Lost in Another World
Chapter 4 – An Unlikely Partner
Timeline : Early X778
After Zoro's encounter with Erza, they decided to get stronger together. Everyday Erza would train her sword skills with Zoro and train her magic. Zoro upped his training as well, he started lifting even heavier weights and started running around the forest with weights tied to his body but Erza had to be with him at all times to make sure that he wouldn't get lost. Seriously, the number of times that he kept on going right instead of left was so ridiculous that Erza started punching him every time he got lost. As you can expect, he got hit a lot.
But the time passed so quickly, days turned into months and months turned into years. With a total of three years, the two carried on training and became the top members of Fairy Tail. And as the time went on, many things happened along the way.
Forest
"Satoryu..." said Zoro as he closed his eyes and got himself ready. "ONI...GIRI!"
Zoro then charged directly at the tree and re-appeared behind it after slashing it with his three swords. The tree then splits in half and finally collapses. After the tree crashes on the ground, a few leaves then started flying into the air. Zoro just kept his eyes closed and sheathed all three of his blades. Just as the leaves were about to fall on Zoro, he immediately grabbed the Shusui and swung it towards the leave.
As he walks away, the leaves then start splitting in half. But with the leaves, the boulder behind them also start splitting in half.
"(As I am now, I've reached the strength that I had when I first left with Luffy on his adventure. I never thought that I would be able to get stronger so quickly. But I've had Erza the entire time so it was only natural that I would get stronger this quickly.)" thought Zoro as he looked up to the sky.
He then started walking towards the guild. After being beaten a lot by Erza's fist, he actually remembered the path to the guild. As he was walking, he then remembered the first time when he met Luffy. He was trapped by the Navy and was going to be executed but it was then by fate that he met Luffy. Luffy wanted Zoro to be in his crew no matter what and at first he denied but once he knew he had little choice, he agreed. With that, began a great friendship to be stronger.
"Luffy...I don't know how you guys have been doing for the past 3 years but I hope that you guys are doing well and achieving your dreams. I may not be there to see you become the King of the Pirates but I know that you can do it." said Zoro as he proceeded to walk towards the guild.
"Hey! There you are!" yelled a familiar voice.
"Oh not again." groaned Zoro as he turned back to see a young boy with pink hair and a white scarf. He also wore brown shorts and a red jacket.
"I'm here to challenge you again! And this time, I'm gonna beat you for sure!" yelled the boy.
"Come on Natsu, I'm really not in the mood." said Zoro as he walked off.
"Come on don't even think about running away, a real man never backs down from a challenge!" argued Natsu. Zoro was seriously starting to get annoyed at Natsu and decided to finish it.
"Fine, let's get it over with." said Zoro as he turned to Natsu.
"Yes! Now, take this!" yelled Natsu as he charged at Zoro with his fist. Zoro just dodged all the punches. "Come on! How come you're not fighting back?!"
"I was hoping that you'd get tired and leave me alone but if you really want me to attack..." said Zoro as he quickly disappeared.
"What the?! Where did he..." said Natsu but then Zoro re-appeared right in front of him.
"Mutoryu..." said Zoro as he charged at Natsu with full speed. Natsu quickly got his guard up for the attack but then Zoro disappeared again and re-appeared behind Natsu.
"Kyōda." Zoro then karate chopped Natsu's head and made him crash on the ground. Zoro then looked over to see that Natsu was on the ground with a bump on his head.
"Guess that makes 77." said Zoro as he walked back towards the guild.
Fairy Tail
Zoro then arrived into a Fairy Tail and saw the people inside enjoying their drinks and company with their friends. But as usual, everyone was enjoying Enno's dancing and cheering for her. Macao being a shy guy, he was watching Enno from a distance. Zoro noticed how he was in love with her from the way he looked at her but he didn't care.
Zoro walked over to the counter and decided to get himself a drink.
"Hey, can I have a drink?" asked Zoro.
"Sure Zoro." said the bartender as he went over and got the glass ready.
The time had passed really well. Zoro watched as the Fairy Tail grew and became famous for their power. He was even recognised as the "Bounty Hunter Zoro" since he always went after thieves, bandits and organisations but he didn't really care about how people saw him. All he cared was about was reaching his lost strength.
"Here you go Zoro." said the bartender passing Zoro a glass of orange juice.
"Seriously...right now I'm 24 years old and you're still making me drink this?" said Zoro as he stared at the orange juice.
"Sorry Zoro, you're still not at the right age here so no alcohol for you just yet." said the bartender as he went off to serve the other customers.
"Just great." said Zoro as he started drinking his orange juice. He then stared at the drink and saw his face when he was still twenty one. He was wondering how his life would've been like if he was still with Nami and Robin.
"Hey Zoro, good to see you got here without getting lost." said Makarov as he walked over to Zoro with a glass of beer.
"Oh, its you old man." said Zoro as he carried on drinking.
"Hey Zoro, what're you doing today?" asked Makarov as he drank his beer.
