A/N: Well hello once again my dear readers! We hit the one month mark a few days ago, so Chapter 6 is here for you today!
So this chapter took a little longer for me to work out than the last few, but I have reasons for that of course. One! I've had a cold since Saturday, so I didn't feel like working on it. Two! I was waylaid by an anime called Durarara! And three! This chapter has given me all kinds of trouble throughout planning it, since this is the last chapter of what I've come to call the "Introduction Arc" and it will have 6 characters introduced in it (not counting Dante since he comes with Roseala). However, at this point there are 3 more character that will need introduced, 2 of them in the next arc (which I've come to call the "First Mission Arc") and the last one a few arcs after this one. So I suppose there is a reason four, being that I've been planning out missions and organizing the characters into teams rather than focusing on planning the chapter.
Whelp, that time of the A/N again. I'd like to thank Falling Lanterns, PrinceOfTheMatrix88, WaterDragonMaverick, Saiyan-Styles, potentialauthor18, MyDearWatson, ViennaxSky, Reizel-chan, Hikari, UnderTheDeepBlue, and lexlovesya for their reviews.
Falling Lanterns- To be honest, getting the characters work together like they have been has been kinda hard. It's lead me to pushing some characters intros back again and again just because I haven't been able to get them to work just right or because they didn't really fit with what was going on in the chapter. I don't even think that I could fit every single character in one chapter really. Anyways, yes, Lamia Scale will be the first canon guild introduced and there is a reason for that, but what that is you'll have to wait and see. Hope you enjoy the chapter!
PrinceOfTheMatrix88- I'm glad that you liked how I introduced Arashi. Honestly, quiet characters like him are kinda hard to write since they don't say much under normal circumstances, but I have to find a balance that still let's them show up and talk just enough to still fit with their profile, as well as to have enough presence to be memorable and not be forgotten, but then again, actions often do speak louder than words. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
WaterDragonMaverick- I'm glad that you found the characters introduced last chapter to be interesting, I hope that you find the ones introduced this chapter to be interesting and that you enjoy this chapter as well!
Saiyan-Styles- I'm glad that you liked that little interaction between Jean and Ladon. I hope you find this chapter to be enjoyable as well!
potentialauthor18- I'm happy that you're excited for the joint mission between the two guilds, there's a reason I chose Lamia Scale, but you'll all learn that during the mission. Yeah, I picked Wilhelm and Yune because I figured that they had the best chemistry with Ladon out of all of the other OCs. I'm glad that you liked the delivery scenes as well, as short as they were, and Horace definitely comes across as a mad scientist. Malon and Willow are definitely interesting characters, given that one is a deceased spirit and that the other one can talk to spirits, but Willow is definitely a cute little wisp. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
MyDearWatson- Sean and Jean certainly seem to be popular, and I'm glad that Yune lived up to your expectations. Well, from what I've seen of Sera, her and Horace definitely have similarities and they're both definitely eccentric in their own ways as well. The great thing about writing Malon is that I can write dark humor with her since it's part of her personality, if you couldn't tell from her making a joke about Arashi dying last chapter. Yep, Lamia Scale will be the first canon guild introduced in this story, and it'll be interesting to see how they get along with the 3 from Undine's Cove. Hope you enjoy the chapter!
ViennaxSky- Yeah, there's just that special something about those kinds of ramblings, and Horace is definitely the kind of guy to do something like that, but you'd have to pry his attention away from his research first. And the groups magic was part of the reason why I grouped them all together, since their magic was all darker in nature, it added to their chemistry, which I felt that those three would work best if they worked together. So it was all planned, more or less. Anyways, reading the reviews is something that I, for the most part, enjoy doing, although sometimes I can't think of what to say. So I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Reitzel-chan- I'm glad that I got Malon down well, although I have to admit, I nearly forgot about Willow and I had to go back and add the little wisp in after I had already completed their section, but I remembered Willow in the end and that's what matters! Right? Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Hikari- Well you can look forward to her being introduced in this chapter at least, that's right, her introduction is this chapter. Well for your idea, should I use it, I would probably use a different character than Jace, who also happens to be an Ice Mage, and you'll meet him this chapter as well. Ugh... math tests... too many bad memories associated with that phrase, I'm so glad I didn't take any math classes my senior year, hopefully it went better for you than it ever did me, I'm horrible at algebra. Anyways, I hope the chapter lives up to your expectations.
