Disclaimer: Still don't own Fairy Tail. The only thing I do own is my character Kuro Tenebris.
"Rise and shine sleeping beauty!" The ever present voice of his partner greeted him with the first ray of sunlight.
"Is it morning already?" he muttered as he got up. He yawned and rubbed his face groggily before going to the bathroom. A quick shower should get him on his feet. He took his clothes off before getting in the shower. He winced a bit at the cold water.
It's better to take baths in cold water as it builds up your immunity to both the cold and any disease you might get. Or at least that's what Kira would say. He let the cold water wake his body up before he stopped the flow of water and got out of the shower. He started drying himself up before he glanced in the window. His left arm was completely black up to the shoulder with the red dragon circling it. He got used to it rather quickly so it didn't bother him at all.
He looked at his chest and abdomen both marred by numerous scars. The only good thing about that was that he had a well-defined six-pack.
"You can thank me later for that." Kira bragged.
"Why of course. Thank you for the countless days of no food and torture to get a six-pack. Wohoo!" he said while rolling his eyes.
"Aww, look at you being sarcastic. You're more like me with every passing day!"
"Dammit." Kuro whined before chuckling. He shook his head and geared up in his usual clothes before setting out to Fairy Tail, katana in left hand.
"So you want go on a job or what?"
"Yes. I can't stick around those fools. I'll just get rusty."
"Wow, brutal."
He smirked as he entered the guild hall. Mira was there along with her siblings and Natsu as well. He spotted a tuff of red hair on the second floor.
The master was ever present, drinking some wine with a massive frown on his face.
"Yo Kuro!" Natsu grinned "Wanna spar now?"
"Not yet Natsu. Maybe tomorrow. I want to go on a job." Natsu pouted before grinning "Wanna head out together?"
Kuro shrugged as he looked at the request board.
"It's pretty useless to look at the request board now!" Mira yelled at him from her table "The good jobs are posted later in the day."
"What about S-class missions?" he asked.
"Those are on the second floor and unfortunately only S-class wizards can go on them." Makarov explained "If you can manage to convince one to let you tag along then you can go."
"Master!" Erza asked from the second floor as she walked near the edge "Has Kuro arrived yet?" she asked.
"What is it?" he asked and looked up at her.
"Hopefully sexy time!"
"There is a new S-class mission."
"So?" he raised an eyebrow. Not like he could go on one…technically. He could just steal one whenever he saw fit. It's not like it was that hard.
"I am going on it and would like you to accompany me. I would like to evaluate your skills even further."
"Very well." He nodded.
"Oh come on! Why do you get to have all the fun?" Natsu whined.
"I'll fight you when I come back."
"Yes!" Natsu grinned.
"Shall we go?" he asked.
"Meet me at the train station in half an hour. I need to pack a few things." He nodded and was about to leave.
"Kuro-san!" Elfman called him.
"What is it?" he didn't look at him.
He heard a small thud. It didn't take a genius to know that Elfman kneeled behind him "Thank you! If it weren't for you Lisanna and Mira would have died." He kept muttering thank you.
"Get up." Kuro said "If you want to thank me, protect your family from now on. Don't let others do your work for you."
"Those are a few things?"
"Yes. I know that it's less than I normally bring but I had to hurry."
"She brings more than that? You were right kid. These people are quirky as hell!"
"Told you so."
"I have a question."
"Shoot."
"How much of that is strawberry cheese cake?" he smirked. She blushed faintly before looking away.
"About half."
"You must really love that." He noted before the two got on the train.
The two sat across from each other. Kuro looked outside the window. He never really liked transportation. It was too inconsistent. Sometimes late, sometimes earlier. He didn't like it when things weren't precise.
"So what's the mission?" he asked before looking at Erza.
She put down her fork and glared at him slightly. Couldn't he ask at a better moment? Couldn't he see that she was enjoying the greatest food to have ever been made? Nonetheless she answered.
"A series of murders in a city called Wolf's Den."
"Wolf's Den?"
"Yes. It's called that because of the many packs of wild wolves surrounding the city. The people there learned how to live peacefully with the animals.
"What do we know about the murders?"
"Not much. Just that the bodies of the victims are mutilated beyond any recognition."
"Sounds like someone we know."
"Could be him. Not really sure."
"Could the murders be caused by a pack of wolves?"
"Very unlikely. The wolves have never attacked the ones living there."
