Chapter 4: Arriving at the Apartments
Wendy and Carla were dropped off at the Tokiwadai Middle School. They entered the doors and met the housemaster, who was sitting in the lounge area. "I believe you're the new student." She was a tall and slender woman who had shoulder length and brown hair wearing glasses that hid her eyes from view. Wendy sat across holding Carla in her arms feeling utterly awkward after getting a serious stare from the older woman.
Name: Unknown
The Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor
Age: 29
"I take it that feline is your pet, right?" She pushed her glasses back and Carla was getting a little nervous yet she felt offended being called a "pet". Wendy cleared her throat. "Umm, not quite, she's my friend. Her name is Carla and I can ensure she's very polite." Her words showed a hint of nervousness.
The older woman gave the young girl a seemingly unnerving look and pushed her glasses back again. "Well, as long as she doesn't have any...accidents here, I will tolerate her presence here." Carla was about to raise her voice on that detail but Wendy quickly covered her mouth. "That woman is strict and she has the nerve to think I'm housebroken!"
"Please, miss, umm..." Wendy trailed off which the head supervisor noticed. "I'm the Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor of the Tokiwadai Middle School. First, I must inform you that all students need to be back at the dorm before curfew." She took out a sheet of paper. "Also, to know where you'll be staying, there are two dormitories. One of them you shall be outside the School Garden. One of the rooms you'll with your pet and if you're lonely, you can chat with the other girls here." She then picked up a book that was on the table between them. "This is the rule book, our students need to know the rules, and since this is your first time here. I'll give some piece of advice." She had her legs crossed. "I will not hesitate if you or your pet cause trouble here. Also, no boys are allowed unless they're visitors." She handed the rule book to the younger girl who took it gently. "Thanks, ma'am." She smiled brightly.
The head supervisor was flattered by the praise, but she kept her composure. "Moving on, there will be two days off, so, tomorrow, I'll meet up with you sometime at noon here. We can discuss what classes you'll be interested in taking, is that understood?" Wendy nodded politely. "Good.." The older woman clapped her hands. "Kongou Mitsuko, you will show her to their room."
Kongou looked at the new girl. "Well, quite the little cutie are you." She giggled bluntly. "Nice kitty cat, but, a strange looking one." Carla felt like she was going to blow her top. "Strange...am I."
"Thank you, Ms. Kongou." Wendy interrupted with a smile trying to keep Carla in check. "This is going to get awkward...though, this girl seems very nice."
In the sickbay of the Fish Tiger Pirate's flagship. The pilot and Touma Kamijou were on separate recovery beds both were still unconscious, half-naked due to their wet clothes after falling into the cold ocean.
"These two are lucky." An Eel mermaid figure was checking on their bodies, drying them off each one at a time with a dry towel.
Jasmine
Goatsbeard Brotula Mermaid
Aladine's niece
Doctor of the Fish Tiger Pirates
Age: 25
"If they had stayed in that cold ocean any longer, they'd probably catch a bad cold or drown." She had pondered a thought. "Though, it's gonna be hard to dry their clothes, especially with the cold."
A short time later.
Fisher Lily and the rest of her crew were at the diner area. Each member was sitting at a large round table. Lily was looking at Touma's I.D. card. "So, this boy is the grandson of Derek Kamijou."
"No doubt, that means Touma's dad is still alive somewhere in the city or outside," Sanosuke added.
Isaribi had her arms crossed. "To think that we would meet the old man's grandson."
"I wonder if Touma has any knowledge of anything that happened." Vanessa thought to herself.
"Guys." Another mermaid said getting other crew members' attention. "I did an extra check on the ship's inside. So far, no damages."
Arista
Bering Wolffish Mermaid
Den's granddaughter and Tom's grandniece
Shipwright/Coating Mechanic of the Fish Tiger Pirates
Age: 27
"Though, I'm concerned that most of the equipment that we have is small." Arista continued. "So, we'll have resupply for ship items and tools."
Fish Lily had to agree. "Yes, it has been many years since our first arrival here."
"Luckily, we have this map." Another female Fishman was seen. She was wearing a white tank top and mini jeans. She had blonde hair in a ponytail. Her skin was white with vertical yellow stripes all over her body, legs, arms, and hands. She had long dorsal and posterior fins underneath her left and right arms. She wore a Log pose on her left wrist. She was holding a map.
Nasagi
Copperband Butterflyfish Fishman
Age: 19
Navigator/Map Designer of the Fish Tiger Pirates
"According to this map, we should arrive in Academy City in two days or another extra day." She added.
