A Haunting Tale(job, Hera)

Job info:

Takumi shivered as he took a step towards the haunted guild. He felt weak, and stupid, for being afraid, but he was afraid. There was nothing to be done about it. They were dealing with a powerful necromancer, and probably a nasty assortment of undead minions as well. Even though he himself had some powers over the undead, he hated necromancers deeply. Necromancy twisted a person's mind, made them evil, in his opinion. Which was why he had been so reluctant to use his powers of necromancy when he had discovered them. He was lucky he had Hera and Coal there to support him, he could probably never hope to undertake a mission against a necromancer on his own, as he tended to freeze up in their presence, a constant reminder of his sister, who was a powerful and quite evil necromancer as well. But Takumi was determined not to freeze this time. He couldn't. That wouldn't be fair to Hera or to his exceed were he to freeze this time. It was time he faced his fears, and learned to control them, not to let them control him.

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sorry for the short opening post, they will get longer as the job progresses.

As Hera walked out from a huge forest, she would dust herself off as the ground turned to abandoned paved road. Brick and fountains were surrounding an old building, a Guild Hall. She spotted Takumi up ahead and waved at him, looking back at the Spooky Forest behind her just as Rose stepped up next to her.

"So there is an Old Guild out here....I thought those were just rumors." Rose said with a swish of her tail, her arms crossed as she and Hera walked up to Takumi and Coal. Rose would look at the other Exceed and smile, twitching her ear a few times at him as she did so.

"Yo! Takumi-san!" Hera said as she walked up, waving a single hand by her face. As she stepped up next to her guildmate, and fellow Dragon Slayer. She felt he'd grown stronger since they last went on an adventure together, and this Job...

Hera and Takumi looked out upon an old guild...covered in an unnatural fog.

"Well? Lead the way? You're the man present after all, I'm just a lady." Hera said smirking at Takumi. "Oh but I forgot the rule....ladies first!" she said as she took the lead, and began walking....very slowly. As they walked by a bunch of bushes outside, she noticed the place was really overgrown with vines wrapping all about...broken windows here and there too she noticed as they got closer.

Takumi smiled as he let Hera lead the way. He hated her teasing, but at least this job would be an adventure if she was there. The young slayer continued grinning as they entered the old, haunted guild. But as they entered the guild, his grin changed into a look of anticipation. He almost expected something to jump out at him at any moment. He quickly sensed that something wasn't quite right, and noticed his exceed swishing her tail nervously. "Hera, be careful. If this place really is haunted, there's only so much even someone like me can do. My control over the dead is limited." Warned the young slayer, his expression growing harder and his eyes darkening. He had no doubt Hera could look out for herself, but against the undead normal magic was largely useless.

Takumi fiddled with the dragon pin that held his cloak up nervously, looking around as he stepped carefully over the threshold. He could hear something... Something wasn't right! Takumi pushed Hera behind him and spun his scythe in front of him. "Show yourself, spirit, or whatever else is here."

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The member 'Takumi Yoshino.' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Monster Dice' :

As Takumi and her entered the actual Guild, she looked around at the broken frames and halls. Pictures of old members who long since had either left the guild or worse. Claw markings went through some of the photos and images around her, as if something or someone had torn them up badly.

As she continued to walk with her arms crossed, she would look to her right at Rose who literally raised her ears upon hearing something in the distance.

Apparently it was....two girls? But you could see right through them?

Right after Takumi pushed her aside and stepped in front of her, Hera would smirk.

"You sure you aren't a ladies man?" Hera said boldly as she crossed her arms cutely just to tease Takumi as usual. Focusing on the task at hand, Hera would point at the spirits at the end of the hallway. "OI! Spirits! Give up now! I don't want to hurt some kids after all!"

Hera just...blinked and looked dumb pointing as they didn't respond, just stood there...see through as ever, as even the sunlight seemed to pass through them.

"I...don't think they're going to talk to you Hera. They seem pretty uh.....I dunno how to judge their mood actually with them just floating there like that." Rose said, holding out a paw and scratching one of her ears in confusion. Randomly, both of the ghosts would float up off the ground now.

Suddenly then, they would bolt forward and try to slice Takumi apart as he was the nearest to them and threatening them with a weapon.

