~Hiyori~

I woke up and found myself to be in a infirmary of some sort. Or wait, this was our infirmary. How'd I end up back inside the guild?

I closed my eyes and tried to remember what happened.

"Oh yeah…" I mumbled, recalling when I sacrificed myself for that guy.

I thought about what my parents would say. They'd probably be like, 'Hiyori Iki, you should value your life more than some random man's life. It's a miracle you didn't suffer from any fatal injuries.' I sighed. That's what they would say at least.

I couldn't tell what the time was, although it was night, judging by the darkness/quietness of the guild.

My mind wandered back to the incident. I got taken out pretty fast…"I didn't even get to fight!" I cried.

"I don't think you would've stood a chance against those two." a voice said to me, sounding like it was coming from right underneath me. I looked down to find a man smiling at me from under the covers, and I immediately jumped out of my bed.

I was in no condition to fight, but I could sure give this guy a big punch. He hopped out and perched on top of the railings surrounding the bed. As I lifted up my fist, the moonlight from the outside rested on his face, revealing it to be the man I saved earlier.

"It's you." I muttered, beginning to relax. I walked over to the lights and flicked them on, it's not like that would wake anybody up due to the fact that nobody else was here.

He stuck out his tongue with a smile and winked. "Thanks for saving me, you're stronger than ya look."

"Hey!" just then I realized that he had a distinct smell. Not like BO, it was, well...nice. I didn't realize that I'd been zoning out and staring right at him. "S-sorry! What's your name?" I spat out quickly.

"Yato." he stated, seeming to not mind what I just did.

"That's a cool name, mine's Hiyori. Well, my full name is Hiyori Iki. And I have no idea why I decided to save you, but I guess I'm glad I did." I smiled, hoping to get one in return. Instead his face just grew depressed, but then he quickly snapped out of his depression.

"Thanks, well I'll be seeing you around." he got ready to hop out the window that apparently he came in to get in this room.

"Hey wait!" I yelled, tripping a little as I tried to speed over to him. "I've still got a lot of questions!" he sighed and stepped off the ledge.

"Like what?"

"Like... " I began. "How did you and your friend end up at the train station? How were you guys fighting them? I guess you're wizards… what guild are you guys in?" I rambled.

"Whoa, slow down there, Hiyori." he calmly replied. "Look, me and my friend Yukine, we aren't in any guild. We advertise ourselves, saying that we'll do any job that you'd hire a wizard to do, for just five jewel." he put his hand up like he was giving a high-five, to show that he really did only charge five jewel. Yato put his hand down and continued. "And yesterday, we got a call from this woman asking for us to get her belongings from these thieves at Vendel Train Station. So, we did and then they turned out to be much more powerful than we anticipated. And I was about to receive that attack when you pushed me out of the way and got hit instead.

"You were in pretty terrible condition, in fact you were really close to death. So, we bailed on the job and brought you here cause we saw you were a member of Fairy Tail based on your guild mark there," he pointed to my ankle. "and this guild wasn't too far from where we were anyway, so it was pretty convenient." Yato finished.

"You didn't carry out the mission?" I pondered.

"Of course not! There was no way I was gonna let the girl who just saved me die for five jewel." he stated harshly, yet making my face slightly red.

"Thank you then." I replied. "Well, I was there because that was suppose to be my first solo mission, but looks like I won't be getting any more of those soon. Technically, I bailed too." I looked down, but then I thought of something and snapped my head back up. "Hey! If you want, you can join this guild. It'll be way easier to get jobs and maybe you could get some housing in Fairy Hills. I live in an apartment on my own but Fairy Hills isn't that bad from what I've heard."

"I don't… I don't think that'd work. We're just fine on our own." he replied coldly.

"Well, if you ever want to, Fairy Tail is always willing to welcome new members." I responded, he then hopped back onto the window ledge and jumped out, leaving me to this once-again quiet infirmary.

~Yato~

Joining Fairy Tail. Please, I could never join a guild. I appreciated the offer, but there was just no way that'd ever work. Although, just to be fair I should bring it up with Yukine.

