Hey everyone, so I know the last chapter looked rushed as hell, but I just couldn't leave the story at a sort of cliff hanger (well mostly I got restless but still). Anyways I'm going to try and slow down the pacing a bit more since I've got nothing but time and a lot of story points to cover. Also, I would like to thank the people who followed this story. And thanks for the reviews, it helps to have some CONSTRICTIVE criticism every now and again. So anyways on to the next chapter.
Rin and Kuro had been staying in the Fairy Tail guild hall for the last two days and so far, they hadn't heard anything from Makarov. The guild master had said that he was going to a place called Clover Town to talk to his fellow guild masters so that he could find a way to send them home. However, Rin didn't know what to do while he waited for Makarov to return.
After just lazing about and reading some magazine called "Sorcerer's Weekly" Rin decided to see what was happening in the guild hall. As he walked out of the room he was given Rin grabbed Kurikara and walked out the door with Kuro not too far behind him.
The guild hall was just as lively as it was a few days ago, but he didn't know what to do exactly. He didn't know too many people in the guild except for Natsu, Happy, Lucy, and Gray. He just decided to try and find any one of them so he could ask more about their world. It didn't take Rin too long to find them, since he recognized Natsu's pink hair from across the room. As he made his way over Rin overheard the conversation that was being had.
"I've got to do some job sooner or later." Natsu said with his head on the table.
"If we had taken that money from our last job we would be sittin' pretty right now." Lucy complained as she sipped from her glass.
"Hey, do you guys know what gramps said about getting me home?" Rin asked as he walked over towards their table. Rin sat down looking at a menu that every table. He looked through the menu to see if anything looked good.
"Oh, good morning Rin." Lucy said "We haven't heard anything from the master yet. He just left for a guild master's meeting not too long ago."
"Well how long do you think that's going to take?" Rin asked putting the menu down not seeing anything he recognized.
"It shouldn't take too long, these things only take a few days at most" Mirajane said as she came over to the table with a few plates. She went ahead and placed a plate in front of Rin and one in front of Natsu.
"W-wait a minute! I didn't order anything!" Rin said as he looked down at the plate that was placed in front of him. It was just a simple plate of pancakes, but it was enough to make his stomach rumble.
"Don't worry about it. The master said as long as you're our guest you don't have to worry about paying." Mira said as she went back to the kitchen.
Rin could only smile as he cut off a small piece from the stack. He then cut off a portion for Kuro and slid it over towards the Cat Sídhe who ate it with joy. While they were eating Lucy noticed Kuro and was reminded about what Rin had said yesterday about being a demon.
"Hey Rin, what did you mean when you said that you were a demon?" Lucy asked Rin as he froze up a bit.
"W-well you see-" Rin started before he was interrupted by the main doors being forced open. Everyone looked over to the door as they noticed a random guild member panting and hunched over. He only said one sentence. Just one sentence that managed to whip the entire guild hall into a rabid frenzy. "Erza's back."
People began to scramble around trying to either clean the guild or hide. Both Rin and Lucy were confused. Whoever this Erza person was she seemed to have been someone important in the guild. Although it looked like every feared Erza more than they respected her.
"Do you know who this Erza person is?" Rin asked Lucy confused by all the guild members panicking to get the hall in to shape
"No clue, I remember Gray mentioning her before we found you in the forest. Although he didn't really give me much to go on." Lucy said just as confused as Rin
"Erza is one of our guilds strongest mages," Mira said as she appeared at their table to collect the empty plates "She's also the guilds strongest female mage."
"Woah, she sounds tough." Rin said as the doors were once again forced open.
"Oh, here she is now." Mira said smiling.
Both Rin and Lucy turned their attention towards the main entrance to see a giant decorated horn being held over the shoulder of a scarlet haired woman wearing armor. Behind her was a mountain of luggage all strapped to a wagon. She practically radiated power as she stood in the main entrance way. This woman was Erza Scarlet.
"I'm back, Is the Master present at the moment?" Erza asked looking around
"Welcome back Erza! The Master's attending the regular meeting right now, but he should be back in a few days" Mira said as she went to collect more plates.
"I see…" The armor wizard said with a slightly disappointed tone
"Uh, Erza what it that thing?" a random guild member asked pointing towards the giant gem encrusted horn.
"Oh this?" Erza said as she gestured towards the horn "The local towns people were so grateful that they decorated the horn of a demon that I had subdued" She said smirking a bit
This made Rin's blood run cold. "That horn is huge! And she said that she got it from a demon! I'd better watch it around her" Rin thought.
