Chapter 6: Welcome to Magnolia – say hello to stout dukes with weird tastes
Disclaimer: Fairy tail episodes 1, 2 and 3 not necessarily in that order.
When the night had fallen, Natsu was waiting at the shore with Happy and Jack, who he found out was a Snow Dragon Slayer – it will be fun for him when the kid will eat the striper ice princess magic, for Natsu that is. Samuel flew ahead to the fake Salamander's ship. Meanwhile Natsu, Happy, Jack, and Samantha were waiting on the beach.
Ugh, just looking at it, how it rocked and swayed on the waves made him nauseous, to Happy's expiration.
"Natsu you can't get sick by just looking at that ship."
"Can't help it, Happy," he managed between his gasps for air as he tried to calm down his queasy stomach.
"Mah it is good thing that Buffy and Samuel-niichan went on ahead if the mere sight of it makes you sick."
Happy's face brightened. If Natsu was feeling normal he'd tease the blue furball. Hey he might be Happy's parent and friend but that doesn't make Happy off the hook.
"Neh, neh, Samantha."
"Hmm?"
"Want to eat cake?"
Did Happy have to mention food? He just ate; he didn't want to re visit his lunch. "Happy, can you not talk about food," he moaned, swallowing down the bile.
"Are you all right?" Jack asked him.
"Nah, Natsu is fine. He always gets sick when he is on a transport," Happy answered, and Natsu, he just wanted the ship to stop moving, so that he could go there and pound those assholes in to dust. And then smoke them for good measure.
"He is not on the transportation now. Why is he sick?"
"He is thinking that if Buffy and Samuel won't do their thing, I'll have to fly him onto that ship."
Yeah and he was getting worried, a little. He knew that she was strong; after all she did take down one dark guild. But he didn't know what kind of magic she used. If she had a weakness to her magic and she can not defend herself...
"To rescue your brother and Buffy," Happy finished. Yes, Natsu thought, he'll give Buffy five minutes more and then … his eyes found the ship again, now gauging how long it would take Happy to fly him there and where would be the best place to crash the fake Salamander's party.
"You know, you could ask Buffy-nee if she can do something about your motion sickness," Jack said quietly, ignoring the two cats, one eating cake where the hell did Happy find the slice and ignoring everything and anything. Happy was watching her and nibbling his fish.
Wait what?
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Well, she could maybe heal it? Or perhaps there is some sort of medicine on her world," Jack shrugged apologetically, scratching the back of his head. "I've been in Los Angeles and hadn't visited anywhere, being too sick from the implantation. But they do have medicine there."
Natsu wanted to say something, but then there was a loud explosion coming from the ship.
"Huh that wasn't in the plan, was it?" he murmured, his sharp eyes trained on the ship, watching Samuel take off in fast flight with a blonde girl, not Buffy, that wasn't Buffy. Where the hell was she? That is it, he is going over there.
"Happy!" he yelled and took off toward the sea.
"Aye Sir!" he heard Happy yell, and soon after, Natsu felt his partner's paws lifting him up in the air, bypassing Samuel whom just landed with some other blonde girl on the beach, but she was their problem. He had bigger fish to fry.
"Happy," came the voice behind them, slating his glance toward other cat, Natsu was quiet. He won't say anything, yet. "What is it Samuel?" asked Happy.
"As soon you drop Natsu on that ship, come with me to the front. We will push the ship to the shore."
Despite what some ice making asshole princess may think, he was smart enough to know that that was impossible, unless there was some sort of magic involved to help them.
"What – are you crazy we can't..." Happy started yelling in panic and wiggling about.
"Buffy has a spirit who can do Gravity magic," Samuel said, "She will make the ship and its cargo and passengers light as a feather and easy for us to push. But she needs space to use Libra; they keep attacking her with magic and there are drugged sleeping young women down on the deck. So she can't fend the thugs off herself, change gravity on the ship, and protect the sleeping victims from harm at the same time."
And sure enough Natsu could see the deck of the ship now. And the mayhem that Buffy fighting the thugs caused, she appeared to have help. There was this weird two headed snake man thing, a cat-woman with a whip, and hula dancer girl that used gravity magic.
