Chapter Five
Four Months Later
Natsu spent the two months without jobs, looking for Happy, blaming the Five Fairy Angels for his resignation from Fairy Tail, also aiming for revenge. But over in Haden, the Five Fairy Angels were becoming more and more famous by the second, soon being recognized as the Five Angels of Fiore. Interviews were proposed but always denied. Reporters would only get their information by interviewing dark mages that have been caught and defeated by the Angels. Angel's Song was also becoming famous, and so was the town of Haden. The Five Angels had grown in magic, and so did their two Lieutenants. The Seven Mages were happy, as they should be, but they're intercourses with Fairy Tail weren't over just yet…
"Hey guys, let's take this mission." Gray was sauntering up to the table where Gajeel and Natsu were seated at and held up a mission flyer.
HELP WANTED
DEMOLISH THE DARK GUILD, NIGHTMARE DREAMS
LOCATED WITHIN THE FOREST
IN HARGEON
THIS IS A COLLABORATION MISSION
REWARD: 140,000j PER GUILD
PLEASE ARRIVE AT HARGEON TOMORROW AT 12PM
CLIENT: FANG SONG
"Huh, why not? I could use the money." Gajeel started getting up as Natsu read it over while following Gray and Gajeel to the bar to get the mission approved by Mira, who seemed pleased that they were taking the mission.
"Ooh, so you choose this mission. I heard that the Five Angels of Fiore were also going to be attending to this mission."
"Five Angels of Fiore? Who are they?" Gajeel questioned. Mira giggled.
"You haven't heard of them? Really?! Well…they're apparently powerful wizards, all female. They've defeated countless dark guilds and mages. They don't show their identities often, so not many people know what they look like. They all have separate titles. Their titles are, The Angel of Healing and Forgiveness, the Angel of Serenity and Waters, the Angel of Inspiration and Literature, The Angel of Nature and Animals, and finally the Angel of Patience and Stars. They have the Two Lieutenants of the Sky."
"Do they have names?"
"Well…they're not exactly comfortable with people knowing their real names, so people just call them by fake names. The Angel of Healing and Forgiveness is called Goku, the Angel of Serenity and Waters is called Toru, the Angel of Inspiration and Literature is called Fumio, the Angel of Animals and Nature is called Mei, and the Angel of Patience and Stars is called, Chise. The Lieutenants are just called by their rank."
"Hmm, they seem…interesting. C'mon guys, let's go. Let's meet at the train tomorrow at 9." Natsu headed out of the guild with the mission request towards his home. Five Angels, he thought, two Lieutenants…seven…seven mages…could it be? No, it couldn't be them. They don't deserve to be such powerful and famous mages. Oh Natsu, just how wrong you are.
"Hmm…another dark guild. This should be easy enough, especially when there are two other guilds we're going to be working with." A tall bluenette named Juvia was scanning the mission request that Rosa had handed them earlier in the day. "And…we're going to be working with Fairy Tail and Sabertooth!" A series of protests went round the bar, where the Five Fiore Angels were seated at, not including Juvia, though she was screaming inside.
Lisanna sighed, "I bet Makarov will be assigning Team Natsu." Lucy shook her head.
"I spoke to Master via lacrima. He said that Team Natsu disbanded after we left. Now the strongest team in Fairy Tail is Team Ice Dragon—Gray, Gajeel and Natsu."
Wendy groaned, "Ugh, couldn't they have come up with a better name?" The others shrugged.
"All I know is," Levy said, "that if Team Ice Dracoon or whatever is going, there's going to be a lot of problems between Angel's Song and Fairy Tail. And, who knows who's representing Sabertooth." Lucy suddenly stood up from her bar stool.
"Yuna!" The emerald haired girl came bustling towards Lucy.
"Hey Lucy, what is it?"
"Can you grab the communication lacrima?" Yuna nodded and ducked underneath the bar to fetch the large crystal globe, and heaved it on to the countertop.
"Hey! Makarov, are you there?" A blur of tan skin soon appeared on the face of the lacrima, and it wasn't the old man who greeted her, it was Laxus. "Laxus!"
"Hey Blondie," Laxus smiled. Just so you know, over time Laxus and the Fiore Angels developed a friendship while Lucy and Laxus started acting like brother and sister. Laxus too, wasn't present at the time when the former Team Fairy Tail was "banished." "What do you need?"
