Mama Mirajane-17
The sound of a motorcycle revving echoed through the open concert area in front of the indoor stadium, made the people move as Scythe and Wendy arrived for the show they had won their tickets for; they stopped in a clear area of the parking lot, which to be available for only his bike.
"Wow, I'm actually at a K/DA concert." Wendy squealed with excitement as she dismounted the bike. "Wow, it looks like all the concert goers are around our age."
"Not surprising, since K/DA focuses mainly on the younger generation when it comes to their music." Scythe chuckled, dismounting his bike and taking off his helmet. "We're a couple hours early for the concert, why don't we get something to eat first?"
"That sounds like a good idea to me." Wendy smiled before blushing as her stomach gave off a hungry growl. "I guess I forgot to eat something when I was getting ready for the concert."
"It's fine." Scythe chuckled, putting both their helmets in the Celestial Armory.
"Whoa man, sick bike."
Scythe turned to look at who had complimented him on his bike, and saw orange-chestnut haired teen wearing a leather jacket, white shirt, torn jeans, and spiked military boots. Behind him were three other teens dressed similarly, with different hair styles, one being a turquoise Mohawk, another being dyed white with a brown skunk stripe, and the final being black with frosted blue tips.
"Thanks, I put it together myself." Scythe smiled.
"No kidding." The teen smiled. "Name's Zack, Zack Winchester."
"Winchester, any relation to Cardin Winchester?" Scythe asked.
"The infamous criminal, yeah, he's my older brother." Zack chuckled.
"That explains the hair." Scythe exclaimed, noticing that Zack's friends were moving around them. 'Don't tell me…'
"I guess it does, I dyed it to match his. Now why don't you had over the keys to this puppy and we'll let you leave, without a scratch." Zack smiled.
'Yep, this is a mugging.' Scythe sighed.
"Not gonna happen." Scythe exclaimed, sending his bike into the Celestial Armory, much to the annoyance and surprise of Zack and his friends. "You and your friends are from the infamous Winchester Gang, I take it?" Scythe asked as Wendy stepped closer to him.
"You're smart. Yeah, this is our big night to prove ourselves to our brothers. So I suggest you bring my bike back before you die, and we have fun with your girlfriend." Zack smiled.
"Hmm, interesting." Scythe hummed. "Only, there's a problem. A: She's not my girlfriend. B: The bike isn't yours it's mine, and I spent three days and nights piecing it together without so much as a water break. C: I'm not just some kid you can scare with a threat." Scythe stated showing his emblem. "I'm the God of War from Fairy Tail."
Zack and his friends, looked at one another with looks of worry, concerned they might have gotten themselves in over their heads.
"Please, that's just a title, you're nothing but a weakling if you rely on it to get you out of trouble." Zack exclaimed steeling his resolve. "Now bring back "my" bike, or you're not going to live long enough to see the concert."
"Wendy." Scythe began grabbing her wrist gently. "Do you trust me?"
"Yeah, what do you have in mind?" Wendy questioned as a crowd began to form around the six of them.
"I'll distract them, while you go and get security." Scythe stated.
"How am I going to get past them though?" Wendy asked.
"Well, I have an idea. I'll springboard you into the air, and you use your magic to fly over the crowd, when you land, make a run for it and get security." Scythe exclaimed.
"Got it." Wendy stated.
"Now." Scythe shouted.
Acting fast, Scythe cupped his hands, allowing Wendy to jump with her feet landing in them. Using his Celestial granted strength, Scythe threw Wendy into the air, to where she used two funnels of wind to send her past the crowd.
"After her you idiots." Zack shouted.
"Double Lotus Barrier." Scythe shouted as Zack's flunkies slammed face first into the barriers that appeared out of nowhere. "No one's going anywhere. You were wanting to fight, then I'll give you a fight." Scythe declared as the barriers disappeared.
"You're just begging for death aren't you?" Zack questioned as all four of them surrounded him.
"Just try it." Scythe declared.
A tick mark formed on Zack's forehead as he threw a punch at Scythe, before it was grabbed and bent backwards, and it twisted him around.
"I'd suggest you keep your hands off him." The woman stated, kicking Zack in the butt, knocking him over. "Get out of here."
"Y-yes ma'am." Zack stated running off, the rest of his group following him.
"And tell Cardin Blake is still waiting on the five hundred Jewels he owes." She shouted.
The woman standing in front of him was tall with black hair, wearing a sleeveless top that had a crisscross pattern on the collarbone area, with a pair of skin tight pants, and sky high combat heels, with a rather impressive looking weapon on her back. The most noticeable feature on her were her cat ears and tail.
