Takeshi Souma's Story

It was a fairly fine day in Magnolia Town, as far as Takeshi was thinking. He has been riding around the town for so long and he has not come across a single rogue. Takeshi found this relaxing, he needed a break from fighting as the Masked Ranger, a superhero identity he has adopted and used for his fights. As the Ranger, he was sure to mask his own identity with a custom-made suit and helmet that he had to bring along. To solve this problem, he began to work on a card that will give him a suit in an instant.

The trick was being able to finish it without anyone knowing. Takeshi was able to accomplish the previous ones since they were more...general. He needed the actually turn the suit into part of the card. It takes time and mana to accomplish it, and he didn't have both.

Then, it hit him. He stopped the vehicle and stepped down, gazing upon a legendary building of the legendary guild: Fairy Tail. He has heard stories of the heroic acts of the members of that guild and even saw them in action once or twice in his life. Yes, it is there where he can improve.

But then, there came another problem for him. If he joined the guild, he would be joining missions and be forced to use his powers. Sure he can use other cards, but he only had the cards he used as the Masked Ranger. How can he even complete the new card AND keep his "Hero thing" a secret?

"Maybe next time." Takeshi told himself. He wore his motorcycle helmet, hopped back on his motorcycle, and drove to the town center. He would have to finish the card little by little, now that he had to. Perhaps being a part of Fairy Tail was just a dream, after all. A dream, and nothing more.

"He's catching up! Faster!!!" yelled a thief. He and his fellow thieves were being pursued by the Masked Ranger, a well-known hero in Magnolia Town. Though the thieves merely thought of him as an urban legend, they quickly learned he was deadlier than the stories depict him. Luckily for them, they were able to hijack a carriage and started to zoom off to another town. The bad part was, the Ranger was able to catch up and they had a cat-and-mouse-chase all over Magnolia Town.

"Geez, when will they learn to give up?!" Takeshi aka the Masked Ranger told himself. He has been chasing them via motorcycle for some time now and the chase just seems to last forever.

"It guess we have to end this..." Takeshi thought as he summoned a card into his hand. The card showed a person dashing at high speed. "NOW!" he yelled as he placed the card a few inches from his chest. The crystals on his skin glowed and resonated with mana from the card.

"FAST." said a voice from the crystals. The card gained a larger, mana-based copy that passed through Takeshi and his motorcycle, which soon increased in speed.

"Whoa boy..." Takeshi thought. He has gone TOO fast, causing him to actually start pushing the wagon into a building. That was the good news. The Bad news was, the said building was Fairy Tail Headquarters, and that the card spell was at late stages of development, meaning that the "slow down" part would take time to kick in.

"Oh snap, oh snap, oh snap, oh snap..." Takeshi thought, only to be relieved by the fact that he wore to whole suit, masking his identity.

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"A meeting has been called for. We have two mages joining us! Miss Arianna and Miss Ari! Now dont go scaring them off."

The guild master's loud voice almost caught Seiri off guard, making her jump a bit at the sudden booming, but eventually relaxed again and remembered what he said, repeating it in her head and seeming to have smiled a bit. Although she wasn't yelling out with enthusiasm about these new members, not that she disliked them, she was quite happy to see more people join the guild.

Unlike those who were cheering these two on, Seiri simply clapped, one of her ways of saying "Congratulations" without words. She, perhaps, was a little too mature to go all out on things like that, and she'd find it a little embarrassed for a grown woman to be doing such. She wasn't a child, but she was far too matured for an adult, that was certain.

Nevertheless, she still was thrilled to see these two girls join the guild. Perhaps she was too thrilled, despite her not showing it was openly as the others, that she didn't hear someone call out for her until nearly a whole minute later. Or maybe that was just because of the noise level that she was so used to. Seiri did have trouble hearing people, even herself, when the guild got loud and excited. This was one of those times.

For a while, she didn't respond to Damia until she recalled what he said a second time once things quieted down, just a little, "Goodmoring Seiri. How's Kohaku doing."

"Hmm?" Seiri stopped fanning herself before noticing someone sitting across from her. She was glad he was bit patient with her since she took a while to even notice someone seating their self right in front of her. But as usual, she gave off a smile and said, "Good morning, dear." She always referred to people that, no matter what age. It was just her motherly habit, "Kohaku? I'm glad someone else worries for him." Seiri said with a hint of relief since not everyone knew about her brother, "That boy's doing fine. I'm just nervous something may happen when I'm away, which is why I may stay home more often. Honestly... I think it's bad for an older sister to leave a poor 10 year old boy at home all day long..." She frowned a bit at the thought, beginning to think if she should go back and check on him, until a loud noise was heard, making her jump from her seat, a second time.

