"Character's speaking"

"Character's thought's"

"ATTACK'S"

"Spell's"

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(Monster's thought's)

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(Author speaking)

At the Fairy Tail guildhall

"Welcome back everybody! Welcome back Master!" Mira greeted us at the bar. It was almost evening and Gomax and the others were finally back in Magnolia and some of them headed straight for the guild. Lucy and Gray went on back to their own respective apartments.

"I could sure use some food. Ah, that's right, I still don't have any money... Jewels was it?" Thought Gomax.

"Hello there Mira! It's good to be back hehehe." Old Man said jumping on the bar "Some booze if ya would."

"Of course Master!" Mira said with a smile.

"Hello Mira, a strawberry cheesecake please" Erza asked as she sat on the stool and Gomax walked up and sat on the stool next to her.

"Coming right up. Hello there Gomax!" Mira greeted when she saw him.

"Hey Mira." Gomax said as he waved at her.

"I'll get your cake right away Erza." Mira walked to the back to the kitchen.

"Erza! Tomorrow, you and me! Don't forget!" Natsu shouted. He ran out of the guild with Happy flying behind him.

"Oh that's right, you promised Natsu a fight when we got back didn't you?" Gomax asked.

"Yes. Tomorrow afternoon just outside the guildhall. You can tell who's stronger right?" Erza asked. Gomax could have sworn he saw her smirk a bit for a second.

"Hmm, maybe" Gomax said causing Erza pout a bit.

"Wow, Erza pouting? Her?" Thought Gomax.

"You don't know...?" Said Erza.

"Heh, I might be willing to tell you. For a slice." Said Gomax.

"Mira! A second slice of strawberry cheesecake!" Erza called out to the back.

"Ah, being devious works sometimes" Gomax thought with a smile on his face.

Gomax already knew Erza was going to win. Natsu was strong but still has a lot to do before he's able to catch up to her just then Mira came out with two plates of cake. She set them both in front of Erza, who slid one plate over to Gomax.

"Thanks." Gomax said before he started eating the cake. If he had to compare it to Erza's personal bakery to Mira's, he'll choose the white-haired barmaid's. "Hey this one's pretty good." Said Gomax.

"Thanks!" Mira said. But then she had a look of thought. "This one?"

"Yeah, Erza invited me to the bakery she goes too to get more cake. Had one there. Wasn't bad but, I like this one better." Gomax said. Mira turned her back around us.

"Why thank you Gomax" Mira said with a smile on her face and a blush on her cheeks.

"So Gomax..." Erza started. She placed a piece of cake in her mouth. "You can tell...right?"

"I don't know what you mean but I'll be rooting for ya tomorrow" Gomax said as he finished his slice of cake.

"Wha-?! You said your able to tell!" Erza exclaimed.

"I said I 'might' be willing y'know." Gomax said smirked.

"You're awful..." Gomax heard Erza muttered.

"Hmm, Gomax, looks like you're attracting quite a bit of attention." Old Man Makarov said with a familiar grin that Gomax had seen before from another old man.

"...Huh? What are you talking about?" Gomax asked.

"Oh yes! I saw it this morning in the paper. Here! Take a look!" Mira said while she snatched the newspaper out of the Old Man's grasps and handed it over to Gomax which he accepted the paper with a thanks and began reading.

"In recent news, the Guild Master meeting hall was razed to the ground due to an incident in Clover Town. Fairy Tail has, once again, been involved in such recent destruction. One member in the Fairy Tail guild especially that has been seen by many in Clover Town showing skills unlike any other mage. When will Fairy Tail learn to calm down?" Gomax read out loud. Gomax then set the paper down on the counter. "Huh, are they really referring to me? I mean, they could mean either Natsu, Gray, or Erza."

"Bwhaha! 'Skills unlike any other mage' Boy. People are pretty much aware of those three and the havoc we cause hehe. So they know what they're made of. You, however, are becoming like us now. And we've seen how you handled that monster." Old Man Makarov said with a grin.

"...A Fairy Tail member causing lots of destruction?" Gomax asked sheepishly. A nod from Mira and the Old Man gave him his answer. "Does...this happen often? If I read that correctly…" Gomax asked again.

