Hanging in the Guild Hall.

"Man, time sure flies, doesn't it?" -the voice a man who could be considered many things. A mage, a knight, obsessed with the colour blue, but also the guild master of Sabertooth. Then again, he could also be considered the only member of the said guild, so with that fact thrown in, his post didn't seem all that prestigious.
"It's barely been a year, yet so many things have happened..."
As the cyan-haired knight was lounging on one of the sofas, legs perched upon a nearby table, his eyes were blankly staring out the window across the hall.
"I wonder..."
"Will I be the only one here?" he asked, a question directed to no one in particular. In truth, he didn't mind being alone that much, in fact one might say that he tends to prefer it. However, having an entire guild be deserted... that's not something he'd fancy.
"Ah, well."
Closing his eyes with a disinterested expression, Aegis put his hands behind his head and leaned back on the sofa. "We'll see" is what his face seemed to say. He knew it was no use worrying over things like that, so instead he just stretched himself further and basked in the pleasant feeling of a gentle breeze caressing his skin. With the large piece of cyan leather known as his trench coat taken off, the knight looked not so much cyan as he was clad in dark clothing, the only traces of blue being his hair and eyes.
"I guess it can't be helped. "
Closing his eyes, Sabertooth's new guild master cleared his head from the thoughts of all his new duties and just focused on the peaceful silence of the guild hall he had spent the whole morning cleaning. As he lounged on the sofa without his coat, Aegis' well-built body was exposed to plain sight, due to how tight his black sleeveless shirt was, though he wasn't particularly bothered by it. There wasn't anyone around, after all.

Little did he know, that his time of loneliness within his guild's hall wasn't going to last much longer...

"Oh man...  I'm incredibly bored...  Resuming back to being guildless was a huge mistake."  The shadow dragon with new found powers wandered the vast, beautiful land of Fiore.  He was walking through a gorgeous forest before entering an open field, and in the distance, seeing the mountains that were considered the center of Fiore.  He stared blankly with his amber eyes for a few moments, though it seemed like hours.  Ayeseru's loneliness increased since his departure from Eternum, though, even if he had remained, it would have been the same.

Lonely, nothing to do, and downright boring.  Everybody had left, and only he and the guild master remained, till Ayeseru too left.  He let out a deep sigh before venturing to the mountains through the grassy plain that stood between them.
Why was he going to the mountains?  Ayeseru was not sure.  He felt as though he would gain something from doing so.
Though the smell of the fresh grass was delightful, it would not last forever.  Eventually, Ayeseru reached the other side of the plain, and saw...  stone stairs?
Unusual, considering that no one lived there, or so, Ayeseru thought initially.

The stone steps, just about like all steps that lead up a mountain were long, and annoying to climb.  It's as though he was in a movie, and he was the lead character, and waiting on the top was a wise sage of all magic that was going to make Ayeseru a master.
What he found was close enough to that.
As he continued the seemingly endless stair climb, he remembered something.
Isn't Sabertooth at the top of the mountains somewhere..?

It was a long shot, but it gave him a rush of excitement.  Not only would he have a guild to join, but he'll meet his friend, Aegis!  A large smile formed on his face as he ran up the stone stairs, and seconds later, he reached the top, and indeed, he found Sabertooth.
He rushed to the large doors and many thoughts occupied his head.
He hadn't seen Aegis in a long while, and during that time, Ayeseru seemed to have grown from a boy into a grown man.
Also, his magical power did not raise much since the last time they met, though he'd worry about it later.

He opened those doors with more strength than they had required, only to see there was no one there.  It appeared to be as though Sabertooth was deserted.  Abandoned.
Ayeseru's first reactions were sadness and disappointment, though, then, he smelled something in the distance.
Aegis!  It has to be him, I remember his scent all too well!  Though that was what gave Ayeseru the hint that Aegis was there, the first hint should of been the fact that the guild seemed to be extremely clean and tidy.

He followed the scent to find the overly obsessed about blue knight, and moments later, he found him.  Not what he usually tends to go with, seeing the black sleeveless shirt, but it was fine.  "Aegis, long time no see!  It's me, Ayeseru!" was the warm greeting he gave the knight with a smile.

Hikari was feeling refreshed and lively as ever than before. She stood in the middle of the land of Fiore and stared up at the azure sky. She closed her eyes as the cool breeze caressed her face gently billowing her hair and her overcoat. A smile formed across her lips as she tucked her long strand of white hair behind her ear. Hikari was going to join a guild which lies beyond all those mountains ahead her. She had a reason to come to Fiore and join that guild. She put her hands on her hips and sighed. Okay, so, I have to climb all those mountains?, Hikari questioned to herself. She just rolled her eyes, climbed the stairs and started her journey to the guild.

After minutes and hours, she finally came to a stop where a particular building was located. She blew her bangs off her face and wiped the sweat on her forehead. She was already panting hard. Hikari stared at the huge building in front of her and looked around to see if anyone's there. Is this the building I'm looking for? It does look .... strange and unique, Hikari entered into the building without hesitation. The building looked old and weird in it's own way. It was empty. She realized that the place was abandoned since there was no one and the hall was filled with silence.

