"Wow," I agree with Lucy. I've never seen a guild before. It looks cool. "It's so huge!"
That's what she said. Wait. Dang it, I didn't mean for that to sound like an innuendo.
After running away from the authorities—it's a good thing I'm already in college or else that might have been a blotch on my permanent record— and a few more days of travel, Natsu and Happy finally brought us to the infamous Fairy Tail Guild. It was great to finally see the place up close, but since I had only heard about this series from bits and pieces from my friends, I didn't know what to expect.
Surprisingly, it looked normal. My main reference for magical worlds is Hogwarts, which has friendly ghosts walking every corridor to a killer snake in its basement. Compared to the rich and wild world described in Harry Potter, I was a little disappointed that I didn't see anything weird outside a talking cat.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail!" Happy jumped for joy as he and Natsu opened the doors.
There were many people inside the guild of varying shapes, sizes, and colors. Yet despite some 'anime' looking people, it looked like a large bar. I mean Hogwarts was a giant castle with flying candles and moving pictures.
Hmm, I should probably stop comparing this place to Hogwarts, or else I'm probably going to get disappointed.
However, I was so engrossed with taking the sights that I didn't realize that Natsu had started to fight with someone. Somehow, when I missed that, I was utterly surprised when things escalated quickly, dragging nearly everyone in the guild into a brawl.
Lucy and I shared a look before we took a few steps away from the ragging fight. Now that I think of it, my friends who liked the series enjoyed talking about how boisterous and lively Fairy Tail was. While I admit it could look fun, it must be such a pain to clean up after every fight.
"Is Natsu back!? It's payback for our last fight!" Screamed a handsome man only in his boxers.
"Gray, your clothes," A woman with brown hair mentioned, making the pervert scream at the loss he didn't notice before. "How undignified…" She said as she proceeded to drink from a barrel full of what I assume would be alcohol.
It seemed that I wasn't the only one who questioned what was going on before me as Lucy let out a confused sound. "Huh?"
Soon things got even stranger as a large man with white hair entered into the fray willingly. It didn't take long for a handsome man with beautiful women around him to also join the melee.
"Oh my? Newcomers?" As I turned around, I saw a beautiful woman with a calm and serene smile towards Lucy and me.
"M-Mirajane!" Lucy cried out to the girl. Before looking nervously back to the fight. She asked Mira if there was something they could do to stop this fight.
However, I noticed something in the fight. Instincts kicked in as I saw the angles and trajectory, so I sidestepped the large 'Manly' screaming guy as his body flew and hit Mirajane.
Quickly, Lucy and I went over to the currently pinned-down woman who still was smiling despite being crushed by someone twice her weight.
"Are you alright?" I asked while Lucy panicked at the sight.
"I-I'm fine. B-But isn't this fun?" She said as she lost consciousness…. Huh? Is that her soul I'm seeing? I can see souls in this world? Ugh, fine, I'll put that in the list of things I'm probably never going to get used to.
I looked back to see anything that might be flying in this direction. My suspicions were confirmed, and I stepped away again. As I started moving, my mind told me that I had forgotten to warn Lucy. I was too late to warn the Celestial Mage before the same thing happened to her.
And now the boxer man was fully naked and in front of a very distressed Lucy. Even though she was yelling, the naked man didn't seem bothered as he quickly asked, "Excuse me, miss, could I borrow your under—"
"AS IF!" Lucy pretty much had every right to do that. But why ask the opposite gender that?
Still, he did ask for help, so after I spotted Lucy whisked away by that pretty boy I spotted a while I go, I went up to the naked man and gave him my hoodie. "Here, you can use this, but please wash it before you return it." As the bible always said, clothe the homeless. That does apply here, right? Or in another universe, is there no god?
Which would mean I'm doing this for nothing…
Okay, another note to make when things settle down…
The black-haired man stood up and tied my favorite hoodie around his… yeah. "Thanks, man! I'll be sure to clean it after!"
Bah, it really doesn't bother me as much as it should. "Just be sure to get your boxers back first so you could clean it easier."
"Right!" Then he looked back at Natsu with a glare. "You'll pay for that, you bastard!" He shouted before pretty much tackling the guy without any hesitation.
I started to look around where the fighting had become much more violent. I honestly don't know how to feel about all this. Perhaps other fans might like and enjoy this environment. But I've always been the bookish type, and I rather enjoyed my relative peace and quiet.
Yet my thoughts were put aside when I noticed that everyone dropped the pretenses of fist fighting and began glowing like Christmas lights.
"Ara, ara. It seems like they're all going a bit far," I heard Mirajane say after she somehow got back up without me noticing.
Before anything else, I heard a voice that echoed through the guild. Soon, a giant man towered over everyone and told them to stop using magic. Hmm, how did I miss that guy?
I spotted Natsu—getting crushed as he was about to declare his victory. Despite Lucy's yelp, I was fairly certain that this happens to him often. And I don't even read this story!
"SHUT UP!" Cried the giant before glancing towards Lucy and my direction. "Hmm? Newcomers?"
"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, sir." I waved, making Lucy stare at me weirdly—wait. Why? Did I have something on me?
Soon, the giant started… shrinking? Oh, so that was why I didn't see him earlier. He wasn't a giant; he was a midget with giant magic or something. Ha. Okay, I can see why I didn't spot him earlier.
"Oh? It's nice to meet you two. It is good to finally someone with manners come through this door, though."
Manners? He hasn't seen someone with mann—
… {*Remembers everyone in this guild within the past few seconds*}
Huh.
The guild leader jumped with a great flip then hit the rail of the second floor. After struggling to get back up, he started complaining about the many character flaws that were obvious from the get-go.
However, he started a rather nice and heartwarming speech afterward. With that done, everything seemed to become relatively calmed down.
Still, I couldn't help but feel strange about all this. The place seems great, but I had this bad feeling in my stomach about being here. Was it because I was from another world that I had this sense of not being here?
"Yo!" I was distracted from my thoughts and turned back to see Gray hand me back my hoodie. "Thanks again for the clothes!"
"You do remember me asking you to wash this first, right?" I asked as I raised my brow at the jacket.
"Don't worry. I got it off a few seconds later when I snatched my briefs back. Thanks, I owe ya one."
I still wanted it washed, but meh. Water under the bridge. "No problem, dude."
I'll just ask if there's a washing machine… or magic washer somewhere here.
"W-Why would you give your clothes to him? Like that!" Lucy asked me in shock as she stepped away from my hoodie in particular.
I understand why, of course. Still, "He asked for help. Wouldn't you like to be helped if you asked for help?"
