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Severed Bonds

"Blood Under the Rocks." Aero requested sitting in one of the stools. The bartender stared at her questionably before getting her drink ready.

"Aren't you a little too young for drinking girlie?" Someone asked taking a seat by her. Aero made no move but reached into her pocket to pay for the money. A hand placed the money in front of her and Aero turned her head slightly.

"It's on me; just show me your face or you can tell me your name." The man grinned at her.

"In that case take it back." She sneered placing her money on the counter. The bartender placed her drink in front of her and the man stared at her.

"You're going to have to take off your mask to drink. At least tell me your name." He gave her a triumphant grin. His black hair fell into his eyes and he smoothly put it back. She scoffed lightly and pushed her mask up far enough for her lips to be exposed.

"Reaper."

Aero grabbed the drink and twirled the straw around lightly before taking a long drink. The bitter liquid felt soothing against her throat.

"Slow down, you'll be drunk before the party even gets good." The man smirked at her his own drink in his hand. "Reaper eh? That's an odd name, is it a nickname?" Aero slammed the drink down and stood up.

"You're wasting my time." She hissed moving away from him quickly. A dark laugh came from the man silencing the loud bar.

"Are you perhaps looking for the demon?" He asked making her freeze. Murmurs erupted through the room making her turn around swiftly.

"Demon?" She echoed lightly when the man stood up. He had a skin tight white tank top on with dark blue trousers that reached to his knees. Bandages were on both of his arms and up to his shoulders.

"The Demon of Black Lagoon. It attacked our village our village again. The thing almost destroyed the village if it wasn't for Rai showing up. But he left a week ago claiming he would kill it after it managed to get away." He growled out lightly.

Before anyone could blink Aero was right in front of him. Aero gripped his shirt tightly and lifted him up. "Tell me where he is now."

The man stared at her wide eyed while everyone else the bar stood up quickly. Aero slammed him into the counter angrily.

"Tell me where the hell he is!" She screamed. The man began to struggle and ended up knocking her hood down. Her violet hair streamed out and the man stared at it before staring at her eyes in slight horror.

"Only one person in this island had this color of hair and t-those eyes. The Demon of Black Lagoon." He whispered lightly. Aero let go of him anger pulsing through her body.

"Just because she had an affair doesn't mean that I can be referred to as a demon! Why am I to be blamed for it?" Aero hissed lowly. The people in the bar began to become frantic.

A light purple magic seal appeared beneath Aero. "Tainted Screams."

The room went immediately pitch black and tortured screams were heard throughout the woods. The sunlight shined through the trees on the broken bar.

People laid on the floor unconscious with chairs and tables broken everywhere. Glass was cracked and broken. Aero stared the mess she had made and grabbed her hair.

"G-Gomen." She stuttered lightly shutting her eyes tight. "I didn't mean to get out of control. It was an accident."

She took a few big deep breaths trying to get herself under control. After a few more breaths she let go of her hair and placed her hood back on. She glanced back at the mess before walking out of the bar.

Aero bit her lip, her hands clenched tightly. It wasn't her fault. They already killed her real mother for adultery. Why did they have to treat her like she was the demon that made her do it? Her father married again quickly so why couldn't it be forgotten? Why did she have to be the one they forced to learn dark magic for someone like Zeref?

"What are you guys doing here?" Erza asked sharply glaring at them. Gray and Natsu hugged each other in fear of the dark aura she was emitting.

"Bow down to the great Erza!" Happy chimed lightly.

"E-Erza we wanted to help." Lucy gave her a nervous smile. Erza's glare deepened and she crossed her arms.

"Go back."

Lucy looked at the other two helpless but they were no help. Natsu and Gray just stood there in fear and Happy was praising Erza.

"No, Aero is our friend too!" Nastu exclaimed snapping out of his frightened state.

"She's our nakama and if she's going to face Rai, we're not letting her do it alone." Gray put in crossing his arms.

"Rai is an S-Class mage. There is no way you will be able to even keep up with him. Go back to the guild. I'll bring Aero back." Erza frowned and turned away from them.

"If it's for Aero, I'm willing to die." Gray stated making her stop.

"Gray's right. Aero's our friend! We grew up with her, until Rai betrayed us. I'm not letting her do this alone and I know you won't either Erza." Natsu smiled at her, even though she couldn't see it.

"Aye!"

Lucy stared at them before smiling big. Aero must be really important to them.

"If you guys die, it's not my fault." Erza said stiffly walking away from the group. A sigh of relief escaped their lips before they began to smile.

