Hi guys Azza here.
And so we hit the 20th Chapter, thanks to everyone who reads the chapters its great to see the amount of views each month. It took some time but we hit another milestone and hopefully we'll hit another one soon!
Hopefully you all enjoy the chapter even though it won't be very action heavy.
I do not own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does.
Enter Fairy Tail's Second Saint
Natsu and Makarov had arrived in Era to see the Council building in ruins.
"Are they really sure they wanna get down to business right now, this isn't exactly the best place for it."
"Hmm I heard that the explosion caused some serious damage but this is more than I expected, I'm surprised Yajima got out in time."
The two stood at the gates to the destroyed Council building as a frog ran over to speak with them.
"Ah Saint Makarov we've been awaiting your arrival, I see you brought the candidate for one of the open positions with you as well. Excellent, please follow me."
Natsu and Makarov followed the messenger frog as he directed them into the Rune Knight headquarters which had sustained far less damage.
They reached a large door where a tall muscular man was standing.
"Natsu I ask that you remain here, Saint Makarov you must assemble with the remaining Wizard Saints."
"Of course, good luck in there Natsu," Makarov said as he walked off with the messenger frog.
"So you're the famous Salamander, I've been wanting to meet with you."
Natsu turned around to see the man walking over to him.
"By the looks of it this will be nothing more than a formality, it's my understanding that we are already inducted into the Wizard Saints."
"Is that right, well guess I shouldn't have expected anything less from the reformed Magic Council, they probably want to get things back in order as soon as they can."
"Indeed, when I heard that I was chosen for the position of Wizard Saint I must say I was quite surprised. Oh where are my manners my name is Jura Neekis."
"Natsu Dragneel what's up," Natsu said with a grin.
"It's good to see someone strong for a change; I heard you're the one who removed the previous two Wizard Saints from their positions, no easy feat to be sure."
"Well to be honest it just kind of turned out that way. You know I can tell your pretty strong too Jura we should fight sometime."
"I agree though I've heard rumours that we might be getting sent on a mission so that may have to wait."
"A mission, great and here I thought I'd finally get an afternoon off."
"I don't think it's related to the Council, this is something that our Guild Masters are apparently discussing."
"Hmm is that right, guess that's fine then. So what guild are you in?"
"I'm from the guild Lamia Scale, everyone knows about you being in Fairy Tail."
"Didn't think I was famous I've been gone a long time after all."
"You'd be surprised how quickly word of your actions has spread within the guilds."
"Guess that can't be helped, as long as they don't harass me then I'm fine with it."
The two began to laugh when the doors opened and a messenger frog walked through.
"Natsu Dragneel and Jura Neekis please come with me."
The two nodded and made their way forward into a courtroom. Natsu looked to the left to see the Wizard Saints seated by their rank, his eyes locked with the person at the end of the group.
"So that guys meant to be the strongest huh, interesting," Natsu thought to himself as he continued to walk until the two were standing on a podium.
The new Council were seated at the front of the room as the room fell silent.
"This meeting will now commence, would the Council please begin."
The Council Member in the centre stood and took the centre podium and began to speak.
"The meeting regarding the induction of two new Wizard Saints into the order will now commence. We have with us today to bear witness to the induction all current standing Wizard Saints that remain within the order presently as well as the newly reformed Magic Council. We also have with us a representative of the Royal Family Defence Minister Darton."
"Can we hurry this up, many of us have more important things to do than listen to your grand speech Councilman."
"As usual you are out of line; please try to hold your tongue for the duration of this meeting. You might be the number one ranked Wizard Saint but you still must adhere to basic courtesy like the rest of us God Serena."
"All I'm saying is that this is a waste of time, why do you need all of us here?"
"Calm down young man, we all have better things to do than listen to that idiot. I want to get back to my garden, it's at a crucial stage in its development however I'm sure there must be a good reason for us all being dragged here."
"Did you just tell me what to do you old geezer, remember your only rank three Warrod, know your place."
"Silence!"
The room fell silent and God Serena chuckled to himself as the meeting continued.
