Yosh! Here's my third chapter! I really don't know if my cliff hanger worked last chapter... But I do hope it did! XD I was really excited! I already wanted to upload my third chapter! Please bear with me once again! Please enjoy Minna-san! :3
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Scarlette Shizuru: Uuuwaaahh! :DD What can you say about my second chapter? I hope it was good enough for you! Anyway, about Saber Tooth, I'd want to make it so that the reason to why they would want to become the strongest guild is to beat Fairy Tail once and for all. And I'll also do my best to make Saber Tooth's impact on the readers be like what Team Saber Tooth has in the Grand Magic Games Arc. Thanks a lot for your continuous support Scarlette-san! ^_^ :3
Chapter 3
Right in front of the group were an army of mages attacking two other female mages, both sporting silver-white hair and bright blue eyes. Mirajane Strauss was wearing a slightly dirty silk, ankle-length, peach night gown with sleeves reaching her wrists. Red doll shoes now brown from the dirt and mud. Her flowing white hair going down below her waist, her bangs weren't pinned up and instead, were framing Mirajane's face. Her bright blue eyes that were slightly darker than her sister's were focused.
While a hand was held out as if asking for a reluctant high-five, she exclaimed "Dream Knock!". Bubble-like bullets were created in front of the outstretched hand and were sent rushing towards her opponents. Upon contact, the opponents all fell into a deep sleep.
Mira isn't using take-over… But, why? Against so many enemies… Lucy thought.
And as if reading Lucy's mind, Panther Lily replied, "These people aren't worthy enough for Miss Mira to use Satan Soul on them." indicating Mirajane's spell wherein she can take over the appearance, abilities, and powers of a demonic being. Because of this, she was once called 'The Demon'.
Lucy just nodded in reply.
Lisanna Strauss was using her take-over called Animal Soul: Half-Bird, letting her change her arms into green feathered wings with pink feathers outlining its bottom part. The lower portion of her body was also changed into the lower portion of a bird's body, complete from sharp talons to her bushy, pink-feathered tail, though her head and her upper torso retained its human form. Lisanna's short, white hair ruffled in all directions.
Her medium-sized, sky blue t-shirt stuck to her like second skin. The youngest of the Strauss siblings flew high up in the air, leaving her opponents crowded on the ground below her, she then zoomed towards her opponents. Then, when she was just a few feet from the mages that she was battling, she shouted "Take Over! Animal Soul: Rabbit", and with that, her body transformed of that into a giant, purple rabbit's, with an unusually green muzzle and feet.
Lisanna's opponents panicked and ran, afraid of being squashed by a giant rabbit, but ended up bumping into each other. Lisanna finally landed on the pile of mages, knocking them all out. She then continued to hop towards the now trying to escape mages to squash them.
"Where do you think you're going, punks?" suddenly growled Gajeel, punching a mage square in the face.
The sound of his voice making the two siblings look towards his direction. The Gray and the rest were also battling the mages that were trying to escape, helping the siblings diminish the number of conscious opponents. After a few minutes, the Fairy Tail mages' opponents were wiped out and unconscious.
"Everyone!" waved Lisanna, she transformed back to normal. She ran towards the group. "What made you come here? Are you going to join the search as well?" the youngest take-over mage asked Lucy.
"To tell you all the truth, we aren't." Lucy faced Gajeel, his partner, and the siblings. "We went out to call all of you back to the guild." seeing the reactions of their faces, the blonde looked the ice-make mage for support.
The raven-haired boy sighed. "Look. As much as I want to kick those Saber Tooth's butts tonight, I can't. Under the master's orders, we're sent to look for you people who went out for the search so that we could all return to the guild for Gramps' announcements. Get it?" he eyed each mage, looking for any signs of objections, and when no one made a move, he then nodded. "Good. Let's find the others in the forest."
"How about Erza and Natsu?" asked Mirajane.
"In the city, doing the same business as we do." replied Gray.
They were already at the edge of the clearing when Lily spoke up. "I don't know if any of you noticed but Happy is missing." with that, they all snapped their heads and looked back at the clearing, just to see the blue exceed hovering around the unconscious mages they just defeated.
"By the way Miss Mira, how did the two of you end up fighting these weak mages?" Lily asked Mirajane, while the others ran towards Happy, asking what was he doing.
"Oh, we just ran into a group of bandits. Well it's true that they're weak but they outnumbered us. We could actually finish them off by ourselves but it would take much our time. It's a relief you came." she answered with her usual calm and patient manner. "We thought they were Saber Tooth. We thought we found them." Mirajane added.
"Idiotic cat!" Gajeel's voice interrupted their conversation. "We now lost our precious time!"
"Sorry! It's just that by their guild mark, you can say that they belong to the dark guild Fallen Crest, but when you observe their weapons, it has the mark of Saber Tooth." the blue exceed explained, leaving the group with a shocked expression that was evident on their faces.
"What?" Gajeel ran back to check the weapons. "I guess you're not a waste after all, Salamander's cat!" Salamander was Natsu's alias.
"Mira, do you still have that lacrima orb Reedus gave you?" asked Lucy, indicating a solid ballof opaque glass ball that can also be used for communication when the user has channeled enough magic power to contact another lacrima orb.
"Sure." the eldest Strauss sibling produced a small glass ball that she had used earlier to talk to Cana, a fellow guild member and friend, from one of her pockets then handed it to the celestial mage.
