A/N: Hello, readers! First of all, thank you so much for 122 favorites and 118 follows on this story! Can you believe that? The first draft of this story I wrote in 2016, before finally revamping it in 2019. I'm honestly shocked to see how much it's grown.
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail, I only own my OC's.
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: A GUILD FOR ONE
Grinning, Natsu stands over Zero's unconscious body. Jellal smiles as well, thinking to himself how Natsu exceeded his expectations. However, the celebrations are cut short, as Nirvana begins to crumble around them. Natsu is saved from falling by Jellal.
"Isn't this kind of dangerous?" Lucy questioned as she sees the falling rocks.
"It's falling apart!" Happy exclaimed.
"Guess it'd be a good idea to escape." Gemi suggested.
"If you don't, you'll be crushed flat." Mini agreed.
"Isn't there some escape route?" Lucy asked.
"We can know what the people we've copied know..." Gemi said.
"But we don't have an escape route from here in our memory." Mini finished.
"I'm sure you'll be fine, though." Gemi stated.
"Good luck!" Gemini disappears back into the Celestial Spirit world, leaving Lucy and Happy behind.
"Wait!" Happy and Lucy shouted.
Aira and Cain were running through the tunnel, escaping from Nirvana. "Not good! This is definitely not good!" Aira exclaimed.
"You think?!" Cain replied, quite irritated.
Erza easily jumps on the falling rocks, making her way towards an exit. "Is everyone okay?" She wondered.
"My honey! Wait for me!" Ichiya dodged the falling rocks, but gets crushed by a large one. "Men!"
Carla grabs Wendy's hand as they escaped together. "Wendy, this way!" Wendy trips on herself, falling behind Carla. Carla turns around and sees a couple of rocks above her. "Wendy, watch out!"
"Iron Rock Wall!" Jura quickly saves Wendy and Carla on time.
"Jura-san!" Wendy exclaimed, happy to see him.
"You're safe?" Carla questioned in surprise.
"Unfortunately, it took time for me to recover my magic power." Jura replied. "But now, we must evacuate with all haste!"
Aira and Cain successfully escape Nirvana, jumping out of it as he tumbled down a hill. Cain quickly grabs him and lands him on the ground safely. "Whew... Thanks for the save, Cain." He told his partner as they watched Nirvana crumble down. "Hope everyone got out all right."
Erza catches up to them both. "Aira! Cain!" She shouted.
Aira turns around to see Erza. "Erza!" He then sees a shadow behind her. "And..."
"Erza-san! Thank goodness you are safe!" Ichiya, his body still bulky, catches up to them.
Erza and Aira scream in terror. They jump back as Erza takes out her spear, pointing it at Ichiya. "What goes there?!"
"And enemy?! And... Ew..." Aira added, getting disgusted by his looks.
"Please calm down, you two." Ichiya said. "Thanks to the power of my parfum, my body has changed." He pops open another perfume bottle. "But inside is the same me, unchanged even a bit!" He did a couple of ballerina moves. *spinspinspin* "Ichiya, at your service!" *sparkle*
Erza and Aira fade away. "You sure attract the weirdos." Aira muttered.
"Yes..." Erza agreed with his statement. "Well, he's dependable, at least." They then hear something above them.
Horologium shows up as he lands on the ground. "I'm so dizzy!" she says..."
"Men? A new enemy?" Ichiya guessed.
"Wait! That's..." Erza began.
"...Lucy's spirit!" Aira finished.
Lucy and Happy walk out of Horologium. "Thanks, Horologium! But, when did you..."
"No. I passed through the gate under my own will." Horologium stated.
"Loke and Virgo do that all the time." Happy commented.
"Due to Lucy-sama's magic power being greater than before, it has now become possible. I can also cure lack of oxygen, bug bites, chappling of the skin, itchiness, and skin spots." Horologium explained.
"Amazing! Even skin spots?!" Erza exclaimed.
"That... could be useful, yeah..." Lucy stated.
"M-My identity is flying away, again!" Ichiya groaned.
"What's the use of healing spells now?" Aira sweat dropped.
"Everyone! You are safe?" Jura, Carla, and Wendy catch up to them.