By the time I finally returned back to the ally way we were calling home tonight, Yukine seemed to be passed out.

"Hey Yukine, I'm back." I whispered.

"Where'd ya go for so long?" he questioned, still lying down in his sleeping bag.

"You're awake?" I asked. "Well, if you really want to know, I visited the girl who saved me, thanking her. Her name's Hiyori."

"Hiyori eh? Well it doesn't really matter to me, we'll never see her again."

"She, uh, it's so ridiculous, but she offered us to join Fairy Tail. If we wanted. Which of course, we don't right? Who would want to join a guild? Not us, that's who." I rambled on, hoping that Yukine would agree with me.

Instead, he sat up, facing me. "Join Fairy Tail? Actually… that'd be awesome." he replied.

I scoffed. "What? No way, trust me Yukine, you think it's all fun and games, but in reality it's a really harsh environment with dozens of rules, regulations, requirements. You wouldn't want to join."

"Are you sure? Cause I think you wouldn't want to join. Me? I think I'd love it. Having a home, friends…"

"I'm your friend!" I interrupted, feeling offended.

"That could be debated. Someone who starves me and forces me to advertise for them isn't exactly what I'd call a friend."

I felt like I was being shocked with lightning. "Not your friend?" I began. "And I don't starve you, we always eat at least once a day, or few days… and we advertise in order to get jobs."

"Which we would have no problem, if we were in a guild." he snapped. This kid I swear. Couldn't he see that sure, I'd love to have a stable home and job, but I just couldn't. If we tried to join a guild, I guarantee that they would ask a bunch of questions. Yukine would be fine, all he did was get kicked out of his parents house for being a delinquent for simple things like stealing. As for me…

And besides, there's no way they'd accept me. I don't even use magic. I'm probably not even considered a real wizard.

Yukine spoke up again. "Look, if you don't want to join, that's fine. We don't have to."

"Really?" I asked, relieved that he got over wanting to join Fairy Tail.

"Really. Now please go to sleep, I'm still exhausted." he commented.

"Alright, good night. And, thanks Yukine." I replied, starting to crawl into my sleeping bag.

"No problem."

That dirty little liar.

I woke up and he was gone! It didn't take me long to figure out that he left in order to ask to be a member of Fairy Tail.

"How dare he?!" I yelled, beginning to pack up our stuff. After gathering our two sleeping bags, my bag full of some food, my phone, other essentials (Yukine took his bag, and didn't even pick up his sleeping bag. Rude.), and finally grabbing my katana, I headed out. We only parked a few miles from Fairy Tail, so it didn't take long to get there.

I slammed the doors opened and demanded for my friend.

"Where's Yukine?!" everyone here looked to me, not as a threat but more out of confusion. "Anyone here seen a young blonde teenager come by?!" I asked. A girl with pure white hair stepped out from behind the bar.

"Oh, do you mean the one with the master?" she wondered.

"Probably!" I was still yelling, not even caring that I might be terrifying everyone.

"They're upstairs, but that area is only for-"

"Okay thanks!" I darted up the stairs, before she could finish. I looked through each room until finally peeking through the door where Yukine sat down with their guild master, I assumed. I busted the door open without hesitation.

"Ya-yato! What're you doing here!" he demanded.

"I could ask the same to you Yukine, I thought we decided not to do this!" I yelled, looking him right in his amber eyes.

"Sorry Yato, I just couldn't take it anymore. We could be so welcome here, tell him master." Disgusting, he was already calling that old man 'master'.

"It's true… Yato is it?" he replied calmly.

"Yes it is, but it doesn't matter cause we have no interest. C'mon Yukine, let's get out of here." I tried to grab him, but he pushed my arm away.

"No. I'm doing this with or without you and nothing's gonna change my mind." we stared each other down, both of us not moving an inch.

"Why are you so reluctant to join?" their master asked me. I took my eyes off Yukine and turned to him.

