"Alright, where do we begin?" Kisune asked as they stepped out of the Guild. She was determined to do whatever it took to join Fairy Tail.
"We begin, by you standing here and waiting until I get back." Breeg instructed her. "When I do get back, I'll tell you what you have to do." He said, beginning to walk away.
"Is there anything I need to do while I wait?" She asked, anxious to start.
Breeg stopped in his tracks and stood there for a second with his back to her. She couldn't see, but he was grinning to himself as he stood there. But there was no trace of it as he turned back around to face her. "Actually, now that you mention it, there is." He said as he walked back. "You have to stand in this position." He said as he demonstrated. He lifted his right foot and placed it on the side of his left knee. Then he raised both arms over his head, clasping his hands together at the end of arms reach.
Kisune got into position, but had to struggle to keep balance. She almost fell over several times before she finally got to a point where she could stand pretty easily.
"And the point of this is...?" Kisune asked as she tried to concentrate on keeping balanced.
"It's just a drill that every new member has to run through." He replied. "You'll have to do it later as a test of endurance and patience, so it'll be good to get some practice in now."
"Oh." Kisune said, understanding. Breeg began to walk away again as Kisune almost lost balance. "But, can I at least lean against something?" She called as she straightened back up.
"No, that'd defeat the purpose." Breeg called back over his shoulder. "Don't worry, I shouldn't be gone long." He assured her.
"Not too long, that is." He thought to himself with a smirk.
"Finally! I've been standing here like this for almost two hours!" Kisune exclaimed rather grumpily.
Breeg took his time walking back up to where Kisune stood. "Oh, has it been that long? It didn't seem like it to me. Sorry about that." He said apologetically.
"Yeah well, it has." She said as she began to let her right foot back down. "Ooh, now my leg's stiff." She complained as she put her arms down.
"Mhm, better get used to it. The drill you have to do later will be much longer." He responded. "But anyway, I had Mira cast a spell on several small objects I hid somewhere in the city. What you have to do is run through the city and try to find them."
"What?!" She exclaimed, looking up from where she was sitting and rubbing her leg. "How small are we talking about? How many are there? And how am I supposed to track them?!"
"They're about this big," he held his index finger and thumb apart about two inches, "and you'll be able to track them, because the spell Mira cast on them gives a unique magical feeling. Don't worry, you'll know when you're near. And as for how many, you'll just have to look until you don't feel anymore." He finished.
Kisune sighed."Okay, when do I start looking?" she asked as she continued to rub her leg.
"Now. Go." Breeg stated.
"What?! But I'm still sore!" She complained.
"Yep. Go." He replied.
"Can't I do it after my leg feels a little better?" She reasoned.
"Nope. Go." He said, losing patience.
"But-" She tried to continue.
"GO!" He finally shouted.
When he yelled she jumped up and ran down into the city, grumbling all the way.
Several hours had passed, and Kisune was on her tenth trip back into the city, retrieving the statues Breeg had hidden.
"I've already retrieved nine of them!" She screamed into her head. "How many more can there be?!"
Meanwhile, Breeg was leaning against the side of the Guild Hall, watching her go and looking at the nine small statues all in a row on the table in front of him, grinning in amusement. "I'll let her go to twelve, then stop. Maybe." He snickered to himself.
"I wonder if she'll have it figured out by then?" He said to himself quietly. "I wouldn't put it past her."
"Put it past who?"
Breeg turned toward the Guild Hall doors and saw Lisanna walking towards him.
He turned back to the city and nodded towards it. "Kisune." He replied, turning back to Lisanna, who had leaned up against the wall next to him. "I'm putting her through 'training', Mira's orders." He said, amused.
"Oh, are they now? You can't tell me you don't enjoy it. Especially after we tried to pull it on you when you joined." She said, nudging him in the ribs with her elbow.
Breeg laughed. "Yeah, it is pretty fun. What was more fun was getting you all back later after I found out." He said, nudging her back.
Lisanna kinda grimaced. "Yeah... 'fun'." She trailed off.
"Oh, it wasn't that bad." Breeg said, laughing.
"Yeah, right. No one trusted anything after you started with the booby traps." She replied.
Breeg laughed harder. "That was the best part! Especially since I only laid those first few, and I just watched everyone be paranoid for a week after."
"Yeah, you were an evil little trickster back then." She replied, shaking her head. She looked back out to the city. "Speaking of that, what are you having her do?"
"I told her I hid several small objects somewhere in the city with a unique magical feel to them, and she had to track them all down and bring them to me." He said as he laughed slightly.
"How many has she found?"
"Nine." He replied, still chuckling.
"And how many more are there hidden?" She asked.
Breeg chuckled. "Actually," he said as he pulled a small statue from his pocket separate from the other nine. "This little guy is about to be fifteen." He said as he stood up.
"Really? That's mean." She said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, but she hasn't given up, and she's hardly complained. She's dedicated to joining the Guild." He said, with a hint of pride in his voice.
