Chapter 56: The titel of the strongest

After Makarov, Zeldaris and Aversia returned the next day from the council, everyone felt relieved since they had feared that the council would be up to no good.

But the three of them were mostly in thought from what Siegrain requested from them.

All three of them didn´t really trust him, it was just too convenient, and it felt for them as if something were wrong.

But their thoughts got interrupted by Natsu, who was absolutely livid that the council was taking all the credits of their actions.

This got annoying really fast and some members were bout to shut him up, when Natsu finally remembered that his fight with Erza got interrupted.

"I forgot! Erzaaaa!!! Let´s continue our fight!!!" yelled Natsu as he run toward Erza and engulfed his fist with his flames.

Erza was sitting at a table and was eating lunch.

"*sigh* Natsu, I am tired." said Erza while sighing, but Natsu didn´t listen.

So, she stood up and summoned a giant hammer and with a single, hit that would make any Baseball player blush, send Natsu flying through the whole room only to smash into the wall at the other side of the hall.

If Erza had used even a bit more strength, then Natsu would have flown right through the wall.

(AN: Natsu and the wall really are close friends. They are meeting all the time.)

Everyone could only in shock as Natsu fell down to the ground, except Zeldaris and Aversia who were laughing.

"If you really want to, then bring it on."

"And we have a winner!" exclaimed Happy.

Everyone started to laugh, and some were discussing over the bet from the other day.

Zeldaris and Aversia just looked at everything that was happening inside the guild and enjoyed the view.

The two really enjoyed the liveliness of this place and sometimes felt like they would never get tired to just watch.

A good example for this was Ophiuchus and Lisanna.

Because Lisanna decided that she wanted to help out at the bar when she was taking a break from training or taking job requests and would also help as a waitress.

Both Mirajane and Ophiuchus would teach her and currently Ophiuchus and Lisanna were bringing plates with foods and drinks to a table.

Suddenly a certain magic was spreading through the guild hall.

Realizing whose magic, it was Zeldaris and Aversia acted quickly, because not long after everyone started to fall asleep, except Zeldaris, Aversia and Makarov.

Vulcan was at his forge, so no one knew if he was affected or not.

Aversia hurriedly caught Mirajane, before she could fall down, while Zeldaris caught Lisanna and Ophiuchus and the plates that the two were carrying.

Footsteps could be heard and soon after someone entered the guild hall.

It was Mystogan, he did this kind of thing every time he came to the guild and of course would never stay for more than a minute or two.

"You know, you really have the worst timing. She will be quite angry with you when she wakes up." said Zeldaris toward Mystogan.

Who he meant was Ophiuchus, although she didn´t looked like it she was quite childish, although that was part of her charm, and would be upset being interrupted like this at one of her favorite activities.

"Then can you please give her my apology?"

"No problem"

Zeldaris and Aversia didn´t really had anything against Mystogan, yes, his sleeping magic was annoying, and they and Makarov had to make sure that the others wouldn´t hurt themselves after falling asleep, but other than that there was nothing.

The two knew that he had his own situation and problems that made him careful, even thought they didn´t know what they are, but they were the last people who would hold that against him.

Mystogan walked to the quest board and picked one of the requests on it.

He then walked to Makarov and said, "I am taking this one."

"Release your sleep magic after you are gone." said Makarov to Mystogan.

Without answering, Mystogan turned around and started to walk out of the guild, while counting down.

"Five"

"Four"

"Three"

"Two"

"One"

As he landed at one, he walked out of the door, and everyone started to wake up.

Well, except for a certain someone.

"Natsu wake up!" said Happy as he tried to wake up Natsu, he was the only one that didn´t woke up after Mystogan left.

"Hmph He should be glad that I fell for his magic." said Ophiuchus after waking up.

"I am also a girl, so why was I not caught by anyone." muttered Erza in a tone where no one could hear her, when she realized that Zeldaris didn´t caught her when she fell asleep.

"Because you were too far away when Ave and I noticed it. Next time I will make sure to catch you." Said Zeldaris, who of course heard everything, making Erza blush.

The rest started to talk about Mystogan, while Gray, Loke and Elfman explained things to Lucy, who of course had no idea who Mystogan was.

"Only gramps knows how his face looks like." said Gray at the end.

"No… I know it as well" said a person, standing at the railing of the second floor.

"Laxus!"

"You are here."

"How unusual."

"He is also a candidate for the title of strongest member." said Gray.

"Mystogan is a really shy one. I wouldn´t worry too much about it if I were you, but then again you guys are not me." said Laxus, while smoking a cigar and looking at everyone down, his demeanor filled with arrogance.

"Laxus, fight me!!!" yelled Natsu, who just woke up.

"You just lost to Erza, idiot." retorted Aversia.

"She is right you know. If you can´t even win against Erza or your two siblings, then you don´t have a chance against me."

"What´s that supposed to mean?" said Erza in a pretty terrifying tone, scaring the people around her.

"Erza calm down." said Zeldaris, as he laid his hand on her shoulder.

Erza noticed that he was just as angry as her and that the same was true for Aversia and Ophiuchus.