"Very. Almost all of us do it often on our jobs!" Mira chippered.

"Hm, she sounded more proud than exasperated" thought Gomax.

"I'm also guessing that they're covering the whole Lullaby incident to not induce panic? It was a demon after all." Gomax asked while looking and holding the newspaper again.

"That you managed to destroy Gomax. Something of that measure is sure to catch the Council's attention…plus, letting Lullaby slipping out would be bad in the Council's case as they were the one's who sealed it away in the first place." Erza said. Mira's eyes widened when she heard Erza say that Gomax destroyed Lullaby by himself.

"Did you have help Gomax?" Mira asked. Gomax started explaining what when on the previous day. From riding the train, to Oshibana, to Clover, to Lullaby's first defeat, and then his revival, and then my one-on-one fight with said demon.

"That's...That's incredible...The reason why Lullaby was sealed in the first place was because the Council have tried to destroy it but couldn't by normal means. So they did the next possible thing. Seal it in an unknown location so that no one could get to it." The white hair barmaid explained.

"Oh, good then. I guess. Better off gone than to exist with something like that." said Gomax. Quite literally in my case. Just look at Demigra and the Android Mira. Good riddance. I checked outside to see that it was night time now. After walking all day, I'm pretty much out of fuel. "Well, I'm going to call it a day. I'll see you guys tomorrow!"

As the master of Fairy Tail, the Barmaid, and Knight saw Gomax leave, Mira turned to her attention to Erza and Makarov.

"He actually managed to defeat a demon all by himself? At an even stronger form when you and the other two fought it after but then couldn't even scratch it?" Mira asked. Erza nodded.

"When we found him in the forest, it showed no match against Gomax...after Lullaby came back a second time the three of us couldn't even make it flinch" said Erza.

"...And he didn't use magic?" Said Mira.

"No, he used his own powers called Ki." Said Erza.

"Ki?" Mira quirked an eyebrow at this.

"From what Gomax explained, it's similar to magic. But he uses his own raw energy stored within his body, almost spiritually, in his words." Erza explained.

"His display of power when we saw him against Lullaby was interesting. His final attack was the one that destroyed the demon. Though, it looked liked it took up quite a bit out of him he finished." Makarov chimed in.

"I see...do you think this Ki could be more powerful than magic?" Mira asked.

"From what he showed, it might just be." Makarov said.

"But he also said that it's within everyone. Every living beings. Maybe even we can learn it…" Erza said in slight wonder. She stood up from her stool and began walking out. "I must be going now. I have a fight tomorrow after all."

"I'll be up in my office Mira." Makarov said walking upstairs.

"Yes Master." Mira replied. "He managed to make a difference by going along with them after all...if he wasn't there in the first place then...we might not have seen the others again…"

If only she knew.

At the front of the Fairy tail guildhall

Gomax was within the crowd of Fairy Tail members. They formed a circle just outside the guild hall. Inside the circle were two people none other than Erza and Natsu.

"They're really doing this?!" Lucy just arrived with Gray and forced herself to get a good view from the crowd.

"They're always serious about this. If not, they won't be manly!" A tall man exclaimed. First time seeing him. He had spiky white hair, dark tan skin, a navy blue open collared button up shirt, and navy blue pants.

"But Erza is a girl. Ufufu." Mira said.

"Hehe, more like a female monster." Macao said.

"Wouldn't two people from the strongest team wreck most of what we're seeing here right now...?" Lucy asked worriedly.

"Hah? Strongest team? Nice, who told you that joke." Gray snorted. Just then Mira covered her face, that was crying, with her hands and and went to Gomax's chest.

"If I didn't know any better, she was probably faking it" thought Gomax.

"Wahh! Gomax! Gray's being mean!" Mira said whiles she "cried."

"O-Oh...M-Mira? You said that eh? Aha...hahaha..." Gray said sheepishly.

"Uh, hehe, I'm...I'm sure he didn't want you to take it the wrong way Mira," Gomax said while rubbing her back which Gomax then felt her shiver a bit.

Then a tall tanned skin man eyed them curiously. Gomax noticed it and gave him a sideway glance. "Uhh...can I help you buddy?"

