Hey guys, I hope you liked the last chapter. It wasn't very interesting though. I hope you like this chapter.
Disclaimer ~ I do not own Fairy Tail
It's our second day in the guild, and Mai still doesn't like me. I have no idea why, and I get the feeling it's not just because I bumped into her that first day.
I enter the guild and get something to eat from Mira.
I think back to my dream that night. My dreams are always filled with something happy, but this time it reminded me of when my master died.
I hated reliving that moment. It was like I was sitting in a movie theater. There was nothing I could do to stop it.
"You should take a job," Mira said, interrupting my thoughts.
"But don't I need to have a team?" I asked looking around. Everyone is the guild was in a team, everyone except me and the Unknown.
"You could start a team with the Unknown, or join a team," Mira suggests.
"Maybe I will," I say.
I scan the guild for The Unknown, and find him sitting at a table by himself. I thank Mira and go sit with him.
"What do you want," He says without looking up.
"That's a nice way to greet a friend," I say.
"Oh, it's just you," He says, he seems to relax a little. "Is there something bothering you?"
"No, I just wanted to ask if you wanted to go on a job with me," I say.
"Sure, let's go pick one," He says, getting up and going to look at the job requests.
I get up and join him at the board, after putting our cups away.
"So what do you feel like?" I ask.
"Something hard, these are too easy," He says.
Most of the ones on the wall were pretty easy, like take out some bandits, get a boar away from some farmers land, etc.
"Can we do this one," I said, reaching for a paper. I took it and read it out loud.
Get rid of a group of wizard bandits.
Reward 700,000 jewel
"This looks easy, but it's for a lot of jewel so it must be hard," I said.
"Sure let's go," The Unknown said.
"Shouldn't we pack something before we go?" I asked.
"We'll be back soon, don't worry," He said.
"Can we come with you?" A voice asked from behind us. I turned around to see Team Natsu standing there, with a very unhappy looking Mai.
"No, I think we can do this ourselves," The Unknown answered.
"Oh, we weren't asking," Natsu said.
"Whatever," I said.
"Let's go," The Unknown said.
"Wait, I need to get my luggage!" Erza exclaimed as we walked away.
"Me and Crystal are going up ahead, catch up with us later," The Unknown said.
"Then I'm coming with you," Natsu said.
"Aye sir!" Happy squeaked.
"Me and Mai are coming too," Gray said.
"Eh?" Mai said.
"Then, I guess I'll have to leave my luggage behind," Erza said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Let's get going already," I said impatiently.
Me and The Unknown left. It turns out no one else left because when we turned around they were still at the guild.
I turned to the Unknown. "I'll race you there," I said.
"You're on," He said.
"On your marks, get set, go!" and we were off.
I ran as fast as I could to the nearest tree. I climbed up and turned around to see that Team Natsu was just watching me.
I suddenly realized that the Unknown was already ahead of me.
I got distracted, I cursed under my breathe.
I stood up and jump to the nearest tree. From there I climbed higher and saw The Unknown walking towards the destination as if this was nothing.
I'll show you. I've gotten better
Not to brag, but I've always been smarter than him.
I was always smarter than him. It's the only thing I'm better than him at.
I quickly calculated the shortest route to the destination and how long it would take me to get there. If I ran at top speed I would get there before him.
I quickly jump from tree to tree and soon came to where he was. Careful not to let him see me. I jumped around him and continued going, Once I got there, I saw that he was already there.
"How are you already here? I passed you a long time ago!" I exclaimed.
"I saw you pass around me in the trees and picked up my pace once you were out of view," The Unknown explained as though it was obvious.
Just as we were about to leave and look for the bandits, we saw a group of people heading towards us. I leapt into the trees and dragged the Unknown with me.
"What's the big ide-" The Unknown started.
"Shhh someones coming," I whispered sharply.
I looked up to see team Natsu running up the hill.
"I could have sworn that they were here," Natsu said. "I could smell them."
"Are you sure?" Mai questioned. It was clear that she didn't trust him.
I can't let him be distrusted because of me. I have to reveal myself.
I walked out of the trees and dragged The Unknown with me.
"Sorry guys, I thought you were the bandits," I apologized.
"Thanks for thinking we were the bad guys," Mai said sarcastically.
"No problem," I replied with equal sarcasm.
"Well anyway, where are these bandits?" Erza questioned.
"If they are wizards, they must have known that someone would put in a job request to get rid of them. They must have put out a few people as decoys so that they could sneak up behind us. They may also have a hostage so that we will hesitate to attack them. So we are going to need 3 of us to be distractions. The distractions are going to act like villagers transporting goods to other villages. While the distractions are out waiting for the bandits, the rest of us will hide and wait for the other bandits to appear. If they have a hostage, they'll expect us to hesitate, but don't. Attack the person holding the hostage with precise aim. We can't afford any mistakes," I said.
"What if you're wrong?" Mai asked. You can always count on Mai to be the pessimist in a group.
"To date, I have never been wrong," I replied.
"But what if you are?" Mai asked again.
"Then you can hold that over my head for as long as you like," I challenged.
"Whatever, but who are our distractions going to be?" Mai asked.
