Chapter 20: The plan begins
A/N: Time's running short for my break and I'll be a bit busy within 2 weeks time. So I'll have to get this arc done soon. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not Fairy Tail but I do own my OC.
Warning: This chapter contains Assassins, Chief Vlad, pissed off Kaito and a somewhat shocking truth, I think?...you have been warned...have fun reading!
Normal Speech: "Talking..."
Thoughts: "Thinking..."
Magic Spells/Chants: "Spell/Chant..."
Demon/Kaito's ancestors' Speech: "Talking..."
Magic's Ghost's/Possession Speech: "Talking..."
Response to reviewer:
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"So, does everyone know the plan?" Kaito asked.
The others gave him nods of confirmation and Dorian handed him a spray can. Kaito gave him a confused look and Dorian replied. "Your Guild Mark will expose us. You should cover it using the paint. Once this whole thing is over, you can get rid of the paint."
Kaito nodded and did as he was asked to do. After spraying the paint, Kaito dropped the spray can and put on his gloves. "Alright, I'll go through the plan just one more time. As I said before, the beginning of gathering information starts with me and Dorian entering the village through the front."
"Ashton," Dorian spoke. "You'll have to use your illusion and make me look like an Assassin so that the Assassins in the village will think that I am merely an escort for Kaito."
Ashton nodded. "I got that. I'll just have to cast my illusion throughout the entire village the moment the chains are gone. My illusions won't work beyond the entrance after all. So Kaito will be taking out the Assassins on the rooftops."
"Then I come in," Tessa spoke. "Once the illusion is casted, I'll be able to sneak in and take out the guards that's around the village. So Izumi can come in and plant his traps."
"Me and Nathan will be escorting Izumi!" Neo grinned as he gave a thumbs up while Nathan nodded.
Venrus sighed as he got to his feet. "Then I guess I'll assist Tessa in this plan."
Kaito nodded. "Good. We're ready now." The others all nodded to Kaito as the Masked Fairy pulled his hood up. "Let's go."
As the group approached the village of Myth. Ashton went over to his position and casted his illusion on Dorian, who suddenly turned into an Assassin, and Kaito, who became slightly taller. Ashton gave Kaito a thumbs up and smiled. "Illusion casted. Now the two guards at the front will be seeing Dorian as an Assassin as well as you being taller."
Kaito nodded. "Good. Izumi, you know where you should go. Neo and Nathan, follow him." As he instructed, the three boys headed towards their positions through the vegetation. Kaito then faced Tessa who nodded as she vanished into the ground and casted a shadow of herself. Venrus sighed as he climbed the tree he was leaning on and perched himself on its branch.
Dorian nudged the Masked Fairy and nodded. "Let's go, Kaito. The plan's got to start now if you want to get the information you want." Kaito nodded as he and Dorian made their way down the path towards the village. Tessa wasn't far behind. She was tailing the two from behind whereas Venrus was leaping from trees to trees.
After walking down the path, Kaito and Dorian were stopped by the guards at the front gate.
"Halt!" The one on the left barked.
"State your business!" The other one said.
Dorian stepped forward as he took a deep breath before he began with a deep voice. "Show some respect! We're Elite Assassins here to supervise the behavior of our guild members."
The guards then stiffened and the one on the right spoke. "Oh, our apologies. A few Mages broke out from the village's prison a few days ago and we had to make sure that they are captured if they came back."
Smirking underneath his illusion hood, Dorian replied. "Make sure you don't do it again, maggots. Now if you'll excuse us, we have to began what our Guild Master sent us to do." The guards stepped aside and gestured them to walk in. Dorian and Kaito faced each other for a moment, and then back to the guards. Dorian then spoke. "That's more like it. Now there's one thing we need you two to do."
"What is it, sir?" The guard on the left asked.
"Go to sleep," Kaito stated as Tessa emerged from behind the two guards. Without hesitation, she grabbed both of the guards' heads and bashed them together. The two guards yelped in surprise and fell to the ground before both of them were jabbed in their necks, causing them to fall unconscious. Kaito turned to Tessa and spoke. "Put the bodies at the wall. Make it look like they were asleep."
Tessa nodded and grabbed the bodies. Then, she dragged them to the wall and placed them there, roughly. Then, Kaito removed his glove. He looked down at his chains and saw that the chains were already on his nails, meaning that the "Possession" was coming to an end soon. But he had to focus. Kaito stretched his hands out and his chains shot out and swiped at the chains at the entrance.
Within seconds, the Magic-resistant chains on the entrance fell to the ground and Kaito's chains wrapped around his entire arm again. Kaito placed his glove back on and turned back to face the hiding spot where Ashton was at. The Masked Fairy waved his hand and a flash of light came from the hiding spot, meaning that Ashton had received the signal.
"You know what to do," Kaito said as he faced Tessa.
The girl nodded and she leaned against the wall while Kaito and Dorian walked into the village.
As soon as Kaito set foot into the village, he felt a deadly chill all over his body. Memories, unwanted ones, were returning to him again as he looked around at the familiar structures around him. His mind told him to get out but his heart told him to keep on going. Kaito was torn between the two. However, he felt a gentle tap on his shoulder and he turned to see Dorian giving him a reassuring smile. Kaito nodded as he approached the first building.
