Chapter 2:
In a land far, far away lies the kingdom of Fiore, a small, peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace. For most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they've devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they ply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name... is Fairy Tail.
Last time:
"WHAT!?" Everyone shouted when they heard who this new person was. Erza just kept staring at her now revealed brother.
Now:
"Your Erza's brother?!" Everyone in the guild shouted, sans Kaito. Erza still had the same distant look on her face. Dakura turned to everyone and smiled.
"Yup. Erza here is my little sis." Dakura stated as he wrapped an arm around the still unmoving Erza. As all this was happening Erza started to remember a memory from before her time is the Tower of Heaven.
-Flashback-
We see a young Dakura running around a house with a younger Erza chasing her, trying to catch her because he stole her apple.
"Come on Dakura give my apple back." young Erza cried as she chased Dakura outside into the streets.
"You will have to catch me to get your apple back, but if you don't it is all mine." Dakura teased. He had no intentions of keeping the apple, he just wanted to have some fun with his little sister.
"No fair. You are older and faster than me, but that won't stop me from catching you." Erza said determined to get her apple back from her older brother. With this new found determination she sped up and managed to tackle Dakura to the ground under a tree in the meadow right outside of town.
"Ouf." Dakura grunted as he landed on the grassy ground. He then smiled up to his little sister who sat on his chest triumphantly.
"Well looks like you won here is your apple, and just for doing so well I grabbed you another one as you were chasing me." Dakura praised as he held out two apples to Erza, who immediately grabbed them both and started to eat one while sitting at the base of the tree. As she was eating the one Dakura sat down next to her and watched her eat the apple with a smile on his face for making his little sister happy. Erza noticed her brother staring at her and glanced at the other apple he gave her. She then picked up the other apple and gave it to Dakura with a smile.
"Thanks" Dakura said as he took the apple and bit into it. They both just sat there in the shade of the tree and watched the sky.
(1 Week Later)
"Dakura, where are you going" Erza asked as Dakura was putting on some boots and throwing on a poncho.
"I am going to run an errand for the baker. He wants me to go into the next town for some ingredients that he is running low on." Dakura said with a smile to his little sister. He then opened the door and walked to the edge of the forest path, but before he entered he turned around and waved at Erza who was standing at the edge of the town watching him leave. He then turned around and entered the forest. Erza stood there and watched until she couldn't see her brother anymore.
(2 months later)
"Where are you Dakura" Erza whispered to herself as she watched the edge of the forest as if her older brother would walk out anytime. When she decided to head back home and started to turn around she suddenly saw a figure in the forest and thought it was Dakura And turned back around but what she saw scared her. It was the worshippers of Zeref and she knew what was happening.
The Child Raids have come to Rosemary Village.
-Flashback End-
Once Erza came out of her flashback she tackled Dakura to the ground in a hug and started crying into his chest.
"You're back. After all of these years I finally get to see you again." Erza sobbed into Dakura's chest as he hugged his little sister.
"I am back and I will never leave again I promise." Dakura whispered to her as they hugged. Everyone was happy and embarrassed about what was happening so they decided to leave to leave the siblings alone and let them compose themselves. Popsicle Stick looked to Kaito and saw him whispering to a beetle. When it flew off Popsicle Stick turned to Kaito.
"So, Kaito, how does your magic work, exactly?" Gray asked the Albino.
"It would be better if I just told you a story of the final leg of my training in it's use, as explaining the way the magic works takes too long" was Kaito's response, as he went into his story.
-Flashback-
For 15 years, Kaito has lived among a Beetle swarm, and in that time, he was trained in use of the magic known as Hive Mind, leading up to his final test before he can leave: Defeating the Queen of the Swarm in a one-on-one Match. The minutes before the fight were spent with the spectators trading hypothetical bets, until the literal buzzer, a larger bee, sounded, initiating the fight.
"Beetle Sphere!" was Kaito's battle cry, as thousands of the aforementioned insects gathered into a ball with an average diameter of 2 feet, and launched at the swarm queen. However the attack stopped cold when she countered with her own. "Come on, again with the attack copying? At Least use a different attack to stop mine!" the queen did not respond with words, but instead rushed at the albino at speeds faster than normal people could track. Key word: Normal. Kaito is far from it, as he dodged the claw swipe that was aimed at his abdomen, albeit barely. However the queen overextended her attack, giving kaito the opportunity to grasp her claw and throw her over his shoulder. However, it was all for naught as the queen righted herself in the air, and began charging a beetle sphere.