When she turned her head, she saw someone who entered the guild, just... not in the exact... normal way... A wagon was burst straight through the wall. The first thing she thought was that someone was injured, or it someone was in the ride along the way. Just another one of her maternal traits kicking in. The second thought of hers was that this person had drove their vehicle straight into the guild, making a big hole, "W-who's going to pay for all this now... A-and who's the driver? My goodness, are people letting children drive this early?" Seiri had first though it was a child, or a young teen driving, just from intuition since she kept on thinking that all adults were capable of driving.

She began to fan herself with her flabellum, and shouted over the noise and tried to reach the driver of this wagon that had just busted a hole in the guild building, "Are you alright, dear?" Of course that was the first thing she'd ask. If Seiri wasn't overly-motherly, then she obviously wasn't Seiri.

"Kohaku? I'm glad someone else worries for him." Seiri said looking rather relieved to Damia. "I wouldn't say worry. He's a good kid and even with his conditions he seems to also be good at taking care of himself. I just like to make sure he's fine is all. Hehe. It does seem worrisome huh? Well he is practically like my family too sis." Damia said to his big sister in the guild. He called her sis out of love for helping him cope with the guild when he first answered. "That boy's doing fine. I'm just nervous something may happen when I'm away, which is why I may stay home more often. Honestly... I think it's bad for an older sister to leave a poor 10 year old boy at home all day long..." Seiri replied. "Well that's good. Tell him he can always come over to...." Bam. A loud thump hit his ears.

He looked over to the counter where Posco was congratulating the members. It seemed Arianna fell unconscious. This of course made him get out his seat to go and help. His saphire crystal had the power to heal and it could have helped. He was too late however because Posco rushed first and took her to the infirmary. He contemplated having Ruby sneak in and eavesdrop on the conversation they might have been having. Posco looked serious and it interested him. Then, out of nowhere another sound, maybe an animal came from where Posco left his sister. Was it her dog? No. It was her. She had that look on her face. She then walked out the guild hall.

He didn't want to go after her. She was like a mini-Gitana, at least, as far as he could tell with her facial expression. Then he thought about how Posco would feel if he came out the medical room and his sister was gone. The same Posco that gave him a family. Shouldn't he have the right to be with his family to. 'Yeah. More than anything.' He thought to himself as he headed after her.

Exiting the guild he saw her sitting on the edge of the walk way. She seemed to be minding her own business. 'Oh. I guess she wasn't going to leave after all.' He thought. He decided to head back inside when he saw a carriage coming in fast. Too fast for someone sitting down to dodge. And she seemed to not even see it. He quickly dove grabbing he in his arms while taking out his Emerald crystal. "Emerald. Protect. He said as he pulled the girl tighter to increase the protection area. The carriage crashed through them tearing at the seems of the protective barrier that was now around them. When it seemed to past, Damia quickly dropped Emeralds power and asked, "Are you okay?" Smiling that he made it in time.

Koru Hoyicho

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Koru couldn’t help but shake his head at the chaos around him. First Posco had done the exact opposite of what he had suggested, Koru couldn’t be surprised by it though. The guild had never turned away a wanting member and it wasn’t the type of group too actually use such things as caution, it didn’t both him all that much in truth. He had expected such a reaction just because he knew them all. As everyone moved into the room he stepped near the back of the crowd, letting the other members gather around to great the newcomers. A small chuckle erupted from him as Arianna fell over the bar, pain obvious over her face. Koru wasn’t happy or amused by the suffering but rather from the fact that he had been right, something was actually going on and he wasn’t actually paranoid about things. As Posco swept her away to the tiny little hospital room Koru moved forward, flitting between people as he moved near the door. On the way he had swept up a drink in his hand, looking like he had just moved forward to great the remaining new comer. Who wasn’t exactly being very receptive to it all at the moment. He leaned against the door, listening in on the conversation. He didn’t hear a whole lot though before Ari ended up leaving the guild hall, that caught Koru’s attention first until he heard a strange rumbling sound.
As a wagon crashed through the wall of the guild Koru couldn’t help but move away from the door, the noise and ensuing chaos causing more than a little noise and making it impossible for him to ease drop anymore. Stepping forward he looked at the scene, a strange man in the wagon and the guilds number one motherly figure rushing to his aid. To say that Koru was a bit confused was a bit of an understatement. Stepping quickly he pushed by Gitana, he whispered to her as he moved by. “Welcome home, is this more like the welcome you were expecting?”

