Mama Mirajane-29
"What?" Natsu asked.
"There's a new Magic Council?" Grey questioned.
"Sure didn't take them very long." Lucy said.
"It is my duty, to uphold the law, and preserve justice throughout the land. So all evil doers, must be arrested." Lahar stated.
"We're not evil doers." Wendy stated.
"I don't get why we're even in trouble when we didn't do anything wrong." Happy exclaimed.
"At least, not that we know of." Natsu said.
"That's not gonna sell them on our innocence Natsu." Lucy said trying to calm him down.
"I'm not here to arrest you." Lahar stated. "I have been ordered to take the Oracion Seis into custody. I ask that you cooperate and hand over the member code named Hoteye."
"No never." Jura shouted.
"It's all right, I'll surrender." Hoteye exclaimed.
"Richard why?" Jura asked.
"I cannot fully embrace a life of virtue when my past transgressions continue to haunt me." Hoteye, or rather Richard, exclaimed. "This is my chance to atone for my sins. It's best that I have a clean slate when I find my brother. That way, I will have nothing to hide, don't you agree?"
"Indeed. May I continue the search for your brother in your stead?" Jura questioned.
"You'd do that for me?" Richard asked.
"I would be honored, I just need his name." Jura smiled.
"No need for that." Scythe smiled. "Richard, your brother Wally, is doing just fine, I ran into him on my way to giving Wendy a ride home the other day."
"You mean that blockheaded guy we saw at the gas station?" Wendy asked. "That would explain why you were so chummy with him."
"Wait, Wally?" Erza asked.
"He's actually happily traveling the continent right now." Scythe smiled. "He and everyone else who survived from the Tower of Heaven, were set free thanks to me and my friends."
"All these years I just kept telling myself, if I just stayed positive a miracle would happen, and low and behold, it has." Richard exclaimed as he began to cry tears of joy before embracing Scythe in a hug. "Thank you, thank you so much young man." Richard smiled, swinging around in joy.
"Alright, no problem, but could you put me down? I think the army surrounding us is going to shoot you if you don't. They're probably thinking you're taking me hostage in my weakened state." Scythe exclaimed.
"Oh, right I apologize." Richard said putting him down with a smile. "But I am forever in your debt, thank you for giving my brother his freedom."
Not long after that, Richard was escorted to the carriage where the rest of the Oracion Seis were gathered, all except a certain purple snake.
"I feel kinda bad for him you know?" Lucy asked.
"Me to." Happy said.
"I guess it can't be helped." Grey sighed.
"It must have been difficult, but I think he made the right decision." Carla said sympathetically.
"Alright, you've gotten Richard in your custody. Now undo the barrier." Scythe exclaimed.
"Sorry, but I'm afraid that's simply not an option at this time, at least not until we've captured our true objective." Lahar stated.
"Yeah, I'm gonna have to say otherwise." Scythe exclaimed cocking back his fist. "I might be out of magic energy, but I still have my celestial strength."
Scythe slammed his fist into the barrier, and shattered it, much to the shock of everyone standing there.
"Now if you'll excuse me, Wendy and I have a friend we need to go and bury." Scythe stated in a cold tone, before he was pushed back by a spear to his shoulder.
"You're not going anywhere, especially after you've shown violence towards the Magic Council's Army." Lahar said, being the one to wield the spear.
"You've just made the biggest mistake of your life." Scythe declared pulling a medal from his pocket. "I am under the King of Fiore's protection. Hope you have plans for early retirement, because the king doesn't take kindly to those who harm the people under his personal protection, especially, if they're a personal friend of Princess Hisui's. Not even the council can protect you now."
Lahar's face paled when he saw the medal held the royal emblem on it, which meant Scythe was telling the truth. Grabbing the neck of the spear, Scythe snapped the metal rod at the head and pulled it from his shoulder with a sting of pain, as his healing factor began to slowly cover it.
"C'mon Wendy, I'd prefer you not have to see this." Scythe exclaimed as Jellal was taken into custody.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE." Natsu shouted, pushing two soldiers out of the way.
"Natsu."
"I don't think that's a good idea." Lucy exclaimed.
"Stop this." Lahar demanded.
"Out of my way." Natsu said, fighting his way through the soldiers. "He's one of us, and that means he comes with us."
"Natsu." Wendy said in shock.
"No, don't do this." Jellal exclaimed.
"Subdue that man." Lahar ordered, as several more knights went running for him.
As Natsu went running to meet them, Grey came into the fray, and slammed into a soldier.
"Keep going Natsu." Grey shouted.
"Don't stop." Happy added.
"Give up." Grey exclaimed. "There's no way you guys can stop him. This is wrong anyway. Jellal took down Niruvāna. He just saved a whole lot of people and this is the thanks you give him?"
