Chapter 2: Reunion and Jobs

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

"Normal speech"

"Thoughts"

"Dragon/Demon Speech"

Magic Spells

Nervousness. It was the perfect word that clearly described how Lucy was feeling right now, this was not only due to the fact that she was finally going to join her dream Guild but also because of the person that suddenly appeared out of the blue wanting to join the same guild too, and if his previous display of power was anything to go by then his chances of getting in was significantly higher than her. The said person was currently walking beside her and chatting with Natsumi about Dragons or something, she really didn't hear their conversation since she was having a long thought process about everything so far.

"What if he gets in and I don't?" a sudden thought arose in Lucy's mind as she walked with her eyes down.

"Something bothering you blondie?" Natsu asked.

Natsu's voice brought Lucy out of her musing as she looked up and saw them staring at her. "I...It's nothing" Lucy nervously replied with a small smile. Both Natsu and Natsumi knew that something was bothering her but they didn't press on further about it. "So, what kind of magic do you really use Natsumi? I mean when Bora threw the fireball, you didn't even receive a burn and on top of it, you actually ate it" Lucy asked changing the topic.

"I thought I already told you that" Natsumi asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry, guess I haven't been paying attention" Lucy replied as she turned a bit red from embarrassment.

"Rucy is such an abstracted person" Happy giggled as he flew above them.

"Shut up you damn cat! And its Lucy, not Rucy!" Lucy exclaimed as she tried to grab Happy by jumping in the air.

"You'll never catch me with all that fat on your body" Happy snickered as he continued teasing Lucy who now had growing tick marks all over her head. "You're dead, you damn neko!" Lucy roared a bit and continued trying to catch Happy. Both Natsu and Natsumi continued laughing at her antics and seeing Happy roasting her in every single sentence.

"I'll tell you again then. I can use Dragon Slayer Magic" Natsumi said with a huge grin after all of them calmed down.

"Dragon Slayer Magic? What kind of Magic is that? I've never really heard of it" Lucy asked with curiosity in her voice, she always had a knack for learning something which she didn't know.

"Lucy is really stupid for not knowing that" Happy said with a roll of his tongue as he walked alongside them since his magic ran out.

"Shut your mouth you good for nothing cat!" Lucy exclaimed as she grabbed Happy and shook him like a rag doll.

"Wah! Someone help me! Rucy is trying to murder me!" Happy exclaimed as he played the victim.

"That's because it's a Lost Magic" Natsu replied after laughing a bit.

"Really?!" Lucy exclaimed as she looked towards Natsu dropping Happy in the process, she knew that Lost Magic was extremely rare to find and it didn't help that they had been obliterated from the history of the world, so there weren't many sources to know about them. "Please tell me more about it!" Lucy said as her eyes glossed over like a 7-year-old curious girl.

"Well for starters, Dragon Slayer Magic allows its user to actually transform their physical bodies into that of a Dragon. For example in Natsumi's case who's a Fire Dragon Slayer, her body is transformed in such a way that she shows traits of a typical Fire Dragon which include; Lungs capable of spewing fire, scales that grant protection against fire, nails covered in flames and so on" Natsu said as Natsumi puffed out her chest in pride.

"Transform? But she looks like a normal human" Lucy asked a bit confused by the statement that Natsu just said.

"While Dragon Slayer Magic does allow a person to have traits of a Dragon, it doesn't change their physical appearance, it simply changes their body constitution so that it can cope up with the magic" Natsu explained. Lucy had a look of utter astonishment on her face, she never knew about such an amazing magic that literally changed the body of the user.

"Sugoi! You're really awesome Natsumi!" Lucy exclaimed as she looked at Natsumi with a newfound respect.

"Hehehe...I know that" Natsumi said as her ego inflated up twice to what it was before. "I think I shouldn't have praised her that much" Lucy thought as she saw Natsumi walking with her chest puffed out and head held up high, Natsu simply gave a sigh to her behavior.

"Do you use some kind of speed-enhancing magic, Natsu-san? You moved really quick when you punched Bora" Lucy asked now looking towards Natsu.

Natsu simply gave a chuckle and replied, "I didn't use any kind of magic when I did that".

Lucy's eyes widened when she heard that, "Then how come you moved that fast?".

"With proper training, such speed is merely a child's play" Natsu said as he continued walking beside Natsumi.

"Then what kind of magic do you use?" Lucy asked as she followed.

"The same as Natsumi, with the only difference being that instead of Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, I use Creation and Destruction Dragon Slayer Magic" Natsu replied.

"Creation and Destruction?" Lucy asked with a confusing look.

"Yes, Creation Dragon Slayer Magic allows me to replicate the magic which I have absorbed, while Destruction Dragon Slayer Magic allows me to erase any form of magic that I face" Natsu replied with a grin.

"You mean to say that you know two different types of Lost Magic?!" Lucy asked with an expression that was a mixture of both awe and horror. She had never imagined that she would meet a person who knew two different kinds of Lost Magic and now her self-confidence had almost hit rock-bottom, "I...I can never compete against such a strong mage, looks like I won't be able to enter Fairy Tail after all".

"Instead of pitying yourself, why don't you try to get stronger" Natsu said as he faced forward.

Lucy had her eyes wide opened when she heard that, "Did he just read my mind?".

"No, I didn't" Natsu replied as he continued looking straight, he really didn't need to use any mind reading magic on Lucy since she was just like an open book. "I've met many mages like you on my travels so I know that expression you're making. They always feel insecure and doubtful about their abilities when they see me using my magic, and even though I can't sympathize with them what I believe is that instead of blaming yourself for your lack of power you should work harder to improve yourself, believe that tomorrow will be better than today, never to give up or falter upon the difficulties that you'll be facing on your journey, so that when you look behind, you can only feel proud of how strong you've become than your past self" Natsu continued as he turned his head back a bit and gave a grin to Lucy.

Lucy could only gawk at the words that Natsu just said, she felt her confidence returning back to her along with a huge determination, all her self-doubts had vanished as she tightened her fist and swore to herself that she'll get stronger. She was completely caught off guard when an arm snaked around her neck, "Don't be scared, blondie. We at Fairy Tail accept almost anyone who has a powerful will to join us" Natsumi said as she gave a huge grin to Lucy. She grinned back as she walked with a new found confidence.

"Even if Lucy doesn't become a mage in our guild, we're always hiring a sweeper" Happy said as he snickered.

"You're so dead now" Lucy said with irritation clear in her voice as she chased Happy to end his life once and for all. Both Natsu and Natsumi laughed at the scene as the rest of the journey went on in a similar fashion with Happy making a comment on Lucy which would result in her chasing him all over the place.

"We're finally here" Natsumi said as she stood in front of a large, two-story high building.

The building incorporated several architectonic styles: it took on a shape reminiscent of a Pagoda, with each floor being smaller than the one below it and sitting on the latter's roof. The roofs also bore a great resemblance to those of real pagoda, consisting of extremely long, arched tiles lined up one after the other and possessing curved protrusions that were 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. The roof below the one with the dome, the middle one, housed a large banner with Fairy Tail's symbol on it, held up by a pair of vertical poles. The building's large entrance was again Arabian in design, with its shape being reminiscent of that of the dome on the summit, and above it was the guild's name, topped by a protruding, stylized heart shape and flanked by a pair of carved fairies. Stylized heart shapes were also visible on the frames of the numerous, large pentagonal windows located on each floor, with the top floor housing smaller, arched windows partially covered by banners.

"I can't believe I'm finally going to join Fairy Tail" Lucy said as she clutched her racing heart which was threatening to almost come out of her chest. Natsu simply grinned a bit when he saw the building "So this the Guild that guy praised so much".

