Hey everybody! Kokujo99 here with my first Fanfic, I'm kinda inexperienced with writing this stuff, so if you got any comments that could help it is appreciated. No outright "you suck at this" comments please…. Not that I care if you think I suck, cuz if you do i'll ignore you, and most likely call you an asshole. So bring it.
Now on to the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, Mashima Hiro does…. The bastard.
Chapter 1: The Arrival of Lightning!
It was another pleasant day in the land of Fiore. The birds where singing, the sun was out, a few peaceful looking clouds dotted the sky, and a cooling breeze could felt pleasantly on one's skin. However we currently find ourselves in one of the many forests that can be found on a map of Fiore, where things are nowhere near as pleasant as the weather. Sounds of cursing, painful yells, and explosions could be heard throughout the woods.
Quite unpleasant, if you think about it really.
Today was not a good day for one Cana Alberona, a young mage of Fairy Tail.
Cana is a tall, slim, 16-year-old young woman. Her long, mid-back length brown hair was currently tied into a ponytail with two shoulder-length strands of hair framing her face, the left one starting from a high fringe. Her face bore sharp, but no less lovely features, large brown eyes, and visibly long eyelashes. It is noted that even at her young age she possesses a voluptuous figure, with large breasts and curved hips, which would no doubt be grabbing the attention of many more males in the future. Her outfit consisted of a simple yellow tank top that exposed her midriff, and a pair of tight-fitting jeans which hugged her figure. A black emblem was stamped proudly on the left side of her abdomen marked her as a part of the famous Fairy Tail guild.
However, as stated before, today was not a good day for Cana.
Reason being the fact that she was currently surrounded by seven dark mages she'd pissed off for some reason or another. Each one was grinning savagely, as they readied their own spells.
'Just how the hell did I get into this mess again!' she raged internally, even as she got out her trusted cards to prepare for the coming struggle, 'And today was such a good day too!'
Which was true, the day had started out well enough, she had just gotten done with catching a renegade mage that was harassing the village of Raymarce. As per the mission's demands, she kicked his ass and turned him over to the rune knights. As customary Cana decided to indulge herself with alcohol for a job well done. She may have gone a bit over the top with the drinking, but she felt she earned it! There was no property damage this time, which was quite the accomplishment for a mage of Fairy Tail.
In hindsight that should have been a warning for future disasters now that she thinks about it.
Now here we are in the woods, with a young card mage facing seven dark mages of unknown strength and abilities. She knew she was outnumbered and out matched in both skill and experience. However, she was proud mage of Fairy Tail, and since when has overwhelming odds stopped her? She would go down fighting if she had anything to say about it.
...But yeah, definitely not a good day.
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Meanwhile in the same forest a cloaked figure was walking at a lazy pace before stopping to stare at a particular tree in a clearing.
'I fucking hate these goddamn woods,' was the figure's main line of thought as he stared at a deep cut marked on the tree in front of him. He had made it earlier in an attempt to keep track of where he was as he made his way through the goddamn woods. Seriously he can't even remember how he ended up in the woods in the first place! His teeth had been grinding in annoyance for the last couple of minutes as he contemplated just destroying the forest until he finds a way out.
Seriously, he could do it. But then destroying a section of a forest would just be a waste of time, energy, and he didn't want to deal with the crap authorities would bring down on him if they caught him.
Of course he could have simply climbed one of the trees to see from the top, and get his bearings, but then he would have to keep jumping to get his bearings, and that just seemed like an even larger waste of time and energy.
He would have continued his inner monologue of complaints, if it weren't for his senses to scream at him at a certain direction. After years of training with his sadistic sensei, he trusted his senses explicitly, it was either that or die, and now... it was faint but he could sense magic being used in that direction.
"Hmm. What to do. What to do." He mumbled to himself, already while setting off towards his new destination weighing the pros and cons of confronting whoever is emitting that energy.
Cons: whatever is up ahead, it's not going to help him in any shape or form, and it could be in over his head.
Pros: stress relief in the form of people who might piss him off, and information to get out of this forest gleaned from said people. Or maybe just a really big magical animal that will be fried and eaten at first contact.