Hearing a loud crash, Alatheus lifted his head out of his hands and looked over at the source. Seeing Purple Hair shaking on the floor, he stood up and started rushing over. He slowed to a stop though as Posco rushed her over to the infirmary. He sighed as he stood still, looking towards the closed door. He was worried, of course. But really, Posco would get annoyed by an interruption, and there wasn't really anything that Alatheus could do to help someone that was injured. Plus, he really didn't know what happened in the first place.

Suddenly hearing an odd noise that was growing louder and louder, Alatheus looked around the room. A large wagon at that point crashed straight through the wall of the guild. People started diving out of the way as the wagon barreled straight through the room. Alatheus' eyes narrowed at the wagon heading straight for him. Clapping his hands together, he then reached out with his right hand toward the now dangerously close wagon heading for him. Instantly, dozens of tendrils, seemingly made out of light itself, reached out of the ground right in front of Alatheus. The wagon still racing forward, crunched to a sudden stop as the tendrils grabbed the wagon, instantly bringing it to a halt. His right hand then reached out, extra tendrils snapping out of the existing one, catching the drivers that flew through the air after the wagon's sudden stop. The tendrils slowly grew around the mas Alatheus' hand closed into a fist. Soon the tendrils reached their heads, and slowed down, creeping forward until it almost started covering their mouths.

"Now then," Alatheus started, his voice filled with barely restrained anger. "Would you like to tell me why you saw fit to destroy my guild's hall and endanger everyone's lives? I don't like when non-guild members do something like that."

Posco listened carefully, remembering every detail down to the breaths. The X on her chest was proof enough for him. "Well," he started as he leaned back in the chair, "you have come to the right place. Every person in this guild will back you up. Thats a fact." Posco stood, ruffling Arianna's hair slightly. "If you need help, with anything, come to me. I may be an old man, but I know a thing or two about defeating people stronger than me. Doneit plenty of times. Only reason Im Guild Master ..... at least thats what I think." He placed his hand on the doorknob, continuing to look at Arianna. "This is going to be hard. I know my Guild mates, they will ask questions. It up to you whether or not you answer them. But Ill tell you this, you are in for one hell of a journey." As he twisted the knob, his face, along with the air in the room, changed. "You should stay with a team, since you're new." To anyone outside, their conversation was about anything but what they spoke about. One of Posco's better abilities. "Ill get some water for you, Arianna, food too."

When Posco stepped outside, he never expected to see what he did. The guild hall was usually trashed ..... but was there always a wagon in the middle of it? A giant hole sat in the wall, all Posco could think was, Who plans on paying for that? He carefully made his way to the side of th wagon, where some of the members were already gathered. Seiru was hovering over the driver, conveying her normal motherly concern. Posco bit his thumbnail and puffed up his cheeks. It was his way of not murdering someone. "Can someone explain to me," he said in a calm tone, "why there is a gaping hole in the wall and a wagon inside our Guild Hall?"



It might have been the fact that depression had deafened Suna and Ari, but the wagon barreling towards them didnt register until someone had grabbed her, made her pass through it and spoke to her. "Are you okay?" Suna had been just far away enough that he saw what happened, somewhat shocked. Ari herself lookeds up to meet an unfamiliar smiling face. She quickly pushed away, grabbing her guitar strap outof habit and glared.

"I could have dodged that! I didnt need your help!" Suna turned his head quickly, snapping out of his shock and moved over to her.

"You would have been crushed. You should be thanking him." Suna smiled the way dogs did as Ari turned red from trying to hold in her protests. For once, she couldnt deny it.

"As if! Thank him for what?! Scaring my half to death? No thank you." She looked up at the boy. "You're from Fairy Tail. Well, Im Crawler! This is Suna. If you've lived here in the past, you probably already know me. Everyone did. No one liked me but everyone knew me." Ari stood tall, which didnt amount to much, and pointed angrily at the boy. "Prepare to get crushed cause Im gonna surpass all you wimps! Especially that idiot Posco! After I get through with this Guild, none of you will want to show your faces ever again!" Ari proudly smiled as she stood with her hands on her hips.

