Oh boy! This sure took a while!
Alright guys, this is the moment I begin to show you one of the gimmicks this fic will have, and I hope you all enjoy it.
This is one of the first ideas I had when this fic came to mind and I am happy I get to use it!
At this point, the story will derive from the canon path and towards a different one.
I promise to do my best in order to entertain you all with this story.
Now I present to you a Randy-Original chapter and the start of the Eisenwald Arc!
*Note: I have never thought I would write 'as she' so many times, the unedited version had over 200, cut that down to under 50*
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The group made it back to the guild hall. It's been a day since the entire bit with Everlue, mostly everyone was sitting at a table. Rias and Lucy both looked down, still disappointed about losing the money(more so losing to Xenovia again for Rias).
"Don't tell me you're still upset about it, it's only natural for you to lose."
Rias grits her teeth as she nearly sees red. "What does THAT mean!?"
"The lord was with me in victory."
"Well he wasn't with you when you had Durandal, that's for sure."
That remark put a pause on Xenovia's face. She looked down, remembering that she lost her personal weapon during the mission.
"You know, I can ask my spirits to search for it, Durandal right?"
"Thank you Lucy, you truly are a gift of God."
"Hehe, well, it's no big deal, it may take a while though, since Virgo is pretty far from my other Zodiacs."
"I can wait, I'll just have to find something else to fight alongside with."
"Pretty sure there's some great holy sword somewhere just waiting for you to grab." Rias said
"But still, that whole thing with Everlue was pretty intense." Lucy said remembering everything that happened at Shirotsume town.
"You bet, still think we can find a job for us to do? I'm enjoying doing this wizard stuff myself and I don't want to lose it due to lack of funds you know?" Said Rias, who was going to get up from the table and look for a job.
"Funds? you don't say?"
The three look up to see Cana lifting a barrel of beer over her head.
"Uh… hello?" Lucy said.
"Ah come on, where's the enthusiasm for big sis Cana?"
"Um-"
"Anyway I hear that you are already having money troubles? Didn't y'all get two million recently?"
"We would have if someone decided to not bet whether to take it or not all on Rock Paper Scissors!" Lucy said as she looked at Rias who was shocked that she was being blamed for it.
"Hahahaha! Damn you guys are already infected by the Fairy Tail bug!"
Cana leans back and takes a sip of her barrel, she takes a few seconds but she relents on it, and throws it in a corner emptied of its contents.
She sighs. "Nothing better than a light sip of beer."
"LIGHT SIP?! She cranked the entire thing in one go!" The other girls thought.
"Anyways, I was raised here nearly my entire life, pretty sure I was a member before even Laxus was. So, in this case, you can say that I have a… responsibility to show newby's like you the ropes."
She reaches behind her and takes out a flyer she had." So how about we go on a girls trip, to get to know each other and all that." She says with a smile.
"Just the four of us?"
"No, bring in that other chick, and some other girls from the guild will be on it too."
"What about Kunou and the guys?"
"Nope, kids are great, don't get me wrong, every woman wants one at some point, but we need some time to ourselves, am I right?"
She puts the flyer on the table for the three to see.
"Plus, this isn't something a girl can handle."
They look on the flyer to see the details.
"You think stopping a gang of bandits is what passes for fun?" Lucy said incredulously.
"We stopped one criminal, why not another?" Rias said
"I happen to agree, why not go further?"
"GREAT! Get that other girl and meet me out in the front in about twenty to thirty minutes, ok? Bye!" Cana said while leaving.
"O…k." Said Rias
"She seems… pretty insistent on wanting us on this trip." Questioned Lucy.
She then grabs the flyer and looks once again, seeing if anything involves a blonde girl, but finds nothing.
"The Vatican would often have trips like that with new exorcists. I remember mine with Griselda-San in Mexico."
"Well then, let's go find Rossweisse." Lucy said as she and the others got up from the tables
"We got to tell the others as well."
"Where… are they actually?"
"You're talking about your teammates right?"
The girls turn to find a small sized file with blue hair similar to Xenovia, she wears an orange dress.
"Hey! My name's Levy…"
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A member of Fairy Tail
Leader of Team Shadowgear
Levy McGarden
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"…Levy McGarden!" The mage introduced herself.
"Oh well hello Levy, I'm Lucy, this is Rias and Xenovia." Lucy introduced herself and her friends who both wave at her.
"So… I'm guessing Cana's bringing you guys on a trip m, huh?"
"Yeah, you were watching that?"
"She invited me as well, guess we are going to be pretty well acquainted by the end of the day?"
"Hehe, guess so. But do you know where the others are?" Lucy asked Levy.
"Uh yeah, but only the guys, they are right over there, one's eating a meal and the other is working on their gun." She said, pointing towards a table that was against the wall.
It was far but they managed to make out the small forms of Sento and Vali.
"Thank you, may God bless you." Xenovia said as she walked on towards them. Rias follows, powering through a migraine as Lucy takes notice of a small detail.
"Gun?"
"So he just left after you beat him?" Sento asked the now returned Vali, who was recapping the events of his quest.
"Did you even get his name?"
"Naw, flew off to get stronger, or at least that's what he said while flying." Said Vali. He appears to be treated for his injuries as he was covered in bandages.
"Flew?"
"Sprouted wings and everything."
"You seem a little happy about that, didn't you say you were one of the strongest people in your world, before you got debuffed?"
Vali smirks as he chuckles a bit. "How can I not? This world has so many strong fighters, and despite the circumstances, these humans are far stronger than from my world."
He says with a smile admitting to the fact. Out of all the beings Vali has battled, the amount of humans faced has always been a little over his total fingers . "And now, the chance of fighting people even stronger, like the guild master, I'm just so excited to finally have a proper challenge instead of doing Azazel's damn work!" He says as he keeps thinking of the fights he will have as he goes back to dine on his lunch.
"Azazel's one of those fallen angels right? Ain't he used to be a big shot in Heaven?"
"Yep, he was before he-"
"Hey Guys!"
Both turn around to find the girls approaching them.
"Yo, what do you all want?"
Rias walked in front of them." Well, you see, some older members wanted to-How did you get a gun?!" Said the devil when she noticed that while Vali was eating, Sento was working holding onto an entire gun.
"Well, when I found out Vali came back I thought I checked up on him, he was being patched up in the forest area by the guild doctor."
"Hell of an old hag, she sure knows her stuff."
"No kidding, you think Florence Nightingale reincarnated as her, efficient like her as well." Sento agreed.
"As I was saying, we were walking in town and some guy tried to rob us with this." He said while holding said weapon.
