X791
With the sunset just started to take effect, we're now seven years in the future at the new Fairy Tail guild hall. I say new but it was just severely refurbished and redecorated.
The thick oak doors of Fairy Tail swing open with glee as the Tenrou mages return home.
"We're home minna." Natsu bellowed. Cheers and crowds of people came to meet them. But Suko was nowhere in sight.
"Where's Suko? He should be here right? I mean he is still part of Fairy Tail right? He didn't get scared without us here did he? Oh I suppose it's been 7 years for him. He is our age Erza." Lucy said blushing to Erza who was blushing right back. "I wonder what he looks like now. I wonder if he can use magic. Oh I can't wait to see him." Lucy continued fangirling with her hands on her cheeks like a little girl.
"If you're looking for the master he should be back soon, he just needed to pick up a few things." Laki told Lucy.
"What're you talking about Laki? Master is right here drinking sake?" questioned Lucy.
"Oh I guess you guys don't know, huh? Suko became the fourth master of Fairy Tail."
Natsu. Lucy. Gray. Erza. Makarov. Mira. Lisanna. Laxus. Freed. Elfman. Evergreen. Bickslow. Cana. Gajeel. Levy. Juvia. Wendy. All of the exceeds. They were all silent. Jaws near-touching the floors.
A man's voice came from behind them. "Oh you're back, welcome home. I guess?" an unenthusiastic cold sounding Suko said as he uninterestedly glided straight past them through the door. "I'm home minna!" Which was met by a huge roar.
Suko, the adored master was now Gajeel's height and had a similar build to Laxus, very easy on the female eye. With nothing but blue and black trousers on he stood before them, even barefooted. The number of scars is what struck must of the returning wizards, but they were just happy to see him. Black, knotted and spiky hair swayed in the wind as he stood in front of the Tenrou team, captivating most and pissing off a few. His crystal blue eyes glowed like etherion and his nose twitched at the scent of so many lost smells, 'nostalgic. Is that what this is supposed to be?'
Natsu's POV
'So this is what Suko grew up to be, huh? He looks strong, different I guess. Something seems off though.'
Lucy's POV
'He's grown so much, he's a man now. Oh but those black locks are as cute as ever, I bet he's a real lady killer' internally chuckling and beside herself with happiness.
Gray's POV
'The dude's buff I'll give him that but something seems off about his aura, so dark, it's almost heavy to stand around it. What's going on?'
Erza's POV
'So he got strong, huh? I'm so proud what mother wouldn't be? I mean I guess he's around my age now so maybe I should drop the mother stuff, huh? In other news he's really good looking' Erza thought whilst looking to the floor embarrassed, just like Wendy does.
Mira's POV
'So. Buff. So. Hot. Who. Should. I. Set. Him. Up. With? Or. Do. I. Take. Him. For. Myself?' Mira blushed heavily with her hands on her hot cheeks, swooning from left to right. For some reason, unbeknown to him, it seemed to really piss off Laxus.
Back to Normal
"Fourth Master, the Tenrou members, they're home!" screamed Romeo with tears in his eyes.
"Yeah I know buddy," Suko said with a warm smile on his face as he patted the small kids head and turned to his once lost family, "Back from the dead, huh?" The tone changed. It sounded like pure hatred and was much deeper and almost spine chilling.
Then gasps were heard from the Tenrou team as they felt a sliver of Suko's power break out from his control when he spoke to them. He was losing his cool.
"Wh-what do you think you're doing, Sukotto?" Said Gramps as he, a member of the ten wizards saints was nearly kneeling at the sheer weight of his magic power.
"My bad old man, but don't full name me in my house. I get that you're being respectful but the only ones who call me Sukotto now are my sempai. Also," The pressure stopped and everyone let out a deep breath that they'd clearly been holding in for too long, then he turned to the rest of the now frightened wizards. "Welcome home, I trust you enjoyed your seven year vacation? Well it ends here. You're all going to work for your living now. I know Tenrou was rent free, but apartments aren't. Work hard and don't sully the name of Fairy Tail, we leftovers spent so much time and effort trying to recover. Don't disappoint me or my predecessor's."
With that last statement he turned his back on everyone, all of them still in shock about the drastic personality change of a once sweet boy.
Natsu's POV
'How could he be like this? We're nakama, seven years doesn't change that. I'm going to beat the crap outta him if he keeps this up. Guess I better give the guy one more chance, everybody who didn't go to Tenrou seems to love him. But what was with that power? Unbelievable.'