"So it's very probable that the murderer is from the outside." He sighed and took a nap.
Wolf's Den, a city housing a somewhat unpopular guild-Quatro Cerberus. Its members consisted mostly -if not only- of male members. They had a tendency of trying to be as wild as they could be. Oddly enough, the guild didn't try to fix this small mystery.
"What do you think Kuro, should we ask at the local guild?"
"I think we should split up. I'll look around and try to gather information from the locals. You see what you can find at the guild. Do we have a list of victims and their families?"
"Sadly no. I can try to find one at the guild if they investigated into it."
"Alright. We meet up at the bridge after a couple hours." She nodded and walked towards the guild.
"Do you sense something?"
"…Smells like dog crap everywhere." Kira whined "We just had to go with Scarlet on this crappy mission…Get it?" Kira chuckled to himself.
"Your jokes are not so free of crap too."
"Touché."
Kuro smirked before going up to a man "Excuse me sir. Are you aware of the murders that have happened around town lately?"
"Murders?" he asked "Stop trying to act like a Rune Knight and let the professionals do their job. If you and every other kid would stop getting in the way then everything would be just fine." the man walked away after that. Kuro frowned before someone knocked over a merchant's wares. He looked there and saw a dirty woman wearing black trousers and a red shirt.
"She knows something."
He smirked and ran after her. She panicked and ran as well. She ran through the crowd, her smaller form allowing her to slip through them effectively. He followed her expertly before he lost her in the crowd.
"Dammit." He grunted before he climbed on a cart. He looked ahead and spotted her going into an alleyway. He frowned and followed her into it. There was no sign of the woman.
A small grunt was heard from above. He looked up and saw her climbing on the roof. He smirked and quickly climbed after her. He pulled himself up and saw her running towards the river.
"If she reaches that river, you might not be able to find her again."
He nodded and ran after, vaulting over the small metallic vents and jumping to a smaller building. The woman looked behind her before she jumped off the building. A splash of water was heard. He got to the edge and waited a bit for her to come up for air.
He looked around, maybe she tried to trick him. A large cart with hay was there. He smirked and yelled "Dammit!" before turning around. The hay rustled and the woman came out with a smirk on her face. She began walking away before Kuro jumped down, rolled to absorb the impact and used the roll to propel himself towards her.
She couldn't dodge as he pounced on her "The murders. What do you know about them?" he smirked as she shivered a bit.
At the Quatro Cerberus guild.
"Titania. What are you doing here, hottie?" Bachus, a mage that could fight her on equal footing, asked her as soon as she entered.
She ignored the 'hottie' comment and answered "I and someone else took a job here. A series of murders have been happening around this town. Know anything about them?"
He thought for a few seconds before shrugging "I did try to solve it but the guy I brought up wasn't the guilty one so I got no clue. The old man might know something but I wouldn't get my hopes up."
"Another thing. Do you have a list of the victims' families?"
"Sure thing. It's with the old man. If you can get him to give it you than it's yours." Bachus shrugged.
She nodded and went upstairs to the master's office. She knocked once and entered.
"Titania of Fairy Tail. To what do I owe this pleasure?" the master of the guild smiled while signing some paperwork.
"I want the list with the families of the victims."
"Why is that?"
"I and another member took this job."
"And you think you can crack this case open huh? Alright." He opened a drawer and after a minute or so, tossed her a scroll "By the way. Take Ron with you. He's new but he needs experience. You don't mind do you?" She shook her head before the two exited. The master yelled to everyone in the guild hall "Hey Ron! Come here, you got a job to do!"
A smaller boy showed up almost instantly and started talking "What is it master?" he looked towards her and did a double take "Wow! You're Erza Scarlet! I'm a really big fan." He smiled.
She had no reaction but he continued to smile nonetheless "She and another guild member of hers took that job about the murders. Think you can help her?"
"Of course sir!" he saluted.
The guild master nodded and left. Erza and Ron soon followed and exited the guild. Ron was a small boy with wild grey hair and red cat like eyes "So where to Scarlet-san?" he asked.
"We need to rendezvous with Kuro at the bridge."
"Kuro? Is he your boyfriend Scarlet-san?"
True to her name, she blushed before she hit Ron on the back of his head "Don't be ridiculous. I have no such feelings for my comrade." She proclaimed.
"Sorry Scarlet-san." He whined while holding his injured head.