"My apologies," Suna butt in, "She's a little high strung. She means no harm, truly. Her dream is just that, a dream. She wont be challenging anyone anytime soon."

Takeshi slowly dug himself out of the rubble. The suit had a tear, the thieves were surrounded by mages, and he was in a heap of trouble. His motorcycle was as good as junk by now, making Takeshi forget about escaping. Not that he wanted to, but he needed to apologize...

That would have been easy, of course, if he wasn't within arm's reach of some of Magnolia Town's best mages. He has heard stories of people who crossed their paths, and suffered the consequences.

"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!" Takeshi cried out, bowing again and again as he repeated those words. "I was trying to stop these thieves from getting away from a crime! I never intended to make their escape vehicle crash into your headquarters! I tried to stop this from happening! Please, don't kill me, please!"

"Now is a good time to run..." he thought.

Arianna nodded as Posco got up and left the room, turning her eyes to the window. Her expression was carefully blank but there was a faint sense of turmoil. Had she done the right thing? Telling him everything just like that?

Well, then again, Posco was her new guild master and she wanted everyone to trust her. And trust was built on the truth, painful as the truth may be. But though she felt it was neccessary to tell her new guild master, was the alright to tell her new guild members yet? They seemed friendly enough but they wouldn't be as open minded as Posco was. How could they be? She was new and had probably already left a not-so-good impression on them. And it wasn't their job to take on new comers with open arms, though it did seem that they made an effort to. Perhaps it would be best, at least for the time being, that she kept mostly to herself and didn't answer too many questions.

Nodding slightly to strengthen her resolve she took a few tenative breaths, feeling the protective stone coating over her heart reform and the numbness in her body fade again. Once she got a firm grip on herself she pushed the covers aside and slowly got out of bed, once again a blank slate. She glanced at her mark and though she felt pleased, she allowed herself no more than that. Confident once again that she would be able to hold her own she faces the door and leaves the room.

Though she was emotionally prepared for anything, she hadn't exactly expected the sight she saw in the guild hall.

First thing she noticed was a gaping hole in the wall, second a man standing on topof a cart being yelled at by all the guild members and desperately begging for forgiveness, and thirdly the air of a soon to be riot. 'I can't let a riot break out on my first day in Fairy Tail.' she thinks, still standing unseen against the furthest wall, somewhat in the shadows. Raising her hand she makes a small sweeping gesture, thinking, 'Emotion Magic; Tenderness Spell. Peace.' casting a mass spell on the guild which would simply calm them down again. Quietly, as she preformed the spell, she said, "Everyone, please calm down..."

“I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!” Came a response form a figure dressed rather... Weirdly to say the least. “I was trying to stop these thieves from getting away from a crime! I never intended to make their escape vehicle crash into your headquarters! I tried to stop this from happening! Please, don't kill me, please!” Posco grinned a little. So that was the type of guild people thought they were. It was amusing to say the least. Only really the people of Magnolia knew who they were .... well, not completely. Posco's happy smile was replaced with a rather downcast one, once again remembering the gaping hole in the guild.

“Cat got your tongue? Speak up!” Gitana said. Ah, Gitana is home. How nice, Posco thought. Gitana was an amazing mage. He had always been suprised he had been chosen as Guild Master and not her.

"Well first things first," Posco said, rubbing his temples out of annoyance. It got somewhat quiet as a wave of serenity hit, effecting most, and Posco sent a glance to where he knew Arianna was hiding. Huh, he thought. "Bruno, Misery, if you wouldn't mind removing said criminals from here and take them to the proper authorities. Alatheus, my boy, how about you show off your strength and get this out of here," he motioned to the wagon, then looking at the masked boy. "And you," he started, letting realistic anger seep into his voice. "You better thank the heavens I'm in a wonderful mood at the moment. I don't have to explain what would have happened if I wasn't. I'll let your little imagination run wild with that." Posco pointed to the hole. "Have it fixed by tomorrow morning. Or else." As Posco's cheerfulness returned, he looked to the rest of the guild with a smile. "And all my little brawlers out there. If you wouldn't mind straightening up everything you thoughtfully smashed, it would help." It was all he had to say, so he made his way to the back of the guild and pat Arianna on the head. "Now how about that food?"



