Chapter 3: Yukino Aguria

Year: X785

Location: Bosco

Precise Location: Cerberus Fang

Day: August 27

Time: 8:35 am

Eight years. Eight years since Igneel had disappeared and the death of my brother. I've been with this dark guild, Cerberus Fang. Doing jobs for them like burning down towns and villages. Sometimes hunting down people and capturing them. So Alessandro can interrogate them.

Wolf: " Hey Scythe." I looked over at a gray wolf with bright light blue eyes. He was small. Only about a foot in height. He had a tail that fit his body and was wearing a red hood with a black dragon on the back.

Wolf: " You alright. You're really quiet." I rubbed his head as I got up from my chair. Scythe Dragneel: " Yeah I'm alright. Just tired."

We walked out of our room and headed downstairs to the bar. It wasn't even ten in the morning and people here are already drunk.

We walked over and sat in front of a beautiful woman. She had hazel eyes and silky brown hair. She was wearing a long purple dress with the Cerberus guild symbol on the back. Once she saw us she reached over the table and pulled us into a hug.

Rachel Drake: " And how are my to favorite boys this morning." Wolf laughed as I grunted in response. Rachel has the tendency to act as our older sister. Since she's only six years older than me.

I meet her when I first joined the guild. I appreciated her in secret ever since. Honestly, if it wasn't for her and Wolf. I would have completely lost myself.

Scythe Dragneel: " Come on Rachel put me down." She just sighed. Rachel Drake: " Okay fine. Honestly, you could at least pretend to like my company."

She let us go and I sat on top of the table grabbing a drink. Rachel grabbed Wolf and scratched his belly. He purred in pleasure as his response. Rachel Drake: " By the way Scythe. Alessandra has been looking for you."

I grunted at this. Scythe Dragneel: " And what does the new guild master want from me this time." Rachel gave me a worried look as she let go of Wolf. Rachel Drake: " He said he had another job for you. At the request of Cobra."

I lifted my head at this. Last I heard my teacher was captured by the magic council last year. Scythe Dragneel: " Guess I'll head upstairs and talk to him." Rachel nodded her head. Rachel Drake: " Just be careful alright." I soften at this. Scythe Dragneel: " We will."

Wolf and I went upstairs and entered Alessandra's office. He was doing some paperwork as he looked over at us. Alessandra Barbossa: " Ah just the two I needed to see." I just glared at him as Wolf stood quietly beside me.

Scythe Dragneel: " Heard you had a job for me." He simply gave me an evil smile. Alessandra Barbossa: " Yes I do. It's a request from your old teacher Cobra. He contacted me asking if I could send you to collect a person name Jerome in the outskirts of the Pergrande Kingdom." The Pergrande Kingdom. It will take us months just to get to the outskirts.

Scythe Dragneel: " Why does he need him?" He looked at me confused. Alessandra Barbossa: " Why Scythe. It's not like you to ask questions. Especially when it concerns Cobra."

I sighed at this. Guess I'll find out when I get back. Scythe Dragneel: " Alright. I'll be on my way then." Alessandra Barbossa: " Just hold on." Wolf and I stopped just at the door and listened to what else Alessandra had to say.

Alessandra Barbossa: " He also said you need to be back here within six months. That's when he will be here waiting. You know it is unwise to leave him waiting." I grunted thinking back to the last person that made Cobra wait. Scythe Dragneel: " Yeah I know."

Alessandra just smiled. Alessandra Barbossa: " Well I'll leave you to it. You don't have much time to waste."

We left out the guild saying bye to Rachel. Wishing her well as we would return within six months time.

Year: X785

Location: Pergrande Kingdom

Precise Location: Nagoya

Day: November 12

Time: 9:17 am

Great. It just had to be snowing by the time we got here. Wolf and I were getting close to a town now. Wolf: " Is this the place?" I shrugged my shoulders. Scythe Dragneel: " The Pergrande Kingdom is a pretty big place. It might be weeks before we get an accurate location. And that's if he didn't move further into the country." Wolf: " Yeah. I'll fly into town and see if I get word on anything. You get a room for us."

I watched as Wolf used his aerial magic and fly into town. Guess I'll get us a room to rest in.

I walked around town and seen it was just filled with suspicious characters. Thugs hiding in alleyways doing God knows what. What stuck out to me was a group of them walking around like they own the place. I watched as they took whatever and whoever they wanted. Well, it's none of my business. The only thing I need to do is capture Jerome.

I say a young girl run pass me. I locked eyes with her for only a moment but I could see a fire in her eyes. She was being chased by the same thugs roaming around town. I don't know why but I just stopped.

Scythe Dragneel: " Damn it." I took off following after the thugs chasing the girl. They had her trapped in an alleyway. I climbed up the roof to get a better look.

It was three of them. Two of the thugs had the girl pinned down to the ground. The other was unbuckling his pants. Thug: " Hold her still boys. I'm a have fun with this one." Disgusting Bastards.

I hopped off the roof and landed on top of the thug. The other two let go of the girl and charged at me. I had blazing red flames cover my right hand. Scythe Dragneel: " Fire Dragon Iron Fist." I slammed my fist in his gut sending him flying into the air. I jumped over the second thug and slammed my fist into his back. Making him crash into the wall unconscious.