"You must be Gomax. I heard that you beat Natsu and Gray at the same time from Big Sis. Now that is very manly!" Exclaimed the tall man with a grin. I looked back at him and Mira, who was off my chest and facing us with a smile. Then I made the comparison.

"Ohh, Mira he's your younger brother?" Gomax asked.

"It was pretty noticeable as they both had white hair" thought Gomax.

"That's right Gomax! Let me introduce you to Elfman my little brother!" Mira said with enthusiasm. Elfman reached out a hand.

"It's good to meet a man such as yourself!" Said Elfmen.

"Uh, thanks." Gomax said whiles shaking Elfmen's hand. "Good to meet the little brother of his sister looking out for me when I first joined the guild."

"Like I said Gomax, it was nothing! But be prepared when I cash in those favors!" Mira said with a wink.

"You did help me, so I'm willing." said Gomax.

"Anyway, I can acknowledge Natsu's and Gray's strength, but there are other people who's stronger. Like me!" Elfman said.

"Ah, poor guy. I couldn't bring it myself to tell him that they're both actually a bit stronger than him..." thought Gomax.

"Though it can safely be said that Erza's the strongest female in Fairy Tail." A new voice said. Gomax looked over and saw a petite female with blue hair that was worn with an orange ribbon.

"There's always Mystogan and Laxus as well that could compete as the strongest male. Though that drunken Old Geezer ain't no pushover either." Another voice said and it been a guy this time. He was standing behind the blue-haired girl. He had a long top hat and orange hair. I had an itch that I wanted to prove myself as well. I forced that feeling down.

"In any case, this fight should still be interesting." Elfman grinned.

"You think so? I still think Erza's gonna win by a landslide." Gray said.

"Well there's no denying that" thought Gomax he then looked back where the two stood. Just now, the Old Man came walking up and jumped on top of a wooden crate.

"No mercy Erza!" Gomax shouted and smirked. She looked back at me and smirked back.

"When was the last time we tested our magic against each other?" Erza asked.

"That was back then! This is now! I ain't a kid no more! This time I know I can beat you!" Natsu exclaimed.

"I see, well then…" She started to requip. When the light glowed down, she was in a completely new armor from what Gomax has seen so far. Her red hair was tied in twin ponytails, Two black and red wings out of her back. Red, black and orange greaves, gauntlets, and breastplate were worn on her. She wielded a red sword with an orange guard and black hilt.

"Her Flame Empress Armor eh? Well Natsu's done." Macao said.

"The ability to halve any fire attacks damage by half…" A member said.

"Huh, guess she took my comment seriously." said Gomax.

"Hehehe, the Flame Empress Armor eh? Well then, that just means I can go all out then!" Natsu lighted his hands on fire.

"You may begin!" the Old Man shouted.

Natsu charged at Erza. He punched while she dodged. She slashed a stream of fire while he ducked. He kicked while she sidestepped. She slashed again at Natsu, only for him to flip backwards. Erza capitalized his retreat with a kick to the stomach. Natsu already had fire in his mouth and let them out to hit Erza, only for her to move away once again.

"W-Whoa! This is pretty cool!" Lucy said.

"Get it? Pretty fun to watch." Elfman said.

"Eh, I've seen better actually. I'm sure Lucy could agree." Gray said while looking over to Gomax.

"Really?" Lucy asked while following his eyes to look at me. She had a look of recognition. "That's right!"

"Hm?" Elfman raised an eyebrow.

"It's nothing, really. Let's continue to watch the fight." Gomax said. Both Natsu and Erza were about to charge at one another, until a loud clap interrupted the whole fight.

"Huh?"

"Who's that?"

"What happened?"

Erza and Natsu stopped right in their tracks to see the source of the interruption. Everybody saw a frog walking towards the two. It was shorter than most, wore somewhat professional clothing.

"Everyone please stay right where you are. I am a messenger from the Council bearing two messages." The frog said.

"Shit, I can already feel something bad to happen" thought Gomax.

"The Council?!" The petite woman exclaimed.

"Out here?!" The guy with the long top hat shouted.