"We broke his legs and left him in front of the station, I took this as my own, by right of victor goes the spoils."
"We have magic guns?!" Rias said.
"Yes, but this sucks to hell so I'm trying to make it better, what were you going to ask?" He said as he went back to work on it.
"We got magic guns- Um, well… some older members wanted to get to know us better so they organized a little girls trip for us."
"And we want to go on it so we're letting you guys and Kunou know."
"Ain't Kunou a girl too?"
"Yeah but the mission is to deal with bandits that have taken hold of a town, and well…"
"You all didn't say anything when we were breaking and entering Everlue's place so what's the difference?"
"That was a book, this is a group of bandits."
"Everlue was a bandit, he was robbing entire bloodlines."
"Um… well-" Lucy said, remembering the book that also contained the huge list of crimes Everlue committed during his reign.
So you could say she was a little stumped about what to say next.
"-Calm down I'm just messing with you all." He said in a joking manner. "What else is on the flyer?"
Xenovia who was holding said flyer and showed it to them.
"All we know is that they are led by a dangerous woman who is called the 'Velvet Slinger' an A rank criminal that has been on the run for a while."
"Anything else? Like previous history or anything about the town?"
"No, nothing except that she usually works alone."
"Sounds like she's got something big going on." Sento says as he thinks about what's on the flyer.
"You girls be careful alright, if you want to still go on it you have to keep your guards up, you hear? I don't like the situation one bit."
Normally, Sento would be suspicious about the sudden roadtrip, hearing all about the nature of magus, but there was something that stopped that thought. Most likely his conversation with Makarov a few days ago.
It brought… a feeling of reassurance to him.
"I'm sure you girls can pull through." He says
"Alirght!" Rias yelled as she turned towards the other girls. "Let's get rolling!"
The girls leave the boys alone, they decide to go back to their previous conversation.
"So how did he fall?"
"That old man fell because he wanted to see Gabriel's tits."
"Really? That simple? I can understand if he was in love but he fell like some worthless pervert." Sento says as he continues to upgrade his gun.
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…
…
"Your… not gonna ask?" Vali said, confused.
"Ask what?"
"About Gabriel having tits? That she was a woman instead of a man?!"
"Oh! No,I heard you say it the first time."
"You… don't even seem shocked."
"Vali, you don't even have an idea how many people in history were women all this time. Trust me, Gabriel ain't nothing special."
"That's… something new to say about her." Vali thought.
Anyone from the DxD verse would know about how Gabriel was one of, if not THE beautifulest woman in the Supernatural. Many(and dare I say MANY) have lusted after her, Vali himself even heard what his father and grandfather say about her once in a while. So it was weird to hear someone say anything normal(or so indifferent) about her, especially to say 'nothing special.'
"I wonder about that old crow's reaction to that statement." He says imagining the sheer shock Azazel will have. A chuckle escaped from his lips at the thought of his outrage at the proclamation.
At the front of the guild, the girls are at the front after informing Rossweisse, who agreed rather insistently on going.
When they get there, they are met with Cana, Levy and three other girls
Cana noticed them and waved hello. "So you're all here! Are you ready?"
"Yes but-" Lucy said but was interrupted by Cana. "No formalities, just call me Cana, now what were you sayin?"
"Um, may I ask why you wanted us to come?"
"Ain't I said it before? A girls trip! What better way to know a gal than kicking some ass together?!"
One of the girls interjected. "Oh please you just did this simply because the town has some special wine you probably drink on some random Tuesday!"
The woman who said this was a tall woman who had green hair and was wearing a cowboy hat. She wears a short, strapless plain blue one piece dress. She also had a scarf filled with polka dots on it.
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A member of Fairy Tail
The Gunner Mage
Bisca Mulan
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"Come on Bisca! Does everything I do have to involve booze?"
"You're holding one in your hand right now, Cana!" This time it was Levy who said this as she pointed toward one of Cana's hands which was holding a beer bottle.
"Eh, you're right, I wouldn't be me without booze."
"Well you wouldn't be your own persona without a bottle in your grasp."
The girl who said this was one who had short purple hair who had glasses on. She wears a light color coat paired with tight pants on. She had a red bow tie on the top of her head.
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A member of Fairy Tail
Laki Olietta
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"Anyway…" the girl said. "We have yet to explain ourselves, I'm Laki, a concurrent member of Fairy Tail as well as the rest of these individuals."
"We can introduce ourselves thank you very much." Said a woman with brown hair and a striped black dress. She wears gloves and shoes in the shape of animal paws.
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A member of Fairy Tail
Demon Princess
Mickey Chickentiger
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"Alright!" Cana said as she finished the bottle in her hand.
"Who's ready to have the time of your lives girls!" She screams in the air.
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Mission 3: The Velvet Slinger Strikes!
An up and coming indivi-
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"CANA!"
The voice of one Mirajane puts a hold on the excitement.
"Crap!" Cana said as she turned around to see Mirajane walk towards the girls.
"What's up Mira?" She said, trying to play it cool, hoping that whatever she did could be, .
"Flyer. NOW!" But, that didn't squat against Mira.
"Ah fine! There ain't nothing hidden anyway, you know I follow the rules."
She handed the flyer to Cana and she looked at it for a moment, she then put her hand over it and seemed to cast a spell on it, but nothing seems to happen.
Mirajane sighs before handing it back towards Cana. "I'm sorry, but the rules are rules Cana."
"You worry too much, it's just a girl trip, maybe you want to tag along? You know for old time's sake?"
Mirajane just waved her hands to politely refuse." You know I don't go on quests anymore."
"Oh well, it was worth a try."
"But still, I was a bit suspicious with this sudden team-up, you usually don't do that much, especially with this many people?"
Cana gets a little closer to Mirajane and without anyone noticing gives her a red card.
"Just to get to know the newbies more, nothing else, promise."
Cana went back towards the girls waiting for her.
"What was that about?" Lucy asked, unsure of what happened.
Cana simply waved her off. "Nothing much, she's just making sure we follow the rules."
"And what rule did she think you broke? Just asking of course?" Rossweisse questioned.
"Making sure I didn't drag you all on an S class mission by mistake."
"Oh! Wizards who are on a whole different level from the usual rabble." Rias spouted, using her anime logic to fill in that gap." They all start at the bottom at D, then goes up from C,B,A,and then S! Are you by any chance…?"
"Yep, your big sis Cana is the one and only S class mage!" She said, raising her arms expecting praise.
"Why is S above A if it's in alphabetical order?" Xenovia questioned quietly.
"Well we can explain it further on the train, it's going to leave soon." Levy said as she turned around to head to the station. The others follow suit to catch.
