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*Magnolia*
The drive back from Clover took a while but the group finally returned to their home town. Ryu found out that when he apparently uses too much magic in his dragon form that he turns into this miniature version for a while. This is known because as they were heading back to the guild, he was still in his tiny form. Also, it turns out his motion sickness is just as bad as Natsu's in this tiny form. Thankfully Lucy helped calm him down during the ride.
"Ryuma," Erza finally said getting their attention. "I think we deserve an explanation about this secret you hid from us."
He knew this would come eventually. "Okay I'll tell you but we need to have the Strauss siblings with us and talk about this at my place." He told them as Makarov went to the guild to get them and Cana as she was his roommate and could help defuse the situation.
As they arrived at Ryuma's house they entered the house and made themselves comfortable. "Natsu, if you so much break anything, you will pay for it big time. Gray no stripping in my house." Ryu told the two as Natsu was about to touch something. They both sat down in separate chairs in his living room area. Lucy took the couch while Erza decided to stand. They didn't wait long before the door knocked and Erza opened it to reveal Makarov with Cana, Lisanna, Mirajane, and Elfman.
Once they all got inside, they saw Ryu's tiny form sitting on the coffee table. When Ryu saw them, both Cana and Lisanna tackled him to the ground hugging him.
"Ryu, you look so cute and tiny." Lisanna said.
"Yeah, I just want to hold you and never let go." Cana said to him as she blew some air on his ear, causing him to shiver.
"Will you girls please let me go? This is really embarrassing me." Ryu told them as he was blushing. They let him go so he can explain everything to everyone here.
"In case you guys may not know this," Ryu said looking as the Strauss siblings and Cana. "We went on a mission to stop the Dark Guild Eisenwald. And well, during that mission, I may have… definitely revealed my dragon side to everyone here." They grew concerned about this new information. Ryuma is very shy about people finding out about this fact and is worried about how his friends see him.
"So it's time for me to let them know about it." He then turned to his other friends and asked, "So guys, what do you want to know about me?"
They weren't really sure what to ask first until Natsu raised a question. "How long have you been half dragon?" Ryu face faulted at this.
"I was born like this you moron. My mother was a human and my father was a dragon who could change into a more human form when need be. And before you guys start to think about it, they were a happily married couple." Ryu told them as some people may think that it was something else entirely.
"Why did you hide this secret from us?" Erza's question was more of an interrogation then out of curiosity.
"I hid it because I was more afraid than anything." Ryu told them as they were surprised by what he said. "When I joined the guild only Gramps, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna knew about my secret. I was really shy about who I can trust and was worried about losing friends." They all felt bad about why they were grilling him about his secret.
"Wait why didn't you tell me about you being half dragon man?" Natsu asked him as Ryu had the perfect response for him.
"That's because if I did tell you, it would end in one of two ways. One would be you pestering me about where Igneel might be. I have no idea where he is or what he looks like. And second, you would be challenging me to a fight every damn day." Ryu explained himself as everyone had to nod at that. They so would see Natsu doing either one. "Look can you guys please not tell anyone else about this, I don't want people to look at me differently about it okay?" he asked his friends.
They all agreed to keep it a secret for now until he told others about it. "Thank you." He told them as he suddenly started glowing and grew to his normal height. He got off the table so he wouldn't break it. Once the light died down everyone saw he became human again but they all had embarrassed looks on their faces, Lucy and Lisanna were full red in the face as Cana just had a wild smile on his face.
"Yes, I'm back to normal again." Ryu said in a moment of happiness. He then saw the looks everyone was giving him. "What, what's the matter?" he asked as Cana whispered into his ear why they had those looks. He became wide-eyed when he looked down and saw that he was in his boxers and nothing else.
"Oh dear god, I'm turning into Gray." He said as he rushed upstairs into his room to put some clothes on. The others had a good chuckle at what he said except for Gray who felt offended by what he said.
"I'm not that bad." Gray said to them.
"Gray where's your shirt?" Cana pointed out to him as he looked down and noticed that his shirt was missing.
"Damn it!" Gray said trying to find his shirt. Ryu came back down after changing into his new clothes when he noticed a shirtless Gray.
"Dude what did I saw about the stripping?" Ryu reminded Gray. Gray was able to find his shirt real quick and put it back on. After that moment, someone just remembered something.
"Hey Ryu when you were fighting Lullaby, didn't you call yourself the Dark Guild Wrecker?" Lucy asked him as the group stared at him waiting for an answer.
He was confused by why she would ask it until he remembered that he did say something like that. "Oops, I guess I did. I just got so caught up in the moment that I wasn't aware of what I was saying." Ryu replied by rubbing the back of his head.
"Why didn't you tell us you are the Dark Guild Wrecker?" Erza asked him. The only one who knew he was the "Dark Guild Wrecker" was Makarov. No one else knew who he was until now.
"Well it's simple really, you didn't ask." Ryu replied back with a smile on his face causing everyone to face fault on the floor.
*Era*
The magic council was currently standing in a circle debating the issue of what had transpired with the Eisenwald Guild and the events in Clover. "The Eisenwald Guild may have been defeated, but that's only a small victory in a much larger battle." One member of the council stated.
