Long Lived [Sol]

The rain fell moderately with rumbling sounds of thunder in the distance. The streets of Magnolia seemed reatherly quiet than bustling with townspeople. The young redheaded mage walked slowly in a calming pace thinking of the days past. Magnolia had small rivers and streams throughout the town as some people used it as transportation of goods and fast service to make a quick buck. She wore her long, black cloak hovering over her hair and face. She always wore the bandages hiding her sinful mark of purple-black color. Even though her fear of water was at large, she did like the rain. It was always soothing just like the sound of her mother's voice. How she missed that woman's smooth touch. For late fall weather, it surely was odd to have rain at this time of the year, but then again she wasn't one to question mother nature and her ways. Her two Uncles were now her rightful family as being one of the last she knew of. There were soem other siblings in the Fiore area and distant relatives, but she would find them soon. Kilia joined her today as a small shape of a spirit shown that accompanied her. Kilia was the cloest thing she had to a mother, someone who was always there to comfort her. She was in her human form with platinum blonde hair in a nice dress with a violet coat and umbrella looking fancy behind LeeAnn. Lee wore her common black leather armor that kept her company. There was no word on why she wore it as the only answer was, it made her feel comfortable.

"The rain is surely coming down a bit hard, my dear. Should we head to the guild hall for shelter" she asked out of concern. LeeAnn put her head against her hood to prevent it from falling as she looking up. Leaving a blank face and silently, she pressed forward without any sound to come from her. LeeAnn was one to not reply as Kilia knew she was like that and hoped joining Fairy Tail would change her mood and make her finally happy once more. They headed in no direction just thinking. Her so called 'father' sellling off her brother nad mother like that without her knowing. Trying to strip her of her very exisitance to only find his death in result. That was the only death she would ever commit unless her family or friends were in grave danger. She heard a steady breathing and paused. "What have I told you about invading my personal privacy, you baboon!? Get out of there before I break your neck. You know the rules. We agreed upon this years ago" she said in a stern tone he knew very well. Kilia looked over to see that fimilar face from the past.

Sol moved the town of Magnolia quickly  as he ignored the rain that was  slowly soaking his coat and shirt, the red haired man had his guild mark covered as he knew that if he did get found out by a member of the council or even Fairy Tail then he was in trouble just because of the guild he was in. it had taken him a few years to settle down in a guild but he finally found a home in the Basilisks Fang guild. Of course that made him an enemy of the council and most light guilds. “Huh wonder when the rain is gonna let up eh whatever a little rain doesn’t hurt” he muttered to himself as he glanced around seeing not many people outside.

As he push onwards he turned a corner and saw a familiar face , it was Leeann who he had encounterd a few years ago and traveled together for a while.Sol moved over to her and was right behind her when she suddenly  told him not to invade her personal space and throated to snap his neck. At that he held up his hand as he was slightly surprised and a bit freaked at her tone.” Take it easy Lee we haven’t seen each other in years I would think you wouldn’t want to start it off with a threat” he said before chuckling a bit.

LeeAnn had said nothing. There were no words to say as she had changed since then into a cold hearted person or so was a front. The old LeeAnn was sealed away deep within her heart as she wore a mental mask. This was only for a short time until she was hope and would cry endless hours being so scared of people. There was only two human beings in this world she could be safe around, her brother and her uncle Sinbad. No one else she pulled down her hood showing a stone cold face. She felt hurt seeing him again after what had happened back then. Sure she was making a threat. A threat to protect her heart from any more pain and regret. Her only showing eye narrowed into a sharp slit much like a snake. "You're no more than the dirt beneath my shoes, Sol. i haven't forgotten what you did back then and I will never forgive you" she said flat out. The rain fell harder as it was pure irony showing her pure emotions at the very moment. Lilia kept a blank face and was not the type to step in. She would let her vessel do as she please knowing the only way she would learn was from experience. LeeAnn lunge at him grabbing him by the throat in almost tears. "Why? Why did you do that? You broke our promise?! You murdered an innocent. Its against my code to let anyone die and you knew that. You...killed him..." she cried in the loud thunder rumbles. The sky had sympathized her feelings as clearly she was fighting to not cry.