And Buffy herself dressed in a red orange dress picking up and lobbing thugs into the sea with a glowing rope thing. And was there fire at the ends of her dress? Yes there was. Awesome!
"Happy!" he said and the little Exceed dropped Natsu so that he landed on the ship's deck, right before a couple of thugs that were sneaking up on Buffy.
Promptly hunched over, getting bowled over by motion sickness, the thugs' however piled up on him. Of course their kicks and punches didn't hurt, and he had every intention to pay them back a hundredfold with more punches and kicks, as soon as this damn ship stopped rocking. But his ears worked just fine, as he pushed one man away with his arm.
"Libra, change gravity on the ship! Open the gate of chisel: Caelum – gun. Lynx get the other girls out." And then a glowing rope-whip thing pushed the thugs away. And suddenly he was enveloped in blue fire and his motion sickness vanished.
Natsu's black eyes followed the sweeping blue flame he didn't want this unexpected treat vested, so he sank his teeth in to the blue flame.
It was delicious, hotly sweet and cold at the same time. In seconds he gobbled up the flame, leaving not a spark of it behind.
"Did you just eat my healing phoenix fire?"
"Yup, thanks for the meal," he thanked her and almost rolled over in laughter at Buffy's expression, now that was priceless. "Now I'm fired up." And it looked like that in between his landing and now, Happy and Samuel had managed to push the ship to the sandy shore.
Whatever he had other stuff to do, standing up, he went past Buffy, who was telling Libra to change the gravity again to anchor the ship in place. Good.
"Oi you!" he called out the bastard that impersonated the mage of Fairy Tail. "Are you really from Fairy Tail?" he asked, now fully recovered, and after that tasty fire meal, he was brimming with magical energy. But he will give the man a chance to take it back, he was nice like that, pity that it went over the blue-haired head, if his sleazy smirk on the guy's face was anything to go by.
"What you will do about it?" Fake Salamander asked Natsu, "Take him down!" That command fell on the thugs who were standing around the asshole.
"Yes!" and they rushed him. Idiots. When the two idiotic flunkeys rushed Natsu, he swatted their faces into the floor with one hand.
"I'm Fairy Tail's Natsu. And I never saw you before!"
After that, it was an all out massacre. One sided; he thought when Natsu looked at the charred bodies of the fake Salamander's unconscious flunkies. Only a couple of them were not out.
"I – I saw this man before," he heard one minion stutter at the blue haired bastard, "white, scaly like scarf and pink hair. Mr. Bora, this guy, he … he is real Salamander." And now he had a name, Bora. He heard Happy talking to others that Bora was thrown out of the Titan Nose guild. Turning his attention to Bora, he started to walk toward him.
"I don't know if you are a good guy or not, not that I care. But I won't forgive you for using the name of my guild."
Bora grinned, "And what are you going to do about it, brat? Prominence Typhoon!" A purple magic circle appeared before Bora, and as Natsu watched, a spiraling column of purple fire was sent flying towards him.
"I'm afraid your friend is toast," Natsu heard Bora say to Buffy, and just what is she still doing on the ship, he has this covered. A laugh was heard and then Buffy's mocking voice.
"Ahh, but you are not done yet. It would be for the good if you cut your losses and ran now, or you are done for."
Natsu chuckled while he inhaled the purple flame, his feet planted firmly a width apart and his shoulders bowing backwards, sharp teeth biting into the flames Bora so generously threw at him.
"You are a bad girl. If you were just to sleep peacefully at that time, your friend would have died in fire and you wouldn't have to get hurt. I loath to harm the merchandise; it lowers the price for such a pretty girl"
Right, the creep is getting smoked. "Are you really a fire mage? I can't believe how bad this fire tastes."
He grinned when he saw Bora's reaction of him eating his magic, "Now that I've eaten I'm all fired up!" Time to show Bora how fire works.
"Roar of the Fire dragon!"
"Now see how a mage from Fairy Tail fights." Natsu could hear the other blonde girl in a dark violet dress exclaim of him being a Fairy Tail mage; heh she hadn't seen nothing yet.
