Sorry, guys, for the late update. This week is Hell, I tell you!
I've got to do lots of workloads and the best record I've made was last night in which I did 3 assignments in just one night! (I didn't sleep of course.) Now, I'm afraid if I will have eyebags soon enough. If this continues on, I wonder if ghost will categorize me as their companion….-_-
Disclaimer: Hiro Mashima-sensei is the creator of Fairy Tail. And I was just a dreamer that I hope I can own it….:D
Okay, let's read now!
Porlyusica stares venomously at Lucy and Hibiki who are standing in front of her house's entrance. Lucy, who are already aware of how she treats most of the ones who comes at her door, waits nervously for her famous Broom to come flying at them.
"Scram."
He archs his brow. That was unexpexted(to him -_-::) from a supposedly-doctor. As he is about to fight her words, a broom came swishing to their way.
"I hate humans! Go away!", she yells as she swings the Broom left and right, as if chasing out a stray cat. Lucy tries to run away, forgetting about Hibiki who needed assistance in moving. He, on the other hand, stays in his place, faking tears as he's unable to get away from the Broom's smacks. The pain in his left thigh suddenly strikes. He winces.
The violent beatings suddenly stops. She glances at his bandaged thigh. "You treat a broken leg with just a few strands of felt cloth? I thought it was just a typical wound." She leans forward to have a better look at the injury. Then, she sighs.
"And here I thought an Archive user would have at least a better way of curing his own wounds. Well, maybe I've overestimated you." She opens her door widely. "Walk inside."
Lucy comes out from her hiding place. "Will he be okay?"
"Didn't I told you to scram already?"
She moves a few steps backwards, fearing her Broom to come smacking again. "I will go away after I know his conditions", she promises.
Porlyusica went silent for a few seconds. "That broken thigh is not the only thing that was restraining his movements. He had inhaled some kind of poisonous gas too, which had caused him to be the way he is now." Lucy is in awe. -How the heck did she know all of that after a few moments of staring at the wound? Amazing.-
"Now go." She held out her Broom once again. Lucy eventually runs away from the mighty Broom, leaving Hibiki in her care. He, which had walked into her house with much difficulties, has been listening to Porlyusica's hypothesis since the beginning. He began to understand why did Fairy Tail members and Master Bob himself often came here for treatments.
Porlyusica glares at him, making him feels uneasy. "Just how the heck did you get broken at the thigh? I thought only old geezers are injured this way." She slaps his solid thigh. "Argh!" he cries out loud as the stinging pain comes back.
"Tch", she says.
He sweatdrops. "You guys are a pain in the ass." She moves to the table nearby and began mixing this and that after placing her Broom back in its position. He looks at her warily. -Maybe I should reconsider on telling my friends to come here for treatments.-
"Master!"
Makarov turns his head to face Mirajane. "What is it, lovely Mirajane?" He puts his beer mug at the side.
"We forgot about the mission!", she comes at Makarov with a troubled face.
"What mission?"
Mirajane shows him the mission paper. He scans it and…..
1…
2…
3…
His face turns to white. "Oh no! I totally forgot about this Special termination of the City."
"What should we do, Master?"
He clears his throat. "Where's Erza?"
Mirajane retorts. "She is on a job with her team."
"The strongest team, eh?", he takes a sip of his beer. "Laxus?"
"He is also working on his mission."
He starts to sweat. "Umh….Levy? Gajeel? Juvia?"
"They are not in the guild temporarily. Levy's just back from her mission, currently in hospital. Gajeel and Juvia still haven't come back from their last job."
"Jet? Droy? Cana? Gildarts? Laki? Elfman?", he starts to worry.
Mirajane stares at him. "Master, we all know that those people don't have much destructive power like Natsu or Gray. And don't start with Gildarts that hasn't come back ever since he left that time."
Makarov's soul starts flying out. "Otoke~(What should I do~)", he whines. "I'm gonna be punished by the Council for sure this time."
Out of nowhere, Reika came knocking on the bar desk. "Mira-san. One carrot shake!"
They look at her. His eyes enlarges. "Natsu?"
She looks at him. "Mira-san, who's this petite guy?"
Mirajane chuckles. "You haven't seen him before this, right? This is our cute Master, Makarov Dreyar."
"Oh, Mirajane", he blushes while he turns into his perverse mode. "Don't call me cute~".
-Right. I forgot about this guild's uniqueness. A bunch of wierdos.-
"By the way, what's your name?"
"I'm Reika", she smiles. Her looks resembles Natsu so much.
"Oho~", he dances towards her and his hand elongates.
SLAP!
"What was that for?!", she explodes after the Master slaps her butt.
