Chapter 9: Rise of the Tamer

A/N: Enjoy! Here's the newest chapter! Please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail but I do own my OC.

Warning: This chapter contains screaming, roars, Vulcan dance moves, a small amount of fluff at the end and a Blizzardvern. You have been warned...

Normal Speech: "Talking..."

Thoughts: "Thinking..."

Magic Spells/Chants: "Spell/Chant..."

Demon/Kaito's ancestors' Speech: "Talking..."

Magic's Ghost's/Possession Speech: "Talking..."

There he was, plummeting to his doom.

"So this is the end? I thought I was going to last longer since I am the only living Spirit magic user." Kaito thought as he continued falling. His body was also starting to freeze as well due to the cold atmosphere of the blizzard. The red paint on his mask had faded away from the long fall and the mask was now completely white which now resembled a human skull. His chains had ice forming on its surface and they were hardly able to move.

"I hate Fate..." Kaito muttered to himself when he finally saw the ground below him. The ground below him had trees positioned in almost every inches of the area and what was worse is that those tress were covered in thorns, really sharp thorns...

Kaito braced himself as he closed his eyes and waited for his demise. A minute went by...two minutes went by...three minutes went by...he was very close to his doom now but in the end, nothing happened. Finally, he decided to open his eyes. To his surprise, he had landed in a pile of snow! "Must have been the cold. I couldn't even feel myself falling into the snow." Kaito muttered as he struggled to break free from his frozen body.

For another few minutes, he tried to move at least his fingers but sadly, they were frozen stiff. He tried to move his legs but the same result happened, he couldn't move them. "Damn it. When I get my hands on that Vulcan, I'm going to show it torture. I'm going to use Shinigami Seal on it." Kaito muttered to himself.

Cana was roughly tossed onto the slippery, icy floor of the Vulcans' cave and she groaned in pain when her head hit the wall.

"Woman! Woman! Woman!" The Vulcans sang as they started dancing around Cana using weird dance moves and some of them were VERY inappropriate.

"Where's...Kaito?" Cana whimpered as tears developed in her eyes.

The Vulcans stopped their ridiculous dancing and gave Cana stares and the one on the right scratched its forehead and gave Cana a confused look. "Kaito?"

"He's the boy who was with me..." Cana replied as she began sobbing while holding Kaito's cloak tightly in her grip.

A sinister grin formed on the same Vulcan's mouth and it returned to dance. "I kick boy off mountain! No need men! Only women!"

Hearing that, Cana felt herself crumbling from the inside. "This is all my fault...Cana thought. If only I had more knowledge of Card Magic, I could have at least defended myself so Kaito wouldn't have to die like this. And this was his first Job too! I'm just so pathetic!"

Kaito had been trapped in the ice for quite some time now and it seemed that he has gotten used to it. In fact, he's gotten so used to it that he may have...took a short nap. But it didn't last very long when Kaito suddenly felt something strange. His eyes blinked slowly as he adjusted his vision to the foggy scene in front of him and moved his hand to protect his eyes from the blizzard. Wait...hand?

He looked at his hand, surprised. A while ago, it was frozen along with his body but now, it was somehow thawed out! He clenched his hand tightly and he closed his eyes as he braced himself. His hand rushed in towards him and it smashed onto his mask with great force, shattering the ice covering it.

As soon as the ice vanished, the red paint on the mask returned and it glowed brightly.

Instantly, Kaito's body began to radiate with his dark aura which caused the ice around his body to crack. At that moment, his chains began to move again. They erupted from the ice and struck the ice on Kaito's body, destroying it.

Once the ice was gone, Kaito began shivering. He wrapped his arms around himself and tried to stay warm. His body shivered violently and his breathe was visible when he exhaled. But in his eyes, Kaito was furious. He got to his feet and looked up at the top of the mountain with his teeth chattering away. "W-when I-I-I get...my h-h-hands on that a-a-ape, I'm going to s-s-skin it and add its f-f-fur to my c-cloak!"

Kaito reached for his pocket to see if the fur sample he retrieved was still with him but sadly, it wasn't. "It must have dropped when I was falling..." Kaito thought with a frown.

The masked boy looked around to find a way back up but due to the blizzard, his vision was at zero.

