Chapter 12: The Need for Money
Lisanna, Levy and Erza were looking at the request board. All three of them were running low on funds.
They knew it was risky but Mirajane had proven she could handle a monster and Natsu promised to keep an eye on anything just in case. Plus they knew the Guild can handle it.
"Here's a strange one." Said Lisanna, "Gathering honey, 100,000 per jar."
"There has to be a catch if there's that much per jar." Said Luna.
"Don't worry I think we can handle it." Said Erza.
They let Makarov know about the Job they were taking.
"Good Luck." He said.
All four them left.
As they did they passed by Laki who just came from a job.
Maxfield noticed her coming back.
(Flashback)
Laki just took a request when she tripped and her glasses fell of her face.
Maxfield waked over to her glasses, placed the mark then gave her back her glasses.
"Oh thank you! I don't know why I tripped." Said Laki.
"It's fine." Said Maxfield.
Laki then left for her job.
(End of Flashback)
"She should be ready soon." Thought Maxfield.
Nearby Natsu was eating lunch, which consisted of food that was on fire.
That was when Loke walked over.
"Hey! Natsu, when you're done with lunch there's something I need to talk about." Said Loke.
"Sure…" said Natsu with a shrug.
Loke noticed Happy who still had yet to recover from the mention of his punishment.
"What's wrong with him?" asked Loke with a sweat drop.
"Don't ask." Said Natsu.
Loke figured it had to do with the Sailor Guardians.
At another table, He had gathered the other previous victims of the Dark Kingdom (with Droy and Alzack with them)
"We have to start helping with the Dark Kingdom." Said Jet.
"We don't even know who's doing it and how they target everyone." Said Bisca.
"But I'm with Jet, we have to do something!" said Grey.
"Great… your clothes." Sighed Max.
"Oh come on!" yelled Grey.
Mirajane watched this conversation.
"It's a good thing they're doing this." Thought Mirajane, "Because I don't think we can count on the Sailor Guardians this time around."
After Natsu ate lunch he and Happy went to talk to Loke outside.
"What! You know about the Sailor Guardians?" asked Natsu.
"Yeah…" sighed Loke.
"Wait… why didn't they tell us you know?" asked Happy.
"Erza, Lisanna and Levy don't know I know, but Luna does." Said Loke.
"Oh yeah, I heard you knew each other before you joined." said Happy.
"Why don't they know?" asked Natsu.
"I asked Luna not to get involved too much. She knows the reason why." Said Loke.
"What are those reasons?" asked Natsu.
"I'll tell you another time." Said Loke.
"Seriously?" asked Natsu and Happy.
"Look, when it's time I'll tell you, you just have to trust me it's a good reason." Said Loke.
Natsu sighed.
"Fine." He said.
"So you think it will happen before they get back?" asked Natsu.
"I don't know." Sighed Loke.
Sometime later, Team Lisanna (as the rest of Fairy Tail were now calling them), got to the location where they would be explained about the job.
An old man gave them instruction and bee suits.
"You see these aren't ordinary bees." Said the bee keeper, "These are special bees and since they're so special their honey is very expensive. Also Mages are the ones that have the easiest time getting in there."
"I see." Said Erza.
"For ever jar you get it will be 100,000 jewel." Said the old man, "But be careful these bee's sting are very poisonous, one sting is instant death… that is if you're not allergic."
This made the team sweat drop.
"Don/t worry though the suit will protect you." Said the old man.
"This doesn't bode well…" said Luna with a sweat drop.
They went outside and headed to the hive, it was gigantic, easily as tall as a five-story building. As there wasn't a suit for Luna she styed behind with the old man.
"They should have put that that in the description." Sighed Lisanna.
"Don't worry I think we'll be able to handle it." Said Erza.
Back at Fairy Tail, Maxfield was looking up at the celling.
"What you bored?" asked Cana.
"What? No." said Maxfield.
"You look bored." Said Cana.
"I'm not bored." Said Maxfield.
"You want me to read your fortune." Said Cana.
Maxfield breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's that about?" asked Cana.
"I thought you were going to challenge me to a drinking contest." Said Maxfield.
"No way you're too much a light weight." Said Cana.
This only made Maxfield sweat drop.
"Will you stop gazing at me!" yelled Laki suddenly.
Everyone in the guild stopped what they were doing and stared at the purple haired woman.
"Looks like she's the next one." Said Mirajane.
