DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail, the honor belongs solely to Hiro Mashima-sama.
A/N: Ahem.. I thank all of you for your support to my story! =] Yes, I update fast because I like you still have no idea how this will all end. I want to write this as fast as I can because I want to know how it will all go. Today is Wednesday in my country, I'm gonna update again around Friday or Saturday. I'm gonna have to stop writing for a day or two to refresh myself with accounting and to tutor my sister for her upcoming exams.
Right before my cynical and pessimistic side comes out let's continue on with what really matters! Here is chapter 10!
Chapter Ten
On the other side
Running through the forest were two unknown mages. Huffing one of them stopped by a giant boulder. "What in the world is the Fairy Tail guild doing here?"
His companion a man with red dreadlocks and a scar formed into a X-mark on his forehead threw a rock at the whining guy. "Shut up will you? We don't want those mages knowing we're here."
Suddenly they heard footsteps running to them. The two took out their weapons. Dreadlocks man takes out a deadly looking mace while his companion who had an orange Mohawk takes out a sturdy looking chain. As they took on their defensive stances, two familiar men burst out.
Sighing in relief the Mohawk guy asks the exhausted newcomers, "What's up with you. You all look like you just saw a ghost or something?"
The scrawny looking one of the duo chokes out, "We just saw about 10 other Fairy Tail mages. Almost half of the guild is here. What's more I heard them call out the names Erza and Gildarts."
Dreadlocks spits on the ground, "Why the fuck are they here? Don't tell me the whole guild is also after the treasure!"
The fat one of the duo stands up and says, "I saw some of them just now in weird costumes. How about we kidnap the weakest looking one and ask them about it?"
Dreadlocks smirks and agrees. "Let's start looking then."
Mohawk suddenly gasps and points out, "Look there's one now."
Crowding under the bushes they saw that there indeed was a man. He was wearing a dirty looking cloak and was staring at the fire he had in front of him.
Snickering they came out of their hiding places and crowded the guy. Suddenly the ground breaks around the cloaked man. As the stones crumble to dust and the fire disappears the man drawls out "I am the spirit of the earth. How dare you step on my land!"
Standing the cloaked man smirks and steps on the ground once more causing it to crumble around the 4 idiots. Screaming, the four run away. Muttering "who was that" the cloaked figure lazily followed them.
The four unknown mages, ran faster than they have ever had. As they heard trees and the ground being demolish behind them they believed that the "earth spirit" was going to turn them to stone and crumble them up to bits.
The scrawny one looks up to see a lone figure in front of them. As the figure gestures for them to follow him, they ran trying to catch up to their "savior" never wondering why the person was always a mile ahead of them when it looked like he wasn't even running.
Suddenly they burst out into a space surrounded by blooming bushes of flowers. They gave out their thanks but when they look up no one was there.
The fat one chokes out, "What's going on?"
Just as the question came, the very bushes around them started wrapping the unsuspecting mages. As they struggled, they heard two male disembodied voices laughing.
"We caught you!" A voice shrill with manic laughter cries out.
"Now we're going to eat you!" Another voice growls out of nowhere.
As the men are cocooned by the leaves of the bushes they all fainted.
"Great job leading them here, Jet!" A man says appearing behind a tree. Upon seeing the man the dangerous bushes quickly moved closer to him.
"Nice job, guys now spit them out." The man says at the plants.
As the plants deposited the four idiots the one named Jet mutters, "What the hell. Droy who are these guys."
"I was hoping the two of you could answer that." A voice calls out. As they turn around they saw that it was the cloaked man who had introduced himself as the spirit of the earth.
"Gildarts!" The two men shout out.
The man named Gildarts then throws two mangled out items into the ground. "I think I might have destroyed these two while I was following those four.'
The two men sweat dropped at this. Gildarts continues on, "Droy you might want to recapture these guys. We'll need the Master to see them for himself. I don't think these guys are part of the audience."
~0~X~0~X~0~
At the inlaid lake in Dark Cove sat the 2nd and 3rd winners of the Miss Fairy Tail contest. Lucy was examining the set of keys that came from the mysterious pouch while Juvia was examining the water.
"It's strange these keys just look like your ordinary house keys." Lucy says while twirling the keys on her finger.
"Lucy-san, Juvia does not see any houses here in the forest." The water mage states to the brooding blonde. "But I can tell you we're near the beach."
The water mage stood up and pointed to a path, "All we have to do is follow that path and look for the cliff steps."
The blonde stared at the water mage, "Cliff steps?"
Smiling the woman states, "Hai. The steps were formed by an elemental mage for his family. There is a house that is right near the cliff!"
Dumbstruck, the blonde asks "How do you know all this?"
"Oh. That mage was harnessing the water from this lake for the use of the house. I saw the pipes and followed it quickly to its possible source. I fell in the lake when we first got here, remember?"
Sweat dropping at the memory of almost having a heart attack at the disappearance of the mage under the water for what felt like hours, the blonde went forward to the path. "We should tell the other's about this!"
"Great idea. Lucy-san can I please do it?"