"Anyway I suppose we'll skip the formalities, Natsu and Jura you are here today to be inducted within the ranks of the Wizard Saints. Do you have any objections to being inducted, if so please speak now."
The two remained silent as the Council Member spoke up again.
"Very well it is with great pleasure that I induct both of you into the Wizard Saints."
"Great can we all go now," God Serena said as he began to get up.
"No now sit back down, we have business to discuss. Natsu and Jura since you are the newest members you will start off at the bottom of the Saints. Natsu you will be Wizard Saint rank nine due to your accomplishments and the fact that you beat the former sixth member Siegrain. Jura you will take the tenth spot, we look forward to seeing the two of you progressing over the years."
"Can we go now?"
"Could you be quiet for five minutes Serena, is that too much to ask?"
"Fine then but this better be important."
"Now the two of you will need to retrieve your official Wizard Saint clothing and other effects after the meeting, for now please take your seats with the other members."
Natsu and Jura nodded as they went over and sat in their respective seats.
"Now that the positive business is out of the way we can move on to the matter at hand. It has been a widely known issue that the Dark Guilds are becoming far more organised. We need to come up with measures to combat them so that incidents like the previous don't reoccur."
Several hours went by as the Council and the Wizard Saints discussed the Dark Guilds as well as several other key topics until the meeting was finally adjourned, mainly due to God Serena's constant complaints.
Everyone left the meeting as Natsu and Jura were the last to leave; they met Makarov who was waiting outside for them.
"Let's agree that if we ever reach the top four we'll be friends rather than treat each other like crap."
"Agreed Natsu, being a Wizard Saint is all about setting the example so we should focus on fighting against things like Dark Guilds rather than each other."
"Well it seems that the two of you became fast friends eh."
"Ah Master Makarov it's good to finally meet you," Jura said as he shook Makarov's hand.
"Hmm I see some serious potential in you, please try to do better than your predecessor, both of you."
"Gramps relax we know the deal, I noticed you're in a pretty high spot in the Saints."
"Indeed rank six is nothing to scoff at, you must be incredibly powerful."
"Yes well there's more to being a Wizard Saint than raw power, anyway I'm here to take the both of you to receive your new Wizard Saint equipment."
"My apologies shall we go."
"Don't apologise to him you'll inflate his ego."
"You're lucky we're here brat," Makarov sighed as the three made their way to the Wizard Saint armory.
After five minutes of walking Makarov stopped in front of a door and held up his hand. A flash appeared on the door as it opened.
"Some type of magic sensor gramps?"
"Not quite, it's linked to this ring I'm wearing. All Wizard Saints receive one of these rings when they join."
"What else do we get?"
"Well I'll show you, over here is where your official Wizard Saint clothing will be made. Use this panel to input how you want it to be made then step onto this platform. The platform will scan you and make the clothing for you over there at that dispenser."
"This is some fascinating technology I'm surprised that this isn't more globalised."
"Well Jura there are some things the Council seems to want to keep to themselves. Now which one of you want to go first?"
"I'll go I guess," Natsu said as he stepped forward.
"Remember, input the specifics of the clothing that you want into the panel before you step on the platform."
"Hmm let's have a look at what we can choose from. A leather coat huh with a fur collar, Erza would love that. If I have to wear this I want it to look cool though, maybe a black leather trench coat, the Wizard Saint emblem on the back. Whoa you can give these things hoods too that'd come in handy. For the pants there isn't much option so I'll just get the black pants with black leather shoes. Better make the lot fire proof too and there."
"You know the majority of the Wizard Saints have white right?"
"Where's the fun in that gramps, besides Erza will like the new clothes too. I don't know why but she seems to like the more badass look for me, just watch how cool it'll look on me."
Natsu walked onto the platform as it began to scan him. Once the lacrima was finished the clothes appeared in the dispenser.
After changing into his new clothes Makarov could only nod in approval.
"I guess that does look pretty good on you, it makes you look much older and more mature."
Natsu had his hands in his pockets as he looked at himself in the mirror.
