Sorry that this update is so late I was away in New York with no access to a computer! But here you go!

"Wah!" Lucy gaped, "It's huge!"

"Welcome to Fairy Tail!" Happy chimed.

Even I was impressed with the towering building. Ryo just snorted and tried to pass it off as nothing, but I don't think anything that big could ever be 'nothing'.

"What are you standing there for, Kumiko? Come on!" Natsu grinned.

He was right, so I followed the group of them inside.

"We're hoooooome!" Natsu bellowed.

The room was alight with laughter and merriment. Wherever you turned you were greeted with smiles and waves. There was so much to take in; I'd never seen so many people in one place!

I snapped my attention back to Natsu who was currently removing his foot from someone's face. In the blink of an eye fights had broken out all over the room.

"Did you say that Natsu was back!" somebody blurted out.

I turned and met a pair of onyx eyes, unlocking our stare I saw his pale body and messy jet black hair. I didn't take too much time to examine his face as I was distracted by his near nakedness. Yes, the boy was standing there in his boxers. Once again, I lifted my lids to more fights. This time the thing that caught my eye was a thin man covered in women, literally; he had them hanging off of him. I didn't even bother to analyze him.

Another blink and the nearly naked boy was was now utterly and completely naked.

"Get your penis away from me or I'll rip it off." I threatened, keeping a firm glare fixated on his face.

"Yeah, right, sure, sorry." he said slipping away.

It was at that moment that I realized that Ryo was no longer behind me. Usually at a moment like thing he'd be freaking out trying protect me. But it didn't take too long to locate Ryo I soon spotted him in the midst of all the fighting.

"Typical..." I sighed.

Suddenly everyone seemed to be getting serious so I took a defensive stance just in case.

"That's enough," a voice boomed over the ruckus and mayhem and a frightening shadow loomed over the room, "CUT IT OUT YOU FOOLS!"

Even though there was this humungous shadowy figure there, nobody seemed frightened at all -well, everyone except for Lucy- so I was sure not to panic. But Ryo didn't seem to get the memo, he automatically ran in front of me.

"Don't come any further!" he growled.

He's making a fool of himself... what an idiot.

"Oh... newcomers?" after a moment the shadow shrunk into a little man who only came to Lucy's knee, "Nice to meet you all."

Without a moment's hesitation, the little man flew up to the railing of the second floor.

"You've done it again, fools. Look at these documents I received from the council. First... Gray!" he called out.

"Huh?" replied the naked boy from before.

"Good job sweeping out the smuggling organization, but you walked around town naked afterwards and ran away after stealing underwear that was being dried."

So the nakedness must be a consistent problem... I thought.

"Elfman! You had a mission to escort a VIP but assaulted him during the mission."

The list went on. It seemed like everyone had had one problem of another on their simple missions.

"Guys," he continued, "The council is angry at me all the time... but... forget the council."

He finished the sentence with burning the documents.

"Listen up. The power to overcome reasoning is born from reasoning. Magic is not a miracle. When the 'spirit' flow within us and the 'spirit' flow of nature connects they will form an embodiment for the first time. You will need a strong mentality and a lot of concentration for that. I mean, pouring all of your soul into what you do is magic. If you keep worrying about the watchful eyes of the higher ups, your magic won't improve. Do not fear the fools of the council. Do whatever you think is right! That's the way of the Fairy Tail mages!" he grinned.

I don't think that I had ever felt such a want before in my entire life. Bigger than even the want to find the flame mage that destroyed my village, I wanted to be part of this guild. I found myself doing something that I hadn't done in a while; I smiled.

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