"I just…"

"You'd have a family, a home, and more money. I don't care what you've gone through prior to this, all I would consider you is a member of my guild, someone whom I'd always look out for. Yukine told me you wield a sword very well, I could use someone like that in my guild. And it could be a way of saying thanks for bringing Hiyori here yesterday."

"Exactly!" Yukine replied. I was still stubborn about this, but the grandpa continued talking.

"And it'd be great if you two could go on missions with Hiyori. It's too hard on her to go on solo missions at such a young age of sixteen, and I hate to see her continue tagging along with whomever she can find. She isn't exactly close to anyone in the guild, and it's not like I'm going to force her to socialize with the other members." he finished. Right before I was about to still say no for the last time, I thought about what Hiyori said. "It was suppose to be my first solo mission...Hey! If you want, you can join this guild...I live in an apartment on my own…" This girl, Hiyori… I don't know how long she's been in Fairy Tail but judging from what she and their master said, it seemed like she felt pretty lonely. I knew more than anyone how it feels to be completely alone, and no one should have to endure that. I don't know why I'd go this far for someone like her, but I had a feeling that maybe she wouldn't be alone anymore with me (and Yukine) in Fairy Tail…

I sighed, giving in. "Okay fine, we'll join." they both smiled.

"Great. Now, where would you like your guild marks?" he asked, pulling out a magic stamp that was probably permanent.

Yukine went back to his usual, attitude-filled self. "Anywhere, doesn't matter to me." he claimed, but he subconsciously rubbed his front left side, just below the shoulder.

"How about there?" the master pointed to where he was touching. Yukine removed his hand and nodded. He received his tattoo, and it appeared maroon red. He looked down and rubbed it a little, taking it in. "How about you?" the master turned to me.

I thought about it a little. "I suppose…" I lifted up the right sleeve of my jacket. "Right here, just above my wrist, on the inside please." I decided.

"No problem." he then placed it on there, and my mark ended up being gold. I assumed we couldn't choose a color, otherwise he would've offered.

"Alright, it's done." I commented, knowing that there was no going back.

~Hiyori~

At this point I knew I wanted to leave this infirmary, it's been almost no time at all but I felt fine. Nobody has even checked on me besides when Yato broke in last night.

I hopped off my bed. If nobody wants to come say I'm free to go, then I'll decide for myself. Maybe I could sneak away and get a mission paper, because technically nobody has yet to say that I'm not allowed to go on solo missions anymore…

When I tip-toed past the master's office, he noticed me. "Hiyori? May I have a word with you?" he asked, causing me to stop in my tracks.

"Sure!" I smiled, but I knew that he was probably gonna give me a long lecture.

Turns out that's not exactly what he planned to do.

"I have a lot to tell you Hiyori." he began. "Yato said he explained this to you already," he talked with Yato? "But the lady that submitted that mission to us also called Yato and Yukine, asking for them to complete the same task. I have no idea why she did this, but it doesn't matter now since all three of you failed to get her belongings back. Apparently, the thieves had enough power to be compared to an s-class wizard, thus that job should of been marked as so."

"I still should of tried to complete the job sir." I mumbled.

"You did your best Hiyori. However, let me continue on." he replied and I nodded. "After you got attacked, Yato and Yukine took the liberty of bringing you here. Which ultimately, saved your life. So, with combination of also being able to tell that those two don't have a stable home and job, I offered them to become members of this guild. After some hesitation from Yato, they both accepted and became members not too long ago. However, I heard that you offered them to join as well, which was not in your place Hiyori." he stated.

"I-"

"I understand what you did and why, but I don't care. As punishment and for your safety, I decided that you will do your upcoming missions with Yato and Yukine until further notice."

"Ma-master you can't be serious?!" I exclaimed.

"Of course I am. You think after what happened on your solo job that I'd let you go off on your own again?" he asked. I looked down in disappointment. "Now now, certainly I'll let you go on missions by yourself someday, but for now, I'd like you to go with someone, and what better way for us to welcome our two newest members than to invite them on missions with you?"

"But, if I go on safer missions alone I'm sure I'll be fine!" I yelled.

"Now now, that's no way of welcoming our newest members. I want you three to go a little smaller and do some simple jobs."