"You would punish this man for his sins, yet still choose not to reward him for his good deeds?" Jura questioned joining the fight.
"It pains me, but if you take him away, it will hurt Erza more." Ichiya shouted joining the fight.
"Hey, I can't see who I'm hitting so I'm innocent right?" Lucy questioned.
"Me to." Happy declared.
"No please, please don't take Jellal away forever." Wendy pleaded, as Carla was scratching at the knight who grabbed her.
"Get your hands…" Scythe growled appearing in front of the guard, with his fist cocked back. "Off of her." He exclaimed punching the guard in the gut, knocking him out.
"Come on. Let him go." Natsu growled. "Listen, you owe Erza big time. She needs you to stay by her side. She did it for you man. You gotta stay, cause whether you like it or not. You're one of us now."
"Good grief." Scythe sighed reaching out his right hand. "Amaterasu."
The fight was broken up as a swirling pillar of fire erupted from the ground, and Amaterasu appeared, standing beside Scythe and Wendy, using her fire to separate the guild members and Jellal from the knights.
"That's enough Natsu." Scythe exclaimed. "I understand your anger, I truly do. Jellal did prove himself useful against the Oracion Seis, but we can't fight the Magic Council, it's just not possible. Jellal is wanted for crimes that could put him on Death Row, twenty times over. I have ties in the Council I could use to make sure all he gets is a life sentence. But there's nothing else that can be done." Scythe stated as Amaterasu used her fire to pick up Jellal and put him back with the knights.
"But he's lost his memories Scythe, don't you understand that?" Natsu questioned.
"Who do you think was the one who brought him back from comatose? While under Brain's control, he had me bring Jellal back from his catatonic state. So yes, I do understand that the Ethernano his body absorbed blocked his memories, but the council doesn't care about that, they'd rather arrest him, than try to change him." Scythe exclaimed. "Lahar, because of this incident, consider us even for you stabbing me in the shoulder. I won't tell the king about it, if you don't tell the council about this incident."
With that, Scythe walked off, with Wendy and Amaterasu following close behind.
"I'm sorry Wendy." He sighed as they were the only ones within ear shot. "I wish there were more I could do."
"It's fine. As long as you get him out of Death Row, or at least try, I'll be happy." Wendy exclaimed as they walked back to Cait Shelter. "Scythe, what did you mean when you said we have a friend to bury?"
~Later on~
Scythe, Wendy, and Amaterasu stood by a stone altar, where the mechanical body of Yan lay motionless and still.
"Yan." Wendy sighed.
"She gave her life for mine." Scythe stated putting a rose in Yan's hands. "She might be made of gears and other such parts, but she did have a soul."
Slamming his hands together, Scythe created three rings of fire and sent them towards Yan, melting her down, as her liquefied body, dripped into a mold. Once the mold cooled, Scythe split it open, revealing a golden statue, of a kitsune sitting guard with nine flowing tails spread out behind it.
"She's beautiful Scythe. But why turn her into a statue?" Amaterasu asked.
"She was born a kitsune, so I thought it only right to let her leave this world in her kitsune form." Scythe exclaimed putting his hand on the head of the kitsune statue, before it disappeared in a shimmer of golden light. "There, now that she's in the Celestial Armory, there's no risk of her being destroyed or damaged."
"Smart idea." Wendy smiled. "Why don't we go and get some rest?"
"I don't know, you wanna just… stay out and watch the stars for a while?" Scythe asked.
(Cue Music… Something just like this: Chain-smokers & Coldplay)
Scythe and Wendy went down the hill from the altar with Amaterasu returning to a bit of distance behind them with a smile on her face, before she used her magic to create two beautifully designed sashes to which she used to wrap around Scythe and Wendy's waists.
"What's this for Amaterasu?" Scythe asked.
"In my culture, when I was still a normal human, it was customary for newlyweds to wear matching sashes for one hour sometime after their relationship was finalized." Amaterasu smiled.
"Newlyweds? Amaterasu what are you talking about?" Wendy asked her face blushing brightly.
"You finalized the mate mark on him right?" Amaterasu asked, in which Wendy nodded. "Then by dragon standards, you two are a newlywed couple."
Scythe and Wendy froze as they realized Amaterasu was right.
"Grandeeney didn't specify that part of the mate mark." Wendy exclaimed.
"My mom is so gonna kill me." Scythe paled.
"Relax you two. Though I would recommend you register this marriage with the council, and explain about why it matters." Amaterasu smiled before disappearing. "Enjoy your lives you two."
Scythe and Wendy just stood there, baffled as to Amaterasu's care free attitude about this situation.
"So… you up for the date still?" Scythe asked after a moment of awkward silence between the two of them.
