Mama Mirajane-14
"Whoa." Natsu, Erza, Grey, Lucy, Happy, and Scythe said in awe.
"Wow." Lucy stated.
"Well this is a surprise." Erza exclaimed.
"They finished building it?" The rest of them asked.
The Fairy Tail guildhall looked more like a castle than a guild. With a larger foundation, and a sturdier looking structure.
"There it is, Fairy Tail's new guild hall." Grey said happily with a smile.
"Are you kidding me? We've got a café now?" Scythe questioned. "Guess they took my renovation suggestions seriously."
"Do we really need a gift shop too?" Lucy deadpanned.
"Looks like they even took my jokes seriously." Scythe chuckled nervously. "I wasn't serious about the gift shop. I guess Master is just trying to earn as much money as he can for the guild."
"Hey there. Glad you guys made it back okay. What's new?" The clerk asked.
"They got you working the gift shop Max?" Happy asked flying over to him. "It's been a while since we've seen you around the guild."
"Well, master made me go back to school 'cause he wanted me to take business classes." Max smiled.
"You're Max Alors. I've read all about you in Sorcerer Weekly." Lucy said fan girling over him.
"Yes ma'am, that'd be me." Max said giving off a smile. "Ya know, I've heard a lot about you Lucy."
"I don't wanna think about the crazy things they probably told ya." Lucy exclaimed.
"So what kind of stuff are you selling here?" Happy questioned.
"Ha, ha. We've got t-shirts, wristbands, mugs, towels, and of course our most popular item." Max smiled handing the item to Happy.
"Wow a Lucy action figure?" Happy questioned holding it.
"Ah! Nobody ever asked me if I was cool with that." Lucy stated.
"She's pose-able, and her clothes come off." Max exclaimed demonstrating it. "We've even got a Scythe action figure." Max smiled.
"Seriously, I better get half the profits from you selling those." Scythe grumbled. "Otherwise I'll sue."
"No need to worry. My partner in sales is making sure you both get your cuts for the action figures." Max said pointing to the back.
"Velvet?" Scythe questioned.
"Oh, hey glad to see you're back. Sorry I couldn't stay for the rest of the vacation, I ended up with food poisoning and was sent home." Velvet sighed. "But I'm better now. What I miss, I mean besides the fact you guys destroyed the Tower of Heaven the Magic Council had failed to do it themselves?"
"Well, Scythe has a girlfriend." Natsu teased, giving Scythe a headlock noogie.
"Natsu, I keep telling you she's not my girlfriend." Scythe groaned.
"That rose in your pocket says differently." Grey smiled.
"Oh, do tell who this mysterious girl is?" Velvet asked, getting interested in this.
"She's not my girlfriend, she's just the girl I had rescued from that burning ship. She just felt like she owed me, so she helped me when she found my unconscious body washed up on the shore." Scythe sighed.
"Yeah, about that." Velvet stated. "Mira read the letter Lucy wrote explaining what had happened during your vacation, she's not too happy you ordered a deity to take the others, while you left yourself behind. I'd be prepared for a punishment worse than being grounded if I were you."
As they spoke, the others had gone on ahead to complete the tour of the new guild hall. Grey turned to Natsu, seeing he was being grumpy and gloomy.
"Hey, man. What's wrong?" The ice stripper questioned.
"I'm not good with change." Natsu stated.
"It's so good to have you back, Lu." Levy called out, waving to them.
"Oh, hi, Levy!" Lucy called back.
"Isn't this awesome? Guess what, now we've got a swimming pool behind the bar." Levy smiled.
"Welcome back." Romeo said sticking his hand up in the air.
"That's kinda weird." Lucy stated.
"It' just not the same." Natsu complained.
"I like it." Scythe chimed in.
"We've even got a game room down in the basement." Levy explained.
"You're back." Macao smiled.
"Took you long enough." Wakaba laughed.
"Does it need to be this big?" Lucy questioned.
"I don't like it." Natsu grumbled
"But the biggest change is upstairs, 'cause everybody's allowed to go up to the second floor, since the S-Class quests are on the third floor now." Levy exclaimed.
"Yo." Elfman called from the second floor.
"Oh wow." Lucy awed.
"Scythe, Mira wants to see you at the bar counter right now." Elfman stated.
"Got it." Scythe groaned walking over to the bar.
"Master actually lets more of us go on S-Class Quests, as long as we're accompanied by an S-Class Sorcerer or Sorceress. Otherwise we're forbidden from doing so." Levy concluded.
"Well I'm glad you dunderheads made it back safely." Makarov stated surprising them with his appearance with someone beside him.
"Master."
"I'd like you to meet Fairy Tail's newest member Juvia. Isn't she a cutie?" Makarov questioned.
