Welcome back! I would have updated this yesterday but I had problems with my internet and bla bla but also one other reason, which is going to be very important. On Friday I will be leaving Germany and will be visiting my brother in Nebraska! For six weeks. No worries! I will bring my laptop with me but I don't know how much time I will have for writing. I'll probably do it in the evenings but we'll see, just to let you guys know that the updates will be slower and fewer for a little while.
Now back to the story! You guys are going to love this! Haha! I'm having so much fun writing this you have no idea!
Zwack15: Yep she's back and there's more to it!
Brainy girl: Nope not Raven Tail! It's a complete different group.
Rez: Yes Kera's eyes will mean something but what exactly... well you'll just have to wait and see ;)
Chaos: Haha, yea, she has gotten herself knee deep in something you normally don't want have anything to do with.
Marty: Yep Kera has gotten stronger over the year, but that's not all! She will be fighting soon, a full fight not yet but a little here and little there.
TomBoyOfDeath98: I might sound crazy but that's the exact reaction I wanted to get. No worries Kera hasn't gotten completely to the dark side, but what exactly happened to her... well that's a story to tell.
"Can you track her?" Erza asked again as they were walking through the forest. After talking to Katy and her mother they decided to head out east as soon as possible. Now they were walking through another forest hoping they could find Kera this time.
Erza had been trying to find her for a year now, but it was definitely easier when you have a Dragon Slayer with you who can track her scent. It was a lot easier. If she was still on her own she wouldn't be this far. Thanks to her friends, especially Natsu they were close in finding Kera. She just hoped everything was alright with her.
Natsu kept on sniffing the air as he followed the familiar scent. It was strong in this forest and that meant she was close and the scent was fresh. Then he smelt something different. His eyes went wide before dashing forward.
"Natsu!" Lucy shouted but the pink haired boy was already gone. Shaking her head she and the others quickly followed him so they wouldn't actually lose him.
They kept on running and running until they finally found the pink haired Dragon Slayer. He was standing completely still as he looked off in the distance. Lucy ran up to him completely worried. "Why did you run off like that? Natsu?" She asked waving her hand in front of his face.
Gray and the others caught up as well wanting to know why he had run off as well. Natsu glanced at them shaking his head. "It's gone…"
"What do you mean it's gone?" Erza snapped slightly as she pushed herself up to him.
He shook his head. "I… I thought I had found her. I caught her scent and it was extremely strong so I thought she was here somewhere but now… it's like it disappeared, like she disappeared."
"That's impossible." Gray spoke crossing his arms. "She can't just disappear like that. Never in our lives have you lost a scent!"
Natsu gritted his teeth as he held his head. "I know! Damn it! But I could have sworn she was here!"
While the two boys were arguing and Erza looking around the forest obviously worried, Wendy closed her eyes concentrating on trying to catch Kera's scent. Natsu was right, her scent was here… but he also did miss something.
Opening her eyes she glanced at the others. "Natsu is right. He can't track her scent."
Everyone turned to the little girl slightly confused. What was she saying? Wendy sighed taking a deep breath. "Natsu is right, her scent is here and it disappeared… for him. But it's not completely gone."
"What are you saying Wendy?" Erza asked heading over to the little girl.
The blue haired girl smiled. "Kera's scent is in the air. I don't know why or even how but… I can sense it in the air."
Juvia blinked in confusion. "So she flew?" She asked still not understand what was going on. Why was her scent in the air?"
"Maybe with Archangel!" Gray said. The white Exceed could have been there with Kera! Maybe she had carried her through the air.
Natsu shook his head. "No then I would have sensed her as well."
Erza nodded her head as she grabbed her chin slightly. "And anyway, the last I heard of her she had joined the council, working as an agent for them. She's out of the country at the moment."
"You stayed in touch with her?" Lucy asked her and Erza nodded slightly. "Of course, she was Kera's Exceed after all. I thought she knew something about her."
Natsu turned around kneeling down and looking Wendy in the eyes. "Can you track her scent in the air? I know I can't but you, a Sky Dragon Slayer could be able to do it."
Wendy smiled. "I can try. I just need time." She sat down on the ground, crossing her legs. "Give me a few minutes and I think I can catch her scent in the air and even see where it is headed."