"Welcome to Fairy Tail" Natsumi said with a huge grin as she walked towards the large double doors.

"We're home!" Natsumi announced as she kicked the doors with such a force that it almost blew off its hinges.

Lucy stared at Natsumi with wide-eyes, she knew that Natsumi was a bit uncultured but kicking the doors of her Guild with such brute force as if she was conducting a raid was something Lucy had never imagined her doing.

Natsu, on the other hand, smiled a bit seeing the antics of Natsumi, "She's just like that guy described, hopefully the Guild is as rowdy as her" he thought as he walked in along with Lucy.

All the heads in the Guild turned towards the door when they heard the roar of their guild's favorite fire-mage and the loud bang she made by kicking the door.

"Hey Natsumi! I overheard what you did to the Nazuna Observatory" Krov said as he grinned. "Don't you think you went a little overb..." he wasn't able to finish his sentence as he was sent flying across the Guild Hall, courtesy of a kick from Natsumi.

"Bastard! That info you gave me about Salamander was fake" Natsumi roared as she stood over the table where Krov was just a minute ago.

Krov crashed onto the tables placed on the other side of the Guild Hall eliciting grunts and angry roars from the occupants that were on them. A Guild member picked up Krov and threw him back in anger since his shirt got stained with beer when Krov crashed in. Unfortunately, Krov was headed back towards his original assailant, Natsumi didn't give it another thought as she straightaway kicked Krov just like a football, poor Krov.

"You bastards wanna pick a fight with me!" Natsumi roared as she charged right into the group of people, soon enough a Guild brawl started with chairs, tables and people flying everywhere.

"Oye Natsumi stop it!" a Guild member said but it fell on deaf ears as a table was thrown towards him, knocking him out of the game.

"Who's throwing the furniture?!" another Guild member said as a group of people was thrown this time.

Natsu couldn't help but laugh hysterically seeing the Guild become a war zone where furniture and humans were used in place of missiles. "That guy was right, this place sure looks like fun" Natsu thought as he wiped away his tears from all that laughing. Lucy, on the other hand, was completely lost in taking into account the fact that she had finally entered her dream Guild. "It looks so much different and better than what I had imagined" Lucy thought as her eyes sparkled completely ignoring the commotion taking place.

"Now that Natsumi is back, the guild may be torn apart soon" a female voice said as she giggled a bit at the energy of her surrogate sister.

Natsu turned towards the source of the voice and saw one of the most beautiful women he had ever met. The said woman had long hair which curled slightly at the ends with two bangs framing her face and reaching down to her chest. Her hairstyle's most distinctive trait was a short, upward ponytail obtained by gathering and tying the hair covering her forehead. While many would have mistaken her hair color to be white if one were to look carefully, her lustrous hair almost gave a shine akin to that of platinum. She had large blue eyes and a curvy, voluptuous body with large breasts. Her attire consisted of a sleeveless, ankle-length maroon dress with a pleated skirt. The chest area was adorned with a large, pink bow and similarly colored trimmings framing the rather ample neckline, acting as straps and circle around the waist. She had a small chain necklace with a blue oval gem attached to it and a bracelet made of white flowers circling her right wrist. But none of these held a candle in front of the broad beaming smile that was adorning her face. She was Mirajane Strauss, the sweetheart of the Guild.

"Platinum hair, maroon dress? Wait a minute...she's the barmaid that guy told me about! What was her name again...Mena...Myra...Mira! Yes, that's it, that was her name! Man...I gotta admit, he was right. She really is a beauty" Natsu chuckled in his mind as he forgot the fact that he was staring at Mira for more than a minute now.

"Is there something on my face?" Mira asked as she looked at Natsu with a confused look.

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing I just spaced out for a while" Natsu said as he laughed nervously. "Gotta keep my head clear or else I'll be labeled as a pervert" he thought.

"So, you're back matchstick!" a male voice echoed the Guildhall as Natsu and Lucy were brought out of their thoughts.

They both turned together and saw a raven-haired boy standing behind them. He had dark blue eyes, a dark blue Fairy Tail Guild mark on the right side of his chest and a necklace, which resembled a sword with a stone in it. Although the most notable thing was the fact that the only article of clothing that he was sporting was a stripped boxer. He was Gray Fullbuster, an Ice-mage and Natsumi's rival.

"And I thought that people would term me as a pervert for staring at their barmaid. This guy gives the pure aura of a pervert" Natsu thought with a sweatdrop.

Lucy turned around and finally registered the commotion around her, "What the hell is happening?!" Lucy thought as she went wide-eyed when she saw Natsumi throwing away people like ragdolls.

"What the hell do you want snowball!" Natsumi replied in irritation as she punched another Guild member.

"Let's settle our score, once and for all" Gray said to her as he cracked his knuckles. "Gray, stop flashing your body in the public and wear your clothes first" a female voice told him.

"What the?! Why does this happen to me every time?!" Gray complained as he looked downwards. "Take this snowflake" Natsumi roared as she threw a chair towards Gray which soon enough crashed into him. "Oww!" Gray moaned in pain as he forgot to put on his clothes and stormed towards Natsumi, "That's it Chilli flakes! You're dead".

Natsu and Lucy turned towards the person that addressed Gray and saw another beauty sitting on the table. She was a tall, slim, young woman with caramel skin. She had long, mid-back length brown hair. Two shoulder-length strands of hair framing her face, with the left one starting from a prominent, high fringe. Her outfit consisted of a light blue bikini top which features a camouflage pattern, a pair of capri pants with two bands hanging from each leg and a light belt covered in heart motif loosely tied around the waist. She completed her outfit by wearing a pair of high-heeled sandals. She also had a pair of metal bracelets adorning her biceps. She was Cana Alberona, the guild's resident drinking queen.

"Tch, another one of those undignified guys" Cana said as she hoisted a large barrel of alcohol over her head and started drinking directly from it. "That I really hate" she finished her sentence after she gave a burp of satisfaction over the quality of the alcohol. "Damn that hits the spot!" Cana said with a grin.

"It's like the pot is calling the kettle black" Lucy thought with a sweatdrop when she saw Cana take another swig from her barrel.

"Goddamn, are all the girls in this guild such bombshells?" Natsu thought clearly disregarding the uncultured behavior that Cana just showed. "Dammit, my mind wandered off in that direction again!" Natsu cursed as he shook his head to clear out all the perverse thoughts he was having. Over the years he had learned all kinds of things to cover up for the 400 years he skipped but the only thing that he regretted learning was the birds and the bees from that guy. "I swear, if I ever meet him again I'm going to punch him in the face for making me such a pervert" he thought.

"What childishness" a deep male voice said from behind Natsu and Lucy.

They turned and lifted their head upwards to see the owner of the voice. The said person was a large, muscular man with tan colored skin, his height caused him to tower over most of his fellow guild members which included Natsu and Lucy. He had long white hair that was kept styled upwards in long, wavy spikes, his dark eyes possessed no visible eyebrows and his rectangular, elongated face had a stitched scar running down its right side, crossing his right eye. His black Fairy Tail Guild mark was located on the left part of his neck. His outfit consisted of a dark blue jacket with purplish blue inners held closed on the front by a line of large buttons, with similar buttons on the sleeves' back and the zip located on the high collar left open. The back of his jacket is adorned with large, light kanjis, which read "The greatest" and the jacket itself seems to be worn over a light red shirt. His outfit was completed by loose pants matching his jacket held up by a simple belt, and traditional geta sandals held in place by bands that had the same color as his jacket's inners. He was Elfman Strauss, the younger brother of Mirajane and the self-proclaimed manliest man of the Guild.