Takumi growled under his breath. Facing two ghosts right off the bat... That wasn't good, at all. He didn't want to have to do this right away but it seemed he had no choice in the matter. "Undead, I summon thee, and know that thy master has need of you now! Perthro, the Empty Cup!" Takumi shielded his eyes as a bolt of lightning struck the ground and a black rune appeared where it struck, followed by Perthro himself. The black skeleton was holding his sword as per normal, and upon seeing his master point at the ghosts, charged his fellow undead creatures. Takumi sighed as left his minion to fight the ghosts, pulling Hera after him down another hallway. He ran with his hand firmly gripping Hera's wrist, only pausing after they had been running for a few minutes.

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Hera looked on as Takumi began to talk to himself, with a sweatdrop over her head she wondered what the hell he meant by "didn't want to have to do this so soon..." however, as soon as she moved to ask him, a lightning bolt crashed through the ceiling of the Guild, causing her to leap back.

"A WARNING WOULD BE NICE?!?!?!??!!" Hera said as she literally screamed at Takumi just before he grabbed her.

A skeleton that looked like it was made of shining black rock appeared with a huge greatsword and began actually slicing out the ghosts who Hera would hear screaming in pain behind her. It seemed he could touch his fellow undead after all. When they rounded another corner into what looked like the cafeteria of the Guild, Hera looked around....it was a huge mess hall.

It had tables everywhere, like the old Fairy Tail used too. And even a stage for performances most likely.

"This probably wasn't such a bad place once upon a time..." she smiled looking around and trying to piece together some kind of a good mood in a place like this. It was beyond dirty and old food and even dead bodies lay everywhere. "Come on Takumi...let's get out of here....." she said looking around the scattered corpses. Until----she heard something on the other side of the room.

Turning around, she would yell out as her ponytail swished. She began to cross the room as her red bow and hair were shown from above and then the side as she narrowed her eyes.

"We have...more company Takumi-san."

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The member 'Hera-senpai' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Monster Dice' :

Takumi groaned and spun his Scythe. "Sakura-No-Hana Cherry Blossom Whirlwind!" The scythe began dissolving into thousands of cherry blossom petals, each razor sharp and designed to be able to attack or block. The cherry blossoms formed a wall in the places where the knifes would be coming from, allowing Takumi to focus on the ghost girls. They would be done for, very soon. His skeleton servant came stumbling into the room at that moment, nearly spent after defeating those first two ghosts. Takumi sighed. Time for Argentum then... "Undead, I summon thee, and know that thy master has need of you now! Argentum The Silver Bullet!" cried Takumi. He pushed Hera behind him as once more a bolt of lightning struck the ground. A silver undead warrior appeared holding a huge silver sword. Upon Takumi's shout the two undead warriors charged at the ghosts, only able to touch them due to being undead themselves. Meanwhile, Takumi managed to get his cherry blossoms to hit the knifes until they shattered, the cherry blossoms slowly forming back intot he scythe as they used up their energy.

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Hera got fed up with these damn ghosts and began to get upset as Takumi called out literal cherry blossoms from all directions, filling up the old Haunted Guild's cafeteria with a storm of blossoms. It was spectacular. Was this his weapons abilities? She stared at him from behind as his cloak and scythe blew around in the wind and cherry blossoms; ghosts screaming as they were torn out of existence.

This was the Takumi her father saw...he was younger then, but her Dad had seen a great wizard within him. He was only just now coming into his power.

Hera literally didn't have to do anything as Takumi literally shredded the hell out of the Ghosts around them; she decided too have a look around as Takumi recalled all the swirling cherry blossoms through the air back into his scythe. With a small smile, Hera noticed that most of the ghosts in the area had been shredded. The remaining ghosts literally tried to fly away through walls but were pinned to the ground by Takui's undead warriors; as they leapt through the air, pinning them down and hacking them apart in loud ass banshee wails of pain as they pulled apart into nothing but air and dust at every slash.

Takumi's skeleton warriors would land back on the cafeteria floor with loud thuds as they walked up; with their weapons on their shoulders. Standing behind Takumi dutifully. With a turn of her ponytail, Hera looked them both up and down.