"You okay kid?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Scythe chuckled. "Name's Scythe."
"Blake Belladonna." She smiled shaking his hand. "You have your girlfriend to thank for me getting here. I was near where she was standing and acted as soon as she explained the situation."
"Blake Belladonna, why does that name sound so familiar?" Scythe questioned. "Wait, do you know a Ruby Rose, and Yang Xiao Long?"
"Yeah, I went to Beacon with them, I was even Yang's partner, and was on the same team as both of them. Why?" Blake asked.
"I saw a picture of their team on the wall of the gym. It's good to meet you in person." Scythe chuckled. "What are you doing at this concert anyways?"
"I'm working security." Blake smiled before something clicked in her head. "You wouldn't happen to be a member of Fairy Tail would you?"
"I am."
"Come with me." Blake said leading him to the stadium where they passed where Wendy stood, with Scythe taking her hand as Blake dragged him off, and was now dragging them both.
"What's this all about? Am I in trouble?" Scythe questioned.
"Just the opposite actually." Blake smiled. "Ahri, the lead singer for K/DA, happens to be a big fan of Sorcerer Weekly, and her all-time favorite as of late, has been articles based around Fairy Tail's God of War."
"Oh." Scythe exclaimed looking at Wendy as they were both dragged off.
Blake stopped in the backstage area, at a door, which had a star that the name Ahri in the center of it.
"Okay here we are." Blake smiled knocking on the door.
"The show isn't for another hour and a half, if you're wanting an autograph, please wait until after the show." A woman's voice sounded from the other side of the door.
"Ahri, its Blake." Blake smiled.
"Oh, what's up Blake?" Ahri asked opening the door.
Ahri was dressed in a short sleeved leather jacket that only reached the base of her ribcage with a leotard underneath with a pair of shorts over the bottom part of the leotard, and a pair of silk leggings and high heels that she was somehow able to dance in. On her head sat a pair of fox ears, and a rose quartz tail sticking out from the small of her back.
"I brought someone you might want to meet." Blake smiled moving out of the way, revealing Scythe, much to Ahri's surprise.
"Uh, hi. I'm Scythe Strauss, the God of War from Fairy Tail." Scythe chuckled nervously as Wendy was standing behind him somewhat nervous as well.
"Oh come in quickly." Ahri smiled motioning for the three of them to enter the dressing room. "It is such an honor to meet you, I've read every issue about you from Sorcerer Weekly." Ahri stated shaking his hand.
"I'm flattered. Honestly though I'm surprised a popstar like you follows Sorcerer Weekly." Scythe exclaimed. "This is who I brought with me to the concert." Scythe smiled introducing Wendy.
"Hi, my name's Wendy Marvell, I'm a huge fan of your music, and I really enjoy listening to it." Wendy smiled bowing a bit.
"Nice to meet you Wendy." Ahri smiled. "Are you two dating?"
"We're not together." Scythe and Wendy said in unison.
"Cute." Blake chuckled.
"Aw, you two seem like you'd make the perfect couple, especially on Sorcerer Weekly." Ahri smiled.
"Well, I'm not ready to put my heart back out there yet." Wendy sighed.
"Oh, what happened?" Ahri questioned, as this gained all their attention.
"Well, it's a littler personal, but I guess I could talk about it, I mean I promised Scythe I would next time I saw him." Wendy stated. "There was this boy I liked, a lot. His name was Jack. He was handsome, strong, athletic, kind, and he was a member of Lamia Scale."
"What happened?" Blake questioned.
"Well, we were going out for a couple months, and he wanted to take things to the next level, and I mean NEXT LEVEL." Wendy continued. "I told him I didn't want to because I wasn't ready for it."
"Oh sweetie." Ahri exclaimed seeing tears forming in Wendy's eyes.
"See, men like him are why I joined Mermaid Heel, a girl's only guild." Blake sighed.
"Then, one evening he had drugged my juice with an odorless agent, and I fell asleep, the next thing I knew, I woke up, fully exposed, tied to his bed." Wendy stated as she began to cry. "When he came in, he told me he wasn't going to wait for my consent and tried forcing himself on me. Thankfully, someone from his guild stopped him before he could do anything, and reported him to their guild master. She kicked him out, and had him thrown in jail."
"Oh that no good pervert." Ahri growled. "He got what he deserved, don't worry."
"Wendy." Scythe said putting a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look up at him. "I can assure you, I would never do anything like that, and I would even protect you, even if it meant putting myself in harm's way."
"Thank you Scythe." Wendy smiled hugging him.
"Such a noble knight in shining armor." Blake cooed.
