The musketeers of Minstrel

A sharp cracking noise caused heads to turn, the men whipping there heads to face a fired up Atma, flaming hair blowing about her and hands together, the sounds of her knuckles being cracked filling the air. As she shook out her hands, they caught the first glance of her eyes, and one gulped down a nervous breath. These were eyes that were happy, eyes that were anticipating the battle ahead. It wasn't bloodlust, or anything insane or dark, simply a delight at having a new challenge to deal with. She loved the thrill of battle and wasn't about to go easy on the poor mages standing there. Taking off her hat, she thrust an arm out, spreading it in a circle around her. Rifles dropped out where she spread the hat, and she prepared her hat, picking the next one up. Now, the men finally moved. One quickly formed a wall of earth, one that soon began to crack under the pressure of Atma's powerful magic bullets. Hoshi would dar around approaching mages, distracting them and often causing them to attack themselves, with Squable helping.

Meanwhile, Sorano dashed through the hallway of the building, keeping , thin layer of visible aura shining around her so the leader couldn't possibly lose her. Turning outside, she smiled in relief at the sight of Julius, waving quickly to the water mage. She would suddenly swerve aside, causing the leader to run right up to Julius. "W-what? What's going on, hey! Hey, you!" He shoved a finger into Julius' face. "Who the heck are you?" Then, noticing the musketeers, his face paled, and the man slowly backed away.

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Sorano sighed as she heard Julius' plan. Had she seriously thought a more detailed and foolproof plan would be revealed? Hey, this was Fairy Tail, a guild full of people who dove head first into adventure. Not the guild best known for well thought out attacks. Still, it was true that she wouldn't have to worry too much about attacking Julius in his water form. It was a good plan, in a way, as everyone could go all out. "Ha!" Atma yelled, rifles appearing all around her again, the redhead eagerly shot at the man, some hitting Julius but rippling right in through.

Sorano lifted her hand, complicated figures swirling through the air. In no time, roaring flames had sprung up, shooting straight at the leader. On Hoshi's side, a huge wall of earth shot up, blocking the man off. On all his other sides, musketeers had him surrounded with amazing sword and gun magic. They would nod towards each other, flames, swords, bullets, water, and all sorts of odd things would soon be flying at the man, leaving him unable to defend. His companions surely wouldn't come to try and help, either, seeing as they were currently so overpowered in this situation.

Hoshi, despite her fear of basically everything suddenly felt as if protected on all sides. These people were her allies, and the earthen wall her best friend had taught her to create protected her from the myriad of firings. Seeing her allis using such powerful magic caused the nervous exceed to suddenly feel secure and happy for the future. Though she was shocked at herself for thinking such things, the tabby could barely hold off a smile.

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Sorano stopped attacking as she noticed the man's aura weakening already. She certainly didn't care for the man in any way, but things would be rather annoying if he died. She imagined Heero's expression once he found out they had killed someone in their job, and shuddered slightly. An angry Heero wasn't exactly a good idea... She raised her hands, using Solid Script to create brightly colored sparks of light flashing above the field spelling out 'stop'. "Guys! I don't know about what Minstrel's rules are about order, but the mage's guild of Fairy Tail prohibits any killing unless necessary to fulfill a more important rule on the list! Please, I'm noticing his health levels dropping at a dramatic speed!" As the fighting slowly ceased, Sorano lowered her hands, realizing that they were surrounded by enemies. Preparing to hold them back with her magic, she spotted friendly auras from the other side.

As the musketeers rushed out, arresting the illegal mages, Sorano would calmly hold her shield up to guard Hoshi, while walking over to group up with the rest. Watching as one musketeer worked to tie the leader up, she nodded in satisfaction before realizing that Julius' aura had been angrier, more vicious than she had ever seen it before. It was unnatural for the usually good-natured water mage to show such poweful emotions, and it cause the letter mage to take a double take. Odd. Nodding at the man before them, seemingly known as Eric, she bowed back politely, gesturing behind her back for Hoshi to do so as well. As they exchanged formalities, Sorano would introduce the Fairy Tail mages. "I'm Sorano Granon, this is Hoshi, and the man over there is Julius Seas. It was our pleasure to come help," she said in her calm, cool voice.

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Sorano winced as the man mentioned Fairy Tail's unfortunate reputation for destroying, mangling, exploding, dirtying, or just downright decimating the building unfortunately s they had worked in. As the rowdiest guild in Fiore, it made sense. "Some of us can be careful," was all the letter mage said curtly. The subject made her think about the stack of papers to read and sort that Heero was sure to give her and Rose once she got back to the guild hall. It was a tiring, boring task but Sorano did understand that a letter mage's talent was extremely useful in such a situation, especially when no one was sure whether the guild master could actually read or not...

Julius, however, replied in a positive and cheerful manner that Sorano had to sigh at. She was so different front most of her guildmates that she had seriously considered switching guilds in the past. However, there was this sort of pull she felt towards Fairy Tail, making it difficult to leave. Besides, it was an easy way to get money with the high quality jobs sent to the very successful guild. She nodded along slowly to the water mage's responses, though she did seem a bit preoccupied. She then leaned forward to hear how the captives were doing, nodding in satisfaction as she heard they were okay. Taking a quick glance around the area, she satisfied herself with the fact that no one was dead, as well.

Bowing again at the musketeer's thanks, she accepted her portion of the money in her usual polite manner. "Thank you very much," she said coolly. Then, to Julius, she said, "No, I'm perfectly fine Seas-san, thank you for asking. Let's head back now." And there was the end to yet another job.

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