A/N: Alright so here's chapter 5. I keep getting new ideas for this story and I'm having writer's block from a couple of my other stories so I decided to just update this story. I hope you all enjoy. If you enjoy, Follow, Favorite, and/or Review.
Notice: I need your guy's help. I'm having trouble coming up with new magics. If you have any cool ideas for a magic, then send them to me and I'll find a place to use them and I'll give you credit. If you help me, thank you. If not, that's fine as well.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.
Laxus sat in his new office surrounded with newspapers lined on that walls. He looked at a few, ripping a few others off the wall before he decided to sit down. Mira walked into the room with a cup of coffee.
"Here you go." Mira said as she handed Laxus the coffee.
"Thanks." Laxus said as he took a drink.
"You know you don't have to put all the work on yourself right?" Mira asked.
"I know but if I want to get the other guilds involved, than I need concrete proof. I don't want to waste their time." Laxus explained.
Mira took a seat in a chair by Laxus' desk.
"Do you think Romeo was seriously the one who killed Dobengal?" Mira asked.
"I don't want to believe it but I think it was him." Laxus answered.
"I never thought that all this would be happening. I keep thinking that all this is just a bad dream." Mira told Laxus.
"I wish all this was just a dream." Laxus replied.
"Why do you think Romeo decided to become a criminal?" Mira asked.
"I don't really know. I never really knew Romeo too well. Sure I've spoken to him but I never got to know the kid." Laxus replied, "Do you have any idea?"
"Maybe something happened during the last few years. It could be something due to the war with Alvarez." Mira answered.
"What do you mean? Why would the war have anything to do with it?" Laxus asked.
"I don't know what it is he's been doing but maybe the war played a factor in it. He was only a kid when it happened. Imagine him, a kid at the front lines of a war." Mira explained.
"I want to hear why he's doing it from himself. I think everyone wants to know why. That's why I want to find him as soon as possible." Laxus revealed.
"Well do you think that he's being forced to do this? What if he isn't doing this of his own will?" Mira suggested.
"I don't think so. When Romeo took off, he made sure he covered his steps. If he was being forced, he would have found a way to leave a clue on how to find him." Laxus responded. "What do you think he's doing right now?"
"I think he's probably thinking about the guild. He might have left but it was still a big part of his life." Mira answered.
"You might be right. Let's hope that's it." Laxus replied.
Beth walked down the road heading towards the guild. She had just came back from the nearby forest where she was looking at a pack of wild dogs. She walked down the road as she saw a girl sitting on a bench staring at a map.
"Excuse me, do you need any help?" Beth asked the girl.
"Yes I'm a bit lost. My friends and I were supposed to meet up nearby but I got a bit lost. I'm not from around here." The girl explained.
"Alright, well let me see if I can help you than. My name is Beth." Beth said as she introduced herself.
"It's nice to meet you Beth, my name is Emma." Emma replied.
Beth took a look at Emma and noticed her appearance. Emma had white hair and large red eyes. She wore a white shirt with a strange pattern that Beth couldn't figure out. She seemed to be a bit younger than Beth.
"So where are you supposed to meet your friends?" Beth asked.
"We were supposed to meet at a place called Goldie Pond. I thought it was this way but I couldn't find it." Emma answered.
Beth looked at the map and saw that Goldie Pond was nearby, but there wasn't a road to get there.
"Well from what the map says, it is nearby. The only problem is there isn't a road which goes there." Beth explained. "I'll help you find where it is."
"Thanks you, just lead the way." Emma said as she stood behind Beth.
The two teens walked for a bit until they reached Goldie Pond.
"Well we are here." Beth revealed as she looked down at the pond. "The view is lovely, isn't it."
Beth suddenly felt a sharp pain hit her side. Beth turned and saw Emma with a large grin across her face.
"The view is lovely." Emma replied.
Beth jumped away from Emma and looked at her side. Beth saw that she was bleeding and the cut seemed quite deep. Beth saw that Emma hadn't moved yet, but she had a knife that was covered in blood.
"Thanks for helping me get here." Emma said with a large grin.
Beth started to channel her magic and stared Emma down.
"Is there something wrong Beth?" Emma asked.
"Well you did just stab me." Emma replied as she raised her hands.
"Well it looks like I did. Woopsy, I wasn't planning on staving you yet." Emma commented.
"What did I ever do to get you to attack me?" Beth asked.