"The he-cat, as well!" Carla said.
"Where's Natsu-san and Jellal?" Wendy questioned.
"I do not see him. He is still inside!" Ichiya exclaimed.
"No!" Wendy gasped.
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed with worry.
"That flaming, good-for-nothing, piece of shit!" Aira cursed.
"Natsu-san!" Wendy called out.
"Natsu... Jellal... What are you doing?" Erza looks at Nirvana which was crumbling down to pieces.
"Natsu!" Happy cried out, running around the place. Something tunnels out of the ground underneath Happy. Natsu appears, seemingly confused at everything.
"Love will save your friends!" Hoteye appears along with Jellal. "Yes..."
"Sheesh... Makin' us worried like that. You really are a piece of shit, ash for brains." Aira muttered.
"Natsu-san!" Wendy runs up to him in tears of joy.
"That's Hoteye!" Carla exclaimed. "Why would a member of Oracion Seis..."
"It's a long story. But don't worry, he's a friend." Jura explained.
"Natsu-san!" Wendy hugs Natsu. "You really... kept your promise..." Natsu grinned at her. "Thank you for saving my guild..."
"It's all because we all had the power, right?" Natsu turns to look at the rest of them.
"All of us?" Wendy questioned.
"You have the power too, Wendy." Natsu responded.
"Men!" Ichiya exclaimed. Happy runs to Carla with hearts around him.
"Me?" Wendy mumbled.
"This time, give me a high-five!" Natsu said.
"Yeah!" Wendy smiled at him. Natsu and Wendy happily high-five each other.
"Can't ask for more than everyone being safe." Happy commented.
"Couldn't agree more." Cain agreed.
"Everyone, you did great!" Jura complimented.
"This completes our mission." Ichiya said.
"Ew!" Lucy turns pale as she looks at Ichiya in disgust.
"And, who is that?" Aira questioned, turning around to see someone.
"I don't know..." Lucy muttered in response.
"Is he one of those hosts from Blue Pegasus?" Aira asked.
"I don't remember one like that..." Lucy replied back.
"That's Jellal." Erza told the two.
"What?!" Lucy and Aira exclaimed in unison.
"That's him?!" Lucy asked in surprise.
"But that's not the Jellal we know." Erza stated.
"It seems like he lost his memories." Wendy added on.
"Yeah, but even so..." Aira trailed off.
"I'm sure it's fine." Wendy informed. "Jellal is actually a good person!"
"At any rate, we must give him our thanks for his help." Erza thanked him for all his help, but Jellal tells her that he shouldn't be thanked, admitting he's afraid of getting his memories back. Erza looks at him and tells him that she's with him, and even if they end up hating each other again, her feelings for him won't change.
Their conversation was interrupted by Ichiya. "Oww-men!" He runs into an invisible wall.
"What's the matter?" Aira asked.
"I was about to release some parfum in the bushes when I ran into something!" Ichiya answered.
"There are some markings on the ground..." Wendy pointed out as she spots runes on the ground.
Jura touches the invisible wall. "Those are..."
"Runes?!" They all exclaimed as they were trapped inside.
"Men! My toilet..." Ichiya exclaimed.
"When did this..." Carla trailed off.
"What's going on?" Happy asked.
"The same ones as Freed?" Aira questioned. "It's just as... no, even more powerful!"
"We're trapped?" Lucy asked.
"Show yourself!" Natsu shouted, ready to fight someone.
A group of Rune Knights appear, surrounding them. "Who are they?!" Wendy questioned.
"It's gonna leak out!" Ichiya exclaimed, about to piss his pants.
"I wish you no harm." One of the men walks closer to them. "All I desire is for you to stay here, without moving, for a little while."
"Who are you?!" Happy questioned.
"I am Captain of the Reformed Magic Council's 4th Enforcement and Detention Corps. My name is Lahar." Lahar introduced himself.
"Who?!" Natsu gasped.
"Reformed Magic Council?!" Aira freaks out.
"They're already back in business?" Lucy questioned.
"We have been reborn, to uphold the law and protect justice." Lahar responded. "We have no mercy for those that do evil acts."
