Chapter 4
Natsu woke up the next morning and made his way to the kitchen where he found Rikimaru cooking, "wow it's weird being the first up" Natsu commented, "so what's for breakfast?"
"the others are out on a job and I am making lunch" Riki told him
"WHAT!" Natsu shouted as he looked at the clock
"yes and you are late for training with Kalex" Riki continued cooking as the dragon slayer ran out of the kitchen
Natsu found Kalex around the back of the house patiently reading a book, "so you finally decided to wake up" Kalex said as he closed the book
"yeah sorry" Natsu looked away embarrassed, "any way I'm ready to train"
"what kind of magic do you use Natsu?" Kalex asked as he walked around the mage
"fire dragon slayer magic" Natsu answered as he lit his fists on fire
"what other types of slayer magic are there?"
"well I met a guy with fire god slayer magic but I kicked his butt"
"yeah I knew Zancrow but are there any other types of slayer magic?"
"I don't know I've only fought other dragon slayers and that one god slayer" Natsu was starting to get impatient with all the question
"well there is only one other type of slayer magic, devil slayer magic" Kalex stopped circling Natsu and stood next to him
"what type of magic do you use?" Natsu asked
"I am a lightning slayer" Kalex said as sparks started coming off his fists, "as far as I know the only one in the world"
"what do you mean lightning slayer?" Natsu asked not understanding what he was talking about
"120mm black lightning demon cannon" a ball of black lightning formed between Kalex's palms and shot across the plain in to a tree, completely obliterating it, "I use all three types of slayer magic"
"wow" was all Natsu could say at that display of power, "so are you going to teach me that?"
"yes Natsu, individually each slayer magic is powerful but brought together they are unstoppable"
Natsu worked hard over the next few months training in flame devil slayer magic, he was currently sparing with Kalex, "fire devil rage" Natsu shot his breath attack at Kalex who jumped
"dragon slayer secret art, spinning storm blade" Kalex started spinning as he bore down on Natsu, striking the slayer in the chest he sent Natsu in to the air
"well done" Natsu said as he stood up, "I'll beat you one day"
"sure keep trying" Kalex started walking to the house when Riki appeared out of thin air beside him
"we have a job so get ready" he said before disappearing again
"come on Natsu we have a job to do" Kalex ran towards the house with Natsu close behind, "and don't forget your cloak"
Back in Magnolia, Lucy sat with a certain blue cat as she worried about her rent, "no job that I can do pay very well" she complained as she face planted the table
"Lucy I want you to accompany me on this job" Erza walked up to her and slammed a flyer down
"protecting some cargo leaving Magnolia station" Lucy said as she read it, "it pays a lot but are you sure just the two of us are enough?"
"I have already got Gray, Juvia and Wendy to agree to come so hurry up"
"fine" Lucy stood up and followed the Requip mage to the station where the rest of the team were waiting
The mages sat between the crates playing cards as they waited for something to happen. They had been on the train for about 2 hours when they heard something land on the roof of their carriage, "Lucy, Juvia and Gray come with me, Wendy stay here with Happy and Carla"
Erza climbed on top of the carriage with the other mages and saw three mages standing there with their leader, Kalex, "so you were on this job Lady Erza" Kalex winked at her
"who's the new guy?" Erza asked pointing to the mage wearing a red cloak and hood that hid his face
"this is our newest member, the blazing sun god Helios" Kalex introduced him, "now if you don't mind we have a job"
"no way, ice make lance" Gray shot ice spears at them
"magma make wall" Vesuvius summoned a wall of lava to melt the spears
"arms of the sea god" Poseidon jumped over the lava wall and threw a water whip at Gray
"water lock" Juvia trapped Poseidon in a water orb
"slice to bits" the water orb and the lava wall were shredded in to nothing as Kalex walked forward, "I think this is between me and Lady Erza"
"yes it is" Erza summoned her swords and charged Kalex, going right for his neck
Kalex dodged Erza's strikes, he didn't even try to attack he just bobbed and weaved out of the way of the red heads swords but then for a split second Erza left herself open and Kalex struck, he slammed his fist in to her rib cage and the s class mage was thrown to the next carriage. Gray threw some ice spears at the dark mage but they were shredded to bits like everything else, "I think our time here is done"
Kalex along with the rest of his group jumped on to the carriage behind them just as Erza was getting up, "goodbye Lady Erza" Kalex winked as he blew her a kiss, "I'll win that bet one day"
Erza ran forward as Kalex cut the carriage from the rest of the train and he started getting further and further away, "AGGGHHHHH" Erza screamed as she punched the roof of the carriage leaving a dent
"calm down we managed to stop them from getting the cargo" Juvia said as Erza sat there taking deep breaths
"yeah they did leave in a hurry" Gray said as he thought about the fight
"Wendy" Erza climbed back in to the carriage in a hurry, only to find it empty with only Happy, Carla and Wendy tied up
"what happened?" Gray asked as he climbed back in with the others
"we lost our pay" Lucy said as she sunk to the ground
The wizards made it back to the guild hall feeling a mix of sad, pissed off and depressed, they all sat at a table as they put their head in their hands or on the table, "what the hell happened Wendy?" Gray asked the little mage
"I don't know all I remember is waiting there for you guy and then it went black and I woke up when you guys came back in" Wendy told them
"it was Rikimaru one of the death gods" Erza said
"who are these death gods?" Lucy asked
"They are the elite mages of Reapers path" Erza explained to her friends, "there are 4 members, first there is the black storm god Kalex he's their leader and as you know he uses slasher magic, the muscle man was the rumbling volcano god Vesuvius he uses magma make magic, the kid with the water arms was the raging sea god Poseidon he is a powerful water mage and finally there is the unseen shadow god Rikimaru he was to one who took out Wendy he uses stealth magic to become invisible"
"so they are bad news then" Gray said after hearing what Erza told them
"they are known to wipe out guilds that cross them" Erza told him
"so really bad news"
End of chapter 4