"Wait a second." He said wiping fake tears from his face. "You mean your that Crawler? The one that everyone talks about." Ari nodded, arms still crossed, but her face dropped at what he said next. "Never heard of you." He then said laughing a little more. "I just entered the guild a few years back. Never hear of a Crawler. I did here stories of a baby who looked so cute when she crawled, however. Let me think. When Posco talked about her, what did he say her name was. Oh that's right. His little sister Ari. Isn't that your real name. Heard it myself at your introduction. I think people liked you from the stories I've heard. Hehe. My names Damia." He said, taking out a bunch of .... Crystals. "This is Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. Ruby's the only one capable of talking at the moment."

"Howdy." The Ruby crystal spoke. "Awwww. Your just as adorable as Posco mentioned." He teased, causing Ari to bite her tongue to hold back the anger. Damia laughed at the Crystal's comment. "Alright that's enough out of you." He said, putting the Crystals back into a cases. He stuck his hand out to shake hers. "Welcome to the Fairy Tail guild." He said, once again giving a friendly smile. Ari was breathing heavily, digging her nails into her palms and continuing to bite her tongue.

"You can shove that hello right up your--"

"Ari," Suna said sharply, interrupting her.

"Ass," Ari shouted at the two as she swatted Damia's hand away. People stared. They can all go to hell. Ari crosse her arms, glaring intently at the guild. "Your going down first, stupid." Her eyes flashed to Damia so he knew she was speaking to him. "Come on Suna! We're going to talk to Posco about this."

"No," Suna said simply.

"What?"

"You heard me. I said no. You're ruining your chances at a normal life in this guild by making people hate you. Now be nice."

"Ari! Ari," Posco was shouting through the hole in the guild. "Come give us some music!" Posco ran out and grabbed both Ari and Damia, pulling them back into the guild. "Everyone has to clean, so you should keep it up beat with a song! I guess you stayed with your gut and decided to become a Songstress!" Posco let go of Damia and pat the bar, signalling for Ari to stand on it. But Ari dodged the task by spotting Arianna and pulling her back into the infirmary. Slamming the door and locking it, she turned to Arianna and looked her straight in the eyes.

"What do you think of this guild? Please tell me Im not the only one who hates it here."

"You can shove that hello right up your--Ass," Ari said to Damia. He didn't know why but for some reason she had hostility towards him. Towards the guild even. 'Hmmm. tow mysterious girls come in today. One's obviously has a sadness or loneliness or whatever about her, the other has an anger, or hate, or whatever. So, in final judgement, I should..... try to give her a pound instead of a handshake and give the same to the other new girl. Pounds are more friendlier than handshakes.' He thought to himself.

Just as he was about to go for the pound, Posco's voice called out her name. "Ari! Ari," He said, "Come give us some music!" Afterwards he proceeded to grab both Damia and Ari and carry them back to the guild. 'What type of music was he talking about. Damia learned how to play the violin from his grandpa but he didn't think that he would enjoy playing it in front of people he didn't know. Especially girls. "Everyone has to clean, so you should keep it up beat with a song! I guess you stayed with your gut and decided to become a Songstress!"

'On second thought playing the violin does sound better than cleaning.' He thought. 'Wait?......' "Songstress!!!?" He blurted out loud, quickly covering his mouth to suppress the laughter. 'Hey boss. Crawler must be her idol name.' Ruby said in his mind. Damia was almost about to pass out from the sheer force of air being blocked by his hand, trying to escape from his nose and mouth.

As soon as Posco let them both go, Ari bolted towards Arianna, who was just as out of it as always, and headed back into the infirmary. 'Why does that girl look so strange to me?' he thought. Then he turned to Posco. "Hey Posco, why is your sister so," He had to find the words to describe his sister without making Posco angry or worry, "so........so........ummmm..........rough around the edges? I mean she wanted to be here but now it seems like she doesn't want to." He explained. He couldn't really tell how, but he knew that both girls deep down wanted to be apart of the guild. Even if one was angry and the other was ....... awkward, he could still tell that they belonged there.

"Hey Posco, why is your sister so," Damia paused for a second before continuing, "so ........ so ........ ummmm .......... rough around the edges? I mean she wanted to be here but now it seems like she doesn't want to." He explained. Posco looked off to where Ari had ran off and dragged Arianna away. It was obvious it was all his fault.