"Dark guilds have been popping up much more in an alarming rate. While the mages we have issued missions on dealing with the Dark Guilds have defeated a great amount, it would seem that for everyone they defeat two more come out of hiding." Another member of the council stated.
"Whatever needs to be done, we cannot let them get a hold of any of Zeref's dark magic." One member said as he wore a long dull tan cloak and had a long grey beard. He was holding onto a sealed glass case which held the broken Lullaby flute. This was Org, a seated member of the council. "We were lucky enough that the Dark Guild Wrecker was able to slay this demon."
"How on Earthland was Eisenwald able to even get a hold of that flute?" Yajima, a member of the council said. He wore an orange stripped shirt with brown pants and a hat that came to three points.
"I hate to say this but the blame may extend to us on the council." Michello, another member of the council said as he looked like a grumpy cat man holding onto a cane.
"That maybe the case, although they are a thorn in our sides, Fairy Tail has proved that they are quite useful." Seigrain, a blue haired man on the council stated.
"Not only did they take down an entire guild with a handful of Wizards, but one member destroyed the demon Lullaby and apparently released all the lost souls from its stomach." Ultear, a female member of the council said as she wore her usual white kimono. The council began to talk this over not reaching any conclusion.
"You may not accept it but that's the reality of our situation at hand." Seigrain told the other members of the council. "The Guild Master's were saved as well as many civilian lives. And the best part was that none of us had to give up our positions on the council."
"Enough with this nonsense," Org yelled getting everyone to calm down. "Fairy Tail's actions that day do not out way their actions of past reckless destruction."
"Then let's take the opportunity to discuss it over with them." Seigrain said as the rest of the council agreed with this idea.
*Lucy's Apartment*
Lucy was currently at her desk the next day after getting information from Ryuma about his hidden secret and of him nearly kicking Natsu's ass for almost burning his kitchen down. How a trip to get a drink from the fridge turned into a fire breaking out, they will never know.
'Eisenwald's attempt to attack the Guild Masters with Lullaby became big news. It's all everyone is talking about and it made all of the newspapers. My friend Ryu's secret was kept as the papers said that Lullaby was defeated by a mystical beast that appeared out of nowhere and left no trace of it behind.' Lucy thought as she was writing this down.
'Before I joined Fairy Tail, I never knew I would be part of such a big event. It's amazing, but I won't let it go to my head. My heart still skips a beat with everything we went through and with seeing Ryuma in action.' She paused for a small blushing smile. 'I heard the authorities caught most of the Eisenwald wizards, even Kageyama was caught as well. But I heard that he renounced from the ways of Dark Guilds and is hoping to be rehabilitated. The scary thing is that Erigor has gone missing. No one has seen him since Natsu defeated him. But I'll be okay. I have a lot of great friends in Fairy Tail who can help apprehend him. So please don't worry mom, I'm doing great. P.S. don't tell dad any of this okay.'
As she was finished writing a letter to her mother, she sealed it in an envelope and stretched after writing it. "Saving the world is cool and all. But it's nice to just relax at home." She said as she stretched her arms up into the air.
"Man, 70,000 jewels a month for a place like this is dirt cheap." She heard someone say behind her. Lucy turned around and was shocked to see Gray, in his underwear, sitting on one of her chairs.
"Intruder." She said as she sprang into action and delivered a kick to the side of him. "No stripping in my home."
"Whoa, Whoa calm down alright let me explain myself. I was like this when I got here." Gray said explaining himself as to his attire.
"Get out." Lucy barked at him.
"See I knew that you forgot about today." Gray told Lucy.
"What did I forget about?" Lucy asked, not realizing what she could have forgotten.
"Let me jog your memory, Natsu challenged Erza to a fight at the train station. But before they fight each other, she told him he has to fight Ryu. That fight is today at the guild hall." Gray explained to her.
*Back of the Guild*
A crowd of wizards surrounded the two Dragon Slayers. Natsu and Ryu were doing some pre-battle stretching. This was the scene that Lucy had arrived to find. "No way they're really going through with it?" Lucy asked.
"Oh, hey Lucy." Lisanna said seeing Lucy just arriving.
"If those two value their manhood, then they better go through with it." Elfman said out loud.
"Calm down now little bro." Mirajane said to her younger brother.
"Aren't you guys at least worried that this will tear apart the strongest team?" Lucy asked worrying about her friends.
"Strongest team, what are you talking about?" Gray asked as he was wearing his clothes once more.
"Yeah you, Natsu, Erza, and Ryu; you guys are the four strongest wizards in the guild." Lucy told him.
"Yeah right, who's the idiot that told you that?" Gray asked her. She pointed at Mirajane who a few seconds later burst into tears from what Gray said. "Oh Mira, you're not an idiot."
"Way to make a girl cry Gray. You're sure to get a girlfriend now." Ryu said to him sarcastically.
"I'll give it to Natsu and Ryu they are tough, Ryu may be tougher, but they aren't close to being the strongest in the guild. We got some people who are tougher than the both of them combined. Like me." Elfman said as he pointed to himself.
