Enter the Armored Fairy Queen, Erza Scarlet
"And so, I was able to complete my first quest with a little help from Natsu, Happy, and Nine. It was tough and scary, I won't deny that, but it was an experience I'm going remember during my time with Fairy Tail with lots of fun." Lucy said while writing a letter to her pen pal.
"Hopefully I'll also find the courage to tell Natsu how I feel." Lucy smiled blushing.
"Hope to get a respond from you soon, Lucy Heartfilia." Lucy signed the letter and place it inside an envelope.
Lucy went outside of her apartment to drop her letter into the mailbox and look up at the clear blue sky while shielding her eyes a little from the sunlight.
"Something tells today is going to be great!" Lucy believed.
The Celestial Mage made her way over to the Fairy Tail guild to start a new day seeing everyone are being their usually selves, like Mira doing a little transformation magic to remind Wakaba about his wife which creeps him out a bit.
"Hello Lucy, you seem happy today." Juvia greeted.
"Hey Juvia, just sent a letter to my pen pal from another continent and I just thought today would be something great." Lucy explained her mood.
"That certainly seems like it, especially since you took down that fat ass guy by yourself." Nine said walking up to them.
"It really felt good taking out that guy with whatever combat skills I have and Vigro was also a big help too. I couldn't have finished him off without her." Lucy stated.
"Great, then why don't you go pick out a job for us because Natsu is feeling bored right now." Nine looked over to Natsu with his head on the table.
"Man, we should look for a job right now." Natsu groaned.
"Easy there, Natsu, I'm sure we'll do something today." Happy assured.
"Let's all go to the request board; Juvia was thinking of getting a job too." Juvia suggested.
The three make their way to the request board to see what kind of jobs are out for them to take though Lucy is surprised to see the kind of request are on the board, a job for lifting a curse cane, a love matching job, and fighting a lava demon.
"Jeez, I had no idea wizarding jobs were so varied." Lucy said.
"You be surprised of how some jobs can even be silly that could humiliate you." Nine stated.
"Sounds like you had an experience with one of those jobs." Lucy noticed.
"…I don't want to talk about." Nine angered scaring Lucy and Juvia as they promise not to ask her about it.
"Well, let me know if you find one you're interested in taking on." Mira said to them.
"Ah, the Master must be at the usually conference and you're in charge as well." Nine realized.
"What conference is the Master at?" Lucy asked curiously.
"One for the guild masters, every once in a while, they all get together to talk about the state of things. It's like the Magic Council, but not." Mira answered.
"Mind if I help with the explanation as well?" Nine asked.
"Sure." Mira nodded and turned to Reedus, the magic painter of Fairy Tail.
"Excuse me, Reedus? Could I borrow a light pen?" Mira asked and Reedus gave her the light pen.
"Pay attention because this is important to know. The Magic Council, also known as Era, is the most powerful magical organization in our magical world only second to the Government and there are only 10 members. It's a small number, but they're more capable when it comes to upholding the rules and regulations." Nine started the explanation and now letting Mira have a turn.
"And if a wizard were to break any of these laws, they would be tried by the Council. Then there's the different guild master leagues, which are local groups who work together then the individual masters. It's their job to pass on the decrees of the Council." Mira explained this part then it's Nine's turn.
"These individual masters like our Master Makarov communicates with the other Guild Masters as some of them are close friends, you could say they use to be in the same Guild once upon a time." Nine mentioned.
"They're also what keep us together though it can be a stressful job to the old geezers." Nine crossed her arms under her breasts.
"Wow, I never realize the magical guilds were interconnected like that." Lucy amazed.
"Juvia was having a hard time understanding most of this, but Juvia does know that if anything were to happen to the system then everything would fall apart, right?" Juvia hoped she got that one right.
"Yep, it's important that cooperate with each other." Mira nodded.
"And then the guys in black would show up!" Natsu sneaked up and scared Lucy.
"Natsu, we were having a serious talk." Nine scolded.
"I'm sorry, I was just bored thought it would be funny." Natsu laughed.
"Funny like trying to scare me to death?" Lucy glared at Natsu a little.
"But the serious thing is that there are bad people who would use that chaos for fun, the dark guilds." Natsu mentioned with a slight serious look on his face.
"Dark guilds are the ones who chosen not to join any of the leagues, making them magical criminal that would go as far as killing." Nine warned.
"Wow, that's harsh." Lucy worried.
"Don't worry, wizards like us can also take jobs in taking them out though only when the job is approved and all, I think." Natsu assured.
"So, have you picked out a job yet, Lucy? As part of the team, Nine picked out the last job and now it's your turn." Happy asked.
"Wow, I didn't know I was already part of one since I'm still new here." Lucy surprised sarcastically.