UnderTheDeepBlue- Well as you might've noticed, canon guilds will be popping up from time to time, whether it be on a joint guild mission, or through the GMG's, and as I said in a pm, finding out the exact date of Fairy Tail's return is a bit of a problem, solely because there is no official return date, all we know is that they were found in April, X791. But in any case, as I've told a few people, I don't know exactly how much we'll see Fairy Tail after the X791 GMG's because Undine's Cove will be dealing with their own problems, but all of that depends on where the manga goes. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
lexlovesya- Yeah, a lot of the characters have definitely been interesting, some have needed a bit more effort in figuring out what I want to do with them or how to use them, but they've all been fairly interesting in their own rights. I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Also, since I haven't said this in a while, if anyone has any ideas or suggestions regarding missions, your characters, things you want to see happen, an idea for a villain, or even a suggestion for a game in the X790 GMG's, please send them in a pm only (unless you don't have a profile, and even then I recommend that you create a profile since it makes things easier and they don't cost anything) so as to keep it a secret from the other readers, since I don't want future events to be spoiled.
Regarding the GMG's I will be picking the contestants myself (or in the story Salina will be choosing them), but I won't use the same character twice, so if your character is in the X790 GMG's, don't expect to see them in the X791 GMG's.
Credits:
Jezabelle Justine- Believe in the Unknown
Kiyeda Hasanari- Taliaem
Kaiyo Atasume- Taliaem
Dante the Lion- Falling Lanterns
Light Hikari- Hikari
Haru Curio- PhantomvZero
Varic Tesla- M-anonymous
I don't own Fairy Tail!
I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 6
Jezabelle Justine walked through Hargeon, the early morning sun shining down on the town as it's people began to leave their homes to begin their day as Jezabelle began walking down the path to Undine's Cove.
Jezabelle had a curvy and defined muscular build. Her face was slightly chubby looking though, with rose red lips, a small nose, and thin almond shaped, amber colored eyes. Her hair was a deep green with black highlights that was usually kept in a high ponytail. Jezabelle was a fairly tall woman usually, having a long torso in addition to long legs, but her height seemed to change in response to her magic, God Magic, which allowed her to take in the power of various deities, often changing her appearance and body structure accordingly. Jezabelle also utilized Rune Magic and she carried a size-changing, metal staff with her. Jezabelle wore a red, long-sleeved t-shirt under a black leather jacket with cut up, white jeans and dragon tattoo platform heels. She also wore spiked, cross earrings and silver dragon claw nail armor, and her guild mark, when visible, was on her left hip in green.
Jezabelle was also one of Undine's Cove's five S-Class mages, and this was reflected in how she acted as an older sister to some of the girls at the guild, despite her giving off the initial first impression of being a reserved person.
As Jezabelle walked into the cove, she saw many of her guild mates out and about, whether they were preparing for a day of relaxation or for a mission, mostly everybody seemed busy. As she approached the main building she saw that not everyone was as busy as she thought.
Ladon laid fast asleep in the middle of the floor, wrapped in his sleeping bag with his headband pulled down over his eyes. Jezabelle sighed as she carefully stepped over the sleeping man to approach the bar where Salina sat talking to Ajax and Reno as she held Leon.
"You two are going on another mission already?" Salina asked as she looked at the request form they had handed her, "You just got back yesterday," she added with a concerned look.
"Rayner left on a mission yesterday," Ajax answered, "Why would I let him try to outdo me?" he said as he took back the request form.
"But Ajax," Reno interrupted, "I want a day to stay in town and have fun at least. So what if Rayner went out on a job yesterday," she finished with a huff.
