White Eclipse
Chapter 18
"Wild.." Bacchus was seen standing next to Lucy outside of a restaurant in the town of Magnolia. Beside Bacchus was another male, a bit shorter than the drunken mage. He wore a short sleeved white formal shirt with a loose black tie, and jeans.
"What you think Blues?" Bacchus asked the mage as he held up the newest issue of Sorcière Weekly.
Blues and Lucy continued to look into the "unofficial guild rankings" page of the magazine. Though known to be unofficial, a lot of the guilds, including the big ones, took it seriously.
"This is wild.. From out of nowhere."
"I think it's stupid! They are not as good as us!" Lucy balled her fist up as she continues to burn a hole in the magazine with her eyes.
Bacchus couldn't help but laugh as he read the top of the page. "Tied for first in Fiore's top guilds, is none other than Grand Magic Games winner Fairy Tail; but the surprising White Eclipse, who didn't even get past that preliminaries, now share the spotlight with Fiore's finest. They really took you by surprise huh?"
Lucy couldn't say anything, so she just sighed on the subject. "It doesn't help they I'm out with one right no either."
"You're on a date with one!? What a twist! Now that's WILD!"
"Four!" Blues screams out as they both begin laughing.
"DONT CALL IT THAT!" Lucy glares at them both. "Blues, right? When did you join Quatro Puppy?" Lucy smirks deviously with her comment, knowing what was coming next.
"IT'S CERBERUS! NOT PUPPY! CERBERUS!" Bacchus screamed out as he towered over Lucy in an animated fashion. She laughs and then turns back to Blues.
"Because Quatro /Cerberus/ is
A great guild. I watched the games and I loved the guild ever since." He clenches both his fists as he roars in the air. "Because they're wild!"
"FOUR!" Bacchus joins in as they both laugh. As they laugh, Luke comes walking out of the restaurant and walks towards the group standing outside.
"So this is the guy huh? Luke right? Oye...your guild has my soul quivering." Bacchus grins as he lifts the gourd from his hip and starts to drinking.
"You know public drinking is against the law now Bacchus." Lucy stated, but he ignores the comment as he waits for Luke's response.
"I appreciate the compliment on us, but we aren't trying to impress anyone. We just want to be the strongest in Fiore."
"What's even more impressive is that you're out here with Salamander's girl on a date. That's wild."
Lucy immediately goes red in the face as she begins screaming at Bacchus. "There's so much wrong with that statement!"
Bacchus shrugs as he grins. "We'll leave you two alone now anyways, we gotta get back. Lets go Blues." They both begin walking off.
"Wild...!"
"Four!"
"So that's Bacchus huh? Seems like a great guy."
"He's alright. You ready to go?"
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Nobody moves. The guild is completely frozen except for Arc who was still trying to get to Daityas. Kuro stands in the middle looking on in confusion.
"Arc..." Kuro says softly, not understanding fully yet.
"Kuro. Your friend has to go!" Taya continues to struggle with Arc, who for some reason wanted to get his hands on Daityas in the worst way. He reaches for the bandages over his eyes but Taya grabs his arm as well. "Don't you dare take those bandages off!"
Daityas sighed as he started playing the victim card. "I see you two escaped from Tartaros as well.."
"Excuse me?" Taya replied. Daityas turns to Kuro. "I used to be in Tartaros Kuro, the strongest dark guild, along with Tayakata and Arcturus. But they left, and since I let them go when I had the chance to stop them, I was lined up to take the ultimate price. But.."
Daityas begins to take off his hoodie. Everyone except Kuro quickly went on guard, until he exposed his entire back and torso. Nothing was there except burn marks, as if lava ran over and dried up on his body. "Our /master,/ tried to kill me, but like Taya and Arc, I ran from that place. It's funny, you think you're evil, until someone comes a long and really tests your level of insanity and malice."
"You see!" Kuro shouted. He's not evil! If he was he would of attacked me in the beginning. We wouldn't even be here!
The guild mates look at one another, talking aloud at what to believe. Daityas looks over to the window and sees Sora, she was holding up a small sign that said "Can we play?" As Daityas reads the sign, Maggie and Kiora appear at the window, all trying to fit their face in it so Dait can see. They all three begin pointing to the sign in a humorous fashion. Daityas tried to discretely shake his head no. Tak was talking to Selene when this catches his head, he turns to Daityas but Daityas was now pushing his own hand against his head as if he was trying to loosen his neck. "..." He turns back in the couch as Reve walks to Daityas. Arc by this time has finally calmed down sense he didnt sense a guild mark. "Well, Daityas.. We can't fault you, because we have two members of our own from your old guild." These words slam into Taya. She felt as if she wasn't forgiven for being a Tartaros mage, and she also felt like she was being disregarded, like no one believed her when she said Daityas was dangerous. Nami just looks at her sister, feeling bad. She already knew what she was feeling, especially since Reve said it. "We aren't that rude. So until you give us a reason, Kuro's friend is our friend."
"Heh. I doubt that. But I appreciate the... /acceptance at least. I can tell that even though we've settled this, that my presence is no longer welcome." Daityas turns to Kuro again and smirks. "Thanks Kuro Crane, I'll be around."
"Bye Dait..."
Daityas walks slowly to the door, right by Arc and Taya. Arc continues growling as Daityas stops for a second and then walks out.
A little ways away from White Eclipse, as Daityas walks, the three girls appear from Daityas shadow, thanks to Sora. At this time, Daityas was pulling off the hardened lava from his body. Exposing his Tartaros guild mark.
"Well looks like they aren't your biggest fan /Dait./" Kiora snickers.
Sora nods frantically as she was stuffing her mouth with a brownie.
