Disclaimer: I own nothing from Fairy Tail….dammit and this is about a year after the last chapter.

Shio: So….what is happening in this one?

Author: You'll see

Erza: I'm in this one right?

Author: Yes and maybe Natsu will be making an appearance!

Natsu: IM ALL FIRED UP!

Ryu and Shio age 19, Erza's generation 17, Natsu's generation age 15.

Chapter 3: Sequestered Dreams

Ryu opened his eyes and looked around, all over the ground were flowers of all kinds, from roses to lilacs and lilies. He kneeled down and plucked a green rose and smelled it, he had this dream before, he has had it for the past four years.

"You look so cute when you do that." Said a young girl who was now back to back with Ryu.

"Aer-San….." Ryu said to himself as she giggled. He could still remember her scent, her green hair and the feeling of her hands.

"Still with the san, Ryu you haven't changed at all!"

"I….I couldn't save you…."

"Yea, but I don't hate you for it silly!"

"..."

"So…..why are you hunting down dark guilds?"

"I….I want to make sure nobody innocent would ever die again."

"Really? What do you think of that?"

"It's impossible, and that there is no way you can save anybody." He felt her hand on his left arm. He could feel her breath behind his ear.

"Just like how you couldn't save me." The world then became distorted as he saw Aer lying in front of him in a pool of blood.

"If you give me your power...I can make a world.." Ryu heard a voice as he quickly stood up with his katana in hand. The world in his image began to crumble into a dark shadowy subspace

"Who is it?!"a spectral voice beckons his hearing

"A world of love, victors, and peace…..a world where even the dead can be alive again. If you give yourself to me I can make that world."

"Who's there!" The world the became black as a shadowy figure appeared in front of him. It had two horns pointing outward and its face was what one would describe as the devil. it had two large white wings and It's shoulders had spikes. It was wearing a black and red robe that only covered the bottom half of it's body. A white orb was shining endlessly upon hit's grasp.

"I am your pain, I am your evil, I am your darkness, and I am your anger. Think of it, surrender your body to me and I can make that world for YOU!"The creature held out the orb for Ryu to grasp. The figure draws Ryu in, as Ryu begins you grasp the orb, the dream begins to shatter, and the world falls into a beckoning light. Ryu slowly regains his consciousness and refrains from the nightmare.

(Hotel Room)

Ryus eyes snapped open as he quickly sat up, he had that dream again, the monster and what his greatest pain was. Yet it was the first time the figure had called out to him. Had beckoned him. He got up and opened the window as he heard snoring, he turned to see his Otouto on the other bed sleeping.

"Another sleepless night." Ryu put on his clothing and attached his katana to his waist and walked out the door. "Perhaps I can clear my mind." He looked over to the clock that had 1:23 on it.

"Ne, Nii-San don't take all the food…" He looked over to his Otouto who was still sleeping. A small and rare smirk ran across Ryu's face as he opened the door.

"See you in a bit, Otouto."

(City)

Erza had finished a job involving a dark guild, and it was really late, and decided to get something to eat for the night.

The night cried out "Pastries and beer tonight!"

Erza passed through the street so fast, it seemed as if a red demon had begin to come by.

"I demand cake!" Erza yelled as she kicked the door open, and spooked many of the customers. She then walked up to the counter and saw a distinguishable figure "Hmm, must be a mage." She thought to herself as she happily ate her cake.

"Another one." She heard him say as the bartender handed him another shot. "Leave the bottle."

"It's all right Sir, you don't need to pay after you've done so much for me and my family."

Intrigued, Erza begins eating her cake faster, being impatient not knowing who this man was.

"Here you go Onee-chan!" The girl said as she put Erza's second cake on the table. She then ran over to the man next to her.

"Hiyoo, misterrr!"

"Hello, Asuna-Chan." The man said in a calm, low-toned voice as the little girl beamed.

"Ne, where is Shio-Nii?"

Shio-nii? The connections began running through Erza's mind as he answered the girl who skipped away.

Silenced echoed through the loud obnoxious laughter within the bar as the little girl left.