Lucy flushed at how simple it sounded. "B-But doesn't that weird you out?"
It was an honest enough question. However, the way she phrased it made me think of a single line I've heard so many times in my life that I absolutely loathed.
{Don't be selfish, Kain!}
Godammit, why did I have to remember those words?
Thankfully, it seemed like I didn't visibly react even after recalling those painful memories and spoke up. "I know what you mean, but I find a lot of things don't really bother me. I mean stuff does, but I never put effort into showing them. I get tired easily."
Mirajane waved at us, and she motioned for us to move to her. "Anyway, would you two like to join the guild?"
"Yes!"
"Actually, I have a question. Can I talk to your guild master?" The two girls looked over at me with confusion. "There's something I would like to ask him first."
"I heard it." The tiny old man jumped from the rail and back down in front of us. "What is it, sonny?"
"Do you really have to be a mage to work here in Fairy Tail?" I asked.
He seemed a little surprised at my question as he sized me up. "You don't have any magic, do you?"
I shook my head.
"Well, you can't be an official member of this guild, but you can work the bar and tables. It would be nice to give Mirajane a hand at handling the guild. And we could always use more cleaner," He sighed.
Huh. "So, I can still work here? But just not as a guild member?" I guess that's the next best thing. I haven't even thrown a punch in my life—which might change very soon.
He nodded. "Civilians can't be mages, maybe if they were trained as mercenaries, but other than that, I can see you're completely defenseless."
"T-That's not true!" I was surprised to see Lucy defend me. "Kain was amazing despite having no magic! We were able to get out of a sticky situation because of him!"
"Aye!~" Happy flew over this time. "Kain helped us in our mission in Juter, and that was a much harder mission than they described!"
The small man seemed amused by all of this. "Interesting, but even if it was true, it is still against the rules. You can start cleaning the mess everyone made."
Just then, we heard of another table breaking in the distance.
"My bad!" Yelled Natsu.
"Okay, I can do that," I spoke up before something came to my mind. "Excuse me, I just realized. Those papers that were burned, those were official complaints, right?"
Makarov seemed to blanch for a second before looking at me wearily. "Yeah? So?"
"Shouldn't that mean there are bills and suing cases against the guild for all those violations?" I saw him flinch in response to it.
"Don't remind me," He dejectedly said as he put his head down.
Poor guy. "You know, I went to law school for the past three years. I could take a look at them for you. I've been reviewing legal cases for those three years, and I can more than likely cancel around fifty percent of those cases against—"
I was not expecting the man to appear right in front of me, hugging me tightly with stars in his eyes that looked close to tears.
"DO YOU MEAN THAT!?" he asked in half hysteria.
"Yes? Otherwise, I slaved away in law school for nothing." I sighed before the hug of the smaller man suddenly became the strongest vice grip in existence.
"THEN YOU'RE HIRED AS FAIRY TAIL'S LAWYER! WAAAAHHHHHH!" Why was he crying!?
"Oh my! I've never seen master so happy before in my life!" Mira jubilantly explained.
W-Wait what? "Have you never hired a lawyer before?" I asked in shock as I looked to the man.
"No lawyer wants to represent us! You're the first one that does!" The old man cried out.
But why would—the sound of a table shattering caught my attention. It also answered my question.
I can see where this is going. I do not like it. "Then do you want me to do cleaning first or see the papers?"
"Laki and Mirajane can handle the damages like they usually do! Just please, make their papers go away!" The poor man started sobbing on my shirt now.
Swell.
Mirajane gave me a kind smile. "Good luck. Oh, I never got your name."
"It's Kain Reynolds." And now I have to deal with legal work.
It seems I can't escape paperwork even in another world.
"Unbelievable, Natsu punched an injured little girl through a hospital wall on her birthday?!" Well, it said she was possessed by an evil spirit, but still, "Gray caused a wedding to crumble when he stumbled on a church buck naked! Elfman punched a man for raising his pinky for a drink? Cana threw a fit when someone ran out of booze, and by fit, she decimated as much as Natsu! And those were just the tip of the iceberg!" I couldn't believe it.
All these cases. If not for these magic reading glasses Makarov lent me, It would have taken me years to read this all.
Speaking of the old guild master, "Would you like to hear the good news or the bad news?" I turned to him as he flinched.
"I-I've heard so much bad news in my life, so start with that!"
"This is a lot worse than I imagined." No sooner than I said the words, Makarov slumped in shame.
"Now for the good news. It's a little underhanded, but from all that I've read so far… I can remove 30% of the guild's debt in damages since some of these claims have no proper backing."
"3-30 percent!?" Makarov threw himself at my feet and started to cry again. "YOU ARE A LIFESAVER!"
"Sir! Sir, please, let go of my leg; you're crushing it!" He was surprisingly strong for someone his size.
"I-I'm sorry it's just—in a guild full of powerful wizards, no one has ever defeated our court filings! WAAAHHH!"
Ah yes, the weakness of even great men: money. I placed the glasses back on. "Alright, I'll start reviewing these cases again, and I should be able to look up the ones that I can solve."
That had taken me hours to finish. It was a headache, but I was glad that I got to do something mundane again after these past few days.
As soon as I left the office, I noticed that it was already night. I was in Makarov's office the whole day.
"Ahh! Hello, Kain. A nice evening we're having?" I looked over to see Mirajane at the sink washing dishes.
"Oh, let me help with that. I was supposed to help you before I told the guild master about my law school." I quickly went up and started washing some of the dishes she hadn't started on yet.
"Thank you for that." She was a lot more relaxed now. Maybe it was because almost everyone went home, and there was barely anyone left in the guild.
"No problem. But it's really weird to see this place like a ghost town compared to this morning." I noticed that the guildhall just felt… empty without anyone here.
"Yes, it's very different when the guild is open." You know, now that I take a look at her… I get this feeling she isn't all there. She looks distracted like when my grandfather would remember better times in his life. "You should have seen a while ago: Natsu and Lucy had already gone out to save a friend of ours."
Man, Natsu has trouble find him wherever he goes, huh? I guess that could be said for most hero-types like him.
"Then, when he came back, he started talking about Lucy and you. We were all surprised to hear about Juter. Then we were more surprised to hear that Natsu said you came from another world… and even more amazing that we were all part of his fictional story?"
I couldn't help but smile. "It's hard to believe that, huh?"
"Yes, but it seemed like Lucy had a hard time not believing it. Master also says that nothing in this world is truly impossible." She then laughed as she recalled. "The part about you being from another world, I mean, the one about Natsu being the main character was impossible to believe."
