Child Of God

Sabo was standing in front of the giant golden door. He had been standing here for fifteen minutes debating whether he should go through with his or not. The pros and cons of travelling to that world were driving him crazy.

"I can't deny my feelings. But I', only eleven years old, that's to soon to get married. WAIT! Married? What am I talking about, I haven't even been on a date yet. And maybe she met someone else, I should just go. Yeah, I should." Sabo nodded to his decision and turned around.

"Not so fast, young man. One's feelings could harm your soul should they be intentionally ignored. Might I suggest manning up and to take that first step right now." Netero said and blocked the path to the stairs.

"Great, so he told you too? I'm gonna kill Issho someday." Sabo said and clenched his fist.

"No, he did not. And I don't quite know who this Issho is. It's just that you have been standing here yelling at yourself for fifteen minutes straight. I pretty much know everything thanks to you." Netero smile childishly.

"Oh, great! Do you have any idea of what I should do? It's so frustrating to know I have a shot, but not daring to take it." Sabo said and his tone carried real despair.

"I could go with you. I would love to explore more worlds, and I have been complimented multiple times on my wingman skills." Netero winked and smiled.

*sigh* "Fine, but let me give you the rundown about our guild." Sabo said and sat down since this explanation would take a while.

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On an island in the middle of nowhere, a portal opened up and two people stepped out. One was a boy that was on the verge of throwing up thanks to his nervousness. And the other was an old man with a kind-looking smile on his face. Both of them were monsters in their own right, and the old man was extra giggly because he was fascinated with world travel.

"Now what is this place, boy," Netero said and looked around in awe at the extraordinary architecture around him. This island was similar in size to Tenrou island, but this island was completely flat.

This island's buildings were built entirely in what was known as Baroque architecture. Every house and every road, big or small was built with some white sparkling material that gave this place a heavenly feeling. Netero didn't recognise any of the materials used, but this place was the most beautiful place he had ever seen.

There stood a grand palace erect in the middle of this city. It had intricate designs on the walls and doors. And it looked very much like where god would live if you believed he existed in this world. Nothing in this city compared to it. There was a twenty-meter tall fence around the palace. It had a magic enchantment around it so you couldn't look through it. The only way you would see the palace was to look over the fence.

"Not much is known about the boss's family. At least I don't know. Rayleigh might know more then I do. But anyway, all of this was built by the boss's servants. That's what I'm told." Sabo said and looked around at the beautiful and sparkling city.

"This is magnificent. The one who designed this has real skill. Nothing I have seen compares to it." Netero said and whistled in admiration.

"I would hope so. I created this for her majesty. I put my heart and soul into it." A woman appeared just a meter behind the two of them. Netero reacted and turned around quickly, only to see the woman standing there in a maid outfit. She had an hourglass figure with violet hair. Ocean blue eyes that would draw you in and trap you inside their beauty for all eternity.

"ah, so you are the designer. Absolutely beautifully done. I am beyond floored." Netero said with a smile. He looked the woman up and down and noted her aura. 'She's stronger than I and Sabo combined.'

"Thank you, Lord Netero. And it's good to see you again, Lord Sabo." She smiled with the most genuine and beautiful smile Netero had ever seen. She looked like the purest of angels.

"Nice to see you too, Angela. This is Netero as you already know. Our newest recruit." Sabo said and pointed at Netero that stood with a smile on his face.

"Yes, I am aware of him. What is the nature of your visit?" She said with her hands overlapping each other as they rested at her waist.

"I-I came to visit Fairy Tail. I wanted to get to know my guildmates a little." Sabo said with a blush started to appear on his face.

"ah, little Wendy, of course. I heard from Lord Issho that our little Lord Sabo has got himself a girlfriend. How beautiful." Angela said with a teasing smile and pretended to wipe away a tear from her left eye.

"I swear on my life! I will beat him so badly that even the boss wouldn't be able to heal him." Sabo's aura grew wilder and it started breaking the ground apart.

"Calm down, young Sabo," Netero said and cancelled Sabo's pressure outburst by releasing his own aura on him.

"Would you like a ride over to Ishgar?" Angela asked with a sweet smile.

"No, I can manage myself," Sabo said and his body started turning a multi-coloured dust cloud and it took off towards Ishgar. Netero looked at the departing dust cloud with awe.

"I didn't young Sabo had such an interesting ability. Truly fascinating." He said and laughed out loud.

"I suppose I should go as well since I need that boy as my tour guide." Netero summoned his golden energy to his hands and he did a quick hand sign. And up in the air, a gigantic eagle appeared. it about fifty meters in height and twenty fight meter in length.

"Interesting magic. You seem to have great control already." Angela said, obviously being aware of what Esdeath's contracts offer her followers. What kind of benefits they get from it. So she wasn't at all surprised that Netero had powerful magic.

"Far from it. As far as I understand it. I have predetermined forms that I can summon whenever I wish. This eagle form is what I use to travel long distances with. I have only mastered a few forms, and I still haven't discovered if my magic has a limit or not." Netero said and jumped up on the eagle's back.