"Well I wasn't asked to kill you so you should just try to close the wound. If you move around too much, then it will get worse." Emma warned Beth.
"Why are you so worried about me?" Beth asked.
"Like I said, I wasn't asked to kill you. If I do then he'll get mad at me." Emma explained.
"Carrot Missile." Beth yelled as a large amount of carrots shot out of the ground and towards Emma.
Emma dodged the carrots and ran up and kicked Beth's side. Beth grabbed her side as she struggled to stay on her feet. As Beth prepared to launch another attack, her would began to burn.
"I guess you've never been stabbed before. I can tell by the way you're acting." Emma said as she walked up to Beth. "I suggest you just surrender and stay still."
"How can that when you attacked me. How can I know that I'll be safe if I behave?" Beth asked.
"Well that's because," Emma began as she stabbed Beth's shoulder, " if you don't, then I get to carve you up."
"Bamboo Shoot" Beth said as shard bamboo shot out underneath Emma.
"You think that a few cuts could stop me?" Emma asked as she ran up and kicked Beth in the stomach. "You think that I'm weak?"
Emma grabbed Beth's head and picked her off the ground.
"You think that I can't defend myself?" Emma yelled.
"You're crazy." Beth told Emma.
" I know, but that's why I got to meet Romeo." Emma replied.
"Wait you know Romeo?" Beth asked.
"Crap, I wasn't supposed to tell you that. Oh well, a corpse can't tell what I said, now can it." Emma said as she stabbed Beth's stomach.
Beth screamed from the pain but it was quickly muffled when Emma punched where the knife had just left.
"You are louder than the others, I'm not sure if I like it." Emma told Beth.
Emma grabbed Beth by her neck and put the blade of the knife on her cheek.
"Tell me, do you mind if I cut your face a bit?" Emma asked.
"Go to hell." Beth replied.
"Boo, you're no fun." Emma complained.
"I'm not your toy, I am a member of Mermaid Heel. You won't get away with this." Beth yelled.
"Aren't you loud. I don't think I like your loudness. Maybe if I cut your tongue off, then you'll be quieter." Emma suggested as she put the knife on Beth's lip.
Suddenly, Emma was kicked back through a few trees. Beth looked up and saw Kagura standing over her.
"Beth are you alright?" Kagura asked.
"I definitely could be better. I probably need to go see a doctor." Beth answered.
"Hey, you can't interrupt my fun." Emma complained. "Who do you think you are?"
"The name's Kagura, remember it before I send you to the afterlife." Kagura told Emma.
Kagura moved in front of Emma at are speed where she couldn't see Kagura move. Kagura took her sword and went to strike Emma, only to be blocked by another sheathed sword.
"I'm sorry, but I'll get in trouble if I don't bring her back in one piece." A man explained.
The man wore a black hoodie. The hoodie was cut open and showed a grey shirt underneath. The man had short brown hair and brown eyes. She had a sword in his hand which he was using to block Kagura's attack. The man appeared to be the same age as Beth.
"Weren't you supposed to wait for the signal?" the man asked.
"I'm sorry Evan but I stabbed her without realizing it." Emma explained.
"What business do you have with us?" Kagura asked.
"Well it's not personally with you two, but you'd be in the way if we left you here." Evan responded.
"I don't have time for your games. Tell me what you know now or else!" Kagura threatened.
"Why don't you make me?" Evan responded.
Kagura swiftly struck at Evan numerous times but each strike was blocked by Evan's sword.
'Aren't you being a bit cocky by not using your blade against me," Evan asked.
"I don't need to use that strength to defeat you. I'd rather not kill you." Kagura responded. "If you do not surrender now, then I won't hold back."
"Well I can't have you leave here right now and I can't let Emma get too hurt. So I suppose I'll just have to beat you." Evan replied in a cocky manner.
Kagura disappeared from view then reappeared with her sword mere inches from Evan's face. Evan jumped back to dodge the sword but was hit with a kick that sent him flying into the trees.
"I tried to warn you." Kagura said as she turned toward Emma. "Now there's only one who's in my way."
Kagura leaped forward and prepared to strike Emma. Right before the sword hit, a blade hit the sword blocking it from its target.
"Now now, I wouldn't be that quick to underestimate me." Evan said as he kicked Kagura in the ribs, knocking her back a few feet. "And now we're even."