She tried to concentrate on the the seemingly endless chatter of the denizens, but she couldn't help but hear dead silence as a familiar voice began to rejoice in her ears.

"I see you still love to eat those delicious looking cakes."

Spooked, sweat and unease began to run down Erza's usually calm and collected face. A feeling of confusion and hope were mixed in as her voice began to rattle and shake. What was it that made her feel this way? Fear? Anxiousness? Or was it -

She knew. This was his voice. A low soft tone, full of grace and hidden compassion. She knew, this is how he would sound like. She tried turning her head, but retracted as her gaze met the soft and unkempt hair he had kept. She couldn't help but try to imagine what kind of face he had. How would I look facing him.she wondered. She then equipped her usual cold and strong gaze, though it took all her might and courage too. She turned and saw his gaze meeting hers. Her strong facade gracefully fell and with a blazing red blush that rised, and let out a light docile "Ryu…."

He replied… "Nice to see you again. I see you've become quite something."

She didn't hear him, she couldn't. Because all that was on her mind, was that she was finally able to see him again. She averted her eyes away toward the ground. She replied a quite.

"You too…."

(Flashback)

"You promise? Pinky swear?" A young Erza said as she stretched her pinky outwards.

"I...I promise, Erza." Another pinky wrapped around hers.

(Flashback end)

"I.. see you've been doing fine.." Erza's voiced cracked and trembled as she couldn't help but be shocked at the sudden meeting. She quickly stood up as Ryu did the same.

A smile rose from Ryu's face. Ryu usually never smiled.

"I thought that you'd disappeared or something..." Erza took a step back to get a good look at Ryu, it had been six years since he had dropped her off at Fairy Tail. He had grown about to 6'1 compared to her 5'7. His hair was wavy, and dropped low as his bangs were swept to the side. His eyes had a beautiful strong gaze as his eye gleamed endlessly amber. Her face began to turn red longer as she looked at his face, occasionally averting eye contact. She tried to raise her arm to feel how strong and firm he has gotten over the years, then dropped her arm as she was overwhelmed with embarrassment.

"Yeah I was, thankfully I had been found by you." Ryu thought about cracking a joke for their long awaited meeting as they both sat back down. A confused emotion welled up within Erza as her face became or blushingly red.

"I'm glad to see you Erza-san"

"You, don't have to call me Erza-san, you know." Her voice still cracking, tried to make a bolder statement. After all she had been only giving in to the receiving side. 'Erza-chan' maybe? She quickly terminated the thought as it was a slight, but happy joke.

"Sorry, it's just that we haven't seen each other in a while." He turned to face head on, as they were already sitting down at the bar. "How has Fairy Tail been?"

"I made S-Class a year ago." She said with a smile. Hoping she would be praised for it.

"Really? I always knew you were strong Erza-san." Erza got slightly annoyed at the san suffix. But was happy to be praised "How is Mira-san and her siblings."

"How do you know them?"

"We saved them on a S-Class mission a year ago." Ryu said as Erza widened her eyes.

"Y-you mean?" Only if it was me that was saved. She quickly terminated the thought like she did all the other unnecessary things. But she couldn't help but be embarrassed to herself.

"I guess it was all thanks to Shio for the healing." He turned away, remembering how his dream related to how the mission ended.

"Shio huh.. what have you guys been doing?" Wondering why Ryu's face was filled with such unease as he turned away from her.

"I've been working for the magic council with Shio for a long time out of the country. We just got back for a new order."

"The Magic C-C-Council!?" To her surprise, the magic council rarely gives out individual orders to mages, especially ones out of the country. Her Ryu was strong. She smiled and was impressed.

'Her Ryu?' She then terminated the thought.

"I'm pretty sure you have heard of me and Shio, we are bounty hunters and the Magic Council always hire us for jobs."

"Bounty Hunters?"

"Wiping out powerful dark guilds, and assassinations." Ryu said as Erza widened her eyes.

Brothers born in ancestral dark blood.

