When Makarov took a long breath, he noticed that Erza is now standing before him and looking at him.
"I had returned master." Erza told, standing before Makarov, if she actually not a Wizard, but a solider, which caused Makarov to sighed at Erza odd seriousness, before a smile came on his lips.
"I see, did everything went well with your quest, Erza?" Makarov asked.
"Yes, everything went well without any issue. Here are the signed documents from the client." Erza told, taking out a scroll, which is the proof of completion by the client.
"Well done, come on, let's go to my office for the final touches, as well the reward for the mission… And Erza, welcome back." Makarov went as grinned at the red haired lass, whose serious face faded like a lie, only for a gentle smile appear on her lips.
"It's good to be back, master." Erza went honestly like always, while Makarov could only chuckle at this.
No matter how much he moans about these damned brats of his, and their quirks to create problems.
In the end of the day, they are still his family.
Every brat and lass in this guild are his children and grandchildren. It doesn't matter if they are not related by blood, this is what Fairy Tail is.
They may be the strongest guild in Fiore.
Chaotic, troublesome, and loud, but in the end, Fairy Tail is one thing.
They are a family, a place for those who has no homes to returned to, a place that will accept you, no matter how many quirks they might have.
This is the true essence of Fairy Tail, the bounds of each member within the guild, the bounds that is known as Family, is the core of Fairy Tail, a home for troublesome and chaotic wizards, who has no place to call home.
As Makarov and Erza made their way to the Guild Master's office. Makarov suddenly halted in his steps, when he felt another headache coming along, especially so, when he noticed a certain lass entering the guildhall along with another teenager, who may be younger compared to the lass, but almost as tall as an adult.
If one may think Natsu and Gray are the worse kind of combo to have in the guild. They are wrong, because among those in the guild, there lies a duo that even worse compared to that young Dragon Slayer, and that ice stripper.
And this duo in question are Ezra herself, whose brown eyes narrowed slightly, when she too noticed the one who came into the guildhall along with someone else.
And this lass in question?
She frowned her sea blue eyes behind her snow white hair, that is tied in a high ponytail, the moment her eyes looked at Erza, who also around the same age as herself.
(AN: She has sea blue eyes? They don't look like sky blue eyes to me, that is why I put she has sea blue eyes, since they do fit that kind of shade.)
Erza's slightly serious look, deepen more, when she and this white haired lass locked eyes with each other, causing Erza to looked at the white haired lass, who is wearing a goth like clothing of a black vast, and a mini skirt at that, as she, along with the tall lad behind her made their way towards Makarov and Erza.
'Great, another headache.' Makarov went inside his head with a sigh at that.
The relations between Erza and this snow white haired lass, are no different to a cat and a dog kind of relationship, in a way, the same kind of relation Natsu and Gray has.
However, things between the two girls have been more tensed than normal, especially when Erza had won the title of S-Class Wizard, when she has become the winner of this year's S-Class Trails, while the white haired lass herself had lost to Erza, causing the tensity between the two girls more tense then normal.
Makarov knew, if he wasn't here between the two, without a doubt, this white haired lass will bring a fight to Erza.
So, it is no wonder, why Erza looked more like a soldier, that is about to go to war, when her brown eyes met with sea blue eyes, that has a hint of hostility in them.
"Are you heading out, Mirajane?" Makarov simply asked this while getting the attention of the white haired lass, whose name is Mirajane Strauss, who turned her sharp sea blue eyes towards Makarov.
"Yeah, about to return home, old man." Mirajane told Makarov this, showing no interest of any kind, when her sea blue eyes looked into Makarov's own eyes.
Makarov only can bitterly smile being looked like that.
It is not like Makarov does not understand why Mirajane is like this, after all, Makarov is one of the few in this guild, that knew what Mirajane has been through that caused her to become like this.
Only thing the old man can do, was to hope.
Hope that one day, Mirajane will be able to opened herself to someone one day, someone that not her own siblings, even if it is a little, that is all Makarov can ask, after all, the only one that Mirajane is close with in his guild, that is not her actual family, is Erza herself, but they are not close in a good way.
"I see… now I think of it. Mirajane, since you here, can you go on a Job for me?" Makarov went, recalling about the mission from Calla, thinking it is imperfect for the Strauss Siblings, especially the youngest, Lisanna Strauss, who has the perfect Magic for this mission.
"Job?" Mirajane askes, with a slight interested tone.
"Yeah, it is a monster sighting Job, a commission that came to the guild, requesting our Guild's help to locate and deal with the Monster or Monsters that has been either seen, or has evidence of one or many of them. The request came from Calla Village, which is close to Clover Town." Makarov went, taking out the commission papers, showing them to Mirajane, who simply looked at them.
"Normally this kind of Job, is a common one, however, this Job is somewhat important to me, Mirajane, and to our Guild. You see, somewhere near Calla, is a hut, a hut where the Second Master of our Guild has built a long time ago, even before when I became the Third Master.