However, that last thought was more do to the fact that he was annoyed, tired, and hungry than anything else. 'Confrontation it is.'
To be honest there are probably many more possibilities, but with the way he had lived, that's all he needed to take action.
Weird huh?
With a small smirk adorning his face, the cloaked man launched himself in a huge burst of speed, if anyone had seen him, they would have only seen a flash of blue. The only clue that he had even been there was a trail of blue sparks left in his wake.
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All in all, Cana couldn't really do any better in her situation if the card mage was honest with herself.
The fight went well at the start, she managed to knock out one of her assailants with a sleep card before putting another out of commission with an explosive card. The next one wasn't so easy, firing from a pair of magical guns, and using various types of magic bullets to keep her on her toes.
However she was once again being underestimated by her opponent, thus allowing her to escape into the woods for cover and set various traps with her cards, resulting in said opponent being electrocuted and joining his other companions in la la land.
Her confidence was up, she managed to knock out three of the seven dark mages with relative ease. And now that if what she faced so far was any indication she could certainly handle the last four.
She was wrong.
While her opponents were not weak. Individually, she could probably beat them one-on-one. However they were now taking her seriously. Cana was being attacked on all sides by three different mages each with a different magic, and even had the scrapes and bruises to prove it. If that wasn't enough these three actually knew how to work as a team.
Speaking of which-
"Stay still, you damned fairy! Denki bore (Electric volley)!" Cried out a mage with messy brown hair, as he shot multiple bolts of electricity at her, only for the card mage to evade behind a particularly large tree to avoid getting hit while catching her breath.
As she was about to draw more of her cards for a counter attack. She was startled by a rather deep voice from in front of her, "Chikyū yashi (Earth palm)!"
Rolling away out of reflex, Cana narrowly avoided being crushed by a huge, stone covered hand attached to a giant of a man, and instead watched his attack splinter the tree she had just been using for cover.
"Sorry, but we can't give you a chance to counteract." He said in a non-apologetic way.
"That's right! You've been proven to be a rather bothersome target! Tōriame no Aoi (Showers of Blue)!" shouted a different voice, belonging to a shorter dark mage with a bald head. A heartbeat later, blue streaks of water rained down on her, nearly striking her as she was only just able to dodge, and instead cutting into the ground, leaving small craters.
"Don't you guys know that women find persistence annoying?" She questioned mockingly as she prepared her magic. "Unmei no Yuru (Jolt of Fate)!" Yellow bolts of lightning were launched from the cards in her hand, forcing her opponents to dodge the attack, and creating a large dust cloud, from striking the ground.
"Great the cloud should buy me time to get the next cards set up, and then –"
"Funka (Eruption)." A calm voice cut through her thoughts, as she saw the ground beneath her to glow red for a second before it erupted in a small explosion from underneath her, and throwing her rather violently into a tree.
Blinking the stars from her head, Cana groaned as she felt her body protest to the pain that was subjected to it. She stood on shaky legs to see the last dark mage approaching her alongside the earth mage and water mage from before. "Wait, wasn't there another one?" She questioned only to get answered as an excruciating amount of pain shot through her body, eliciting a scream from her before falling forward on the ground.
"So bitch, how do like my Omoi hōden (Heavy Discharge)? It Kind of works like a taser, only it's a lot more painful and makes sure you stay awake." The electrical mage from earlier voice sneered down at her.
And indeed the young card mage could only make the barest of twitches as she lied on the ground. Cana rose her head shakily to glare at her assailants. "Well since plan A didn't work it's time for plan B: Stall and make up plan B as I go along."
"Just who the hell are you guys? And why the hell did you jump me?" she questioned angrily. "Hopefully they're the monologue type and I can buy some time till I can move."
She assumed it was the leader who spoke up, a rather pale man with short trimmed, black hair and onyx eyes that observed her with unbidden ill intent and anger. When he spoke Cana was honestly surprised that he spoke in a soft, gentlemanly manner, which greatly contradicted with his magic if it was anything to go by.
