Meet The FairyTail Guild
"Today, we'll embark on our training in the study of the martial arts." Master Roshi came closer to his three students, "Before we begin, though, let me tell you just a little bit about martial itself." He gave them all a look, "The reason one learns martial arts is to win in battles! Not to make girls say." he then gave them a funny face with his eyes moving above and swaying his body around. "Oh, beefcakes, you're so strong I want you!" He threw a kiss, playing his character well, before clearing his throat.
"Do you understand what I am saying?" Only Krillin nodded. "We must master the art of peace in addition to the art of war. We achieve victory by the art of war; victory is won by strategy; strategy is derived from the art of peace," This time, both Krillin and Natsu nodded. "However, if someone evil threatens you or any other innocent people with unethical forces, it is our duty to defend!" He finished his speech with a fist before asking again, "Do you understand?"
"Not a bit." Goku and Nastu aswered.
Clearing his throat, Roshi told the boys, "What I mean is know how to fight so we don't have to. We strive to maintain peace in the universe!"
"Ohhhh, that's it!? I got it, I got it!" They said gleefully.
"You two really are stupid..." Krillin mutters.
"So, are we ready now for the turtle hermit training?"
"Yes!" The three of them answered excitedly.
After asking a second time and having the same response, the turtle hermit turned around. "We'll start with light running. Follow me!" His three students followed his lead to the village below, not even breaking a sweat from jogging down a mountain and across a field. "Now stop!" He stopped them in front of a milk factory, confusing his small group, "Good morning!" he called to the goat. "I'm Master Roshi; I called you yesterday."
"Of course, I recognize your voice from the phone!" His accent sounded crackled, "Here is the delivery map..."
"I see..."
Their Master finally faced them, "Okay, each of you grabs a box." He pointed to the crates of milk, "We're delivering milk across the countryside!" Each box had at least six milk-filled glasses.
"Eh?! We're delivering milk...?!" Krillin asked in disbelief. "Huh?" Both of the spikey-haired pupils stared in confusion.
"It's a good way to train our bodies." They went over to the milk crates, each picking up their own as they listened to their trainer tell the milkman they were all going on foot instead of taking the helicopter; nervously, they also listened to him promising that they'd have all the milk delivered by breakfast. "Now, let's take it easy today and skip the entire three miles on the way to the first house on the list."
Krillin gave a terrified stare at the turtle hermit, "Three miles!"
"Skip?" Goku wondered out loud, glancing at Natsu, who shrugged.
The four went off with Master Roshi leading the three, singing, "Skip two, three, four! Skip two, three, four!" His song had his students repeating the tune. Goku had no trouble keeping up, and neither did Natsu, but Krillin was starting to lag behind. With his tongue out in exhaustion, he pushed onward, feeling slightly glad they made it to the first house.
"Okay, the next two houses are half a mile away!"
The group went through the road with little difficulty except for Krillin, "Come on, Krillin, we can't have you staying behind!" Natsu slowed down, kicking his sweaty back with his knee. After two of the three replaced empty milk bottles with fresh ones, Master Roshi told them, "Good, we're up to a good start. Now for the next two miles..."
"You mean there's more!?"
"Of course there is!" Roshi turned slightly red, screaming at the little boy, scaring the two youngest. Natsu and Krillin slightly hid behind Goku as he did this, "Here we zigzag between the trees along this path."
Finally, they made it halfway, "Master...Roshi..hiih...hiih..wouldn't it be...faster...if I go...on the...Nimbus cloud?" Goku asked as he started to feel his feet aching.
"That wouldn't be training!" He told the boy, "Did you know Gohan and Ox-King used to do the same thing, and not once did they complain to me?
Goku looked up in wonder, "What? My grandfather carried milk up here...like me?
At last, all three of the students made it to the top of the mountain, and Krillin delivered the next milk, "Oh my, thank you very much!" A monk came out of his small temple with a friendly greeting.
"Mornin'!" Goku told the monk.