"Not much. Erza got a fever a while ago so I'm gonna go and take care of her for a while later." said Zoro.
"Well then, do you mind if you can help us out here today?" asked Makarov.
"What is it?" asked Zoro.
"Well, we kind of got a bit of a mess in the library today so I was wondering if you could help us clean up." said Makarov.
"Sorry old man, I'd rather train. Besides I don't have time to help clean anyway." said Zoro as he finished his juice and left the money. Zoro then got up and got ready to leave but then the doors of the guild open. Everyone then turned their heads towards the door to see a girl with white hair and a dark robe. She just carried on walking towards the job list.
"Who the heck is she?" asked Zoro.
"That's Mirajane, she recently joined Fairy tail with her family." said Makarov.
"Her family?" asked Zoro.
"Her siblings, Elfman and Lisanna. Of course, you wouldn't know since you're always off doing jobs or training with Erza." said Makarov.
"So where are they?" asked Zoro.
"Apparently Lisanna and Elfman got ill so they had to stay behind." said Makarov.
"What about her parents?" asked Zoro.
"Passed I'm afraid. Even since then, she took it upon herself to take care of her siblings. But it's been difficult lately with her siblings getting ill." said Makarov.
Zoro then turned his head towards Mirajane to see that she was picking out a job from the wall. She was looking for a job with a high reward but of course, it comes with a high risk as well. He saw that she picked out a job and started walking towards Makarov.
"Master! I want this job." said Mirajane. Zoro and Makarov then look at the job, apparently it was at a place known as the Heartfilia manor. It said that someone was apparently targeting the location to steal their valuables and they wanted the thieves to be caught. The reward was 5,000,000.
"That's fine but are you sure that you can go? You don't really look that great." said Makarov.
"It's fine master. Our rent is due soon and I need to get some supplies for Elfman and Lisanna." said Mirajane.
"Okay then but maybe you should go tomorrow. The Heartfilia Manor is a long trip away and you should let your siblings know." said Makarov.
"Yes master." said Mirajane as she left the building.
"She really wants to take care of them." said Zoro admiring her sense of duty for her family.
"She has to, with the loss of her parents, her siblings are all that she lives for." said Makarov.
"Well, I hope she can handle the mission." said Zoro as he walked off.
"Hey Zoro, do you mind if you can do me a favour?" asked Makarov.
"If you expect me to clean that library, forget it old man. After all, I need to go and take care of Erza." said Zoro.
"No, that's not it. I was hoping you could go with Mirajane for this mission." requested Makarov.
"What?! Why would I need to go with her on this mission? After all, she seems capable enough of handling herself." said Zoro.
"You're right, she is. But lately she's been taking on too many missions without giving herself a break. And as I'm sure you noticed that her health wasn't in the best condition." said Makarov.
"Now that you mention it, she didn't really look all that great." said Zoro as he remembered her being a bit red on the face. He actually started to wonder if she would be able to handle herself.
"So how about it? Will you go?" asked Makarov.
"I'm...not sure." said Zoro. With training, Taking care of Erza and...more training, he didn't really feel like going.
"Don't forget, you still owe me." said Makarov which made Zoro remember the favour he asked for.
"Alright fine, I'll go." accepted Zoro.
"Good, make sure to be there on time. On second thought, you may as well just sleep at the train station in case you forget the way." advised Makarov.
"Damn it, I won't get lost!" yelled Zoro as he started walking back towards his apartment. After remembering the beating he got from Erza, he started remembering the path back to his apartment. On his way, he quickly bought some ingredients for dinner and started heading back home.
Apartment
"Hey Erza, are you doing okay?" asked Zoro as he dropped off the ingredients in the kitchen and went over Erza's room.
"Oh hey Zoro...I'm doing better than I did...yesterday." said Erza weakly. She was currently in her bed with a towel on her head. Zoro then took off the towel on her head and placed his own forehead on hers to check her temperature. Erza was blushing seeing Zoro's face close to her's.
"Your fever is definitely going down but I guess you should probably rest for a few more days." said Zoro.
"I want to get out of this bed as soon as I can. I've missed too many training sessions." said Erza.
"It's fine. You don't need push yourself. After all, your magic techniques have definitely gotten stronger, it's just your sword skills that need improvement." said Zoro as he got ready to leave.
"Okay but where are you going?" asked Erza.
"It's time for dinner so I though I'd get started." said Zoro.
"Please tell me you're not gonna just heat up stuff and expect it to taste good." said Erza being worried about their dinner.
"Hey! I learned to cook, I saw what you did and I was able to pick up a few things." said Zoro as he walked into the kitchen.
"I hope he brought medicine for stomach pains." said Erza as she went back to sleep.
1 hour later
Erza then started waking up again smelling a nice aroma in the air. She then turned towards the door to see that Zoro had entered with a bowl of soup.
"You're awake? I thought you would be asleep." said Zoro as he got closer to Erza with the food.