"You see Damia," Posco said as he sat ontop of the bar. "Ari felt like I abandoned her when I left to join Fairy Tail. Especially since it was the guild she had grown up around. I'm sure she expected something .... bigger. Some of the things she hates most in life is the concept of family and fun. When she saw this, I guess she was bitterly disappointed. She masks any eotion she feels with anger. That's what makes her so cute," Posco tried to finish off on a lighter note. He was going to definitely have to talk to her about it all.

"She didn't hit you with her guitar, did she? I remember when she got that thing all she would do with it is beat the crap outta me." He laughed slightly, but still felt a twinge of guilt for not living up to what his little sister wanted him to be. But being an evil dictator wasn't that much of a better option. "She'll warm up in no time." Then he turned back to Damia. "So you can talk to her without fainting? That's good! I would hate putting anymore pressure on you."

"You see Damia," Posco began explaining as he sat atop the bar. "Ari felt like I abandoned her when I left to join Fairy Tail. Especially since it was the guild she had grown up around. I'm sure she expected something .... bigger. Some of the things she hates most in life is the concept of family and fun. When she saw this, I guess she was bitterly disappointed. She masks any emotion she feels with anger. That's what makes her so cute,"

"I guess." Damia said. "She kinda cursed me out, hehe." He rubbed his hair around in embarrassment for being verbaly beaten and mentally beaten by two different girls.

"She didn't hit you with her guitar, did she? I remember when she got that thing all she would do with it is beat the crap outta me." Posco laughed while saying this but Damia could tell just from knowing her that Posco wasn't just joking. "Nah. I saved her life sort of, so I guess she spared me." 'Although she didn't say thank you.' Damia thought as Posco brought up a most asked question. "So you can talk to her without fainting? That's good! I would hate putting anymore pressure on you." It wasn't a really strange question for him. He didn't really know how to explain it himself but he's lived so long with it he thought he could say something to make sense of it.

"Well," Damia began explaining, "She didn't do anything to remind me of my mom or the type of girls I'm ... ahem... uncomfortable around. It was nothing really flirtatious like a wink or a kiss blow, plus the fact that I kinda saw her as a younger person. She doesn't really seem like a indirect person, but let's just say she's too direct to cause a reaction. Yeah... I think that's right. But, don't worry GMP, I think of you as a big brother and if she's part of your family then she's part of mine too. That goes for the other newcomer as well. hehehe. I'm more than willing to help them get accustomed to the guild." Damia said. His chest was a little puffed out for taking up the responsibility. Secretly, however, he was really thinking, 'Oh man I hope he doesn't make me form a team. I've gone years just bouncing off of random teams and I like it that way and there's the fact that handling two girls at once just might kill me. Scratch that, Ari might kill me and Arianna would probably just watch. Oh no I can see it now.' Unknown to him, the more he thought about it the more he looked like he had seen the most horrible thing in the world. His expression of fear wasn't even hidden to the man infront of him.

It soon changed to an expression of a man who just had the best idea in the world. 'I know. I'll just snatch a mission and take about two weeks doing it and I'll say I was attacked by bears or something. Yeah, That'll give them time to form a team of their own and I can still run solo. Hehehe.' With the laugh inside his head, he look rather menacing at this point. Anyone looking at him while he thought would've thought him to be a villain. He turned back to Posco.

"Anyway. Hehehe." He laughed awkwardly, finally snapping out of his own thought process. "I'm sure both girls will grow accustomed to the guild. Remember me? It took me almost a month, but then you guys showed me that I had people that cared about me. When people care about you it's hard not to feel at home." He said, flashing Posco a wide smile.

"And you," said a man Takeshi assumed to be the Guild Master, "You better thank the heavens I'm in a wonderful mood at the moment. I don't have to explain what would have happened if I wasn't. I'll let your little imagination run wild with that." The Guild Master pointed to the hole. "Have it fixed by tomorrow morning. Or else."

"Yes sir..." Takeshi replied, hopping off the rubble and looked at the hole. He crashed into the main entrance, so he had a wall and a door to worry about.

"Let's see what I have here..." Takeshi said, bringing out his deck of cards from his right pocket. "Hmm...Flame, Aqua, Root, Flash...oh, there you are!"

He held out a card with a muscular being with assorted tools. "Lend me our power...Hesphaetus the builder!" he chanted. A holographic copy of the card emerged and grew to Takeshi's size. Takeshi passed through it, and the image transformed into a backpack with six mechanical arms and a tool box and tool belt. Takeshi's helmet gained a hardhat and safety goggles, too. He looked at the broken wagon and some of the rubble.