"I don't suppose you can provide me with any spell that can light my way, right?" Kaito asked as he tapped his mask. The mask simply glowed for a brief second before he sighed. "Well, here goes nothing." The boy spread his legs apart and his arms were crossed. His chains tightened around his arms and it grew slightly longer, slowly slithering upwards towards his shoulder. Currently, his chains had covered both of his arms and elbows but now that it had extended, the chains had reached the point between his elbows and shoulders.

The chains glowed reddishly and it began heating up which caused smoke to form around the boy's body. Now that his body was warmed up, the remaining ice on his body melted and the air around him seemed to be cleared, making it look like there was an invisible barrier protecting him from the blizzard, which there was.

Kaito pulled the mask off of his face and panted heavily. The side of his face which was not scorched was covered in sweat from the heat released. However, much to his ignorance, his scorched side face had reacted differently to the heat. Instead of releasing sweat, a small portion of his skin started peeling off and underneath it was reddish-purple colored flame which was slowly spreading across his scorched side face, very slowly.(A/N: Just in case anyone's still a little confused about this, Kaito's scorched face is on the left side of his face.)

After he had cooled down, Kaito, still oblivious to the flame seeping out of his left cheek, placed his mask back on and he started moving towards the side of the mountain.

"Guess the only other way up will be climbing. Great..." Kaito grumbled as he stretched his hands out. Once stretched, the chains on his arms flew up towards the top of the mountain. A few seconds later, the chains stopped advancing. Kaito pulled the chains to make sure that they were stuck, and they were. Kaito took in a deep breath and released it as he leapt onto the mountain's wall and let his feet hit it.

When his feet were on the wall, he began running up as his chains pulled him towards the top.

In the World of Ethernano...

Currently, the only one present in the room was none other than Purple.

His flaming eyes seemed to have widened as well when he began to sense a growing force. Purple's gaze fell onto the bloodhound pillar and saw that colorless Magic Seal on the pillar's tongue had started to change its color to red with purple outlines. The bloodhound pillar itself seemed to be going through a change of appearance as well.

The pillar had collapsed entirely and Purple's eyes widened in shock as a new pillar emerged from the ground. This new pillar then took the shape of a human with the pillar's head covered by a helmet with a pair of curved horns on it. The pillar's body was covered by a demonic armor and chains were wrapped around its arms which were both stretched out close to each other.(A/N: Imagine yourself holding water in both of your hands as if you got it from a river to drink, that's just how the pillar's hands are positioned.)

In its left hand, the Mark of the Shinigami was carved onto it. On its right hand, a different mark had been carved. This new mark depicted a face which was exactly the same as the pillar's face. Speaking of the pillar's face, the left side of it had cracked and flames similar to the one on Kaito's left cheek erupted on the pillar's left cheek and it engulfed the entire left side of the pillar's face while the debris fell to the ground.

Behind the pillar, three shadows started to form and they came right out of the ground to form their own physical bodies.

The shadows soon materialized bodies belonging to hellhounds. All three hellhounds had black fur covering their bodies. Their faces were completely missing any flesh or fur. They only showed their skulls, with a pair of glowing red eyes each. A red light seemed to be appearing out of the hellhounds teeth and when they opened their mouth to howl, Purple could see that the hellhounds had magma filling up their throats before descending downwards deeper into their bodies.

Green flames lit up on their heads in between their ears and the flames stretched down to their lower back. Spiked bones protruded their backs and the flames engulfed them, making it seemed that the flames had formed spikes. Finally, chains formed around their necks and torsos.

One of the hellhounds held its nose up and sniffed. It then turned towards Purple and barked at its two other companions. The two growled in return as all three of them leapt up Purple's pillar and when they reached the top, they bowed their heads.

Purple smiled amusingly. "So Kaito is just like his father. He has created his own form of Spirit Magic. To think he would be able to create it with the mask still on. It looks very interesting and to be able to create creatures from nothing in THIS World even when he's still alive, he is quite talented even at such a young age." He removed his hood as he petted the hellhounds' heads. When it dropped, the flames from Purple's eyes erupted and engulfed his entire head. A ghostly grin formed on his flaming face and his messy brown hair emerged from the flames. Then, the flame faded and it revealed his face. A pair of violet eyes gazed back at the hellhounds and the hellhounds lifted their heads up and took off.

The hellhounds ran towards the hellhound pillar and a portal seemed to have appeared at the base of the pillar. Instinctively, the hellhounds ran into the portal and it closed when all three of the canines ran into it.

