Jailen: Last time on Tale in Fairy Tail
Talia: this idiot has decided to pick a difficult request for one million jewel. so we had Luna look into it. I hope she found something.
Jailen: things aren't going to go so smoothly from now on. let's just say I decided to sign my death warrant early. will anyone save me?
Ru: read ahead to find out if Jailen survives Talia's morning anger!
Jailen and Talia: please read and review please minna!
Talia: and please check out silent angel eyes page, she has a few fanfics that are worth reading.
Ru: come on Luna say something
Luna: We don't own Fairy Tail or Talia, she's her own person.
all of them: enjoy!
The next morning Luna was there. Gave me a fright worse than Jeff the Killer's real face. She just stared at me. Her eyes emotionless but curious. I nudged Talia. She didn't budge. I shook her shoulder. Still nothing happened. Then I remember something I bought at the market the other day for this reason.
I told Luna to pug her ears and she did. I grabbed my new air horn and prayed that I lived through this. I held it a foot from her almost out of hitting range. I took a deep breath and pressed the button. My ears almost bleed. But I learned never use an air horn with dragon slayer hearing again. Talia woke up, really pissed. The dark aura filled the room.
I backed up. She said something. I couldn't hear her, my ears were still ringing. She raised her fist and I waited. But the annoyed blow never came. The darkness in the room got darker. I gulped not wanting to be in this situation. Slowly sound returned to my ears.
"She blew a fucking air horn in my ears!" she shouted, "At least one punch."
I begged in my head to Luna to calm her down. 'I got your information." Luna said sighing like she was talking to a child. "Show me." Talia huffed. I heard the creaking of springs and knew she had sat down.
"It's safe to come out scardy cat." Luna told me. The atmosphere had somewhat calmed down. I crawled out from under the desk and sat in the chair. Talia yawned as Luna handed her some papers. She looked over them then frowned in dissatisfaction. "This all you got?" she asked her.
Luna shrugged, "that's all I could find." "No asking people?" Talia asked. Luna shook her head her gray hair flying behind her. "They were all too weak and ran away as soon as I asked. They said something about Messenger of Death?" I looked puzzled at what she said. "It better not be who I think it is."
Talia smiled and cracked her knuckles, "time to play with death, I'm all fired up!"
Now I was regretting that I picked this request. I quickly threw on some clothes and packed my bags Talia tapped her foot impatiently. She had finished as supersonic second after Luna left. "Let's go already." She said, "The train leaves in an hour."
I finished stuffing a flashlight in my bag. I shouldered it and Talia almost pulled my arm out of my shoulder. We bid goodbye to Mira on the way out. She let me go as I started to gasp from lack of air.
I caught my breath but choked on the dust kicked up by Talia. I ran after her as best I could using a fourth of my newly increased stamina.
Finally ten minutes later I was at the train station. "Finally, geez took you long enough." Talia said from a bench nearby.
I couldn't talk much less breathe. I collapsed next to her. I closed my eyes for a second and something cold was pressed to my already hot face. I opened my eyes and saw a drink pressed to my head. I took it and drained it. It felt like the ocean was being poured on the desert. I felt much better. "Thanks." I breathed.
"You look like you need it." Erza said smiling above me. "Need me to cool you down?" Gray asked his hand misting. I held up my hand, "Not right now, I'm cooling down already."
"Suit yourself." He shrugged already shirtless. I laughed then coughed from the lack of oxygen. "Why are you guys here?" Talia asked the two. "Mira asked us to help you guys out since you're new." Erza answered.
Talia huffed, "We can handle it." "Look, Gramps and Mira wanted us to help you because of the difficulty." Gray snapped at her.
"That same request has been asked of many different guilds and the mages that took it never came back." Erza said gravely.
It sent shivers up my spine. "They don't know where they disappeared to?" I asked her.
"It's the start of a bad horror movie." Talia sighed. I nodded, "no me gusta horror." I said in Spanish.
Erza looked at me, "what did you say?" she asked me. I shook my head, "No importa." Talia wacked me in the shoulder lightly, "Stop speaking Spanish!" she demanded.
"Hai." I said switching to the Japanese I knew. She facepalmed. I laughed "Sorry were late." Lucy announced behind us.
"Finally. What took you so long?" I said facing her. Talia mumbled, "I was falling asleep waiting." I knew she was exaggerating. "I thought we were supposed to meet up at the guild." Lucy apologized.
"We?" I asked suspiciously. Behind her was Natsu. I raised an eyebrow, "let me guess, ash-for-brains here infiltrated your house and you didn't find out until after you got in the shower this morning." I guessed.
"How did you know?" Lucy asked baffled. Talia threw her a towel, "Your hair is still wet idiot." She dried her hair as the train whistle blew signaling that it was time to start boarding.
Natsu started to panic before Talia and Erza knocked him out. They dragged him on the train and the rest of us followed. One step on the train causing it to lurk slightly. My stomach churned. I cursed under my breath, why did I make Ru with motion sickness?
"Hurry up Jailen." Talia called to me. I nodded and walked over to our seats. I sat down and stomach calmed down. I yawned, "Wake me when we get there." I told the others before shutting my eyes.
Red eyes stared at me. Dark beings that didn't have shape. 'Give it to us. I heard, 'give us your being.'
The voice was almost like the angel from Black Butler. Not female but not male. But the voices came from within my head, eating away at my sanity. I saw Erza, Gray, Lucy and Natsu on the ground unconscious. Their forms be swarmed by dark formless creatures. Some other the creatures made horrible noises, some even drowning out the cries of others.