"Let's meet at another time and have a coffee together," Netero said and winked to Angela. With an eagle's cry, it started flapping its wings and it took off after Sabo.

"What a funny young man that was. Coffee? no, but maybe tea." Angela said and walked away back into the city.

Sabo in his dust form, very similar to how logia users would take the form of their element. Arrived at Ishgar very quickly. He followed the signature of the strongest person in the guild, Makarov. So he didn't exactly have any problem with location Magnolia, the city in which the guild was located.

He saw the city that sparkled like a diamond in the sunlight in the distance. He increased his speed and in only a few seconds, he arrived over the city. And through his magic sense, he inspected the ground and all the people that were walking on the streets.

'Should I visit her dorm room first? NO, that's creepy! That's definitely stalker behaviour!' He immediately changed direction and headed for the guild instead. He saw the building through his magic sense, and he lowered his altitude and landed in front of the building.

He assimilated back into himself again, and now he stood and watched the doors of the building. His hair had grown so it was shoulder length. But he had it slicked back and tied in a bun at the back. His hairstyle was a good choice for him since it made him look very stylish and handsome, even though he was so young, he was an attractive and cute young man.

Sabo was wearing a white tank top, and he had a light blue hoodie and white pants on. He was wearing a pair of sandals on his feet.

"Okay!" He said to himself and walked up to the door. He pushed it open and was greeted with the inside of the building. All eye inside the building turned in his direction, and just like magic, Sabo got some of his confidence back. He had overcome the first obstacle so he finally felt a little more confident.

"Oh, Sabo, welcome back. I didn't think we'd see any of you so soon." Makarov said as he sat on the counter with Laxus and Gildarts beside him.

"I had nothing to do and I was in the neighbourhood, so I thought I should visit and see what kind of trouble you all were up to." He stood there awkwardly and looked around the guild. Suddenly he felt his danger sense tingle and from the second floor, Natsu came flying with his fists covered in fire.

"Finally! FIGHT ME SABO!!" Natsu's fire intensified and the hall started to heat up. But from behind Sabo came a golden chain that b-lined for Natsu. It wrapped around his wrist and slammed him down on the floor.

"Manners, young man. Fighting in here would cause great destruction to this fine establishment." Netero came walking into the building at a slow pace. His eyes scanned the surroundings and he had already identified the most powerful person inside this building beside himself and Sabo.

All the people around the hall looked at him with curiosity. A red-headed woman at one of the tables looked on with great curiosity. And the usual members all sat around and sighed at Natsu's rude behaviour.

"Who are you old man? Get this thing off of me!" Natsu sat on the ground and tried to remove the chain around his wrist. But he couldn't even budge the chain, it was holding a firm grasp on his wrist.

"I am Isaac Netero. Nice to meet you, Natsu Dragneel." He said with his infamous emotionless smile. Natsu got chill after seeing that smile so he stopped struggling against the chain and just nodded slowly.

Netero released the hand seal he was doing and the chain disappeared. And Natsu went over and sat down at his usual table without saying anything.

"Well done, old man. You got that hot-head to shut up finally!" Grey said and laughed. To which more laughter echoed out in the hall. Even Laxus had a short laugh at this.

"SHUT UP! I'LL FIGHT ALL OF YOU!" Natsu stood up and slammed his foot down on the table. And immediately a dark and scary aura appeared from behind the counter that got all the members to shut their mouths.

"Natsu... We don't put our feet up on the tables. You do remember don't you?" Mirajane and Lisanna said in perfect unison. And their auras were almost more evil than Hades.

"S-sorry!" Natsu quickly sat down again.

"So I see that Natsu became an S-ranked mage, huh?" Sabo said to which Natsu immediately started laughing again.

He jumped up and landed on the counter and smiled from ear to ear, "THAT'S RIGHT! I DID IT, I AM AN S-RANKED MAGE FINALLY!!!" He laughed maniacally while spitting fire from his mouth.

"aha, so Natsu, you wanna test your mettle against me? How about a spar?" Sabo said and got surprised looks from the entire guild. No one was ever dumb enough to go along with anything Natsu did or asked for.

"HELL YES! LET'S GOOO!!!" Natsu dashed forward and grabbed Sabo's hand and rushed out the door. And Natsu rushed into the backyard with Sabo in hand. Fairy Tail's backyard was pretty big, so as an arena it would serve its purpose perfectly.

All the members arrive a little later with smiles on their faces. No one hard seriously sparred with Natsu for a while. And they had no idea of Sabo's capabilities.

Netero came walking onto the balcony that was overlooking the backyard. Only Makarov, Gildarts and Laxus were up here. The rest were down on the ground for the front row seats.

"Nice to meet you, Isaac. Are you also a member of the group Sabo belongs to?" Gildarts asked while leaning against the railing.

"That I am. I sense you have a question about it?" Netero said and looked at Gildarts.

"Just some insight into this spar? What is Sabo capable off? How strong is he?" Gildarts asked in a casual conversational tone. He was mostly interested in how someone so young could run around with monsters like Rayleigh and Issho.

