Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. Neither do I intend to steal it. If it was mine, I'd forbid Gray to wear clothes at all! XD I just own my OC and please don't use or steal them in your story. I'm their mommy, I love my children and won't hand them to strangers.
Author's note: So, this is my first real story. Before that it was only drabbles and a single One Shot in different fandoms. I know the manga and the anime is quite new and my story might not according to it. However this is a Fan Fiction. It doesn't have to go by the original story line. This means the story is AU (Alternate Universe)
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World's Balance
Chapter 1
by Misty Mina
Magnolia city was a lively town. Many people bustled through the streets, going through their daily routine. Routine also meant the daily noise in the Fairy Tail Guild. However the familiar noise had been missing for at least three days and the townspeople wondered if someone of the guild had died. Rest assured this was not the case. The guild was only peaceful because a certain Fire Mage had no one to argue with. Erza was on a solo S-class mission, she needed that after all those normal, almost easy requests. Lucy and Gray were on a simple mission given by Master Makarov himself. The reason why Natsu couldn't join was because it was the Master's orders.
"Hey old man, why couldn't I go? I'm soooo bored here!" Natsu complained while he was sitting at one of the tables with his head resting upon the surface.
"I told you already! It's because you don't know what the word 'stealth' means!" It seemed like Makarov was losing his patience after repeating himself for the third time. Natsu glared at the old Master. On any other day, nothing in the world would've stopped him to go against the Master's orders. It was just so hard to follow someone who has a head start of 6 hours and the damn geezer refused to tell him where they went! Worst of all was the thought that the old man favoured that icy bastard.
"So? Neither does Droopy Eyes and you still send him on that mission." Natsu replied, not even denying Makarov's accusation.
Normally, Happy would agree with his best friend, but he was strangely absent. Probably trying to persuade Mirajane into giving him another fish, which would make at least the eleventh one for the day. Makarov tried to stop the oncoming headache, by massaging his right temple, which was of course in vain. Arguing with Natsu was never a healthy thing to do, be it on a physical or mental level.
"Brat, I won't discuss this with you again! They'll be back today or tomorrow anyway,"
Natsu sighed. The master was right after all. He had been patient for the last three days. So he could manage a few more hours, right?
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Of course not! This is Natsu we're talking about!
Jumping out of the chair, he leaped onto the table, trying to intimidate Makarov, by standing taller than him.
"It's not fair! We always go on missions together and now you just break up our team!" He seethed, almost spewing flames, literally.
Having enough of the Dragon Slayer's childish behaviour, the Master used his magic and slammed a giant fist down onto the pink haired mage. Caught off guard, Natsu and the table were crushed. The old man sighed and his arm shrunk back to normal. Sadly it was the only way for Natsu to understand that enough was enough. The other members wouldn't even flinch anymore when their Master did that. It became routine, like Kana drinking at least three barrels of ale or Elfman giving the 'manly' talk.
Meanwhile, outside of the Guild, Natsu's best friend Happy sat on a windowsill and devoured his, in fact, twelfth fish. Mirajane was really generous today.
Half finished with his meal, something caught the blue cat's eyes.
A purple glow.
A purple glow flew through the air and landed on the rail of the nearby balcony. It made a poofing sound and there stood something that looked like a small fairy. Fascinated by the little creature, Happy spread his wings and flew closer to get a better look. Since the fairy had its back turned to Happy, it was unaware of his presence. Strange enough for a character that the guild owed its name to, it had black and white butterfly wings and it wore black clothes. Nothing of those rumored green clothes made out of leaves or glittering, glowing material.
Instead it wore an elegant black top which looked like a corset with elbowlength, white lace decorated sleeves and a floor-length, lavish black skirt.
Years ago, Happy had learned that only girls wore skirts so he concluded that the fairy was female.
Her long black hair was bound to two, high pigtails that reached her shoulders and a small white ribbon on the back of her head. He couldn't see the face yet, but he assumed she looked kind of cute.
The little thing muttered something and stared at the guild crest. Perhaps he could help her finding what she was looking for.
