Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters; they belong to the one and only Hiro Mashima.
I do own the idea for the fic though.
AN: I seriously don't know what my aim with this story is… I guess I just want to experiment with something new and see how it would go if I get out of my comfort zone… or I just feel like writing and this is what came up... or maybe, the third option, I got bored of what I was currently writing and tried to do something else. *thinks* Yes, the last one seems plausible enough. *nods*
If it's liked, I will post another chapter… if it isn't, well, it was a nice one-shot.
Now, to the story...
Stargazer.
"Why do you wish to join, boy?" Makarov asked kindly, wanting to know why this young man in his office, who requested for a personal audience with him, wished to join Fairy Tail.
"It's irrelevant but… a man told me this is the best place to start over." A blue-haired man in his late teens answered simply, waving a hand in the air while the other remained inside his pocket. His eyes were a chestnut brown and his hair was at neck-length, with one fringe covering his right eye. He was wearing a dark-blue suit with a white shirt underneath, a formal black tie keeping his collar together. It looked like some kind of uniform but it didn't seem from around Fiore.
"A man, you say?" The old man asked in curiosity, now intrigued about the one behind this wizard's decision to enlist in Fairy Tail. "Who?"
"I cannot say… sorry." The youngster replied gloomily, seemingly disappointed with this.
"I understand, don't worry." The old man caught up with this and nodded slowly. He normally wouldn't accept such an answer from someone as mysterious as this boy, but since the boy seemed to have regrets have not telling, he let it pass. If he was right, the kid was going to come clean after a certain period of time. "Can you at least tell me if he's related to my guild?"
"I… don't know." He lowered his head in thinking, narrowing his eyes as they stared at the wooden floor in wonder. "He told me to protect someone… nothing else."
'Protect someone…?' One of Makarov's eyebrows rose in question. "Who would that someone be?"
The young man bit his lower lip in conflict, knowing he was pushing it too far with so many blank answers. "…I-"
"You cannot say, huh?" Makarov commented with a low chuckle, finding the boy's situation to be amusing. He could feel the young man had no ill-will in him or planned for something that could bring danger to his guild despite the unclear or blank answers. He jumped from his seat to his desk and extended a hand to the young man, slightly surprising him with his action. "Doesn't matter, boy, you're welcome to join." His eyes flickered for a second into a stern glare. "I'll be watching you though."
"A-aye, I've got no problems with that." The young man answered shakily, extending his own hand to shake the old man's already extended one with an awkward movement of his arm. "I-I'm sorry, I'm a bit nervous…"
The old Master chuckled again, breaking his glare instantly and nodding. "I can see that, yes," he gave the youngster a kind and harmless glance. "What's your name, boy?"
The boy opened his mouth to answer and heaved a tired sigh instead. "Y-yeah, my name is…"
Sometime later…
"Where do you want it?" Mirajane asked kindly, holding the stamp in front of her while waiting for the blue-haired mage to make up his mind.
"W-where… you say…?" The young man looked around and then at the white-haired woman again, feeling like there were too many people staring at him at the moment. Maybe it was him having some slight paranoia. He removed his jacket and rolled up his left sleeve to the shoulder, pointing at the top with one finger. "There… I guess."
"Okay, if you're sure~." The barmaid beamed in amusement, finding the new guy's nervousness to be cute. She pressed the stamp against the guy's shoulder and gasped, noticing she forgot to ask him another question. "O-oh, sorry… I forgot to ask of which color you wanted it."
The young man's eyes widened slightly at the late news, shifting his gaze to the guild mark place on him and finding it to be changing colors randomly. "W-why's it doing that?"
"I-I think it's trying to decide on its own…?" Honestly, she had no idea. She never forgot to ask such question until today.
The young man of blue-haired nodded slowly and continued to watch the shifting guild mark, silently praying for it to stay in a color that wasn't too embarrassing to show whenever he had to reveal his affiliations. Pink, red, green, blue, gray, black, yellow, purple… and it continued. "O-oh…"
And it suddenly stopped…
"O-okay… that's not… bad…?" Mira whispered to herself, staring at the dark purple mark on the man's shoulder with a small trickle of sweat falling down her brow. "I can change it if you want…?"
"I-I think it isn't…?" The guy answered slowly, a bit bothered by the resemblance of such color to something else. He rolled down his sleeve and put his jacket on again, giving a slow nod to the barmaid in appreciation. "I-It's okay… it fits somehow…"
"If you say so…" The barmaid scratched her left cheek in trouble and sighed, saving the stamp under the counter before offering an apologetic smile to the new wizard. "Would you like to eat or drink something? It's my treat for what happened."