"But master-"

"I'm done with this conversation Hiyori. Besides, your life is in my hands now and as the parent of this guild it's my duty to protect all of you, even if it were to cost my own life." I sighed, deciding not to argue any further since I really didn't want to hear anything along the lines of 'it's what your parents would have wanted'.

"Fine, I'll go find them." I grumbled, giving in.

I looked around the guild hall and found no sign of them. Well, if anyone would know if they went anywhere, it'd be our lovely bartender Mirajane.

"Mira!" I pleaded as I approached her.

"Hello Hiyori!" she chirped with her always-present smile. "Glad to see you out of the infirmary already, how are you?"

My face turned a little sour. "Could be better, master is making me go on jobs with Yato and Yukine. No more solos until 'further notice'." I whined, using my hands to make quotations.

"I could see why though Hiyori, you almost got killed out there!" she responded. "And Yato and Yukine are the two new members right?"

"Yes they sure are. And hey it wasn't my fault, it was a mission that an s-class wizard should of handled and those two were taking up a job they weren't even supposed to!." I shook my head. "Anyway, I'm looking for them right now, have you seen Yato and Yukine today?"

"Hmm" she pondered. "No I don't think so, but it is lunch time so maybe those two went to get something to eat?"

I laughed. "Yeah right, at least I hope not, as far as I'm concerned those two don't have hardly any money. But hey, I might as well start looking for them, thanks for the tip Mira!"

"No problem!" she replied, then I thought I heard her mumble something about a 'new beginning'. I turned back around.

"Wait what did you say?" I asked. She giggled a little.

"Oh nothing, you'd better get going!"

I pursed my lips. "You're right, see ya!"

"Whatttt?!" I yelled, shocked to be finding those two pigging out at the five star restaurant called Sakura's Grill.

"Oh," Yato said in between bites. "Hello Hiyori." he greeted while Yukine gave me a little nod.

"Hi. What are you two doing here, I thought you guys didn't have any money?"

"Well, we usually don't," Yato began, still chowing down. "but your -or our now- guild master gave us a little bit of money when we joined. And since we haven't ate a decent meal for a couple of weeks, we thought, why not?"

"He thought," Yukine stated. "I thought we should conserve our money a little bit more."

"Yukine's right!" I exclaimed. "You should be spending that money on renting a place or something, like master intended you to."

Yato shrugged. "Probably, but this food is amazing, want to try some?"

"I don't know, that's not why I came here…" I replied.

"C'mon, we got plenty." he smiled, which ended being contagious since I smiled too.

"Alright fine, after this though, we've got to go on a job."

"So master wants us three to go on some jobs together for a little while?" Yato asked after I explained the whole situation to him.

"Yep, that's what he's ordered."

Yukine finally spoke up, "So they gotta be super easy? Wow, how weak are you?"

Yato gasped, "Yukine! That's so rude, don't judge her by how she looks!"

"Eh?!" I screeched, standing up. "You think I look weak?! Says you, from what I saw you can't even use magic!"

Yato slammed his hands on the table and stood up to.

"I said, it's rude judging people before you know them, you have no idea what I'm capable of." he lowered his voice, his face inches from mine. You could almost physically breathe in all of the different kinds of tensions between us. Neither of us moved until Yukine casually got up.

"Well, it looks like we're done eating. I'll go pay up front, then we can go back to the guild and pick out a lame ass job to do." he said, pushing himself in between us, which forced Yato and I to back away from each other. We both sat in silence as we waited for Yukine.

Augh, what is up with this guy?! One minute Yato is all smiles and offering me a free meal, next he's up in my face saying things like 'ooh you have no idea what I'm capable of''.

"Ergh.." I mumbled out loud accidentally.

"What was that?" Yato asked.

I turned my head away, "Nothing…"

A/N: Well, here's chapter two everyone!

Yato and Yukine joined the guild woooo

Thanks for reading and reviewing (if you choose to)!

If you need me I'll be crying in a corner thinking about the season premiere of 5B of Teen Wolf...