"Hi, I'm Happy. Who are you?" The blue cat asked, oblivious to her flinching.
Slowly she turned around, eyes wide as saucers when she saw the big, blue cat in front of her. His first guess was correct, she was cute. She had a heart shaped face, dark eyes, a blue amulet around her neck and a moon-shaped white hair pin adorning her right side. It was silent for a few seconds and Happy already thought she wasn't able to speak his language. The tremble in her frame was all the warning he got before an ear-piercing shriek went through the air.
The fairy took off with high speed, trying to get away from the tomcat. Happy held his ears and went after the poor, frightened Fairy. She flew in an erratic zig-zag pattern and finally found an open window, which she used for her great escape.
Inside the building, she flew in panic circles. She then nosedived down and collided with Mirajane's forehead. The fairy yelped and bounced back right onto the bar's surface, close to Makarov. Mirajane went down with whirly eyes after the first round and the winner wasn't even four inches tall.
By then the whole guild was silently watching the show in front of them. Makarov flinched when his favourite Head Waitress passed out. Looking to make sure she was alright, he almost didn't notice the small creature next to him. The poor thing whined in pain and rubbed her own forehead. Makarov blinked once, ...then twice, ...yet the image stayed in place. There was a black and white fairy on his bar, not to mention that she K.O.-ed his waitress. He had seen many things in his long life, but he'd never seen a real Fairy.
The guild members tried to see what was going on and only those closest to the Master could actually take a glimpse at the mythical creature. The others wondered if Mirajane started drinking recently and just passed out from the alcohol.
"What do we have here?" The Master wondered out loud.
Natsu went right to Happy, to make sure he was fine. His priorities were perfectly clear. Friends over curiosity, right? ...Right?
"Looks like a giant insect!" Of course Natsu would say the first thing that came to mind. Knowing it better, his partner corrected him.
"No Natsu, look! That's a fairy!"
Having heard the smallest guild member the whole lot started muttering and tried to get closer at the same time.
The fairy regained her senses, quickly. She stood up straight and backed away while staring at the cat with frightened eyes. It was, as if she expected Happy to pounce any moment, like a normal cat would do.
Seeing her reaction, Makarov tried to calm her down.
"It's alright, no one wants to hurt you." She looked up at him and seemed to consider his words.
Natsu nudged his partner's side, telling him it would be a better idea to back off for now. The tense fairy let out a relieved sigh when Happy landed on Natsu's head, stretching the distance between them. Makarov looked down again, maybe now the little thing would be willing to say something.
"Can you talk?" The Master asked, not really sure about it.
In many legends fairies were unable to speak in any human language. They would be able to understand, but only reply with chirping, whining or whistling sounds.
"Y, y, yes" She stuttered softly. The old man had to strain his hearing to understand her.
"What is your name?"
She glanced to the side and noticed all those humans who got closer to get a better look at her. Getting a bit nervous, she started to twiddle with her hair. Makarov considered ordering them to back off, but that wouldn't do any good. He'd have to shout at them and that would certainly scare the little guest.
"They are just curious, ignore them. Nobody here wants to hurt you." He repeated.
Nodding the Fairy looked up with a bit more confidence than before.
"Yuu!" She stated proudly.
"Me? What?" Makarov didn't really understand what she was implying. Perhaps she could only repeat what humans say. Not really understanding the meaning of those words or just misinterpreting them.
"No! Yuu!" She shook her head.
"Yes. Me." He heard her right, so why was she shaking her head?
Miffed because of the dense human, she pointed to herself.
"YUU !" Maybe now he would understand her.
No such luck. The old mage still gave her a very perplexed look.
"Master, I think she wants to say that her name is 'Yuu'." Levy pointed out the obvious.
Clapping her tiny hands in approval, the fairy named 'Yuu' smiled happily.
Sweat dropping, the Master tried to maintain his last shred of dignity.
"Oh, ...of course. He, he."
Wendy had a hard time worming her way through the crowd. Carla was complaining about rude adults, yet they didn't make room for them. They were too ensnared by the fairy to acknowledge her. But when they finally reached the bar, Wendy let out a gasp.
