Chapter 1
It was just another normal day at the fairy tail guild. Or at least as normal as it gets. Everyone there had fun, fought and laughed. The newspaper also arrived, just like it did every day but what was in the newspaper that particular day would turn one Iron Dragon Slayers life around. Master Makarov sat at the bar, with Mirajane behind him, like he did every day looking over his students while reading the newspaper.
"Hmm…."he grumbled with a serious look on his face while looking down at the paper.
"Did something happen?" Mirajane asked politely.
"Take a look" he replied handing her the paper. She looked down and read aloud
"Phantom struck again in search of the Grand Magic. Fairy tail next?" she gasped
"This is horrible master. What will we do?" she looked up from the paper, looking at Makarov, waiting for a response.
"I agree. We have to prepare for this. By the way Mirajane, where is team Shadow Gear?" Master Makarov asked as he looked towards her.
"They already left for their job early this morning. Levy said something about a big reward" Mirajane replied.
"Hmm... I see." Makarov pointed out.
"Don't worry gramps! I'll catch him" a fired up Natsu exclaimed who had been listening to the whole conversation from across the room. He grinned and put his flaming fist up as he started walking towards them.
"I'm all fired up!" he said, still smiling. Makarov looked at him
"That is actually not such a bad idea Natsu, you and Happy will stay here tonight and catch this phantom before anything happens."
"Alright! Happy!" Natsu screamed as he turned towards the blue cat.
"Aye sir!" Happy yelled as he flew towards them.
"Wait. Do you really think leaving salamander in charge is a good idea? Knowing him he will destroy the entire guild in the process." Gajeel stated. He was sitting at a corner table with lily, his feet propped up on the table, arms behind his head and eyes closed.
"Hmm… you have a point Gajeel. Ok, you and Lily do it in their place then." Makarov explained looking at them in the corner.
"WHAT?" Natsu and Gajeel, who had now gotten up, exclaimed at the same time.
"Gramps, I can handle it" Natsu argued.
"Yeah, and I got better things to do than babysit the guild" Gajeel muttered, walking towards them with Lily right behind him. Makarov looked at Gajeel and asked
"Do you dare defy the orders of the master?" Gajeel could tell that he was serious so he closed his eyes and walked back towards his table.
"Fine" he mumbled and waived them off.
"But gramps…" Natsu whimpered, disappointed.
"That's fine" Erza interrupted walking towards him, waving a piece of paper back and forth.
"I've already found us a job." Close behind her were Gray and Lucy.
"Are you coming or not?" Gray asked. Natsu smiled and looked at Happy
"Aye sir!" –"Lets go then" Gray said as they started walking towards the door.
"Wait" Lucy urged. The crew stopped as Lucy walked towards Wendy and Carla.
"Do you want to come with us?" she asked, smiling. Wendy looked at Carla and then at the others who were waiting at the door. She looked back at Lucy
"Sure" she answered and the two of them got up and followed Lucy.
"Ok, we can leave now." Lucy said.
"Let's go!" Natsu screamed, excited. With that, they went off. They day turned back to normal after that and Gajeel and Lily stated getting ready for their "
babysitting" job.
THAT NIGHT:
"Man, I can't believe I let him talk me into this" Gajeel said to Lily as they walked into the guild, his hands behind his head and his eyes closed.
"It's not like you really had a choice. You can't go against the master's orders." Lily pointed out, following closely behind Gajeel.
"Whatever…" Gajeel mumbled, as he sat down at the table in the corner, trying to make sure he couldn't be seen. He propped his feet up and Lily sat beside him
"So all we have to do now is wait for this small fry phantom guy to show up and beat the crap out of him, right?" he asked, opening one eye, looking at Lily.
"Right, we should also find out who he is" Lily answered. 2 hours passed and nothing happened when suddenly
"Did you hear that?" Lily asked with an alarmed look on his face.
"Yeah…someone is coming through the window" Gajeel answered alarmed as he stood up, trying not to make any noise. They looked up at the window and saw a dark figure climbing in. The figure had on a mask that covered their entire face, a long cape and was dressed in all black clothing.
"Geehee…time to have some fun" Gajeel smirked. The figure climbed through the window and landed feet first.
'Now, where is it' he thought to himself as he started to walk towards the back. He suddenly stopped
"How long are you two going to stand there and watch me?" the figure asked in a deep voice, looking towards them.
"So he knew we were here…" Lily pointed out.
"Since you know we are here, tell me, what do you want?" Gajeel asked as he started to walk out of the shadows, facing the phantom. Lily was standing right beside him.
"I could ask you the same thing. All the other places were empty. I guess you were expecting me?" The figure asked
"You could say that but tonight will end differently for you. I will show you that messing with fairy tail was your biggest mistake yet" Gajeel replied as he started to crack his knuckles.
"Oh really?" the masked man asked. Wasting no time, Lily transformed into his battle mode.
"I can handle him" Lily declared as he rushed towards him, swinging his sword only to have it blocked by a stream of water. Lily had a shocked look on his face and the phantom took advantage of this, knocking him back with yet another stream of water. Lily tried to block the water with his sword only to be pushed back inch by inch until he was back at his starting point, by Gajeel's side.
The figure laughed.
"Is that it?" he asked. Gajeel, who was now mad, jumped unto the table in front of him, took a deep breath and…
"Roar of the…" –"Oh no you don't! Roar of the Water Dragon!"
The phantom took a deep breath and the two attacks canceled each other out, sending both flying backwards. While Lily caught Gajeel in midair the masked figure was sent flying straight into the wall.
"Lily!" Gajeel said.
"Hmm" the cat nodded and flew towards the intruder. Gajeel took advantage of the situation and pinned him to the wall.
"Let go of me you piece of scrap metal!" a female voice yelled trying to wiggle free of his grip. Gajeel and Lily were both shocked, which made Gajeel loosen his grip around her wrists.
"Crap! See what you did? You broke my voice altering ring!" she screamed.
"You're a…a" Gajeel stuttered, confused.
"A girl?" Lilly finished, both still shocked.
"And a Water Dragon Slayer too?" he asked her.
"I don't have to answer you!" *crack* "Crap!" she gasped as she realized her mask was breaking. 'They can't know who I am' she thought to herself
'Not these two.' Lily switched back and flew towards them.
"Geehee…should we see what's under the mask, Lily?" Gajeel laughed as he looked at Lily.
"Lets see" Lily added.
"Ha! You wish" the girl exclaimed
'I don't have any other choice' she thought as she looked at them.
"MIKO!" the girl screamed. They turned to look at her
"MIKO, HELP!" she yelled from the top of her lungs. Suddenly a flash of light came out of nowhere and sent Lily flying, knocking him out. Gajeel turned around only to find a little female cat with wings standing in front of the unconscious Lily.
"Another exceed…?" Gajeel said.
"You have exactly 3 seconds to let go of her scrap metal or your fate will be the same as your little friend there" she hissed madly. Gajeel smirked and the girl used this opportunity to attack
"Roar of the Water Dragon." Gajeel let go of her and jumped out of the way just in time. The cat flew over to the girl, picked her up and started flying towards the window.
"Bye scrap metal. This wont be the last you'll see of me!" the girl shouted.
"Bye kitty cat" Miko yelled towards the half conscious Lily.
"See ya later." They both flew out of the window into the night, leaving Gajeel and Lily wondering.
"Geehee…can't wait" Gajeel smirked.
"I know what you mean" Lily smiled, looking up at Gajeel who was standing there still smiling, staring out of the window after the mysterious phantom and her cat.
TO BE CONTINUED.