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I am so sorry it took me so long to update! I'm back now! No worries! Thanks so much if you're still waiting for updates and all. I'll try not to take forever on updates like this. I just didn't have my laptop for the summer.

Enjoy!

The Master fast forwarded the introduction, wanting to get started with the showing. This is going to take awhile, he might as well speed it up. He was surprised at the moment though because Erza had managed to get Gray and Natsu not to speak. They weren't rushing him or fighting with each other. No, they were patiently waiting for it to start.

The Master was getting a bad feeling about this. He had a feeling things were going t take a wrong turn for one of the members, but he didn't know which. "-ter? Master?" He heard someone calling for him through his thoughts.

"Master? Are you okay?" Erza asked.

"I'm fine." Master sighed, and started the showing.

"Previously on Fairy Tail." Natsu said. Lucy, Happy, and Natsu were shown looking up. The screen zoomed out showing another scene, this being Makarov while he was in his giant form and shaded.

"Save my father!" Romeo shouted, hands in fists.

"Give Macao back!" Natsu shouted, kicking a Vulcan in the gut. Natsu was shown helping Macao walk with Lucy next to him and Happy flying next to her.

"I suppose I owe you one." Macao said as the screen closed in on the banged up father and the smiling Dragon Slayer.

"Natsu, Gray, I want you two to lend me your strength." Erza said seriously.

"Still in shock!" Romeo shouted, raising his hand. Everyone agreed.

"I'll come with you, but I have one condition." Natsu's voice was heard saying as the magic car took a hard right. "When we return, fight me!" Natsu was shown with a smirk and a fist.

"I accept." Erza agreed.

"Why are you doing this?" Lucy asked while Erza, Natsu, and Gray were shown posing in front of the Fairy Tail symbol. The screen faded black. The council building was then shown with a sign that read "Era" in the right corner.

Erza stiffened, realizing that Siegrain was going to be shown.

The screen zoned in as one of the council members said "Eisenwald may have been destroyed, but the source of the problem still remains." The members were shown standing on a bout magic circle.

"The number of dark guilds rivals that of the stars themselves." Another member said.

"Then we should come up with a plan to wipe them all out at once." One said.

"They will never be eradicated." Master said sadly. Many of the members looked down sadly.

"We'll bring them all down!" Natsu shouted trying to get them all to smile.

"I bet I'll take more down than you, Natsu!" Gray shouted, waving a fist at him.

"Shut up already!" Erza cried, smashing their heads together. Both sat back down, rubbing their heads as everyone laughed at them. Natsu smiled, happy that he accomplished his goal.

"But, how?" Another questioned.

"I will not stand for Zeref's magic falling into their hands again!" Said Org, while holding Lullaby.

"And how was it that they obtained such magic so easily in the first place?" Asked Yajima.

"Is he trying to blame someone...?" Erza asked hesitantly. She knew him, and he didn't seem to be one who would try that.

"Just watch and see." The Master said.

"Blame goes all the way up to the administrative level." Said Michello.

"At any rate..." A male's voice said.

Erza flinched, recognizing the male's voice.

The screen showed a body clad in a white jacket, the screen moving up. "it seems like this time we were saved by that thorn in our sides, Fairy Tail." A blue haired man said.

"They destroyed a whole dark guild with just four or five people. Impressive." Said a women who was shown.

"That's right! We're impressive!" Natsu shouted eagerly. Everyone cheered.

"I know it's not something you want to accept, but that's reality. We would be in dire straits if the Lullaby had actually killed those guild masters." The blue haired man said.

Everyone shivered at the thought. The guild masters are needed and they didn't want to replace there's just yet.

"It would have cost the heads of many of us standing here." Siegrian, the blue haired man, said.

"Fool! You intend to lay blame even on the Council itself?" A robed man asked.

"No, he'll ind someone to blame." Ezra said knowingly. "I just hope it won't be one of us."

Everyone glanced at Natsu, expecting them toolbar the one who most annoys them.

"Enough of this!" Org shouted. "Their tendency for wanton destruction gives me headaches! This time too!"

"Yes... We must repay them for their kindness." Siegrain said, smirking.

"That smirk kind of looks evil." Romeo said, shivering.

Erza gulped. Siegrain's look reminds her of her old friend, Jellal.

The title page showed. Happy read the title, "Natsu vs. Erza!"

"Yes!" Natsu shouted, throwing his arms up in the air for celebration. He finally got the fight he wanted.

Meanwhile, the rest of the guild already knew how this fight would end.

"He's going to die!" Gray whispered to Loke.

"I know!" Loke responded. Luckily, Natsu did not hear any of this.

The town of Magnolia was shown with a sign that read the town's name. The screen zoned in on Lucy's house. The screen showed Lucy through the window.

"The incident with Eisenwald targeting the guild masters during their regular meeting became big news immediately and everyone in the country learned of it." Lucy was shown writing before a newspaper covering the event was shown.

"Of course it is." Master sighed.

"I would have never believed I'd be at the center of such a huge event." Lucy said as she was shown again.

"Of course you'd be if you joined Fairy Tail!" Macao stated as if it was obvious, which it was.

"Even so, I'm living my day to day life just like I always do. Sometimes I think back on what happened and get all excited, though." Lucy thought. A picture of Kageyama and other members around him was shown. "I got wind that most of Eisenwald's members were arrested, including that guy named Kage."

"Rightfully so!" Mira said.

"Hey! We didn't even cheer about defeating the dark guild!" Natsu said sadly.

"He's right..." Everyone realized.

"I guess we just got distracted by everything else happening." Mira said thoughtfully.

"Can we celebrate now?" Natsu asked.

"I think we should finish the showings for today, and then if we aren't too tired after them, we can celebrate then." Master said. Natsu nodded.

"Well, I guess that's expected." Lucy thought as a picture of Erigor was shown. "The one thing that scares me is they don't seem to have caught Erigor."

"Let me catch him!" Natsu said.