Bora yelled another fire spell, "Red shower!" And a hail of purple balls of fire started to rain down; none of them hit Natsu; Bora was a really bad shot; Aztek or Bisca could hit him with their eyes closed.
Natsu used his flames as a booster for his jump, and he punched Bora across the town.
But the bastard wasn't down yet as he placed his arms before him, indicating that he'll retaliate with another spell. Let it come, bastard, Natsu grinned, challenging the fire mage to do his worst. By the looks of the energy building up …
"Hell Prominence!"
And here it comes, not that the powerful purple laser beams, exploding buildings in its wake, hit him. Oh no. It didn't even touch him. Note to self, Natsu thought, making a mental note; tell the bastard that he needs glasses.
"Damn you!" Bora screeched, like an old lady, while hurling a large sphere of fire, and was that a skull shaped fireball, Natsu thought, titling his head to the side, eyes narrowed in thought.
Did bastard forget that I eat fire? Yes he did. Idiot. And the sphere collided with him, blocking it with his bare hands; it did have some force if splitting the ground beneath his feet was any clue, but it appeared that this sphere of fire had better quality than other fire Bora spewed out.
Gobbling up the sphere, he wiped his mouth. "Hey I'm getting a pretty good meal here!" he shouted at Bora who was hovering above on a whip of magic fire.
"I'm gonna smoke you to a smouldering crisp."
"Smoke me!" yelled Bora, but Natsu was already jumping up.
"Iron Fist of a Fire dragon." And he punched Bora in the face, sending him flying right up to the church bell, where Bora made a nice loud ding when he hit the bell inside.
He could admit that he went overboard, and he might have said that aloud. But in his defense, all that fire Bora had thrown at him, he hadn't been so well fed in a while. He had a lot of energy to work out and those sorry flunkies of Bora and Bora himself were such a wonderful outlet to let off some steam.
But the military just had to come and ruin his fun. Thinking fast he grabbed Jack and Buffy and dragged them along with Happy, Samuel, and Samantha flying overhead.
"I can say that this is the first time I am running from the law." He heard Buffy laugh. "So Mr. Dragon where to now?"
"To Fairy Tail!" he answered, and if Buffy will let him eat that blue fire again, they might just take the train, instead of walking.
***En route to Magnolia***
They were riding the steam train. Buffy casted another phoenix healing fire that Natsu ate, so he wasn't suffering through motion sickness. Buffy privately wondered if that was a Dragon Slayer thing, getting motion sick, or was it only Natsu.
But still, a steam train, which was powered up by magic, but it was still a steam train, like in those western movies with John Wayne that her mom likes to watch. And there was yet again a reminder of how much she missed Joyce. But wasn't that natural, missing one's parent?
'I'd say it is very natural, hatchling.'
'Thanks Phe.' Then she sighed, watching Natsu jump up and down while watching how the scenery flew by the window as the train moved. Poor guy he was usually, according to him and Happy, on the floor to sick to move so he was unable to watch through the window.
'You said there was something interesting, when I was healing his motion sickness back there on ship.'
'Oh yes. Well besides that which Mr. Void for eyes.' Buffy almost snorted out loud; Phe had such nasty commentary about Ankhseram, and vice versa. It was like watching two old ladies, or an old married couple bickering about something trivial. And it was highly amusing, that and Buffy developed a funny bone, or a bigger funny bone than she had pre meeting Ankhseram and Phe.
'I said, Natsu's life is sustained through the book.' Buffy almost nodded, she still had the occasional slip up, reacting outwardly during a conversation that took place inside her head.
'Book of E.N.D. yes, I know. I do recall him muttering that it had to be rectified,' Buffy stated and she had an impression that Phe nodded. 'At the moment, destroying the book would not kill Natsu, because of Igneel being inside him. In addition if Zeref dies, any being he created dies with him. He did that on purpose to prevent his creation running amok after the death of his creator.'
'So to sever the link …you have an idea how to do that.'
'Well I might have had a conversation with Igneel during the time you're healing Fenix fire was in contact with Natsu. The canny dragon king had some ideas as well, how to make sure that his son continues to live even after the book and Zeref are gone.'