"Well, we've still got about an hour and twenty minutes until the show starts, why don't we…"
BOOM-BANG-CRASH-LARGE-EXPLOSION-NOISES
"What the hell was that?" Ahri questioned as the ground shook.
"A large explosion of that magnitude couldn't be from just an ordinary spell." Scythe exclaimed. "Blake, keep Wendy and Ahri safe while I check things out. Take them and the rest of K/DA out a secret passage if you have to, just keep them safe."
"Sir." Blake saluted with a wink and sticking out her tongue a bit.
"Yang warned me you'd make fun of the military if I ever gave you a directive." Scythe chuckled before running out of the dressing room, through the halls.
Bursting through the doors, Scythe skid to a halt, and looked up finding the top of the stadium building was on fire, with a single figure standing on top of it looking like he was laughing maniacally.
"What the hell?" Scythe questioned.
Acting fast, Scythe began directing people away from the stadium. The sound of metal creaking echoed through the air. Scythe looked up and saw the billboard at the top of the stadium was beginning to fall to the ground, below.
"HELP."
Scythe looked directly under the billboard's trajectory and saw a young girl, with black hair and glasses, stuck being trampled over by the panicking horde of teens.
Leaping through the crowd, Scythe pushed his way through, trying his hardest to get there before the billboard fell, fearing he wouldn't make it in time, he entered Satan Soul and flew through the air, flying as fast as he could. Landing on the ground, Scythe grabbed the girl by the shoulders, before looking up and seeing he didn't have time to run, he tossed the girl out of the way, before the billboard landed, uplifting a cloud of dust, leaving the girl baffled in shock and horror as to what just happened.
"No."
The girl saved by Scythe turned to see Wendy staring in horror with Blake and K/DA behind her, all gasping in horror.
Wendy fell to her knees, horror written all over her face as she began to cry at the demise she just saw.
"Don't shed your tears yet Wendy."
Wendy looked up in shock, the cloud of dust dissipating, revealing Scythe standing there, struggling with holding the billboard over his head, before he let it fall to the ground, with a grunt as he got himself out of that mess.
The girl who he had saved had already left when Wendy broke her stupor of surprise, which meant it was just the seven of them standing there. Scythe took a step forward, and fell to one knee, panting heavily with his right hand on the left side of his waist.
"Scythe, are you okay?" Wendy questioned.
"I'm still exhausted from my S-Class job earlier, and the wound you stitched before we came here has reopened." Scythe exclaimed revealing his hand covered in blood.
"We have to seal the wound, fastest way to do that is to cauterize it." Akali, the punk and juvenile of the popstar group, exclaimed.
"That won't work on him." Ahri exclaimed. "He's an Etherion Godslayer, fire can't harm him, nor can any of the other elements, and that includes cauterization."
"How do you know this?" Evelynn, the fashionista of the popstar idol group, questioned.
"Fairy Tail's God of War, nice to meet ya." Scythe exclaimed standing up, with pain in his side. "It's clear that whoever started this, is up to something terrible. I can put out the flames by consuming them, but that leaves the issue of the one who caused the explosions."
"Scythe that wound in your side is only going to get worse if we don't take care of it." Wendy exclaimed.
"Well we don't really have a choice in the matter Wendy." Scythe sighed.
"Well, well. Wendy Marvell as I live and breathe."
Wendy's eyes shrank in horror when she heard that voice, hoping it wasn't true, as she felt chills run down her spine, turning to face the one who said her name. To her displeasuring horror, it was Jack, the man who had tried to force himself on her three months ago.
"Jack." Wendy gasped as she backed up.
Scythe, Ahri, and Blake turned to the newcomer, and they all glared at him when hearing Wendy say his name.
"I see you still remember me. How touching." Jack smiled.
True to Wendy's words, Jack was indeed a muscular well-built athlete with tree trunk like limbs, and a rock hard body that looked like it belonged to a body builder.
"I'm surprised you could recognize me though, what with how I've changed in the last few months, since I was wrongfully sent away." Jack smiled scratching the five-O'clock shadow on his head.
"Wrongfully sent away? You tried to force yourself on me. If it hadn't been for Iron-Rock Jura coming by to give you your bi-monthly guild report, I'd probably be at the OBGYN, having an ultrasound right now." Wendy cried.
"Wendy, don't I deserve love? You were denying me the love a woman gives to the man she cares about." Jack exclaimed.
"Alright that's it pal, why don't you just shut the hell up and tell us why you set the stadium on fire." Scythe growled, before noticing something. Jack was wearing a red version of Ulster's suit, with bladed gauntlets on his arms. "You're Ulster's second in command aren't you?"
