Titania and The Hunter

Chapter 46: And We're Back

500 chapters!

So on one hand that Eileen reveal completely and utterly destroyed the Erza backstory I had spent so much time meticulously, painstakingly, hair-pullingly long working on that it could probably have a meaningful talk with Pyrrha while they blow in the wind.

(Oh, I made myself sad.)

But on the other hand...

PART 4 BABY! WOOHOOO!

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"Wow."

"Oh, this is awesome!"

"Agreed. It's much larger and will probably accommodate more people now."

"Yeah but do you see how much bigger it is?!"

"This is so cool!"

"Aye sir!"

The group of Mages returned to their guild after a very hectic 'vacation' away at Akane Resort. After having some time off enjoying sun, sand, coasters, gambling, old friends attacking and kidnapping them, going to an old slaving island, and foiling a dastardly plot to resurrect the greatest evil known to mankind while saving the world...it was nice to come home.

And an added benefit to leaving and saving the world...they didn't have to stick around and finish building the new place.

But the new place was awesome! It was much bigger, filling out the larger plot of land Magnolia offered them to rebuild the guild hall. Instead of the old, worn out building it used to be, this one looked more like a mansion or some kind of official building, with the Fairy Tail insignia sewn into a massive banner hanging over the front. There was a little gate with the words Fairy Tail printed over it and even an outdoor cafe right outside the building!

"Holy crap!" Naruto exclaimed in wonder as he walked through the gate and looked around, "I didn't think it was possible but Mira's shitty drawing actually turned out pretty sweet."

"I seriously doubt this was just off that drawing." Lucy added in, remembering the very poor quality of Mira's drawing in comparison to the brilliance of this new building.

"Not just the building. When did we get benches outside to eat and drink? And a cafe to get those eats and drinks?" They noticed the little place selling the refreshments just coming off the main building. They also took notice of the young, attractive ladies wearing Fairy uniforms and delivering the meals to the people that ordered them. One of the lovely ladies sent a wink their way and Gray nodded, "And when did we get sexy waitresses wearing uniforms with the logos printing all over them?"

"Yes, those are certainly different. And quite intriguing." Erza noted, her eyes sparkling as they roamed over the waitresses' outfit. A joyous smile started to stretch over her face with intrigue, "They're so cute and alluring. Maybe if I could-"

Naruto pulled on the back of her shirt to stop her from running off, "Stop. Let's go look around the guild a little more before you strip these girls for their clothes."

"Guys!"

The group looked over and saw a familiar face standing behind a counter with Fairy insignias on every side. "Max," Natsu called out as he ran over, "Hey man! What are you doing out here? And what's with all this junk?"

"I-it's not junk!" Max stuttered, looking around desperately with a smile, "These are some of our wonderful wears and purchases that fit your everyday need! Come get some!" Max immediately grabbed Natsu by the scarf and pulled him in to growl threateningly, "We're selling this stuff to people, you idiot! Don't go knocking it down right at the freakin' gates! You have any idea how flipped Master would get if he found out?!"

Natsu played at the idea of earning Makarov's ire and paled, "M-my bad."

"You're selling Fairy Tail stuff?" Lucy tilted her head, looking around at the assortment of mugs, towels, shirts, umbrellas, books, commemorative photos, and pamphlets that littered the shelves, "Why do we need to sell stuff?"

"Well 1) This kickass new guild hall was not cheap. We dug so far into our reserved Jewels I'm pretty sure some of the money was around before Master was even born." Oh that was a good point, "And 2) There were so many people coming over to visit the guild hall after hearing about our war with Phantom, but they were disappointed to see there was nothing left for them to visit. We had to take photos with people so they didn't leave sad. We thought we could let them buy some of our stuff so that they would always have a memento. The wonderful benefit of being the best guild ever!"

"Cool." Gray said, "So we're selling out now, huh?"

"Not selling out. Throwing in."

"I think it's a wonderful idea." Erza nodded while crossing her arms, "We could use some new plates and cups at our house. What better ones then from the guild, right?"

"You just couldn't help yourself with the outfit?"

"How do I look?" The redhead showed off her new, stolen outfit with a bump of her hip and a flick of her ponytail. It certainly did show off the length of her legs and a fair amount of skin and cleavage, despite the fact that most of hers was still wrapped up in bandages. But...she looked good.

Lucy snapped her fingers in front of Naruto's eyes and got him out of his mindless staring.

"Woah!" Happy floated up and grabbed something off the shelf. A little figure of him smiling and flying around on a pedestal, "What's this?"

"Oh, those are our hottest selling items! The Fairy Figurines!" Max reached up and pulled several down and handed them over to the Mages. They all stared in wonder at their miniature selves striking cool poses with their magic and weapons, "Everyone loves them!"

"NATSU!" Happy flew up to his friend's face waving his figurine around, "LOOK! LOOK!"

"I KNOW!" He almost squealed happily, "WE'RE ACTION FIGURES!"

Natsu and Happy looked down at their broken figures after they failed to bend the arms and body to fight. The blue cat slumped in the air in sadness as the Dragon Slayer protested, "Max, what the hell you asshole?!" Natsu waved his broken figure around and yelled with indignation at his fellow Fairy, "These things barely move! What a cheap ripoff!"

