"Geez, there's just more and more of you, aren't there?" i said as i kicked another enemy in the face.
"I have to admit, if nothing else these guys are persistant." Laxus retorted as a bolt of lightening shocked a dozen enemies surrounding him.
I've been a part of fairy tail for roughly three months now, and Laxus and I were currently on a mission outside of Magnolia. The job description had said there were a few bandits causing problems for a small village, so we had decided to take it just for fun. 'It'll be some easy money' he said. However once we arrived the village leader informed us that there was a typo in the flyer. It wasn't a measly 50 bandits like it had said but 500 instead.
"I could do this all day!" Laxus shouted as another large group of enemies were sent flying.
"Yea these guys are no sweat, just annoying," I said as i knocked out the last of them i saw, "But where's the boss? I kinda expected him to appear at some point."
Laxus began walking to me while carefully avoiding the unconscious men on the ground, "Yea the villagers said he would be pretty obvi..." Laxus began but was cut off as a loud thud drew both of our attention to the woods the bandits had been calling home. Looking over we saw a massive person stepping out of the trees, looking at all the bodies on the ground.
With a look of anger in his eyes he said, "YOU! Are you two the ones responsible for my men being in this sorry state?!"
We both stood there for a minute watching steam actually come out of his ears before i be spoke up, "Nope, wasn't me," I said pointing to Laxus, "Though i did see that dude beating on them when i walked up."
I saw a look of confusion on his and Laxus' face before it he switched back to anger, "I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!" he shouted now charging with a large ax in his hand.
"Well guess he's smarter then he looks," I said, "Yo Laxus, you want the final K.O.?" I asked him, jumping over the charging man.
"To much for you?" He replied stepping in front of the mass of a man, "Don't worry I'll handle this." Just as the still charging man reached Laxus and brought up his ax, Laxus leaped into the air closing the distance between them instantly and landing an electrically charged fist right in his face. That was all it too to not only stop the momentum of the Leader but also to send him flying back into the woods.
"Wow, you ever heard of this thing called holding back?" I said walking over to him, headed to the village.
"No. Not against those who don't respect our guild mark. The second those guys found out who we were they should have ran away with their tail between there legs, but no they actually thought they stood a chance." Laxus said anger seeping through each word, "That's what the old man has done to our guild, made us weak."
I let him continue to vent as we walked, it had become pretty common for him to talk about the guild like that, and i would just ignore it for the most part. I remembered from the show what was coming with the battle of Fairy Tail and had decided that it was important for him to try and fail if he was going to become the good guy eventually.
Few Hours Later
Arriving back in Magnolia, things seemed different.
"Hey, Laxus, has there always been a huge path straight through town to the guild?" I asked as we entered the city. "Laxus?" i repeated looking over only to he had took of straight for the guild. "Ok i'll just see you at the guild then." I said again to no one in particular as i continued on the way to the guild.
Looking around it all seemed familar, "Why did they do this? I don't remember this from the show. Damn its been so long I'm starting to forget." i said racking my brain. "Maybe there was some big fight i missed?"
Arriving at the guild I walked in only to see a large crowd of members at the bar, and and natsu's body hanging from a hole in the ceiling. Seeing Cana as one of the few not at the bar I decided to ask her whats going on.
"Hey Cana." I said taking a seat opposite of her at the table. "What's going on? whys the town different and whats happeing at the bar?" I asked.
"Oh, hi Nate. I saw Laxus running in here just a little bit ago, so figured you two had just gotten back." she said looking up from her cards.
"Yea as soon as we got back he just took off. So whats going on?"
"Oh! Well i guess your still pretty new here, but basicly the strongest member of Fairy Tail is back." she said pointing to the crowd.
"Uh oh" Was the first thought in my head. "Is that right?" I said backing away from the table to the door, "Well I'll have to meet him sometime."
"Where are you going? He's right there, just go up and say hi!" Cana retorted as I backed up.