"Close, but no cigar, his secret weapon." Jack smirked.
"Secret weapon?" Scythe questioned.
"Scythe, Jack's magic is a slayer type magic." Wendy exclaimed. "He's the Lava Demonslayer. His dead skin when peeled off turns into an explosive volcanic ash."
"Oh, Wendy, I'm so much more than that now." Jack smiled his arms growing bigger, as his body became covered in a tar like substance. "I've become the ultimate Demonslayer. There is no force on this planet, or in this universe that can stop me." Jack exclaimed, his voice growing deeper and darker. "I have surpassed human evolution, and became a demon of righteousness."
(Que Music… Number one: Bleach~ Ichigo's theme)
"Righteousness?" Scythe questioned as a funnel of air began to surround him obscuring anyone's vision of him. "That's a laugh. Demons are nothing but the scum of the underworld. You've obviously unlocked the forbidden stage of your slayer magic, which means you're no longer human." His voice echoed from the funnel.
"Tough words from a weakling hiding behind a wall of air." Jack chuckled towering over the seven of them. "After I dispose of you, I'm going to have my way with these lovely ladies, making them part of my harem, and rebuild what Lord Ulster lost."
The funnel of air dispersed revealing Scythe standing there, flames spewing from his right eye, as it glowed crimson red, while his mask covered his face.
"Who says I'm hiding?" Scythe questioned.
Stepping forward, Scythe lunged at Jack, leaving cracks in the ground, as he sent himself running at Jack, slamming his fist into the Demonslayer's gut, sending him flying back into the stadium.
"You think yourself superior to everyone else, because you unlocked a stage of your slayer magic that destroys your humanity." Scythe exclaimed stepping into the flames, looking around for where Jack went off to. "When in reality, you're no better than those psychopaths that get off on watching others suffer, on watching them cry for help, watching them bleeding out, having everything they have taken away from them."
"Oh, you couldn't be farther from the truth." Jack stated, his voice echoing around the burning stadium. "I do enjoy those things yes, but I alone, am the pinnacle of human evolution, that's a proven fact by Ulster himself."
"You do know he's dead right?" Scythe questioned.
"Oh I know he's dead. I was so angry when I saw you drop his body at that fool Org's feet. I knew I had to get revenge." Jack exclaimed.
"So you evaded being arrested, and followed me. Once you realized I was going to a concert with Wendy, you figured you'd get revenge, and lucky at the same time." Scythe growled.
"Now that was spot on." Jack stated appearing behind Scythe.
Scythe's senses kicked in and he turned around, blocking Jack's arms as they slammed down on him, with a weight Scythe had never felt before.
"You're so much weaker than you look. I cannot believe you were the one who killed Master Ulster. Perhaps it's just that I've surpassed his level of strength, like the truly evolved being I am."
Scythe kicked Jack in the stomach, forcing both of them to slide back in opposite directions, before Scythe stood at attention, cocking back his fist as he took the tiger style Kung-Fu stance, his knuckles cracking as he held his open hand out in a claw form.
"Let's put that to the test." Scythe exclaimed, cracking his neck.
"Very well, since I'm feeling a bit generous right about now, we'll play a game." Jack smirked. "The rules are simple, you take one hit, as hard as you can, then I take one hit as hard as I can. We continue this until one of us finally dies, and just to make sure everything seems fair, he who chickens out, forfeits their life to the victor."
"Agreed." Scythe exclaimed charging up his signature attack, only with a bit of a change in elements.
"Lava-Earth-Venom-God…" Scythe said as the attack charged, his hand and arm turning into molten earth.
"You're using Lava against me? I don't know if you noticed, but I'm immune to Lava." Jack smiled before his eyes widened.
Behind Scythe, Jack could see the silhouette image of a dragon roaring, while the silhouette of a kitsune was standing defensively around him, like it was protecting its kit from harm. Both silhouette's wearing the same mask he wore, with the flaming right eye.
"SMASH." Scythe shouted.
Jack was taken out of his stupor just as the silhouette's disappeared, and Scythe struck him in the chest, tearing away the right side of his upper body from the collar bone to the waist, while Scythe now stood behind him, with his fist forward, smoke rising from it.
(End Song…)
"You might be the Lava Demonslayer." Scythe exclaimed as he stood tall, Jack falling to his knees. "But not even you, are immune to the heat of the holy lava that created this world we inhabit." Scythe stated, Jack falling lifeless to the ground, as his eyes drained of all energy.
Scythe sighed before he began to inhale, devouring all the flames covering the stadium in a matter of minutes.
When the flames were gone, and Scythe was all fired up with energy, he dragged Jack's lifeless corpse back outside as it reverted back to its original form.