The main girls are behind them, Lucy however felt a little worried, something which Rias caught on.
"You alright Lucy?"
"Yeah, just a bit nervous that's all."
"Can't blame you, this is a pretty big jump from the last one, but that just makes it all more exciting!" Rias said, trying to calm Lucy down.
Said girl only made a sigh." I guess so, but still, I guess things can't go wrong with all these people. Or at least, nothing seriously wrong?"
"That's the spirit Lucy!" Rossewiesse said surprisingly, which got noticed by the others.
"You seem pretty excited yourself?" Questioned Rias, a little surprised herself about the Valkyrie's attitude.
"Yep, guess what I figured out?" Rosseweisse said in a sing-song way. She held her hand out and a magic circle appeared, but it wasn't just the same as what she was using before.
"Took a while but I learned how to use the magic style this land has, albeit it's only the beginning steps, but I'm satisfied at the moment."
"Really! I've been trying to learn for hours but got nowhere with it!" Rias said, rather condescendingly due to how she wanted to use magic.
Well, she can use magic… but it's not this world's magic, though I guess it wouldn't really matter in the end.
"How is that any different from what you'd use before?" Lucy questioned.
"Well, there are different ways for magic to be used, here look at these two for example."
Rossweisse took the magic circle she had now and took a rune in her other hand. They both spill small flames.
"They're both the same spell, but different cultures around the world access them differently and sometimes they can go hand in hand on creating bigger effects."
"I've never seen that before?" This time it was Levy who was listening in on the conversation. As soon as she saw the example her curiosity got the best of her.
"I didn't think you guys were from out of the country? Do you have any other examples of magic styles? I would love to see them." She asked Rosseweisse.
"You can do that on the train ride, if we can get there you SLOWPOKES!" Cana's voice was heard, causing the rest to hurry up and catch up.
They made it to the station and everyone had already gotten their tickets.
"ALL RIGHT! LET'S DO THIS ONE MORE TIME?" Yelled Cana, getting some attention from other passengers, but mostly those from out of town, the locals didn't pay much attention to anyone from Fairy Tail when they did their antics.
"Who's ready for the time of your lives!"
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Mission 3: The Velvet Slinger Strikes!
An up and coming individual has come and harassed the town for the week! But it seems there's more to this trip than meets the eye?
Party: Cana Alberoa, Rias Gremory, Lucy Ashley, Xenovia Quarta, Rossweisse,Levy McGarden, Laki Olietta, Bisca Mulan, Mickey Chickentiger
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[Mirajane Strauss POV]
I returned back towards the bar as I held the card Cana gave me. It was one of her messenger cards, they pre-record a message similar to the letters used. Cana managed to figure out how to replicate the process and make it mass produced, perfect to play tricks at the harvest festival. There was that one time for the endurance race.
I wonder what she wanted to say.
I poured magic into the card as a small magic circle appeared in its center. A small Cana appeared only half way up with her back faced towards her.
"Hey Mira, I know you're probably thinking that something serious is going on, well, it kinda is."
"Does she have to say it all like some spy novel, back to the listener?" I said in my head as I kept looking at mini-Cana. Who then points towards her front, towards the tables.
"This S-class stuff really was a pain in the ass, how you Erza, or the others deal with this is beyond me. Should at least tell a girl about the extra work."
"What? But I'm not-" I then realized what was wrong.
"Oh, I'm holding it backwards." I said, chuckling a bit to myself as I turned the card around.
"Anyways." Cana continued. "Master has told me and the others about how there's been a rise in dark guild activity."
Mini-Cana takes a sip of beer for a moment.
"Small time guilds seemed to be moving in an organized fashion, mostly ones under Oracion Seis."
That caught my attention, but that does understand why she took that many girls, but why the new ones?
"It doesn't appear that they are taking actions themselves, but their lackeys-lackeys are. Plus, being very sneaky about this, they were even hiring small-time thugs and mercenaries to help cover their tracks. Master believes there's going to be something big soon as he wants us to investigate any and all mishaps in Ishgar."
The new tidbit of information was not helpful at all, and just makes whatever she's doing with them for-!
"Is she purposefully making it long to distract me!?" I mused.
The thought brings a bit a of a headache that gets worse by the minute, as Cana was usually very playful when she goes for missions, and sure, the mission wasn't S class but still if its going to involve the Balam Alliance then WHY DID SHE THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO BRING IN THE FRESH MEA-.
I take a deep breath, the sudden revelations are bringing out the old-dead- me now, that's not good at all, no one wants to see the old me anymore!
Cana must have had something planned, maybe the mission was a front afterall Cana's smart, maybe it's to take a break from searching, yeah that's right! Cana wouldn't actually bring them on something so dangerous.
"Don't worry, from the list of suspected dark guilds and hired goons hired that we got the Velvet Slinger ain't even on the list. I'm just tired of dealing with them for a moment, especially after all that shit with Goblin Nail last week. Besides, I'm actually interested in getting to know them, especially Mini-Erza."
"Oh Thank Mavis, you really had me worried for a second." A smile makes a way on my face.
Mini-Cana now had a sad expression on her face. I don't know what could cause that besides her not getting a beer bottle.
"… though the real reason for the quest was,… I made a divination on the name 'Dragneel.'"
…
"Oh Cana." I said, fully understanding what was happening. I'm surprised I didn't notice what she was doing earlier.
"She still believes huh?"
"I found a hit, and it just so happened to be there. I didn't want to spend time dealing with some nobody so I asked the girls on the guise of a girls trip to get to know the newbies."
The small Cana had a smile on her face, her eyes filled with hope as if she was a child and found something special.
"I found something Mira!" She said loudly, louder than she would usually due. She acted less like the raring consistent drunk woman, but more of the little cheerful girl, who was so outgoing about how she would be S class, someone who was always as polite as can be before she found her way to the bottom of a bottle.
"There's a chance that they're ali-"
The message stopped, because I stopped pouring magic in it. The visage of Cana disappeared. I put the card down from my face as I walked towards a section of the bar, a little cabinet section near the cashier.
I grabbed the one on the far left and opened it. A small box was there and I opened it and was about to put the card in, not bothering to finish the message.
"Hey Mira?"
I turn to find Gray's voice, he was sitting, naked as usual,
"I guess he heard most of the message." I mused as I could guess what he wanted. He had his own pain from what happened. I threw the card in his direction as he caught it.
I didn't mind if he had it, it would probably be way better…
"…Then putting it in this box." I thought, closing the box and the cabinet.
And leaving it along with the other similar cards, nearly making a small pile, made by not only their materials, but of the several instances of several attempts she made searching for those two.
