It's been over two days since the war ended, The fleet and guilds were informed, and the fight at the high seas subsided slowly. Meanwhile at the guild, Fairy tail was recovering, as well as repairing the damage dealt during the war. Most members were getting healed, especially Natsu, who was wrapped completely in bandages like usual. Then through the door came the Strawhats.

"What do you guys want?" Asked Makarov.

Instead of answering, Luffy looked around, and simply said:

"sorry for causing so much trouble."

Obviously this was a first. Few enemies that they've faced so far has apologized, much less ones that were victorious, and yet they did. Makarov didn't take the apology however, not because what they did could not be forgiven, but because they didn't deserve any, but instead deserved to give an apology, so he answered while kneeling to the ground:

"WE SHOULD BE SORRY, WE ATTACKED EVERYONE AND DIDNT EVEN STOP TO LISTEN! WE..."

"apology accepted" Luffy cut off.

"but I..."

"don't worry about it" said Zoro, "Our captain forgives very easily."

Just then Natsu jumped in front of them and started talking, but because of his bandages they couldn't understand what he said. They they could hear was:

"MMMPHHPRRRMPPPPHMERRRRPHHHHHH!"

"he said that he doesn't care that they're not enemies anymore, he will one day beat them, especially luffy." Translated Gajeel.

Luffy grinned.

"Well good luck with that!"

"Anyways, is apologizing the only reason you came here?" Asked Lucy.

"Well From the looks of itrom the looks of it, The place is a total wreck, mind if we help you rebuild?" Asked Franky.

"you'll help us?" Asked Wendy.

"Sure, we're friends aren't we?" Smiled Luffy.

The rest of the day was spent rebuild The guild. The rebuilding went a lot quicker than expectede building went a lot quicker than expected, thanks to Franky. At the end, they had a party to celebrate their newfound friends: the Strawhats. It was quite a cheerful scenery, Gray and Natsu were up to their usual competitive antics, Sanji was busy flirting with all the women the laid eyes on, Nami and Cana was going head on in a drinking competition, and Mean while, You could feel the manliness coming from Elfman and Franky, who were currently in a arm wrestling match.

"M-MMAAANNN!"

"SUUUUUUPPPPAAAAA!"

In the end they broke another table and the match was another tie. Meanwhile, Ussop was telling his numerous adventures and exaggerating the hell out of them as he usually does to Romeo and Asuka, who were amazed at his numerous tales of Giants, Sky Islands, and Zombies, even Natsu joined in.

"It Almost seem like it yesterday when I saved my crew from a ghost lady, she was tougher than I expected, and even Zoro couldn't beat her, but I did." Bragged Ussop.

"Wow! So you're telling me you actually fought and tamed a Kraken?!" Exclaimed Natsu.

"I wanna hear the one about the Fishmen again!" Happy demanded.

"telling stories again, aren't we Ussop?" Asked Zoro, who dropped in.

"hey, Zoro was it?" Asked Natsu.

"yeah?"

"I wanted to ask something, it's about that dragon you killed."

"yeah what about it?"

"Could it talk?" He asked, "because I'm having a hard time believing it was actually my dad, Igneel""

"it couldn't talk"

"Oh thank god, so he's still alive." Natsu said in relief.

"Natsu!" Droy yelled

"what is it?"

"Luffy's about to beat your eating record!"

"WHAT!? IMPOSSIBLE! ITS OVER ONE TON OF MEAT!"

"only?" Asked Zoro, "Luffy can eat twice that amount for a snack!"

"oh no" Natsu started to crank up in anger, "I Lost to him in fighting, but he is not going to beat my eating record!"

He rushed to the tables Luffy was at and yelled:

"LUFFY FIGHT ME!"

He then gets smacked to the ceiling by Luffy as he answered.

"maybe later"

Natsu pouted which made Luffy laugh and say:

"you kind of remind me of myself when I was young"

"really now?" Asked Natsu, "who trained you anyway?"

"Well it's a long story, many people actually, but the one that I loved the most was Ace"

"really? Who's Ace."

"my big brother"

"YOU HAVE A OLDER BROTHER?!" Everyone yelled.

"yeah, we spent our entire childhood together, We played and fought along side each other, promising to one day start our separate pirate crews and race to become the pirate king one day! Those were the good times."

"Was he strong?" Asked Natsu, excited to fight him.

"Very, we fought several times, and I never beat him once!" Luffy answered laughing.

"REALLY!?" Natsu said, shaking in excitement.

"yeah, he's a fire user too just like you Natsu."