Lucy's POV
'So cold. He's so cold to us. How horrible. What happened to the sweet little boy that we left? Oh, we left him didn't we? For seven years nonetheless.' Lucy's hazel eyes begin to fill with tears, sadness and regret. 'Why'd this happen to us?'
Gray's POV
'Who can blame the guy for being a little on edge, to him he must have felt like we abandoned him. But that power seemed so dark, there's something definitely off about him. I mean why isn't he wearing his shirt? Just weird.' Gray thought standing bare-chested.
Erza's POV
'This isn't the same boy that I took parental care of for nearly 7 years was it? He's so dark and he must be strong if he protected the guild and everyone in it for the last seven years. I shouldn't be scared of someone that I bathed as a child, should I?'
Makarov's POV
'So the brat finally begun using his power, huh? Damn brat. He's just showing off, but there seems to be a hurt and hatred for us in his heart for some reason, I must find out why. However, no matter how cold he is, he still protected my family for seven years, what more can I ask for?'
Mira's POV
'Those muscles are amazing but his heart doesn't seem so strong in comparison, what a poor kid' she thought, 'But he protected my family, what a fine man he's grown into.'
Back to Normal
"Hey buddy, long time no see huh? Wow so you became the master huh? That's so cool." Natsu said, trying to make the peace and begin to build bridges, in complete annoyance to Suko.
"Yeah, thanks. But don't speak to your master so disrespectfully else there will be sever punishments." The guild master's entire body was now cloaked in a cyan blue flame. Hot enough to singe the hand of Natsu, a fire dragon slayer normally unaffected by fire or heat, who foolishly put his hand on the masters shoulder as a medium to try to reconcile. "I'm going on a job, I'll be back in the morning."
A single tear of sadness crawled down Lucy's cheek as the once brother to her figuratively stuck a sword of ice into the well-meaning Natsu.
Poof, he disappeared in a flurry of blue flames that covered his exit. But just as quickly as he disappeared, he reappeared again, at the S class request board up-stairs muttering to himself about which job to take, then he grabbed one and disappeared again, this time reappearing behind the Tenrou team to grab his white jacket off the stand by the door.
'I barely saw him move?!' everyone thought in unison.
But that's not the biggest shock. His jacket. His jacket has that symbol on it. The symbol of the ten wizard saints. All the Tenrou wizards gasped at the same time.
"Don't destroy the guild while I'm gone, I'll be a couple of hours. Do you think you can handle that?" Suko said with scornful eyes as he breezed past the still shocked mages who were completely filling up the hallway between Suko and his job. And that's how he appeared to see them. In the way.
A minute or so passes before someone dares to speak.
"Don't take that so seriously he's just been through a lot. I think he actually missed you the most. You guys were everything to him before you left, I'm sure you can appreciate the fact that he found it difficult to be only with the select family members with whom he'd barely ever spoken to." Kinana proclaimed calmly as she continued washing up behind the bar.
"Yeah he was a little cold towards all of us at the beginning but then when he took on all of our troubles and protected us from the many dark guilds and guilds with a grudge against us who sought revenge whilst Fairy Tail was at its weakest. Half of them couldn't get through the barrier that he keeps over this place 24/7. He's truly an amazing person." Macao told the weary travellers. "So let's not worry about him right now, let's have a party for the return of our nakama."
Great cheers roared through the existing members however the Tenrou team seemed a bit off after being exposed to such shocking information and changes in a once fragile and weak but kind boy.
'Seeing Suko really makes me remember that we weren't just gone for five days but for seven years.' Natsu thought with a meek smile. 'I bet he hates us.'
"Before we begin the party there are letters for all of you in your apartments from the master. So go clean up and read them before we start." Laki said with her classically cute smile and wink that made the Tenrou members feel a bit more at ease.
"Wait what? Apartments? We were gone for seven years, so how do we still have our apartments? Natsu and Happy were the only guild members who didn't rent a place so how do we all have places to stay?" Queried Lucy.
"This is one of the many reasons the master goes on three jobs a day. For the last seven years he hasn't only paid off all the existing debts of our guild but he has also maintained every Tenrou members place of stay to the exact way it was seven years ago, he even gets me and Kinana to clean them once a week." Laki stated proudly which made Lucy, Levy, Juvia, Cana and Erza all burst into tears.
'What a guy.' That thought or something to that effect rung through the minds of each and every one of the Tenrou mages along with great cheers and roars despite the terrifying encounter they had shared.