Hikari strode further into the hall until she heard some noise. A person's talking. The voice came out of nowhere and it scared the creep out of her. Hikari blinked several times, feeling nervous and scared. She wondered who that was as she approached closer to the voice. There, she caught sight of two guys; one who almost had his whole body all covered in blue color and the other one with dark hair. She peeked the guys from behind a door and listened to what they were talking about quietly, so as not to let them notice her and accuse her as a thief. Later, Hikari stuck her head out from the door. "Umm .... Hello," Hikari said, staring blankly at them, waiting for their reaction.

Shadow was feeling bored. He had already cleaned the Sabertooth guild hall not once not twice but five times and now he had nothing to do.
"-What should i do now, the guild hall can't get cleaner than it is, maybe i should check the roof if it needs any fixing."-so he went to the old tool shed to got a ladder and 20 seconds later he was on the roof. It was a tragedy,the roof was in a dire need of a repair.
"-Its worse than i thought if a rain storm comes the guild hall will be flooded. I need to start repairs right away, but i can't do this on my own, it seems I'll have to talk to Aegis. Its just too much work for a single man."
Crack,
creek,
crook.
"- Hey what's that cracking noise... oh shiiii!"-whit that Shadow fell through the roof and landed on his back, hitting his head in a coffee table, right beside a beautiful girl.
"-Hi I'm Shadow Ember nice to meet you."-he said to the girl and passed out.

And there it was. There probably weren't even 10 minutes since he closed his eyes and the almost violent sound of someone pushing the doors open resounded within the barrel halls.
"Oh?"
With contrastingly calm footsteps, the unknown intruder was slowly approaching the knight. However, probably without realising it, this "unknown" man was practically, no, literally pulsing with excitement. As the gentle waves of mana passed through him, Aegis couldn't help but smirk.
'Well, I certainly wasn't expecting him of all people.' -he thought as the tapping of heels grew louder and louder until finally...

"Aegis, long time no see!  It's me, Ayeseru!" - his enthusiastic introduction boomed in the room with force great enough to shake the very foundations of the mountains. 'There goes the peaceful atmosphere' thought the knight as he opened one of his eyes.
Before him stood Ayeseru Suzumoto, a man he had met a while ago through the strangest of scenarios. He, too, could probably be considered many things, but to Aegis he was one of his very few real friends, if not the only one. They have been through a lot, despite knowing eachother for but a few months, though there is the problem that Ayeseru doesn't remember anything. But that's a story for another time...

"You could at least try to pipe down a little, you know. To think there was such a nice atmosphere just a mo-..."
Ding.
Crash.
Tumbletumble.
The sounds of someone moving something big upstairs.
"Ugh, never mind."
With a sigh, the knight dropped his feet to the floor and stood up, finally opening both his eyes to look at his friend. Despite his originally exasperated expression, his rather lifeless face broke it's seemingly solid shape to reveal a typical carefree smile. Due to his eyes and his often expressionless face, Aegis often gave off a sense of hostility. His piercing gaze, partially due to his eye-colour and partially a result of him being a swordsman, seemed cold and merciless to those who'd happen to come across it. In truth he wasn't anything like that, though that's something only few ever found out, because when he was around people he felt he could trust, he would loosen up, even if not entirely, and show some of his traits as a person, not a killer. Ayeseru was probably one of the very few who had never seen his colder side, a fact Aegis himself probably didn't understand.

"Haha, indeed, it's been a while. Arguably too long, actually. What brings you here?"
Despite looking at the man before him, the cyan-haired mage's senses were focused on the presence of another. A little after Ayeseru entered the hall, another person cautiously walked inside. She was being careful not to make any noise and seemed like she was worried about being seen, considering how she hid behind the edge of a wall for a while.
"Nervous" was the word that shot through his mind as he saw her finally coming out of from around the corner with rather uncertain steps.
"Umm..."
The knight casually shifted his gaze from the dragon slayer before him to the second arrival and froze for a moment. If his hair could be described as the coldest of ice, hers was like soft snow flowing freely all the way down to her hips. As the light breeze blew through the room, the white bangs fluttered slightly before her brilliant purple eyes.
Those deep eyes.

"Hello."
No response.
Caught completely off-guard by the sight before him, the cyan knight just looked at her, drowning into her eyes.
He simply stared.
It was rude, he couldn't deny it, but his entire thought process had frozen completely. He always was particularly week towards unexpected things, no matter what their nature is, and as a result of being faced with one, his gears blocked. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say they crashed.
Luckily, something else crashed as well.