I looked at the group only see a pair of eyes staring back at me. "Yep, time to go." i thought as I turned around to make a break for it. Just as I about reached the door, i turned back to see if i was being pursued only to see a large fist coming straight for my face. Somehow i managed to react quick enough to place my hands in between it an my face. However the power and the momentum backing the fist easily over powered me and sent me flying through the door and sliding on my back several yards, before i managed to flip over onto my feet and come to a stop. "So much for a smooth exit." I thought as I looked up to see none other than the Ace of fairy tail, Gildarts, looking down at me.
All of the guild was quick to follow us out side, surprised by his actions most stared in shock.
"Gildarts! What is the meaning of this?! You could have killed him!" Makarov shouted being the first to get between us.
"No it would take a lot more than that to kill this kid. Right Nate?" Gildarts replied looking at me.
"Fair enough, but you could have held back a little bit more, Gildarts." I said, shaking my sore hands as i stood up. We locked eyes for a moment and I could hear everyone hold their breath, until finally we both split a slight grin at each other and burst out laughing.
The expressions on everyones face immediatly turned from one of fear to one of confusion, even Makarov looked on with dismay. After a few minutes of laughter I heard Maco speak up, "Hold one second you two are about to fight and now youre all buddy buddy?"
Gildarts and I both took a deep breath, getting the last of our laughs out before I began to explain, "Sorry about the scare guys. Truth is i actually met Gildarts about a year ago before I joined and we kinda hung out." i said beckoning to Gildarts who nodded in agreement, validating my words.
*FLASHBACK*
"I soooooo hungry!" I shouted, walking through the woods, i could feel my stomach as it grumbled. "I've been walking for like three days and haven't seen a single animal, are they just avoiding me or am i just that unlucky?" i said to my self as leaned against a tree to rest. Suddenly a familiar scent arose in the air. "That..." i said sniffing around, "Smells like... fish!" I said, taking off straight for the source.
Quickly the sounds of rushing water could be heard as i neared it. Bursting through the trees i found a small stream, and on the other side was a large fish on a stick over a fire.
"Ohhhhh! Ok that looks good!" i said as i lept all the way to the other side to devower my prey. Soon i was digging in, tearing at fish like it was the best thing i had ever ate! Suddenly i felt something tug on my shirt and before i knew what was happening i was floating in mid air over the middle of the stream just before crashing down into it.
"What the hell?" i though as i tried to regain my balance and swim back to the top, only to see a man in black clothes and with orange hair standing next to the fish i had been eating. i swam back to shore and crawled onto land before i looked back to the man only to realize who exactly he was.
"Wait. Orange hair, black overcoat." I wiped the water out of my eyes and took a closer look, nearing choking on my breath, "Gildarts" was the only thought i could manage.
After a few moments another realization hit me, "Did just steal the dinner of the well know strongest member of Fairy Tail?" i asked myself, frozen in shock.
"You know its not very nice to steal another man meal."
"W-What?" I replied snapping out of my shock.
"I said," he continued, taking a seat, "You shouldn't take another person's meal without permission." I watched as he grabbed the rest of the fish and began eating, "Especially a strangers. Some people might kill you for something like that."
"Yeah... sorry about that its just been a few days since my last meal."
*Flashback End*
"So yea, after that we just hung out a bit and traveled for a while." I told the guild as we headed back inside.
"Oh ok, but still why did he punch you when he saw you? Wakaba asked, taking a seat.
"Hahaha, well see, the last time i saw him were about to part ways at this tavern, and just as we said our goodbyes, on my way out i might have spread a nasty little rumor about him around the bar." i said grinning again.
"Yea the little punk somehow got all the ladies to stop talking to me for the rest of my stay there." Gildarts said with a sadden look on his face. That got a few laughs and chuckles from the rest of the guild. I noticed Makarov was eyeing me suspiciously, as well as Laxus.