"I can't wait to work with you." Juvia smiled doing a curtsy.
"Ha-ha-ha. So you actually made it in, huh?" Grey smiled.
"Thanks so much for helping us in Akane." Erza added.
"No, I should be thanking you, because now I've found a new guild." Juvia smiled.
"Hey girl." Lucy greeted.
"We will fight for Grey." Juvia said a menacing look in her eyes.
"That won't be necessary." Lucy exclaimed.
"Oh that's right, where's Scythe? Is he okay?"
"I'm fine." Scythe said walking over. "But I won't be able to sit properly for a month." He groaned.
"Mira used the paddle on you huh?" Makarov asked. "Serves you right, risking your life the way you did. Could you imagine the kind of funeral you'd have? We'd all be devastated, and Natsu would probably try to convince us you were still alive."
'I've actually seen that.' Scythe mentally chuckled.
"We've also added another new member to the guild. Someone you might recognize." Makarov exclaimed.
Scythe sniffed the air and his smiled broadened.
"No way. Big-Bro-Gajeel?" Scythe asked turning to the table Gajeel was sitting at.
"Heya punk, long time no see." Gajeel smirked standing up.
"It has been a while. How have you been?" Scythe questioned doing a gladiator arm grab with him.
"Been good. I've avoided Jose's assassination attempts so far, but it's been getting rough, even for a tough nut to crack like me." Gajeel smirked.
"Gajeel." Levy said stepping up to him.
"Hmm?" The iron eater asked.
"I just wanna say thank you for helping us bring Scythe home safely." Levy smiled bowing to him.
"Wait, you're thanking this monster for beating you up?" Grey questioned.
"Grey, calm down." Scythe exclaimed. "Team Shadow Gear willingly allowed themselves to be beaten and hospitalized so the guild could find me. He left my shirt with them so Natsu could track my scent."
"Relax kiddo, it's natural that there'd be some skepticism around here seeing how I used to be your enemy. It's fine, it'll just take time for them to warm up to me." Gajeel stated.
"Alright, if you say so." Scythe sighed.
"Oh Scythe, that reminds me, the Magic Council has summoned you to their temporary headquarters, until they get theirs rebuilt." Makarov said handing him an, envelope with the magic Council's seal on it.
Scythe moved his finger around the seal before a holographic image of the Head Councilman Org appeared on the seal.
"Scythe Strauss. Due to recent events, what remains of the council has requested your presence. The reason is classified and cannot be shared in a letter. I hope you will come, Org."
"Well, what do you think the Council wants?" Grey asked.
"Don't know. But I can't exactly ignore a summons from the Head Councilman now can I?" Scythe sighed. "I'll be back as soon as I can."
Scythe left the guildhall, making a quick stop to the gym, to see how his two favorite employees were doing.
"Yang, Ruby. I'm back." Scythe called, instantly holding up a rose pendant keychain seconds before a red blur came zooming past, the keychain gone in an instant.
"Yay, thanks for the souvenir." Ruby smiled running back to the octagon, where Yang was busy scrubbing the fighting ground.
"So, what happened that required you to mop up a bucket's worth of blood?" Scythe questioned tossing Yang a golden rose pendant keychain.
"It was some men, trying to recruit us for some 'holy cause' to stop corruption. The ambulances just took them away five minutes ago." Yang chuckled, as she continued to mop, after catching the keychain.
"I see. Well, what did you tell them when you said your boss wasn't in town and they refused to leave?" Scythe questioned seeing the mountain of paperwork that Yang was going to do.
"I told them to buzz off or they'd get a taste of what I'm like when enraged." Yang smiled.
"Heard you saw Ren and Nora." Ruby smiled changing the topic to something more light than dark.
"Yeah, how do you know them?" Scythe asked.
"We went to Beacon Academy together." Yang stated. "I totally called it when I said they would hook up."
"Well, I can't stay long. Org has summoned me." Scythe sighed.
"Who?" Ruby questioned.
"The Head Councilman from what remains of the Magic Council." Yang stated.
"Oh."
"Why would he summon you?" Yang asked.
"No clue, but I can't ignore it. I just stopped by to give you two your souvenir's and then head out." Scythe explained.
"Hang on. Here, take this." Yang stated tossing him a pair of vehicle keys.
"What are these for?" Scythe questioned.
"They're the keys to your new motor bike. Well, my old one, I upgraded to a new one. The festival isn't for another month, so you have plenty of time to fix her up." Yang explained. "Consider it a thank you for not letting this place go under."
"I appreciate it. Where is it?" Scythe inquired.