"Pretty fantastic work there...the scythe...the undead warriors....looks like you've got quite the theme going." Hera would cross her arms and move closer to her guildmate, getting a better look at the skeletons. They didn't even feel magical at all. For some reason, they were just existing as creatures. As if they were a part of Takumi. He must've been some kind of Necromancer, perhaps it was due to his Lineage and Ancestors. She stared at the 8ft tall skeletons that towered over her, Rose, and Takumi.

Her Exceed would actually fly around with a twirl and sit on the heads of one of the skeletons.

"Well, seems this place IS really haunted after all." Rose said with a look around it. "Most of the time half of that is just bull---" she said as she flicked her ears, sitting like a lady on the head of one of the skeletal warriors. Hera would then lower her eyes and look around the room.

"There has to be a mage behind all of this....a strong one maybe." Hera would look around once more, holes in the wall everywhere as wind seemed to constantly be moving and howling from outdoors and indoors both with a ghastly breeze. With a loud inhale, Hera would yell. "HEY! WHOEVER IS MAKING THESE UNDEAD WITH MAGIC, YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO COME OUT BEFORE I BLOW THIS WHOLE PLACE TO SMITHEREENS AND ALL YOUR STUFF WITH IT!!!" she shouted so loud that the walls actually bounced the sound in loud echoes thorughout the entire Guild.

At first, there was no response. But then. A man's voice.

"Well then. I suppose if you're strong enough to blow up an entire Building with your Magic alone...I should come out." with a step forward from a shadowed hallway, a man came. He had a very slick haircut, with a mustache and beard. He wore a long black cloak that was kind of ripped at the bottom to go with his slick dark hair. He looked gentlemanly, but his outfit looked more like that of a Mage. "I wouldn't want all my research to just go kaboom now would I......" he said, revealing that the abandoned Guild was serving as a base of operations for his Undead experiments. So he was a Necromancer. But he looked like such a good person.

"What could cause you to turn to such....madness. Coming out here on your own? In the middle of nowhere? Holing up in an abandoned Guild and murdering anyone who walks through the doors with your Magic...." she raised an eyebrow at the man as she waved a hand around the area.

"Oh....I'm going to use their body parts, maybe even their souls if I can figure out how to bring my dead Wife back to life. It's going great. I've already rebuilt her body, and with Magic...all the stitches have vanished....she looks good as new. Just sleep, and cold...all I need....are some powerful souls.....lo and behold, two walked right through the front doors of this Cursed place." he said as he raised his hand up.

About three hundred skeletons and ghosts pulled themselves from the ground, through the tile of the floor; cracking it. Ghosts flew in from all directions, about 100 of them as the Necromancer began to levitate in the air above them.

He would then point a finger forward as all of them seemed to rush Hera and Takumi at once.

Takumi would smirk as the undead came from all around. Gaining confidence, he would point a finger at the undead, and his skeletons would charge into the fray, massive swords cutting through some of the undead. "Hera, trust me, you won't need to lift a finger to destroy this hall" Takumi would say as he raised his scythe. "Sakura-no-hana! Gun mode!" He cried as the Scythe began melting into a simple gun. He would aim the gun, firing several quick shots that would cut the ranks of the undead. The young Slayer smirked, he hadn't even begun to show off yet as the necromancer gritted his teeth. One thing people really needed to learn: Takumi was not to be underestimated unless they liked getting hurt. "Hey Hera, I ever tell you I nearly took your father's eyes out the first time we met?!" He yelled as he fired off a few more shots, the undead drawing ever closer. He would gather his power as he eyed the advancing horde, his blue eyes closing for a split second before shooting open again, a ferocious flame burning in them that hadn't been there before.

His arm shot out, and that was when the chaos began. The old hall would be lit up as bright as if the very sun were in the room as lightning shook the ground. Takumi had created a lightning storm within the guild hall, which was shaking from the severe amount of pressure the lightning was putting on it. The hall wouldn't last for long. Takumi saw a gap through the undead, one that led straight through the undead to the other necromancer. He dashed forwards, holding his gun and shooting at any undead that lumbered towards him. He would finish this guy off with one spell!

