Chapter 6; the Card Keeper and the Black Smith

Inside of a blurry fog we currently see Tahu trying to find his way out. "Man this stuff is dense, it's like trying to cut through my grandfather in law's dragon stew" he commented turning green.

He was still treading through the fog when he heard a female voice calling to him. "Tahu!!" It said, "huh?" He looked around but saw no one, "Tahu!" The voice called again.

"Okay, what's going on?" He asked not knowing where the voice was coming from. But it did sound familiar "whoever that is it sounds like..." just then the fog started to open up.

While the swordsman has followed it feeling uneasy, when he reached the end he was met with a surprise. What he had seen was a woman with brown hair and had multiple trails of bright white magic ribbons around her.

"Oh Tahu" she cooed drawing him in "wha... what are you doing...." Tahu couldn't moved as the person slowly moved towards him. Then threw some sort of card at him creating a gold haze which stopped him from moving.

"Tahu, come on" She said cupping his cheek in her hand, the brother of the fairy queen was blushing fiery red and sweating. Before anything else could happen some loud yelling sounded.

We now see Tahu waking up on the couch at Ben and Ezra's place, he's been living with him since he found out Erza was his sister. At the moment the aforementioned two along with Amber were chasing Natsu and Happy.

"GET BACK HERE INTRUDERS!!" his niece roared in her Rath Armor, "Don't stop Amber!" Ben yelled running behind her carrying a baseball bat. "That's it get them between the legs!" Erza added carrying a giant hammer.

"What happened?" Tahu asked as Wendy spoke up next to him "Natsu and Happy got in again, and accidentally walked in on Amber when she was in the shower" she explained. She screamed which woke up Ken and Kelly and Ezra is currently restless" Ezra then makes her presence known raising her head above Wendy's shoulder.

"Morning..." she greeted lazily, a the same time the other two were seen with cranky faces. "COME ON WHATS WRONG WITH GETTING SOME BREAKFAST?!?!?!" Happy cried dodging Amber's claw.

"WE'VE TOLD YOU THIS A HUNDRED TIME NATSU STOP SNEAKING INTO OUR HOUSE!" Erza yelled as she finally got hem and kicked them out. And after Tahu saw Amber throw a Ballweevil bomb at them "and that was for walking in on me in the shower!" She yelled before closing the door.

"Well that was annoying" she remarked, "no kidding" Erza agreed before picking Ken and Kelly up. Ben then stretched and went back to their room "Well it's almost time to get to the guild" he said, "better get ready".

Tahu steadily stood up as his sister and brother in law had went back to their room as did his nieces and nephew. "Well better get ready also" he said walking to the bathroom. He then noticed a sorcerer's weekly magazine in the bathroom and it was open to a page with Cana, Juvia, Lucy and Mira.

Upon seeing one of the girls he blushed, "why does she have to be so alluring" he asked himself. "And why is it she only wears that teal colored top" he added changing.

Later on they had gotten to the guild, which was oddly quiet for a change "This is nice" Lucy said to Levy "I know the guild's never been this peaceful" the blue hair admitted. "That's probably because Ben and Erza kicked them out of Magnolia after they tried to sneak into their house again" Gray said.

"You'd think he'd get the hint" Erza said as Wendy nervously chuckled "I know Natsu can be a bit irrational at times" she said. "But He did go a little too far this time" Ezra, who was hugging Carla nodded.

"You'd think for a girl born only a few months ago to hug more aggressively, but she's being very gentle" the exceed said. "Well of course she is" Mira said, "after all Ezra is the sweetest thing I've ever seen, she'd never hurt anyone."

"Unless she's in her Rath Armor" Beth added "Hot the nail on the head" Wakaba said. The brown tipped red head in question blushed from that, "It's fine sweetie, sometimes it's good to let out some anger" Ben assured.

"Not to mention smack Natsu once or twice upside the head" Alzack said while Bisca nodded. Everyone gave a laugh, all the while Tahu was at the bar drinking a smoothie that Ben recommended. At the same time he had been staring at Cana "hey uncle Tahu" Amber greeted suddenly jumping next to him.

He nearly spat it up "oh uh hi Amber" he replied as he went back to staring at Cana. Wendy then walked over and asked if there was anything wrong "Hey Tahu is something up?" She asked.

"No why?" He replied "well you've been  looking at Cana for the longest ti..." Tahu panicked and covered Wendy's mouth so she wouldn't finish that sentence. Thankfully the alcoholic in question hadn't heard, "phew" he sighed in relief.

