Authors notes:
I've re-writing chapter 2, I was never really happy with it, so here is attempt 2 of chapter 2.
This is slight AU, ever since the S-Class Mage exam arc.
And My thanks to Lu-ChanFT for the review.
Kiiri eventually found her way to Magnolia.
"Hmm, it's a nice place, now all I have to do is find it."
She was getting odd looks as she wandered around, but she ignored them, there was no point in letting others get to you, that was something she lived by.
"Ah, here it is!" she giggled, heading for a large building.
CRASH! Just as she reached the double doors, they exploded, two young men falling onto the street, oblivious to the damage they were causing.
"SAY THAT AGAIN ICEHEAD!"
"ALRIGHT FLAMEBRAIN!"
"You two. . . my. . . cake. . . you. . ."
"Eeek, sorry Erza, we'll buy you another."
"Aye!"
"Umm guys, maybe we should be more worried about the fact you nearly killed a passer by." Kiiri heard a blonde haired girl say.
"Wha. . . uh oh. . . are you alright?" the dark haired mage from the fight asked. It took Kiiri a few seconds to realised that he was speaking to her.
"Eh? Me? Oh I'm fine, it's just a couple of scratches." she scrabbled around for her dropped parasol, trying not to look up at the sky.
Once she had it over her head, her breathing slowed back to a more normal pace.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yes, I'm tougher than I look." she protested as she stood up.
"You sure you don't need help getting to where you're going?" the woman called Erza asked.
"No, since I'm already there."
"Eh?"
"Ah, I'm Kiiri Kawashura, and I want to join Fairy Tail!"
"Ahh, one moment, Master, we have someone who wants to join!"
"Another newbie eh? Well it's always nice to have new faces around." he regarded her carefully, her shoulder length brown hair was done in hundreds of tiny braids, each ending in a different coloured bead. The dress was showed off her legs, and the perverted part of his mind decided they were nice legs. The parasol was black with white trim, matching her dress.
"I see no problems, Mira'll sort everything out for you."
"Thank you." Kiiri giggled, it suddenly reminded him of something, but he couldn't figure out what.
He pointed Kiiri to Mirajane, who was already pulling the appropriate forms out.
"Hi, Kiiri just a couple of questions, there's these new forms from the council to fill in. So have you been in any guilds before?"
"Most of them."
"Eh?"
"I've been trying to find the right guild for me, and none of them were, they're nice and all, just not me, not crazy enough."
"I don't think you'll have any problems here, also what magic do you use?"
"Shadow Magic."
"Any specialisations?"
"Shadow Step."
"What's that?" Mira was confused.
"It's complicated, I can create portals between this world and the Shadow World."
"Shadow World?"
"It's another layer of reality that overlaps this one, most mages used it for transportation, or surveilance, or to get into places that you otherwise couldn't get into."
"Used?"
"Very few Shadow Mages bother with Shadow Step, it's very difficult to get the hang of the Shadow World, so they don't bother."
"Ah, so that's all the paperwork done, now all you need is your guild mark." she pulled a stamp out from under the counter.
"Hmm, here please. in black." she pointed to her left thigh, just below the hem of her dress."
"You sure?"
"Yep!"
"Here you go, you are now officially a member of Fairy Tail!"
"Cool."
"I'll show you where everything is, and introduce you to some of the members, you've alreay met Natsu, Grey, Erza and Lucy."
CRASH!
"And they're fighting again, don't worry, they care for each other deep down, and maybe more than they realise." Mira winked.
-Elsewhere in Magnolia-
"Uhh, Ever, he's wandered off again."
"DAMNIT FREED WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, I'LL- I'LL. . ."
"Wait, he'd just gone to buy snacks."
"Fine, I'm going to go home, and then I'll have a long bath to unwind."
"Alright, also are you on that time of the month right now?" Bixlow asked
"Took you long enough to notice." she growled in response.
"Geez, fine, I'll take the idiot back to the guild and tell the Master we're done, see ya."
Once Evergreen was gone, Bixlow turned to Freed who was spacing out on a bench.
"Yo Freed, wake up, Ever's on PMS you need to snap outta this daze before she kills you."
"Uh-huh."
"Hah, you know if you keep like this I'm gonna tell her."
"No don't!"
"Right now you're more animated, lets go before Ever changes her mind and tries to kill both of us."
"Uhhh-right, where are we going again?"
"What day is it?"
"Monday?"
"Friday, you've blanked almost an entire week, baka."
"How, but, why?"
"You need to see a Therapist." Bixlow said, dragging Freed along to the guild.
"Pandemonium as always?" Bixlow grinned as they arrived to see Erza standing over Natsu and Grey, who were repairing the door.
"We have a new member, try not to terrify her." Erza said cooly.
"Anyone we might know of?" Bixlow asked
"Her name is Kiiri Kawashura, she's a Shadow Mage."
"I think we ran into her in the forest." Freed said.
"You forget most of the week, but you remember that?" Bixlow groaned
"Black and white dress, brown hair, violet eyes?" Grey said.
"That's her, where is she now?"
"Mira's showing her around Fairy Hills at the moment." Erza said.
"Ah, Ever's in for surprise." Bixlow grinned.
Freed was just shaking his head.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked.
"She said Bixlows dolls were cute." Freed explained.
Natsu and Grey looked at each other, horrified
"There are several descriptions I have for those things, cute isn't one of them." Lucy shuddered.
"Hey, you hurt their feelings!" Bixlow sulked.
"I think they're kinda cute." Wendy said.
"See, someone agrees that they're cute." Bixlow hugged Wendy, who nearly fainted from terror.