A ferocious screech came from his mouth as he lept at the necromancer, the familiar blue aura of his lightning blade surrounding his hand. The blue lightning would hit the necromancer, and Takumi's hand would go straight through the older man's chest up to the elbow as the lightning blade struck it's target. Takumi's eyes would widen as he realized what he had just done, the man collapsing to his knees. But Takumi didn't have time to process before the undead surrounded him. They would swarm him as he desperately tried to fend them off, unable to transform his gun back into a Scythe so soon. It would take a while before he could use that again. And so Takumi dissapears behind a roiling mob of undead warriors.

The member 'Takumi Yoshino' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Monster Dice' :

As soon as Takumi said that things were about to get crazy, Hera had a flashback to her Dad. Realizing that this mage used the same type of magic as her father...after being struck by a lightning bolt from the Elder Thunder Dragon, Zeuslogia; who had raised Heero. Takumi had gained his power.

He was extremely skilled with it, so all Hera did was power up as a bit of flames mixed with his lightning, as the Fire Dragon Slayer and Lightning Dragon Slayer powered up together side by side. The ground began to crack at their raw power, as skeletons rushed them from all sides.

"What do you say you let them have it first?" she smiled a small fanged smile as Takumi's aura increased, exploding beyond even hers as Lightning literally began to bounce and rip off of walls. Over the excitement of so many bigass skeletons walking and running at her; Hera could barely contain herself, but let Takumi's Magic work it's disaster for now. Her eyes widening, she was amazed at his level of control as a crazy sight, a bolt of lightning ripping around; tossing skeletons out of the window and through walls was extremely loud; but very pretty to watch.

The lightning once more surged from Takumi's body, even Hera's face and features had a small blue glow from the light he was giving off. This time, the lightning went completely wild, and Hera had to hold onto Takumi himself so as to not get blasted by lightning. She did this by extending an arm and grabbing onto his shoulder. As soon as the lightning stopped, small sparkles of lightning were left on pieces of metal and steel everywhere. Windows were shattered, and skeletons were blown apart all over the place. As the ghosts literally twitched on the ground, covered in lightning, unable to move. So Dragon Slayer magic did affect the undead, or maybe it was just Takumi's magic due to his lineage. Oh now she was fired up.

Amazing she thought. As she glanced over at Takumi who held his scythe out. It transformed magically before her very eyes with a glow into a hell of a cool looking pistol. So it was a morphing weapon. Takumi was a Dragon Slayer with a morphing weapon. She wondered how this thing would shoo----BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM! within a second; Takumi was literally pointing his gun at different spots in the room, and wasting skeletons as they blew apart in huge crashes of bone against the wall or running in place where his shots hit like shotgun blasts.

Without hesitation, Takumi spun his gun, and caused an entire other arm to become coated in violent lighting. In a single stream of movement, Takumi went dashing through a huge crowd of undead, spinning as his lightning trail surrounded his movements in an epic looking path, shooting skeletons apart left and right on his way to the Necromancer who had begun to float. The Necromancer panicked as he saw a lightning stream headed toward him, but Takumi only took a few seconds and before he could cast a spell, Takumi shot a final skeleton apart and soared through the air in a stream of lightning, stabbing the man right through the chest; his arm still covered in lightning; causing his body to sear and smoke, his blood to boil as he was shocked, looking down as Takumi slammed him into the ground. The man would try to stand to his feet, but then fall to one knee and then to the ground on his face. Blood pouring out all over the floors.

"Takumi!!! Control yourself!" Hera screamed at him as her flames intensified at the sight of her friend in danger, skeletons swarming him with weapons and raising them. She couldn't see him anymore. They could already be slicing into him.

A HUGE blast of flames literally came from Hera; as she threw a single flip kick forward after carthweeling through the air. The entire hall was engulfed in flames as fire literally shot out of every window in the hall. Flames traveling down long hallways like a movie explosion.

Hera finished her cartwheeling kick Fire Dragon's Talon as flames literally whooshed so hard and slammed the walls after the attack that some bricks came loose.

Half of the skeletons were vaporized into nothing but ash from bones, but the other half seemed to be trying to pin Takumi down, the skeletons left were actually literally on fire now; as the camera zoomed out, it would show the entire Haunted Guild now catching on fire; as burning wooden beams began to drop from the ceiling crumbling.