There was a code she followed called "The Nakamura Code" that the family had but no one followed. It had rules showing for the 'perfect knight' and LeeAnn followed that code in honor of her mother nad brother. It was the only thing she had left of them. Every where she went there was reminders of her past and this was one of them. As LeeAnn's face grew into more pain the illness decided to kick in again making her fight against it and tighten her grip around his throat. Kilia stepped in. "That is enough, LeeAnn. Drop him this instant and apologize. Life is a lesson to learn from and use it" said Kilia. Leeann quickly and loyally dropped Sol looking down at the ground in a trance seeing her closet friend die in front of her eyes and blood on Sol's hands. Seeing the sword go through his heart like a knife through butter. A quick glimpse of his guild tattoo whiling pulling off his coat as her eyes widen then she held herself from the pain and tears soaked throuhg her bandage adn down her face. "You are such a bastard. Why? Why would you join them? TELL ME? DO YOU ENJOY KILLING INNOCENT LIVES" she hissed. That mark was dangerous territory for them two as she shown her Fairy Tail symbol of the town's local guild hoping this was the right choice into changing her life around.

Sol saw her narrow her eyes at him and she said he was dirt beneath her feet and started that she still remembered what he had done and that she would never forgive him, Sol knew what she was talking about she was talking about when he had killed her closest friend. He hadn’t ment to but at the mention of the demon that killed his family Sol had officially snapped and ended up killing her friend by stabbing them to death. While he still felt bad about it deep down Sol knew he had learned to bury his pain and numb his emotions when he needed to. LeeAnn quickly moved and grabbed him by the throat and started to question him about why he had done it and broken their promise. She started to cry and Sol quickly grabbed her hand to try and lessen her grip and he felt his windpipe starting to get crushed before Kilia told Lee to let him go.

When her hand was removed from his throat he took a deep breath before he felt her rip his coat down and reveal his guild mark before he ripped his coat out of her hands and put it back on to hide the mark,”The fact I kill him wasn’t my fault considering he decided to mention something from my past I snapped can you blame me” he hissed at her before she questioned why he would join a Dark guild asking if he enjoyed killing innocent people. At that he narrowed his eyes. “You have no right to judge me based on what guild I join but you want to know why I joined them fine I’ll tell you, I do enjoy the feel of blood on my hands I enjoy the sound of screams as I break someone emotionally physically and Mentally before I kill them. And above all I want the power to kill the monster that killed my family I cannot do that in a light guild.” he said harshly .”you think the Magic council would allow me to gain the power I need? No! only the shadows have what I need. Your friends death was an accident I won’t deny that but I won’t hide who I am” he said calmly near the end. He felt that she deserved to know the monster inside but eh also remembered something.”I expect you to keep this secret to yourself I don’t want the fairys or the knights to know a snake is lurking about” he said seriously.

The truth behind his ways struck her even more as the only person she had trusted besides her brother and him. Though, it was hard for her to admit, she still found him to be a friend, but was extremely hurt. As the rain came down harder weighing her down like an anchor wit feeligns. He killed him because he mentioned demons. She knew about as the rest he said she tuned out which came in handy. It was a good skill to have she looked down completely know his reason. He was easy to read much like an open book as he could already read what she was thinking of at will. There were many secrets behind her nobody ever knew and he was the first to find out, the spirits don't count since they were apart of her. "You know I'd never break a promise. It's a Nakamura rule. If you woulld of told me in the first place, I would of been more leant, but you're flaw is you need to learn to control your anger much like me" she said. The mark he had never seen before except for this white bandages even throuh the mind she never revealed what they looked like because she knew how to play his mind games too well. Her illness was noting to escape from. Nothing she could runaway from ever. It was fate. "There's also something i need to show you. This is nothing you ever seen before not even in my thoughts or dreams. I know how to manipulate your mind games. This... she said.