"He looks intimidating yet a serious fellow at the same time" Natsu thought as he saw the large man walk towards the commotion. "Is he going to stop the fight?" he thought with a raised eyebrow.

"Arguing and squabbling in the middle of the day. You're all not little kids you know" Elfman said in a serious voice.

"He looks like a real mature person, maybe he can settle down the fight" Lucy thought in hope of finally seeing the fight end but what Elfman did next made her do a face fault.

"Real men talk with their fist!" Elfman yelled as he charged towards the group.

"So it all comes down to fighting after all" Natsu thought as he snickered, he was really enjoying being in this Guild.

"And here I thought that he might be the most sensible of them all" Lucy thought with a sigh.

"Ugghhh...it's so noisy in here" a man said, as he adjusted his glasses.

He was a young man of average height, his hair kept in a mildly short, spiky cut with spiky strands covering his forehead and other longer ones jutting upwards from the top of his head. He had hazel eyes which were covered by a pair of azure-tinted sunglasses with a thin frame. In his left ear, he bore a stud and two rings. He wore a green coat with a wide collar, complete with prominent, spiky, brownish-white fur trimming lining the hood, over a light red shirt covered in many flower-like motifs, black pants and whitish sneakers, each adorned by a pair of light green stripes. He was Loke, the most flirtatious man in the whole Guild.

Lucy's eyes widened when she recognized him and she pulled out her Sorcerer's Weekly Magazine. "No way...isn't he Loke?! The top-ranked in 'The Mage you want to have as your boyfriend' article. He must surely be the most rational among all these people" she said in her mind. It was at this moment two girls appeared out of nowhere and hugged him from the sides.

"I'll go join their fight, wish me good luck" Loke said as he laughed a bit perversely while the girls cheered for him.

"And he has officially corrupted his own image in my eyes" Lucy said with a deadpan expression as she took out a marker and crossed out his name from the magazine. "Isn't there anyone in the Guild who's completely normal?" she said with a sigh but as soon as she said that she felt a hand patting her shoulder.

Lucy turned around to see the person and was completely shocked to the core. In front of her was a young woman about the same age as her, who had her green hair in a bob with bangs cut above her eyes, along with two blue cross-shaped objects attached to the sides of her head like horns. She was also wearing gold cross-shaped earrings. She was wearing a purple cleavage-exposing corset and matching miniskirt, both with white ornaments hanging from them. She had a white fur-lined coat paired with a pair of dark-brown high heels with purple nail polish coat on her toenails and a golden Fairy Tail Guild mark on her right thigh. She was Brandish μ, the longtime best friend of Lucy.

"Lu-chan!" Brandish happily exclaimed as she hugged her best friend.

"Brandi-chan" Lucy returned the hug with the same amount of happiness.

Natsu who heard someone call Lucy turned around and almost got an erection seeing a green haired girl and Lucy hugging so tightly that their breasts were squashing against each other. "Holy hell! I'm gonna die at this rate" Natsu thought as he turned around to calm himself down.

"When did you return from Alakitasia?" Lucy asked after she separated herself from the hug.

"Been two years I guess" Brandish replied with a shrug. "Mom's still there, although she really misses you and Aunt Layla" Brandish continued with a smile.

"I miss her too, though mom's a bit angry at Aunt Grammi for not contacting her, you know" Lucy said as she giggled a bit along with Brandish.

"Yeah, mom's quite busy with the bouquet shop she has opened there" Grammi replied.

"Anyways, what are you doing he...don't tell me that you're part of Fairy Tail!" Lucy asked with wide eyes when it finally hit her.

"Hehe...You betcha" Brandish replied with a grin as she raised her right leg a bit to show Lucy her Fairy Tail mark.

"Sugoi!" Lucy exclaimed as her eyes turned into stars.

"Hehe...I know right. You want to join Fairy Tail too, right?" Brandish asked to which Lucy nodded.

"Awesome, I can already feel the excitement from all the amazing things we'll do together" Brandish said with a huge grin. Lucy beamed with happiness on the inside, today was a really lucky day for her. Not only she'll be entering her dream Guild but also her longtime best friend was a part of it.

"Finally, I thought that this Guild was filled with crazy people" but as soon Lucy thought about it, Brandish pulled her back and punched a flying wooden stool coming their way, breaking it in the process.

"Can't you bastards see that we're talking right here!" Brandish exclaimed as she glared towards the brawl happening in front of her.

"Shut up!" was their collective reply as they were too busy fighting amongst themselves to even notice who said that.

"I'll show you who's gonna shut up!" Brandish roared as she joined in the fray.

Lucy simply stood there with her mouth hung open at the turn of events as she watched her best friend slam people into the tables with so much force that it broke apart. "How did she become such a beast?" Lucy thought as she continued watching the fight.

"They're really full of energy, aren't they?" a girl said as she stood beside Lucy bringing her back to reality.

Lucy turned towards her and almost choked on her breath seeing her idol standing next to her, "M...Mirajane! Oh...my...god I can't believe I'm meeting the real Mirajane! Eeeeeppppp!" she squealed. "Wait, shouldn't we stop them?" Lucy asked snapping herself out of her fangirl mode.

"You don't have to worry about that, this happens all the time" Mirajane replied with a smile as she continued watching the fight. "Besides, look carefully" she said. With a confused look on her face, Lucy watched the fight carefully this time but when she finally noticed it her eyes widened, "T...They're smiling" she said.

"They don't fight to hurt each other, they fight because they care and just want to see their comrades remain strong till the end" Mirajane replied. Lucy turned towards her and gave her a look that clearly told her that Lucy didn't understand a single word that she just spoke.

"In simple words..." Mirajane said but got interrupted when an empty whiskey bottle came flying towards her and hit her in the head. "They're enjoying themselves" she continued with a smile as blood came trickling down her face.

"Everyone in this Guild is scary" Lucy thought as she shuddered.

"You guys are seriously getting on my nerves" Cana said in irritation as she pulled out a tarot card which started to glow.

"That's definitely Card Magic" Natsu thought as he saw others preparing their magic too.

"You're seriously gonna get it" Gray said as he slammed his right fist into his left palm creating a cold mist.

"Molding Magic I guess...and judging from the cold mist coming out, it must be Ice Molding Magic" Natsu thought as he whistled a bit. "If possible I'd surely like to add that to my collection" he ended his train of thought with a smirk.

"Orahhhh!" Elfman roared as his entire right arm started to turn into one that of stone.

"Hmm, transformation...then it must be Take Over magic, not bad"

"Let the party begin!" Natsumi exclaimed as she engulfed her hands in flames.

"M...M...Magic! They're seriously gonna use magic to fight?!" Lucy exclaimed in surprise and fear as she felt the magical power increasing rapidly.

"Well we are mages so this isn't that much of a surprise" Natsu said as he watched with a smile. Lucy turned towards him and saw that he wasn't even getting fazed by the pressure that was building up.

"This might be a problem" Mirajane thought with a sweatdrop.

"CUT IT OUT YOU FOOLS!" a voice boomed all over the Guildhall making everyone freeze in place.

Lucy started shaking in fear as she looked up and saw a giant figure standing in the center of the Guild, the figure was so tall that it almost reached the ceiling.

"Now that's what I call stealing the scene!" Natsu thought with a grin.

"Oh, you're here Master Makarov!" Mirajane said with joy stunning the blonde.

"M...M...Master?!" cried the scared blonde in shock before the giant turned his gaze to her, "H...He freaking Humongous!".