"Nice to meet you", he replies innocently. Mira has come back after making Reika's carrot shake.
"Don't 'nice-to-meet-you' with me after you slapped my butt!"
"Ne, ne….Reika-san. Don't be so mad. It was just his way of greeting new recruits", she calms her down.
"Uwaa…..Mira-san…..He slapped my butt. Even my precious person had never touched me there….", while whining, she runs and hugs Mira. Mira embraces her gently and pouts at Makarov.
"Master, look what you had done. You made Reika cry." With guilt, Makarov puts his hand on his head and apologizes. "Sumimasen."
During all of the commotion, Mira realized something. "Master, how about we give this job to Reika-san?" Hearing her name, she looks up to Mira. "What? Something for me?"
The two turn to her.
"Can I depend on you to handle this mission?", his tone turns solemn. She stares at him. "What mission?"
He hands out the paper. "Special Termination of the City? Why?"
"Because I believe that you can do it."
"Why me, Master?"
"Your adequate magic power is in need", he blurts out nonsense. Right now, he is desperate for a monster! -Great…Just where are those brats when they're in need of destroying things.-
Reika, after gulping down the whole glass of carrot shake Mirajane gave, becomes all revved up. "Okay. Count me in!" She grins. Destroying is indeed in her bloodline!
He glances at Mirajane. She nods as a form of sign that she understood.
"Hello, is this Blue Pegasus guild?"
"Yes, this is. Is that Mira-chan?"
"Yes, Master Bob. This is Mira. You see, there're some changes that we want to make about the Council's request."
"And what is that?"
"Firstly, our previous mage is nowhere to be found(Author: Pfft, yeah right…), and we had replaced it with a mage named Reika Dragneel. Second, she will be on her way to Blue Pegasus at around noon. Will that be okay with you?"
"I don't see any problems in that, Mira. Actually I was about to call you just then."
"Why?"
"We would want to postpone the meeting time from morning to noon. Our back-up wizard had to see a doctor to treat his injuries from his previous mission."
"Oh my. Is it serious?"
"He's okay now, don't worry. I asked him to meet Porlyusica-san at her house."
"Oh….Thank goodness."
"So I guess the mission is still on?"
"Yes."
"Okay, thanks for the informations, Mira-chan."
"No problem, Master Bob."
While packing her things, she thought of telling Hibiki about her job that requires a week to be settled. She moves her right index and middle fingers towards the pendant hanging at her neck and flows out some magic. The pendant glows.
"Hello. Hibiki?"
"Yes, Reika? What's up?"
"I'm going to a job this week. So I might be unable to call you often like the previous days."
"It's okay. Make sure you stay safe, honey."
Disgusted, she replies. "Don't call me that, Hibiki. Didn't I told you before?"
He smiles. It's so fun to tease her. "You better get used to it because I'm going to call you other sweet names."
She sighs. There's no helping to a hard-headed man. "Screw that. How's your leg?"
"It's fine now. I had underwent some (harsh) treatment from a (stranded) doctor. Now, I can walk a bit, but not at my usual pace."
"Fantastic! Maybe I can come there too if I need to treat my injuries! Nee…What's the name?", she sounds fascinated. Oh no, this is not what Hibiki had in mind. There's no way he would introduce this furious doctor to treat his beloved Reika!
"I don't think I want to tell you that…", he sweatdrops. He doesn't care if she calls him as a stingy person afterwards, as long as she stays away from anything that have the possibility of hurting her.
"Nyeehh….Stingy."
Didn't he said so?
And what's 'Nyeehh' ? Maybe she was poking her tongue out? He covers his smiling mouth. -Reika, why do you have to be so cute…-
"Your job is gonna be a week long?"
"Yup."
"That's weird. Mine too." He suddenly felt something strange. Reika, on the other hand, is still oblivious. "You're going on a week long mission too?"
"Yeah," he replies. He starts thinking. There is a possibility of him and Reika to be on the same mission, but that would be one in a nine hundred and fifty one cases, as far as he calculated. And not to mention, it needs a miracle too. Never he had thought that this was written in heaven, waiting for him and her to be one…
"See you later then."
"Me too. See you soon, dear."
"Wanna die?"
He chuckles.
"Thanks for the drink, angel. Does it hurt when you fell from Heaven?"
The waitress blushes madly. Hibiki smiles at her reaction. That means his move is a success.
"The pain is the same when you are kicked out of Hell", a voice answers. She glares, "We're not here to flirt, okay? Please bear that in mind."
He sighs. Her heart is made of steel, as usual. "Wakatta, Reika. But I need to rest too."
