Chapter 5

"that was boring" Natsu complained as they walked back in to the house, "I didn't get to fight anyone"

"well we needed someone to push the carriage" Kalex said taking a seat along with the rest of the group

"so what do we do now?" Natsu asked

"well since you've been on a job with us you are now a member of Reapers path" Kalex pulled out a stamp and placed it on Natsu's right shoulder, when he pulled away the mark showed a cloaked figure who seemed to be walking holding a scythe

"don't I need to see the guild master" Natsu said as he looked at the mark

"no one's ever seen the guild master not even me" Kalex said as he walked to the door and left

It had been a month since Natsu had got his guild mark and he had mastered devil slayer magic, he was currently tearing through the few trees left behind the house, "flame devil claw" Natsu slashed through several trees as he heard someone clapping behind him

"well you've mastered devil slayer magic" Kalex said

"now can I learn god slayer magic?" Natsu asked like a little kid

"sure but first I need you to accompany me on a job" Kalex threw Natsu's cloak at him as he walked back to the house

At Fairy tail Erza sat at the bar worrying about the death gods, she hasn't seen any of them in a month and no one else in the guild has reported anything about them. Mirajane set down a slice of cake in front of the worrying knight, "don't worry if he does show up you'll be more than strong enough to defeat him" she said with a smile

"every time I've fought him I've always gotten the impression he wasn't fighting seriously" Erza looked down at the cake as she ate

"you are stronger than you think Erza, if you believe you can beat him then you can"

"thank you Mira" Erza finished off her cake and stood, "I think I'll take a job"

"I've got the perfect one for you" Mira said holding out a flyer, "a town wants someone to clear out a bandit den, lots of people for you to fight"

"that's perfect Mira" Erza snatched the flyer from the maids hand and made her way out of the guild hall

Erza got to the town and the locals pointed her to the bandits' hideout but when she got there she saw the two guards were dead. She rushed over to the entrance and walked through the entire hideout only finding dead bandits, there was no one there everyone was dead. As Erza was about to leave she heard one of them cough and wake up, "what happened here?" she asked as she rushed over to him

"fire, lightning" he croaked out, "some guy with a scythe and some hooded guy came and killed everyone"

"Kalex" Erza deduced from the description

"that's what he called himself, please get heee….."the man went limp and died

Erza closed the man's eyes before she ran out of the hideout, intent on finding Kalex.

Not too far east, Kalex and Natsu walked down the road after a job well done, "well that was fun" the flame slayer said as the two walked side by side

"well they didn't put up much of a fight" Kalex commented

"yeah but there were a lot of them" Natsu looked down at the cloak he was wearing, "do I still have to wear this thing?"

"yes we don't want anyone recognising you" Kalex told him, "besides ….."

Kalex was interrupted when the road in front of them exploded and as the dust cleared a figure could be seen, the two got in to a fighting stance as the figure became clearer and they could hear it saying something, "destroy Kalex, beat Kalex" it kept saying that over and over

"I WILL BEAT YOU!" a red blur charged Kalex and he just managed to block their strike with his scythe

As soon as Kalex blocked their strike he knew who it was, the dust around her cleared and both mages could see it was Erza Scarlet standing before them, "well sweet lady Erza what are you doing around here?"

"I can no longer let you run free" Erza charged at Kalex, "I will bring you to justice"

"run Helios I'll deal with her" Kalex blocked all of her strikes as they came, "you seem to be worked up Lady Erza"

"I told you to stop calling me that" she kept up the attack as Kalex stood there blocking and deflecting every strike

Erza pushed herself harder and harder, if she was fast enough to just get one hit. She kept increasing her speed and finally she could see that one of her two blades had made it past his defence and was heading right for his neck. Everything was in slow motion as the blade inched forward towards the dark mages jugular and then suddenly…..… he was behind her with his scythe around Erza's neck. The knight stood silent, not knowing what to do, "I won't count this as a win Lady Erza" Kalex leaned over and planted a kiss on her cheek before he disappeared

Erza fell to her knees as she let out a breath, she couldn't believe she was so close but in the end he still beat her. She balled up her fists in rage as she screamed in to the wind, "I will get stronger I will not be beaten a second time" she said to herself as she made her way back home to scrub her face clean

Erza walked in to the guild hall and slumped down at the bar as Mira placed down two slices of cake for her, "what happened?" she asked as she wiped the bar

"he beat me" Erza simply said as she ate the cake, feeling a bit better, "believing in myself wasn't enough Mira"

"well then you need to train" Mira suggested

"yes" Erza shot up and so did her spirits, "I will not let one defeat stop me, I will train and I will beat him"

End of chapter 5