"I guess I noticed the nice aroma coming from your food." said Erza as she got up from her bed. Zoro then took off the lid from the bowl and showed his food. It had great colouring and had the chicken floating on top. There were green celery to cover the meat to show the balance of both the meat and the vegetables.
"Try it." offered Zoro. Erza then used her spoon to get a bite. Zoro was really expecting a good reaction from Erza. "So how is it?"
"Zoro." said Erza as she smiled and turned to Zoro as she returned her spoon.
"What is it?" asked Zoro.
"I'll see you in the next life." said Erza as her face became green and she collapsed on the bed. The food then fell all over her clothes.
"ERZA!" cried Zoro as he quickly grabbed Erza and tried to wipe off the food on her clothes and tried to wake her up. He quickly ran over and got some medicine.
After a while, Erza finally woke up again having being fed some medicine and proper food.
"What happened?" asked Erza.
"Well...you collapsed after eating my food." said Zoro in a guilty way.
"Oh..." said Erza. She then looked down to see that she was wearing a new set of clothes. "Uh Zoro, why am I wearing new pajamas?"
"Well...you were covered in soup and weren't waking up...so I kind of...changed your clothes." said Zoro. Erza then quickly blushed as she realised what that meant.
"Pervert." said Erza as she turned away from Zoro.
"H-hey! I didn't do it just to get a look at you, I did it because you were sick. And besides, not like there was much to look at anyway." said Zoro. Erza's eyes then started glowing red as she quickly turned to Zoro again and punched him, sending him flying towards the wall.
30 minutes later, Zoro was finally standing again and finally finished doing the dishes. He then took a bath and decided to get to back to Erza.
"Hey Erza, you awake?" asked Zoro.
"What is it Zoro?" asked Erza.
"Just wanted to let you know that I was sorry about earlier." said Zoro.
"It's fine." said Erza.
"Oh also, I'm gonna be going on job tomorrow." said Zoro.
"Oh okay, good lu...WAIT WHAT?!" yelled Erza as she quickly jumped off her bed.
"I said I'm gonna go on a job tomo..." said Zoro but then Erza quickly ran over to Zoro and grabbed him by his shirt.
"I heard you! But I can't just let you go! Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find you once you get lost?! And now you're going a mission? You'll probably end up in another world!" yelled Erza while she was shaking Zoro. Zoro was then finally able to free himself from her grip.
"Why you?! I'm not even going because I wanted to! I owed the old man a favour so I have to go! Besides I'm going with a guild member so there's no way I'll get lost." argued Zoro.
"Really who?" asked Erza.
"I think her name was Mirajane." said Zoro.
"I think I've heard of her. She's the one who joined the guild a few weeks ago." said Erza.
"Apparently her family's really ill so she's been taking on many jobs. The old man thought that she might need help this time so he asked me to go along with her." said Zoro.
"It's only natural that the master was looking out for her. I guess I can accept it this time." said Erza.
"Good, I guess I better get to bed. I need to get there early tomorrow." said Zoro as he was about to leave but then Erza quickly placed her hand on Zoro's shoulder and started squeezing it.
"Just don't get any funny ideas during the trip." threatened Erza. Zoro just froze on the spot as he was immediately reminded of the threats that Nami used to give him.
"R-right." said Zoro as he walked to bed.
Next Day, Train Station
Zoro was just patiently waiting at the train station hoping that he would come across Mirajane soon. Luckily he arrived two hours before the station opened so he wouldn't miss her. But then air was cold and he was getting tired of waiting. He was rubbing his hands to warm them up while looking around to see if she was anywhere in sight.
"Where the heck is she?" questioned Zoro. He then looked up to see that Mirajane was wearing a black robe with a sack on her back. "Sheesh, took her long enough."
Mirajane then proceeded to walk towards the train station but she had her face covered at all times. But Zoro was able to recognise her since he saw the robe yesterday at the guild.
"Hey, I'm glad I caught you. The old man wanted me to..." said Zoro but Mirajane just ignored him and carried on walking ahead. "Hey! I was talking to you!" He then went up in front of her to try and get her attention.
"Will you listen to what I have to..." said Zoro but then he sensed a fist heading his way and quickly dodged it. "What the hell was that for?!"
"You're in my way." said Mirajane as she walked away. She was always the lone wold and if she ever partnered with someone, it would be her family.
"Listen, I'm not here because I want to be okay! The old man was worried about you so he asked me to go with you." said Zoro trying to stop her.
"I don't need your help! I can handle myself!" said Mirajane.
"Look I have a debt I owe to the old man and I have no choice but to go with you. Besides as long as I stay out of your way and you stay out of mine, I think we'll be fine." said Zoro. Mirajane then carried on walking towards the station but then she stopped.
"Just know that if anything happens to you, don't expect my help." said Mirajane as she carried on walking into the train.
"Tch (Who needs your help?)" thought Zoro as he proceeded to get on the train with Mirajane.
Train
The two were sitting apart, they had no intention of speaking to each other after their greeting. They just waited patiently as they were getting to their destination. Zoro just looked out the window to see the scenery passing by, he never visited this location before so it was a new experience for him. The land, the air, the scenery was perfect to live in, however there weren't many houses around. He then turned to Mirajane to see that she had covered her face with her hood.
