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Chapter 3: Bad Habits
Ace was coming back from the island where the pirates were hiding; he was sailing towards the village that requested the mission but with some extra passengers on the ship…
"Hey!, look everyone!" a villager said "Someone defeated the pirates".
Ace was walking from the village, dragging a bunch of beaten pirates tied with a rope, of course most of the villagers who were walking at the moment, stopped to see the beaten pirates and some others to cheer him.
"He did it!, He did it!"
"Finally, no more pirates!"
"Thank you!"
When he reached the Mayor's house he knocked the door, minutes later an old man came out the house with a box and a big smile on his face.
"The job is done, old man" Ace said with a grin.
"Thank you very much young one, thanks to you we're free again" he said in a very happy tone.
"Hehehe, I'm glad to help"
"Now here is your reward" the mayor showed the box to Ace "2500000 jewels, no more, no less" Ace took the box and handed over the pirates to the authorities. "By the way young man" the mayor began "Were you able to find anything else in the island?".
"I'm sorry but no, I wasn't able to find nothing else"
"Well that doesn't matter" the mayor said waving his hand "You took care of all the pirates and that's more than enough"
Ace returned to the ship with his reward and prepared to leave.
"Well I'm leaving, you guys be more careful!" Ace said to the villagers while he sailed off.
"We will!"
"Thank you very much!"
"Come back whenever you want!"
"Take care!"
"We'll never forget you!"
Ace continued waving his hand until the village was no longer in sight. "Well, time to go back!" Ace said to himself, but an evil grin and a glint on his eyes appeared. "But first a little 'detour'…", he turned the ship out of the original course to return to the island where he defeated the pirates.
Hours later, Magnolia Town…
Ace was walking back to Fairy Tail whistling happily, ignoring the people who walked besides him with wide eyes.
But who could blame them? Ace was dragging two large treasure chests full of gold, a large bag full of golden coins on one of his shoulders; he was wearing a cape made of gold, and rings with jewels (rubies, sapphires, emeralds, etc) in each of his fingers, two necklaces made of gold with diamonds on it and a belt made of silver (What? Did you think that everything was made of gold?) with other jewels on it.
"Hehehe, the reward was better than I expected" he said with a large grin on his face, but suddenly that grin disappeared. "But I didn't get any information on the job, damn it". He began to think about the other missions where he was able to get some information, but still it wasn't enough.
"If this continues I'm not sure if I'll be able to defeat him once that I found him" Ace said in a serious tone "Well forget about that!" he said replacing that seriousness with another smile "Time to go back, and have something to eat!".
Fairy Tail…
"Look, Ace is back" a member said, Lucy, who was in the guild at the moment, heard this and turned her head to welcome him "Welcome back Ac…" Lucy stopped when she saw all the treasure that Ace was carrying "EEEEEEHHHHHH?", "Hm?" Ace said raising his head "Oh, hi Lucy, how are you?". "I'm f-f-fine, thanks" 'where the heck did he found all that?'.
Mira almost dropped the glass that she had in her hands when she saw Ace."W-W-Wow Ace, you really brought a lot of jewels this time" she said in awe.
"You mean this?, this is just what I could carry by myself, the rest is on my house" Ace said in a matter of fact tone.
'The rest?, how much treasures does he has?' Lucy wondered.
Ace sited on the bar table next to Lucy, but he couldn't ignore the feeling that something weird was happening. "Hmmmmm…this is strange". "What is it, Ace?" Mira asked him with a smile and her eyes still slightly widened from the treasure.
"Don't you think it's too quiet over here?" Ace asked "I don't hear a fight between Natsu and Gray, Cana is not drinking over a table and Wakabe is picking up his cigarettes".
"Oh, that's because she arrived a few minutes ago" Mira said.
"She?, wait are you talking about Er-" "Ace". Ace couldn't finish his question when he heard a voice behind him.
Ace turned his head to see Erza standing next to a giant, jeweled horn. "Good, you've arrived in time to help Gray, Natsu, and myself with something I discovered on my last job." She said before pausing and looking at him more closely. "Your reward was just 2 million jewels, where did get found all that?" She asked pointing at his golden cap and Ace gulped."Well…"Ace tried to explain.
"You didn't hide a treasure for yourself again, right?" Erza said with a serious tone.