"Oh, shiiiiiii...!"
Just like that, completely out the blue, no intro whatsoever, a random black guy fell through the roof and onto a table roughly a metre away from the girl. Sadly, however, he wasn't exactly a "random" guy, since he was there with Aegis to help him clean. How the two ended up in such a situation is something he still couldn't figure out.
But at least thanks to the loud crash, the cyan knight was able to snap out of his trance-like state, though he was still blushing. A fact he probably didn't realise himself.
Walking over to the unconscious mountain of meat as it lied on the remains of what once was a table, Aegis had a dissatisfied expression, something that looked rather interesting with the red tint on his cheeks.
"Geez, he really ought to stop tripping over the furniture and falling through the floors... Honestly, if he's that heavy he should do some work out or something..." - the words of complaint the knight said as he stopped about a metre away from Shadow. Though he didn't realise that standing about a metre from the appropriately named sleeper meant he was also standing right next to the girl.

As Aegis turned back to face her, the sudden realisation that he was standing only a couple of metres away from her hit him like a hammer. Well, it wasn't really the realisation that "hit" him, but looking at her utterly captivating face from so close was a situation so stunning even a knight won't be able to cope with it.
"Ah!"Jumping back a little, the flame on his cheeks kindled further, the knight scratched the back of his head a little nervously and tossed a glance to the side before having it trace it's way back to the girl who had yet to introduce herself.
"Er... um, hey! Welcome to Sabertooth hall. My uh, my name is Aegis, it's a pleasure to meet you. W-what brings you here?"

Cyan hair, cyan eyes. Indeed, the most inconvenient colours to have. Why, you wonder? Simple, really. If you happen to blush for whatever reason, everyone in a radius of a few kilometres can see it and as he was then, the knight was red enough to be starting to feel it himself.

"You could at least try to pipe down a little, you know. To think there was such a nice atmosphere just a mo-..." was all Aegis got to before he was cut off by song strange noises.  It sounded as though someone was moving something upstairs, sounded heavy too.  Even though Aegis ignored it, Ayeseru could not.
He smelled the scent of not only one extra person, but two!
They were both unfamiliar to him, and as one drew closer, he became more cautious and careful, fearing the worst.  In a matter of seconds, his rare bright smile turned into a blank, emotionless face, having his amber eyes follow.  Though the two extra presence's did not emit such a power magical energy, they were still to be reckoned with.

"Haha, indeed, it's been a while. Arguably too long, actually. What brings you here?" was the next sentence that came out of Aegis, though by the way he spoke, Ayeseru was able to tell that Aegis had also noticed the presence of another.
A woman, or a girl.  That's what Ayeseru deemed the one nearest to be.  She had a sweet smell, something that is not common, but adored.
She was scared, or nervous, rather, by the cautious and slow way she was walking.
"Hmhm, well, I've-" another sentence cut off, this time, however, it was Ayeseru's.


"Umm .... Hello," were the words spoken by the unknown maiden.  She had a charming voice, though Ayeseru did not turn around just yet, because of Aegis' reaction.  He appeared to be in a trance, some sort of spell.  Ayeseru had never seen Aegis do such a thing, and would never had expected Aegis especially after knowing him to actually stare in such a way at a woman.
She clearly was of great beauty, seeing as how Aegis' face was turning a strange crimson, giving the woman a deep stare.

Ayeseru turned around, but couldn't even get to catch even a glimpse before the second presence foolishly fell from the floor above, or rather, the roof.  "Hi I'm Shadow Ember, nice to meet you." were the words that came out before the man fainted.  Still, the man had created debris and made dust and dirt kick up into the air, further blocking his vision of the woman, and by Aegis' next reaction, she must've been stunning, seeing as Aegis walked next to her without realizing, and upon realizing seemingly turned to stone.

Still, he had a completely emotionless expression, as usual, and with that, went to see just about how beautiful the woman was, and she was, indeed, gorgeous.  Though, for some reason, Ayeseru felt as though she complimented Aegis very well.  He wasn't as captivated by her beauty as Aegis was; simply because he had met a siren in the past, and she was stunningly gorgeous.
He nudged Aegis as he stood beside him, obviously the signal to say something, though he was completely paralyzed, and he was stuttering with words as he spoke to the woman.
A silence of at least a few minutes took place, and then Ayeseru sighed and decided to speak.

"Well...  Seeing as no one is saying or doing anything...  Aegis, I'm joining this guild." he said with absolutely no emotions in it.  Aegis nodded his head slightly, and continued to stare at the maiden.
Ayeseru sighed.
He took the woman's hand, and kissed the top of it.  "Why, hello, fair maiden!  Seeing as my friend here seems to be shut down...  I must attend to your needs.  I am Ayeseru Suzumoto, and this is my friend, Aegis Bright, and, well, the guy who fell introduced himself already.  This is the Sabertooth guild, what may we do for you?"
He greeted her with a warm smile with bright amber eyes, as the wind gently brushed his hair.
He also nudged Aegis again, basically saying "That's how it's done."

Hikari took a step forward from the door she was hiding from. It seemed that they were talking about something. She noticed the cyan-haired guy has turned to look at her and was staring deeply at her. She tilted her head a bit to the side, feeling awkward. Hikari realized that he had cyan eyes, which she had never seen before. She liked his eyes. She just simply stared back at him until she cringed from the sudden loud crash of someone falling from the roof. "Oops." Hikari let out a soft groan. The guy who fell had introduced himself as Shadow Ember before he passed out. Both of the guys had come out from the room and stood next to her.