"What do you mean?" Carla asked.
"We haven't done anything bad!" Happy claimed.
"R-Right, sure we didn't..." Aira stuttered.
"That didn't sound very convincing..." Lucy commented.
"I am aware. Our purpose is to arrest Oracion Seis." Lahar informed. "Please hand over that person codenamed Hoteye to us." They all gasped, surprised to hear about Lahar arresting Richard.
"Wait a minute!" Jura began.
"It is okay, Jura." Richard said.
"Richard-dono..." Jura turned around.
"Even if my soul has been awakened to righteousness, that does not wipe clean my past evil ways." Richard said. "I wish to start over from the beginning. That way, when I finally reunite with my brother, I can look him eye to eye."
Jura smiled at him. "Then, I shall search for your brother in your stead." He offered.
"You will?!" Richard exclaimed.
"Please tell me your brother's name." Jura said.
"His name is Wally. Wally Buchanan." Richard answered which gets everyone's attention.
"Wally?" Erza questioned.
A flashback of Wally appeared. "Get it?"
"Blockhead?!" Everybody exclaimed.
"He... Wally was..." Richard began. "...truly an honesty and kind younger brother."
A flashback of Richard and Wally when they were young appeared. They are seen working outside a desert trying to plant some crops.
"My brother and I lost our parents very young. But we worked together and managed to live! Then it happened... Right when we began growing vegetables." Richard continued.
Richard and Wally hardly grew any vegetables due to the dry climate, but they managed to grow a potato. They go inside and eat their potato. Wally takes the entire potato but notices that Richard is left with nothing so they cut the potato in half.
"I have not forgotten the taste of that potato, even now..." Richard finished.
"Actually, I know that man." Erza spoke up.
"What did you say?!" Richard turned around in surprise.
"He is my friend. He is now energetically traveling around the continent." Erza informed.
Richard began to sob with happiness. "Is this what they call a miracle, bestowed only to those who believe in the light?" The moon shines down on them. "Th-Thank you! Thank you! Thank you..." After that, the Rune Knights arrest him and take him away.
"I feel sorry for him." Lucy said.
"Aye..." Happy agreed.
"Ah, well..." Aira said.
"There isn't anything we can do for him." Carla informed.
"Enough already! Just unseal the runes! It's leaking!" Ichiya complained.
"Don't!" Lucy shrieked.
"No." Lahar said. "Our true objective is not the Oracion Seis." Everyone looked at him in confusion. "The one who infiltrated the Magic Council, destroyed it, and fired Etherion..." Erza widened her eyes, knowing who he was talking about. "There is a far greater evildoer among you, yes?" He pointed to Jellal. "You, Jellal." Jellal looked up at him. "Come! If you resist, I have orders to use lethal force!" Erza's more shocked than anyone else.
"But that's..." Wendy started to protest.
"Hold it a second!" Natsu argued.
"That man is dangerous." Lahar informed. "We cannot allow him loose in the world again. Never again." They put Jellal under arrest, handcuffing his wrists. "Jellal Fernandes... I hereby place you under arrest for crime of high treason against the state."
"Please, wait!" Wendy argued. Jellal looked up at her. "Jellal has lost his memories! He doesn't remember a thing!"
"By a clause of the criminal code, that is not a valid defense." Lahar claimed. "You can release them from the runes now."
"But...!" Wendy continued to argue.
"It's okay. I have no intention of resisting." Jellal told her as Wendy looks up at him with a saddened expression. "I never was to remember you... I'm truly sorry, Wendy..."
"She tells me that long ago, she was saved by you." Carla said.
"I see. I do not know how much suffering I must of caused all of you. But to hear that I saved someone makes me glad." Jellal said before turning to Erza. "Erza." She doesn't look up at him or make eye contact. "Thank you for everything." He walks away.
"I must stop him." Natsu stared at Erza as she clenched her fist. "It's for me to stop him. Jellal is going away... Jellal, finally awakened from his long nightmare, is... How can I just let him be shut up in the darkness yet again?"
"Is there nothing left you wish to say?" Lahar asked as Jellal continued to walk. "It's pretty much guaranteed you'll be executed or given life without parole."