"S-sure." Wendy said, still embarrassed.
Scythe and Wendy continued to walk down the slope of the hill, both of them still trying to figure out what to do in this situation.
'Holy crap, I'm married, to Wendy no less.' Scythe panicked in his head. 'Stay calm Scythe, you can do this. You've survived being a slave for Grimoire Heart after all, you can do this. You have more than enough money to pay for a mortgage, then later on down the road, maybe ten years or so, a couple of…'
Scythe stopped his mental rambling, as his face went red and steam poured out of his ears, at the thought of having kids with Wendy within ten or twenty years from now.
'Okay Wendy, it's okay, Carla is back at the guildhall, and she has no idea that we're newlywed or that we're signified as newlyweds due to the mate mark. So everything is fine. Once we get back, we'll figure out how to tell everyone. I guess this isn't so bad, I mean, he and I did start dating, and I did give him the potential mate mark before finalizing it.' Wendy thought. 'Though it is a bit sudden, I can tell he and I will be a good couple, and we will have wonderful children in the future…' Wendy smiled, before she went red at the realization at what she just thought of. 'WHAT AM I SAYING?'
"Hey uh Wendy…" Scythe began gaining her attention, while outreaching his hand. "Do you maybe, I don't know, wanna hold hands?"
"Oh, uh… I guess I'd like that." Wendy said taking it with a smile.
"Mmm…" Scythe was staring at her hand.
"W-what's wrong do I have a cut or something?" Wendy asked.
"Hold on." Scythe stated reaching into his pocket and pulling out a couple gold coins. "I found these in Niruvāna when we returned from the Celestial Armory, they're not made of any modern currency, so these should do. I should have regained enough magic for this."
Scythe held one coin between his thumb and index finger, and heated up the center of the coin, melting it and making it malleable. While the coin was still hot, he molded it into a ring shape and smoothed it out. Taking Wendy's left hand, he put the ring on her finger, it was a near perfect fit, a little big, but she'd grow into it.
"I thought, since we're married, due to the mate mark you gave me, we should at least finalize it with rings." Scythe said repeating the same process with the second coin.
"Scythe, I… I don't know what to say." Wendy said, truly touched by this gesture.
"You don't gotta say anything." Scythe smiled putting his ring on. "As long as you're happy, I'm happy."
Wendy smiled and jumped into his arms, to which he held her close and used the momentum to swing her around, before landing on his back on the ground, Wendy laying on top of him with a smile.
"You always know how to make me happy." Wendy smiled. "But wait, how are we going to make this relationship work from a distance?"
"It won't be a problem, I promise you." Scythe smiled hugging her, just as the sun rise came into view.
(End Song…)
"Everything will be fine Wendy. I promise you that." Scythe sighed sitting up. "Let's get going back to Cait Shelter. We've got some explaining to do."
~Later that day, around noon~
"Oooh, this is adorable." Lucy smiled admiring the outfit she got.
"Yeah, yeah. You look cute and all, but you're not nearly as sexy as me." Sherry stated posing in front of a mirror.
"Everyone in the village is a member of the guild. Cait Shelter's famous for its pretty textiles and clothes." Wendy smiled. "We've even gotten several orders of our colorful fabrics a month from Ms. Rarity now that I think about it."
"So, are these like traditional Nirvit styles?" Lucy asked.
"I never really thought about that before. But I guess that would make the most sense huh?" Wendy asked, hiding her hands behind her back, and in a pair of white gloves that went up to her biceps and triceps, while still wearing her sash given to her by Amaterasu, around her waist.
"I can't believe you had absolutely everyone in this guild but you is a descendant of the Nirvits." Sherry exclaimed.
"Well yeah, I'm the only one who joined after it was formed." Wendy stated.
"Come try this on Erza, I know how you love a costume change." Lucy smiled holding up a piece of clothing.
"Yes, I suppose." Erza said as she sounded real depressed.
"And I'm guessing you don't know when Cait Shelter joined the league of guilds along with the others, do you?" Sherry asked. "I don't wanna be rude, but I had never heard of your guild before all of us were thrown together. I know every guild can't be as popular as mine but still."
"Uh, which guild is in the top spot for the toughest guild in Fiore? That's right, Fairy Tail." Lucy stated. "Lamia Scale comes in at the fifteenth spot. But come to think of it, I've only heard of Cait Shelter through Scythe."
"Oh I don't know." Wendy stated before laughing a bit. "Wow, I didn't realize that we were so obscure."
"This is all very interesting. But everyone is waiting on us." Carla exclaimed gaining their attention.
Later after they left the guild, they were gathered around the center of town, with the guild master speaking to them.
"Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, not to mention Wendy and Carla. I commend your efforts in not only defeating the Oracion Seis, but saving our village from Niruvāna's wrath."
"We didn't really do that." Grey exclaimed. "That was more Scythe's doing."
"He risked his own life to keep a promise he made to Wendy. That in itself I honorable." Jura smiled.
"Speaking as a representative of our regional guild league, I Roubaul, offer my deepest gratitude thank you."
"Naburra. We are in your debt."
"We were happy to help you." A normal sized Ichiya exclaimed. "Master Roubaul."
"Alright Ichiya, how about you shut your trap before you invoke someone else's wrath besides Niruvāna's?" Scythe asked pulling him back with Purple Flame.
"Whoa, you know that spell?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah, Macao showed me how to do it." Scythe smiled.
"I suppose it's over now." Sherry exclaimed.
"You two should know, besides that incident at the beginning, I'm proud of you." Jura smiled, putting his hands on their shoulders.
"Thank you sir." Lyon smiled.
"Hey, we deserve a victory party." Natsu cheered.
"Aye sir." Happy cheered.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, it's time." Ichiya said singing into a carrot.
"Yes it's time." The Trimens exclaimed clapping along with him.
"To get down."
"To get down."
"And party."
"Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes." They began to dance.
"Party sounds great." Grey smiled, having stripped to his underwear.
"Please keep your clothes on." Lucy blushed. "You to buddy." She asked as Lyon did the same thing.
"So, is the Cait Shelter Guild feeling up to getting down?" Ichiya questioned after a bit more dancing and chanting. Eventually, everybody in the alliance, minus Scythe, began chanting and dancing as well before they all stopped, realizing they were the only ones who were doing it, as nobody in Cait Shelter, except for Wendy had joined in.
There was a still silence in the air as everyone from Cait Shelter were all contemplating on doing something.
"I'm truly sorry. I've neglected my duty to tell you about the Nirvit people. Please accept my sincere apology. Especially you, Wendy's mate." Roubaul exclaimed looking to Scythe.
"Mate?" Natsu, Erza, Grey, Happy, Lucy, Jura, Lyon, Sherry, Ichiya, Hibiki, Ren, and Eve asked in shock, practically shouting.
"Yeah, she finalized the mate mark. Which brings me to something Wendy and I need to tell you all." Scythe exclaimed as he was wearing a pair of gloves that stopped around the middle of his palms.
"You sure Scythe?" Wendy asked.
"We don't really have much choice." Scythe side as they met in the middle of the cobblestone path. "You see, last night Wendy and I found out something significant about the mate mark that not even she knew."
"It's something that involves committing to a serious relationship." Wendy said as they both began to remove the gloves on their left hands.
Once the gloves were removed, everybody's jaws dropped to the floor, including Carla's and all of Cait Shelter's as they held up their left hands, specifically, showing the rings on their fingers.
"We're married." Wendy smiled nervously.
"It was confirmed by Amaterasu last night." Scythe chuckled, with an equally nervous smile. "Because of the mate mark."
"Scythe, we will have a talk about this when we return to the guild." Erza said, a dark aura surrounding her.
"Let's finish what we were discussing." Roubaul exclaimed. "First let me clear the air about something. The truth is we are not descendants of the Nirvit people."
"What?" Wendy asked in shock.
"Indeed we are the Nirvits themselves; and many years ago, four hundred to be exact, Niruvāna was created, fashioned by my hands."
"By you?" Lyon asked in shock.
"I don't believe it." Lucy said in equal shock.
"Four hundred years ago?" Happy inquired.
"I thought if my dream of Niruvāna was made a reality, I could end the ghastly wars tearing the world apart. I would do so my reversing the morality of those who's minds were set on the destruction of others." Roubaul explained. "We made our home there, and we took great joy in what we accomplished through peace. We were a shining beacon of light in a once dark and shadowy world. However, despite our best intentions, we could not change the fact that for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. Niruvāna had brought light to what was once a terrible darkness, not by chasing it away, but absorbing it, so to speak."
"We learned most of this from my grandfather's journal. He was actually part of the Niruvāna project." Scythe sighed.
"The world yearns for balance and order. The light serves no purpose without the darkness, and vice versa." Roubaul sighed. "Light is born from darkness, and darkness is born from light. The two are forever intertwined."
"Yeah that's exactly how it played out for us." Grey exclaimed thinking of Richard and Sherry.
"All the world's evil, taken from those whose hearts were once consumed with it, was transferred to the peace loving Nirvits." Roubaul stated.
"It was?" Wendy asked.
"It was a nightmare." Roubaul said, closing his eyes. "Engulfed in rage and hatred, we slaughtered each other until no one was left standing. That's not quite true. For I am the only survivor."