"I suppose we could indulge your question before we… Well, indulge ourselves." He said and Cana would've shuddered in revulsion if it weren't for her temporary paralysis. "You see little fairy, you managed to not only turn my little brother over to the rune knights, which I could tolerate, but you stalled my plans, which is unacceptable." Explained the dark mage, freely admitting his lack of care to his supposed sibling. "Honestly, I'm sorely tempted to reduce you to ashes with my Bakuha Maho (Blast Magic).
Oh, that would not be good for Cana, she preferred not being ashes.
Cana thought back to the previous few days, wondering who she could have done such a thing to, only to come up with the obvious answer. "That mage that I beat at Raymerce, the one that was attacking the town? That was your brother?"
"Yes he was and now because of you my little brother is in prison and I'll have to bust him out later, but I digress, I and a few of my guild members came to get even."
"Okay he's your brother I get it. But how did I 'stall your plans'?" she asked hoping to buy more time, as she tried moving her fingers. The dark mage growled in response.
"I assume you remember the large sum of money that was on my brother when you rendered him unconscious?" Cana did remember, she spent every bit of it on alcohol...
She regrets nothing.
"That was the money used to by the town and convert it into our new base for our guild. However because of you, we lost all our funds and have to start from scratch once more!" he said coming off with a sharp irritated tone. "Of course we could have taken it over by force if we wanted to, but that would just bring unwanted attention to ourselves."
It was obvious that a normal person would react differently in Cana's situation. However she was a Fairy Tail mage 'normal' doesn't really come with that position.
"Well, more like your dumbass brothers fault for having all that cash on him, which makes me wonder what your intelligence is. Ya'know, being related and all." She taunted only to get picked up harshly by the shoulder and slapped backhanded across the face hard enough to thrown back into a tree before sliding into a sitting position.
"Watch your tongue wench!" the dark mage spat out. "I should reduce you to smithereens, but that would be too quick for you!" After taking a rather long breath to calm himself, the apparent leader of the group turned around and began walking back to the road. "Instead I'll leave you in the very capable hands of my subordinates."
The remainder of the attackers began chuckling darkly, causing a shiver to run down Cana's spine. "No. Not like this. I don't want to go down like this!", she thought desperately. She knew exactly what would most likely occur, and she was admittedly afraid of being taken advantage of in her paralyzed state. And despite the fact that she was only 16 she knew that she was already one of the most desirable women in the guild. Many a perverted looks let her know she was desirable.
"Well I guess we could take turns," the earth mage spoke up as he eyed Cana's paralyzed form.
"Alright, but I'm going first. And I'm going to have some of my own kind of fun." The one that had paralyzed her proclaimed. "If you got any problems with that, well too bad."
"Nah." Replied the third member of the group. "Just don't take so long will ya."
"Whatever." He replied sharply as electricity started to gather around his hand.
"Just so you know, fairy bitch, I'm going to make you enjoy this." The dark mage's voice sneered sadistically as he slowly walked towards her. "Cuz I know I will."
Cana's eyes began to moisten with unshed tears. She thought of her friends back at the guild, but mostly of Gidarts, her father, though he doesn't know or realize it.
"And I'll never get to tell him." She thought with closed eyes.
"I certainly hope you're a screamer, let's find out shall we?"
Cana didn't respond, opting to keep her eyes shut in a feeble attempt to brace for the pain that was about to ensue.
What she didn't expect was for the sound of a dull thud in front of her, followed by a new voice and the smell of ozone.
"Raimei Kanadzuchi (Thunderclap Hammer)!"
"What the –"
Whatever the dark mages were going to say was cut off by an explosion that not only resulted in a small tremor, but sounded very similar to a thunderclap, causing Cana to flinch at the unexpected noise.
Tentatively, the brunette opened her eyes to see a cloaked figure turning towards her. She idly noted the dust cloud behind him, as well as the newly scorched earth too. However she failed to continue her observation as he removed the hood of his cloak.
It was boy around her own age if she where to guess. With spiky short blue hair with blonde tips tied back into an equally spiky ponytail, sharp features that displayed little to no fat, and mesmerizing sky blue eyes. Cana didn't even notice the warmness of her cheeks as he offered her a hand with a small grin.
"Are you alright?" he asked staring right back at her.
All Cana could do was nod lamely, and wonder if, maybe her prayers were answered.
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Are you alright?