"W-When is your friend going to show up?" the woman asked him as he leaned on the bridge.
"Soon I hope." He sighed "You're going to have to lead us to your friend."
"What if she doesn't believe him?"
"She should as long as he is honest." He sighed "Look. If your friend is innocent then he has nothing to worry about." He looked to the right and saw Erza walking with a boy beside her.
"Who is he?"
"Hi! I'm Ron. I'm here to help you guys with solving this case. I'm pretty new in this town so I need some experience." The younger boy extended his arm.
Kuro took it and the two shook hands "Kuro." He said simply.
"Here." Erza handed him the scroll "It's the list of the victims' families." He nodded and pocketed it "Who's she?" she nodded towards the woman.
"She's a friend of the prime suspect for the crime. A guy called Jack Aikawa. He's secluded himself in a part of the city and she can lead us straight to him."
She nodded awkwardly before the four made their way into the sewers.
Ron scrounged up him nose "Damn. I hate sewers, I can barely think with all these bad smells."
"All these bad smells? I smell only one." Kuro commented.
"My nose is probably better than yours , Kuro-san." Ron grinned.
"Here it is." The woman stopped at a grate. She knocked in a complex sequence before the grate opened. The four stepped in and the grate quickly closed.
"Are you okay Rika? Did anyone follow yo-" the gruff man stopped talking as he saw the three mages. He grabbed Rika and stood in front of her protectively "Who are you? Did you hurt Rika?!" he growled at them.
"Calm yourself." Erza said "We're not here to fight you. We just want some answers."
"Boooring!"
"You're Jack Aikawa aren't you?"
"What of it?"
"You're suspected of murdering countless civilians."
"THAT'S A LIE!" he growled.
Erza instantly requiped her sword and Ron set into a stance.
"It might be, but the authorities don't think that. Your alibi is shady at best but there is one saving grace." He smirked "You didn't have a motive."
"Exactly. Why the hell would I kill anyone?"
"Erza. Mind doing me a favor?"
"What is it?"
"You and Ron check the library for any records about killings. Make sure you search for previous years as well." He handed her back the scroll. She nodded and the two left.
"Now, let's have a little talk." He smirked at Jack and the woman.
"Do you need any help miss?" the librarian asked Erza as she searched for the needed documents.
"Do you have any records of past crimes?"
"They are in the restricted section of the library. I'm afraid you can't search there." She said before Erza's glare changer her answer.
The red headed mage was sitting at a table along with Ron, looking through the documents there.
Ron quickly arranged the books and papers in a neatly fashion "Sorry." He grinned "I'm a bit of a neat freak."
Nothing of interest came up for about an hour of searching.
"Hmm." She muttered before leaning forward.
"Found something Scarlet-san?" Ron asked.
"Yes. Records from about four hundred years ago. A creature resembling a wolf kept attacking this town, demanding sacrifice until a brave warrior used his magic and took control of the beast." She grabbed another set of papers "But the killings start again every fifty years." She rubbed her chin.
"Maybe the killers make their sons do the work."
"No. The people did some blood tests on previous known murderers and they shared nothing in common." She looked down.
What was missing?
"Where were you on the night of the last murder?" Kuro asked while blocking the exit.
"I don't know. I don't remember anything from that night. Just…blurs and flashes."
"Where were you on the night of the last murder?" Kuro asked again.
"I. Don't. Know." Jack growled.
"Please. You're hurting him."
"Stay out of this." Kuro glared at her before he widened his eyes. He smirked and grabbed her before looking at Jack.
"Rika!" he stepped forward before Kuro lightly turned her head.
"Ah, ah, ah." Kuro said "If you don't remember, I'll just snap her neck."
"I told you I can't!" he yelled "Just let her go! She's got nothing to do with this!" Jack yelled.
"Just tell me where you were on that night and I'll let her go."
"Fuck you! I don't fucking know okay?!"
"Not good enough. Remember!" Kuro yelled.
"I'm trying!" he clenched his hands over his head.
"Where. Were. You?" Kuro stressed out every word.
"I DON'T KNOW!" Jack roared before his form took a new form. He grew black fur and also grew taller. His hands grew in length and muscle mass as did the rest of his body. His slowly turned longer, more pointed. He growled as his teeth turned into ferocious fangs and his eyes blackened. His clothes burst and his new form towered over Kuro.
Jack was a werewolf.