"I said he was famous, not that he was the main character. I'm going to have to set the record straight tomorrow, don't I?" Mirajane laughed again as she nodded at the thought. However, I also wondered about something very important. "What else did he say while I was in the guild master's office?"
"We didn't mean to talk behind your back. In fact, Natsu said a lot of great things about you, and Happy showed us your balloon animal for him—it was so cute~" Mirajane giggled.
"I'm glad you liked it. I can make more for the guild if I can get my hands on more specialized balloons like that."
"That would be nice." She thought about it before her work on the dishes slowed down. "Natsu also told us that you joined us because you thought we were your best shot at going home."
Oh. That. I told Natsu about it. "Yeah. Sorry for putting that much pressure on you guys. None of you probably know a way that can travel to different worlds without magic."
"That's true, but the Master said we would help you."
I blinked in surprise as I looked at the older woman. "R-Really? Why?"
"Natsu said you help save lives when you didn't need to. How could we say no to someone that even our resident dragon slayer vouches personally for?"
I didn't notice I was giving a genuine smile. "Thank you. This means a lot to me, even if some of you don't believe me."
"Everyone is welcome to Fairy Tail; we all have our past demons here." She spoke softly in that last part. But because of how empty the guild was, I could hear her.
…
…
"So," I clear my throat. "Where am I staying?"
"For the night, you can stay in one of the guest rooms."
Uh yeesh, I haven't even thought about moving out of the house yet, now I'm going to have to find one. That's another thing I have to put on the "to do" list.
"Thanks." It was then, something piqued my curiosity. "By the way, what type of music do they have here?"
"Oh? What type of music do they have in your world?"
That was how the rest of the night went, doing chores and talking about strangely mundane things.
I eventually got to the guest room thanks to Mira's help. There, it was a simple bed, lamp, desk, and window.
There were a few magazines on the desk; some about Entrepreneur Weekly… huh? Jude Heartfillia? Is he related to Lucy? Bah, I'll keep reading it.
After reading a few more magazines, unsurprisingly, I slept peacefully that night for the first time I came there.
"Yo, Kain!" After morning sweeping, I spotted Natsu and Happy coming up to me. "Let's go to Lucy's place for a mission!"
His call to me surprised me on several levels.
"A mission? I half expected you to go head towards Sun Village after I told you where Bora got the name from."
Natsu's energy deflated as he crossed his arms. "I want to, but we're low on jewels. I still need money to get things done, and there's no job anywhere near that place."
That makes sense. "But are you sure I can come with you? I'm not a guild member, just a worker."
Natsu looked over to Mirajane. "Yo, Mira! Can I take Kain with me?"
My boss/manager looked over with a smile. "There's nothing saying he can't come with you."
"Awesome!" Natsu pretty much took that as a yes. "Come on, Kain! We've got you and Luigi's first official mission to do!"
"Lucy, Natsu. It's Lu-cy." But I was ignored again as somehow Natsu had found out where she had started up rent and went into her room through her window.
Telling Natsu and Happy I was taking the long way, I walked towards Lucy's apartment door and was about to knock. That was until I heard her scream about her room and kick something into the wall that sounded suspiciously like two buffoons.
Then I knocked.
"Who is it?"
"Me, Kain. Natsu brought me along."
"Why didn't you try to stop these two!?" Lucy cried out from behind the door.
However, I blinked in response to that. "I was supposed to stop them? Could you do that if you were in my place? And if so, how?"
I didn't hear from Lucy, but after a while, she let me in.
Her room was nice. I mean really, really nice. Was there a type of storage magic she had to keep all of this, and if so, where would I get it?
Anyway, after Lucy showed us how Celestial Spirits work, Natsu finally decided to show us the mission he chose for us.
Stealing a book.
… Do libraries not exist or something?
Wait, my bad. According to the description, it's a rare book. That makes more sense, and apparently, it also includes a job description of the target's…
Oh.
This was why we went to Lucy.
So Natsu can be clever when he wants to be.
Lucy stayed silent, even when we found a ride towards Shirotsume Town, our destination.
However, when the ride started moving…
"Are you feeling alright, master," She said with an obvious sneer. Someone was still sore about being tricked by a simple-minded person. "Is there anything I can do for you?"
"A-A barf bag would be nice," Natsu said before I took one out.
"Here, I had a feeling we'd get into another one of these, and the last thing I wanna repeat was the boat incident."
"That was your fault, Kain!" Happy pointed at me, still a bit annoyed. Though in his case, no one wants to be barfed on by their best friend.
"I said I was sorry." Even though it wasn't my fault.
"No, you didn't!" Happy cried before looking to Lucy, "And I'm supposed to be the master here!" Huh, it seemed like he took that seriously from a while ago.
"Shut it, cat!" The blonde celestial mage exclaimed. "By the way, why did you want me in your team?"
I stayed silent for a second. As Natsu described, closer mages in the guild form teams. Natsu went on to say that Lucy was nice but weird.
However, that brought up a different question. "Wait, but why did you have me tag along? I don't have any magic. I don't even have the sticker from the guild."
"You didn't get one?" Happy asked.
"Don't you need to be a mage to have one?"
"You can still get one. I mean it's not wrong to say you're a part of the guild." Happy continued eating his fish.
I would like to have one of those stamps. "I'll talk to Mirajane about that one. But you still didn't answer my question."
"You're a smart guy. You made some awesome plans from before!" Natsu managed to say through his sickness.
"My plans… you mean how we just ran like hell, how we disguised ourselves as women, and how I made us jump overboard a boat to escape an assassin in order to give you your powers again?" Those are not what I would call planning.
"They worked, didn't they?" The way Natsu says that is as if that is all it takes.
"To varying degrees." I heard Lucy whispering about how she almost got caught on Natsu's fire blast after I said that. "But alright, I hope I won't drag you guys down."
"Speaking off, I think it's time for our pay scale. Since I'm doing all the work, the split should be seventy, ten, ten, and ten." How generous of Lucy to say.
"You want only ten percent, Lucy?"
"I'm the seventy!" The blonde girl shouted at Happy again.
I laughed a bit before looking again at the job flier. While this was kinda fun and exciting, something didn't feel right about this quest, but I couldn't put my finger on it. The last time I had a wrong feeling, it turned out Bora was a human trafficking ring. Ugh, I hate this. If I read the story, I could have prepared accordingly.
I don't even know if this is part of the story or not!
Despite my thoughts, we soon arrived at our destination.
"Shirotsume Town." I read the sign as the four of us walked into the small bustling town.