"They're not action figures! They're figurines, they're not supposed to move! Natsu, get out of here! You're bad for business!"

"These are quite well made." Erza examined her figurine, noticing the small details in her sword and her old armor. Speaking of which, she needed to send out a request for a replacement for the armor that was destroyed back at the island. Maybe Heart Kreuz would make her something special if she made a request. She noticed the multiple figures of her along the shelves that had her in her many different armors, "Why are there so many of me?"

"Oh, that's because you have so many armors that we couldn't decide which to sell. So we decide to make a ton of them! And they sell like crazy!"

Erza eyes sparkled with wonder as she examined herself. She...she was popular~.

Lucy looked over her own figure, noticing that she hadn't signed any papers to fork over her likeness for merchandise. Was she going to receive any royalties for these things? If she wasn't, she was gonna be miffed. The former heiress looked over the pedestal and noticed a tiny button by her foot, "What's this?"

"Oh, some of the figurines have special little actions." Max explained, "Press yours."

"Okay?"

She pressed it and her clothes popped off to reveal her in her underwear.

"She loses her clothes."

"NOOOOOOOOO!" Lucy fell to her knees and grabbed the fake clothes that popped off, "GET BACK ON ME! DON'T STAY NAKED! I DO NOT APPROVE OF THIS!"

"Oh don't worry, you're not the only one." Max reassured the crying blonde, "Gray's come off too."

Gray's figure was left in his underwear as well as the Maker Mage looked down in disappointment. He shook his head, "That's messed up man."

"Hey hey, what about mine?" Naruto waved his around, "Mine does something cool too, right?"

"Of course man!" Max smiled and pointed to the figure, "Pull the left arm."

Naruto grabbed it and it came out of its socket, "It comes out?"

"It's interchangeable!" Max lifted up a little bag of other pieces, "You can change them out between the normal arm, metal arm, and fuzzy orange demon arm."

"..."

"That's fucked up man."

"Onee-chan! Onii-chan!" A speedy weight collided into Naruto's leg and he looked down to see a head of chestnut brown hair. The littlest Senju looked up and smiled brightly, "I missed you!"

"Koyuki!" Erza came in and swopped her surrogate sister up in a hug, "I've missed you so much!"

"I missed you too!" Koyuki hugged Erza back and giggled at the redhead's big smile. When she placed the young girl back on the ground, the little Senju finally noticed they were all covered in bandages and gauze. She titled her head, "Did you get in a fight?"

"Yep!" Natsu and Happy cheered as the Dragon Slayer slapped his bicep, "And we totally kicked ass!"

"Aye!"

"Yay! I'm so glad you won!"

"Natsu!" Lucy elbowed his side, getting a hiss and groan from the pink-haired Mage at poking his healing ribs as she whispered, "Don't say stuff like that to Koyuki-chan! Girls her age don't need to hear that kind of language!"

Happy floated up to her and shook his head disappointedly, "C'mon Lucy, she comes to the guild almost everyday!" He cheered, "She hears way worse curses and swears than that!"

The blonde rubbed the bridge of her nose and sighed, "You shouldn't take pride in that fact."

"You can understand my worry."

"And I say girls like Koyuki can totally handle that kind of talk. She can grow up to be a total badass one day if she's not so worried about swearing."

Mahiro and Cana came walking up to greet their returning friends. The older Senju immediately went forward and wrapped her arms around Erza and Naruto to give them a comforting hug, "I heard what happened. I'm so glad you all are okay."

The two young adults struggled under her smothering, powerful hug that squeezed them in so tightly. Erza stifled a flinch and noted Mahiro's concern for them, "Thank you Mahiro. We were glad to make it back here in one piece."

"Most of us, anyway." Naruto groaned from the strain of the hug, "That being said, can you let go us? I'm still healing and most of my ribs are already a fine powder."

"Oh right," She quickly separated, "Sorry. But you idiots make me worry."

"We heard what happened." Cana walked up with a smirk, "You guys go on vacation and then you come back after stopping a coup and destroying some ultimate weapon?" The bikini-clad brunette scoffed and shook her head, "Do any of you guys know how to take an actual vacation?"

"Don't..." The entire group sagged with disappointment as Lucy hung her head, "Don't remind us."

"Actually, that does remind me of something important." Erza spoke up before looking at Mahiro, "Have you heard back from the Magic Council?"

"Oh shit that's right." Naruto realized that with the Magic Council disbanded in the wake of Jellal's betrayal, that meant the Rune Knights were effectively decommissioned, "What does that mean for you? Did you get laid off or-"

"No idea." The former Knight shrugged, "As much as I know the Council and all of its faculties are being overhauled with the help of the kingdom. I'm on standby until further notice." She stretched out her arms with a content sigh, "But as far as I'm concerned that just means I'm on extended vacation."

Gray smirked, "Smart."

"The guild finished while you were gone!" Koyuki happily announced as she grabbed Naruto and Erza by the hand, "Come see! Come see!"

The two S-Class Mages followed the girl pulling their hands as Cana and Mahiro nodded, "Koyuki's got the right idea." The brunette in the bikini took a swig from her flask and motioned the group to follow, "C'mon, we'll show you around the new place."