"I am curious about which one of them is the stronger Dragon Slayer though." Said a petite girl nearby. She was wearing an orange band in her short blue hair, an open blue vest showing her yellow bikini top. She had on a pair of white shorts and had a blue belt to go with it. This was Levy Mcgarden. Standing behind her were her teammates Jet and Droy.
Jet was the orange headed mage wearing a brown jacket and hat that had fur on the edges. He also wore black pants and some running shoes. He is known as the fastest man in the guild. Droy was the black haired one with the odd hair style. He was wearing a white shirt with two gold bands going over his chest in an 'x' formation; he was also wearing green plaid pants. And together with Levy, they form Team Shadow Gear.
"For the toughest guy, it's hard to say. I mean we still have Mystogan and Laxus." Jet said mentioning other members of the guild.
"Got to say, I am really excited to see how this fight will turn out." Elfman said.
"It's going to be close. I have never seen them go all out before. I only see them fight when it's in the usual brawls we have in the guild halls." Gray said to the taller man next to him.
"I think this is the first time we have fought each other one on one Natsu." Ryu commented.
"Yeah your right, I'm all fired up now." Natsu said to him. Both dragon slayers were staring at each other with determination. Cana was sitting on the side, placing a betting pool on who would win. There was a score board behind her with tally marks on who placed a bet on whom. So far, Natsu and Ryu had the same amount of people betting on each of them.
"Put my money on Natsu." Happy said as he gave Cana some money to place his bet.
"I'll put some on Ryu. Cana did you pick him too?" Lisanna asked her as she gave Cana some money as well.
"Can't, I got to stay impartial. If I did place a bet on him, it would look like I was playing favorites. Did you want to place a bet Lucy?" Cana explained herself to Lisanna.
"I don't want to either of them to lose." Lucy said to Cana.
"Alright now, you know the rules," Makarov said as he was playing the part of referee. "Rule #1: no damage to the surrounding area, you break it, you pay to fix it. Rule #2: there are no other rules."
"Alright the betting pool is now closed." Cana announced to everyone.
"Round 1, begin." Makarov said, announcing the start of the fight.
Natsu and Ryu both charged at each other with their respected elements covering their fists. Natsu went in for the first move and Ryu blocked it. Ryu then went for a round house kick, but Natsu ducked underneath it. He would have responded with a right upper hook until he was hit by a tail that belonged to Ryu.
"Hey, no fair using your tail." Natsu complained after getting hit in the face with the tail.
"Hey gramps said there were no rules and besides, I just remembered I could do this the other day." Ryu responded to Natsu.
"Oh yeah I forgot that he could change some parts of his body into dragon limbs." Elfman realized out loud.
"He can do that?" Lucy asked as she had never seen anything like this before.
"Yeah he is able to do that kind of stuff real easy." Lisanna said as she appeared beside Lucy. "When I was helping him learn how to make his wings appear, he found out by accident, that he could change his limbs into those of a dragon. Everyone in the guild has seen him do it before in the past. He hasn't done it for a long time."
The Dragon slayers went back to the fight as Natsu and Ryu began to trade blows, after Ryu's tail disappeared. Natsu tried to hit him with a fire attack but Ryu was too quick for him to be hit by the attack. Unfortunately, some members of the guild weren't quick enough.
"Man, am I glad that Ryu convinced Natsu to have the fight in the back or we would have to pay for damages to the surrounding buildings." Makarov said happy not to face any more bills for property damage.
The both of them were about to unleash one last punch to each other's face. As they were about to land the blow, a loud clap stopped them in their tracks. As they turned their heads to see who made the loud clapping sound, Ryu made a quick punch to Natsu's face. Natsu was about to get the jump on him until they all heard, "This fight is over."
The person who said it looked like a giant frog person wearing robes from the Magic Council. "May I have your attention please; I have come here from the Magic Council." The frog lady said to everyone.
"No way." Levy said.
"Seriously?" Jet asked.
"Why would the Council send her here?" Droy questioned.
"Am I the only one that noticed she's a frog?" Lucy asked wondering why that is not an issue.
"As a result of the Eisenwald incident two members of your guild has been charged with multiple accounts of criminal property damage and recklessness. Erza Scarlet and Ryuma Alister, you two are both under arrest." The frog lady said as two rune knights came up to them and put them in magic-canceling cuffs.
"Wait what?" Natsu asked as he saw the two of them be taken away to a special wagon to take them to see the council for their crimes.
*Wagon*
The wagon was currently taking them down a very bumpy road to the court offices. Erza was sitting on one side with her eyes closed as was Ryu, who was sitting across from her, but for different reasons. Erza was just being patient until they reached their destination; Ryu was trying not to spew his guts. "Hey go back driver. I think you missed a few bumps." Ryu yelled at the driver for doing this to him.
"Ryu, calm down." Erza said to her comrade.
"I know I forgot to take a healing lacrima today. I wasn't expecting to be in a vehicle today." He responded to her. "I bet by now either everyone back at the guild is depressed or trying to stop Natsu from going after us and make the situation worse."
"Or both." Erza jokingly said.
"True." He replied. "I hope they don't ask me about my destruction of one of Zeref's demons in my scaly form."