LeeAnn took off the bandages this time as he hurt in her heart to show anyone since it was sinful in her past. The rain drops made it hurt since she was in a negative state and if anything touches it while in this state it would sting. Small pain full shocks were sent through her body but she had felt worse. She showed her right arm and the right half of her face. "At least your past just has a demon, for me...I am the demon. Most religious people who see me throw their 'holy water' and other things to banish me fearing I might spread my darkness to them or a omen as a sign of death. Simply, I am very ill. This is an illness not a sin. I was enslave for years under my father's rule because of my default. You at least can just kill yours when the only two people that matter the most to me were taken and I had to suffer. The man who I called father regreted me. At least your father loved you, you hd that experience. I never did..." she said.

Sol crossed his arms as LeeAnn told him that she would have understood if she had just told him but she said that he need to learn to control his anger like she did, " I don’t have anger issues even mentioning the demons name makes me paranoid considering your friend pushed me into a psychotic episode doesn’t have anything to do with my temper” he said heatedly. While he could get nasty when he got angry he had decent control over it as it was required in his guild , after all it wouldn’t be good for him to do massive damage and then draw attention to Basilisks Fang that was one thing they didn’t want.

LeeAnn then mentioned that she had something she needed to show him and mentioned showing her something that he had never seen before even with his mastery of mind games to make her reveal things. She started to take off the bandages that covered her arm and face and Sol gained a very surprised expression as he saw the infection on her. Though it was subtle he saw that she was in pain from the rain hitting the areas and he quickly grabbed her by the back of her collar and dragged her under a roof so they were out of the rain.”there now you should feel a little bit better “he mumbled before she explained her situation to him and some of her past, She explained that she was the demon of her family and that religious people always threw holy water at her of tried to banish her because of the illnesses appearance. Sol could only sigh at the explanation of her own father enslaving her and regretting her.”Listen I’m sorry to hear about your father but I’m assuming that he is no longer among the living or at least he won’t be if he still is but its not good to compare my past to yours, I lost everything I may have felt my parents love but that was ripped from me” he explained before someone walked past and spotted LeeAnns face.”That’s Disgust” they were unable to finish before Sol grabbed them by the collar and covered there mouth. “Finish that sentence and your going to the Hospital, now mind your own busness and get the hell out of here.” he barked before shoving them away and they scurried off.

LeeAnn kept her cool as he was getting heated as her mood changed drastically when revealing the mark. The rain felt harder the pain grew like small her stings coming at her constantly. It was endless. Her uncle never knew about this but he was never one to talk about such things. He was more careless and free to do with his life as LeeAnn was the one taking care of him all the time. Cooking him breakfast and doing laundry as he was so lazy but a brilliant man when he applied himself. She motioned gesturing to his current mood. "See this is what I am talking about"" she said. He pulled the back of her collar causing her to fall into his arms to get out of the rain. Kilia followed loyally. He said that his love was ripped from him as she gritted her teeth whiling her body sparked embers. "I had my love from my big brother and my ripped from me! That bastard of a father never gave a shit about me...I don't even think he's even my father. But he's dead. I killed him. It was the only time I killed someone out of sheer will than following the code" she growled in frustration.

What she was trying to say was not coming out earlier making everything for her even more difficult. Their conversation stopped and broke when someone walked in on them staring at her mark. It hurt as they called her disgusting which she hide that with anger. A simple few shots of poison came from her finger shooting at her. "I hate humans. They are nothing but stupid...thanks Sol...I know I am not one to...know what a friend is but thank you..." she said quietly. Her hands clutched together tightly trying to prevent the waterworks to come down. It was hard to live with this day by day and having to hide it all the time getting unwanted attention. The guild members really Didnt mention it much because hey always showed up with bandages since they were always a reckless bunch. Her body shook trying so hard to not crying as giving it her all. But LeeAnn Didnt win the battle. A tears came down as another and then another like the rain behind them. "I'm weak...a warrior never shows pain or emotion. That's how I was taught" she said. Sol was her only friend as it was hard for her to make friends and keep them as she Didnt know how. She buried her face into his shoulder beginning to cry. "Why must life be so cruel to us when all we want to live peaceful lives?" she whispered.