"Hey, are you asleep?" asked Zoro trying to get her attention.
"What?" asked Mirajane as she lifted her head.
"I know we didn't have the best of introductions so I was hoping that we could at least get to know each other." said Zoro.
"What happened to staying out of each others way?" asked Mirajane.
"A little introduction wouldn't hurt." said Zoro.
"Fine." said Mirajane. "Alright then, who are you?"
"The name is Roronoa Zoro." answered Zoro.
"Roronoa Zoro? The Bounter Hunter?" asked Mirajane.
"Apparently so. But I never called myself a bounty hunter, that was a title that the people gave me." said Zoro.
"What kind of magic do you use?" asked Mirajane.
"I don't, I only use my swords." said Zoro.
"You don't use magic? Then how the heck are you in a mage's guild?" asked Mirajane.
"The old man wanted me to be a part of the guild. I never had any intention of joining." said Zoro.
"So on other words, you're useless." said Mirajane.
"What did you say?! I wasn't called a Bounty Hunter for no reason, I've taken on hundreds of bandits, thugs and thieves." argued Zoro.
"Probably nothing but small fries if you only had to use your swords to beat them." said Mirajane.
"Oh yeah? Then what about you? What kind of powers do you use?" asked Zoro.
"I use Take Over magic. Specifically Satan Soul Take-Over Magic." said Mirajane. Zoro just stared at Mirajane with confusion. "What?"
"What's take over magic?" asked Zoro which angered Mirajane.
"How can you not know what take over magic is?!" questioned Mirajane.
"I have swords and no magic. How can you expect me to know what any kind of magic is? So what is it?" asked Zoro.
"It's a magic that allows me to take on the forms of different demons. The different forms allow me to enhance my flight, speed, strength and reflexes." explained Mirajane.
"So it's basically transforming magic. Nothing special." said Zoro.
"Nothing special?! Take over magic is one of the most advance magic in the world and the power of Satan's soul is the rarest. You should be honoured to meet someone with my powers." said Mirajane. Zoro however had no idea what she was talking about.
"Alright, I get it. You're definitely a strong person with your magic but you shouldn't be pushing yourself with that fever." said Zoro. Just then Mirajane got taken back by that line.
"What? What are you talking about?" asked Mirajane as she hid her face.
"I've been taking care of someone whose had a fever for a few days. I think I'd know if someone has a bug." said Zoro.
"It doesn't matter, I can't let something like this hold me back from finishing this job." said Mirajane. Hearing that, Zoro realised that he was able to relate to her. Always pushing himself further to break his limits and protect others.
"That's really admirable." said Zoro which caught Mirajane off by surprise.
"What?" asked Mirajane.
"You have your siblings to take care of so it's no surprise that you're doing this." said Zoro.
"What do you know about my siblings?" asked Mirjane.
"I heard from the old man that your siblings were ill and that you were taking on a lot of jobs to take care of them." said Zoro.
"Whatever." said Mirajane as she lowered her head.
A few hours later
The train had finally stopped and they arrived near the Heartfilia Manor. The two then got out of the train and started walking towards the manor but as they were walking, Zoro kept on walking left so Mirajane had to pull him by his ears.
After a while, they finally arrived at the Heartfilia Manor. From the outside, it consisted of two separate buildings, placed near a group of smaller constructions and linked together by a garden, with the front one acting as an entry of sort for the one sitting behind it.
"Now I can understand why the thieves would target such a place, this guy must be loaded." said Zoro.
"Right, we have to make sure that they don't get the money from this place." said Mirajane. The two then started walking towards the manor until they finally reached the door. They the knock at the door hoping someone would open but there was only silence.
"Is anyone gonna open?" asked Mirajane.
"Maybe I should..." said Zoro as he pushed the Shushui out of it's scabbard but then Mirajane quickly punched him on the head.
"You idiot, we're here to help these people not destroy their property!" yelled Mirajane.
Just then, the door opened and in front of them was a short, middle aged woman who had a square-shaped face. She had a long, dark purple hair tied in a ponytail behind her head and black eyes.
"Hello there kids, how can I help you?" asked the woman.
"Oh, we're here for the job. I believe someone posted this job." said Mirajane as she passed the job flyer to the woman. The woman then read the flyer and saw that it was the real deal.
"Okay then, come in kids. I will take you up to the master." said the woman as she let them in.
"Thank you." said Mirajane.
"Thanks lady." said Zoro but then Mirajane hit him on the head again because of his rudeness. Zoro started rubbing his head, realising that this was no different to when he was with Erza.
"Oh please, call me Spetto. I'm one of the maids here at the Heartfilia Manor." said Spetto as she took the two up stairs to the main office. As they carried on walking, they looked around to see all the expensive artefacts and frames everywhere.