Then Phe tittered with amusement, 'Oh and he said that I should tell you that he approves.'
'Approves of what?'
'Your courtship of Natsu,' Phe laughed.
Buffy blinked stupidly and then actually jumped in wide eyed surprise in her seat at that information Phe just dropped on her, luckily not drawing attention to herself since most eyes in their compartment were trained on the walking fire hazard, that she apparently prepositioned, some how.
How in the blue hell did she proposition someone … and how to not do it again?!
'Say what?' she mentally shrieked, only making Phe laugh loudly and way too long, much to Buffy's irritation.
'You offered him food, for free.'
'Yes so, how is that proposition?'
'Not in itself, no, but you also had his back in the fight and couple of little things that humans don't think much about, but,' there she coughed delicately, obviously still wanting to laugh at Buffy's predicament, "it is Draconic couture to pick one's life-partner based more on practicality than physical attraction.'
'Yeah dragon culture, not for dragon slayers, since Natsu didn't react at all,' Buffy said triumphantly remembering Natsu's lack of any reaction to the fact that she was female.
'I said Draconic, which means Dragon, Wyvern, and Dragon Slayer/mage.' Then Buffy had the distinct impression that Phe was grinning. 'And Natsu either forgot, or he put it on the mental hold shelf because he deems finding Igneel more important. Igneel thinks either opinion is possible, since Natsu tends to forgets things. He is a ditzy like that sometimes.'
'Great, just great,' Buffy groused; now she'll walk on eggshells when she interacts with Natsu, or any other Dragon slayer for that matter.
'Would that be so bad?' Phe asked genuinely perplexed why that was a problem; her hatchling was single, besides in Jade spirit kingdom, there were frequent matches of phoenix females and a dragon or female dragon with a male phoenix.
'Yes, I so don't need this,' Buffy mentally groaned, 'I need to keep this guy alive, how I can do that with getting distracted by a love life?' Especially while she was still slightly confused by her feelings, or change in them, about Angel; besides, she hardly knew Natsu.
"Jack mentioned something about another world?" Speaking of Natsu, he just asked her a question.
"Eh when was that Natsu?" she nearly slapped herself for this stupid question, after all she didn't intend to keep occasionally dimensional jumping, a secret. She could be at least less lame about her response.
'It seems to me you just want to impress him.' Phe was laughing again.
'Shush you,' Buffy mentally hissed at the laughing phoenix.
"When you were on the ship." That was unhelpful. "Can you be a bit more specific?" then she waved him off. "Never mind, it is not secret anyway. I found a Vermilion gate key in LA; that is a city I was in, Los Angeles, and then I was suddenly in Fiore, Earthland, instead USA, Earth. Now it's your turn?"
"What?"
Buffy smiled, "You ask a question, I answer; I ask and you answer. It is a way to pass travel time playing 20 questions."
"Ohh, go ahead then ask ya questions."
"How long had you've been in Fairy Tail?"
"After Igneel disappeared, seven years ago; gramps found me and took me to the guild."
"Gramps?" Buffy tilted her head in confusion.
"Nuh, uh, my turn," Nastu warned her off, crossing his arms and looking at her disapprovingly.
"Sorry go ahead." But before Natsu could ask something more, Happy tugged at his waist cape hemline.
"Can we all play?" asked Happy eyeing Samantha, who was eating cake, again; seriously she'll get a cavity if she eats any more sugar.
"Play among each other, I'm playing with Buffy, then we will switch, all right?" Natsu waved off the blue cat that happily turned to Samantha with a ready question, not before trilling an annoying,
"You like her!" Happy rolled out, giggling then turned fully to Samantha, much to Samuel's disgust. Natsu meanwhile turns to Buffy ignoring the cats and Jack completely.
"So where were we?"
"You were about to ask me a question," Buffy answers; Natsu nods.
"Oh yeah. What's your favourite colour?"
"Of all the questions you could ask. Pink and purple," Buffy answered; she likes more colours but those two are her favourite colours.
"Really."
Buffy's eyes flicker to his pink spikes, "Don't read too much into it. What is your favourite colour?"