My little sister and her… were they always friends or were they something more and she hadn't bothered to notice.
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[Rias Gremory POV]
This is so much fun getting to know the other girls.
Levy is like Sona with her obsession to read books and study, but acts more like Serafall with that cheerful attitude she has. She and Rossweisse spend the entire time talking about other cultures' magic.
"Hehehe, that's soooooooooooooooo gonna bite us in the back later on."
Speaking of magic, Levy uses Solid Script Magic, which totally fits her. It's also pretty versatile, make a word and Bam! It becomes it.
Then there's Bisca; a real magic cowgirl! And God(ow) did she have a lot of guns, she even pulled a bazooka! Not sure how they managed to make that but I want one!
Oh yeah, apparently she had run-ins with the Velvet Slinger during her time before she joined the guild. That means secret backstory!
Laki is a nice person to speak to, though I don't get why the others are so wary of her when she is speaking.
She uses wood magic, or rather 'wood-make' magic. The supposed maker magic is a sub-series that involves taking magic and making an object out of it. Levy said that theoretically it can be used with any kind, including non solids. The guy that's always in his underwear-Gray- uses an ice version of it.
I wonder if there was an air-make would it just be invisible or have an outline?
Anyway getting ahead of myself, And finally there's Mickey. Apparently, she wasn't even invited to the trip, but did because, in her words, 'It looks fun.'
But I don't know if that's true because her face is constantly in a snarl or a frown, I would have thought it was the only face she could make if it weren't for that cute bird she has.
She's more of a physical fighter and rarely ever uses her magic. In that manner, she uses yellow fire magic. Which is fire… that's yellow… and it doesn't burn… but at least it boosts physical attributes!
Yeah, apparently fire has a rainbow to it but that's magic for you. I bet those magicians in my world would be eager to use it!
We should be arriving at the town where the bandits were supposedly at soon, oh Cana's coming back right now.
Speaking of Cana, she's by far the strongest mage we had
"So Everlue really was partaking in devious acts." Laki said holding her glasses, she was discussing with Lucy about our previous job. " And that the subject of the quest held a major part in it."
"Yeah, to be honest it was only because of my love for Zaleon's books that I actually noticed something off."
"Zaleon?" I look to see Levy's attention taking off from the culture discussion she was having with Rossweisse. "As in Kemu Zaleon? I love his books! Wait… YOU READ AN UNRELEASED WORK!"
Oh now she's definitely not interested in Rossweisse anymore, further proved correct as she leaped towards Lucy and shook her shoulders.
"TELL. ME. EVERYTHING!"
"NOt.. AgAin!" Lucy unfortunately said as she was once again put in the same situation again.
Bisca chuckles at the scene. "You better start talking or Levy won't stop until she does."
Despite the going chaos, I went over towards Rossweisse, trying to make some talk.
"That's a little rough don't you think?"
"Nah, it's ok." She replied, not even bothered that Levy left so abruptly.
"So, what do you think of everything so far?" Rias asked.
The question took Rossweisse by surprise a little, she thought about it for a moment until she answered.
"I've… somewhat finished processing that we're not home."
…
"Oh… Um." I falter a bit, not really sure where to go with the conversation.
"And I'm a little worried about how calm and happy I am about it."
It gets my attention for a moment.
"Usually at this time, I would be hounding Odin to get to work or I would be worrying myself over filling out paper work, but now, not being able to do that and not have to do that feels a little liberating if I can call it that."
You know… she's not wrong about that.
My engagement with Riser was going to happen sooner or later, I've been subconsciously counting down the days until it happened. And that's been getting to me, due to the fact that my only reprieve would be a rating game(Or lose my virginity and oh my looking back I never realised how willing I was to lay with anybody.), I've been scouring any and everyone in Kuoh for potential to defeat Riser.
Now that I think about it, this is the calmest I've been, what do you know? The stress was really getting to me. Another plus for the isekai journey.
But what about when I get back? They will probably speed up the marriage as soon as I return. But that's a problem for future Rias, present Rias is now going on an adventure, one many wish to be on. I'll enjoy every bit of it as much as I can.
"As naive as I think it is, just relax, think of it as a vacation. Sooner or later we can make it back, just make it to the end."
I lean back on the chair, taking in a breath, realizing how good it felt to do that, or was it always like this?
"Do you really think we can go back?"
"Have too, just got to reach the end of the story."
We have too, we have been taken in by someone, we can be taken back. That's how it always works in the isekai genre.
Will it take a while? Yeah, but that's ok, nothing wrong with that.
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[Earthland POV]
"THANK YOU FOR COMING!" Said an elderly man who was kneeling on the floor. " I didn't expect so many mages to come here, especially from Fairy Tail. You will all be rewarded handsomely for this."
Levy was the first to speak." Thank you mister, the flyer said something about bandits, but could you explain a bit more about the situation sir?"
"Why of course." He said as he got back up to further explain.
"A few days ago, these bandits were harassing the people, taking our belongings as you expect, but as it went on, one of our villagers noticed that they were only heading to a small part out where the caves are."
"Is there anything special in the caves, like lacrima or other ores?" Laki questioned.
"No, nothing of the sort, that cave was drained dry of resources but they seemed to think otherwise.
"Excuse me sir." Bisca asked this time. "The flyer said that an A ranked criminal the 'Velvet Slinger' was here, are you sure?"
"Yes, she was the first one to come here, she was leading the rest of those men she came with, though she hasn't returned from the cave since then. I didn't notice who she was until my son pointed it out, he works in the sheriff's office."
Bisca looks around thinking for a bit, and appears to be a little worried and confused.
"This isn't like Vel at all." She muttered.
"Is everything all right ?"
Bisca turns to find Xenovia and Rossweisse behind her.
"You mentioned past dealings with this criminal."
"Yeah, we were… buddies for a time, met in a bar and we just clicked."
"And seeing as she's a criminal and you're not?"
"Yep, huge falling out, never saw her since then, and after that I joined Fairy Tail but I didn't think she was infamous now or at least this much."
"You think you could convince her to stand down."
"I don't know, nothing about this is what she usually does, and I got the last laugh when we separated."
"It appears Sento may have been on to something when he said something big may be going on." Xenovia said, remembering the conversation before they left.
"Where are they anyway? Did they all run away?" Mickey asked, noticing a severe lack of banditry.
"They always come around at sunset, been that way since they came."
Cana claps her hands, getting everyone's attention, as they all look towards her. "Alright, so we got some company coming in about an hour or so, I don't really need to explain what to do so… have fun." Cana walks away as she finishes. The confusion from the rookie four was noticeable.