"Let's do this..." he told himself as he started to work on the wall.

"Well," Damia began explaining, "She didn't do anything to remind me of my mom or the type of girls I'm ... ahem... uncomfortable around. It was nothing really flirtatious like a wink or a kiss blow, plus the fact that I kinda saw her as a younger person. She doesn't really seem like a indirect person, but let's just say she's too direct to cause a reaction. Yeah... I think that's right. But, don't worry GMP, I think of you as a big brother and if she's part of your family then she's part of mine too. That goes for the other newcomer as well. Hehehe. I'm more than willing to help them get accustomed to the guild." Posco smiled. Someone was understanding is angry little sister at least. But he didnt have much to worry about. He was sure that the guild would accept both Ari and Arianna just the way they were. Eventually the girls would lighten up.

Posco became somewhat confused as Damia's expression switched from pride to fear to happiness to menacing. "Anyway. Hehehe." He laughed awkwardly, finally snapping out of his own thought process. "I'm sure both girls will grow accustomed to the guild. Remember me? It took me almost a month, but then you guys showed me that I had people that cared about me. When people care about you it's hard not to feel at home." He said, flashing Posco a wide smile.

"Yes, yes it did." Posco met Damia's smile with an equally wide one as a thought appeared. "Well, seeing as you two have taken a liking to each other, why dont you team up with her? She could use someone like you and you know, I dont think you have a team, am I right? This would be a perfect opertunity for both of you!" Posco continued to smiles as he looked over to see the boy using magic to begin working on the wall. And he doesnt belong to a guild. How odd for a mage. He thought. "Now if you'll excuse me, I promised Arianna to get her some food." With that Posco made his way to the empty kitchen, looking around for something to make.



"Hate is a strong emotion, one a person should avoid feeling. You're upset and unhappy, as am I to a degree, but you and I have only just joined and haven't given them a chance to redeem themselves from a... less than appropriate first impression." Ari sighed, wanting to speak, no, yell. "If you please, perhaps I can help to ease your unhappiness and discomfort about these people, but only if you want me to that is." Ari looked at Arianna, confusion clear on her face. The doubt in her mind took over and she scoffed.

"Go for it! I don't care ...." She sat down, taking her guitar from her back and setting it on the bed next to her. Suna was sitting by the infirmary door, being shut out, but listened carefully to every conversation around him.

"I don't know how in the hell Posco thinks he has the right to call himself my big brother. He's nothing like he was back then. Sure he was kind, but not like this. This is crazy." Ari picked up her guitar and set it in her lap, strumming a few chords.

"Well, seeing as you two have taken a liking to each other, why dont you team up with her?" Posco asked. Damia was in a shock. He wanted to say no but Posco was like his big brother and he man he looked up to. The only thing he could get out was, "But...."
"She could use someone like you and you know, I dont think you have a team, am I right?"
'What does he mean by that?' Damia thought while letting out another, "But...."
"This would be a perfect opertunity for both of you!" Posco said while still smiling. Before Damia could let out another, but, Posco continued by saying, "Now if you'll excuse me, I promised Arianna to get her some food." and left after saying it. Damia was somewhat mortified that his plan never had a chance to come into action. He stood there with his mouth open and eyes unclosed for about a minute before deciding to test this whole team thing.

He walked to the mission board to pick a simple job for him and Ari to do. He just wanted to see if he could actually put up with her as a partner and also wanted to see if he could actually survive a mission with her without her killing him. 'Hahaha. Looks like we got stuck with her boss. You should've just let her get hit by the cart.' Ruby said to him in his head. 'No.' Damia said back. 'If I were to let that happen I'd get a bad taste in my mouth. Plus, she's not all bad.......I guess.' Ruby laughed at this statement.

Damia found the perfect mission for them. Two thousand Jewls to catch a big fish. Sounded simple enough for him and he could also test the limits of the girls patience. He decided to go into the room where she took Arianna but first he had to say something to this weird masked fellow.
Walking up to him he said, "Hey. Instead of working alone and breaking the guilds building, you should just join Fairy Tale. It's much more fun breaking stuff when it's yours." He flashed the guy a smile, not waiting for his reply, if he had one and left. He had bigger fish to fry and it was right behind the door he was in front of. He opened it slowly as not to cause alarm and entered the room.