Seriously? Did He really just ask that? Of course she wasn't alright, she was nearly violated by a bunch jabronis. But she could at least answer him.
Idly, he noticed that she was around his own age 16 maybe 17. With wavy brown hair tied back in a ponytail and large brown eyes, further enhanced by her long lashes. He couldn't help but notice her well-developed body especially around the chest area… Okay, so maybe she was 18? Damn in a few years she's gonna-
"Woops, bad thoughts…keep 'em reigned in while there's ass to kick."
His continued observation paused at the emblem on her waist and rose an eyebrow at it.
"Huh. The Old man talked about Fairy Tail, apparently he was friends with the master and their pretty strong," He mused to himself before refocusing back on the present.
"Oi! I asked if you're okay?" the young bluenette asked once more, waving his hand in front of the paralyzed girl's face, not at all noticing the reddening of her cheeks.
"Uh, yeah thanks for the assist." She snapped out of her daydream and responded quickly. Frowning to herself, she tried moving her arm. Seeing no movement she let out a frustrated sigh. "Crap, still paralyzed."
"Paralyzed?" he questioned out loud. Ah, one of the guys he just blasted must have done it. Reaching over he rested a hand on her shoulder, she glanced at him warily before feeling a pulse of… numbness pass through her body?
"There. That should do it." The brunette looked up at him in question. "My old teacher would shoot lightning at me and the others… the bastard. So I came up with a way to fix the paralysis so that we could move… or we wouldn't be able to dodge all of his other attacks. I just took care of it, but you should wait a bit before moving till the numbness passes miss…"
"Cana. Cana Alberona." She supplied helpfully causing her savior to grin at her.
"Nice name, can't keep referring to you as cutie in my head." Cana lightly blushed at that. "I'm Edge Fulmen. So Cana, what ar-." Without even blinking, Edge scooped Cana up in a bridal carry and leaped out of the way as a boulder came soaring past them destroying the tree they were next to instead of its intended target. "Huh, I forgot about them." He muttered under his breath.
Looking towards the clearing, and trying to ignore just how toned Edge was underneath that cloak, Cana saw that the trio of dark mages were standing with tears in their clothes and some burns, within a blackened and torn up plane of earth.
Surveying the damage she also noticed that several trees looked as if they wore torn in half or had exploded. The card mage turned to regard her rescuer in a new light. "He did all that?" She was impressed, being in a guild full of mages that specialize in property damage she knew how judge one's strength by it.
"He must be at Natsu's level at least. Possibly even Mira's." She thought solemnly. She looked back at Edge as she felt herself being set down against a tree. Edge just grinned at her, once again causing the alcohol lover's face to flush.
"Just sit tight Cana, it'll be over in a minute." He said before winking at her and turning to face their attackers. "All righty then, who's the first victim?"
"You fucker!" shouted the short electric magic user. "Who do you think you are, interrupting my fun?! Do you have any idea who we are! Huh?!" Ah, the first volunteer to be a sacrificial lamb. Now for some fun.
Edge simply stood there cracking his neck in preparation before deciding to answer the question, after all don't want to appear rude right?
"In order. I'm Edge Fulmen, the most kickass lightning mage you'll ever have the pleasure of seeing, and secondly I don't, and will, not give crap for who you are. However I thank you for volunteering."
"What the Hell are you talking about you blue haired little-."
"Senkō Keru (Flash Kick)."
"wha-."
In the span of a heartbeat, the blue haired mage disappeared in a flash of blue, reappearing directly in front of his target. The enemy mage didn't even get a chance to question where he went untill Edge's leg was encased in blue lightning and slammed directly into the poor target's chest, sending him crashing through the trees and into the land of unconsciousness.
"For being the first to get their ass handed to them." He explained.
Cana who was watching with rapt attention couldn't help but stare gob smacked at the arcs blue electricity that began pulsing from his body as he stared at his next opponents. "Blue lightning? I've never heard of that before... and he just sent that guy flying like it was nothing. Just who the heck is he?"
Edge just grinned wolfishly at the remaining dark mages, taking notice of how they were tensed and glancing at each other, conveying silent messages on what strategy to use against him. Well, can't have them coming up with a plan that might beat him. Not that it'd help them in all likely hood.