"Things just got a whole lot more furry kid." Kira grinned from his mindscape.
"Don't need to tell me that twice." Kuro grunted before throwing the woman away and blocking a slash from the werewolf. He managed to block the slash but the force easily knocked him up and through the ceiling. He burst out of the ground and into the streets. The sun set and it was now night without a single star on the sky. The werewolf followed him with a mighty leap from the sewers.
It roared "PROTECT!" and tried to bite him but Kuro rolled out of the way with ease. He got up and was immediately slammed back into the ground by Jack. His claw was now at his throat ready to tear it apart. The droll escaping his jaws were proof that Jack was going to do more than just kill him.
Kuro scowled and kicked the werewolf off of him. He wheezed and gasped for air as the werewolf fell down.
"Can't get grabbed like that again."
"No shit kid. Remember you gotta take him in alive."
"Perfect. I have to hold back while fighting this guy! Why did I get out of bed today?" he groaned before widening his eyes. Jack was up and preparing to charge at him. Kuro jumped, avoiding the split-second charge. He spun around and blocked a slash with his sheathed sword before being sent into the nearby building there.
The werewolf howled once in superiority before slowly advancing towards the downed mage. He growled before getting up. A dark aura surrounded him and he smirked at the transformed human. The werewolf growled and charged forward. Kuro punched once and sent his enemy into the ground. He jumped over him and grunted before kicking him into bar stand. He grabbed him by the head before throwing him away and into a different wall. He dashed after him and slammed his head into the wall there, leaving a bloody imprint along with Jack's consciousness.
"Looks like he was guilty." Kuro muttered before he fell unconscious. Blood started pooling around his abdomen.
The next morning.
He woke up and groaned as the sun hit his face directly.
"How are you feeling?" Erza asked from beside him.
"Like crap."
"Any permanent damage Kira?"
"Except for your dignity? Nope."
"We found you passed out after that fight. Rika said that you were the one to provoke him."
"I was testing a theory." Kuro groaned and got up "Anyway what happened?"
"He's to be executed tomorrow. I'd say we did our job but…"
"It feels bitter doesn't it?"
"That too but there's something that's been bugging me." Kuro motioned for her to go ahead "While I was in the library checking for other crimes Ron said something extremely interesting…"
"Interesting." Erza said. She found a list of every family member that was murdered during the past years. Narukami, Amagi, Hanamura, Tatsumi. She checked the list "Narukami, Amagi, Hanamura, Tatsumi."
"That proves it! That Jack guy is the murderer!"
She nodded and went outside to meet up with Kuro and tell him about what she found.
"Now that I think about that didn't prove anything concrete. All I said were a bunch on names, names that Ron shouldn't know because the master of Quatro Cerberus said he's new."
"In other words, Ron knows more about the case than he lets on."
"Yes." Kuro looked down.
"Don't beat yourself up over it kid. Everyone makes mistakes."
"Not me. I can't afford to make more mistakes."
"Look Kuro. It's only human to make mistakes."
"…" He got up dressed quickly "So the case's not over yet." He said.
"We should go. We technically finished our job." Erza said while narrowing her eyes.
"So you're just gonna let an innocent man die?" he growled "That's pretty low coming from you, Titania. And here I was thinking that Fairy Tail had some honor." He rubbed his left shoulder. Thank goodness no one took off his bandages while he was here. He left soon after.
"That was pretty out of character of you kid."
"Who cares? The moment I leave someone innocent to die when I can do something to save them is the moment I stop living myself!"
"Deep. Nine levels of hell deep." Kira laughed.
Kuro smirked at his demon. Always knowing how to lighten up the place a bit.
He took out the list. Five families were hurt. The sun was just rising. He still had time. The black haired teen quickly made his way to the first family on the list thanks to the help of some of the locals.
He knocked on the door and a woman with red puffy eyes opened "What is it?" she asked impatiently.
"Narukami?" he asked, making sure he has the right house.
"Yes." She nodded "What do you want?" she asked and opened the door wide open.
"I am investigating the murders that have been happening lately. I need to ask you a few questions."
"Well then go ahead."
"Were there any witnesses at the scene of the crime?"
"…My daughter. She was coming back home from a long journey and her brother decided to wait for her. They were coming home when…" she stopped and cried.
"You'll have to focus. The life of a man is at stake here."
"…You're…You're right." She wiped her tears away "If you want you can talk to my daughter. She might be able to tell you more about it than me." She let Kuro in.