"What'll I do if he comes to take revenge on Fairy Tail?" Lucy wondered.

"You'll fight!" Natsu said as if it was obvious.

"Not everyone resorts to fighting, Natsu!" Mira sighed.

"Well, everyone should!" Was Natsu's reply, before going back to watching.

The Fairy Tail flag was shown. "But I'll be okay! Natsu, Erza, and Gray are Fairy Tail's strongest team!" Lucy thought.

"What about you, Lucy?" Natsu asked.

"And me!" Happy said.

Nastu, Erza, Gray, Happy, and Lucy herself appeared in front of the flag. "Plus: Happy and I are there, too!" Lucy thought.

"She remembered!" Happy said gladly.

"This guild's the best, so don't worry, Mom." Lucy thought happily. "I'm doing just fine." The screen showed Lucy writing. "P.S. Keep this a secret from Dad, 'kay?"

"Why does it need to be kept a secret?" A member asked. Usually, people love to tell their parents about the guild.

"I'm sure there's some kind of reason." Mira said.

Lucy sighed and leaned back. "Maybe I'll do some shopping today." Lucy said to herself. Lucy stretched while saying "Thrilling adventures are great and all, but you can't beat relaxing at home!"

"I think the adventures beat that." Natsu said.

"Nope, definitely relaxing at home." Levy argues.

"Adventures!" Natsu shouted.

"Home!" Levy shouted back with narrowed eyes.

"Adventures!"

"Home!"

"Adventures!"

"Home!"

"Adventu-"

"Stop!" Natsu was cut off by Erza shouting. Everyone chuckled at the small argument Levy and Natsu had.

"Rent for this place is 70,000 jewel? That's really cheap." A male voice said. Lucy tuns to see Gray relaxing in her recliner. Her eyes popped out and teeth grew sharp. "You found yourself a nice pad, Lucy!" Gray said happily.

"Trespassing!" Lucy shouted, letting it echo.

"I'm getting the feeling you guys like to trespass into her home." Mira chuckled.

"It looks like fun!" Natsu said excitedly. He couldn't wait for Lucy to come to the guild.

Lucy was shown kicking Gray in the chest. "And don't strip in other people's homes!" She screamed. Gray made a strange, painful noise.

"She does have a point." Everyone told Gray, who was rubbing his chest right where Lucy kicked him.

"That looked like it hurt." He said.

Gray held out his hand, a second him appearing in front of him. "Hold it! It's a misunderstanding!" He shouted in panic.

"Hey! Another person who can scare Gray!" Ezra said happily. "I believe we will become great friends." Gray shivered as she said this.

"I was naked when I arrived." Gray admitted.

"I... was wrong." Ezra said in disappointment. She turned to glare at Gray. "You made me wrong!" She shouted, lunging at him.

"Hahaha! Ezra's going to kill Ice Princess!" Natsu laughed.

Meanwhile, Erza was being held back by the Strauss siblings, Mira and Elfman, and Master.

"Gray! Do something!" Elan shouted.

"What?" Gray replied while backing away from the angry red head.

"Be a man!" Elfin told him.

Gray had no idea what he meant. "Uh... Ezra! I'm sorry. Lucy scares me too! Don't worry. You weren't wrong." Gray managed to say, questioningly looking at everyone to see if they thought it would work.

Erza slowly calmed down. "Well, as long as you admitted it, it's good." She went back to her seat, and sat calmly. "Now, let's continue." She said as if nothing has just happened.

"Leave." Lucy said angrily, pointing to the door.

"Today's the day, remember?" Gray asked. "I figured you'd forget, so I came to get you."

"The say for what?" Someone asked.

"Well, if you would just watch, you would know." Ezra said, a bit frustrated.

"Huh?" Lucy asked.

"Yup, you forgot." Gray said knowingly. A crowd was show around two people from above. "Natsu said so before we left, right?"

"Get'em!" The crowd was shouting, while excitedly pumping their fists into the air. Ezra's lower half of her face was shown.

"Which one are you guys cheering for?" Levy asked.

Natsu's lower half of his face was shown while the crowd behind him shouted "Fight, Erza!"

"Oh." Levy said.

"Natsu!" Another shouted. The screen backed away to show Erza and Natsu squaring up.

"Natsu and Erza are fighting!" Gray said.

"We all know Erza will win." Gray said.

"No! I'll win!" Natsu shouted.

"I bet you 1,000 jewel that you'll lose!" Gray said, bumping foreheads with Natsu.

"You're on!" Natsu replied. They both sat back, watching the fight intently.

Lucy pushed her way through Wakaba gasping. "W-Wait, they were serious?" She asked in surprise.

"Oh! Hi, Lucy!" Mira said in a friendly way. Macao and Elfman stood behind her.

"Serious as can be! If they didn't take this seriously, they couldn't call themselves men!"

"But Erza's a woman." Everyone thought as they looked uneasily over at Elfman.

"Erza's a woman, you know." Mira pointed out.

"More like a female monster." Macao said.

Macao hid behind Romeo so Erza's glare couldn't find him.

"You're so brave." Romeo said sarcastically, as he slowly clapped.

"I am only when I'm not against Erza." Macao whispered.

"But if two of the people in the strongest team clash..." Lucy said, confused.

"Strongest team? What're you talking about?" Gray asked.

"Someone told her it was the strongest team." Levy said, looking pointedly at Mira, who laughed sheepishly.

"You, Natsu, and Erza, duh! You're the top three in Fairy Tail, right?" Lucy replied angrily.

Everyone besides those three collapsed laughing. "I'm offended." Gray said simply. Natsu for once agreed. Ezra just shrugged, ignoring them.

"Huh? That's just dumb. Who told you that?" Gray asked.

Mira was shown smiling nicely for a little before crying into her hands. Gray held his hands up in a way of comfort and said "Oh, it was Mira-chan..."

"You made her cry!" Lucy said in an accusing tone.

"Gray! You idiot! You're not a man." Elfman shouted at him.

