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Chapter 8 - Makarov

"This is Fairy Tail."

'What an odd name.'

The old man waved towards the infirmary.

"Follow me, I'm sure you have questions."

Tato begins to follow the old man back towards the infirmary.

"Mira! Erza! Come with me! And bring a pitcher of water! I'm sure our friend is thirsty."

"Yes Master!"

'Master huh. This old man must run the place.'

The old man leads Tato back into the Infirmary and motions for him to sit on a bed.

As Tato sits the two girls from before enter, bringing water.

Mira offers Tato a glass and he emptied it quickly.

He holds the glass out wanting more, and they oblige him.

Tato downs 4 glasses before setting his glass down.

"Thanks," he mutters.

The old man smiles warmly at him.

"Let's get those bandages off."

He motions for Tato to surrender his arms to him and begins to unravel his bandages.

"How long was I out," Tato asks.

As the old man takes the bandages off, he discards them and Tato rubs his arms, feeling the air touch his skin.

"A week and 2 days."

Mira had smirk on her face.

'He's not bad looking when he's not beat up and covered in bandages.'

Erza was staring too.

'He's quite handsome…. Oh! What am I thinking!'

She slightly blushes but quickly averts her eyes and she calms down.

Tato notices their staring but he keeps his eyes on the old man.

"Mira Jane actually checked on you pretty regular," he says motioning towards her.

Tato turns his attention to Mira, who continues to smirk at him.

"Yeah I didn't know you were such a baby, until I had to take care of you all the time."

Erza cuts her eyes to Mira.

'What he doesn't realize is that Mira never does that to anyone, ever. So I wonder why?'

Tato gives Mira a slight nod.

"You have my thanks."

"Oh you hear that! He's considerate too."

"That's enough teasing for now Mira."

The old man climbs up on the bed and sits beside Tato.

"My name is Makarov and I'm the master of this guild."

"Tato."

"Ohhh, so he does have a name."

Mira smirks at Tato.

"Knock it off, Mira."

Erza elbows her in the ribs. Mira sighs and rubs the area where she was hit.

"You said this place is called Fairy Tail?"

Makarov nods his head. "Yes. The Fairy Tail guild."

Tato cocks his head. "Where's that at?" 

"We're in the city of Magnolia." 

Makarov raises an eyebrow just slightly. 

"Where's that? I've never heard of this place before."

Everyone looks at him dumbfounded. 

'Is this guy for real?' Erza looks at Tato with disdain and curiosity. 

Makarov clears his throat, signaling for the others to stop their stares. He then smiles back at Tato. 

"I was afraid of this." 

"What do you mean old man?"

"Amnesia." 

"Amnesia? And why the hell would you expect that?"

"Mira, here, found you in a crater in the ground. She said that she watched you fall from the sky and when they found you, you were beaten and bloody." 

Makarov rises and walks to a window that overlooks the outside. 

"We're not 100% about it but it seems with your situation that it could be a logical conclusion." 

Tato turns his attention to his hands and loses himself in his thoughts for a moment. He then looks at the two girls. Seeing them does bring confusion because he's never seen the likes of them before. He averts his eyes and continues his attention to Makarov. 

"Then explain old man. Where am I? What is this place? Everything." 

Tato's demands and disrespect towards Makarov starts to make Erza upset but Mira can be found with curiosity and a hint of excitement in hers. 

Makarov then walks towards the door of the room. 

"Come. Follow me out back."

The group follow Makarov outside behind the guild. It overlooks a small dirt field and a cliff. The ocean can be seen from there. Makarov then turns to face Tato. 

"This is the Fairy Tail guild. Located in the city of Magnolia and then this is located in the kingdom of Fiore. A guild is a place where wizards gather to find work and livelihood. This world is filled with magic. It is apart of our daily lives and there are people who dedicate their entire lives to learning it, these are the wizards."

Tato is listening intently and gathering all this information to process later. 

"We are just one of many guilds scattered across Fiore but..." 

Makarov smiles, alongside, Mira and Erza. They then thrust their arms in the air, with their index fingers pointing up, creating a backwards 1. 

"Fairy Tail is number one!" 

Makarov shouts this, bring intensity to it. After this they relax. 

'Interesting I suppose. Although it's slightly odd, it bring motivation to me somehow.'

Makarov continues to explain what he could with the amount of time he had. A couple hours pass and then Makarov asks Tato an important question but does so in a gentle manor. 

"Tato can you tell us about yourself? You haven't spoken up and we're curious about you."

Tato studies the group for a moment, thinking if he could trust them. 

'Well they have helped me thus far.'

"I'm a saiyan." 

"A saiyan," Makarov asks. He thinks for a moment. He's never heard that before. 

"I am of a proud and strong warrior race." Tato puffs out his chest.

"I've never heard of your kind before. Where do your kind reside?"

Tato starts to answer but then realises he doesn't have the answer. He searches for it but his mind draws a blank every time he thinks past his race. 

"I see. You can't remember, that's quite alright."

Makarov lays a gentle hand on Tato's shoulder. 

Everyone remains quite for a few moments. 

"What will you do now," Mira asks. 

"I...Don't...Know." 

Tato thinks about this, but he realises that he doesn't know what to do next. 

"How about you join Fairy Tail then," Erza suggests. 

"And what if I don't want too?"

Makarov smiles at this response from Tato, not at all surprised. 

"Then how about I suggest staying for a few more days until you can decide on what you want to do." 

'That might not be a bad offer. And I don't have a place to stay or any money so it's not like I can go far. This might be what I need to gather information on these people and see what they're like.'

Tato nods in acceptance of this offer. 

"Good." Makarov smiles as he starts heading back towards the guild hall. "Come. Let's eat. You're probably hungry, after all, you haven't eaten much this past week." 

Tato's stomach rumbles, sounding like a hungry lion. His ears perked up at the sound of food, after all he's a saiyan, he's good at two things, that's fighting and eating. Tato smiles from ear to ear as he heads inside for the best meal he's had in a while. 

 

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