"Hey, are gonna attack me or are you going to continue making not-so-discreet glances at each other like a pair of lovers? Wait, that's it isn't you two are lovers aren't you?!" The accusation was met with looks of shock and revulsion, while Cana had burst in a fit of snickering. "I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that, love is free after all. But what about that guy I knocked out? Was he another life partner, or was he just there to help spice up the relationship?" He questioned innocently, ignoring the growing killing intent being emitted by the two dark mages, and instead listened to Cana's laughter, it sounded nice. Now for the Kill.
Shifting his feet so that one was slightly behind the other, back tilted oh so slightly, and right index finger pointed in an exaggerated manner, he exclaimed in his most 'ah-ha' tone possible. "I get it now! You guys are probably not evil at all! You guys are just misunderstood, and wanted a place to call home with others that swing that way right?"
Edge could have sworn he heard a snapping sound, and took that as sign of success in pissing them off. Now, one might think provoking enemies is not a good thing to do. However his master had taught him and his fellow students that an angry opponent is a moronic opponent. By angering them they are more likely to make a mistake that can and will be exploited by them. So, His teacher trained them how to piss people off.
They had more or less turned it into a freakin' martial art.
On a side note, Cana was no longer paralyzed or numb, and could move on her own power. However she incapacitated due to laughing so hard that she couldn't get up.
"That's it! You're dead!" The two dark mages exclaimed in unison.
"Iwa Nami/Aoi Kazui (Rock Wave/Blue Flood)!" Shouting their spells respectively, the large earth mage released a torrent of rocks and mud, while the shorter water mage unleashed a wave of navy blue water. Raido didn't move an inch as the attacks charged at him, and soon the spells reached their target, creating a large explosion of water and mud.
"Ha! That'll teach the little shit." The bald mage spoke up a satisfied smirk on his features, while the earth mage simply nodded.
However Cana just stared at the place Edge had been. "That couldn't have been all it took to beat him. He seems like the kind that would be way harder to put down."
And she'd be correct.
The sound of clapping came from the smoke disrupting the dark mages from there delusional victory, while Cana smirked with an expression that said 'knew it'.
"Congratulations!" Edge's voice carried through the dust cloud, as he stepped out to reveal himself no longer wearing a cloak, and instead a gray sleeveless shirt, worn out pants, and a necklace resembling a lightning bolt. There was also a black lightning bolt tattoo that wrapped around his right bicep like an armband. "You guys ruined my cloak."
Edge halted his clapping and stretched his arms backwards, curling is fingers as if to grasp something, and bent his knees slightly with one foot in front of the other in a mock sprinter stance. Cana felt his magic power rise as blue lightning shrouded his hands with arcs of electricity dancing around his arms. Then his smirk stretched into a savage grin and spoke in a tone that Cana likened to that of a predator talking to its prey.
"Well, I guess it's my turn, ne?"
And that was all the warning the dark mages got as he rocketed forward in a blue blur of crackling energy. The dark mages could do nothing as he shot his arms forward, striking them in the chest with the force of thunder.
"Sōraijuu Shō (Twin Lighting Beast Palm)!"
The results were awe worthy to say the least.
The moment he struck, bursts of blue lightning shot through their bodies as arcs of electricity danced around them, creating a beautiful, yet terrifying display of power, before launching the two mages into the air with a powerful pulse of lightning, hurling them into the trees causing them to slump to the ground unconscious and undignified.
Cana just stood there, mouth agape, as Edge began walking back towards her. "So how was that? Am I awesome or what?" He grinned cockily as he strode forward.
Cana merely shook her head at his attitude, "Gotta admit that was pretty impressive. I've never even heard of a blue lightning magic."
"Durr." He deadpanned, "I'm not your run off the mill lightning mage." He once again paused in thought before speaking up once more. "So... When I got here, you were kinda in deep shit before I sent the Asshats flying. So what? Did you piss 'em off or someth-"
"Bakuhatsu (Explosion)!"
No one saw it coming, no one could've seen it coming. Cana could only watch with wide eyes as her rescuer was practically engulfed in a pure blast of hell fire. 'wha-'
"I guess the saying is true, if you want something done right, do it yourself." Came the smooth voice to Cana's right.