Wendy's world seemed to fall apart around her, hearing this revelation that took even Scythe by surprise, as he was not aware of Roubaul being the one to slaughter the last of his people.
"Then again, in this particular situation, the word 'survivor' is a little misleading. In truth my body ceased to function, many years ago. What you see before you now, is a projection of the man I once was."
Wendy's eyes widened with shock as she heard these words, coming from a man she considered and looked up to as a father more than anything in his this world.
"As punishment for my sins, I this powerless spirit, have stood assemble over my creation for four hundred years. Keeping my weary eyes open, for the one who could at last, destroy Niruvāna, and consign it to the pages of history; and now, my post can be vacated for that person has been found."
"No… why didn't you tell me?" Wendy asked in frustration and sadness.
Instead of a verbal response, Roubaul shimmered a bit, before all the members of the Cait Shelter guild began to disappear, one by one.
"What's happening? Don't go." Wendy cried out.
"You can't just leave us." Carla added.
"Wendy." Scythe said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Magoona, Bagoo." Wendy called out two of their names.
"Everyone's disappearing." Hibiki exclaimed. "Right in front of our eyes."
"Why are you doing this?" Wendy asked. "Please don't go."
"I've deceived you Wendy. For that I am deeply sorry. All your fellow guild members were specters. They were nothing but illusions." Roubaul said in shame.
"Are you kidding me?" Natsu asked bug-eyed.
"Illusions with their own personalities?" Lyon asked.
"That takes powerful creation magic." Jura exclaimed.
"For many years, I lived in this deserted village alone. Always keeping a watchful eye over Niruvāna. Until one day, when a boy came to me, with a companion needing help." Roubaul stated.
"I need someone to take care of her for me'. The young boy said." Roubaul stated. "His eyes burned with such intensity and sincerity that I simply had no choice but to take the little girl in. I had resigned myself to a solitary existence, but there she was."
~Flashback Seven Years Ago~
"Hey mister, what is this place?" Toddler Wendy questioned Roubaul.
"Well, how do I put this?" Roubaul exclaimed, wanting to choose his words carefully for a child like her.
"He lied to me." Wendy exclaimed. "He said he was going to take me to a magic guild."
"Right." Roubaul stated, wanting to cheer her up. "This is a guild. A magical guild for sorcerers and sorceresses, of every stripe."
"Wow, really?" Wendy asked.
"Of course it is. Go on and see for yourself. Your new friends are all outside waiting for you." Roubaul exclaimed.
~End Flashback~
"I filled the village with apparitions so she wouldn't be alone." Roubaul stated.
"So you created an entire guild, just for Wendy?" Lucy asked.
"No one I cared for is a real person?" Wendy asked in disbelief. "How could you do something so cruel to me master?"
"Don't fret my dear." Roubaul exclaimed pointing behind her. "Calm down. Neither you nor Carla need those imaginary friends. You're surrounded by real friends who care for you." He smiled before he began to disappear. "A bright future awaits you. Embrace it with open arms."
"Master." Wendy cried as she ran for the disappearing man.
"To each and every one of you. I owe my deepest gratitude. I know I can leave Wendy and Carla in your hands." Roubaul's voice echoed as he disappeared within a bright light.
Wendy just sat there on the ground on her knees, crying as she felt like her who world had just been torn away from her, and shattered into a million pieces. Scythe began to walk up to her, when he heard Roubaul's faint voice echoing in his ear.
"Take good care of my daughter, God of War." Roubaul exclaimed.
Scythe felt the tears coming, but held them back, before grabbing Wendy by the shoulders and pulling her into a hug, one that she gratefully returned as she cried into him, wanting nothing more than to have her family back, all her friends, as her guild mark vanished.
"Everything's going to be okay Wendy." Scythe exclaimed holding her close. "I promise you."
"We know all too well, the pain of losing a loved one." Erza said putting a comforting hand on Wendy's shoulder. "But you'll heal, we'll help you. No matter what."
"Come with us. Be a part of Fairy Tail, after all, I can't exactly go anywhere without my wife now can I?" Scythe asked rubbing her back softly.
~4 Hours Later on a ship headed for Magnolia~
"Aah, this is just as good as Scythe's troya spell." Natsu smiled loving the breeze hitting against his face.
"Careful, the troya spell doesn't last forever Natsu. Remember?" Scythe asked.
As if on cue, Natsu fell to the deck, looking ready to puke his guts out again.
"Told ya." Scythe smiled sipping on a soda.
"We're joining Fairy Tail, this is so exciting." Wendy smiled.
"By the way mister." Erza said pulling Scythe's ear. "We still need to talk about a couple things, one of them involving Wendy."
"Alright, alright, just please stop pulling so hard, I feel like you're gonna tear it off." Scythe pleaded. "Geeze, I knew I should have gone on my bike with Wendy."