"I do recognize Natsu's and Gray's manly spirit." Elfman said. "But I wouldn't go calling them the strongest."

Natsu pouted.

"There's a ton more strong people in Fairy Tail." Elfin said.

"Like me." Lexus stated.

"And Gildarts!" Someone shouted. Their attention went to Gildarts, who happened to be napping. Cana pushed him off the chair he was sitting on before quickly turning away and whistling, hoping he wouldn't suspect her of pushing him off. Gildarts jumped up, prepared to fight.

"Who wants to fight?" He shouted, finally coming to fully. "Oh! Sorry..." He chuckled sheepishly. "Wait! Who pushed me off my chair?" He asked in a whine.

No one said anything, only shrugging. Cana snickered at getting away with it.

Gildarts sadly sat back down.

"Like me, for example!" Elfman said while pointing at himself.

Everyone looked at him in exasperation.

"Erza is probably the strongest woman, though." Levy said, with Jet and Droy standing behind her.

"We're back on!" The two shouted happily.

"If you're talking about the strongest man, it's probably Mystogan or Laxus." Jet said.

"I'm hurt you didn't say my name." Gilders said with a hand over his heart, feigning heart break.

"I just thought that Natsu, Gray, and Erza worked the best together!" Mira said through her crying. Lucy looked at her with wide eyes.

"Oh? Weren't you saying how you were always worried Gray and Natsu would fight without Erza around?" Lucy asked.

"But now Lucy can probably control them too!" Ezra said happily. Natsu and Gray shivered. It seemed as though Erza was too happy about that.

"Regardless, I think this will be an interesting battle." Elfman stated.

"Really? I expect Erza to win easily." Gray said.

"Stop saying that!" Natsu shouted.

"No!" Gray replied with only that.

The screen showed Erza. "How many years has it been since we've pitted our magic head to head like this? Ezra asked.

"I was just a kid then!" Natsu said.

"Wasn't it, like, two years ago?" Levy asked. not quite sure. Everyone shrugged, not sure themselves.

"Things will be different this time! Today's the day! I'm going to beat you!" Natsu said as he got into a stance.

"I don't plan on holding back." Ezra warned.

"I actually think you guys will unconsciously hold back because you are guild mates." Master said. Everyone nodded, agreeing.

Ezra's magic created a breeze that blew her hair. "It's been a while since I truly tested my own limits!" She stated.

Erza's magic created light that glowed. The screen backed up as her armor turned golden. There was a flash and then her body was shown golden with space behind her. She brought her hands down, creating a rift in space. She bent fully down before exploding out of that position with a red magic circle appearing. A red and orange armor appeared on her body, with her hair now in pig tails.

"I love that armor!" Evergreen said quietly. As someone who enjoyed fashion Erza's armor was one of her favorites, though she'd never admit that out loud. Only if she liked the armor will she say she likes it.

"Flame Empress Armor!" Macao said while popping up in a bubble. The screen moved up to show the armor. "That armor resists fire!"

"Natsu's flames effectiveness are halved!" Laki said as she popped up and Macao disappeared.

Wakaba popped up next and Laki disappeared. "Ezra, that's going too far!" Wakaba said.

"No, it's not! She's not holding back, just like she said she won't." Natsu said happily. He was glad someone would go to such measures when fighting him.

The screen zoned in on Happy, showing him staring intently at the fight. "Yeah I'll bet on Erza after all. That okay?" happy asked, handing Cana some jewels.

"What a heartless cat!" Lucy said in surprise.

"At least Lucy will cheer for me." Natsu said sadly.

Lucy popped up in a bubble while Natsu and Erza were shown. "I don't like this sort of thing! I don't want either one to lose!" She stated.

"Never mind then." Natsu sulked.

"It's okay, Natsu. Remember the board Cana had set up? Some people were betting for you." Romeo told him.

"Oh yeah! You hear that Erza? Some people bet on me winning!" Natsu shouted at the red head, only to be glared at.

Gray then popped up in a bubble while Lucy disappeared. "You're unexpectedly innocent, aren't you?" Gray asked.

"Flame Empress Armor?" Natsu asked, laughing. "In that case, guess I have to go full power, no holding back!" He says happily. Natsu set his fists on fire and got into a stance.

"You already said you weren't going to hold back!" Gray shouted.

The crowd continued to cheer. The Master slid onto the screen with his hand up. "Begin!" He called out. Natsu jumped at Erza right away, with both fists on fire. He used his right to punch, but Erza jumped out of the way. Ezra swung her sword, creating fire in the air. Natsu lit his foot on fire as he swung his leg toward Erza.

Erza blocked the kick and slashed, but Natsu flipped out of the way. Ezra lunged toward Natsu, who took a deep breath before spitting fire out at Erza.

"This fight is so quick!" Romeo said in astonishment.

The fire missed Erza who was next it. Natsu swung his face around, still breathing fire out of his mouth. Ezra continued jumping out of the way, causing Natsu to hit the audience with his fire.

"Get better aim!" Some of the members complained.

"You were in the way!" Natsu replied.

The crowd jumped back, avoiding the fire. Natsu jumped toward Erza again with his fists on fire again. Ezra had her sword pointed at him.

"Wow!" Lucy said in surprise, watching the fight.

"See? I told you it would be a good battle." Elfman said.

"I wish I could see this in real life." Romeo said.

"You will in about a month." The Master reminded him.

"What's 'good' about it?" Gray questioned.

"Huh?" Everyone asked, except for the two who were fighting.

Erza jumped up and swung her sword around, going toward the Dragon Slayer. Natsu lit his fists on fire and leaned back, before charging. Someone's hands clapped and it resounded, stopping the fight. Natsu and Erza both glared at the person interfering.

"Why did they stop the fight?" Romeo groaned.

"Damn! Now our bet is off, since neither won." Gray complained. Natsu groaned.

