Chapter 8: New Friends

"Fairy Tail" Regular Speech

'Fairy Tail' Regular Thought

"Fairy Tail" Flashback

"Fairy Tail" Dragon/Demon/Spells

'Fairy Tail' Dragon or Demon thoughts

Fairy Tail - Stating of the year or a place

Summary: I was born into this world alone, knowing nothing but fear and despair. All that changed when he found me; he took me in and gave me a purpose, a reason to live for. It was because of him I was able to become strong, it was through his teachings that I might be able to achieve greatness. He was my teacher and my father, the dragon of lightning, Anorak.

Oshibana Train Station - Year X784

"Finally we got off that metal death trap," Ryouta ran around the station jumping and shouting while Yui, Ren, and Leo just watched on shaking their heads. "Come on guys let's get back to the guild as fast as possible, I want to go on another job." The others shook their heads and ran after Ryouta who was on a dead sprint towards the guild.

"You knucklehead, you're still injured and you already want to go back on a job. You should at least let your body heal first." Yui shouted at Ryouta before chasing him at full speed. Ren and Leo just looked at each other before doing the same thing. After arriving at the guild the group decided that it would be best if they all took a bath first with a little bit of resistance from Ryouta before the group threatened to leave him on a train. Everyone agreed to go back to Ren's place to get clean and then they decided that they would meet back up in front of the guild. After everyone had cleaned up they all arrived back at the front of the guild. Ryouta was wearing a golden yellow sleeveless jacket with only a black muscle shirt underneath, he also wore black pants. Ryouta's golden hair was spiked upwards with some of it spiked to the side.

"Man it feels good to be clean again." Ryouta stretched before looking back and noticed Ren walking towards him. Ren was wearing a long sleeved black shirt with white pants and his jet black hair was shoulder length but covered his left eye. "Hey, bro looking cool," Ryouta smiled at Ren before they both gave each other a fist bump and began to laugh.

"See Ryouta, I told you it was a good idea for us to get cleaned first before we came back to the guild." Yui walked up to the boys with her hands in the air. She was wearing white shirt that stopped right above her stomach and left the rest of it showing and she wore a pair of blue jean pants. Her hazel hair flowed down to the top of her waist as it moved with every step she took. "By the way have you guys seen Leo?" Ryouta closed his eyes and thought about it before he remembered what Leo told him.

"Leo told me that he was gonna go on ahead to see if he could get his guild mark so he said to meet him inside." Ren and Yui smiled before they headed into the guild with Ryouta behind them. The moment they entered the guild they were shocked by the amount of people that were inside the guild. "Are these all new members," Ryouta stared all around the guild at the five new members that had joined the guild in their brief two day absence. Ryouta saw Leo talking to three girls at the bar. Ryouta walked over to him while Ren went in search of the master when Yui in tow. "Yo Leo, who are the newbie's," Leo looked up from his conversation with the three girls to answer Ryouta.

"Hey, you've only been a wizard here for two days; you can't be calling anyone a newbie." The girls laughed while Ryouta's face shone bright red. The first girl to speak was Sakura Skyheart who had long pink hair and eyes of the same color. She had the same body type as Erza even matching her beauty. She wore a yellow shirt with white short shorts, black knee high boots and black armbands. The next girl who spoke was Setsuko who had long black hair and emerald green eyes; she was quite small and wore a purple blouse with a black skirt that extended down to her knees. On her wrist she had a bracelet that depicted the four seasons. The final girl to speak was Sachi Masago, she had shoulder length sand brown hair, and she wore a black shirt with a brown jacket that was slightly larger than her and she wore skin tight blue jeans.

"Hey any of you guys want to fight." Ryouta stared down the three girls before Sachi and Setsuko both declined him.

"I'll fight you; it will be good to see who's stronger." Sakura stood up and looked Ryouta in the eyes before Ryouta nodded his head.

"Ryouta, are you sure you'll be able to fight a full capacity after the beating you took on our last mission." Leo laughed at Ryouta before he gave him a serious look.