"It's a good thing we upgraded our ship with some equipment," Arista commented. "With our new motor, it should get us to the city a little faster."
Nasagi then had a dreamy expression on her face. "You know, Derek's grandson was sorta cute. I wonder if he's got..."
"Ahem..." Vanessa cleared her throat snapping out her Copperband Butterflyfish Fishman's dreamy state.
"Hey, where are Yuna, Morgan, and Holly?" A female Jaguar was bringing the crew's food. She had long wavy blond hair and wore a chef apron underneath a green dress shirt and black pants. She had large breasts.
Maggie
Jaguar Mink
Age: 20
Sixth Commander/Cook of the Fish Tiger Pirates
"Good, it's eating time!" Sanosuke proclaimed with a drooling mouth at the sight of his plate with chicken wings.
"Watch the drool!" Vanessa retorted comically while bonking the back of the Caribbean Reef Shark Fishman's head.
"Moving on, Yuna, Morgan, and Holly went to dry off our guest's clothes." Fisher Lily confirmed calmly.
Maggie placed three more plates at three empty seats. "They'd better be done soon or their food will get cold." In a split second, Yuna, Morgan, and Holly arrived at their seats.
"Time to eat!" Yuna and Holly glowed excitedly.
"Well, I must say, the food is good as usual," Morgan commented with a small smile.
"That was fast," Vanessa said with a sweatdrop.
Just then, the ship's doctor approached them. "Hey, guys. The two are fine, though, they'll need plenty of rest and warmth. I put two extra blankets and once their clothes dry, get them dressed."
"We'll get Touma dressed!" Yuna and Holly offered raising their arms.
Morgan sighed with her arms crossed. "Can you girls act all grown up for once?"
Sanosuke saw the irony in those words. "Says the girl that's hiding her blushing face." Hearing that earned the Caribbean Reef Shark Fishman a whack on the head leaving a red lump. "Ow..."
Fisher Lily had additional suggestions. "Anyway, it's still dangerous for them to be out here in the ocean, so, I suggest we proceed toward Academy City, is that understood?"
"Yes, captain!" The other crew members saluted.
Somewhere in the City. The strange-cloaked female arrived at an old apartment and took off her cloak hanging on a coat hanger. "It'll be time." She murmured as her teeth gritted in anger. "Damn, after all these years of waiting. I'll be able to exact my revenge."
She swung her arm revealing an old A Certain High School outfit. "To think after all these years of sleeping, that I would be able to see that awake on the day of a different era. No...nothing has changed still blood spilled and discrimination..." She pulled back her hood revealing her face. Her hair was light brown with a ponytail and slim body with two-pack muscles. She opened some old drawers and inside was a small hatch that pulled up and inside was a square-like hole with a red button. She pressed her finger on it and the drawer went down the floor which revealed a large hidden door. "To be sure I'm preparing, I must require the weaponry left by my family."
At the Touma's apartment.
Natsu and the other Fairy Tail adults were dropped off and went to the seventh floor.
"So, this is the apartment."
"Quite bigger than we'd expected," Gray commented.
"According to our rooms, only two will share a room."
Juvia was heartstruck as she hoped that she'd be sharing a room with Gray. "Juvia..." She squealed excitedly.
Erza took out a sheet of paper. "According to our pointed rooms, I'll share a room with Lucy." Lucy nodded.
"Gray will be sharing a room with Natsu and Happy." Natsu couldn't believe it. "Aw, c'mon, how come we have to share a room?"
"Besides that, I'll be sharing with two people." Gray was referring to Happy too.
Erza looked at them with a vicious look on her face freezing the two young male wizards and blue cat. "Is that going to be a problem?"
Gray frozen while whimpering. "Not at all!"
"Aye!" Natsu and Happy said in unison.
"It is for me..." Juvia sobbed comically.
"Moving on..." Erza looked back at the sheet of paper. "Elfman and Mirajane will be sharing a room and Aquapad will be sharing one Lisanna." The Animal Soul Mage and Marlin Fishman's faces went beet red.
"Huh, is that a little too much?" Elfman asked curiously.
"Luckily, each person will have their bed," Erza informed.
Aquapad and Lisanna were a bit relieved to hear that sort of.
"Juvia will be sharing a room with Cana." This shattered Juvia's wish and she sunk to her knees in disappointment.
Cana just shrugged like it was no big deal. "No problem, as long as I can get a drink then I'm game."