"Scythe." Wendy gasped before she ran up and hugged him, tightly. "Oh I'm so happy you're alive."
"Me to. Jack however…"
"He got what he deserved." Blake exclaimed seeing Jack's corpse, and interrupting what Scythe was going to say. "As the Shadow Demonslayer, I know for a fact, he no longer had a shred of humanity left in him, when he entered the forbidden stage of his Demons Rage. You did the right thing taking him out."
"Was everybody on your team Demonslayers?" Scythe inquired.
"Yep. Everyone on Team RWBY are Demonslayers. Ruby's a lightning, Weiss is an ice Demonslayer, I'm shadow, and Yang's fire." Blake explained. "During entrance exams at Beacon we're tested to see which type of magic best suited us, and when we got our text books, they were all on our respected elements of Demonslayer magic."
"I see." Scythe exclaimed. "Well, I'm going to just sit under that three, and sleep." Scythe yawned pointing to a random tree.
"I have a better idea." Ahri smiled. "Why not take a nap in my RV?"
"Are you sure?" Scythe asked.
"Yes of course, and as a show of my gratitude for defeating a demon like him, you both get backstage passes to our next concert." Ahri smiled.
"We'll be in our RV's if you need anything." Evelynn smiled.
"Wait, you each have your own RV's?" Scythe asked.
"Of course we do. How else do you think we have room to practice our magic while we're on the road?" Akali questioned, smiling under her mask.
"Okay, well if the magic council shows up, tell them what had happened and let them know I'm sleeping." Scythe yawned as Ahri led him and Wendy to her RV.
Once Ahri had opened the door, she motioned for Scythe to lie down on the couch of the RV, as Wendy grabbed a spare pillow from the closet she was told to get it from, and a blanket was thrown on him as soon as he began to lightly snore.
~In Scythe's Dreamscape~
"Scythe… Scythe wake up."
"Mmm, five more minutes. I just got done with my test." Scythe groaned still half asleep.
"Scythe, wake up right now or I'm going to turn you into a piñata and let Jack smack you around with her favorite baseball bat." Rin grumbled pulling his cheek.
"Fine, I'm up, I'm up, what's going on?" Scythe asked sitting up, finding he was sitting in the graveyard from when he met Grimm Reaper. "Oh, this place. Not creepy at all waking up in a cemetery."
"Just listen." Shirou sighed leaning against a tomb stone. "Earlier when you were fighting the Demonslayer Jack, you had managed to show some of what you inherited from us."
"What I inherited from you?" Scythe questioned.
"Yes. You remember what Ulster told you about our war names right?" Rin questioned.
"Yeah, grandpa was the Dragon, and you were the Kitsune. What's this gotta do with what I inherited from you?" Scythe inquired.
"When we got here, creating the village wasn't the first thing we did. We had to know where we had ended up. So we started scavenging through the world, at the time, the lands were filled with mythical creatures, such as dragons, kitsune's, kappa's, and many others." Rin stated. "About four hundred years ago to be exact."
"When we were spotted however, it turned out we were in the territory of those creatures that thought of humans as nothing more than a snack." Shirou exclaimed.
"Your grandfather had ended up fending off a preteen dragon, and I had fought off a very powerful kitsune." Rin stated. "Now keep in mind, we hadn't regrouped with the others at this time, so we were also on a mission to regroup with everyone who had joined us in Earthland."
"Though because of our magic being from another world, we had gained some traits of the creatures we had fended off, in short, even though I'm not a Dragonslayer, I had gained the ability to access, second stage Dragon Force, an in that form I gained immunity to fire." Shirou exclaimed.
"While even though I'm not a kitsune, I was able to use kitsune magic, even grew a couple tails whenever I had reached the pinnacle of that magic." Rin explained. "But those only came out when I was reaching limit in battle."
"So, what is this about?" Scythe asked.
"You are somehow able to access our Dragon and Kitsune essence, even though none of our children showed positive on any of the tests we performed to see if they had inherited it." Shirou stated. "It would appear, that the Kitsune and Dragon essence skips a generation, meaning instead of being divided up amongst our children, it all went to you."
"So what you're saying is, I can call upon your help when I need it?" Scythe questioned.
"In a sense, you can only call upon our Dragon and Kitsune essence, even materialized them when you summon Amaterasu and Raijin." Rin stated. "Your power levels haven't increased with inheriting our mystic essences, you just unlocked what has always been there."
"Okay, this is all so confusing." Scythe sighed.
"Well, get back to sleep, you've been through a lot." Shirou exclaimed.
~Sometime Later Back in Reality~
"Excuse me."
