Chapter 2

If you still don't know, I have change the whole story after doing some research of Fairy Tail…

Year X784

Jellal could not believe his ears when Mest told them what had happen on the island. He knew about Zeref, but he had never expected that he would ever be anywhere near them, much less an island that belongs to Fairytail. Why out of all the places he could go, he choose Tenrou Island? Why would a dragon appear out of nowhere to wipe them out? He shook his head, they were not dead yet, he cannot believe it. Just a week ago, Erza and him were on a date. There was no way…

"We need to find them…" Macao whispered, as he stumbled out of the guild.

"L...Levy, Levy is on the island… We need to save her…" Droy splutter as he stood up as he ran out of the guild. Jet also got up and went with him.

Everyone soon moved out to search for the missing group. They took a boat to the island but to their horror, there was nothing but the vast sea.

"Where is the island? Where is it?" Jet panicked.

Jellal took one look and sank to the ground, are they really gone? Is his Erza…

"Natsu! Gray! Erza! Lucy! Cana! Levy!" Bisca called out as she scanned the sea area.

"GRAY! NATSU! MASTER!" Alzack shouted

"LEVY!" Jet and Droy both shouted out.

Everyone started joining them to call out for the missing guild, all they need is just one person to reply, just a little reaction to let them know their location…But they were greeted with silence.

"Underwater, we need to get underwater… Maybe we could find more clues there…" Alzack suggested.

"We would help you with that." A voice called out.

They all turned and saw Lahar, Mest and his men.

"Please do not be alarmed. We are here to help you… Please trust us on this matter, we will do our best to search for them" Lahar smile kindly before turning to his men to give his command on what to do.

The news of Fairytail spread like wildfire and many guilds offered their help to search.

Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months…But there were still no results.

No matter how hard they scream and shout, or how deep and wide they search, or how have how many people searching for them. They just could not find them, not even a thread remained.

One by one the guilds gave up…even the Magic Council soon gave up. But Fairy Tail did not, instead they double up their search, only to realise that their money was already depleted, forcing them to halt all action.

"This is really bad…I never expect us to run out of money…" Macao frowned as he bury his face in his palm.

"Without us doing any quest, the money won't flow in…" Wakaba sighed.

"Bisca and I would go and do more work while you guys continue on the search." Alzack offered.

"We would also take on more jobs, you cannot stop the search, Levy is still out there!" Jet burst out.

Macao sighed "I would really love to continue on the search…but we don't even have enough money to pay for our daily expenses."

"Not to mention, we have nearly search the whole sea for them…We should start thinking about our future." Wakaba replied.

"We need someone to take the place of Master…" Laki proposed, "It is bad that we went for half a year without any master."

Reluctantly, they agreed.

"They are not dead yet…THEY ARE NOT DEAD YET! HOW CAN ANY OF YOU AGREE TO HAVE A NEW MASTER WHEN THEY ARE NOT DEAD YET?!"

They all turned and as Romeo standing at the doorway, glaring at all of them.

"We are not saying that they are dead, we are just-"

"SHUT UP! WE DON'T NEED A NEW MASTER!" Romeo cried out as tears kept flowing out from his eyes.

"Romeo! Now is not the time for you to be childish!" Macao rebuked him.

He reeled back, shocked at his own father's reaction, "I..I HATE YOU!"

And he ran out.

"Romeo!" Bisca called out, but he was gone.

"What am I going to do about that boy?!" Macao groaned.

"I'll go after him…" Jellal said softly and left.

Jellal found him under a tree near the guild. He was sobbing so hard that Jellal's heart went out to him.

"Romeo…" He called out gently.

"What do you want?" Romeo snapped.

He sat down beside him, "I agree with you."

"W...what?"

"They are still alive." He smiled as he touched his heart, "I can feel it."

"That's right! They are not dead, so we don't need a new master!"

"But we don't know when they are coming back to us…so we got to keep the guild strong. We cannot let it fall." He said.

Romeo sniffed, "Well that's true…"

"During this time you should become stronger, imagine Natsu's face when you show him your strength when he comes back." He chuckled.

"…When Natsu returns, when everyone returns…I would be able to stand on at equal ground with them…" He whispered.

Jellal smiled, "Yes that is true, so we cannot let FairyTail fall! Let us work together to keep the guild strong."

Romeo nodded, "I will get stronger and protect the guild from harm."

"Shall we return back to the guild?"

Romeo nodded.

When they returned, everyone stared at Jellal in awe. Nobody had thought that he would be able to bring Romeo back without using force.

Jellal cleared his throat, "Have we chosen a new guild master?"

Romeo flinched a little from that line.

"We were thinking of Macao." Wakaba voiced out.

"Wait! Wait! WAIT! When did "we" chose me?" Macao asked.

"I think Macao would be a good choice too… You had been handling everything for us while we were just busy searching." Bisca said.

Everyone nodded in agreement, except for Macao.

"STOP! Does this even make any sense? I mean I am not powerful at all! Don't you think someone would be more suitable for this job?"

"Sadly…you are the most suitable one for the title…with your age and all" Wakaba said bluntly.

Jellal cleared his throat. "He means with your experience and leadership skills."

"So let's just take Macao as our master." Laki smiled.

Macao sighed when everyone agreed, "Fine…but I'll just be the acting master. I'm not going to take the role of Makarov."

Everyone laughed a little.

Macao shot them a look, "What are all of you waiting for? Go and earn some money!"

Wakaba laughed, "And here I thought you did not want to be the master? You sure act like one."

Macao muttered, "Oh shut up! They better return soon, if not…I'm going to lose all my hair from stress."

Jellal stared at the normal quest board. The amount was so little that he it would take years before they could build up their cash… If he did not guess wrongly, they should be close to being bankrupt. He cannot allow Erza's beloved guild to fall, even at the expense of his life.

Slowly he moved toward the S class quest board.

"Jellal! You are not an S class mage…An S class quest is forbidden for us..." Bisca warned.

"Desperate situations calls for desperate actions, don't you think?" Jellal forced a smiled and he tore out the highest paying reward from the board.

The people in the guild paled, Alzack shouted, "Jellal… Do not be crazy… That is a quest that even Gildart had failed."

Jellal stared at the paper he had just torn out, "I'll skip the quest if it gets too dangerous."

That is if he thinks it is dangerous…He chuckled darkly, maybe his death would bring Erza back…

And he left the guild, but a memory of Erza keep playing loudly in his ear

"What bullshit are you talking about?! If death is easier then live! You owe me! You owe me eight years of pain and suffering! Don't you dare talk about death! Live for me if you have to… "

Jellal sighed, "Fine…I promise I won't die till you return…"

He really hopes it was soon…