Roshi hit the boy at his rudeness, "Hey! None of that "Mornin" stiff it's "Good Morning!"
"Owww...G...good morning," Goku told the monk while rubbing his head.
Chuckling, the monk said, "Training, I see? It's been a while, Master Roshi."
"Indeed, it certainly has been."
"looks like you're in good health as usual. How has the training been for them?"
"We've barely begun...but I see great potential in the three of them!"
Hearing the turtle hermit give them praise caused the three to hold hands and laugh joyfully. "If they get themselves in gear, they'll be ready for the World's Martial Arts Tournament."
"Oh, that's only eight months from today!" The monk gasps.
"The World's Martial Arts Tournament!" Krillin gave him a shocked expression.
Goku and Natsu had no clue what they were talking about, "What's that?" the two asked.
"It's an incredible tournament where martial arts masters gather from the world to see who's the strongest!" Krillin explained to them with excitement
"Wow!" They Gasped.
Goku started vibrating with animation, "The strongest, huh?!"
"W-will we really be able to enter?!" Krillin asks their Master.
"If you train seriously, then yes."
"Sounds exciting!" Natsu grinned; the monk nodded, agreeing with the boys raising their arms up and cheering.
Master Roshi interrupted their cheering, "You three aren't entering to aim for the top position, though. Things aren't that simple! To do so is arrogant; arrogance is for fools, not warriors! So you will enter the tournament with the sole purpose of improving your fighting skills."
"Wow, if we really get in, that'll be awesome!" Krillin said.
Natsu tapped his chin as she thought, "I wonder how stronger those people will be..."
"By then, we are going to be so strong!" Goku told them.
Roshi mutters to the monk, "Not if they don't finish delivering the rest of the milk today."
"Please do your best!" The monk told them before they departed. "Yes!" The turtle hermit students answered him.
Turning around to go back down the steps, Goku saw their mentor going in the opposite direction, "Uh...Master Roshi, aren't you going to walk across this log!"
Walking towards him, they stopped with their mouths gaping open, "Across there...?" Krillin trembled at seeing a very high cliff with only a log to reach the other peak.
Taking the lead, Roshi said, "Careful, one foot in front of the other," he held his arms out as he walked. "Now balance, balance."
Krillin, right behind him, tried not to look down but couldn't help himself, "Wahh! Wawahhh!"
"Concentrate and no whining!"
Goku looked back at Natsu and the two in front with horror, "Breakfast time is almost here!"
"Who cares about breakfast when you're falling down a pit?" The other boy whimpers. For the next half hour, their Master made them speed their paces as he took them to different areas delivering milk.
After going through a desert, a heavy current by a waterfall, and a thick forest with a hungry tyrannosaurus, the three kids finally delivered all the milk.
"We will deliver milk like this every day for the next eight months! That will be our early morning training." He told his tired novices.
"Glad we're done," Krillin tells them, still trying to catch his breath.
Roshi, placing his hands by his ear, asks, "What's that you say?"
"He says he's glad we're done." The pink-haired boy repeated.
"With today's training, I mean." The bald boy elaborated.
"Oh please, that run was only early morning exercise! Now it's time for mid-morning exercise!"
"What!?" Goku gasps, not being able to move.
For the next eight months, the three boys spent their training delivering milk all over the island; they climbed mountains and outrun dinosaurs. They dug up whole fields with bare hands and had to dodge bees, and just when they started to get the hang of it, Roshi made them wear turtle shells like him. The shells kept getting heavier and heavier, but even though it was hard, it was fun. Roshi taught them more about martial arts and the philosophy of the Turtle School. Krillin got discouraged a couple of times when he wasn't picking techniques up as fast as Goku, but he and Natsu told him that they believed in him and that he'd get it right if he kept trying.
It wasn't just physical training. Master Roshi also taught Goku and Natsu how to read, write, and count with some help from Launch. That's how Goku learned he was twelve years old! There was also time for rest and stuff. That's how the three of them found the time to talk about their stories.