As Zoro carried on walking, one caught his eye. It looked like a family of three, there was a woman in a pink dress, a man in a red suit and a little girl sitting on a chair with a white dog in front of her. He then quickly ran over to Mirajane and entered the office. Zoro then looked up to see that the man in front of him was the same one from the frame.
"Who are you two?" asked the man.
"Um hello there sir. We are from the Fairy Tail guild and we came here for this job." said Mirajane as she took out the job flyer.
"You two? The guild sent two children to protect my fortunes?!" questioned the man.
"Sir, we may be young but we are definitely capable." said Mirajane with determination.
"Very well, I will you two a chance. My name is Jude Heartfilia and I am the owner of the Heartfilia manor. I requested this job because I received this." said Jude as he passed Mirajane a paper. Mirajane then read through the paper. It was a threat letter that said that they would attack on a certain date and take something valuable from him.
"Wait a minute, the date of the attack is...today!" said Mirajane.
"Yes, so as you can see, I was desperate for someone to take care of those thieves. I couldn't care if you're kids, I just want you to handle them. If you do, that reward of 5,000,000 is yours." said Jude.
"Understood." said Mirajane.
"Good, now if you don't mind I have a lot of paper work I need to finish." said Jude as he carried on working. The two then got out of the room and started discussing a plan on how to catch the thieves.
"We have no idea what time they will attack so we will have to patrol around the manor at all times." said Mirajane.
"Sounds good to me. Guess we should probably..." said Zoro but then both of their stomachs started growling loudly. Both of them had blushes on their face after the sound that their stomach made.
"You kids must be hungry. Come down, you two can have a meal before you begin your mission." said Spetto. The two then look at each other getting excited, the two were actually about to eat from a high class home.
They then walked into the dinner room and saw the huge table which covered with flowers, plates and utensils. Just then, the two sat and waited for food. After a while, a small man with a cook outfit arrived with plates of food. His most distinctive feature was his huge round nose.
"Hey kids, I brought you some lunch so eat as much as you want." said the cook.
"Wow, thanks mister." said Zoro as he started eating. The two then started eating everything in front of them and they were really impressed by the taste. "This is great!"
"Thanks kid. But you can call me Aed, I'm the cook of this place as I'm sure you can tell." said Aed.
"Hey Aed, mind if I can ask you something?" asked Zoro.
"What is it kid?" asked Aed.
"Well, earlier I saw this frame of that guy upstairs but he was with a woman and small girl. Who are they?" asked Zoro. Aed then fell silent as soon as he realised what Zoro was talking about.
"Is something wrong?" asked Mirajane.
"Well...actually..." Aed then started telling Mirajane and Zoro about the past of the manor.
1 hour later
Mirajane was assigned with patrolling the upper areas of the manor while Zoro was patrolling outside the manor. He was walking around to make sure that no one was around at all times, he used his Haki to sense any kind of aura around him but there was nothing in sight. He would give himself some time to recover his Haki as well. He then carried on walking around until he finally found interesting.
In front of him was a large flowerbed, it also had a double set of stairs with a decorated balustrade leading up to a statue of an angelic female figure, topping the whole structure. The gravestone, flanked by a pair of crosses, also had a stone plaque sitting on the ground before it. He then walked towards the angelic statue and sat down in front of it. He then clasped his hands in a prayer manner and started praying.
"You can come out now." said Zoro as he turned his head towards the left. A little girl then quickly hid her head from sight behind a tree but Zoro already knew she was there. "It's fine, I only came here to show my respect."
The girl then revealed her face, she was a blonde girl with a pink dress and white collar. She also had a blue ribbon around her collar.
"W-who are you?" asked the girl. Zoro just stood up and started walking towards her.
"My name is Zoro, Roronoa Zoro. And what about you?" asked Zoro. The girl then went closer to Zoro.
"My name is Lucy." said Lucy.
"So what are you doing there?" asked Zoro. Lucy then pulled out set of sun flowers.
"I see. Go ahead." said Zoro. Lucy then walked in front of the statue and placed the flowers in front of it. She then clasped her hands and started praying towards it. After a while, she stood back up and walked towards Zoro.
"So what are you doing here?" asked Lucy.
"I came here with a guild member for a mission from Magnolia. We were supposed to make sure that the thieves wouldn't steal any of the manor's fortune." said Zoro.
"Wow, then you must be super strong. What kind of magic do you use?" asked Lucy.
"I don't use any kind of magic. I use swords." said Zoro.
"Swords? So you're not a mage?" asked Lucy.
"Yeah, I'm just a swordsman." said Zoro.
"How are you strong then? Don't you need magic to be strong?" asked Lucy.
"No, my strength comes from my determination to get stronger. I'll take on anything even if it kills me." said Zoro.
"You're really determined aren't you." said Lucy.
"I have to be, I need to get stronger to protect everyone. Strong enough to defeat anything. By the way, you should really get going now. We don't know when the thieves will attack but we don't want you to be here when they arrive." said Zoro as he was about to walk away but then Lucy quickly grabbed a part of Zoro's shirt.