The cyan-haired guy had approached her and also introduced himself as Aegris. Hikari noticed that he was stuttering with his words and his face was turning a bit scarlet. Her lips formed a smile. Wait, did he say that this is Sabertooth's hall?, She thought to herself. She was about to say something concerning about the guild when suddenly someone grabbed and kissed her hand and claimed himself as Ayeseru Suzumoto. Hikari gasped due to his action. She blushed slightly and was about to speak again when she heard another voice approaching towards them. I don't think I'll ever get to talk today, Hikari let out a chuckle. She stared and blinked at the guy who walked up to her, gave her a sweet smile and stated himself as Minato.

Hikari smiled again, took a step back and tucked her hair behind her ears. She began to speak. "Hey Aegis, Ayeseru and Minato," Hikari looked at them straight in the eyes as she spoke. "I'm Hikari Shirokawa. Nice to meet you all. I just came here to join Sabertooth, which I believe I'm already in the guild," Hikari gave a cheeky smile and ruffled the back of her head. She spun around abruptly, her hair billowing a bit, remembering that Shadow had fell from the roof. She rushed towards him to give him assistance and sat down next to him. Hikari flipped her hair back and shook his body slowly. "Err ... Are you okay, Shadow?"

Mercury was panting heavily as he climbed the mountain staircase. It felt as though he'd been climbing for the better part of two hours and hadn't achieved much of anything. Mountainous terrain was a far cry from his home in Oak Town, and while he was used to climbing stairs in his old master's mansion, nothing man-made could ever be this steep and precarious. But, nevertheless, Mercury had made up his mind to join a guild and Sabertooth was the closest.

He felt the weight of the books he kept on his bandoleer, as well as the heft of his rucksack full of supplies, bearing down on him as he hauled himself upwards, step by step. Mercifully, it was somewhat cloudy which was probably the only thing keeping him from having an outright heat stroke. As it was, he could feel the sweat drenching the back of his robe when he shifted his pack, and his glasses kept slipping down his nose. It was all very aggravating for the skinny young mage.

"Any sign of an entrance yet, Icarus?" Mercury called, telepathically, to his pet barn owl. Icarus had been swooping about, checking the mountainside and looking for the doors to the guild.

"Yeah, but you've still got a ways to go." the owl called back, circling back down to his friend, "If I'd been you, I wouldn't have bothered. You're not really built for mountain climbing."

"Well you can't really call it 'mountain climbing' if there are stairs, can you?" Mercury called back, rolling his eyes at the owl as he descended. Icarus landed on Mercury's shoulder, and preened himself as they climbed.

"So, remind me again," Icarus said "why you're climbing this rock?"

Mercury sighed "Well, the other apprentices kicked us out of the mansion, for starters," he grunted as he stepped up onto a sort of plateau, and found himself grateful for the level ground "then there's the fact that there's no guild for us in Oak Town. And then, of course, there's the fact that we've got no way to get any money without a guild so... yeah, here we are." He finished, panting. He looked at the owl out of the corner of his eye "So... where's this entrance?"

"Try looking in front of you, four-eyes." The owl replied, pointing with a wing, and Mercury could've sworn there was a smirk on his beak. Sure enough, there were two large doors, each adorned with the symbol of the Sabertooth guild.

"Huh... Well, I guess that's it then." Mercury blinked, then walked up to the door. He gave it a push... and it didn't budge."Huh?" He shoved against it, leaning all his weight against the door. It still didn't move.

"Heh, that's what you get for liftin' nothing but books your whole life." Icarus chuckled, letting out a few amused hoots. Mercury ignored the bird, and gave one last shove, slamming his shoulder into the door. At last it gave, and Mercury stumbled into what appeared to be the main hall of the guild.

"Hello? Anyone home? I'm looking for the Sabertooth guild!" He called.

And suddenly it all became hectic. Minato suddenly appeared out of nowhere and started taking turns with Ayeseru in wooing Hikari, as she later introduced herself, Ayeseru trying to show Aegis "how it's done" even though the knight wasn't quite sure what he was even talking about. Then the girl suddenly stated that she had come to join Sabertooth, something Minato is probably planning too, seeing how he had come as well. As that happened, another presence entered the building, the words "Hello? Anyone home? I'm looking for the Sabertooth guild!" following right after. It was all kind of crazy. In just under two minutes, the lonely guild master was surrounded by 5 people, 5 new members.

