Man it's been a while since I've updated this story! I apologize, but hopefully this new chapter will make up for the wait. Unless to doesn't, then shoot me.

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Chapter Thirteen: The Priests of Island's Passing

On the outskirts of the large town, on a bridge connecting the main town from the farmlands around them, the portal opened up as Wess, Clint, Natsu, Erza, and Lucy came right through the portal before it closed right behind them. With a grin on his face, Wess then turned around to see the three former Fairy Tail Mages.

"Here we are!" Wess exclaimed happily as the black haired man motioned his arms around them, "Welcome to Island's Passing!"

From their spot alone, it was clear that the town itself was rather large. Behind the small bridge they are over, open fields were seen going on more miles, as large farms were seen all over the place, with many farmers, Wizards, and soldiers tending to the crops that surround the large town for what seemed like miles.

"Now come on," Clint started to speak to the others, getting them to look at the dirty blonde haired man once more as he motioned for them to follow, "Let's head to the temple where the priests are at."

Natsu, Erza, and Lucy nodded in agreement with the soldier, before the three grabbed each other hands before they, along with Wess, followed the armored soldier.

As they made their way through the large town, the three former Fairy Tail Mages couldn't help but notice how the town reminded them of Nature's Sanctuary a little, considering how everything so far looked the same.

"Hey Wess, Clint," Erza started to ask the two soldiers who were walking in front of them, getting their attention as they turned their heads back to the red haired woman, "So other than that fact that this town had a bridge connecting to where Zargul us, what else makes this town different from any other place on the Isle?" She asked, curious about if there are any other differences that Island's Passing had compared to Nature's Sanctuary or Tai'Zul City.

Clint spoke up to answer the red head's question, as Natsu, Erza, and Lucy paid close attention to what the dirty blonde was about to say.

"Honestly, not really much. Since the town is surrounded by the open plains that cover most of the Tai'Zul Isle, the land here is great for farming and raising cattle. Island's Passing is the number one place to farm and grow. And since the town also has access to the ocean, fishing is also a priority and a big thing here. Not as big as Sailor's Landing, but Island's Passing still has a good market when it comes to sea food." The soldier explained to the three outsiders.

"Wait, what's Sailor's landing?" Natsu asked with confusion, as neither he nor his two girlfriends ever heard of that place yet.

"Sailor's Landing is another town we have here on the Isle," Wess spoke up to answer, getting the pink haired male, red head and blonde women to look at the black haired and bearded man as he went on, "It's actually not that far from Guardian's Keep and if off the coast of the gulf that we all traveled through to get to Tai'Zul City. It's the number one place for not only for catching sea food, but for also building our ships." The bearded man explained to the one man and two women.

"What kind of ships?" Lucy asked, wondering if they made all kinds of boats and not just traveling and fishing boats.

"Sailor's Landing builds all kinds of vessels for the Tai'Zul Isle." Judgment spoke up to answer the blonde.

"GAH!" The sudden appearance of the Celestial Spirit caught all five of them off guard as they let out a small yell. This got some bystanders they were passing to look at them funny, before they all went back to their own business.

After the shock faded as the group of five caught their breaths, they all looked at the armored spirit with wide eyes.

"Judgment? When did you come out?" Lucy questioned her new Spirit and friend, who did a slight bow of apology to her.

"Forgive me Lady Lucy, I did not mean to frighten you or your friends and love one." Judgment apologized as he finished his bow.

"No, it's alright. You didn't mean to do that," Lucy assured the armored Spirit, before having a puzzled look on her face, getting back to the topic they had before the small surprise, "So Sailor's Landing builds any kind of ship for the Isle?"

"Correct," Judgment answered the blonde before he went on, "The Tai'Zul Isle needs any kind of vessel it may require, and Sailor's Landing does the job to build the vessels. It can range from fishing ships, transportation, and war vessels." The armored Celestial Spirit informed her.

Both Wess and Clint looked at the armored Celestial Spirit in surprised, as they didn't think that the entity would know all of that due to remaining in their keys for so many centuries.

"I'm surprise you know all of that." Clint admitted to Judgment, getting the armored Spirit to look at the dirty blonde man.

"My brethren and I may have been in our keys, but we were not blind to the development and growth of the Tai'Zul Isle. We kept our watch over the Isle, and saw how things changed and worked over the past six hundred years." Judgment explained to the two soldiers of the Tai'Zul military.

Both Wess and Clint merely widen their eyes a little from what they just heard. Though now that they thought of it, it would make sense for these Celestial beings to be able to know and do that.

Another question though appeared to Erza, going over what the Celestial Spirit told them about the kinds of vessels Sailor's Landing makes for the Tai'Zul Isle.

"Wait a minute," Erza spoke up, getting the others to look at the pregnant red haired woman, "Why would the Tai'Zul Isle need warships? It's not like any other nation in the world is aware of this place's existence or poses a threat." She asked, finding it odd that an isolated Isle would have a need for some kind of war fleet.