Wendy turned around from her healing of those who had gotten hurt during the stampede of panicking teens, to see Org standing there, with a curious look on his face.
"Could you please tell me where I might be able to find Scythe Strauss? I have something I need to give him." Org exclaimed stroking his beard.
"He's currently resting and recovering from a battle he had with someone who shouldn't have picked a fight with him." Wendy said, motioning to the motionless body of Jack, showing he was wrapped up in bandages like a mummy. "That's what happened to the guy who fought him."
"I see." Org exclaimed.
"If you're concerned about him being human, don't. He was actually the secret weapon for an army ran by a man named Ulster, he lost his humanity when he unlocked a forbidden stage of his Demonslayer magic." Wendy explained as she went back to healing the teen she was next to.
"Oh, so that's what happened to the missing soldier who wasn't accounted for." Org said.
"Huh?" Wendy questioned.
"Oh please forgive me, my name is Org, I'm with the Magic Council, I'm looking for Mr. Strauss to give him his S-Class badge." Org said holding up something wrapped in a piece of cloth.
"Look no further Org. I'm standing right here."
Org and Wendy turned to see Scythe walking to them, scratching the back of his head with a yawn.
"Sorry I ran off on you like I did sir. I had panicked a bit." Scythe smiled.
"Scythe, you're up. Are you doing okay?" Wendy asked standing up.
"I'm doing fine Wendy, just had a weird dream is all." Scythe exclaimed scratching the back of his head.
"Well, here you go young man, I hope you enjoy your new ranking as S-Class." Org exclaimed.
"Thanks." Scythe smiled taking the wrapped parcel. "Oh by the way, Org, I was curious about something. The ruins Petunia village is built over, what are they of?"
"Well, my understanding is they're the ruins of an old school from four hundred years ago. Rumored even to be where the Black Wizard Zeref made his appearance for the first time, and killed everyone within a five mile radius." Org exclaimed.
"If it's where all his first victims were, then it's most likely he was a student at that school, and he wound up cursed for digging into a lost magic that he couldn't control." Scythe exclaimed. "That's usually how it is if a famous user of black magic comes to light."
"If that is the case, then I'd assume, your grandparents knew about this and built the village over it to make sure no one got their hands on anymore of Zeref's research if there was ever a dig-site in that area." Org exclaimed.
"I'm not sure what this is all about, but I'm just happy Scythe is safe and in good health." Wendy stated hugging his arm. "Too bad the concert is cancelled."
"Indeed. Well, I should probably get you back to Cait Shelter, and return home myself." Scythe sighed. "It was good talking with you again sir, and thank you for answering my question."
"You have yourself a good night to young one." Org smiled as Scythe brought his bike out from the Celestial Armory with the helmets. "Be safe driving home."
"We will." Scythe smiled before he drove off.
~The next morning at Fairy Tail~
"Hey Mira, when do you suppose Scythe will be back from that job of his?" Lucy asked drinking from a mug.
"I'm not sure, there was a concert tonight he said he was going to with a friend, so he should either be back after that, or he's missing it because of the job." Mira exclaimed cleaning out a glass Cana had used for wine.
"Well, he's been gone for what, four days, five? Something's gotta be going on with him." Lucy sighed.
"I understand he was requested by the Magic Council, I just hope it wasn't a trap to lure him out and capture him, turning him into a weapon." Mira stated, sounding concerned.
"He isn't Weapon-X you know." Lucy chuckled. "I'm sure he'll be fine. He's a tough kid, it would take a lot to take him down."
"Yeah I guess you're right." Mira sighed.
"That being said, do you think he's gotten over his self-loathing?" Lucy questioned.
"I'm not sure, but I'm certain he's picking himself back up by now."
"So, what was the concert he went to about?" Lucy asked.
"I think it was for that popstar group K/DA." Mira stated.
"Seriously, I love K/DA, they're an amazing popstar group; oh I hope he brings me back something from the concert." Lucy squealed.
"I doubt he's going to bring you back anything on a guess." Mira smiled. "But who knows?"
As if on que, the doors opened up, with Scythe walking in slightly wet from the rain.
"Scythe, what are you doing? Were you out driving all night?" Lucy questioned as he dried himself off by raising his body heat with the holy fire.
"Yeah, it started raining by the time I was half way home, and the closest inn was here in Magnolia, so I couldn't get someplace dry." Scythe exclaimed sitting next to her.
"Well I'm glad to see you're doing fine." Mira smiled fixing him a hot beverage. "Here sweetie, your favorite."
"Thanks…" Scythe chuckled. "By the way mom."