But the most horrifying thing was that each formless creature had a face of someone whom we have loved and cared for. Among them I heard my name. It became louder and louder until I snapped away when Talia slapped me. I held my stinging cheek, "Can you stop sleeping like the dead?" She asked me pissed.
She stood up, "We're here." She grabbed mine and her bag then dragged me off the train still in a daze. "Talia." I gulped as we passed empty seats. There was no one in the seats. "I got a bad feeling about this request." I told her. The hairs on the back of my neck were standing on ends.
The train left us in the station as soon as we stepped off. It was dark and cold despite the sun beating down on us. I shivered, "bad omens." I whispered, "Many have suffered."
"What wrong with her?" Happy asked Talia. I vaguely heard it. A bare whisper in my ear. The memories flashed through my mind. They were too real to forget. Talia poked me. Maybe. I couldn't tell, my mind felt miles away still with the train.
I guess my brain was still in processing mode or even shutting down. It didn't feel like my body. I wanted to wake up. If felt strange. I didn't know who to turn to. I couldn't return to my body, to my senses. Why did I choose this creepy request again? I felt like I shouldn't have.
Talia' POV
The town was vacant. Only me, Jailen, Erza, Lucy, ice princess, fire head, and Happy seemed to occupy the town. I got a strange vibe from the whole place. I don't think I would be able to beat anything living here.
I held on to Jailen's arm tightly. She would usually complain or even yelp but she didn't. She kept murmuring about suffering and bad omens. Her own fault for choosing this request. I was thrilled though. Finally able to physically beat death. I turned to the others, "Let's get this over with." I walked towards the big house that was still standing. The feeling of being watched wouldn't leave my body.
I glanced over the rest of the group. Jailen had a far off look in her eye. Lucy was clinging onto Natsu, I knew where that might lead in the future. Erza was alert but her sword wasn't drawn. Gray was ready, his hand were misty.
Happy was handing on for dear life to Natsu. It was almost funny if the atmosphere wasn't so gloomy and filled with suspense. I sighed I couldn't wait to meet the requester.
Normal POV
Talia stomped to the house, dragging Jailen behind her followed by the rest. She hammered at the door and I creaked open on rusted hinges. A pasty looking man in a butler's outfit answered.
"This way." The butler said bowing and letting them come inside. Talia stared at him, clearly aware that the butler wasn't human or even a demon. Natsu was uneasy his brain on high alert. But he wasn't aware of the danger in front of him.
The butler led them down a corridor and ended up at a pair of double doors painted pitch black. Jailen stopped muttering and was slowly regaining her sanity. The butler pushed open the doors easily and an old man was found inside.
He was sitting in a wheelchair, behind the desk in the middle of the room. "Who?" Natsu started before Talia stopped him from speaking.
"What are you known by in this world?" Talia asked him. She was not fooled by his old man impression. "In some cultures you're known as Hades, Pluto, or even Satan and so on." she stated. Since she had Luna's magic she could see through Death's disguise. She frowned and let go of Jailen.
Erza looked confused, "What are you saying?" she put a hand on Talia's shoulder, "this is the client."
Talia stiffened a laugh, "Your kidding me right? There's nothing in this city besides lost souls."
Jailen was slowly coming back from her delusions. "Talia, is that our client or Death or even both?" she asked still in a daze.
Talia facepalmed then slapped her across the face. There was a crack and Jailen was back in the world of the living. "That hurts you know!" Jailen snapped at her.
The client finally spoke. But his voice was like a cold dead breeze. "You have finally come!" he said smiling, "I was getting bored waiting for the next victims I mean guild."
Before the group could move the doors behind them slammed shut. Natsu and Gray tried too break them to no avail. Lucy looked on the verge of losing it, "it knew it was a bad idea." She murmured.
Jailen huffed, "then you shouldn't have agreed to join us in the first place." "I had to pay my rent!" she objected.
"Calm down everyone!" Erza commanded. Everyone listened except Talia. "Let's hear it then." Talia sighed, "And loose the shitty costume already."
Before their eyes the old man melted. It was almost like ice cream on a hot summer's day, but worse. The old man was replaced with a younger guy with pale skin, midnight black hair, black eyes, and an expressionless face. He wore all black from his shirt to his shoes. "I want some entertainment." He stated, "a simple game. If you win you get two thousand jewel plus all the souls I've collected from the previous players. If I win though, I get your souls."
Talia raised an eyebrow, "The reward rose and all you want is a fucking game!" she roared outraged. She kicked over a nearby chair and proceeded to mumble a string of curse words.
Jailen tried to calm her down, "Please calm down. And watch your mouth." She said. But she was also nervous. She played with the blue crystal ring on her finger or tapped her nails against her leg. She knew that if Death wanted to play a game, he was going to get a game but there were high stakes at hand. The souls of innocent mages, all for his pleasure and entertainment. It made her sick with a bad taste in her mouth just thinking about it.
"So do you want to play?" Death asked with a grin.
She turned to Talia. Talia returned her gaze flames danced in them. Then they looked at the others. The decision was in their hands. Talia stepped forward, "Bring in on asshole." A grin on her face ready to kick some ass.
Jailen: I survived her wrath thank goodness.
Talia: but now we have bigger problems to solve
Natsu: don't worry, because were Fairy Tail
Jailen: Natsu you don't know anything do you?
Natsu: what are we even talking about?
*both girls facepalm*
Talia: the obstacle to come flame brain.
Jailen: Yeah, since this is Death, he has something up his sleeves, something that will probable be bad.
Talia: Next time on Tale in Fairy Tail
Jailen: a price to pay from each of us. some worse than others.
Talia: just wait until I get my hands on Death.
Jailen: HELP I cant see anything!
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