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Chapter 4: First Job
The party was amazing, everyone was exhausted and lazy that morning, with the exception of the Poison Dragon Slayer, Cobra. He was concentrating, ready to face whatever the trial might be, ready to show that he has changed his ways and that he seriously wants a change in his life.
Cobra was sitting still on the floor next to Gajeel's bed, kinda annoyed with the snores the Iron Dragon kept doing, but it wasn't that big of a deal. Although Cobra really wanted to smack Gajeel to see if the annoying snores would stop, but he knew that wasn't a good thing to do since Gajeel's been wanting to fight Cobra since he knew the Poison Dragon was going to join Fairy Tail.
Although Cobra was getting mentally ready for the trial, he still had a big question mark in his mind...about what he heard Gajeel thinking when he was getting his Fairy Tail stamp on the right side of his belly...Gajeel had a weird but good feeling? What could that mean? Many questions that currently had no answer to the Poison Dragon Slayer. Cobra shook his head to snap out of it so he could try to focus a little.
After some time sitting there, deep in thought, Gajeel started to slowly wake up, mumbling and slowly stretching his right arm as he rubbed his eyes with his left hand and letting big yawns out of his mouth.
Cobra was looking at the half asleep Gajeel and the dark-red haired guy had a small smile on his face, he felt grateful for what Gajeel did, asking the master so he could join the guild, staying with him and helping him out so he wouldn't get lost in the guild. Gajeel then realized Cobra was sitting there looking at him. "You're up already?" said the Iron Dragon while yawning.
"I'm used to wake up early" Cobra replied.
A weak laugh came out of Gajeel's mouth as he said "Did you shower yet? You know there's a bathroom in every room, right?"
"Not yet..." Cobra said, but- 'it's not my type to shower in someone else's room...' is what Cobra had in his mind.
"Oh you can shower whenever you want, if you're shy 'cause i'm here then i can leave" said the black haired guy while getting up and cracking his neck.
"It's alright...i'll shower after the trial." Cobra said, but that's not what he really meant. 'i'll just follow along i guess...' he thought.
Gajeel quickly got up, with his fighting spirit all pumped. "Oh yeah! Your trial, i hope we get to fight today" he said.
"We'll see" Cobra replied while getting up and continuing "We should get going then...first thing i'm supposed to do is go talk to Master Makarov"
"Nah you can go on ahead, i have to shower and change clothes, y'know." The Iron Dragon said while heading to the bathroom.
Cobra headed to the door while saying "Alright then, if it's a fight then i'll tell him to wait 'cause you want to have the honor".
"You better tell him that or i'll get you" Gajeel said while laughing and closing the bathroom's door.
Cobra had a smile on his face as he closed the room's door and headed to the guild's main hall, and there was Master Makarov, waiting for the Poison Dragon to arrive.
"Did you have a good time, Cobra?" Makarov said with a big smile on his face.
"Yeah it was nice, i'm grateful for the welcome party." Cobra said while nodding.
"Well then i hope you're ready for your trial, son. I want to see what you're capable of" the master said while taking a piece of paper from his pocket.
"I'll do my best" Cobra said.
Makarov handed the paper to Cobra and said "Well this is your trial, your very first job, read it and if you're succesful, you'll be recognized as one of our strongest wizards right away" said the master with a smile on his face.
Cobra took a look at the paper and there was his goal, get rid of a group of bandits that were stealing food from travelers.
"I'll be heading right away then." Cobra said while heading outside.
"Best of luck!" Makarov said while waving happily
As Cobra left, Erza approached the master, with a big question mark above her head. "Master...why'd you give him such an easy job for such a hard title?" The armored Lady said.
"Ah Erza, just by doing a good act, Cobra already deserves that title, after what he's been through and the decisions he had to make to get where he is right now, the only thing left for him to do to prove that he's changed to himself is to help others in need, so he can see that he has more than enough reasons to live now." Makarov said, with his usual lecture toned voice.
Erza nodded and said "That makes sense, i'm sure the guy will prove that he's nice, even after what he did to all of us, trying to revive Nirvana and all...he deserves to have a happy life from now on."
As Erza finished her sentence, Gajeel was on the stairs and he heard everything, he knew Cobra went to complete a job as his trial. Gajeel also knew Cobra didn't need a partner, but, as stuborn as the Iron Head is, Gajeel decided so secretly follow Cobra, just to see how well the Poison Dragon would do and, obviously, to check Cobra's Dragon Slayer magic.