"Seriously Tahu what's up?" Amber asked, he then noticed he was blushing red when her sister mentioned Cana. Mira then appeared next to them "well it should be obvious,Tahu likes Cana" she whispered to them.

That scared the swordsman, making him jump right into the object of his affection, "oh uh hey Cana" he stuttered. "Wow and I thought Ben's Alien CrashHopper jumps high, good height Tahu" she complimented. "Uh thanks" Tahu said getting up then walked over to the girls blushing red.

"So am I right?" Mira asked, "y-yeah" he admitted embarrassed "oh please tell us when it started" Lisanna said. "Not sure when, a few months ago when I returned to the guild I saw Cana" he explained.

"She was cracking a joke with Macao about Natsu, she seemed kinda funny and cool" he explained. "And from then on I felt sorta drawn to her, and it was very impressive how she can handle all the ale" he added.

"The final nail in the coffin though was one day when I had to carry her home after she passed out" Tahu said remembering. Then blushed "she said some weird stuff in her sleep, mainly that she was feeling lonely and she hasn't found a good boyfriend" he added.

"Then admitted that to her I looked like a Diamond out of Infinite men, but she could've been drunk..." Tahu just shrugged off. "But still, I thought I heard a little sincerity in her voice... so I'm hoping", Mira giggled along with his own sister and brother in law who was nearby.

"Aw my little brother's in love" Erza cooed, "SIS YOU HEARD ME?!" The swordsman yelped. "Nice going though dude, sure Cana May be a heavy drinker but she definitely does seem like a good girlfriend" Ben told him.

Tahu hid his face in his hands "my crush was found out, so embarrassing" he groaned. "Not to worry it's not that embarrassing" amber said, "how would you know, you've never had a crush before" Beth said.

The armor made shrugged, "still I think you should ask her out" Lisanna suggested. "Oh no! I may be a powerful swordsman and admittedly had fended off a load of the twilight ogres from Fairy Tail" Tahu said.

"Which we appreciate" Master Makorov notes as he was sitting on the bar. "I am not confident with women" he added, "too late" the sword mage was then shoved to Cana by the Stauruss siblings.

"Ow hey watch it!!" He grunted before bumping into Cana, "Oh Tahu, need something?" She asked. "Well uh... I wanted to know if you'd like to... try out my new weapon survey!!" He said pulling out a small sheet of paper. "I take people's personalities and magic then translate them into unique gear or weapons" he said. "Well that'll be interesting, sure I'll take it" Cana said writing on the paper.

The sword mage sighed in relief, then glanced at Mira and Lisanna then was stood there terrified at the older sibling's grin. "Oh the off hand!! Uh, I was wondering. Would you like to go out?" He asked, she looked at him surprised but then smiled.

"Sure" he replied, which shocked him "really?" He asked "Yeah, after all you seem like a really good guy. And I've been in the dating mood for a real relationship" she then gave him the survey. "So are you free tomorrow?" She asked, Tahu sweatdropped "sorry but I have work tomorrow, are you cool until after I get off?" He asked. "Sure just call me when you get off" the card mage replied before walking off.

"See you later" Cana said before winking at him which made him blush red. She then waves and walked out of the guild, "well done brother" Erza congratulates parting her sibling's back. "Oh man... I just asked out a girl" he said before going over to Ben, "Uh bro mind... Uh giving me some advice" Tahu asked.

"Dating advice? Well maybe for the date take her out to either a fancy restaurant or maybe a gaming casino or something" Ben suggested. "Good idea Ben" Mira said "after all this is Cana we're talking about, she's real good at playing cards so no doubt you two'll win big" she added giggling.

"Not to mention a gift, it's always a good idea to give her a gift" Ben admonished. "And it works, though I don't normally wear any Ben constantly gives me jewelry to wear" Erza described "priceless diamonds, rubies, emeralds, earrings, bracelets, pendants, and necklaces" she added on.

"Then why don't we ever see you wear them out?" Amber asked her adopted mother. "Because I don't want it to get stolen, so I opted to have it on me on special dates" Erza answered. "The only one I wear everywhere is this one" she said raising her hand showing her ring.

"My Wedding Ring, naturally I wouldn't take it off since it means the world to me" she explained. "Well it's either second or a close fifth compared to my husband" she added before snuggling into Ben. "Same reason I never take mine off" he said kissing her cheek.

Not Ken and Kelly made a gagging gesture, Ezra smiled happy her parents loved one another. "What should I give Cana for a gift though?" Tahu asked himself. He then looked at the survey he gave her and a lightbulb clicked in his head.