"But that's..." Lucy gasped.
"You'll never see another human face again." Lahar said.
"No..." Wendy cried to herself.
"I won't let you take him!" Erza declared.
"You ain't takin' him!" Natsu exclaimed. Jellal turns around to look at Natsu.
"Natsu!" Aira shouted.
"They're from the Council!" Lucy exclaimed.
Most of the guards surround Natsu. "Why, you..." Lahar said.
"Move it!" Natsu yelled, throwing the guards to the side. "He's our ally! We're takin' him back with us!"
"Natsu-san..." Wendy watched as Natsu fought the Rune Knights.
"L-Leave me be..." Jellal said.
"Restrain him!" Lahar ordered. A couple of guards charged at Natsu.
Erza stands there with no expression as her heart was beating loudly.
Aira defends Natsu by bumping into the guards. "Go, Natsu!"
"Aira?!" Happy called out.
Aira fights the guards as well. "There's no stopping Natsu now! After all, I don't get it!" He continues to fight off the guards. "Jellal helped take down Nirvana! And this is the thanks you give him?"
"There is truth to that." Jura slammed his fists together. "It is unjust to arrest a man like that!"
"It pains me to say it, but if that man is taken away, Erza-san will be saddened!" Ichiya agreed, fighting the guards.
"Don't blame me if anyone gets hurt!" Lucy exclaimed, joining in on the fight as well.
"Please! Don't take Jellal with you!" Wendy pleaded as one of the guards grabbed her arm. Carla punches the guard's arm so he can release Wendy.
"Come here, Jellal! You can't leave Erza! You've got to stay be her side! For her!" Natsu shouted. "So come here! We stand with you! We're allies, right?!"
Lahar had lost his patience. "Arrest them all! For obstructing government officials and aiding in escape of a criminal!" He ordered as all the guards gathered around them and tackled them to the ground.
Anger boiled up inside Erza. "Enough! That's far enough!" Everyone halted to what they were doing and stared at Erza. "I apologize for the fuss we've caused. I... will take full responsibility." Lahar looked at her with surprise. "Jellal... Take him." Jellal smiled to himself.
"Erza!" Natsu began to protest.
"Sit down!" Erza ordered.
"Yes, ma'am." Natsu obeyed.
As Jellal walked away, he finally made a realization. "Oh, right..." He turned around to look at her. "It was the color of your hair." Erza was surprised as she watched him get taken away. "Farewell, Erza." Erza was left behind, almost breaking down into tears.
It was nearly morning as the Allied Forces were still in the woods. "Where did Erza go?" Happy questioned.
"Let's leave her alone for a little while." Lucy responded.
"Aye..." Happy agreed.
"To hear that I saved someone makes me glad." The words Jellal had said repeated in Wendy's mind as she cried to herself. Erza is sitting alone on a hill.
Erza thought back to when her and Jellal were children.
Erza remembers Wally, an old friend who is now cross-country traveling, saying that Jellal's name was too long and that it'd be easy to forget. In return, Jellal had said that his name, "Wally Buchanan", was hard to remember as well. Wally then asked Erza her full name and she replied with "I am Erza. Just plain Erza.". Jellal said that was kind of sad and noticed her hair. He stated that her hair was beautifully scarlet and suddenly decided to name her "Erza Scarlet". She remembered Jellal's words: "Scarlet. It's the color of your hair. That way, I'll never forget it!".
"Jellal..." Erza muttered.
"That morning's dawn was painted a beautiful scarlet, the likes of which I had never seen before. Like the color of Erza's hair, it was warm, and passionate... If she could only lift her face, a beautiful skit would spread out before her... If she could only lift her face..."
Wendy silently watched her as she sheds tears of her own.
Erza bursts into tears.
Later in the morning...
"Fairy Tail... Blue Pegasus... Lamia Scale... Also, Wendy and Carla." The Master of Cait Shelter stands outside of his guild along with the members, congratulating the Allied Forces. "You have done well in defeating Oracion Seis and stopping Nirvana. As a representative for the local League of Guilds, I, Roubaul, say job well done. Thank you." The Allied Forces smile back at him. "Nabula! Thank you!"