"Ne what kind of person is Aero?" Lucy asked as they trailed behind Erza. Natsu scratched his head lightly and Happy tilted his head.

"When she first came, Aero kept her distance and when we tried talking to her she would run off." Natsu began crossing his arms. "She acted real cold with us too."

"She acted like a demon to tell the truth." Gray cut in as they came to stop. They were already at the harbor. "She would attack us if we got to close, she even sent Natsu to the hospital when he spilled his drink on her accidently."

"That was your fault!" Natsu glared at him. Erza began talking to one of the fisherman at the docks.

"Turns out she really wasn't like that. She was just acting so we wouldn't get close. She was actually a nice person." Gray continued ignoring the dragon slayer. "You guys would get along actually." He smiled lightly.

"You liiiike her." Happy rolled his tongue.

"I do not!" Gray replied quickly a small blush on his face.

"You're right you love her!" Natsu pointed out laughing loudly.

"I found someone who is willing to take us." Erza came in, oblivious to the teasing atmosphere. She turned and looked at Gray raising her eye brow. "Are you sick?"

"Where's their boat?" Lucy cut in. Erza turned and pointed at a pirate ship.

"They're the only ones willing to take us." She said walking over to the ship. Everyone followed after her, Happy praising Erza yet again.

"E-Eh?" Lucy stared up at yet another pirate ship that Erza managed to take over. The captain peered over the rails cautiously.

"W-We're ready to leave when you are." He stuttered lightly. Erza nodded and climbed up the ladder that was hanging off the side.

"Scary." All four whispered in unison when they saw the beaten crew members lying on the deck.

"Ano…I've been wondering this for a while, but why do we have to take the mission just to go to Weeping Hollow's Island?" Lucy asked right when the ship began to seal. Natsu ran over to the railing already sick.

"It's impossible to get in the village. They're not very welcoming to outsiders. The only way is if they sent requests and someone takes up the offer. Other than that you're on your own." Gray replied sitting on a barrel in nothing but his boxers.

"Gray your clothes." Lucy pointed out.

"Ahh!" Gray exclaimed jumping up looking down at himself.

Lucy sighed softly before walking to the railings. A small breeze passed by as she gazed into the ocean. Hopefully this mission won't end so bad.

Aero sighed and leaned against a tree. She closed her eyes thinking off all the places her brother could have been. The man at the bar was no help to her. But she did at least gain some important information.

A sudden sound broke her concentration. She pushed herself away from the tree surveying her surroundings. Another sound came from her left to which she sharply turned to.

"Trillingen?" A deep voice asked. Aero's body tensed up as a guy came out from one of the bushes. His black hair was spiked up and wore loose blue shorts. Dark green eyes peered at her as he held a net against his black shirt.

"Rai don't play around. You're supposed to be up at the tower taking care of unfinished business." He scolded taking a few more steps closer to her. She took a step back glaring at him.

"Do I look like Rai?" She hissed at him. His eyes widened as a breeze grazed against them. He appeared in front of her, her mask in his hands.

"Aero? You're back?" He asked surprised dropping his nets and the mask. Before he could pick them up, Aero pinned him to the nearest tree.

"Where the hell is he?" She asked forcing him against the tree. He glared at her with a small smirk.

"Before you go attack people demanding answers, know your surroundings."

A bright yellow light appeared under them and Aero looked down. A yellow magic seal was beneath his feet.

"Wood Make: Burning Stakes!"

Aero jumped away just in time as multiple stakes appeared from the where she was.

"Wood Make: Forsaken Dam." Wooden poles began to appear around her quickly until making a circle around her. She glanced around noticing that there wasn't an escape.

"I thought you would have just a bit more fight than that Aero." He grinned at her crossing his arms. A jagged scar ran down his left arm making Aero glare.

"Seya it's been a while." She sneered from behind the wooden bars. He walked towards her casually, the smug grin not leaving his face.

"Nine years to be exact." He gave a nonchalant shrug. "But hey who's counting?"

"Creation Magic eh? You weren't always the creative one in the circle." Aero smirked when his grin fell. She reached into her cloak taking out her piccolo.

"Going to play me a song? Well that isn't going to get you out of here." He glanced at her chest before looking her up and down a perverted grin on his face. "Though something else can."

"Before you assume that I'm willing to do anything to get out," She glared at him raising the piccolo to her lips. "I would know my surroundings."

A large light purple magic seal appeared under them. Aero smirked at Seya. "Hollow Melody."

