Kaiko and the others had just finished congratulating Kayla for becoming part of the Fairy Tail Guild. The Exceed was still in a little bit of pain from that huge fall that she took before meeting Abel and the redheaded wizard, so Mirajane offered to help heal her. Kaiko didn't mind, and let the white-haired woman take Kayla into the healing room.
The redhead then sighed, a little melancholy. Even though she had just met Kayla, Kayla felt like a daughter to her.
"Something wrong, cutie?" Kaiko jumped when she heard that voice, and sharply turned around, almost hitting the person straight in the forehead.
"Abel!" she growled, gritting her teeth. The Wind Mage just smirked, and Kaiko frowned. "Don't ever scare me again. And don't call me 'cutie'!"
"Well, I need a nickname to call you by, right?" Abel laughed, and rested his hands behind his head. "Because if I forget your name, then I can use that."
Kaiko grumbled, and looked away, crossing her arms. "Just call me Kaiko, nothing else." she then looked at the healing room, wondering how Kayla's doing.
Abel looked over her shoulder, and saw where Kaiko was paying her attention at. "...So you're concerned about the Exceed, aren't you?"
Kaiko looked at him, and became silent. She then nodded. "Yes. I had noticed that she has a few bruises on her, and they looked pretty bad." she then exhaled. "...I just hope that Mira will be able to heal her."
"Oh, I'm sure she will." Abel grinned. "Mira's a good healer."
Kaiko smiled. "Yep, that she is." Abel blushed a bit to see Kaiko's smile.
"Kaiko! Abel!" A masculine voice called, and the two turned in the direction of the voice.
They saw that it was Gray, the Ice Wizard. Kaiko could tell because of his dark blue hair, and his black eyes. He was shirtless, as usual, and usually wore boxers when not wearing his clothes.
Speaking of which, when Kaiko looked down to see if he was wearing boxers, it wasn't pretty...
"Did Natsu steal your boxers again?!" Kaiko yelled, disgusted. Gray nodded, and told them to hold one a minute.
Kaiko and Abel could hear Natsu telling Gray that he doesn't have them, and then a spark of hatred.
The celestial wizard then heard a snicker from Abel, and glared at him. "Abel, don't tell me..."
"Yes, I stole them!" Abel burst out into laughter, and took something from behind his back. They were indeed, Gray's boxers.
Kaiko sighed. "Abel, please tell Gray the truth and give him back your boxers." she crossed her arms . "Besides, it'll serve you right, since you've pulled pranks on Gray before and finally got in hot water with Master."
Abel's eyes widened, and a few streaks of blue appeared under his eye. He clearly looked displeased by Kaiko's order. But the streaks disappeared quickly when Abel sighed in frustration. "Okay, fine."
Kaiko watched as Abel walked up to Gray, showing him the boxers. Gray stopped bickering with Natsu, and snatched the boxers away from the Wind Mage. Kaiko could hear Gray say, "...I should've known it was you..." before Abel received a punch across the face.
Kaiko didn't look surprised when she saw Abel walking towards her, holding his right cheek, which was bruised up and a little swollen.
"See?" Kaiko grinned. "Telling the truth helps."
"Easy for you to say!" Abel groaned, and winced. "Ow...he packs quite a punch..."
"Anyways..." Gray sighed, suddenly back in regular clothes in an instant. He walked over to the young Fairy Tail Guild members. "I was going to inform you of a mission that Gramps assigned us on. It's far away, and it's in the cold. So he had applied us some jackets." Gray brought over the jackets, and the two put them on.
"...Aren't you going to be cold, Gray?" Kaiko questioned, a little concerned.
"No, not at all." Gray laughed. "Besides, I'm an Ice wizard. The cold keeps me warm." he then glanced over at Natsu. "...Also, I would be off of Natsu's neck when we are gone for the mission, so we'd better get going."
Natsu heard what Gray had said, and went to protest, but it was too late; the three were already gone.
"I thought that you and Natsu are good friends, not rivals." Kaiko said to Gray as the three were almost at the station.
"Oh, we're good friends." Gray smirked. "We just have unfriendly arguments from time to time, that's all."
"I see." Kaiko nodded, and when the trio got to the train station, they patiently waited for the train.
...
"Wow, I didn't know that a Wind Mage could get train sick." Kaiko smirked when she saw that Abel was bent over the window, looking like he just threw up over it. And she stood corrected.
"...Well, only for me, it is." Abel calmed himself down as he put his bottom back on the seat. "I can't stand seeing the wind passing by so fast like that in the sky. I'm used to seeing it go slow and smooth."