"How do you like this? Mass Beetle clone!" Kaito cried out as 20 clones of him formed from beetles in the surrounding area. Then, the entire formation charged the Queen Beetle before her attack was finished charging, using kicks, palm thrusts, elbows, and even a random pipe as attacks. As the beetles were pummeling the queen, the original was charging an attacks, and suddenly, the clones dispersed into clouds of their namesake, and reformed in front of their master as a cannon.
"Take this! Secret art: Beetle Cannon!" as he called out the name of the attack, the cannon fired a condensed ball of beetles larger than its end as the back ends of the cannon began dispersing and fusing with the sphere, until it was larger than even the queen beetle. 'please work, please work, please work' was all Kaito thought as the attack soared at its intended target. Not only did it work, it managed to blow the queen back into the wall behind her when it exploded. The resulting swarm from the "explosion" began to disperse and reform behind their master, and when the last beetle left, the Queen was shown on the ground, knocked out cold.
"She's out cold!" was the cry of the Referee, a large ant.
"I did it! I managed to finish the final trial!" Kaito yelled, before falling on his back, panting for air, before passing out due to exhaustion.
-Flashback End-
"So there you have it, that's how I was able to leave the Swarm, and complete my training. Any questions?" Kaito finished, with a blackboard with various diagrams on his spells on it behind him and a pointer in his hand.
"Yes, WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET THE BLACKBOARD?!" was shouted by Lucy.
"Irrelevant. Any other questions, besides my Blackboard's origin? None? Good." Kaito answered.
"Don't question the blackboard. It never, and I mean NEVER ends well." Dakura added, while rubbing his stomach and shuddered at the memories. Lucy just stared at Kaito and was looking scared about what he would have done.
"So where have you been all of this time and why didn't you come back to Rosemary all those years ago?" Erza questioned Dakura. Dakura's expression turned fearful for a second but he composed himself so quickly that no one but Kaito noticed and gave Dakura a small frown.
"I was kidnaped by a dark guild and was held captive for 5 years, and when I was free of them I traveled the land searching for you because I heard you were taken during the Child Raids, and escaped and joined Fairy Tail. While I was searching for you I met Kaito here and we agreed to travel together because we had the same destination. We didn't know where it was until we arrived at a guild called Blue Pegasus and asked them directions to Fairy Tail. The rest you can figure out on your own." Dakura responded
"I didn't like Blue Pegasus. Especially that one orange haired guy. What was his name again, Dakura?" Kaito added
"I believe 'it's' name was Ichiya. He was very flamboyant, especially when I mentioned Erza." Dakura said as he shivered from the memories of Ichiya.
"So why were you looking for Fairy Tail Kaito?" Lucy asked the albino beetle user.
"Meh. It's good work, and I was just traveling with Dakura anyway, as well as having no real connections otherwise." Kaito bluntly stated.
"Dakura could I have a word with you alone." Kaito ordered more than asked.
"Yeah sure." Dakura said as he and Kaito went into the storage room.
"What is it?" Dakura asked seriously.
"Laxus is planning to strike Fairy Tail." Kaito responded
"Did he say when?" Dakura asked
"During the Miss Fairy Tail Pageant. He plans to entrap the contestants in stone." Kaito told his partner.
"I will make sure to put up a shield to stop whatever happens." Dakura said as his magic started to show on his hands the more enraged he got thinking about Erza being harmed.
"Watch out for Freed and his runes, he can set whatever rules he wants in an area, such as preventing movement or forcing fights. I recommend absorbing attacks in lacrima if possible, use Dark Dragon slayer magic as a last resort" Kaito warned.
"I will be using Dark Maker Magic because I am saving that for when I fight Freed. He won't see what's coming." Dakura said with a smirk on his face.
"Knowing my shit luck, I'll end up facing Bickslow, so don't be surprised if The Queen Shows up." Kaito idly added.
"Can you control her? Last time it got out of hand and I got my arm broken." Dakura said rubbing his arm.
"I'll only use her as a last resort, I'd first have to go through Beetle formation first." Kaito answered.
"They will probably underestimate us because we're rookies." Dakura said as he smirked.
"That, my comrade, will bee Their downfall." Kaito jokingly said with a smirk. Dakura just sighed and facepalmed at the pun.
AN: Another chapter down and many more to come. The Fighting festival will be different but with a similar outcome. Dakura and Kaito may seem overpowered but they will have troubles later on. Please give constructive criticism and don't be scared to PM with any questions you have. Until Next Time. See Yah!
BN: Alright, another chapter finished. This one took only 5 hours to write, and is longer than the previous one, so here's to more longer chapters. *Raises wine glass dramatically* In all seriousness though, let us know how we are doing with reviews and Private messages. Until Next time, Blueghast900, Signing off.