The giant observed both Lucy and Natsu and was quite impressed that Natsu wasn't even showing a single sign of fear. The Fairy Tail master increased his magical pressure a bit to see their reaction and was further impressed seeing Natsu counter it with his own power. "This boy is really interesting, earlier his magical aura was almost negligible but now it increased so much in the blink of an eye!" Makarov thought but was caught off guard when he felt Natsu increasing his power just a little bit above his own. "Is this boy challenging me? Hoho...he surely has got some guts to do it" he thought with a smirk as he too increased his own power.

Everyone in the Guild was trembling right now, their eyes full of fear, their breaths were getting ragged as they felt like someone was chocking them. They were not only feeling the huge crushing magical pressure from their master but also from the newcomer who was parring it with ease. Lucy and Mirajane who were standing really close to Natsu were having a hard time believing the amount of power that he was giving out. The magical pressure was increasing so much that they were feeling like someone had trapped them inside a boiling pressure cooker.

"I...I knew he was s...strong but this is crazy!" Lucy thought as she was trying her best to not faint.

"He's parring with master without even flinching a bit! Just who is he?" Mirajane thought as she felt her breath getting labored. "He's mine!" a demonic voice said inside Mirajane's mind, a voice which she's hasn't heard in a long time, a voice which made her eyes widened. "It can't be possible! How're you still alive?" she screamed in her mind. "He's mine" the voice repeated but this time a bit softer. She was about to say something else when the magical pressure started to decrease until there was none left.

The whole Guild started taking deep breaths as they finally relaxed. The giant began to shrink until he became an extremely short, elderly man. He had black eyes and is growing bald with only the outer rims of his head containing white hair, he also has a thick white mustache. He wore a casual outfit, consisting of a white shirt with a black Fairy Tail stamp in the middle under an orange hoodie. His attire was completed with matching orange shorts and an orange and blue striped jester hat. The dwarf man walked towards Natsu and with a grin stretched out his hand. "You sure are really powerful, boy. What's your name?" he asked. "The name's Natsu Dragneel, it's a pleasure to meet you old man" Natsu replied with his own grin as he bent down to shake hands with the master.

"Dragneel?" Makarov said with a raised eyebrow. "Are you from Natsumi's family?" Makarov asked.

"You're a Dragneel?!" a female voice asked as it rushed towards Natsu.

"Yeah, I am" Natsu replied as he saw Natsumi's eyes widened.

"Why didn't you tell me before?!" Natsumi asked.

"You never asked" Natsu replied.

"A...Are you from the same family as me?" Natsumi asked getting really excited over the prospect of finally meeting someone with the same family name as hers.

"I...I don't know" Natsu replied trying to choose his words carefully so as to not hurt Natsumi. "I was given this name by my adoptive father, so I really don't know if you're related to me or not" he answered.

"S...Say, was your father also a Dragneel?" Natsumi asked with venom in her voice as her hair covered her eyes, she clenched her fist and gritted her teeth as she waited for the answer. Everyone was silent at this point, nobody dared to say anything. They all knew what Natsumi was trying to say, at some point in their life many felt the same emotions as her so they knew what she was going through. She was like a hyperactive little sister to most of the Guild members, so seeing her like this hurt them a lot but they choose to keep quiet lest they worsen the situation.

Natsu also knew what was going on her mind, so with a deep breath, he replied "No. My father wasn't a Dragneel. I think that it's simply a coincidence that our names match".

"I see" Natsumi said as she relaxed a bit and was about to walk away when Natsu held her hand. She turned around and saw Natsu staring right into her ruby eyes. "Look, I know what you're thinking and it's not my place to say anything but let me tell you. You're not an unwanted person, you are important in my eyes, in the eyes of Lucy, in the eyes of Happy and from what I saw, in the eyes of this whole Guild. I don't know what happened in your past, nor do I wish to speak about it unless you are comfortable with it. So don't dwell too much on it, alright" he said as he gave a reassuring squeeze to Natsumi's hand.

Natsumi looked down, not in anger nor in frustration but in embarrassment. She felt her cheeks getting warm and a soothing feeling spreading throughout her body. A funny feeling was there in the pit of her stomach as her hands were getting a bit sweaty. She wasn't foreign to this feeling, she had spent a lot of time with the girls in the Guild to know what this feeling was. But the real question on her mind was, is this feeling real? She had just met him a day ago and now she was falling for him? She internally shook her head, was this the thing that Igneel had told her about? Was her Draconic side accepting this guy as her mate? Surely he was dangerously powerful if the clash between him and master was anything to go by. While others might not have noticed she was easily able to identify the magical power that was rising on par with that of the master. Dragons like most of the animals always choose to follow the alpha which also meant that female dragons preferred strong males. This was also true in case of Dragon Slayers, so with him being so much powerful, it was a huge plus in her book. There was also the fact that he was really caring, the proof of which he just gave. While female dragons do love strong males, it didn't necessarily mean that they would always pick them, what females generally craved for is love and care from the one they choose. It really didn't matter to them if their mate wasn't the top dog. If their mate loved them like they're the only one that mattered then they wouldn't demand anything else.

"But is he really the one?" Natsumi thought, she was told by Igneel that a Dragon's mate is a special one, so until it's him no other will interest her. "I...I don't know. He surely gives me the feeling that none have given me before, but is he really the one? Maybe I should give it time, see where this goes" she thought as she finally made up her mind.

"Yeah, sure" Natsumi said with a huge grin. The Guild soon smiled along with her when out of the blue Natsumi's stomach rumbled, "Time to eat I guess" she said as she walked towards the bar. Many laughed while the others giggled at how fast the mood changed from serious to happy, must be the magic of Fairy Tail.

"I was going to scold them over the complaints that they had received from their jobs, but it looks like that won't be necessary" Makarov thought as he walked towards his office to shred away the complaints. Before he entered his office he took a last glance towards Natsu, "Looks like things are about to get more interesting with him around" he thought with a smile.

While the whole Guild was in a cheerful mood, a certain giant reptile wasn't in such a happy mood. The large Dragon was residing in a volcanic region he started growling as he closed his glowing yellow eyes. "Natsu Dragneel, huh. His features do resemble Natsumi in her early years, so is he the actual younger brother of Zeref?" the Dragon thought as he slowly opened his eyes. "But if that's the case, then how come he's in this timeline? I vaguely remember but I'm certain that he wasn't present with us during the time we passed through the Eclipse Portal, so just how did he end up here? Is this the work of the one who took him? Since all of us got separated when we crossed the Eclipse Gate, I need to tell Anna about this but I don't even know about her whereabouts and the amount of magic he displayed earlier isn't something to joke about. I need to keep a keen eye on him to wring out as much information as I can get on him" he said. "But why did Natsumi choose him as her mate?! I even inhibited the growth of her breast so that she doesn't attract any attention from the males" he said as he cried with tears of blood. "As her father, I can't allow any boy near Natsumi and if he tries to make a move on her I'll personally come out of her body to beat this kid up" he said in a determined voice, "You better watch out Natsu Dragneel. I'll be watching over you".

"Where do you want your Guild mark?" Mirajane asked with a magic stamper in her hand.

Lucy thought for a bit and placed her right hand on the table. "And what color would you like?" Mirajane asked as she flicked through a few different colors.

"Hmm...I'll take pink" Lucy said excitedly.

"Alright" Mirajane pressed the stamp on Lucy's hand before pulling it back showing a pink Fairy Tail's mark on her hand.

"Hehe" Lucy grinned. "Look Brandi-chan, I'm officially a Fairy Tail Mage!" she excited said to her emerald-haired friend beside her. "Looks cool!" Brandish exclaimed as she petted Happy who was sitting on her lap. "Good for you, Rucy" Happy said with a bored look.