Hera would then do a punching motion forward as a huge stream of flames like a train would roast about twenty skeletons on Takumi's left side in a huge bright traveling wall of flames from Hera's punch. Fire Dragon's Wild Growl, went off as Hera threw another punch at a group of ghosts trying to swarm Takumi from above. They all caught on fire and went swirling, howling and crashing around. Eventually; the ghosts and wraiths would just fly right out of the windows of the guild, still on fire. Retreating out into the spooky forest.

Over the sound of the building burning, Hera looked around and spotted the Necromancer still bleeding out, as flames neared his body on the ground. With a single jump and small run, she moved him just as a flaming wooden beam crashed right where he was laying. Hera would put her arm around the guy and his around hers, holding him up.

"Takumi!!! The building is coming down!!! Destroy it even more, the Haunted Guild is nothing but a curse!!! I'm going to take him outside and heal him! He doesn't deserve to die like this!!!" Hera would then go running out of the cafeteria carrying the guy, her ponytail flaring behind her as she ran through burning hallways of the Haunted Guild, eventually making it out the front door.

"Unleash your power Takumi! I'll fly us out when you're done, but hurry!" Rose called out to Takumi, flying around him with a twirl, her white wings out. Over the sound of flames she called to him. Many...many missions and jobs had she seen the might of the Lightning Dragon Slayer unleashed, as Heero's Exceed for years when Hera was still a kid, she wondered if Takumi even knew the power he possessed.

Outside, with the Guild burning in the background as she was about six hundred feet away now just to be safe she hadn't stopped running; Hera would shift the guy onto the ground quickly, sliding onto her knees as she held her hands over her patient. With an inhale, and an exhale. The girl covered in smoke and soot from her own fire magic began to concentrate. Within 3 seconds, her hands began to glow with a pinkish white light.

Sky Dragon Slayer Magic.

The hole in the man's chest, still bleeding dark blood would begin to glow with a bright light. As a piece of his heart literally regrew before her very eyes; chunks of flesh began to stitch together over it, as chest bones did as well. With a single loud heartbeat the man gasped for air and clutched his chest as Hera told him to lay still.

Gasping for air and sweating, the man looked over at Hera. He was out of magic power, but no threat. He was a gentlemanly figure up close, probably a good guy before he turned to dark magic. Although his hair was out of place now and he looked like he was at his wits end.

"But....why. I tried to kill you. My wifes body....NO!" he cried a single tear although his body was too weak to move as he saw the Haunted Guild burning to the ground behind Hera, lightning now beginning to sparkle around it from Takumi's power as well. "I've worked for 10 years...collecting body parts...to get her brain to work in a new body......now it's all burning.......burning." he said as he closed his eyes, the white light now beginning to surround his entire body. "You saved my life.......thank you."

He sat up as he sighed to himself. Still dizzy from being low on magic power.

"Your wife....it's true that you tried to put her brain in a new body that you made?" Hera was amazed at the depth of this mans love. The man only looked over at her from his sitting position at the ground and nodded to her. Dusting some of the dust and soot off of herself, she would nod to the man for his honesty. "You can heal...just like I can can't you?" the man looked really surprised for a second, his eyebrows going way up. But then...he lowered them. Looking more cool now.

"Yes it's true.......damn. Don't remind me. I used to use Life Magic before I turned to Necromancy....I could use to to affect trees, plants, people, anything living. But...I twisted it into a dark magic." he said, looking at his own hand. Sitting there as if he were ashamed.

Hera didn't say anything else just....stood there as the sound of fire off in the background and crackling wood was heard as the giant building behind them burned.

As Hera's flames destroyed the skeletons, Takumi heard her yell for him to furthur wreck the hall. He would oblige as the skeletons retreated, but first... "Rose, get out of here! I'll be fine! But you need to get out before the guild collapses!" He would scream as the familiar blue lightning aura would surround him. As the exceed would exit, he would create a huge blossom above his head, made of lightning. The blossom would expand till it was 3 feet wide, and then... the petals exploded outwards. As the lightning flower exploded, the already weakened building would begin to buckle, beams collapsing around him. He knew he wouldn't get out in time... so he gave a shrieking cry as the walls caved in around him. A small dragon would burst in through the ceiling, responding to Takumi's call.

About 10 feet long, it would stop before Takumi. He intended to ride the dragon out, but at that moment, the ceiling collapsed on the both of them. As the building collapsed, Takumi would look out through a hole in the wall, to where Hera was. Safe. Good. He didn't want her to be hurt too. He smiled one last time before a slab of ceiling fell right on him. Pain was the last thing the young man knew as his world collapsed into darkness.