Turning to the source of the voice, cards drawn, the brunette saw the leader of the dark mages had returned, Cana began snarling. "You sonuva-"
"Please like I care for the opinion of trash like you." He said dismissing whatever insults she had to offer. "I thought it was strange to hear sounds of fighting, and look what I found."
"Bastard!" Cana was distraught, she had been beaten, then saved, and then her savior had been blown up by this asshole. So yes she was very upset as she tried launching several cards at him, only for them to detonate with a wave of his hand.
"Well now that he's out of the way," He began raising his hand glowing a yellowish white, "You can just disappear from the world." He beginning to release a spell that reduce her to ashes, the same one he used to dispose of that interloper. He would have succeeded too if not for the sudden pain erupting from his arm. Like it was being slowly crushed by a steel press of some kind. Looking towards his arm he saw another hand holding it in an unrelenting vice. Eyes widening as he saw who the arm belonged to and was properly caught off guard as his attacker's other fist crashed into his stomach launching him backwards a good meter or two before he began coughing and spitting as air was forced from his body.
Coughing some more, the blast mage glared at the figure with barely restrained anger and surprise. "Y-you." Was all he managed to get out before he began to regurgitate his lunch again. Damn, he had a mean right hook.
"Me." Standing in all his glory was Edge, his clothes were now reduced to rags, but other than being slightly singed he was unharmed. "Oi, Fairy mage! Are you alright?"
Cana let out a breath she hadn't realized she was holding. "Yeah. I'm definitely taking this guy out for a drink." And she was going to make him pay. You don't worry damsels like that Damnit. She nodded her head at his question while simultaneously calming herself down.
Satisfied that Cana was okay, the blue haired lightning user just looked at the downed man with a distinct lack of expression, analyzing his opponent's movements and emotions as he shakily rose to his feet. "You're weak." He said in a rather blunt manner, as though it was a fact of life rather than his own assessment. Cana blinked at that unexpected remark as did the enemy mage. Though not a second later the, still nameless, dark mage apparently took exception to that.
"YOU DARE SAY I'M WEAK!" He shouted angrily, spit flying from his mouth like a rabid animal.
"Well yeah," The lightning mage replied as he cleaned his ear with his pinky. "You struck me after I finished dealing with the three stooges. With my back turned and a clear shot. Then, you took said shot, expecting me to at least be a little winded and unable to properly defend myself." He explained while flicking whatever he found in his ear away. "Huh. I guess that makes you a coward as well," He added as an afterthought.
Cana listened to the logic he stated, and had to agree that it made a great deal of sense. Looking back on her fight, the blast mage had the other six members of his group attack her until she was backed into a corner before attacking her, and even then he didn't incapacitate her. She was brought out of her musing when a scream of frustration had torn itself from the enraged villain.
"Coward? Do you know who I am? I am-" The dark mage was snarling out, but Edge had cut him off before he could continue.
"Yeeeaaaaah ~ I'm gonna stop you right there. You see, I don't really care who you are. I try to make it a policy to not learn the names of people I don't like. It's a waste of brain cells you know? But if you don't like 'Coward' I could go back to calling you 'Weakling'?" he supplied helpfully.
"Weak? I'll show you WEAK!" He shouted as he raised both his hands. "DIE! Sōdai Retsu Matsuri (Grand Rupture Festival)!"
Suddenly a chain of explosions were launched from his hands towards the bluenette kicking up blasts of wind, and chunks of earth, forcing Cana to shield her eyes for protection.
After a good three minutes of explosions, the blast mage had halted in his explosions panting for breath, the attack apparently took a lot out of him. "There. Let's see you call me weak from smithereens." He breathed out.
"Weeaak~" Came a familiar voice behind him. Quickly, he spun around to face the source of voice, only to feel the force of a freight train smash his face in, courtesy of Edge's fist, breaking his nose with a loud, echoing crunch.
Even Cana winced as the sound of breaking bone and cartilage echoed throughout the clearing.