"I'm starving," Natsu sluggishly moved as we walked into a group. He must still be feeling the effects of motion sickness.
"Can't you just eat your own flame?" Lucy asked curiously. I always assumed that was more of an energy thing, rather than Natsu regaining infinite strength eating his own flames.
"Oh yeah, and while we're at it, you eat Plue and that cow guy?" Cow guy? Is he referring to another spirit Lucy keeps around?
"Eww, no! Why would you say that?"
"Then it's the same thing."
Hmm, if he could eat his own flames, he would be powerful. I'll try to make a note of how magic works in this world later.
Lucy seemed a bit bamboozled. "So you can eat fire, just no your own? Isn't that weird?"
"Lucy, you have the ability to summon three spirits from another dimension; we've met over a dozen quirky personalities on our first day of Fairy Tail. And last time I checked, you were kidnapped by a Vulcan yesterday. But you think Natsu not eating his own flames is weird?"
"He's got a point, Lucy." Happy concurred with my statement before the girl seemed flustered.
"Seriously, I'm more surprised you're not reacting to any of this! Besides Mirajane, you're probably the closest normal guy I've seen, and you claim you're from another world and that we're all fictional characters!"
"I am reacting; I just don't give outward reactions. As for that last part: there is a possibility of all of us being imagined as fictional characters. Maybe I'm one too." Ha! As if I was some fictional character created by some loser. Look at me: I'm not handsome, powerful, and people aren't fawning over me the moment they look at me.
It was then Natsu perked up and pointed to a restaurant. "Hey! Let's eat over there!"
Lucy, on the other hand, started walking away from us. "Nah, it's alright. You three go ahead."
Natsu folded his arms when he saw her leave. "What's with her? We should be eating as a team."
"A good idea, Natsu," I speak up as I turn to him. "But I wanna do a little more research about our target, and nothing says information like rumors. I'm going to move around town a bit and ask what people know about the guy."
"Ahh, man, research? Are you for real?" I suppose it makes sense the academic side of things doesn't appeal to a Shonen Hero.
"There's no shame in gathering knowledge for what you're going to do. You two go on ahead. I'll meet you there soon." With a wave, I left them too. This book stealing job sounds oddly suspicious, but I suppose, for now, I just have to know more about our target.
"D-Don't you," I gasped and hunched over and trying to support myself by my knees. "Think… we ran out there too quickly?"
Our meeting with the client raised some red flags for me. Before I could ask him some things that bothered me, Natsu ran ahead after hearing the man's plight. With both Happy and Lucy running after him, I followed after him. Though, as before, my physical state needed much improvement.
"You should exercise more." Happy noted with ease and a hint of superiority.
I ignored it. "I'll work on that. I promise… once I get a stable hold in Magnolia." I got back from my knees. "Okay, since we're doing this, you all should know about what I learned about the duke while we were still in Shirotsume town."
All three listened carefully.
"First off, he's far richer and more influential than he seems. His mansion could double as a fort with how much security he's put up to keep people away even if they don't mean any harm. Next are the rumors of his personality. I heard from townsfolks is that he's as egotistic as they come. I'm not even including the fact that he could ruin a person socially and economically thanks to his money and connections."
Natsu seemed to glare somewhat. "I already hate this guy, and I haven't met him yet."
Lucy looked back at me, looking unease. "Anything else?"
"There were other weird rumors I heard about the maids he hired…" The blonde girl put a hand in her chest. She was probably scared or worried about all of this. "From what I heard, they're weird apparently."
"Weird how?" Lucy's body language said she didn't like how that was said.
I shook my head. "They were all too vague. But what I wasn't told that caught my attention was that none of the rumors were described as good."
"Uuhhh that doesn't make me feel any better…" Lucy shivered at the thought.
"Hopefully, you'll only have to be there for a while. First, Natsu should sniff the area. If he has magic or machines hidden in the forest, would you be able to sniff them out?" It didn't take me long to figure out Natsu has super senses. Those should be great in detecting things before they detect us.
Natsu seemed to think about that for a second. "I can't smell magic, but now that you mention it, magical items do have a distinct smell I could probably track."
I suppose that's the best we could pull off right now. "Keep your nose open for those. It might be the way he can figure out proximity alerts. Lucy, we'll try your maid thing and work from there."
Eventually, we did make our way there and hid behind a tree. The three of us watched Lucy walk up… and after a rather interesting sight, get rejected.
"Just couldn't do it, huh?" Natsu sighed disappointingly when Lucy returned only to sulk under a tree.
"I tried! That guy wouldn't know beauty if it bites him in the behind!" Lucy's tears were visibly falling as she said this.
"Uh-huh." Happy shallowly agreed.
"I respect that he can see the beauty in girls who society labels as ugly. It's kind of progressive if you think about it." I commented out loud, which didn't help Lucy in comfort.
Natsu then smirked with a familiar and dangerous smile. "Okay, it's time for plan T!"
I had a feeling I knew what that meant. "I'm assuming you mean plan B and just assail the place with fists blazing?"
"Actually, it was called Plan T because we were supposed to take them by storm, but I like how you phrased it way better!"
"That jerk is going to pay for this!" Lucy seems all fired up. In all fairness, her ego's been wounded, so I guess that makes sense.
"Do you think we should do this in the day?" I asked, making the three look at me strangely. "If we're going in one way or another, wouldn't it be better to attack when they're asleep?"
"No way, there's no fun like that!" Natsu said. It wasn't a good reason, but I won't suggest anything if he doesn't want it. Still, storming head-on isn't the best idea, so there should still be something else we could do.
Thankfully there was another one among us who started thinking. "Actually, I don't want to go to jail," Lucy spoke up. "We should just break in and burn the book ourselves."
"What? I wanna bust down the doors!"
It wasn't a bad idea. "Lucy does have a point, Natsu. The Duke is still very influential. Whatever battle we might have with him might have backlashes through official and political scandals. If we get in there and get out without him noticing, it would be best for everyone."
"Aww," The dragon slayer of fire didn't like being outvoted.
I looked up at the mansion and spoke up. "You three should go in. Try flying into the rooftop through Happy."
"What about you?"
"Me?" I repeat with a smile as I take out my bag pack and start fishing for items Mirajane let me borrow. "I'm going to be a distraction to ensure you guys pull this off without the Duke noticing. But first: Lucy, do you have a clothing color changer on you? I learned a fun fact from my manager last night."
As I spotted Happy up in the air with Lucy, I walked up to the mansion and started bagging on the door. Checking to see if the color swapping magic was still on, I started yelling out.
"Excuse me! Excuse me! Is anyone home?"
