I'm sorry its been so long since I've updated this story. Well...I hope you enjoy this story in some way...
Chapter 4
The team reached a clearing in the woods, figuring they could just camp out for the night and continue immediately in the morning. Natsu and Happy ran to the nearest stream with the idea of fishing, especially Happy who wanted to catch a bunch of fish; Lucy figured there'd be an argument between the two eventually. Gray set up the tents while Erza and Moka simply observed. Lazy for once. The vampire felt as if something dangerous was close, but she couldn't tell how far the possible danger was. Erza noticed the slight concern Moka was having. She wondered if it had to do with Fairy Tale or her friends, she supposed she could always ask.
"Is everything alright?"
Moka glanced over at her. "Yeah, just paranoid I guess."
Erza nodded before looking back at the team. "I think we all can handle ourselves."
"True." The vampire smiled.
Though with all that was happening, what if Fairy Tale was to strike both this world and the one she comes from? Could each wizard be enough to stop an army of powerful monsters? She sighed and continued to watch the team as they finished up setting up camp. All that was left was to wait for Natsu and Happy to return. Moka could practically see, if Outer Moka was here, she'd be smiling the entire time.
Natsu and Happy arrived with some fish, big and small ones. The others had brought their own food so they wouldn't have to eat any fish. They weren't as crazy about fish as Natsu and Happy. Lucy had Natsu start a small bonfire for them so they could sit around. Moka thought it was slightly cheesy. Though, even with the fire, it seemed cold.
Lucy looked over at Gray. "Could you stop...whatever it is you're doing?"
"What?" Gray frowned, raising an eyebrow.
"Whatever you're doing is making it colder out here!"
"Isn't me."
Everyone sort of froze, except for Moka and Erza who simply glanced around the area cautiously. Could be a Fairy Tale member. Erza thought to herself as her sword appeared in her hand. Moka noticed she brought out the sword and started to sense for any presence of yōki that could be close to them. She looked over into the set of trees in front of them, the night made it impossible to see through them. The source of energy she was sensing was seeming to originate from that area. Though it almost felt extremely familiar.
Natsu turned to the same set of trees Moka was staring at when he smelled something strange; noticing this, the rest of the group looked at the same area. Erza frowned. "Come out."
After a decent amount of silence, a figure started to walk close to the group and they all could make out that it was female. Everyone, but Moka, Happy, and Lucy who simply stood there, got into a fighting stance. The girl stood there once she was in the small clearing with the group, standing there and holding a lollipop in her mouth. Moka almost blinked, walking a bit closer to her. "Mizore..."
The team looked over at Moka slightly surprised that she knew the person and they lowered their guards. The girl, Mizore, didn't say anything right away and stared at the vampire with a dull expression. "...Hello Moka."
The vampire crossed her arms. "Are the others with or is it just you?"
"Me." Mizore replied, her purple-blue eyes scanning over the group of wizards.
Lucy walked up a bit closer to Moka. "So is this one of your friends Moka?"
Moka glanced over at the blonde, trying to think about the question. Mizore was more or less friends with the Outer Moka rather than her, so it was hard to say if they are friends or not. She didn't know much from what she would somewhat see inside of the rosary. She sighed and turned away from Mizore. "I suppose..."
The others were slightly confused about the answer the vampire gave them, but didn't say anything about it. They looked back over at the girl, who stared back at them with the same expression she was wearing since she had first shown her face. It was almost unsettling.
Mizore eyed the group. "Who are you?"
"Oh! I'm Lucy, the pink-hair is Natsu and the cat is Happy, that's Gray and Erza." Lucy smiled, making sure to point them out. "We're all wizards from a guild."
The snow woman nodded, glancing over to Moka silently. The vampire was just standing near one of the tents, only showing her back to all of them. Well it was slightly strange when only half of you is friends with someone; it would also be confusing if she explained it to Erza and them. Mizore could tell this, but as always, she remained silent. Lucy glanced over at her from time to time.
"What's that mark on your hand...?" The quiet question almost made the blonde jump.
She laughed, slightly nervous. "Oh, well...it shows what guild I'm from."
Mizore stared at the pink symbol on her hand, pulling the lollipop out of her mouth. "What guild?"
"Fairy Tail."
