Hey everyone, sorry for the long wait, but here's the new chapter. This is probably going to be the only canon storyline that I have in here that doesn't feature Natsu or Kakashi. And I'm currently deciding when Natsu and Kakashi should come back, so maybe you guys can give me some suggestions? Anyways, I hope you enjoy.

Six years have passed since the shinobi of Fairy Tail have left on their decade quest. Not too much had changed in the guild, since most of the members hardly even knew Natsu, and fewer knew Kakashi. The only ones who were sad to see them go were the people in their age group, them being Gray, Aki, Erza, Levy, Jet, Droy, and the two remaining Strauss siblings. They hardly thought about it now, adapting to their life without Natsu and Kakashi, although they all harbored a little hope that the pair would come back, even if most people thought they were either dead, or gone forever.

But for now, we find ourselves at a cozy little port town called Hargeon. The sun shines brightly, and the birds chirp happily as life in the city goes along normally. Citizens are enjoying themselves, children are playing cheerfully, even the sailors had come in from their ships to enjoy the day!

However, our focus is on a single blonde-haired would-be celestial spirit mage. The wizard in question was named Lucy Heartfilia, and this is where the story begins.

"There's only one magic shop in this entire town?!" Exclaimed a surprised Lucy.

"Well... yeah. We're more about fishing rather than magic to be honest. Hardly one tenth of the people in this town can even use magic!" The shop keeper explained, causing Lucy to sigh, completely dejected.

"All this way for nothing?..." She muttered.

The shop keeper waved his hands around frantically. "Nonono! We have plenty of goods! All the new stock, I assure you!" He said, waving around various trinkets and baubles in front of Lucy's face, hoping to catch her interest.

She just ignored him, looking around the shop seemingly looking for a specific item. "Actually, I'm looking for powerful gate keys!" She said.

The shopkeeper raised an eyebrow. "Oh? That's a rare request! Well, we've got this one here, the white doggy, Nikola!"

Lucy shot up in excitement. "YES! I've been looking for that one for a while! How much?!" She asked.

The shop keeper sweat dropped. "It's not even powerful... but it's still twenty thousand jewels!" He said.

OUTSIDE, A FEW MINUTES LATER

A furious Lucy stomped through the streets, clearly agitated greatly about something.

"I can't believe my sex appeal is only worth ONE THOUSAND!" She exclaimed to literally nobody.

"That old bastard wouldn't see beauty IF IT SLAPPED HIM IN THE FACE!" She exclaimed yet again, shaking her fist in rage.

She would have continued her little hissy fit, but it just so happened that she happened to hear something interesting in the background.

"Have you heard? The mighty Salamander is here!"

"Where?! Where?! I want to meet him! I bet you he's super hot!"

Lucy's ears perked up. Were they talking about the one? The Salamander? The one who uses unique magic that you can't purchase in stores?

Lucy decided to follow the two young girls she had heard chatting earlier, it couldn't hurt, right?

Eventually she found herself behind a huge wall of people, all desperately attempting to get to the front. Lucy pushed her way through the crowd, until she got a view of the 'Salamander'.

Suddenly, her heart was beating furiously, and she could feel her cheeks warming up. Is this what love at first sight is? Wow! I never kne- She couldn't finish the thought though, due to a flurry of long green hair rushing through the crowd.

"HEY! FLAMARIA! IT'S M- Hey, who the hell are you?" She asked at the end, clearly annoyed at seeing this man instead of whoever she was asking for.

The 'Salamander' turned to her and flashed her a smile, causing the crowd of girls to let out squeals of fangirl delight. "Oh? I'm the great Salamander! I'm sure you've heard of me." He said with a smug smirk.

The girl just sighed in defeat, slumping her shoulders dramatically. "Nope, sorry, I'll just be leaving now." She said as she began walking away.

But the fangirls would have something else to say about that.

"How dare you be so rude to Mr. Salamander!"

"Yeah! He's like the greatest wizard ever!"

"And isn't he just the hottest guy you've ever seen?!"