The other wizards smiled as they saw Wendy closing her eyes, meditating and trying to concentrate. A year passed and the little girl grew up strong as well. Erza turned towards the others. "Lucy, Juvia, stay here and make sure Wendy stays safe. The guys and I will look around the forest and see if Kera left anything behind."
Both girls nodded their heads and quickly they separated leaving the young wizard to concentrate and work.
They hoped that Wendy could catch Kera's scent again. It would help them a lot. If not then they were back at square one.
Somewhere else a few sounds vibrated through the forest. Birds flew up into the sky while animals ran through the forest getting away from something. Another crash was heard and a person crashed to the ground. Looking closer it was clear that the person was Kera.
The brunette groaned as she got up from the ground. Her arms and legs were wobbling as she tried to stand back up. It took her a few moments but she was able to stand back up as she pulled herself up with the help of a tree.
She groaned again holding her chest, her breath hard and labored. "Damn…" She muttered coughing slightly. "That was bad… need more training…" She looked behind her for a moment shaking her head.
"You need to be more careful. You still need a bit more practice for you to..." A familiar voice spoke in her head but was quickly interrupted by the brunette.
"I know Crystol… but it was the only idea I had at the time." Kera spoke to her while standing up straight. "And anyway, I got here in time." She said while glancing at the building that was towering over the trees in the forest.
"Are you sure about this?" Crystol asked.
Kera's golden eyes narrowed down as she glared at the building. "You know the answer." She sneered slightly before walking forward heading straight towards the dark building, her cloak blowing in the wind.
She had a mission to complete.
Lucy glanced at Wendy and saw her meditating still. It was amazing how the young wizard was able to track down Kera's scent even though it was lingering in the air. Juvia kept a lookout for the others, wondering if they had found anything.
In the meantime Happy was lying against the tree hiding in the shade. "Man… it's really warm here." He said waving his paw in front of his face.
Carla rolled her eyes. "You don't even do any work! Even Lucy does more than you."
"Hey!" The blonde shouted highly offended, but Carla simply ignored her and kept on scolding the blue cat.
Lucy sighed as she turned back to the forest. "I wonder what the others are doing? I mean… what do they think they can find in this forest?"
Juvia shrugged. "I don't know but they seemed persistent into finding something." Suddenly she had hearts in her eyes. "Oh how I wished I could have gone with my beloved Gray! We could be alone… in the forest." She started squealing as she imagined everything.
Lucy simply shook her head. "A year and you're still sometimes creepy." She commented.
Juvia glared at the blonde. "You are just jealous! You wish you had the relationship I have with Gray!" She sneered slightly.
Raising her hands she slowly backed away not wanting the blue haired mage lunging at her. She knows that Juvia would surely do something like that. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to leave them alone. Who knows, maybe they will only find one alive and Lucy had a bad feeling it wouldn't be her.
Glancing back at Wendy she noticed that the little girl was really working hard. She could see some sweat falling down her face as she concentrated real hard. She smiled softly. Everyone was giving their all to help find Kera.
But of course Lucy had some doubts in all of this. For instance, what was Kera doing? Destroying an inn, destroying a dark guild and also saving a little girl and a captured man, there was no real line of what she was trying to do. At least none they could figure out.
Also how she beat the crap out of that Frank guy… Kera wouldn't do that. Yea she sometimes got carried away but she never really purposely broke anyone's bones. And why would she destroy a tavern?
It worried her and she can see that it worried Erza and the others as well. From what they found it didn't seem Kera was acting like herself. Of course a lot can happen in a year but this… this was ridiculous.
It's like Kera almost changed sides. But then why did she save that little girl and that man from imprisonment? What was her goal?
Suddenly shuffling and shouting was heard. The two girls and the two cats turned around and saw Natsu and Gray dragging a black haired man with them. Erza was behind them a death glare on her face.
That did not mean anything good.
"Let me go! Let me go! I swear I will kick your…" he stopped when a sword was against his neck. He stopped talking and Erza smirked. "I thought you would come to see our terms."
"What's going on?" Lucy asked turning her attention to the others.
Natsu had a good grip on the man they were carrying. "This guy was sneaking around in the forest. He was also spying on us."
"Sneaking? More like stumbling. He couldn't really walk." Gray said as he watched Natsu throw the man against a tree. Gray then walked over to him, grabbed his hands and froze them to the tree so he wouldn't escape.