"Yep Erza's gonna love this, I'm wearing this stuff back ok gramps."
"We're not done yet, over here is some more things you need. This here is the ring I spoke of earlier; you use it to access areas normally restricted to regular mages. And here's your official Wizard Saint Badge, don't lose it since they cost a fortune to make."
"Right will do gramps."
"Quite an interesting outfit choice there Natsu, the scarf makes the outfit stand out more."
"This is the only memento I have of my father Igneel so I keep it with me all the time."
"That's quite an interesting back story there, perhaps one day I can hear the full tale."
"Well I'm sure we'll get to know each other plenty over the years so yeah I'll tell you about Igneel sometime. I've gotta get back to Magnolia today though."
"Really what's the rush?"
"Well I've got a date today and now that I'm all dressed for the occasion I may as well be on time for once."
Jura could only laugh as Natsu began to walk out of the armory room.
"I'm looking forward to working with you Natsu; hope you don't mind a little friendly rivalry. After all I want to move up in the ranks myself and your first in line."
"I'd be disappointed if you didn't wanna try," Natsu said with a grin as he walked out.
/Fairy Tail Guild Hall/
"What they're making the pyro a friggin Saint!"
"Of course they are Gray he has beaten two of them already so it's only right that he gets selected to be one."
"Gildarts would be thrilled to hear about this," Mira said with a grin as she framed the letter Natsu got from the Council.
"Is that really necessary Mira?"
"Of course it is Erza this is a big moment for everyone, Natsu will be the second Wizard Saint in our guild, even though the Master was the first one he got the title way before any of us were born."
"I suppose but do you have to frame the letter, wouldn't a photo of Natsu be way better?"
"Hm you have a good point Erza maybe if I take a photo of him holding the letter…."
"Why's the letter so damn important!"
The guild doors opened as several members looked over to see who it was and a silence soon enveloped the room.
Mira's face was priceless as the figure casually strolled towards the bar, even Gray was shocked.
"What's wrong guys," Erza asked as she turned around.
When Erza turned to face the figure who walked in a large blush appeared on her face.
"Hey guys I'm back."
"Holy shit he really did become a Wizard Saint I thought you guys were screwing with me!"
"Natsu you look so cool," Mira squealed as she jumped the counter to check out Natsu's new outfit.
"Oh this well it's alright I guess."
"Holy crap that's the Wizard Saint emblem on the back of his coat!"
Erza's mind was running a million miles a minute a she took in Natsu's new look.
"What do you think Erza," Natsu asked as she snapped back to reality.
"It's great," Erza blurted out as Mira began to laugh.
"I made sure to make it all fire proof too so I can fight in it. Anyway you wanna go get that bite to eat Erza?"
Erza was still trying to process what was happening as Mira began to nudge her.
"Hold on a minute Natsu I think you broke her, I don't think she was expecting you to come back looking like such a hunk."
Natsu blushed slightly in embarrassment.
"Do ya really have to put it like that Mira I mean come on…."
"Oi Natsu looking like a man's man!"
"That's the idea Elfman!"
"Never thought you were that strong Salamander, gotta say even I'm impressed."
"Wow even you're giving me praise I must be a master clothier."
Eventually the whole guild was surrounding Natsu bombarding him with questions as he tried to work his way back to Erza.
"Oi get out of the way, I don't have time for this crap now!"
Erza finally managed to get a grip and quickly carved a path to Natsu.
"All of you back off right now," Erza said in her usual commanding tone sending the members packing.
"Why can't they move when I tell them that," Natsu sighed as Erza dragged him outside.
"Sorry Natsu my thoughts were elsewhere, it seems that the meeting in Era went well."
"Yeah it went fine, as for your thoughts well I kind of expected that," Natsu said with a sly grin.
"I'll make you pay for that one later; you know I have a reputation to keep in the guild."
"Nothing wrong with having a little fun Erza. So how do you like the new look?"
"W-well I…."
"I'll take that as your seal of approval then, so let's go see what trouble we can start up huh."
"You don't have anything specific planned then?"
"Well I figured that you never plan things on a regular day off so we could just figure it out."