As all these events transpired, Aegis used the chance to regain his composure and extinguish the fire on his cheeks. It was no time to be distracted, he was no surrounded by guild mates so as the present guild master of Sabertooth, he ought to  greet them accordingly. With that thought in mind, the cyan-haired man turned to the side and reached for his coat, which rested hanging on a nail sticking out of one of the support beams. With a "whoosh", he tossed the leather coat up and thrusted his hand perfectly into it's sleeves as it was falling down. Armed with his favourite piece of clothing, Aegis walked a few metres away from the clustering crowd and turned back towards them. Before him stood 5 people.
Ayeseru Suzumoto, Dragon Slayer of Shadow and Fire.
Alexander Minato, The Veteran of Sabertooth.
Hikari Shirokawa, The Earth Magus.
Shadow Ember, The Mage of Flame and Shadow.
And an unknown mage who has yet to introduce himself.
These five are the first members of the revived Sabertooth, a thought which caused the cyan-knight to smile, albeit faintly.
"Greetings, magi." -he began saying- "Allow me to officially welcome you to Sabertooth guild hall. My name is, as stated earlier, Aegis Bright and I'm currently the master of this guild."
With a wave of his hand, the knight recreated the guild's banners on the poles sticking out of a few stands on the walls, letting them dance freely to the tune of the breeze.
"It's a true pleasure to make your acquaintance."

Out of nowhere, his former guild master appeared in the guild, before the woman, and attempted to seize her with charming words!  He facepalmed and whispered "Geez Minato, sometimes I think of you as a womanizer, seeing as you're so captivated by beautiful women..."
At any rate, he sighed and assumed that he was to join Sabertooth, as Eternum had been practically abandoned.  He chuckled at everything that was going on, finding it all amusing.
Then, another person appeared before the massive doors of Sabertooth!  Though, it was a sudden appearance; Ayeseru smelled him from quite the distance, though deemed him as no threat as it took him quite some time to reach the top of the mountain, and to top it all off his voice did not sound malicious.

It was strange.  Moments before it was simply Ayeseru and Aegis, but now the guild was becoming populated very quickly.  It was fun.  Looking at everyone lit his eyes naturally from its emotionless and cold gaze.
The wind was heating up, and that was when he figured he lit his arms on fire.  He made a panic face, however, then realized he could simply turn it off, and so he did.
Man, this excitement is starting to make my magical powers go out of control...  I better try to adjust to it slowly.  Though, then, Aegis came along and decided to give one of his speeches - or so Ayeseru thought initially.

"Greetings, magi." he began with his words - "Allow me to officially welcome you to Sabertooth guild hall. My name is, as stated earlier, Aegis Bright and I'm currently the master of this guild."
Then, with a simple wave of the hand, Aegis created multiple guild banners, sticking out of the wall just as majestically as the guild truly was.
Ayeseru wanted to pitch in, though wasn't sure how till it hit him, literally.
Because of Shadow's clumsiness, he graced them with an appearance from the roof, though this was previously done.  However, a piece of wood was dangling from the roof, which then fell on a torch that was fortunately not lit, which the two then fell on Ayeseru's head.

After rubbing his head for a few moments, he knew what to do.  With one hand, the power of The Flames of Destruction would light the unlit torches, and with the other, the power of The Shadows that Devour All would then give the flames a slight, black radiance to them.  It was quite a lit spectacle, how flames and shadows can work together to create a beautiful black light.
"I purpose we do something on this special occasion. What do you guys recommend?"

As the guild was getting progressively rowdier, the cyan-haired knight couldn't help but smile. Indeed, he did like the peace of loneliness quite a lot, but he could now see something new, something that had eluded him before. 'So being around others has it's own charm, huh?' he thought, his gaze taking in the scene before him. He wasn't used to such a thing, not at all, but... 'I think I can.'

Suddenly his smile decayed. A foreign sense invaded his mind.
"...A signature?"
It was strange. The knight could sense a magus approaching the guild hall, a good one. But it was something else that caught him off-guard.
"Is that..."
He could sense so many things from the unknown figure. Anticipation, worry, overwhelming joy, nervousness, yet what truly surprised him was a feeling of completely different nature. Something very familiar, yet incomprehensible. He knew it from somewhere, it was like an aura that emanated from this person, one formed from condensed prowess, experience and certainty. It was intriguing, he could not deny that, but the knight couldn't help but feel there's something more to it than he could understand.

The barely audible creaking of the door reached his ears through the overpowering sound of conversations, what followed then were the quiet footsteps of a girl. Surprisingly, despite the rather loud noise present, everyone seemed to have noticed her appearance. It wasn't something that surprising, though, her features were beautiful enough to automatically attract the attention of anyone nearby.
"Umm... Hi?" -she said as she looked directly at Aegis.
A royal blue dress, a chestplate put on top of it. Soft stance, piercing gaze.
There was no mistake. The girl before him was a swordswoman, a knight. The cyan-eyed magus giggled lightly, he had finally realised what that unknown aura was. It's the presence of a knight, something he generally could sense from himself, hence the familiarity.

With a light, warm smile, Aegis started walking towards the new arrival until the distance between them had shrunk down to just under two metres.
"Greetings. Welcome to Sabertooth!" -said the cyan knight in the most warm and welcoming manner he could, which loosely translates to "in his usual, carefree manner".
"My name is Aegis Bright, I'm the master of this guild. Would you be looking for someone in particular?"