"Kagura!" Beth yelled as Kagura placed her hand on her blade.
"Maybe I underestimated you a bit but I won't let that happen again. This time I'll defeat you. But sadly, you still aren't strong enough to defeat me." Kagura told Evan.
"Listen here Kagura, the two of us weren't just picked at random. We were chosen for a reason." Evan revealed.
"And what reason are you two here?" Kagura asked.
"Emma is here to cause a distraction." Evan revealed. "And I'm here to deal with you."
Evan released his blade and tried st slash Kagura. Kagura barely dodged the blade. The blade hit a tree and sliced through it as if the tree was made of butter.
"Looks like you have some skill after all." Kagura said as she leaped toward Evan.
She went for a strike when Evan disappeared and reappeared at Kagura's side. He striked at Kagura and she was knocked back from the attack. Kagura had a gash on her side as she held her sword near it.
"Looks like you weren't fast enough Kagura. You blocked a bit off the attack, but a majority of it still hit you." Evan told Kagura.
"Kagura, are you okay?" Beth asked.
"I'm fine." Kagura assured.
"It's a bit funny, I surprised you with a move you would use yourself. It's a trick any swordsman would use. All I had to do was bait you in for an attack and attack. It was so simple, I'm surprised you didn't see it coming from a mile away." Evan explained.
"What kind of magic did you use?" Beth asked.
"Excuse me. Can you repeat that?" Evan asked.
"I said what kind of magic are you using?" Beth repeated.
"That's what I thought you said. Well you see, I don't use magic." Evan replied.
"That's impossible, there's no way someone without magic could injure Kagura in a fight." Beth argued.
"Gravity Change." Kagura said as the area around Evan became heavier.
Evan was being pushed towards the ground as Kagura prepared to strike.
"It's time to end this." Kagura said.
Kagura attacked Evan knocking him back through a tree. Kagura felt something going down her arm. She looked and saw blood falling down her arm.
"When did you cut me?" Kagura asked.
Evan slowly got up and looked right at Kagura.
"The moment you hit me and erased your magic, I striked. I knew that you couldn't fight at your best under the gravity change, so I just waited till you erased it." Evan answered.
"You aren't in any condition to continue fighting me. If you continue this fight, I can't guarantee your life." Kagura warned.
"Well that's an occupational hazard for me. Besides, I haven't even started to fight seriously." Evan revealed.
"You aren't a challenge for me. Your skill with the sword is great but you can't defeat a mage of my caliber with just a sword." Kagura responded.
Evan placed his katana on his shoulder and stared at Kagura.
"Are you sure about that?" Evan asked. "Also correct me if I'm wrong but you originally came here to rescue Beth right?"
"Don't you dare!" Kagura yelled as she leaped toward Evan.
Evan blocked Kagura attack and knocked her back towards Beth. He placed the Katana on his shoulder and and prepared to strike.
"Let's see, protecting Beth or defeating me, which one is more important to you?" Evan asked as he slashed in Beth direction.
The force of the slash continued past the blade and towards Beth. Kagura grabbed Beth and jumped out of range of the attack. Kagura looked back and saw the attack slice through a few trees before it disappeared.
"No magic you saw, then what was that?" Kagura asked.
"It's simple really, I just slashed hard enough that the air pressure created solidified and could be used as an attack. It isn't too hard to use, it only took me about three years to create and master it." Evan replied.
"There's no way someone without magic could create an attack like that." Kagura argued.
"Well you see, a lot of people can become strong like this, the only reason they don't is they don't have the determination to. Besides, I've seen seen you do something similar when you fought Erza back at the Grand Magic Games a few years ago." Evan responded.
Kagura and Evan stared each other down, both ready to strike at any moment. They stayed completely still for a moment until an alarm went off.
"Come on Emma, it's time to leave." Evan ordered.
"All right, let's go." Emma said as she ran towards Evan.
"You seriously don't think I'll just let you leave, do you?" Kagura asked.
"I think you should be more focused on getting some help for Beth. She's been bleeding for a while. It would be a shame if she were to die from her injuries while you chased us." Evan explained.
Evan and Emma began to walk away before Evan turned around.
"Next time you shouldn't try holding back against me. If you do, then you might not leave so easily." Evan warned Kagura.
"Bye Bye." Emma said as the two left.