The dragon he had called just barely managed to avoid being crushed, and flew to where Hera was, recognizing the other as a slayer. It hovered in front of her, making noises as if trying to tell her something. It hadn't mastered speech yet, as it was only a hatchling, but it would still try to save the one who had summoned it.

If Hera were to follow the dragon, she would realize what had happened as the guild hall came into view. Now a smoldering bunch of ruins, and Takumi nowhere in sight. The young Slayer would likely suffocate if he wasn't rescued from the beam he was trapped under soon. The baby dragon, flying over to a certain spot, would begin stretching at the rubble, as if trying to tell Hera Takumi was trapped there. It's tiny claws could only move the smaller pieces of rubble, however, to small to effectively dig it's master out.

Takumi, meanwhile, was swimming in a sea of memories. Completely unconscious, various memories flew past him, mostly of Fairy Tail, but some of his old family, his adoptive family. The people who taught him what it meant to love somebody. Various faces flashing through his mind. Ryuu, Thierry. Ryoko... and Kyoko, before she had gone evil. Little did he know it, but as his memories grew in intensity and number, overwhelming his unconscious mind, tears slid down his pale face. But then he saw one face that made him want to fight. His body began to move as he regained conscience, still trapped beneath the beam.

He was not going to leave now. No way. He couldn't leave them... not Fairy Tail, the guild who was his family. And certainly not the person whose face had come to his mind.  

The slayer pushed at the beam trapping him with all his strength, but he remained pinned. It seemed he was stuck... but he wouldn't be. Not for long anyways. Takumi struggled wildly, but no matter how he writhed and thrashed his lower body remained pinned by the beam. "Hera! If you can hear me, I'm over here!" Screamed the young man, anything to get the attention of the other slayer. If he could just get Hera over here he might yet be saved... But why did he need Hera to save him? He was a DRAGON SLAYER for God's sake! He was going to save himself! Takumi pushed at the beam once more, with all his might, calling on a reserve of strength he hadn't known he had possessed. He would break free!

Inch by inch the beam would begin to lift, gradually freeing Takumi's lower body. But as the beam came off Takumi realized he had another problem. A piece of debris had impaled his leg. That was... a lot of blood coming out of his leg. And so, Takumi yelled for his dragon companion, praying it would come. And come it did. It would fly over, looking down at Takumi in concern. It had to go soon... but surely it could bring it's master to his friend first? The small dragon would bow low until Takumi could wrap his arms it's neck. The dragon would stand up slowly, until Takumi was situated on its back, and would take off, flying back to Hera.

Takumi would slide from the dragon's back and stumble over to Hera, a large jagged shard of metal still impaling his leg. "It seems...I have made a mess of myself." Takumi would say as he spat to the side, blood coming from the corners of his mouth. It was hard to breathe... why couldn't he breathe? Takumi was wheezing, and collapsed right in front of Hera, unable to keep going any longer. His stamina had reached its breaking point. As he fell into darkness once more, Takumi would look up at Hera, his lips still curled into a small smile. Hera... was safe. At least one thing had gone right. He would never forgive himself if Hera was to get hurt because of a job with him.

"Looks like your friend is....out for the count." the necromancer, now turned good said to Hera as she looked worried as soon as Takumi passed out, she'd never seen him go down like this. Panicking, Hera would crawl over quickly and begin healing him. Her hands would glow with a soft pink light again, as magic would rush over Takumi.

Instantly, his wounds wound close and he would feel like he just drank some coffee. When she was done, Hera would sit back on her knees.

"Really over did it there didn't you Takumi....." Hera would say as Rose would land next to them swishing her tail back and forth.

"Heh...seems this Lightning Dragon Slayer is a lot like the last one." Rose said as she would land on Takumi's shoulder, rubbing his hair nicely. Hera would then look back at the Haunted Guild with a sweatdrop over her head as the building was still burning...and falling in on itself even more now due to Takumi's magic use inside of it. With a loud BOOM! it finally fell all the way down, sending a huge cloud of dust into the air.

"Well....what about you now?" Hera said to their former enemy. He would stand to his feet and think for awhile.

