It took them a few hours to get to the town where the client lived, but once they were there, Erza got right down to business. She showed him her Fairy Tail tattoo, motioning Alfred to do the same, so seeing the symbols, their client let them into his house and led them to his living room. They took their seats on one of the couches in the room, and noticed it was a nice room, large and open, with a pearl white carpet. Alfred took his time looking around, seeing that it was an average home, but nicer then most somehow.

"About this job," Erza began, "what exactly are the details about this creature?" She sounded quite professional.

"It lives underground." the client said, "There's a field not to far out of town that its seen in a lot. We'd like you to draw it out there and kill it away from the town."

"Do you know anyways to get its attention?"

"It usually comes out at night. Its nocturnal, you know? Anyone who goes into that field at night never comes back, or is wounded so badly they die in a few days. If their not eaten first. So just by going out there it should come out. Unless it can since magical energy."

"That would be difficult if that was the case, but if it is, we'll figure something out. What else should we know?"

"Well, we believe it has underground tunnels or something that it uses to get into our houses. It also never shows itself to anyone but its victims. I've never seen it myself, but I know a lot of people who have been killed by it."

"So basically, fine this thing and kill it any way possible?"

"Yes. Try not to destroy any of the town either. I know Fairy Tails reputation of destroying things."

"Sure thing." Erza smiled at him, then continued on. "We'll get started as soon as possible. Do you think it would be wise to wait there till tonight?"

"I think either way is fine, but if it can since magical energy, wouldn't it cower under the town?"

"It might."

"Maybe try both ways?"

"That would be the best option. We'll wait in town till tonight then. Thank you."

She lifted herself from the seat and held her hand on Alfred's back as she did so to tell him they should go, then began to walk out of the room, Alfred following behind her. On the way into the main part of town, Erza explained to him about what just happened. She told him why they check in with the client and show them their tattoos, though most would think that's common sense, and then she explained what happens next. Normally they would go out right away, but this thing didn't come out till dark, leaving them time to look around and relax. So they found a place to eat, or more like Alfred did, since they hadn't eaten anything since they left the guild.

Alfred got his usual, eating fast, but Erza took her time, allowing herself a moment to think about the way she was feeling. She still didn't know quite why she felt this way about him, but she knew that it wouldn't go away. Every time his eyes fell upon hers, her heart began to race, was it that free spirit that she saw in them? Whatever it was, Erza liked it, and she wondered if he had taken any thought about her. Was there anything a guy like him could like about a woman like her?

As she though, Alfred found ways of entertaining himself across the table, like making paper air planes out of napkins. Erza noticed he was getting bored, so she threw away her thoughts and spoke up.

"We can get going if you want, Alfred." she said, not showing any signs of her previous thoughts.

"Ok!" Alfred responded cheerfully, already out of his seat, "What's next?"

Erza giggled, "Slow down," she said, her hands up in a way of surrender, "this is a job, remember, not a vacation."

"Awww... Come on, Erza!" He whined, taking hold of her arm and gently tugging her out of her seat, "We have time!"

"Fine..." she sighed, giving into Alfred's innocent demands.

His eyes lit up in a bright sparkle, excited to explore more. "Whoo!" he let out a happy victory yell, pulling himself close to her to hug her, the quickly pushing away to begin dragging her out. Following his lead, she let her feet carry her to his pace with no hesitation.

Just by running around, many things caught Alfred's attention, and he began pointing them out to Erza, asking her what she thought of it. Most of the things he showed her were part of the architecture of the town, or items in the windows and things the towns people were doing. Not many people were this curious about everyday things, making Erza even more interested in him. Why was he so enthralled in everything here? He seemed just as curious about things back in Magnolia, so what was it that made him that way? Was he just naturally curious?