"Me too." Erza said to him as the wagon stopped. They both turned to the door that opened and had the guards dragging the two of them out in front the place they will be tried for their actions. The building looked like a giant chalice that had a huge floating building above the ground level building. This was National Councils Fiore Branch. The frog lady was walking them down the hall to take them to the court room.
As they were walking down the hall, all three of them stopped to see Seigrain leaning on one of the pillars. "Seigrain!" Erza said with a startle and some sweat forming on her face. Ryu wasn't sure about why she was acting like this around him. But just looking at him, he felt that this was the type of person who held ulterior motives.
"Erza Scarlet and Ryuma Alister, it's been a while since you two have been in this building." Seigrain said to the two as he had seen Ryuma here before when he would talk to Yajima, an old friend of Makarov's. He has a different type of history with Erza but that's for another time. "Relax; I'm only here in spiritual projection. I'm sending this from Era. For such a trivial matter, all of us here are just projections."
"So you're the one who's behind this farce?" Erza asked.
"Please be reasonable. I have always supported Fairy Tail. But the council members fear that the blame for the Clover incident will befall them instead of you Ryuma." Seigrain said as the last part was directed at Ryu.
"I'll make my side of the story clear to them no problem. You may want to join them soon, lest they decide to give up your seat for being late." Ryu said to him. This let Seigrain know just who he is up against, he had heard of the number of Dark guilds this man had destroyed in the past all by himself, so crossing him is possibly not the best choice of action to do at this moment.
"Well played little dragon, well played. But before I join my colleagues, let me just say a few words to Erza here." He leaned in close to her and whispered something into her ear about something Ryu wasn't sure about. After that he vanished to join the rest of the council.
"Wow, you two seem to know some very important people." Frog lady said to the two wizards.
"I don't trust him/He's evil." Both Ryu and Erza said about Seigrain.
*Courtroom*
A gavel can be heard pounding letting everyone in the courtroom know that it was about to start. Erza and Ryu stood right next to one another in a podium as the council all sat in the judge's booth, which was wide enough for everyone to sit in. "This courtroom will now come to order." Frog lady announced. "Before us are the defendants: Erza Scarlet and Ryuma Alister. Take a stand Miss Scarlet and Mister Ryuma."
Both mages stood up as the council began to list all the counts against them. "The two of you have been charged with multiple counts of reckless endangerment of innocent civilians and numerous counts of destruction of property including the Guild Master Conference Hall. According to eye witness reports the perpetrators were a mage with long red hair and one with spiky brown hair that turned into a giant dragon. Would you two like to explain your actions?" Org asked them.
Erza didn't want to say anything but Ryu felt different. "Before we go into deliberations, I would just like to ask you fine council members something. How many lives were saved during this event? Many. How many were injured? A small handful. And finally, with Lullaby's destruction, the souls of its victims can now rest in peace." He told them as he brought up some good points. "If you think that punishing us for just doing our job to help others from death is such a good idea, then this whole damn court is just a huge waste of everyone's time."
The council was taken aback by what this young man said to them. Erza was shocked at the fact that he spoke back to those on the council before their fate was decided. But just before the council could say anymore, the door to the court room exploded into many pieces. Erza and Ryu just stood where they were, their backs against the door, with wide eyes.
"Erza," Ryu started talking to her as he put his face in the palm of his hands. "Please tell me that isn't Natsu."
Erza turned to look at who it was who did this and could only reply with, "No it's not Natsu. It's Natsu and Happy." Ryu then turned around and saw that she was right and looked at them with confusion. Natsu was wearing crude armor and a red wig, some of his pink hair was sticking out in the front. While Happy wore a white gi, no pants and a brown spiky wig.
"Were the crazy armored lady and spiky brown haired guy you're looking for." Natsu said as he tried to act like Erza but was spewing fire out of his mouth. Happy tried to act like a dragon but that failed miserably. Everyone looked at them in disbelief at this. Ryu decided to walk towards them and out of nowhere, started to beat the living crap out of the two of them with his still cuffed fists.
"Damn it you morons. You couldn't let it go could you? You just had to make this even worse than it really was." Ryu said as he kept hitting Natsu.
"I am terribly sorry for this your honor." Erza said as guards dragged them away to the prison cells.
*Prison Cell*
Erza and Ryu were currently sitting on the cell floor staring at the two idiots who were on the other side of them. "Words cannot express how angry the two of us are at you guys." Erza said with an angry glare that Ryu was matching her with. "The trial was just a formality."
"For real?" Happy asked them.
"Yeah it is. It's all for show to let other wizards know that there will be consequences for the actions a wizard could make. It's to help maintain order in the magical world. At the most we would only get a slap on the wrist and would be able to leave after the trial was done." Ryu explained to the two of them.
"THANKS TO YOU IDIOTS WE'RE STUCK IN A JAIL CELL FOR THE NIGHT!" Erza yelled at the two of them. "I can't believe you."
"I am so sorry." Natsu apologized to her.
"It's okay, I know you meant well." Erza said with a now caring look on her face. She then punched him in the head for his actions. "There, now I feel better."
"Ow, that hurt Erza." Natsu said nursing the lump on his head.
