated. His voice giving off an echo as he spoke, this got the Tenrou Group to feel a bit unease for some reason.

"What kind of work?" Zin asked him once more, his glare getting more narrowed and intense at the dark purple haired boy.

"That's none of your concern." The boy responded back, a little bit annoyed by the one arm man trying to get more information out of him, information that was none of hjis business.

Zin didn't say anything else as the two merely glared at one another. Everyone around the two could feel their aura's clashing with one another, while some were fearful that another fight between the two would break out. Thankfully though, this wasn't the case as Zin merely grunted once more before turning his head away from Romeo, who did the same thing. This got nearly everyone else in the building to sigh in relief.

"Ah, Romeo, you're back." Sayla's voice was heard by everyone in the building, getting them all to look at the second floor above them to see the purple haired woman along with Asuka standing there looking down at everyone.

"I am." The boy that reeked of death answered to the Guild Master of the guild.

"May I ask where you ran off to?" She asked him once again, as he nodded in confirmation.

"My King had an assignment for me to do." Romeo informed her. His words though got the Tenrou Group to be confused.

'King?' Every one of them thought to themselves. What King? It couldn't be Fiore, since they were told that it was a Queen that now ruled over the Kingdom. So who was Romeo talking about?

"I see." Sayla merely replied back, content with the answer as she and Asuka made their way down to the first floor where everyone else was located.

Romeo, seeing that the Etherious was done with her questions for him, then went down to sit at the bar. Kinana, already knowing what he usually gets, went ahead to get it for him.

Natsu, seeing this as an opportunity to alert the dark purple haired boy about his and the others' presence, then started to walk over to where the younger male was at. The others were surprised to see the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer already making his way to where the boy was at.

"Hey Romeo!" Natsu called out with a large smile plastered on his face, hoping to get some sort of reaction out of the dark purple haired boy.

However, it didn't looked like Romeo heard him as he simply continued to wait at the bar for his drink, at least that's what the Fire Dragon Slayer thought. This got Natsu's smile to falter a little, before he regained his previous smile as he tried again.

"Romeo-!"

"I heard you the first time," Romeo's voice was heard by the pink haired male, who looked surprised by how calm he seemed despite not seeing him or the others for seven years, "So you all decided to show back up, after what? Seven years?" he questioned without even turning to look at his former idol.

"…You don't sound surprise." Natsu couldn't help but point out; also he didn't really know what else to say to the armored boy.

"My King has eyes all over the planet; it didn't take long for the news of your return to get to him and me." Romeo informed him, still not even bothering to turn his head to look at the Dragon Slayer.

That got Natsu and the others to be surprised. They only been back for a day, how did Romeo and this King he's talking about find out about it already?

Before anyone else could say anything, Kinana returned to the front of the bar with a glass of water in hand, before the purple haired woman handed it to the dark purple haired boy.

"Here you go Romeo." She told him with a smile, as Romeo simply grabbed the drink from her.

"Thank you." Romeo thanked her. At least he seemed to be courtesy to the woman at least.

His hand reached up to one side of the mouth covering piece of metal on his face before detaching it getting it to hang from his jaw, allowing his mouth and nose to be seen. The armored younger male quickly downed the drink in only a few seconds, letting out a sigh of content before he put the armored mouth covering gear back on. The dark purple haired boy then got down from his seat before he went on pass Natsu as he headed to the guild's door.

"Where are you going?" Asce called out to him, who didn't stop walking to the exit as he spoke back at the Crusader.

"Home." He merely answered to the Knight, not stopping his movement.

However, before he could reach the doors of the Fairy Tail guild hall.

"Romeo!" Natsu called out once more with a more serious face, "Fight me!"

That got Romeo to cease his movement, as well as getting everyone else in the building to be surprised and started to mutter to one another.

"Is he out of his mind?" One guild member questioned.

"He should have left the boy alone." Another member voiced her opinion as well.

"Man, and here I thought the pink haired guy was going to be around for a while longer." Someone else spoke up.

"Better add another body to Romeo's count." Yet another guild member told those near her.