Again, the large pink-haired maid came out of the ground because screw you doors and normal people….
"Yes? Who is it?"
I wave kindly, trying to appear professional and calm. "Hello, I'm Ronald Mcdonald from Entrepreneur Weekly. I'm here to discuss with Duke Everlue about him being in the next cover for our next month's issue." I say as I hold up one of the magazines I kept from the room. Who knew keeping just one of these things would help so much?
Suddenly, the ground behind me shot up as the duke himself came back with stars in his eyes. "Entrepreneur Weekly is finally letting me be on the cover?!"
"After your letters, they've decided it was time. Would you like to get started on your interview?"
Even though I was just guessing he sent letters and assuming with how excited he sounded, it seemed like I was right on the money when the duke huffed with pride. "Of course! It was only a matter of time before you'd finally give in! Now I kind of regret planning to get back at your company… but come in! Come in! There is much I can't wait to tell you!"
Good, the rumors about him having a huge ego was right. I had a feeling someone like him would have demanded to be in a famous magazine. What better way to stroke someone's ego than to get them to talk about themselves?
"Feast your eyes on my magnificent home! The best of the absolute best!" Huh. That's a really large gold statue of himself. I actually like the detail they did on his tongue; I think I can see taste buds on it.
"That's a lovely sheen your statue is giving off. Is it a special kind of wax?" Despite his ego, I was willing to admit that everything did look high quality. I think I can even see taste buds on the statute.
He nodded in agreement with my question. "Sharp eyes, my friend! You see, my beloved statue is coated with…" He went on, explaining everything in the living room. He was now far too engrossed with himself and me to notice that Lucy and Natsu were sneaking into his mansion.
As he was talking, I spotted something from the corner of my eye. It was a door opening, and I saw a trace of blond hair.
That must have meant that Lucy and Natsu were in and that the room they landed in wasn't the one we were looking for.
I took out a pen and a small notepad. "So let's start from the beginning: where were you born, and what was your childhood like? Could you tell me that while we go to your courtyard? I'd love to see what you did with the place."
"Why! Of course! Of course! I'll have Virgo prepare us a snack while I regale you of a grand tale! Boyoyo!"
And so he began to tell me the story of Everlude as he walked ahead towards one of the hallways. I gave a wink towards the direction of where Lucy and Natsu were and followed after him.
"I didn't know Kain was such a good actor. I would have flinched every time he talked about himself." The celestial mage admitted as she watched the two leave. "And I didn't know the color-changing magic could make clothes look like other clothes…"
"See, I told ya Kain was smart!" Natsu cried out.
Happy raised a paw. "Aye! He's definitely more useful than Lucy!"
"Shut it, cat!" The blond quickly snapped. Her pride hurt a little at the fact a person picked off the road was considered more useful than a mage like her. "Let's hurry up and find that book! I don't know how much time Kain can buy us."
"And after my dramatic battle with the King of Hurilium, I won my case! Boyoyo!"
"So brave!" "So handsome!" "So smart!" Everlue's maids showered praise to the man after his tall tale.
After writing down the story—yes, I wrote notes on it. I had to be as realistic as possible, and, to be honest, it wasn't that bad.
Even if I could tell most of it were lies.
I told Everlue a half-lie in the form of sincere truth, "You should make a story out of your life. I bet it would sell by the millions."
Suddenly, my host seemed to stop in the middle of showing me his pool, and he scowled. "I tried to, I even got the best writer money could buy, but that stubborn old man…" He sneered before looking back at me. "Ah, never mind that! Is there anything else?"
"Do you by any chance keep horses? I hear Equestrians bring life to these types of places. Why I once saw some in the Heartifilia mansion." I really should ask Lucy if she is related to that guy, but that's a question for another day.
Before he could open his mouth to continue his tour, a voice came out towards us.
"Mr. Everlue. Pardon the intrusion, but I was looking for you."
I turned to see three intimidating men walk towards the duke.
One was an old man, maybe around his late sixties or possibly older. His hair was already aged grayish-white, and he was dressed in a red suit. He had a broadsword sheathed on his side, and he seemed to have a calm demeanor about him.
The two behind him had no such air.
One was a giant of a man with hair shaped like a starfish wearing a blue long sleeve and white pants. His presence screamed overwhelming power.
The one on the opposite side of the older swordsman was a shorter man in white and black Chinese-based clothing. He was holding a giant pan for some reason.
"Ah, Master Zash and the Vanish brothers, how may I help you?" He turned to me. "These are my current bodyguards, here to ward me off any trouble."
Master Zash, the older-looking man with a full but short beard, bowed politely to the man. "About that, sir, it seems while on patrol, we had found one of your windows broken. I asked Virgo to check around before I came to you. I felt it was necessary to tell you this before we could handle it ourselves."
Duke Everlue fumed. "WHAT!? How did they get in!? And why didn't you try to hunt them down!?"
"Because, sir," The old man calmly stated before looking towards me—aww shit. "They came the same time as him."
Everlue glanced over at me in shock. But even so, I tried to remain calm. "Excuse me, sir? I don't know wha—"
There was a slashing sound as I looked down… the colors spell that was hidden in my hoodie pocket was cut in half, revealing that I wasn't wearing a suit, but the same clothes I came into this world with.
"It appears he was a distraction. He's not really with Entrepreneur Weekly, sir." The old man… d-did he even take out the blade? It was like he… slashed my pocket with just his scabbard!
"WHAT!? You were lying to me!?" Everlue glared at me with furious rage.
The one I assumed to be Master Zash calmly told his two followers, "Yan, Ying. Please, tie up this young man and follow me back into the mansion. You also might want to hurry and help find the intruders, Duke Everlue."
"Yes, Master Zash!" They zealously repeated before they both got the rope out of seemingly nowhere.
"Y-You guys wouldn't happen to take a joke, right?" Despite my nervous laughter, I do hope that Natsu and the others are doing fine.
"This is horrible!" Lucy cried out as right after they had found the book, they were being confronted by none other than Duke Everlue himself.
"So you thieves are looking to pilfer the Daybreak from me, are you? Boyoyo!" The portly duke observed from the scene before him.
"See slowpoke?" Natsu looked to Lucy as he pointed to the small duke. "You were the one saying we shouldn't waste time!"
"Sorry about that."
The duke smiled darkly. "I had a feeling something was off when a maid and then a fake scout came here, but who would have thought it would be wizards trying to steal something. But I never would have guessed it was that stupid book, Daybreak."
"Stupid?" Natsu repeated with slight confusion.