"Wait where are you going, Cana?" Lucy asked
"I'm heading to the cave." Cana replied.
"By yourself? Is that safe? We can all come!" Rossweisse
"Calm down girl, Cana ain't no ordinary gal, she can tussle with anyone who is in that cave." Bisca informed them.
"So you're gonna fish them out or something?"
"Yep, I got an infamous reputation you see. Once I show my awesome self, they will either try to fight me, or they will try to flee."
"You girls." She points towards them as she further explains her plan. "Will be there and you kick the asses of those that ran away, genius am I right?" She said smugly as finished her plan.
Levy held a deadpan expression on her face, something Cana noticed and commented on.
"Why the face Lev? Not confident in me?" Cana asked, with Levy looking towards the elder and asked. "Mister, how many bandits are there?"
"Well… they had the entire town held up while having several more to spare, so about twohundred?"
Hearing the amount of people they will be going up against caused the new members to widen their eyes, Rossweisse to mutter. "Two hundred!? That's…"
"Oh, that small nevermind go ahead Cana." She said, a bit bummed out because the point she was going to make was useless.
Cana chuckles at the short mage. "See, you worry about this stuff way too much, besides I picked this quest because there wasn't much struggle in the first place."
"Not much struggle? There are only nine of us and two hundred of them! Plus, we're supposed to catch the Velvet Slinger!" Lucy said anxiously still not having confidence in herself to think about fighting that many people.
Levy was calming her down with a . "Don't think too much about it, despite the numbers it's pretty easy to deal with numerous people by yourself, and I may sound a little arrogant saying this, but there's a high chance that most of them are magicless." She says in a matter of fact tone.
"Really?"
"Yep." She says, though her tone sounds awfully stale. "I think you can hassle twenty to forty people with your keys Lucy, just believe in yourself."
"Hey are you alright Levy?" Rossweisse asked, noticing the tone she's using. "You seem pretty down all of a sudden?"
"Oh don't mind her." Cana said, waving her hand at them. "She's just been really stressed lately, I'd tell her to get laid, but no sane man wants to be seen with a child." Cana laughs at her little joke, having so much fun she didn't notice Levy was already jumping towards her. And by the time she did she's already tackled to the ground, both girls sprawling on it.
Mickey and Bisca were laughing at the scene, Lucy was wondering if she should stop them from going further. Rossweisse had a similar idea-Holy shit did blood just drop on her feet?!- Rias just smiles, going along with her earlier epiphany on the train.
Laki on the other hand wanted to clear a few more details with the elder. "Are there any hotspots where you can take the residents towards?"
"Yeah, the church in the center has a basement."
"That'll be excellent."
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Inside a cave, several people were encircling a huge pile that appears to be made of ancient papyrus. One of these people was a woman in western attire and across from her was a man with black spiky hair tied at the top.
"You paid me millions to dig up this shit?" The woman asked as she deadpanned at the pile.
"This 'shit' you're talking about is the key to the new world we will make, with the flute's power, no one, not even the guildmasters could stop us, we just need to break the seal attached to it."
"Flute?!" She yelled as her eyes widened at what was inside the seal. "You had me stuck here, despite knowing I am well known throughout the area, vulnerable to any guild that comes along for a big check of cash. For a fucking flute!" Her anger was obvious as she had to shed her usual routine
The man scoffs at her attitude. "Do you think those legal dogs can stop you?"
"If some S class decides to make a visit!"
The argument was about to get heated until someone stopped it from going worse.
"Ma'am! The bug we placed on that old geezer picked up chatter, mages are here."
"Great, one after another. What guild are they from?"
"Fairy Tail and that's not all, Cana Alberoa is heading this way!"
"God damnit! Just what I needed!" She yells glaring at the shadowed individual as what she just said came to reality.
"Well, what are you standing here for!? Go out after them!"
Everyone left per the lady's orders.
"Well, I gotta hit the road so you can go and freshen up that toy of yours."
"It's not a toy, there's more to it than this."
"Oh? There's more instruments trapped in caves? Gonna complete the whole set for the whole band and remake the Kabutos?"
The shadowed man only scoffed. "Joke all you want, but you'll see when the Magic Council falls."
"Sure. Call me when the audition starts?" The lady said sarcastically, not buying anything that came from the man's mouth and started to head outside.
"I thought you were leaving?"
"I am! Just got to blend in with the other fools and slip on by, hasn't failed me yet. Anyways goodbye and see you never." She said as she adjusted her hat, walking out of the cavern walls.
The man looks back towards the pile grabbing it as it sinks into the ground, along with the man himself, soon disappearing all together, merged into the ground.
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"THERE THEY ARE!" Some bandits shouted as they began to approach Levy and Rossweisse.
Several men held their hands, staves and other sorts of trinkets and fire spells towards them.
"AH!" Levy screamed as her right hand started to trace the air. Magic coursing through the air as letters begin to form. The letters were separated seemingly only for effect.
The word 'GUARD' was spelt, and Levy put the words together. The word seemed to come to life as the word gave a green glow and a barrier came from it.
"Solid Script: GUARD!"
The word did its purpose and blocked all the spells that were fired at them. Both Rossweisse and Levy split off from each other to thin the herd. The former fires her own spells at them.
"Hey Rossweisse can you handle half of these guys?" She said as they were both running on the far sides of the street.
"Yeah, thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Cutting their forces in half? Way ahead of you."
They both split if at the junction, running left and right respectively. The bandits, unaware of who to chase after, both split off their forces to go after them both. The set of bandits after Levy began to catch up towards her.
"Hey! We don't have to do this!" Levy said, attempting peace while being chased. "You all can do more with your lives besides simple banditry! Who knows, maybe you all have a talent for something, like ladder making!"
"Ladders are the one thing people don't replace with, kid!" One of them said holding a saber in his hand.
"I'M A GROWN WOMAN!" She yelled back, she turned around and made another word with her hand and flung it towards them.
"Solid Script: BOMB!"
The word 'BOMB' appeared in black font with a fuse coming out of the latter 'B' already armed and ready to blow. And while the bandits from the front of the horde stopped, it still wasn't enough to get out of the way. It didn't help that the back of the horde ran into them and pushed them forward.
A huge explosion occurred, taking out most of the grunts, however the mass of people also acted as a shield, blocking the full brunt of the explosion, however they didn't leave unscathed."
Two men got up and charged towards Levy, both holding metal bats swinging with the intent to kill. She ducks under the first and slides right to avoid the next. Next, she turned around and kicked the one closest to her, pushing him back to the ground. Then she jumped up and seemed to swing with an object that appeared out of nowhere in her hands. The object that Levy bashed his head with was the word 'IRON' covered in a metallic material.