"That's like asking why we have a military despite no other military posing a threat to us," Clint responded to the red head, getting her, as well as Natsu and Lucy's full attention toward the dirty blonde haired man, "We can never be sure. History has proven to us that we can't just expect things like this to last forever. We can't have the Tai'Zul Isle remain a sovereign nation without a military to protect and train us, that's just retarded." He informed the three.

"It is always to be best preparing for the unexpected, to prepare for any threat that may appear and pose a danger, no matter if it happens lifetimes after all of us are gone." Wess voiced his own thoughts about this. Even if no danger would appear to go against Tai'Zul Isle for another thousand years, at least if something like that were to happen, the Isle would be ready to fight and defend itself from whoever poses a danger to it.

Natsu, Erza, and Lucy remained silent as they proceeded what they were just told. With what they heard from their friends, it did make sense. It would seem very dumb to not have any means for the Isle to protect itself in case something did ever happen to change their isolation.

"We're getting close to the temple of the priests," Judgment spoke up, getting the others attention to look at the armored Celestial Spirit. The Spirit then turned to look at Natsu, since it was the pink haired male that wanted to get the priests approval, "Are you sure you with to attempt this? They may most likely deny you to meet with Zargul." The armored Spirit asked the pink haired man.

Natsu merely smiled at the Celestial Spirit before the former Dragon Slayer spoke up.

"Hey, we never know until we try right? If they deny me, they do. If they approve, they do. We can't know until we see for ourselves right?" Natsu replied back to the Spirit, his smile still present on his face. Both Erza and Lucy couldn't stop themselves from smiling at seeing their boyfriend being optimistic about it, as well as being prepared for whatever decision these priests may decide.

Judgment didn't reply back as he simply nodded to the pink haired lover of his new blonde master, content with his answer.

It didn't take long for the group to arrive in an opened area of the town, where they all saw the temple itself. Like one would expect of a grand temple, the building was massive as well as the elegant and somewhat old architecture gave the large building an even more impressive and awed look. The building seemed to be radiating light, showing how holy the place was.

"Whoa…" Natsu, Erza, and Lucy couldn't help but be impressed by the large temple before them. They figured it was going to look grand and amazing, but they didn't think it was going to be so big and awed in person either.

"Now come on you three," Wess told the three, getting them to snap out of their awed expression as they looked at the black haired man, "Let's go in."

Nodding in agreement, with the pink haired male and the red head and blonde women holding each other's hands, they walked up the stairs of the building with Judgment, Wess, and Clint following suit, greeting the guards who were stationed around the entrance as they went inside.

When they pass through the large doors, the giant hallway was the first thing for them all to see. Light shined brightly through the stain glassed windows as the ground itself seemed to glow due to the shining brightness from the windows. Large pillars standing tall in the massive hall as they held up the ceiling of the temple.

"So cool…" Natsu couldn't help but mutter to himself as he, Erza, and Lucy looked around the giant place.

"Up ahead." Judgment spoke up, getting the three to snap out of their amazement as they saw the Celestial Spirit pointing to what lied in front of him on the other end of the hall.

Seeing the armored Celestial Spirit pointed up ahead, the three former Fairy Tail Mages looked up ahead to see what the Celestial entity was looking at.

Up ahead on the other end of the large and bright hall, a group of a dozen priests, wearing white colored robes and white colored mitres were seen around the elevated ground, where one would talk to the masses as they silently went on to pray.

However, one of the priests looked to stand out from the rest, being in the center of the other dozen priests. Unlike the others, this one wore some kind of silver metallic armor from the waist up, and he wore a dark blue robe with black patterns on it going from the waist down, covering his legs and feet. The priest also wore a mitre that also seemed to be metallic and silver in color. If they were able to get a look of his face, they would see a silver metallic mask that was part of the mitre to cover his entire face from being visible.

While Natsu, Erza, and Lucy didn't know who the different priest was, Wess, Clint, and Judgment did. However, only Wess and Clint were shocked by the sight before them.

"Is that… the High Priest?" Wess questioned in surprised, shocked to see the High Priest himself being present in the building.

"The High what?" Natsu, Erza, and Lucy asked at once, not knowing who that was.

Before their question could be answered though…

"Welcome outsiders." A voice spoke out across the hall of the temple, getting the others to widen their eyes as they turned to look at the end of the hall where the group of priests was at.

The three former Fairy Tail Wizards froze a little when they all saw the High Priest himself, no longer doing his own prayer, now staring directly at the three. Even though the being wasn't giving off any kind of magic or power, the pink haired male, red head, and blonde couldn't help but feel intimidated due to the aura he was giving off. It was nearly the same as the Guardian's own!

"I've been waiting for you… Dragneel." The High Priest's voice echoed through the air once more.

Natsu merely widen his eyes from what he just heard.

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