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Chapter Twenty-Five

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THE PORT TOWN OF HARGEON SUFFERING HEAVY DAMAGES

By Nivial Manen

The peaceful port town of Hargeon, well known for the fishing business had become a battleground for Mages in the late hour of last night. From the official reports, a ship had been thrown into port by a sudden wave of water, probably the work of a water Mage and the town was destroyed by a well known mage known as the Salamander of Fairy Tail.

"It was crazy," a resident of Hargeon commented on the battle last night, "I just heard this loud boom and then next thing I know fire was everywhere."

Fairy Tail, a guild based in the city of Magnolia is one of the top guilds in the entire country and also one that had many complaints in the past from many people about the way they operate. I am sure that the Magic Council will probably take action soon with the amount of complaints that have been rising against Fairy Tail for them to disband the guild.

I let out a chuckle at the three days old article, shaking my head before turning my attention toward the passing landscape. So Natsu had destroyed Hargeon meaning that the main timeline of the TV show has been officially started. That means that were he met Lucy and from now on, he is probably heading back to Fairy Tail with her.

I was currently seventeen, coincidentally the same age as Juvia. I was wearing long black pants with boots, along with a low neck shirt, showing a bit of cleavage. I still have my mask, shadowing the lower side of my face as the train continued to go through the many landscape around me.

You might be wondering what am I doing on the train, heading off to god knows where…well let`s head back a day…

Flashback

A day ago

I stepped inside the guild, letting my coat fly behind me as I walked in, glancing around the large guild with the many people sharing drinks and doing magic tricks. A few of them were grouped together over a Sorcerer Weekly magazine talking about something and when I passed it, I noticed a bikini clad girl in a sexy pose that took the two pages itself. It wasn't Mirajane, but the girl was pretty in her own right.

"Boys," I said, shaking my head continuing toward the Request Board.

"Hey Eve," a nameless Phantom Lord wizard with a skateboard said, "That`s rare you`re alone."

I chuckled.

"Well with Juvia off on a Job with the rest of the Element Four," I told him, "and Gajeel with Boze and Sue, I have a few times to pick a Job by myself."

I reached the Board, searching over the many Jobs that they have plastered upon it until my eyes came to a stop in front of the one on the far right. My eyes widened in surprise, noticing the name that was upon it.

Everlast Town

I knew the name of that town...I knew it after all, it was the same town that Matlock Orphanage was in, the town I spend my first years as a child before getting kidnapped for the R-System. I never once thought of going back there, after all, what else do I have here…other than the memories of Samara who had gotten adopted.

Group of people have gotten captured by a large monster that had taken refuge in the forest near the town. The Army had send soldiers but they had failed in retrieving the captured. Help us

230,000 Jewels

"I`m checking out this Job," I said turning my attention at the wizard that was at the counter.

The wizard glanced at the Request letting out a chuckle.

"Going with an easy one eh," he said.

"Well a number of people missing," I told him with a smirk, "It`s right up my alley…thought it will take me some time before I come back, probably a couple of days. Gajeel and Juvia are out having fun in Jobs, it just won't do if I simply stayed behind doing nothing."

End of Flashback

Well, here you have it, the reason as to why I am on this train. I am going on a Job alone, something I rarely do considering I am either with Gajeel or Juvia when I go on Jobs but now that they are S-Class Mages, they tends to go with other S-Class. Gajeel now took even more challenging jobs than the ones he used to pick before, and considering how vast his stamina was, keeping up with him was just something I can`t do.

I am sure you are all wondering as to why Gajeel and Juvia are S-Class Mage and I am not. Well, its quite simple actually. I never took the S-Class Promotion Exam. While I know that I am strong enough to take it, I am just not interested in becoming an S-Class wizard, and from the fame I had over the many years I have been in Phantom Lord, I don't need to be an S-Class Mage to be recognized.

I turned the page in the magazine I had and my eyes fell upon a picture of Jellal…or Seigrain as he go by these days. I looked toward the small bio they had written beside his picture.

Seigrain Fernades

A bright young man of nineteen years old, Seigrain had become one of the rising prodigy by becoming one of the member of the Council by the ripe age of seventeen and just last year he was awarded with the title of Wizard Saint, a great honor to be recognized for his magical prowess.

Many of the other member of the Council respect the young man over the hard work he had done these past years, and hope that his good work continues for years to come.

In the picture, Seigrain had a smile upon his face looking totally innocent and from beside him was the ever present Ultear. The smile upon my face slowly disappeared as feelings started to course through me.

Then I flipped through the pages, not wanting to remind myself of him. As much as I wanted to ignore Jellal, I couldn't simply let it go, knowing what was waiting later down the timeline for me with the Tower…

"Everlast Town is the next stop," a voice echoed through the train, "I repeat, Everlast Town is the next stop."

I stretched leaving the magazine upon my lap feeling my bones placing themselves back into place. Seating down for the best part of four hours is not good on my butt. I turned my attention at the large landscape. I didn't know what to expect going back to the place I spend four years in but I was looking forward to what was left within it.

Within a half hour, the train had reached Everlast Station. I picked up my bag and walked out of the vehicle and into the platform which wasn`t as packed as I thought it would be. I guess Everlast was as smaller town than Oak town was as I can see from the distance. I quickly made my way toward the where the Mayor office was to tell them that I accepted their Job request.

I reached the small building, stepping inside, walking straight for the woman seating behind the desk. She looked up at my arrival.

"Yes,"

"I am answering the Request that the mayor had put out," I told her holding out the flyer.