"…a glass of water." The young man murmured, not really wanting anything else or feeling like taking advantage of the situation. He waved the woman's words about asking for anything he would like and gave a small smile. "Water is fine."
"Here you go then." Mira looked under the counter for a glass, grabbed a jug with some water and poured it in, presenting the newbie with his order. She gave a small smile in return. "Fresh and cold, unless you want it some other way."
The young man drank the water in one go and heaved out a content sigh, nodding in appreciation while his hand left the empty glass back on the counter. "It was good, thank you."
"You're welcome." Mirajane looked around at the sneaky glances thrown by her guildmates and shook her head in amusement. They were really curious whenever someone new joined the guild and since this wizard joined by talking privately to Makarov, they were ten times more curious than ever. She leaned on the counter and moved the glass away, maintaining her small smile while addressing the newbie. "What's your name?"
"Uh…? My name…?" The young man repeated slowly, not knowing why the white-haired woman wanted to know his name. He shook his head in his mind. He was part of the guild now; of course she would want to know his name. "Yes, my name… uh… my name is-"
"WE'RE BACK!"
"Aye!"
"Oi Natsu, you don't have to yell every time you're back!" Macao complained gruffly, holding his pained head after the loud yell from the pink-haired man close to the entrance.
"Hah! Serves you right for being wasted, old man." Wakaba mocked next to him, flinching after the yell just as his friend but trying to keep a cool exterior.
"How did the job go, Natsu?" Mirajane asked interestedly to the Dragon Slayer, seeing him walk to the bar with his feline companion on his shoulder. He took a stool next to the silent newbie and grinned widely.
"It was awesome!" Natsu started excitedly, telling all the details about his latest job without paying attention to the fixed stare the guy next to him was giving him. He eventually took notice, but not because of the stare. He smelled something off in the place. His neck turned and his eyes fell on the new guy, slightly throwing him off balance when he started sniffing the air around him. "…who are you?"
"E-eh?" The blue-haired man asked lamely, shifting his gaze to the counter and avoiding all eye contact. "I-I'm… no one in special…"
"Uh? But you smell like-" The pink-haired was going to continue but the sudden run from the newbie towards the entrance made him stop. Everyone stared blankly at the blue-haired guy that darted towards the exit before turning their heads and eyes to the Dragon Slayer, wondering what he did to scare the guy off. "What?"
"You know it's wrong to sniff people, Natsu." Happy chirped after a moment of silence, sighing at his foster father's actions.
"O-Oi! I didn't do anything wrong…" The guy said defensively, sweating nervously when he saw Mira's reproaching pout aimed at him. "Mira?"
"What are you waiting for? Go and apologize." She ordered, crossing her arms and turning around with her mind laughing at her next words. "If you don't, there will be no food for you."
"W-whaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?" Natsu's face paled at the implications. He stood up from his seat and dashed to the exit without missing a heart-beat, but missing his friend Happy in his hurry. "W-wait! New guy! I'm sorry!"
"You're evil, Mira." Happy rolled his tongue as he said it, chuckling in amusement.
"I know~." The barmaid replied in between giggles. She rationalized that, since the new guy seemed to be really shy around people, it would be best to send someone his way to make him open up. And who was better than the friendly Dragon Slayer?
Outside…
"Hey! New guy! Where are you?" Natsu yelled to the top of his lungs, racing through the streets of Magnolia in search of the blue-haired guy. People were staring weirdly at him, but he didn't care. He was hungry and that guy was his ticket to flamed-meat. "D-dammit, I'm too hungry for this…"
"I-I'm sorry for that…" He heard a shaky voice behind him.
"Uh?" And turning around, he found the person he was looking for. He was still slightly nervous about being sniffed it seems, if his shaking hands and legs were anything to go-by. "Sorry? Wait, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have sniffed you like that."
"D-don't worry about it…" The blue-haired guy murmured, closing his eyes to forget everything that happened. "I-I'm not very good with people… new people in special."
"Hehehehe, so you're shy, huh?" Natsu snickered and grinned in amusement, thinking good of the new guy for the moment. He stepped closer and patted the man on the shoulder, snickering some more when the guy cowered from the touch. "Relax, man, ain't gonna burn you."
"I-I hope so… heh…" The man snorted quietly and remained silent, not knowing what else to say.