The unnamed dark mage quickly scrambled backwards and back onto his feet, looking up he saw Edge standing in front of him, a small pleasant looking smile on his face. Edge just looked at him for a moment before smiling even wider, while the dark mage was suddenly filled with inexplicable dread, "So yeah, I'm going to kick your ass now." Oh. That's why.
Before anyone could even blink, Edge had once more disappeared in a flash of blue sparks and was directly face to face with to his target a split second later a feral grin on his face, and his hand encased in blue electricity similar to his earlier attack.
"Now you fly. Raijuu Shō (Lightning Beast Palm)!" With a good deal of power, Edge struck him straight in the stomach in the form of an uppercut sending him a good several meters into the air. However, Edge wasn't finished. Launching himself into upwards, he appeared right next to the blast magic user, fist cocked back with an aura of blue lightning wrapped around it like a second skin. "And now you fall. Raiken (Lightning Fist)!" bringing his fist down hard, the suspended mage was sent hurling towards the ground, blue sparks of energy wrapped around him to resemble some sort of electrical comet before shaking the ground with his impact, creating a small, but decent sized crater as well.
Edge calmly landed in a crouch, after making sure that he was knocked out, He stood abruptly glancing around the clearing. "Anyone else hiding about for the chance at a sneak attack?" his answer was met with silence and sweat drops from Cana, "...No one? Okay, cool."
Satisfied that no one else was around he turned to face Cana, who by now was walking towards him. She appeared to be debating something internally before shaking her head and sticking her hand forward with a wide smile. "Let's try this again. Cana Alberona, Fairy Tail mage." She introduced herself, Edge matched her smile and shook the offered hand, taking note of the strength behind the grip. "Edge Fulmen. Unemployed Vagrant." He said with humor, getting an amused expression for his introduction.
"Thanks for the help earlier, I was fighting them for a while before you came along. Thanks for that." She said honestly. "But if you don't mind me asking, if you're not part of a guild what are you doing out here? Not that I'm ungrateful, just wondering." She questioned with her head slightly tilted, her ponytail bouncing at the action.
"Well," He began scratching his right cheek sheepishly. "I got lost."
Cana blinked. "You got lost?"
"Yup!" He chirped in reply and shrugged as if to say 'what can you do'.
Cana dismissed it, she was used to odd happenings at her guild. "So How di-"
She was cut off from further inquiry as a low rumble sounded throughout the area resembling something akin to a large beast of prey growling. Cana already had her cards out for whatever beast was lurking, only to her it once more right next to her. Turning towards it she was treated to the sight of a sheepish, slightly embarrassed Edge holding his stomach as it released another growl. She couldn't help it, she giggled at him, making Edge pout and mockingly glare at her.
"Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up, I haven't eaten in like three days, give me a freakin' break. I need food." He shivered as a breezed drifted through the area, causing the young lightning mage to take notice of his current attire, or rather, the lack of. "And I need new clothes."
When Cana's giggling dissolved, she spoke up. "Alright, how about we head to the nearest town? We can talk over some food, you sound like you could use some." Cana didn't even try to hide her amusement. The image obviously powerful mage dispatched four dark mages in a matter of minutes, was shattered by a groaning stomach. "It's the least I could do for your help."
"My, my." He spoke with a glint of mischief in his eyes. "How bold of you. Already asking me out for a date?"
The sixteen year old brunette merely rose an eyebrow, while slowly matching his grin with one of her own. Well, if he wants to play that game…
"Well I might as well," She purred out, taking one delicate finger and drawing circles on his chest, "After all you did save me, shouldn't I show some appreciation to my hero?" she questioned the most innocent-yet-totally not innocent way, before walking off with an extra sway to her hips.
Edge just stared after her, mouth slightly open before it shifted into a grin that was close to splitting his face, before following after her. Oh yeah… this girl was definitely a fun one. Hopefully, she wasn't prone to being attacked by other mages and such...
Ah. Who was he kidding, she'd probably still be fun if she was being attacked by a whole goddamn guild.
Okay, the chapter is done! Yay!
It took me about a week between classes and studying, but I am satisfied.
Please, kindly review and offer suggestions or constructive criticisms. Flaming will be ignored and redirected.
And now I must fly! The scent of home cooked hamburgers beckons to me.
So yeah, Kokujo Out.