"Well I....was thinking you could show me this Guild of yours? Since I ruined this one...." Hera would then look to Takumi, who had Rose sitting on his shoulder with a look that said. 'Well?'

Takumi would sit up as the healing magic would rush over him. When Rose landed on his shoulder and began rubbing his hair, he would sigh. "Hey Coal! Where the hell are you, huh?! Don't tell me you were just watching the whole time!" Takumi would call, looking around for his exceed. The exceed would land next to them after a minute, red eyes full of anticipation as she looked at Takumi. "Nice metal shard sticking out of your leg, Takumi" She would say sarcastically, looking at the jagged piece of metal Hera had forgotten to remove from Takumi's leg before she healed the wound around it. Takumi , as if noticing for the first time, stared at it, then looked at Hera. "Hera, I think you forgot something when you healed me" He said pointedly, before griping the shard if metal and pulling it free with a grimace and a gush of fresh blood. Not waiting for Hera to heal him, he removed his now rather torn cloak, tearing a strip from it to bind the cut.

When Hera asked the necromancer what he thought, and he suggested visiting Fairy Tail, he wasn't quite sure what to think. Was Hera sure it would be okay? This man had just tried to kill them after all. He was silent for a long moment before finally answering. "Well, I think we would need to keep an eye on him, but as long as he doesn't try to kill anybody it should be fine, right?" He finally said, glancing at Hera. He was somewhat ashamed, still covered in the Necromancer's blood from fingers to elbow on the right side, from when he had stuck the lightning blade directly through the older man's chest.

"Sorry about the lightning blade, by the way." He would add, in the most apologetic tone anybody in Fairy Tail was ever like to hear from Takumi. His exceed, next to him, snorted, as if to say that this necromancer wasn't worthy of an apology. In her eyes, trying to kill Takumi was a grave crime, Takumi was somewhat like her son in the sense that she babied him extraordinarily at home. Takumi flicked his exceed when she snorted, normally she was warning him to be polite, not the other way around. What had gotten into her black-furred little head today? She wasn't normally this rude after a job.

Hera didn't even know what to say when Takumi just yanked a shard of glass right out of his leg. She stood to move for him, but didn't even move at all after she stood because he'd already begun wrapping his leg up with pieces of clothing. She wondered how tough he'd had to be growing up, since Takumi had always had sort of a focused demeanor. She wondered what happened growing up to make him so tough. But only for a moment, as she turned to Coal next.

"Hey...Takumi fought hard, there's no need to always be so mean to him. He loves you more than anything after all." Hera stuck her tongue out at Takumi, knowing he'd be embarassed that she said this about Coal and him, but it was true. Hera felt the same way about Rose. The young pink haired lady would look back at the Haunted Guild.

"Damn we REALLY did a number on this place......I didn't know your lightning would bounce around like that...good thing I wasn't in there for that pinball craziness...." Hera would sweatdrop as she looked back at their former enemy mage. "No offense....." she said as he raised a hand and shrugged at her.

He said that while Takumi's magic did sting, her healing magic was practically amazing. He felt like he'd just woken up in the morning. With a hand on her chin, she listened to Takumi's opinion on whether or not they should bring this guy to Fairy Tail or not. With a nod, she would put a hand on her hip. Takumi's right...but we have to give this guy a chance, what if he turns out to really be a good guy, and a great mage....his wife did die after all. He wasn't a regular person...he was a mage, of course he tried to use Magic to help her....my Mom tried the same thing with my Dad. she thought to herself about how her Mom, Alyia had tried everything she could to revive her father inside of Lumen Histoire. Nothing had worked.

"Well we can't rightly blame him for doing something for love can we?" Rose said, standing on the ground much shorter than all of them except Coal who was the same size. "Besides, I think he'll have nightmares about Takumi and how he almost got killed today for the next YEAR or so anyway." Rose said, standing next to Coal with a small smile, her arms crossed as usual.

Their former enemy actually gave Takumi a somewhat suspicious look, before showing he was joking with a headshake and a smile. Seeming as if he was willing to put everything behind them. He was stronger than she thought. But of course he was, any man who had a Wife had to be strong in some way or another. Hera then looked over at Takumi, and for the first time, actually blushed looking at him; considering him as a man for the first time since they had met. Her eyebrow actually twitched though, as Takumi could be a real rock head sometime.