"About that..." Erza spoke in a serious tone. "Rules are that you can't drink liquor on a school day or night. So, you can only have them on the weekend." She flipped over another sheet of paper. "Our school days begin in two days, on Monday."
"Rufus will have his own room while Anna will share a room with Yukino," Erza concluded.
"Do you need any help?" A female voice asked and it belonged to a young teenage girl, who was dressed as a maid and was riding on a cleaning bot.
Tsuchimikado Maika
Age 13-14
Classification: Esper
Occopation: Student(Ryouran Maid School)Maid-in-Training
"Who are you?" Erza asked.
"What is that?" Lucy pointed at the machine that the maiden was riding on. Yukino was intrigued. "Wow, such a interesting machine."
"Oh this, it's a cleaning bot, it gives me a ride." The girl replied while slowly spinning around. "Oh, I almost forgot. My name is Tsuchimikado Maika. I'm a student and I attend Ryoura Maid School. In other words, I'm a Maid-in-Training."
Rufus had his own thought on the girl's reply. "A maid-in-training, what is that all about?" He thought
Anna walked over to the young girl. "It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Anna Heartifilla." The young maid gave a friendly smile. "It's an honor to meet you. I hope we can become friends."
Elfman was observing the machine. "Quite the machine. We can use one for the guild." Mirajane had to agree. "Yeah, it could be helpful cleaning the floors."
"Eek!" Maika shrieked covering her eyes while pointing at a certain ice mage. "That guy is stripping!" Everyone looked at Gray, who was stripping his pants off, and halted as soon as he was seen.
Bonk Bonk
Erza delivered two punches on the ice mage's head. "Fool, don't take our clothes before our new friend!"
Juvia was having a nervous breakdown. "Juvia...couldn't see Gray's body first...instead that maid..saw my man's body." Lucy noticed the water mage's reaction. "Figures this would happen." She mumbled with a sweat drop.
"Anyway, let's get to our rooms, we'll need a long rest for tonight after our traveling," Erza advised and the others agreed and went on their way.
Gajeel and Lahara's group arrived at the Family Side.
An apartment where Yomikawa Aiho lived with Accelerator and Last Order.
"Here we are." Aiho pointed out as she got out of the vehicle. "I live on the thirteenth floor. I will show your rooms." She took out a sheet of paper. "I assigned you rooms. Gajeel will share a room with Lily and Levy." Levy's face went beet red. "Also, the two of you will have your beds." Gajeel didn't say a word though his face was turned to hide his blush.
"Primo and Lahara will share a room. Next will be Mest, you'll be sharing a room with Joan and Kovu. Lastly, Usagi will his own room." Aiho concluded. "One more thing, I must warn you that the locks on the apartment doors will have automatic locks. So tomorrow, I will get some key cards for you in case you get locked out."
Levy was intrigued by details. "Wow, the technology here is more advanced than I thought." Primo hated to admit but she was right. "Yeah, more advanced than we ever imagined."
"Anyway, allow me to escort you guys to your rooms," Aiho said as she gestured her new friends to the apartment but stopped. "Also, I have two kids that live with me. They're away at the moment, but, they'll return soon. I'll introduce you guys to them."
Gajeel gave a low grunt. "Tch...I hope they're not a pain." Despite the rude remark, Aiho just smiled. "I think you and your friends will get along." Lily was curious about the two kids who lived with her. "I wonder if she's an adopted mother."
On the ocean, a plane is flying in the air.
"I hope that idiot is on his way. I mean who knew things would start getting out of control so quickly." There was a young man with shoulder-length blond hair that was dyed red. He wore a black priest robe and had a silver ring on each of his ten fingers and earrings on both his ears. A barcode tattoo was under his right eye.
Stiyl Magnus
Age 14
Classification: Magician
Occupation: Priest
Affiliation: Anglican Church(Necessarius)
Magic: Fire/Runic Magic, Innocence
"I heard two individuals found him, two magicians I believe." Sitting on the other row of seats was a young woman about 170 centimeters in height with long black hair tied up in a ponytail that reached her hips. She wore a short white T-shirt tied into a knot at the bottom revealing her bellybutton/navel. She wore dark blue jeans that had one pants leg cut off to be very short.
Kanzaki Kaori
Age 18
Classification: Magician/Saint
Affiliation: Angelican Church(Necessarius)/Amakusa-Style Remix of Church(Priestess)
Magic: Stigma/Amakusa Style Combat
Power Leve: Saint-level
"Don't worry, I believe he'll be on his way." There was a woman that looked about to be eighteen years old. She had crystal-white skin clear blue eyes and shining golden hair.