Everyone paused and looked at the newcomer. The intruder took a few steps forward, saying "That's enough." They stopped in front of Natsu and Erza. "Everyone stay where you are. I am a messenger from the Council."

"Why is the Council here?" A member asked confused.

"Why? I was just about to win!" Natsu said, even though it was obvious he wasn't anywhere close to winning.

"The Council?" Levy asked in surprise.

"A messenger?" Jet asked.

"Why did they send one here?" Droy asked.

"To annoy us." The Master said.

"They're ignoring the scene in front of them, aren't they?" Lucy asked in surprise.

"Steaming from the recent Eisenwald incident, we hereby charge you with 11 counts of criminal property damage. Ezra Scarlet, you are under arrest." The messenger said. Ezra was shown looking at the messenger in surprise. Natsu was shown gasping, and a second one that was much more close up appeared.

"Say what?!" Natsu shouted.

"I agree with Natsu. What is happening?" Mira asked.

The intermission with Happy saying "And so..." was shown. The outside of the guild hall was shown deserted. The inside was shown while everyone was gloomy.

"Let me out! Let me out of here!" Natsu's voice was heard.

"Natsu, quiet down." Mira ordered.

"You do not want to mess with Mira right now." Elfman said, shivering. Everyone thought it seemed like a bad idea before he even said anything.

"Let me out!" Natsu continued shouting. A little gecko was shown with fire on it while waving it's hands up and down.

"You'll just go on rampage if we let you out." Mira stated.

"That's true." Everyone said in unison.

"That's what we all need to do!" Natsu said angrily with his arms crossed.

"No, I won't! So turn me back!" The gecko argued.

"If I do that, you'll go to rescue her, right?" Mira asked, putting her face in front of the glass he was caught in.

"No, I won't! Who cares about Erza anyway!" Natsu replied.

"We all do!" The whole guild shouted. Ezra looked up, smiling at them.

"It's that Council we're dealing with here. This ones out of our hands." Gray said.

"Let me out! I have something I want to say! Council or no Council, those guys were the bad ones!" The gecko said while appearing in a bubble.

"If you're innocent and the Council says you're guilty, then you're guilty." Gray said.

"That is sadly true." Levy said.

"You seriously think the'd listen to us?" Gray asked.

"No." Everyone said.

"But we've done all that stuff before... Why this time?" Elfman asked.

"Yeah, it's hard to understand." Laki said.

"There's got to be... Got to be something behind it!" Lucy said, while her head was on the table.

"The Council just needs someone to blame for this incident. Ezra will probably be out soon." The Master said.

The gecko was shown shaking in anger. A huge building was shown with the sign "National Council Fiore Branch". The narrator said "This is the Council's Fiore Branch. This is where judgement will be passed on Erza, but just then..."

Erza and the messenger walked together down a hallway. A blue haired man appeared to be waiting for someone, leaning against the wall. He smirked at Erza.

"Who is that?" Natsu asked.

"That's Siegrian." Ezra said.

"Why's he looking at you so strangely?" Natsu asked a second question.

"Because I don't like him." Ezra replied simply. Natsu got the feeling that she won't answer anymore questions about this guy.

Erza gasped and jumped back a bit. "Siegrain!"

Natsu wantred to ask why Erza seemed to be afraid of this Siegrain, but she had her eyes covered by her hair and seemed to be almost out of it. He let it be for the time being.

The messenger bowed down. "Long time no see, Erza." The man named Siegrain said. "Don't be so on guard. This is a thought projection. My body id now in ERA. The old men in the next room are also all thought projections."

"Why is he telling me this?" Ezra questioned. No one was brave enough to say they didn't know. She seemed very tense at the moment.

"It's not like they'd actually come all the way here for such a trivial matter." Siegrain said.

"I see." Ezra said, glaring at the man. "This is all your doing, isn't it?" She asked.

Everyone gasped, wondering if it was true.

"What a pointless farce!" Ezra said.

"Don't be harsh! After all, I'm on Fairy Tail's side." Siegrain said as he walked past Erza. He stopped just behind her. "The old men were afraid that they would share in the blame, so they created a plan to push responsibility onto others. 'Scapegoating.' if you will."

"That's stupid!" Levy said angrily, Jet and Droy agreeing with her.

"Enough!" Ezra shouted.

"As you wish. I wanted to see you before the trial and warn you." Siegrain said. He turned back around to face Erza. He lifted a hand and held her chin against it. Helena forward and whispered "Say nothing of the past to the old men."

"I'm confused!" Natsu announced.

"Everyone is!" Levy snapped, annoyed that she didn't know, but she wasn't going to pry into it now.

"For both out sakes." He whispered, leaning a bit closer.

Mira felt her shipping feels rise up inside her, but she pushed them down, not liking Siegrain yet.

Siegrain started towel away, saying "I'll be waiting on the other side of the door." He turned to glance at Erza. "As a member of the Council." He said before shimmering away.

"You know some powerful people, don't you?" The messenger asked, shaking.

"He's evil." Ezra whispered.

"If he's evil, why is he on the Council?" Natsu asked.

"Erza, can I explain this?" The Master asked. He got a small nod as a go ahead and took a deep breath.

"Siegrain has an evil twin brother. His name is Jellal." Master said. Ezra flinched at the brother's name. "I don't know what really happened with them, but it effected Erza somehow. Just leave her be for now."

The messenger and Erza stood in silence for a minute. "Don't get in my way, Erza." Siegrain's voice was heard. He was shown pausing on his walk. "Not after I've come this far..." He thought. He turned and smirked.

The intermission with Happy was shown. Ezra was shown standing before the judges. "We will now commence this Wizard's Trial." A woman's voice was heard. The Magic Council members' projections were shown. "The accused, Erza Scarlet!" One Judge called. Ezra was shown. Then Siegrain was shown as the judge said "Take the stand."

"This shouldn't be happening." Natsu grumbled.

The guild was shown. Lucy angrily stood up. "I can't just stay here! Let's go testify on her behalf!" Lucy said determinedly.