"Would it help if I told you that I picked a job out at sea?" he asked with a flat stare, knowing what her reaction would be to that.
Reno's eyes went wide as she took the request form from Ajax, her eyes somehow growing even wider as she saw that he was telling the truth, "One Sea Monster! No Problem!" she announced loudly with a laugh and a salute, "Who needs a break? Not me!"
Salina sighed as she set Leon back down on the bar before she slid off the bar to reach down and get the log book from under it. Salina lifted up the log book and set down with a heavy 'thump', before finding the entry regarding the job and filling out the necessary information, "Alright, you two are all set to head down to the port," she said with a look of worry on her face.
"Look," Ajax started, "We'll be fine, you seem to have forgotten that we used to do this all the time," he said with a confident smirk as Reno continued to dance with excitement behind him.
Salina nodded, "Alright, just be careful," she said as Ajax nodded in response before turning around to get Reno's attention so that they could get ready to go.
"Those two are the same as ever," Jezabelle said as she walked up to the bar as Salina hopped back on it to continue sitting.
"I just wish they would take a break every now and then," Salina sighed, "It's good that Ajax has such a healthy rivalry with Rayner, but they both tend to overdo it sometimes," she continued as she picked up her umbrella and opened it just so that she could twirl it above her head.
"Heh," Jezabelle laughed as she sat down on a stool near Salina's spot on the bar, "Those two remind me of a couple of guys I knew a few years back."
"Oh? Are you reminiscing?" Salina asked with a sly look on her face, "Just because your the second oldest woman in the guild doesn't mean you need to act like an old woman like me!" Salina laughed at the 24 year-old mage as she began to blush heavily in embarrassment.
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Kiyeda Hasanari flew through the air, heading straight up in an effort to pierce the clouds and break through.
Kiyeda stood at 5'9" with a peach skin tone, bright bubblegum pink colored eyes that had a red outline to them, and long cherry pink hair that was purple near the tips that fell down to her thighs in long, cascading curls. The most remarkable things about her appearance though, were her the white, wolf-like ears sticking out of the top of her head, the blue cat-like tail that came out from under her qui pao dress, and her large topaz blue wings. She wore a white and gold qui pao dress, that had a black sash across it, with blue wooden clogs. Kiyeda was Undine's Cove's final S-Class Mage and she used Angel Knight Magic, which allowed her to use the powers of an angel for multiple purposes.
Kiyeda continued to fly higher and higher until she came into contact with some unknown force, sending her spiraling back down towards the earth as her wings vanished and faded away.
"So I still can't get back..." she said to herself quietly as she fell back down at an alarming speed.
Kiyeda continued to fall at an alarming speed until she was caught just before she hit the ground. Kiyeda opened her eyes to see the man that had caught her and recognized him as her teammate, Kaiyo Atasume.
Kaiyo was a very tall man, standing at 6'9" with apricot-ish colored skin and an average build. He had silver hair and yellow-orange colored eyes. He wore a black jacket with puffy black pants and black clogs, and he had a set of white headphones sitting around his neck. Kaiyo used Raven God Magic, which allowed him to call upon the power of the raven god for mostly combat purposes.
"Have a nice fall?" Kaiyo asked with a large smile as he held Kiyeda.
"EEK!" Kiyeda shrieked as she kicked Kaiyo in the face, causing him to drop her on the ground.
Kaiyo held his hand up against his nose in pain as it started bleeding from the kick, "Is that any way to treat somebody who just saved your life?" he asked as he searched his pockets for something to stop the blood flow with.
"I-I would've been just fine," Kiyeda stammered as she blushed, "But... Thanks," she mumbled.
"Huh, you say something?" he asked as he gave up his search for a cloth and settled for just pinching his nose to stop it from bleeding.
"Nothing," she answered quickly, "Sorry about your nose, let me fix it," Kiyeda offered as she lifted a hand to her eyes in order to collect a tear.
