"Am I the only one bother by the concept of flying cats that talk….?" Luke said as he rubbed Heather's stomach to help soothe her suffering from the motion sickness, only managing to do so just slightly. The Fairy Tail group just looked at Luke oddly, and Carla had a sort of offended look on her face. "…I'll take that as a yes…"
"Actually…" Someone from somewhere in the same car as them said. "I find it quite fascinating such creatures exist."
"…Who said that?" Lucy asked, looking around.
"It wasn't me…" Luke replied.
"Not me…" Cynthia groaned.
"Same here…" Wendy said.
"Fiish…." Happy said to himself, still believing that the cargo they were supposed to protect held multiple exotic fish.
"I did," A male raised his hand from the seat on the opposite side of Luke. This male had yellow hair, green eyes, blue pants, boots, and a gray shirt.
"…And you are…?" Heather managed to say, holding back a groan.
"You shouldn't waste energy speaking when you're clearly suffering," the male replied before continuing on. "My name is Magnus, tactician for the guild, Cosmic Star."
"Cosmic…" Lucy started.
"Star…?" Natsu groaned.
"Never heard of that guild before," Wendy said, bringing her free hand up to tap her chin, looking out the window as she began to think to confirm her statement.
"We are…a relatively new guild," Magnus said slowly. "We've only been around for five months, you see."
"Five months…?" The particular timing caught Cynthia's attention. "That's just after…" She suddenly stopped when the train hit a bump, causing the train to rumble slightly, resulting in the three suffering Dragon Slayers to let out a loud groan.
"Fiore's End? Oh, I'm well aware of that, Cynthia Viscard." Magnus replied.
"It's Cynthia ROSE…" Cynthia said with a low growl and a mixture of groaning.
"Oh, right, excuse me," Magnus said, waving a hand apologetically.
"Let's not talk about that incident…" Wendy said quietly, a frown appearing on her face.
"Yeah, that wasn't exactly the best time for anyone…" Luke coughed slightly, looking down to his stomach, lifting his shirt of slightly, reminiscing on the scar his stomach held.
"I apologize," Magnus said with a nod. "Perhaps I can repay you by telling you what this shipment we're protecting is?"
"We're?" Carla raised an eyebrow. "You're on this job as well?"
"And are you sure the people who didn't tell us won't mind…?" Lucy asked.
"Oh, I'm sure they won't," Magnus nodded. "Besides, I deduced it myself."
"You what…?" Heather asked, attempting to sit up straight, but found that she was unable to do so.
"Is it FISH!?" Happy asked, suddenly in Magnus' face with sparkling eyes.
Magnus pushed Happy out of his face, shaking his head after with a slight chuckle. "I'm going to have to say no, it's not fish." With that last statement, Happy's dreams shattered like glass, and he just sat on the seat next to Natsu, bringing his arms around his knees as he went silent from depression due to the harsh reality he was given.
"Now that that idea is out of his head…" Carla sighed. "What is this cargo?"
"I know not of its name, but I know it's a recently discovered element," Magnus replied.
"A new element?" This peaked Luke's interest slightly, still massaging Heather's stomach as she held in her groans, but he turned some of his attention to Magnus.
"Indeed. It's supposed to have some sort of special quality, but without further research on it," Magnus replied. "But, it's rather important if they want wizards to protect it. So perhaps we'll be able to inquiry some information should this train get to the factory without trouble."
"I'm interested to see what this is…" Lucy said.
"I'm interested in getting off this train…" Natsu groaned.
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Erza, Gray, Reve, Zalen, Bacchus, Blues, and Daryan exited the requester's house. Reve was rubbing his ears, groaning slightly. "Geez," Blues started, shaking his head slightly. "Are you sure the job wasn't listening to him ramble about EVERYTHING for hours..?"
"I barely survived that…" Gray said, shaking his head slowly.
"I don't see what you guys are complaining about," Daryan said with a smile on his face. "I thought what he had to say was interesting!"
"You can't be serious…" Reve said, raising an eyebrow towards Daryan.
"Takes all kinds I suppose," Zalen said.
"Did anyone actually catch what we were supposed to do? I kinda stopped paying attention after thirty minutes in…" Bacchus said.
"I didn't…" Blues sighed.
"Same here…" Erza let out a small "tch" noise.
"Well," Daryan started with his voice a bit cocky. "If you guys were listening fully, it would've made sense!"
"Oh? What did he say then?" Reve asked, waiting for an immediate answer. However, Daryan complied faster than Reve expected.
"The castle nearby has been abandon for nearly three years, yes? Well, there's something in that castle that old man wants. He didn't even hint towards the name in his story, but I gather it's something important if he wanted an S class mage to do the deed." Daryan explained.
"Huh…not bad…" Bacchus said with a nod.
"Heh, thank you, thank you," Daryan said with a bow, pointing over in the direction of the castle. "He said it was over this way!" Daryan then nodded, breaking into a sprint towards the direction he pointed in.
"I really don't like that guy…" Reve said, walking along with Zalen.
"He's…interesting…to say the least…" Zalen said over to Reve.
"We only have to stick with him for this mission," Blues said over to the White Eclipse mages.
"I could say the same thing for you guys, too," Reve said, shrugging off any annoyance coming from the Fairy Tail mages. As the group walked towards the castle, they weren't aware of the love crazed water mage following behind them, keeping her eyes on her beloved Gray. Juvia silently followed behind them. But, even Juvia was unaware that she was also being followed. Well, not her in particular, but the group as a whole. Three butts rose from behind a rock, looking around as though they were people for a few seconds before jiggling up and down, almost as if the butt in the center was having a conversation with the other two butts around it. After a few seconds the butts slowly moved down back into hiding.