Lucy felt the same wavelength as Natsu. However, she started to wonder why both the client and the target seemed to hate this book?
Too bad it wasn't that important. "But this works out great! If you don't want it, I wanna keep it!"
"It's mine! Get your grubby hands off it!" Everlue threw a fit after Lucy excitedly asked.
"Greedy pig."
"Shut your trap, ugly." And with that retort, Lucy felt more damage in her life than she had ever before.
Natsu wanted to burn the book already to complete their job, find Kain, and get the heck out of there.
However, Lucy wanted to at least read it first. She even sat down on the ground to do so.
Everlue, sick of not being the center of attention, cried out, "How dare you put your hands on my possessions! Come forth, Vanish brothers!"
The three looked to one of the secret passages to see two men walking in followed by an old man and…
"Kain!" Natsu cried as they saw him tied up in rope.
The brown haired boy looked up and saw Lucy with a book. "I thought we were supposed to get rid of that?"
"Lucy is being Lucy!" Happy pointed to the girl like a child blaming his sibling for breaking the family vase.
"Wait, are you using my name as an insult!?" Lucy looked back up from the book to shout at the blue cat.
"Don't be such a Lucy, Lucy!" Happy fired back.
"Can you believe these mages? Thinking their hot stuff…." The younger and taller Vanish brother, Ying, scoffed as he looked at his opponents.
Happy pointed over to their emblems. "Those guys are from the Southern Wolves Mercenary Guild!"
"Wait, there's more than one type of guild besides mages out there? How many are there?" Kain asked with confusion.
"That's an odd question: are you not from around here?" The older man answered the question with another question.
Natsu; however, pointed over to Kain. "You let our friend go, you bastards!"
Everlue played with his mustache like some kind of movie villain to Kain. "I'm afraid I'm not letting him or any of you get out alive! Boyoyo!"
"Isn't that a bit extreme, Mr. Everlue?" Even when tied up, Kain supposed he thought this was a bit much.
"Shut up, Ronald Mcdonald!" It seemed as if Everlue missed Kain's real name being heard somehow. "You don't get to talk anymore! Vanish brothers and Master Zash, finish them!"
However, at this moment, Lucy stood up. "Hey, Natsu, hold them off. I think there's a secret in this book."
"Huh? Okay." He asked as Lucy already went ahead away from the fight by using a different door.
Everlue started to wonder in surprise. There was something in the book he had missed after all this time? This unsettled him. Perhaps there was something in that book that he could use after all.
"You three take care of this. I'll go after the girl." Everlue darkly muttered as the floor beneath him lowered.
That action from the duke made Kain blink in surprise. "He's a mage?"
"Happy, go after Lucy," Natsu said as he cracked his knuckles, earning a curious stare from the old man holding Kain's rope.
"Are you sure?"
"I can handle these bozos!" Natsu said proudly before Happy ran off.
"Yan, did you hear this guy?" The bigger but younger bro asked in shock.
"I did, Ying. Looks like we have to teach this one a lesson." He then pushed a hand back. "Please, Master Zash, allow us to take care of this one!"
However, the old man in question seemed to pause as he eyed Natsu up and down. "Hmm… young man, you are from Fairy Tail, right?" The old man asked, surprising Natsu.
"Yeah? What about it?"
At the confirmation, Zash gave a small laugh before smiling towards him. "How is Makarov these days?"
That surprised everyone in the room. This guy knew their guild master?
"You know, gramps!?" The pink-haired man cried out in shock.
The old swordsman flushed as he scratched his nose. "Ahh, well…. I remember him. He defeated me on several occasions, all very humiliating but humbling. I doubt he even recalls me. But if you do see him again, could you give him my thanks? I learned a lot from those after my younger days."
Natsu seemed to stare hard at the old man until he nodded. "Hmm, alright. You seem way nicer than these two."
"Sir! Please! He's just a mage!" Yan declared.
At the sound of that, Zash put a hand on his head as he sighed. "You two are skilled, but you're both making the same mistake I did where I believed myself to be the strongest," He paused for a second before giving a small smile. "You two alone must fight this mage. Under no circumstances are you to underestimate him. Am I clear?"
"Huh? We can handle this guy no problem, Master!" Ying cracked his fists in response to his master's challenge.
"I dunno," Natsu gave a cocky smile. "It sounds like to me that you should have listened to him." As the fire started coming through his fists, he shot up and tried to punch one of them. However, Yan blocked Natsu's punch and negated his fire as soon as his fist connected with.
"We do especially well against a fire mage!" Yan admitted before Ying circled quickly around Natsu and kicked him out back into the main lobby. This made both the Vanish brothers run after their opponent.
"… I know that I'm powerless, but it kind of sucks being completely forgotten," Kain admitted out loud as outside, the fight between the three started to intensify.
"You seem to be quite calm given the situation." Master Zash admitted as the sounds of moaning and grunting could be heard outside. It would have been considered awkward to listen to if not for the other sounds of kicks and punches accompanying them along with small explosions and fire blasts.
"Well," Kain stopped for a second so Natsu could scream his next fire attack. "To be honest, compared to all of my friends, I seem to be in a safer position with you."
Zash waited for the loud explosion to die down before talking. "Oh? And what makes you say that? Are you aware that I've killed more people than you met in your life so far?" The old man's voice suddenly got dark as he slowly reached his hand towards his blade.
Kain nervously blinked, but then a second passed of nothingness—or rather: a second passed with all three fighters below screaming their lungs out at each other, throwing fists, kick, and fire blasts.
Afterward, Kain then looked surprised. "Actually. I would be afraid, but… you just seem nice. You treated Natsu in a kind tone, and you admitted respect for someone who beat you easily. I think you've got high standards for morals."
Zash lowered his hand at the thought and just shrugged. "Damn my old age, I do have standards now."
"Prepare to die with our Ultimate Technique!" The Vanish brothers' voices were heard even back on the second floor.
At the sound of that, Zash rolled his eyes. "Oh, those two. They've got potential, but their heads are too far up their own asses." He stopped speaking when the mansion shook hard. "Haha… kind of like me when I was their age. Dear me, I must be going senile in my old age if I'm reminiscing with an enemy."
Seeing the old man relax, Kain was prompted to continue his conversation despite still being tied up. "I still think you look great for someone your age. Even though you're wearing a suit, I can still see toned muscles. And I'm not a warrior."
Zash gave a small smile. "Huh, so that's what a real compliment sounds like. I like it when it sounds sincere."
After a very loud explosion, and the ground shaking somewhat, a voice cried out in disbelief. "Impossible! No one has ever survived our signature attack!"