Ryu couldn't help but smile at how Natsu and Erza were interacting and knew what could break the ice. He looked at Happy and knew what Ryu was about to say next. "You llllike her." Both Ryu and Happy said at the same time to Natsu. Both Erza and Natsu started to blush before Erza smack both Ryu and Happy in the head with an embarrassed look on her face.
"T-totally worth it." Ryu replied before they went to sleep.
*Guild Hall, the Next Day*
Natsu was seen currently running around the Guild like an idiot shouting to no one about being a free man. He was starting to get on some people's nerves. When they came back to the guild, Erza explained to everyone what really happened. Everyone was just relieved that it was just all for show.
"I can't believe I got worried for you and Erza over an arrest and trial that turned out to be just for show." Lucy said as she rested her head on the table.
"Yeah we're just glad that the both of you are all okay." Lisanna said to Ryu as he sat at the same table as Lucy. Ryu was standing right by the table.
"Yeah also thanks to you I helped little Lisanna here make a big profit from your victory over Natsu. Isn't that right Lisanna?" Cana said as she then groped Lisanna from behind and got Ryu to get a nose bleed from the visual.
"Cana, can you please stop groping your friends in front of me?" Ryu asked as he didn't want Elfman on his case again about why his baby sister was embarrassed. Thankfully, Cana stopped her assault on Lisanna's chest. "But in all seriousness, it makes me feel good knowing that people were worried about me." The three girls blushed at the compliment from him.
Natsu overheard what Cana said about Ryu beating him. "Hey yeah I want a rematch against you Ryu."
"Natsu be advised that I will send you to a world of pain if you try my patience now." Ryu yelled at him and turned his arm into a dragon arm just to prove a point. Luckily for him, he decided to go after Erza to fight next instead.
"Come on Erza let's fight." Natsu said as he charged right at her with a flaming fist in his hand. But unfortunately for him, Erza delivered a blow to his gut, which rendered him K.O.'Ed. Everyone in the guild was laughing at this, showing that everything has gone back to normal.
Mirajane had a small chuckle at this until she saw Makarov feeling a little sleepy. "Is everything alright master?" She asked him wondering if he is okay.
"I'm fine, just sleepy. He's coming." That was all the master could say before everyone in the guild hall instantly fell asleep except for himself. After that a mysterious cloaked man appeared in the guild. He was covered head to toe; no skin was shown what so ever. He came in carrying a staff but he went straight towards the request board to take a single job. "Mystogan." Makarov said to the man who is now known as the mysterious Mystogan of the guild.
Mystogan was about to head towards the doors when Makarov said to him, "Wait, at least lift the sleep spell before you leave." As he was leaving, he began to count down to when the spell would wear off. After he vanished, everyone woke up except for Natsu.
"What happened?" Levy asked as she was confused as to what occurred.
"Oh man, was Mystogan just here?" Jet asked as he already knew the answer to that question.
"Who's this Mystogan guy?" Lucy asked Lisanna.
"Well for one thing, he's a contender for the strongest wizard in the guild." Lisanna explained to her.
"Really?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, for some reason he doesn't want people to see him so he puts them all under a sleep spell. No one has seen him except for gramps." Ryu explained it to her.
"That's not true," a voice suddenly came out of nowhere. "I've seen him before." Everyone looked up at the second floor of the guild and saw a spiky blonde haired man sitting by the railing. He wore a spotted yellow shirt with light brown pants. He also had a cloak on with fur on the edges and headphones by his ears. He even had a lightning bolt scar over his right eye. This was Laxus.
"Laxus, when did you get here?" Elfman asked not realizing that he was in the guild at the moment.
"And here's contender number 2, Laxus." Ryu pointed out to Lucy.
"He's just a little shy. You need to respect his privacy." Laxus told everyone. Suddenly Natsu woke up from hearing his voice.
"Alright Laxus. You and me, right now." He stated at Laxus.
"If you can't beat some weakling with different eye colors or the red head, why even bother with me?" Laxus said taunting him.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Erza asked him. Gray was trying to calm her down before things go from tense to a disaster.
"I'm saying that I'm the Guild's strongest and there is no doubt about it." Laxus said gloating over everyone.
"Then come down here and prove it." Ryu said to Laxus taunting him to meet them at their level.
"Why don't any of you come up here and prove it?" Laxus returned the taunt with another one. Natsu was about to reach the stairs that led to the second floor before a giant fist stopped him from reaching the first step.
"You're not ready to go up to the second floor. Well not yet anyway." Makarov told Natsu. "Laxus, stop with the taunting of others." Makarov ordered him.
"The most powerful wizard in the guild isn't some chick, dragon wannabe, or some hooded weirdo. Your looking right at him." After he said that he left in a flash of light. No one knew where he went off to. The air was still tense even after he left. Everyone decided to just try and cool down after such an event that happened.
The next day, Lucy, Cana and Ryu were walking towards the guild. Lucy had been wondering something since the other day and decided to ask it. "Hey guys, how come Master didn't allow Natsu onto the second floor?" she asked her friends why that happened.