They certainly needed a way to clarify it was 'Tail' instead of 'Tale', and the other way around. Mizore took a step back from the blonde, which made Lucy confused for a moment before her eyes widened when she saw spears of ice form out from the girl's sleeve. Though these were in the form of claws. It's just like Gray's Ice-Make magic... She thought to herself, but that wasn't something to worry about. Everyone noticed and the Fairy Tail members got into stances, ready to strike.
Moka sighed and placed a hand on Mizore's shoulder. She had an idea that this would probably happen. "They're not from that organization."
Everyone calmed down and Mizore listened to Moka's explanation of the entire situation, understanding a bit more than she did before. Different world, 'Tail', wizards, and such. Moka then told the group of wizards that Mizore was a snow woman, able to create ice and snow at will. Of course Gray thought that was pretty cool and Natsu immediately mumbling to himself about another ice-maker; safe to say he wasn't completely fond of the idea, but he could live with it just like how he deals with Gray. The rest of the night ran pretty smoothly, food, fire and warmth, except for Mizore who stayed away and said she would 'melt'.
Eventually all went to sleep, Lucy and now Mizore sharing a tent, Happy, Natsu and Gray as well as much as they both hated it, and Moka shared a tent with Erza of course. She just liked how her and the red-headed wizard got along so well. Though, tonight Moka was wondering if any of Outer Moka's friends were out there since Mizore recently showed up. She let out a small sigh and since Fairy Tale is here, then, well she started to worry about Tsukune even though he had the vampire's blood running through his veins. Eventually, she fell asleep only to be waken up by a fight between Gray and Natsu. She noticed Erza was about to go, but went to their tent by herself. They froze when they saw her heated glare.
"Go...to sleep." Moka hissed angrily.
"Aye!" They all said, cowering into their sleeping bags.
Moka sighed as she returned to the tent, thinking that it would be much more peaceful with that now settled. Luckily it was.
Each member woke up early the next day, save for Natsu and Happy who still remained asleep. They all figured that it was going to be a while before the two would wake up and thought it would be too much of a bother to try to wake them up. Moka glanced over to Mizore, seeing that she was having a small conversation with Gray. She probably figured it had something to do with the fact they both used Ice as their power, especially when Gray started to get into his Ice-Make stance. It did seem like one of the only things they would truly have a conversation about.
Eventually, Natsu and Happy woke up and they started to head towards the town so they could get on with their mission. Moka glanced over at Mizore who stayed a slight distance behind the group. Just can't be helped... Moka thought to herself, remembering what she had said to the snow woman a long time ago. Erza glanced at both monsters, before turning her attention to the town that was slowly entering their view. Everyone, aside from Moka and Mizore, had a slight smile on their face.
The job, which was randomly picked, was to look for some petty thugs. Moka frowned. "That's all we're doing here?"
"Yes, and maybe they might have ran into Fairy Tale members." Erza replied, crossing her armored arms.
Moka nodded, it was always a possibility though. They wandered into the town, which passed for any other town; quiet and peaceful. It was almost strange, since there were just a few townspeople who would wander into their view. Though, there was that odd sort of feeling in the air.
"...It's too quiet..." Gray spoke up, his dark blue eyes scanning the place warily.
He was right, it was too quiet around the town; even if there were a few people out and about. Moka didn't sense any amount of yōki other than Mizore's, so that was in some way a good sign. At least Fairy Tale wasn't near in any way.
Lucy looked around, blinking when she thought she saw someone peeking behind a corner. "Hey guys...?"
"What is it?" Gray asked, glancing over at her.
The blonde pointed over to the corner. Each of them were able to see the figure right as it hid away back into the alley; Erza frowned. "Hey you!"
Each of them started running into the alley to chase after the person, it would either be one of the people their after or someone from Fairy Tale. Though it was most likely the first since Moka didn't sense any yōki from the person. Regardless, it was important that they kept their guard up for whoever it was. Continuing to chase after the person, they eventually came to a stop when they saw a giant group block their path.
Erza smirked a little, her sword appearing in her hand. "Well...now we no longer have to look for these men anymore."
Each men readied their own weapons, ready to strike the group of wizards. The team also prepared themselves for an attack against the group of men.
I'm not exactly proud of this chapter, I don't think it was a good chapter but I also didn't want to just leave you guys waiting any longer:3 But I hope the next chapter will be a little bit better than this one. I'll try to update a bit faster than this one.