Zenshin had made a choice the day before, a risk, some might call it, a gamble, others would, but he believed that it was the right decision. He couldn't just sit around in an idle guild that was a shadow of its former self, especially after the guild master of Sabertooth had accepted his request to teach him personally. The guild hall's location was much more convenient than up high in the mountains, but still not as convenient, as, say, Fairy Tail. Still, it was nice to have a guild that was easy to get to without having to fly up a mountain every time he was called on my his former guild master, Zeno. Without much hesitation, he walked up to the doors of Sabertooth, and, with a sigh, opened those doors and walked in to see the place bustling with people, Aegis greeting the members and giving them a good welcome by the looks of it.

Taking a quick look around, there were some thoughts that ran through his head, this place is much more lively than Eclipse Soul nowadays, it seems that Aegis is running the up and coming guild right now. Many of the members he saw looked as though they were new to the guild, technically, so was he, but that's not what he meant by new. They all seemed as though they had all just started their journey as a mage, which was nice, as he remembered back when he first started when he left home. All that he had brought with him was everything in his bag, his two weapons, and all the memories of his past in Eclipse Soul, but he was fully prepared to meet his new family and make memories. It looked like one of the new members, a knight by the looks of it, it wasn't so much as a completely true thought, more like, a gut feeling he had just by the look of her.

Without much warning, master Aegis came forward and greeted her warmly as well, like he had done with the other members, the same man that had shown him a glimpse of what recreation was, and the one who would teach him in a matter of three days. He wasn't the one to make his presence known by making a big fuss like the livelier members of a guild, but he wouldn't mind telling people who he was if they showed an interest. Hastily, and with his straw hats brim covering the better part of his face, he made his way behind the girl who was being greeted rather awkwardly, and to the nearest table he could find. Officially, he didn't want to announce his presence in the guild until after his training had concluded with Aegis, after all, he could die, and he didn't want to get people attached. Might as well do something productive while he was here, so, he practiced making what other mages called, "dynamic" creations, the ones that move, though he preferred the term "animate".

Slowly clasping his two hands together, he whispered softly, "Ice make, crow". As soon as the final word was uttered from his lips, he unclasped his, now sublimating hands and put them on the table. A small crow was created out of a small, dense, icy cloud that swept over the small magic circle that he had created in front of his hands. Being an ice mage of his caliber, this wasn't that difficult to do, but then, he took a second to rub his left hand along a freezing, cyan tinted crow made of ice. Paying attention to one of his creation's details more accurately, he noticed every uneven groove and ridge on the bird's wing, back, and head. With a sigh, he thought of what he had been told a few days prior to joining, he was right. Before he could disperse his new creation into a cloud of sublimation, it let out a loud caw that nearly startled him off his chair.

With his heart still beating, he put his head down onto his left hand, shaking his while snapping his fingers with his right, causing the creation to disappear into the air. Oops he thought, as he seemed to have drawn unwanted attention from his new guildmates. Raising his head from his hand, he said aloud, "Nice to meet you all! The name's Zenshin!" Might as well get that out of the way before things got really quiet and awkward again like it did with the girl who came in before him. Even though he was a bit embarrassed on the inside, he didn't really mind, as he was going to do this eventually, and he couldn't plan for everything. Might as well put on a glad face on the outside, since it was the other emotion occupying his mind, glad about how he joined the guild, and his introduction was out of the way.

Hikari raised an eyebrow as the guildmaster, Aegis Bright, created guild banners within a second. As expected of a guildmaster ... Hikari smiled, feeling proud that she, Hikari Shirokawa, was going to be a member of this guild.

Hikari was quite stunned. She just stared and blinked several times, trying to catch up what was happening in the guild. The first minute, there was no one in the guild. The next minute, people appeared out of nowhere to become a member of Sabertooth. A small and soft voice distract her. She stood up from assisting Shadow and turned to see a girl with a blue dress and tall guy with white hair, partially mixed with cyan. "Nice to meet you all! The name's Zenshin!" The guy's voice echoed round the guild hall.

Seems like they also going to join the guild too, Hikari thought as she bowed a little bit and waved shylily at them.

After sleeping for what seemed like days Indar finally woke up in the infirmary  of the arena. He remembered getting knocked unconscious by Gerran. Indar remembered that he had to get to Sabertooth. He got up and started to make his way to the mountain that Sabertooth was located on.

After travelling for hours Indar had reached the mountain but he faced the challenge of climbing the mountain. I hate stairs, Indar mumbled to himself. After climbing for a little while, Indar being the sleepy person that he is just fell asleep on the stairs. In the middle of his sleep he turned and fell off the stairs.

He woke up after hearing someone go up the stairs. He still laid there in the middle of the rocks but then got up and kept going up the mountain. Reaching the doors of Sabertooth, Indar heard an echoed voice: "Nice to meet you all! The name's Zenshin!". So this guild seems to have some new member except me.. He opened the doors and saw a lot of members. They were all cheering and having fun. He then saw a cyan knight talking to one of the members. That must be the guildmaster.
Indar didn't really know how to introduce himself but then he tgot himself together and said: Heya, name's Indar. Nice to meet all of you.