Laura Stuart
Age Unknown
Classification: Magician
Affiliation: Anglican Church(Former Archibshop)/Necessarius(Former Leader)
Magic: Magic related to her hair
"Touma...Touma..." A young girl mumbled in her sleep. She wore a white modified nun outfit known as "Walking Chruch" "Feed...me food...now...now..."
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
Age 14-15
Classification: Magician
Occupation: Nun in Training
Affiliation: Anglican Church(Necessaries)
Ability: Spell Intercept
At the British Library
"Talk about a major pain. I thought things were supposed to settle down after the war." A browned-skinned woman was sitting at a table looking at some books. She had blond hair that was messy and worn in a loose, wavy bob, with strands radiating around her face and the back of her head as well as layered and jagged bangs. She was wearing pitch-black clothing completely gothic style despite it being tattered all over the place and the lace is slightly yellowish.
Sherry Cromwell
Age Late 20s
Classification: Magician
Occupation: Head of the Royal Academy of Arts
Affiliation: Anglican Church(Necessarius)
Magic: Golem Ellis
"Don't worry, things will settle down. Though, I admit this was quite an unexpected turn." There stood a young woman, who seemed mature despite her height. She wore a black nun outfit and she was looking at her phone watching a video about the family that encountered a pirate ship. "A pirate ship...quite the unusual one, though, I never seen one."
Orsola Aquinas
Classification: Magician
Occupation: Nun-in-training
Affiliation: Roman Catholic Church(Formerly)/Angelican Church(Necessaries)
Magic: Lotus Wand(Temporary)/Divine Mixture Isis-Demeter(Formerly)
"C'mon, do you buy into that nonsense about seeing fish monster?" Sherry asked looking skeptical.
Orsola didn't meet the other woman's eyes. "Not sure, but, whatever the family saw, I feel like something is going on." She was eating some muffins at the table.
"Hey, no eating at the table!" Sherry scolded seeing the crumbs falling on the table just then she got a call from her cellphone. "Hello, this is Sherry Cromwell." After a minute, her eyes became wide with shock. She stood up slamming her free hand on the table and startling Orsola. "What do you mean the helicopter crashed?!"
In Lambeth London.
At St. George's Cathedral
Several of the Amakusa members were in the cathedral room resting after the World War 3 incident
"Talk about a fight. That was quite the war." A tall skinny man wearing very loose clothes, an oversized shirt with a slanted red cross emblazoned upon it. His hair was pitch black and seemed to have hair dye on it. He wore basketball shoes with one-meter shoelaces. He also wore a rope hanging around his neck where four to five mini-fans about 10 centimeters big were hung.
Tatemiya Saiji
Classification: Magician
Affiliation: Amakusa-Style Remix of Church(Substitute Supreme Pontiff)/Angelica Church(Necessaries)
Magic: Amakusa-Style Church
"Yes, though, at least it's over for a while." A large man with black that was short was seen leaning against the wall. He wore a jacket over his shirt with pants.
Ushibuka
Classification: Magician
Affiliation: Amakusa-Style Remix of Church/Anglican Church(Necessaries)
Magic: Amakusa-Style Combat
"Where is Itsuwa?" A young woman with blue eyes and long blond hair was sitting on one of the benches in the aisle.
Tsushima
Classification: Magician
Affiliation: Amakusa-Style Remix of Church/Anglican Church(Necessaries)
Magic: Amakusa-Style Combat
"I believe she's resting after telling her about Touma being alive, I figured she needed to take a break," Saiji felt utterly nervous remembering how he told her about her crush's whereabouts and how she wanted to strike him for not telling her sooner.
"Yeah, it wasn't nice to keep her in the dark." An old man wearing glasses with grey hair wearing a light jacket over a turtle neck sweater with dark pants was sitting on the bench that was behind Tsushima.
Isahaya
Age: 50's
Classification: Magician
Affiliation: Amaksua-Style Remix of Church/Anglican Church(Necessaries)
Magic: Amakusa-Style Combat
"Either way, I hope Touma returns soon, Itsuwa is probably excited to see him again. That reminds me what plan should we use to help her get close to Touma this time." A boy with long dark hair. His face was similar to Kakin Teitoku and he was wearing a suit. He was sitting by a window.