The tournament was one month away, but the Turtle Hermit had something else to show the three.
"Alright, boys, with one more month before the tournament, there's something important I want to show you three." The boys looked at the older man, wondering what could be so important.
Roshi took them to the mainland and drove to a small, bustling city. The boys looked around, seeing the different people and buildings everywhere. This amazed Goku and Natsu, as they'd never been to a place this big. "What is this place, Master Roshi?" Goku asked him.
Roshi stopped the car, and the four of them got out. He then explained, "This is the city of Magnolia; it's a merchant town that's been prosperous in magic since the ancient era. It's also home to the strongest guild in Fiore."
"What's a guild?" Natsu asked.
"A guild is sort of like an organization that consists of different members that disseminate jobs that help people in different towns, cities, villages, and furthermore." He explained further. "And yours truly was part of the guild in this very city. Boys, welcome to the Fairy Tail guild!"
The four stopped in front of the tall building consisting of three floors smaller than the one below it and sitting on the latter's roof. The roof. The tops also resembled pagodas, composed of long arched tiles lined up one after the other and possessing simple curved protrusions jutting upwards on the building's angles. On the highest roof, topping the summit of the building, sat a simple, round, and pointed dome, highly reminiscent of those seen on Arabian buildings, which bore a flag on its point.
"Woah, it's so big!" Natsu exclaimed.
"It kind of looks like a pub," Krillin remarked.
"Ah, Roshi, it's been a while, hasn't it?" A voice asked.
The turtle group turned to see a short old man with a tall cane that seemed slightly taller than Roshi's. "Oh, Makarov, it's nice to see you again!" Roshi responded to the short man.
"Who's he, Master Roshi?" Goku asked. "This is Makarov Dreyar; he's the master of this guild," Roshi answered.
Roshi then introduced the boys to Makarov and told him how he was training them for the Tenkaichi Budokai. "I see, so I assume the training has been going well?" He asked.
"You've got that right; these boys have been showing some promise," Roshi answered. The group then entered the guild and was met with the sight of many adults conversing and drinking. There were also a few kids talking with each other, two of them getting into some dispute. The three boys looked around in amazement at the many different people in the guild.
"Woah, this place looks so cool!" Natsu exclaimed. A few people looked towards the group that walked in, and some murmurs were heard.
"Looks like we got more kids joining the guild." said a man with a cigar in his mouth. "Seems old man Roshi might've taken in some more students." said a blue-haired man.
"You kids, go ahead and look around while I talk to Makarov," Roshi told his students. The three nodded and went off to explore the guild.
"So you think those kids will join the guild?" Makarov wondered. "I think right now it'd be best for them to focus on the tournament; after that, they can join if they want," Roshi answered.
"Also, this may surprise you, but Goku there is Gohan's grandson." Roshi pointed towards the boy.
"Hm, interesting, how is Gohan these days?" Makarov asked. "Unfortunately, old Gohan passed away a few years ago, according to Goku," Roshi answered.
"Oh, my condolences to our old friend." His head bowed in contempt.
The three boys were looking around and were very interested in the very lively place. They were then approached by a white-haired girl, "Hi, are you three new to the guild?" she asked.
"Yep, our master was showing us around this place," Krillin answered. They then learned the girl's name was Lisanna, and she then brought them to her group of friends.
"Guys, meet our new friends Goku, Natsu, and Krillin," Lisanna told them. They went on and introduced themselves to each other. First was a red-haired girl who seemed to wear armor with normal clothes, named Erza Scarlet. Next was a girl with brown hair and an orange skirt named Cana Alberona. Then was a blue-haired girl with a yellow and red shirt named Levy McGarden. Up next was another white-haired girl and a white-haired boy named Mirajane and Elfman Strauss, who were Lisanna's siblings. Elfman was dressed in a blue suit; he seemed a little shy and quiet but seemed like a nice boy. Mira, however, was dressed in a punk-gothic style sports bra and skirt, and while she seemed like a nice girl, she also looked somewhat temperamental. There was also a boy that was familiar to both Goku and Natsu.