A boy walked up to Takesi and said "Hey. Instead of working alone and breaking the guilds building, you should just join Fairy Tale. It's much more fun breaking stuff when it's yours."He flashed Takeshi a smile and left him alone.

"My gosh, this will take me forever..." Takeshi thought as he gazed upon the nearly patched up hole, "I need a better plan...a fast one..."

Takeshi brought out his deck of cards and looked at what he could use. "Oh, silly, forgetful me." he told himself when he saw the "Root" card. The card had artwork showing a man with branches and vines growing out of his hand.

"Root, activate! I summon, the living wall, NATURE'S SHIELD!" Takeshi shouted. A dozen bolts of green energy shot out of the crystal on his chest and landed at the floor near the hole in the wall. In an instant, numerous Holder Plant-like plants spawned from the impact site of the beams and patched up the hole.

"Well..." Takeshi started, only to see that the Guild Master was gone and others were busy with themselves. He decided to sit down on a nearby chair.

A little melody had begun to form, but then Ari could see the door move out of the corner of her eye. It was a sign to her to stop and leave before anything had the chance to develop. But when Damia's face appeared, she somewhat froze. Ari moved her guitar so it was laying back on the bed next to her. "Ever heard of knocking?" Her eyes trailed over to Arianna, still rather emotionless, then to Suna who had conveniently waltzed in behind the boy. "Come on, Suna. Let's go find Posco."

"That won't be necessary, Ari," Posco appeared in the doorway next to Damia. "Here you are, Arianna, some food." He handed a heaping plate of random food to the girl. "I threw whatever I found on a plate," he said with a smile. "So did you two pick out a mission yet? I'm sure the level wouldnt matter since your such an amazing mage," he said in a dotting voice as he pinched the smaller girl's cheek. Ari slapped his hand away almost like it was a habit. "Now now. Since Damia is a more experianced mage, I need you to listen to him, alright? And if he has any rules, follow them." Posco pat everyone in the room on the head, except Suna (he got a scratch on the head). Before he could leave though, he remembered something that everyone but a few in the guild had a problem with. "Don't destroy any towns either. I have a feeling you are going to be pretty bad."

Ari didnt have a chance to protest as Posco left, maybe to oversee the cleaning. "I don't need anyone to babysit me!" Ari yelled. She yanked the guitar from of the bed and strapped it around herself. Suna stared up at Ari, but Ari was burning holes through the door with her most intense glare.

Posco walked over to the door that was now covered in roots. His eyes traveled to the boy who was now sitting down. "I said fix, kid. This looks horrific." Posco sighed and rubbed his eyes with one hand. "Follow me. I'll get you some wood so you can refix it and make it look better." He said, resting his hand on the floor, making a plank of wood shoot through the roots, ripping a hole through them. It was big enough for people to go through it, so Posco stepped out of it and towards the edge of the forest nearest the guild.

Seeing Ari's smile and hearing Suna made Damia happy. "Awesome. This should be fun to say the least. Let's go then. Have to buy dinner tonight after all." He said while heading out the door. He kept a steady pace until he was out the guild hall. "I'll be back everyone." He said proudly to his family. They passed through the town until they got to the outskirts. Surprisingly it looked almost as bad as the guild hall, no doubt because of the masked man and the bandits.

He lead Ari and Suna to the meeting destination written in the request. It was a small house, not to far from the lake. He nocked on the door and the cat man who answered, was actually a cat man. He had the body of a human with cat whiskers, ears, and a tail. "Well helooooooo." He said to them. His voice was surprisingly feminine for an older man. He looked like he was in his late thirties. "Are you here for the request I sent out."
Damia nodded. "Yes sir. I am Damia and this is Ari." He said as he nudged Ari. "Introduce yourself. He is a client after all. Hehe." He was ready to here her introduction. He turned to the man. "You know catching a fish isn't really worth two thousand jewels. Hehe."
"Actually that was my mistake." The man explained. "I meant to write two more zero's to that sheet."
"Oh I see....." Damia smiled and then paused. "What!!?" He was shocked now. It was shocking enough that the man was going to pay two thousand, but if you add two more zero's that's..... 'Two...Hundred.....Thousand.' The boy thought with a surprised look on his face. His mouth was open wide enough for a bird to lay a nest in it. Why was the payment so high for one fish?