Erza walked up to him and knelt down so she could look into his eyes. "Now… tell us, why were you spying on us? Or do we have to do this the hard way?" She asked showing him the sword in her hands.
He looked a little scared and he didn't know what to say. These people scared the shit out of him. "I… I wasn't spying I swear! I just stumbled upon you guys!"
"Ha that's good!" Natsu laughed. "I sensed you hiding behind one of the trees following us. You didn't stumble upon us."
Erza's glare turned back to the man. He flinched seeing her gaze and tried to escape again but with his hands frozen to the tree it was a little difficult. "I don't like repeating myself… why were you spying on us?" She asked slowly.
It was clear that the man wasn't going to say anything. He was probably thinking that if he kept his mouth shut he might get out of this. Oh how wrong he was though. Lucy kind of felt sorry for him for what was about to come.
Natsu cracked his knuckles as he smirked. "Come on Erza, let me at him. I think I can beat some answers out of him. I sure could use the training again." He laughed.
Gray snorted. "If anything I'm going to freeze him inch by inch. If he doesn't like being frozen alive, relieving the cold that will swallow him alive, he'll talk."
Erza smirked. "Or maybe a few of these will make you talk." She said playing with her sword in her hands. The blade shining in the sunlight.
The man now was completely freaking out. He tried pulling against the ice again, definitely wanting to escape now. While pulling at the ice he saw the familiar mark on the red heads shoulder. That's when his eyes went wide and his trashing got wilder. "You're all fucking crazy! You're just as fucking crazy as her!"
Erza let the sword drop to the ground, her gaze softened. "Her? What are you talking about?"
The man's eyes showed fear as he tried to back away. Whoever he met surely freaked him out. The man didn't say anything as he still tried to get away. Having enough of his trashing and playing around she grabbed her sword and held it at his neck. "Tell me, who are you talking about?"
The man froze and that's when he started talking. "I… I don't know! I… she… I was supposed to follow her, track her down… I even paid a man to let me know if she came through. My bosses want her dead and she's freaking crazy! She…" He squeaked when the sword got closer to his face.
"Get to the point." Erza threatened.
"Your mark! Fairy Tail! She's as fucking crazy as you guys! She beat the crap out of me, broke my ribs and some other bones without even lifting a finger!" He shouted hoping that the red head wouldn't cut his throat.
Erza narrowed her eyes. "What did she look like? If you know of our guild then you surely know her name."
The man closed his eyes as sweat fell down his face. "Long brown hair! Golden eyes usually wears a cloak! S-She's the Queen of Dragons!" He screamed as he saw the sword heading straight for his head.
He waited for death to come, yet it never came. Opening his eyes he saw that the sword was stuck in the tree behind him, just barely a few inches away from his head. He let out a breath of relief that he didn't even know he was holding.
Erza had moved and was now right in front of his face. He held his breath not knowing what he should do. The red head frowned. "Listen to me and listen closely. You're going to tell us everything about why your bosses are after her. You're going to tell us the truth because I will know when you lie. I do not like you wasting my time so get to the point. When you're done you're also going to tell us where your bosses are and what their plan is. Got it?"
The man nodded quickly. Erza leaned back and motioned for him to go on. The man took a deep breath. "I… I don't know why they're after her. We just got orders to keep an eye out for her and if we have the chance, take her out. There is a reward for her head but I don't know why they want her dead! S-She beat the crap out of me and told me to deliver a message to my bosses."
"What was the message?" Natsu asked crossing his arms over his chest.
He swallowed hard. "S-She told me to tell my bosses that… that she is going to crush them one by one no matter what it takes."
"And she's the one who did this to you?" he asked motioning to his battered and bruised body. The man nodded without saying anything.
Suddenly Wendy snapped out of her meditation as she jumped up. "I caught her scent!" She shouted quickly. The others looked at her surprised, not having expected to see her wake up so soon.
The young wizard saw the situation and didn't know exactly what to say. "Uh…" She started obviously confused.
Erza stood up glaring down at the man in front of her. "Where are they?"
"T-They're spread out! The nearest one is east from here! H-He lives in a dark building with his soldiers." The man told them.
Erza nodded simply turning her attention now at Wendy. "Where is Kera's scent heading?"
"East." The little girl spoke and Erza sighed. Natsu knew what this meant as well. "She's going after that one boss." He said.