"Who are you gon'na contact?" asked Gray.
"The master of course. This is to be reported immediately." Lucy replied with a serious tone. And as she began to channel her magic power the the orb, it began to increase its size, not stopping until the celestial mage saw her reflection clearly on the orb.
Lisanna looked uneasily at her older sister. Noticing this, Mirajane took the hand of a nervous Lisanna and squeezed it gently.
"It'll be alright." the silver-haired maiden said soothingly. "We're getting close to finding the hide out."
"But what about what Gray and Lucy said? Aren't we going back?" asked Lisanna.
"Maybe or maybe not." replied Mirajane, putting on the sweetest smile she could on her face yet the smile didn't reach her eyes. "But for now, let's hope for the best."
"What are you saying Master?" Erza and the rest of those searching in the city were already inside the guild hall. "Fallen Crest? That dark guild whose members were mostly bandits instead of mages? What were they doing with Saber Tooth's weapons? Are you sure you heard right? Becau - " the panicking armored mage was cut off by Master Makarov.
"Erza. Calm down. And of course I heard right." Makarov looked at her. The lacrima orb he was holding shrunk back to its original size. "I asked Lucy to stay where they are." He then turned to Cana, who was sitting cross-legged on top of one of the table. "Cana, you Erza, and Natsu are to escort Warren into the forest. We cannot risk another ambush, no. On second thought, Jet, you join them as well." Sarusuke or 'Jet', as everybody liked to call him, went next to Cana and Warren.
Jet had his neck-length, bright orange hair tied up in a short, spiky pony tail at the back of his head; a brown sleeping mask used a headband. His has a sharp face with a prominent, flat nose pointing downwards. He is a slim young man with average height. Together with Levy McGarden and Droy, his childhood friends, they formed Team Shadow Gear. Jet is now currently sporting matching striped pajamas tucked in his usual dark boots. Girls would probably say that Sarusuke 'Jet' is a fashion fail once they would see his current outfit.
"Warren is to contact the others in the forest like what he did a while ago in the city." Master Makarov continued, his voice serious and firm. Fairy Tail's master then turned to the other guild members in the hall and explained to them that they needed rest and that they needed to sleep together in groups for safety. The group that Makarov appointed already on their towards the forest.
"So? What did the master say?" Lisanna uneasily asked Lucy as the blonde returned the orb to her sister with a small 'Thanks'. The celestial mage was thoroughly worrying her out right now. When the flying blue exceed, Happy, told them that the mages' weapons that they fought form earlier was from Saber Tooth, her blonde friend started acting all weird.
An air of authorization suddenly surrounding her, helping Lisanna find a new-found respect for her. Lucy's bangs were covering her eyes the whole the time, leaving her face darkened, the tone of her voice became cold and serious. So unlike the cheery and bubbly Lucy that she first met, but when the celestial mage replied and looked into her eyes, Lisanna then realized what suddenly changed her attitude: her determination and hope to find Saber Tooth took take revenge.
"He told us to wait." Lucy replied, looking up at the take-over sibling. "Erza and the others are coming for us now." she then went to check on Fallen Crest's weapons together with the rest of their small group, leaving Happy and the two Strauss sisters behind.
"I told you so." said Mirajane, talking to her only sister, smiling once again. "Everything will be all right." she gently pushed a few strands of her sister's hair behind her ear and then hugged Lissana.
Worry was taking over Fairy Tail's barmaid once again. What if Saber Tooth sent members of Fallen Crest to ambush them in exchange of their specialized weapons? What will happen if Gray and the others didn't arrive to help them? If they were outnumbered and defeated, would they take them to Saber Tooth's hide out or would they beat them up just as badly as Bisca and Alzack, or maybe even worse? Endless thoughts and possibilities entered Mirajane's mind, making her worry more for her sister's sake.
I won't let go of her again, Mirajane thought, I won't lose her again."Um, Mira, Lisanna? Erza's here. Together with Natsu, and Cana, and Jet, and Warren. Um, I think we should go now?" Happy had his angelic wings out and was hovering beside the siblings. One paw nervously tapping Mirajane's arm and another pointing at the group of Fairy Tail mages who were inspecting the weapons.
"The team that the Master sent is already here." Lisanna said, trying to let go of her sister's grip. "Mira-nee?" she slowly removed her sister's arms around her, revealing a teary eyed Mirajane Strauss. "W-what happened? Mira-nee why are you crying? Is there something wrong? Are you hurt? Tell me where's the pain." Lisanna fussed over her sister.
Mirajane gave a sad chuckle. "I'm alright Lisanna." And when her sister gave a disbelieving look, she then added "I assure you. No injuries. See?" holding out her arms and pulling up her sleeves up to her elbows.
"Then why are you crying, Nee-chan?" Lisanna pushed on.
"It's just that," the eldest sibling's eyes getting watery again, "I can't afford losing you again. Me and your brother can't afford to lose you again." she sniffled softly as the tears began to fall. "I don't know what I'll do if they got you." Flashbacks suddenly came to her, making her cry harder…
Okay, so... Can this be considered as a cliff hanger as well? ^ SPOILER ALERT! The next chapter's gon'na be mostly about the Strauss siblings' past! I'm still working on Chapter 4 though, so I won't be updating in the next few days. Anyway, that's all it is then! 'Till the next chapters Minna-san! ^_^ Don't forget to review for me, ne? :3