They all bombarded Aki with insults and questions. Good thing she wasn't a guy, right? Otherwise they might beat her up!

FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER, AT A NEARBY RESTAURANT

Food was flying everywhere. Grapes, chicken, steaks, drinks, not a single thing went untouched. Lucy just looked at the girl in front of her in disappointment.

Well there goes the money I saved on my key... she thought. How can someone even eat this much? Where does it even go?!

She continued to watch Aki eat for a few minutes before deciding to make some conversation.

"So..." She began. "Aki and Happy right?" She asked. Aki and Happy nodded.

"Well just so you know, that creep earlier was using a charm spell, and you broke me out of it! So this is my way of saying thanks." She finished with a smile.

Aki just looked at her strangely and shrugged. "No problem." She said, picking up yet more food.

"Believe it or not, I'm actually a wizard too!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Oh, yeah?" Aki half-heartedly replied, still eating.

"Yeah! I haven't joined a guild yet though..." She said, rubbing the back of her head.

"Oh!" She exclaimed as if she had suddenly realized something important. "Guilds are organizations where wizards meet in order to get jobs and share information! You can't really be called a full-fledged mage until you join a guild." She explained.

After this little explanation, she began rambling about all the different guilds she had heard about, stopping every once in a while for a breather. Aki just sorta tuned her out.

"But this probably just sounds like gibberish to you, sorry! I just get so excited! And I'm defintely going to join that guild!" She said with a determined face.

Lucy had a dreamy expression on her face for a few moments before she spoke again. "Wait, you were looking for someone, right?" She asked Aki.

Aki sighed. "Yeah, we were looking for Flamaria. We heard a rumor saying that a 'Salamander' would be here, but it wasn't the right person." She said, clearly disappointed.

Happy decided this would be the prime time to interject. "Yeah, that guy didn't even look like a dragon! And he was a guy!" He said as if it were the dumbest thing in the world.

Lucy was confused. "Wait, this person you're looking for looks like a dragon?" She asked.

Aki shook her head. "No. Flamaria is a dragon!" She explained.

"WHY THE HELL WOULD THERE BE A DRAGON IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN?!"

A FEW HOURS LATER

Lucy had finished her lunch with her strange new friend, and had found herself a nice little bench to settle down and read the latest copy of the Sorcerer Weekly.

Lucy opened the book, scanning the first page carefully. "Hmm..." she muttered to herself. "I wonder what'll be featured this time!"

She flipped through a few more pages. "Ooh! Hibiki takes the number one spot for 'The mage I want to have for a boyfriend' yet again! I wonder what he's like!" She exclaimed, stopping momentarily to look at the picture of Hibiki that was featured in the magazine.

"What else... What else..." She muttered, continuing to flip through pages. "Aha! FOUND YOU!" She exclaimed, waving the magazine around in delight.

"Now let's see what Fairy Tail has been up to..." She said.

She laughed. "Four houses and two restaurants destroyed in epic fight?! HAHAHA! Just Fairy Tail causing more destruction I suppose!"

Suddenly, she turned the page and squealed in a fangirlish fashion. "Ooh! Mirajane! She's soooooo pretty!" She sighed. "I can't wait to join Fairy Tail!"

"Did I hear someone say: 'Fairy Tail' ?"

She turned to the sudden noise. Out of the bushes beside her came the 'Salamander' she had seen before. The creep was still wearing the same getup, but looked like he was looking for someone. Maybe her?

"What do you want, you creep?" She asked with hostility.

The man suddenly adopted a depressed look. "Creep?..."

Lucy raised her eyebrows as if it were completely obvious, which it was to be honest. "YEAH! You were using a charm spell just to be popular! That's creepy!"

'Salamander' waved her off. "Now, now, who can blame me? Just wanted to be a little popular is all." He said with a beaming smile. "Now, I heard you wanted to join Fairy Tail? Well, have you ever heard of the 'Salamander'? One of Fairy Tail's mages?" He asked, smirking at her reaction.