"Well…" Erza sighed as she rubbed the back of her head. "It looks like we're following her. Hopefully we get to her in time before she does something stupid." She said glancing at the others.
Gray crossed his arms. "What are we going to do with him?"
"Let him go." Erza spoke causing the others to look at her confused. The man was also shocked. If they were anything like that crazy woman he had tried to get rid of well… he'd be dead right now. But they were going to let him go?
"Are you sure about that Erza?" Lucy asked giving the man a short glance. "We don't know what he's capable of."
"He's going to get out one way or another. There's no need to keep him here longer." The red head told her. "And anyway, we need to get going if we want to catch up to Kera."
Gray smirked. "No worries, the ice will eventually melt so he'll be able to run on his own." Erza nodded thinking that was the best. He wouldn't be able to follow them and they can get a head start on catching up with Kera.
It seemed others were after her as well.
But for what?
And why?
What did Kera do?
In the building that was hidden in the forest a man sat on a throne. He had short brown hair and blue eyes. He had a ruffled beard but his gaze was ice cold. The room was big and dark, people were surrounding the throne. The man's arm was leaning against the arm chair. His head was leaning against his arm while his other hand was tapping on the other armchair. It was clear that he was not happy and the reason for that was the man in front of him.
"So you're saying that you're insolence has gotten the better of you and you lost sight her!?" he shouted causing the man to flinch. "You're a tracking wizard, you should be able to have no problems in finding her!"
"I-I'm sorry sir. We d-didn't expect this to happen! We…" Dark flames erupted from the ground consuming the man. He shouted out in pain as the dark flames burnt him alive. This went on until there was nothing left but his ashes on the ground.
The others all took a step back shocked at what happened. The man stood up from his throne and glared at the others. "Let this be a warning to you all! I do NOT tolerate failure! If you screw up this…" He motioned to the pile of ashes. "Will be you! So get your damn heads straight and get me that damn girl! How hard could it be!?"
"S-Sir… if I may speak freely?" The man turned around and saw a scared thin red haired man. He was playing with his fingers obviously nervous.
He moved his hands letting the man speak. "Go ahead."
"This… this woman… she's more than we thought. She's able to escape our men and it's the same with the other bosses. We don't know how but she's swift and sneaky. We need a different plan."
The man put a hand against his chin. "So what do you propose? You do know that if I, Eldur leader of the Flaming Death, should be the one who catches her first I will be… promoted so to speak… I gain more power and I promise you all that I will give you part of that power if you help me. I'm one of the seven powerful wizards in this entire organization and I will rise up higher. So tell me… how will you capture her?"
He shrugged simply and this caused Eldur to growl. A dark flame appeared in his hands and the man flinched back. "Then go find a way!" He shouted throwing the black ball of fire towards the man.
The man quickly ran away dodging the flaming ball of death.
Eldur turned around and glared at his other men. "Listen up! The one person who gets me this girl will get a special reward from me. They will become my right man or woman. So get out there and kill her!"
Out of nowhere the front doors of the building were blasted open. The people that were standing near it were blown back by the blast. Eldur quickly turned around, already fuming at the person responsible for this. "Who the hell destroyed my door!?" He shouted.
Murmurs filled the room when they saw a figure walking into the building. Eldur glared at the person. "Who the hell are you!? You're going to pay for destroying my door! Now if you don't get the hell out of my building I'll kick your ass myself!"
"Geez… what a loudmouth…" The person spoke and everyone immediately noticed that it was girl. "I thought you wanted to see me. Or was I wrong?" She asked raising her head, pulling down her hood.
Everyone in the room froze as they saw the girl in front of them. It was the same person they were trying to kill! The Queen of Dragons!
Eldur sneered as he took a step forward. "You're really foolish in coming here. What did you hope to accomplish here? Huh? Or are you just another dumb bitch?"
"I guess you didn't get my message. Well… I did beat the crap out of him." Kera chuckled slightly which caused the others to look at her as if she were crazy.
Eldur narrowed his eyes as he kept his gaze on the brunette. "What message?"
Golden eyes rose up to lock gazes with Eldur.
"I'm here to kill you."
And cut! So? What do you guys think? Good? Bad? Things are getting real serious here and the others almost found Kera! Woho! But... it seems Kera is going to a lot of hell with Eldur and his gangs. So tell me what you guys thought about this! And wow, I'm really keeping up with my 4k word goal.
Until next time!