"First off, do you even understand what marriage is?" Erza asked.
"Yes I understand. It's a commitment you can't back out of, unless both parties mutually agree to ending, the relationship. To which divorce proceedings follow and all that stuff." Scythe exclaimed rubbing his ear. "But more than that, the actual definition of marriage, if a lifelong commitment of two people who love one another, and promise to be by each other's sides until death claims either one or both of them."
"Furthermore, do you understand the responsibility that comes with marriage?" Erza asked.
"Yes, I do. I'm responsible for making my half of our living, for making sure my wife is safe, and happy. I don't plan on being a deadbeat husband like Gildarts was to his wife."
"How do you know about that?" Erza asked.
"It's a secret I'm not allowed to tell." Scythe exclaimed. "Now what's the second issue?"
"This." Erza said pulling a cigar out of Scythe's pocket, much to his annoyance. "Care to explain why you're suddenly a smoker?"
"What's the big deal? It's not like it's gonna have any effect on my lungs." Scythe exclaimed trying to swipe it back from her, only to fail.
"The big deal, is that it sets a bad example for those who look up to you. Romeo for instance." Erza exclaimed. "Plus you're not old enough to smoke, let alone purchase these things."
"So there's no law on under aged drinking, but there is one on under aged smoking? That totally makes sense. What the hell is Toma thinking?" Scythe asked leaning back into his chair. "Fine, take it."
"This conversation isn't over young man." Erza stated. "When we get back to Magnolia you're going to give me your entire stash of these."
"C'mon, why? I bought them fair and square." Scythe exclaimed.
"C'mon Scythe, please just give them to her." Wendy pleaded giving him a look he couldn't resist.
"Oh come on Wendy, you know I can't say no to your baby dragon eyes, no matter how badly I want to." Scythe groaned, trying not to look at her. "Fine, once we get home I'll give you my stash of cigars, but only if you don't tell my mom about them."
"Dude, your grandmother is probably telling her right now." Grey exclaimed.
"I'm dead." Scythe groaned.
"Cheer up, at least you have something interesting to tell the others when we return to the guild." Lucy smiled softly.
"Oh, Lucy I almost forgot, did you form a contract with Scorpio, Gemini, and Aries yet?" Scythe inquired.
"On the way to the ship." Lucy smiled. "You wouldn't happen to have had anything to do with that, right?"
"He probably did. He is a Celestial Knight after all." Grey smiled.
"Nope, they just asked me if I knew any good, kind hearted Celestial Sorcerers, after I refused to sign a contract with them. I just told them your name and they were gone within seconds." Scythe smiled.
'Somehow I feel he doesn't even realize he ordered them to make a contract with me.' Lucy mentally deadpanned.
~Magic Council Era~
"Now presenting, Iron-Rock Jura of the Ten Wizard Saints." A frog woman proclaimed as the Wizard Saint came in.
"Welcome Jura. I trust you're here for a meeting about who should fill in the empty spots of the Wizard Saints?" Org asked.
"I am indeed. But I am also here on another matter as well." Jura exclaimed. "Do the names Scythe Strauss and Wendy Marvell ring anybody's attention?"
"Yes, young Strauss is a trusted allay to the Council, and a close friend to Princess Hisui and King Toma." Gran Doma stated. "Ms. Marvell however, does not ring any bells."
"Wendy Marvell, is the Maiden of the Skies, the Sky Dragonslayer." Jura exclaimed. "And by Dragon standards, Mr. Strauss's wife."
"His wife? How old are they?" Leiji inquired.
"According what they've told me, Mr. Strauss is nearly fifteen and Ms. Marvell will be turning fourteen in a couple days." Jura exclaimed. "But they are technically married, because Ms. Marvell marked Mr. Strauss with the dragon's Mate Mark."
"I see. So she found a husband through draconic means, not normal human means." Gran exclaimed rubbing his beard.
"That is correct. For what I wish to ask, is for permission to wed them properly under normal Fiore Law. Wendy is an orphan, so there's no parental consent we can receive from anyone but herself, while we will have to receive parental consent from Mr. Strauss's mother." Jura exclaimed.
"Very well. All those in favor of granting permission to this request do so with a showing of the hands." Gran declared raising his hand.
At least a good majority raised their hands, leaving only Yuri, as someone who wasn't beside this idea.
"Majority votes the approval of this action. You may now proceed to the meeting room." Gran exclaimed.
Jura walked back through the court room to the meeting room, where at least five others were present. Draculos Hyberion, Wolfheim, Warrod Sequen, Makarov Dreyar, God Serena, plus he himself made a total of six, whereas the other two were not going to make it.
