Chapter 2
I opened the door to what I assumed was the temporary guild hall that Fairy Tail were staying in, based purely on the fact that it was where all the noise and explosions were coming from.
Looking around, I found Yukino and Lucy talking about something near the bar, with Natsu, Gajeel and Sting duking it out nearby. Seeing that Rogue wasn't getting in on the action, I looked around for him, finding him off in the corner talking with Kagura, who was holding Frosch, and an unfamiliar black haired guy.
He had a black Fairy Tail guild mark on his left shoulder, with a metal pauldron on his other shoulder. He wore black scale-like gloves, a white one sleeved shirt and black pants. Before I could even take a step, a burst of light left me temporarily blinded, and before I could recover a burst of flame struck me on the arm.
"Oi, Natsu, bugger off." I called towards the 'fire dragon king' as he'd been calling himself after he killed Acnologia.
"Hey Raiko!" He called back before Sting got him with what looked to be his White Dragon Talon.
Sighing, I went to head to the bar but noticed a certain red head appear at the top of the stairs leading to what I assumed were the rooms where Fairy Tail were staying. I stopped where I was, wanting to see what would happen to Natsu and Gajeel. Erza walked up to the fighting dragon slayers, grabbed Natsu and Gajeel by their shirts and slammed their heads into each other.
"No more fighting in the hall!" She roared at them. "Save it for the games."
"Aye Ma'am…" Came Natsu's nervous response, before walking over to Lucy, sitting down behind her, and wrapping his arms around her neck, bringing her in for a surprise kiss. Gajeel picked himself up off the ground and went looking for Levy or, more likely, something to eat. Before I could ask him what he was doing, Sting slung his arm around my shoulder.
"You look better." He said casually. I felt a little blood rising to my cheeks at the comment.
"No thanks to you." I replied curtly. He cocked his head to the side with a grin not too dissimilar to Natsu's plastered on his face.
"I have no idea what you're talking about. I got you the dress."
"You know what I'm talking about." I said. He shrugged and began leading me over to the bar. Mirajane walked up to us with her signature smile on. She handed me and Sting each a drink, still smiling. Not long after downing his third, Sting got up and walked over to where Natsu was and challenged him to another fight. The moment he was out of ear shot, or what would've been out of ear shot if he wasn't a dragon slayer, Mira leaned over the bar, her eyes gleaming.
"How long have you and Sting been a thing Raiko?" My face flushed, but at this point I wasn't sure if it was from embarrassment or alcohol, since I was already on my third drink, like my guild master.
"Since never." I said indignantly.
"It doesn't seem that way to me."
"I lost a bet and I have to do exactly what he says until the games finish."
"I haven't seen him give you any real orders."
"He hasn't. The only thing he's told me to do is wear this." I said, flourishing to display the dress I was wearing. Mira giggled and went back to serving the other people at the bar. Looking around, I noticed that Sting and Natsu were going at it once again, and that Kagura seemed to have left.
Sighing, I went to grab another drink, but before my hand closed around it, I heard Sting call out.
"Oi Raiko, come give me a hand, will ya?" Sighing, I got up and walked over to the two scuffling dragon slayers, grabbed Natsu's scarf and started to drag him away, but then I felt his hand on my arm and suddenly I was lying in a mess on top Sting.
"What was that for?!" I yelled at Natsu, who was standing over me and Sting with a triumphant smile on his face.
"You were trying to take my scarf."
"Fairy Dragon Roar!" I roared at Natsu, sending him flying into the roof above the door. I got up off Sting and walked over to the groaning Salamander.
"Show me the power that killed Acnologia, Salamander!" Natsu got up, brushing himself off.
"Fine then. Fire Dragon King Demolition Fist!" As the attack came towards me, I felt my legs begin to give out. Sting you son of a … I felt Sting's arm wrap around me as he grabbed me bridal style and spun around, using his body to protect me from Natsu's attack, but I never felt the attack hit.
Opening my eyes revealed that we were surrounded by the Fairy Sphere spell. I looked at Lucy since she was the only person I knew aside from the First Master who could cast that spell, but Lucy looked just as surprised as everyone else at the appearance of the spell. I extended my magic outwards, probing for the familiar magical presence of my adoptive mother. Eventually, I felt it coming from what looked to be Jet and Droy from Levy's team, Shadow Gear.
"Hey First, is it just you over there or is your boyfriend with you?" I called out in the direction of where I felt the ridiculous magic presence coming from. Everyone else gave me a quizzical look and Sting leaned in asking, "What are you doing Raiko?"
"Just watch." I whispered to him. Realizing that she had been discovered, the illusion of Levy's team disappeared, revealing two people who definitely weren't Jet and Droy. One of them was Mavis Vermillion, 1st master of Fairy Tail, and the other looked like Natsu, if Natsu had black hair and only drank decaf coffee, a.k.a. Natsu's older brother, the dark wizard Zeref.
Mavis, seemingly oblivious to the looks everyone else was giving her, strode right up to Natsu and began lecturing him on using such powerful magic in the middle of a city. Although, I doubt that Natsu actually heard her, especially since he wasn't even looking at her. He was more focused on Zeref, who hadn't moved from where he had been sitting at the table. From my position in Sting's arms, I felt a growl run through him at the sight of Zeref.