"Uh hey Ben, mind helping me out at work tomorrow?" He asked "Huh? Sure but why?" The shapeshifter asked him. "I just need your help with making something" he answered before smirking.

Time skip

We now see a large building similar to the Taj Mahal, this was Heart Cruz headquarters. Here many of the most top notch weapons, armors and battle gear are created to provide warriors, adventurers and wizards with above adequate equipment. And has an entire weapons display made entirely for Erza Scarlett, and even has more smaller displays with imitations of Amber's armors and Ezra's which will be coming soon.

And is also the work place of said fairy queen's brother Tahu, "man this place is amazing" Ben commented. "Yeah, let me check in with my boss first" the swordsman slash sword mage said before walking into a room.

A short while later he came back out "Okay, time to get to work" he said "chief said I am now tasked with creating Cana's new weapon for the survey" Tahu explained. "Oh that's the gift you're going to give her isn't it?" His sister's husband asked "Yeah, it shouldn't take long though"...

And nearly four hours later they were finally done, the finished result was a type of card deck holder. It was shaped like a classic renaissance shield with a light blue crystal on the center. And at the bottom was the symbol of the fairy tail guild.

"Now that is one cool looking card holder and shooter" Ben commented. "Not only can it hold Cana's cards and shoot them but it can also be used as a shield and withstand attacks that a Vaxasaurian can dish out" Tahu replied.

"No doubt she'll like it" Ben said "and knowing her she likes her alcohol I even added a place where she can hide numerous bottles of it" the black Smith said opening a small hatch that was cold.

"Okay she'll definitely like that" The shapeshifter commented, just then a whistle blew. "Oh looks like it's quitting time" Tahu said before grabbing the deck holder.

"I'll just hide it in my pocket dimension bag and Cana will never be the wiser" he said "don't be so sure, women are clever and will know wherever you are" Ben warned. "That's probably just Big Sis" Tahu shrugged "Uh no, Bisca told me she always knows what Alzack's anniversary presents are bedtime the big day" He explained.

"Okay that is scary", later he was now walking to Cana's place wearing a semi formal semi casual outfit. "Ben said to be both fancy yet normal, it says both ready for an amazing date yet you could be yourself" he said to himself.

Just when he knocked on his date's door she opened it up revealing herself to be in a similar semi formal semi casual outfit. "I see we had the same idea of attire" she commented "um yeah" Tahu said blushing.

"Well shall we go?" He asked, the girl nodded and hooked her arm around his. "Hell yeah, let's go" she said as they walked off, the two then found themselves in Onibus at a newly opened casino. "I thought you'd like to go" he admitted "you kidding I've been waiting to go to this place for months!" Cana exclaimed practically puling him in.

Or she would've until a giant monster bursted through the doors, and it was startlingly familiar. Mainly because it was Ben's Alien Humungosaur with Rip Jaw's mouth and teeth, XLR8's legs, Big Chill's wings and antenna, and CannonBolt's Armor. "What the heck?!" They yelped back pedaling, all of a sudden a familiar looking crab alien showed up on another mutant alien's back. "Ah freedom and a chance to unleash my monstrosities" Psychobos yelled.

"Psychobos? As in that alien crab Ben told me murdered Amber's parents?!" Tahu asked as he and Cana backed away. "Aw some Fairy Tail Wizards, after seeing how that brat Tennyson was associated with you I'll make an example of what happens when any wizard crosses Dr. Psychobos!" The alien crab yelled before pressing a remote.

All of a sudden the aliens faced the two "go my pets!! Attack!!" He yelled, the aliens charged the wizards "oh man!" Tahu gulped before taking out his sword and slicing one mutant's hand off. "Cana stay behind me!" He said before the woman threw a card at three more and trapped them.

"I can fight to you know!" She said "I know, but.... gah!!" Another hybrid alien nearly got them with its flames. "Face it you insignificant humans! You are no match for the I Dr. Psychobos!" The alien crab blasted. Then had a flaming slash launched at him "No one calls Cana insignificant!!" Tahu yelled defending her.

"I will not let anyone hurt her, even if I bleed to death I'll never let a bruise get to her body. Ever-since I met Cana and really got to know her, she's had this attraction affect on me" he said blocking an electric blast with his sword. "Over time I noticed how much she wasn't like the other spoiled girls I had thought I loved" he growled.

Instead of wanting to be a damsel in distress Cana is a powerful woman who knows how to take care of herself, even when the odds are against her" he added. "That is why I wanted to ask her out, a woman like her deserves a man who can accept her for the strong person she is! alcohol and all!!!" He yelled.