The Tenrou Group was both confused and worried by what they were hearing from everyone else in the building. Why was everyone freaking out? They are acting like this was going to be a fight to the death or something. Besides, Romeo wouldn't actually try to kill Natsu right? Erza figured she should put a stop to this if everyone was getting this frantic about it.

"Natsu," Erza called out to the Fire Dragon Slayer, getting him to look back at the red head, "That's enough, there's no need for this ba-."

"I accept." Romeo cut her off, getting everyone to look at the dark purple haired boy in surprised.

"You do?" Laki called out to him, getting the armored younger male to look at the violet haired woman.

"Why not? If he wishes to be crippled then by all means, who am I to stop him?" Romeo responded to the Wood Maker Mage. His words got a lot of people to feel shivers down his spine.

"What is up with him?" Gray couldn't help but asked the violet haired woman he was next to. Laki looked back at the Ice Maker Mage with a small frown on her face.

"I'll try to explain the best I can about this later." She merely told him and the others, who saw now unnerved and sadden she got from saying that.

Sayla, seeing that a battle was going to take place, then started to speak up as everyone turned to look at the purple haired Etherious woman.

"If you two are going to battle one another, take it to the training area behind the building if you must." She informed both the Fire Dragon Slayer and the dark purple haired boy. She then turned around and motioned her hand at them, telling them and everyone who was interested in watching the fight between the two to follow her.

Seeing this, Romeo and Natsu were the first to follow the Guild Master of the New Fairy Tail, with the rest of the Tenrou Group, Kinana, Laki, Zin, Asce, and others who wanted to watch the battle with their own eyes followed suit.

'A FEW MINUTES LATER'

Everyone arrived at the back of the guild hall, which showed a rather decent battlefield right in the middle of the area. For those who were stuck on Tenrou Island, they were surprised to see the training area around them. Other than the large battlefield in the center of it all, there were a few other smaller ones near it as well. They saw some opened areas with wooden dummies placed either in close spaces for melee purposes, or in stretched out yards for range purposes. There were a few wooden circles around for those who wanted a quick sparring match without going all out. All in all, the area they were in seemed to be more for military training than something a guild would need.

"Surprised?" Asce spoke up to the Tenrou Group, getting them to look at the Knight from the Kalavar Kingdom.

"Yeah, a little." Lucy admitted to him.

"Why would the guild need so much space for training?" Freed couldn't help but asked the Crusader.

"Isn't it obvious?" Asce started to tell them, "With the dark times we are in now, and with the Fel Demon still out there causing so much havoc, we must keep on improving ourselves and overcome any challenges we face, either alone or together," He then turned to look back at the group, "You all are most likely going to need to start training yourselves if you are to survive in this divided world we all live in." The Knight finished telling them.

They merely looked at him before they looked back at the training area they were all in. Were things that bad for everyone to keep on working and training?

"Guys! It's about to start!" Happy exclaimed as he saw Natsu and Romeo getting on the opposite sides of the field.

Everyone present was glued to the scene before them. Natsu was stretching as he got ready for the battle with the armored being, as Romeo simply stood in his spot as he drew his blades from his waist.

"Alright guys, who do you think is going to win this?" Cana asked everyone watching from the sidelines.

The replies she got from the many members of the guild all threw their lot in with Romeo, believing that Natsu wouldn't stand a chance against "The child of death" as many of them referred to Romeo. Much of the Tenrou Group supported Natsu, since they didn't really know what abilities Romeo had. Out of their group, only Gray and Gajeel was with Romeo, since the two wanted to see their rival get his butt beaten.

Zin simply grunted by the bets that were being made by everyone else, finding it all a waste of time. These Wizards who just returned from being frozen in time needed to understand that this was no time for stupid bets or jokes, even if they were safe for the time being. The one arm Warrior would make sure to beat that into their skulls.

He was snapped out of these thoughts when Sayla spoke up, being near the edges of the battlefield.

"Natsu, Romeo, you may begin the battle!" Sayla called out.

"Alright! I'm all fired up now!" Natsu shouted with confidence, as well as excitement, mainly to see what magic and abilities Romeo now had in his disposal.

And with that, Natsu charged right at the dark purple haired boy, who only glared at the approaching opponent.

There we go. So what did you all think? Good? Bad? Want me to stab someone? Let me know.

See you all next time, whenever that will be.