"No, no, no Erza, this is huh… well, it's kind of err… y-you know…"Ace was trying to find an excuse for all the treasure but Erza interrupted him again.
"Ace, please come here." Erza said and Ace's eyes moved around quickly before sighing and walking to stand in front of Erza. "You have a bag full of golden coins, two treasure chests full of gold and you're wearing a golden cape and a belt made of platinum." Erza said "It's made of silver, actually" Ace said scratching the back of his head. "Whatever is made of, you know I've told several times to get rid of those old pirate-habits of yours?"
"But I just couldn't resist Erza" Ace said waving his hands trying to calm her"When I see a treasure I just have to take, its part of my nature!" Ace said trying to convince Erza with no avail.
Erza sighed "Seriously, you'll never change" said with her hands on her whips.
Lucy was watching this with wide eyes "That guy was able to beat Natsu easily but she has him looking just as terrified as everyone else here…" She said in amazement and Natsu's eyebrow twitched as he glared at her. "Ace didn't beat me; he just froze me and ran!" He declared and she sweat dropped. 'After he blasted you to the wall with a single punch…'She thought to herself as Happy looked up at Lucy
"You're wrong." Happy said as Erza continued to glare at Ace as he shook his head quickly, his hands up in a calming gesture. "Ace and Erza are about at equal standing in combat." He said and Lucy looked down at him with wide eyes. "B-but she subjuga-","However" he interrupted "they've been close friends for eight years now and she's always been lecturing him about not doing anything inappropriate, like those pirate-habits of his." He said and she looked back at them with wide eyes before giggling slightly.
Ace had one hand up in a gesture asking her to wait as he took one of the necklaces he was wearing to give it to her.
"Are you planning to bribe me or something?" She asked and Ace blinked a few times before gave her a hurt expression.
"C'mon Erza, you know that Ace always to bring you a souvenir when you two do separate jobs" Mirajane told her and Erza gave a small smile.
"Sorry, thanks for the necklace, is quite beautiful" Erza told Ace and he smiled again "Hehehe, I knew you would like it"
"Ok, we'll meet in four hours on the train station to make the job" Erza said and Ace nodded his head "And this time you won't steal anything, even if I have to knock you out". Ace didn't nod at this, what made Erza glare at him.
"W-would she really knock him out?" Lucy asked and everyone around her nodded their heads immediately and at the same time. "Aye." Happy said confidently and Lucy sweat dropped. 'So violent…'She thought as Gray suddenly gave a sigh of relief.
"Hey Erza, since your usual partner is here doesn't that mean we're not needed anymore?" Gray asked and Erza looked back over at him. "No, I still need yours and Natsu's help as well." She said and everyone's, with the exception of Lucy's and Ace's, eyes bulged in surprise as they started murmuring amongst themselves.
"Ace and Erza teaming up is already powerful enough… but Natsu… and even Gray?" Mirajane said as she brought a finger to her lips. "I've never imagined this but… "She said as she looked up. "This might be the strongest team in Fairy Tail…" She said and Lucy's eyes went wide in surprise.
"We'll meet at the train station in four hours, prepare yourselves." She said before walking over the jeweled horn and picking it up effortlessly, Ace walking with her also picking his treasure.
As they walked outside Ace gave a small sigh. "You really should get rid of those habits." Erza said and Ace gave a small grin "I don't think I can, but I'll do my best" he said as he nodded his head in agreement before looking at the horn curiously. "This is from the demon I went to subjugate." She said with a grin and Ace gave a slow whistle. "After the townspeople decorated it I decided to bring it back." Erza said and Ace chuckled in amusement.
After a few minutes of comfortable silence Erza looked over at Ace. "Were you able to find anything on that job?" She asked and Ace shook his head in negation. "No, I couldn't found anything." Ace said in a disappointing tone and Erza didn't say anything for a few seconds.
"So you're still determined to found Him?" She asked "Of course" Ace in a very serious tone which Erza knew it wasn't very common on him. "I see…" Erza said before looking forward and Ace glanced over at her before he put one hand on her shoulder. Erza looked over at him again to see a grin on his face and she gave a small smile. "I know." Erza said and Ace nodded his head once before removing his hand from her shoulder as they continued walking down the street, ignoring the people that quickly moved out of the way as they looked at the giant horn and the treasure with wide eyes.
And…done the third chapter, I hope you liked it, reviews are really appreciate it.