When they walked into the main building, they were met with the sight of a massive new hall filled with longer benches and tables for the members to sit across. The once old and splintered wood across the floor and banisters was switched out for a newer, cleaner finish. There was a stage at the other end of the hall and a bar that was much fancier and much more stocked.

They obviously found Cana's favorite part of the renovation.

"We've got a stage now, for people that want to make announcements and for special shows." Mahiro smiled, "You'll see what that's about in a minute."

"We got a proper game room too." They looked inside the room and marveled at the sight of their friends playing darts and billiards. Someone sunk the eight ball and the room was quickly filled with swears, rants, punches, and the surprise strike of a pool cue over someone's head. Once the darts went flying and hit areas that weren't boards, the group of Mages quickly moved along.

"We have a pool! We can go for a swim anytime now!" Koyuki cheered as they came outside to the sight of a giant pool filled with other members of the guild splashing around.

"Wow!" Lucy summed up their surprise before a huge smile came to her face as she waved, "Levy-chan!"

"Lu-chan!" The blue-haired girl was dressed in a more reserved swimsuit as she waved back to her blonde best friend, "You guys are finally back!" She turned and caught a ball she was tossing around with her team before serving it up high, "Here you go!"

Lucy raised her hands, "I got-"

"HAHA!" Natsu jumped up, his body covered in flames that turned white hot as he spiked the inflatable toy back into the pool, "INTERCEPTION!"

The plastic ball came down into the water like a meteor that blasted it away into steam and launched everyone inside away from the impact. The pool water fell down back down like a sudden batch of rain as the people floated on their backs and faces in what remained of the water.

...

"L-Levy-chan?"

"Okay~," Cana raised her hands up and stepped back, forcing them back into the guild in a hurry, "Let's leave because they are gonna be pissed when/if they wake up."

"Yep."

"Good idea."

"I did want to see the rest of the guild!"

"Levy-chan~!"

"Yep, Fairy Tail's now got one of those big, fancy guild halls all those other guilds keep showing off. We're bound to get more jobs now that people won't think we live in a shack." Cana grinned and pointed up, "Plus we got new rules to go with the new place too."

They looked up and saw other's walking around and waving down from the second floor, "Woah! We can go up to the second floor now!"

"Yep." Mahiro answered, "Of course S-Class Mages are still the only ones allowed to take S-Class jobs. And you can bet that they'll be stricter with the rules since all the problems you lot caused stealing them." Four of the five Mages looked extremely sheepish at being called out on their misbehavior as Erza shared in the disappointed look, "But as long as no one tries to steal another job, everyone is allowed up on the second floor now."

"I see." Erza's voice was low as she stepped forward, arms crossed like a captain examining her vessel. Her eyes narrowed in contempt as a frown settled on her face, "I notice there's no slide going down from the second to first floor?"

"Pfft!" Cana choked on her drink as she struggled to breathe and laugh at the same time. After her little episode she wiped her mouth and shook her head, "Yeah, that didn't go over as well as expected."

"We had a prototype ready while you guys were gone and tried testing it out." Mahiro cleared up as Koyuki started to giggle uncontrollably, "Elfman offered to test it out first, spouting the stuff about men and being ready to do anything. But halfway down the slide it broke and he slammed headfirst into one of the new tables." She looked up in thought before just waving her hand around, "He broke something important but I can't remember. We decided to scrap the idea."

"O-oh." Erza looked devastated as her shoulders sagged. Lucy and Naruto were quick to console her to no avail, "I-I see."

"That's the same look Mira had when the decision was made."

"Well well well, look who's back." They looked back and saw Makarov's approach them with the same kind smile he always had when they returned, "Glad to see you all made it back in one piece."

"Mostly." Naruto corrected, flinching when Erza elbowed his side.

"Well I want to introduce you kids to someone. Apparently she knows you."

Someone stepped up beside Makarov to meet the group of returning Mages. The young woman was wearing a colorful, warmer dress and skirt that was predominantly white and blue. She had a Fairy Tail emblem tied around her collar and a hat on her head. Her skin was still pale and her curled up blue hair had been cut into a shorter fashion. She shuffled on her feet, a flush over her skin as she greeted them, "H-hello again."

"Juvia!" Lucy yelled with joy as she stepped forward and took the girl's hands in her own. Juvia seemed happy at her gesture but still uncomfortable and unfamiliar with the closeness the blonde was greeting her with. Probably since she still felt bad after being controlled by the mercenary and forced to brutally attack Lucy. The blonde didn't even seem to care about that reminder as she smiled, "You made it!"

"T-that's right." Juvia nodded, "Juiva made it here yesterday and Master Maka - M-Master accepted me rather quickly."

They looked down at him and he shrugged, "She's cute. Can't say no to that."

He always used that excuse.

"Juvia," Erza stepped forward and embraced their new member in a hug. The blue-haired Mage blushed and went stiff at the close contact before Erza pulled back and smiled, "Thank you for your assistance in that ordeal. I am extremely grateful that you went to such lengths to help us."

"N-not at all, Erza-San!" Juvia blushed and shook her head, "I-it was Juvia's honor to be fighting alongside you and everyone from Fairy Tail! And thank you for speaking on Juvia's behalf to help Juvia enter Fairy Tail as well!"

