Chapter 12: Concerns of the Unconcerned

A/N: Today's third and final chapter, at least for today. Damn this is fun. Enjoy Chapter 12 and thanks to Wacko12 for the favorite. ENJOY!

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Same Day Even Earlier that Morning (The Boss's POV)

We sit in the camp eating breakfast as number two walks in and sits down next to me. I ask, "So what news you got for us?" I pass her a plate with blueberry pancakes on it and ask sarcastically, "Or did you just want some free food? Too lazy to cook this morning were we?"

My only answer is a fist to my face as I'm sent flying across the room and land in the storage closet. I stand up and walk back to my seat to see all my food gone, now on her plate. Not wanting to get another punch to the face, I walk over to the stove and make myself some food. "Teach ya to be a sarcastic bastard this early in the morning. And yes I have news." She says before taking a bite of her pancakes. Swallowing she says, "There is a spar today between Lucy Heartifilia and Erza Scarlet. It should be interesting."

I smirk and nod and ask the group, "So who would you guys pick, Heartifilia or Scarlet?"

"Heartifilia." They all say in unison before number 3 adds, "I've seen her work in person, she almost caught me using three spirits, all of which aren't her fighter types, which are even stronger than before, I felt their presence and almost froze from the pressure. It was unreal." He shivered at the memory and quickly asked, "what about you Boss?"

"Heartifilia by a mile, it's like you said earlier, way too strong." I state quickly as I'm trying to eat before we have to leave. "When's the spar?"

" 9:00 AM, sharp." Number two says.

"OOOOHHH! We have time to watch before doing our job for the day." I say woofing the last of breakfast, "Time for a fieldtrip guys." I say a I grab my cloak and put it on, the other following suit and we make our way down to the sewers. We go into the sewer and begin our walk to the sparring field.

The walk is quiet until number 5 asks, "Hey Two how long is that blue haired chick gonna be out for? I feel like I might have gone a little overboard…"

"She wont be allowed to leave the infirmary until a week before the wedding, man just how badly did you want to fuck her up?" Two asks and I listen closely wanting to know Five's answer, as he went much farther than what I had asked him to do. We may be assaulting them and doing this on purpose but he went way too far this time. We're professionals, not barbarians.

He sighs and says, "Sorry didn't mean to go that far, I was frustrated by the lack of things to do and was tired from the long walk from camp to the tree, but its no excuse. Boss I apologize for my incompetence."

I smile and nod my head in understanding, "It's ok, I can understand how the solitary life and being forced to do nothing can be mind numbing, just don't let it happen again. Understood?"

"Yes sir!" He responds and I nod my head and continue leading the group towards the sparring field.

'Who would have thought that when we met a year ago that we would already have the chance to finish my plans AND the side project in one fell swoop. I thought for sure it would take a few years at least and numerous failures, but yet here I am, inching closer and closer to success, and yet I wonder, what will happen to us when we succeed? Will we be killed by him? Or will we kill him? Will I feel accomplished or just empty, alone on the top of the mountain that is my goal?'

I am broken out of my reverie by Two saying, "Boss we're coming up on the exit, are you alright? You looked like you were deep in thought, and that in of itself is a scary thought. You thinking. Ugh." Two says as she laughs at me. I pout and she responds, "Oh come on now, don't be mad I was just teasing. So Boss, what's the plan?"

I sigh and say, "We're gonna watch the fight in its entirety it should be pretty short, given my measurement of their powers. Then depending on if they bet on the fight, we watch their reactions and gauge them to see if our plan is working. If it is then when Heartifilia wins, and if everyone bet on Scarlet, then they should be in chock and 'forget' to cheer for Heartifilia. Meanwhile, Two you will go and get the plans to the church and the underground of the church. Everyone good? Good now let's get to it!" I watch as Two nods and heads off, while everyone else joins me in climbing up the ladder to the exit. We exit and immediately find some trees close to the action and where Fairy Tail will sit. We get situated and wait for the carnage to begin.