"It was our pleasure, Master Roubaul!" Ichiya does a couple of poses. "The fight with Oracion Seis was one fierce battle after the next! There was not a single easy battle! But the bonds between us allies led us on the path to victory!" A light shines down on him as sparkles surround him.
Three lights shine down on the Trimen. "You said it, Sensei!" They clapped for Ichiya.
"Men." Ichiya said.
"Oh sure, just take all the good parts for yourself." Aira sighed.
"Men." Ichiya repeated.
"Did he even fight anyone?" Lucy questioned.
"It's finally over..." Sherry said.
"You two did well yourself!" Jura congratulated Lyon and Sherry.
"You're supposed to throw a party now, right?!" Natsu asked.
"Aye, sir!" Happy cheered.
Ichiya was now holding a carrot. "Ichiya..."
"Ichiya..." The Trimen repeated.
"...will join in!" Ichiya finished.
"...will join in!" The Trimen clapped. The four of them started dancing weirdly.
"A party?" Gray asked with his shirt taken off.
"And off go the clothes!" Lucy exclaimed.
Wendy laughed at them cheerfully. The Blue Pegasus team continue to dance. Erza still had a sad expression. "Now... Everyone from Cait Shelter, join in!" The Trimen dance as the Cait Shelter members stare at them. Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy join them as both Aira and Satsuki stand far away from them in embarrassment. Wendy happily dances along with them. They all stand there dumbfounded when nobody was dancing with them.
Master Roubaul had an emotionless expression as he stared at the ground. The Allied Forces stare at him. "Everyone... I am truly sorry about hiding our legacy as Nirvit."
"You ruined the mood to say that?" Happy asked.
"We really don't mind at all." Natsu added on. "Right?"
"Right!" Happy answered.
"Master, I don't mind either." Wendy added.
"Everyone, please listen carefully to what I'm about to say." Master Roubaul announced. "To start we are not the descendants of Nirvit." Wendy jumps back in surprise. "We are the Nirvit themselves! 400 years ago, it was I who created Nirvana."
"What?!" Lyon exclaimed.
"No way!" Lucy added on.
"400 years ago?" Happy repeated, tilting his head slightly. Natsu stares at the Master in confusion. Wendy was surprised and speechless at the news.
"400 years ago, in order to stop the world war that was raging across the world, I created Nirvana, a magic that inverts light and darkness." Master Roubaul explained. "Nirvana became our country, and, for a time, we realized peace. However... Great power will, without fail, give rise to a great power opposing it. As much as Nirvana changed darkness and light, Nirvana itself became wrapped in darkness." Wendy looks at him in shock. "It was to maintain balance. It was impossible to change people's personalities to light without limit. As light rises to oppose the darkness, so does darkness rise to oppose the light, without fail."
"Now that you mention it..." Gray recalled Hoteye's and Sherry's personalities switching from the Nirvana effect.
"The darkness lost from the various peoples came back upon us as Nirvit." Master Roubaul continued.
"No..." Wendy trembled.
"It was hell." Master Roubaul continued. "We killed each other... Until no one was left." The Allied Forces continued to listen to his story as they stood there speechless. "I am the only survivor. Well, at this point, that's not exactly right. My physical body has long perished... I am what you might call a spectral form now. Or rather, a weak ghost trying to atone for his sins of the past. I watched over Nirvana for 400 years until someone appeared who would be able to destroy it. And now..." He smiles at them. "...my role is finally over."
"W-What are you saying...?" Wendy asked. Master Roubaul smiles as he uses his Magic. Soon, the guild members of Cait Shelter start to disappear one by one. "What is this? Everyone?!"
"All of you!" Carla exclaimed.
"Magna! Pepel!" Wendy called out.
"What's going on here?! They're all disappearing!" Hibiki said.
Wendy watches her friends disappear. "No! Everyone! I don't want you to disappear!" The guild members smile one last time at Wendy.
"I apologize for deceiving you..." Master Roubaul confessed. "All the members of the guild as illusions created by me." Wendy widens her eyes in shock.
"Say what?!" Natsu shrieked.
"Illusions with their own personalities?!" Lyon questioned.