Nomozaki
Classification: Magician
Affiliation: Ammakusa-Style Remix of Church/Anglican Church(Necessaries)
Magic: Amakusa-Style Combat
"Desu, I suggest she should try the new angel maid outfit that Saiji showed her! Su!" A young boy with brown hair wearing a colored sleeveless shirt over a white and shorts.
Kouyagi
Classification: Magician
Affiliation: Amakusa-Style Remix of Church/Anglican Church(Necessaries)
"Yeah, if she manages to seduce her man, it'll surely improve her chances of winning Touma's heart!" Nomozaki beamed ecstatically.
"Hehehehe...yes, as the grandfather of Itsuwa, I have to ensure this plan succeeds." Ishaya chuckled lightly.
Saiji heard a ring on his cell phone and answered while the others kept discussing their next step to helping Itsuwa become closer to Touma.
Tsushima sighed as she dope-slapped the perverted men. "Knock it off, you idiots. Itsuwa has to take things slowly, if she rushes things then it might cause a turn-off."
"What did you say?" The other members turned around after hearing Saiji's yell who had a distressed yet shocked look on his face. "The helicopter that was bringing Touma has crashed! Is this some idea of a sick joke?" The other members were stunned and left speechless though, they were confused about what Saiji was yelling like that.
"What happened to a helicopter that was taking Touma?" There standing at the entrance to the room stood Itsuwa who had a disbelief look on her face.
Back at the ocean.
The Fish Tiger Pirate's ship was the direction to Academy City.
Touma was waking up sitting up on a bed. "Ugh...where am I?" He rubbed his head. "Ow...my head." He looked around to see that he was in a room. "What the hell...where am I?" He saw the pilot who was still unconscious. "Hey, you...are you okay?" He called out, no response so he got out of bed and walked over to the pilot moving his shoulder carefully. "C'mon, are you okay, wake up." He then realized the room he was in was a recovery room. "Hold on, how did I and the pilot get inside this room?" He recalled that the helicopter he was in crashed into the ocean after the copter's machinery malfunctioned. "Why did the helicopter lose control...why was it because of that dream?" He remembered the girl that appeared in his dream. "That girl...she was crying out to me...but why...how did she know my name?"
Knock knock
Touma quickly returned to his bed and laid down as he got under the covers while keeping his face shown. The door began to open slowly as a figure appeared behind the door. "Hello room service." The Imagine Breaker felt a little tense about who was behind the door. "Man, when I'm alive, someone is bringing me dinner...will I get poisoned...rotten luck."
There was Maggie, but only this time she was in human form. She still had blond wavy hair and her chest size was the same with a slender human body. "I see that you're awake." She brought a cart with a plate that had a platter lid on it with orange juice and water. "I brought you something to eat if you were awake." Before Touma could get a word in, two figures came rushing through the door. They were Yuna and Holly, in human form as well, though, they still had the same hair and hair color.
"Touma Kamijou is awake!"
"Glad to see that you're awake, dear!"
Touma was left flabbergasted at the sudden approach but how they mentioned his name got him surprised. "Wait, do you know my name?" He asked suspiciously.
"Your wallet..." Morgan came in and handed over the boy's wallet which the teenage boy took. "Uh...thank you."
"Sorry about that, my friends' approach, they were excited to see you," Morgan said as she brought over the boy's plate revealing a large bowl of broth. Touma's nose caught the scent and felt his stomach growl. "Damn...rotten luck..." He murmured with an embarrassed look.
"C'mon, you must be hungry," Maggie said.
Touma took a spoon and ate some of the broth and felt so satisfied with the taste. "Wow, it's delicious." He began to chow down more.
"Easy no need to wolf it down so fast," Maggie warned softly.
"What about the pilot?" Touma asked.
Jasmine came in human form too though, she was still in her doctor outfit. "He'll be fine, he's been unconscious a few hours."
Then Nagasia arrived at the sick bay. "Excuse me, the captain would like to talk with you, Touma Kamijou." The young teenage boy was puzzled, but, he had a few questions. "Well, can you explain to me why I'm here and who are you guys?"
"I can ensure we'll answer your questions," Morgan assured.
Touma nodded his head as he followed the women out of the room.
Natsu and his friends arrive at the apartments they're staying at while Wendy is staying at the Tokiwadai Middle School, until then, they have some free time for the next two days. The helicopter's crashing soon reaches Touma's allies alerting them. Touma wakes up and meets some of the Fish Tiger Pirates only they're in human form. How is it the Fish Tiger Pirates have a human appearance, only time will tell.
End of chapter.