"...you guys aren't affected by its appearance...?" Lucy asked somewhat incredulously.

"With charges of property damage along with eleven other crimes from the Eisenwald incident the other day, Erza Scarlet, you are hereby under arrest." The messenger said.

"What?!" Natsu shouted.

"Didn't it say two messages?" Gray asked.

"Along with Erza Scarlet, the individual by the name of son Gomax, is also hereby under arrest by the order of the Council." It said. Gomax let that sink for a moment. Then it finally hit him.

"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted.

Sometime later at the magic council headquarters

Gomax walked behind Erza who was following behind the Frog Lady they both had our wrists cuffed and it was getting pretty damn annoying.

"Hey, just say the word, and we're outta here. We don't really have to be here do we?" Gomax asked Erza who slow down a bit to walk next to him.

"No! We will not escape. Especially when the Council demands us! If we do, it'll make Fairy Tail look bad, and could have them disbanded!" Erza said in a hushed voice. "Besides, I don't think we're actually in a lot of trouble."

Gomax let out a nervous laugh. "Good Point."

"In any case, we will oblige, see to our consequence, and leave!"

"Ugh, fine. Don't see why what's so special about this Council anyway…" Gomax whispered facing forward again while she did the same.

Suddenly the frog lady and Erza both stopped, Goku was too busy looking at the ceiling to notice until Erza muttered "Siegrain!"

Gomax looked back down, leaning against a pillar was a young man with a tattoo over his right eye and blue hair. Gomax frowned "why can't I sense his energy?" He wondered, glancing over to Erza. The Redhead almost look frightened. He narrowed his eyes at the young man. "Who're you?"

"It's been quite a while Erza," the young man said, ignoring Gomax, "Please, relax. I'm only here in spirit, I'm sending this projection from Era" said Siegrain.

"That explains why I can't sense him, but still… there's something about this kid that gives me a bad feeling" Gomax thought.

"In fact, all the wrinkled faces in that courtroom are projections as well. We didn't think it was necessary to be here for such a trivial matter" said Siegrain.

"I see, so you're the one that's behind this farce?" Erza responded. Gomax could sense anger in her voice, along with another, more subtle emotion. Fear? He wondered. "You make me sick!"

"Let's be civil," Siegrain said with a cocky smirk, walking behind Erza. Gomax glared at the man. "I've always been a staunch supporter of Fairy Tail, but the elders are worried the blame for Clover's destruction will fall on their laps, you're their scapegoat."

"Enough!" Erza interjected, turning on the spot.

"Just a friendly warning, in fact it's another matter altogether I wish to discuss with you." Siegrain said, lifting his hand to touch Erza's chin. At this Gomax had enough, he moved beyond the speed of sight, disappearing and reappearing between Erza and Siegrain, the redhead stumbling as Gomax pushed her back softly.

"Don't lay a hand on one of my friends." Gomax growled, his voice rich with anger. He towered over the blue haired boy, his dark eyes narrow with rage. "Just leave. Now."

Erza looked at Gomax amazed, he was so different than the normally peaceful person she was accustomed to. His whole body was covered by a soft white aura that spiked into flames at the end. His fists curled into balls at his side. A single strand of lightening crackled off of his body. What was most strange was his hair, still dark, but all but a few strands across his face were swept upwards, but there was no wind to cause this. "G-Gomax?" Erza whispered out amazed.

"How very gauche." Siegrain sneered up at the angry saiyan, before disappearing. Gomax snarled and turned on the spot, Siegrain was standing behind Erza, smirking at the young woman. "Don't say a word about you know what. For both our sakes. I must join my colleagues on the council. I'll see you both shortly." He sneered at Goku before disappearing.

Gomax glared at the spot where Siegrain stood just moments ago. "You know that guy Erza?" Gomax ask curiously.

Erza flinched for a moment before bringing her attention to the saiyan, still looking ahead with distant eyes. "I knew… his brother," She muttered. Her face turning hard.

Gomax smiled gently down to her. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up a painful memory." Gomax apologized, putting a hand on her shoulder. Erza smiled and nodded her forgiveness to the Saiyan.