"Jura, it's good to see you again." Makarov exclaimed. "I take it the mission to stop the Oracion Seis was a success?"
"Indeed it was." Jura smiled. "I was especially impressed with young Mr. Strauss. His power is truly the stuff of legends."
"You flatter me with your kind words towards one of my children." Makarov smiled softly.
"Now that the majority of us is here, we can begin the meeting." God Serena exclaimed. "First order of business, finding out what happened to the criminal Jack, who escaped from prison some time ago."
"There's no need to worry about him." Makarov exclaimed.
"You seem to be nonchalant about this old man. But need I remind you, that he is a Demonslayer, a Lava Demonslayer at that."
"Oh dear, I do hope Wendy will be all right." Jura exclaimed, before remembering her saying something about Scythe protecting her from Jack over a month ago.
"You seem to misunderstand what I mean Serena." Makarov stated. "One of my children already took care of him, though I am sad to say, it was in a manner that is not befitting of a noble knight, but was an action that had to be done."
"Didn't you read the report from a month ago?" Draculos inquired. "Jack was reported K.I.A when fighting against an enemy he could not hope to win against, who had been dubbed as an S-Class Sorcerer."
"I was not aware, my assistant must have forgotten to put that report on my desk or something." Serena exclaimed. "Next order of business, the Ten Wizard Saints Retreat Vacation at Akane Resort. Has everyone RSVP'd for that event?"
"I have." Jura smiled raising his hand.
"So have I." Draculos said.
"Same." Wolfheim stated.
"I unfortunately cannot attend." Makarov stated.
"I as well cannot." Warrod stated. "This time I'm not joking."
"I have as well." Serena stated. "Now, final order of business. Finding replacements for the two empty seats of the Ten Wizard Saints. Anyone have a suggestion or two for a nominee?"
"I would like to nominate Scythe Strauss." Jura said raising his hand.
"Any particular reason why you're wanting to nominate one of my children?" Makarov asked.
"I have seen his power first hand. He is strong, he is smart. He took charge against the Oracion Seis, and assigned each of the alliance to their respective partners. Having personal knowledge of their strengths and weaknesses." Jura explained. "To put a cherry on top of that knowledge sundae, his power far surpasses my own. He took out the only member of the group second only to Brain, in one hit, while destroying half the buildings on top of Niruvāna's back, at the same time."
"What magic does he use?" Serena asked, taking notes on this.
"The child is the son of Acnologia." Makarov said, shocking most of the members there. "But he does not use the same magic as his father. He uses several different types of magic, one of them being Etherion Godslayer Magic."
"Etherion… Godslayer you say?" Serena asked, his pencil dropping out of his hand.
"Indeed. Scythe was a tormented child, born as a lab experiment, and enslaved by the Dark Guild Grimoire Heart, for six months, before coming to Fairy Tail." Makarov explained.
"How may I ask, did he manage to escape them?" Warrod asked.
"He didn't…" Makarov stated. "After six months of being in forceful service to them, he was used for their Master's Etherion Experiments, in an attempt at trying to find Acnologia's son. They thought he had died, when in reality his body had just shut down into a catatonic state, to assimilate the Etherion Godslayer Magic he was injected with, and replace the Dragonslayer Magic with it entirely. So due to their lack of further looking in, they dumped him on the ground, outside of Magnolia, when he was only five years old."
"Five? But his records say his age is fourteen…"
"During the war Phantom Lord had started, they had made a deal with Hades, and he used a forbidden spell from a Book of Zeref known as the Demon Heart from the Library of Zeref, to force Scythe's age to advance until he became the age he's at now." Makarov explained.
"Is there any way for the spell to be reversed?" Jura questioned.
"No. The spell is irreversible. He has already come to terms with that fact however, and plans to live his life to the fullest." Makarov exclaimed.
"Motion to allow Mr. Strauss to take one of the remaining two seats?" Serena asked raising his hand, before the other five followed. "Very well… As for the final vacant seat… We will meet at a later time to discuss it. Meeting adjourned"
~Fairy Tail Guild Hall two days later~
"Man I'm gonna be feeling this for a month." Scythe groaned, sitting on a block of ice Grey made for him. "You'd think mom trains with that paddle for three hours a day."
"Serves you right for smoking cigars." Erza stated eating a slice of cake, only for it to be swiped away before she could take a single bite from it.
"No cigars for me, means no cake for you." Scythe exclaimed tossing her piece of desert out.
"Hey, that's not fair. Cake isn't bad for you."
"It is when it's in large quantities." Scythe stated.
"So, have you told your mom about the whole, you know, marriage thing?" Natsu asked, chowing down on some food.
"Not yet. I'd figure I'd wait until after she calms down from the whole cigar situation before I tell her." Scythe sighed.