Sooner then it seemed, the sun started its set in the west sky, sending colors ablaze in all different shades and directions, night slowly creeping its rise in the east. With that noted in their minds, they began making their was to the field on the outskirts of the town. It wasn't a long walk there, and Alfred talked, excitedly like child getting his first toy, about everything he saw, making Erza smile at his excitement. Though, when they got closer she quieted him, leading them in at a slow yet constant pace. By this time the sun was almost touching the horizon, its orange, majestic glow lighting up the grass and water that stood far off to the south. A few trees rested in the middle, dark green leaves turned a bright red as if they were on fire from the suns burning glow, which they made their was over to, to wait. They would wait until the moon was up high above their heads, before making their was forcefully into the ground, drawing out the beast, and so they did.

As they sat waiting next to one of the many trees, everything was silent, only the wind howling through the open field and towards the town in great gusts.

"Erza," Alfred said, interrupting the winds mighty speech, "if it doesn't come out, who's digging through the ground?"

"Most likely me." she responded, her tone serious, she wasn't the type to mess around during a job, "I have armor that can be used for digging."

"Understood!" He sent back a joking salute, then stared off into the sky. It was a dark, dark blue, one he hadn't seen in a hundred years. City lights didn't plague this sky like they did his, but rather the sky was bright and glimmering like the sun glistening off of clear water, the out stretched hand of its galaxy spreading fingers through a misty, black haze, and hues of purple and red flashing off the atmospheric air lighting up the billions of twinkling stars beyond. It was completely beautiful, breath taking, and all Alfred could do was sit and stare, watching the light glimmer before his eyes.

Erza watched too, when it struck her. When was the last time she sat, still and quite like this, nothing on her mind with complete and utter peace? She couldn't remember. Had it been so long ago that she couldn't even remember it now? As she stared at the moonless sky, the thought began to slip farther and farther from her mind, her eyes completely focused on the sight of the stars. She took no notice of the movement of her head, or how the position of the stars had slanted ever so slightly, but Alfred noticed. He didn't think much of the matter, or of why she had let her head rest on his shoulder, but complied with her, setting his strong hand over her head and letting his fingers glide through her long, beautiful scarlet hair. That beautiful scarlet hair... Beautiful... She was so beautiful.

With the sky above them, glowing radiantly, Alfred stroking Erza's hair, her head on his shoulder, he tilted his own head just enough to rest on hers, all voices in his mind repeating the same words, 'She's beautiful. She's so beautiful. So beautiful. Erza's so beautiful...' Alfred closed his eyes, forgetting everything other than the beautiful woman who was leaning on him, and they stayed quite and still, waiting beneath the stars.

After what seemed like forever, Erza jerked upright, eyes darting in every which way, causing Alfred to jump.

"How long have we been sitting here?"

"He-y!" Alfred replied trying to be comforting, "We're okay, we're okay..." He pulled her back to him, her head now laying on his chest. She was flustered and he wanted to clam her, even though wasn't exactly sure how. As Erza tried to let herself relax, Alfred began stroking her hair again, succeeding in at least lifting a little worry from her. He looked up at the sky, trying to find the answer to Erza's question. How long had they been sitting there? There wasn't much need for an answer for as soon as he looked up, Erza began screaming, jerked quickly away from Alfred.

Alfred leaped to his feet, not quite sure what to do. Not much later Erza realized what was happening and got herself together, re-equipping to her Black Wing armor, an armor that had wings as black as coal, and a single sword. The armor around her breasts was low cut, and there was nothing to cover up her legs. Turning around she slashed the hand that was dragging her, blood went spewing, the grip of the creature failing, and sending her flying. She landed on her feet, taking some time to regain her balance as Alfred came running, ready to take any orders she gave.

"What do we do now, Erza?" Alfred asked in a panic.

"Find some way to draw that thing out. It doesn't matter how, just get it above ground!" She yelled, running after what was left visible of the hand.

"What about your-" He cut himself off, realizing she had re-equipped again, this time to one that was a tan-brown color with a drill that hung above her. "Never mind," he finished, then chasing after her, lifting his hand to the sky and bringing it down second later. In no more then a blink of an eye, he stood upon the back of a great bald eagle that flew at full speed, hovering a few inches above the ground. When it caught up to Erza, Alfred stretched out his hand, ready to pull her up onto the back of the giant bird.