She began playing at a random pace as black and gray music notes appeared rapidly and began to explode around them. Seya let out a loud scream as one of them exploded near his back.

Aero stopped playing after a few moments waiting for the smoke to clear. Something roped around her neck pulling her back roughly. Aero dropped her piccolo stifling her cry.

"Time to take a nap brat." A voice hissed in her ear. A magic seal appeared in front of her face before everything started to go black.

"Kiko." Aero whispered lightly staring at the dark blue eyes, her eyes finally closing. Kiko huffed lightly throwing her on the ground. She glared at Seya who picked himself up from the ground.

"A kid Seya. A fucking kid and you almost lost to her." Kiko said sharply stalking up to him angrily. Seya let out a nervous laugh before she hit him across the head. "I don't even know why I'm with you."

"That hurts Kiko. That really hurts right here." Seya jabbed a finger to where his heart was. His only reply was Kiko rolling her eyes at him. A sigh escaped his lips and he walked towards where Kiko had thrown Aero.

"What do we with her?"

"What do we do? We fucking take her to Rai you dipshit!" Kiko hissed roughly picking her up. Seya glared at her, grabbing her mouth hard. Kiko narrowed her eyes at him.

"Foul language isn't pretty on a girl."

Kiko hit his hand pushing Aero onto him. She stalked away from him angry leaving Seya to trail after her. He laughed at little as she turned back and stomped her foot impatiently.

"She doesn't weigh a ton."

"Alright, I'll hurry up. Can't a man take his time?"

"Not when he verbally cheats on his girlfriend asshole. Don't think I just barely got there. That's why I didn't stop the brat from almost beating your ass." She cursed giving him a glare making him glad that looks don't kill.

"I didn't verbally cheat on you." Seya defended throwing Aero over his shoulder.

"Then explain the innuendo of your sentence when she brought out her toy."

He shrugged carelessly catching up with her. He let out a small grin when Kiko glanced at him.

"I'm sorry. Seeing her just brought up some old feelings that's all there is to it."

Kiko scoffed walking ahead making Seya sigh. She stopped for a moment and looked back at him. "Hurry up or I'll leave you here to die."

"I would have left him already." A stoic voice stated. Baichi appeared in front of them his blue striped sweater hanging loosely on him. Kiko took a step back crossing her arms. "Baichi."

"Why aren't you with Zero? You're supposed to be with him creating chaos." Biachi asked sharply turning his steely gray eyes to Seya. Kiko glared at him from being easily ignored.

"Zero said he'll take care of it. Besides, I found something much more interesting." He jabbed a finger at Aero. Baichi scowled walking up to him. He ripped Aero from his grasp, carrying her bridal style.

"Rai would kill you in an instant if he saw how you treated his sister. She's become our top priority now that she is here." He sneered placing her forgotten mask on her face.

"He knows?" Kiko asked as they resumed their walk. Baichi stayed silent going ahead of them. Kiko huffed lightly clenching her hands.

"Why the hell is she so special? She's just some sacrifice." Kiko scowled glaring daggers at them. Seya grabbed her shoulder shaking his head.

"Exactly, she's the sacrifice. She's the one that was brought up to be sacrificed in the first place." He explained. Kiko shrugged his hand off angrily.

"Just because she's a bastard of a child? What kind of fucking world do we live in? I mean they should have killed her along with that wrench."

"Our troubles won't go to waste. When we sacrifice her to Zeref, we'll get out reward."

"I sure hope so or else Rai might as well kill us all. Though, we do have to thank the wretch, for killing her parents. If it wasn't for that, we wouldn't have left the village to learn different types of magic and meet up with Rai again." Kiko admitted begrudgingly. Seya laughed lightly before narrowing his eyes at Baichi. He would definitely get him back for that snide comment.

Rai stared at his sister's sleeping form indifferently. Baichi bowed before leaving him alone. Rai stood up placing his cup down a smirk prominent on his features. He strolled towards his sister pulling off her mask.

"You look just like her." He whispered lightly brushing the violet hair that covered the left side of her face. He cringed away from her immediately, scowling at what made her completely different. "But what ruins it are those eyes."

Rai turned away from her his hands in fists. His onyx eyes blinded by anger. He walked towards where he was previously sitting, grabbing the glass cup tightly. He threw the cup at the wall waking up the sleeping mage.

Aero blinked lightly trying to see where she was. Her eyes blurred making it harder for her to see.

"Hello dear sister." Rai smirked, his pitch black eyes staring at her. Malice vibrated throughout the room.

"Rai." She breathed out breathless for a moment. She rubbed her eyes quickly trying to make her sight clearer.