"That is an easy question, red like fire. My turn … what's your word like?"
"Wow that is a loaded question; in a couple of words, some things are the same, some very different. No one openly uses magic; in fact most people don't believe that magic even exists."
"But it does?"
"Yes, in one form or the other, no dragons," that she knew of, she'll need to ask Giles. "There are demons, some are peaceful, some neutral, and some hostile, vampires – those mostly have human blood, and yes they view humans as food source. What's your favourite food and how old are you?"
"All food is good; especially Mira's cooking and those are two questions."
"You had two questions, Natsu."
"Did not."
"Did too."
"Not."
"Yes you did, you first asked what my word is like and then you asked an additional question."
"Which was part of the first question, and that means I have not asked two questions."
"Oh for the love of, fine." Buffy leaned back glaring at the smug lizard boy, who was grinning at her.
"Hah I win."
"That doesn't make sense; it wasn't competition."
"That's what you think."
"This is gonna be a long ride, isn't it?" Buffy groaned while Natsu outright laughed at her. 'You know I'm starting to regret healing his motion sickness. Maybe I should not do it again for my sanity sake,' she groused mentally to Phe.
'Yes well, don't, since that is part of a cure for that living link bond Natsu has with the book of END and Zeref.'
'Right, phoenix fire is live light, and four winds of breath…' Buffy pondered; yes she could see how that would work. 'But that won't be enough.'
'No somehow, the book and a person have to come together.'
'Like a sealing book inside of Natsu?'
'With phoenix fire yes, and Moon goddess's blessing.'
'How exactly is that possible?'
'With your Tùzǐ Jade Dress, hatchling. Rabbit is a goddess of the Moon.' Phe pondered a moment, 'and when you return, perhaps you should go to that Magic store in LA. Now what is it called? It's a couple of blocks away from your dad's place.'
'Mystic something? Maybe. Why?'
'Anyways the owner of that place is not human; however it is white magic type…so we should visit her when we go there. It could only be useful if you know some of the Earth magic, not just Earthland.'
'Hmm, perhaps dad will come home, and I'll finally get that car.'
***Magnolia***
They finally arrived in Magnolia, following Natsu who was for some reason, getting annoyed with every step he took, muttering something about crows. What did those birds ever do to him?
"You all can live with Natsu and me," Happy's voice came floating up from the back; he was talking to Samantha, and Samuel was flying beside his sister.
"Natsu and I," Samuel corrected, "And no." He adjusted his glasses.
Jack nodded, "We will get a flat or a house of our own." Then he waved the Magnolia Weekly ad he bought at the train station. "There is an ad for a maisonette; it has three-bedrooms and it's for sale."
"And where is it?" Buffy asked interested, "And how much is it?"
"On Strawberry Street, the seller is named Laora Wood. The down payment is 790 Jewels."
"Then it's either full price payment of 800,000, or payment by instalments which is your opinion on how much money per month."
"Well we'll go look it up. After we all get a guild stamp."
"Actually," Natsu interrupted, "Jack is too young to go on the missions. It would be a good idea to go place hunting right after, since he'll have to wait for us to return from the mission."
"What? What do you mean we?" asked Buffy.
"Simple, we are forming a team."
"Why?"
"Well, you are a pretty good person, weird, but nice," Natsu started, "Happy likes you and especially Samantha, and Samuel is not half bad."
"Hold your horses; we are not part of the guild yet," muttered Buffy, knowing he would hear her. She wasn't against it, forming a team; in fact that would make things easier, since she needed to keep feeding Natsu with the Fenix fire of life.
"But you will be," he said smiling then whirling around, and with that he kicked the door opened. Buffy was surprised that it didn't break by the force of that kick.
"We are home!" he yelled, getting answering hellos in return, like 'Hey,' 'What's up,' and 'welcome home.'
Then a man with protruding buck teeth said to Natsu, grinning at him, "There you go makin' trouble again. You half destroyed Hare-" but he was abruptly cut off as Natsu leaped and kicked him in the face, yelling at the heap on the floor.