"Erza! Get on!" He shouted, glancing back at the direction they were flying in then back at her. She took hold of his hand, climbing her way to the head of the eagle, making sure to be ready to jump when they came above the beast and then leaped down where it had disappeared. As soon as she reached the ground, earth sprang up around her, engulfing her, and a plume of smoke headed straight towards Alfred. He waited in silence, only the eagle's large wings sending echo's of the wind through the field, waiting for Erza to appear again, though nothing ever came from the upturned earth.

"Erza..." Alfred wined out loud to himself, "Do you want me to come in after you?" He motioned the bird to land near the area Erza landed, allowing himself a view of the hole she disappeared into. Standing next to the giant eagle, Alfred held onto its win while he leaned over the decently large hole in the ground as not to fall in. It was dark and deep, looking almost like vast nothingness, chilling him, but he wasn't scared. He actually wanted to go in and find her and without any hesitation, he let go of the eagle and jumped.

The walls of the hole were wet and slippery, speeding up Alfred's fall, or more like slide. When he reached the bottom he took a look around, though he couldn't see much, only the light from the sky looked in causing just the first few feet in front of him to be visible. It was extremely dark, almost pitch black, allowing that feeling of nothingness to creep up behind him even stronger then when he had looked in, the smell was grotesque too.

'How am I supposed to find anything in here? Rely only on my hearing?' Alfred thought, a little annoyed that he had no light to use.

From what he could see, there seemed to be about four tunnels running off in multiple directions, but it was almost impossible to figure out which way Erza was.

"This is the time for enei meni minie mo!" Alfred said, pointing his index finger in the direction of one of the tunnels, but before he knew what was happening Erza came running, tackling Alfred down onto the ground, shoving him up against one of the walls, and covering his mouth with one of her hands.

Alfred tried struggling his way from beneath her, mumbling as he did so, but a second later a large cry came from a section of the tunnel and a huge wolf like creature, though it had some weird features Alfred was the least bit familiar with, sped out in front of them, then jumping up and out of the hole.

"What the hell was that?" Alfred shouted, Erza leaping back to action once again.

"That's what we're fighting!" She said as she leaped back up to the field, her black wing armor assisting her.

Alfred laughed, excited he got to fight something so huge, following Erza's leading. He called out a smaller eagle than last time, propelling himself up out of the hole, jumping back down onto solid ground. Erza was already engaged in battle with the beast, not letting it crawl its way back into the ground. Taking off to join in, Alfred called out ten different birds, one picked him up, flying him at top speed to the beast, dropping him on its head. As he fell, Erza was holding the creature in place with an armor that seemed to boost her strength immensely, allowing him to take advantage of the situation and send his eagles to attack it. Their strong beaks weren't for nothing. They are hunters, why not have them help hunt this thing down?

When he landed he smashed his hands down with a mighty swing, using all his strength. The beast's head dived straight into the ground, uprooting more earth, and Erza flying backwards thanks to the brute strength it fell with. Blood ran from the creatures mouth forming a small pool beneath its head. Alfred fell off just as quickly as he had landed, his hands holding the upper part of his body up from the ground as he stared at the thing he had just hit. 'Hurray for physical stamina!'

Things happened so quickly in the next few seconds that Alfred thought he went unconscious. That wolf like creature had gotten right back up, stealing Erza from him. It held her from her arm in his mouth, and he could see that there was a fear in her eyes he had never seen before. Her arm had been a victim, and blood ran down it in red streams of glass, covering the beast's teeth at the same time. As Erza hung from its jaw, its paw came around and smashed itself down upon Alfred, causing him to cough up blood, the air flooding out of his lungs. The next thing he new he was being pawed at, as if the thing was playing with its food.