Sting and Minerva arrived at the Mermaid Heel guild hall. As they entered, they saw that the guildhall was quite chaotic.
"Umm, is everything alright?" Sting asked.
"Oh, sorry I didn't notice you there." Millianna said as she rushed over to the Sabertooth games.
"Did we catch you at a bad time?" Sting asked.
"Well, today has been a really crazy day." Milliana explained, "Maybe it's better if you see what's happened for yourselves."
Milliana led Sting and Minerva over to the infirmary. They entered and saw Beth and Kagura both lying in separate beds. Both of them were wrapped in bandages.
"What happened to you two?" Minerva asked.
"We ran into a couple of dangerous people earlier." Beth explained.
"How dangerous were they?" Sting asked.
"Well one of them were strong enough to fight against Kagura." Beth revealed.
"Wait, someone could fight against Kagura, just what kind of magic did thru use?" Sting asked.
"He didn't use any magic, all he used was pure swordsmanship. I underestimated him." Kagura answered.
"Someone who could fight you without magic, just how did they get so strong." Sting wondered. "Anyways we have come here to ask you to help us. So far, Fairy Tail and Sabertooth are collaborating to find an unknown group who we believe that Romeo might be apart of."
"Do you think that those two could have been a part of that group?" Milliana asked.
"Well were are going to figure it out and if they aren't, then I'll locate them myself if I have to." Kagura replied.
"Wait, I just remember, they said they were here to cause a distraction," Beth reminded Kagura, "But a distraction for what?"
"We need to figure that out as soon as possible." Kagura replied. "But Sting, we will accept your request and join in the hunt."
"Alright now I just need to let Laxus know."
Laxus sat on his desk when his communication lacrima began to ring. Laxus answered it and was Gajeel on the other end.
"Yo, I found out something from these bandits Dobengal arrested." Gajeel informed Laxus.
"What did they tell you?" Laxus asked.
"They said that the group we are looking for is a big one. Also, they said that they've seen Romeo with them on multiple occasions recently." Gajeel revealed.
"So that confirms it, Romeo is involved, but where is their base?" Laxus asked.
"They don't know, anyone they sent to look for it never returned. That's why they were waiting for the delivery. They wouldn't risk attacking the main base." Gajeel answered.
"Alright, see if you can find anything in the area. See if the locals know anything. But whatever you do, if you find the base don't attack by yourself." Laxus ordered. "Also, why didn't you just call me with your phone?"
"Well you see," Gajeel started to say.
"He lost it." Levy yelled from the background.
"I was going to tell him that." Gajeel yelled back.
"Alright then, well I'll let you get back to your lovers quarrel. Let me know if you learn anything new." Laxus said as he ended the call.
"So Romeo is involved, but what's their plan?" Laxus asked himself.
Suddenly Laxus got a call from his phone.
"Hello." Laxus said as he answered the phone.
"Yo Laxus it's Sting." Sting said through the phone.
"Hey, do you have any news?" Laxus asked.
"Yes I do, Mermaid Heel has decided to join us." Sting informed.
"That's good to hear. Well I just heard from Gajeel and it seems that Romeo is involved with a group. The bandits that Dobengal arrested told Gajeel that they saw him meeting with people from the group." Laxus revealed.
"Really, well I have more news. Earlier, Beth and Kagura had a run in with two strong people. One of them were fighting on part with Kagura and he didn't even use magic." Sting explained.
"Someone who can fight at Kagura's level without magic, how does someone like that exist?" Laxus replied. "Well we know one thing for sure, that Romeo is involved with a group. Now all that's left is to find them."
Evan and Emma were sitting by a river as Evan was wrapping his hands with bandages.
"Do your arms really hurt that much? Emma asked.
"Just blocking Kagura's attacks felt like hitting an iron block." Evan replied.
"Are your hands okay?" Emma asked.
"They hurt like hell but they'll get better. It's a good thing you're unharmed." Evan responded.
"Why didn't you want me to get hurt so much?" Emma asked.
"Because we are going to see Romeo right now and I didn't want you to go being injured." Evan confessed.
"Ya, we get to go see Romeo." Emma said happily. "I wonder if he's gotten any stronger?"
"He better have, we chose to follow him for a reason." Evan replied.
A/N: So, did you guys enjoy. If you did, let me know. Any feedback you have, let me know. I appreciate all your feedback. Romeo will be back next chapter. I hope you enjoyed.