"I-I can do it," Wendy said shyly. I had almost forgotten she was there.
"Are you sure, I don't want you to get hurt," I said. "I mean I know you're strong, but.."
"Yeah, I can do it, besides we need as much power as we can get from behind, She said.
"Ok, who else?" I asked.
"I shall be brave and take the role of being a distraction," Erza said, passionately.
"Umm… Ok," I said. "Who else? We need one more person."
"Fine I'll do it," Mai said.
"Ok, now we've got our distractions, we need to plan," I said
"Can't we just jump out of the trees and start attacking," Natsu complained impatiently.
"We can't act too rashly about it," The Unknown said. I almost jumped. I had completely forgotten he was there.
"Yes, they could anticipate an attack," I said.
"But then what do we do?" Gray asked.
"So the three distractions will be carrying bags to make it look like they've got something to transport," I said. 'Meanwhile, the rest of us will be spread out around the trees, Then one of our distractions will yell out 'attack', but none of us will attack. They will go on the defensive and the other bandits will come and they will all be facing the outside. Once they see that no one is coming, they will most likely turn their attention back to the distractions. If they have a hostage they may be ready to kill them. Once they turn their attention back to the distractions, we'll go. Got it?"
"My head hurts," Natsu complained.
"I don't care," I said. "But don't act too rashly."
"What if someone does something wrong?" Mai asked.
"So many questions, If someone does something wrong just attack," I said.
"Okay," The Unknown said.
"So the bandits should be passing around here in about 5 minutes according to the person who sent the request," I said. "Any questions."
No one said anything
"Ok then," I said. "Erza, Mai, and Wendy get into position, everyone else, spread out in the trees,"
Me and the Unknown went to the left, And Natsu, Happy and Gray to the right.
Not long after, the bandits came and sure enough they had a hostage. The hostage was a girl with long green hair. She had bright blue eyes, and looked to be about 10 or 11.
They approached Erza, Mai, and Wendy with caution. Realizing that they were unarmed, they went for it.
"Give us all your valuables!" The first man yelled.
"B-but we don't h-have any," Wendy said, paralyzed with fear.
"Attack!" Erza yelled.
Too early!
Luckily, no one ran out of their hiding spot, and the bandits went on the defensive, with a few others that had come in from the rear, just as I one holding the hostage pressed the blade against her throat, and she squeaked in pain.
Once they had gotten over their initial shock, they turned their attention back to the distraction.
"What kind of a trick was that?" The second man asked, pointing a knife in their direction.
"Albert, calm down, it was just a dirty trick, no one's coming," The first man said.
I looked at Mai and I could tell almost exactly what she was thinking. She wanted more then anything, to attack the bandits head on and let the hostage free.
Please be patient!
"Now!" I yelled.
Everyone jumped out of their hiding spots and attacked the bandits.
Most of the bandits had transformed into different animals. Some of them cast spells to boost the other wizards power.
I dashed over to the hostage and quickly freed her from the man holding her. I took off her gag, picked her up, and dashed to Happy.
"Happy, take care of her," I said.
"Aye!" Happy said as I dashed back into the battlefield.
It was chaotic. Spells were being cast everywhere.
Some bandits were set on fire, some of them were trapped in a purplish ice, some were just knocked out.
Not long after, all the bandits were taken out.
Mai turned to me with a look of disgust. "Well?"
"What?" I asked, confused about what had happened.
"Why didn't you bother helping us? You guys must be so weak," Mai exclaimed.
"Even if we were, we'd still be able to beat you," I retorted.
"Break it up, there are more enemies coming. Looks like there wasn't just one group," The Unknown said.
"Want to prove you're strong? Beat them, all by yourselves," Mai challenged.
"Ok, let's go," I said, looking at the Unknown, who looked like he wanted to be somewhere else. "How many?"
"About 30," The Unknown replied.
"Piece of cake," I said with ease.
As they appeared, they immediately looked at all the people that were burned, frozen over, and knocked. They were filled with rage. At least 15 of them tried to attack me at first.
I quickly darted between them. I attacked them from behind, turning into a demon. I lashed out at them and within a minute they were knocked out.
I changed out of my demon form. I looked at the Unknown. "Your turn,"
The Unknown took out his hood and looked them all dead in the eyes, and that's the end of that. They were knocked out, but not killed.
The thing about me and the Unknown is that we don't kill our enemies.
I looked at Mai. "How was that,"
"Ugh whatever," She said, with disgust.
I looked at everyone else. Their faces slack with awe.
"How did you do that? That was faster than Mira's Sitri form!" Natsu exclaimed. "And how did you defeat them by looking them in the eye!" He exclaimed looking at The Unknown.
Then the next group of bandits appeared, but this time there was a girl with them.
Everyone got ready to attack, but something was up with the girl.
"Hold fire!" I yelled.
I approached the lady in the front. "Why have you come here?" I asked.
"Crystal, it sure has been a long time…." Said a familiar voice from under the hood.
It can't be! Not her!
Hey guys I hope you liked that chapter. Sorry for the cliff-hanger, but the chapter was getting too long. See you guys next time!