The monster sighting that has been reported, were really close to this hut, Mirajane, and it still under our Guild's list of properties. Your mission is both the commission, and my personal side quest, all I want you and your siblings to do, complete the commission, and check out the hut when you are it, can you do that for little old me?
Of course, I will give you a bonus, since the hut thing is my personal request." Makarov went with a kind smile, which Mirajane only looked at the commission papers for several long seconds, before she took them, and turned her back away from Makarov and Erza, who still standing behind Makarov.
"Thank you, Mirajane." Makarov went with a grin, earning a disappointed look from Mirajane, who turned her head when she heard Makarov.
"Don't be mistaken, old man, I am only doing this, not because of you, because it is Lisanna and her Magic, is the reason why you personally asked me to do this, right?" Mirajane sharply went, as Makarov cannot denied those words, and gives a bitter laugh.
Seeing the guild master did not deny those words, Mirajane did not bother being mad or disappoint by this, instead, her sea blue eyes turned to Erza, which caused her blue eyes to narrowed.
"Don't think because you beat me to S-Class, that you are above me, Erza, just you wait, the one will who become the next S-Class is no other then me!" Mirajane went along with a serious look, and a smirk, as she pointed at Erza with her free hand.
Of course, Erza herself, looked unbothered or uninterested in Mirajane's claim of becoming the next S-Class that is in year time due to only one S-Class Wizard can be ranked per year in Fairy Tail.
Erza's lack of interest annoyed Mirajane, to the point something snapped within her, when Mirajane looked at those uninterested brown eyes of hers.
"Hey… what's with that look?" Mirajane asked, with eyes filled of heavy intensity within her sea blue eyes. Makarov also noticed the hostility within Mirajane's eyes, so did Erza, who only narrowed her eyes once again at it.
Makarov sighed inside his mind, and ready himself to prevent Mirajane from fully snapping out and attacked Erza.
After all, compared to Natsu and Gray's fights, they are nothing compared to Mirajane and Erza, while Mirajane may not be an official S-Class Wizard, her strength and ability does match a S-Class Wizard.
One can imagine how much damage will be done, if two potential S-Class Wizards were to fight within the Guild, just thinking of it, made Makarov's head ached.
However, before Makarov could step in, to prevent Mirajane from fully snapping, someone else beat Makarov to it, and that person was the one behind Mirajane Strauss.
"S-Sister! L-Lisanna is waiting for us, r-remember? And since we took on this Job, we need to tell her back it, and prepare, right?"
The one who said this, has the same snow white hair that Mirajane and Lisanna both have, it wasn't just his hair, even his sea blue eyes also the same as Mirajane and Lisanna.
And yet, while he has the same eyes and hair as Mirajane and Lisanna, the lad in question is very tall, to the point he is at the same age as Gray, and yet, he stood as nearly as tall as the most adults in the guild.
His name is Elfman Strauss, Mirajane's younger brother, as well Lisanna's older brother, the second child of the Strauss siblings.
Mirajane who looked like she about to bite someone, soon her harden and intense expression soften, when she heard her little brother's voice, causing the older sibling to sighed, and calmed down, before turning around once again.
"Fine, I get it, okay? Let go." Mirajane simply went, she did bother with either Erza or Makarov any further and simply walked off. Elfman, as the shy as he is as tall, nodded shyly at Makarov and Erza, before Elfman chased after his older sister, leaving behind the old man and the young Valkyrie.
"I feel I need a drink after this… we let's go, Erza." Makarov went, even slipping his true feelings in his words.
Mirajane Stauss, if there is a ranking among the most troublesome among his brats, Mirajane will be in among the top of the rankings.
Makarov sighed recalling this encounter with Mirajane, and truly hoped one day, that troublesome lass of his, will open to someone else, besides her siblings.
Like it was said before, it not like Makarov does not understand the darkness within Mirajane's heart, Makarov just truly hoped the day will come, when Mirajane can let go of her painful past, and opened herself to others, besides her own family, that meant everything to her.
With this, Makarov, along with Erza, who remain quiet. Both of them headed to his office.
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If you are re-reading this chapter, you might notice, I had removed the part where Makarov left alone in his office, with a sudden feeling part of this chapter/fairy, I felt it was unnecessary, so I removed it, that why.
If you are not re-reading this, but reading this for the first time, overlook this, it not really important, what I deleted was something unnecessary to have, it was just Makarov suddenly having a sixth sense feeling, another troublemaker will join them.
See, it was unnecessary, it was in the original fanfic, which is why I added it in the first place, but after re-reading it, it just… seems unnecessary, anyway, thanks for reading this.
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If you love it, that means something wrong with your head, anyway, throw me a power stone, so I can throw it back, at your head, of course.
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