"Honestly Natsu you amaze me, then again you relax less than I do so I suppose it's to be expected. Honestly I'm not one for really taking breaks either and when I do there's really only one place I go."
"Really well that's a start then isn't it, where are we going?"
"Well there's this cake shop that I like going to whenever I have some spare time…."
"Of course I should've figured that'd be the case, well I was getting hungry anyway the food they offered at the meeting was crap anyway."
"Um Natsu I just want to ask before we go, are you allowed to walk around dressed as a Wizard Saint yet?"
"Of course I am I've got the ring and badge to prove it. Besides how many Wizard Saints do you see that look as cool as me?"
"Well you do look like quite the charmer in that I'll admit, clearly you thought about what I liked when you had it made though."
"Well you're the one who's gonna see it probably more than anyone else so the least I could do was have it tailored to suit your taste. Anyway I don't mind the look; it even comes with a cool hood too."
"Well I definitely appreciate that you thought about what I liked seeing you in, perhaps I should show you the outfit I was going to use for the Miss Fairy Tail Contest a little early."
Natsu blushed as Erza took his hand and led him down the steps.
"Come on Natsu, since you're a Wizard Saint we can splurge a little now."
"Oi what am I your personal bank?"
"Oh and here I thought that you wanted to go on a date, perhaps I was wrong…."
"You're really doing this now, and here I thought you knew me better."
The two smiled as they strolled down the steps and into the city.
/Magnolia/
Natsu and Erza strolled throughout the city with smiles on their faces. They stopped to look at the various window displays and sales. Natsu began to notice eyes on him as he listened to the whispers of the citizens.
"That guy is he a…"
"A Wizard Saint look at the back of his coat."
"Did he come to visit Makarov, he's a Wizard Saint too. Maybe they had business."
"Hang on he's one of the new ones isn't he?"
"New ones wait is he…."
"That's Saint Dragneel I saw a broadcast from Era about him!"
"Did you say Dragneel, as in Natsu Dragneel?"
"He's one of the mages from Fairy Tail isn't he?"
"I don't know, if he is I haven't heard much about him."
The people continued to murmur amongst themselves as Erza began to lead him away.
"Come on Natsu let's go somewhere else."
Just as the two of them were about to walk away Natsu felt a tug on the edge of his coat. He turned around to see a young girl with a large smile on her face.
"All the grown ups are saying you're a real life Saint like the old man, is it true?"
Natsu leant down and gave the girl a pat on the head.
"Sure am though I'm pretty new, what's your name?"
"My names Rana mister Saint what's yours?"
"Natsu, I'm a Fairy Tail wizard," he replied with a grin as he stood back up.
"I'm terribly sorry Saint Dragneel for my daughter's actions," a woman said as she rushed over and began to bow to Natsu.
"Uh hey you don't need to bow or anything its fine, I don't really go along with all the formal stuff anyway. And you can just call me Natsu ok."
"Are you sure that's acceptable?"
"Maam I don't really buy in to the Lord nonsense, some of the higher ups might but you don't have to, that goes for all of you," Natsu said as he looked out to all the other people who had gathered around.
"Mister Natsu are you here to keep us all safe just like the old Saint?"
"Keep you all safe, there's a big friendly guild over there, they may be rowdy and go overboard in an argument the damage to the city can speak for itself. The important thing for you and everyone else to remember is that no matter what they'll be there for all of you if you need it, we're all one big family."
"A big family, why were you all fighting the other day then, a lot of the Fairy wizards got really hurt right, why would you fight if you are family?"
"Well sometimes family members fight; I suppose you could call it sibling rivalry. What happened yesterday was not right though; this town that we call home was damaged because of us. But you see Rana we might fight sometimes but that doesn't change how we feel about each other. Look over there, that man working on fixing that store is a Fairy Tail mage. He's out here helping to fix the mess we caused like so many others."
"I don't really get it Natsu?"
"If you grow up and find yourself in a guild like Fairy Tail you'll understand what I mean. I guess the best advice I can give you is go out there and learn what it means to be in a family like Fairy Tail, if you ever wanna join our guild then I'll be the first to welcome you in."
