Chapter 4: Forgiven Sins

The demon did the last thing that I expected, he started bawling and screaming for mercy, "Please! Please don't kill me! I don't want to die." He grabbed my shirt and started crying harder, "Please have mercy!"

"Get out."

"What did you say?"

"I said leave. I don't want your blood on my hands."

The demon slumped and moved slowly out of my room and when he was in the door way he turned around, I was expecting something sincere, something kind and heartfelt. Instead he stuck his tongue out and shouted in a mocking voice, "You fool! Thanks for not killing me you idiot! Be on your feet from now on because you can be expecting more demons to get you!" After that he ran from my room.

"Hey get back here you jackass!" I tried to run after him but my ankle wouldn't let me, after a few steps I gave up and sat back down on my bed and put my head in my hands. Why couldn't I kill it? If Yukio were here he would have just shot the damn thing, he wouldn't have fallen for that trick. He always had a cold heart when it came to demons, the exact opposite of my partial understanding of them. I sighed and fell back asleep, only to be plagued by more nightmares.

It was another week before I fully regained all strength in my ankle and my ribs. Natsu, Gray, and Lucy visited me a few more times in those days. They were from a guild of so called wizards, I had to ask and in this world or dimension or whatever, magic was fairly common. Their guild was called Fairy Tail and Makarov was their leader. They had said that he was some sort of wizarding badass (I actually laughed when they said this because of Makarov's not so badass reaction to me). They offered me a place in their guild; Makarov had told them that I was some sort of fire wizard. Natsu really wanted a demonstration; he also was a fire wizard. When I showed him, he thought it was strange that my fire was blue, and then he tried to eat it. Apparently he can gain more power if he consumes more of his element. I (never having tried this) attempted to eat some of his flame only to get burned badly in the process; it was worth a shot at least but I still felt like an idiot for even trying.

When I could leave the hospital the weather was pretty crappy, the clouds were dark gray signaling that it was about to rain and the winds were strong. I walked through the town for a little bit, for a second there I thought that I saw a small white dog with a bow on its neck but when I turned around it was gone, or it was never there to begin with. I started looking at different shops until I came to a large building with the words FARY TAIL written in golden metal hanging on the wall facing the street. I figured I could find Makarov here; he was the guild master after all.

I walked up to the large doors and pushed them open. Inside was chaos, Natsu was shooting flames at a now shirtless Gray, shouting something about how it was gross that he stripped all the time. There was a man with snow white hair and a scar running down the right side of his face was obviously on Natsu's side, "Natsu's right you know Gray, it isn't manly at all!"

Gray looked embarrassed, "You know why I do that! I don't ever mean to!" he shouted as he dodged another fireball.

Natsu turned to look at me, "Tell Gray he's gross!"

I looked at Natsu wondering how I had managed to get myself into this awkward position, "I-"

"Don't side with that idiot! Look I can explain this to you, just give me a chance man." Gray pleaded.

I was about to explain that I wanted no part in all of this as a loud crash cane from behind me. I turned to look at the cause of the noise but before I could I was yanked backwards by a large and skeletal hand. The hand turned me around so that I could gaze at its owner. The beast itself was rock like in appearance, vines wrapped around its grotesque body, and atop the demon was a tall and lean man dressed in brown and green clothes. His green hair was ridiculous with one solitary spike "Amaimon." I growled.