"AWESOME! WHERE DO I FIGHT HIM!?"

Luffy looked down as his cheerful tone slowly died out.

"he's dead."

everyone was in shock.

"I tried to save him when he got caught by the world government, in the end, he died in my arms trying to save me from an incoming attack that I couldn't avoid." Luffy touched his chest. "The attack that gave me this scar."

Everyone froze, a melancholy atmosphere took over the guild, then Erza, who could relate, having also lost someone important to her, patted him on the back, comforting him. Then Natsu wrapped his scary around Luffy, trying to comfort him even further.

"you seem to hold pretty dearly to that scarf, who gave it to you?" Asked Luffy.

"My father." Natsu answered.

"I see, so it must be your personal treasure." Answered Luffy.

"I'm surprised that you know the concept of personal treasures, most people just call it a neat scarf" said Natsu.

"that's because I have one too" answered Luffy, holding his strawhat, " this is what begun my pirate life." Luffy explained.

"What do you mean, who gave it to you?" Asked Natsu.

"Shanks."

"SHANKS?!" Makarov exclaimed in awe.

"You know him master" asked Erza.

Makarov decided to explain.

"He is part of the the Yonku, the four strongest pirates, successors to the pirate king himself, Out of the includes Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom and Shanks (he doesn't know that Whitebeard is dead yet), and amongst the four of them, Shanks and Whitebeard are the two most powerful, though it's unclear who's stronger. I only ever met Shanks in person."

"Is he strong" asked Natsu.

"is that all you care about?!" Asked Gray.

"Shanks is as powerful as Acnologia." Answered Makarov.

The whole guild froze once those words were spoken, someone as strong as Acnologia? And Luffy met him?!

"We have a lot to ask you Luffy." Said Makarov.

and thus, Luffy explained them everything, after all that, they can't believe they actually tried to capture them for money, and felt silly, after a while the party resumed into the night. Erza was interested in Zoro was walked up to him to ask about his back story. The two of them walked out to have a chat under the moon.

"Listen Zoro, I'm amazed at your strength, so may I ask you a favour?"

"go ahead."

"can you train me in your fighting style?"

"huh?"

"I've learned that this world is big, and one day, a enemy of high power might come, so I must be ready, so please teach me!"

"sorry but I can't"

"why not?"

"because you're stronger than me." Answered Zoro.

"huh? But you beat me!"

"So? Does a fight really mean your stronger than someone? Listen Erza, strength is determined not by who you beat, but who you protect, right now, You're protecting a whole guild despite being outmatched by people every now and then, but you kept moving forward, and with every fight, you grow stronger because your friends depend on you. I on the other hand let go of my duty as bounty hunter and pursued a life of freedom, because I couldn't h"andle the pressure of being the protector, because of that, you will surpass me one day, because your full potential is higher than mine, that's why your stronger than me, sure I may have been able to cut a country sized mountain in half, but one day, I'm sure you'll cut a meteor, and sure I may have killed a fake dragon, but I'm one day you'll cut through a real one, who so happens to be your mother and to be named Irene."

"Excuse me?"

"nothing, ignore that last part, but what I'm saying is keep up the good job, you'll surpass me one day, I believe it."

And with that, he walked away, leaving Erza to take in every word he said. After a while, the party toned down, eventually ending.

Later that night, the Strawhats left early, before the council arrived, but as they boarded the ship, they saw fireworks shooting into the night sky, and as they left, they saw the guild members at the edge of the dock, waving goodbye, so they waved back. Eventually the crew resumed their adventures into the high seas, and Natsu set up a new goal, to beat Erza, Laxus and now Luffy. He decided to sneak into Lucy's house as usual, but this time he found a letter,p on the door, minutes later, he was running in tears. The letter read.

Dear everyone...

By the time you are reading this, I'm already gone, I have listened to the numerous adventures the Strawhats had and I have decided, the adventures I had so far paled in comparison, and I think it's about time to spice up my life, so I'm leaving the guild for two years to take to the seas, go on my own adventures and get stronger. I will return, as well as learn to utilize my newfound power called "observation Haki". And If you are reading this Natsu, I love you, and I will return stronger to become a more reliable teammate, thank you.

-Lucy Heartfilia.

THE END.

WE DID IT, THE LAST CHAPTER OF THIS STORY, I SHALL NOW TAKE A WRITING BREAK, AND SOON RELEASE A SEQUEL, HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS FANFICTION AND THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODBYE FOR NOW. - THE MYSTERIOUS BANANA