"That guy was the strongest person I've fought so far next to Yui; some newbie won't be a problem." Upon hearing that remark a shadow covered Sakura's eyes and pink light emitted from the shadow.

"I was willing to give you a chance by going easy on you but now I'm going to go all out right from the beginning and I won't show any mercy." Sakura and Ryouta stared each other down before they headed to the arena. The new people in the guild overhearing the conversation began to follow the pair to see the fight going on.

Guild Master's Room - Year X784

"I see, so he was a dark guild, wizard." Kyouga pondered the meaning of this before speaking again. Ren and Yui looked at each other until he spoke again. "This also means that if he were the one to put the out to protect him he must've known that other people put a request for his head."

"Master, I can't believe that a dark guild wizard would need help from an official guild to protect him." Kyouga leaned back in his chair and thought long and hard before he heard a commotion going on in the arena behind his room. Ren and Yui looked in the window at the arena and saw Ryouta facing off against a girl with long flowing pink hair. "Ugh, he can't even go a few hours being back in town before he gets in more fights."

"Well I guess I'll go and watch over the fight to make sure they don't go overboard." Kyouga walked out of the room with both Yui and Ren close behind.

Guild Arena - Year X784

The guild members went into the seating areas and all sat down in generally same area except for a girl with white hair and a man in a mask. Leo sat right on top of the arena wall waiting patiently for the fight to begin. The two fighters walked out of the arena with Ryouta taking the right side of the arena while Sakura took the left side of the arena. Kyouga walked into the main booth above the stadium and began to speak. "Ok wizards of Silent Sword I only have three rules when it comes to fights in the arena. The first rule is, don't destroy the place because if you do you're paying for it. Second rule is, don't kill each other. The final rule is the most important, give it your all." After finishing his speech Kyouga sat down in a chair with Yui and Ren standing by his side.

"Sakura, I'm not going to show you any mercy, I hope you're ready for it." Sakura just nodded her head before they begin to get into a stance.

"Requip: Flame Queen's Kimono," Sakura's outfit changed into a flowing kimono that covered most of her upper body leaving the sides exposed and bottom half of the kimono extended to her knees where she wore black leggings. The sleeves of the kimono were unattached from the torso and extended past her hand. Sakura pulled out a katana that began to become engulfed in flames. "Here I come," Sakura charged towards Ryouta jumping over him before sending a wave of flames at him. Ryouta turned around and grabbed the flames with his hands before crushing them.

"Is that all you got, because if it is you might as well give up now." Ryouta looked at his hand for a little bit before he looked back up at Sakura. The two charged each other and Ryouta dodged Sakura's first strike and then encased his fist in lightning before punching straight at her. "I got you," before his fist connected Sakura requipped into a yellow version of her kimono and blocked Ryouta's attack with her sword only being pushed back a little bit. 'Dang, how could she stand up to that?' Ryouta looked at Sakura cautiously before he jumped backwards to try and assess the situation. Sakura kept coming at him striking at him with speed even greater than his own to where he was only able to dodge half of the strikes she sent at him. 'Ok no more holding back' Ryouta back flipped out of the way of Sakura's next attack and then rushed her using his lightning enhanced speed. "Lightning Dragon: Crushing Talon" Ryouta disappeared from Sakura's eyes before she heard a crackling of lightning behind her. Ryouta threw back his hand and connected with the side of her head sending her flying towards the arena wall until Sakura spun in the air and landed feet first on the wall.

'He's faster than I thought, it's a good thing I decided to use my Storm Queen's Kimono or that attack might've hurt a lot more than it did.' Sakura jumped onto the wall before she noticed that Ryouta was charging lightning.