A smile formed on Purple's face. "You're a lucky boy, Kaito. Those hellhounds will be joining you soon." He released a sigh as he placed his hood back on and his eyes began emitting flames again as his face was once again shrouded by his hood.

Kaito had finally reached the mountain's halfway point during his climb and he wasn't stopping at all. He had just gotten a foot onto the mountain's wall again when he heard a deafening screech.

He turned his head to his side and froze.

Flying towards him at high speed was a Blizzardvern! Kaito didn't managed to move away in time from the flying beast and he was grabbed by its gigantic foot and its claws kept him secured in the Blizzardvern's foot as it flew in the direction it came from, the west of Mt. Hakobe.

"I HATE THIS MOUNTAIN!" Kaito screamed as his chains were detached from the mountain and wrapped around his arms.

The Blizzardvern growled in response as its speed increased while it continued flying towards its territory.

Within minutes, the Blizzardvern had dropped Kaito onto the snow below them.

Kaito landed with a thump and the snow around him were knocked off of the ground before falling back onto it. Kaito groaned in slight pain as he sat up. He looked around at his surroundings and saw patches of vegetation all over the area. He picked one up from the ground and looked closely at it. "Herbs?" He said to himself as he placed it back on the ground.

Before he knew it, the Blizzardvern landed right behind him. The Blizzardvern growled at him as it bore its teeth at the boy. The beast spread its massive wings and gave a mighty flap, sending a strong force of air pressure towards Kaito, who was hit by it. Kaito was knocked off of the ground and into the air within a matter of seconds before he was attacked by the Blizzardvern again.

It brought up its giant foot and dropped it onto Kaito. As he came closer to the ground, Kaito grabbed the Blizzardvern's foot and climbed on top of it and leapt off before the foot slammed onto the ground.

Kaito landed in the snow and he turned around to face the Blizzardvern. "You're a Blizzardvern. Then, I'll just take one of your scales and get going." The chains on his arms glowed brightly as they unwrapped from his arms. As soon as the chains were off, Kaito took off towards the beast without any hesitation. He swung his arms and the chains smacked the ground, causing him to be forced off of the ground and into the air.

The beast simply growled as it swung its tail at Kaito, hitting the masked Mage without any problem.

Kaito crashed into the snow again and he dusted them off of his body before he charged in again. This time, the chains wrapped around his hands as he balled them into fists. He looked up and saw the Blizzardvern's tail coming closer to him. Kaito immediately skidded to a halt before he winded his right hand and thrust it forward at the tail. "Spirit Magic - Phantom Fist!"

His fist connected with the tail and a energy wave was created from the impact of the two attacks, causing the surrounding snow and vegetation to be blown all over the place from the force.

The Blizzardvern screeched in pain as its tail swung wildly in all directions which gave Kaito the opportunity he needed. He threw himself at the tail and grabbed onto it. At first, he was about to slip, but then his chains began to glow and he felt his hands gripping onto the tail tightly. With that, he began pulling his way towards the beast.

When the Blizzardvern came to its senses, it growled at Kaito when it saw him on its tail. The Blizzardvern started shaking its tail violently in an attempt to get rid of Kaito but due to his chains, Kaito was like a piece of gum stuck to a shoe, he couldn't be removed that easily. Then, the beast roared as it took to the sky while spinning around.

Kaito scoffed at the beast's attempt and he purposely released his grip on the tail. As soon as he did, he began to plummet back to the ground. However, Kaito had it all planned out. His chains unwrapped from his fists and he swung his arms forward at the Blizzardvern. The chains wrapped around the Blizzardvern's spike that was on its back and the boy tugged at it. The chains responded by retracting itself, bringing Kaito along so that his distance from the flying beast was shortened.

Once Kaito landed on its back, the Blizzardvern landed back on the ground and shook itself to try and shake Kaito off but to no avail as his chains were still wrapped around its spike. However, that doesn't mean that its tail wasn't useful. In fact, its tail had wrapped around Kaito's waist and pulled him off. As Kaito's chains were unwrapped from its spike, the Blizzardvern threw Kaito onto the ground.

The Blizzardvern smirked when it saw Kaito's mask dropped in front of it. It pushed the mask aside with its tail and advanced towards Kaito with its teeth bore.

As it came close to Kaito, the Blizzardvern stopped in its tracks and its eyes widened in shock. Standing before it was a very pissed off Kaito who was radiating a terrifying dark aura that seemed to have formed behind the boy which grew until it reached the beast's height. Then, it took the shape of a horned being. Its right eye glowed brightly red as it glared at the Blizzardvern. To the beast, its eyes resembled Kaito's a lot and that was actually true.