"Where's Master?"
"Meetings with the other guild Masters again. Right now, I'm in charge. Why do you need Gramps?"
"Do you know anything about the recent mission request about destroying a dark guild?"
"What's the name of the guild?"
Lucy turned towards the Water Mage. "Juvia can I have the mission request?" Juvia handed over the piece of paper, as Lucy turned back towards the lacrima crystal, glancing at the paper. "It's called Nightmare Dreams…what kind of name is that?" Laxus laughed at that.
"Well, from my own knowledge, they're a really small dark guild wannabe. Half of them don't even use magic."
"Well that's good to know. Anyway, do you know who's attending the mission for Sabertooth and Fairy Tail?" Laxus nodded.
"From Fairy Tail, it's Team Ice Dragon, and from Sabertooth it's the Twin Dragon Slayers." Lucy winced. "I know, and I'm presuming you already signed up for this mission?" Lucy turned towards Juvia and cocked and eyebrow, who sheepishly flushed red and looked down. Juvia nodded and Lucy sighed.
"Yup, we're already signed up."
"I didn't know that it was a collaboration mission until after Rosa told me to go sign up," Juvia piped up. "I think she also missed the fact that it said '140,000j per guild.'" Laxus sighed.
"Well, there's nothing that I can do except, maybe tag along, I can put Mira in charge and leave a note for Master with her if he comes back early. Would you like me to do that?" Lucy hesitated. "Besides, Erza isn't there anymore to monitor any fights between members, so I can also monitor the buffoons from Fairy Tail and Sabertooth. So…what do you say?" Lucy said nothing, but nodded, as Laxus gave a cheer. "Alright! I'll go talk to Mira right away; Fairy Tail and Sabertooth are meeting at Hargeon's train station at 3 in the afternoon. I'll see you then." And with that, Laxus's image disappeared, and Yuna put away the crystal.
"Sooo…" Levy drawled. "We're going to be meeting three guys who hate our guts, one guy who's going to be over-protective over Lucy, one guy who's going to be flirting with probably Lucy, and one guy who's going to be emotionless as hell." Wendy didn't even cringe or blush at the use of Levy's curse word. She had grown accustomed to the constant cursing—so did Carla—and she also did it too, though of course, not very often. Maybe just when she wanted to add extra emphasis.
And that's a lot of times.
Lucy rubbed her temples after setting the flyer on the bar. "Well girls…let's get packing."
With the Twin Dragon Slayers of Sabertooth…
"Hey Rogue! I heard that the Fiore Angels were attending to this mission."
A blond haired man was leaning against the threshold, barely packed for the mission, and was looking at his brown haired partner. The brown haired man shrugged, barely giving the blond a glance. "Oh c'mon Rogue, these are five powerful FEMALE wizards we're talking about!" Rogue gave the blond a glare before turning back to pack his belongings. "Wouldn't it be nice to pick one of them up? Maybe convince them to join Sabertooth?" Rogue raised an eyebrow.
"Wow Sting, I never knew you would go that low just for five females."
"Five powerful females; wouldn't you agree Rogue, wouldn't they be nice additions to the guild?" Rogue faltered for a minute.
"I…suppose so, but still, it seems wrong to try to persuade them into quitting a guild they recently joined." Sting shrugged.
"Then give them a few months. They'd still be nice additions."
Rogue shrugged. Sting rolled his eyes. "Anyway, which do you think is the leader? And do not just give me a shrug."
Sting could see the muscles on his shoulders tense, before relaxing, and right after that, Rogue answered his question. "I really don't know, they all seem to have an equal role in their 'duties' as the Fiore Angels. I think they're more on teamwork, but if needed, they can work well individually."
"I wouldn't mind seeing them fight…that would be hot. Ow, dude! Why the hell did you just throw a pillow at me?" Rogue only shrugged.
"Rosa…are you sure that you don't want us to come with them?" Happy and Carla were floating above Rosa's desk, with the Master of the guild sitting behind the desk.
"Yes Happy, I am sure of this decision."
"But why? Why can't we go with them?"
"Well first of all, they are perfectly capable of handling themselves, second, Team Ice Dragon is going to be there, which means Salamander, and with your previous relationship with him, he's going to want to take you back to Fairy Tail."
"But Master, can't we watch them?"