Erza smiled, glad Lucy thought of her. "Unfortunately, that wouldn't work." Ezra said.

"Lucy..." Nab trailed off. Master and Mira were shown.

"No, wait!" Master said.

"What are they waiting for?" Nastu asked angrily.

"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked, running up to the guild Master. "This arrest is an injustice! Once they decide on a verdict, it'll be too late!"

"It doesn't matter how fast we go, if we leave now we won't make it in time!" Master said.

"Then it would have worked?" Levy asked, just in case they needed an idea in the future.

"Probably not. We annoy them too much." The Master said too happily.

"But..." Lucy continued to argue.

"Let me out! I said, let me out!" The gecko yelled again.

"You sure you want out?" The Master asked. The gecko stared at him in shock.

"Yes..." He said timidly, causing all of them to state at him in wonder.

"That't not Natsu." Everyone said in realization.

"Then who is it?" A member asked.

"What's the matter, Natsu? You suddenly run out of steam?" The Master asked. A speech bubble appeared to becoming out of the gecko's cup. The Master sent a magic ball at the glass, causing it to explode and the gecko to go flying. The smoke cleared to show Macao.

"Knew it wasn't Natsu." Everyone muttered.

"Macao?!" Levy shouted in confusion. Jet and Droy appeared behind her with looks of shock on them.

Elfman, Laki, and Lucy all shouted "But, why?" Macao slowly gets up holding his head and smiling sheepishly.

"Sorry..." Macao said.

"Sorry isn't going to help it. Natsu is going to ruin my chances." Ezra said.

"I owed Natsu one. In order to pose as Natsu, I transformed myself into a gecko." Macao said as in the background it showed Romeo holding the gecko.

"My dad caught Natsu!" Romeo shouted.

"Why did none of us ask where Macao was?" Levy said, smacking her forehead with her hand.

"Yeah, I don't know how we didn't think to ask." Jet said, agreeing with Levy.

Natsu was shown behind them crouching behind a bush. "Get to it! I'll pretend to be you!" The gecko, who was Macao, whispered to Natsu.

"So then, where's the real Natsu?" Lucy asked in concern.

"Ruining my trial." Ezra stated simply.

"You don't know that! Maybe I'm helping!" Natsu said angrily. Ezra turned or glare onto him. "Or maybe not..." He trailed off.

"He didn't go after Erza, did he?" Gray asked angrily.

"Yeah, probably." Macao said hesitantly.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Elfman shouted angrily.

"I want to help too." Elfman said sadly.

"Trust me, it would be better for all of you to stay away." Ezra said.

"That guy might actually try and punch a council member!" Elfman said.

"That's true!" Everyone realized. They all turned to Natsu, who was smirking.

"That's actually not a bad idea." Natsu said. Everyone groaned.

"You better not, Natsu!" Ezra warned.

"Silence, all of you!" Master shouted. He had a stick that he was holding. The screen showed close up on his face that was shadowed. "We will wait patiently for the results." He said. Everyone stared in disappointment.

"The accused, Erza Scarlet." A judge said as it went back to her trial. "In regards to the recent incident involving Eisenwald and the Lullaby." Explosions at the train station were shown. "You will answer to charges concerning the damage to parts of Oshibana Station, the destruction of the Ryusika Gorge railway," Erza was shown fighting with the Eisenwald members. Then the tracks were shown getting blown away by Erigor.

"That was Natsu!" Some of the members shouted.

"That was me!" Natsu shouted at the same time. He hated that Erza was getting blamed for something he did.

"and the complete collapse of the Clover Meeting Hall. You are accused of these acts of destruction." The judge finished. The whole that was left after the building was destroyed was shown.

"And that was Lullaby!" Others shouted.

"I hate how Erza is getting blamed for stuff others did." Levy said.

"I do, too!" Natsu said. "If anyone should be arrested, it should be me!"

"Natsu, they were probably afraid that you would destroy the building." Master said. Natsu laughed sheepishly.

"According to witnesses at the scene, the culprit was an armored female wizard!" The judge continued.

"What witnesses? All the citizens ran away!" Levy said.

An explosion happened behind the red head mage. The screen split into nine parts to show the Council members shocked expressions. "What is this?" A judge asked. The smoke cleared to show Natsu dressed up as Erza.

"I am the armored female wizard!" He shouted.

Ezra face palmed. "You idiot!" She said.

"Natsu! You look stupid!" Gray laughed.

"You looked stupid now!" Natsu shouted at him.

"No, I don't!" Gray replied.

"Yes, you do! Where are your clothes, Ice Princess?" Natsu asked angrily.

"Where I want them to be!" Gray answered, shoving his head against Natsu's.

"Stop it!" Ezra shouted, pushing their heads together. Unfortunately, the two weren't able to turn away from each other and their lips met.

There was a shocked silence in the guild.

Everyone collapsed laughing as Gray and Natsu jumped away from each other finally coming out of their shock. "You bastard!" They both shouted at the same time.

"Get me a mint!" Gray shouted. Gray ran around, searching for the mints.

"I need to burn my lips off!" Natsu said, letting his lips catch on fire.

Both settled after Gray found mints and Natsu accepted that he couldn't burn his lips off. They had to wait for everyone to stop laughing before they continued the showing.

"You want to catch me, then just try!" Natsu shouted. He was wearing a red wig and used barrels as his "armor". He blew fire out of his mouth while flailing his arms around.

The screen split into two to show Erza in one part clearly shocked and having nothing to say, and four members of the Council also shocked.

"I am Erza!" Natsu shouted.

"I think you should stop." Jet said.

"If I did somethin' wrong, then spit it out!" Natsu shouted while blowing fire out of his mouth. Everyone stared in shock. "And the crime had better be worse than murdering the guild masters!" He shouted while pointing at the Council members.

"He's going to get in trouble." The Master sighed.