The horned being then gave a battle cry as it faced the sky and it was then absorbed into Kaito as his right eye glowed red. On his right hand, a Seal was beginning to form on his palm and at the back of his hand. When it was completed, it showed an image of the horned being's face and horned helmet with its sinister-looking eyes staring back at him.

Frightened to death, the Blizzardvern turned and tried to escape but it was already too late.

The flame on Kaito's left cheek grew a small bit during the entire time. It has now reached his chin and was slowly making its way towards his eye. However, his right eye seemed to have changed its glow. It had changed form red to blue, the chains around his arms sprung to life and were flying in all directions but were still attached to his arms.

"Spirit Tamer Mode..." Kaito said in a monotone voice.

Instantly, the aura around Kaito exploded into a flurry of lights which engulfed the entire area, much to the Blizzardvern's surprise and shock.

The beast spread its wings and took to the sky. It didn't bother to look back for it knew if it did, there will never be a second chance. Even so, the Blizzardvern had fell into Kaito's trap. The Blizzardvern felt its entire body sinking back to the ground and its eyes felt completely tired. It crashed.

With the beast down, Kaito's chains began to move. The chains made their way over to the Blizzardvern and the chains then merged when they went around its opened mouth. Kaito then leapt onto the beast's back and held his chains in his hands as he yanked it, causing the Blizzardvern to jerk up and roar when it felt the chains around its mouth.

"Spirit Tamer Magic - Taming of the Beast!" Kaito cried as he pressed his right hand onto the Blizzardvern's head. As soon as he did, the new Seal on his hand glowed as it began to rotate around while the beast roared in agony. Its body flailed around as it attempted to knock Kaito off but when it did, the chains pulled on its mouth and it threatened to rip its entire face in half if it continued.

Eventually, the Blizzardvern gave up. At that moment, its eyes turned to slits. Around its scales, cracks had appear and a mist soon formed underneath the beast's feet from the cracks as they had released a cold mist. On the beast's chest was the Seal that Kaito had on his hand. Its growl was low and calm as it showed no signs of resistance at all.

When that was done, the flames on the left side of Kaito's face subsided as his mask was returned to his hand by his chains.

"What...just...happened?" Kaito asked himself as he looked around with a confused expression. When he realized that he was on the Blizzardvern and it was not resisting, he felt that something was off. "Did something happened when my mask wasn't covering my face?" He thought. But he soon shrugged it off as he pulled out one of the beast's scales.

The beast didn't flinch nor roar in pain. It was as if it didn't felt anything.

Kaito did nothing but he soon yanked his chains after keeping the Blizzardvern scale. The Blizzardvern obeyed and lifted its wings up before taking one huge flap, lifting it off of the ground. "Head over to where you got me. I have a bone to pick with an ape." Kaito growled. The beast growled back obediently as it made its way towards Mt. Hakobe once more. This time, its not attacking anyone. It's helping Kaito.

Cana was shoved roughly by one of the Vulcans, knocking her over onto her side as her cards were dropped onto the icy floor of the cave.

"Woman not move. We thought woman frozen," The Vulcan snickered as its partner was playing with Cana's cards.

"Don't...touch those..." Cana muttered as she felt her arms weakening. She couldn't support her body's weight any longer with just her arms. Her legs were numb from the freezing temperature and the Card Magic user herself was feeling very cold that she could see her breath. Her body shivered and she tightened her grip on Kaito's cloak.

The Vulcan who shoved Cana noticed this and it grabbed her by her hair and pulled her up. "What woman holding?" The Vulcan questioned as it snatched the cloak from Cana, who struggled to free herself from the beast's grip.

"Give that back!" Cana cried. "It doesn't belong to you!" She kicked her legs and her arms flailed but the Vulcan did not bother. It grinned instead. The Vulcan tossed Cana aside and it put on the cloak around its body.

"Look!" It called out to its friend and it began to dance around with the cloak still attached to it as its friend cheered it on.

Tears developed in Cana's eyes as she crawled her way to her cards. When she reached them, she picked up three of her cards which had the words "Lightning", "Reverse Towers" and "Lovers" written on it. "At least I know one spell that might do the trick..." Cana thought as she picked up the rest of her cards. After she picked up her cards, Cana shifted her body to face the ignorant Vulcans. She held the three cards up and gave the two Vulcans a murderous glare. "This is for Kaito..."