"Compared to Natsu. About the same as if we compare you or Laxus to Natsu." Netero already knew exactly how strong everyone in this building was. All it took was just one glance and he saw through them all.

"And he is how old?" Laxus asked, now very interested in the boy.

"I believe he turned eleven a little over half a year ago," Netero said and stood with his hands resting behind his back.

"That's damn impressive. And do you mind if I ask where you all live? Mavis informed us that Fairy Tail owns another island, but I haven't found any records of it." Makarov jumped in and said with a curious tone.

"Yeah, that would be our home. It's no wonder you haven't found anything of it. From what I know myself, nothing was written down about it. It was supposed to be a second home for this guild, but it was lost in time and now it serves as our groups base when we're here." Netero said with his most cryptic tone.

"hm, I would love to visit it someday. An island the founders created, how magical." Makarov said with a silly smile plastered on his face.

"I can make that happen. So let me know when you're interested in going." Netero said and turned his gaze towards the battle. Makarov nodded and also turned his gaze towards the match.

"Ready?" Erza who was the acting referee asked them both.

"YES!" Natsu said and Sabo only nodded.

"go!" Erza said and jumped away.

"Here I go!" {Fire Dragon's Iron Fist} Natsu rushed towards Sabo with his hands ablaze. Sabo covered his hand in his magic which showed up as multi-coloured energy. He stopped Natsu's attack with one hand and smiled. "I live among true monsters, step up your game Natsu." He pulled Natsu in and delivered a kick to his stomach that sent him flying.

"Yes!" A young and small girl with long beautiful blue hair whispered a quiet yes to herself as Sabo was shown having the upper hand. Though she was very nervous about her friends finding out that she was rooting for Sabo instead of Natsu.

Natsu felt that kick pretty badly and it took a second for him to get up again. But he had a smile on his face and he rushed at Sabo once again. {Fire Dragon's Sword Horn} Natsu took a step and shot away against Sabo in high speed. His entire body was ablaze and he was leading with his fist instead of his head.

Sabo covered his hand in his energy and he threw a punch that met Natsu's. And the ground beneath them splits apart and a few cracks were created around the area. Natsu, while standing in a standstill with Sabo, fist against fist. Grabbed Sabo's arm and swung him around and threw him up into the air.

{Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame} Natsu ignited both his hands and summoned a gigantic fireball. "Take this!" Natsu threw the fireball towards Sabo. And just at his moment, Sabo saw a familiar girl in the audience. She had blue hair and an adorable appearance, and his heart stopped for a second. 'Wendy' He looks at her and he completely forgets about the gigantic fireball heading his way.

"Look out!" Wendy yells out as she and Sabo are looking at each other. She was too late to call out so the attack connects and massive explosion covered the sky above the guildhall.

"Sabo!" Wendy said and took a hesitant step forward. Much like Sabo, she hadn't been able to think about anything else than him since he left. She was ecstatic when he walked through the door, but she was also having that feeling that her heart was gonna explode or go on fire because of how fast it was beating.

"That was close, better not get distracted in battle," Sabo said as he sat on a branch on the nearby tree. He was looking at Natsu with the occasional glance at Wendy.

"I suppose it's my turn now," Sabo said and carefully dropped down from the tree. When he landed with his feet on the ground he disappeared. "I win!" He said as he appeared behind Natsu and punched him in the back of the head, he was slammed down onto the ground and lost consciousness immediately.

"Winner Is Sabo!" Erza said after a momentary loss of words. The guild started cheering and applause came in, and Sabo did a quick bow towards them.

"Good going, my boy. You are extraordinarily well trained. And your mastery of magic is very impressive, very well done, indeed." Makarov said, and his voice overpowered all the cheering going on down among the guild.

"Yeah, whatever, I need something to eat!" Sabo said and put his hands behind his head and started walking towards the guildhall. He glanced at Wendy on his way and almost tripped over his own foot.

"Sabo, I'm going away for a while, Gonna explore a little, now that I'm finally here," Netero said as Sabo walked by underneath the balcony.

"Whatever, you can do whatever you want." Sabo didn't even look at him, he simply opened the backdoor and walked inside the house. And most guild members followed him inside, only a few stayed outside to enjoy the sun.

"Makarov, it's a fine family you have raised here. Look out for them properly. Don't abandon them because there are more threats around than you realise." Netero said in a quiet tone.

"Isn't that what we have you for?" Laxus said in a half sarcastic and half-serious tone. And Gildarts looked over with interest.

"Well, that's true. Fairy Tail's own little group of monsters." Netero said and disappeared. He was faster than ever, so to the three of them, it looked just like teleportation magic.

"Well, on that note, I need to leave as well. These quests aren't gonna finish themselves." Gildarts said and also walked inside.

Laxus also followed inside without saying anything. So Makarov was left sitting on the railing of the balcony with a tired expression. "Indeed. I have not prepared them for what's to come." He said and sighed to himself.

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