Lucy froze, and stared at him. "YOU'RE THAT SALAMANDER?" She yelled, pointing an accusing finger at him.

"Indeed I am, now if you come to the party tonight, I'm sure I could put in a good word for you." He finished with a smirk.

Lucy decided now was the opportune time to go full fangirl mode. She ran right up to him started jabbering him with questions about Fairy Tail, all while maintaining her 'cute' form.

'Salamander' sighed and raised an eyebrow at her. Well that was way easier than I thought.

LATER THAT EVENING, ON THE YACHT

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!" Yelled a confused and angry Lucy.

'Salamander' smirked. "Welcome aboard my ship, Lucy." said 'Salamander' with a smug smirk. "I'd advise you just shut up an behave yourself until we make it to Bosco." He added. "And don't make me angry."

Lucy sputtered in outrage. "BOSCO!? WHAT ABOUT FAIRY TAIL?!" She screamed.

Bosco just waved her off and smirked again. "Oh? That was just something I said to lure you on board this ship!" He finished, laughing slightly.

Lucy looked around her. "You're just going to kidnap all these girls? What the hell is wrong with you?!" Lucy exclaimed, reaching for her keys. "I'll show you..."

'Salamander just laughed at her. "Oh, I'm sure you will." He said, conjuring up a bit of purple fire and grabbing the keys from her hand.

He looked down at the keys in his hand. "Gate keys? So you're a celestial mage!" He discovered. "Well, only contracted wizards can use these things, so they're completely useless to me." He said.

"Whoops!" He exclaimed dramatically, casually tossing the key ring overboard.

Lucy fell to her knees, trembling in a mixture of anger, fear, and uncertainty. Tears started welling up in the corners of her eyes, threatening to break loose at any moment and start the waterworks.

"You used magic to completely take advantage of people!" She yelled in fury.

"YOU'RE THE WORST WIZARD ALIVE!" She screamed.

Suddenly, the ceiling behind 'Salamander' just exploded, leaving a huge cloud of dust and debris. Everyone in the room just stared in shock.

'Salamander' blinked once and looked at the hole. All of a sudden, the girl from earlier with green hair and a navy blue tailcoat floated down from the gash in the ceiling. She was being carried by a small blue cat with wings.

"Oi! You there! You say you're from Fairy Tail eh?" She asked, pointing an accusing finger at him.

The 'Salamander' took a moment to get over his shock at someone just blowing a hole in his boat and casually floating through being carried by a floating cat.

"Yes! I am from Fairy Tail! I am the great 'Salamander'!" He exclaimed, puffing his chest out as if to accentuate his claim.

Before the girl could respond though, Lucy finally gathered the courage to speak out. "HEY! AKI! What the hell are you doing here!" She yelled, trying to get her attention.

Unfortunately for her, Aki just ignored her little outburst, and instead focused on the situation at hand.

She narrowed her eyes at the supposed 'Salamander'. All of a sudden, twisted her arm around so that the back of her right bicep would be visible. They all gasped. There, sitting on her right bicep, was a Fairy Tail guild mark being displayed proudly in a brilliant red colour.

"WELL I'M AKI DRAGNEEL OF FAIRY TAIL! AND I SURE AS HELL HAVEN'T SEEN YOU BEFORE!" She declared, looking at him menacingly.

One of 'Salamander's various henchmen looked her now visible guild mark, staring at it for a few seconds, before stepping back in fear. "B-Bora sir, she's the real deal! Look at the mark!" He exclaimed, pointing towards Aki.

Bora snapped his head at the man who spoke. "Don't call me that you idiot! And besides, it's nothing I can't handle." The man now revealed as Bora said.

He raised both his palms towards Aki. PROMINENCE TYPHOON! he shouted, unleashing a massive purple flame from the magic circle in front of him.

Aki stared at the flames impassively, simply waiting for them to reach her.

Lucy watched in horror as the fire engulfed both Aki and Happy. To her, it seemed like the two friends she had recently made had just been burnt to a crisp.