"We didn't say anything." Naruto stepped up with a smile, "I think Jiji just saw how nice a person you are and knew you were a good match."

"Plus you're super strong." Gray added with a smirk, "If it wasn't for you we'd probably would've been swept away and drowned in that tsunami. You got in so be proud."

"R-really, Gray-sama!" Juvia exploded with energy so suddenly that a few of them leaned back as she dashed up to the half-naked man, "Juvia is so glad you think that way! She was worried she may make a bad impression arriving here so she spent so much time thinking about reinventing herself! A new haircut! New clothes! And it worked!" She grabbed the hem of her skirt, "Juvia even got the tattoo to prove it! See-"

"WOAH!" Cana came in and grabbed her hands before she could make a move. She sighed and chuckled at the blue-haired girl's surprise, "I get you're excited and everything but don't go pulling out the quad just yet." She let go of her hands and eased her down, "You gotta keep some of the mystery brewing, okay? Build up suspense."

"Suspense?"

"Yeah. Make them want it even more." Cana pulled at her bikini, "Give them a generous preview, but make them work for the whole damn thing."

"Work?" Juvia repeated innocuously as her eyes sparkled with wonder, "Can...can you tell me more?"

"Oh sweetheart," Cana wrapped an arm around her shoulder and walked her to a table, "Let's get some drinks and I can give you a crash course on teasing the pink needle with the haystack."

The others just stared on in silence. They...they weren't sure what they just witnessed...but it wasn't good.

Mahiro patted Gray's shoulder sympathetically, "Good luck."

"Why are you telling me that?"

"Oh hey, speaking of new blood, I got another surprise for you." Makarov shrugged his diminutive shoulders, "You might not totally appreciate this next one but hey, it's happening." He turned back around and they followed the old man's line of sight.

There were multiple different reactions at the sight of the young man sitting at a table just a yard away. His large, spiky black hair going down his back and the pierced studs along his arm and face. He noticed their looks and stood up from the table to face them. As he turned, they got a better view of the black Fairy tattoo that he now sported on his shoulder.

Gajeel Redfox.

"WHAT?!" Natsu roared and pointed at the fellow Dragon Slayer, "What is he doing here?!"

"He's our newest newbie." Makarov clarified, "I picked him up in the gutter and thought he could use a new place to stay."

"Seriously?!" Natsu pointed at Gajeel and started fuming as steam came off him, "But he broke our guild hall, remember?!"

"Yes, I remember. And that's how we got this swanky new hall instead." The old master pointed out before shrugging, "Plus he didn't do what he did for himself. It was an order by Jose to antagonize us. He's actually not that bad a kid when you get to know him."

There was reasonable doubt with that opinion.

"But this ruins the whole damn thing!" Natsu whined and waved his arms around angrily, "I wanted to meet this guy and kick his ass again in a fair fight and prove Fairy Tail is still the best! I mean it's cool he's right here so I didn't have to go looking but if he's part of Fairy Tail now I'd just be kicking our own guild's ass!"

"You'll get no complaints from me." Gajeel finally spoke up and slowly marched up to them. He cut an intimidating figure as his red eyes narrowed into a glare and got up in Natsu's face, snarling like a rabid animal as he bared his sharp teeth, "Let's go another round, Salamander. Let's go several. You don't mind if I pay you back a dozen - no, a hundred times, right? As long as it's a good fight you don't mind me breaking a few teeth, right?"

Natsu actually started to sweat from the pressure Gajeel was exuding at the moment before he muttered, "Y-yeah, we'll do that. Maybe not today but...sometime soon."

Makarov looked up, "Hey Lucy, now that you're officially not the newbie, do you want to show the new kiddies around and help them get accommodated?"

Lucy had shielded herself by putting Erza and Naruto between her and the young Mage with the very violent tendencies. She peeked around their collective body and stuttered, "Um, I-I'm good, actually."

"Suit yourself."

"Master," Erza looked down at Makarvo and showed a tinge of concern on her face, "Are you certain this was a good idea? If you are then I'll trust your decision, but the others may still see this as a sore wound to be poking at."

Makarov shrugged, "Meh, he's just a kid. It was either this or let him wander around without a purpose. And that's never any fun."

Erza felt a hand on her shoulder and looked to see Naruto give her a reassuring smile, "It's okay. I met him after the fight with Jose when Phantom's guild was collapsing. He and Natsu argued a bit and he didn't seem genuinely evil or vicious. I mean he's a dick but the kind that would probably mesh with the guild pretty well."

Erza seemed to trust their decision and nodded while Gajeel huffed and spun around to take his seat again. The lights around the guild dimmed to barely illuminate the hall as the whole place went quiet. The group looked around in surprise before their attention was grabbed by Koyuki's gleeful clapping, "Yeah! Mira-neechan's show!"

"Show?"

("Hello everybody!") The curtain pulled back on the stage to reveal Mira in a fancy new dress and a guitar in hand. A floating microphone positioned itself in front of her as she smiled, ("Are you having fun in our brand new hall!")

"WOOOOO!"

"WE LOVE YOU MIRA-CHAN!"

"TAKE IT OFF!"