"I didn't ask for your opinion you damn feline!" Lucy said in irritation as she sat with her hands crossed.

"Looks great on you, Lucy" Natsu said as Mirajane approached him.

"Thanks Natsu!" Lucy grinned.

"And what about you?" Mirajane asked.

"I'd like the Guild mark on my left shoulder and make it silver" Natsu replied after thinking for a bit.

"Alright, here you go" Mirajane said as she pressed the stamp on his left shoulder before pulling it back to show a silver Fairy Tail mark.

"Thanks, Mirajane" Natsu said with a small grin.

"No problem Natsu" Mira replied with a smile.

"Brandi-chan, what type of magic do you use?" Lucy asked since she never saw her best friend use any kind of magic before.

"I use a magic called Command T" Brandish replied with a grin.

"What kind of magic is that?" Lucy asked, Natsu also turned towards her since he never heard about that magic.

"It's a Caster Magic that allows me to alter matter, for example, its mass and proportions" Brandish answered but knew that she needed to demonstrate it seeing the confused look on her friend's face.

"Mira-chan, can I have a shot glass?" she asked. "Sure" Mirajane replied with a smile as she placed a small glass a the counter.

"Now watch this" Brandish said as she picked up that glass began to cast her magic on it.

"Command T: Expansion" Brandish said as the glass expanded to the size of a pint glass.

"Amazing! Your magic is so cool!" Lucy exclaimed with wide eyes.

"I know, right" Brandish said with a proud look on her face.

"Woah, your magic sure is interesting" Natsu said as he took the glass from her hand. "It surely isn't an illusion, this glass has legitimately changed its proportions. It's almost like she can create mass out of thin air, plus the glass isn't returning to its original state even though I'm using my Destructive Dragon Slayer Magic on it. It looks like once the spell is cast it can't be undone or maybe I can't cancel out the spell with my current control over Destructive Dragon Slayer Magic. Even if I copy it, I don't think I'll be able to use it properly unless I get more information on it. Her magic is far more amazing than I thought and its applications are endless" he thought as he examined the glass and grinned ear to ear. "If that guy's magic had tremendous power, hers has an endless amount of possibilities" he ended his train of thoughts as he remembered the day he learned his limits after coming in this timeline, the day he fought with a person whose magic he couldn't copy or even nullify, the day he understood how much more control he was still lacking over his magic.

"Brandi-chan~, why don't you use your magic on this barrel of mine?" Cana whined.

"Cana you should not be drinking that much alcohol, it's bad for your health" Brandish said.

"Bah! There's nothing this baby can't handle" Cana said with a proud look as she patted her gut.

"Does this magic only change the proportions of non-living things?" Natsu asked.

"Well, if mastered correctly it is said that the user can expand or reduce virtually whatever they desire; be it objects, humans, magic or even landmass" Brandish answered.

"How come such a powerful magic isn't popular?" Lucy asked with disbelief.

"Well for starters, it requires a lot of magical power so not many are able to handle it. Also, this magic is almost akin to Lost Magic since there are a very scarce amount of people who know about it. I was lucky that I taught this magic by one of the regular customers at our bouquet shop" Brandish answered. "Although I'm only able to manipulate objects and maybe magic to a certain extent since it takes a huge toll on my body" she continued as she gave a sheepish smile.

"It's still amazing Brandi-chan" Lucy said. "I second that" Natsu added as Brandish smiled at those words.

"Is my dad back yet?" a voice called out.

Natsu, Lucy, and Brandish turned towards the voice and saw a small boy with straight, dark purple hair. His bangs were particularly prominent, covering part of his forehead, with some smaller strands jutting outwards from the top of his head. He had large eyes and a small, mildly round nose. His outfit consisted of a dark T-shirt adorned on the front by a drawing of Nakajima, lighter-colored pleated shorts with two large pockets on the back, and simple sandals, each held up by two bands joined by a round button.

"Romeo, your father is a mage. Have some faith in him, go home and wait" Makarov replied who had apparently come out of his office.

"He said he'd be back in three days" Romeo said as his eyes began to tear up. "It's been a whole week since then" he said as he walked up to Makarov.

"Mira-chan, what was Macao's job?" Makarov asked.

"Macao's job was at Mt. Hakobe. He needed to subdue a few Vulcans there" Mirajane answered to which Makarov nodded.

"See! It's not far! Please send someone to search for him!" Romeo exclaimed.

"Your father is a Fairy Tail's mage, Romeo. In here we don't have any mage who can't take care of themselves" Makarov calmly replied.

Romeo started to tear up further as he started to shake from anger, with a glare he directed at Makarov, Romeo punched him in the face and dashed out of the Guild yelling 'idiot'.

Lucy was about to say something when all of a sudden a sharp cracking sound was heard. The trio (Natsu, Lucy, and Brandish) turned their heads and saw Natsumi walk out of the Guild with a serious looking face.

"Gotta go" Happy said as he jumped out of Brandish's lap and flew towards Natsumi.

"I bet Natsumi's going to help Macao" a guild member said with a sigh.

"If she does that, it'll only hurt Macao's pride" Wakaba added.

"Let her do what she wants, she's old enough to make her own decision" Makarov said with a small smile, he was proud of Natsumi even if he never said it out loud.

"What was that all about?" Lucy asked with a confused look.

Mirajane smiled as she cleaned the glasses, "The same thing happened to Natsumi".

"Huh? What do you mean?" Lucy asked.

"Natsumi's foster father mysteriously disappeared one day and hasn't come back ever since" Brandish answered this time.

"Ig...neel, right?" Lucy after thinking for a bit since she remembered small bits of the conversation Natsu and Natsumi were having prior to entering the Guild.

"Oh, you know about it?" Mirajane asked with a mild surprise.

"Not much, I just know the name" Lucy answered.

"So you don't know that Igneel was a Dragon?" Mirajane asked with a mischevious smile.

"D...Dragon?!" Lucy asked in complete shock.

"Oh, you didn't know about it?" Mirajane asked.

"Well, she did tell me...but I thought she was joking. I mean who would believe it when someone told you that they were raised by a Dragon, right?" Lucy asked.

"I believed it" Brandish said with a straight-face.

"Brandi-chan, you even believed that babies were actually brought by the Stork" Lucy replied with the same look as she quoted the word 'the Stork' with her fingers.

"Hey, I was really small at that time!" Brandish protested as she crossed her arms.

"And now you know?" Lucy teased.

"Babies are born from a woman's belly" Brandish said as Lucy nodded. "And to make a baby, you..." she continued.

"W...Wait, Brandi-chan. You don't need to say it out loud" a flustered Lucy said as she tried to stop her best friend from saying that three letter word.

"Kiss" Brandish said.

"Eh?" Lucy said with a blank look, she expected a four letter word too but not these four letters.

"When two people who love each other kiss, a new life is born in a woman's belly" Brandish said with a proud look as Lucy tried to control her laughter at her friend's childlike mind.

"That's our Brandi-chan. Sweet and pure, just like a child" Mirajane said as she giggled.

"Hey, where's Natsu?" Lucy asked when she noted the absence of salmon hair.

"If you're talking about that pink-haired boy, then he just went out of the Guild after Happy" Wakaba said.

"He might have gone after Natsumi" Brandish said.

"He went without me? That's not fair!" Lucy complained as she stood up and walked towards the Guild door, she had decided to get stronger and if Natsu was going to help someone, she sure won't be left behind. "Hey, Brandi-chan. You coming?" Lucy asked as she turned her head.

"Sure, I've got nothing better to do" Brandish replied with a smile as she walked out of the Guild with Lucy.