But before she was about to cast her spell, the wall behind her exploded with a boom and it was accompanied by a roar.

Cana froze. Her eyes were widen, her body was shaking in fear, her cards dropped from her hand to the ground and her mouth was agape. All around her, a mist had formed. She slowly turned around and gasped. Standing before her was a Blizzardvern that was releasing a mist from the cracks in its scales, its eyes were slits, in its mouth was a chain and riding on its back was none other than Kaito, the masked Mage that Cana had paired up with.

"K-Kaito?!" Cana gasped. The Vulcans were also in a state of shock. After all, a Blizzardvern had just blown a hole in their home and was staring at them with an intent to kill. Who wouldn't be shocked after that?

Kaito detached his chains from the Blizzardvern's mouth and the chains split before wrapping themselves around both of his arms. The masked Mage then hopped off of the beast's back and he looked at the Vulcan that was wearing his cloak. Kaito pointed a finger at it and spoke. "I AM GOING TO SKIN YOU ALIVE! YOU DAMN DIRTY APE!" The Blizzardvern roared as it destroyed more of the cave with its back when it moved most of its body into the cave, causing the entire cave to shake. At that moment, Kaito dashed towards the two Vulcans.

The Vulcans were caught off guard. The one with Kaito's cape was knocked to the ground by the masked Mage himself while the other Vulcan received a kick to the face.

"That was for throwing me off of the mountain!" Kaito cried as he swung at fist at the Vulcan in front of him while the Blizzardvern pressed its foot against the other Vulcan. Kaito's fist connected with the Vulcan's face and it was flung towards the back of the cave and it crashed into the wall, creating a crater on it as it got back to its feet.

Anger within the Vulcan rose as it banged its chest with its fists before charging towards Kaito. As it approached Kaito, the Vulcan threw its fist forward and Kaito jumped back to avoid it. When his feet touched the icy floor, he felt himself slip and he did. Kaito crashed onto the floor and his body was sliding along the ice and towards the Vulcan, who was grinning as it winded back its arm.

The Vulcan thrust its arm forward and Kaito rolled to his left as the fist smashed through the floor.

Kaito got back to his feet and his chains wrapped around his feet and ankles as his mask glowed. "Oh? This shall be fun." Kaito thought as he mentally smirked. The boy crouched as a Magic Seal formed underneath his chain covered feet. The surrounding pieces of ice began to rise from the ground and were instantly thrown in all directions as Kaito leapt into the air. "Spirit Magic - Phantom Drop!"

His right foot was stretched out as it was engulfed in a red aura and it connected with the Vulcan's back. Said Vulcan jerked up when it heard something cracked and its hand reached for its back as it fell onto the ground.

"You're not worth my time, ape. I'll end you quickly," Kaito said as he grabbed the Vulcan's head and slammed it into the ground. Cracks appeared all around the floor near the impact and the Vulcan fell unconscious immediately. Kaito scoffed as he ripped out a patch of its fur and spoke. "That's for making me lose your other patch of fur. And this belongs to me!" He grabbed his cloak and pulled it off of the Vulcan's body before walking towards the other Vulcan and the Blizzardvern.

Its friend saw this and panicked, thinking that it would suffer the same if it were to remain in the cave. The Vulcan struggled but to no avail as the Blizzardvern pinning it down grabbed the Take Over beast using its massive teeth before throwing it out of the cave with extreme force.

The Blizzardvern then looked towards Kaito and it knelt down with its wings on the ground. Kaito petted the Blizzardvern's head and it growled in satisfaction. The Blizzardvern then got back on its feet and turned before it lifted its wings and took off towards its territory, leaving behind a trail of mist.

Cana could only stare in awe at how fast the battle was. Normally, a normal Mage like her or Macao for instance are capable of taking out a Vulcan under fifteen minutes. Kaito, however, took out the Vulcan under five minutes! She snapped back to reality when she felt Kaito nudging her. She looked up at the masked Mage and she saw him covering her with his cloak.

"You can use my cloak until we get out of this place tomorrow morning." Kaito said as he sat down beside her.

A slight blush formed on Cana's cheeks when she felt his hand accidentally touching hers before retracting. "Sorry," Kaito said as he removed his hand from hers. Cana smiled and laid her head on his shoulder as she closed her eyes and sighed deeply.