The old man put a hand on his head after hearing his younger members. "I warned them not to underestimate their opponent." The elder sword master let go of the rope, freeing Kain. "I don't see a reason to shed unnecessary bloodshed, so you are free to go. You are a strange one, but I did enjoy my conversation with you."
The brown haired boy blinked and noticed that both the rope and the old man had vanished in that one instant. He quickly ran out the door to see Natsu's recent fire breath absorbed by the frying pan one of the brothers was wielding.
Then he reflected it at Natsu… who swallowed it whole. And then, with that new power-up, he quickly attacked again.
"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" The pink-haired mage cried as a large torrent of fire slammed into the Vanish bro—
*SLASH!*
All it took was one waved of his hand, and Natsu's flames dispersed as if it was never there. The amazing thing was that he still didn't unsheathe his blade!
"That is enough, please. You've won this fight." The old swordsman stated as he stood back up after his swing.
"What, but master—"
Zash turned sharply to his students. "I warned you time and time again: never underestimate your opponents. Not only did you both reveal your trump cards too early, but you also lacked any judgment in realizing your opponent was not a conventional mage! The best ability mages have strong mental and physical strength, something you refused to acknowledge in your opponent. Had I not stepped in, you both would have lost. I am very disappointed in both of you."
The two brothers deflated after hearing those words.
However, Natsu seemed to smile, and the flames around him started to emerge as he pounded his fists together excitedly.
"Huh! You're pretty strong, old geezer! I guess you fighting gramps wasn't just all talk. How about now you and I settle the—!"
Zash suddenly kicked a nearby stone up to the ceiling for everyone to watch. As the stone reached the height of its throw, everyone heard a loud gasp of pain.
Everyone looked down and was shocked to see Zash punching Natsu hard in the stomach.
Zash retracted his fist, making Natsu, of all people, keel over and start coughing. "Gods, you remind me of Markarov in his younger days as well. I'm sure one day you'll grow stronger."
The sword user looked up to Kain. "Please take care of your friend. We're no longer going to stop you from your objective. I have to retrain some of my students."
"M-Master, how did you do that?!" The oldest of the Vanish brothers asked.
"Come along, you two. I have to scold you to your mother."
"W-Wha? Master, please, you don't need to do that." The nervousness was noticeable on their faces.
"I don't, but I will." Zash gave a coy smile as he started walking ahead.
"W-Wait! Master!" Ying cried out before he and his brother shared a panicked look and ran after their old man, begging him not to tell their mother.
Seeing such a strange sight before him end, Kain quickly ran to the downed dragon slayer who was still coughing violently.
"Natsu! Are you alright!?"
Slowly, his coughing stopped to a halt. "Y-Yeah. He hit me right in the lungs… god, that hurt like hell."
"The lungs? Come to think of it: that would be a good way to disrupt your magic, wouldn't it? Especially your flame breath one."
"Dang it! I want a rematch!" Natsu punched the ground, obviously unsatisfied.
Kain's expression turned deadpan. "Natsu, I am ninety percent sure he's the guild master of the Southern Wolves. And since he has battled our guild master several times, I think it's safe to say he's just below the level of Markarov, which means you don't stand a chance against him right now." Honestly, why did it feel like he was the only one trying to be thoughtful about all of this?
"What!? I can totally take him and gramps! At the same time!" Natsu stood up quickly but then flinched in pain.
Kain gave his not-convinced look to the injured fire mage. "Well, I don't mean to tempt fate, but it was nice to finally see a stroke of good luck go our way. If the master was a bad guy, I think we would have been screwed."
Yet, the adventure was far from over for the budding team. The pink-haired maid, Virgo, if they recalled, stood up after being knocked down by Natsu. She looked like she was starting to move towards a new area.
"Hey, where do you think you're going!?" "Natsu, wait!" Natsu cried out while Kain called out after him.
Natsu climbed onto the very bulk woman's back and grabbed onto her top as she started to vanish. Kain, in panic, slid and held on to the ape-like woman's leg as a portal opened up and sucked in all three.
Suddenly, they all saw stars in a vast cosmos-like area. They soon spotted a large giant in fancy armor with a really large nose-hair mustache drink from a teacup with his pinky out.
Kain reacted accordingly to the situation, "What the f—"
And then all three left the starry dimension in a puff of smoke.
"Hmmm," The Celestial Spirit King put down his drink and started stroking his magnificent mustache thoughtfully. "That's something you don't see every day..."
"—ck?" That made no sense whatsoever. And just when I thought I could train myself to get used to how weird magic was in this world.
"Natsu!" That sounded like Lucy and Happy. I looked up, seeing both of them with shocked looks on their face, along with Duke Everlue and Cancer.
"What the!? Kain!? You're there too!?" Lucy finally noticed me as she looked down. "How did you two get there!?"
I didn't answer since I was still trying to process what I just saw. Natsu seemed to answer for us.
"We saw her getting up, so we jumped on her, and then all of a sudden, we ended up here." Why was he not saying anything about that odd thing we saw?
"Wait a second, so you both grabbed on to her in the house!? That means… you both must have passed through the spirit gate with her! That's impossible!"
"Spirit gate? Does it explain anything about a giant with star mustaches?" I managed to blurt out.
Natsu looked down. "Oh yeah, I forgot about him." Natsu, it had only been less than 30 seconds ago.
"Giant with a mustache!?" Not only Lucy but Everlue seemed surprised as they both shouted in shock. "You saw the Celestial Spirit King!?"
Celestial who now?
"Never mind that, Lucy, what do I do!?" Natsu cried out as I took the time to get out of the way of the giant maid.
Realization hit Lucy as she told Natsu to finish the fight. The celestial maid went for Natsu, but he easily overpowered her. Lucy had used her whip to catch Everlue and launch him right into Cancer.
"Shrimp!" Cancer cried out as he snipped all the hair off the small, greedy man and turned towards his contracted partner. "Okay, I'm done. Does this look fabulous or what, shrimp?"
Natsu had also hit Virgo back to unconsciousness. "Oh yeah, way to go crab man! Huh? Shrimp?"
However, we had no time to celebrate our victory simply due to the fact the entire place started shaking.
"Okay, everyone out!" I screamed out as we all made a beeline for the exit.
As we got out, we all watched the mansion collapse into the ground with varying levels of emotion.
"This was pretty well done! We went out with a bang! You two are definitely going to fit in Fairy Tail."
"Natsu," I spoke up, watching the same thing as him but getting something different. "You do realize we destroyed approximately 10 billion property worth of jewels, right?"
