The return

Chapter 10

As the train hit the brakes on Magnolia station, I had it significantly better and I had gotten out of bed.

"Silver wake up and pick up that guy you seem so fond of," Kai said with a smirk. Silver got on her feet, picked up Alexander with her hair and wrapped him in hair so he was nice and warm. It did look a little weird though. We got off the train and started walking back to the guild.

"Do you think they'll be impressed at us?"

"Not really newbie. A lot of people from the guild take s-class missions."

"But this was my very first. They'll be impressed at my guts right?"

"Sure if you say so. How is your boyfriend doing over there Silver," Silver blushed slightly

"We are not in any sort of romantic relationship I am merely concerned about his wellbeing."

"I don't know it sounds like you're in love Silver," Sapphire said jokingly. But Silver blushed.

"Well would you look at that. We have arrived at the guildhall," she clearly wanted to get off this topic. We walked in the guildhall. When everyone noticed, they started cheering like only Fairy tail could.

"WELCOME BACK YOU FOUR!" Cana stood up on a table.

"Cheers everyone. For hyper-blade," Natsu walked up to me, put in his classic headlock, and rubbed my head.

"Jellal told us what happened and I even heard rumors that you took out the leader. And here you said you weren't powerful!"

"Well I guess I am."

"HEY EVERYONE, JACK HAS SOMETHING TO SAY!"

"I do?"

"Tell them about your magic."

"Well okay. EVERYONE YOUR GUILD HAS GOTTEN ANOTHER DRAGONSLAYER IN THEIR RANKS!"

"Who is it? Is it the guy Silver is carrying?" Gray asked

"I bet it is. He's probably a real MAN."

"What kind of dragon slayer is he?" Sting asked.

"I bet it's something really cool," Rogue added

"I'd like to challenge him when he wakes up," Gajeel said. Everyone starting talking over each other. I was about to just leave and go cry somewhere. But before I did. "GLASS DRAGON ROOOOAAARR!" I blew a giant hole in the roof and everyone went quiet. I was about to run out of the guildhall but Natsu stopped me before I could get that far. Everyone was looking at me.

"Wait when did you become a dragon slayer?" Erza asked

"I do not seem to have any memory of Jack being a dragon slayer," Rufus added.

"What are you all looking at? Have any of you actually seen Jack use magic before," Kai said as he stepped forward.

"Not only is Jack a dragon slayer but he's a really strong one at that. He was the one who took out the leader of the dark wizards we went after on our mission!" Why was he protecting me like that? It didn't make any sense.

"Is that true," Natsu looked at me and the entire guild went quiet so they could hear my answer. I couldn't form any words right now without breaking into tears so all I did was nod my head while looking at the floor. No one said anything for what felt like an hour. Master Makarov broke the silence.

"I see you need a little cheering up my child. So let me be the first to congratulate you on successfully completing your first mission. Now for a far more serious matters… LET'S PARTY. For the return of fairy tails eighth dragon slayer and his team!" The entire guild started cheering my name and for once in my life, I felt like I was wanted somewhere. I mean living on the street for most of my life was proof that no one wanted me. But these people were different.

"They really like their parties don't they newbie?"

"Yeah I guess they do. By the way Kai… who are you going to ask out?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well we did make a bet before we went on the mission. And since I beat almost five hundred and you beat one you'll have to ask another boy out on a date."

"Oh right. I think I'll have to wait for the right moment. But believe me I never go back on my word."

"But when will 'the right moment' be?"

"Depends."

"Oi Kai get over here and drink with us," it was Sapphire and… Silver? Silver drinks? I wonder what she's like when she's drunk.

"Sure I'm coming. I'll see you later newb… Greyhound"

"You're not going to call me by my first name are you?"

"When you beat me in a fight I'll call you by your first name," and with that he walked off to go drink with the rest of the team. I didn't drink so I actually hated these kinds of parties.

I left and went to Sapphires house and climbed onto her roof.

"Ah, some peace and quiet," I folded out the parasol for some shade and laid on the leaning chair. I looked up at the sky and fell asleep. It was good to be back, but sometimes I just needed some time by myself.

"Hey sleepyhead wake up."

"Leave me alone it's not illegal to sleep on the street."

"But you're sleeping on my roof and it's going to get dark soon," I opened my eyes to see who was talking to me.

"Oh Sapphire sorry about that I just came to take a nap and I must have slept a little longer than I anticipated."

"Yeah I guess you did. Anyway it's going to get cold sleeping out here…" She blushed a little.