"Well Lucy it's quite simple really," Cana began to tell her as she leaned on her. "We have two different kinds of request boards, the normal one everyone can get a job from, and of course there's the one on the second floor designated for only S-class mages."
"What is S-class?" Lucy asked, never hearing that title before.
"S-class means that you are among the toughest of the tough in every guild. Most guilds have an S-class mage but how they become S-class varies between each guild since there isn't a universal set way of determining who is worthy of the title." Ryu explained it to Lucy. "Those missions on the second floor are for those types of mages. The big differences in those jobs compared to others is a huge reward, but the missions are most of the time considered 'life or death' situations."
Lucy became worried about S-class missions. She knew better that she was not ready for such a huge burden of being S-class yet. But in the future, she may feel otherwise. As they finally reached the guild doors Ryu told them to hold back for a little as he went to open the door. It was a good thing that he told them to hold back because, just as he opened the door, a chair went flying out and nearly hit Ryu in the head. "Oh man, that was a close one. Why is there a huge brawl going on now so early in the morning?" Lucy asked seeing the chaos spill in the guild.
"Hey it's 5 o'clock somewhere." Ryu told her as Cana was the only one laughing at the joke because she knew the reference he made came from. As they entered the main hall, all three of them noticed something different. There were two more people in the guild hall they have never seen before.
One of the men looked kind of sleazy. He was wearing a plain white shirt with a Sorcerer Weekly model design on his shirt, and was also had a pair of dark green pants on. His face had small stubble of facial hair and had his normal hair in a pony tail. He was currently standing in front of Mirajane and Lisanna holding a swimsuit edition of Sorcerer Weekly.
The other man however was not at all sleazy like the other man; he had a more professional look to him. He wore a white hooded cloak that had a 'beak' on the cowl and feather-like ends with a red lining. He was wearing a sleeveless black muscle shirt with a pair of silver belts that went into an 'x' formation across his chest. He was wearing grey cargo pants and dark blue pauldrons to match his shirt. He also wore black rubber sandals on his feet with a bokken on the side of his hip. He also had messy brown shoulder-length hair, and a light tanned skin tone. He had eyes like Ryu but slightly different, he had a red right eye and a blue left eye. He also had several scars going over his forearms and one vertically over his left eye.
Ryu decided to go over to them to see what's going on. As he went over there, he saw Mira and Lisanna taking out a pen and sign the sleazy man's magazine on a page where their pictures were. He decided to stand next to the more professional looking of the two. He even noticed that the cloaked figure had a red-orange Cait Shelter symbol on the back of his right hand. "So, may I ask who you are and if there is anything I can do to help you today?" Ryu politely asked the Cait Shelter man. He didn't want to cause an incident between Fairy Tail and another guild.
"Hm?" the man said looking to his right and seeing Ryu. "Oh, ah no thank you I am good. Let me introduce myself, my name is Vincent Wilson of Cait Shelter." The man known as Vincent said introducing himself.
"Well my name is Ryuma Alister, nice to meet you." He replied to Vincent shaking each other's hand. When he did shake Vincent's hand, he felt something was odd about this person but couldn't put his finger on what it was. "So anyway back to my question."
"Oh yeah, sorry but I'm just taking care of an escort job is all." He said to Ryu jovially. "Don't worry; we'll be out of here in a few minutes."
As both girls finished signing their autographs to the sleazy man, he was ecstatic about it. "Yes, yes, yes. I finally have the autographs of the Strauss sisters for my collection." He said jumping for joy. "Now if it's not too much trouble may I ask you for one more thing?" he asked both Mirajane and Lisanna.
Both girls didn't like the look that this guy was giving them, "Um, what exactly would that be sir?" Mirajane asked him, not realizing what is about to happen next.
"I was wondering if can get a picture of the both of you in the nude with your legs spread open?" The sleazy man asked with confidence as he held out a camera from behind him. Just as that last word was spoken, the brawl that was going on in the guild suddenly came to a stop and the guild became silent. Everyone was looking at this guy with wide-eyes, wondering if what he said really happened. Both Mira and Lisanna were grossed out by what he just asked them to do and crossed their arms over their chests in disgust by his question.
"What. The fuck. Did he just say?" Ryu asked Vincent as he was wondering if he heard right.
Vincent was wondering if he heard right too. But judging from how the atmosphere suddenly went from calm to murderous in no time flat, he decided to try to defuse the situation quickly. "Hey, um, don't you think you're getting a little too personal?" Vincent asked worriedly.
The client turned to Vincent and told him with a straight face, "No way am I getting too personal. I get off on these pictures in Sorcerer Weekly and if I got a picture of some of them in their natural beauty, then my life will be complete. Now as I was asking, well girls how would you like to get naked for me?" That was all he could say before Ryu decided to shut him up with a hard punch in the face.
Ryu couldn't take it anymore, this pervert was about to do something to his close friends and was about to make sure this guy would pay for his actions. He was about to punch him in the face once more until Vincent came in and took the blow for his client.
"Look, I totally get where you're coming from in wanting to kick that guy's teeth in, but if you beat my client into a coma, I don't get paid for the work I did, so how about we all just calm down and-" Vincent was saying to Ryu until he heard an animalistic roar coming from the right of him and saw Natsu running right towards him with a flaming feet.
