The series of teleportation went on for a good ten minutes, your surroundings blurring and changing every moment. But finally, Meredy dropped down into a clearing and her hand slipped out of your grasp.
"Meredy, you're back fast," a low, pleasant female voice, "And I see you brought a friend." whoever it was continued dryly.
"Eh, Acnologia popped up, if I didn't help him out he would have gotten splattered during the crossfire." Meredy shrugged, turning around to face behind you, "What about you two, did you find him?"
Raising your eyebrows in curiosity, your turned to look at the speaker, and was rather surprised to not, you actually knew the owner of the female speaker on sight, and she was shaking her head 'no'. So whoever they were looking for, they didn't find.
Ultear Milkovich. Former Council Member, and well known member of Grimoire Heart. What a sight she was for sore eyes, the skin tight body suit and thigh high boots she wore under that cloak showed off her fully, luscious thighs and thick grabbable hips so nicely.
Your eyes didn't stay on her for long though, because sitting beside her on a rock was a man who you also knew quite well. You locked eyes with him and you both stared at each other.
The most wanted man on the continent, the one behind the Tower of Heaven and former Wizard Saint, someone who even eclipsed the power of Jura. "Jellal Fernandez." the name left your mouth before you could stop yourself.
"Cobalt Ray." He dipped his head slightly, still holding your gaze as he replied with your own name.
A smirk spread across your face, "You know, the council kept trying to force me to hunt you down." you settled on saying.
They seemed to think because he lost to Natsu Dragneel once upon a time, you could bring him down as well. Bullshit, it was well documented Natsu Dragneel used the Dragon Force to win that fight, by eating the raw ethernano left behind by the ethereon blast. The amount of magic power he must have consumed to activate the Dragon Force there would have been insane.
Jellal didn't smile back, but he did hold his arms up, "Well, I'm right here in front of you if you want to go for it, I won't resist." he replied plainly.
How odd. That a man such as him would be so, not submissive, but agreeable at the thought of being captured.
"Nah," you shook your head, "I'm a Fairy Tail mage now. I don't need to bother with that crap anymore."
Not that you'd win if you did anyway. Now that you weren't consumed by rage at Acnologia, you could very well recognize when you were outclassed. And Meredy alone still has more magical power than you despite the massive increase you just gained by becoming a second generation dragon slayer.
And Jellal's magic power dwarfed hers. You could feel it plainly. And Ultear had even more still.
"Speaking of," Ultear cut in, looking you over critically, "He looks different than on that recording from just a few days ago. His musculature has bulked up a bit, his teeth have sharpened, and I can feel the magic power threading through his skin."
"Ah, he kinda became a second generation dragon slayer like, twenty minutes ago," Meredy cut in with a sheepish laugh, "He ended up storing the leftover magic of the dragon Acnologia hunted down out there and I offered to implant it for him."
"A dragon slayer and a god slayer in one huh?" Ultear mused, circling around you and looking you over, "That should be quite the potent mix, still why did you bring him here Meredy? He's compliant enough I suppose for now, but it was a huge risk bringing him here when you know he's a former Rune Knight."
"Eh, I just wanted to get to know him a bit better," Meredy pouted, crossing her arms under her substantial bust and pushing them up, deepening her large well of cleavage deliciously, "Besides, Jellal wanted to talk to him and warn him about Bluenote."
Bluenote? Your eyebrows drew up. As in Bluenote Stinger? The former ace of Grimoire Heart? The most wanted man on the continent behind Jellal.
Ultear sighed, palming her forehead, "See, I told you we should have got her to socialize more the past few years," the black haired woman complained, looking at Jellal, "Look, she just basically kidnapped the first good looking boy she came into contact with."
Jellal blinked in confusion, "..What?" he uttered blankly.
"Kidnapping implies that I wouldn't willingly go with as beautiful a girl as her," you cut in, throwing a wink Meredy's way, "Now what's this about Bluenote?"
"Oh great," Ultear groaned, "It's a flirty brat."
"You're just jealous he didn't call you beautiful." Meredy stuck out her tongue at the older woman. "Blegh!"
Ultear's eyes twitched and she grabbed the pink haired girl by the cheeks and starting tugging on them, "Is that so ya little brat?" she growled, "Don't forget who actually taught you how to dress nicely and do your hair up like that. If it weren't for me you'd still be running around with a bowl cut and hiding away under a cloak!"