"Your mom already came by with your uncle and picked it up. Literally, he turned into this giant monster thing and picked up the bike like it was nothing but a toy." Ruby stated.
"That's uncle Elfman for ya. Always trying to prove he's the manliest." Scythe chuckled. "He's a Takeover sorcerer. What you saw was Beast Soul, full body."
Scythe turned to the door, and headed to the apartment complex he lived at with Mira since she moved out of Fairy Hills to raise him, renting the apartment across form Elfman's. When he was at the door, he saw a note that told him to go to Fairy Tail, for the special announcement Mira had for the guild.
"Well, I might as well make it quick." Scythe exclaimed disappearing in a flash of blue lightning, and appearing at the guildhall in less than five minutes, sitting next to Mira as she motioned for him to sit. "What's this about mom?"
"You'll find out in a minute." She said before going on stage, with a piece of paper in her hand.
"Uncle Elfman, do you know what this is all about?" Scythe questioned.
"No, I honestly do not." Elfman exclaimed.
"By the way, where'd you put the bike Yang gave me?"
"It's around back in the guilds auto shop for those who specialize in machinery magic." Elfman stated.
"Okay."
"Hello everyone." Mira said gaining everyone's attention. "I'm sure you're all wondering why you're here, and why I called this special meeting of the guild. The truth is, my first S-Class quest didn't take as long as it seemed. I had finished it within three months, but something else happened."
"What are you saying Mira?" Makarov questioned.
"I'll let this video tell you." Mira explained as the screen came down and a projection began to play.
It started off in a familiar living room Scythe recognized, with the couch in better shape than it had been, and a there were less family pictures hanging up.
"Are you sure it's on?" A familiar, younger voice asked.
"Yes, the light is blinking. The recording lacrima is on, and active." Another voice, familiar to Scythe, said from out of the camera's sight.
"All right, if you're sure."
From the side of the camera, walked in a younger Mirajane Strauss, wearing her Lolita Gothic clothes from her rebellious stage of life.
There was a big difference in her figure though. One that made everyone in the guildhall gasp in shock.
Mirajane stood there, her body turned to the side, with a large protruding pregnant belly hanging from her torso, her shirt acting more as a sports bra, with how big pregnancy had made her, looking a couple days past her due date with twins. It was only because the belly looked bigger on her pubescent frame.
"Hollo my child. It's me. I know you might not want to watch this right now, but I need you to hear what I have to say." Mira said as she rubbed her belly in big loving circles. "My life, was horrible, when I was younger, I was branded a demon, for having gone into the haunted church, and absorbing the demon that was terrorizing the town. I was an outcast, several of the villagers tried to kill me, and before long I had to leave the town with your Aunt Lisanna and Uncle Elfman. This town isn't too far from here actually. I guess what I'm trying to say is, despite you not being a planned pregnancy, more like a pleasant surprise, I still love you, and hope you've grown up to be a wonderful sorcerer. I just hope you three haven't inherited my Satan Soul, otherwise the town's going to have a lot of angry villagers from the next town over to deal with."
Scythe stared off at the screen, still trying to comprehend what he was seeing, which didn't seem to make sense to him.
"It's weird, making this recording for you little bundle of joy while you're still in my belly. You can probably hear every word of what I'm saying now. You were supposed to come out a month ago, but I don't mind you being with me like this, it just means more time I get to spend with you before I have to leave." Mirajane chuckled sadly. "I know you must hate me for leaving you with the Draconis family. But I had no choice. If word were to get out I had a child I'd be putting you in danger along with the entire guild, especially if word were to get out about who your father is. Not to mention the townsfolk would come and try to kill you every chance they got… and I… I don't want that kind of life for you." Mira stated, starting to cry. "I love you baby, and I will always love you. If and when you get the chance, come see me at Fairy Tail, and please, tell me all the adventures you've had, I'm sure you're going to have a lot. I gotta go, you're starting to kick up a storm, and that means you're hungry for burgers and union rings. I love you." Mira said as there was visible movement on the surface of her belly. "Goodbye baby. Be safe, eat your vegetables, brush your teeth every night, and don't get into any bad habits. I love you."
The video ended, and the entire guild began to talk before Mira took the stage once more asking for them to remain silent.
"I'm sorry that I had kept this a secret from you. I had my reasons, but that's still no excuse for keeping you in the dark." Mira exclaimed wiping a tear from her face. "When my quest had ended, I had chosen to camp out one night, but that turned out to be a mistake, as I woke up in the lab of a cult who worshiped the apocalyptic dragon, Acnologia. They forcefully made me enter my Satan Soul form, and impregnated me with his DNA. An hour after I had made that video, I went into labor, and with the only child I had in my arms, only one picture taken after his birth." Mira sighed holding up a picture.