"It's alright. We're partners after all." Cana said. But deep down, she was depressed. Why? She was still feeling guilty about what had happened hours ago. How she was not able to be of help to him when she was captured by the Vulcans, how she didn't know how to fight back and how she knew only one spell at the moment. (A/N: This took place before Cana actually knew how to fight with Card Magic so she's still learning the basics of the Magic's combat spells besides "Jolt of Fate".)

"Thanks for saving me, Kaito." Cana said.

Kaito didn't respond. All he did was nod before a silence occurred. It lasted for about a couple of seconds until he decided to speak. "Why are you feeling depress, Cana?"

She sighed sadly. She knew it wouldn't take long for him to detect her emotion. After all, he told her that he was able to detect emotions. "Well..." She started. "You see, I...I'm not very good at fighting with my Magic, okay!" Tears began to develop in her eyes as she continued. "I just started learning my Magic this year and I've just begun the basics of its combat spells. I'm just feeling depressed because if I had learned more spells, I could have been more helpful to you when we faced those Vulcans before I got captured by them. I...I thought you were dead!"

Sadness grew within her and Kaito noticed this as Cana continued talking. "I thought that you had actually died when the Vulcan said that it threw you off of the mountain. I broke afterwards. It was the first time I had crumbled down to do nothing but cry and I hadn't felt like it ever since my mother passed away. I don't know why but I felt something when that happened. My heart ached because I thought I lost you, my first partner in Fairy Tail."

Then, Kaito noticed that it had faded. Happiness, joyful and relief had taken over her this time.

"But then, you came back. I was so relieved when I saw you standing in front of me but I had not expected you to be riding on a Blizzardvern. I didn't care though, all I cared about was that you were still alive." Cana threw herself at him and embraced him in a hug, which was foreign to him.

He had no idea of what he was supposed to do at this point of time. He has never been in a situation like this but he improvised. He returned the hug by giving her his own embrace, which made the girl blush more.

Macao shuddered. His body shook with uneasiness as he put down his mug.

"What's wrong, Macao?" Wakaba asked. Currently, the two Mages had bandages all over their bodies after their battle with Kaito. Apparently, they had to receive more bandages when Makarov exploded. The old man had lectured them to no end and he also gave them the worst headaches with his fist as well for breaking the furniture during their battle.

"I don't know, Wakaba," Macao replied. "But I feel as if something just very strange just happened a moment ago. It's as if I felt something going on with Cana."

Wakaba snickered. "Well, you do act like her guardian. Of course you would feel that way. But don't worry, alright? Makarov said that she's with Kaito, so there won't be any problem. After all, he did beat us to pulps without using any Magic. That kid's going to be one of a kind in this guild when he gets back."

Macao shook his head. "It's the boy that I'm worried about. I mean, when that smokescreen formed when he created that Magic Seal. I was attacked by this...ghost. And I have a feeling that Kaito was the one who summoned it when he created that smokescreen. So I'm worried about Cana. If he does anything to harm her, I'll..."

"Only get beaten up by him again," Wakaba smirked as he gulped down his last few sips of his drink.

Makarov, who was sitting not to far away, sighed. "Kaito...you've only been gone since this morning with Cana on your Jobs and you already made Macao worried for her. I just hope she isn't hurt too badly."

"That's it!" Macao cried as he slammed his hand on the table, scaring everyone who was minding their own business.

"What the hell, Macao!" Wakaba cried.

Macao ignored the Smoke Mage as he walked up to Makarov. "Master, let me go. I'll make sure that Kaito won't cause any harm to Cana. I'll..."

"No," was all Makarov said. "Macao, no one can decide what someone else should do with their life. This is Cana's first Job with a partner. If you were to join them, she'll never understand the true meaning of partnership. Did anyone stop you and Wakaba from going on your first Job together as a team? No. So let Cana and Kaito finish their Jobs and we'll see the results."

"But Cana's still unable to do any offensive Card Magic!" Macao blurted out, which caused Makarov to widen his eyes in shock.

"A-are you serious?" The old man stuttered.

Macao nodded. "Yes. I was going to tell you on the day when Kaito arrived but I forgotten all about it until you told me that they went on their Jobs."

A giant fist slammed the Purple Flare user to the ground and Makarov bellowed. "THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME BEFORE ALL THIS MESS?!" He took a deep breath as his fist shrunk back down to normal and continued. "Now that I know about Cana's offensive Magic is still minimum. I guess I'll have to let you go, for Cana's safety. Even if Kaito may be able to defend her, he still has to defend himself as well. However, all I request is that you do not reveal yourself, only supervise from afar."