"I mean, I am the strongest." Laxus proclaimed with his arms stretched out.

"Bastard, come down here, so that I can kick your ass."

"Wy don´t you come up here?"

"Bring it on." Natsu said as he started to run, before jumping up.

But Makarov enlarged his hand and crushing Natsu down with it and slamming him down right behind the bar counter.

"You are not allowed to get to the second floor yet."

"Ha Ha!! You got scolded."

"You too Laxus, stop it."

Laxus started to laugh, before saying," I will never give the title and position of being Fairy Tails strongest member to anyone else. Not to the old Mirajane, or if she ever makes a comeback, not Erza, Mystogan or that stupid geezer."

He then looked at Zeldaris and Aversia, his smile became a sneer.

"And especially not to you two Zeldaris and Aversia. I AM THE STRONGEST!!!"

"I can´t really speak for that geezer and Mystogan, but I can assure you that neither Mirajane, Erza, Ave or I care about this position. The only ones who care about this stuff are the others, because they have nothing better to do. So let me ask you this, why do you care so much about an empty title." said Zeldaris.

Mirajane, Erza and Aversia nodded at his words and fully agreed with them, none of them really cared about it.

Such a title had no value for them and at worst would alienate them from the others and only with an attitude like Laxus.

As for the second floor, it was the floor were the request board for the S-class requests was.

Only S-class mages of the guild and staff members were allowed on this floor.

But only Laxus stayed up there, Erza, Mystogan and even the old Mirajane never stayed on that floor and had only gone up there to pick a request.

The reason was simple, they wanted to stay with the others, except for Mystogan who never stayed for long in the guild.

The S-class request were the hardest requests of them all and were even categorized into how long it had been since they had been posted.

Some existed since decades, others since centuries.

The pay was extraordinary and there were always additional things rewards that were really good, but the danger that one would face was also high and the chance of dying was high.

Time went on and it soon became night.

Vulcan, Ophiuchus, Zeldaris and Aversia were preparing things for dinner.

Today was one of the days were Mirajane, Lisanna and Elfman would come over and they decided that they would make pizza, were everyone could make their own pizza.

This little tradition of theirs became the highlight of the week for them and was now quite important to them.

Natsu, Happy and or Erza were also quite common guests.

So, it was no surprise that Erza also came together with Mirajane, Lisanna and Elfman.

It was actually more surprising that Natsu and Happy didn´t come, but everyone just thought that they had something else to do.

All of them enjoyed the time they had and after eating to their fill was it time for a certain thing.

The training of Lisanna and Elfman.

It was Lisanna that had initially asked the two half dragons more than a year ago for help, she couldn´t bare the guild that both of her siblings carried with them and wanted to help the two.

In order to protect and help them, she needed to become stronger to achieve this.

But she didn´t know how, so she asked the only two people that she could trust with this, Zeldaris and Aversia.

The two of them were initially surprised by this request but were astounded by her determination and agreed.

The training was made out of four parts, the increase of her Take Over magic options, learning how to use them better, faster transformation and control, and training the will.

Take Over magic was more of a versatility type of magic then one based on strength.

Although there were powerful Take Over options for every variant of that magic, but its primary strength was versatility.

In order to give Lisanna more options she had to take over the bodies of animals and to help find animals that would fit and help Lisanna, was a certain someone included.

She was also a member of the guild, and her name was Levy, she was one of the if not the most intelligent members of the guild and had a giant collection of books that would dwarf the collection that Zeldaris and Aversia had in their lifetime. (AN: what I mean with this is that the collection that they had in Dragnof, combined with the one back in the village and the current one would still be tiny compared to that of Levy´s collection.)

And together with her help they constructed a list of targets, their living habitats, and other useful methods.

Lisanna would either try to take jobs that were in the area of a target or going there directly with Zeldaris and or Aversia, but also later on with Elfman.

The second point was mainly about understanding her already existing forms and their capabilities.

This was done by learning more about her existing options through studying, Levy was a good help in that as well.

But also, through practical tests, to test them to their limits and through that learning more about them and maybe go beyond their limits.

The third point meant to transform faster into her forms and their hybrid versions, but also to create such hybrid versions.

Zeldaris and Aversia couldn´t help with that, only Lisanna could do this through training and with the help of Elfman, who joined later, she was able to create her own training method for it.

As for the last part, it was the most important part, because it was a battle of will, when ever someone used Take Over magic on someone or something else.

A good example of the risk involved was the Beast incident two years ago.

But it was also a part that was hard to train.

As for Elfman, he found out by accident, because Lisanna wanted to keep it secret from her siblings.

He was upset at the beginning, but later joined after Lisanna explained everything to him and motivating him to get stronger and leave the past behind.

His training was similar to that of Lisanna, but Elfman refused vehemently to increase the Take Over options, at least not until he mastered the full body one and the Beast.

The training that they would have today was that of the will.

"Are you sure that you two are ready? There is no going back one it started." asked Zeldaris the two.

Both of them nodded.

They were at the backyard, where there was enough place for multiple dragons.

"Good, then come and face me." Zeldaris yelled and unleashed his full power.