Sol just sighed as she pointed out his mood making her point valid.”Whatever I give up” he said shrugging his shoulders at her. When the red haired woman started to spark with embers he quickly  stepped back to avoid getting himself or his clothes burned.”oi easy with the sparks” he said before he heared her explain about killing her supposed father  after he sent her brother and mother away.”sounds like he deserved to die  honestly I don’t think you should feel bad about it as mages its almost impossible for us to go thru life without killing someone” he explained trying to make her feel a bit better, as she started to cry from what happened with the passerby Sol just shook his head.”its nothing Lee we may be in different guilds and different circles but we are friends just promise me you will keep my guild a secret” he said  before he spoke again.” Your not weak a warrior can display emotions but at the right time and the right place” he explained.

When LeeAnn buried her face into his shoulder he  was sightly surprised again but he just put an arm around her and patted her on the back.”life is what we make of it no one can know what will happen but peace is a fickle thing it can be shattered with ease” he stated while thinking to himself, he didn’t mind peace but inside he knew he enjoyed fighting as well.” lets go somewhere warm Its getting chilly out here” Sol said looking around for anyplace they could go

LeeAnn felt a comfort as she cried which was rare for her to do in any situation. He knew this clearly though times had changed and so have they. Despite their differences, LeeAnn really needed a shoulder to cry on at this moment. He had suggested they go inside, but LeeAnn for some reason like the cold air out here and the sound of the rain fall. It was the smell as well that made her feel safe and nothing bad was going to happen. The reason why she koined Fairy Tail was to wash away the sins of the past and learn to move forward even though Concord and Kilia had dragged her here against her will. She joined and wasn't really used to its customs of rowdiness an how loud it was compared to Blue Pegasus which was a lot calmer than most guilds she had seen. She grew up in that guild and most would reconize her face when she walked into the building. Now that she lived with her uncle everything was a different story. She hugged her only friend tightly like he was a teddy bear and literally he was. At least towards her. "Life is so cruel to us. Taking things away that doesn't need to be. Kilia and Concord as well as my uncle force me to join Fairy Tail to start a new life. To wash away my sins of the past. I don't see why joining a guild like this would benefit me any time soon, but they said within time I will see. I don;t get it. People in general are horrible creatures. Nothing could change my views on that" she hissed in a low tone. "There more that meets the eye, Crimson Fury. That shade of red matches your overall personality. Stubborn and agressive" teased Concord. His shape came forward seeing the old friend giving him a nod of acknowledgement.

LeeAnn's watery eyes narrowed sharply and curled her lip like an angry cat. She hated how nosy they were and she knew how right they were also. Lee just didn't want to admit it. "Shut up, you overgrown gecko" she whispered. Concord gave a playful smile showing his broken glass teeth that looked scary. The teeth fit in place for a nice smile just looked off to most and in which it was. "Anyways, I would like to stay out here, Sol. It...calms me...reminds me of my mother and how she used to sit me out on the front porc watching the rain every time it would storm. Its a calming sound" she said, acting like her real self. The aggressiveness in her wiped clean showing a purely kind soul and happy for once. Concord pulled Sol through in back where Leeann couldn hear him. "I know you two are completely opposites of hte bar, but do you notice how calm she is around you or talking about her big brother or mother? We thouhgt it would be best to help gain the same feelng in joining a guild like Fairy Tail and since a few mages saved her life a year back from that exact guild. I want to ask a favor out of you. Just for Lee, would you help her learn how to make friends and like people for a change? Its going to be a very very very long road ahead knowing how stubborn she can be, but are you willing to help. Its something she has to do on her own I know, but you can be a small push to get her started But don't be so straightforward about it when you are teaching her otherwise she will rebel" he said.

Sol just sighed as the red haired woman cried on his shoulder, she explained that she was forced to join fairy tail by her guardians as well as her uncle to try and get her to start a new life but she didn’t understand the point of it all.” its better as a mage to be a part of a guild then trying to go alone, you make more money and have more resources at your disposal and honestly human interaction is important” he stated before another creature appeared and spoke to LeeAnn saying that her hair color matched her personality Sol gave the creature the barest of nods before he saw

LeeAnn said that she didn’t want to go inside as it was soothing out here and it reminded her of happy memorys that she had as a child. The dark haired man nodded before he was yanked in back by concord who proceeded to ask if he would help Lee start to make friends and enjoy being around people again. Sol felt a bit uneasy considering he was a dark mage but he just nodded.” Alright I’ll try but understand that my guild and its goals come first before anything else understand” he whispered to the spirit before he moved back over to stand beside the red head.”so have you made any friends at the guild?” he asked calmly.