"What's this I hear about a marriage?" Miia asked.
"It's complicated." Scythe stated.
"I'm back everyone." Makarov called after opening the front doors to the guildhall. "I've also brought a friend with me, as we've got a couple of surprising announcements."
"Jura?" Scythe inquired.
"Good day to you to Scythe." Jura smiled.
"What's going on?" Miia asked as Wendy came up sitting beside Scythe, her Fairy Tail Guild mark in the same location and color as her Cait Shelter mark.
"Oh, looks like we've got another new member." Makarov smirked.
"Makarov, she's the one I told you about." Jura stated, seeing both of them were wearing their gloves. "It looks like neither of them has mentioned anything yet about the, you know what."
"Well, everyone's about to find out today." Makarov smiled pulling a box out from behind his back. "First off, my announcement. Scythe Strauss. Step forward if you will."
Scythe shrugged his shoulders and stepped up to Master Makarov as he presented him with the box.
"Open it my boy." Makarov smiled.
Scythe looked skeptically at the box, remembering the last time he opened one Master Makarov gave him, was a prank, involving a pie to his face off a spring loaded trap.
Opening the box carefully, Scythe peeked inside, and was relieved to find it wasn't a prank, but surprised to find it was something entirely different.
"Scythe Strauss…" Makarov stated. "The Council, and the Wizard Saints, have all agreed unanimously, that you, are to become the Wizard Saint, holding the title of Number8 in the rankings. Do you accept this great offer?"
Scythe was astonished that he would actually be chosen for a seat among the strongest in Fiore, and didn't know what to say, but managed to get the words out when Wendy reached through his arm from behind, and grabbed the medal in the box.
"I do accept this offer." Scythe stated as Wendy clipped the chain around the back his waist like a belt, before twisting it around, to show off the Wizard Saints Emblem belt buckle.
"Good, now for Jura's announcement. Everyone here, is in for a real doozy." Makarov smiled.
"Scythe, Wendy, please step forward and remove the gloves on your left hands." Jura exclaimed.
"Uh, Jura we haven't talked or told anybody about this yet." Scythe exclaimed talking under his breath.
"I understand that, but better to rip the Band-Aid than peel it off." Jura exclaimed.
"Fine." Scythe stated as he and Wendy began removing their gloves.
When they removed them, the duo held their hands out to Jura, as everybody in the guild gasped in shock.
"Are those wedding bands?" Miia asked. "Made of pure gold?"
"Yes they are wedding bands." Scythe exclaimed with a blush as he heard Mira gasp before fainting.
"Big sis, hang on." Elfman said catching her in his arms. "Young man, you have some explaining to do right now."
"Relax everyone. There is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this." Jura explained. "Care to do the honors?"
"Yeah… so… funny thing. Turns out once the mate mark of a dragon is… completed…" Scythe began, showing his neck to reveal the finished mate mark. "We're married, by dragon standards."
"Natsu, you told Mira that it just meant it was a warning to any other females who would be interested in him, besides the one who gave him the mark." Cana said turning to the pinket. "Not a full blown marriage."
"Turns out there was still some stuff Igneel never told me as he probably thought I was too young to know it. When I asked him where babies came from, he did a spit take from the lake we were drinking from, and began rambling about how I wasn't old enough to know that stuff." Natsu explained.
"Amaterasu suggested that I go to the council and register it either way. I just haven't had a chance to do so yet." Scythe exclaimed.
"I can help you with that young man." Makarov smiled. "First things first. Ms. Marvell, what has always been your dream wedding?"
"Well, I have a notebook under my bed depicting the things I'd want for my wedding so far." Wendy exclaimed blushing slightly. "But I'd sort of want one that's a bit, draconic in style."
"Then this is my announcement." Jura exclaimed. "The Magic Council has given me permission, to wed the two of you by our Fiore Standards. Do you accept my offer?"
"As much as I'd like for you to wed us Jura, I think we'd like to have Master do it himself." Scythe exclaimed. "It's no offense to you, it's just that. If Master were to do it, then we could truly say, that we had a Fairy Tail wedding."
"I understand completely." Jura smiled. "Makarov, do you accept the task of bringing these two together?"
"Let's hear what Ms. Marvel has to say about this." Makarov smiled. "Then I'll let you know."
"Well… I do want to marry Scythe." Wendy smiled. "I mean, it would be nice to have our current guild master wed us, especially if he won't be around when Scythe takes over the guild."
"You're the next guild master?" Jura asked.
"Sure am." Scythe smiled holding up his arm to show the guild masters mark.
"Then I accept responsibility. The ceremony will be held in four days' time, along with the reception." Makarov announced. "Congratulations you two… enjoy your new life together."