With his vision, Scythe was able to see the image clearly. The photo, showed Mira as she held a sleeping infant wrapped up in a swaddle of cloth in her arms. A big smile across her face as the frame only caught her neck, shoulders, and head while she held her infant son by her face for the picture. She looked like a mess with her hair everywhere around her face, while her cheeks were tear stained with a few droplets still lingering.
"I left an hour later, after regaining enough strength to fly home in my Satan Soul form. The reason I bring this up now, is because of one thing." Mira said holding up a folded piece of paper that Porlyusica sent with her emblem on it. "The day Scythe blinded himself, I had Porlyusica conduct a DNA test. The results came back positive. Scythe, is indeed the child I had left with the family who helped me through my pregnancy."
Mira began to cry as she looked at Scythe, with a look of mixed relief, worry, and sadness.
"When I had heard Metalica had been destroyed, I had thought I'd never get the chance to see my baby boy again." Mira cried. "But when I got the results, I wanted everyone to know the truth before I showed them. Once again, I want to apologize for keeping you all in the dark, I just couldn't possibly handle the thought of what you'd think of me, if I came home with a baby in my arms, instead of the reward money."
"Mira." Makarov started. "I understand your pain child. But you needn't have worried. We would have understood if you had told us the truth, and what had happened. We would have helped you raise the boy, like he were our own. That's what family is for, that's what it means to be in Fairy Tail. We look out for one another, and we treat each other fairly, no matter who we are. We can't control what the heavens have instore for us. So please, don't fret. We don't see you any different than before."
"That's right." Natsu cheered taking Scythe into a headlock. "So what if you had a kid when you were fourteen, you didn't ask for it, and you certainly didn't have a choice in the matter."
"Point is, we don't care either way. As long as you're safe, happy, and healthy, then we all can be." Erza added.
Natsu's smile faded when he no longer felt his hold on Scythe's neck. He looked down to see he had slipped out and was gone.
"Hey, where'd Scythe go?" The pinket questioned.
"I saw him heading to the garage. He looked majorly confused about all this." Gajeel exclaimed. "At least this explains why he and the barmaid have similar scents."
"I never noticed." Natsu exclaimed.
"I'll go talk with him." Gajeel sighed getting up from his seat following Scythe's scent to the garage.
Gajeel had to take the exit through the back, to get to the garage, finding Scythe there, just as he was sending off a letter.
"Hey Gajeel." Scythe sighed not even turning to him.
"Hey kid. What was that you just sent off?" Gajeel questioned.
"A response to Councilman Org's letter. Explaining I'll be there as soon as possible." Scythe exclaimed as he started working on the bike Yang gave him.
"I see." Gajeel said. "So, you doing okay?"
"What do you mean?" Scythe questioned working on the engine, with the help of a manual floating beside him on a lacrima plate.
"What I mean is, are you okay? Your mother just dropped the biggest secret of her life on the entire guild hall, revealing you being her biological son she had to give up for adoption." Gajeel stated.
"I'm fine Gajeel." Scythe sighed. "It was just a big shock to me. I mean I understand why she did what she did, I mean, she was fourteen years old when she had me. She wasn't ready for that kind of responsibility, not to mention I'm the bastard son of a monster who could bring the apocalypse."
"Hey, this is what I'm talking about. You're putting yourself down for this, and it wasn't even your fault." Gajeel exclaimed. "Didn't you see the pain in Mira's eyes in the video? It broke her heart to leave you behind, but she did it for your safety."
"I know that it must have hurt her, and why shouldn't I put myself down for this? I wasn't even planned, from the moment I was conceived I've been a lab rat. So why shouldn't I be angry at myself for that?"
"BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE." Gajeel shouted. "Now I understand you're angry because you were born a lab rat. But you hadn't even been put together yet, you blame yourself for things out of your control. You were just a couple strands of two completely different people's DNA when Mira was chosen. It could have happened to anyone but it didn't. It happened to Mira, what's happened, happened, and there's nothing you can change about it. Just be grateful your mother chose to give you up for adoption instead of having an abortion."
"I think that might have been better."
Instantly Scythe was pinned down by Gajeel's iron club from both hands. He looked up to see an angered expression spread across Gajeel's face.
"You serious kid? I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that. Now I understand you're trying to sort everything out. I'm glad you don't blame Mira for anything that happened to her, to get her knocked up, or for leaving you with a different family. But that doesn't change the fact you're still beating yourself up over this." Gajeel stated. "If you need some time to yourself I understand, just don't do anything stupid or self-harming."
Gajeel let up on his clubs, allowing Scythe to get up as the iron eater left the garage, heading to the market area stopping only a moment.