The last one had gotten up off the ground. Thug: " You little brat. You're going to pay for that." Before I could do anything to him the girl had kicked him right in his crotch making him fall over in pain. Ouch. I know that had to hurt. I walked over and kicked him across his face knocking him out. He's lucky I didn't burn him to ash. The girl walked over to the thug and grabbed a set of keys from his waist.

Now that I got a good look at her I could see that she had short light blue hair and brown eyes. Her hair barely touched her chin. She was wearing a blue shirt with ripped up black jeans. She actually looked...pretty. Even with all the dirt and scratch marks covering her.

Yukino Aguria: " Thanks for the save. I wouldn't know what I would have done if you didn't show up." I just nodded my head. Then looked over at the thugs. Scythe Dragneel: " Why were they chasing you?"

She opened her mouth but quickly closed it. Yukino Aguria: " Nothing too serious. Just wrong place wrong time." I could tell she was lying so I quickly acknowledged it. And stepped forward to her. Scythe Dragneel: " Look I can tell your lying so you might as well come out with it."

She backed away only slightly at my advance on her. She looked away from me. Yukino Aguria: " It's none of your business." I got in her face growling at her. Scythe Dragneel: " I like to think it is considering you were attacked and almost raped by these bastards."

She didn't say anything as I had her pushed up against the wall. She refused to look at me. Scythe Dragneel: " Look at me." She finally held her head up. Just like before I could see a flickering flame in her eyes. Even since a lot of emotions from her. But the main one was determination.

That's when I noticed how close I was to her and backed off slightly. My heart beat increasing in speed. The hell is wrong with me.

Thugs: " There they are." I turned around to see more of those thugs had shown up. By my count, there were 20 of them. Can't fight them all in this small space. But I can't burn them away. Scythe Dragneel: " Fire Dragon-" Wolf: " Scythe."

I looked up to see Wolf flying towards us. As he grabbed a hold of me I grabbed onto the girl's hand. Lifting her up with us. Yukino Aguria: " Wa-wait." Wolf flew us up into the sky and further into town.

Scythe Dragneel: " I could have taken them." Wolf just laughed at me. Wolf: " Trust me. The last thing we need is you burning down have the town." Dammit, Wolf. I looked over at the girl who looked scared out of her mind. Wolf: " So who's the cutie." Scythe Dragneel: " I'll tell you once we get to a hotel."

Year: X785

Location: Nagoya

Precise Location: Akana Hotel

Day: November 12

Time: 12:12 pm

Wolf took us over to a hotel where we rented a room. Once inside I sat my bag down on the table and laid out on the couch.

Wolf: " What was all of that about." I looked over to the girl who slowly walked into the room. Scythe Dragneel: " What was that about I wonder?"

She looked away from me sitting in a chair across from us. Yukino Aguria: " Why did you bring me here." I gave her a confused look. Scythe Dragneel: " So you wanted me to leave you with those savages."

She looked at me in shock. Yukino Aguria: " No I mean…" I sighed. Grabbing a chair and sitting in front of her. With Wolf by my side. Scythe Dragneel: " Look it's pretty clear that your hiding something so why don't you just tell us already."

She was very quiet and didn't say a word. I'm not going to get anything out of her like this. Might as well see what I can gather from the town's people.

Scythe Dragneel: " Wolf keep an eye on her." Wolf smiled and gave me a thumbs up. Wolf: " What are you going to do?" I got up from the chair and grabbed my bag. Walking out the door. Scythe Dragneel: " If I can't get anything out of her I might well ask around town."

Wolf: " If that's the case go to the marketplace. There's an old man there that was talking to before I got you guys out of that jam. He was telling me about this gang running the town here called Mungiki."

Scythe Dragneel: " Mungiki huh. Guess I'll start at the marketplace."

Year: X785

Location: Nagoya

Precise Location: Marketplace

Day: November 12

Time: 12:53 pm

I walked around the marketplace looking over the different shops. Old man. Actually, now that I think about it that's not a lot to go off of. That's when I saw an old man surrounded by those same thugs. Must be the Mungiki.

I walked over to them. Scythe Dragneel: " Is there a problem here?" They turned around to look at me.

Mungiki Thug 1: " Wait I know that kid." Mungiki Thug 2: " Yeah that's the brat that took off with our property." Property?

My eyes turned ruby red. Scythe Dragneel: " You want to say that again?" The thug just gave me an evil smile. Mungiki Thug 1: " That girl that you ran off with. That's our property."

I lunged and tackled the thug right through a building. Knocking him out. That just leaves four more. Mungiki Thug 2: " Get him."

Scythe Dragneel: " Fire Dragon Roar." I launched a blast of fire from my mouth burning three of them and leaving them unconscious. One more.

The last one charged at me from behind. I did a leg sweep and covered my right hand with flames. Scythe Dragneel: " Fire Dragon Iron Fist." I slammed my right hand in his gut and sent him flying in the sky. That takes care of that.