"Solid Script: IRON!"
The second man fell face first into the ground, unable to move.
Four more men approached, attempting to overwhelm her. However, she threw the iron with a surprising amount of strength and the word crashed against them, causing them to lay sprawling on the ground.
"Damn it! It's just a damn kid throwing words!" One said holding a stave shooting sand at Levy.
The insult caused Levy to gain a tick mark while she dodged the sand wave and used another spell.
"Solid Script: BLAST!"
The words 'BLAST' came forth and a white shock wave burst from it, sending the attacker back along with some other members.
"I! AM! NOT! A! GIRL!" She yelled.
However, due to her anger, she failed to notice a blast coming towards her from behind. The blast connects and she is sent forward, colliding into a shop and destroying the entrance.
"Uughhh." The smoke clears to show Levy faces down with some debris on her. It appears that she entered a toy shop, as several children's toys were on display that garnered every kid's attention.
"You shouldn't just focus on one thing at a time you know?"
A man who held a golden sword, dimming down from a light it produced. He looked down on Levy with a smug grin as Levy got back up again.
"You're from Fairy Tail, right?"
"Uhh… yeah?"
"Good, because Eisenwald paid a hefty sum to deal with any guild mages that work under the Magic Council."
He took his blade to the sky and swung down towards her!
Levy dodged the swing and threw a word at him.
"Solid Script: Fire!"
However before the word could do its effect. The man sliced the word in half, separating the full word before it could work. Levy steps to the side and tries to leave only for the rest of her little group to come in and cut her off.
One manages to grab one of her arms and tries to immobilize her. Another attempts to do the same only far more violently by going in to kick her down. Levy dodges and the kick hits the one holding her down.
The pain caused him to let go, allowing Levy to cast another spell.
"Solid Script: Thunder!"
Yellow thunder spreads throughout the room, shocking everyone in the vicinity. The man with the golden sword blocks the strike and draws back, a white glow takes forth and he swings it down. The force rampages through the shop.
Levy looks in shock as it comes straight towards everyone. She yells as the blast overlaps with everyone, blowing the wall as well as the other two buildings after it.
Once more, dust was raised in the air though already rapidly diminishing.
"Heh." He said, looking to see nothing else standing up. "Everything's gone. Well, you really are worth every jewel." He now says holding his sword sideways, grinning at the destruction it caused.
At that moment a sound caught his attention, he turned to find Levy crawling up from a hole she made thanks to…
The word 'HOLE'
"You… tried to kill me, along with all your other friends." She said, breathing a little heavy after making such a narrow escape earlier.
"Friends is pushing it by a long shot."
Levy dusts herself off as she gets ready for a fight. The man does the same as his sword once more, glows white.
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"HAHAHAHA!" Mickey shouts as she grabs a man by the leg and swings him around, making harsh contact with several other bandits.
"THIS BITCH IS CRAZY!" Said one who was lying face first on the ground, he was trying to crawl away, reaching for his saber, but before he could he was knocked face first on the ground by Xenovia. She leaned over and picked up the sword, and gave it a few test swings.
"Good enough I suppose." she said as she so casually blocks a strike from behind, she then leg sweeps the individual, causing him to fall over and bang his head against a wall, hard, knocking him out.
Mickey turns towards Xenovia, with a smile on her face. "So now everything's starting to get a little fun." as eleven more men arrived.
"I don't think this is the time to have fun." She says, already charging towards battle. Xenovia dashes forward and cuts down five men as Mickey hauls herself over Xenovia and body shoves two more to the ground. She gets up and drags the eighth man and repeatedly bashes his face in with her fists. The last three were holding bats and attempted to swing down on Mickey who was busy with the poor chap she had in her clutches. However, she rolls over and launches herself with her hands as her legs tear through the air, nailing the two on the side.
However she wasn't done as she used the men she kicked to keep herself uplifted, the force making them stumble backwards. The man in the middle took a chance and swung his weapon. Mickey only smiles as she not only catches it, but crushes it as well.
"Wha…?" He yelled before she head butted him. Gravity takes hold and she uses her weight to push them all into the ground. Knocking all of them out.
"Wow, that was impressive."
"Thanks! It gets boring using magic to shoot beams and throw magic bombs that can destroy a whole town." She says stretching her arm as she swings, throwing a guy off his feet." So I go and deal with things nice and close, nothing gets me pumped more than a fist fight!"
"Well, then allow me to fill in that role for you?"
Both girls look up to see a woman sitting on the roof of a nearby house. The girl looks down on the two, her smile sparkling as she flipped from the roof and landed on the floor.
She seemed rather cheery to look part of the group of bandits
"HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! My name's Melissa, you think you girls could just stay inside? I promise you all won't get hurt?"
Xenovia pointed her sword at her. "That is something we cannot do, so please surrender."
"Sorry girl, can't do that, money is money you understand?"
"Hmp! The sin of greed once more." Xenovia
"Oh Come on! Don't act like you don't take up an offer like this too?" Melissa pouted.
"I would never!"
"Enough talk! Bring it on chick! I made a bet with Bisca about who could take out more mooks" Mickey said as she cracked her knuckles. As she began to step forward, she stopped as years of combat warned her as she felt magic approaching her at a rapid pace.
She backpedaled as a magic bullet nearly hit her head, the bullet went through the building next to her. Everyone looks to where it came from to see a woman with a cowboy hat looking down on them, her finger laid out.
Her appearance was exactly the same as the wanted poster attached to the job flyer.
The Velvet Slinger.
"Bisca?" She said, one word, but enough to get the girl's attention. She was going to speak again, but then she heard gunshots in the distance, her eyes wide, until a smile appeared as she suddenly jumped in the air with a burst of magic.
Xenova turned to try and stop her, her weapon already making way to her to the culprit. However, in the same moment, something already shot out straight towards her sword.
No one besides the shooter could react as her sword was pulled back by two magic bullets, tied together by a string of similar nature, her sword flew out of her hand as she herself flew back.
The criminal didn't miss a beat as she ran faster, leaping from the ground to run on the roof.
"Damn? Boss girl is pretty excited? That's weird? She is usually so grouchy all the time?" Melissa said with a finger on her temple, head cocked to the side in confusion.
Xenovia got back up on her feet as she grabbed her sword and ran after her.
"Hey! Where are you going!" Melissa said as she tried to go after Xenovia only for Mickey to step in front of her.
Mickey smiles as she grabs both of Melissa's arms to drag her in and headbutt her back. She yelled as she grabbed her head.
