Kira stared into the mirror, as she took a pair of scissors to her hair. She was being hunted and she had to hide. So, with a bated breath she closed her eyes and cut the thick hair that had never once known a pair of scissors, cutting the long hair close to her scalp. A small black puppy watched her with curious eyes, as each lock of blonde hair fell to the floor.
When Kira finished, she shook her head slightly, unused to the light weight. She stared at her face in the mirror, even more unused to the face that stared back at her. It heavily pierced, and the coloured contacts made her eyes appear murky brown instead of the famous purple. She remembered the guy at the tattoo parlor comparing her to a man named Gajeel Redfox, "With all those piercings you could be Gajeel's sister!" the man said as he traced a pair of wings on her neck.
She shrugged it off, unaware of who the man was. The puppy, whose name was Kyo, barked, handing her the bottle of red dye. "Thanks, Kyo," she said happily, pouring the dye on her blonde hair.
The changes weren't really her, but she really couldn't do much else, she had to hide. "Why are you doing it then?" Asked the overly intelligent puppy, telepathically.
Kira only smiled. "You know why, Kyo, I have to hide. And the best place to hide is in plain sight."
Kyo snorted. "It does mean you have to look like some punk."
Kira stuck out her tongue as the red dye dried. She stood taking off her favorite dress for the last time, and exchanging it for a shirt with a dark skirt and bits and pieces of magic armour.
"Let's go find a guild, Kyo," Kira smiled. "I heard the best ones are here in Magnolia!"
Kyo snorted again, but leaped onto Kira's shoulder, the one the didn't have a metal shoulder pad. "Best or just full of monsters? Cause the latter would be Fairy Tail."
Kira chuckled again and left the inn, and stepped out on to town. It was here first time outside of her home, and she was super excited. She skipped through town admiring the many stores and even once buying a guild magazine on the famous guild.
She couldn't help but to laugh at Fairy Tail's crazy antics, and the damage they often caused. She noticed too, their loyalty to their guild members. Even Gajeel was mentioned to be a prominent guild member though he had destroyed their previous guild hall and even tortured three of their members. She looked at the picture of the man.
The tattoo parlor guy was right, she had a similar piercing as he did, but she didn't look half as scary, she hoped. Suddenly, she heard music.
"Kyo, can you hear that?" she asked.
"No," said the stubborn puppy, sarcastically.
She rolled her eyes and shook her head, and started towards the music. It was some heavy guitar rock and roll music that she secretly loved. She followed the sound of it to a remote part of the park.
She frowned as she saw the lacrima playing a recording of the music.
A horribly familiar voice spoke behind her. "Well, you look vastly different than I remember Kira."
Kira's heart skipped a beat, as she turned face, a old man named Mr. Kuma. One of the many men chasing her. Kyo growled, fiercely, jumping down from Kira's shoulder and standing between her and the man.
"Please, leave me alone!" Kira shouted. "I don't want anything to do with you!"
"That's too bad," smile Mr. Kuma. "Because I want everything to do with you!"
A magic circle appeared at Kyo's feet and he grew several times in size until he was bigger than even the largest horse. Kira jumped straight onto his back and the two of them took off running.
It was a sight to behold, as Kira and the giant Kyo ran through town and across roof-tops, with Mr. Kuma right on their heels.
Mr. Kuma, was relentless, firing bolts of magic electricity at Kira and Kyo as they ran through town. Kyo was able to dodge all of the bolts but every now and then one would breeze past Kira way too close for comfort and she'd scream in terror.
But she wasn't the only one screaming. As Mr. Kuma missed Kira and Kyo, he hit the town, causing damaging and even injuring the town's people. Kira felt a horrible guilt rise up in her throat. This was her fault. She had to stop it.
Even she thought this, one of Mr. Kuma's bolts hit home, and Kyo yelped in pain crashing into a massive cart full of none other than Erza Scarlet's luggage. The fairy tail mage stared at Kira and Kyo (who had begun to shrink in size) in surprise. Her group members, Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, and Natsu Dragneel, stared as well.
Mr. Kuma laughed as he caught up to her. "You can't run forever, Kira," he smiled at her.
Kira screamed and grabbed Kyo and ran slamming in Gray as she went, and tripping over her own feet. Mr. Kuma leaned over her, a creepily scary smile on his face. "Time to come back to the school, Kira," he said.
"NO!" Kira screamed, raising her hand against the man. A blast of Icy magic spilled from her hand, encasing the man in magic ice.
Kira blinked, and stared at her hand. How did she do that? she wondered. Suddenly a chill fell on her body almost as if she was being frozen herself.
"So cold," she whispered, hugged Kyo tighter for warmth as her teeth chattered. "So cold, so cold."
Lucy approached her quietly. Kira recognized her from the magazine from earlier. "Are you okay?" Lucy asked, sweetly.
Kira shook her head wildly. "Really cold," she shivered.
"I thought ice mages were used to the cold," Lucy wondered.
"I'm not an ice mage," Kira said quickly. "I use requip magic, mostly for swords."
Lucy frowned, and looked back at the others. Kira looked as well, her mouth dropped in surprise. She was in the presence of Fairy Tail's most famous team.
Erza looked away from the Mr. Kuma whom she'd been examining. "Who is this man, Miss…"
"Kira," Kira said. "His name is Mr. Kuma, and he keeps chasing me, but I don't know why."
"We can't leave her here," said Gray. "She's in danger."
Lucy nodded, in agreement. "And she's clearly in shock, not to mention her dog is in need of some medical attention."
Erza frowned for a moment then nodded. "We need to tell the master about this."
Kira smiled at the thought of going to the Fairy Tail guild hall. But she really didn't like being spoken to like she wasn't there.
"I can hear you," she muttered under her breath, sing-song. For a moment, Natsu looked at her, she thought she saw a faint smile on his lips. Almost like his smile was contagious, she smiled widely and whispered to Kyo. "We're going to Fairy Tail!"