A/N: So I've finally returned to this story. I decided I didn't like the direction this story was going. So here's an updated version of the story. It isn't too different but I will help change the direction in a way I want it to go. If you enjoy, make sure to Follow, Favorite, and/or Review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. If I did, then there would more types of magic.
Bosco had become quite hectic recently. Since the bombing in Bosco City, the police had become more active to try and keep any more incidents from happening. While crime rate has gone down in the two weeks since the bombing, the man who did it was still out there. Currently the teams from the neighboring countries were preparing to come investigate.
"Attention everyone," Makarov shouted. "I have decided who will be on the team for the Bosco mission. The members of the team will be Natsu, Gray, Laxus, Erza and Cana."
"Alright, let's do this." Natsu yelled.
"Damn it, why am I not on the team?" Gajeel shouted.
"Ya why am I also not there?" Elfman asked.
"Well I put a lot of thought into it and with the information I got from Lucy and Levy, I thought that this team would be best." Makarov replied. " Now Lucy and Levy, can you two tell everyone what you found out?"
"Sure thing master." Levy responded . "Well the first thing we found out was that Muerto' as he is known by has caused many incidents in a variety of different locations. One time he was spotted in Iceberg and later the same day found on an island off the coast."
"It seems that all of his jobs usually involve killing his target. The main difference with this situation was it seemed that his target was prepared for him." Lucy added.
"Well what kind of magic does he use?" Natsu asked.
"We aren't too sure. While he has been seen in many places, usually he is seem after he kills his target. Anyone that he doesn't kill he doesn't use his magic on." Lucy answered.
"One thing you might want to know is that those who have fought him said he seemed to just go through their attacks. An attack that would hit him just somehow misses." Levy added.
"Guys, you might want to check this out." Max said as he turned the radio up.
"The criminal known as Muerto who was responsible for the bombing in Bosco City a couple weeks ago has been seen in the outskirts Bosco City. He was found by a team of mages sent in from Iceberg. From the report, they managed to injure him but it the end, Muerto defeated the mages. While none of the mages died, they will be put out of commission for a while. That's all for the news." the radio said.
"Well looks like you guys need to get to Bosco right away." Makarov told the team.
"Don't worry master, we will beat this criminal like all the others we've beaten." Natsu replied.
The Fairy Tail Team had arrived in Bosco. They had just met with the King of Bosco and we're deciding their next course of action. They decided to go see the team from Iceberg and find out what they found out. Once they arrived at the hospital, they found a large amount of news reporters leaving the room were the team were in. The fairies went in and saw 7 mages all lying in beds.
"So from the look of you, you're the team from Fiore right?" One of the mages asked.
"Yes we are, my name is Erza Scarlet," Erza introduced herself. "and these are the other members of my team. This is Natsu Dragneel, Laxus Dreyar, Cana Alberona, and Gray Fullbuster."
"Well it's nice to meet you. My name is Dane Chard. Well I'm guessing you want to know what we found out about Muerto, right?" Dane asked.
"That's right, it would be helpful for when we meet Muerto if we know what we are up against." Erza replied.
"Well I'll just tell you this, don't underestimate him. We thought that we were going to win because we had a numbers advantage. He took advantage of our overconfidence and put us in this sorry state." Dane replied.
"Do you know what type of magic he used?" Gray asked.
"I honestly don't have a clue. He did used his magic but I couldn't tell what kind it was. When he used his magic, I felt like I was staring death in the face." Dane answered.
"Well I heard you guys injured him, am I right?" Natsu asked.
"I wish I could say that we injured him but if you'd find him, then he would probably be fine now." Dane replied.
"What do you mean?" Natsu again asked.
"When we were trying to fight him, we weren't going lightly, we went in for the kill. Somehow he would end up healing from all of our attacks. We probably killed him about 3 times but he wouldn't stay dead." Dane answered. "But how, how does someone not stay dead. If someone dies, then they stay dead right?"
"They should stay dead." Laxus answered. " Now you should just get some rest, let us handle this from here."
The Fairy Tail group left thinking about what they just heard. They left the hospital and went to a nearby bar. They talked and tried to think up a strategy. In the end, they decided to split up and try to find their target and contact each other once they did.
Cana decided to head to a bar. Cana headed towards a huge bar known as the Laughing Demon. Once she got there she took a seat at the bar and started listening to the conversations. While bars are a common place for drinking, they are also great for gathering information. Can sat and tried to find out what she could.
The first hour had been not too successful. The most she found out was that a local gang was losing its territory. She continued to wait and listen until she heard two people talking a few seats away from her.
"So you know the explosion that happened at the office." one of the men said
"Ya I know, I was sick so I missed the whole event, what about it?" the second asked.
"Well I think that the explosion wasn't done by that criminal, muento or whatever his name was."
"And why is that?"
"Well I saw the security camera footage and I saw everything he did. I didn't see the guy do anything which might have caused an explosion of that size."
"So then how do you think I happened."
"I think that the president might have done it. I saw him press a button and the floor blew."
"Wait, why would the president do that? He wasn't even there in the first place. Why would he do something like that if he knew that he might get people hurt."
"Well this doesn't seem like the place for a mage like yourself, shouldn't you be in someplace nicer, unless you are doing some investigation."
Cana turned to see somebody sitting right next to her. The person simply wore a black hoodie and a pair of jeans. She couldn't see his face.
"How did he get so close to me without me noticing." Cana thought to herself.
The person took a drink from a bottle and placed it onto the table.
"You know, I don't want to cause any trouble. I just want to talk." the person told Cana.
"Well if you want to talk, shouldn't you introduce yourself." Cana asked.
"Right, where are my manners. I believe that people have been calling me Muerto. Now is there anything you'd like to ask me. I'm sure that a mage from Fiore isn't here just for the alcohol." Muerto responded.