"OOWWWWWWWWWW! The hell girl, that hurt!"
"Tired of all this talking, I came here because things were getting boring at the guild." She growled as she looked towards Melissa, who just brought her own hands up.
"Well let me entertain you for the evening?" Both girls charge towards each other.
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Lucy takes out Antila as she fires air bubbles towards a group of bandits, some tumbling down but others managed to dodge. So she took her whip out and lashed out against the remaining ones, leaving red burns on their skins.
"Quite an interesting weapon to use, seeing as you are a summoner." Laki said, adjusting her glasses. "Your aim is impeccable, but you should put your wrist back a little more, bringing in more kick to the impact." Laki advised Lucy.
Lucy looked at her for a moment before actually attempting to follow her advice, one poor soul decided to attack the girls by himself, his fists coated in rocks, probably due to his magic. Lucy pulled her whip back and let loose, the whip struck his leg, letting out a devious snap sound. The impact caused the man to flip over entirely as he screams in pain, the rock fists dissipate as he clutches his leg as tears run rampant. The screams become coherent, almost non human, he then stops as he passes out from shock.
There were no words from Lucy as she watched the spectacle, taking a look at her own hands from time to time to make sure what happened really happened. Laki on the other hand was smiling at the display, clapping to show her appreciation.
"Hehehe! That was marvelous! Though I wonder why the skin didn't tear off?"
"Why the skin didn't WHAT!?"
However she didn't go too deep into his thoughts as more men appeared.
"It appears more walking obstacles have arrived." Laki said as she stepped forward, she turned around and looked towards Lucy. "You may partake to meet up with our allies, I shall tear the weeds here."
"Ok, take care BYE!" Lucy said as she left Laki alone as she went to find the others. Normally she would be rather pressed about leaving her all alone
Laki puts her hands together as magic pours into them, a magic circle appears as a spiked wooden ball, rapidly approaching the masses.
"Wood-make: Violent Approach!"
The ball blitzed towards a group of men as it pushed them all back. Men on the building roofs were preparing to launch fireballs onto Laki, which she returned in kind.
Her hands touch the ground as a massive amount of wood appears on both sides, creating a divide between the artillery magic.
"Wood-make: The Everdistant Futility of Hope!"
The walls held fast, and despite the element disadvantage they held firm against the fire.
Laki smirks as she jumps up and wall jumps on her own work, reaching the same height level as the others, she leaped off one of the walls and made it to the ledge of a building. She rolls over and charges towards them, a spiked wooden bat was already made in advance.
"Wood-make: Spirit of the Unloved Bully!"
A swing later and one is knocked off his feet, another swung a sword at her from behind, only for her to duck and swing underway between his legs.
A loud scream ensued as the man held his jewels, but that didn't stop Laki from hitting him again in the head. Bandits from the other side of the road, began firing more spells at the other side.
Laki ducked a water beam, leaped over a rock, and passed a cloud before it could collide with her, of course the same couldn't be said about the other people with her. Laki crouched down at the ledge, using her magic to make a bridge to connect the buildings, she ran towards them as they tried to knock her off, but she brushed off all attempts.
Once she made it to the other side, a stray fireball knocked the bat out of her hand. One guy smiled as he went to punch her. She returned in kind, as they made contact the man screamed in pain as he looked down looking to find that she had wooden knuckle dusters made as she clocked a guy, knocking some teeth out as he fell. She smashed and mashed, nobody could stop her, an ice spear was going to strike her, only for her to block with her right, she put her leg down to push his leg back, and punched his chest with her left. She disarmed him with a jab to his weaponed arm. She turned around and kicked him down.
"What's wrong with you fiends? Can't deal with my Righteous Justice Fury Fisticuffs?"
"Ok, seriously, what the fuck is with your naming sense?"
Laki turns to find a guy holding a really huge blue hammer slung over his shoulder, he looked genuinely worried about the purple haired woman before him.
"You know… just slapping names in tandem isn't gonna make it stronger?"
"Magic is the will of our soul, as the world listens to our call and molds its shape to us indifferent of cause or sides, the least I can do is bear my soul towards it."
Laki took both her hands as she fired a spiked wood ball.
"Wood-make: Violent Approach!"
The hammer guy leans back, using the weight of his hammer to drag his body upside down, above the offending spell, he twirls himself around the pole as he launches towards Laki in a double kick. She ducks under the attack, she twirls to look at him as he lands, he puts his hand in front of him as his hammer moves on its own, towards Laki's back.
Laki looks back and moves just in time to avoid the weapon, she turns around and grabs the handle of the weapon, attempting to stop it from returning towards its owner.
However, the top part detached from the handle and flew towards the man, it took Laki by surprise as he kicked the top part towards her. Not being able to dodge in time she put the handle up by instinct as it collides with her.
She yelps as she is pushed off the building, letting go of the handle, and falls to the floor.
Meanwhile, the man grabs the hammer as it combines once more as he jumps down, landing only a few meters away from Laki. As he lands he sees that she was laid out on her back, but doesn't seem to be out of the count.
"Owwww." She moans while getting up, rubbing her back at the unexpected ploy. He chuckles at the sight.
"Aren't you Fairies supposed to be the best of us all?" He says mockingly.
"Don't mock me you cur!" Laki says finally standing up, fixing her glasses.
"Ohhhhh, big words, so scary."
The entire block was then filled with a mini forest a moment or later after this short conversation.
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We looked towards a house with several people running around it, until it was destroyed immediately, blasting everyone away. Dust was kicked up blocking anything around the area to be seen.
"OH NO! I DON'T THINK I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT!"
The dust clears to show Rias holding her head, worried about the house she just destroyed. Bisca meanwhile was laughing her ass off.
"Don't worry about it too much, it happens from time to time." Bisca says, shooting down three men, their pained shouts being heard. "Trust me when I say that this is pretty small in comparison to the others back in Fairy Tail."
"Dare I ask how small?" Rias asked, throwing her POD to throw at another guy that was coming. She remembered the first time she and the others first came to the guild. How the master complained about the damage they caused to the public.
"Well… the town is still standing."
Rias did not know how to take that. Thankfully she didn't have to think about it anymore as Bisca took a look up and saw a bullet heading Rias's way, so she pushed her out of the way in time.
"Thanks for the save!" Rias yells, grateful for Bisca saving her from the sneak attack.
"No prob! Anyways, come on out now!" She yells, pointing a rifle of her own at a nearby roof. Said roof held a woman of similar fashion to Bisca. However, in place of the sun dress was a white button-up shirt, slightly unbuttoned to show a little cleavage. A brown scarf tied to her neck, high-waisted pants that are connected to brown suspenders all over her shoulders. And finally knee high leather boots in a matching tone.