"What incredible magic power!" Jura praised.
"I..." Master Roubaul began. "...lived alone in these ruins, protecting Nirvana. 7 years ago, a single boy came here."
A young Jellal brought a sleeping Wendy to the deserted village occupied by Roubaul, asking him to take care of her. Roubaul then decided to lie, and told her she had been taken to a guild, specifically a Mage guild. He then told her to go outside and see for herself, simultaneously creating the illusions of the guild and its members.
"I couldn't turn down the request of that boy and his fierce, honest eyes." The Master said. "Even though I had promised myself I would stay alone..."
Soon after, Wendy woke up and asked where she was. Roubaul struggled for an answer, when she suddenly burst out that Jellal was to take her to a guild.
"And so I created an illusory family." Master Roubaul stated.
"The guild was created all for Wendy?!" Lucy asked.
Wendy covers her ears as she cries more. "I don't wanna hear that! Bask, Naoki, don't you disappear too!"
The last two members of Cait Shelter standing behind the Master, disappeared. "Wendy, Carla... You no longer need a foster family." Master Roubaul points to the Allied Forces behind her and Carla. "Don't you have real friends now?" He smiles at them cheerfully as his body starts to glow. Wendy's tears continued coming down. "Your future... has only just begun."
"Master!" Wendy runs towards the Master.
"Everyone, truly, thank you. I leave Wendy and Carla in your hands." Master Roubaul fades away, leaving Wendy and Carla behind.
Wendy's light blue Cait Shelter guild mark fades away as well. Carla looks down with tears dripping down from her face. Wendy looks up at the sky then kneels down on the ground, crying. "Master!"
The Allied Forces could only look at her with pity.
Erza then crouches down behind Wendy, placing a hand on her shoulder. She remembers about her friend, Jellal. "Bury the pain of losing your loved ones... into the arms of your friends." Wendy looks over her shoulder at Erza. "Come. To Fairy Tail."
An aircraft is seen flying where inside, Ultear discusses matters of what happened to Oracion Seis with her Guild Master, Hades. She explains that the Allied Forces had defeated Oracion Seis and destroyed Nirvana. Hades finds the Allied Forces impressive but the two clarify that Nirvana doesn't matter to them because they have a different goal. Ultear forsees that something great is coming, to which she is looking forward to.
On another ship, the Allied Forces delegates of Fairy Tail travel back to their Guild. "Ah! Swaying in the sea breeze feels so nice!" Natsu enjoys the fresh breeze as he doesn't feel sick due to Wendy's spell.
"Isn't this great, Natsu?" Happy asked, enjoying the breeze as well.
Natsu runs around the ship. "Transportation is a wonderful thing!"
"The Troia will wear off soon, you know!" Wendy warned.
"Troia is magic that cures motion sickness!" Happy informed.
Suddenly, Natsu crashes down on the floor, feeling sick once again. "Cast it again!"
"If you do it over and over again, it'll get less effective." Wendy said.
"Just leave him be." Aira said as Lucy laughs at Natsu.
"Carla, you and Wendy are really coming with us to Fairy Tail, huh?" Happy questioned.
"I'm just coming along because Wendy said she was going to." Carla looks away.
"I can't wait! Fairy Tail!" Wendy exclaimed. Natsu screams out loud, still feeling sick from his motion sickness.
"The battle is over, we each returned to our own guilds."
"Men!" Ichiya shouted. "Until the next wonderful parfum, Erza-san, Lucy-san!"
"Come hang out at our place next time, 'kay?" Eve said.
"We'll present you with the ultimate night..." Hibiki added.
"Give my regards to Master Makarov!" Jura said.
"Um... Should we just let this go by?" Lucy asked as she watched Ren and Sherry say their goodbyes.
"G-Go back already." Sherry said as her heart was beating loud, blushing at Ren.
"It's not like I'll be lonely or anything." Ren claimed.
"Sherry!" Lyon called out.
"Ren!" Eve called out as well.
"They llllike each other!" Happy teased.