"Well I'd like to know what you are doing in Bosco. Most hitman usually leave if their core is blown." Cana questioned.
"A hitman, is that what people are calling me. Well now that I think about it they are partially right. But aren't mages basically the same. I mean, you can get paid for hunting down rogue mages. It's basically the same principle." Muerto argued.
"That's not the point here, you killed many innocent people." Cana counter argued.
"Well you see, that's why you're wrong. When I'm preparing for a mission, I study my opponent and their employees. I don't get paid by an organization or government. I only go after people who have made terrible crimes. So basically you can call me an independent mage." Muerto responded.
"How can you say that when you blew up an entire floor in an office?" Cana asked.
"Weren't you listening to those two Gentlemen a few seats over, that wasn't me. I don't have a way to cause explosions unlike your Dragneel friend." Muerto responded.
"Wait, how much do you know?" Cana questioned.
"I know everything. I know that there are supposed to be a few more teams of mages from neighboring countries coming to come capture me. I know about the bounty on me. I know about every member on your team. You are all from the Fairy Tail guild. You are all veterans hand picked by your guildmaster. You went to visit the members of the team from Iceberg. I've been one step ahead of you the entire time." Muerto revealed.
"What is it that you want? Do you want money, power. Why are you killing people?" Cana asked.
"Because I was told to." Muerto answered.
Muerto put his hand over his face and when he did so, Cana felt a chill go down her spine. Muerto turned to face Cana and she saw a mask representing a skull covering Muertos face.
"I think it's time I left. The mood has gotten a bit sour." Muerto got up and headed towards the door. As he reached for the door, a card flew by and cut his hand.
"You aren't getting away so easily. EVERYBODY, GET DOWN!" Cana screamed as the card detonated causing an explosion which hit Muerto.
Before the explosion could go too far, it all started to swirl towards the other side of where the door was. As the explosion disappeared, Natsu appeared staring Muerto down.
As Muerto focused on Natsu, Laxus appeared behind Muerto and punched him, sending him out of the bar into the street. As Muerto stood up, he realized that he was surrounded by the Fairy Tail mages.
"So, did you expect this?" Cana asked him.
"No, but the outcome won't change." Muerto responded.
Muerto looked around him seeing where the mages were standing. As he located where each mage was, he dropped his arms and lowered his guard.
Gray seeing this charged in creating a sword made out of ice and slashed at Muerto's back. Right before the sword hit, Muerto's body turned to a black mist. As Gray passed through Muerto's body, Muerto returned to normal and grabbed Gray by hit neck. Muerto pulled Gray towards him and slammed him into the ground. As Gray hit the ground, he immediately had him neck kicked knocking him out.
"Gray" Cana shouted as she ran towards the fallen ice mage.
Laxus appeared behind Muerto and charged his fist with lightning.
"Lightning Dragon's Iron Fist" Laxus shouted as he hit Muerto, knocking him into a nearby building.
Cana ran towards Gray and checked to see if he was injured. Cana sighed in relief as she realized he wasn't seriously injured.
"Don't worry I wasn't planning on killing him." Muerto revealed as he walked out of the building. "The human body is quite fragile. While it can take a lot of damage, there are certain ways to knock somebody out without too much work."
"And that means it's just as fragile for you two." Natsu shouted as he run up to Muerto. "Fire Dragon's Wing Attack"
Natsu raised his arms and brought them back down as flames attacked Muerto like a whip. Muerto braced himself for the attack, while not getting too injured, he still got knocked back a few feet.
"Natsu, I see your attacks are just as strong as ever." Muerto complimented.
"I don't need compliments from a murderer. The world would be better off without people like you who wear a mask to hide the crimes they've committed." Natsu yelled.
"The reason I wear this mask isn't because I'm hiding from my crimes. I know what I'm doing is wrong but I've accepted that. Somebody like you will never have to know how living this is. In order to keep the world in balance, somebody must bathe themself in blood. The mask is because if my identity is revealed, then it may hurt those I used to know." Muerto revealed.
"Well who cares about your identity. All you've done is hurt innocents." Laxus responded.
"All I've done is hurt innocents. Maybe you should do some more research on who you are working for. Evil can hide behind a mask of justice. As long as you keep this one sided view, then you'll never be able to find the true villain in this story." Muerto argued.
As the mages prepared to launch another attack, a black mist began to surround Muerto. "This has been fun, but I'd rather not fight all of you at once. I can promise that we will meet again. Make sure your reinforcements are prepared because next time, I won't be alone."
"Don't you try escaping." Natsu yelled as he jumped at Muerto, onto to go through him.
As Muerto disappeared from sight, the Fairy Tail mages realized just how difficult fighting him will be.
The Fairy tail team gathered together in their hotel room. They each had a look of disappointment on their face.
"We had him, and he slipped through out fingers." Laxus uttered.
"It's my fault, if I didn't get knocked out then we might have been able to catch him." Gray added.
"It's not your fault. He knew how to take you down. He isn't normal, he knows what to do to the human body to exploit it." Erza argued.
"He knew that we were there the entire time." Cana revealed shocking the other mages. "He told me in the bar that he knew about the other teams coming and that we were from Fairy Tail. This guy did his homework."
"How did he know we were there? We just barely got here today." Natsu asked.
"I don't know, but if we are going to beat him, we need to find any hole in his plan. He obviously doesn't want to fight us but it seems he has the strength to." Erza told her teammates.
Will you still remember me when my heart stops beating?
A/N: Well I hope you guys enjoyed. The battlefield is about to go to a grander stage. If you enjoy make sure to let me know in the reviews. If you have any ideas, make sure to let me know. Next time it will be a new chapter.