"Just try to be careful when going on jobs with flame brain. Even with Nine around, things are bond to get destroy." Gray warned with a little mocking.
"Big brother Gray, where are your clothes!" Juvia gasped and Gray gasp too upon just realizing this.
"So, why is it that Gray keep striping himself like that?" Lucy asked.
"Juvia not entirely sure, all he ever told me was that he was trained in the ice, snowy mountain to learn ice magic when he was a child." Juvia explained though doesn't know the entire story.
"Yeah, well, I certainly wouldn't want to team up with an icy jerk like him." Natsu glared.
Gray heard that, stands up from his seat next to the drinking Cana, and march to Natsu for a fierce face-to-face angry stare.
"Did you just call me an icy jerk, baby dragon boy?" Gray asked.
"And what if I did? What are you gonna do about it?" Natsu asked back.
Then the two started the name calling back and forth with their magic auras spiking up until Nine step in separating the two.
"Knock it off, do I have to keep scolding you two like children even though you should be young adults by now?" Nine reminded them.
"He's the one making fun of me!" Natsu pointed at Gray.
"I was just about to show him on how to end a fight he started." Gray glared at Natsu.
Nine sigh and snap her fingers shocking the two with a little lightning magic while the rest of the guild is watching and laughing.
"Why don't you join the team of love, with me later tonight, just the two of us?" Loke asked flirting with Lucy.
"Say what?" Lucy shocked to suddenly be ask out of the blue like that.
"HEY! I told you to stay away from her?!" Natsu shouted in rage.
"Sorry Loke, but you won't be getting anything from Lucy because she's a Celestial Wizard." Nine informed.
"What?! Are you for real?!" Loke gasped and saw Lucy's Celestial keys.
"Huh, yeah, I am." Lucy answered, weirded out from this reaction.
"Damn it, fate! Why must you be so cruel! I'm sorry, but we can't be together, my dear!" Loke ran off crying.
"What got into him all of a sudden?" Lucy asked.
"Loke had a bad history with Celestial Wizards." Mirajane mentioned.
"Rumor has it he dated one, they were pretty close for a while, but that didn't last long and ended pretty badly for both of them." Nine explained.
"I think that guy needs to get his act together." Natsu said.
"For once, I agree with you on that." Gray nodded.
"Here Gray, new pants for you." Juvia handed a new fresh pair of pants to Gray.
"Thanks, little sis." Gray thanked and put them on.
"You know, this guild is starting to feel like a big family right now." Lucy smiled.
"You got that right, being in a guild means being part of a big family with endless fun and adventures!" Happy excited.
Lucy nods at the blue talking cat believing Fairy Tail is the right guild to join after having a big fight with her dad and decided to leave on her own, this is everything she could dream of joining a guild as long as she can get use to all the fighting and crazy stuff which is one of Fairy Tail's own charm, in a way.
"Everyone! I got bad and big news!" Loke shouted coming back in.
This got everyone's attention to see what Loke has to say.
"It's Erza Scarlet, she's on her way here!" Loke revealed the big, bad news and everyone except for Natsu and a few to freak out a little in fear.
"Wow, just mention Erza and the whole place freaks out." Lucy surprised.
"Well, she is the second strongest female wizard we've got in Fairy Tail, and more than a bit intimidating." Mira said.
"Erza can also be very strict like a military high officer with rules and behavior." Juvia added.
"But other than that, she's very caring to her guild once you get to know her more." Nine mentioned, then everyone starts hearing heavy footsteps getting a little louder.
"Oh, that must be her now." Mira guessed.
"Even the air has gone quiet." Macao gulped.
"With these reactions, you'd think she is some kind of demon." Lucy started to imagine this Erza person to be scary.
"Don't worry, Erza is cool once you be friendly to her and shows about caring of life and such. Plus, mom made sure that Erza won't always be too strict." Natsu assured.
"That maybe so, but she is still scary when she gets mad." Gray said feeling his body shaking.
The heavy footstep sounds became louder until a person walked in carrying a very large object over the head and place it down on the floor, this person known as Erza Scarlet is here.
"I have returned. Where is Master Makarov?" Erza asked.
Erza is a young woman with long, scarlet hair and brown eyes. She wears a custom-made armor by Heart Kreuz smiths, a blue skirt, black boots, and diamond shaped silver earrings. Her Fairy Tail stamp is blue and is located on the middle of her left upper arm. Breasts sizes: GG-cup.
"Wow, she's pretty and fierce at the same time!" Lucy amazed of seeing Erza for the first time.
"Hey Erza, welcome back to the guild and glad to see you're still in one piece." Nine greeted friendly.
"Hi there, Erza! How was your adventuring?" Natsu greeted friendly too.
"Hello Nine, Natsu, thank you for the warm welcome." Erza greeted back with a smile.