"So many people going to rescue Macao? What is this, a rescue operation?" Wakaba joked as a few guild members laughed.

Makarov released a sigh as he looked towards the Guild door, "Let's hope that Macao's pride doesn't shatter after he returns back to the Guild".

"You know maybe I'll visit Mira-san's house next time" Lucy said with a smile.

"Don't go stealing her underwear and stuff, okay" Happy said.

"Who do you take me for?!" Lucy replied in irritation.

"I never knew you were an underwear thief Lu-chan" Brandish said as she placed a hand over her mouth in shock.

"I thought we were best friends!" Lucy exclaimed as she looked at Brandish with a betrayed look.

"S...Shut your...mouths...you're making me feel...worse" Natsumi weakly said as she reclined in the seat of the carriage.

"You really can't handle transportation, can you?" Lucy asked.

"It's the only weakness we Dragon Slayers have" Natsu replied.

"Why don't you get inside the carriage and talk instead of running outside? People are giving you weird looks seeing as to how you're running alongside the carriage" Lucy asked with a sweatdrop.

"No way. I'd rather walk around the whole Fiore in my birthday suit than getting inside that monstrosity" Natsu answered.

"Somehow I don't doubt that" Lucy said with a nervous smile.

They talked like that until the carriage finally came to stop. "I'm sorry but this is as far as I can take you!" the driver of the carriage said.

"It stopped!" Natsumi exclaimed as she shot off her seat.

When Natsumi opened the back doors to the carriage, they were hit with a solid blast of freezing wind. Natsumi and Brandish stepped out unfazed into the raging snowstorm, while Lucy started to tremble uncontrollably.

"Why is it so freaking cold when we are still in summer season?!" Lucy complained as her teeth were chattering while she was desperately trying to cover her body with her arms.

"You should have worn more clothes" Natsu said.

"I didn't know it was going to be so cold out here" Lucy said as she continued to shiver.

"You're so weak" Happy said as he snickered.

"I don't want to hear that from a cat who's stuffed inside Natsumi's bag to warm himself up" Lucy retorted.

"Don't worry Lu-chan, I've got the perfect solution for you" Brandish said as she took out a small piece of fur cloth from her coat pocket.

"Command T: Expansion" she said as the small piece of fur cloth increased in size to that of a blanket.

"Your magic is really awesome, Brandi-chan" Lucy said with a huge smile as she wrapped the fur blanket around her body. "But I'm still a bit cold" she said.

"Want me to warm you up?" Natsumi asked as she lit her hands on fire.

"No thanks. I have a better idea" Lucy replied as she took out a silver key, lest she'd have burn marks on her body.

"Open, The Door of the Clock - HOROLOGIUM" she said as a Longcase clock appeared before her. The clock had long black arms, a glass case, a Roman-numerical clock at the center and a small face at the top with slit eyes and a thin, twirly, mustache-like mouth.

"Woah, a clock appeared!" Natsumi exclaimed. "Aye" Happy added.

"It's really warm in here, she says" Horologium said on behalf of Lucy as she got cozy inside of him.

"It's been quite a long time since I've seen you Horologium" Brandish said with a smile.

"It has been, Lady Brandish" Horologium said.

"Macao! Where are you?! Romeo's really worried back home!" Natsumi shouted on top of her lungs.

"Hey Natsumi, Macao-san came to subdue the Vulcans in this area, right?" Brandish asked.

"Yeah, that's the job he took" Natsumi answered.

"Hey Natsu, what's a Vulcan? She says" Horologium asked.

"You don't even know that? You really are a disgrace to the mages" Happy commented.

"I'm going to kill you if you don't shut your trap! She says" Horologium said.

"That's a Vulcan" Natsu said as he pointed behind Lucy. Horologium turned back and Lucy started to shiver not in cold but in fear.

In front of her was a large, anthropomorphic monster that was almost akin to a primate. It had an elongated chin, prolonged ears, and pointed head that resembled a single horn on top of its head. It also had gargantuan arms and sequentially large hands that was attached to its muscular torso. Although in comparison to its upper body, it possessed a pair of smaller-scaled legs that featured a long tail connected to the bottom of its torso. Its fur was white colored while its pectorals, abdominals, hands, ears, and facial features were black colored. The lower half of its body was a darker shade of black and the decorative pattern on its arms consisted of five black circles on each of them, which were composed of black tufts of fur.

"G...G...Guys? She says" Holorogium said as Lucy was shaking like a prey in fear.

"Woman!" the Vulcan cheered as it hoisted Holorogium over its shoulder. "You're coming with me" the Vulcan said as it ran towards its lair.

"Save me! She says" Holorogium said as a crying Lucy rapped the glass she was now trapped in.

"Looks like we found out Macao" Brandish said as she crossed her arms.

"Seriously? Macao got taken over by a Vulcan?!" Natsumi said as she gave a sigh.

"Aye, Macao's stupid for being taken over like that" Happy added.

"Shouldn't we save Lucy?" Natsu asked as Brandish and Natsumi looked towards him with a blank look. "Wait for us, Lucy/Lu-chan!" both of them shouted collectively as they ran towards the direction of the Vulcan, finally realizing that their friend had been kidnapped. Natsu gave a sigh as he ran after them. They almost got to the Vulcan's lair when they heard a loud piercing cry.

"What's that noise?" Natsumi said as she came to a stop. The screech echoed in the mountains again. "It seems that it's getting closer and closer" Brandish said as she looked around.

"Looks like your friend not only faced Vulcans but also something way stronger than that" Natsu said with a grin as a large figure appeared to be coming in their direction.

"Is that?" Natsumi asked with wide eyes.

"Yep, that's a Blizzardvern" Brandish replied as a huge draconian beast landed in front of them.

Its entire body was covered in milky white scales except for the coal-black underside of its neck which continued on through its stomach to the underside of its tail. Attached to its arms and sharp-clawed hands, were its ripped and torn webbed wings that were highly reminiscent of that of a bat. Its legs were hunched and muscular, with a spike extending out of each knee. There were also three jagged, greyish spikes running vertically up each calf. In addition to that, each foot had three white, extremely sharp black talons in the front and a long talon coming out of its heel. Atop its angular head, it had long and sharp black spikes running down each side of its spine, which got smaller and smaller until they eventually stopped at the base of its long prehensile tail. The beast glared at the trio with its small beady eyes as it opened its maw a little to show its small yet sharp, spaced teeth.

"It looks like we won't be getting away without engaging with it" Natsu said with a small grin.

"Who told you that we'll be escaping from this beast?" Natsumi asked with a bigger grin as she punched her other hand in the palm creating embers around it. "I'm all fired up" she said as her grin grew wider.

"But, aren't they herbivores?" Brandish asked.

"We're probably in its territory right now" Natsu replied. "And my best guess is that the person whom we came to rescue might have also enraged this Blizzardvern, that's why it is protecting this area specifically" he added.

"You seem to know a lot about them" Brandish said.

"Not much, I just faced a Green Wyvern in a forest once so I know one or two things about them" Natsu replied.

"Less talk, more action!" Natsumi said as she dove head first towards the Blizzardvern. "Let's see how you handle this" she said as she took a really deep breath making her cheeks bulge out abnormally.

"Fire Dragon's Roar" Natsumi roared as she released a huge stream of fire from her mouth. The Blizzardvern brought its wings in front of its head protecting it from any kind of serious burns.

"Hey Natsu, you have faced a similar species before, right. Do you know how to defeat it?" Brandish asked.

"Magic won't affect it much unless it's a really powerful spell" Natsu replied as he jumped high in the air towards the draconian beast. "The best option is to use physical strength embedded with magic" he said as he cocked back his fist.