"You're new to the guild, right?" The Dragon Slayer asked suddenly, remembering he had never seen the man before. "What's your name?"
"M-my name…" The blue-haired man repeated, realizing he didn't tell his name to the woman inside the guild either. "My name is Jonah."
"Jonah…? No last name?" Natsu asked a bit confused.
"Sorry, I cannot reveal it." The man, now introduced as Jonah, whispered sadly, confusing the Dragon Slayer even more.
"Why would you hide-?"
"Natsu!" Said pink-haired boy was going to ask his question bluntly but the sharp call of his name made him turn around and see the rest of his team catching up with him, Gray being the one to call out to him and reach him first, smacking him at the top of the head for running ahead of them earlier. "You stupid flame-brain, we told you to wait up!"
"H-hey, you asshole! It's not my fault you're all slow!" Natsu countered angrily, sending the Ice wizard flying with a right hook to the chin. "And get outta my face, ice-pick!"
"Y-you feet-warmer!" Gray shouted as he took hold of the pink-hair's arm and used it to bring the guy close to his fist, smashing it swiftly against his face. "And shut up!"
'Is this… okay…?' The blue-haired man asked to himself, seeing the two wizards beating the hell out of each other even though they were part of the same guild. It was strange to him, even if from the looks of it they weren't really giving it their all. He was going to voice out his concerns when he spotted two more people walking to the group, his eyes widening in complete shock when he noticed who one of the persons was. 'D-dammit…! I-I need to hide…!'
"Natsu, Gray, stop right now." Erza ordered the two idiots when she got closer to the brawl, seeing Gray holding back a fist while Natsu remained in the air with a kick about to be delivered. They paled at her frowning face and stood up correctly, giving a small bow of apology for being fighting again. "That's better."
"When will you guys learn?" Lucy whispered with some annoyance, a hint of amusement escaping her bad mood and letting her show a small smile at her friends' antics. Even if they were bothersome whenever they got like this, she couldn't help but be happy that they didn't change. She looked behind them though, and spotted a flash of light that made her close her eyes for a second, the others doing the same when they got blinded by the sudden brightness.
"Sorry for that." The man standing in the middle of the light said gravely, making the light disappear and let his form show to the wizards. The young man of blue-haired was now wearing a rather flashy armor, if not dark too, covering most of the body with metal and black cloths around the joints and abdomen. It also had a cape strapped to the belt around the waist, and clawed ends on both fingers and feet, a completely sealed helmet covering his face from view and leaving the new arrivals in wonder of his identity. "I... I don't like new people…"
"Huh? What? Who are you?" Gray asked bluntly, not liking the guy standing with them even though he never met him before.
"Oh right! Guys, this is Jonah!" Natsu moved quickly and slung an arm over the new guy's shoulders, making him more nervous with the contact. "He joined today so he's a bit nervous around people."
"I'm… I'm shy… to put it simply…" Jonah murmured quietly, averting his gaze from those of the wizards in front of him. He shied even more when he caught a glimpse of them staring intently at his helmet. "P-please don't stare."
"You joined today?" Lucy asked cautiously, understanding the new guy's position and trying not to stare too much at his outfit. He used magic to change clothes just now, didn't he? Just like her friend standing next to her. "How's it going so far?"
"I-It's been… good… yes, I had a nice glass of water earlier." The guy answered with his almost chronic stuttering, making the members of Team Natsu blink at him before laughing in their own ways. He sweatdropped hardly, staring blankly at the group with no idea of what to say. "Uh… what's funny?"
"N-nothing, don't worry about it." The blonde said in between laughs, waving a hand in dismissal while the new guy kept on staring. She stopped, as well as the others, and looked at the armored wizard with a sincere welcoming smile. "Welcome to Fairy Tail, Jonah."
The guy now looked at the group with a bit more of ease, slightly suppressing his nervousness at the sight of smiles. It was… so rare to him. He nodded sharply and smiled behind his helmet.
"Thank you… I hope to get along with everyone, if possible." The wizard said mysteriously before letting a purple glow surround his body, the wizards staring at him in surprise as he just used his strange magic to disappear from the scene by flying away in a random direction.
Lucy stared at the departing wizard with no clear expression on her face, her mouth opening after a moment to comment on it. "Okay, that was…"
"Weird." Both Gray and Natsu said plainly, really irked with the guy's flashy leaving. They turned around, hands in their pockets and started for the guild, bickering lightly on the way there while Lucy remained behind with Erza.