Ikuto woke up, in the middle of the night, due to bright lights and loud partying. Ikuto thought "Dammit, who the hell stills parties at this hour? I'm surprised there neighbors are sound asleep." Getting off the park bench, he grabs his violin case and wakes up Yoru. "Yoru, there's some people that won't let me sleep. You want to continue sleeping or you wanna come along?" The cat replied, yawning "I'll come along Ikuto-kun."
They soon found the location of the hardcore crashing and smashing. It was an unusually large building, with an insignia of a...tiger, was it? Pissed, Ikuto kicked the door open and barged in, thinking to beat up some people who won't let him sleep. But to his surprised no one noticed him. No one noticed a boy who knocked down there front door.
He walked around the building insides a few times, asking what this place was. He got the same answer from everyone: "The Strongest Guild in All of Fiore"

There were noises uphill, where one of the strongest guild in Fiore stood. Sabertooth, known for its former strength, now as silent, making it seems as good as dead. The tapping sound of leather shoes stepping against a nearly massive flight of stairs was swallowed by the overwhelming sound of the noise. A party, maybe? From afar a man could be seen taking the flight of stairs up, the steady pace of his steps showing no fatigue from all the climbing. His hands were firmly located on his lean body’s side, putting up a sturdy front as he kept climbing the stairs. A slight smile could be seen between the man’s light brown cheeks. There was a line of hair protruding down to his chin. The dark brown color of his hair made his face look shady and all. He seemed to have styled his hair backwards, letting some of them protrude to the front. There were no sign of expressions on his face, with his slightly carved lips making an exception. Surely he looked like he had nothing to say, lost deep in thoughts.

As he took the last step reaching uphill, he stopped after. There was still no change on his facial expression, nor he had any reluctance in his actions. His left hand stopped as it reached halfway towards the door, having a thought about thinking it over. With a slight, unheard sigh he pushed the door open anyway. Only to get the sight of people crowding here and there, and all of them seemed new too. Keeping his silence, the brown haired man walked towards an empty table. Sabertooth, where its insignia bears a ferocious beast ready to leap on its prey. Giggling at his introducing thought, the hazel eyed man stopped turning his glance eyeing a lady. She seemed to be in one of her awkward times, just looking and watching the others, saying very little words. The man wanted to just let her be, hesitating any intentions of approaching the shy lady.

Upon hearing the fellow knight's words, Aegis giggled lightly.
"Haha, is that so? It seems like there are plenty of people like that today. Not that I'm complaining."
He raised his right hand to shoulder height and with closed eyes snapped his fingers. Instantly, upon everyone around him was imprinted the same insignia which coated the free-flowing banners within the hall. Everyone except one specific person.
"Welcome to Sabertooth, Fate." -he said- "Haha, as fellow knights, I'm sure we'll get along just fine."

"And as for the more shy ones who gave a half-hearted attempt at entering without being noticed."
The cyan-eyed swordsman shot an amused glance at Zenshin, his new pupil and the other man who entered the hall, intent on joining.
"Let's give them a warm family welcome! After all, it's not fun to have friends outcast themselves, right?"
As he said that, Aegis walked over to Zen and patted his shoulder.
"You worry too much. Relax." -he said before turning around.
"I'm going over to my office for a while. I'll entrust Zen with making sure you guys don't accidentally burn down the hall or something while I'm not present."

With that said, the knight walked over to the stairs leading to the second floor, but stopped halfway through climbing them and raised his hands to chest-height.
Clap clap.
Suddenly, in the middle of every table appeared snacks and beverages of any kind.
"Help yourselves. Also, if anyone needs them, there are several dozen bedrooms at the end of both wings on the first floor. I do not mind having members accommodate here, haha. If anyone needs me for anything, I'll be upstairs."

Tap, tap, tap, creak, tap.
The guild's master finished climbing the staircase and headed to his office, or room, depending on your point of view, but not before sharing his honest thoughts with everyone else once more.


He was referring to a man who had yet to introduce himself, one known as John, or "Ripper".

"You worry too much. Relax. I'm going over to my office for a while. I'll entrust Zen with making sure you guys don't accidentally burn down the hall or something while I'm not present." Aegis said with a pat on his shoulder. Worry too much? Probably. Then again, I'm going to try something that has most likely ended anyone who tried. Reminds me, I should ask Aegis how he came to be a recreator he thought while watching the guild master return to his quarters. Halfway up the steps though, he clapped his hands and out of nowhere, a variety of food and drinks were conjured on the table ahead of him. A new member had walked in, though, not like the others, this one gave off a strange atmosphere. Being a powerful mage not only meant strength, but mind as well.

Having practiced magic for almost a decade now and traveling around Fiore meeting new people, good and bad, he learned to tell when things were amiss. Everyone had their flaws, either they did one thing too often, or another thing not often enough, but this man was "too perfect". He didn't show any signs of nervousness and, from Zen's perspective, looked completely innocent, as if he had never done anything wrong in his life. This bothered him deeply, he believed that everyone, himself included, has done at least one thing wrong in their entire life, no one was an exception from that. His red flags now up, he stood up calmly and walked by the new member, slowly brushing passed him and whispering something, "Who are you trying to fool", mostly to see what kind of response he would give, before going by the 'banquet table' and looking for some food.