"She is sooo cute and tiny."
Mirajane was up again, though the huge bump on her forehead was hard to ignore.
"I wonder if she's lost? Maybe she saw the statues and crest of our Guild."
Happy nodded.
"Yeah I thought that too, but I couldn't ask her. She just freaked out."
Since all guild members seemed to keep their distance and the tomcat hadn't pounced on her yet, Yuu started to relax a bit.
"Yuu afraid of cats! Always try to eat Yuu..." It seemed the fairy could only talk of herself in third person. Well, it wasn't like they weren't used to that kind of talking, having Juvia in their guild and all.
It was funny how those sentences sounded. They sounded as if she was addressing the one who listened to her. 'Yuu' and 'You' sounded alike. So it was no wonder that Makarov was mistaken.
Natsu tried to look up at his best friend, almost making him fall down.
"What? Happy? He'd never do that, right?"
"Never!"
Mirajane walked closer to Yuu looking her up and down.
"Are you searching for something, Yuu?" She asked, using her gentle, motherly tone.
She looked up at the white haired waitress and nodded eagerly, liking the way she talked to her.
"Yeah. Fairy Tail!"
Natsu grinned at that. In his logic, Yuu's answer was to be expected.
"Well, You've found it! Of course! A fairy would only look for something familiar that's why she came here." Natsu stood there with his arms crossed, fully satisfied with his conclusion.
"Aye."
Yuu whirled around with an annoyed look on her face and blew a raspberry at the Dragon Slayer.
"Yuu no fairy!" She said while angrily waving her fists at him. Obviously, he did just insult her.
"Um, ...a pixie?" Now the guessing game was on and everyone in the guild seemed to have another word for the mythical being in front of them.
"No!"
"A fay?"
"Isn't that the same as a fairy?"
"NO!" Yuu seemed to have enough of the nonsense since her face started to turn red from anger.
"Maybe she is an angel? Who said they're required to have feathered wings?"
The Not-Fairy gave them a dumbfounded look, as if she was thinking if they were serious.
"Nooooooo!" Were those humans for real or just playing with her?
"Of course not! Angels are not manly!" Elfman interjected. Now the guild knew what was missing the whole time. Elfman's 'manly' talk. For him, it didn't even matter that nothing about Yuu, angels, fairies, or pixies were manly. He was just glad he said it.
Yuu cocked her head to the side, a bit confused by Elfman's comment. Then she looked down on herself and wondered if male humans thought it manly to wear skirts. Totally ignoring the brute, the others continued their game.
"What if she's a Guardian Spirit?"
"Hey, maybe she is a Stellar Spirit and is looking for Lucy."
"That would be plausible."
Now things were getting ridiculous. The humans started to jump to conclusions. Yuu had to stop them before they expected her to do some kind of miracle.
"No! No! No! NOOOOOOO!" Yuu yelled as loud as she could, while waving her arms.
The guild fell silent; everyone was surprised that such a tiny thing could reach that volume. Yuu was panting, not really used to shouting at all. When no one dared to raise their voice, she nodded and turned her attention back to the Master.
"Yuu messenger!"
The whole guild, except Makarov, face faulted. Messenger was not the term for a mythical creature, it was a job.
"Whose messenger are you?" Makarov asked with great caution. She may be cute and tiny, but that didn't mean that her employer shared those traits.
"Abaddon!"
The Master's eyes widened and his face drained of color. The guild couldn't make sense of the name, not even the older members. They started muttering, trying to figure out who that was.
"That's a strange name."
"Never heard of such a person."
"Maybe there is a new guild and their Master wants to introduce himself?"
Most humans had never heard that name, but every master of a guild knew whom she was talking about. Makarov hoped that his guild wouldn't freak out.
"Abaddon? ...The Lord of the Underworld?" He asked to make sure.
There was a moment of silence and everyone looked like they just heard that the world ended tomorrow.
Yuu didn't really understand why the humans seemed so shocked. Nevertheless, she answered the Master truthfully.
"Yep. Yuu Underworld Messenger! Has important message for Guild!"
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tbc.
Story was under revision and only minor things have changed