"Really I might do that when I'm older."
"That's enough Rana I'm sure that L- Natsu has more important things to do, he is with Erza Scarlet after all."
"Oh trust me maam this isn't a problem, Natsu and I are more than happy to speak with you."
"Your words are too kind Erza, when Fairy Tail was running around yesterday it had me quite concerned. But seeing the way that the two of you are willing to speak with such kindness and respect makes me believe that there must have been a good reason for those actions."
"Thanks you maam, it pained our guild to have infighting and I can assure you that had certain actions not taken place we could have had the Harvest Festival last night. On behalf of Fairy Tail I apologise to you all."
"Well he won over the people in a matter of minutes, honestly Natsu you amaze me sometimes," Erza thought to herself.
"Uh so I have somewhere I need to go everyone so I guess I'll see you all around."
"Of course Natsu, thank you for taking the time to speak with my daughter I'm sure she's overjoyed."
"I was happy to talk with her, you ever wanna chat again come on up to Fairy Tail sometime."
"Really I can thank you Natsu. Here you can have this."
Rana gave Natsu a single flower and walked off with her mother.
"Aww that's so cute Natsu," Erza said as she nudged him.
"Hmm that was interesting," Natsu said as he looked at the flower.
"You sure do have a way with people Natsu."
"Come on Erza I'm just being myself," Natsu replied as he put the flower in Erza's hair.
Erza began to blush furiously as Natsu flashed her his signature grin.
"W-wh-why'd you do that!"
"Hm well I thought it suited you, adds to the beauty. Now let's go get that cake."
"Natsu…"
The two made their way to the cake shop that Erza wanted to go to and went inside.
"Ah welcome how may I-."
The man at the counter's eyes widened when he saw Natsu.
"L-Lo…"
Natsu sighed as he shook his head.
"Please don't call me Saint or Lord it's already old, Natsu is fine."
"Oh of course, my apologies Natsu sir and Erza I'm grateful that you brought me another customer."
"Of course, can't afford to have you going out of business. Where would I get my cake from if you closed down?"
"Erza you alone could keep my business open with the amount you purchase. But enough of that what can I get for the two of you, well obviously strawberry for you Erza."
"Hm well I haven't really had any of these types of cake before, what's this one?"
"Ah this one is a caramel cake with macadamia."
"Hm well I guess I'll try that one this time."
"Of course I'll prepare them for the both of you."
"Uh how much will that be," Natsu asked as he began to pull out some money.
"Oh I couldn't possibly….."
"I can pay for us sir; we couldn't just take them without paying for them."
"Sir Natsu won't back down so take my advice and just take the money, besides I'd feel bad as well so please don't offer us anything for free if we haven't earned it."
"My apologies to you both, most Saints yourself and Master Makarov excluded would usually expect things to be given to them for free. It's not like I was trying to cause offense but it's just what we're used to."
"Hm well I may be a Wizard Saint now but don't lump me in with the others, they get paid but still expect free food when there's people who can't even get out of the gutter. Honestly those Saints need to pull their heads out of their asses."
"Your words for us regular civilians and those who are less fortunate are too kind. I'm glad that someone like you is a Wizard Saint, better than that fool Jose."
"Jose, an example of what not to become. Trust me I'm not interested in making plays for positions or further power, training will do me fine. It makes the cake that you buy taste that much sweeter."
"Natsu our cake is ready, sorry to interrupt but I am quite hungry."
"Oh sorry Erza my bad, here this should cover the cost for the cake."
"Thank you both for your business, please do enjoy and come back soon."
"Well I know Erza will be back, I'll be back if I enjoy this cake."
"I look forward to it, enjoy your day."
Natsu and Erza left the shop with smiles on their faces.
"You really get caught up I conversations don't you, it's not going to be like this all day is it?"
"Nah we'll go find a nice quiet spot and have relax."
/Magnolia Outskirts/
After walking for some time the two decided to sit on a hill by a river as they began to eat their cake.