He was about to run into the city and hide the next one, when Lisanna stopped him. "Breeg, hold on for a minute." She said as she sat down at the table. "Come here." She said with a serious, and somewhat sad tone.
Breeg hesitated, wondering if something was wrong, but then sat down. "Are you alright, Lisanna?" He asked, feeling concerned for his friend.
Lisanna turned to him. "Yes, I'm fine. But... I wanted to ask you something."
Breeg looked at her with a quizzical look on his face. "What is it?"
"... Are you going to leave us again?" She asked him with a downcast expression.
Breeg was taken back by her asking it. No one had yet, but he never realized it until just then. But before he had a chance to answer, Lisanna began to speak again.
"Because you know, no one really wants you to leave and be gone again for years. We all really missed you while you were gone. We all loved to hear from you, but we really missed you. Especially Erza. You may not think so, but she was really sad when you left..."
"Lisanna..." Breeg started to say, but Lisanna continued.
"We missed watching you grow into the man you are now. Although I suppose you would be a lot different if you had stayed, huh?'
'But still, we all wondered where you would go, what you had seen, and all the things you had done. There was that time when your letters got really far apart from each other about two years after you left, and we were all worried for you. Some of us thought maybe you were eventually gonna stop writing and just leave us." Lisanna laughed. "But you didn't. I remember how brightly Mira smiled when she looked through the mail and found a letter only about two and a half weeks after your last one-"
"Lisanna." Breeg tried to interrupt her.
"-And after that the letters started to come once a month. Sometimes twice." She continued, not hearing him. "And it was even better when you walked through the doors a week ago and we finally got to see the man you had grown into-"
"Lisannnnnaaaa?" Breeg said, almost tempted to wave a hand in front of her face.
"-And now you're home, but we don't know if you're leaving again. And if you are, when." She continued, starting to sound tearful. "I mean, I've talked to several people, and none of them know if you plan on staying 'cause you haven't said, and now we're all worried you're gonna leave again, and we don't know if you'll come back next time!"
"Lisanna!" Breeg shouted, grabbing her by the shoulders and turning to face him. "Calm down."
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a sheet of paper and gave it to her.
"What's this?" Lisanna asked as she took it from him. Breeg didn't answer, and instead let her open it. When Lisanna did, she grew wide eyed and turned it to face him.
"This job is worth 12,000,000 Jewel?!" She asked, astonished.
Breeg looked surprised as he turned his head, and noticed she was holding an S-Class job flyer.
"Oh, whoops." Breeg said as he reached into his pocket. "Wrong paper." He took that one from her and handed her the one he meant to. "I was gonna ask Erza if she wanted to take that job with me." He explained.
"Oh. I didn't realize you had grown that stro-" She stopped short as she unfolded the paper and looked at the contents. She looked up at him, a hopeful look on her face.
"Breeg... is this a housing listing?" She asked him.
Breeg smiled at her. "That's exactly what it is. I'm going tomorrow to rent an apartment in a building by the canal." He said, taking the paper back and putting it back into his pocket. "I'm not going anywhere for awhile."
Lisanna smiled widely at him, and then pulled him into a hug, which he returned. She leaned back with tears in her eyes. "Oh my gosh, I'm so glad you're staying!" She said, clearly excited. "You can go on jobs with us, and we'll get to see what you can do, and... and...!" But she was too excited to finish the sentence. Instead she just covered her mouth as she squealed, turning toward the city.
But then suddenly something else occurred to her. She turned back to him. "But what about Kisune?"
Breeg smiled. "Oh, I couldn't forget about her. We're staying together."
Lisanna kinda blushed in surprise when he said that. "Oh... I didn't think you two were that seriously in a relationship..."
Breeg grew wide eyed. "I meant in the same building, not together!" He said, trying to explain. "We're not together, seriously or just casually!"
But then realized something. "Wait a minute, why does everyone think we're together? We don't even act like a couple."
"Oh. I dunno, I think it's because you both seem close. Even when you're arguing, it seems like it's in endearment. But I guess not." She said, contemplating.
Breeg just sighed and looked out into the city. "Well, speak of the devil..." He said as he spotted a figure running down the street toward them.
"Here!" Kisune panted, handing Breeg another statue. "Any more?"
Breeg placed the newest one in line with the others, taking his time to perfectly adjust it in the line of the other nine. Finally satisfied, he looked over to Lisanna and kinda smirked. "Yep, there's still more." He said, turning back to Kisune.
"Augh! How many more?!" She exclaimed in anguish.
"That would be telling, wouldn't it?" Breeg said playfully. "Now get going."
Kisune just glared at Breeg before turning back to run into the city.
"Wait, aren't you gonna tell her about the apartment?" Lisanna asked.
"Nah, I'll save that til she starts to get really mad." Breeg said with a laugh. "Now if you'll excuse me Lisanna, I've got a few more statues to hide." He said to her with a wink as he ran a different direction into the city.
Hey Guys! So sorry about not uploading yesterday. I had a project all day, and didn't get back home 'til early this morning.
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