"Bluenote Stinger is obsessed with the three great fairy magics belonging to your new guild," Jellal began explaining, outright ignoring the two squabbling women, "The only reason he hasn't attacked the guild itself at this point is because he didn't think such powerful magic would be in the possession of as weak a guild as Fairy Tail had become."
You tore your eyes off of the two gorgeous women and looked at Jellal, "So?" you asked, "What does me joining Fairy Tail have to do with him?"
"You're a known God Slayer, and that magic doesn't just grow on trees," the blue haired criminal shook his head, "The fact you have single handily already begun to drag your guild back up the ranks in such a short amount of time may seem suspicious to him. Odds are, Bluenote may attack your guild some point in the near future with thoughts along the lines of you being a member of fairy tail hidden in the shadows for years and being the inheritor of those magics."
..That's insane. You didn't even know there were special magics belonging to your guild. To attack a guild on such a flimsy thought was stupid. But then, this was a top tier dark mage you were dealing with. Normal magic wouldn't apply to men like him.
"Thanks for the warning," you replied with a nod, "But, is he a moron? I'm not a weakling, and I'm pretty sure even Jura would have a hard time bringing me down. With my whole guild backing me up, it would foolish of him to pick a fight with me."
A dragon like Acnologia might be able to ignore you. But you're still a motherfucking god slayer. A wielder of magic designed to kill gods!
"Bluenote's a madman, but he's not an idiot," Ultear piped up, letting go of Meredy's cheeks, the pink haired girl soothingly rubbing her cheeks with a whine, "He's already built up his own dark guild, and from what we've found out, he has a talented monster tamer as an apprentice now. He's building an army of animals and magical beasts to keep everyone else occupied while he does whatever what he intends to do."
Well shit. that could be a problem.
A monster tamer? It couldn't be another coincidence could it? Was it the same one who was spotted rounding up monsters around Clover Town? It was a pretty rare magic style after all. Bit of a taboo magic.
"Guess I'm gonna have to get training even harder." you answered with a shrug. It was honestly your only go to right now. You'll probably have to report this to the magic council regardless though.
Jellal tilted his head up and nodded to Ultear. And the woman sighed, "As always, Fairy Tail members are far too bold," the black haired woman shook her head, reaching into her cloak to produce a crystal ball, "How about we do you a favour in return for a little help later down the line?"
"What's the favour for?" you asked, "I mean, I'm fine with it as long as it won't cause trouble for Fairy Tail, I already owe Meredy as it is for saving my stupid ass."
"I'll boost your power." Ultear replied simply.
Jellal continued on before you could ask what she meant, "Every year at the Grand Magic Games, we've felt a sinister magical power," the blue haired criminal uttered seriously, "A magical power we all know to belong to Zeref."
...Zeref huh? You didn't know much about the guy most dark guilds were obsessed with. Only the legends, and that it was said he appeared on Tenrou Island seven years ago, and that it was his presence there that brought Acnologia down upon Fairy Tail after they defeated Grimoire Heart.
And now that you focused on it. Didn't Meredy say Acnologia was only interested in other dragons and Zeref?
"Since we're a a guild of former dark mages, we can't exactly get close to the games without being found out," Ultear continued next, "We need someone we can trust to investigate it for us, so we can put a stop to it if it is a plot from Zeref."
"In return, Ultear will unlock your Second Origin," Jellal piped in again, you looked at him in confusion, not recognizing what he meant. "It's a recent discovery, about a second ethernano container within the shadow of your main one. With her Ark of Time magic, Ultear can unlock it and grow it to match the size and output of the first."
..Wait, what!?? "EH?" you blinked in shock. Wouldn't that effectively double your sheer magical power output? If not more so considering that the measurement numbers of magical power didn't increase in a linear line.
"Word of warning though Cobalt," Meredy cut in, still rubbing at her stinging cheeks, "It's excruciatingly painful, like your bones are cracking apart and your blood is on fire."
"Sounds like a heck of a party," you grinned. You weren't afraid of pain. To get as strong as you are now, with as young as you are. you couldn't shy away from the pain you went through from constantly pushing your body to the limit. This is no different, "Fine, deal, hit me up with this second origin sweet cheeks."
Ultear's eye twitched before a devilish grin split her lips, "You know, I think I might actually enjoy this."
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