"That info about Salamander was a lie, wasn't it?!" Natsu yelled at the wooden rubble; the man that he kicked jumped on his feet yelling back.
"How would I know? I just told you some rumours that were going around!"
Now that just visibly pissed Natsu off, because the temperature around him shot up. "What did you say!?"
"Wanna go?!"
And with those words, tables and people were sent flying by the fight that broke out.
Happy started to wave his paw up and down, "Now, now Natsu, this is not something to get upset about …" only to be hit by a stray body of a guild mate. And then there was an impressive imitation of a ping pong ball done by Happy.
"Oh look a bar fight, can't say I saw that before … live that is," Buffy said watching and occasionally ducking a piece of food, glass, or any other debrief. "We better find someone to ask where we can join."
"I agree; Jack snap out of it; Samantha stay close to ... ah thanks Buffy." Samuel thanked Buffy as she picked up Samantha, while Samuel himself perched on Jack's shoulder. And together they started to inch their way inside, avoiding a dark haired guy that was only in boxer shorts, yelling at Natsu to fight him.
"Oh, newcomers," said a gentle voice. They turned to see that the voice belonged to a young woman with long white hair, blue eyes, and was pretty. Very pretty, the pink dress she wore only highlighted how pretty she was; she could earn millions in the modelling business, was Buffy's stray thought. Many models would kill for that figure.
"Ah, yes," Buffy said. "I'm Buffy Summers," she introduced herself and then she pointed at the cat that was in her arms, "This is Samantha; Samuel there is her twin brother, and this is Jack Rossi. We'd like to join Fairy Tail."
Samuel sniffled, watching the brawl that had spread through the entire guild hall. "Shouldn't somebody put a stop to this?"
The woman turned toward the brawl smiling, "Ah, they are always like that. It's best to leave them be. Oh and I'm Mirajane Staruss and welcome to the guild. Come we'll get you a guild emblem." With that she turned and took a step, and a man, giant really, with spiky white hair flew past her, missing her by inch. Followed by a completely naked dark haired guy, that would've collided with her, but Buffy could feel something sailing towards her so she side stepped him, to see Natsu twirling boxer shorts? Ah that's why the guy was naked now.
And the fight was quickly turning into a magical fight, as all the mages started to power up magically. Buffy yanked Jack out of the way, to the bar, with Mirajane … but the magic blast didn't come.
As a large foot smashed the floors and a voice boomed over the din. "Stop this you fools!"
"Big," Jack said staring.
"It's Titan magic," Samuel remarked, "impressive."
"Oh you were here Master?" asked Mirajane who was standing beside Buffy. The titan magic wielder was the so called Gramps, Buffy thought staring, as Natsu described him on the train, and he was a small old man. Still it was amazing how everyone froze where they stood. All but Natsu, why wasn't she surprised, and he was laughing and mocking the people he was fighting before and was promptly squashed under the giant Master's foot. Said Master turned towards the five of them. "New recruits?" he asked.
"Yes Master," Mirajane answered, as the Master started to shrink, until there stood a small, small old man in bright orange clothing and a hat that Buffy usually saw on a jester.
"Glad to have you," he said waving at them with his left hand as his right was holding a piece of paper.
"Buffy, Jack, Samuel, and Samantha, this is the Master of Fairy Tail, Makarov-san," Mirajane introduced him, and then Makarov jumped up so that he stood on the balcony fence, coughing once to garner the attention of the hall.
"You've gone and done it again, you rascals," he started, hands clasped behind his back. Then he brought a stack of papers out of nowhere. "Look at all this paperwork the Council sent me. They are all complaints!" Then he started to shake. "All you fools do is making the Council angry at me."
Buffy looked around the crowd, looking at the unfamiliar faces that cast down their eyes in guilt and shame.
"However," Master Makarov started again, and then the stack of papers sent from the Council in Eara burst into bright flames. "Screw the Council!" Then he threw the flaming papers away, only for Natsu to intercept the fire and guess what?
Yep he ate them.
"Listen up, you brats!" Everyone now was watching transfixed and listening to Makarov; he held the attention of all the members. And a not just member since Buffy's group was listening as well. They had no choice but to listen really.