"Nah, it's alright," Kaiyo said as he stopped her, "You know I don't like to watch you use that spell, since I don't like to watch a woman cry, even if its to cast a healing spell."
"If you say so," she said as she lowered her hand, "But we should still head back to the guild so Caleb can tell you whether or not it's broken."
"Yeah, might as well," Kaiyo answered as they turned to walk back towards the guild.
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Jace and Fareth sat on the roof of the male dorm, having just finished patching up the hole made in it from last night's shenanigans.
Jace stretched and let out a loud sigh before laying down on the roof, "Did you have to hit me while I wasn't looking?" he asked while he stared up at the clouds in the sky. Fareth didn't answer him as he joined Jace in staring up at the sky. Jace turned his head towards the Dragon Slayer, seeing Fareth still holding some of the nails in his mouth, "You're still mad aren't you?" Jace sighed as he realized that Fareth was using the nails as an excuse not to answer him, "Look, every guy in the guild has gone through that except for Horace and Caleb. So could you just chill? It was just a joke," he sighed as he tried to explain to no avail.
"Heeeey!" they heard a girl yell from down on the ground. Both Jace and Fareth sat up to see who it was, and they both recognized her as Malon, "Have you two finished patching up the roof!? Or did Fareth swallow a nail and die!?" she yelled from her position down on the ground while Willow cooed along with her.
"We're finished!" Jace answered, "And Fareth's just being Fareth is all!"
"Well can you two come down now!?" Malon asked, "Just don't slip and end up as stains!"
Jace quickly hoped up onto his feet, "You think I'm that clums-!" he started to say as he lost his footing on a loose shingle and began to fall off the roof.
"Careful!" Fareth shouted as he grabbed Jace by the back of his shirt, keeping him from falling to his predicted death, "Of all the times for Rave to be off fishing," he mumbled as he pulled Jace back onto the roof before lifting Jace over his shoulder and jumping down, unceremoniously dropping Jace on the ground after landing.
"Don't say I didn't warn you," Malon laughed with her creepy smile on her face as Willow seemed to be laughing with her as well.
"Shut it you!" Jace yelled as he jumped onto his feet before turning to Fareth and laughing nervously, "Hehe, thanks man, I owe you one."
"More than one," Fareth answered with a straight face, "So what do you want Malon?"
"Ufufufu," she laughed, "How cold, I just had a job that might need two strong Dragon Slayers, but if you'd rather not eat and turn into dust I can find someone else."
Fareth sighed as he knew very well that neither he, nor Jace, had any money after paying to fix the damages to the dormitory, "What's the job?"
Malon and Willow both laughed in their own creepy ways before continuing, "The mission claims that there's a haunted forest filled to the brim with monsters and spirits that needs cleansing. Everyone that's gone in and managed to come back out alive have come back in fits of insanity, and many of them don't survive long after they're return," she finished with a large and creepy smile.
"Have you been spreading more ghost stories about yourself lately?" Jace asked, knowing how often the people in Hargeon mistook her for a ghost.
Malon laughed in response, Jace taking that as a 'yes', "But not this one," she said after she had calmed down enough to speak, "I've never been to the Worth Woodsea."
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"So why is Ladon sleeping out here?" Jezabelle asked Salina, curiosity finally getting the best of her.
"He'll be going on a mission this evening and he said that he wanted to get as much sleep as possible before then," Salina explained, "So he just laid down and went to sleep out here to save time."
"I see," Jezabelle sighed while shaking her head at the sleeping man's antics.
"Jez-chan!" she heard a girl yell from behind her before she was attacked from behind with a tight hug.
Jezabelle looked over her shoulder to see Jayne hugging her and Roseala standing off behind her with one of her characters, a tall man called Dante the Lion that had lightly tanned skin, shoulder length brown hair, lion ears sticking out of the top of his head, and a lion's tail sticking through his jeans which he wore with an orange jacket.
"Oh, Jayne, Roseala, how are you two?" she asked while hoping that Jayne would ease up on the tight hug.