"Why don't you come sleep inside?" I could feel my cheeks got a little red too.

"Um… sure nothing like a good floor to sleep on after a mission right. Ha-ha," I didn't laugh I just said the words.

"Yeah I suppose so," we climbed down from the roof. There was an awkward silence between us. She unlocked the door and we walked inside. I noticed that the smell was different from before.

"Did you clean?" I asked sniffing the air.

"Yeah I did," she said folding her hands on her back. Did she clean for my sake or was it just a coincidence. I could smell that it been done recently.

"Well I'll take the floor in front of the lachrima-vision. Is that okay?"

"Yeah that's fine," there was a moment when we just stood there and looked into each other's eyes. We broke eye contact and we turned our back to each other to hide our blushing faces.

"It's getting late isn't it? *fake yawn* I'm going to sleep," I said to get out of this situation.

"Yeah I me too," she said and started changing right there.

"uuuhh… shouldn't you do that somewhere else," Her head was so red she could make Erza's hair jealous.

"Oh my god I'm so sorry," She ran upstairs as fast as she could. She came down again after thirty seconds or so. She was wearing a pajama with little teddy bears on it. It was a button-up shirt and the first button was undone. The leggings were loose at the bottom and they looked a little too small. I could tell this wasn't her normal nightly attire. But it still looked very good on her.

"I'm sorry earlier I didn't mean to sound rude."

"No it's alright."

"I didn't mind if you had changed I would have just turned my back."

"I wouldn't have complained if you looked," she whispered to herself thinking I wouldn't hear her. But I did

"You know we dragon slayers have a very keen smell… and hearing."

"OH MY GOD! So you heard what I just whispered?"

"I sure did, don't worry I won't judge," I smiled at her. We got into bed and by bed I mean floor and couch.

"So. You're a dragon slayer huh."

"Yup. Surprised?"

"Not really," rolled to my side and looked at her.

"Why not?"

"When you got to the guild you held your hands over your ears. You heard when Mira whispered to me even with all of the noise. When you got to my house for the first time, you sniffed like Natsu always does. That and I can see your fangs when smile."

"You've been paying attention to me since I got here."

"You know summer is coming to an end."

"Yeah so?"

"Well… it's the dragons… um… mating season… so I was wondering…"

"No. I don't get that. A dragon hasn't raised me so I don't have those instincts. That is also why Laxus and Cobra don't get them."

"Oh."

"Disappointed?" I gave her a smirk and she stuck her tongue out at me.

"As if! Go to sleep you jerk," she threw her pillow in my face. I got the pillow off my face and glared at her.

"Do you realize what this means," she looked at me confused.

"PILLOW FIGHT," I don't know how long we fought but when we were done. We had ended in her bedroom upstairs and we were laying on the soft sheets. I was about to fall asleep when Sapphire whispered.

"That was really fun. Let's do it again sometime,"

When I woke up I was still in the bed and I felt something against my arm. I looked and saw Sapphire cuddling against my arm like a pillow. She rubbed her face on my shoulder.

"You smell really nice," she was talking in her sleep. How adorable. I didn't really know what to do. Should I wake her up or go back to sleep or maybe reclaim my arm and get out of bed? I decided on the ladder, replaced my arm with a pillow instead, and got out of bed. I walked down the stairs. And looked for something to cook. I decided to make Soft-boiled eggs with toast. It was simple easy and tasted quite good I made four eggs for Sapphire and toast to boot. I covered it up so it wouldn't get cold. I Walked outside and went to a nearby store and found the glasses. I threw them in a bag and they all broke. Then the cashier got angry and asked if I was going to pay for all that.

"Well of course why would I put it in a bag if I'm not gonna buy it," the cashier looked at me like I was insane. When I had paid, I picked up a big shard and took a bite out of it. The cashier's eyes widened.

"This is really good, thanks," when I was out of the store I laughed for myself. I got back to Sapphire's house and she was already up and eating her eggs.

"Oh Jack where have you been?"

"I was out getting something to eat."

"Well I did have more eggs you didn't have to go buy more," I walked to the cupboard and got out a big iron bowl. I emptied the bag of glass into the bowl.

"Oh that kind of thing to eat," I sat down and placed the bowl in front of me.

"You should have seen the cashiers face when I ate some of this in front of him," we laughed. When we were done eating, we decided to go to the guild. On our way to the guild someone yelled at us from behind.

"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN YOU LITTLE UNGRATEFUL BASTARD!"