"Natsu, are you even listening to me?" Said Mavis snapping her fingers in front of Natsu's face to get his attention. At this point, mostly everyone had gotten over their shock and realised exactly who they were looking at.
"HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?!" Screamed Lucy at neither Mavis nor Zeref in particular. Zeref answered her question by simply shrugging his shoulders. "We never really died."
"Sting, can you carry me over to him?"
"Are you crazy?" Hissed Sting. "He'll kill us."
"I don't think he will." Sting huffed and walked us closer to Zeref, who cocked his head at our approach.
"How was it that you were able to see through Mavis' illusion magic?" He asked me. Ignoring him for the moment, I looked into his eyes and saw something. They weren't the angry red that they had been during the war, but were instead a calmer black like Natsu's eyes.
"I'll ask you again; how were you able to see through Mavis' illusion?" Repeated Zeref, a small bit of his old steel entering his voice.
"I knew what to look for." I stated simply.
"What do you mean?" This question didn't come from Zeref, but instead the guy I had seen Rogue talking to earlier.
"Who are you?" asked Sting.
"The Dark Omni-Slayer, Kurokage."
"What's an Omni-Slayer?"
"Someone who knows Dragon, God and Demon slayer magic of one element, which in my case is dark." Sting and I both started at this claim, but Zeref didn't seem fazed.
"You're also the only other human/etherious hybrid I created." Said Zeref. I thought I saw a flash of anger in Kurokage's eyes, but it vanished just as quickly as it appeared. He just shrugs and turns back to me.
"I'll repeat my earlier question; what do you mean you knew what to look for?" I shrugged as best I could, since Sting still hadn't put me down but had instead started hugging me tighter to his chest since Kurokage arrived.
"Mavis' illusions are impossible to tell from reality physically, but her power can't change the amount of magic that whatever she is hiding has. So once I realised that it had to be her who cast Fairy Sphere, I simply began looking for her magic presence."
"It's good to see that you still remember how to do that." Said the 1st Master as she walked over with Natsu and Lucy behind her. Instead of lashing out at his brother like I thought he would, Natsu just plonked himself down next to Zeref.
"Why didn't you reveal to us that you were alive earlier? And what about the reincarnations of you we saw at Lucy's award ceremony?" Mavis and Lucy sat down across from the two Dragneel's while Kurokage joined Natsu and Zeref on the boy's side of the table. Sting stayed standing and still refused to put me down, despite the relaxed atmosphere of the room.
"So?" said Natsu breaking the silence that had started to thicken in the air. Mavis sighed.
"To answer your first question, me and my 'boyfriend' didn't reveal that we were alive earlier because you had just finish a war with Zeref, so we didn't want to cause anymore unnecessary damage since I knew that you would do everything in your power to kill Zeref once you learned that he had survived."
"What about the reincarnated versions of you we saw at my award ceremony? Asked Lucy.
"That was actually us." Said Zeref simply.
"It had been more than a year and I thought it would be good for Zeref to get to know his sister-in-law a bit better." Said Mavis.
"Sister-in…" Lucy's jaw was dragging on the ground as she stared at Mavis. I giggled at the sight.
"Didn't you realise that?" I asked Lucy trying to stifle my laughter at her face. "You are married to Natsu, and Zeref is Natsu's brother, so yes, you are his sister-in-law." Natsu and Lucy's faces flushed at the mention of their relationship.
"What about you, Raiko? How long have you and Sting been an item?" Now it was my turn to blush. Before I could answer, Sting joined in.
"Around a month." I whacked Sting on the chest, but it didn't seem to have any real effect on him. Instead, he leaned down and gave me peck on the forehead. At this point, my face probably looked like a tomato, so I hid my face from everyone sitting at the table using my long white hair to cover my face, but all this got was a burst of laughter from everyone watching and small chuckle from the man holding me. Kurokage saved me bringing up the question that had been on my mind since Mavis and Zeref revealed themselves.
"So First, what is yours and Zeref's relationship status?" The couple in question turned bright red, or at least, Mavis did. Zeref just blinked like Natsu had just punched him in the face. I grinned, still hiding in Sting's arms, though I could see the two wizard's reactions through a gap in my hair. And so that's how the night went, with Mavis and Zeref integrating into Fairy Tail.
It was close to midnight when I approached Sting, looking to go back to the hotel to rest.
"Sting-sama, I want to go back to the hotel."
"Well why don't you just go then?"
"But Sting-sama, I can't remember where to go."
"Just ask Rogue. I still have things to discuss with Erza about the games."
"Hmph." I plopped myself down in Sting's lap wrapping my arms around his shoulder's. "Guess I'll just take a nap here then."
"Raiko, go back to the hotel. You're drunk." Instead of saying anything, I just nestled into his shoulder more. I heard Sting sigh and felt him lift me up. As we headed towards the door, I heard someone approach.
"Sting."
"What is it Mavis?"
"Take care of my daughter for me, will you?" As Mavis' steps receding back into the hall, Sting looked down at me, but before he could ask the obvious question, I leaned up and kissed him, then fell back into his arms giggling until sleep took me.