"Um...can we still talk? I want to know more about you. We don't get many visitors." said Lucy.
"Fine." said Zoro as he walked the manor with Lucy. They spent a few hours together and Zoro was telling Lucy about his life and the city of Magnolia. Lucy was really excited to hear the story since she never visited outside the castle. She was always trapped in manor and she didn't have anyone to speak to but the workers.
"I think that's enough Lucy. Now you should really get going, it's getting dark." said Zoro.
"Okay, but will you promise me that you will tell me more stories?" asked Lucy. Zoro then smiled as he placed his hand on her head and nodded. Lucy then smiled and ran inside.
It started to get dark and Zoro still couldn't sense anyone. He was sure that no one was coming anytime soon. He then saw that Mirajane was on the roof, being the lookout.
"Hey! Do you really need to be up there?" asked Zoro. Mirajane looked down to see that Zoro was looking at her.
"I thought I could get a better view from here. Did you find anything from your side?" asked Mirajane.
"Nope, nothing so far. By the way, how's the view from there?" asked Zoro.
"It's really great, maybe you should come and check it out." said Mirajane as he looked in front of her to see the view of the garden. She then turned to the ground again to find Zoro but Zoro was gone.
"Hey, you were right. This is a good view." said Zoro standing next to Mirajane. Mirajane was taken back when she saw that Zoro was right next to her.
"Wha...how...when...how did you get up here?" asked Mirajane.
"I jumped." said Zoro as he carried on looking at the garden view. "The thieves haven't arrived yet but we can't be too careful. And you should get some rest."
"We're on the job, I can't just rest." said Mirajane.
"Really? How's that cold of yours by the way?" asked Zoro.
"It's fine, I can handle it and not until we catch those thieves, I will not rest." said Mirajane.
"Yeah but..." Zoro was about to finish his sentence but then he felt 2 aura's charging at the manor at super speed. "THEY'RE HERE!" Zoro quickly jumped down and ran inside the building.
"What?! Wait for me!" yelled Mirajane. The heard a loud crash from inside the building and ran inside the building together.
"What was that?" asked Aed in a panic state.
"The thieves have arrived. I want you to get everyone out of here quickly!" yelled Zoro as he carried on running.
They were running towards the source of their aura but then they finally caught up. They arrived at the treasure room where all the money of the manor was and in front of them were two ninjas, the female was blue and the male was red.
"Who are you two?!" questioned Mirajane as she got into a battle position.
The two ninjas then turned to Zoro and Mirajane but they quickly disappeared.
"Oh no, where are they?!" asked Mirajane but then right in front of her, the two ninjas were about to attack her with their katana's.
"(This girl is so slow she can't even see our attack brother!)" thought the blue ninja.
"(Indeed, killing her will be simple.)" thought the red ninja.
But just as their katanas were about to hit Mirajane, Zoro then quickly drew out the Shusui and the Sandai Kitetsu, he jumped in front of Mirajane and deflected their attack. The two ninja's were actually surprised to see that someone was able to catch up to their speed.
"Brother, it seems as though our attack was stopped." said the blue ninja.
"Indeed, this is quite a rare occurrence. No one has ever been able to stop us." said the red ninja.
"Now answer us! Who are you two?!" questioned Zoro as he got ready to attack.
"We are the Fire Storm Siblings." said the two ninja's in unison.
"Indeed, I am Ifrit." said the Red Ninja.
"And I am Sylphid." said the Blue Ninja.
"And we have a task that must be completed." said the two un unison.
"Mirajane, be careful they are fast!" said Zoro.
"Yeah, I figured. Now to use my magic!" said Mirajane as she summoned her magic circles and transformed into her Satan form. Her body was covered in darkness as her body changed. She was covered in dark scales and her white hair was now standing on end, her hands were also morphed into claws and a park of dark wings grew on her back with a tail to complete the transformation.
"So that's transforming magic huh? Quite an improvement." said Zoro but Mirajane quickly clenched her fist and started at Zoro which burning red eyes.
"What was that?" asked Mirajane.
"Nothing." said Zoro as he focused on the ninja's again.
"Now that you two are done with your argument, shall we begin?!" said Ifrit as he got out his twin katanas.
"Brother, allow us to take care of the demon girl." said Sylphid as she took out her twin katanas.
"Let me handle them." said Mirajane as she walked in front of Zoro.
"Are you insane?! You can't take on both of them. You can't even keep up to their speed!" argued Zoro.
"But when I'm in this form, I'm unbeatable. Remember this is my job, so stay out of it." said Mirajane.
"Fine." said Zoro as he sheathed his blades.
"Quite confident aren't you girl." said Ifrit as he got into a fighting position.
"Let's go!" yelled Mirajane as she charged at Sylphid. Sylphid quickly put up her guard and stopped Mirajane's attack.
"Not bad girl, you're actually quite strong but against me, you're nothing." said Sylphid as she swung her katana but Mirajane quickly jumped back.