The smoke fully cleared to show the demolished room. The judge sighed before the screen split into two to show Erza sighing in disappointment and Natsu smirking confidently. "Take them to the jail." The judge said.

"I apologize for this." Ezra said, bowing.

"Erza, don't apologize to these guys!" Natsu shouted.

"No, that was the right thing to do." The Master told Natsu, who was still trying to wipe his lips off to get rid of the 'Ice Princess germs'.

"Er, wait... I am Erza!" Natsu shouted.

"Nice save!" Gildarts said snickering.

The screen showed the moon while Natsu's shout echoed.

The building was shown during the night before the screen flashed to Erza who was glaring at Natsu. "I don't even know what to say to you. This is just a formality." Ezra told him. The screen zoned out to show Natsu kneeling in front of her.

"A formality?" Natsu asked lowly.

"You don't know what a formality is?" Levy asked. Nastu shook his head and Levy went to explain what it was.

"Levy, it will be explained in the showing." The Master said. The Solid Script Mage nodded.

"They arrested me just for show." Ezra told the pink haired Dragon Slayer. "It's to preserve the order of the magical world. The council must make a show of enforcing law among wizards."

"What? I don't get it at all!" Natsu admitted.

"You never understand things." Gray said.

"I understand some things!" Natsu argued.

"It means that they'll find me guilty, but there won't be any real punishment! I'd probably have been back today." Ezra said. "If you hadn't gone nuts, that is!" Ezra shouted. She seemed to grow as Natsu shrunk. Natsu appeared on the screen, frozen in shock. "I can't believe you..." Ezra trailed off.

"Natsu!" The members groaned.

"Sorry..." Natsu apologized.

"But... I'm glad you came." Ezra admitted. The screen showed her softly smiling. Then the screen showed Natsu glaring at the wall in an uncomfortable silence. It then showed the hallway while Erza laughed and hit Natsu.

"Ow!" Natsu shouted.

The members chuckled. "That probably hurt!" Natsu complained.

Someone's arm was shown as it shimmered. "I see... So he was in Fairy Tail?" Siegrain questioned. "Natsu Dragneel..." The screen went dark.

"Um... That was sort of creepy." Natsu said, raising an eye brow.

The Fairy Tail guild was shown. The inside was shown as Natsu pumped a fist in the air. "Ah, the sweet smell of freedom! Just smell it, yes!" Natsu shouted with a little fire in his mouth. Natsu ran around the guild crazily while everyone gave him weird looks. "Who knew freedom was so great?" Natsu asked.

"Everyone." Laxus said simply.

"Shut it, would you?" Jet asked.

"Freedom!" Natsu shouted.

"Pipe down!" Roy shouted. Master and Mira were shown.

"This is what makes him so lovable." Mira said fondly.

"I don't know if you could call if lovable. I think more annoying." Ezra said. Natsu just pouted at her.

"So it was all an arrest for show..." Lucy said with her head down. "And I was so worried..."

Gray fisted his hand and hit his other palm with the fist. "I see! She's a scapegoat but not a sacrificial lamb!" He said, as if he figured it out all by himself.

"So smart..." Loke trailed off, saying it sarcastically.

"Shut it, Loke!" Gray snapped.

"You're an ice wizard, all right..." Elfman mumbled.

"Is that supposed to mean something?" Gray asked, offended.

"I don't know." Elfman said, shrugging.

"That joke gave me the chills..." Elfman said while shivering.

"Oh." Gray said.

"So, what about your man-to-man battle with Erza, Natsu?" Elfman asked, making Natsu pause.

"Why would you remind him." Most of the members groaned.

Lucy popped up in a bubble looking shocked. "Man?" She asked.

"At least Lucy is confused about it." Ezra sighed.

"Oh yeah, I forgot!" Natsu said. Natsu went over to Erza. "Ezra, let's continue where we left off!"

"No. I'm tired." Ezra said, setting her mug down. Natsu let his fist catch on fire.

"Here I come!" Natsu shouted, running toward the armored mage.

"Do you not understand the meaning of no?" Evergreen asked.

"What am I to do with you?" Ezra asked. Ezra got up and punched Natsu in the stomach, causing him to freeze and fall over. Lucy, Gray, and Elfman were shown staring in shock. Natsu was shown almost passed out, twitching in pain.

"Ah, well. Shall we begin?" Ezra asked.

Everyone laughed at the question.

Happy appeared on the screen with a raised hand. "It's over!" He shouted.

Elfman and Gray are shown laughing while Lucy looked on in astonishment. "Lame, Natsu!" Gray said through his laughter.

"Erza's strong, that's for sure!" Elfman stated.

"Not as strong as Laxus!" Freed said angrily.

Mira and Master were shown. "What's the matter, Master?" Mira asked, noticing that the Master looked down.

"..m... sl..p..." Master said. He looked up.

"He's just sleeping!" Everyone shouted.

"Master!" Mira said in disappointment.

"...s him..." Master slurred.

"Huh?" Everyone asked.

"Who is it?" Bickslow asked.

Mira closed her eyes before falling forward. The screen showed her collapsed on the floor.

"What?" Elfman asked, worried.

"This is..." Gray mumbled, holding his hand to his head.

"Oh, it's just him." Gray said. Elfman relaxed, noticing what was happening.

Erza and Laki were shown trying to stay awake. "Sleepy..." Laki muttered, rubbing her eyes. Lucy feel asleep next, leaning her head on the table she was sitting at.

Cana, Alzack, and Wakaba all feel asleep next falling into the aisle. Ezra was shown holding onto a table while a man walked past her. He walked past the Master and the Master said "Mystogan..."

"I hate when he comes. Can't he just leave us awake?" Natsu asked angrily.

The man grabbed a job request and walked back to the Master, saying "I'm off."

"Hey! Aren't you going to undo the sleeping magic?" The Master asked. The man pulled the request back after showing the Master and started to walk away.

"Five. Four. Three. Two. One." He counted down, before disappearing. Everyone jumped back awake. Natsu continued sleeping.