"Are you okay, Erza?" The blonde asked curiously, seeing her friend staring off in the direction the wizard took off.
"Yes, I'm fine." The knight replied slowly, narrowing her eyes when she thought she spotted something off in the man's waist cape, following his disappearing form to the forests of the west. 'There's something familiar in that suit…' There was something in her mind asking her to go and follow him, but, seeing as they just returned from a job and she had to report to the Master, she let it slide for another time. "Let's go, Lucy."
"Uhm, sure." And she followed her with the other two to the guild, going inside and taking a seat around their table with their initial talk being the job they just did. It was a fairly normal chat between them until Mirajane appeared with their usual dishes… except for Natsu's.
"But Mira~!" The pink-haired protested with teary eyes, clinging to the barmaid's dress. "I already apologized!"
"He isn't here now, so I doubt it." Mira answered as best she could, trying to pry the boy's hands from her dress.
"Who are you talking about?" Gray asked a bit curious, enjoying the torture placed on his friend/rival but wanting to know the reason for it.
"About the new guy," the barmaid informed with some problem, getting tired of the Dragon Slayer's insistence and stopping him with a firm chop attack to the back of his neck. He fell to the floor unconscious, much to everyone's surprise. She turned to the rest of the team and continued. "He joined today… haven't you seen him?"
"…oh! You mean the guy with the armor?" Lucy asked as she remembered the shy new guy they found on the streets with Natsu.
"…armor? No, he was wearing a suit," Mira revealed to them, her eyes looking at the ceiling in wonder. "And he had blue hair… I think…"
"…a suit and blue hair?" Erza questioned curiously, now paying more attention to the conversation instead of her cake.
The barmaid nodded, smiling mischievously when she imagined why the knight suddenly felt interested. "Yes, but he had no tattoo on his face~."
The face of the woman matched her hair for a second before she growled lightly in annoyance and returned to her food. "Shut up, Mira."
"His name's Jonah, right?" Gray commented while taking a bite from his ice cream, paying bits of attention to the conversation.
"He didn't get to tell me his name, so I wouldn't know." Mira shrugged and returned to her position, giving one last smile to the team. "Anyway, I'm sure he will return sooner or later."
"He has to take jobs after all." Gray commented simply, taking another bite from his dessert. If the guy was a wizard and he joined the guild, he surely needed to work and get some money. "I don't think he lives out in the forest."
"Somehow, I think that's just what he does." Natsu said in between groans, rubbing the sore back of his neck as he sat down on his seat again. He slumped on the table and gazed at the food the others were having while he continued. "He smells like the forest."
"Really? That's… kinda sad…" Lucy whispered to herself, imagining how rough it would be to live out in the wilderness with no walls to protect you from anything like animals, monsters or the weather. She glanced at the two guys on the table, their eyes turning to her when they felt her stare, and said. "Why don't you let him stay with one of you guys?"
Gray dropped the spoon he was using.
Natsu's eyes widened in disbelief.
And Erza chuckled in amusement.
Meanwhile…
"I made it…" A man of blue-hair wearing the armor of earlier, except for the helmet, was talking to a small piece of paper in his hands, looking at it with some mix between affection and nostalgia. "It's… like you used to tell me… pretty friendly… and warm…"
He was under the shade of a tree, quietly sitting against the trunk while gazing at the paper that was a picture in reality, showing three people standing in front of an old building.
There were two grown-ups standing in the middle with a little newborn being cradled by the person to the right.
He ran a finger over the person to the left, a man of hair like his, and his eyes softened more for a moment when changing his attention to the woman to the right.
"Dad… I'll finally get to meet her…"
Close to the place…
"Where do you think he is?" Gray shot to his companion once they were deep inside the forest, seeing the Dragon Slayer moving branches aside and sniffing the air around them to find the missing guy. "Oi Natsu…"
"Shut up, I'm trying to… find… him…" Natsu smelled the air around them and stopped, looking everywhere with his eyes and stopping. He gazed to the higher branches and pointed a finger to the highest one. "Over there."
"Sweet…" The Ice wizard mumbled under his breath. "Hey! New guy! Or Jonah, whatever your name! Come down!"
There was a flash of light from the top in answer, and soon after the young man dropped from the higher branch and landed on the ground with little trouble, dusting the back of his clothes before addressing the mages with his helmet back on. "What can I do for you?"