Concord nodded on the terms he had said as his guild comes first as they same would come for LeeAnn as well. The rain felt the same amount as it did before. The creature took a step back getting more of the bigger picture of Sol. He had grown since the last time they had met. He was only a wee boy at the age of 14 compared to him now. "Affirmative. The same will go for LeeAnn as well. Thanks Sol" replied Concord on a serious note for once. He was suppose to protect LeeAnn from all dangers as possible which only made things worse for her since she hated someone always protecting her all the time. t just made it difficult for her to follow and hated having someone there to always protect her. She wanted to rely on herself for her own protection. LeeAnn was in the clearing under a dry area where she was drying from the rain. The place where she was pulled into by Sol.

He asked if she had made any friends. A simple silent shake of her head from side-to-side while having her eyes closed. She took a deep breather through her nostrils taking a sniff of the rain's smell which was nice and exhaled slowly to calm her nerves. "You know I'm...socially awkward around people. I just don't like them. They're dispciable like a skunk. The guild is full of battle hungry, reckless mages who are drunk off their ass" she said. She refused to say she actually enjoyed the noise for once, but her pride was always in the way.

Sol nodded feeling glad that the creature understood his reasoning, he did realize that his choice of guild could cause trouble for both of them but he felt at home at Basilisks Fang and he didn’t have any plans of leaving it, as he saw LeeAnn shake her head at his question Sol sighed as she told him that she just didn’t like people and described her guild mates and battle hungry reckless and Drunk off their asses.” uh Lee you do know that I’m battle hungry and drink a lot and yet your friends with me.” he pointed out with a deadpanned look.

Sol knew she had trouble fitting in but if she could make friends with him a dark mage of all people she could make friends with her own guild mates.” Honestly Lee you should give them a chance just try to find something to spark a conversation and go from there, my advice would be get one new friend at the guild and work from there no one says you have to befriend the whole guild but it will help you out in the long run if you have friends in there” he explained as he watched the rain fall and enjoyed the soothing sound of the drops hitting the cement.”I can’t always be around to help you but with friends in your guild they can help you out when I can’t” he encouraged. He also wanted to steer clear of the guild as the members would most likely beat the living crap out of him before sending him to the Magic council to be imprisoned.

LeeAnn wasn't one for pep talks or to even hear them. Most of the time she would drown people out because she didn't feel like talking to them. It was a natural thing for her to do but she listened to Sol since they were good friends. It was easier said than done. He had the guts to go up to people and start a conversation just about why the water was blue. For her it was harder than that. It was more along the lines of being choked up and afraid of what the other person might say.

"That's easier said than done, Sol" she said. It was hard to converse on a level that was not her own and she wasn't one to really talk. She stood silent in the rain as t soaked the both of them. It felt cold aginst what skin showing. "All I want is Kai...my big brother" she said.

Sol sighed and shrugged when LeeAnn said that talking to people was easier said then done.”its not that hard Lee honestly its pretty easy to strike up a conversation without being awkward, just mention the weather or perhaps the current events there’s no reason to think that they will bite your head off” he said before hearing the part about how she wanted her big brother Kai. At that the dark mage didn’t really know what to say, he may have been in a guild with plenty of information but he didn’t have a clue about him.”Sorry Lee I don’t know anything about him or where he could be but I’m sure you will find him” he said trying to encourage her.

After a moment Sol suddenly glanced to his right as he picked up voiced in his hearing range and they were heading this way, they were speaking of guild work and if the maroon haired mage could venture a guess they were Fairy Tail. He smirked a bit before turning to LeeAnn”Heads up two of the guild mates are heading this way just act cool I don’t want to be exposed” he whispered as the two mages showed up talking to each other. Sol just stood by Lee and Listened intently to what they were saying, he would never tell LeeAnn this but he considered his magic and hearing very useful for eavesdropping that included information she had on her guild. “ So Lee have you gone on any good jobs lately?” he asked her with slight interest in his voice, he aimed to converse with her to keep up his appearance and also listen in on the two mages.