Later at 9:00 AM

I watch as Levy takes her seat, smirking as she just put some good money down on Heartifilia, and the fight soon begins. Heartifilia quickly calls out three of her spirits and charges, whip in hand. She quickly lands a good combination on Scarlet, as Scarlet requips into her Heaven's Wheel Armor. Wow she was getting serious, Heartifilia… looked like she was still half-asleep and completely disinterested, just like I she would be like. I watch as Heartifilia taunts her, then backs up her talk as she uses her whip to cause Scarlet to fly up, right to where Kurogane, er Gemini actually is as he can transform into whoever he wants, and he smashes her into the ground. Everyone from the guild gasps in shock, jaws hitting the floor and mugs dropping, us however merely groan and Five says, "Well this fight sucks, it's all Heartifilia!" They had never seen Scarlet going so hard, yet be overmatched, it was simply astonishing to them, I laughed at their reaction and knew it wasn't over just yet. True to form, Scarlet had requipped into her Adamantine armor and lessened the blow, she then requipped back into her Heaven's Wheel Armor and attacked Heartifilia directly, going at her at full power. I watch as she begins to attacked, and am not even surprised by Scarlet going at full power against a guild member, yes she truly knows no mercy and her pride is on the line here, losing to the girl known as the damsel in distress? Pitiful. I grow bored as Heartifilia simply dodges all the attacks like they were moving in slow-motion, dodging the last one by lunging out of the way. Mid-lunge she puts out her hand and yells, "Celestial Beam!" as a beam of light pours out from her hand, drawing an 'ooh' from me and an 'ah' from the rest of the group, as her attack pushes Scarlet back to where Capricorn had snuck up to behind her and I sigh as he sends Scarlet flying in the air to where Pantherlily, er Gemini, is now waiting for her, Gemini really does have a knack for impersonating people. I see Taurus moving into position and I know what's about to happen. I look in excitement as I watch as Taurus does a backbreaker and then throws Scarlet harshly to the ground Everyone inhales sharply and I hear a loud cry of shock from someone. I look back and see everyone grumbling and complaining about how bad the fight was, it didn't even last ten minutes and was totally one-sided. My mouth is kept in a seriously painful, big smirk as the master rushes out and ends the fight, saying Heartifilia is the winner. I sigh as I knew this was inevitable, Heartifilia was simply too strong.

I watch as Levy Redfox says "Hey come on guys congratulate Lu-chan." This breaks them out of their trance as they begin a very weak applause, causing her and me to become infuriated with them. I watch her grab Gajeel and say in a very annoyed tone, "Come on let's go congratulate her!" He nods dumbly, still in shock as they both go to where Heartifilia is. She realizes that Scarlet is gone now, walking off with Fernandes. "Great job Lu-chan! That was amazing! Where did Erza go though? I thought she was still here…" Redfox watches as she looks around and sees Scarlet with Fernandes.

Redfox and I both see her face and mood darken and she says quietly, "Thanks Levy-chan, I'm a little tired right now, so I'm going home to take a nap ok?" She says as I realize she's lying through her teeth. "Don't worry its just a stressful week and I wanna get some extra rest, Mira is due to be able to leave and resume the wedding planning schedule soon so I'm gonna rest up before that. Bye Levy-chan!" she says to reassure Redfox but even I can tell she's lying.

Redfox can too and doesn't believe her for a minute but says with a concerned tone, "Ok Lu-chan, take care of yourself." I watch as she leaves and goes off to be alone, and as she leaves I can't help but feel for her. I know what being an outcast is like and wish that fate on no one, it's tough and leads to depression and if not stopped and rectified… let's just say suicide seems like a great plan. I know I was close a couple of times. But what happens next surprises me as Kurogane goes up to his wife and says, "Come on Levy, we'll get the money from Max and go home for the day. Let's go." She nods and turns to look for Max and finds him trying to fend off the angry losers all the while protecting a broom... then she loses her composure and runs over to the losers and yells, "IF YOU'RE STILL UPSET THAT ERZA LOST AND COST YOU MONEY INSTEAD OF BEING HAPPY FOR LU-CHAN THEN YOU IDIOTS CAN HAVE THE MONEY! I DON'T CARE! TAKE IT!" and begin to run home tears freely flowing from her face.

"Well Boss you were right, these guys are complete dicks. They should be congratulating Heartifilia, not complaining about stupid bets. But hey you called it Boss." Number four says.

"Yeah…unfortunately I was. Let's go this is depressing me. Back to camp as soon as they clear out." I say and they all quietly nod and watch the guild members stand there, realizing what they had just done. They all looked at one another and quietly began to leave the field. As soon as they all are gone we jump down from our spot and walk to the sewer.

After we are inside and we had been walking for a while, number 3 broke the silence and asked, "Hey Boss I know this is gonna sound stupid but… are we doing the right thing here? Are we really the good guys or are we doing more harm than good."

"… I don't know to be honest. I think we are doing our best to do the right thing, but does that make us good guys? Sometimes the lines between good and bad blur as the right thing is not always the easy thing. Sometimes one must one walk in darkness to find the light, and that's where I think we are. We are the anti-hero, and we will not fail in our mission. We will do what we came here to do." I say as they all stop when I stop and wait for me to finish my inspirational bull shit. "We will stop the end of the world and we will kill the person we came to kill, then we will chase after him, and when we find him we will kill him. We will kill Zeref."

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A/N: Dun-dun-dun. So there true goal is now clear, but who did they come to kill in Magnolia? You are gonna have to wait to find that out. KEEP SENDING THE LOVE! READ AND REVIEW! ADIOS