Minutes later both Gomax and Erza were standing in front of the magic council, Erza standing proud and dignified while Goku looked around curiously. "This courtroom will now come to order!" Another frog lady declared.

"How many of these frog people do they have on this planet?! Gomax thought, amazed.

"Before us are the defendant's Erza Scarlet and Son Gomax!" Gomax blinked at the sound of his name. "Miss Scarlet you shall go first, please take the stand!"

"Defendant Erza Scarlet. You are accused of the following during the incident with the dark guild Eisenwald: destroying part of Oshibana station, destroying part of Ryushika's Canyon railway, and as well as all the destruction caused in Clover Town," The top figure listed.

"What the hell? Even if this is some kind of mock trial they're really pinning everything on her? "According to eyewitnesses, the one responsible was a female mage clad in armor and-" thought Gomax.

Just then the doors were destroyed right behind Gomax. He was so irritated by this whole thing that he didn't feel who was there at the last second. When he sensed who it was that broke through, he greatly resisted the urge to facepalm. He closed his eyes, exhaled through his nose and clenched his jaws.

"Goddammit Natsu" thought Gomax.

"I'm the crazy lady in armor you old timers have been looking for!" Natsu shouted. Erza sighed and hung her head in embarrassment as Gomax sweatdropped. "If you have something against the way me and my guild do things you can fight me! I am the all-powerful Erza!" Natsu roared, working his way over to Gomax. "Psst!" he said quietly to the saiyan "take Erza and do your teleport thing!" Natsu then resumed destroying stuff.

Gomax blinked in confusion as Natsu continued his destructive rampage. As he finished Erza sighed heavily "I'm truly sorry for this your honor." Erza said, her cheeks red with embarrassment. Gomax laughed at the sight before he walked over to Natsu and grabbed him by the fake wig with him still being cuffed.

"Excuse us..." Gomax said. In a burst of speed, Gomax dragged Natsu away from the court. They landed at the end of the hallway.

"Gomax, what the hell! I was gonna get you guys out of there!" Natsu shouted.

"No you weren't Natsu. This was all for show. Honestly, you probably would've made it worse by staying in there..." Gomax said whiles signing.

"I don't get it, how?!" Natsu said which made Gomax closed his eyes.

"We weren't really in trouble Natsu" said Gomax.

"...oh." Natsu said finally realizing.

"Is Happy with you here? I can only guess he came along as well since you got here so fast" said Gomax.

"Yeah. Why?" Said Natsu.

"Go back to the guild. We'll be back later today. Trust me. You staying here might actually make it longer for us." Said Gomax.

"Fine...but you better!" Natsu said as he started walking away.

Gomax sighed again and returned to the courtroom. In an instant, he was in front of everybody again.

"Sorry about that...look, why don't we skip to why we're all actually here. I'm sure you all want to talk about the whole thing with Lullaby. You can let her go, then we can move on." Gomax said. A number of few narrowed their eyes. Erza looked at Gomax incredulously.

"While we might overlook her appearance at this moment, I'm afraid having her here is still necessary." One of the members said.

"And why is that?" Gomax said narrowing his eyes.

"Reports show that Lullaby was revived a second time, even stronger than the first time it appeared. It's appearance was taller and bigger, and not one mage was able to damage it. Until you came along." Gomax kept my eyes narrowed. The Council member continued. "You attacked it when it was about to use its curse, by shooting off a beam of light. Then after, you proceeded to lure it back into the forest. That is all we have except that more said another light-based attack was seen once again some time later. That attack was seen destroying Lullaby, into bits".

"That's pretty much the gist of it, still don't see why she still needs to be here" said Gomax.

"When you lured Lullaby in the forest, members of Fairy Tail proceeded to follow as well." So that's why... "Out of all those who followed, we recognized Erza Scarlet to be the one to explain anything further, as well as to follow up anything that happened earlier. Will you speak, Miss Scarlet?"

Erza eyed Gomax with uncertainty. As if she was looking for approval. He shrugged uncaringly, and she proceeded.

"It's not like anyone knows I'm a Saiyan from another universe..." Thought Gomax.

Erza started to talk about how her, Natsu, and Gray couldn't hurt the demon. Then when she arrived in the forest, she discovered how Gomax was able to keep the monster in the air, threw it down, and kept knocking it over.