"You can watch them while you're here Carla, Yuna is setting up a Lacrima Vision as we speak."
"…Oh alright Rosa, but I just can't help but worry about the five, they're so happy right now, and it can all be torn down by just a simple mission!"
"Don't worry Happy; I'll be there to supervise them. The mission shouldn't be a problem for them. They know well how to handle situations." Rosa stood up from her chair, which disappeared as soon as she rose to her feet. "Also, Laxus is going to be there, from what I heard downstairs, Lucy and Laxus were speaking through the lacrima." Rosa stepped out of her office, leaving Happy and Carla behind.
"Do you think Happy, that this is a good idea?"
"…Not really, but with Rosa and Laxus both being there I'm sure that there won't be a problem."
"…Alright…if you say so."
A few days after the three guilds accepted the job; the Five Angels and were already on a train to head towards Hargeon. In a compartment, there were five girls with cloaks draped over their bodies. Silence reigned upon them, until one voice rose to power. "Ne, Chise…aren't we heading towards the town where you met Salamander?"
"…Yes Goku, you're correct. That was where I first began my journey as a mage."
"…Do you regret it?"
"Regret what Toru?"
"Meeting Salamander."
"…No…I don't honestly regret it. Otherwise I wouldn't have met you guys, meeting great people like Rosa and Makarov, I would probably have been captured and brought to my father right away if I hadn't been led to Fairy Tail." Chise looked out the window, and sighed, "But sometimes, I just wish that things could've happened differently…"
The Five Fiore Angels along with Rosa stepped off of the train and took a deep breath of fresh air. They've been on the train for several hours, and were cramped from the random reporters that would randomly pop up. "Well…let's get this over with." The six sat down, Rosa looking out of place with her brightly colored dress among the five darkly colored cloaked figures. But people didn't raise an eyebrow or laugh at the sight. They knew that they were in the presence of the Five Fiore Angels.
Long after the six arrived, another train pulled up at the platform, and a few minutes after the doors opened, out stumbled two ecstatic Dragon Slayers, one amused Ice-Make Mage, and one annoyed Lightning Mage. The blond grumbled something while staring at the Dragon Slayers who were kissing the ground, when he finally noticed that one of the cloaked figures stood up, with her smile showing slightly under the shadow of the hood. "Hello Fairy Tail." There was a slight sneer to the greeting, especially when it fell upon "Fairy Tail's" name.
Laxus only smiled. "The Fiore Angel's and their Guardian, a pleasure." Rosa over the months soon adopted the title Guardian of the Angel's as guild master. Rosa smiled.
"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Laxus Dreyar, how is grandfather? Still holding up?"
Laxus gave an amused smile. "Yup, Gramps is still there, as joyful as he was 30 years ago." Lucy and Levy chuckled. Natsu and Gajeel perked up at the sound. It was just so…familiar.
"Hey!" Natsu suddenly straightened up. "Aren't you going to take off your hoods? It's…hot here, yeah hot!" Natsu purposefully raised his body temperature, and around him Laxus started having sweat dot his forehead and Rosa waved a hand towards her face.
Chise giggled, "Maybe…how about once Sabertooth gets here."
Natsu eyed them wearily. "Sure…I guess."
Chise giggled once more. "Oh of course!" A Celestial Mage always keeps her promise, ne?
The Fiore Angels and their Guardian sat down on the bench at the same time, and after a few moments, they all erupted into giggles, sharp squeals piercing the air with cute sounds. Fairy Tail raised their eyebrows as if they were any more mature. After a while, a train finally squealed up into the station, and the train doors flung open. People oozed out of the train openings and soon, there were two figures that stood out to them the most. One was swaying their way out, acting as if he wasn't deterred by motion sickness, though his partner had tumbled and stumbled out on to the cement platform, worshipping the dirty ground.
Silence soon ensued over the platform as the number of people dwindled and Sting was continuing to love the ground, before Goku started giggling once again. That caught Sting's attention, he immediately straightened up, ran a hand through his hair and smirked.
"Well…Fairy Tail…Angel's Song. You must be the Fiore Angels and their Guardian. Lovely…why don't you show your faces? We won't bite…much." The Angels just smirked, and Laxus and Rosa just had grins on their faces as the five Angels reached up to fling back their hoods.
Well...the two guilds were definitely in for a surprise.