Chapter 11:

Makarov's POV

That brat really has gotten stronger. No joke. She took out 3 dragon slayers, 3 S-class wizards and knocked out three people out at the same time. But I felt the dark power almost come out. She has learned to finally control it. I am proud of her.

" Listen up everyone! Seeing as Ash- um, Nakar defeated 13 of the strongest members of Fairy Tail, I am promoting her to S-class. She is now in the league of Erza, Mira, Laxus and Gildarts." Everyone gaped at me after my announcement and Ashar just stared up at me with gratefulness and happiness. This girl was going to bring Fairy Tail back to it's original splendor. I'm glad she came back.

Natsu's POV

Nakar is too much like Ashkar to not be Ashkar. Her magic is the same as well. Ashkar also had the double bladed sword and it was called Elemental Blades as well. Then when Gramps was announcing that she was becoming S-class- which is no fair- he almost called her Ashkar. Nakar even has the same scent as Ashkar. And their names are so similar! Something's not right. I walked up to Nakar who was sitting on the ground. She looked really tired.

" That was a great fight Natsu!"

" It certainly was Nutcracker! Let's fight again sometime!" She pouted and yelled,

" My name is not Nutcracker! It's Nakar! Get that much correct!" I laughed. I always did that. Every time I met someone new. For Ashkar is was Asparagus, for Lucy it was Luigi, for Lisanna it was Lasagna, and for Nakar it was Nutcracker.

" However next time I won't lose. I'll win for sure!"

" We'll see about that," Nakar said with a smirk. She looked exactly like Ashkar in that moment. My heart clenched in pain and guilt. She got to her feet and said goodbye. She then walked over to where Gray was. Maybe Nakar had a crush on Gray as well. Heheheheh.

Gray's POV

What the heck happened to me. One moment I'm fighting Nakar and now I'm on the sidelines with Porlyusica hovering over me.

" Are you okay?" a soft voice asks me. I turn around to see Nakar standing there.

" I'm fine. Did you manage to beat Natsu?" She crouched next to me and nodded her head.

" I threw him out of the arena. I also blocked his powers for a while. He wasn't too happy about that." She chuckled. I started laughing as well.

" What happened to me?"

" I'm sorry about that. I caught you in a blood choke and held you there for 8 seconds. It stopped the blood from going to your brain and was therefore knocked unconscious. If I kept choking you any longer I would have killed you. Please forgive me." She looked so guilty. I felt really bad.

" Don't worry about it. It was a fight okay? People are supposed to get hurt. I forgive you."

" Thank you!" She looked too much like Ashkar. Maybe the only reason I feel so comfortable around her is because she reminds me so much of Ashkar.

" Uh...Gray," I turn my head around to look at her. Her cheeks are tinged pink.

"Where are your clothes?"

I look down and yelp. I don't have any clothes on except for my underpants. I'm glad those stayed on.

" EH! WHERE DID MY DARN CLOTHES GO?!" I saw them off the side and immediately put them on. Nakar started laughing again. I looked at her in surprise. Most people would run away screaming or would be thoroughly disgusted. She my surprise and said,

"You really are funny Gray!" I blushed. I was about to answer when she said,

" I have to go unfreeze your girlfriend! I totally forgot! You can't unfreeze her without using my sword." I looked up her in alarm.

" I don't have any girlfriend."

" I thought that the blue haired girl- Juvia- was your girlfriend."

" She isn't my girlfriend. I just think of her as a friend. An annoying, clingy stalker friend. I haven't had a girlfriend since-" I cut myself off there. Those memories were just too painful to go through.

" Since that girl Ashkar Nakamura left right?" I stared up at her. How did she know about that? " Gramps told me and I could tell because everyone called me Ashkar before. Who was she to you?" I thought about Ashkar and I thought about my feelings for her. When I answered, I answered as truthfully as possible.

" When I first met Ashkar, I didn't know what to think. She was a little girl but only a year younger than me. 10 years old. At first I thought of her as a sister but soon I realized that my feelings were much stronger than those as brother should have. We were still young but I felt a connection to her. I don't know if that was just my imagination but I fell in love. I didn't know if I could ever love again after my parents and my mentor died but somehow I felt love for this girl. She was a little bundle of joy wherever she went. You would think that she was a happy-go-lucky child but if you looked past the surface you could see all the pain she was hiding. She told us some of her dark past. Her mother wouldn't join the guild but she came to visit often. We tried to help Ashkar control her power but it was really hard for us to. She would end up screaming and shaking. It was heartbreaking to see her so broken and shattered. Somehow every time I saw that I felt like a little part of me was dying."

" She had warned us that people would come for her and that they could potentially kill us. We didn't realize how serious her situation was until they actually came. They were called Hades Mark. We fought as hard as we could and we won at the end but the toll on Fairy Tail was horrible. The guild hall was destroyed, more than half the members were severely injured, but the worst part was that Ashkar blamed herself for that. She thought that if she had never joined Fairy Tail, this wouldn't have happened. But none of us thought that way. She blamed herself so strongly that she left the guild. She had only been at the guild for two years but she was already the heart and soul of Fairy Tail. Natsu was her best friend as a boy and Erza was her best friend as a girl. As for me, I was just the boy who loved her. I never knew if she returned my feelings and now I guess I never will know. When she left, parts of everyone's hearts left with her. Everyone loved her and that is why people saw you as Ashkar. You resemble her so much. I loved her and now I don't even know where she is."

When I had finished pouring my heart out to her I felt embarrassed. I never told anyone any of this stuff. I now I told a complete stranger that I hardly knew. When I glanced at Nakar, she was white and shaking.

" Hey are you okay Nakar?"

She quickly composed herself and stood up.

" I'm fine." As she turned to leave she paused and said, "If you really want to know how Ashkar felt about you then she felt the exact same way you feel. She still does." With that she left even though I had so many more questions.

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