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On a patch of high ground in the middle of a dense forest, two hooded figures kept their eyes on a large mansion in the middle of the forest; otherwise known as Silent Sanctum's guild; one figure removed their hood, revealing themselves to be none other than a criminal on the run from the Magic Council, Jellal Frenandes; along with Jellal was his only other partner, Meredy. The two together made up the guild known for destroying dark guilds; Crime Sorciere. "This was the place, right?" Jellal asked Meredy, who nodded for confirmation.
"This is the place…" Meredy said.
"So, our intel was correct…" Jellal said aloud, but mainly to himself.
"You mean the people talking around town about how an elderly woman was kidnapped…?" Meredy asked.
"Yes, that Intel…" Jellal cleared his throat. "Anyway…"
"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Meredy asked. "This is Silent Sanctum…this dark guild isn't something we should take lightly…I don't think the two of us alone could take them all down. Even that Jikan man from before, he was their Master, right?
"That's not our mission right now," Jellal replied. "We're going to sneak in, find that eldery woman, and sneak out, as fast as possible, I might add. We cannot risk any confrontation. I know this guild is very powerful, so we must tread lightly. I know that Jikan has powerful time magic, as he displayed before. But I have an idea how to counter it so long as we both stay at least twenty two feet away from him." Jellal's body then lit up in a heavenly glow. "I'm going to scout the area…stay right here, and don't move unless necessary."
"Alright…" Meredy nodded. She had many questions about Jellal's plan, but for now, the only thing she could do is trust him.
"Meteor…" Jellal then flew up; his speed increased drastically by his Heavenly Body Magic, and started to survey the guild, looking for any openings.
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Takeru and Arc landed in an open field scarcely covered with vegetation, but mostly covered in gravel. "The first job is here?" Arc asked as Takeru hopped off his back.
"Mhm, it says we just have to…uh…" Takeru blinked a few times, realizing something.
"…Something wrong?" Arc asked.
"This…this DOES say south, right?" Takeru asked, placing the flyer in front of Arc's face, then quickly retracted it, realizing Arc couldn't see with the bandages. "Oh…right…"
"…You don't know what it says?" Arc asked.
"Well…I assumed it said south…" Takeru replied.
"…You can't read, can you?" Arc said.
"…Sssh…" Takeru sighed, defeated.
"Oh, there's something far more upsetting to be worried about than lack of reading skill," A voice said as it neared the two.
"What…?" Takeru looked around, unfamiliar with the voice or scent that was nearing him. Before he and Arc knew it, several magic circles appeared on their bodies, causing the magic within their bodies to explode, causing a cloud of smoke to appear. Aloysius, the ace of Silent Sanctum, walked forward, dusting his hands off with a sinister grin.
When the smoke cleared, Takeru was in his Shadow Drive, his body giving off a pitch black aura while his hair floated up slightly. "Who…!?"
"Hello," Aloysius greeted the two casually. "I wanted to greet you. I'm glad you took the bait."
"He's no ordinary mage…" Arc said, seemingly unfazed by Aloysius' Rupture Magic, but in reality, the damage he took was greater than Takeru's, mainly because Arc was stronger, thus having more magical energy to manipulate.
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Chelia and Orga walked into an old, abandon town. The atmosphere of the town caused shivers to crawl up her spine, in turn, causing her to shiver just slightly. "I don't like this place…" Chelia said to Orga. "Let's hurry up and finish whatever it is we're supposed to do…"
Orga simply nodded; it didn't seem as though he were affected by the town's atmosphere. "Hm…I wonder what it is they want…" After ten minutes, the two walked into the town's square, where two hooded figures were standing, waiting for them. "Huh?"
"People?" Cehlia tilted her head slowly. "What are they doing here…?"
"Are you the god slayers we requested?" A feminine voice asked from the middle of the square.
"U-Uh, yeah!" Chelia nodded, pointing to herself. "The Sky God Slayer of Lamia Scale, Chelia Blendy!" Chelia nodded a few times after her introduction, then looked to Orga, waiting for him to introduce himself.
"I am Orga Nanagear!" Orga said, pulling a microphone out of nowhere. "Lightning God Slayer of the soon to be number one guild in Fiore, SABERTOOTH!" Orga sung the last part of his little introduction; his horrid singing voice causing the other three around him to flinch noticeably, however he didn't notice it at all, and the microphone in his hands vanished as quickly as it appeared.
"His singing needs work…" The female said, throwing off her hood to reveal her face. Diana's was actually an attractive female, with black eyes and black hair tied into a ponytail, reaching her lower back. She also had a slightly visible tattoo that ran down her upper left chest down her arm, and she wore black leather gloves that exposed her fingers.
"I agree…" Blake was next, throwing off his hood, revealing his short, white hair, red eyes, and black suit.
"Eh…?" Chelia blinked. "Who are you guys?"
"And what do you want with God Slayers?" Orga asked.
"Oh, that's quite simple, actually," Diana replied while examining her nails, not really paying much attention to the two god slayers or what was going on. "Oh…I'm going to need a manicure after this…my nails are atrocious…" She mumbled to herself, basically leaving Blake to do the explaining.
"It's simple, actually," Blake said, continuing where Diana left off. "My wife and I only wish to…test your powers."
"Test our powers?" Chelia blinked a few times, and then looked to Orga, then Diana and Blake.
"You are God Slayers, correct? We just want to see if you God Slayers are as powerful as they say," Blake continued.
"So, a fight?" Orga crossed his arms, smirking slightly.
"Oh, yes, indeed," Blake nodded. "If you two God Slayers manage to defeat my wife and I, we will hand you your reward and continue on our separate ways, however, if you don't, then well…"
"A fight? That's a little weird, but we accept, right?" Chelia asked Orga.
"Indeed!" Orga nodded.
"Oh, are we starting?" Diana yawned, placing her hands behind her head.