Once he got together enough air to focus, Alfred caught hold of the paw, keeping it from landing on him again, his strength slowly diminishing as it kept getting closer to his face. He spared on of his hands and slammed it down on the ground, calling out another eagle that pelted its beak into the underside of the paw, causing the creature to jump, leaving Alfred enough room to roll out of the way. Taking a firm hold of the ground once again, he ran, fast, making his way around to the creatures head. As he ran he began calling out different size eagles, all of them chasing after him, one after another until he reached his destination. The beast was morning over its hurt foot, but Erza was still in its mouth.

"Oi!" Alfred shouted, trying to get the things attention, succeeding at making it turn at the sound of the loudly obnoxious voice, staring him down. Once its face had almost completely faced Alfred, he threw up both his arms, birds flocking behind him ready to attack, and clenched his fist leaving only his middle finger up.

"F*ck you, asshole!" He screamed, the birds beginning to swarm the wolf's face, forcing it to release Erza from its jaw. As soon as she fell, still fully conscious, Alfred raced to catch her, jumping to reach her. He landed on his feet, Erza in his arms, her own arm hanging carelessly at her side.

"Alfred," she said, her head laying on Alfred's chest, "it absorbs magic, so I couldn't free my-"

"But then you wouldn't have been rescued by such an awesome hero!" He cheered back, but his face contorted into a deep cringe from a pain that came upon him suddenly.

"You've used up to much magic, Alfred!" Erza said, very concerned, "Put me down, I'll take it from here."

He did what she said, for the most part, she had to force her way out at first. Regaining her balance and clutching her arm in close, she re-equipped. This one was thick and colored yellow, her Giants armor it was called. Erza took a long spear in her hand that she had re-equipped and held it up above her head. The eagles began disappearing one by one in plumes of smoke. Alfred really was running low on magical energy.

Erza gained momentum by bringing her arm back behind her head, then she propelled the spear into the creatures face, landing dead center between both its eyes.

The best riled up in pain, throwing its gigantic claws in every which way, soon coming to a hover, or what it seemed like, over their heads. Re-equipping again, Erza was now in some sort of leopard girl armor, ears, tail and all. It was her flight armor. She grabbed hold of Alfred's waist with her injured arm and ran forward under the creatures body. Eventually they began to slide, Erza had lost her grip of the ground, sending them flying through the cave made by the beasts shadow. Still holding on to Alfred, Erza held another spear in her other arm, ready to strike. Though how could she aim at something when moving so fast?

"Now!" She screamed, using all her strength to throw the weapon up.

Alfred hadn't noticed, but she had changed back to the Giants armor. Was that when they slipped? The spear landed right in the creatures heart, causing it to fall within seconds. It's tail hit them as it fell, throwing them both up in the air.

A few seconds of unconsciousness fell over both of them. When they opened their eyes, they found themselves in an awkward situation. Alfred had landed over Erza, his arms holding himself up off of her and the ground, and looking under himself to see her face, which was a bright pink, but so was his when he realized why. Erza was laying on the ground, her arms spread out, staring up at Alfred's crotch, and her face full of embarrassment. With his hips adjacent to her face he stared until it hit him. He could feel his face heating up as his heart began to feel like it was going to beat its way out of his chest. He stuttered a bit before skittering to a seat beside her instead.

Alfred laughed in embarrassment, his face still bright red. Erza sat up, blushing wildly while she kept glancing over at Alfred.

"Congrats." Erza said, smiling a little bit at him, his response a confused stare, "You completed your first job."

"Ohhhh..." He said, just realizing they had killed the thing, or more like Erza did. "What happens now then?"

"We go back to the client, but that should be done tomar-" Her words where cut of with the sudden collapsed of her injured arm, causing her to fall over. Her head landed in Alfred's lap, and he peeked his eyes out far enough to see the front of her face. He giggled a bit.

"We should probably get that fixed." He said, now moving the hair out of Erza's eyes.

She moaned as a sign of understand then she shut her eyes, allowing herself to rest on Alfred's lap.

Forgive me if this action scene sucked. I don't think I'll be doing action much from now on. I tried and I really have a rough time. The writing really sucks here too, so please review if you know anyways for me to improve.