Chapter 2: A New Job
Author's Notes: First off, I am SO sorry for the delay! I have been extremely busy the past two weeks, so I was unable to update; but I have finally returned! I'm finally releasing Chapter 2 of "Fairy Tail: Civil War". Once again, thank you all SO much for all of the positive feedback! It really means a lot that you all would take your time to read this! :D
Tractu Temporis: Thanks! Yes, I am (hopefully) going to see the movie soon with a few friends of mine. Also, how dare you watch it before me! xDD (Just kidding!)
WolfDragon: Well, we shall see... ;)
Aya Rose: Thank YOU for reading! I'm hoping that it will be an awesome story. xDD
FalynELF: Haha, you're welcome! I'm glad that you are enjoying it! :D
Jalis: Well, we shall see who is on who's side.
Drakedragon297: There is quite a few details that haven't been revealed yet (this is only Chapter 2!), so we shall see.
Anyway, I do apologize that it took a bit for this chapter. Like I said before, I've been busy the past two weeks (with school, hanging out with friends and family, going to two conventions, and setting records in New Super Mario Bros Wii), but I'm finally back in action! Soooooo...yeah.
I hope you all enjoy this chapter. If you do, please be sure to leave your opinions and suggestions in the comments! It really means a lot! Anyway, enough of my rambling. Enjoy the chapter! :D
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL! Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima and A-1 Pictures!
Natsu watched as Gramps walked out with Lahar, and a couple of minutes after the door closed he stood up and stretched loudly. "Hey Luce," he said as he finished. "Happy and I are gonna head out on a job. You wanna join?"
Lucy, who had been staring at the front door, looked at her pink-haired friend and nodded. "Sure!" She said with an energetic tone.
Natsu's resulting grin stretched clear across his face, and within a second he had grabbed a piece of paper from a billboard hanging from the wall, grabbed both Lucy and Happy by the hand, and had rushed out the door; Happy squealing unhappily as he was torn from Carla, and Lucy trying to hold in her laughter at how excited Natsu was. Mirajane watched as the three of them rushed out the door and laughed to herself. Oh dear. She thought to herself with a smile. There he goes again. She shook her head as she focused back to what she was doing.
Natsu's excitement lasted for about half an hour...until he found himself on a train speeding toward Port Hargeon. "Why..." he groaned miserably as the train curved sharply, throwing the already-sick Dragonslayer roughly against the window (which surprisingly didn't break). "Why trains...?"
"It's your own fault, Natsu." Happy shrugged as he scarfed down the fish that he was going to share with Carla...before Natsu rudely pulled him away from her. "You were so excited about this job that you forgot that the only way to get there is by train."
"You could've offered to fly him there, Happy." Lucy pointed out.
"Are you kidding?" Happy chuckled. "He was so pumped about this job, I wanted him to have the experience of getting there the way that most people get there...by train."
"...Screw you...Happy." Natsu groaned as his face turned into a shade of blue that resembled a blueberry.
Lucy sighed to herself as Happy stuck his tongue out at their suffering friend, and she decided to change the topic. "So, what exactly is this job?" She asked.
"Natsu?" Happy turned to the Dragonslayer. "Do you want to tell her?" Although he tried to hide it, Lucy could sense that Happy was enjoying every moment of Natsu's suffering.
"Can you do it?" Natsu pleaded as the train jerked to the side.
"Nope. You were too busy saying that this is going to be a great job that you neglected to tell us what it was."
Natsu groaned again, and Lucy shook her head. The rest of the trip mostly consisted of Happy making sarcastic remarks to Natsu, who was too weak to respond. After a couple of hours, the train finally pulled into Port Hargeon, and as soon as the door opened Natsu jumped out...well...fell out in his excitement to be more precise. He fell flat on his face, which resulted in a gasp from Lucy, a questioning look from the doorman, and a snicker from Happy. Natsu very quickly stood up and shouted in a gleeful tone: "We're here!" He smiled and beamed as he energetically stomped the ground multiple times with his feet. "No more trains! Solid ground at last!"
"Oh, Natsu..." Happy facepalmed as he watched his friend.
A few minutes later, Lucy found herself walking with Natsu and Happy down one of the busy streets of Port Hargeon. "So, what is this job?" She asked.
Natsu grinned. "A bunch of guys have been going around stealing random crap from people's homes." He said as he aimlessly walked down the street. "So we're gonna take 'em out." He grinned energetically as he clenched his fist.
"Maybe those guys saw something?" Lucy suggested, pointing towards a group of six men standing next to the outside of one of the buildings.
"Oi! You guys!" Natsu called out to them. The men all wore identical brown robes that covered most of their faces, and as they turned towards them, Lucy felt a shiver go down her spine. "Have you seen any thieves around here?" Natsu asked casually as he walked up to them.
The men said nothing, but as an old man once said: "Actions speak louder than words". One of the men swiftly threw a punch at the pink-haired fire mage, while the other five pulled ugly-looking knives out of their robes.
"Well, guess we found them." Happy chirped as Lucy backed up.
The man who struck at Natsu expected the young man to either retreat in fear, or to fall to the ground as his fist slammed into his face with a large "SMACK!" sound. To the robed man's shock, Natsu grinned as he grabbed his attacker's hand. With a swift motion he shoved his knee into the robed man's stomach, knocking the breath out of him. By then, the other five men had all gathered around Natsu and were trying to stab him with their knives. Natsu moved back and forth with complete ease, dodging all of their attacks, striking every couple seconds: hitting one man in the stomach, another in the kneecap, and a third smack-dab in the face.
"Yeah! Go get 'em, Natsu!" Happy cheered from the side.
"Aren't you going to go help him?" Lucy turned to him.
The blue Exceed shook his head. "Nope. Natsu's got this."
A large explosion caused Lucy to turn her attention back to the fight, and what she saw surprised her...even though she partially expected it: A huge crater in the middle of the street, with a couple of buildings now in shambles. Natsu was grinning as crimson flames licked and roared around him, and at the sight of it, the robed men all backed up in fear.
"What the...what the hell are you!?" One of them asked.
"He's a wizard!" Another shouted in fear as he started backing up. However, before he could get away, Natsu had sped at him and dealt him such a blow that the resulting explosion surprised even Lucy. The unfortunate man was flung through a nearby building, which collapsed on top of him. As Natsu turned around, Lucy saw that part of his shirt had been ripped off, and that his shoulder was exposed.
The robed men stared at the Dragonslayer with terror as he turned towards him, and froze when they saw the mark on his shoulder.
"No...is he-?"
"He's one of those guys!"
"It's a Fairy Tail wizard!"
One of the robed men, who was apparently the leader, pulled a long sword out of his robe and pointed it towards Natsu. "Don't just stand there, men!" He shouted. "Whoever kills that mage gets all of the loot from the last job!"
Encouraged at that thought, the men all rushed at Natsu together. The pink-haired mage grinned as he cupped both of his hands toward his mouth. "Fire Dragon...ROAR!" He shouted as a stream of scarlet flames burst from his mouth. Five seconds later, a huge explosion that rocked the entire city was heard, and in the midst of it was Natsu, grinning as he looked around. In front of him was a huge path of destruction that stretched for miles: buildings demolished, fires cracking on the ground...and at the end of the path were the five robed men, who had just received the beating of their lives.
"Typical Natsu." Happy shrugged as the strawberry-haired mage pumped his fist into the air in glee.
"Look at this!" Lucy exclaimed at the damage. "Even for Natsu, that was overboard. He didn't need to cause that much damage."
Happy simply shrugged, and Lucy turned towards Natsu, who was dancing around like a kid who just got his first bike. Even though she was surprised at the amount of damage that he had just caused, she couldn't help but smile as she watched him.
Several hours later, in the capital city of Crocus, it was much more peaceful than Port Hargeon. Despite the hour being late, the city was filled with activity. The city lights shone brightly on the many people walking, and the full moon was hanging out with the stars in the sky, having a conversation that none of the humans down below could hear. And even if they could hear, they would be unable to understand what was being said.
In palace of the royal family was quite grand, and it was in this building that we find the Guild Master of Fairy Tail, who was at this moment kneeling before the princess of Fiore.
"Your Highness." Makarov said in respect as he bowed.
The princess was a beautiful young woman with long, green hair. Her skin was fair, and her eyes shone with kindness; but Makarov could see that she was exhausted.
"It's good to see you again." The princess said as she motioned to Makarov to stop bowing. "We still haven't forgotten the service that you and your guild did during the Grand Magic Games."
On the last day of the Grand Magic Games, a mysterious man from the future had arrived back in Fiore, warning that dragons would appear in the very near future. As it turned out, that man, who was Rogue Chetney from the future, wanted to use the Eclipse Gate to become the king of the dragons, so he could defeat Acnologia. Thanks to Fairy Tail and the other guilds, Future Rogue was defeated, and the kingdom was saved.
"I understand that you have summoned the guild masters for a meeting." Makarov said.
"Ahh, so Captain Lahar has already told you." Princess Hisui nodded. "Good. Yes, tomorrow morning there will be an important meeting with all of the guild masters, and as the current guild master of Fairy Tail, we needed you to be there."
"I will be glad to attend." Makarov bowed slightly. "May I ask what the meeting is about?"
"It is about an important decision that Her Majesty has made concerning the guilds of Fiore." A voice said from behind Makarov, who turned around at the sound of it.
"Ahh, Sir Rickter." Hisui stood up as she saw him. "I'm glad that you were able to come."
The man was quite tall, roughly 6'1". He had long, straight brick-red hair that reached down over his shoulders, hazel-colored eyes that were slightly slanted, and his skin was fine. He clothing consisted of a long navy-blue robe with dark-red sleeves that reached down to his feet, under his robe was a high-collared white shirt that had the official insignia of Fiore on it. He also wore white pants that was held up by a simple brown belt, a brick-red cape that matched the color of his hair (which made many people think that his hair was longer than what it actually was), and brown shoes. His voice was calm and soothing, yet it held a sense of authority in it.
"I apologize that I am late." He said. "I had a pressing matter to attend too."
"That is quite alright." Hisui assured him with a smile. She then turned to the Guild Master of Fairy Tail. "Sir Rickter, this is Makarov Dreyer, the master of Fairy Tail. Master Makarov, this is Sir Rickter Treyal; my personal advisor."
Makarov nodded to Rickter, who bowed in respect. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Master Makarov." He smiled.
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To be continued...
A/N: And there you go! Chapter 2 of "Fairy Tail: Civil War"! So, once again, I do apologize for the delay. I will do my best to avoid having any more long delays between chapters, but with me focusing on school a lot more so I could graduate by the end of the year, I can't promise anything.
Anyway, two things to say about this chapter:
#1: I will admit, the little battle between Natsu and the gang of thieves could have been done a little better, but I honestly ran out of ideas, and that was the part that I had been stuck on for the past two weeks...so I got a little lazy in describing it. But basically, Natsu creamed them very quickly, and, as always, destroyed a lot of stuff in the process. xDD
#2: Before anybody goes yelling and shouting at me because "Oh my god! Why is there an original character in this!?" and "blah blah blah", let me explain. There are going to be very few original characters in this story, but they all have a vital role on how things will play out. So if you don't like OC's...sorry. But don't worry, they will in no way overshadow any of the main characters!
Also, fun fact: Rickter Treyal's name was based off of two people. Rickter's first name is from the video game "Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World", and his last name is actually part of the username for one of my favorite YouTuber's (and a friend of mine): owTreyalP.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! And if you did enjoy it, please be sure to comment with your opinions and suggestions. It really means a lot! Well, I'm gonna get ready for my NSMBW speedrun race with my friend Donut.
Peace!