"...he then threw Lullaby into the air. He powered up in a bright light, and proceeded to attack. Therefore, destroying Lullaby." Erza finished explaining as clearly as possible. A moment of silence was induced. Then one spoke up.

"I find it hard to believe that this young man is capable of such power. What's even more mysterious is that we hold no records of him as of roughly a few days ago." I...already don't like where this is going. "Boy, where are you from?"

Everybody including Erza looked at Gomax for an answer "Arr Shit." Thought Gomax.

"Hah...how am I gonna answer this. They're basically the government. Damn, worth a shot. If it worked with Erza it could work here" Gomax wondered.

"Hm, sometimes I ask that question myself..." Gomax said.

"What exactly do you mean by that?" Said the council member

"I'm just your average wanderer really. I explore looking for new places to see and take in. Where I'm from really doesn't matter. Pointless really," Gomax answered. The members looked at each other questioningly, Erza looked at him with a bit of the same look. "But if anything, as of now, I'm from Fairy Tail."

That caught the others attention. Some smirked, one had a small smile, others had an annoyed expression. Erza smiled at what Gomax said.

"I believe we're getting a bit off-topic." A member said. Gomax looked over and she had long dark hair, red lipstick, and wore a white robe that went only down to her thighs with no right sleeve. "If some truly believe that our young savior here isn't capable of such power, then maybe I can help."

She stepped down and held out some kind of orb in her hand. The councilwoman walked up to Erza and gave it to her.

"This is a Memory Lacrima. While still under construction, I figured this can be a good time to test out a prototype," She explained. "Simply recall all that happened the day before and then pour your magic into it. Simple?"

"Yes." Erza answered. She closed her eyes. Gomax can feel just a bit of a power up coming from her. A moment later, a projection came out of the orb. The event started where Lullaby was revived. The three Fairy Mages fought to no avail. Just as the demon was about to sing, my attack came up hitting it in its face. The scene changed as Erza arrived to see my fight continue in the forest. Lullaby came crashing down, and after a few hits from Gomax, he threw Lullaby high into the sky and finished it off.

"I do want to note, the Lacrima is, in fact, one-hundred percent real." She said with a smirk.

"This person is rather impressive. Now that we've seen you actually destroy Lullaby, what magic do you use?" Siegrain said with a grin. Once again, everybody was looking at Gomax. Erza just held a face of wonder, whether or not if Gomax would tell them.

'Least it's not, 'are you really a human?'' Gomax thought with a slight muse.

"I don't use magic." Gomax replied. There was another moment of silence. Until a different member spoke up.

"I see. It would make sense that we don't feel any from you." Said Siegrain.

"If you don't use magic then how do you explain being able to destroy Lullaby?" Another asked.

"I use my own source of power called Ki. You could say it's similar to magic." Gomaxexplained. And yet again, some members were looking at each other questioningly. Gomax sighed. "Erza."

"Y-Yes?" Erza looked over to him.

"Can you show them how I explain Ki when we were on our way back?" Said Gomax.

"Right..." She closed her eyes again and her power rose again. The projection came out of it again and showed the entire team back on the train was starting to explain Ki.

"Rather intriguing, and you said anybody can learn this...?" The woman in the white robe asked Gomax curiously.

"Yeah, and like I said up there in the memory, with enough practice and patience then any living being can achieve it." Gomax replied to her.

"Maybe a demonstration is in order? An opportunity like this is as good as any other with you here." Siegrain suggested. Others nodded in approval. "Ah, geez." Thought Gomax.

"Hmm. I guess. Any damage done here, I'm not responsible for. You guys asked for it." Gomaxstated. Before any could reply, he flared his white aura to life. The wind picked up slightly where I stood. He saw most eye's that were on him widened. After a while he calmed down his energy, and everything was still again.

"Interesting..." The woman in the white robe said with a smirk.

"Seems as if your power isn't restrained by the cuffs you're wearing..." A member said.

"Even though I said my power may be similar to magic, doesn't mean they're That similar." Gomax sighed deeply. "Is that all...?"