"How much of that did you hear?" Gajeel asked.
"All of it. I followed you from the stage." Mira sighed, tears in her eyes. "I can't believe he's blaming himself. Of all things I thought he'd be blaming and hating me."
"Mirajane." Gajeel sighed. "Scythe's a smart kid. He knows what it's like for something to be forced upon him. Give him some time and a little space, he'll come around eventually."
"Right."
(Cue Music… I'm still here: Treasure Planet)
Scythe laid there on the ground, thinking over the words Gajeel said to him, finding it hard to think about anything else. With a sigh of defeat, he picked himself up and began working on his bike.
Grabbing a ratchet, Scythe began to follow the directions to the letter, still thinking about his talk with Gajeel, even after it had passed hours ago.
"Damn it." Scythe cursed when he felt something cut open his hand when he jerked it the wrong way.
Scythe decided not to use his healing magic on it, and just wrapped it in a handkerchief before he continued to work on the bike.
Though each time he worked on the bike's different parts needing fixing, his mind kept racing back to how he could have had an abused life from the start instead of a happy one with the Draconis family.
Finally he got finished with all the mechanical maintenance with his bike, feeling like it took forever to do so. He was currently sitting back as he allowed the automatic paint arms to put the new coats on.
"You doing okay in here?"
Scythe turned his head to see Levy looking at him, wearing a different outfit than he last saw her in.
"Yeah, I'm doing fine. Why'd you change clothes in the middle of the day?" Scythe asked.
"Scythe, you've been in here for over three days." Levy exclaimed, surprised he asked her something like that.
"Really?" Scythe asked. "Huh, guess the bike has needed more work than I thought."
"Scythe you've gone literally 72 hours without sleep. What were you even doing in here?" Levy questioned kneeling beside him, seeing the various cuts and bruises Scythe had all over his hands.
"Well first I replaced the RC-Plug with a lacrima orb to power the bike, then I replaced all the rusted out parts with brand new ones and gave it a sleeking frame to be more aerodynamic, along with a different metal covering." Scythe exclaimed. "New sparkplugs, exhaust valves, pistons, I even added a secondary engine in case I need to go faster."
"Scythe, you basically took apart the old bike and built a new one, engine and all." Levy sighed using disinfectant patches to clean Scythe's injuries. "You haven't eaten in three days, you haven't slept in three nights, and you haven't even showered."
"I know it's just…"
"Gajeel told me about your talk with him. You're stalling, you don't want to go home because you feel like it's your fault. Which doesn't make any sense."
"Yet it feels like it's my fault she had to lie to the guild, she had to hide for ten months away from Magnolia and everyone she's ever known." Scythe sighed not even flinching at the sting of the disinfectant.
"Scythe, you beat yourself up constantly, over something out of your control. I know you're still beating yourself up for the fact Jet, Droy, and I allowed Gajeel to beat us up just to find you." Levy said putting a bandage over it. "None of it was your fault. You couldn't have known it was going to happen."
"Stop beating yourself up ya brat." Aquarius said hitting him on the head.
"Aquarius, what are you doing here?" Scythe asked holding his head.
"Well, Lucy summoned me, and asked me to talk with you. She explained everything to me, now seeing as you're the only kid I'll show my emotions to, I felt like I needed to help you." Aquarius sighed, kneeling in front of him.
"Hang on, you have legs?" Scythe asked.
"Yeah, depending on if I want to, I can walk on land like any of the other spirits." Aquarius exclaimed. "But listen here. You've been neglecting your body, any amount of time doing that is unhealthy. I know it may not look like it, but I do truly care about Lucy. Her mother died when she was at a very tender age, so I was passed down to her. I tried my best with taking care of her, but I always tried to do it in secret because of how stubborn and prideful I am about my outward appearance. Now I'm doing the same with you, and I will continue to do the same thing, until you listen."
"But Aquarius…"
"I know it's hard to accept things that are out of your control. I'm not going to pretend I understand what you're feeling right now, but I can tell you that your number one priority isn't to take care of some bike. It's to take care of your own mental and physical state. Do you understand?"
"Y-yes Aquarius." Scythe sighed knowing she was right.
"Good, now get going. I want you to shower, then eat something, then get at least eight hours of sleep. I'll have Virgo make sure you're doing just that. Bye-bye." Aquarius said returning to the spirit world.
(End Song…)
"You have her wrapped around your finger don't you?" Levy asked, chuckling nervously, knowing how the spirit is towards Lucy.
"No, she's probably just like this because of my Godslayer powers, mainly the ones involving water." Scythe exclaimed standing up. "I told Councilman Org in my letter I'd be there as soon as possible, but that's going to have to wait a while."
