WARNING: This chapter and the next had me nearly in tears and I wrote the freaking thing.
I watched as the table came nearer, and then I reacted.
Pulling out Yang, I sliced across the air in front of me, then calmly put my sword away. Nothing happened for a few seconds, then a soft boom echoed through the guild hall.
The table shattered into a million pieces from the air wave created by the blade. The wave continued along to knock out two guys who had their forheads pressed together; a pink haired one and a black haired naked one.
Everyone froze and looked at me and Phi as we calmly walked through the guild towards a smiling white haired woman. I did a double take when I saw a trickle of blood run down her face with her still smiling. Before I could get to the bar, however, a red haired woman in armor stepped in front of me.
"Who are you and what is your business here?" She released a dark aura that seemed to scare everyone here.
Not to be outdone, I let out my Death Aura, but smiled sweetly as if nothing was going on. I watched as Erza Scarlet shivered in fear and, continuing to smile, said, "I'm here to to join your guild and my name is for me to know and you to find out."
This land's Erza knew better than to question me, but obviously this Natsu did not.
"Fight me!" That salmon idiot called as he rushed up with fists ablaze. Picking up Phi and holding her in my arms, I sidestepped Natsu saying "no" and continued on my journey to Mirajane.
I should have known I wouldn't get off that easy. The idiot tried to sneak up on me, not realizing I could hear him, and then he tried to pounce. I ducked under, leaped up, and slammed my foot down on top of him, creating a huge crater in the guild floor.
Still holding Phi, who was now smirking slightly, I walked up to a man who seemed to be crying about the crater in the floor. Walking up, I bowed my head, promising to pay for the damages, but the man, Makarov, just smiled at me and asked what I was here for.
"I would like to join your guild Master Makarov."
He looked happy about that, asking where I wanted my mark.
"On my back, on the shoulder blade."
"What color?"
"Sapphire blue"
"And I would like mine on my back and silver." Phi piped in.
Makarov looked surprised, not having noticed Phi was an exceed.
"What's your name little one."
"My name's Saphira, but all my friends call me Phi."
"Well Mira, can you get the stamp for Phi and..."
"Bella. Bella King."
"Bella! Fight me!"
My irritation got the best of me and my magic spike. Some people passed out, but the stronger mages just stumbled or broke out in sweat. They started throwing confused looks around. The flame idiot just didn't notice and kept coming.
"Phi?" I murmured to my trusty little friend.
"Yes, Isa-sama?"
"Take care of this idiot. I don't want to end up killing him." I saw a blue haired girl, a large, piercing-covered male, and a male with spiky blonde hair raise their eyebrows at me and I knew immediately that they were the other slayers.
"Yes, Isa-sama." She jumped out of my arms and stared down the approaching asshat. As he reached her, she morphed into her giant tiger form, the size of a small shed, and roared in his face.
The poor boy nearly peed his pants and the rest of the guild fell over in comical shock. They didn't see that one coming. Phi on the other hand, back in her exceed form, was rolling on the floor, laughing her ass off.
"Ohhhhhhh his fffface. HAHAHAHA!" Even I was grinning at the scared shitless look on his face.
"Ok, Phi? Bella? Guild marks?" even Makarov was smiling slightly.
"Right away, sir!" We chorused.
He gave us our marks and the guild had a party. Later in the night, EL-Lucy came up to me and apologized about Natsu. Just seeing the bubbly blonde of Earthland made me ache for my mentor and adopted family back in Edolas. I hoped to see her again some day, but, for now, I'm going to enjoy this new family.
(Time skip two months)
It had been two months since Phi and I had joined Fairy Tail and we had made it into the Master's good books. We had completed several high class, well-paying jobs with bare minimum damage. He had even sent us to watch over some of Team Natsu's missions to make sure there wasn't too much damage. There had been some close calls, but nothing too severe.
The master had called me into the office, I assumed for another chaperone mission, so I wasn't in any hurry. I got my usual iced tea and headed upstairs to his office. I knocked and headed inside, not waiting for his response. I walked past his desk and sat at the window with my eyes trained on the view, my ears on the door. I sipped my tea and waited for him to speak.
"Bella. The S-Class trials are coming up and I was wondering if you would be willing to partake. You are certainly strong enough to become S-Class even after only two months with us."
"Master. I appreciate the offer, but I'm going on a month long mission. Hopefully I'll be back in time to watch, but I do not wish to join. Also, it may seem unfair to those who have worked really hard if I were to take the spot from someone who really deserved it."
"Well said. You would make a good S-Class mage. If you don't join, at least help me pick who should. Name eight who you think I should choose."
"I can give you seven."
"Okay. Shoot."
"Salamander, Gray, the Water Woman, Freed, Evergreen, Levy, and Cana."
"Good choices, I was thinking them as well. I'll do those and I'll see who the eighth shall be."
"Understood. Anything else?"
"Nope! See ya!"
"Bye master!"
I had finished my mission late, only by a few days, but I was still irritated. The master of the dark guild had led me on a chase through the woods to the point where I summoned Lupa and the wolf pack to help me surround him. As soon as we had done that, he had the audacity to yell, "Hell's Spawn will not be taken down by a little girl" and then attack my fellow wolves. I went a little sadistic after that
Flashback:
"I'll show you the true terror of Hell. Mythic Takeover: Hellhound: Semi-Body!" My body was engulfed in flames. After the flames died away, the man beheld a truly terrifying sight. My ears had elongated and grown hair. My canines had grown exceptionally sharp and wicked looking. My fingernails had also grown longer and hardened into claws. I had a tail coming out of the precut hole in my pants. All in all, I looked like a human-wolf hybrid except for the fact that my hair/fur was jet black and white-blue flames danced all across my body. My eyes had turned bloodied and glowing.
He screamed as I leaped at him, tearing into his ass and burning it to Crocus and back. I left him alive enough to watch as I burned his guild to the ground, leaving the notice of closure in the ashes, and then took him to the Rune Knight HQ in the town.
End flashback
I told them what I had gone ahead and done, but they still gave me the complete reward anyway. Apparently that guild had been quite the nuisance and they were just glad to have them off their hands. They offered me a place to stay that night, but I had already run late and needed to get home.
Which brings me to the train ride. I was able to get the last train of the day and had snagged an almost empty compartment for myself. I took a nap and woke up to them announcing the Magnolia stop. I grabbed my bag and exited the train, getting a sense of foreboding from the pitying glances people were sending at my exposed mark. I quickly put on my jacket and some headphones and started jamming out to music on my sound pod.
I noticed the sad smiles I got, but just brushed them off as a weird coincidence. The bad feeling got worse as I got closer and soon, I stopped dancing altogether and just walked with my shoulders hunched and collar flipped up, hiding my face.
I pushed open the doors and yelled, "I'm home, minna!" but no one replied. The guild had a somber atmosphere and everyone was quiet, looking really depressed.
"Oi! What's the gloominess?"
They finally noticed my presence and some broke into sobs. Macao came up to me and said something that I would never forget as long as I lived.
"Something...something happened...on Tenrou...it...it was destroyed...they're dead...they're all dead..."
This next chapter I wrote after I had a bad day, so don't hate me for the excessively depressing aura that's coming off of it.
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