I blinked at the glaring sun and sat up

"already this late?" I asked no one in particular.

I rolled off the bed and proceeded with my morning routines. And grabbed my bow and arrows. Time for work.

I made my way to Fairy tail eager to get some quests and start searching for Runa. But first...

"Good morning Mirajane!" I say happily "can I have a set of storm curry?"

"Morning Mika" she says "won't your stomach hurt with all that... storm?"

"don't worry don't worry" I say dismissing the question as she handed me my breakfast. I then proceeded to eat. Ignoring the stares I received from several people. I quietly drank my green tea and noticed that Lucy and Natsu was absent taking 50% of the ruckus with them

"by the way... where's Lucy?" I asked Mirajane

"she went with Natsu for a quest" Mirajane says "they should return by the end of the day."

"I see" I stood up and thanked Mirajane for the meal and paid her I headed to the Requests board to look for a good offer.

"subduing the thieves should be easy" I say reaching for the paper. Only to be met with another warm hand. "oh! I'm sorry here you can have it" I apologized to whomever the hand belongs to.

"Eh? Mika?" I looked up

"Gray? What are you doing here?" I glanced at the Fairy tail tattoo in his chest no wonder...

" I should be asking the same question" he says "an archer shouldn't be in a mages guild"

I laughed "I'm a mage but since my magic is weak I use archery for support"

"you use light magic right?"

"nope." I shook my head.

I looked at the request board for more promising work but all of them are gone.

"oh well" I say "another free day for me"

"wait" Grey says "wanna take the quest together? 'Sides I wanna see how your magic works"

"okay" I say hoping I don't have to show my weak power to him. "but first let me pack somethings for support."

"take your time"

"thanks" I say and rushed to my flat with Grey following me. I packed all my arrows and my twin katanas with him watching sitting on my bed

"... Grey?"

"yeah?"

"could you please get out a minute?"

"why?"

" I-I need to change my clothes" I say pushing him out

"r-right sorry" he says before I shut the door.

I undressed from my kimono and changed into my archery clothes and armor. I tied my hair and opened the door but I immediately shut it out of embarrassment

"Mika? What's wrong?"

" Grey... your pants... where are they?"

after several awkward minutes we journeyed to a certain town called Wisteria. The client was glad to see us and welcomed us warmly.

"so you want us to deal with the thieves around this town?" Grey asks

"actually there's a whole ring of thieves that needs to be dealt with" the client says "they keep increasing each day. This man..." the client says handing us a picture "his name is Arata he's a guy well known for his past thefts"

"I see" I looked at the client "I'll take the job if that is okay with you?" I asked Grey

"of course!" he says "alright let's go and kick some ass!" he got up and stretched.

"hmm... a ring of them huh?" I mused "probably more than thirty people. So maybe they are everywhere"

"where you going little lady?" a group stopped me "we can show you something cool if you don't mind"

"Mika... let's go" Grey says

" I'm finding my Onee-chan with my friend" I say feigning innocence "could you take me where he is?"

"what are you doing?" Grey whispered

"you'll see" I grinned mischievously

"sure we will" the men grinned disturbingly "what's his name?"

"he told me to call him Arata- nee"

"b-boss?" the men flinched "I'm so sorry Ojou-san" they bowed at me.

"can you gentlemen tell me where he is ?" I ask with a innocent voice.

"yes sir he's in that building over there"

"thank you gentlemen! I'll make sure to tell your good deeds to my brother" I smiled at them and dragged Grey to the building.

"wow... how'd you do that?"

" using this" I pointed to my head "and a bit of acting."

we reached a building in one of the richer streets in Wisteria town

"seriously? A pub?" I say "I thought a hideout of a thieves should be somewhere more...dark"

"then if they'd do that then they'll get caught in no time"

"the problem now is how to get in with out being noticed" I say concerned

"we don't. we charge."

"if you insist" I say readying my bow.

We burst into the room with a reek of alcohol with men everywhere drinking their booze and boasting about their deeds.

I released a torrent of arrows at the crowd pinning several of them on the wall but there were too many to them. Good thing Grey was on my side or else I would be toast in five minutes. I switched to my twin swords realizing that long ranged combat won't work.

"you're an Ex-equip user?" he shouted over the loud noises

"wrong again" I grinned as I disarmed my target. There were lesser men now but Arata was nowhere to be seen.

"is there no end to this?"Grey asks as he hammered three of the men with a gigantic hammer.

"stay back then" I say

"what?"