"Hmm?" Mira asked, before gasping as Scythe lifted the pendent out from under his shirt, dropping the glass in her hand.
"Grandma and Grandpa say hi." Scythe smiled. "They're proud for who you've become and they're not mad at you for becoming a mother so young."
"Wait, your grandparents? You got to see them on the job?" Lucy asked.
"T-that's impossible." Mira stated as her eyes filled with tears.
"Why is that impossible?" Lucy asked.
"M-my parents have been dead for years. That's my mother's pendent he's wearing." Mira cried seeing the smile on his face.
"Their souls didn't depart to the afterlife mom." Scythe stated drinking from him mug. "They reside in the Celestial Armory, that Grandfather created himself."
"Oh, Scythe." Mira sobbed, pulling him in for a hug crying tears of joy. "W-wait, if you saw them, then that means you went to Petunia Village."
"I did, that was actually where the job was taking place at." Scythe sighed. "Ulster was building up an army to overthrow the kingdom."
"But, stopping something like that is an S-Class mission or higher. Why would the council send you on a job like that?" Lucy questioned.
"Org used it and said to consider it my final S-Class trial, and if I succeeded, I'd be promoted to S-Class, and given a reward that would put me into retirement right now." Scythe exclaimed.
"How big was the reward?" Mira asked.
"$700,000,000 jewels." Scythe stated. "Not only that, but I was put on the list of candidates for the empty ranks of the Wizard Saints. That I don't really care about, I'm just glad I got justice for what Ulster did to you mom." Scythe smiled, as Lucy and Mira were still slack jawed as Scythe told them the reward as if it were nothing.
"Hold up, you're a millionaire now?" Lucy questioned.
"It don't matter to me." Scythe smiled. "Money doesn't buy happiness, am I right?"
"Yeah, you have a point." Lucy exclaimed before noticing something on the left side of Scythe's neck. "Hold up what's this?" She said mischievously.
"What's what?" Scythe asked as Lucy got a closer look at it.
"Oh, it's lipstick." Lucy said with a mischievous smile. "You went on a date with that girl Juvia saw you with at Akane didn't you?"
"Hey, it wasn't like that. I just won two tickets at the Strongman game, and since both were for the same concert, I gave one to her." Scythe said, blushing heavily as this became the topic of interest.
"Oh, my baby boy is growing up so fast. Who's the lucky girl sweetie?" Mira asked, gushing over it.
"This must be some magical stuff if it didn't wash off after a few hours in the rain." Lucy smiled.
"Oh what do we have here?" Natsu asked walking over putting his arm over Scythe's shoulder. "So the student becomes a playboy huh? She must have been quite a cutie to get you blushing as madly as you are."
Natsu moved the chain of the pendant, looking at the mark.
"No way, she's a Dragonslayer to? You dawg." Natsu smirked.
"What do you mean Dragonslayer Natsu?" Mira questioned.
"This mark on his neck isn't any ordinary lipstick. Igneel explained it to me, it's the mark of a female Dragonslayer, meaning she's marked him as a potential mate, all she's gotta do is kiss it again, and it'll become like a tattoo, marking him as her mate." Natsu smiled. "We men have something similar, but instead of a kiss, it's a bite that doesn't break the skin."
"Is that what those marks on Ruby's neck are? I thought they were just hickes." Scythe chuckled.
"Very funny kiddo, but just so you know, if she doesn't kiss that same spot again, the mark will fade over time. So you best hope she's the one, otherwise you're going to feel heartbroken for the longest time." Natsu stated pushing his head away, playfully.
"When she marks him as her mate, does that mean they're married?" Lucy questioned, Mira almost having a panic-attack.
"Nah, it's just a warning to all other females, it's telling them not to make a move on him, or they're going to regret it." Natsu explained as Mira sighed in relief.
"Good, because I'm not sure I could handle my little boy getting married so soon." Mira stated.
"You won't have to worry about that until Scythe actually pops the question." Natsu smiled, as he continued to tease Scythe. "So what does this girl look like?"
"Well, I wouldn't say we're dating, I mean we've only seen each other for the fourth time now? She's the girl I rescued from that burning yacht, and the one who help tend to my wounds after the Tower of Heaven thing." Scythe exclaimed blushing madly.
"Oh, her knight in shining armor." Mira cooed her hands on her cheeks.
"Quite the catch kiddo, but seriously, what does she look like?" Lucy questioned.
"Well, she comes up to about my nose, she's actually the perfect balance between muscle, and fat, about 80%-muscle and 20%-fat, nicely toned, she has royal blue hair that reaches just past her waist, and she mainly wears sleeveless dresses. She's sort of shy and meek all the time, and she's kinda cute when she is, and even cuter when she tries to act tough." Scythe exclaimed blushing harder with each description.