"Hey, drop the helmet, no need to be shy with us." Natsu reminded the guy with an eyebrow twitching in slight annoyance.
"S-sorry, I don't want to…" The guy answered nervously, looking down to not face the stares head-on.
"Hey, don't listen to him, you can keep the armor and helmet on if you want." Gray told him flatly, crossing his arms and inspecting the guy's form. He could tell he was really nervous with people, even if he had his armor on. But that was for later, he had to ask something else. "Where are you staying at?"
"U-uh? I'm staying here… I think." Jonah looked around at the trees and bushes with his head moving slowly. He turned to the mages and nodded. "Y-yes, I'm staying here for the time being."
"Sorry, but that's a no," the pink-haired announced with his arms crossed in a cross fashion. He pointed a thumb over his shoulder to the town behind and rested one hand on his hip. "You're coming with us and staying with Gray until you get a place yourself."
"What!? Who said I was letting him stay?" The Ice wizard asked a bit miffed of the Dragon Slayer's words. Who did he think he was to be letting a random new guy stay in someone else's house as if it was his? But then he sighed. "But yeah, knowing how Natsu's house is… it's better if you go to my place."
"Hey! My house is perfectly fine!"
"It's a pigsty!"
"Your house sucks!"
"At least it's clean!"
"Hah! You admitted it! It sucks!"
"W-why you!"
"Both… please… stop." Jonah ordered them quietly, laying one hand on his helmet as he tried to not yell at them for the stupidity of their argument. He sighed and looked at the two, seeing them looking at him with expecting stares. "I… I can get a place on my own… if that's what is troubling you…"
Back at the guild…
"…but he feels safer if he's out there in the forest." Natsu repeated gloomily to the girls, munching a piece of flamed meat given to him by Mira.
"And that's it." Gray concluded for him, his arms crossed over the table with his head resting over them. He heaved a tired sigh and closed his eyes. "The guy wants to be alone, let him be."
"Okay, I heard enough." Erza said after the guys' finished with their little story, standing up firmly and marching towards the entrance with one hand dragging a panicking Lucy. "Come with me, Lucy."
"W-why are you dragging me!?"
Back in the forest…
"I remember telling you guys I'm fine," Jonah started out a bit annoyed, saving the piece of paper that was on his hand inside his pockets, and standing up from his position against the tree, revealing himself to the new presences that showed up in his little space of tranquility. "Why do you insist… on…?"
"S-sorry but we cannot let you here on your own." Lucy spoke first in sake of preventing her friend from ordering the new guy around. If he was as shy as he was showing to be, then it would be a bad idea to try forcing him to do anything. "C-can't you at least stay in a hotel…? Or in one of the guild's rooms…?"
"N-no… I can't." The armored wizard answered hastily, averting his gaze from the girls, deciding it was best to find a deeper and loner part where he could rest in the forest. "P-please, let me be."
"That's not an option." Erza informed sternly, halting the man in his actions and making him look at her in questioning. "You'll come with us and stay in the guild until you can-"
"I said, no." Jonah repeated seriously, not paying attention to the shocked face of the blond wizard or her waving hands which were clearly telling him to not push it. He shook his head. "I don't want to stay in the guild or at any other place, the forest is-"
"-dangerous, you don't know what kinds of threats linger in this place." The red-head completed for him, narrowing her eyes when she sensed he didn't care about that detail.
"I faced worse things… I can take care of myself." The man insisted through gritted teeth, somehow getting quickly angered with the conversation. "Return to the guild before I lose my patience."
"Is that a threat?" Erza asked with her eyes narrowing even more.
"What if it is?" Jonah asked in kind, clenching his fists to show his building anger.
"G-guys… n-no need to fight…" Lucy pleaded nervously, the tension in the air weighing her down and making her knees buckle. "P-please…?"
Faster than the eyes could see, Erza lunged and tried to punch some sense into the man's head with her right, but Jonah caught the fist with his left hand, pressing it hardly and using it as leverage while raising his right leg midway to stop a kick to his sides made by her left leg. A flash of light occurred in both fighters' free hands and what Lucy saw in the end of the short scuffle was the armored wizard holding a pistol at Erza's face while the woman had a sword against Jonah's neck.
"You're fast." The new guy commented stoically, his eyes narrowed behind his helmet as he replayed the scene in his mind.
"So are you." The knight mimicked, hiding her astonishment at seeing another wizard able to summon weapons during a fast-paced fight. "Who trained you?"