While Mira laughed off their catcalls and Elfman tackled whoever chose to forfeit their lives like that, the retuning Fairies watched Mira strum her instrument and sing a soft melody into the mic. Lucy gushed at the sight of the model sing as her eyes went starry with admiration, "Ah! I didn't know Mira-San could sing!"

"She's very talented."

"That looks like fun!" Natsu bounced with excitement before beelining for the stage, "I wanna try singing me - BLARGH!"

The pink-haired Dragon Slayer was stopped in his mad dash for the stage as a giant hand came down in front of him like a brick wall. It didn't seem to pull away from the attention Mira was getting as Makarov pulled Natsu in and dropped him on the floor. His hand shrunk to normal and he cleared his throat, "Sorry Natsu, can't let you cause too many problems just yet. Which reminds me, I need to talk with all of you."

Happy floated over and tapped Natsu's cheek in an attempt to bring him back to consciousness as Makarov spoke with them, "Tomorrow, a reporter from Sorcerer's Magazine will come to do an interview with us about our new guild. This might be our only chance to show the other guilds that we've updated our drab old hall and that we're not as violent as everyone thinks. So until they leave tomorrow, no fighting. No destruction. Don't wreck shit until after they leave."

Lucy had a big smile over her face at the opportunity being presented to her, "S-Sorcerer's Magazine! I love that series! I read it all the time!" The blonde Celestial Spirit Mage started trembling with excitement, "Will we get to talk with them? Will they give us each an interview?! Is this my chance to get famous too?!" She didn't give anyone the chance to respond as she grabbed her hair in shock, "Oh no! I have no time to waste! I've gotta prepare for tomorrow! See you later!"

The blonde dashed out the guild to head back to her apartment. Some of them watched her run away in silence before Gray turned back, "Should we tell her it's not as great as it sounds?"

"I think it'll be better for her to just live and learn." Mahiro looked down at Makarov, "Do you really things will work out like that tomorrow?"

"I'm an old man. Let me have my hopes and dreams."

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The new building. The revamped hall. More people than ever before. Even merchandise! But still the same old guild everyone knows and loves. It was so-

"Cool cool COOL!"

The young reporter with the camera hanging off his neck pumped his fists with excitement at getting the chance to interview his favorite guild again after its recent renovation.

By far. The best part of his job. Ever.

The Sorcerer Magazine reporter, Jason, charged into the guild hall to see the guildmates having fun and partying like they were so famous for doing. Maybe he would be lucky enough to see one of their trademark brawls!

"Hi~, you must be the reporter from Sorcerer Magazine, right?"

The young reporter turned at the soft, sultry voice that tried to garner his attention. His greeter was a beautiful young blonde, with a lean face and her long blonde hair tied up in a bun on her head. Short shorts to accentuate her curvy hips and a top that gave her cleavage a lot of room to breathe.

Jason's eyes constricted in shock, "N-no way."

Lucy winked, "My name's Lucy Heartfilia, and I'm a new member at Fairy Tail. You wanna interview me-"

"TITANIA!"

Jason didn't even seem to register Lucy's attempts to get his attention as he spotted a curtain of scarlet red hair sitting at a table. Lucy was knocked over like nothing as Jason sprinted over to reach the table with the redhead, blond, brunette, and young chestnut-haired girl, "Is that Titania?! The super cool, super real Titania?!"

Erza calmly turned around from the drawing she was making with Koyuki to regard the young man that had slid up to them on his knees, "Yes?" She just seemed took take the presence of a wild reporter pumping his fists and muttering 'cool' under his breath in stride before she realized, "Oh, you must be the reporter Master told us was coming."

"That's right!" He jumped up to his feet and bowed, "I'm Jason, and am I correct to assume you are the legendary Erza Scarlet-San, better known as Titania, Queen of the Fairies?"

Erza cleared her throat for modesty at his numerous additions at the end of her name before nodding, "Yes, I suppose that would be a title some people call me by." She fiddled with a strand of her hair as her brown and blue eyes turned to a corner of the floor, "I never understood how I got that name. There are far more elegant people in the guild that fit with the image of a queen than I do."

"Is she serious?" Mahiro whispered to Naruto with a big smile, "Because if she is then that has to be the cutest thing I've ever heard her say."

"In fact you should probably go interview some of the other people in the guild." Erza offered before looking herself over, "I'm not even properly dressed as a Mage. I just haven't gotten the chance to buy a new set of armor to wear between jobs."

"Mages don't usually wear armor though, remember?" Naruto joked as he watched his lover act so flustered from the attention.

"Oh, that reminds me!" Jason pulled out a notepad and put his pen to the page, "Is it true you have almost 100 sets of different armor to call upon when you use your Requip ability?"

"Are you joking? I have well over 100 suits of armor! My inventory of weapons and suits is vast!" Erza huffed and crossed her arms in annoyance, "I'm not sure where you get your sources but they're wrong."

"Yep, she's a natural."

"Cool! Cool! COOL!" Jason was bursting with excitement, "So what's your favorite to change into?"

"I'm partial for the bunny outfit."

"BUNNY?! COOL!"

"Yay! Bunny!" Koyuki looked up at Erza and smiled, "Onee-chan, are you gonna turn into the bunny right now?"