"...Ah, I see what you mean." Gray nodded, and Abel locked his eyes on the Ice Wizard. "It goes with your calm, but rambunctious personality." Abel felt his anger rise when Gray said that, but managed to keep himself at a calm level. "...Natsu is like that when he gets trainsick, but it has to do with him being a Dragon Slayer."
"A Dragon Slayer?" Kaiko raised an eyebrow. "Why does he have that name if he was raised by a dragon?"
The dark-haired man shrugged. "To be honest, I don't know. But I just know that him being train sick, or sea sick, it is because of his type."
"Alright." and Kaiko left it at that. She then thought of Lucy and the others back at the Guild, including Juvia, Gray's number 1 fan.
"Say, Gray," The redhead spoke up, catching his attention. "I was thinking of Juvia, the blue-haired girl that has a crush on you. I've seen you smiling at her, and she smiles back. ...Is there something going on between you two?"
Gray's eyes widened and he looked disgusted. "W-Why did you bring that up?" he asked Kaiko in shock. "...I don't like her. She creeps me out."
Kaiko could see that he didn't want to admit that he likes Juvia, so she just exhaled, and averted her attention to the window. "...Oh, I was just wondering, that's all."
...
The rest of the train trip was in complete silence until they got to their destination. They heard the steam of the train blow through the smoke stack, and then the train coming to a stop. So as they got off, Kaiko could feel the breeze of the cold wind pass by them.
"Man, it's cold..." Kaiko shivered. She had remembered that she was wearing shorts, so her legs weren't completely covered. "Where are we, Gray?"
"We're in Anolsa." Gray responded, and looked around. "It is an abandoned island where it snows constantly, and the temperatures are always at either 30 degrees or 40 degrees."
"Geez..." Kaiko gritted her teeth. "Talk about freezing." She then averted her attention to the mission. "...So, um, what is the mission?"
Gray had to think that over. "It has been reported that there's a rogue wizard somewhere in this area. She goes by Rin Tanaka, and is known for rebeling on her Guild." he paused before continuing. "So she has come here to hide from them, and might be planning her next hidehout sometime soon."
"So we just have to go and find her, and bring her back to her Guild?" Abel repeated that to himself and laughed, with his hands on his hips. "Piece of cake!"
"Don't get too joyful just yet, Wind Mage." Gray reminded him, and Abel frowned. "...This is tougher than it seems. Rin is very good at her Pyschic powers, and will use them to kill people in an instant."
Kaiko's heart sank at the last five words of Gray's sentence. "...So she's that strong?"
Gray nodded. "So we have to think of a plan that'll work out smoothly. If it doesn't work out that way, then we're pretty much doomed."
"True." Kaiko agreed, and waited to hear what Gray had in mind. She was all ears.
"Okay." Gray spoke up when he thought of something, and motioned with his hand for Kaiko and Abel to come closer to him, so they can hear every word he said to them. "...So once we find the hiding spot where Rin is taking shelter, Kaiko needs to break the barrier that Rin might have around her...because the rare magic inside Kaiko's wand can break through Pyschic powers."
He then took a deep breath before continuing. "As for you, Abel, I want you to use your book to send any attacks at Rin if she tries to pick up a fight. I will then come join you once you've started, and we'll fight together."
"...Kaiko will then transform her wand into a sword for her turn at Rin, who knows how to conjure weapons out of thin air. When Rin can't fight anymore, we'll take her back to her Guild."
"I don't think that'll be a safe choice, Gray." Kaiko commented. "You had mentioned that Rin left her Guild, and most likely will not go back to it again. So the safer choice is to take her back to our Guild, the Fairy Tail Guild."
Gray thought that over, and then rested a hand on his forehead. "Man, you're right...but she'll think that we're taking her by force."
Kaiko smirked. "Oh, I don't think she will. We'll convince her that we're not. It's for her own good."
The three then heard a loud explosion come from in front of them. Gray almost stumbled and lost his balance, but managed to regain it just in time. He then scanned the perimeter to find where that noise came from, and saw a pink aura a mile away from them.
The aura seemed to be coming from a cave, a snow cave to be more accurate. It seemed to be a normal size, not a huge size like the ones in the other islands are.
"Okay! Let's go." Gray started running to it, and the two young Fairy Tail members followed him.
"I think she sensed our presence!" The white-haired Wind Mage told Gray.
"I know that." He replied, and looking ahead again. "...That's why we need to take this chance to fight her-"
He saw a large orb come out him from out of nowhere. He gritted his teeth, and yelled, "Ice! Make! Shield!" An ice shield came out from his hands, and blocked the orb just in time. He then sent it back, thus breaking the shield. A female figure that saw it coming back at her, dodged it, and it disappeared into thin air.
"Nice try, Ice Wizard." The female voice said to Gray with a cold tone before making her appearance.