"This is good, you weren't lying the old man makes some good cake."
"Of course I wasn't lying, I've been going to that store since it opened you know."
"Is that so, you just happen to stumble on your love of strawberry cake when you went there too?"
"Naturally, this was actually a month after I arrived. I'd just gotten my first pay from a job and all the other kids were speaking about a new sweet shop that opened up, of course me being how I am I obviously went while no one else was there."
"I heard you were pretty shy back then; you'd never guess that now the way you practically brim with confidence."
"Yes well you know why I was like that now Natsu."
Natsu looked down at the ground before he began to speak.
"I'm sorry Erza I shouldn't have said that."
"No it's ok it's in the past, besides you told me what happened to Jellal so I can't hold him responsible either. If anyone is to blame it's either the dark mages who kidnapped all of us or whoever was behind the dark entity you told me about."
"Hm well moving on is fine but don't forget, if you do then it'll only come back to haunt you at the worst time."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well what I'm saying is don't forget what made you who you are, could you say you'd be here if it wasn't for your past. By forgetting what brought you to this point you could lose part of yourself."
"So what you're saying is I should keep the memories with me so I can keep moving forward and grow from them, not try and suppress them."
"Well trying to hide the memories from yourself will lead down a bad road, but enough of that how's your cake?"
"Tastes like….. strawberry."
Natsu and Erza began to laugh as they leant against each other.
"Natsu I'm glad that we could spend some time together."
"I'm glad I could spend my break with you too Erza, we've done nothing but life or death missions since I got back."
"Yes it is a shame but unfortunately that is how S Class mages operate, when the guild needs us we will be there to assist."
"Yeah I know it's just a pain, I spend years training and having my life constantly in danger to come back and nothing changed. Even now it's hard to completely relax, I guess that's a result of how I was trained though and I can't help but be thankful to Gildarts for it."
"What was training with Gildarts truly like, you can't have spent all you're training up on Kryden?"
"Well I'll put it to you this way, Gildarts is one of the harshest mentors I've ever been under. Remember Erza I was raised by a dragon so that's no small boast, training under Gildarts could really only be described as breaking yourself down and rebuilding yourself up as a stronger person."
"So hell on Earthland then?"
"Heh that's probably a light way to refer to it, have you ever subjected yourself to months of actual torture so you can withstand it if you're ever captured? One method he used to use was to use his Crash magic to shatter my bones, rebuild them and shatter them again. He'd do it over and over until I no longer cried. I still feel pain when I get hurt but I don't cry when I get hurt. I guess it's a sign of weakness though I don't think there's a torture that's worse than what Gildarts did, that was one method he had."
"Natsu that horrible how could he do that to you!"
"Erza you don't understand that's what it's like to be Gildarts, there's a reason why he gets called upon to do the jobs no one else wants. While it hurt me more than anything I've ever experienced in my life I'm grateful to him for it, if I ever get captured I can look the enemy in the face and give them a big smile."
"But Natsu your so strong who could possibly capture you?"
"Erza the Scarlione Empire isn't like Fiore, ordinary citizens could probably handle most of the job requests regular mages here get and that includes extermination requests. See there are dark mages in Scarlione too but they are much more hardened than the ones here, an example could be Valthiems leader. The reason why I was able to handle him was because in Scarlione dark mages often pull out blood magic and go out fighting rather than be captured. It's a different world over there, one that while harsh had a sort of charm to it."
"So your saying you'd voluntarily go back to that knowing full well that there are people there who could kill you?"
"Erza there are plenty of people in Fiore who could kill me I'm nowhere near invincible. I can fight on par with Gildarts but that's only at my full power, he may have told gramps otherwise but I know the truth. But that's fine with me, I'm sure when I'm an old grumpy bastard like him I'll be ten times stronger than he is now."
"Well that sure was an interesting little statement there kid, might have to start reminding you of your place. Can't have you getting all high and mighty just because you're a Wizard Saint now can we."
"Look at you Gildarts acting as if you were hidden, maybe if you didn't smell like booze I wouldn't have caught you over there."
