"Oh, you finally came out, Nee-chan. So, this is the guy, huh? Despite your small stature, your arm is a true symbol of a MAN!"
"eh? I guess you could say that?" Confusion appeared on Luka's face.
"Don't mind him Luka, my younger brother here is obsessed with manliness. Elf Man, this is Luka, he just joined the guild"
"Hoho! And you joined the manliest guild around? What a man you truly are, hahahaha!"
"Is that so? Thanks... I guess... So this must be that important huh? All the guild members are basically here to see the fight." Luka tries to see in front but his short stature makes it impossible. He would look for something to stand on and he sees stacks of crates. A bit farther out, but the vantage point can give him a better view.
"w-wait up! Are you sure about this?!?!" A yellow haired girl tries to rush in but stopped by the amount of people.
"Of course they're serious. They are not real men if they aren't!"
"Erza is a girl though" Mirajane would look up to Elfman
"But isn't it dangerous if two of the strongest team fight?"
"Strongest team? What are you talking about?" Gray chiming in after bringing in Lucy.
"I'm talking about you, Natsu, and Erza! You three are Fairy Tail's strongest mage right?"
"Huh? That's some nonsense. Where did you get that kind of information?... Wait, It was you wasn't it Mira?"
Mirajane would turn away and cover her face in embarrassment.
"Hmph! I acknowledge Natsu and Gray's manliness, but there are still way stronger guys in Fairy Tail"
"I agree on Erza being the strongest female though" Levy chimed in
"If we're talking about the strongest male we have Mist Gun, Laxus..." Jet added
"And don't forget 'that geezer'" Droy finished the sentence.
...
"It's been a while since we've exchanged magic. How long was it?"
"Hmph! That was when we're kids. This time, it's gonna be different!"
"Then it seems I have to be serious. Requip!" A quick flashing light comes from Erza as her armor changed in the Flame Empress armor. "Bring it on!" She readies her blade.
"Now I'm all fired up!" Natsu palmed his fist as fire starts to burst forth and then he go into his stance.
"Ehem, ready.... Fight!"
As Makarov finished his signal, Natsu immediately rushed in.
"Fire Dragon: Iron Fist!" He aimed for Erza's head.
Erza dodged quickly, she twirled and kicked Natsu on the stomach, making him flying backwards. But he regained his footing as his chest and cheek starts to puff up.
"Fire Dragon: Roar!" A violent swirl of flame comes out of his mouth coming fast to Erza.
Erza seemingly just stood there and when the flame hits her, only smoke remained. Natsu then caught off guard as Erza had just dashed straight to him at the moment of impact, making her appeared in the middle of the smoke already at striking distance of Natsu.
"Nice reflexes there Natsu. But not enough, hyaaa!" She strikes from above.
Natsu dodged by a hair's breath, his eyes shaking but there's still fire in them. Seeing the intensity of the fight, the crowds backed away to give them more room. Seeing more room, Natsu jumped back into action.
"Fire Dragon: Flaming Wheel!" His legs catches on fire as he does a backflip while also striking onto Erza from below.
Erza defended with her sword as Natsu flies backwards and landed on the ground. Their exchange continues making the area around hotter that even the audiences starts to pull away from watching.
...
"Natsu handling himself quite well despite at a disadvantage." Mirajane says with a surprised face.
"He's improving into becoming a real man!" Elfman smiled proudly.
"Tch... That hothead is just lucky to dodge Erza's attack" Gray have a visibly sharpened eyes and a hint of envy in his voice.
Meanwhile Luka keep observing on the fight to see how people of this world fight.
"Natsu's firepower sure are impressive but his movement are rough, relying in his senses too much. While Erza have precision and power on her attacks and movement, using just enough to counter Natsu's strike. It's like she's training him rather than sparring."
...
"Tch! I'm not going anywhere with this. Oi, Erza! I'm finishing this spar with one final strike" He gather more flame into his hands, intensifying the temperature around him even more.
"Then so be it, Requip!" Erza now wear Sea King armor, matching Natsu's intense heat with her own water sword. She readies her stance.
"Now that's what I'm talking about! Fire Dragon: Wing Attack!"
"Sea King Sword Water Magic: Water Vortex!"
As they rush toward each other at terrifying speed, Luka sees a frog person coming in too close to their range. When Erza and Natsu have just realized,it's too late as their clash have already started.
"Thunder Thrust!" Luka disappeared from his seat as he grabbed the frog man just far enough as the clash exploded. "Huff... that was close. Are you okay, sir?"
"H-huh?... Ah... Y-yeah... Thank you..." His voice shaken, realized that he could've died if not for the kid saving him.
Natsu, Erza, and the others rushed in to where Luka is. All of them looking worried and guilt can be seen on Natsu and Erza faces. After the frog man got his bearings down, he stands up.
"Ehem, since Fairy Tail has contributed many things to the mage world, I'll let this incident slide. However, please do not spar in the middle of the street."
A big sigh can be heard among all the members.
"However, Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tails, you are hereby detained based on the crime of property damage and eleven others after after the Eisenwald incident."
"Eh?" A collective sound being heard.
"Whaat!?"
....
The guild then becomes quiet and full worries about Erza's well being. Though one particular lizard AKA Natsu that's being trapped in a glass is screaming about wanting to save Erza. But after Makarov knocked him down, it's actually Macao impersonating as Natsu. After a few more hours, it has been said that Erza's imprisonment were just a formality, however since Natsu broke into the Magic Council both of them are now being imprisoned for a few days.