"Welcome back, Erza. The Master's at a conference right now." Mirajane informed.
"So, um, what's that humongous thing you got there?" One Fairy Tail member asked.
"It's the horn of a monster that I defeated. The locals were so thankful, they decorated it and gave it to me as a souvenir." Erza answered.
"Do you have a problem with it?" Erza asked with a glare.
"I see you're still sounding like an officer again." Natsu commented.
"Because someone here has to be the voice of reason even when the Master doesn't care, don't think I haven't heard about what you did in Hargon." Erza gave Natsu the scolding eyes.
"Come on, the guy was being a totally bad with slave selling and all!" Natsu defended herself.
"Erza, do you remember the words I use to teach you?" Nine asked.
"That every flaw can make us unique and special than others, and that is what bring us together." I remember those words, but I just wish everyone would try to control themselves just a little." Erza sighed.
"You can't force others to change their ways, just let them be and they'll follow your led." Nine advised.
"Yes, you also said that." Erza said.
"In any case, is Gray here as well?" Erza asked looking around.
"Yes, right here, Ma'am!" Gray saluted at Erza still feeling scared of the woman.
"Hello Erza, Juvia is glad to see you here again." Juvia greeted a little friendly while trying to be brave.
"Hello you two, glad to see you both fine." Erza greeted friendly.
"You and Natsu haven't been fighting each other too much, have you?" Erza asked with a firm look.
"Nope, nope, though we were but mom stopped us." Natsu gestured to his adopted mom.
"I'm guessing Natsu is more open with Erza than the rest, huh?" Lucy asked.
"That's true, when they first met on the day, he and Nine first came to the guild, Erza beat them up to the wall to fight them from fighting in the guild and Nine have her the scolding that would've send her soul to Hell." Mira explained.
"Okay, now that's scary!" Lucy gasped.
"Although, Nine didn't stop Erza from beating up Loke when he tried to hit on her. He totally deserved it." Cana mentioned.
"Can't blame her for that." Lucy approved.
"Oh yeah, we got ourselves a new member." Natsu pulled Lucy in to join the conversation.
"A new member, that is certainly a surprise. I welcome you to Fairy Tail." Erza smiled at Lucy.
"Whoa, that's cool! I'm Lucy Heartfilia, it's an honor to meet you." Lucy greeted friendly thought nervous.
"Hey Erza, I hope I'm not sounding rude, but I could have sworn you were looking a little serious like something important just came up." Happy said flying up to Erza's face.
"No need to be concern of that because it is important, I need a favor from the Fire-Phantom duo and Gray for a favor." Erza said.
"A favor, you say?" Nine decided to listen to what this favor is.
"If she's asking both of us then it really is important." Natsu said to Gray who nods in respond.
"While traveling, I overheard something that has me worried. Normally, I would consult with the master before acting, but he's not here and this matter is utmost urgency." Erza explained.
"I see, this is so urgency that even you alone won't be able to handle it which is why you want the three us one of the few strongest wizards in Fairy Tail to join you on this." Nine figured out the rest.
"That's right, it's important that we work together to stop whatever trouble I overheard." Erza nodded.
The other guild mates are shocked to hear that Erza need help from not only Nine, but also Natsu and Gray to work together on this dangerous matter which could be trouble to a lot of people if not stop.
"Okay, we'll come as long as we bring Lucy and Juvia with us. Lucy needs more experience as a wizard and Juvia could be great help to us too." Nine stated her terms.
"Hold on, me coming!" Lucy gasped.
"Juvia too?!" Juvia shocked.
"Very well, they will come." Erza nodded.
"She just accepted like that!" Lucy and Juvia gasped of Erza's quick reaction.
"We'll meet at the train station tomorrow morning; I expect you all to be there." Erza said.
"Oh yeah, time to show whatever danger you heard about that Fairy Tail will crush it!" Natsu excited throwing his fist in the air.
But then Natsu excitement made him accidentally light punch on Erza's armor on the chest causing to blush like crazy of the embarrassment, and before Natsu could even say a word, Erza slap him on the face and send him flying to a wall.
"I'LL SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW!" Erza ran off to her home.
"I'm… sorry…" Natsu groaned.
"(Damn it, for too long I've been keeping these feelings and that was the finally straw.)" Nine thought determined, a little moan and blushing.
"Better pack the extra clothes." Juvia said.
"I'll get some snacks for the road." Gray volunteered for that.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you enjoy it!
Erza has come back to the guild and has ask the help of Nine, Natsu, and Gray to help her with something very important that she learned during her travel as Lucy, Happy, and Juvia are coming along. And it looks like Nine is reaching her limit on her certain feelings for Natsu as things are about to spark big between the mother and son in the next chapter!
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