"Great!" Jayne answered brightly as she let go of Jezabelle, allowing her to turn around to face them.
"That's good," Jezabelle responded with a kind smile on her face as she looked at the two girls.
"You should be proud of Roseala," Dante said, "She recently returned from her first solo mission."
"You let her go on a mission by herself?" Jezabelle asked Salina in a startled tone.
Salina nodded, "I made sure the mission wasn't too hard, or dangerous," she answered.
"It's not like any mission I go on can really be considered solo Jezabelle," Roseala explained, "I'll always have my characters with me," she said as Dante nodded in agreement.
"Speaking of missions Jez-chan, you said you would take us on a mission before you left on yours two months ago," Jayne began, giving Jezabelle a hard stare, "And you said you would be back a month ago!"
"Sorry," Jezabelle apologized, "We'll go on a mission soon, I promise, just give me a few days to rest up."
"All right," Jayne said with a huff, "But you better not break your promise."
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Light Hikari and Haru Curio sat on the beach, staring out into the cove while skipping stones that they found mingled in with the sand.
Hikari had long hair that fell half-way down her back and was kept in a side-braid with the bangs brushed off to the side of her face, covering one of her eyes, which were a pale yellow in color. She wore a navy blue hoodie over a white scoop t-shirt with a pair of dark wash jeans and combat boots, as well as a pair of fingerless gloves and a necklace that said 'Hikari' on it. Hikari was the guild's fourth Dragon Slayer, being a Light Dragon Slayer.
Haru Curio stood at about 5'8" with long white hair and white colored eyes that had star-shaped pupils. She wore a red t-shirt with a white jacket, a pair of pants, and white sandals. Her guild mark was located on the back of her neck in white. Haru had two types of magic, her first type being Green Wind Magic, which was a branch of wind magic that had special properties and magical effects in addition to the spells. Haru also possessed Gender Change Magic, which allowed her to change her body from a boy's to a girl's in order to gain a strength or speed boost.
Hikari threw another stone across the water before falling on her back to look up at the sky with a sigh, "I should go on another mission soon."
Haru let her arm fall down to the ground, "Yeah, I'm running low on money as well, so I'm probably going to set off tomorrow on some mission, although, where did Varic go?" she asked as a figure erupted from the cold water.
Standing in front of them was Varic Tesla, an Ice Mage. He stood at 6 feet even with a slim build and gray hair that fell down to the base of his neck while his bangs covered his left eye. His eyes were an icy blue color while his guild mark was on his right shoulder blade in white. He was currently wearing a pair of swim trunks that had a blue floral pattern on them.
Varic inhaled deeply as he walked out of the cold ocean water before he grabbed his towel off of one of the lounge chairs and sat down to dry himself off.
"I really don't understand how you can swim in this cold water," Haru mumbled in astonishment, "It's still too cold for any sane person to want to go swimming."
"Correction," Varic said quickly, "It's still cold enough to go swimming, any warmer and I'll melt from the heat."
"Must be an Ice Mage thing," Light mumbled as she remembered someone from her time before she joined the guild.
"Anyways, you two planning on going on a mission?" he asked as he dried his hair, "I guess you both plan on going solo again, not that I care what you do."
"Yeah," Light answered, "You know I don't like being surrounded by people, so going on missions is perfect for alone time," she explained.
"Can't argue with that," Varic said in agreement as he draped his towel on his shoulders and stood up to begin walking back to the male dorm.
"Guess I should go pick out my mission ahead of time," Haru sighed as she stood up.
"M'kay," Light responded as she picked up another stone and threw it across the water.
A/N: That was my longest chapter yet, it took all day...
But anyways, I do plan on trying to make my chapters longer from here on out, so this was good practice.
So the first story arc is finished! Next chapter we start the First Missions Arc and we'll finally get to see some of the guild members on missions or set off on their missions since they're not all leaving at the same time and some are already on their way to their missions. So look forward to that!
I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please don't forget to leave a review!
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dreadburner94.
