"Elf-nii chan hurry up and pick a job of the board" lisanna cried impatiently
It had been only two weeks since the the end of the grand magic games and already the guild was creating havoc across the country of Fiore as Fairy tail completed incredible jobs to prove to Fiore that they are the top guild and they intend to keep that title.
" A REAL MAN WOULD PICK A JOB THAT LOOKS CHALLANGING AND A TEST OF OUR WILLS" Elfman yelled. Seriously he thought all the hard manly jobs have already been taken.
"Elf-nii chan look here's a great job" Lisanna exclaimed after unearthing a sheet of paper hidden among the rest. As Elfman accepted the paper his eyes slowley captured the following words. A mysterious dark guild known as Manticore Talon has made its presence known in the city of Altay it has left a shroud of fear over the city and its occupants. We ask for the assitance of at least three wizards to investigate this guild, and what its plans are and if possible drive them out. The reward to be split between the tree wizards or more is 1.5 million jewls.
"wow that is a lot of money to be split three ways" elfman breathed silently
"yeah it is but we need a third partner"
"okay how about Natsu he is manly enough to do this mission with us"
" True but he will probably destroy the city as well as save it..." an evil grin spread on her face " I know let's ask Evergreen"
Elfman who was pacing the length of the of the request board nearly slipped over, jumped and did a double take at the same time. "S-seriously Evergreen" he stammered watching lisannas giggling form. "why her ?"
There was really no need to answer everybody in the guild including people as dense as natsu knew how evergreen felt for elfman and the same for elfman to evergreen. But they also knew that they both needed a good shove in the right direction, because Evergreen and Elfman are both as stubborn as a brick wall.
"well yes" Lisanna grinned evily "she would do great with this type of work and she isnt doing any missions at the moment". All the while thinking of her brothers romance life or lack of it. " Go on and ask her"
"Fine I'll be a man and ask her" he muttered. But secretly Elfman was estatic at the thought of having evergreen as a partner although he would never admit it. Despite the fact Elfman was happy and at ease around her he found his heart began to beat faster as he approached her.
Meanwhile over with Evergreen
"Ah that last mission was a pain in the ass" Evergreen muttered coolly as she relived the moments where Bixlow and his "babies" decided it would be a bright idea to dump an avalanche of rocks on top of the beasts they were attacking nearly landing it on top of herself and the rest of the thunder legion. Groaning she placed her forehead against her cold glass filled with her favourite drink.
"come on Ever it wasn't that bad" Bixlow laughed
"Easy for you to say, you didn't have a mountain nearly dropped on your head" ever said shooting whole swords from her eyes at Bixlow.
"True but- ahh her comes your boyfriend Ever" BIxlow taunted with a wicked grin
Despite Bixlows annoying comment Evergreen felt herself sit up straight and her heart started beating much quicker, despite her attempts of deep breathing and calming thoughts. All the while getting more annoyed at Bixlows stupid grin that was becoming bigger by the second. But all the annoyance, calming thoughts and deep breathing were completely thrown into the wind as Evergreen felt a large, calloused and absolutely delicious feeling hand drop onto her bare shoulder.
"hey Ever can I talk to you for a minute"
Despite her best efforts a small faint blush started to spread across her cheeks as his hand lingered across her bare shoulder. With a quick flick of her wrist she whacked her fan across the back of his hand and "I thought I told you not to call me Ever" she scowled. But he just flashed his crooked and really cute grin at her and walk away - waitaminute- . .NO...nope I did not just think that his grin wasn't cute... All the while her annoying blush crept further up her face which luckily Bixlow was un-aware of.
" Come on Ever the mans waiting for you " Bixlow obnoxiously teased her. With a humph and a shut up Evergreen tramped up to where Elfman and her sister was waiting at the request board. Silently thanking some unknown god that her blush had quickly disappeared. "Well what is it" ever asked haughtily.
"Well me and Lisanna were looking for good jobs and we found this one but it needs at least three other people" Elfman casually said while rubbing the back of his head with a small smile across his face. With a weary sigh Evergreen gestured to Lisanna to hand over the request sheet. investigate and possible run out a dark guild hmm... wow 1.5 million jewls between the three of us. It was definitely a good job one that was hard to refuse. But it was also one she would of refused because of her weariness had anybody but Elfman or the thunder legion asked her. Speaking of which...
"This is a good job but why did you ask me"
"w-well.." Elfman stammered feeling his ckeeks heat up thank god Lisanna stepped in.
"This mission requires some stealth work but also somebody with the ability to fight well if necessary so we thought of you" Lisanna stated covering up her brothers anxiety mumble.
"Well" sigh Evergreen looked at Elfman with his dark blue eyes and felt any securities and thoughts of weariness leave her "fine I'll go just because you need somebody who can properly fight and go undercover as well" Evergreen said haughtily "when do we leave"
"In a couple of hours" Elfman exclaimed excitedly feeling his cheeks flush at the sign of her slight smile at his excitedness and cursed his face and his show of excitement.
"Fine i'll meet you two at the train station" evergreen said her slight smile turning into a small grin as she hurridly turned around walked away to pack her bags.