Chapter 9
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Just my OC's.
Natsu POV
"This sucks!" Natsu and the others who were fighting earlier were out buying the furniture that they needed to replace after being destroyed. "We fight almost every day and Gramps wouldn't punish us like this."
"Shut up, Flamebrain!" Gray snapped. "It's your fault that we have to do this anyway."
"How is it my fault!?"
"You were the first one to start fighting."
Elfman, who was walking behind them, was starting to get irritated with two of the bickering. "Would both of you shut up? A real man takes his punishment without question!"
"It's not my fault Natsu can't go five seconds without punching someone."
Natsu was about to reply back but he started covering his and his face was cringing with pain. There was a sharp, ringing sound resonating in his ears.
"Natsu, you okay man?" Gray asked.
"You guys don't hear that?" Natsu asked looking at Gray and Elfman. The two of them shook their heads.
"Apparently he does though." Gray nodded towards Gajeel who was in the same state as Natsu.
"What the hell is that?" the Iron Dragon Slayer muttered. "It's like a whistle just keeps blowing in my ears."
After a few moments, the ringing stopped. Natsu uncovered his ears with a dazed look on his face.
"You hear that, Salamander?" Gajeel had uncovered his ears as well. He had a cautious look on his face, like he was expecting someone to attack them
"Of course I did." Natsu replied. "Where was it coming from?"
As if to answer his question, an explosion went off in the distance. The four wizards turned their heads in the direction of the explosion.
"There's your answer." Gray said.
Erin POV
"I'm gonna make sure you stay dead this time."
Erin sweatdropped. He needed to think fast or else this guy would kill him.
"Sound Slicer!" Erin looked up to see the sound waves shooting towards him. He created a Light Shield just in time but if broke just seconds after the waves made contact. The force of the impact caused Erin to stagger back a little.
C'mon think! I have to do something to buy myself some time. Now think! Wait a minute… Erin felt like a light bulb had gone off in his head. The wizard clapped his hands together, creating a dark magic circle. He closed his eyes and focused his magic around his body. Waves of dark magic began swirling around Erin.
"What the hell is he up to?" the Sound Wizard murmured.
"Shadow Lance!" A black lance shot towards the masked man. The man was about to dodge it but the lance staggered in the air and hit the ground below the man's feet.
"How do you expect to win if you can't even aim your own attacks?" the man laughed.
"Never said I was aiming for you!"
"What…" Erin sent another flurry of lances in the man's direction, this time all aimed right for him. The Sound Wizard jumped to the side, dodging them with ease. "Even if you can aim, you still won't hit me."
Erin smirked. Without moving his arms, the lances began to move in the man's direction. Again the man dodged them but the lances kept following his every movement. Erin could see the look of panic on the Sound Wizard's face.
"What the hell are these?"
"The attack has 'Shadow' in its name for a reason."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean!" the man yelled as he continued to dodge the lances.
"Remember when I said I wasn't aiming for you before. I was aiming for your shadow. As long as one of my lances connects with a person's shadow, it will follow that person until the attack hits or if I stop them."
"Damn you." The man growled. All of his concentration was on dodging the lances that he didn't notice that Erin had started to move again.
Erin moved behind the man, who was falling back, and raised his hands. "Lumine Flare!" A huge spiral of light gold magic was toward the man.
The man was engulfed in the light and was blown backwards into a building. The Sound Wizard was already back up preparing one of his Sound attacks but failed to notice that the lances were still following him. He was hit by all of them and was knocked back to the ground.
Erin walked up to him grabbed him by the collar of his cloak. He grabbed the man's mask and peeled it off. The man was bald with a scar over his left eye.
"Alright asshole," Erin growled. "You're going to tell me who you are and what you're doing here."
The man smirked at Erin. "The name's Zerex, but that's all you're going to get out of me, kid."
Erin punched Zerex in the face. "Not good enough!"
"Oi, Erin what's going on?"
Erin turned around to see Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, and Elfman running up to him.
"I was just trying to get some information from this guy."
"Who is he?" Gray asked.
"His name is Zerex. He's this guy I've been looking for. He stole something from someone that I promised to get back." Erin turned his attention back to the man under him. "Now give me the Leviathan Stone."
"Fine, take it. The thing's a dud anyway."
Erin reached into Zerex's coat and pulled out the stone. The stone was a darkish gray with mist swirling around the inside of it. He was actually impressed. Even if the stone had no magical powers or whatever, it was still breathtaking.
Erin pulled the Zerex to his feet. "I'm taking you back to our guild. I have some more questions I wanna ask you. And don't think of trying to escape. You're outnumbered five to one."
"You sure that's a good idea, Erin?" Gajeel asked. "We could just get him to talk right here." He gave Zerex a toothy grin.
"No I'm gonna have Erza do it. If anyone can get him to talk she can."
"That won't be pretty," Natsu said with a shiver.
"Yeah I almost feel sorry for him." Gray said.
"Can you guys take him back for me?" Erin asked. "I have to return the stone to its owner.
"Yeah, no problem." Elfman replied.
"Thanks, I'll see ya guys back at the guild."
As they were walking away, Erin noticed something strange about Zerex. He had a small grin on his face. Is he smiling? What the hell is he smiling for?
Chapter End
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