"10-10 billion!? He was that rich!?" Lucy cried out.
"Did you not see the fully plated gold bathrooms? Because he showed me at least thirteen before we got to the courtyard." They were… well, who was I to judge personal tastes, even from a jerk? "Though, with that in mind, we should probably head back to our client before the local enforcement comes."
That motion was carried in a unanimous decision.
Soon we returned to our client. But to my utter surprise, it was revealed that the book was the client's father's work. Lucy showed to all of us that the book hid a secret. What was supposed to be a garbled mess of words was actually a spell hiding the true book from the unworthy.
The Client was beyond happy to realize that the book was meant for him, and he decided not to burn it after all.
But still…
"I don't believe it," Lucy was still sulking even on our way back to Fairy Tail. "Who turns down 2 million Jewels?"
"If we had taken the money, it wouldn't have looked good. You gotta think about Fairy Tail's reputation."
"Aye."
Lucy still tried to argue with Natsu after he and Happy gave out their reasons. "But we made him happy, right? We got the job done, and we're walking home?" She emphasized bitterly. "And then to find out they're not even wealthy… and they were just renting that house so everyone would think they were."
"Well," I spoke up. "Now that Kaby has that book, if he does publish it, he and his wife will more than likely get rich with how good you implied it was."
"See! We could have got a loan from them!" Lucy pointed over to me after I said that.
"Come on, Lucy, what's done is done," Natsu spoke up.
"By the way… the house… how'd you know it wasn't really theirs?" Lucy turned to Natsu curiously.
"Hmm? Oh, that was easy cause they smelled like another house. Seemed pretty obvious."
"Aye."
"I figured it out the second time we entered because I noticed that there were no servants for such a big place, and their courtyard wasn't as kept as Everlue's. If they were rich, they would have kept up appearances." I added in.
"Of course, you two animals and one weirdo would think that."
Well, that's not very nice. "Hey, I think Happy is pretty normal as they come," I spoke up.
"Yeah!" The cat repeated.
"You're the weird one!" Lucy snapped at me before I smiled back at her.
I did my best impression to look calm and smug before answering, "I know."
"Hahahaha! He totally got you!" Natsu laughed immaturely as he pointed to Lucy. Even though he wasn't all that sharp, he figured out that I was just messing with her.
"Ugh! Can we get something to eat now!?" Lucy screamed. Despite the fact that even though it was night, we could easily see her blushing face.
We agreed with her. After all, we had to do something for unofficially completing a mission.
But considering this was my first official quest in Fairy Tail… it was rather fun.
Still, I've gotta find a way back home. That's number one in my goals right about now.
Yet, number two also is a curious thing…
How did I end up here in the first place?
Omake # 2: Don't wine about it.
"Ahh, welcome back!" Master Markarov greeted the returning four. "How was your first mission?" He directed to both Lucy and Kain.
"We caused approximately billions worth of property damage in the span of less than an hour." Kain unashamedly stated, causing the small old man to choke on water.
"W-WHAT!?"
"Don't worry, sir. We later found out the owner had pulled over a hundred illegal activities to gain his money, so no one is going to bill us for this damage at all."
The guild master put a hand on his chest to somehow stop his beating heart. "D-Don't scare me like that."
"Oh yeah," Natsu removed his bag and started fishing for something. "I found this in my bag that was addressed to you."
"What is it?" Lucy asked.
Natsu took out a bottle of wine before handing it to Gramps. "When I got my bag back after we trashed the mansion, I noticed it was open, but something was put in rather than stolen. I smelled the Master of the Southern Wolves' scent on it, and since he seemed nice, I saw what he put in there and decided to give it to you."
There was a note on the bottle's side that Kain quickly picked up and started reading out loud.
"Dear Markarov, you don't remember me, but I wanted to thank you. A long time ago, we were enemies, but you defeated me so easily that I eventually became a better person. Please accept this token of appreciation. -Zash The Slasher."
"I remember him. A powerful swordsman… it's good to see he's changed his ways." The master mused before looking at the bottle. "Hmm? Wow, this is some expensive wine." Without wasting a second, he started drinking some.
"Aaahhh! That's some really good stuff!" The third guild master gasped in pleasure.
However, the bottle was stolen from him by Cana Alberona as she also drank some of the bottle. "Damn, that is some good stuff!"
"Cana!" Master said with disappointment in his voice as he saw one of his guild members drink it as well.
However, Lucy noticed something in the corner of her eye. "Huh? Did the letter change?"
Natsu and Kain looked down back on the letter, revealing that it did indeed change. "If you're reading this, Markarov has drunk the wine. Consider this payback for those humiliating defeats, you old fart!"
Everyone froze for a second before slowly looking back at the guild master with varying degrees of worry.
"W-Wha?"
And suddenly, his stomach growled, and the third master toppled over.
"W-Was it poison!?" Lucy gasped at the thought.
Natsu gripped his fist, anger all over his face. "Why that bastard! I trusted—"
It was then that a loud farting noise was heard.
Everyone quickly covered their nose from the repulsive smell that quickly covered the guild. "Oh god, master!? Did that come from you!?" One of the guild members cried out.
Markarov quickly grabbed the bottle with an extended hand. Unfortunately, he was still releasing gas as if he was a machine gun, and each smelled worse and became louder than the last. "T-That bastard," his voice was surprisingly high pitched and in obvious constipation despite what his bottom was doing. "There are powerful magical laxatives in here!"
"Wait," Kain said with his nose pinched so hard, water could barely get in. "Didn't Cana drink this too?" His somewhat squeaky voice asked.
Everyone slowly turned towards the heavy drinker of Fairy Tail with a flushed face.
"I-I don't feel so…"
The laxatives lasted an entire day, causing misfortune to everyone in Fairy Tail.
Meanwhile…
"Master, you seem to be in a good mood despite our loss," Yan admitted as he and his brother followed their master back to their guild.
Zash's smile only grew into something mischievous. "That's the lovely thing about losing sometimes, Yan. It makes payback that much sweeter."
{Author Notes}
Just because he's trying to be a better person doesn't mean he isn't afraid to stop being a better person for two seconds and act like a petty teenage boy.
Thank you all for the support this story has been getting. In just two chapters, I got 20 favorites and 31 follows in the span of two weeks! That's amazing! I am so grateful.
What do you guys think so far? Anything I can do to make the story better?
-I decided to make up names for the Vanish Brothers. I might be using them again over the story more than the author did because of certain plot points.
-I'm a little more excited about the Lullaby arc. It's where things start to diverge in a somewhat different direction.
Thanks for reading, see ya soon.