"Hey, it's Gray!" Both of them exclaimed. Gray looked at the two and suddenly remembered his meeting with them. "Oh, it's you two, how's it been?" He asked.
"You two know this guy?" Krillin asked. "Yeah, we met while we were traveling for a bit," Goku responded to him.
Natsu then asked him, "So, did those other two you were training with join you too?" The smile then faded from Gray's face, and he turned away from the group. "It's none of your business, flame brain!" He then walked away to cool off. The three boys wondered what happened to him and his master. The kids talked about the different kinds of magic they used, and the others found out the three turtle students were going to compete in the Tenkaichi Budokai.
"It'd be interesting to see how you three fight; maybe we can convince the master to let us go watch," Erza said. The kids nodded and agreed to go watch the tournament when the time came around.
They then said their goodbyes and headed back to their training island to wrap up the last few weeks of training.
Goku came bursting into the house, calling for Master Roshi, "Come on, hey! It's an emergency!"
"Eh, what kind?" He was in the middle of eating some ice cream. It's been a long time since he was able to enjoy the frozen since, despite being a fire mage, Natsu had grown to love ice cream a lot.
"No time to explain! Just come on!" He pulled on the hermit's arm all the way to where Krillin and Natsu were currently. "This is it!"
"Eh? Yeah, it's a rock, what about it?"
"We can move this rock now, Master Roshi!" Natsu said excitedly.
"Yeah, you said you'd teach us how to fight if we move this rock!" Krillin vibrated with excitement like Natsu.
"Just watch!" Goku placed his hands firmly on the rock, pushing it with his new strength. "Guhh! Grrrrah!" He turned red, but the giant boulder started moving. "See!"
Roshi's eyes popped out of his sockets, breaking his shades as he stared with his mouth open in disbelief. "I'm next! I can't move it as much as Goku, for that matter!" Turning red, Krillin pushed with his new strength, too. "Hunn!" he pushed the rock, only half of what Goku did.
Natsu even showed their teacher, struggling as much as the other two. "Haah!" the boulder moved farther than Krillin's but just behind Goku's attempt. "All three of us are able to move it, Master!"
"You get to teach us how to fight now!" Goku proclaimed.
Roshi took out one of his handkerchiefs, wiping the sweat out of his face, "Oh...how nice."
They went back to the Kame house eager to learn actual martial arts, even voicing it to their master, "As far as fighting goes, though, there's really not much I have to teach you."
"What!?"
"The whole secret for the Turtle Hermit fighting style is the training schedule, which you've done every day." He walked closer to them, "You three don't seem to realize, but just by repeating these basic exercises over and over again, you've pushed your eyes, fists, legs, and even your heads have been extremely keen. Fighting is just the application of your abilities." He stared at his three students, "That right there is the whole art behind martial arts."
"You don't strive in martial arts to win! You strive not to lose!" He told them, "Don't sweat it; you guys know how to fight. It's just the utter expression of your strength; it's natural!"
"But isn't there a trick or technique to win?" Krillin asks.
"What is there an echo in here, Krillin?" I just said winning isn't the real point!" He repeated, "This tournament is only another step in your training. It's an introduction! And that's the low down: there's no point in teaching you special moves if you don't get the fighting experience! So keep training the same!"
"Huh!?"
"But we're going to make it a little harder," Took off his turtle shell, "Now we're going to be wearing heavier turtle shells!" He set it down, causing the ground to crumble, "They're twice the weight!" His students fell down in shock.
To Be Continued...
Sorry for taking a little long on this chapter. I had a little trouble writing the Fairy Tail scene; as you can see, it's a little rushed. But yeah, the training arc is finishing up, and we're about to enter the tournament; I'll do my best to describe the fight scenes.
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