"My dad." Jonah answered dryly, sending the gun back to his pocket dimension and releasing his hold on the woman's fist when she lowered her leg and sent her own sword away. He straightened up and nodded to her in acknowledgement. "I can see the stories he told me about you were true."
"Do I know him?" Erza asked emotionlessly, trying to keep her curiosity in check while Lucy dropped to the floor in exhaustion, not standing the previous tension or the fight that almost broke out.
'More than you think.' The armored wizard thought regretfully, turning around and leaving the area, completely missing the shocked faces of the two girls he left behind. "I'll try to find a place to sleep here for today… tomorrow I'll look for a place in the town."
And he vanished in the dense mass of trees and bushes, not even his footsteps could be heard in the distance even though he was wearing armor.
"E-Erza…?" Lucy called dumbly, standing up and keeping her eyes where the new guy was just standing a few second ago. She thought she saw wrong but… "W-wasn't that…?"
What she spotted and seemed familiar to her earlier when he flew away in the middle of the streets.
The side view of a skull with a wizard's hat.
"C-Crime Sorciere's guild mark…" Erza muttered in unease, remembering all the other traits from the man and how similar he was to a certain someone in the same independent guild.
At another location…
"Someone really went all out in here." Meredy commented in slight awe, looking at the holes and slashes made to the walls while she ran a finger over them to check on something else. She brought her hand close to her face and rubbed her fingers together, seeing the red liquid on them falling apart with little resistance. "The blood is already dry so it must've happened some days ago."
"I don't get it…" Jellal voiced out as he inspected the body lying in the middle of the thrashed room. The walls were holed with burn markings around the edges, blood was sprawled everywhere, tables were broken and several other belongings littered the ground. It seemed like a normal murder to the common eye. "Why would someone kill Crawford with such hate?"
"Uh? What do you mean?" The pink-haired girl asked curiously, cleaning her fingers with her cape and walking to stand next to the older wizard, seeing the same as him.
The former Chairman of the Magic Council lied on the ground with a hole on his forehead and several bleedings cuts spread across his body, some even deep enough to separate the limbs from the torso. He had his mouth open in agony and his eyes white in fear.
"Whoever's responsible for this, tortured Crawford to the brink of death before finally ending his misery." The Master of Crime Sorciere explained in wonder, standing up from his kneeling position next to the corpse and heading towards the door with the girl following close behind. "It was as if he or she hated the old man's existence to the core."
"So… we're going to try and find whoever did this?" Meredy questioned, looking back at the house they left from afar while trying to catch up with her leader.
"That we are." Jellal confirmed seriously, thinking about the next stop they should make before daring to inform Fairy Tail of these occurrences. "We should check on the others first, see if it was a random murder or if…"
"…if someone's targeting members from the old Magic Council?" The pink-haired finished for him, gazing at the ground in worry at the implication. If it was as they thought, then Jellal could also be a target in the future.
"Yes…" The man looked down too as they advanced, trying to come up with a name, a face, someone who could be responsible for this, but there were just too many people that hated the former Council. Many who hated him as well for what he did in the past. His head jerked back up and he fixed his eyes ahead, knowing where to head to now. "Come on, we need to check on Yajima-san next."
"Aye!"
Close to Michello's house…
It was late at night.
The moon and stars were hidden behind the cloak of dense clouds and the darkness covered every single corner that the artificial lights couldn't reach with their dim glows.
The day went by with no major difficulties and he was now perched up atop a house's roof with his eyes set on the old man walking inside a house with a cane to help him, complaining about the distance between one place and the other before going to sit on a chair he prepared earlier with some papers and other trivial things.
The man stalking from the outside grinned in amusement, accommodating himself to sit on the rooftop while he spun a gun with one finger, not bothering to hide his presence due to the darkness of the night and his armor.
"If memory serves right…" The black-clothed man murmured in between cackles. "Tonight, I'll play a game of cat and mouse."
He stopped the spinning of his gun and pointed its sights at the old man inside the house, who was now writing on the papers sprawled over the desk.
"Though, I wonder what happens when the mouse has a gun."
Laughing madly at his own joke, he vanished from the rooftop and broke into the former Councilor's home.
Offering a song of wicked laughter and pained screams for the darkness of the world.
To be continued…?
AN: So... if you managed to get to this point... can you tell me what you think of it? Loved it? Hated it? Want me to erase it? I can do that if anyone thinks it was a bad story. *shrugs* I really have no hope for this little one-shot. *sighs*
Anyway~
Saludos.