The Devil Brothers

"You...you've been living a life of killing?" Shocked, her red face and nervousness crumbled instantly.

"Is, it wrong to kill?" Ryu said unhesitantly

"..." Silenced echoed through Erza's mouth. She couldn't help but be shocked. "But why…?" she mustered out.

"Dark guilds… "rising" Evil… somethings cannot be stopped unless it is ended." He let out something he didn't want to say, but needed too.

"But killing is-"

He didn't like where this was going.

"And what? Allow more people to be killed? Revenge is a nasty feeling that eats someone from the inside, it doesn't need to be there unless you end it once and for all." Ryu's eyes became a lot darker, yet his eyes were burning brightly and more fierce than before.

Erza couldn't really help but feel so much to be honest with herself she agreed with Ryu. However, what she wanted to know most was why did he want revenge? She knew that he when she talks about himself he doesn't directly. She knew Shio was still alive from the conversation of earlier. Revenge for what? she thought. She shouldn't pry into this any further, but couldn't help by being uncomfortable with Ryu killing.

The tension and unease filled the bar. Though the bar was full of chatter and happiness, a dark and intense aura sneered awkwardly around the two.

"So.. what brought you two back here? She tried to break the tension. She was no longer filled with unease or nervousness, but eager to find out what had changed Ryu. Now that she realised, her Ryu was a lot darker and silent than before. Burdened and lost as he is, she was determined to find out.

'Her Ryu?' she then terminated the thought again.

He then chuckled "I came here to see you." The dark aura was instantly lifted, and unease and nervousness crept back into her as if it never left. She averted her eyes exactlty as she did before, only this time catching her self, and realigning their gazes. "More precisely, Fairy Tail."

Her face began brimming with excitment and joy. Tears began to well up from within, but she tried struggingly to hold them back.

"So that means… My… Our promise…" She couldn't hold the sentence together as she was concentrating holding her feelings in.

Puzzled, Ryu then remembered. "Yeah, I've finally come back home" then he smiled.

See? She turned out alright didn't she? He thought deep within his heart.

Yeah, I told you we'd keep it. It's a lot better this way isn't it? A seemingly relevant response came from within him.

"Nii-san, It's not cool to just get up and leave without me." Whining was heard from outside the bar.

Another familiar figure entered the bar.

To his surprise, Shio saw a beautiful lady with crimson hair standing next to his brother. A huge snickering grin surfaced Shio's face as he remembered this scene from years ago.

"Yo! Long time no see Erza-chan!" She heard a sonic boom and suddenly there was Shio right behind Ryu.

"Shio-kun!" She took a look at Shio, he definitely had grown, the same face as Ryu, but with that small ponytail in the back just like before.

"Ne, Is Nii-san being a broody guy to you?"

Ryu turned away with a disappointed face as Shio chuckled.

"Mah, mah - just a joke, just a joke." He responded cheerfully towards his brother's scornful look.

"I heard your small conversation about Ryu coming back to Fairy tail, I too am thinking about joining." Though Shio's face was glimmering with joy and excitement, Ryu and Erza shrugged back in embarrassment.

"You could say, It's doing a job, but doing what we want at the same time hehe." Shio said happily

"-Also, The leader of the Balam Alliance was the second master of Fairy Tail." Shio said much to Erza's shock.

"What?!" Erza stood up to make sure she was hearing correctly.

"Yeah, it's what I was doing when I split up from Nii-san about a week ago, we only met back up today." Shio said as he looked over to Ryu. "So, Nii-san you never told me what you found out."

"Balam Alliance, has gathered more guilds, I've also taken out multiple dark guilds, yet I have found no evidence what so ever."

"Well, back to my point, I think we should pay Fairy Tail a visit." Shio said as Erza got a hopeful look in her eyes. "Maybe, their master can tell us something."

"And you can at least check it out and see if you like it." Erza clasped her hands around Ryu's. She gave him a puppy dog look, His eyes softend and replied with a welcoming smile. She then regained composure, retracted her hands, then reaverted her gaze with shame and embarrassment.