I turned around and looked at the old man that was hiding behind a shelf full of weapons. Old Man: " Pl-please don't hurt me." I let out a breath and felt my eyes change back to there natural color emerald green. I then slowly walked over to the old man.

Scythe Dragneel: " Relax. I'm not going to hurt you." The old man relaxed at this and took a stood up from the shelf. Old Man: " Thanks for that. I've been having a hard time with these thugs recently."

Scythe Dragneel: " Who are these guys?" The old man motioned for me to take a sit. I sat down in front of him as did he. He then began to tell me everything I wanted to know.

Old Man: " Those thugs were a member of the Mungiki Gang. They're not strong but are rather large in numbers. They've taken control of this city since last year. They make money from kidnapping our poor mothers and daughters and then sell them to God knows where."

Damn. So when that guy said property he meant that girl was their slave. She was going to be sold but she somehow escaped.

Scythe Dragneel: " Why hasn't the King done anything about this. I'm sure he wouldn't let some gang like this take over the town when he could easily stop it." The old man shook his head at this. Old Man: " I'm afraid it's not that simple. The King of Pergande Kingdom does not think he needs to be involved. So he builds a wall. Cutting the town off from the rest of the Kingdom."

Shit. That will make my job much more difficult. I could get over the wall but then I would have to fight the king's men to get past it. Then there's the question of looking for Jerome. If he's not somewhere in this town then I will have to search further up. If I have to do that I won't make it back in time.

I thanked the old man for the information he provided me and bought a few weapons from him. I then headed back to the hotel to regroup with Wolf and that girl.

Year: X785

Location: Nagoya

Precise Location: Akana Hotel

Day: November 12

Time: 2:36 pm

I watched as the boy left out the door. Why is he so concerned with my problem anyway. I looked over at the Wolf who was digging through the boy's pack. He took out a wrapped sandwich and brought it to me.

Wolf: " You hungry?" It was then I heard my stomach growl. I can't even remember the last time I ate. I took the sandwich from him. Yukino Aguria: " Thank you." He simply smiled at me. Wolf: " No problem."

We sat in silence for a while. Me not wanting to say much since I didn't know these two. That's when that boy came back and tossed me a bag. He was also carrying twin katanas and a rather large sword. Why does he need those?

Scythe Dragneel: " Here Wolf I also brought you a gift." He gave the larger sword to the wolf. Why would he do that? Wolf: " Cool. I needed another blade like this."

The boy sat the katanas on the table and looked over at me. Scythe Dragneel: " Well what are you waiting for?" I gave him a confused look. Yukino Aguria: " Huh?" He pointed toward the bag. Scythe Dragneel: " Those are a change of clothes. Figured you wouldn't want to run around in rags."

That's when I looked over myself. Yeah, my clothes are shredded from that last fight. I left and went to shower. The hot water was relaxing. But it left me in my thoughts.

I couldn't help but think about being surrounded by those men. How they kept touching me. I collapsed on the floor and cried.

I laid there for who knows how long. I barely heard someone come in and cut the water off. Or even felt their arms wrapped around me. Scythe Dragneel: " Hey it's alright. You don't have to be afraid anymore."

I squeezed his hand letting him know I was okay. He let go of me and walked out the door. I got up and changed into the new clothes he bought me.

It was a white top with a blue sweater. Black jeans and white snow boots. He even bought me a black bra and panties. I couldn't help but blush at this.

I walked out of the bathroom and saw that the boy and the Wolf were sitting at the table. I sat in front of them. Wolf: " Hey you actually look cute in that outfit." I gave him a small smile.

Yukino Aguria: " I never got your names." The Wolf nodded his head. Wolf: " I'm just Wolf." I gave him a confused look. Yukino Aguria: " Wolf?" He smiled. Wolf: " Yeap don't wear it out." I looked over towards the boy. Scythe Dragneel: " It's Scythe, Scythe Dragneel." I nodded my head at him. Scythe huh. Yukino Aguria: " Yukino, Yukino Aguria."

Scythe Dragneel: " Well Yukino can you tell us why the Mungiki gang was after you?" I grew quite at this. Well, these two did save me. So I guess it's okay to tell them. I need to go back anyway to rescue the others.

Yukino Aguria: " I was captured by them about a month ago. I managed to escape and that's when they chased me down throughout town. But you two showed up. They…" I couldn't bring myself to say what I saw there. The very image will scar me for the rest of my life.

Scythe reached over and squeezed my hand. I looked over at him. His eyes gave me the impression that he wasn't leaving. Scythe Dragneel: " Did they touch you?" I quickly shook my head. Yukino Aguria: " No...they don't like to mark their property before selling."

Scythe growled at me as he stood up from his chair. Scythe Dragneel: " Stop referring to yourself as property. You're a human being and should be treated as such." I didn't say anything to this. To surprised by his outburst and what he said.

Scythe Dragneel: " Look. Just know we're going to get you out of here but first, we need to complete our mission and find a guy name Jerome then-" Wait? Did he say what I think he said? Yukino Aguria: " Did you say, Jerome?" He gave me a confused look. Scythe Dragneel: " Yeah why?" Yukino Aguria: " He's the leader of the Mungiki gang."