"Wow kid. You actually might get lucky and don't need to ask the other families."
"Here you go. Hana-chan. There's a boy here to see you."
The door opened and a girl with looks like the mother except her blonde hair stepped out "What?" she asked angrily.
"I need you to tell me about what happened that night."
"Why? I don't like to remember things like that."
"Because you can save a man if you remember correctly."
She sighed "Fine. I was coming back from this guild I wanted to join called Mermaid Heel. It's new so I thought I could join them. Anyway, when I came back I and my brother walked back home and decided to take a shortcut. Next thing I know a…giant grey wolf jumps us. I know he hit my brother once before a black blur knocked him away. I dragged my brother out of there, looked back and saw two wolves fighting each other." She sighed and closed her eyes tightly "After I dragged him for two streets maybe…I heard a howl. The grey wolf charged towards us. Bro knocked me before…before…"
"That's enough. I already got what I wanted." Kuro nodded "Thank you for the cooperation." He said as he left.
"Well kid?"
"I still need to check the other families. From what she said there were two werewolves. The black one must be Jack but I don't know who the other is."
Next was the Amagi house.
"He was a good tracker. That much I know. My daughter was really good at masking her presence and hiding. There's no way she could have been found by normal means." The mother spoke "Also, people that witnessed that said that there were two killers,"
The other two houses all reported the same thing. Two beings, one grey and one black fighting before the grey one won.
"So kid? Got your verdict?"
"All the puzzle pieces are here, scrambled and unorganized. The only thing we need to do now is to arrange them." Kuro thought to his demon as he entered the library. He took out a large piece of paper and wrote everything he knew about the case in a circle.
"Alright let's see." He muttered "He's a good tracker…but that's every werewolf. Just the mature ones have a good sense of smell even when human…"
"He attacked only these families when he could have killed the witnesses."
"That's because he has a grudge on them." Erza spoke suddenly from behind him. He turned around and saw her with a book in her hands "Here. Page 43, paragraph three."
"I'll take your word for it." He smirked. So she decided to help huh?
"What else do we know?"
"We know he has a solid alibi. But he's hiding in plain sight, I know that for sure. Every criminal does that…"
"I'm pretty new in this town so I need some experience." Kuro widened his eyes a bit.
"Damn. I hate sewers, I can barely think with all these bad smells."
"My nose is probably better than yours Kuro-san."
"It's Ron…" he muttered.
"What?"
"Ron's the killer."
"That's ridiculous."
"Think about it. He's new but he somehow knows those names? And what about his sense of smell? Only mature werewolves have that while in human form!" he smirked "The 'new to town' act? It's the perfect alibi." He smirked "Gotcha you bastard."
Erza had to agree with him. The facts were there.
"Scarlet-san." A Rune Knight spoke up suddenly "I am here to inform you that the execution will take place now. If you wish to participate you may come." And with that he was gone.
"…" Erza shared a look with him. A nod and they were off towards the central square.
He and Erza ran but got blocked off by the carriages there. Kuro snarled and climbed a building next to the blockage. Erza simply requiped into her Heaven Wheel armor and flew upwards. Kuro looked at her before he climbed faster. He pulled himself up and started running on the building towards the central square. Erza was near him flying to match his speed.
"What will you do once you reach the execution?"
"I'll just save Jack and beat Ron up. Seems simple enough." Kuro shrugged.
"That's my boy!" Kira cheered with a grin on his face.
"Rika don't look. It'll all be over soon."
"Jack! Please let him go! He's innocent!" she struggled in the grip of the Rune Knights.
"Just close your eyes, Rika." He looked down.
"Noooo!" she yelled as the massive halberd came down on her friend's neck.
A gasp erupted from the crowd gathered there. The blow was parried by Kuro's sheathed sword.
"Kuro-san?" Ron muttered from the crowd.
"You are interfering with official Magic Council business! Step aside before you are charged with aiding a criminal."
"Shut up." Kuro grunted before punching the Rune Knight off the podium there "You got the wrong man. Jack Aikawa is innocent."
"Arrest the bastard!" the Rune Knight general ordered before everyone was downed by Erza's swordsmanship.
"Thank you Erza."
"If he's not the killer then who is?" Ron asked "We found proof remember Kuro-san?"