"Only Natsu." Mira said fondly.

"This feels like... Was Mystogan here?" Jet asked. Levy was next to him rubbing her eyes.

"That bastard!" Droy muttered, covering his eyes.

"He always uses such super powerful magic." Levy said.

"Yeah, and it sucks!" Natsu said.

"Is there anyway we can stop him from doing that?"

"I don't think so..." Master said.

"Mystogan." Lucy said in confusion.

"One of the strongest men in Fairy Tail." Elfman said. Lucy gasped.

"He does this because he doesn't like other people to see his face." Gray explained. The job board was shown where Mystogan pulled the request off of it. "When he comes to take a job, he always puts everyone to sleep like this."

Everyone groaned, hating that.

"What's with that? That's way too suspicious." Lucy said.

"So no one other than the master knows what he looks like." Gray said.

Everyone looked at the Master, who shrugged.

"No. I know what he looks like." A male voice was heard. Someone was shown holding his head in his hand and smirking.

"Laxus!" Bickslow, Evergreen, and Freed yelled excitedly.

The man was standing on the second floor. "Laxus! You were here?" Someone asked. "That's rare." Lucy was shown staring at the mage and Gray looked as though he was glaring.

"Another one of the strongest." Gray said.

"Not another one. I'm the strongest!" Laxus told Gray angrily. Lightning flashed behind him, threatening to attack the Ice Mage.

"O-Of course!" Gray stuttered, holding his hands up in surrender. He didn't want to be attacked by Laxus of all people right now.

Laxus was shown leaning on the railing for the second floor. "Mystogan's shy. Keep your noses outta it!" Laxus told the guild. Natsu was shown waking up suddenly.

"Laxus! Fight me!" Natsu challenged, jumping up immediately.

"But you were just beat by Erza!" Gray said, shaking his head.

"I don't care!" Natsu snapped.

"You were just beat by Erza a second ago!" Gray said, popping up in a bubble.

Everyone turned toward the Ice Mage, who was frozen. "I guess we won't change over the month. That's good, right?" Gray asked. Everyone nodded, causing the mage to relax.

The screen showed Laxus again. "That's right! If you can't even beat Erza, there's no way you could beat me." Laxus said teasingly.

"What are you implying?" Ezra asked angrily. Gray was in the corner of the screen, trying to comfort the angered, armored wizard.

"Whoa, calm down there, Erza." Gray said worriedly.

"Erza's scary!" Romeo said.

"That I am the strongest!" Laxus shouted, raising his arms up.

"Which I am!" Laxus said proudly. The guild members glared at the conceited man.

Lightning split the screen to show Natsu and Laxus. "Then get down here and prove it, jerk!" Natsu screamed.

"How about you come up here?" Laxus asked.

"You know I can't!" Natsu screamed at the man.

"That's your problem!" Laxus replied, snickering. Natsu growled at him, wanting to attack him. Laxus's team glared t the Dragon Slayer.

"Natsu! Calm down!" The Master warned. "Laxus will beat you."

"Thanks, Gramps." Laxus told him, acting as if he was above everyone.

"Fine by me!" Natsu yelled, bending down on top of the table he was on. Natsu jumped off the table and started to run toward the mage. He stepped onto the bar where the master, who tensed up, was sitting. The Master swing his fist around, enlarging the body part and smashing Natsu right before he got to the stairs.

Lucy looked on in shock while the Master looked on calmly. "You cannot go upstairs!" The Master ordered. "Not yet."

Natsu groaned, mad that he missed that chance.

Laxus laughed, leaning further down. "Seems you've made him angry."

"Laxus, enough!" Master shouted as Natsu tried to power his way up and get the Master off of him.

"I'm not giving up my seat as the strongest in Fairy Tail for anyone!" Laxus told the members.

"I'll take it by force!" Natsu shouted angrily.

"Natsu!" Master called his name in a warning tone, once again.

"Not to Erza or Mystogan, either. I am the strongest!" Laxus said proudly. The screen split into three to show Erza, Gray, and Natsu glaring at the mage. The outside of the guild was shown.

"About what Master said before..." Lucy's voice was hear. The screen showed Lucy sitting at the bar with Mira behind it. "How he can't go up to the second floor. Why is that?" Lucy asked.

"We need to tell members once they come in." Levy told Master.

"I agree. Otherwise, someone might venture up." Master told her.

"It's a bit early to talk to you about it, Lucy." Mira said. "But the second-floor request board has jobs posted to it so difficult they don't even compare to the ones on the first. S class requests."

"I want to take one!" Natsu shouted.

"No!" The Master shouted. Natsu cowered back from the Master.

"S class?" Lucy asked. The board was shown with three requests on it.

"So that's what it looks like!" Everyone who hasn't seen it, meaning most of the members, screamed.

"These are jobs where the slightest mistake would mean death. Of course, the rewards are correspondingly high." Mira explained.

"I want to do one just for the reward!" Natsu said.

"Natsu! You could die!" Mira scolded. Natsu looked at her with a serious expression.

"I won't." He said simply, before turning away. He said it so seriously that most people believed him.

"Only wizards who the master approves can take on S class quests. If you include Erza, Laxus, and Mystogan, then there are only five people who can do them." Mira said.

"Erza, Laxus, Mystogan, Mira, and Gildarts." Wakaba listed the mages who can take one of the jobs on the second floor.

Mira was shown on the screen again. "S class is not really something you should seek out. They're all jobs where you'd need a great number of lives!" Mira said.

"Like a cat." Romeo said, causing some to snicker.

"Seems like it..." Lucy said, looking like she'd never try to go on one. Lucy was shown walking along the canal as a boater shouted "Watch your step, missy!" The screen closed in on Lucy as she walked.

"I've heard of both Mystogan and Laxus before." She thought.

"Of course she has." Laxus said egotistically.

"Fairy Tail really is an amazing guild." Lucy thought.

"Was there ever any doubt?" Gray asked.