~Cobra's Point of View~
So this is the trial, help people in need, i see what he did here...he's the master for a reason i guess. I started heading to the forest nearby, where the location of the bandits hideout was, and also, where my old home was, the cave i spent my life on since the Orachion Seis was disbanded. 'Funny, a few days ago i was filled with hatred, and i wanted revenge on Fairy Tail...now look at me, i have their symbol stamped on my body, i'm a Fairy Tail Wizard...i seriously want to roll on the floor laughing. I was so stupid before Gajeel showed up, before the master showed how much he cared even after what i've done...maybe this was the right decision after all. But now i must focus on my job.'
As i was holding my laugh due to the plot twist my mind thought about, i was getting near the forest, and i saw the man i was supposed to talk to, to get info on the job.
I approavhed the man, introduced myself, something i rarely did in the past. The man explained that the bandits were using a cave as a hideout so they could ambush travelers and steal their food and money. I imediatelly knew what cave he was talking about and i started heading there. Although when i started heading there, i realized i wasn't alone, i could hear heavy footsteps nearby...there was no doubt about it, the Iron Dragon Slayer was following me. I had a smirk on my face, Gajeel totally forgot i have sound magic and i can hear everything. But to not get in trouble, i just kept going as if i didn't notice him.
As i was getting near the cave, i started hearing people talking about their next victim and how much they wanted money, i knew it was my targets and i was already hiding behing a tree, ready to attack, like a snake prepared to lunge at it's prey.
~Normal Point of View~
As Cobra was hiding behind the tree, Gajeel was nearby, on top of a tree, having a good sight of the Poison Dragon Slayer and the Cave as well. 'well i might as well just sit here and enjoy the show' he thought as he sat down on one of the tree's branch. Still unaware that Cobra knew he was there.
Cobra stood there behnd the tree, waiting patiently. He then realized that one of the bandits was going outside, but Cobra knew that wasn't the right moment to attack since it would get the other bandits attention. He had to come up with something to take them all out with one blow. Using his sound magic, Cobra could hear the bandit's footsteps, knowing where each one was.
Once Cobra heard that all the bandits were inside the cave, he started to go towards the cave, not making any noises, he then stood in front of the cave, ready to defeat all of them.
One of the bandits realized someone was in front of the cave and yelled "Hey! Who the hell are you!?" getting the attenton of the others, making them all get near the one that yelled, looking at Cobra.
Cobra then, had a smirk on his face, everything went exactly as he thought. "So you think you're better than everyone 'cause you steal from the weak? How pathetic!" Cobra said, taunting them.
"Who do you think you are!?" The bandit yelled, ready to draw his sword.
"I am a wizard from Fairy Tail. And you're all going down, now." Cobra inhaled air while a big dark red Magic Circle appeared in front of his face, then putting two of his right hand's fingers around his lips, he then looks at the bandits and shouts "Poison Dragon Roar!" an immense super fast dark-red cloud of Poison came out from Cobra's mouth, almost instantly hitting all of the bandits at once, easily knocking every single one of them down. "I said i'm a Fairy Tail Wizard." he says, after all of them are knocked out.
Gajeel gasped as he saw the power of the Poison Dragon's Roar, completely surprised and pumped up, wanting to fight Cobra even more now.
Cobra approached the knocked out bandits, looking at them as one of them said "Wh-what are you...!? You're a m-monster...!" the bandit could barely say anything.
"You've seen nothing, this monster here went easy on you. But the real monsters are all of you for taking advantage of innoscent people." Cobra snapped.
The bandid gasped and said "W-w-we promise we will never do it again..!" before passing out.
A sigh came out of Cobra's mouth as he walked away from the cave, heading back to the man he talked to before, to inform that the job was done.
Gajeel was still surprised by Cobra's power and attitude. 'this guy...i MUST fight him!'
~Cobra's Point of View~
That job was easy, just as i thought...but...i realized something, i said words i would never drem of saying...i'm a Fairy Tail Wizard? I felt bad for innoscents getting hurt? Is this what they call the power of feelings? I guess i'm starting to understand now...how a real guild works.
I talked to the man and informed him that the bandits were gone, the man gave me a hug and thanked me so many times i got kinda dizzy...in the end, he gave me my reward, five thousand jewel, that was not so bad for a first job.
As i was heading back to Fairy Tail, i could still hear Gajeel following me, i wonder if he saw what happened...i hope he did, so he can see what kind of Dragon Slayer he's dealing with. I had a small smile on my face while i was heading back, i couldn't stop thinking about what Gajeel would say, or if he ever realized i knew he was there all the time. Regardless of that, i had a good time actually...i never felt good when helping others, i realized my life was already changing to something better than before.