"Lightning Dragon: Roar," Ryouta shot a stream of lightning at Sakura who stood in position waiting for the attack. Sakura swung her sword in a downward position sending a crescent blast of lightning towards Ryouta's roar splitting it in half as her blast connected with Ryouta creating an explosion of lightning while his attacks exploded on both sides of Sakura. Sakura looked in the direction before she heard a suction noise; Ryouta began sucking up the surrounding lightning into his mouth. Sakura was surprised at was happening and decided that she wouldn't let him continue anymore. Sakura charged at Ryouta before he disappeared again but this time she swung her sword behind her and jumped out of the way before she noticed that he wasn't there. Sakura looked up a second too late when she noticed that Ryouta was a few feet above her. "Thanks for the meal, Lightning Dragon: Thunder Breath." Ryouta shot a beam of white lightning out of his mouth in which Sakura was barely able dodge his breath attack before she was sent flying into the wall by a wave of sound that reverberated throughout the arena.

"I thought I dodged it," Sakura pulled herself off the wall before looking at Ryouta who began to speak.

"What you just felt was the thunder that comes after the lightning, my enhanced break attack boast more power than my normal lightning dragon roar due to the fact that it hits you with a high power blast of lightning and then it blast you with a powerful sound wave right after." Sakura looked at Ryouta before she began to smile. Ryouta looked at her weird wanting to know why she was laughing at him.

"You're definitely strong I won't deny that, but I'm about to show you why I'm stronger. Shadow Queen's Kimono" Sakura outfit changed colors again and this time she charged Ryouta swinging her blade excellently forcing Ryouta to block each strike. The two went back and forth for what seemed like an hour before Sakura began to gain the upper hand and had backed up Ryouta against the wall when she spoke again, "Hey Ryouta I hope you know you've lost," Ryouta was about to complain that he wasn't when he noticed that his entire body was covered in shadows. "Shadow Strike: Infinity," All the shadows on Ryouta's body exploded almost acting like millions of swords cutting across his body. After the attack ended Ryouta was on one knee with his body bruised all over. He was having trouble breathing while Sakura stared at him calmly with her sword held out. Ryouta smashed the ground with his hand causing it to bleed before he spoke.

"Damn it, why am I so weak," Lightning began to strike down around Ryouta almost as if he was causing a miniature storm inside the building, "I keep on losing, I promised him I wouldn't lose, that I wouldn't give up." At this point Sakura was beginning to sense an immense rise in magic power coming from Ryouta. Ryouta let loose an almost deafening roar that forced most of the guild mates except for the guild master and the man with the mask to cover their ears.

'I need to finish this off now before I'm forced to go all out.' Sakura switched back to her Flame Queen's Kimono hoping to strike him with enough power to make him fall. Sakura rushed Ryouta before being blown back by a wave of lightning. Ryouta stood up with his eyes having gone completely white being replaced by lightning and his entire body was exploding with magic power. 'Dang, how much power does this kid have?' Ryouta crouched on the ground on all fours and let loose a roar that shook the building.

"Lightning Dragon: Storming Sword Horn," Ryouta rushed Sakura head first connecting with her sword and then moving away in a burst of lightning and attacking again. Sakura kept track of Ryouta blocking each of his attacks with her sword. 'Darn, there's no way I'm gonna be able to win, but I'm going to fight till I'm down and out.' Ryouta stopped attacking and stared at Sakura. "I'm going to admit it right here and now, I can't beat you, but there's no way I'm stopping till I'm out of magic power." Sakura looked at him before smiling.

"Fine then come at me with whatever power you have left." Sakura switched back into her normal outfit before staring back at Ryouta. "You get the first move."

Ryouta sent all of his remaining power towards his fist and rushed Sakura. The two collided with each other each striking one another with all of their power, Sakura with her sword and Ryouta with his fist. The duo moved so fast that they practically disappeared and the only thing that could be seen was miniature explosions in the air. After a while the fight finally died down with both Sakura's and Ryouta clothes torn. The two stood at each other before they both smiled. "One day I'll get you," Ryouta fell down smiling as he hit the ground. Sakura walked out of the arena only muttering a few words that only she could hear. Yui, Ren, and Leo jumped down into the arena and looked at the beaten Ryouta.

"He's gonna be out for a while huh, that Sakura girl is insanely strong though, she reminded me of Erza from Fairy Tail," Leo stared at the direction she went before looking back towards Yui and Ren who were picking up Ryouta. "I'm looking forward to fighting her now."