"When we were searching the library, I listed a couple of names that were victims. But you had no way of knowing about them since you were new to the town and its history!" Erza pointed her sword at Ron "Confess to your crimes and maybe your punishment won't be as severe!"
Kuro narrowed his eyes as Ron started explaining "I knew about them because I got interested in the case and looked into a bunch of stuff. I figured a lot too, like how all the past murderers were werewolves like Jack-san!" he hurriedly spoke.
Kuro smirked "You must have misunderstood, Ron. Jack wasn't a werewolf from the start."
"He…wasn't?"
"How do you know this Kuro?"
"I saw his fur. A werewolf's fur turns into the same color as their hair in human form after a month of living as a werewolf. His hair is brown while his fur as a werewolf was black as night. That only means that he's a newly made werewolf." Kuro smirked. All those lessons about the supernatural finally paid off.
"You can thank me later."
"It's true…" Rika spoke up "Two weeks ago Jack protected me from one but got bit instead of me."
"…" Ron looked down.
"So. Got anything to say?" Kuro smirked before cutting Jack's binds and chains. He rubbed his wrists before thanking Kuro.
"...s"
"Care to speak up louder?" Erza ordered more than anything.
"WHO THE FUCK CARES?! THEY ALL DESERVED TO DIE! THIS LAND BELONGED TO THE WOLVES! WHO THE WHERE THEY TO JUST CLAIM THIS LAND AS THEIR OWN HUH!?" He screamed and crouched down before turning into a werewolf. His bones popped and his flesh tore itself as he transformed.
He was twice as large as Jack's previous form with dark grey fur like his hair. He hissed and slashed the ground in a circle around him before staring hungrily at Kuro "HUNGER!" he roared and got on all fours "FEED!" he hissed and charged forward. Kuro smirked. He got used to fighting werewolves. He leaned backwards, avoiding the blow before kicking him upwards.
"Let's go Erza." She nodded and the two got to work. Slashing at the beast and dodging all of his blows. He might have been effective against an untrained target but Kuro and Erza were far from untrained.
Kuro dodged a horizontal slash before roundhouse kicking Ron's whole body towards Erza.
"Heaven's Wheel- Pentagram Sword!" She yelled and cut him in the form of a star. He dropped soon after.
"Well done Kuro. You are indeed strong."
"You haven't seen anything yet Erza. I didn't even need to use my magic."
"Laaaaaame!"
"NOOOOOO!" Jack yelled suddenly and dashed at them. His body was punctured on the claws of the werewolf. Erza and Kuro froze…
"JAAAAAACK!" Rika yelled and collapsed on the ground.
"No…"
"Kid, kid. You gotta focus. Don't get angry."
"Do you love your friend?"
"Of course!"
"Then believe in him. Have some faith in your friend. If you believe he's innocent then he is."
"You really think so?"
"I know so. And you still haven't answered my question."
"Huh?"
"Do you love him? More than a friend?"
"I… I think I do."
"Then tell him after all this mystery is over."
"I, I will!" she smiled.
"Why…?"
"Kid, listen to me. KURO LISTEN!...DAMMIT!"
"I'll kill him."
A dark aura burst out of Kuro, sending everyone flying into the walls.
He grabbed Jack's mutilated body and set it down. He snarled "I'm going to kill you." He glared at the werewolf before the aura became even darker if possible. His skin cracked, showing a deep red glow with black smoke coming out of the cracks. He cracked his neck and dashed once. He growled as he punched the wall the werewolf was stuck in. The whole building exploded in a shower of concrete.
The beast unfortunately dodged and prepared to pounce on him. He waited until the last moment before kicking it in the face and sending it flying. He looked at it and drew his sword, the aura around him became wilder and twisted around as his right hand touched the handle of his sword "All will die before me." He muttered before dashing once. He stopped suddenly as the werewolf fell. His skin went back to normal and the dark aura vanished.
"Finally! Did I get through to you kid?"
"Kira? What's going on?"
"My power got to your head. I had to cut you off from it. This happened back in the first year of training remember?"
"Y-Yeah."
Ron was about to get up before Erza stomped on his head, knocking him unconscious "What was that Kuro?"
"...I lost control." He muttered "Sometimes that happens when I'm angry. It's not that often though." He shrugged.
"Are you in control now?"
"Yeah." He said.
A cough was heard. Kuro widened his eyes.
"Jack!"
"Hey Rika." The boy muttered groggily "Why do I feel like I'm sedated."