"Great…" muttered Loke, "I was hoping it wouldn't happen until they came back. "
"It figures." Said Natsu with a smirk.
"What?" asked Loke.
"He really wants to fight a monster." Said Happy.
"Great…" said Loke.
At the beehive, they knew they had to had to figure out an easy to gather honey.
"Don't worry I got this." Said Levy.
She then used Solid Script: Smoke. Soon enough smoke filled the air effecting the bees.
"When smoke is in the air, bees go eat the honey is less likely to attack." Explained Levy.
"Good idea." Said Lisanna.
""Well that's better than my plan." Said Erza.
"Do I want to know what your plan is." Said Levy with a sweat drop.
And so they went to see if they could find a honeycomb they could gather the honey from.
Back at the guild. Laki was glaring at people around her.
"What's everyone problem?" asked Laki.
"Do you think you could calm down?" asked Mirajane.
"Why could I calm down, there's nothing I need to be calm about!" yelled Laki.
She left in a huff.
"Looks like I should go after her." Said Mirajane.
However right outside the guild Laki stopped.
"IS something wrong?" asked Mirajane.
Laki glared at Mirajane.
"Passion of Love Will End Everything!" yelled Laki as she created a large drill.
Mirajane dodged the drill.
The other members of the guild came out to see what was going on.
"What did she just say?" asked Maxfield.
"Don't ask." Said Warren with a sweat drop.
"What the hell was that for!" yelled Mirajane.
"Oh you think you're so special since you're one of the strongest members of the guild! You make my stomach wretch!" yelled Laki.
That was when the mark flared and a monster appeared from her glasses.
"Looks like it's happening again." Said Grey.
"That's right." Said Natsu with a smirk while cracking his knuckles.
The Monster looked at Maxfield.
"Oh master Nephrite, I'm so glad you can watch me defeat Fairy Tail once and for all." Thought the monster.
"Wood Make Spear!" shouted the monster at Mirajane.
Everyone in the guild jaws dropped (minus Maxfield).
"Is this about the lame names?" asked the monster, "I'm not using the names… they're stupid, if I use one of her spell I'm not using her names!"
"Are the names really that bad?" asked Maxfield.
"You have no idea…" sighed Cana.
Back at the beehive, all three members of the team were putting the honey into the jars. Levy only jarred three since she had to make sure the bees wouldn't attack and the smoke dissipate but Erza and Lisanna both had to make more money than she did since Erza has a massive rent and Lisanna had to make money for her family as Mirajane and Elfman weren't doing jobs for the very same reason as her.
"I think I got enough." Said Lisanna with 10 jars.
"This should last me a few months." Said Erza holding what appeared to be a 100.
"How did you get that many?" asked Levy with a sweat drop.
"I think it's fine." Said Erza.
That was when the bees looked ready to attack.
However Levy once again used Solid Script Smoke which clamed the bees down.
"Erza what did you do?" asked Levy.
"Nothing really." Answered Erza.
"Come we should go." Said Lisanna.
Back at the guildhall.
"All right!" yelled Natsu, "Fire Dragon Roar!"
He breathed a large stream of fifer from his mouth.
"Wood Make Shield!" yelled the monster.
While a shield was made the fire began to burn the shield.
"Great…" muttered the monster.
"Ice Make: Lance!" called out Grey.
The monster had to dodge the ice make attack.
"Hey! What was that!" yelled Natsu.
"I didn't see you claim that you had that all to yourself!" yelled Grey.
"Now's not the time for you to be fight!" yelled Makarov.
"We have to be working together!" scolded Cana.
That was when she took out cards.
"Heaven! Reverse Death! Mountain!" she called out.
She wasn't aware of was a mark appearing on her forehead briefly.
"Lighting!" called out Cana.
The lighting was stronger than usual and struck the monster hard. Afterwards Cana fell to the ground.
"You okay?" asked Loke.
"I don't know what happened." Said Cana.
Loke's eyes winded when he saw the mark on her forehead which soon disappeared.
"Is everything all right?" asked Cana.
"It's fine." Said Loke wondering if he should tell Luna or not.
At the old man's house Luna sneezed.
"Are you okay?" asked the old man.
"I'm fine… I don't know why but it feels like someone's trying to keep a secret from me." Said Luna.
"We're back!" said Lisanna.
"Oh good you're all back in one piece." Said the old man, who's jaw dropped when he saw all of the jars.
"Is this enough?" asked Erza.
"I don't know if I have enough to pay you!" yelled the old man.