"Destruction Dragon's Obliterating Fist" Natsu shouted as his fist glowed an eerily pitch black color and swung it towards the Blizzardvern. Unfortunately, his fist could not connect with the beast as the Blizzardvern used its legs and wings to move backward. Natsu's attack was a complete miss as he hit only the air which didn't do anything.

"You might have been able to dodge that since you saw it coming" Natsu said as he landed on the ground. "Creation Magic: Teleportation" Natsu whispered as his onyx eyes took on a golden hue. "But can you dodge it at point-blank range" Natsu said with a smirk as he appeared right behind the Blizzardvern.

"Destruction Dragon's Obliterating Fist" Natsu said as he hit the Blizzardvern in the back making it screech in pain. "Strike it while it's distracted!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist" Natsumi shouted as she jumped towards the Blizzardvern and swung her fist hitting the creature at its lower jaw.

"Good one Natsumi" Natsu said as he landed near her and crouched down. "But it's still not over yet!" he shouted as he shot himself straight towards the belly of the Blizzardvern. "Destruction Dragon's Piercing Horn" he exclaimed as he started spinning at the very rapid rate while being shrouded by a dark mist.

The Blizzardvern didn't even get a chance to dodge as Natsu gave a spinning headbutt on its belly, knocking the wind out of it. It stumbled a few steps back but didn't falter as it glared towards Natsu and other with a few heavy breaths.

"You sure have a really tough belly" Natsu said with a smirk as he looked in the eyes of the flying reptile.

"Looks like we need to double our efforts" Natsumi added with a smirk of her own.

"You're taking a lot of time" Brandish commented as she stood behind them.

"Brandi-chan, don't interfere. It's our prey" Natsumi said as she looked towards Brandish.

"Well, time to change the predator" Brandish replied as she took out a small pebble from her coat pocket. "Into a better one" she added with a smirk as she pulled back her arm with the pebble clamped in her hand

"Command T: Expansion" she shouted as she threw the pebble with all the force she could muster in her hand.

Before one could even blink their eye, the pebble grew to the size of a large boulder as it slammed into the Blizzardvern with a great force, pinning it on the ground. "And that's how you do a one-shot kill" Brandish said with the biggest grin she ever had.

"Brandi-chan~! That's so unfair~" Natsumi said as she whined like a 7-year-old who was denied of her after dinner dessert.

"It's not my fault that lizard was so weak" Brandish replied with a shrug as Natsumi puffed up her cheeks.

"Her magic isn't something to joke about" Natsu thought as he saw the crushed Blizzardvern twitching in pain. "Remind me to never get on your bad side" Natsu said as Brandish simply grinned at the comment.

"Where's Happy?" Natsumi asked.

"I think he followed Lucy, leaving us behind while we were fighting the Blizzardvern" Natsu replied.

"We should go then" Natsumi said.

*Screech*

"Looks like the reinforcements have arrived" Natsu said as he saw 4 Blizzardvern heading their way.

"Why now, out of all times?!" Natsumi groaned.

"You go to where Lucy is at, I and Brandish will handle this" Natsu said as he cracked his knuckles. Natsumi nodded as she sniffed the air once and ran towards the source of the smell.

"You ready?" Natsu asked as he turned towards Brandish but to his surprise, she wasn't even there.

"Do I need some sort of invitation?" she asked with a grin as she took out a gun and aimed it at one of the Blizzardverns. "You better come fast or else the only thing you'll end up doing is making snow angels" Brandish added as she fired a magic bullet and in a split-second of time used her magic to increase the power of that bullet, "I really gotta thank Bisca for teaching me Guns Magic" she made a mental note as she saw the bullet exploding upon contact with the Blizzardvern.

"I really like her attitude" Natsu said with a similar grin as he rushed towards the battle.

To where Lucy was at

"Why am I the only one to land up in this mess?" Lucy complained as she cried inside the Horologium. The Vulcan that kidnapped her was dancing weirdly as if doing a ritual dance of sacrifice.

"Hey, stop with the weird dance of yours! She says" Horologium said as the Vulcan turned his attention back to Lucy.

"Me...you...love" the Vulcan replied with a stupid grin.

Lucy shivered when she saw that grin and internally cursed her life for throwing her in such a situation. "Can this situation get any worse?" she mumbled. It was at that moment she knew that life really was a five lettered word that sounded similar to 'witch'.

"I'm sorry Lucy-sama, but my time is up. Farewell" Horologium said as he disappeared, leaving an unprotected Lucy on the ground.

"W...Wait Horologium! I demand an extension, please don't go!" Lucy said with a tearful face as she held Horologium's key in her hand.

"Woman~" Vulcan said in a cheery tone as he reached for Lucy.

"Don't touch me!" Lucy exclaimed as she kicked the Vulcan and tried to escape.

"You can't go" the Vulcan said as he leaped towards Lucy and landed in front of her, blocking her escape route. "You're staying here forever" he said as he grabbed Lucy's frail hand.

"Leave me alone!" Lucy shouted as she took out a Golden Key with her free hand.

"Open! Gate of the Goat! Capricorn!" she called out as a spirit appeared from the key.

The spirit was a tall humanoid goat that had brownish white fur covering his whole body, with longer tufts covering his lower face, resembling a goatee, and the back of his legs, which greatly resemble to that of a goat, being slightly bent backward and ending in dark hooves. He had short, thin ears sitting on top of his head, with a distinctive, elongated oval form, and horns which curved downwards and jut forwards from the side of his head. From his lower back sprouted a mildly long tail ending in a dark tuft of fur and his fingers sported long, dark nails. His elongated face possessed marked cheekbones, a prominent large nose, and his eyes were hidden away by a black, mirror polished shade. He donned a formal twin-tail butler suit which covered his arms and legs.

"A gentleman never forces himself on a woman" Capricorn said as he grabbed the Vulcan's hand. "And he should certainly never see a woman as only an object" he continued with his elbow planted straight on the Vulcan's gut knocking all the air from his lungs, Capricorn also added more pressure on the Vulcan's hand making sure that the Vulcan's grip on his mistress' hand loosened. When the Vulcan's grip gave out, Capricorn released the Vulcan's hand and gave a kick on its torso so as to push it away from Lucy. Lucy, on the other hand, could only grin as she saw Capricorn take care of the Vulcan like an adult playing with a child.

"That goat is really strong".

"Of course. Capricorn is the best choice for hand-to-hand combat after all" Lucy answered.

"He's even better than you. Maybe the goat should've joined Fairy Tail instead of you"

"Yeah, you're righ...wait a second!" Lucy exclaimed as she moved her head towards the source of the voice which turned out to be an irritating flying blue feline.

"I knew it! You're the only one who can say that!" Lucy spoke in an irritated voice as she glared at Happy.

"I never irritated you, I just stated the facts" Happy replied in an innocent voice.

"Shut up you damn nek...how did you find me?" Lucy asked stopping her rant midway as she gave Happy a questionable look.

"Oh, I've been here the whole time" Happy replied.

"Then why didn't you help me!?" Lucy asked with irritation.

Before Happy could answer back, a shout attracted his and Lucy's attention. "I've finally found you!" they both turned their heads towards the cave entrance and saw a sprinting Natsumi headed their way. Happy for his part flew straight towards Natsumi with fake tears in his eyes, "Natsumi! Lucy's bullying me!".

"I never bullied you, stop lying!" Lucy exclaimed.

"How could you do such a cruel thing, Lucy?" Natsumi asked with a look of hurt on her face.

"Don't believe that cat, he's lying!" she replied in the same tone as she looked towards Natsumi.