"That won't work. You'll be a bit disoriented for a while." Rai explained sitting on the table. Aero scrambled off the couch she was on and stared at him.

"What are you going to do? You found me." He taunted lightly taking delight at her confused state. Her head snapped to where he was, red eyes glazed over.

"Shut up." Her voice came out soft, something that she hadn't intended to happen. Rai frowned and crossed his arms mentally daring her to do something, but he knew she wouldn't. He could massacre all of Fairy Tail and she wouldn't hate him let alone lay a finger on him.

"You haven't answered my question. What are you going to do imouto." He heavily stressed the last word, overjoyed at the effect it had on her.

Aero stood frozen not knowing how to comprehend the situation. She's been waiting for this moment for three years and all she can do is just stand frozen. She did not waste three years of training just to freeze up at hearing what her brother called her. She did not say those things to Natsu just to fucking freeze up.

"What you wouldn't ever expect me to do nii-san. I'm going to make you see what damage you have done since you betrayed us." She hissed reaching into her coat for her piccolo, only to realize it wasn't there. Rai let out a smug laugh crossing his arms.

"Us?" He asked straining the word. "There is no 'us' it's only you dear imouto. You haven't set foot in Fairy Tail since I attacked. Don't think they still think you're apart of them. No you're just some simple mage with no guild."

"That's what you think." Against her ears, even Aero wouldn't believe the words she had spoken. She did after all; throw away whatever chance she had to get in the guild by telling Natsu those things.

"You don't even believe it. You're friends left you, your kin hates you, and you were brought up to be a sacrifice. Don't fight it Aero. You know this is the only way." Rai let out a hysterical laugh not noticing his sister's trembling figure.

"Sacrifice?" She echoed lightly feeling fury flood through her. "That's what all I was right? That's why I never had friends, because no one wanted to get close to the sacrifice. The only one who showed me kindness was you." Her body trembled lightly as his words repeated in her mind like a broken record player.

"I'M A HUMAN BEING AS WELL!" She screamed furiously unknowingly letting her magic seep out. A dark purple magic seal appeared under them. It covered the whole entire room silencing Rai.

"Dark Abyss." Her eyes looked a demonic red to Rai, before everything turned pitch black. He felt something cut his left cheek and he took step back surprised.

"I'll kill you; I will destroy you until there's nothing left." A demonic voice stated darkly. A high pitch scream resounded in his ears and by reflex he covered his ears. He felt his eyes widen when something sharp went through his stomach. This was the same thing that he witness kill his parents nine years. The reason as to why, she had become known as the Demon of Black Lagoon because she was like its own original demon; Danova.

"Aero?" He breathed out hearing a loud crash. Instantly moonlight appeared blinding him for a moment. Footsteps rushed into the room making him open his eyes. He stared at the looks his pawns had held before letting out a hysterical laugh.

"She's more than I expected. Her power could fuel more sacrifices than needed!" He exclaimed happily ignoring the concerned looks his comrades had held.

Zero took a step forward picking up one of the glass pieces that lay shattered on the floor. A soft sigh escaped his mouth as he gripped it tightly. He looked up at his old friend clutching the piece of glass as if it was his life line.

"Rai-sama," Zero began dropping the bloody piece of glass, "shall we go after her? She is after all, our highly needed sacrifice."

Rai shook his head, his malicious smirk still in place. "No. It's funner this way. She wants to play cat and mouse with me, so be it."

He stared out the broken part of the tower smirking down at everything that laid beneath him. "Reaper eh? It fits you; you're nothing but a killer when you use your dark magic."

"Who goes there?" A man asked glaring at them from behind a gate.

"We're wizards from Fairy Tail. We came to exterminate your demon." Erza stated. The man glared at her before turning around to talk to his partner.

"Prove it to us." He said icily. They showed them their marks and the man whispered something to his partner again. He glanced at them before taking a step back as the gate began to open.

"Welcome to Black Lagoon." He said monotone. He turned around before glancing back at them. "Follow me. I'll take you to the chief."

Lucy glanced around shivering lightly. No one was out. The village seemed empty. Her eyes captured another pair through a window before they quickly closed the curtains. Lucy frowned to herself stopping along with everyone else.

"Wait here." He ordered entering a hut. Lucy crossed her arms. A woman and her son where walking but stopped when she saw them. Lucy waved and Natsu grinned only to have them walk quickly away.

"They're not very friendly." Natsu stated glancing around the now empty village.