"Thank you...Master," Macao spoke weakly as he lifted himself off of the ground while Wakaba supported him.

"Hang in there, partner. We'll head out first thing in the morning." Wakaba smiled.

Macao raised an eyebrow. "I thought you told me to forget about it."

Wakaba laughed. "You're my partner and we're a team. I'll always be there for you, just like in the good old days when we were younger. Besides, I want to see how little Cana handles herself." This made Macao smiled as he was set on the bench with Wakaba sitting down next to him.

Night had fallen very quickly on Mt. Hakobe.

With no where else to go in the freezing blizzard, both Cana and Kaito had to remain in the Vulcans' cave. Fortunately for them, the two Vulcans that Kaito and his Blizzardvern defeated had left for good and there seemed to be no sign of any other Vulcans but they had to be sure.

Cana had placed her cards around both of them in a semi-circle position as they both were resting against the cave's wall. Kaito looked at her with his head tilted to express his confusion to what she was doing. The Card Magic user noticed this and she gladly explained it to him. "It's a defensive spell that I learnt from another Card Magic user while I was on a Job a few weeks ago. She told me that it would come in handy if I were to sleep in an unsafe area such as this."

Kaito simply nodded to show that he understood what she said and he stretched his arms.

During this point of time, Cana finally noticed that the chains on Kaito's arms had grew a little but she ignored it. As she sat beside him, she heard something that she thought she would never hear in her life. Kaito chuckled very softly. A day ago, she had thought that Kaito would be a very negative guy that would never do anything that shows happiness. But here it was, he was chuckling!

"I can't believe I got angry because of a monkey." Kaito mused to himself. Cana became confused by his words and she asked him what he meant by that. Kaito explained. "Before I came to Fairy Tail, I...I've never been the most likable guy in the village I grew up in." He lifted up his arms and the chains slowly moved aside to reveal scars all over his arms. "Back then, I was beaten, tortured and humiliated because I had Magic."

Cana gasped when she heard that. Was this why he acted coldly towards her when they first met?

"I had no one to rely on. They executed my parents and made me watch. After that, some of the villagers were assigned to raise me so that I would not learn how to use Magic. But I knew that they only did it because they were told to do so and if they were given the chance to get rid of me, they would have. No one would talk to me or do anything with me. I was left out, an outcast, abnormal, everything the villagers did, I was never allowed to. So I had to rely on myself since I couldn't trust any of them. That was why I acted a little...harsh when you talked to me."

Now she understood why he had pushed everyone away. All she could now was look at him with sympathy for she knew that if she had been through the same thing, she would also have pushed everyone away.

"But Master Makarov changed me," Kaito said. "Before I met Makarov, I was actually supposed to be executed by the villagers of my village."

"What?! Why?!" Cana asked with her eyes filled with worriedness.

Kaito sighed. "I...I accidentally used my Magic when I didn't intend to. The villagers saw that and I was immediately dragged to the execution site. But then, it was when I released my Magic Power and my personality changed. Back then, I was scared, weak and filled with fear. But when my Magic awakened, I felt completely different. I couldn't sense anything positive in me except for the negative emotions. After that, I went on to banish myself from the village because it would be a more better way for me to see them and vice versa.

Then, I went over to Clover Town a few days later and there, I met Makarov. I was at the train station when we met. He invited me to sit with him on the train and there, he told me that he had Magic and I was shocked. It was the first time I met someone with Magic besides me. Then, he told me all about what Mages are capable of and he kept on talking about it until he told me about Fairy Tail. Makarov began telling me about the endless adventures and about family which made me skeptical about his words but I decided to see if I would join which is why I am a temporary member at the moment. I want to see how true his words is. Does Fairy Tail consider its members as family or was it just a way to get Mages to join?"

Cana simply smiled at him. "Of course Fairy Tail considers its members as family! Gramps has never gone back on his words before and he won't do it any time soon. I can assure you that his words are true."

"How can you be sure?" Kaito asked.

"Because..." Cana paused. She took a deep breath so that her tears won't fall off her face. "Before I joined Fairy Tail, I actually came to find my father after I mother passed away. But when I found him, I wasn't able to tell him anything because I didn't know how to. That's when I met Macao and Wakaba, the two guys you beat this morning. They helped me out when I was waiting for my father for the next two months until he came back. During those two months, I joined Fairy Tail after I waited for my father to return. But he wasn't always around for very long. He left as soon as he got back and I didn't know what to do then. Time went by since then to this year and well, he was still the same, always heading out to finish Jobs.