"I don't see why not." Erza body started to glow in a bright light as Natuto and Mahiro panicked, preparing to cover Koyuki's eyes before she saw her naughty bunny outfit. But they were relieved when the light died away and it revealed Erza's face popping out of a crude, comically large bunny costume, "Ta-da."

Koyuki tackled into her side, "Yay! So fluffy!"

"COOL!" Jason started writing down this 'groundbreaking' information, "So this is the immediate armor you choose to don when out on jobs?"

Erza looked up from the game of patty cake she was engaged in with Koyuki, "Well I have another rabbit outfit I wear in more serious situations."

Naruto fondly remembered those more 'serious' situations.

"One more question, Erza-San!" Jason leaned in to ask and whispered, "Is it true that you are in a secret, hush-hush, forbidden relationship with another member of the guild you can't talk about?"

"Hey."

Jason's attention shifted over across the table to the other blond with eyes similar to Erza's as he waved, "Hi. Not a secret. Not forbidden. And it's me."

Jason trembled with excitement before jumping on the table and examining Naruto closely, "Blond hair! Whiskers! Mismatched eyes! A prosthetic-" He stopped and looked down at the two, completely fleshy arms he had coming out of his sleeves and titled his head, "Rumors said you have a metal arm?"

"Don't," Naruto struggled to stifle the groan behind his lips before sighing, "Don't worry about it."

"Okay!" Jason was still gushing at the experience, "Wow! Not only do I get to meet Titania, but I got to meet The Hunter as well! And I confirm they're in a relationship! So cool!"

"I still have no idea where I got that name." Naruto rolled his eyes and shrugged helplessly, "Scare a few people while hunting a gang and the damn thing sticks like glue."

"Well you've recently started getting a new name with a much clearer background!"

Naruto and the others looked between each other in bewilderment before the blond tilted his head, "What?"

"Saint Slayer!" Jason announced before pumping his fist, "It's so cool! People say you're on a mission to beat every Wizard Saint in Fiore! You beat Jose during the guild war and Siegrain from the Council, and rumors are floating that you're planning to take out Master Makarov in his sleep too! Care to comment?!"

...

They all turned to look at Naruto with fascination. They were the only ones enjoying this moment because Naruto looked pale and horrified by the unfortunate rumor. False reports going around that he was hunting and taking down the strongest people in the country! And God forbid they decided to strike first and come for him!

Oh god, he did not need that monkey on his back.

Koyuki looked up at him with teary eyes and whimpered, "O-Onii-chan, please don't hurt Jii-chan! We're all family!"

"I-I'm not - that's - YOU!" Naruto pulled Jason over the table and fumed in anger, "Write this down! I'm! Not! Hunting! Saints! Don't get any wrong ideas and stop it before any Saints decide to kick my ass first!" He started counting off his fingers, "I didn't beat Jose alone! He was already in a fight with Erza and the others and he already got knocked around before I really started fighting! And Erza and Natsu hurt Jellal before I even got there! I might have finished them off but I didn't beat them singlehandedly!"

"Woah! Intense! And modest!" Jason cheered, "So cool!"

"LISTEN TO ME FOR FUCK SAKE!"

"Woah! Is that Gray Fullbuster!" The reporter somehow slipped out of Naruto's grasp before the S-Class even noticed as they saw him running over to another table, "Fullbuster-San, can I have a moment of your time!"

Naruto groaned and slumped back into his seat as he slammed his head into the table. Mahiro stroked his hair thoughtfully to try and cheer him up, "There there. At least you're famous. Thats a plus, right?"

"No. Not really."

He felt something extremely fuzzy nuzzle in his hair and looked up to see Erza was patting his head as well. The deserved effect was partially ruined by the fact she was still wearing that ridiculous bunny outfit but she smiled warmly anyway, "I promise if you get chased by any Wizard Saints that want to beat you before you get the chance, I'll be by your side to run and fight the whole way."

"I don't know if that makes me feel any better but thank you giant bunny rabbit."

"Hey!" Lucy came running up to the table, "Have you seen that reporter come - uh, what happened?"

"Don't ask."

"He's there, Lucy-neechan!" Koyuki pointed him out and Lucy was immediately after him.

"So do you strip as you prepare for battle, or are you just an exhibitionist?"

"Is it you?!" Gray slammed his foot on the table and spat venom at Jason, "Are you the one that's always calling me a pervert in the articles?! Listen up jackass, I don't get naked for fun!"

"Gray-sama, your clothes! Your clothes came off again!" Juvia warned him while bundling his discarded garments in her arms. Funny enough instead of offering them back to him so he could hide his shame, she seemed to linger with them still in her arms. And maybe just a quick whiff or two.

"Oh, and a new beauty here too! Cool!" Gray snatched his clothes back and Jason attention turned to Juvia as she gasped from his intensity, "Don't I recognize you from somewhere?"

"U-um," Juvia composed herself before nodding, "Juiva is a newcomer to Fairy Tail. She came and joined the guild after her last guild was disbanded." She blushed and rubbed her arm nervously before mumbling, "Fairy Tail was kind enough to allow Juvia to join even...even though she's from Phantom Lord."