This food had all been made using Aegis' signature magic, and potentially his own in a few days. Taking a large bowl of noodles off the table after searching for the particular food item for a few minutes, he began scarfing it down with a pair of icicles he had just created. They were great, hot, plain noodles, just the way he liked his favorite food I have to thank Aegis later as well, these are delicious.

As the Sabertooth’s Guild Master, Aegis Bright walked up the flight of stairs leading to his office, he greeted upon all the new members. Surely it looked like it was dead a few moments ago, but people kept coming and so did he. John sat still as the greeting words spurted out of Mr. Bright’s lips, his hazel brown eyes wildly looked elsewhere, uninterested. Trusting his hands to support his chin up, John stopped his glare at a random point, another member brushed beside him. “Who are you trying to fool” the murmur, which sounded more like a whisper intrigued John’s interest. “Why, I guess he knows..” Hiding his long nasty smile, as the man gets to the banquet table. Foods didn’t interest John, neither did socializing at that moment. He felt just like sitting there, as words flew from Aegis’s mouth. Finally, Aegis gave a message, somewhat a command, for John to join him inside his office.

“Sigh, taking another few steps upwards, are we?”  The thought did not come from fatigue, but instead it showed some kind of intriguing interest towards the guild master. Looking at the earlier man, enjoying varying foods at the big table. As John brushes along his back, John made a swift move by tapping the man’s shoulder, hoping he would give that tense look. “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” The easy, lying answer was whispered to the man’s ear, hoping he would of heard him. John did not stop as he whispered, continuing to walk towards the stairs. John’s steps stopped before he started climbing the first step, looking upwards. “Aegis..Bright.” Again, his silence showed that John is indeed having deep thoughts. Sighing with a slight grin, John walked up the stairs to join his Guild Master in his office. Finally he reached the door, thinking a bit before opening the door. It was not hesitance, it was anxiousness. “What could he has to talk about..?” The wondering thought came across him, with his narrow eyes again decorating his slight grin. Opening the door, John took a deep breath before entering. With a normal, warming smile John said hello to Mr. Bright. “Hello there, Aegis Bright. I’ve come just like you asked me to.”

“Hello there, Aegis Bright. I’ve come just like you asked me to.”

Indeed, only minute or so had passed and the man had entered. Cheerful, he seemed, an emotion rather contrasting to what he exhibited a minute ago. Regardless, Aegis smiled back as he sat in his chair, his feet perched upon the desk next to him.
"Yo. Take a seat if you like." -he urged, gesturing casually at a chair across the desk. After a moment, he continued.
"Thanks for coming so quickly. I thought I'd have to wait another minute or so."
With a light smile, Aegis shifted his gaze towards the man. His penetrating cyan eyes, peered right into his warm-coloured pupils, as if drowning within the contrast.

"Haha, don't worry, John, this won't take long. I'm just a little curious about why you want to join the guild."
As he spoke, the azure knight did not break eye contact, nor did his slight, carefree smile waver. He was merely looking for an answer, but his "answer" lied where his question originated from. Indeed, he was curious. Curious to hear the question to his answer, perhaps.

Curious, the striking feeling that embeds itself in humans, making them.. humans. But indeed, sometimes it may lead to one’s demise, making them deadly and vicious for a reason. Calmly, John took his steps towards the chair Aegis had offered him to sit on, his calm and relaxed body stance giving off a mild, somehow a bit tense atmosphere. His narrow eyes did not focus on anything but Aegis’s eyes, their contrasting eye color seemingly having a fight to which one of them shall drown. Sitting down, John rested his chin on his hands, depending on the table for his hands’ support. Again, Aegis Bright seemed curious, and he may be pushing it a little, even though he tried acting like there’s nothing suspicious.

“Oh.. What curiosity.” John stated his opinion on Aegis’s question. After a moment of silence, John continued; “But well.. Be careful, Mr. Bright, as curiosity kills the cat.” Assuming his guild master to already know this, John leaned against the chair letting out a slight sigh. His face showed the same expression, showing no change of facial expression. Everything about him stayed the same, the calm body stance, the slow breaths, the relaxed hazel brown eyes’ stare of his. Surely he did not want to break Aegis’s long stare, as he seemed to want to eagerly know something. “I joined merely to make friends.” With another breath, John gave him the answer to what he wanted to know. After the answer, John looked at Aegis Bright, his face somewhat asking ‘satisfied?’ to the fellow guild master of Sabertooth.

"Friends... haha, indeed, a noble reason."
The azure knight closed his eyes for a moment as he giggled, interrupting the eye contact. With a slight smile, Aegis looked towards the wall his body faced.
"But I wonder. It's true that the curious cat was killed by its own curiosity, but what if the story doesn't end that way? What if that same curious cat keeps on asking questions without being killed for it? And what if it finds out what it wanted to know before the terrible incident? Haha, let's call the brave cat Sabertooth."
Without turning, the knight shifted his gaze back to his interlocutor.
"What do you think would happen then, mister John?"