"Oh, sounds like somebody's in love." Lucy teased.
"Word of the wise bud, go for it, she sounds like the perfect girl for you." Natsu smirked.
"She does. So how'd the concert go?" Mira questioned.
"It never happened." Scythe sighed, happy the topic was on something else.
"What do you mean?" Natsu asked. "I thought you said it was tonight?"
"It was, but somehow one of the soldiers from that army growing in Petunia village escaped the Council's clutches, and followed me to when I picked up Wendy and to the concert." Scythe explained. "Twisted part was, it was Wendy's last ex."
"Oh, is that the name of the girl you were going to the concert with?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah. Anyways, he had been in jail for reasons that are not mine to tell, but the reasons were why Wendy broke up with him. So anyways, he was a Lava Demonslayer, and had lost his humanity just like Ulster did." Scythe began. "Anyways, he chose to lite the stadium on fire with lava by causing a couple explosion. He and I fought, and he's now being cremated as we speak." Scythe exclaimed taking a big swig from his mug.
"What?" Lucy asked.
"Scythe, I understand you were protecting this Wendy girl, but killing another human is crossing the line." Mira scolded.
"Did you not hear me?" Scythe questioned. "He had lost his humanity when he unlocked a forbidden stage of his slayer magic. He was a demon, not a human when he unlocked it. Another Demonslayer who was working as a guard for K/DA even said I had nothing to worry about."
"Please tell me you didn't kill Ulster to?" Mira groaned in understanding.
"I wouldn't have had to if he hadn't been turned into a Demon from the Library of Zeref." Scythe exclaimed. "He studied under Zeref for years, and was turned into a demon. Councilman Org said that I was well within my rights in killing him. I didn't want to, but he left me with no choice."
"I see." Mira sighed. "So, is there anything else he did besides study under Zeref?"
"He summoned that She-Devil you absorbed, and took advantage of the fact you didn't know you had magic, to drive you out of the village so you wouldn't stop his plans." Scythe explained.
"I see." Mira said, a bit in shock.
"So, onto a lighter topic." Scythe began. "Did you know that Ahri, from K/DA, is a big fan of mine?"
"Really? For what?" Lucy asked.
"For being the God of War from Fairy Tail." Scythe chuckled. "She's read every article about me from Sorcerer Weekly, and has picture of me all over her dressing room, even has some fan art about meeting me to."
"I'm a little surprised, a popstar like her, would act so childish and like a fangirl." Mira smiled, obviously happy to switch topics.
"I know right? But as a thank you for saving all their lives, I get backstage passes, and all that, free for the next bunch of concerts that are around Magnolia." Scythe explained.
"Wow, you're really popular with K/DA huh? You gonna be taking Wendy?" Natsu questioned.
"Of course I am." Scythe stated. "She is one of their biggest fans after all."
"Oh someone is in love." Lucy chuckled.
"One more thing mom." Scythe stated, with a serious tone, ignoring Lucy's teasing. "I want you to understand, I was never mad at you when I was avoiding you. I understand why you left me with that family, and I'm sorry that I made you worry so much. I just didn't know how to process it, and kept blaming myself for something I had no control over, I truly am sorry, for making you so concerned and upset about my reaction to you telling everyone the news."
"Oh Scythe, sweetie, you have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you say that." Mira smiled hugging him.
"Grandma and Grandpa aren't mad either. They understand it wasn't your fault, and you had no choice in the matter, they were also happy you chose not to have an abortion." Scythe smiled, hugging her back.
"Of course I wouldn't have an abortion, that's just too cruel to do to an unborn child that nobody should do." Mira smiled, putting a hand on his head.
"I'm glad I could be reunited with you." Scythe smiled.
"Well, now that we have this whole mess sorted out, why don't you go home and get some rest?" Mira questioned. "You seem like you could use the sleep."
"Alright." Scythe smiled as they ended the hug.
"Be safe when returning home, and there's some chocolate milk in the fridge." Mira explained. "Feel free to drink it."
"I'll see you later mom." Scythe exclaimed returning home.
Meanwhile, up on the second floor, Laxus sat there, with a scowl on his face, and a glare at Scythe as he left the guild hall.
'That weak brat became S-Class before the trials? I don't believe it. Why would the council of all people allow him to become S-Class, or to even allow him to walk, unless they don't know he's Acnologia's son, in which case, they will be getting a parcel real soon.' Laxus stated, with a smirk. 'Better watch your back brat, you're about to become the Council's next secret weapon.'