The woman eyes seem to widen.

"A Mage is already inside with the mayor," she said, "Someone has come for the Job."

I blinked in confusion.

"Who?"

"A young woman," the woman said, "she arrived here an hour before you got here."

At that moment, two people reached the lobby of the building, drawing my attention toward them. One of them was an older man with short black hair and from the way he was dressed, I am pretty sure that he was the Mayor of the town. His beetle black eyes were shining with authority.

The girl was holding a sword in her hand, her dark hair flowing behind her. She had dark golden eyes, a slim beautiful face and somehow, she seems familiar in way almost like a déjà vu moment…thought I am pretty sure I have never met that girl before.

"Mayor Salhu," the woman said, "There is another Mage that had come for the Monster slaying job."

The girl stared at me with a blank expression although I can see the curiosity in her eyes as she observed me.

"Well, Miss Mikazuchi, I am still concerned as to you going on this job by yourself," he said, "Why don't you have her join you as a companion."

Mikazuchi stayed quiet for a few seconds her eyes briefly glancing toward the Mayor beside her before turning her eyes toward me again.

"You are the Golden Angel Eve are you not?" she asked.

"Yes," I told her simply.

She stayed silent again as if thinking before speaking again.

"I would not mind having your collaboration upon this Job," she said.

I gave her a nod.

"That`s good," the Mayor said in a jovial tone, "I am sure that you will be able to complete the job successfully."

Mikazuchi simply nodded curtly and I turned my attention toward the Mayor. There is something I wanted to ask him about.

"Is Sasha Matlock still here?"

The man seemed surprised at me asking that.

"Sasha Matlock…," he whispered, "How do you know her?"

"She used to be someone close to me," I told him.

The Mayor looked away.

"Well…I don't know how to say this…but Sasha Matlock passed away a few years ago."

I feel my eyes widen in shock.

"W…What?"

"I`m surprised you didn't hear about it," he said, "She was never the same after the disappearances of some of the kids that she had under her care and it was suppose to be her birthday too that day…"

Birthday? Disappearance?

Those words echoed within me, making me think back when I was five. It was on her birthday that I was kidnapped along with Mui. I looked down on the ground in front of me.

"I see…," I murmured.

"I`m sorry to be a bringer of bad news," The mayor continued looking at me with some pity in his eyes.

"I`ll be fine," I told him turning away, "I`ve got a monster to slay."

I stepped out of the building, listening to the light footsteps of the other Mage following after me. I still can`t believe that she is dead. She is the woman that was my mother for the first five years of my life…she took me in as a baby when I was abandoned on her doorsteps, and because of me, she had died…

"The road toward the forest is in that direction," Mikazuchi said softly, drawing my attention toward her.

I noticed that I was several steps away from where she was standing facing another road that lead away from the village.

"Sorry," I told her, "Was more out of it than I thought."

She simply gave me a light nod before walking down the road and I followed after her. Her hair reached her shoulder from the back and I still can`t figure out on how she is familiar to me. I knew in all the time I was in Fiore, I never came across her before…but maybe it`s the memories of the anime I watched back then…but then again, what was the last episode of the anime I watched…

I thought about it…but it was harder to remember but the only thing I have gotten out of it was a Tournament of some kind…and Fairy Tail had participated. They were other guilds there but that was it and then Natsu and Gajeel fought together in a fight against some other people…

I glanced up toward my companion.

She was dressed in a fitting blouse over a shirt with long sleeves and a black tie. She was also wearing gloves upon her hands, probably to better use her sword which was still sheathed and had bandages wrapped around the handle which made me wonder why she did it. She had on knee length boots, showing her skin from beneath the short skirt she was currently wearing.

"What is your name?" I asked her, causing the girl to give me a glance.

"Why do you ask?"

"I feel myself in a disadvantage with someone knowing who I am and yet I don't know who they are," I told her.

She seems to think about it.

"Sound fair," she said, "My name is Kagura Mikazuchi of Mermaid Heel."

Mermaid Heel.

That`s the name of one of the guilds that were in the Tournament, I thought, So that`s why she seems familiar…

"You`ve been with Mermaid Heel long?" I asked her, wanting to know.

She stayed quiet, turning her attention toward me.

"You`re quite strange," she said.

I was surprised.

"Strange…How?"

"I would have expected you to be arrogant, rude and quite full of yourself." Kagura told me.

I sighed.

"Yeah, the guild got a reputation of being a bunch of jerks don't they?"

I know Phantom Lord`s reputation of being crazy and ruthless. It was one of the main reasons as to why they were always at odd with Fairy Tail. I let out a soft sigh.

"They`re just overconfident I guess," I told her with a shrug, "well when you are one of the strongest guild in Fiore…it goes to your head."

Kagura let out an "ah" sound.

"Then what about you?" she asked, "Does it goes to your head as you place it?"

I let out a chuckle.

"I`ve trained myself to be where I am since I was a kid," I told her, "I won`t brag saying I am the strongest Mage out there for there is always someone stronger…but I can confidently say that I can hold my own in a fight."

Just then we reached the forest trees.

"Then I believe I will have to see it to believe it," she said.

I smirked.

"You`ll be a believer by the time we are done with that monster," I told her, chuckling.

Eve is now working with an almost familiar wizard...What await them next?

Next Time: Rules to Monster Slaying

AN: Originally, this arc was going to feature Lisanna and take place before she died...well i changed it. Just so you know.

Jacques0 out.

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