"Fire Dragon's Claw!" Natsu said as he jumped into the air to deliver a spinning fire roundhouse kick to Vincent. However, before it made contact, the Cait Shelter mage's right hand glowed silver, and with a wave of his hand a gust of wind snuffed out Natsu's flames like a candle.
"Excuse me, but I was in the middle of having a conversation," Vincent said as he grabbed the bokken at his side. "Ukiha Kamikaze-Ryu Kenjutsu: Kogarashi!" he roared out as he lunged at Natsu, delivering a strike to the side of the Fire Dragon slayer's neck and sending him flying.
Ryu saw this as a possible opportunity to go after the sleaze ball of a man as he tried to go after Lucy and Cana. He rushed towards the man but Vincent blocked him again. "I didn't want to do this but he has left me no choice, Cosmic Dragon's Claw." Ryu shouted as he unleashed a flying kick at Vincent.
"Jigen Hao Ryu..." Vincent called out as he drew back his right hand, silver ribbons of wind spiraling around it. "Ryusei Rasen-Ken!" he roared out as he threw his fist forward into Ryu's kick, an explosion of air pressure dispersing the energy behind the attack, and sending Ryu spinning away.
Elfman decided to join in for making sure this sleazy man would pay for the rude comment he made to his sisters. "Beast Arm: Iron Bull!" Elfman's arm changed into a giant metallic arm. He then charged at Vincent to deal a punch to this man for defending that pervert.
"Beast Arm: Ruby Crab!" Vincent called out as his left arm turned into that of a large crustacean with a shell made of rubies. The pincer was about to clamp down on Elfman's right arm, Vincent then drew his right arm back before calling out. "Beast Arm: Vulcan!" His right arm turning into a massive black-skinned ape-like appendage with green fur, Elfman received a palm strike to the chest that sent him reeling, knocking the wind right out of him, changing his arm back to normal.
A loud smack was heard a moment later, the sleaze ball now sporting an impressive bottle-shaped bruise on his face. "Seriously, let's all take a chill pill here," Vincent said as he grabbed the guy by his collar. "Ice Dragon's Roar!" he roared out, his chest swelling up before he released a wave of ice at Ryu, Natsu, and Elfman, freezing them in place from the neck down. "You, run out those doors right now if you want to live!" he told his client, the man clutching his face as he did what he was told.
Natsu and Ryu couldn't believe what they just saw. This unknown man before them just performed a Dragon's Roar spell on them. They have never come across another Dragon slayer outside of the guild before. 'He knows Dragon Slayer magic? How many others are out there that have Dragon Slayer magic?' Ryu began to think as he tried to free himself from the ice prison.
"Look, before this gets any further out of hand," Vincent said as he ran his fingers through his hair. "Mirajane. Lisanna. I am sooo sorry for the actions of my client," he said clasping his hands together and bowing in their direction. "Rest assured, as soon as I get paid, that man is blacklisted from Cait Shelter and I'll warn the other guilds about him," he said before walking over to the doors. "Oh, and I would also like to apologize for the door."
"Wait what do you mean?" Lucy asked Vincent. "What did you do to the door?"
"This," Vincent said before walking out the doors and shutting them behind him. A moment later, ice began to creep under and between the two doors, before an ice barricade formed, preventing anyone from following him and his client.
Natsu, Ryuma, and Elfman finally freed themselves from the ice, charged at the ice barricade and unleashed a barrage of magically charged punches at the door.
As this went on for a while, Mira then mentioned to herself, "I wonder if they know that we have a back door to the guild, or that the windows in the front aren't frozen either." But the three wizards were too busy trying to break down the ice to even notice.
Makarov had enough with this and said to them, "That's enough you idiots, let it go. If you did beat him up inside the guild then it can be played off as collateral misfortune. But if you did beat him up outside of the guild that can be seen as aggravated assault." Ryu and Elfman backed off when they realized that gramps was right. Natsu however kept going at it.
"No way gramps," Natsu said to him as he finally broke through the ice on the inside of the guild. "He hit me in the neck; I'm going to get that bastard for what he did." He was about to run after them but Erza stopped him by grabbing the back of his vest.
"Natsu that's enough." She told him as he surprisingly calmed down. "He didn't hit you with the bokken. I saw what happened, he manipulated the air-pressure around it and hit you with said wind. I know this because I have used many weapons before, but not like what he did." Natsu decided to listen to her.
Lucy decided to check on Mira and Lisanna, "Hey are you guys okay?"
"Yeah were fine." Lisanna told Lucy. "I'm just glad that Ryu was there to give that sleaze ball a piece of his mind." Lisanna had a blush on her face when she remembered what Ryu did only a few minutes ago. It was like from a fairy tale, a knight (or in her case, a dragon) saving a damsel in distress from a monster who tried to take advantage of her innocence. "What about you? Are you and Cana okay?" she asked as she remembered seeing that sleaze approach them.
"Yeah we're okay. That creep tried to ask us for the underwear we were currently wearing and Cana decided to give him a piece of her mind with a hard bottled slap to the face." Lucy told her as she found the slap to be quite badass. "Who was that wizard anyway?" Lucy asked wondering who that man really was.