"We'll see about that!" said Mirajane as she started firing purple energy blasts at the female ninja but the ninja saw the attacks and dodged all of them. Sylphid carried on dodging them until she finally got close to enough to strike Mirajane.
"Is that all you have?" asked Sylphid as she was about to swing at Mirajane. Mirajane then flew up into the sky and dodge the attack just by a hair.
"Of course not!" said Mirajane as she charged right at Sylphid but then Ifrit appeared right in front of her.
"Don't forget about me!" said Ifrit as he sent two dark shurikens towards Mirajane. Mirajane then started moving into a figure 8 manoeuvre and dodged the shurikens.
"You have a horrible aim!" said Mirajane.
"Do I now?" asked Ifrit but then he pulled some invisible strings that were attack oh his fingers. The two shurikens then began flying back towards Mirajane and they caught her of guard. The two shurikens then hit her back.
"AAAHHH!" cried Mirajane as she fell to the ground.
"You should really be aware of your surroundings. Focusing on nothing but one thing can have dire consequences." said Ifrit. Mirajane then stood up from the attack and just smiled.
"Not bad, looks like I can have some fun." said Mirajane as she wiped off the blood from her head.
"Nice act but it won't do you any good. My shurikens had a poison which should be hitting your blood stream now and soon enough, it will take your life." said Ifrit.
"Poison? That's my favourite kind of treat." said Mirajane as she healed her wounds. "But before we begin, let's take this outside." She then disappeared and re-appeared behind the ninjas and grabbed their torso. She then threw them outside the house and sent them flying through the roof. "Now to end this."
Zoro just stared at the entire battle, baffled at the power that she unleashed. He was actually surprised at how strong she was.
"Wait a second...WHERE ARE THEY GOING?!" yelled Zoro as he quickly ran after them. "God damn it, she left without me!"
Forest
Mirajane then arrived at the location where the two landed after being thrown from the house.
"I'm impressed that you two survive that." said Mirajane.
Ifrit and Sylphid were using all the strength that they had left to pick themselves up. They were hoping that she would be someone easy to defeat but after seeing her new form, they had to re-strategize.
"We admit, you're strong. Stronger than anything we expected." said Ifrit.
"But now, it is time for us to use our power as well." said Sylphid.
Ifrit and Sylphid then clasped their hands together and started charging up a magic circle around each other.
"ELEMENT! UNLEASH!" yelled the two. Just then a huge explosion covered the area and Mirajane quickly backed off to get a safe distance. As the explosion started to die down, a huge flaming tornado had arrived.
Zoro was running towards the North hoping he could catch up to them but then he look up to see the fire tornado...was actually at the South.
"What?! What was that?! Don't tell me they're over there!" yelled Zoro as he started running towards the Fire Tornado.
"What is going on? Their power is increasing drastically." said Mirajane as she saw the fire tornado finally starting to die down. The two ninjas then finally started to reveal their true form, Sylphid had became a wind elemental. Her entire body was made up of wind and there was a strong wind force covering her private parts. Ifrit became an elemental of fire, his entire body was composed of fire but he had a skull for a head.
"Now the real battle begins." said Ifrit as his body was unleashing a huge burst of fire.
"And your existence will end." said Sylphid as the wind around her started getting stronger.
"Bring it on." said Mirajane as she flew towards the two. Ifrit then started shooting fireballs at Mirajane but they were bigger and more lethal than a normal fireball. Mirajane just charged right at the fireballs and cut them in half with her claws. She was approaching Ifrit with a good speed but then Sylphid stepped in and sent a strong wind force which sent Mirajane flying back.
The two then started charging at Mirajane in a perfect synch, they quickly create their own elemental blades and swung at Mirajane but she quickly jumped to dodge the attack. The two ninja may have missed the attack but they quickly turned back to attack once again.
"(They're attacking me from both sides. A perfect synch!)" thought Mirajane as she got ready to dodge again but then she started feeling light headed. Sylph then sent a storm of wind sickles and Ifrit sent a spiralling flame, Mirajane however didn't have enough time to dodge so she quickly put up her guard. She got hit directly by both of the attacks giving her cuts and burns all over her body.
"Be prepared, for this was merely a fraction of our true power." said Ifrit.
"Soon enough, you will die. And we will return to get our treasure." said Sylph.
"(No, not now! I'm not going to lose! I can't let these two beat me.)" thought Mirajane as she tried to stand but her fever was finally getting to her.
Zoro however was completely lost and had no idea where he had to go. He immediately sensed their aura and found out that Mirajane's aura was getting weaker.
"No! Mirajane's in trouble! I need to get to her!" said Zoro as he quickly ran with all of his might towards her direction.
(Chapter End)
(A/N I apologise to you all who were expecting a good chapter. I was kind of hoping to give this a full chapter but there was way too much to write. Anyways, I hope you all can understand and wait for the next chapter when Zoro and Mirajane really kick ass. I must also apologise since updates took while since I had a test, had to start applying for Uni, had to go to a graduation and I have course work deadlines. And for those who think that in the next chapter that Mirajane will lose and Zoro comes in to defeat both of them. No, it's not gonna be that cliché shit.