"Shall I take you to the spirit world to shower?"
"Ah Virgo don't sneak up on me." Scythe jumped, raising his arms in a defensive manner.
"I apologize." Virgo exclaimed.
"No, I'll just go home, shower, then probably get something to eat after I sleep." Scythe sighed.
"That won't do at all. Aquarius gave me specific instructions to have you follow her directions in the order they were given." Virgo stated. "Shower, food, and then sleep."
"Fine already." Scythe groaned, before Virgo grabbed him by the shirt and he was in his living room instantly. "What the hell was that?"
"I teleported us to your home." Virgo exclaimed.
"Okay, well, could you prepare me something to eat while I shower?" Scythe asked.
"Of course." Virgo said with a bow.
'I find it kinda weird I'm being served by Lucy's celestial spirit when Virgo is contracted to her. Oh well, must be the Celestial Knight thing.' Scythe yawned.
~Elsewhere~
"Hi Mira." Levy sighed sitting at the bar counter.
"So, how's Scythe doing?" Mira asked.
"Well, you called it, he wasn't taking good care of his body. Lucy had to call Aquarius to get him to restart on that." Levy explained.
"I appreciate you going out there to check on him." Mira sighed. "So he was blaming himself. Guess that's to be expected from what I revealed."
"C'mon Mira don't be like that. You did what you had to." Levy smiled. "Honestly if I were in that situation, I would have done the same."
"I know. But still, I do feel bad for not revealing the truth sooner." Mira stated.
"It's fine Mira. You have your son back. Your full blood, biological son. Best part is he doesn't even hate you for leaving him with that family. You need to let it go, he still loves you." Levy smiled.
"You're right. I shouldn't let this get me down." Mira said, suddenly back to her old self. "I do appreciate it when we have these talks."
"Me to." Levy smiled.
"Say, I think you and Gajeel would make a cute couple." Mira smiled, trying to play matchmaker.
The sudden comment made Levy do a spit-take, creating a rainbow with her orange juice.
"Mira, what are you saying?" Levy questioned cleaning up her orange juice mess, while blushing madly.
"Oh relax, I'm only teasing. But it does seem to me he has a thing for short bookworms like you." Mira chuckled.
"Enough of this please. What are you going to have Scythe do for the Harvest Festival? It's less than a month away." Levy questioned.
"Hmm, I don't know. I was thinking on letting him choose." Mira smiled.
"That might work, but he might go overboard with what he might plan on doing." Levy sighed.
"I guess you're right." Mira stated. "Well, we can't have him join us on our float, he'd just look silly in a dress, plus he doesn't really have the figure for it."
"I agree. I mean, he's huge for his age. He looks like a smaller version of Gajeel with tan skin." Levy commented.
"True, Scythe is muscular for his age. I wonder if he'd be qualified to enter into a strongman competition." Mira wondered.
"Lucy told me something Scythe told her. Apparently one of the game caterers at the theme park area of the Akane resort, rigged the strongman test game by making the hammer five hundred pounds. Scythe called it out by picking it up effortlessly with one hand, and weighing it himself." Levy smiled.
"Goodness, my baby boy is really that strong?" Mira gasped.
"Apparently it's because when he was dubbed a Celestial Knight by the Celestial Spirit King, the energy coursing through him had increased his natural abilities like strength, speed, agility, everything." Levy chuckled.
"Oh my little man is so strong, I'm so proud, being knighted at only fourteen." Mira smiled before she began to ponder something. "Well technically he's still only five, but it's impossible to return him to his actual age and size, because of the spell Hades used on him."
~Meanwhile~
"Ah, that was a good shower. I hadn't realized that I needed it that much." Scythe sighed walking out, dressed in a pair of shorts with the Superman emblem on the left leg of the pants, and a white tank-top.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've prepared you food from the Celestial Spirit world. I had paid a visit to Princess to see if she knew your favorite foods, and she told me that these were them. I hope you enjoy."
All across the table, were plates of cheeseburgers, chicken strips, home cut fries with marble cheese and bits of ground beef, and freshly made shredded hash-browns with two gallons of milk to wash it all down.
"Wow, you prepared all this?" Scythe asked in awe. "Where'd the milk come from?" He questioned fearing the answer, his left eyebrow twitching.
"It came from the cows we raise that graze in the Celestial Spirit World. We Celestial Spirits do have to eat once in a while." Virgo explained.
"Good." Scythe sighed, relaxing a bit.
"Enjoy your meal." Virgo said returning to the Celestial Spirit World.
"This is more than I eat in a single meal." Scythe exclaimed seeing that the plates of food were stacked on top of each other. He's have to stand and reach his arm up just to grab a single serving. "Oh well, guess I'd better eat. I'm starving." Scythe chuckled.
