"Natsu! Gajeel! I have a little assignment for you!" Master Makarov spoke above the crowd. All noises stopped at once as everyone turned to see the master and me, newly branded, standing side by side.

"What's up, Gramps?" Natsu questioned, standing up from the table he sat at with Lucy, Grey, Happy, and Erza. Across the room, I saw who I believed to be Gajeel Redfox, sitting back and eating scrap metal. Metal rivets stuck out on his face and arms, his long black hair wildly going down his back. His expression as he looked over at us was one of very little interest.

"I understand you wanted to pick a fight with Juniper here. I thought I'd let Gajeel have a go with you, seeing she can control both of your types of magic. Figured it would be a good bonding exercise for you two," the master explained.

"What?! I don't need this hothead to help me, I can do this by myself," Gajeel stood up and walked over to us.

"Stay out of this, Gajeel! I called this fight first!" Natsu retorted.

"You both underestimate her. Go out back, you three. Yolric, Darren, Vanya, and Xavier, come with me. Erza, supervise them if you would. Everyone else is free to watch or continue doing what you were doing," Makarov concluded, ushering for the rest of my team to come with him. The four of them looked at me, and I smiled and winked back. They knew full well what I was capable of. They had no need to worry.

"Come on, Guys! I'll try to go easy on ya," I laughed, prancing to the back exit. Natsu ran out the door excitedly, but Gajeel stayed put.

"I don't havta prove anything to you," he growled at me. I stopped, sighed, and flicked my finger. Flames instantly lassoed him around his waist and drug him behind me. I looked back up at the other guild members and smiled.

"Place your bets. I doubt any of you have seen a female God Slayer at work," I snickered back at the others. I heard Erza chuckle as she followed us out. The rest of the guild looked between each other and then immediately followed after us.

The back of the guild was a sandy beach. The sunset was almost gone, which meant the darkness of night was soon to follow. I hated the bleak blanket of nighttime, so I would have to make this a quick fight. Natsu and Gajeel took their places on the opposite side of the shore from where I stood. Beside us the guild crowded around to see the outcome of the brawl. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Happy collecting Jewels for bets. I couldn't help but giggle at his antics.

"Alright, you three! Begin!" Erza shouted. Immediately, Natsu ran at me with his fist wrapped in flames. Before he could make it to me, I gave a small blow of air. The flames instantly went out, making Natsu stop in his tracks in disbelief.

"What the hell!" Natsu growled under his breath. He began to flail his fist around trying to set it on fire again. Every time he did so, I just commanded it to go out again. I heard Gajeel do his signature laugh right before he changed his arm until an iron beam. It came shooting toward me, but I raised my index finger and made it slow down. When it came up to me, I made it curve downwards towards my feet. I looked up at Gajeel and raised an eyebrow. He looked back at me in disbelief and continued to do so as I stepped onto the iron and walked, pretending it was a balance beam. With every step I took, I made Gajeel's arm hotter and hotter. I could feel him trying to change back to flesh, but I wouldn't allow it.

"Give my arm back! I ain't your prop!" he spat at me.

"Oh, but you are. At least when I'm putting up a fight," I smiled at him.

"I've had enough playing around! Fire Dragon Wing Attack!" Natsu yelled. As he yelled, he flung his arms around. Doing so wrapped them in fire in the form of wings. When they came close enough to me, I flipped backwards over Gajeel's head just in time for Natsu to land the attack meant for me on his partner. I flicked my wrist, making Gajeel's hot, steel arm hit Natsu in the stomach full force. I giggled as the two of them began yelling profanities at each other.

"Oh, Boys," I sang, making them turn back to face me. "Are you going to give me a turn now? What happened to ladies first?"

"You ain't a lady. That'd mean you had some class," Gajeel snarled at me. I gave him an innocent smile and changed his arm back to normal. It sizzled from the heat of my steps.

"While that was a good comeback, I think you're the one about to be burned here," I retorted. I put my right hand up, making fire swirl around Gajeel.

"Iron Dragon..."

"Nope."

I clenched my hand into a fist, making him imprisoned by a sphere of fire. Throwing my hand up to the sky, the sphere launched itself as high as it could.

Without warning, I could barely see the flames disappearing. I looked over at Natsu and watched as he sucked up the far-away flames. I looked over at him, genuinely confused. When he finished, he looked over at me, wiped his mouth, and sneered.

"I'm all fired up now," he said, standing up straighter. "Bet you didn't know I could do that, huh?"

"Oh, I did," I answered. "It's just that your friend was inside of that, and now he's plummeting toward the sea. I wasn't planning on that."

"Oh, crap," he mumbled.

"It's okay, I'll help you save the poor guy," I crooned. With my right hand, I tapped the pendant on my necklace, with the left I snapped my fingers. As my armor quickly sprung around my body, steel ribbons wrapped around Natsu's mouth, wrists, and ankles. Before he even knew what was going on, I dashed over to him, wrapped my arms around his torso, and flew upward. Within seconds, I heard Natsu give a muffled scream. It soon subsided as his face turned an ungodly shade of green. I knew Natsu tended to get motion sick, I suppose it was cruel of me to take advantage of that.

I looked upward and saw Gajeel not too far above me. I heard him yell something out, open his mouth, and blow an immense amount of iron my way. A small laugh escaped my lips as I coated my body in fire and went at a high speed into the metallic spiral. As I spun in the vortex, I commanded some of the steel to come into the inferno that that swirled around me. When I came out of Gajeel's attack, I was able to deliver one of my own.

Making sure both of the horns on my armor were down, I rammed Gajeel in the stomach back towards land. The molten metal and fire that hit made him let out a loud grunt as he flew swiftly back towards the ground. I willed steel that had some give to it to form where he would land, making it so he would not be too injured when he hit the ground. I released the fire and steel that was still around my body and flew back towards land. By the time I got there, Gajeel had landed safely and was knocked out for the time being. I set Natsu gently on the ground and commanded the ribbons to dissolve. He was out for the count, too, just not necessarily from fighting.

I tapped my chest plate and let my armor sheathe itself. I looked at the crowd of wizards that had watched the fight. My team and Makarov had made it back, the crew equipped with their Fairy Tail marks. All of the guild members except for my team and Erza looked at me, mouths agape. Yolric stepped forward and opened his arms as I ran and jumped into them.

"That's my girl! I didn't see but that last little move of yours, but it was just perfect!" he praised me, spinning me around. I lifted up from the hug and faced him, raising an eyebrow.

"Did you ever doubt me, Bright Eyes?" I questioned with a giggle. He gave me a bright smile and put me back down on the ground.

"Well, June, that was quite an effortless display," the Master commented, coming out from the crowd. "I'm sure you and your team will be a great addition to Fairy Tail."

With that, the crowd of skilled mages gathered around us, cheering and giving their congratulations. Now we could look at them without hesitation and speak to them as comrades. Now we were home.