He looked around and found nobody except for Dorian. He took a deep breath and removed his gloves. Then, he raised his hand and his chains shot out and wrapped around the rod on the roof. Kaito tugged on the chain and he was whisked up, leaving Dorian alone on the ground, who looked around before walking in another direction. As Kaito grabbed the roof's edge, his chains unwrapped from the rod and returned to his hand.
"Ugh...can't believe I'm stuck here on guard duty instead of going out there and find those brats..." Grumbled an Assassin.
Kaito lifted himself up and climbed onto the roof. He turned to see the Assassin overlooking the west of the roof. Kaito quietly approached the Assassin and clenched his fist. Once he was closer, Kaito opened his fist and his chains wrapped around the Assassin within moments. The Assassin was taken by surprise from the attack that he had forgotten to cry for help. Sadly, he was too late.
Removing the chains from the Assassin's eyes, Kaito's right eye glared at the Assassin, who's eyes widened in fear. "Tell me everything you know about village's defenses and I may spare you." The Assassin didn't reply. Instead, he struggled against the chains around him but to no avail. "I'll ask you one more time. Tell me all you know about the village's defenses."
The chains squeezed, causing pain to fill the Assassin's body. He looked at Kaito with frightened eyes and he seemed to be sobbing inside of the chains as well when he found out that Kaito was holding him, not on the roof, but in the air. One wrong move and that'll be the end for the Assassin. He looked at Kaito and the chains around his mouth unwrapped. "Alright, I'll tell you. Just don't drop me!" Kaito nodded and the Assassin continued. "Okay, I don't know much about this place but all I know from my superior was that there'll be at least four Assassins, including myself, stationed on different roofs and surveying all sides of the village. That's all I know, I swear!"
Kaito scoffed. "You gave me worthless information. But I'll keep my words. Tell anyone about me and I'll make sure you live a miserable life, understand?"
Nodding, the Assassin was dropped and Kaito jabbed the Assassin's abdomen, causing him to fall unconscious.
"So, what did he say?" Tessa asked as she appeared beside him using her Shadow form.
"Nothing worth our time," Kaito replied. "There's three more Assassins stationed on some of the roofs. Once I get those Assassins, you can take out all of the other guards and Assassins on the ground with Dorian and Venrus. Dorian and I will make our way to the chief's house."
Tessa nodded as she disappeared using her Shadow form once more.
Kaito looked around and casted a spell. "Spirit Magic - Spirit Eyes!" Once the spell was casted, he looked around at the remaining buildings and spotted the three Assassins, all packed together on one building, chatting away. Kaito scoffed at this as he thought. "Slacking on the job, huh? I'll make it quick with those three."
The Masked Fairy leapt from rooftop to rooftop, always making sure that he wasn't caught by the people below. He was being cautious since he didn't want anyone to know that he was here. Then, after a few more rooftops, he reached the one that had all the remaining Assassins. He quietly pulled himself up and hid himself behind a pillar. Then, he began hearing the conversation that the Assassins were having.
"...don't you guys think that this client is a bit...you know, psycho?" One of the Assassins asked.
"Yeah, pal. I heard that he's trying to get rid of a kid who escaped this place. He sent Anderson to assassinate the kid but from the amount of noises this morning, I think the chief killed little Anderson." Another said.
"Well, Anderson forgot to bring back the kid's head, remember? All our Jobs require us to bring back the head of our targets to our clients. Even with one screw up, we're dead meat." The last one said.
The second Assassin nodded. "Yeah. I even heard that the Deadly Twin couldn't kill Anderson. This Job's client threw Ace's ax right at Anderson. Guess what? Anderson had a giant slit at the back of his head. I won't mess with this client anytime soon."
As the other two Assassins nodded, Kaito made his move. His chains surrounded the Assassins while they were chatting away. Then, as the three Assassins got up, Kaito's hand twitched and the chains shot forward, wrapping the three Assassins from head to toe.
Kaito approached the Assassins and the chains unwrapped from the Assassins' face. They all stared at Kaito and gasped.
"A-an Elite Assassin, here?!" One of them cried.
The Masked Fairy swung his foot in a roundhouse kick, knocking the Assassin to the ground and for the Assassin to fall unconscious. Then, he turned to the other two Assassins and spoke. "Unless you want to join your friend, answer my questions. If you give me the wrong answer, you'll end up like him." The Assassins nodded and Kaito's chains unwrapped from them. "Tell me about the defenses of the village. How many Assassins and guards are patrolling the ground?"
The Assassins looked at each other, then back at Kaito and one of them spoke. "We swear, we don't know what you're talking about. All we know was that we had to survey the village, that's it!"
Kaito sighed. "So you Assassins are all given different orders. Figures." With a snap of his fingers, the Assassins collapsed and fell unconscious. "I guess I'll have to gather information from the ground."
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, guys. I'm going to be busy so updates will be slower. Hope you guys an understand. Anyway, the plan's going a bit rough for a start. But will the plan work? We'll have to see about it next time.
Magic used:
Spirit Magic - Spirit Eyes: The user's eyes glows, allowing them to see in the dark, as well as to find trails left behind by Mages. This spell can also help locate Magic that have taken the forms of spirits. If the user masters Spirit Magic, this spell will be permanent.