"Back to our own guilds..." Lucy recalls how she obtained three new Zodiac Celestial Spirits: Scorpio, Aries and Gemini. After Angel's arrest, their contracts with her have been broken and so they decided to join Lucy, to which Lucy was delighted as she had new Spirit friends with her. This surprised the Spirits as they were used to being treated as "tools" and not "friends", but they were glad.
Back at the guild...
"And so, that's why I've invited Wendy and Carla to join Fairy Tail." Erza said. All the guild mates are staring at Wendy and Carla.
"It's a pleasure!" Wendy greeted as she bows down.
"So cute!" Wakaba exclaimed with the guild mates blushing at the new recruits.
"There's a girl Happy!" Nab exclaimed.
"How old are you, Miss?" Macao asked.
"Welcome back, everyone!" Mira greeted, standing next to Master Makarov.
"Master..." Ezra walks up to the Master.
Master Makarov nods his head in agreement. "Excellent work. This area should be peaceful now, for a while. And of course, I bid Wendy and Carla a hearty welcome!"
Erza smiles, looking at her friends.
"Lu-chan! Welcome back!" Levy greeted.
"Levy-chan!" Lucy smiles at her.
"Lu-chan!" Levy hugs Lucy.
"Oh, you... Always making a fuss..." Lucy giggled.
"I'm impressed they're all okay." Jet said.
"Lucy's getting more and more out of our league." Droy said.
Suddenly, water appears and washes most of the members away. "Ah, Gray-sama!" Juvia cried with waterfall of tears streaming down her face. "Juvia was so very, very worried! Juvia's eyes with tears!"
"Gray, stop her!" One of the guild mates shouted.
"I'm drowning!" Another exclaimed.
"Why me?!" Gray yelled as he swims away.
After Juvia calms down, everyone goes back to what they were doing.
"And then there was this snake flying in the sky!" Aira tells his story to everybody about his fight with Cobra.
"Snakes can't fly! It's not like they're a man!" Elfman argued.
"Man?" Happy repeated.
Mira walks over to Wendy and Carla. "How do you do? I'm Mirajane."
"Oooh! Isn't it wonderful, Carla?! This is the real Mirajane-san!" Wendy fangirled.
"I bet that Carla is the same as Happy and Cain, but what kind of magic do you use, Wendy?" Mira questioned.
"What?! Lumping me in with those male cats?" Carla angrily complained.
"I use Sky Magic." Wendy answered. "I am the Sky Dragon Slayer." Everyone stops what they were doing and stares at her in shock. "Maybe they don't believe in me..." She looks down with a guilty expression.
"Whoa, awesome!" Everyone exclaimed. Wendy looks up. "A Dragon Slayer?" The guild mates cheered on. "Wow!"
"The same as Natsu and Aira!" Reedus spoke.
"With Gajeel and Satsuki, that means our guild has five Dragon Slayers!" Wakaba said.
"We are totally unstoppable now!" Nab added on.
Meanwhile, Gajeel, from above, looks at Aira with Cain, Natsu with Happy, and Wendy with Carla. Gajeel sweats nervously. "C-Cats... W-Why?" He clenches his fist. "We're Dragon Slayers, and yet... Why am I the only one without a cat?" He completely forgets about Satsuki who doesn't have a cat as a partner.
"Today we're having a celebration! A party to welcome Wendy and Carla!" Master Makarov announced. All the guild members cheer on. "Live it up! Live it up!"
"Oh yeah! I'm gettin' fired up!" Natsu screamed.
"My clothes!" Lucy yelped, covering her chest.
"That's the spirit, Lucy!" A perverted Wakaba said.
"Gray-sama, you didn't cheat or anything, right?!" Juvia angrily questioned Gray.
"W-What's with her?!" Gray asked.
"Carla, do you want my fish?" Happy offered.
"Absolutely not." Carla denied.
The guild members of Fairy Tail are enjoying their party for Wendy and Carla. "This place sure is fun, Carla." Wendy said.
"Not really my style." Carla mumbled.
Mystogan is also seen on the second floor, overlooking the party. He walks away as he disappears in thin air.
A/N: The chapter is finally done! Sorry it took over a year! I don't write on this writing platform anymore, but I'll try my best!
Thanks for reading!
~ Kaleb.