"Will that be a problem?" Erza asked as she looked at the member who asked her the question to begin with.
"N-no! No problem at all!" The guild member said as he backed away
"Anyways, I've been hearing rumors that Fairy Tail is causing trouble again." Erza said addressing the entire guild "Even if the Master decides to forgive you don't think that I will."
Everyone tensed up at this statement, waiting to hear what Erza would have to say.
"Cana, if you have to drink this early at least use a mug." Erza said as Cana nervously lowered her barrel and went to get a mug from the kitchen.
"Vijeeter, how many times do I have to tell you not to dance on the tables?" Erza said as he stopped dancing and climbed down from the table.
"Wakaba, your cigarette buds are all over the floor." At this Wakaba just panicked as he could have sworn that he had cleaned them up a moment ago.
"W-who is she?" Lucy asked getting a little nervous herself. She doesn't really know Erza all that well, but Lucy didn't want to take any chances.
"She's Erza!" Happy said with his usual grin
"You guys are just too much, I'm at a loss for words." The scarlet mage said as she rubbed her temples in slight frustration.
"But you've already said so much." Both Rin and Lucy thought at the same time
"By the way where are Natsu and Gray?" she asked looking around the guild hall.
"R-right here Erza! We're just being g-good friends as always right Natsu?" Gray asked with his arm around Natsu neck in a shaky, but friendly manner
"Aye!" Natsu said with arm awkwardly placed around Gray's neck as well.
"Natsu just started talking like Happy!" Lucy said in pure shock. "Just who was this woman, just yesterday these two were at each other's necks and now they're acting like best friends? What did she do to them?" Lucy asked
"Well you see, a while ago Natsu challenged Erza to a fight and she beat him up really bad." Mira said having come back from putting the dishes away. "And one day she caught Gray walking around without any clothes so she beat him up as well."
"I'm glad to see you're both getting along, I actually need to ask you both a huge favor." Erza said straightening up. "I heard something troubling in a pub on my way back from my last job. Normally I'd consult the master, but this is an urgent matter. Will you help me?" Erza asked as she looked at both Natsu and Gray.
The entire guild started murmuring about what had just happened. Most of the guild members were stunned that Erza asked for help on what seemed to be an important job.
"I can't believe it." Mira said as she stood in place with a shocked expression on her face.
"Hey are you okay?" Rin asked worried that something might have happened to Mira
"No, I'm fine. It's just." Mira started as she looked ahead "Erza, Natsu, and Gray. Those three just might be the strongest team in Fairy Tail's history." Mira said
{Earthland – Continent of Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore – Eisenwald Guild Hall}
"Hey, did any of you guys find out which guild that red haired woman was from?" An Eisenwald Member A asked
"Nope, not a clue." Eisenwald Member B replied
"Man, she was hot, I should have made a move when I had the chance!" Eisenwald Member C yelled out
"Hey, Is Kageyama back yet?" Member B asked
"Not yet, breaking the seal off the 'you know what' isn't exactly easy, So it's going to take a while." Member A said
"Now's not the time to be hasty, our chance is coming very soon." Said an eerie voice in the guild hall. This voice belonged to a tall man with spiky silver hair that was parted towards the left. The only clothing, he wore was a tattered pair of pants. He had multiple tattoos on his chest and one under each of his eyes. He also carried a big scythe over his shoulder. This man was Erigor, the strongest wizard in the Dark Guild Eisenwald. "We'll strike when all of those old geezers are at that damn meeting" Erigor said smirking to himself
And that wraps up the second chapter of Demon Fairy. I gotta say It took me way longer to get this out than I thought cause I had to adjust somethings to fit Rin into the story, but I didn't want to make him too OOC. Also this chapter was just meant to set up the Lullaby Arc and for me to get a hang of writing again since I've been busy with work and school again. But don't worry, all good fics have their chapters few and far between. This isn't an excuse to slack off, but I'm currently learning how to animate professionally and I want to be able to give that my full attention. Luckily the course isn't that hard so hope fully I'll have the chapter out in the next 6 months or so. I have to re-read and re-watch all of Fairy Tail and Blue Exorcist in order to make sure I haven't forgotten any important details. In the next chapter Fairy Tail's strongest team goes to take care of the demon flute Lullaby, Rin tags along to helo Lucy make sure things remain civil between Natsu and Gray, and things really start to heat up from there. So don't miss out on the next chapter of Demon Fairy!