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Chapter 5 – The remainder
The town of Magnolia was as normal. Birds in trees were singing, the wind was blowing and there were but a few clouds scattered across the otherwise clear cyan sky. On the streets, merchants sold items as usual and bartered with passersby.
The only difference in Magnolia was the fact that the normally boisterous guild, Fairy Tail, was not actually very loud at all. Instead of being full of rowdy mages constantly brawling, the guild was empty; the sombre members from many guilds such as Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale and even Sabretooth were currently at Kaldia Cathedral.
They had gathered there for the funerals of some of Fairy Tail's most prominent members: Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel and Laxus. Sabretooth was there for their own losses: Sting and Rogue. It was a joint funeral because the deaths of both guilds' members for the same cause brought the two together and they settled their differences temporarily to mourn the dragon slayers.
A single member from a different guild sat near the back of the spacious church with a girl. Just him had been released from prison for this one day to attend the service. The huge man had long flowing orange hair and a face which was flat and the sides were made up of straight lines.
The elderly priest began to speak about how 'their souls are in a better place' but all Hot Eye could think was: 'He knows nothing of the pain of losing a friend'. Granted, they weren't particularly close but secretly the earth mage had always thought that Cobra was so strong that he was invincible, the same went for the other members of Oracion Seis. He would never have guessed the poison dragon slayer would sacrifice his life for humanity – it just didn't seem like him.
Hot Eye put his hand on the shoulder of his companion - a crying Kinana - to offer just a little bit of comfort. He had been told that she was previously Cubellios, Cobra's pet snake and best friend.
The priest droned on and on - or maybe it was just that the guild members present were too upset to hear anything that he was saying - until it was finally time for Master Makarov to speak. The short man walked up to the golden lectern and stood on top of a small stool so that the congregation could see him. His cheeks were clearly stained with tears; his voice close to breaking.
"Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel and Laxus," he began. "They were my children and I their father. I may not have known Wendy and Gajeel for long but it is unimportant, I loved them the same. But they had to go and die, leaving us behind. When we were stuck on Tenroujima, everyone could hope that we were okay. But there is no hope this time. We have seen their ashes. We all know that Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Laxus, Sting, Rogue and Cobra are never coming back."
Only then did he break down and start crying again, setting everyone else off, even members of Sabretooth, including Minerva who although tried to come across as not caring was obviously at least somewhat affected.
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The streets of Karakura were solely lit by bright yellow lamp-posts; the sun had long since sunk beneath the horizon and heavy grey clouds obscured the moon and the stars from view.
A man ran frantically through the streets trying to shake off his pursuer. He would not die here, damn it. He may have been able to do it normally but the short chain hanging from his chest was making breathing rather difficult.
The man finally collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. He didn't chance a look but he could hear a river flowing somewhere on his right. Also judging by the soft ground, he assumed he was kneeling on the grass of the river bank.
The spirit lifted his head up to face the creature. It was the size of a small house and its body was that of a huge spider, with eight giant legs to hold it up. Its body was separated into two parts: the legs were attached to the front part and the back part looked like a huge ball, round and swollen. Its body and legs were pure black so it was difficult to distinguish it from the shadows. The only exception to this was its back, on which there was a blood red hourglass shape.
The creature had a huge, gaping hole where its heart should be, in the centre of the front body segment. The most disturbing thing about it by far was the bone white mask which covered its entire face, leaving eight holes for its glowing red eyes.
When it was close enough, the creature opened its huge mouth and roared. The chilling sound which shook the earth was one of the most pain filled, anguished cries that the spirit had ever heard. For a very brief moment, all he could think was: 'I understand you. You are hurting so you lash out at the world.'
Though the sympathetic thoughts would not save him when the beast charged as him, screaming all the while.
What would save him was the giant blue arrow which came out of seemingly nowhere, piercing the bone-mask, shattering it into a thousand pieces. The creature reeled back, clutching its front legs to its face, screeching before a loud tearing noise was heard. Behind the monster, a huge black space opened up, allowing it to step back and escape. The rip in the sky closed like a mouth, vanishing after the spider.
The spirit turned his head searching for the bowman. Eventually his eyes landed upon a young man dressed head to foot in white clothes trimmed with bright blue. The newcomer raised a gloved hand to push back the rectangular glasses on his face and to tuck one of his black bangs behind his ear.
"You should stay here while I go get a Shinigami to perform konso on you." His voice was filled with arrogance as if he was superior to everyone. The spirit took an instant dislike to the man.
The white clad man didn't wait for a reply and disappeared, presumably to go find this 'Shinigami'.
'When did I get so pathetic that I need to be saved like a damsel in distress?' the spirit thought. 'Well, if that brat thinks I'm going to sit around waiting to be 'konsoed' then he's got another thing coming.'
True to his word, he immediately stood and again began to run.
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End of chapter
Yes, it was a really short chapter, I know. It was merely a foreshadowing of events to come. 'What of?' though is the question.
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