She fell to her knees in tears. Why? Why am I always so weak? Why can't I save anyone?Isn't that what being a mage is all about? Helping the people who can't help themselves?

But then, the flames around Aki started slowly disappearing, and she began to see a silhouette of the green haired girl in the midst of the inferno. And she was... yawning?

"Man, you call yourself a fire wizard? These flames taste terrible!" proclaimed Aki as the rest of the flames disappeared into her mouth.

Everyone the vicinity's jaw dropped. Did she just... eat fire?

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Yelled a shocked Bora, pointing an accusing finger straight towards Aki.

Lucy finally got over the shock of Aki's strange fire eating abilities. She's from Fairy Tail! HOW DID I NOT NOTICE EARLIER! She mentally screamed.

All of a sudden, a loud noise broke Lucy out of her thoughts.

Aki got into a wide stance, stacking her balled up fists on top of each other in front of her mouth. FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!

A blazing inferno shot from the magic circle that had appeared in front of Aki's face. The fire was a deep red colour, much different than normal orangey-yellow fire, but after seeing Bora's purple flames, Lucy didn't think much of it.

Aki's attack raced towards the crowd of Bora's henchmen, inciting looks of pure fear and terror upon their faces. When the flame reached them, a huge explosion appeared, followed by a plume of smoke and debris.

Lucy gasped at the power of her attack, not doubting for a second that she had dealt with all of Bora's minions effectively. She just hoped none of them were dead.

When the smoke cleared, all the thugs were knocked out, and had terrible burns covering their body. The captured girls were not affected however, inciting much curiousity from the young celestial spirit mage.

Lucy stared at Aki, wondering how one person could have this much power, marveling at the pure destructiveness of her attack. It was just then when she heard one of the henchmen who had fled with Bora speak up.

"B-bora! I-It has to be her! The long green flowing h-hair and tailcoat! I-it's the-"

"Salamander..." Lucy finished, staring wide-eyed at the girl in front of her.

FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST! Aki slammed her fists together in front of her, lighting them on fire in the process. She charged at the remaining henchmen, taking them out one punch at a time, until only Bora was left.

Is this the power of a Fairy Tail mage? Lucy thought.

Eventually Aki got to Bora, and began charging up another roar. FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR! She yelled, releasing another massive torrent of deep red fire. Bora used his purple magic to float over the fire, dodging it by mere inches, but still getting the bottoms of his fancy shoes singed.

Bora got into a stance of his own, and a magic circle appeared in front of him. HELL'S PROMINENCE!

Out of the magic circle, purple energy started forming into a ball, which floated a little in front of Bora's hands. The ball promptly turned into a huge laser, cutting across the boat and town in a straight line. Huge lines of explosions followed the beam, tearing through the boat, and razing the ground and houses beam nailed Aki dead on, prompting a huge explosion and a cloud of smoke.

Once again though, Aki just opened wide and inhaled all the flames that hit her, making her even more powerful than before the attack. Bora paled. Seeing his strongest attack have no effect on his opponent was rather intimidating to say the least.

Aki decided it was time to end it. She channeled her magic to her feet, hopping through the air as if she were stepping on solid ground. She reached Bora with a flaming fist reached back, ready to deliver the finishing blow.

FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!

Her fist collided with Bora's face, sending him flying back hundreds of meters before finally coming to a stop at the bell tower, making a huge *GONG* sound. It was quite comical really.

Aki fell back down to the ground and dusted herself off. Once she stood up, she looked rather confused, turning every which way, seeming to be looking for something. Eventually, she found what she was looking for, and her face paled. Lucy grew worried.

"A-Aki? Wha-"

Suddenly, Aki grabbed her hand, dragging her along as she ran through town.

"NO TIME TO EXPLAIN! WE GOTTA GO!" She yelled behind her.

"WHY?!" Lucy responded.

Aki kept running but adopted a rather confused expression.

"Well you wanted to join Fairy Tail, right?"