" I'm going to release the magic you really want to see, although it might not be pretty"

"oh..." Grey stepped back a bit

"well here goes" I sighed and let loose all of my power thunder flashed menacingly, the wind howled violently as if it was trying to tear everything up into pieces. I was off, attacking everyone with mini lightening bolts and kamaitachis I pointed to the sky with my index finger and dropped it . A big lightening bolt flashed across the sky and struck the roof. It electrocuted all of the men there.

"there!" I say "the end"

"what the?" "so you are a Lightning user?"

"not really but you're quite close" I say

"that was really good"Grey says

"on the down side I think I had used up all my power in this attack" I say

"we got the whole ring alright" Grey says dragging the ring leader, now battered and electrocuted.

"the pub..." I said "it was half-destroyed! What am I going to do?"

"let's not think about this right now" Grey says dragging me to the Client's house and tell them that we are done with our work. The client paid us

"how do we split the rewards?" Grey asks

"fifty fifty"

"... yeah." I sighed

"what's the matter"

"in the end I still didn't find her"

"who"

"nothing" I quickly dismissed the topic and continued the journey in silence

"so I still don't know what type of magic you use"

"Hmm... guess" I say smiling

"oh man! Won't you just tell me?"

"nope it's fun this way" I smiled.

"won't you give me a hint"

"I can't or else you'd know instantly"

"stingy"

"... but it's true!" I say "...alright I'll give you one"

"really?"

"watch what I eat" I ginned

"but that doesn't-"

"it does" I say "you'll see"

***

we reached Magnolia an hour later by train. By then it was already around dinner time. Grey still can't guess what magic I am using.

I walked into the guild to see Lucy and Natsu back

"hello Lucy Natsu" I greeted them.

"where are you at the morning? " Lucy asked "we couldn't find you"

"I was at my flat … I overslept" I blushed in embarrassment

"no wonder... you look pretty tired yesterday."Lucy says. "so what did you do today? You were no where to be seen around town"

" I did a quest"I say smiling as I ordered my food "can I have a storm set?" I asked Mirajane.

"seriously?"Grey asked me "you'll die"

"oh don't worry" Lucy says "I saw her eat that storm curry but nothing happened"

"I don't believe that" Grey says. As Mirajane handed me the food. They look like white fluffy clouds.

"do they taste good?"Natsu asks slurping on his pasta

I took a bite and smiled "yup" I finished the plate and proceeded to drink the storm tea."does fire taste good?" I asked out of curiosity

"yeah it does"

"...oh! I get it! You're a dragon slayer yeah?"

"correct" I smiled.

"that reminds me... fight me!"Natsu says

"huh?" I asked

"last time I saw you in the ship you were pretty strong"

"... my magic's weak" I say.

"no it isn't" Grey says

"my mother can create a storm by snapping her fingers" I say "she says it should be easy but... I miserably failed"

"the more the reason to fight me!" Natsu says "you could improve!"

"hmm... if that is how you reason it then... okay"

"alright!" He says getting ready

"wait! Not in the guild!" I say frantically.

***

I stood in the center of the crowd feeling rather idiotic. I shouldn't have agreed on Natsu's request on fighting. Well I guess there's no backing away now.

I strung my bow and stayed alert waiting for Natsu to attack.

"well here I come!" he says charging with flames on his hands. I quickly sidestepped. Letting him go past me

"looks like a bow and arrow just won't do" I say muttering switching to my twin katanas. "although I'm not really good at handling these..." I charged at Natsu quickly and tried to strike. I was blocked by his arm. Thank god the sword was heat resistant. I strike again and again each time faster and faster. But he keeps dodging the sword.

"... this won't do..." I mutter sheathing my sword. "what should I do?" I muttered after dodging the flames Natsu aimed at me. I'm at a disadvantage here, I can't use my magic now. All I can do now I dodge.

"why won't you use your magic?"

"I can't... not yet..."

"what?"

I looked up at the sky. They were full of clouds.

The tables have certainly turned I smiled. "let the storm begin."

I raised a palm to the sky. And suddenly it began to rain. Effectively extinguishing Natsu's flames. Wind stirred before my command.

"what the?"Natsu asks

I wordlessly send the violent wind to his direction with a push. It swirled around him like an angry swarm of wasps. But it suddenly disappeared because of the heat of the fire Natsu is trying to keep alive. I took my bow and loaded three special arrows and charged the power to the max. I released one arrow. It missed and charred the ground immediately I released the second arrow it my target. It scratched Natsu and sort of electrocuted him...Well it paralyzed him but he shouldn't be in danger since I lowered the voltage of the lightning.

He immediately stood up and tried a hit with a fist full of fire. It missed but it burnt my right sleeve. which the rain immediately put out. And then he collapsed and so did I. The fight was over. So was the storm.

The world went dark .

Let me rest for a little while...