"I knew I recognized you! You're Juvia Lockser-San from Phantom Lord!" Jason pumped his arms excitedly, "So even after all the crazy tension between Phatnom Lord and Fairy Tail, you guys were able to put aside your differences and allow a former member to join the team! So sweet! So cool! Definitely writing this down!"

"It wasn't just Juvia!" Juvia added while waving her arms around frantically, "Gajeel-kun was accepted into the guild as well! He," Juvia looked around curiously to find her black-clad companion but couldn't spot him in the flood of people, "Where is he?"

"And do you have some kinda special relationship with Fullbuster-San?"

"W-what?!" Juvia's eyes lingered on Gray as he unfortunately started to covering his rippling abs with his shirt. Her pale skin flushed as her eyes started to tremble with her thoughts spinning out of control, "H-h-h-how can you ask Juvia a question like that when she hasn't even had time to prepare!" She cupped her cheeks, "J-Juvia has spent some time thinking about it though. How she and Gray-sama would have a small house, picket fence, front and back yards, and at least ten children to call our own. Juvia's body might go through a bit of an ordeal working with all of them but she's willing to try."

"I'm sorry, I missed the last minute getting dressed," Gray came back over with a flat, uneasy expression as he looked between the two, "What's going on?"

Lucy finally reached the table, "Hey, not sure if you heard-"

"Oh my god! Shadow Gear!" Jason dashed away, "Cool!"

...

Juvia hid a snicker behind her hand while Gray smirked, "Things not going your way, super star?"

The pure fury and evil emanating from Lucy's eyes was enough to make the two stronger Mages shut their traps. The buxom blonde turned back to her pray, that goddamn reporter that was currently causing Jet and Droy to go through an existential crisis because he didn't know which was which. Levy was trying to console them as she sprinted across the hall to reach-

"Master Makarov! What do you say about the rumors that one of your S-Class Mages is planning to attack you in your sleep?!"

But of course he moved at the last second and Lucy had to stop herself from impacting into the table. She bit her lip and started slamming her fist into the table out of despair, "What's wrong, Lu-chan?"

"Levy-chan!" The blue-haired girl was tackled as her blonde friend found comfort from her sadness by sobbing into her chest, "Nothing I do works! I wanna get an interview with that reporter, s-so I tried getting his attention, but it's not working!" She looked herself over, regretting the revealing choice that failed to do anything in her favor as she sobbed, "He's like a monster only focused on getting his next story! Levy-chan, what do I do?!"

"There there." Levy affectionately rubbed her head to soothe the blonde's distress, "I understand, Lu-chan, but you're going about this the wrong way." Lucy's watery eyes looked up at her as Levy smiled, "We've met this guy a few times when he's come to us for an interview. He's a reporter, and you can't entice someone like that with sexiness or skin...no matter how much you show." Lucy looked down at her attire and sighed, "They live for one reason and only one reason. The spectacle."

Lucy wiped her eyes, "Spectacle? What's that mean?"

"WHERE IS HE?!"

They looked over to see Natsu jumping down from the second floor and landing in the middle of a table, shattering it from the center as fire wafted off his form. His eyes went white with anger as he roared, "IS THE REPORTER HERE?! THE ONE THAT ALWAYS GETS ME IN TROUBLE!"

"Oh." Lucy deadpanned, "I get it now."

"NATSU!" Makarov roared furiously, "WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT MAKING A MESS?!"

"Nothing Master." Happy floated up to Natsu's side as the pink-haired Mage looked around for his target, "He didn't hear anything you said yesterday. You knocked him out, remember?"

"Oh...shit."

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! Natsu Dragneel-San! The real deal! The genuine article!" Jason looked like he was about to explode from excitement, "This is so cool! I can't believe I get to meet you!"

"You!" Natsu roared and pointed at Jason, "Was it you?! Are you the one that always writes all those articles about my jobs and the damages I caused?! They're the reason Jii-chan and Erza are always wailing on me when I come home! You're the reason for all the countless beatings I've gotten!"

"Oh man, this is an honor! To meet the Salamander in the flesh!" Jason didn't even seem to register the threatening growl slipping through Natsu's teeth as the reporter held out his hands, "Can I shake your hand?!"

"Shake my hand?!" Natsu grabbed his collar and lifted him up effortlessly as fire poured off his body, "Give me a reason I shouldn't kick your ass this very moment!"

"Oh, that would be so cool!"

"Oh you're sick, y'know that!" Before Natsu could start wailing on the guy that had brought him so much misfortune, the lights had turned off and left the whole hall in darkness. There was a confused murmur across the crowd before the lights focused on the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen and all you reporters out there!" Standing on the stage was Lucy, holding a microphone and spinning its cord around her finger before she snapped it like a whip, "Are you guys ready for a show!"

"WOOHOO!"

"LOOKIN' GOOD LUCY!"

"TAKE IT OFF!"

Lucy grinned triumphantly as she started counting down to her solo, "And a one, and a two, and a - IYA!"

The lights turned off again and Lucy went tumbling to the side before they came back on. Jaws dropped everywhere across the guild at the sight of the familiar looking delinquent Dragon Slayer with the studs over his face. But now he was dressed in a pure white show suit, sunglasses over his eyes and a guitar in his hands. He strummed a few easy notes and spoke loud enough for everyone to hear, "So, I hear you guys like songs and music. Well lucky for you...I'm a bit of a pro." He looked over at the stunned blonde girl on the stage with him before he scoffed, "You outta get off the stage little girl, leave this game to the professionals."