"Oh, that's Vincent Wilson from Cait Shelter. I met him a few times before when I went to do some modeling for Sorcerer Weekly. He was always seen acting like a guard for us. He's even in a few pictures as well for the special ladies edition. He is always shy when they take pictures of him." Mirajane said as she remembered seeing him blushing from embarrassment whenever it was for the ladies edition. "Not only that but he's also a very tough wizard. You may have heard about him before in the news, Vincent is the Wind Waker."
Everyone was caught off guard by that. The same man who was here not five minutes ago, and froze Natsu and Ryuma, was the infamous Wind Waker. One of the few men to take on Dark Guilds by himself. "Why didn't you tell us he was the Wind Waker?" one of the guild members asked Mira.
"Well, it's because no one asked." She responded as most members face faulted from that. Ryu was laughing at this as well as most of the wizards who didn't face fault at the news. They then noticed that there was still ice blocking the door.
"Hey Gray, can you do something about the ice blocking the door?" Makarov asked as he hoped the ice mage could at least do something about the ice. He did not want to pay for a new door.
The next day, it was a peaceful morning in the guild hall. No brawls were taking place, no random destruction, just peace and quiet. Ryu was relaxing by the bar and noticed Mira was going to the second floor to do some cleaning up there. As he was relaxing something was bothering him. It was the fact that it was so peaceful and nice. He looked around and noticed that Natsu, Happy, Lucy and Lisanna weren't around to be seen. "Huh, I wonder where those guys are?" he asked until he heard Mira scream in shock.
Mirajane came down the stairs in shock. "Master. I don't know what happened but one of the S-class missions is missing." Mira told Makarov. He was currently enjoying a nice cup of coffee when after his second sip; he performed a spit-take in shock.
"What?" Wakaba asked as everyone heard what Mirajane just say.
"One of the S-class jobs from the second floor is missing? Who would be dumb enough to do something like that?" Macao asked as he was curious as well.
"I know who took it." Laxus said making his presence known. "A little blue cat flew up here and ripped it off the board."
"Happy took the job?" Mirajane asked. This surprised everyone, they knew Natsu was a fool but not this foolish.
"Well that would explain why Natsu, Happy and Lucy aren't here. They must have convinced her to come along on the mission." Ryu said as it was all starting to make sense. "But wait then why is Lisanna not here Mira?"
Mirajane became shocked at the question and replied, "Lisanna said that she would be going on a mission today with Natsu." This caused Elfman, Ryu and herself to become very worried. The last time Lisanna was involved with an S-class mission, she almost lost her life.
"It's a serious breach of the rules." Laxus said being all cocky and such. "Hey gramps, a stunt like this will get you kicked out of the guild, am I right?" he said to Makarov taunting this fact in his face. "It doesn't matter anyway, it's not like those four will make it back alive."
"Laxus," Mirajane said as she approached him in anger. "If you knew, then why didn't you stop them?"
"Oh lighten up Mira," Laxus replied to her. "All I saw was a blue cat flying off with a piece of paper in its mouth trying to be sneaky. Natsu's not even cleared for S-class, didn't think he would break the rules."
All Mira could do was glare at him in disgust. To think they had someone in their guild that could be so cruel like him.
"Mira, which request did they take?" Makarov asked wondering which dangerous task it was that they took.
"It was lifting the curse on Galena Island." Mira told everyone. The story of Galena Island has been circulating for a long time; it is rumored to be a cursed island that if you ever stepped on its shores, you would be forever turned into a demon.
"Oh God, Natsu's even dumber than I thought he is." Ryu said shocked that he would even pick such a tough job.
"Laxus, go fetch them all at once." Makarov ordered him.
"Yeah right. I've got better things to do." Laxus said to the Master. "And besides, everyone is supposed to be able to take care of themselves right?" he said as he vanished in a flash of light.
"Damn it, he was the only one tough enough to be able to get them all back." Makarov said as he cursed the fact that Laxus was so cold to everyone.
"Then I'll do it." Ryu said as he stood up. "I'll try and get them back before it's too late."
Makarov was very proud of what Ryu meant by that. Given the nature of the situation he was left with very little choice in the matter. "Very well then. Try to bring them back home as soon as possible before it's too late."
"Ryu let me come with you," Gray said as he stood up as well. "You're going to need all the help you can get when it comes to dragging that flame head back." Ryu just took one look at Master Makarov before agreeing to this request. He got a nod of approval.
"Okay Gray, let's go get them back safe and sound." Ryu said as the two of them rushed out of the guild hall. But not before Mira gave them some written information about the request so they can have a better understanding on where they needed to go. They then left to find their friends before it was too late.
Wow, I had a really good time writing this chapter.
Hope everyone enjoyed the introduction to the newest OC in the story, Vincent Wilson. He is a mage from Cait Shelter and he's the creation of another Fanfiction writer, NeoNazo356. I had some help with him writing his introduction in the story. This OC is based on one of his own, "Ventus" from his Teen Titans story: One of the Elements. It's the same OC but has gone through an alternate event that has yet to happen in his story. So check out his story.
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