"Magic is unreasonable power, but it is born from reason. It is not some miraculous ability. It is the combination of the spirit that flows within us, with the spirit of nature itself incarnated in physical form. It takes a strong mind and focus. In fact magic is pouring of one's entire soul. One cannot progress in the way of magic by being mindful of the watchful eye above! Be not afraid of those fools of the Council! And follow the path you believe in! That's what it means to be a mage of Fairy Tail!" The last was shouted the loudest, accompanied by a gesture, index and thumb extended.
"Buffy-nee come on get your guild stamp!" Jack yelled excitedly, looking at the bright red mark he had on his shoulder; Samuel meanwhile was tugging down the back of his shirt, where Mirajane pressed the stamp leaving a dark blue Fairy Tail emblem. Samantha had hers done on the back as well, only hers was a dark yellow colour.
"So where would you like your mark, Buffy?" asked Mirajane. Buffy thought a moment then tapped at the inner part of her right forearm. She pressed the wooden stamp to the shown spot on Buffy's arm. And Buffy could feel the magic tingle at the object, twisting, shaping …
"What colour would you like?" Mirajane asked. Buffy thought some more, then the colour of Phe's feathers sprang to mind; they were a beautiful shade of orange that Buffy had yet to see anywhere else. She just wanted to tell Mirajane her chosen colour, when the stamp was moved away leaving behind an orange emblem of her guild.
"And with this," Mirajane said. "You're now a member of Fairy Tail."
"Buffy-nee we should now look at that maisonette for sale on Strawberry Street," Jack said.
"Yeah let's go."
***Couple of hours later***
Buffy, Jack, and two Exceeds now owned the maisonette on Strawberry Street. Of course they could not have a peaceful rest, oh no. Because a certain living flame thrower and a talking blue nuisance decided to drop by. And tell them that they found a job.
"Look this is a job that is perfect," Natsu was saying and stuffing his faces with food, from her fridge – or would be for a fridge. Mental note, she thought, make a list of groceries for food shopping that Jack, Samantha, and Samuel can do, while she is on the mission with Natsu and Happy.
Looking at the poster she read, 'I want/hope to burn a certain book belonging to Duke Everlue.' On the side there was a black and white picture of a squat fat man with a moustache; his tongue lolled out of his mouth that was wide open and he had glasses. Yuck, the guy certainly tried to overcompensate something with wealth here. She continued reading, 'Location: Shirotsume Town, reward J200,000. That was kinda high price for a job like that, Buffy thought then her eyes caught on the next few words. Warning: This man is raging, unapologetic pervert and is currently looking to hire a blond maid.
Well that settles it, and she looked suspiciously over the rim of the paper at the innocent looking cat and his pink haired sneaky partner. Well, Buffy supposed, they were her partners now as well. And she has a Gothic Lolita themed maid outfit she could use, and she is blonde. She sighed and then twitched as she watched a devious grin inch over Natsu's face.
"Cute Natsu, very cute. Is this some sort of payback?"
"Yup."
***Shirotsume Town, Duke Everlue mansion***
They were standing before the mansion gates dumbfounded with nearly identical weirded out expressions on their faces.
"Well that was unexpected," Natsu muttered eyes wide at the sight he witnessed. Duke's taste for women and maids ran in … unexpected, and frankly Natsu could live without the knowledge that that kind of taste existed. So that plan, Natsu thought, of Buffy posing as a maid and then letting them in, was a bust.
"Buffy, why are you not sexy?" wailed Happy, pressing his paws on his cheeks; he really wanted to hackle Buffy. Natsu was amused as much as his partner was on the fact that their strange blond partner gave back as good as she got. Sometimes she did it even better.
"You know I think I'll pass on what Everlue thinks is sexy, thanks," Buffy sighed, "Well nothing to it, we'll sneak the other way in."
"We can play ninja," Natsu said, wrapping his white scarf over his head so that only his eyes and tufts of pink hair were visible. Buffy snorted, "We'll need to get inside first. Happy can you take us to that window up there."
"Aye Sir," Happy agreed then grasped Natsu and flew up to the Duke Everlue's roof.
To be continued.