Lucy whimpered and fell in a heap on the stage as Gajeel plucked a few more strings before leaning into the microphone, "This little song, I like to call...Best Friend."

It started with a beautiful melody...with a powerful score and lyrics that complimented the music wonderfully...

But then Gajeel started to sing and it sounded like a thousand screeching birds shoved in a pillow case and being slammed into another pillow case filled with cats.

"BOO!"

"GET OFF THE STAGE"

"SHUT UP!"

"TAKE IT OFF!"

"Dude, shut up."

"AHHH! MY EARS!" Natsu released Jason and covered his ears in a desperate but futile attempt to block Gajeel's voice. He grabbed a plate and spiked it as hard as he could at the Iron Dragon Slayer's head, "SHUT UP!"

Gajeel simply plucked the plate out of the air and spiked it back at Natsu with merciless intent. It slammed Natsu in the bridge of his nose and sent him tumbling back to the floor. Gajeel smiled smugly at his win before looking back up and going pale at the sight of Natsu holding up a table and charging the stage.

"TAKE THIS, BASTARD!"

The stage went up in a cloud of smoke and splinters as plates and mugs flew across the hall and beaned other members directly in the face. A few laughs escaped their lips before they were silenced with sucker punches to the face.

Within moments, the entire hall was overwhelmed in a vicious brawl as curses and insults flew along with their strikes. Gajeel and Natsu attacked each other on the stage as Lucy jumped off it to safety. Makarov chewed them out and called for them to stop to no avail.

Mahiro chuckled, "Looks like it started again."

"Those idiots. They're causing trouble again." Erza stood up and slammed her fists together. Of course there was no loud impact since she was still dressed in her bunny outfit but her cuddly demeanor was juxtaposed by her serious tone, "Looks like I still need to reel them in before they cause too much trouble! Everyone! Stop this instant!"

"Yeah!" Koyuki cheered, "Good luck, Onee-chan! Show them - huh?"

Koyuki looked up at the bench that was flying towards them but just blinked and it was shattered to pieces in an instant. Standing over her was her mother, her fist outstretched after the bench broke against her knuckles.

"Okay. I enjoy a brawl every now and then, but that was too far!" She gripped her fist tightly and Light started shining off her body as she dashed in to join the fight, "WHO THE HELL THREW THAT BENCH AT MY DAUGHTER?!"

And just like that, all hell broke loose.

Naruto lifted his head, looking up at the brawl that had started while he was still in his depressed stupor before he looked over at the smiling and laughing Koyuki. He looked back out at the crowd.

Natsu and Gajeel were tackling into each other.

Elfman was swinging several members around by their collars.

Gray was unconsciously stripping while Juvia watched in fascination.

Lucy and Levy hid behind a table for safety.

Makarov looked like he was about to cry or bust a blood vessel.

Erza was disciplining people in a bunny outfit while Mahiro charged them like a bull.

All of this while someone was screaming cool over the pandemonium.

Well...a new face and with new people...

But still the same old Fairy Tail.

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"Team name?"

"Yeah, your team name!" Max grinned as he held up a notepad and pen, "What's your official name? I mean what do you guys call yourselves when you go off on jobs?"

The group of Lucy, Gray, Natsu, Happy, Erza, and Naruto looked up from their meals and between each other curiously. Lucy shrugged, "We - um- we really don't have a name or anything. I don't think it really matters."

"Doesn't matter?! Are you all idiots?!" Max reprimanded the group, reeling back from the annoyed glares from Naruto, Natsu, and Gray at the insult as he raised his hands defensively, "No offense but people need some name recognition! Shadow Gear! Raijinshū! It builds morale! A reputation! Who's gonna know the strongest team in Fairy Tail when they don't even got a proper title?!"

"Morale?" Erza sat up at the mention of strengthening their guild's spirit with the assurance that their possible strongest group had a name. She cupped her chin in thought before nodding and smiling, "Okay, very well! We will come up with a name for our group!"

"What?!"

"Oh you can't be serious!"

"Of course I'm serious you fools!" Erza slammed her hand down and caused the plates and cups to shake. The armor-clad woman clutched her chest tightly and spoke with passion, "It's our duty to bare the mark of Fairy Tail and to show just how great our guild can be! But how can we ever hope to inspire people when they would merely refer to us as 'That group from Fairy Tail with the cat'?! We can't! So we must find the name that best represents us! Defines us! A name that would strike fear in the hearts of our enemies, and give hope to those that believe in us! Now what do you say?!"

...

Lucy hesitated to raise her hand, "Can we each put in a name?"

"Of course."

The group cheered and separated to different sides of the guild to brainstorm.

"Let the best name win!"

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Done

Wow. Sincerely sorry. Didn't think I'd take a six month break from this story. That was just...wow.

My bad.

Anyway, next chapter's omake will have the names each of them are registering. I'll probably get your opinions through your reviews so stayed tuned.

I mean read the next chapter for more than that but enjoy.

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