"We're not very comfortable with outsiders." A voice explained. An old man stood in front of the hut with the guard by his side. His white hair shined in the moon light as pitch black eyes stared at them.

"You're the ones that accepted our request? You're not a tough bunch." He criticized after a moment. Gray and Lucy held Natsu back as he tried to attack the old man.

"But we have no choice but to leave our village in your hands." He continued ignoring Natsu. "Some of our own went to kill the demon themselves, but that was a week ago."

"A week ago? Shouldn't you give it more time?" Lucy asked suddenly. The chief turned his cold gaze towards her, making Lucy freeze.

"Two women?" He asked not pleased at the sight of them. "Men should handle this job alone. That's why I didn't want Kiko to go with the group before, but it seemed like she was only there to take care of them when needed."

The chief turned away quickly not noticing the reactions Lucy and Erza were giving him. He walked forward staring up at the sky.

"I have prepared a hut for your stay. It's near the gates." He looked at them pointing to a secluded hut by the guard's stations.

A low tremble suddenly happened taking everyone by surprise. A high pitched roar was heard from the mountains making everyone cover their ears. Suddenly it stopped along and everything went silent.

"It's coming." The chief stated lowly. The guards immediately began to open the gate. "Go now before it gets to the village and don't come back until you have its head."

"Let's go." Erza ordered sending them a quick look before rushing off. They followed after her hurriedly.

"I'm getting fired up!" Natsu exclaimed pumping his fist into the air. Lucy gave a nervous smile, not agreeing with the dragon slayer.

"Let's just hurry and kill this demon. There's a chance the ones who went earlier are still alive." Gray put in picking up his speed.

Aero held onto her pounding head, crouched behind some trees. A groan escaped her mouth and she began to rock herself back and forth grasping her head tighter. She hummed lightly hoping that that itself would numb her throbbing head.

It happened again. She used the one magic cast she swore to never use after that incident. Why is it that it's only Rai that can manage to get her to use it without trying to?

Slowly, Aero stood up one hand holding her head and the other using the tree as support. She trudged through the dark forest slowly knowing better than to go a random direction and get even more lost. Hopefully she would stumble upon an old or new trail.

Another groan escaped her mouth feeling the pain slowly reside from her mouth. She closed her eyes rubbing her temples soothingly. The surrounding area around her began to fade and Aero let herself relax.

"Aero?" A voice cried out. Immediately her eyes snapped open and her head turned sharply bringing back the pain that was almost gone. She stared in horror when she saw them.

"Aero we came to bring you back!" Natsu exclaimed running towards her. Aero held out her hand making him stop. She took a step back shaking her head.

"Leave this island now!" She hissed lowly narrowing her eyes at them. Their looks imprinted in her mind making her look away from them.

"We came all this way to get you and you're going to tell us to go back?" Gray asked taking a few steps forward.

"You're not welcomed here!"

"On the contrary we're also here for a mission." Erza spoke up crossing her arms. Aero looked sharply at Erza. No wonder they managed this far. Outsiders were weren't welcomed here especially with the natives.

"For?" She asked glancing over at a girl she's never seen before. The blond caught her cold gaze jumping for a second.

"To exterminate a demon." Erza replied her gaze hardening on Aero. Aero's eyes went wide before dropping her head. Her hair went into her face and when she looked up, only her right eye showed.

"You came after me, but why? I cut all ties with you." She whispered softly.

"You're still a member of Fairy Tail! Of course we'll come after you." Gray yelled missing the smile that showed on Aero's face. It was only short lived.

"Cut your bonds with me now." She stated suddenly. "Like I had with all of you. Like Rai did with me, like I did with my village and family."

"Why? They came here because you're their friend! How can tell them that?" Lucy screamed. A bitter chuckle left Aero's mouth as she took a step back into the shadow of a tree. Her eye glowed in the darkness.

"Fairy Tail always finishes their jobs."

"What does this have to do with anything?" Erza asked.

"The demon of Black Lagoon is me. It has always been me since birth. I was exiled from this place after I killed my parents."

Next time on Under the Blue Moon:

"Seya? Isn't that a girls name?" Gray smirked wiping blood from his mouth.

"Davona behold our sacrifice!" Rai exclaimed holding Aero in front of them. The demon let out a loud roar feeling the darkness that swelled in this mundane.

Aero stood in front of the grave holding wild blossoms in her hands. She bent down placing them on the grave before running a hand through her short hair. "Rest in peace."

In every ways she was like her. Her laugh, smile, way of thinking. He had her the whole time when he thought he had nothing. Was he too blind before to see even that much?