This made the three sweat drop.
However he was able to make a deal with Erza (since he did have enough to pay for about thirty of the jars at the time).
That he would pay for 15 of the jars and will pay her for the rest over the course of the next few months.
They walked to the closest town.
"It's starting to get pretty late." Said Luna.
"We should probably stay in a hotel tonight." Said Erza.
"I wonder if everyone all right." Said Lisanna.
Back in Magnolia…
"Wood Make Saws!" yelled the monster.
Many of the guild members dodged the saws.
Both Alzack and Bisca got their guns ready.
"Blast Bullet!" both of them shouted at the same time.
The monster dodged only to be hit by a cloud of sand.
"What the hell!" yelled the monster, "Wood Make Fan!"
The Monster created a fan to blow away the sand.
"What should I do… should I create a spiked ball or something else!"
"It's thinking of creating a spiked ball!" yelled Warren.
"A spiked ball?" asked Natsu.
"I think Laki called it Violent Approach." Said Wakaba.
"What no fair!" yelled the monster.
That was when Jet showed up from behind and kicked the monster hard into a wall.
"Help me Lord Nephrite… do something…" thought the monster.
"Nephrite?" Thought Warren still reading the monster mind.
However Maxfield stood nearby, feeling like he should do something.
That was when Mirajane in full Satan Soul up.
"Uh-oh… this is bad…" said the monster knowing what happened to Murid.
"Wood Make Spike Ball!" shouted the monster.
It sent the spiked ball at Mirajane but she stopped it one hand like it was nothing.
She tossed it be at the monster. When them walked over to the spiked ball, tossed it into the air and began to beat up the monster.
"All right Mira!" cheered Elfman.
"This is going to be a one sided fight like time isn't it?" asked Grey.
"Oh yeah." Sighed Loke.
Soon enough, the monster was struggling to just stand.
However something hit the monster, not physically, just a thought.
"None of you seem to be the one who finished off the ones before me"! mocked the monster, "Try to figure out a way to kill me!"
"So it figured it out." Thought Makarov.
"This could be bad." Thought Loke.
"I dare you! Any one of you to kill me!" yelled the monster.
The rest of the guild struggled to think of the spell that could kill the monster. However one member did.
"I call upon the stars to give me power!" called out a voice, "Starlight Bomb!"
That was when a white ball of energy that somewhat resembled a star hit the monster in the chest.
"No… why did you do it…" whispered the monster who collapsed into dust.
They turned to see where the magical attack came from. IT came from Maxfield. However Maxfield was just staring at his hand.
"So that's what his magic is." Said Grey.
"It seems to be a form of Star Magic." Said Loke getting a sense of déjà vu with the magic.
"Wow, I didn't think the new guy was that powerful." Said Bisca.
"I know right." Said Alzack.
"Hey Maxfield?" asked Cana who managed to get some of her strength back.
Maxfield looked up at the rest of Fairy Tail.
"Is everything all right?" asked Cana.
He realized why he did that.
"I'm fine." He replied.
He realized why he did it.
He tired to distance himself from them… but he couldn't deny it anymore he loved this guild.
And that was a really, realty bad turn of events for him.
Of course Laki soon woke up with no memories about what happened.
The next day Team Lisanna got back to the guild.
"How did the job go?" asked Natsu.
"Well it could have gone a bit better." Said Lisanna.
"Giant bees?" asked Happy.
"Yeah…" she sighed, "Did anything happen?"
"Laki was targeted, but she's fine now." Said Natsu, "The new guy was the one that killed the monster."
"Maxfield… really?" asked Lisanna.
She watched as Maxfield grabbed a job request and went to the talk to the master about it.
"Yeah, I didn't think he was that powerful." Said Natsu.
Lisanna breathed a sigh of relief that everything was fine.
As Maxfield left the guild he was lost in thought.
"What's more important to me, the guild or Queen Beryl?" he thought
As he headed towards the train station, he didn't noticed Zoisite watching him.
"Oh my what a turn of events." Laughed Zoisite, "Now should I or shouldn't I…"
Maxfield/Nephrite had to make a discussion… one that could mean life or death... Hoping that maybe this job would clear his mind.
Next Time: Due to being the only team that might keep a low profile, Team Lisanna was sent to a grand ball where a family would reveal their treasure along with other Guild Mages. However the Dark Kingdom is after the same treasure. Could it be the Silver Crystal that everyone is after? Find out next time!