"You and Miss Scarlet may leave now. This court is adjourned!" The figure on top said. Erza and Gomax proceeded to walk out of the courtroom. But Erza stopped and looked back at the dark haired woman.

"Here, I forgot to give this back." Erza held her hand with the lacrima in hand to give back to the councilwoman.

"Keep it. Think of it as a souvenir for being good people here." She said while smiling. Almost...playfully. She looked over to Gomax and her smile grew. He looked away and walked out of the room with Erza following while putting the memory lacrima in her pocket dimension.

"Ugh, finally that's over." Gomax said.

"It was rather tense..." Erza said.

"More like eventful, especially since Natsu came barging in there." Said Gomax

"Yes. Remind me that again when we get back to the guild..." Said Erza.

"Hehe, sure thing." Said Gomax.

"But thank you for not causing anything similar with what Natsu did. I'm sure the Council is satisfied with this whole ordeal." Said Erza.

"What was your problem with that Siegrain guy anyway...?" Said Gomax.

Erza stopped abruptly and looked down. He looked back and saw she had a sorrowful expression in her eyes.

"Ah, damnit I screwed up haven't I" thought Gomax.

"U-Uh, sorry, let's keep wal-" Gomax interuped.

"I knew his twin brother..." I stopped walking to look at her. "It's just a past that isn't easy to remember..."

He wondered what she meant by that. She was still looking down on the ground with her bangs shadowing her eyes. Gomax sighed inwardly. Shouldn't have brought it up. He looked at the cuffs annoyingly he then frowned and easily spread out his arms, shattering them. Erza looked up at him surprisingly. The ball in the middle might have been broken, but not the bracelets. So he clashed his wrists together, breaking apart the bracelets as well.

"Oh that felt good, some blood came rushing back to my hands as I opened and closed them again" thought Gomax He looked back to Erza who had a wide-eyed expression.

"Hehe...told ya I could easily get us out of here if you said the word." Gomax said sheepishly.

"Y-Yes...I suppose you could have." Erza said. He walked up to her and broke her bindings off as well.

"Come on, let's cheer you up with some strawberry cake back at the guild. Then you can also go and scold Natsu." Gomax said smirking. She smiled a bit at what I suggested. Hopefully her minds off whatever is troubling her.

"Right. Let's head on back. Thank you." Erza said with some enthusiasm.

Eventually they were outside of the Council building.

"Magnolia is a bit far so...let's make things exciting" Gomax thought with a grin.

"So. You ready?" I looked at her. Erza looked back and saw his grin and she raised an eyebrow at this. Before she could ask, he walked behind her and picked her up bridal style. Her face instantly lit up.

"W-W-What are y-you doing?!" She shouted.

"Taking a shortcut. Don't worry, I won't drop ya." Gomax said, still grinning.

"W-Wha-?!" Before he let her say anything else, he floated in the air. His aura flared, and he flew, leaving a streak of white trailing behind.

"AAAHH!" The Not-So-Stoic Knight screamed with her eyes closed. Gomax laughed at her reaction as he flew pasts towns and forests. He stopped all of a sudden high in the air.

"You can open your eyes now." Gomax said calmly. She slowly opened them up and looked up at Gomax. He gestured his head forward to signal her to look forward. When she did she gasped at the sight.

"W-Wow…" Erza said in awe.

They could see as far as the ocean in the direction Magnolia was at the height we were at. Towns and roads spread apart. Prairies like an infestation. Forests bundled up together. Gomax did a revolution so they can see more of our surroundings. Mountains that one would think were tall at the foot, were seen below them. More towns and cities were seen. Patches of forests continued. They saw the Council building in the far distance.

"We...traveled that fast…?" Erza asked when she saw the Council building. Gomax turned back where Magnola was.

"Yup. If I wanted to, I could go faster." Gomax stated.

"We're so high up as well…I'm surprised I can still breath." Said Erza

"Feelin' better?" Gomax asked as he looking down at her. She gave a content smile and nodded. "Come on, let's head back."Gomax said before he started to fly away from the spot we stayed at. She kept her eyes open this time as we flew. Well, kinda. She had her arms around my neck while I still carried her under her back and under her knees.