~Normal Point of View~
Cobra returned to Fairy Tail, as he opened the door, he bumped into the Fire Dragon Slayer, Natsu, out of all people.
"Hey! Where'd you go, poison breath?" Natsu said while slapping Cobra's shoulder.
Cobra didn't say anything, he just walked past the fire breather, knowing nothing nice would happen if he said what he really wanted to say.
"Geez at least say hi!" The Fire Dragon shouted.
Cobra went to Mkarov, showing the master the reward. "I made it." Cobra said.
"Well well, congratulations, Cobra, i knew you could do it, you totally deserve the tittle of one of Fairy Tail's strongest wizards!" Makarov said while laughing.
"Don't flatter me..." Cobra said while scratching the back of his head in embarassment.
"It's the truth, my boy, you can do whatever you want for the rest of the day, you deserve to rest." the master said.
"Thanks, i'll find something to do...or i'll just rest i guess" Cobra replied as he walked upstairs, going to Gajeel's room.
Natsu walked to Makarov, surprised with Cobra's new behavior. "Man either he's too good at acting or miracles sure do happen" Natsu said.
"He's a good example of getting over the past, Natsu." Makarov said and continued "He now has the power of feelings, he'll get stronger and stronger from now on."
"He better get stronger" Natsu said with his usual fighting tone "I want to fight him again!"
Makarov simply facepalmed "You'll never change, will you Natsu..."
~Later that day, night time~
Cobra spent the rest of the day in Gajeel's room, resting and thinking about the job, thinking about what will happen next...thinking about Gajeel, since the Iron Dragon didn't show up the whole day. Cobra realized that ws the best moment to shower, since Gajeel wasn't there, and he actually had the room to himself for once. So he headed to the bathroom and closed the door. Cobra had a nice, warm, and refreshing shower. However, when Cobra turned the shower off...he heard the heavy footsteps coming from the corridor, it was Gajeel and he was coming back! Cobra quickly got out of the shower with the towel around his waist, he went outside the bthroom so he could get his clothes.
As Cobra picked his clothes up, Gajeel walked in and stumbled upon the half naked Poison Dragon Slayer. "Oh hey...didn't know you were here...uh want me to leave?" Gajeel said, a little embarassed for not knocking before walking in.
"No it's fine, i was just picking my clothes up..."Cobra said while eading back to the bathroom.
"Oh okay then" Gajeel said as he sat on the bed. 'man a few seconds later and i would've lost the chance to see him shirtless...i'm lucky...wait what? Why am i thinking these things...?' Gajeel was having a little mental conflict.
As Cobra closed the bathroom's door and started to get dressed, he heard, again what Gajeel thought. 'Oh Gajeel...i bet i know why you're thinking these things...' Cobra had a smirk on his face, he knew exactly the reason why Gajeel thought that. But it wasn't the time to share secrets, not yet. Cobra had his own secret but he wasn't going to give it away so easily.
Cobra then came out of the bathroom, dressed with his usual black shirt and dark red pants. "So where have you been eh?" Cobra asked.
"Oh i went on a job, it took a while 'cause i got lost" Gajeel said while ketting a weak laugh out.
Cobra smirked and said "You weren't so lost when you were following me"
Gajeel gasped and said "Damn it, i should've hidden somewhere else..."
"Gajeel, did you forget about my sound magic? I can hear everything, even people's thoughts" Cobra said while sitting on the floor.
"OH! Yeah i totally forgot about it...that means no one can sneak up on you eh..." Gajeel said
"Exactly" Cobra replied.
"Oh well...but i gotta say, you did an awesome job there with that Poison Roar of yours." The Iron Dragon said, smirking.
"It was nothing...i didn't even used a fraction of my Poison Roar" Cobra replied, crossing his arms.
"Well i can't wait to see your maximum power once we get to fight!" Gajeel said while punching the palm of his left hand with his right hand's fist.
"We'll see" Cobra replied with a smirk on his face.
Gajeel laughed as he fell on his bed, exhausted, ready to sleep.
Cobra laid down on the floor, and closed his eyes, pretending to be falling asleep, but he wasn't so sleepy.
Gajeel covered himself with the blanket and moved around, with his back facing Cobra, after some time trying to fall asleep, Gajeel realized something. 'Wait a sec...he can hear thoughts? If he can hear thought then that means...!' Gajeel started sweating a little, nervous about what he thought about when Cobra was in the shower.
Cobra, still with his eyes closed, again, heard what Gajeel thought, and he had a smirk on his face. He knew that something interesting could end up happening eventually.
To be continued...