Another thing I needed to let you all know in advance, you can definitely expect some LEMON in the future and if you're not into that, please skip those chapters. I will give a warning at the start of any lemon chapters just to let you know.
Now then, for them replies and man there are so many (THANK YOU FOR THEM REVIEWS AND FOLLOWERS)
Roronoamingo555: Thank you very much. Of course, I always liked her better with Gray.
PersonaQeminod1: Actually I haven't planned that far yet but you're right, that is definitely something to write with. Thanks for the idea.
ShiroHollow96: You're definitely right, Zoro will obviously have no choice but to use magic should anything happen to his swords. I will definitely consider if Zoro needs magic.
WolfCerberus: Thanks a lot, I'm glad to see new readers but if you like this, then you'll love I'm lost redux. Go read that too. Anyways I hope you can stick around for future chapters because right now, I'm only introducing the harem.
Warrior of Six Blades: Thanks a lot for the review, I definitely tried to throw in some originality for my own story. Erza and Zoro are definitely going to get stronger but for now, I just want to introduce the harem members in his younger years and once he reaches adult years, the harem will be unleashed.
Firebird0315: Thank you very much for the kind review, I wanted to show that this story can also be it's own. I'm definitely going to listen to your advice and everyone else's so thank you.
1: Agreed, I'm gonna make Zoro focus on training rather than the girls. However it will be important for him to know about how they feel so I will definitely try to balance it to make it interesting.
2: Definitely agreed, I'm keeping the harem at a good number instead of making it girls after girls. And to be honest, good point, I should let you choose who the girls will be but definitely having Lucy, Erza and Mirajane. As for the other girls, it's all up to you guys.
3: Definitely true, if I ever want to have girls in the harem, I need to make sure that the girls will have reason to like Zoro instead of just "Hey it's Zoro, I love him.", Erza definitely seems to be top candidate at the moment.
4: Romance is the last thing in my mind at the moment, I wanted to focus on Zoro's epic return of power. However I have to say it now, some chapters will definitely focus completely on romance (HINT: Lemon chapters).
5: Correct, that is why the two girls who will meet will not have a pleasant conversation. As I'm sure that you already saw how Erza is with Zoro in this chapter.
Thank you very much, I will definitely read that fic since I love any type of harem fic. And I love Fairy Tail fics, hopefully it will be good enough to read.
Daxen123: Thank you very much. Every time I see the lion song in the anime, it is nothing but badass. Hopefully you can stick around for future chapters.
Massexplosion: Thank you very much for the honest opinion, I'm trying to change my fic writing style to make it more original. Also some chapters will focus on romance, so I'd recommend skipping those if you don't like it.
Nispi: I can understand, I've been going off on a lot of cliches and ti was only predictable. I wanted to give Zoro the means of showing that he could cut magic. I hope this chapter was not as cliché and it can be better for the next one.
DGAF4Life79: OH MY GAAAAAAAWWWDDDDD! I can't believe the original author actually reviewed my piece of shit rip off. I loved your work and it was the reason why I started to do this one. If you can update your story then I will definitely do better myself so please update your story. I would love to read your story! (I apologise if I sound like an ass kisser but I definitely love that story and want an update!)
DjGinsu13: Thanks a lot, I feel as though I didn't do this chapter much justice but I will definitely make an epic chapter next time. So please look forward to that.
GR : I'm sorry but this is how my story is. I'm sure that I've said this before but I can't appeal to everyone.
Timemaste: Thank you very much. I'm definitely not gonna make any girl insta fall in love with him even I might have already did it with Cana but who's to say that she will be love him. But if you want why not? Believe me, he's definitely not gonna take advantage of the situation since he's gonna train instead of get into romance. Also thank you for the great advice, I will try to do my best to improve the story.
Dark-Shadow62 : Thank you very much. I know I've said that it started the same but now I'm trying to throw in my own orginality. And yes, not gonna have too many girls and the girls will be up to you. There will definitely be no insta love from now on. He's gonna be focusing on training rather than romance. Thank you and I hope you can stick around for future chapters.
Polyamory: Thank you so much for the review and I'm glad you like the story. Hopefully you can stick around for future chapters.
Wtf : Yes you're right, and Zoro hasn't become the world's greatest swordsman yet. Nami doesn't love him either, he also doesn't become 8 years old, he doesn't land in fairy tail and he doesn't save Erza from death. Sorry if I sounded like a dick but this is all for good fun. I know I'm bending the canon but this is why it's all for fun.
.ali: Thank you very much for the review and I hope to do better for the future. Also if you saw the other review, apparently the original author might update his story (WOOOHOO!). Which will definitely be better to read than mine.
Anyways thank you all for reading and following and favouriting my story. I hope you all can give me criticisms on how to make this story more enjoying to read for everyone. But please know that I can't appeal to everyone. Also note that Lemon chapters are coming soon but next chapter...no. Okay, once thank you and have a good morning/day/evening/night)