The trio saw that that female voice came from the person they were looking for...Rin Tanaka. She had long, black hair, which was put into a low ponytail. She had magenta eyes, which matched with her sleevless shirt. She had a purple coat on her, and long, purple pants. She wore spiked, black boots, with a red jewel in the middle of them. She had a strange tattoo on her cheek, which Kaiko noticed was from her Guild.
"Oh my gosh..." The redhead's eyes widened. "That tattoo, it's..."
"It's what?" Gray and Abel asked Kaiko in unision, and the two didn't notice it.
Kaiko felt a lump appear in her throat as she tried her best to remember what it was. "...It's the Wisdom Dragon Guild's tattoo...or in Japanese, it means ChieWani." She then gasped. "Rin came from a once peaceful Guild that suddenly became corrupt! That's why she left her Guild!"
Everyone got silent for a moment, and Kaiko heard a chuckle escape the dark-haired wizard's lips.
"My, someone's clever." She remarked, which only made Kaiko annoyed. "...How did you know that my Guild became corrupt?"
"Because I had read about them before in the daily newspaper." Kaiko explained. "...It had talked about the Guild killing many of its members due to their Master going crazy. And it had mentioned that two parents of a young Pyschic Mage were one of the many killed."
Rin's eyes widened when she heard that, and looked away. "...Those two parents...were not mine!" She suddenly turned around sharply at the trio, and sent a crescent orb at them."
Abel quickly got out his book, and summoned Wind Cutter, which immediately cut the orb in half. Abel smirked when he saw Rin's shocked face.
Rin then growled, and charged with all her might at Abel. "You...fiend!" Abel went to block it, but ended up getting sent flying back with a blow to the stomach. Kaiko and Gray watched as Abel rolled a few times before stopping.
The dark-haired wizard then focused her attention on Kaiko and Gray, and charged at them, ready to take them out like she took out Abel.
Okay then...guess this is a change of plans. Kaiko thought to herself as she got out her wand. She ran two fingers across the handle of the wand, and waited until it grew bigger in size. It then became a sword, with the two monkey ears now becoming the top part of the handle.
Rin looked surprised as Kaiko rested her hands on her sword, and got ready to fight.
"...What? You haven't seen a sword like this before?" Kaiko asked her, which made Rin mad.
The dark-haired mage gritted her teeth, and stuck out her right hand out. She closed her eyes, and waited for a pink aura to appear in her hands. Kaiko then heard static electricity come from the aura before it transformed into a large sword. It looked simliar to Kaiko's sword, but it was much more sharper.
Rin couldn't help but scoff. "Now look who's shocked, redhead." She then charged at the celestial wizard, and Kaiko could feel the adrenaline inside of her kick up.
She managed to block Rin's attack just in time with her sword, and once Rin flew back, landing with both of her feet, Kaiko swung her sword at the dark-haired Pyschic Mage. A huge, teal crescent went flying at Rin, and she went to block it, but couldn't.
The three watched as Rin took the blow by the attack, and went flying backwards, landing on her back hard. She was struggling to get up, and was coughing up blood. Kaiko wondered why that was happening, and then saw that the attack had slashed her right across the chest, which seemed to be Rin's weak spot.
Kaiko gasped. "Abel, Gray. We can't send the attacks towards Rin's upper body."
The two men looked at her in bewilderment. "What do you mean, Kaiko?" Abel asked, who had been helped up by Gray, but his stomach was hurting a bit.
Kaiko hesitated for a second, then explained. "...When I sent that attack at her, it hit her right in the chest, which weakened her dramatically. If we send more attacks at that same area, it will most likely kill her."
The white-haired Mage and the dark-haired Ice wizard gave that some thought, and had to admit that Kaiko is right.
"...Okay then." Abel nodded, and dusted off his book,which was covered in snow. "Then let's aim for different parts on her body then."
Once he said that, the three engaged in a 20-minute long battle with Rin. It seemed that they were losing, but when Kaiko snuck behind Rin and knocked her upside the head with her sword, the fight was over.
The trio tried their best to regain their breath, since all that fighting drained them out.
"...So how long is she going to be knocked out?" Gray asked Kaiko once he was able to breathe better.
The 19-year old redhead had to think on that for a moment. "I suppose 10 to 15 minutes. That might give us enough time to go to the train and back to the Guild."
"True." Abel agreed, then a question clicked into his brain. "But who's going to carry Rin back to the Fairy Tail Guild?"
Him and Kaiko both looked at Gray, whose eyes widened at their choice. He then exhaled and picked Rin's body up, putting it over his shoulders. "Okay, fine. Let's get going."
So, without another word, the trio made their way back to the train station. They were sure to get a rant from Rin once she regains her consciousness.