"Sure! I'll look to see if there's anyone who might be close to our location."
As the water mage concentrated to turn the disk of her bracelet blue, the stellar spirit mage went back to the edge of the lake and raised her bracelet to the light of the moon.
"Good news, Juvia. Two people are already making their way here. Huh. This is weird; the two seem to be running in full speed."
Now curious, the blue-haired girl went to stand near the blonde and check out if her disk would show the same thing.
"Uwah. You are right, Lucy-san! Juvia wonders who it is."
The two looked past the trees. All of a sudden the ground started to shake beneath the girls' feet. After glancing at each other in distress, they squinted to see what in the world could be happening when two dark figures burst out of the trees and into the clearing running straight at them.
"Lucy-san, it's Gray-sama and Natsu-san!"
"Juvia we better step out of the way before those two run us over!"
The blonde flapped her hands and ran to the side just as Natsu screamed "LUCY!" Trying to avoid the dragon slayer was impossible for he was steadily running right at her. Just as they were close enough to the girls, the dragon slayer tripped.
It all happened in slow motion, the dragon slayer after tripping seem to dive right into the stellar mage who had frozen in shock. As the boy was lifted off the ground he ended up kicking Gray to the side. The surprised Gray rammed into a blinded by the huge-hearts-on-her face Juvia.
Natsu had miraculously fallen to the soft chest of the stellar mage, as Juvia fell once again to the lake.
Meanwhile, the other holders having realized that their bracelets were glowing a blue color, decided to find a safe spot to hide from the scaring committee.
~0~X~0~X~0~
Meanwhile, atop on one of the biggest trees in the forest, a man with a heavily bandaged face was surveying the area. Snorting in disgust at the frolicking Fairy Tail members all around, he jumped from the height and landed with a thump that made the nesting birds fly away.
Scowling at the night sky, he limped towards another man who was sitting on a big boulder being served by two women in tight fitting red maid outfits. The man had on a black suit, which he kept inspecting to see if it had been damaged or sullied by the forest air. He had a pinched look on his face which made his already unhandsome features appear worst. His receding brown hair and long sharp nose was quite obvious amidst his pale skin. He was skinny while the bandaged man was as muscular as Elfman.
Flicking an invisible dust from his suit, he nodded at the bandaged man. "Mister Raul Wolfia is something perhaps bothering you?"
Raul clenched his fist at the drawling voice of the seith mage, "Is there a particular reason why you are here, Ajowan Umbelliferae?"
Chuckling at Raul's tone, the seith mage stood up and gestured to the two ladies by his side. Instantly the two women seized the arms of the bandaged man. "Relax, Mister Wolfia I am merely here to tell you that Master Cruciferae has given the signal. Go on and use your power to destroy those annoying recording bats that are near our target locations." The suited Ajowan whispered to the seething man.
As one the two women let go of the bandaged man and followed their master out of the area. Fuming, the man once more climbed the tree. Standing at the edge of the tree's strongest branch, the man known as Raul Wolfia let lose his lighting prowess to disable the recording bats.
~0~X~0~X~0~
(Lisanna's POV)
As I watched the five dolls confusing the poor recording bat, I wonder how Levy and Bisca were doing after having met vampire Bixlow. Sighing, I made to stop the dolls when they suddenly froze in mid-air. Seeing this weird occurrence, I turned back to ask the resting Bixlow only to see him standing up and looking at the sky.
"Bixlow?" I hesitantly called out at the caped man who was making his way to me.
Taking hold of my shoulders, he urgently tells me. "Lisanna go back to gramps and Mira. I have to leave."
"Eh?"
"Hold out your hand."
He then drops to me a communication crystal. Suddenly, I was looking into the bored face of Master Makarov.
"Oi, old man! Stop picking your nose! You were right that guy is here, I'm sending Lisanna back to you guys."
I watched on as Master Makarov's face suddenly disappeared and was replaced by Mira-nee's.
"We understand. Lisanna take on your tiger form and come back here."
As the man in front of me started to levitate, I took hold of his cape and said to Mira-nee. "Gomen, nee-san but I can't let this idiot go on his own."
I look up to his masked face, "I'm not gonna let you do this on your own! I still owe you from the S-class examination. More than that right now, I'm your partner. I will definitely not let you down!"
"That's great and all, babe. But I doubt if your sister will allow this."
"Understood, Lisanna. Take care. Will make sure no one in the audience will become suspicious. We have just deactivated the screen and told everyone that we are merely having a short technical problem. Know this some of the recording bats have been deactivated. They are the ones stationed near the cemetery and the beach."
I smiled gratefully at my sister, thankful that she understood my wish to be strong for everyone.
"I'm holding you responsible for her, Bixlow." And just like that my sister successfully got the last word in.
Sighing, the man shrugged his broad shoulders. "Alright. C'mon babe. Babies, Flight Formation!"
Laughing, I quickly took on my bird form and flew beside the now flying vampire.
I'm planning on making a sequel to this story since it would all probably happen after the test. It's because of Filia Allerion why I've decided to finish it off in a different story. I'm still brainstorming for the perfect title though.