~2hours later~
"Oh man, that was good." Scythe sighed, finishing the last of the nacho-fries.
Scythe stood up from the table and went to his room, only to find Amaterasu sitting on his bed with an expectant look in her eye.
"Well it's about time you got here." Amaterasu stated.
"Sorry, but I just finished my food. Hang on, what are you doing here?" Scythe questioned.
"I sensed something was wrong with your body, and your energy, so I came only to find you haven't been taking care of yourself for the past three days." Amaterasu exclaimed.
"Why do I get the feeling you're acting like my mother?" Scythe groaned before Amaterasu pulled him into the bed and hugged him from behind as they both laid in bed.
"I'm going to stay right here until you fall asleep." Amaterasu stated firmly, that's final.
"Fine." Scythe groaned as he began to get drowsy. "Where's Raijin?"
"He felt this wasn't worth his time." Amaterasu sighed.
It became hard for Scythe to keep his eyes open, eventually, he couldn't anymore and fell asleep, allowing himself to dream. Amaterasu smiled, noticing this, and disappeared merging back with his soul.
~Back at the guildhall~
"I'm telling ya man. I saw it with my own eyes." Natsu exclaimed retelling the final events of what had happened at the Tower of Heaven.
"No way, you gotta be pulling my leg." Grey stated.
"It's true. Scythe summoned the Goddess Amaterasu, and she healed him, and replaced his missing eye with an Ethernano Lacrima." Natsu stated.
"Seriously Natsu, we nearly lost him to that, please stop making up stories about it." Lucy complained, not wanting to think about it.
"He's not making it up. I saw it to." Erza stated. "She was quite beautiful. Quite an exotic figure, and her bustline seemed to be a little bigger than mine now that I think about it."
"Don't say that kind of stuff like it's natural." Lucy shouted, her face blushing madly.
"So he summoned Amaterasu? If so, and she really did bring you down like you said, how come we didn't see her?" Grey questioned.
"True, I mean someone with that kind of beauty would be hard to miss." Juvia exclaimed.
"When the Tower lost its power, and we were unable to sense Scythe's presence anymore, Amaterasu disappeared, and we fell the rest of the way. That's my theory anyway." Erza exclaimed.
"Hey, whatever happened to that Simon guy?" Lucy asked.
"He left the beach when we got back to shore. He had a little sister when we were kidnapped, and he's going to travel the world to try and find her." Erza smiled. "Since he acted as a spy for the council members, minus Siegrain/Jellal and one other member, he was pardoned for his crimes. In fact Sho, Millianna, and Wally were pardoned because they had a hand in helping to destroy the Tower of Heaven."
"Sounds like they're going to be living an easy life." Natsu smiled. "I wonder if any of them are going to join a guild."
"They all have the potential." Lucy smiled.
"Hey everyone, how's it going over here?" Mira questioned.
"It's going fine. Is something up Mira?" Erza inquired.
"I was just wondering if any of you saw anything at Akane involving Scythe." Mira questioned.
"Nope." Natsu stated.
"Not me." Lucy sighed. "Velvet was already on the train home not long after we got there."
"No ma'am." Happy chimed in with a mouth full of fish.
"I didn't see anything." Grey chuckled.
"I was having a lovely nap after Scythe went back to his room." Erza smiled.
"I saw something." Juvia stated.
"What did you see?" Mira asked.
"I saw him going on a date with a young blue haired girl, who seemed a year younger than him." Juvia stated.
"You're kidding." Lucy gasped as Juvia had all their attention with shocked looks on their faces.
"Man, he's quite the player." Natsu chuckled.
"Well what did they do on the date?" Erza asked.
"They went to the theme park, and that's all I know." Juvia exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Happy questioned.
"I went to my room to freshen up and get ready after they walked into the theme park. After that I went to the casino to meet with my Darling Grey." Juvia stated.
"I got an idea." Lucy smiled pulling out a golden key. "Open Gate of the Maiden: Virgo."
"You called for me Princess?" Virgo asked appearing from thin air.
"Yeah, we need you to bring Scythe here so he can give us the details on his date at Akane resort." Lucy explained.
"I'm afraid I cannot do that Princess." Virgo stated, causing them all to fall over.
"Well why not?" Lucy shouted.
"I have specific orders from Aquarius to make sure Scythe gets his required eight hours of sleep." Virgo explained. "She even told me to let you know if you asked me to bring the young prince to you, then she'd feed you to her pet piranhas."
"Please don't tell her." Lucy exclaimed sweat dropping.
"As you wish Princess." Virgo said before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"Well that was a bust." Grey exclaimed. "Can't you call that Crux guy to get the information?"