All in all, a cowgirl. Though her face is unable to be seen as her head is leaned down so far her hat blocks it and shades it over.
"Well I'll be! If it ain't Mulan Rouge, so the rumors were true, you joined Fairy Tail."
"You never knew? I mean- I knew I wasn't that big of a deal, but I thought news would reach you, seeing as we were partners once upon a time."
Rias gasped "Secret relationship?" she said, her inner weeb took control for a moment, guessing that there was more going on than a supposed rivalry.
"So, what's with the party Vel? You always hated sharing."
"Don't worry about that, we got plenty to go around, even for you."
"No thanks."
"Come on! Do you really think being some… goody two shoe guild mage is any better than when it was just the two of us?"
"Feeling a little out of place here." Rias says, seeing that things are getting a little heated between them.
It was then Velvet Slinger took the chance to look at Rias, despite the shadow on her face. Rias and Bisca could still see her smile.
"Well what do you mean by that? You seem to fit right in here."
"You think so?" Rias said, looking at her. But, there was something that was bothering her.
"Her voice… it sounds so… familiar?"
"After all, corpses are supposed to be in graves." Velvet Slinger said, putting her hand out in a finger gun formation, Bisca who knows her well enough warned Rias.
"WATCH OUT! SHE USES BULLET MAGIC!"
At the same time a brown orb appeared at the tip of her finger. The same orb fired like a speeding bullet. Rias dodged in time but the bullet grazed her left cheek, drawing blood from it.
"Don't worry, I have way more where that comes from!"
She points both hands at the two and magic circles appear on her fingers
"Machine Rapid Burst!"
A mass amount of magic bullets fly forward from her raining towards the road, digging holes into the streets, the rain charges forward towards the two at insane speeds, causing them to have no time to dodge.
"Behind me!" Rias yelled, forming a magic barrier in front of her. The bullets bash against it, the sheer force taking Rias by surprise, but she managed to get a hold of herself and kept taking the attack.
"Thanks doll!" Bisca said, cocking her rifle, aims from the side of the circle and returns fire.
"Bullet magic?" Rias said as she started to strain a little at the rapid fire. The bullets had much more power than she could imagine. "Not what I was expecting, but then again it fits the Wild West theme here." She joked.
Velvet Slinger moved along the roof, bullets uplifting tiles and scraping her clothes but she still kept moving. Soon there was nowhere else to run so she jumped off the roof. She rolled over from the ground and landed in a crouched position, she put her hands together and a bigger magic circle appeared.
"Western Ray!"
The blast makes contact with the shield and pushes Rias back, the force lifting her off her feet.
Bisca rolled over to avoid Rias's body. She would normally check if she was alright but the opponent before her was not someone that you can take your eyes off.
Both markswomen look at each other for a moment. And a moment was what they needed as they both fired upon one another.
They both ran in the same direction, both entering the sides of some workshop. However, that didn't seem to stop the bullets from punching through it, each hail of bullets attempting to strike the opposite shooter.
Rias on the other hand had managed to get up earlier and attempted to help Bisca. She let her wings out and flew up over the building. High in the sky, Rias found the shoot off going on and dived towards the ground.
With Velvet Slinger so focused on Bisca, she failed to notice the devil diving at her until it was too late. She had attempted to turn around and fire, but a shot from Bisca made her miss as Velvet Slinger was hit in the ankle.
At that critical moment, Rias tackled her into the ground. Their bodies dragged across the dirt, Velvet Slingers's hat was sent flying.
"Damn Brat!"
Velvet Slinger grabbed Rias and pushed her off, Rias rolled on the ground for a moment before she could get back up again, sliding backwards on the ground as they left the alley, dust sprayed all around. Velvet Slinger slammed both hands on the ground, pushing herself from it. She attempts to punch Rias but she misses, no thanks to the dust. Rias grabs it and pulls her forward into a hold.
"Gotchu!" She yelled.
The dust dissipates as Rias finally sees her face…
…and when she does she stops cold. Her eyes wide as she looks at the criminal's face, the flaxen hair with a gaze by violet eyes. As the woman gave a look so unlike what Rias remembers, instead of a stern yet caring look, was replaced with an angry scowl.
Subconsciously, as Rias takes in her look, a word leaves her lips.
"Mom?" She mutters,looking upon a woman who had the visage of Venelana Gremory, her own mother.
As she said that, she was forced back by a magic bullet from her mother's? Free hand, landing square in her abdomen, blood leaking as it went straight through.
[Rias Gremory POV]
What?
My body is on the floor, my chest hurts while simultaneously getting colder. My eyes never left the sky, my mind still processing what just happened.
A shadow appears over me blocking the sun, making my eyes move for the first time towards the figurehead of the shadow.
I see my mother's face, it's been so long since I saw her last time. She was smiling, not like how she would usually do
"Bye Bye little bugger." Said 'Mother' as her finger glows, a magic bullet forming aimed right at my head.
Mom? What are you doing?
'Mother' put her foot down on my stomach, if there was supposed to be pain I didn't notice it, still so focused on her face.
Mother? Mother!? MOTHER!?
…
…
Mama?
The bullet gets bigger.
"Ma-!"
The bullet fired.
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HEY GUYS! This is the end of the chapter!
OH MY GOD OVER 10,000 WORDS! This is the longest I ever typed besides my reflective project from school. Especially with no source to study from.
Cana made an oppsie! That's not gonna end well with Mirajane.
And also the end of the fics first gimmick. I had this idea when I was rewatching Edolas Arc and then it hit me! Doppelgangers would be perfect for this work!
Cowgirl Venelana was the first one I thought of on the spot and I NEEDED her to be the first to be shown.
This is what I wanted to show in the previous chapter, but Everlue wouldn't want Venelana to be a bodyguard due to his preferences.
Oh I already have the copies of the Gremory Peerage, and some other characters as well.
I hope you enjoyed the combat written with the other characters. I wanted to experiment with combat a little and I think I did a pretty good job with it.
Writing their personalities was a bit of a pain, especially a tertiary character like Mickey, so little about her wiki page, but that just leaves me more room to do what I want with her.
I was rewatching Mystery Incorporated when I was doing Levy's combat section, so I put the ladder joke there.
The Kabuto's Venelana was talking about was just supposed to be this world's version of the Beatles.
The subplot with Bisca and Earthland Venelana felt a little random when writing this, especially with how I wrote it, but then again it is called a subplot for a reason.
How did you all enjoy this start to the Eisenwald arc?