"And I think I know how everyone ranks in power about now." Lucy thought, thinking up a table. She had herself with Gray and Natsu, Erza, Laxus, and Mystogan above them, Master, above the S class mages, and everyone else below her, Natsu, and Gray.

"I'm offended!" Levy shouted.

"That's not a true ranking!" Loke shouted.

"She doesn't!" A member in the back shouted.

The outside of her house was shown. "I'm gonna work hard starting tomorrow!" Lucy thought. She opened the door to her house only to find Natsu and Happy working out in her bed.

"Welcome home!" Natsu said.

"Stop invading her house!" Ezra shouted, hitting Natsu in the back of the head.

Lucy screeched as her eyes popped out of her head. "You smell like a gym!" She screamed, kicking Natsu in the gut. Natsu flew backward with his eyes popped out of his head. "If you're gonna weight lift, do it in your own house!" Lucy shouted.

"She has a point." Gray said. Natsu just crossed his arms and pouted.

"What are you saying? We're a team, right?" Natsu asked while holding his stomach. He lifted a pink weight next and held it out to Lucy. "Here, you try!"

"She won't." Laxus predicted.

"What do you know?" Natsu snapped.

"Just watch." Laxus told him.

"You like pink, right?" Happy asked, appearing next to Natsu.

"Sure, but I don't care about barbells!" She screamed with wide eyes.

"See?" Laxus asked Natsu, who refused to answer him.

"We've got to get more powerful if we're gonna beat Erza and Laxus." Natsu said, doing pushups with Happy.

"Aye, sir!" Happy shouted.

"It doesn't matter to me, now leave!" Lucy screamed.

"We're gonna train all night!" Natsu said, speeding up his pushups with Happy.

"She's not going to want to do that!" Ezra told the Dragon Slayer.

"Somebody save me!" Lucy shouted while tearing up.

Natsu and Happy paused in their pushups. "I decided." Natsu said.

"I've got a bad feeling." Master said.

The screen split to show Lucy confused and Natsu smirking. "Let's do an S class quest, Lucy!" Natsu said.

"You better not!" Ezra warned Natsu, who cowered.

Happy was shown holding a request up with a S class stamp on it. "S class!" Happy said.

Lucy appeared on the screen leaning away. "How'd you get that?" She asked.

"I hope she sets you guys straight." Ezra said, glaring.

"I thought you couldn't go up to the second floor?" Lucy questioned, scared. Happy approached her.

"We went up and took one." Happy admitted.

"Cat burglar!" Lucy shouted at the flying cat.

"Well, it's our first time, so we picked the cheapest one." Natsu said.

"It's still too hard for you guys! Don't go on the quest!" Master said worriedly.

"Gramps. We'll be ok." Natsu said in a serious tone. No one wanted to believe him, but his tone caused them too.

"Even so, it's still 7 million jewel!" Natsu said matter of factly.

"No way! We don't have permission to do an S class." Lucy refused while pointing to the request.

"Listen to her!" Master told the boy. Natsu just smiled at him.

"If we do this right, then gramps'll have to recognize us." Natsu said happily.

"I won't." The Master said angrily. Natsu just laughed sheepishly.

Lucy sighed. "Really, you're always doing crazy things like this. At least follow the rules of your own guild." Lucy said.

"Yeah! Follow the rules of the guild!" Mira scolded.

The screen split into two to show both mages. "If I do that, I'll never get to the second floor!" Natsu argued.

"Anyway, I can't go. You two enjoy yourselves." Lucy said.

"I'm glad she knows not to go." The Master sighed.

"It's a job where we're supposed to rescue an island." Happy said.

"An island?" Lucy asked, a little interested.

"Don't get her to go with you!" Ezra shouted.

"Natsu, you idiot!" Levy shouted too. Lucy was going to be her new friend. He's going to kill her before she gets the chance to become friends.

"Galuna, the cursed island!" Happy and Natsu said next, scaring Lucy.

"Alright! Now she definitely won't go!" Levy cheered.

"Now I'm definitely not going!" Lucy said.

"Yay! I'm like Lucy!" Levy shouted happily.

"Even if I offer to give you half the fish?" Happy asked, him and Natsu getting closer to the scared girl looking evil.

"That's not an incentive!" Lucy replied unhappily. Lucy sighed.

"Tch. We're leaving." Natsu said.

"Aye." Happy groaned.

"Finally!" Everyone in the guild cheered, happy that they were leaving without convincing Lucy to go with them.

"Go cool your heads a little, sheesh." Lucy said. She turned to see Natsu jumping out of the window. "Hey! Leave using the door!" Lucy shouted. Natsu grabbed onto Happy's tail and happy floated him down. Lucy turned to see the request on her floor. She screamed in surprise and cowered away. "They left the poster!" She said in surprise.

"Idiot." Gray mumbled.

"How do you know I didn't leave it there on purpose?" Natsu asked. Everyone thought about that.

"Wait, now it looks like I stole it!" Lucy said, wondering what to do. "What am I going to do?" She asked. She turned and picked up the paper. "No way! You also get one of the 12 Gold Gate keys?" Lucy asked.

Everyone groaned. "She's going." Levy said, smacking her forehead with her palm.

The amount of jewels she would get hung on a banner above her. Then she appeared in front of it with a look of mischief on her face. She was shown outside, sharing after the two. "Natsu, Happy, wait!" She screamed, holding the paper up. They looked behind them with smiles. The sun was shown.

"Oh, no!" Mira screamed. She was shown running down the stares toward the Master. "One of the requests on the second floor disappeared!" Mira said. Master continued to drink for a second before spitting it out.

The ending song played.

"I have a bad feeling." The Master said. He was getting the feeling that one of his members is going to go through much sorrow during this part.

"Me too." Mira agreed quietly. She didn't want the rest of the guild to hear.

"We should start the next one!" Natsu shouted, waiting for it to continue.

"Alright, let's start it." The Master said.