Chapter 26

"I'm sorry."

Hearing those words, Kagura lose her smile.

"I take it he died then, I have received some news about it but i didn't believe it, so I came here to confirm the truth." said Kagura with an expressionless face. "How did he die?"

"He died protecting the women that he loved, it was one of the bravest things that I have ever seen." answered Natsu as looked at Kagura who still wasn't showing any emotions.

"Who killed him?" asked Kagura with a glare that meant pain for whoever stood in her way.

"What are you going to do if I tell you that Kagura?" asked Natsu with a very serious expression on his face.

"I am going to kill him, that is what they deserves." Kagura angrily shouted.

"But what if I told you that murder is already dead?" Natsu asked, a bit startled by her outburst though he kinda expected it.

"Then I would ask you who killed my brother's murderer and I shall thank them." Kagura replied while still looking like she was ready to go on a rampage.

"Okay but what if the man that killed your brother was possessed?" Natsu asked as Kagura wonder why he was asking all of these questions.

"I still believe that he should be punished for what he's done even if he isn't completely to blame." Kagura replied after thinking about it for a little while.

"I couldn't agree with you more on that Kagura and I can tell you that the man who killed your brother is at the hands of the council," Natsu said with a smile. "Though I'm glad you're not solely set on seeking revenge."

"That is good to know and I'm not set on revenge because I still had hope that I might find my brother still alive. But now..." Kagura said before she broke down and started to cry.

Natsu being someone who can't stand watching any girl cry instantly went to her and gave her a hug.

"*sob*.....*sob*....My brother is dead...*sob*...the killer is in the council...*sob*....I, I don't know what to do anymore...*sob*..."

Honestly, the only reason she's been training to be a mage, is to find her lost brother, only to find out that he was dead, and the council is holding the killer.

She wanted to take revenge, but the council surely wouldn't allow it.

"It's okay Kagura, let it all out and don't feel ashamed this is the natural response when you lose someone that is important to you." Natsu said as he let her cry on his shoulder while he rubbed her back.

The two of them stayed like this for another ten minutes until Kagura recomposed herself.

With her eyes still red, Kagura sat back down and said, "Thank you Natsu, however, I want to know the name of the man that killed my brother. I'm sure you know more than whay you let on."

"That's right, I know a lot more about this whole terrible incident and it becomes really complicated." Natsu said while he sighed. "one of the reasons that I haven't given you his name yet, is because i first want to know what you will do after I tell you everything that happened at the tower."

"Tell me everything," Kagura demanded with a slightly angry tone, "besides, why do you even care about what I'll do after hearing what you'll say?!"

Natsu sighed, "Like I said, this whole incident is a lot more complicated, besides I don't want you to do something you'll regret later on, Simon won't like it-"

"DON'T YOU DARE USE MY BROTHER'S NAME!" Kagura angrily shouted while slamming her hands on the desk, "what do you know about how i feel?! He is the only family I have left!! And I can't even take my revenge because the killer is in the damn jail!"

Again! Tears began to fall from her eyes and Natsu sighed yet again, of course he knew how she felt, how couldn he not?

He already lost a lot of his family.

'Damn~ being a guild master sure is hard.'

"Of course i know how you felt," Natsu said as Kagura directly stared at his eyes, "I, no, we all lost someone important to us, everyone of us in Fairy Tail carries the wounds of a sad past. Some of us lose their family, some of us are discriminated, some of us are orphan. That's why, not just me, everyone of us knows how it feel to lose someone, just a some weeks ago, we lost some people who we consider us our family."

Kagura stared at Natsu in shock, when she arrived just a few minutes ago, every person she see was happily drinking and eating, they look so lively, they don't look like they had a sad past, or that they had lost someone at all.

"-...How?" Kagura asks as Natsu stared at her in confusion, "how do you deal with it?"

Natsu smiled, and began to remember the words that gramps has once said, "I didn't deal with it," Kagura frowned, not expecting such a reply.

"I didn't deal with it, WE did! You can't handle a burden on your own, that's why you need someone who will be there for you."

"Happy moments, sad moments... We can't share all of them, but whenever possible, we will shoulder it together! An individual's happiness, is everyone's happiness, an individual's wrath is everyone's wrath, an individual's tears is everyone's tears! That's the true meaning of a guild!"

"What do you say Kagura? We might not be able to take away your pain, but I promise you this, you won't bear with it alone!"

"Well then, Kagura Mikazuchi, would you like to join my guild?"

...

Natsu went back down to the bar with Kagura following closely behind him. Kagura glance at the lively expressions of the guild members and still couldn't believe that they had lost some important people in their lives just a week ago.

Natsu clapped his hands and the guild turned quiet, he coughed and loudly announced, "ALRIGHT EVERYONE! KAGURA HERE IS NOW ONE OF OUR FAMILY! SO LET'S PARTY!!!"

"WOOOO!!"

"YEEEAAHH!"

"WELCOME TO THE GUILD NEWBIE!"

"WE WANT SOME BEERS HERE! MASTER WILL BE PAYING!"

"No way in hell I will pay!" Natsu exclaimed as he pick a chair up and threw it towards the guild member that shouted those words.

"HAHAHA!!"

Kagura just stood there not knowing what to do. She heard some rumors about Fairy Tail being a bit destructive, but this...this is worse than she thought.

However, unknown to her, her lips curled and formed a small smile.

"Hey, Kagura right?"

"Yes, who are you?" Kagura replied.

"I'm Kinana, by the way, do you already had a stamp?" Kagura shook her head as Kinana just sighed, "As expected, come here I'll give you a stamp. They will be at it for awhile."

"Thank you." Kagura nodded and followed after her. Kinana then took out a stamp and ask, "What color and where do you want it?"

"White, on my right shoulder please?" (A/N: I don't know the location of her guild mark so...yeah)

"Here you go. Now, you're officially a member of Fairy Tail."