Time for chapter 7 sorry to make you guys wait again but… school.
Disclaimer: Fairy Tail is not mine but the OCs are.
Wendy and Romeo stood there speechless there was their teammate, who had been missing for weeks on end, standing right in front of them but now he was standing against them. They all stood there starring at each other; however, Izo had a cold and blank expression on face in sharp contrast to his teammates who starred at him in horror.
"Izo, why are you working with that assassin?" Romeo asked still in shock.
"I'm doing it for the guild," he answered plainly.
"Your job was to take out the assassin not work her. Haven't you heard about what she's done? She's cruel, heartless, she's a monster."
"She's my younger sister."
Again Romeo and Wendy were left speechless even though they knew Izo for a long time now he never mentioned having a sibling. The two of them just assumed that he was an orphan who lived alone like some of the other wizards in the guild.
"Why didn't you ever tell us you had a sister?" Wendy asked.
"I have my reasons."
"I don't care about your stupid reasons you're going to tell us everything even if I have to beat the answers out of you." Romeo said angrily setting his fist ablaze.
"I'm not going to fight you Romeo just turn around go back to the guild and forget about me."
Turning away, Izo was not expecting Romeo to throw a purple flare right at him. Avoiding it, he barely had enough time to react when he came charging at him with a fist of red fire. The two of them had spared so many times before that Izo knew exactly what Romeo was going to do which made it easy to dodge everything and vice versa. As the two were fighting Wendy stayed where she was conflicted on whether or not to join the fight. Neither of the two could gain a clear advantage even though fire melts ice Izo's magic was too strong for Romeo's to overtake it. Both of them backed off after another one of their magic clashes.
"You've gotten better since I've been gone."
"Normally I'd be flattered but since you're in the middle of betraying us."
"I already told you I'm doing this for the guild. I'm not betraying anyone."
"You have a funny way of showing your loyalty."
Izo could tell that this fight was going nowhere and it would be awhile before one of them won so he decided to end it then and there. He charged at Romeo full speed and before he had a chance to react he buried his fist into his stomach. Izo, stepping back, watched as Romeo fell to his knees then flat on his face. Once he was sure he was out Izo began walking away when Wendy's Sky Dragon Roar hit him slamming him into the ice wall he made earlier. As she approached him the wind began to rapidly pick up in speed and her extreme anger was self-evident.
"Wendy calm down I didn't kill him," Izo shouted over the wind.
Her face softened slightly while the wind speed died down but she still looked about ready to kill him.
"I knocked him out; he should come to in a little while. That'll give me enough time to get out of here."
Now the anger was gone being replaced with concern at his last statement.
"Izo, exactly why are you doing this?"
"I already told you I'm doing this to help the guild."
"How does this help the guild?"
"Just trust me; this is for the best."
He didn't say another word he just snapped his fingers, shattering the ice wall, and walked while putting his hood back up. When he was out of sight Wendy immediately turned attention back to her unconscious best friend who was lying on the ground. Deciding to turn him over so he wouldn't be eating dirt, she looked at his face which was surprising peaceful looking despite him being recently knocked out. As her mind began wander her face began to turn red when her thoughts became ones of how cute her teammate looked at that moment. Awhile later Romeo came to and his stomach hurt to no end.
"Good you're awake; did you have a nice nap?" Wendy asked teasingly.
"I feel like I just got punched in the gut."
"You should Izo knocked you out with one good punch."
"I'm going to get that traitor," Romeo grumbled sitting up.
Wendy looked really upset by Romeo's comment but he had no idea why.
"What?" he asked confused.
"Romeo, are you sure he's a traitor."
"What are you talking about of coarse he is think about what he's done."
"That's just it the more I think about it the more I think he's not a traitor."
"Did you hit your head?"
"Come on Romeo think, when you guys were fighting did he ever throw a punch or try to use his magic to hurt you?"
He thought intently for a minute before he came to the realization, no he didn't. Every move Izo made during that fight was to defend himself and he never tried to hurt him aside from knocking him out.
"Okay if he didn't turn on us why would he be doing all this stuff?"
"That's what we have to find out," Wendy exclaimed.
"Then let's go," Romeo said getting up.
Meanwhile Izo who used his magic to speed up the process made it home with barely any problems even though he was struck by Wendy's Sky Dragon Roar shortly before hand. As he walked in he was immediately greeted with hostility.
"You stupid boy," his father shouted as he walked in.
"Nice to see you two dad," he responded sarcastically.
"I sent you two to that train for a reason and I told you to kill all the witnesses. Did you?"
"No."
"I expected as much after what your sister told me."
"I don't care what you do or how you threaten me there is no way I will ever kill or even hurt my friends."
"You know what happens to those who fail me."
Ishi's eyes turned into slits and his skin became rocky scales. Before Izo could react he was trapped in between two large stone slabs and was getting the life squeezed out of him. He screamed at the top of his lungs while his father just continued to add pressure. It was at that moment that Mizu entered the room in horror.
"Father please stop," she begged.
Humoring his daughter Ishi released him. Izo fell to the ground completely immobile when his sister ran to check on him.
"Mizu, go lock your brother up in the basement."
She looked at her father reluctantly before she complied. She used her Water Magic to help move Izo's unconscious body through the house and down into their basement, which was more or less a dungeon. She bound him with chains suspended from the wall.
"Why can't you ever do what you're told?" she asked not really expecting an answer.
"Romeo, Wendy," he muttered unconsciously.
Mizu's eyes narrowed and she gritted her teeth. Her brother was like this now because them and that accursed guild. She ran back upstairs then once she was at the top she turned back to look at her still unconscious brother.
"Don't worry Izo I'll take care of everything."
Well this can only end badly. I want to apologize for taking nearly a month but I had to put this on the backburner while I got my schedule back in order. Anyway hopefully the next chapter will be up soon but until then please leave a review and tell me what you think. I'll catch you guys later.