Gildarts appeared across the river and made his way over to the two.
"Sorry for interrupting your precious alone time you two but Makarov wants to see the two of you at the guild."
"You just got back and he's already bossing you around huh?"
"Heh well I may or may not have accidently destroyed some construction materials on the way through when I got back so this may or may not be the beginning of my punishment. I see Laxus finally made his move, got kicked out for it too."
"Yeah it's a shame really but Laxus went too far, having all the girls in Fairy Tail including Erza turned to stone and even threatening to use the Thunder Palace on the citizens, takes me back to Scarlione tactics."
"Yeah well in any case the old man looked serious about this so you two will wanna get a move on."
"Yeah we'll get there, how'd your job go?"
"Simple translation job probably didn't need to be S Class but gramps said it was a royal artefact so they needed a good mage for the job."
"Should've passed then clearly you're not suited for it."
"Easy now Saint, you can either walk back with your girlfriend or I could send you over there with my fist."
"Yeah yeah I get the message we'll head out when Erza's ready."
"Honestly the two of you are hopeless," Erza sighed as the three began to walk back towards the guild.
/Fairy Tail Guild Hall/
The trio arrived in the hall only to have all the members swarm Natsu again.
"Can you brats knock it off for five seconds," Makarov yelled as he jumped down to the first level and sat at the bar.
"Seriously all of you scram the Master needs us," Erza said as everyone bolted back to where they came from.
"Right thank you Erza now let's cut to the chase I have an off the record mission for the two of you, Natsu you probably have an idea what this is about."
"The Oracion Seis I'm guessing?"
"Indeed my boy, I've spoken with the masters of three other guilds and are conducting a joint operation to stop them."
"Master are you sure this is wise, isn't it against the laws of the Magic Council to engage in combat with a Dark Guild without their direct permission much less one of the three leaders of the Bharam Alliance?"
"Well you are correct Erza it is technically against the rules of the Council however what they don't know won't hurt them, besides will they really be in a position to complain if one of the three pivotal guilds holding them together is removed from the picture?"
"Erza it'll be fine, besides who's gonna argue with two Wizard Saints?"
"Make that three Natsu," Makarov said with a sly grin.
"Ah so Lamia Scale is in on this then, so who else do we have coming for the party?"
"Well there will be four guilds in this alliance. Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus and Cait Shelter."
"Cait Shelter I've never heard of them before."
"Well my boy you have been gone for a long time and…."
"Ok gramps I get it so I'm guessing you want the two of us to go represent Fairy Tail?"
"Well I was thinking about sending all of Team Natsu over, I know I said that all of you were to remain in Magnolia but this is more important. I know you will probably miss the Harvest Festival but you know what the Oracion Seis are up to."
"Alright well have you spoken to Eliza and Gray?"
"They're already waiting for the two of you at your house; you need to head out immediately."
"Well at least I got an afternoon off right," Natsu said as he smiled at Erza.
"That was so lame Natsu," Gildarts said as Natsu punched him over the back of the head.
"We're heading out now gramps see you in a week or so."
"Good luck to the both of you, try not to die."
Natsu just waved as the two left the guild hall.
/Natsu and Erza's House/
"About time the two of you got here," Gray said as the door opened and Natsu and Erza walked through.
"It seems we got out of the old man's punishment then."
"Honestly you seemed almost worried about having to fix your own mess there Eliza."
"I'm a God Natsu why should I have to do that?"
"Alright look we don't have time for this now we can argue on the train. We're moving out once Erza and I grab some stuff."
"Where are we heading then O mighty Wizard Saint?"
"Well Gray you can lay on the tracks while the rest of us head to one of Blue Pegasus' guild halls, there we meet up with mages from other guilds."
"Well this sounds fun though there's gonna be a few monsters from the other guilds there."
"Well we head out in five minutes; this is gonna be another life or death fight so make sure your ready."
The group finished making preparations and began to make their way to the Magnolia station.
Chapter 20 finally done. I know this chapter was all exposition but remember what's coming up. Hopefully you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next chapter.