(Magnolia town)

"Come on Ryu!" Erza pulled Ryu by his hand much to his dismay. Shio followed along with a huge grin on his face. They stopped in front of a large building with the Fairy Tail emblem on it, it looked exactly like Erza red and black emblem.(It's red and black to show her feelings towards Ryu and not Jellal, honestly I HATE JERZA :P)

"Wait here you two." Erza said as she opened the door, a loud commotion was going on apparently and when the door shut Shio looked over at Ryu.

"I wonder what is goi-"

"SILENCE YOU FOOLS WE HAVE GUESTS! DON'T THINK I WILL NOT PUNISH YOU EITHER, I'VE HEARD WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, EVEN IF MASTER HAS FORGIVEN YOU I SHALL NOT!"

"..." Ryu looked over to Shio who chuckled.

"She has become pretty scary hasn't she?" They had no idea, the door opened slightly as Erza poked her head out.

"You two can come in now."

(Earlier inside)

"What was that flame brain?" A 15 year old raven haired teen said as he butted foreheads with a pink haired teen of the same age.

"You heard me icicle!" Fire erupted around his left hand as the raven haired teen started to mold ice.

"Natsu, and Gray are at it again…." Cana said as she began chugging her barrel of beer. A blue cat flew over her head.

"Go, Natsu!"

"THEY ARE MEN!" Elfman yelled as his sister Lisanna sweatdropped.

*Sigh* "This is why we always have so much trouble, am I right Nee-Chan?" Lisanna looked over at Mirajane who was behind the bar.

"It's more fun this way, and besides a quiet Fairy Tail wouldn't be Fairy Tail now would it?" Mirajane hadn't gone on a mission since last year and so was now the way she was.

"I guess your-" Lisanna stopped as the door opened and shut again, however only her and her sister noticed it was Erza.

"SILENCE YOU FOOLS WE HAVE GUESTS! DON'T THINK I WILL NOT PUNISH YOU EITHER, I'VE HEARD WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, EVEN IF MASTER HAS FORGIVEN YOU I SHALL NOT!"

"S-s-shit! Hurry idiot!" Gray put his arm around Natsu who did the same and they began to act like best friends. Erza walked over to them and slammed them both into the ground.

"You think I'm that stupid?"

"NO M'AM!"

"Now then, behave yourselves I'm going to bring our guests in."

(Current time)

Ryu and Shio walked in behind Erza and to their surprise there was A LOT of people. Shio scanned the crowd and saw the person he was looking for. In a sonic boom Shio appeared next to Mirajane with a blue rose in his hand.

"Yo! Mira-chan." Shio said as Mirajane accepted his rose with alight blush on her face.

"Still a sweet talker as always." Mirajane said as she smelled the rose, and of course Shio got many jealous stares from some of the men in the guild, another one appeared in his hand as he gave it to Lisanna who happily accepted. Elfman was wondering who this guy was while this was happening.

"Nee-Chan who is this?"

"Shio-Kun was the one who saved you along with his older brother Ryu." Mirajane said cheerily while the whole guild became so silent that you clould hear a pin drop onto the ground.

"NANI!" The whole guild yelled in unison irritating Erza and Ryu.

"QUIET!" They both yelled at the same time as the guild shut up.

"They sure do match each other don't they." Mirajane said as Shio nodded, Erza on the other hand got a dreamy look on her face and looked in the other direction.

"..." Ryu glared at Shio who chuckled. "Well, then I guess this means you know who we are, yes we are the Devil Brothers."

"What are two high ranked S-class mages doing here?" Macao asked as Ryu looked over to him.

"Well…...we kind of need to speak to your master." Ryu said.

"About what my boy." Ryu looked down at a small man, but he could also feel his power as well.

"I'm guessing you are the master."

"Ho, ho, ho! How right you are my boy! Master Makarov 3rd Guild master at your service!"

"Me and my brother would like to speak with you about something of importance."

"Then come with me my boy, Erza you can come too since they are your guest."

That is where we are gonna cut it off for now, sorry guys no action in this one D: