Chapter 4: Run and Don't Look Back
"You shouldn't over exert yourself." Master Bob said through the lacrima ball,
"Don't worry, Master, I already passed my limit, still nothing happened." Mina assures her master.
The day after her encounter with Gun and his men, Mystogan had left after the break of dawn. Mistia had already familiarized herself with his spirit so it was easy for her track him down. He was heading towards Oak Town to dispatch a few dark guilds on the outskirts of the town.
Master Bob sighs in the background, "Your life source is different from where you get your magical powers, both are vital in a Spirit Mage's life, please don't forget that."
Mina nods remembering her encounter with death back at her last S-class Mission. She had used both her magical source and her life source, where she almost lost her life. Strong bandits that can use magic had ambushed her during her way back at the guild. Hibiki found her by the doorsteps of the guild after she dispatched the bandits, her whole body was covered with bruises, and her life force slowly depleting. She had used most of her magic in accomplishing her mission and the bandits' show up.
Porlyusica had to use every ounce of energy just so she can stop her spirit from leaving her body. One thing about Spirit Users is that they can't live without their Spirit, once it leaves the users body; it's the same as dying.
"Master, I don't use Mistia for combat anymore, other than that, I'll be fine." She promises her master, "Anyway, please relay to Master Makarov that the Council hasn't made any move to capture Mystogan. Although, I think they sent a trained spy to watch his every move." She says recalling a suspicious man in a cloaked figure following them back in Hargeon.
Mystogan must have noticed but he didn't say anything instead left in the morning as to not get her into trouble. The cloaked figure wasn't able to follow him though.
"But he easily got away and I'm the only one who knows where he is." She smiles in triumph and continues to inform him about their little adventure back in Hargeon.
"Mistia, are you sure this is where he went?" she muttered as she continued to run away from a huge Forest Vulcan.
"You pervert! Stop chasing me already!" she shouts as the huge gorilla continued to pursue after her.
"You're going to be my wife and we're going to make thirty babies!" he replies as he destroys a few trees to slow her down.
The thought of her and having baby monkey's made her more scared, "Who says I want to make ugly babies with you!" she retorts and angers the Vulcan even more.
"Mistia! This is your entire fault!"
"Master, I only followed his spirit line, it's not like they talk, 'Hey, there's a Vulcan over there, so be careful'" she says sarcastically and looks back at the gaining Vulcan, "You might want to speed things up. I think he's planning to make more than thirty babies."
"You're no help at all!"
Meanwhile back at the outskirts of Oak Town, Mystogan singlehandedly destroys a powerful dark guild formerly controlled by Oracion Seis. Although before completely finishing his mission, he has to destroy its Guild Master and six more people under the Guild Master's control, which he is now facing.
"So, this is the power of a Fairy Tail Mage, huh?" Says the Guild Master scornfully, a middle aged bald man who wears a black cape and trousers tucked into his boots.
Mystogan did not speak instead planted his five staves into the ground and several layers of Magic Circles appeared right in front of the guild with the Guild Master and his men.
"Sacred – "he was cut off by the sound of a Vulcan growling and a few trees being destroyed as the huge monster was tossed from the forest into the Guild, thus completely collapsing the once powerful dark guild.
"W-what just happened?" spoke one of members as they all watched awestruck as everything crumbles down.
"You ugly perverted gorilla!" shouts a female voice who emerges from the forest the direction the Vulcan was thrown from, "No one would ever want to make babies with you!"
"What is she saying?"
They all stared as the silhouette reveals a female with purple hair tied in a high pony tail, wearing black short-shorts with a black leather jacket paired with high black leather boots.
"Err... Was I interrupting something?" Mina asked as she looked back and forth at Mystogan and seven people all wearing a black cape.
"You just destroyed a guild using a gorilla." One of them speaks up and points at the ruble
"Uhh... Sorry?"
"Enough." A bald man replies as two angry veins pops in his head, "You're going to pay for this."
Another growl comes from the behind them and the Vulcan appears in the center of the scene. Mina took this to her advantage and steps in front of the monster.
"Hey, those people" she says pointing at the seven people with cloaks, "they're trying to steal me away from you!"
She smiled as she noticed several angry veins that pop on the monsters head. It lunges towards them the minute he heard her.
"You're not going to make thirty babies with her! I am!"
"That's just wrong on so many levels." Mina shook her head as she watched the gorilla in its wrath and punched all of the men as they flew from every direction.
"What are you doing here?" asked Mystogan as he eyed her,
Mina looks around and racks her brain for an excuse, "I was walking in the forest and that monster shows up and starts chasing me." It wasn't a lie, although she left the part about following him.
They were both back at Oak Town panting – only Mina – as they ran away from the huge monkey, Mystogan insisting on taking him on but Mina refused for she never liked violence.
"Hitting the Vulcan across the forest wasn't that also violence?" he asked as he walked towards the town.
He caught her off guard and tried to catch up with him, "T-that's a different story! He's a pervert. And how come you didn't even break a sweat!" She said pointing an accusing finger at him.
"Exercise. You should try it some time." He replied.
An angry vein pops on her head, "You..."
Mina stops walking and contemplates if she should ask him if she could stay with him. Noticing her silence, he turns around to see her looking at him with her hazel brown eyes that seemed to sparkle as the sun hits her face.
"Hey, can ask you something?" she asks she fiddles with her hands.
"What is it?"
"Can I stay with you?"
Silence was all she got and she sighed. Did she expect too much? It would have been easier to keep an eye on him if they were together and not have her stalking him. Yes, she decided that it does seem as if she was stalking him and would much rather prefer if he knew about her presence.
They just met a few days ago and she couldn't blame him that he'd turn her down, his silence was enough for her.
"Sure, you did make my days interesting." He said in an amused voice, even through his mask she knew that he was smiling.
An evil grin on her face, "You can sure as hell can count on that."