....
"GYAHAHHAHA! Finally I'm breathing fresh air again. Being free is the best!" Natsu says in joyful glee with a drink in his hand while running around.
Everyone, despite disappointment in Natsu, they are all glad that the both of them are safe.
"Oh right! Erza! It's time to continue our duel!"
"I can't I'm tired. Besides, we can't do it on the streets anymore"
"Then let's do it here, take this!"
"*sigh*" She uses a hammer from her requip magic and smashes Natsu, making him fly straight outside from the guild. She then walks up to Luka. "Hey, thanks for back there. It's quite shameful of me to let my guard down from a mere duel"
"Hmm? Oh yeah, no problem. Your duel with Natsu was really cool!"
"Glad to hear that. I heard that you're also a swordsman, how about I'll tell you about the blacksmith I frequent as thanks. Make how many weapon you need, the bills on me."
"Oh wow, really? That would be really helpful since I need some kind of sword."
"Oh, it seems Luka has been recognized by Erza. Isn't that wonderful, Master. Hmm? Master, what's wrong?"
"Feeling... A bit sleepy... It must be him."
Then everyone suddenly fell asleep, except for a few. Mistgun comes down from upstairs, surprised to see the new recruit can still be awake from his magic albeit only with half lidded eyes. He gets a job form the board and goes to Makarov.
"I'll go and take this job."
"Fine, but release your sleeping magic first!"
"5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." just as he left with his countdown, eyes lingering for a bit on Luka, his magic dissipated.
"Ugh.. I'm barely awake through all that. Who was that?" Luka says, scratching his eyes.
"Oh, that's Mistgun. He always does that, grabs a job making everyone sleep then goes out. But I'm more surprised that you still manage to be awake. Tell me, what's his face like?" Mirajane asked him.
"Oh, umm he's wearing a face mask so I can't really see that clearly."
"Oi, then why don't you ask me? I've seen his face too you know" A smug tone can be heard from upstairs.
"Oh Laxus? You're here?"
"He's also one of Fairy Tail's strongest mage"
"Mistgun is quite the shy guy, that's all I can tell you about it."
"Oi, Laxus! Come down and fight me!"
"But Natsu, weren't you just got defeated by Erza a few minutes ago?"
"He's right Natsu, if you can't even beat Erza, there's no hope of defeating me!"
"What do you mean by that?" Erza looks at him, spreading a terrifying aura.
"Oh, what I mean is that I'm the strongest here!"
"Then why don't you come down here!"
"Heh, why don't you come up here yourself?" Laxus taunts Natsu.
"Then if that's what you want, here I go!" He rushes towards the stairs.
Makarov hands stretches and becomes gigantic, smashing Natsu into the floor.
"Hahaha! You got scolded."
"That's enough Laxus."
"Guhahaha! I'm not giving away Fairy Tail's strongest mage to Erza, not to Mistgun, and not even to that geezer! In Fairy Tail, I'm the strongest!"
....
After everything have calmed down, Lucy asks Mirajane about why can't Natsu go upstairs.
"Oh, it's a bit early for Lucy, but since we've got 2 newcomers I might as well explain it. You see upstairs is for the S class mages of Fairy Tails. The jobs up there are much more difficult, you might even lose your life from the slightest mistake, but the pay compensates for the increase of difficulty."
"*Shivers* I've got chills from imagining how scary the jobs are. So how can people get to S class?"
"Well, initially you get it from Master's recognition. But these days you get it after doing certain test at Fairy Tail's holy ground, the Tenrou Island. It's a shame really, if not for the test Luka might just be another S class mage. If Master acknowledge him of course."
"E-eh? me?"
"WHAAATT!!!" A scream can be heard from guild halls.
"I mean think about it, he managed to save that messenger right before Natsu's and Erza's strikes."
"Now that you mention it, he really did that. He's so fast, I can't even see him" Lucy says with a gaped mouth, her hand covering it.
"Haha! New guy, come and fight me!" Natsu immediately run towards Luka with fire in his eyes.
"W-well, I don't have any weapon, so maybe at a later date." Luka backs away as Natsu being a bit too close.
Then a punch came from above right onto Natsu's head.
"Alright Luka, let's go to the blacksmith."
Luka nods his head and jumped off from his seat. and they walked out from the guild.
"Hmm... It seems Erza is how do I say it... Different?" Lucy says with uncertain feeling
"Oh, that's because she recognize Luka. Besides, they're both sword users and maybe Erza respect him for that."
"I guess that makes sense?" With questions still above her head.
....
"So what was that move that you used back there? I barely saw you"
"Oh, that was Thunder Thrust! Well... Technically it's Bloody Fissure Thunder Thrust, but I shorten it to Thunder Thrust since the actual name is a bit gory."
"Hmm? Didn't expect a good guy like you using that kind technique"
"Well, I was against it too at first since the origin is quite gory as the name. But someone tells me it's not about where the technique is from, but who's using the technique. And it's become one of my best opening move"
"That's a good mindset to have. We should spar sometimes."
"I would be honored."
As they chat around, they finally arrived at the blacksmith.
"Here we are" She goes and open the door.
"Oh, Erza girlie, welcome, welcome. And who's this pipsqueak you're with?"