I couldn't wait for very long so I learned the tarot in order to predict the days that he would return. That's when Macao and Wakaba suggested that I learn Card Magic, which I did. Up till now, I am still learning more spells to use so that I can use which is why I went on Jobs which involves fortune telling. Other times, I would run into other Card Magic users and asked them about what they know. Currently, all I know is this defensive spell and Jolt of Fate, my offensive spell."

Kaito could feel the sadness returning once more in Cana and he knew that he had to stop her somehow. Seeing the only friend he has right now in this state frustrates him.

The masked Mage did what he thought was right at the moment. He embraced her. His left arm went around her and he pulled her closer to him, which surprised her to see him doing this as she blushes.

"I'm sure you'll be able to tell him someday, Cana." Kaito reassured her. "At least you still get to see him. For me, I never even got to see my parents' faces. My memory of them is foggy since I was still a toddler when it happened. But know this, Cana, I am always by your side. I am, after all, your partner and...your friend."

She couldn't hold it in any longer. Her tears burst and she sobbed loudly as she held her head close to his chest. He had accepted her as his friend, his first real friend! That was something which she found soothing to hear.

Kaito himself had felt different as well when he said that. It was as if something in his heart which was filled with ice-cold emotions had sparked a light filled with emotions he thought were no longer with him.

He felt his heart beat fast, very fast, as he felt Cana embrace him back when her sobs stopped. Though tears were still on his face, he could see a glimmer of joy in her eyes when she looked at him with a smile and her cheeks flushed red. Underneath his mask, his cheeks felt heat emerging as his eyes gazed into hers. Then, he wiped her tears off of her face with his fingers. "Get some sleep, Cana. We'll finish this Job tomorrow morning. We have the scale and fur."

Cana nodded and she was placed next to the wall by Kaito before she tightened her grip on his cloak. "I'm glad I met you, Kaito." As she fell asleep, Kaito resisted the urge to smile as he sat down beside her.

Unknown to him, a shadow had been watching them from the other side of the cave. It began to emerge from the wall to form a ghost-like body before it smiled.

A/N: This chapter's finish at last! Though I just hate to admit it but...I suck at NOT doing romance-filled stories. Apparently, this just became an Adventure, Hurt/Comfort and Romance story. So the current pairing is OC x Cana. But in future chapters, Mirajane will be joining and there'll be a love triangle. So if anyone wants to add any other girls into this to form a harem, I don't mind. But I can already predict that no one will enjoy that unless someone changes my mind. Anyway, please review or PM me!

Oh, one more thing. For all the readers who have read this story ever since it began, you may have noticed that I changed the cover image. Well that's because it was the perfect depiction of Kaito's form of Magic, Spirit Tamer. I have been trying to find an image that resembled my idea and I have finally found it! And for new readers, I hope you're enjoying this story and I hope that you'll continue reading it when the next chapter comes!

Finally, I would like to thank all of the readers who followed and/or favorite this story. Thank you for all of your support!

Magic used:

Spirit Magic - Phantom Fist: The user's fists are covered entirely by his or her chains. These fists will become intangible but they can still inflict damages similar to the Phantom Chains spell.

Spirit Tamer Mode: This is a type of Spirit Magic which is unique because this is Kaito's form of Spirit Magic. This mode only appears whenever Kaito is in a very difficult situation. Its accessibility is still locked from Kaito when he has his mask on as it serves as a barrier from allowing Kaito to be corrupted by his own form of Spirit Magic. This mode also allows Kaito to control beasts and Magic.

Spirit Tamer Magic - Taming of the Beast: This spell is capable of taming any creatures. The taming effect may last forever if Kaito chooses to do so but he can also keep it to at least a week at minimum. While tamed, the creature that Kaito has tamed will obey his every command and will remain loyal to him even when they are released from the spell, if they want to. It's a choice.

Spirit Magic - Phantom Drop: The user's feet are wrapped by chains and a dark aura or just the dark aura, depending on the user. The user then crouches and leaps towards their target. Their right foot is then stretched out as they kick their target. The force os so strong that it can break bones if the strength of the kick isn't lowered.

Wow, that's the least amount of spells I have ever seen in my story...