"Huh, what's that?" Natsumi asked looking towards Capricorn.

Lucy turned to see where Natsumi was looking and was about to answer when Natsumi jumped straight towards the celestial spirit. "Another enemy!" she shouted as she gave an unsuspecting Capricorn a kick on his back, breaking the spirit's attention away from the Vulcan. That moment was enough for the Vulcan to deliver an uppercut towards Capricorn's lower jaw, sending the spirit flying towards the cave wall.

"What the hell, Natsumi?! Why did you attack Capricorn?!" Lucy asked in horror as she saw Capricorn lying on the floor.

"That goat wasn't an enemy?" Natsumi asked tilting her head sideways.

"No, he wasn't!" Lucy shouted in anger.

"Oh well, it was his fault for being a goat monster" Natsumi replied.

"He's not a...Natsumi watch out!" Lucy shouted as she saw the Vulcan aiming a punch straight towards Natsumi's head.

"Me no like man, me like woman" the Vulcan said as he swung his fist.

"How many times do I have to clear the fact that I'm a woman!" Natsumi exclaimed in anger as she turned around and landed a fire coated right hook straight to the Vulcan's face.

"Guah!" a tooth probably broke out as the Vulcan crashed onto the cave wall.

"Huh? That was pretty easy. I thought Vulcans were supposed to be tough" Natsumi said as she watched the Vulcan slip into an unconscious state.

"That was probably because Capricorn already did a lot to him" Lucy replied as she walked over to the unconscious Capricorn to call him back in her key.

"Lucy! Natsumi!"

Both of them turned towards the source and saw Brandish and Natsu entering the cave. "Looks like the show's over here" Natsu said as he saw the unconscious Vulcan.

"Where were the both of you?" Lucy asked.

"We were fighting...no wait cut that part, we were slaughtering some Blizzardverns" Brandish replied with a grin.

"Somehow I'm getting a feeling that I shouldn't have asked that" Lucy muttered as she saw the grin on her best friend's face getting wider and wider by each passing second.

"Let's get Macao-san back and complete our mission" Natsu said as he walked towards the Vulcan.

"But where is Macao-san?" Lucy questioned which earned her a sigh and somewhat of a facepaw from Happy, "Lucy you'll only drown the name of our Guild".

"I swear to Kami, that one day I'll really kill you" Lucy fumed.

"Haw...Lucy took the name of Kami in vain" Happy said as he kept a paw over his mouth.

"You shouldn't do that Lucy. It's a really bad thing" Natsumi added as she decided to join in the teasing.

"Oh shut the hell up both of you!" Lucy shouted as she was fuming with anger.

"Alright people, cut her some slack" Natsu told them as he kept his hand on the Vulcan and activated his Destructive Magic.

"What's a slack?" Brandish asked.

"Why do we cut it?" Happy questioned.

"Can we eat it?" Natsumi raised her question with a drooling mouth.

"Is it a fish?" Happy questioned again.

"Oh right, I forgot that 'slack' term isn't used in Magnolia" Natsu gave a sigh as he concentrated on canceling the Take-Over Magic instead of giving them an explanation. After a few seconds, the Vulcan shimmered as it shrunk in its size and took a more humanoid shape.

"What in the holy Celestial World?! That Monkey was a human?!" Lucy asked completely baffled by what happened in front of her.

"Aye. Macao was Taken-Over by that Vulcan" Happy answered.

"Taken-Over?" Lucy questioned.

"It's a body-possession magic" Brandish replied.

"His breathing is really shallow" Natsu said completely silencing everyone present there.

"We need to treat his wounds quickly" Brandish said as she took out a miniature First-Aid kit and used her magic to bring it back to its original state.

"His wounds must be sealed first, he's losing too much blood" Natsu said as he looked towards Natsumi, sadly he didn't learn or copy any healing magic so right now the best he could do was apply First-Aid with Brandish.

"Got it" Natsumi replied as she understood what Natsu wanted and lighted up her fingers. "Lucy, the cut on his abdomen is really deep so I'm going to cauterize it, make sure to hold his wound close together so that it gets sealed up properly".

Lucy could only gulp as she saw the state Macao was in. "His condition is really worse, can he even be saved?" she asked herself.

"Lucy quit spacing out and help me!" Natsumi shouted breaking Lucy's train of thoughts. "No I should think like that" she shook her head to get those thoughts out and held the wound closer together.

"Hang in there, Macao" Natsumi prayed as she started to cauterize his wounds. Macao could only scream during the whole process as he gritted his teeth.

"Dammit, I was only able to defeat 15 of those Vulcans and a single Blizzardvern. But when I sat to regain my breath, a Vulcan sneaked up on me and caught me off guard" Macao muttered in between breaths as his eyes started to water.

"You took on the Blizzardvern knowingly?!"Natsu asked with mild surprise. He didn't know how powerful this Macao guy was, but taking on a Blizzrdvern all alone is nothing short of madness.

"How does it matter now, dammit. I can't face Romeo like this" Macao said as he felt his eyes tearing up.

"Shut up Macao! You're going to reopen your wound" Natsumi exclaimed as she helped Brandish put bandages on the wound.

"You were right about them. They really are a bunch crazy people" Natsu thought with a small smile.

Hours later, Magnolia

Romeo was sitting near a fountain reading a book as he awaited his father's return. He really regretted saying such cruel things to his father just because his so-called friends made fun of Fairy Tail Mages. He knew much better than them, the group majority of Magnolia deemed as crazy and destructive were actually the most powerful and loyal there is to find.

"Romeo!"

A familiar voice caught his attention as he turned towards the source, there in a distance was his father along with Natsumi and Brandish who supported him from both the sides, just behind them were also the newcomers which he didn't pay attention to. His main center of attraction was right in front of him.

"D...Dad!" he shouted as he ran towards his fathers.

"Easy on your old man there, Romeo" Macao said with a chuckle as his son tightly hugged him.

"Dad, I'm sorry for saying all those things to you" Romeo muttered under his breath, but it was loud enough for Macao to hear it.

Macao simply hugged him tighter as he grinned, "If those little pests try to tease you again, just ask them if their fathers can defeat 16 monsters from Mt. Hakobe all by themselves".

Romeo gave a large smile as he snuggled closer to his father, "Yeah, you bet I will".

Seeing such a touching reunion, everyone else present there smiled and started to walk back to their Guild, giving the father-son duo some personal space.

"Natsumi-nee! Happy! Brandish-nee! Arigatou!" Romeo exclaimed as he saw them walking away. "Oh, and thank you...Natsu-nii, Lucy-nee".

Lucy turned around and gave a smile as she waved Romeo goodbye, while Natsu stared at the sky feeling ecstatic after his first mission.

"Mom, Dad. Fairy Tail isn't how I imagined it to be, it's completely rowdy and unpredictable, while the people present here are more or less like monsters, including my best friend Brandi-chan. But, given the choice, I wouldn't prefer any other Guild over it because Fairy Tail makes me feel just like a family".

And Cut.

For anyone who's confused as to how Grammi didn't die and Lucy had Capricorn's key, here's the explanation. Since Natsu cured Layla of her Magic Deficiency Disease, she didn't die, which in turn lead to Zoldeo never killing Grammi and turning evil, thereby Capricorn's key didn't leave the Heartfilia Household. I hope you were able to understand this crude explanation.

I'll tell you in advance, there will be a few changes in the canons as well as how things will go since not only Natsu will be much more powerful but also due to the fact that Brandish will also be a part of their team and let's not forget about Natsumi, shall we?

The poll for Natsu's harem has been put up. So anyone who hasn't voted yet, vote right now.

Well then, until next chapter. C'ya.