Since the readers may be confused by the situation now, I will explain it. Coincidentally, they are on the same mission(Author : Figures ^_^). And after a few miles of walking, they are doing a pit-stop at a nearby village, and in a restaurant to be precise. Why didn't they take the wagon instead? Firstly, the path to that city is secret and they are using Archive's magic to find the map. Secondly, taking wagon costs a lot of money! This exercise didn't just save their Jewels, but also make the both of them to apply a healthy lifestyle. Now, back to the scene…
"You rest by flirting?" He nods without hesitation. "I like seeing women happy. They are one of nicest beings on Earth, I tell you. Nothing beats their blooms of smiles, their joys in laughter, their silky hair, their graceful movements…", he starts to form a poetry while there are petals of roses flying out of nowhere. Reika deafens her listening ears.
"I always wonder if you are a player or womanizer", she sucks the strawberry milkshake using the straw. He shot a confused look. "What's the difference?"
"Easy", she says, "A player is just flirting with random girls without any bad intentions. Just some light sugar-coated talking and that's all. A womanizer is at a higher level. He flirt with that particular girl and ended up in a random hotel's bed with her the next morning."
He nods slowly as he tries to put himself in the appropriate stage. "So that makes me a half-player and half-womanizer", he smiles.
She turns to him. "Half-womanizer? I thought that you are no more than a playboy."
"I had kissed numerous girls, you know."
She blinks. That was unexpected.
"Just a quick peck, to be frank. No French kisses. At random places, sometimes at the cheek, forehead, lips-"
"-Never thought you would stoop that low." Her voice sounds displeased.
"Hey, easy there. It's not me who are taking advantage on them. They are the one who lend themselves at me. Who am I to resist?", he tries to be innocent. "I am a healthy twenty-seven old male. I have my own desires too."
Pissed off, she 'tch'ed and sucks the rest of her drink hardly, vanishing it in a blink of eye. Pushing the empty glass aside, she leans back and sighs. "You flirts are just the same."
He glances at Reika and takes a sip of his coffee. "Well, what about you?"
Looking straight into his eyes, she says, "I haven't even experienced my first kiss, let alone some boy to be my partner."
He freezes. "Just how did you know about this kiss thingy?"
"Marn told me."
They stay silent for a few minutes.
"Should we get going?" Her leg fidgets as they are waiting.
"Not yet", he shifts his position a bit to the side of the chair while crossing his legs, "My left leg is still recovering, okay? Have some pity."
"To your leg, yes. To you, hell no."
He chuckles. This girl is a tough one. "Maybe we could use this time to discuss our plan."
"Okay", agreeing, she lifts her chair and puts it nearer to Hibiki. "So, what is the name of the Town again?"
He sweatdrops. "Reika, I think this is the thirty-second time I mentioned that the Town's name is Tsul."
"Oohhh…", she grins. "Sorry, I'm never good in names anyway."
"I can see that." He snaps his finger and the Archive screen appears in front of them.
"Why aren't we taking any transportation to this town?"
"I can't believe you just said that!" He looks at her with 'I-don't-believe-you' face. "Why?", she asks, innocently.
"Didn't you have motion sickness?"
Realizing the truth, her face starts to get blue while her palm is covering her mouth, preventing her from vomiting at that time. "Don't get nausea by just remembering it!", he tells her as he watches from the side.
After overcoming her uneasiness, he continues. "Tsul town was originally an international trading town. The people there were warm and had a very wide understanding of other cultures. They started to open up their mind at year X*** as the new president, Garul Cahynn, has been elected. He was the one who proposed the idea of open relationships. At first, they were afraid of applying that in their daily life but after some time, they were used to it."
His fingers dances on the magic keyboards as he searches through the Archive thoroughly about any information on Tsul Town. Reika's eyes glitters with amazement. She had never seen him working on Archive for real, just hearing it from mouth to mouth. She glances at Hibiki once, and found out that when he is serious, he is actually-
"- handsome", she mutters. Hearing that, he turns to her. "Are you saying something?" Reika avoids his eye contact and puts up her poker face. "Nothing."
Hibiki analyzes the overflowing data with ease but not Reika. She felt her head spins as she tries to keep up with the bunch of anonymous articles. Suddenly,…
"Crap."
"Hm?" She focuses back at him.
"I think we need to have a very powerful destructing machine for this mission", he says with worry. Punching her fist in the air, she answers, "You got one here." Her gesture is full of confidence. He smiles.
"But hey", he remembered something, "Do you still memorize the 'one magic' you told me before?"
She folds her arms. "Yeah, why?"(Author: For anyone who doesn't remember, you can refer back to chapter 3: The Person)
"I think we're gonna need it."
And that's the end of this chapter. Sorry, guys for the long wait. Even now, I'm still wobbling of the lack of sleep.*slaps myself*
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