"Nope, part of our contract is I don't use him for gossip related stuff, and Scythe's date qualifies." Lucy sighed. "Wait a second, Virgo called him 'young prince' before she left. Why?"
"He's the son of Acnologia. King of the Dark Dragons." Natsu exclaimed. "It makes sense that he'd be the Prince of Darkness."
"He's not Dracula." Lucy shouted.
~The Next Day~
"Well, this is the place Councilman Org's letter said to meet him at." Scythe exclaimed stopping his red and black motor bike.
Scythe had woken up at three in the morning, and packed his bag as quietly as he could. He left a note for his mom and uncle saying he'd be back as soon as possible, when he finished the job the Councilman had for him. The ride had been nine hours, and Scythe was pretty board without anything to do besides listen to his music, but he managed to get there at lunchtime so he was going to get his meal there.
Parking his bike, Scythe looked around and found Councilman Org sitting in a booth with a couple drinks there, one of them smelling of alcohol, and the other of a carbonated drink he enjoyed.
"Councilman Org." Scythe said approaching the table.
"Ah, young man. Please, have a seat, I've taken the liberty of ordering you a soda, as the kids call it." Org said. "I guessed from what former Councilman Yajima told me about you, your favorite is Dr. Pepper."
"I didn't take it seriously when your letter said you'd be waiting here every day at lunch in the same booth until I arrived." Scythe chuckled taking a seat. "Thanks for the drink."
"Now, onto the business I have called you for." Org explained as Scythe removed his jacket, and put his helmet on the table. "Are you even old enough to drive a motorcycle?" Org asked recognizing the style of helmet.
"No, but Fairy Tail never were ones to follow rules." Scythe chuckled before taking a swig of the drink. "You have until I finish my second refill, to explain why I had to drive nine hours here."
"Right. I have called you here, because there's an army growing. One soon to be large enough to usurp the King of his throne." Org exclaimed.
"Hmm, and what does this have to do with me?" Scythe questioned.
"I want you, to go to the town where this army is being formed at, and destroy them." Org exclaimed.
"Assassination is out of the question." Scythe exclaimed clenching his fist.
"I'm not asking you to kill anyone. I'm asking you to destroy this organization in any way you see fit." Org exclaimed. "I heard about your premature S-Class trial after the war with Phantom Lord. I'm glad to see you have your sight back, but consider this as your final S-Class test. Complete this mission, and I will make you an official S-Class Sorcerer on the spot. As well as give you the reward money of $700,000,000 Jewels. Not to mention, you'll be put on the candidate list for filling one of the empty Ten Wizard Saints, positions."
"That's quite the reward for this quest." Scythe chuckled, a bit surprised at the amount of money he'd be making. "That's a hundred times larger than the reward I got for completing the Galuna Island quest."
"Yes, this mission is to undermine the integrity of a terrorist organization, and seeing how you are a Godslayer, we thought it might be best if someone of your caliber handle this. Plus we were impressed with the work you did to destroy the Tower Jellal had built."
"Don't mention his name please. He made Erza cry, and it cost me my right eye. The one I have now is made of a piece of the Ethernano Tower." Scythe explained.
"I see. That certainly would explain the scars spider webbing up your arm, neck and face." Org sighed. "The organization is located in one specific place, their main hideout. Petunia Village."
Scythe's eyes widened when he heard the name of that village, as he nearly did a spit-take.
"I'll take the job." Scythe exclaimed. "It just became personal."
"Hmm, how so?" Org asked.
"My mom, Mirajane Strauss, was born there, and was nearly murdered several times all because no one knew she could use Takeover magic, and thought she was possessed by a demon." Scythe exclaimed after downing the rest of his drink. "Not to mention, she was driven out of the town my grandfather, her father, had founded."
"I see. Well, you should know, the current leader of the village, is the one in charge of the organization. He covers up the ever growing populous of the town with the excuse that the village has just been growing and people like it there. The strange thing is, there's not really anything there of any type of significance except for old ruins from five hundred years ago that hold no historical value."
"That might be something worth checking." Scythe exclaimed as a refill was brought to him. "I know I said no assassinations, but could you overlook the death of this man who tried to murder my mother?" Scythe questioned tapping the photo of the current village leader Org had showed him.
"I'm sorry, but I cannot." Org sighed.
"I figured as much." Scythe sighed drinking the entire mug in ten seconds. "Still had to try asking though." He exclaimed grabbing his jacket and helmet, standing up.
"However. I can overlook a killing in self-defense." Org said, basically giving Scythe a loophole through the no killing rule of the guilds.
"Understood." Scythe stated, leaving for the door.