Cana has been shocked, she actually had wanted to go on the date with Tahu   So they can get to know one another. But now he had admitted that he liked her for who she was while the other men she dated in the past would rather have her body. She didn't know how to feel until Psychobos spoke up.

"Pathetic" the cerebrocrustacean then opened his skull plates and blasted Tahu with his brain lightning. Only to have a card thrown at it and neutralize the lightning "not so fast" she said before throwing another card at him and knocked him right off the mutant. "If you think I'm gonna let you hurt my man you've got another thing coming!!" She was about to throw again before a mutant smashed her.

Thankfully her date pushed her out of the way, "Dammit, If only I can throw my cards faster then we could at least have some fighting chance" she cursed. Tahu then had an idea "Hey Cana, this probably isn't the right time to give you your gift but how about it?" He asked before handing her the deck holder.

"What's this?" She asked "it's a type of card deck holder, not only can it hold your cards" he said before a mutant was kicked away from them by some unknown force. "But it can also shoot your cards and act as a shield" he added.

She looked at it then smirked "well that's handy", she then equipped it onto her arm. She then stood up and faced the alien monsters and aimed her new weapon at them. And fired seven cards at them per second which exploded.

"Okay this will definitely do" Cana said before she and Tahu got into fighting stance and charged.

Later on the swordsman had walked Cana back to her place "hey uh Cana" he stuttered. "Yeah?" She replied, "I'm sorry our date took a turn for the worst" he apologized. Before he could add on Cana let out a small laugh "What's wrong?" He asked.

"Tahu, that date wasn't the worst one I've been on. In fact it was actually one of He best" she replied smiling at him. "R-really?" He asked, "Yeah! Besides the fact that new casino has been demolished by that crab guy. I got something I actually did want" Cana then walked closer to him.

"What was it?" Tahu asked before she made him face her "a man who actually stood by me, who didn't try to be something that he wasn't, and who actually got me a gift that I needed" she said. "That only proves one thing" Cana then leaned into him "you truly are the man for me" she said before kissing him.

He had been shocked but kissed back with no hesitation, she then separated them "you can come out now!" She said as Ben, Erza, Amber, Wendy and Ezra popped their heads out. With the red haired wife carrying her daughters older/younger siblings.

"Sorry we were originally here to make sure Natsu and Happy didn't try anything funny" Ben apologized. His wife then held up the two who had several bumps and bruises on them.

"To which they tried, but the made a pretty good flail when we had to handle the rest of those alien monsters" she said swinging them around a little. "Well in any case thanks" Cana said before hugging Tahu, "there's still some time to spare, want to do something?" She asked. "Like what perhaps?" He asked in reply, a thought crossed her mind and a smirk formed across her face.

The next day our view is currently in the guild hall, everyone was going on with their normal routine. And as usual Natsu was seen bickering with Gray "there goes the peace and quiet" Levy joked hearing the two fight. ""It May be rowdy now but give it a few minutes Ben and Erza will definitely put a stop to it soon" Lucy replied.

Said couple were sitting at the bar with them "actually we decided to leave them at the mercy of Master Mokorov and his punishments today" Ben said yawning. Erza had a case of bed head "last night was so exhausting having o take care of all those alien mutants" she complained cracking her neck.

Just then Tahu and Cana come into the guild holding hands with smiles on their faces. "I'm Happy for him" Erza said to Ben "same here" he replied as his wife was in tears "my little brother is growing up" she said. That's when Natsu got away from gray and started to tease them.

"Oh looks Here Fairy tail's next rising couple, Tahu and Canna sitting in a tree, first comes love then comes...." he was cut off when a sword landed right in between his legs. "Do That again and next time I'll aim a little higher" he warned while the dragon slayer let out a terrified high pitched squeal. And right after had passed out, "he really is Erza's brother" Macao commented.

"No doubt about that, he's almost as intimidating as her" Wakaba added, "Anyways where Master Makorov?" The swordsman asked. "Over here" the dwarf called hopping down "say gramps, mind if I make a proposition to you?" He asked.

"Well that depends what're you offering?" He asked "I'd like to become Fairy Tail's very first blacksmith" he said. "Really?" The dwarf asked in surprise "Yeah, besides I noticed that weapons these days cost a lot so I decided to help my guild out by providing it with the strongest weapons around" he explained.

"Besides at Hearts Cruz I am one of their best workers? Employee of the month seven months in a row" he bragged. "Very well! Thank you Tahu" Makorov said before Cana kissed the guild's new black smith. "You really are my special man" she cooed, Happy was about to tease them when Tahu did to him what he did to Natsu. Scaring him to no end and  as the two ran out screaming.

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