"I'm not worried about any of that. But those two.."
"Give it up right now. Those two wankers are goody goodies now. You can't save em'!"
"Taya seems convinced that she's not about this life anymore." He then grins. "But Arc. Good old Arcturus. He just needs a push. And I know exactly where to start."
"Well now that that's over." Reve walks back over to Taya and places a hand on her shoulder. "You okay?"
Taya gives Reve the coldest stare, and then punches Reve right in the jaw, causing him to stumble backwards. He holds his jaw as he looks back at Taya in confusion. "What the?"
"... I'm just like them huh? Is that how the rest of you see me too?" She raises her voice as she turns to the rest of the guild.
"What, no! You're taking what I said out of context."
"No, I took this guild out of context." Taya immediately turns and begins walking out of the guild. "Tayakata!" Nami runs after her, only to have a dark vector grab ahold of her as Taya walks out alone, slamming the door behind her.
"The hell..?"
Jack begins to laugh a bit. "Reve the ladies man. He can never see when he's in the wrong eh?"
Jaxon, after watching Taya leave, merely sighs. "Well atleast no one was hurt."
"I'm sorry.." Kuro lowers his head, feeling guilty for Taya and Arc, who was already making his way to the back of the guild. "I didn't know, but he's not a bad guy anymore.. He said so. He wouldn't lie.."
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"This is pathetic. I want people to fear us." The female with black and white hair stated. The right side of her head had white hair, and her top and left side was black. She had two different colored eyes as well. Her right eye was red, and her left was blue. She had on a small black top hat that leaned off the left side of her head, yet somehow balanced. "Come on Mithril, one victim. Just one."
"Calm down Ruika." Beside the female, the man that just spoke was standing beside her with reddish purple hair that started dark from the strands, but became lighter as you reached the scalp. His eyes were the same color. "We didn't come here for violence yet, so keep your keys out your hands. You know how you get. Anyways, we're just here to look around, and find a place to plant the lacrima, nothing else."
Ruika rolls her eyes. "Yeah yeah, lets just make it quick."
"Natsu!" Happy yells out as he flies around the Salamander. "This fish will be amazing! I might not even finish it!"
"You better finish it for making me walk here just to go get it." The Dragon Slayer and Exceed combo continue their trek down the Main Street of Magnolia. The streets were quite busy today, nearly no room to walk around anyone; and that's when it happened. Natsu stopped on a dime, his nose widening from a certain smell. Something inhuman just passed him. Not only was it inhuman, but Natsu knew the scent too well for he used to always be around one. "Dragon.." Happy stops when he realized Natsu had stopped a few paces back. "Natsu? What's wrong?"
"Happy...there's a dragon here."
"A dragon? Natsu we would notice a dragon her-"
"I'm sure of it! It was right-" Natsu turned around, trying to spot anything unfamiliar, the only thing that catches his eye was two people turning the corner, Mithril and Ruika
"Them! I know it!" Natsu runs after the two, turning the corner.
"Natsu wait!" Happy quickly goes flying after him, only to run into him around the corner. Natsu looks around, losing track of the two he was following. "Oi...I guess... I must be losing it." He turns right back around with Happy and they continue walking.
"Dragneel huh?" There on the roof they stood. They both look on at the Dragon Slayer until he's out of sight. Ruika gags. "We just evaded a fight. I'm dying inside."
"I told you, impatient woman. Lets do our job first. Damn."
"Yeah yeah calm down dragon."
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Taya had made her way to an open, yet deserted plain way off to the left of the snowy mountains. Out of sight from White Eclipse, she stops her walking and looks up to the sky. "Idiots.. I know what I'm talking about. Daityas is lying and I know it."
"Maybe."
Taya's eyes widened before an explosion of dark red flames happens around her. Taya was able to avoid by jumping out of range. She then turns and looks for the culprit, already knowing who was behind the attack. From behind, a concentrated stream of lava comes firing down like a whip. Taya summons a dark vector to block it. She then surrounds herself in a dome as more and more Lava whips fire from no where.
"I want to play too!" A small voice echoed from inside Taya's shadow dome. The darkness inside the dome starts to swirl around and then in the next second, the dome shatters, causing Taya to scream out in pain. From her right, a bunch of shadow lances slam into her side, causing Taya to go tumbling to the ground. Before Taya could get up, Daityas appears out of nowhere, grabbing Taya by the throat. Taya, who was already too hurt to fight back, starts coughing, gasping for air.
Daityas leans close to her. "Once upon a time, there was this Dark Vector Mage who wandered into the plains. She thought it was a peaceful day, until a fire dragon attacked her. She was never the same since."
Taya, still coughing, looks on in pain in confusion. "What..are you talking about?"
Daityas chuckled as he tightened the grip on Taya.
"You see Tayakata. Hidden under your guild, is now a magic circle. With the snap of my fingers, I could send the entire guild, and everyone in it in Hells flames. Now, for your disobedience to Tartaros, I'm going to burn you alive okay?"
Taya's eyes widen and she immediately tries to pull away.
"No no, shh~" Daityas holds on to the panicking mage who now whimpered as she tried to get out of his grip. "I know, I know you're scared. That's why you left us, because you were scared. But look at Sora." He turns Taya's head to the little girl that was smiling so innocently, standing next to Kiora and Maggie who also stood there with smug looks. "She misses you."
"And Arcy!" Sora calls out.
"Heh. And Arcy. But here's the thing, you ran from us. Don't forget, our door is always open. But until then.."
Daityas' arm becomes encased in dark red flames, quickly traveling to Taya's body as she let out a loud scream.
A scream that no one at the guild could here because of how far she was.
No one.
But Nami.