"Your werewolf blood must have kept you alive and allowed you to regenerate." Kuro explained while mentally hitting himself. That was a moment of complete and utter weakness! He let his emotions get the best of him and didn't think that he could just regenerate from those wounds.
"Hey Kuro, Erza…Thanks for saving me." Jack smiled.
"Jack…There's something I need to tell you." Rika shyly spoke.
"I love you too." He grinned.
"W-What?"
"I knew for a while now." He was hit on the head "Ow. What was that for?"
"For not telling me sooner, jerk."
Kuro and Erza nodded to each other and left the two alone. They talked to the Rune Knights and explained everything that happened, except for Kuro's outburst of course. The reward was granted by the Rune Knights as well. Two million Jewels split in half was still more money than Kuro ever had.
The two were on their way back to Fairy Tail. Kuro was even more silent than before. He looked over the changing landscape but his eyes were glazed.
"Kuro." Erza said.
"…"
"Kuro?"
"…"
"KURO!" she yelled and hit him.
He winced "What was that for?" he growled.
"Are you alright?"
"Well you just gave me a headache so no." he grunted "What if I lose control again?"
"…"
"You won't and besides, even if you do, no one will hate you for it." Erza explained "Fairy Tail would never turn their back on one of their own. We stick together, we fight together, we laugh, dance and cry together."
"Thank you." He gave a soft and small smile. "I'll just sleep a bit. Wake me up when we're back in Magnolia." He said before grunting "Or I would sleep if the damn train would have more comfortable chairs."
She chuckled "Here." She patted the spot next to her "You can put your head on my lap. Maybe it'll help."
He raised an eyebrow before complying with her request. He put his head on her lap and slept peacefully.
Erza looked at his peaceful face. She blushed slightly. His hair looked so soft…She began running her hands through his hair absentmindedly. She had to admit. Kuro was handsome. He had a cold air around him but was actually rather kind to people and would help them.
"We're back." Erza announced. Kuro was beside her. He hadn't said a word, instead he nodded.
"Alright! I've been waiting for this, Kuro!" Natsu yelled and charged at him. Kuro suddenly remembered he promised to fight Natsu when he came back. He sighed and sidestepped Natsu before tripping him and sending him rolling into a wall.
"Sorry Natsu, I'm not in the mood." He smirked at the pink haired boy.
"I take it the mission was a success?" Makarov asked.
"Yes master. We had some troubles with the Rune Knights but we sorted everything out."
"Oh thank God. I wouldn't have been able to handle so much paperwork." Makarov sighed happily.
"…" Kuro didn't speak a word before turning on his heel and walking away. He waved a goodbye as he exited out the door.
"What happened on that mission Tin-can? Kuro looks like shit!"
"He said he lost control of his magic. He almost killed someone."
"He what?"
"He almost killed the one we had to bring in."
"Did you see some of his magic?"
"Yes."
"And?"
"He's incredibly strong."
"He can't be stronger than Gildarts right?" Mira laughed awkwardly.
"…" Erza didn't have an answer. Neither did anyone in the guild.
Kuro was in his shower.
"Dammit, dammit, dammit!" he yelled with every punch to the wall.
"As fun as it is punching stuff, it ain't gonna help you now kid."
"I lost control Kira. I. Lost. Control. What if I lose control again?"
"If it happens you know those Fairy Tail people will be there for you. You already saw how they act with Elfman. They act the same, as if nothing ever happened."
"They are loyal to their members aren't they?" Kuro chuckled.
"Get some shut eye kid."
"You never said something better than that." Kuro and Kira chuckled.
"You felt it too haven't you?"
"Yes. Such power…It's unbelievable."
"Should we act now?"
"No. We will wait."
"We should just go and kill him. Not like he can do much to us on his own."
"Send a few hunters, to…test him further."
"Yes lord."
"Kuro Tenebris, you're power will be mine."
A/N: And so the plot thickens. Kuro is finally starting to see Fairy Tail as his comrades and Erza is starting to see him as more than a friend, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
So cya readers in the next chapter!
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"How can I lil'sis? There's finally someone who I can fight on equal grounds with! Oh I wonder how he screams!"
"When were you going to tell us about Kira?"
"How can we trust you when you don't trust us!?"
"Kuro's a part of Fairy Tail you hear?! You want to get to him, you gotta go through me!"
"Weaklings…DIE!"