"Well, I guess it's time to go.....anything you need from inside was...probably destroyed or buried, I'm sorry." Hera rubbed her pink hair, and shot Takumi a look "WE'RE sorry." she added with a small laugh.

Eventually, the guy asked about their magic after they had been walking away from the Haunted Guild for some time now, Rose leading the way with Coal in front. He said he knew Hera was a fire mage, and Takumi was a lightning mage, but that he'd never ever seen anyone use it like they had. Hera had forgotten that Dragon Slayer magic was Lost, and forgotten, very rare. With a sweatdrop, she actually chuckled nervously acting as if she had no idea what the man was talking about.

"Well, we need to head for the nearest Wakusei Portal. Don't want to scare this guy with flame travel....." Hera said, pretty much revealing that she could take them to another planet with her magic alone. But for the sake of keeping her abilities to herself, she just nodded and began walking out into the Phoenix Mountains up ahead. Where a portal to another planet, a Wakusei Portal, lie in wait deep in the mountains. Hera had been to it once before.

As Takumi finished wrapping up his leg he looked up at Hera. But instead of acting embarassed he returned her gaze steadily, blue eyes calm and focused. "Well Coal has been like a mother to me, of course I love her," was the only reply he gave. He petted the exceed's head gently, his pale musician's hands stroking the soft black fur behind her ears.

"Hera, my lightning didn't bounce you know. I made it explode." Was his next response to Hera calling the lightning "Pinball Craziness". He placed on hand on her shoulder, still looking at her all the while. He saw the change in her face as she thought, guessing as to what she might be thinking about. "Thinking about your mum and dad, huh?" He asked as he pulled her into a hug. "You don't need to be sad about them you know. Be proud of them instead, and everything they accomplished. Your parents were amazing people... and you're amazing too."

After a moment Takumi pulled away, picking Coal up and placing her on his shoulder. Their former enemy offered him a handshake and a smile, which he accepted easily. He noticed Hera's eyebrow twitching and sweatdropped, knowing full well if Hera got too mad he'd more like than not receive a kick to the nuts with Hera's foot on fire. That was something that was never fun, as he had experienced it more than once before.

When Hera apologized for the both of them Takumi put his head down in a sheepish matter, unwilling to look up at the destruction he had caused.

Hera literally shook her head, her pink hair swaying a bit as she did so. Takumi mentioning her parents was a soft spot for her. She sighed to herself, and shook her head a bit. Wondering if they would in fact be proud of her. She thought on this for awhile, and then wondered what her mother would think.

She probably wished that Hera was just a normal girl, not born with magic like she and her Dad. However, with mages such as that having a baby. It was bound to happen. Sighing to herself, she looked over to Takumi.

Yazuki had gone missing or worse, and they were twins. Hera herself was an only child, and couldn't comprehend not being able to feel what another was feeling. She prided herself on relating to others.

"I hope you're right....." she said about her parents being proud, as Rose would literally look to Hera and sigh a bit. Her ears going down, but perking up when Takumi showed Coal affection. As she stared at the two of them, she was reminded of Hera's dad, and how he used to treat Rose like that; it annoyed her but sometimes she missed it.

Although, she and Hera were a lot closer. Heero had his own Exceed, Garfield. She came here to send him back to Edolas where he would be prince, but stayed to protect Heero as a favor to Garfield. So growing up, Rose was always at Hera's side; as Heero pretty much shoved her onto the young girl from birth. Saying, "I've always had Garfield, so Hera will always have you!" the words actually replayed in her mind as she turned towards Hera.

"Of course he would be proud......you're becoming a hell of a woman." Rose said smiling, closing her eyes and then opening them. "Not to mention, you've made great friends. Just like your father used too." she motioned to Takumi and Coal. "You also like your Dad...possess the ability to change people...I don't understand how or why but you do." she looked toward their former enemy and even made a small smile at him.

Smiling as she picked herself up, she would pick up Rose and simply hold her in her arms, acting normal about it as Rose blushed.

"Well.....it all looked pretty crazy! Whether it bounced or exploded it was lightning! Not exactly easy to tell what's going on with bolts literally flinging around you!" Hera recalled the escape as all she remembered were lightning strikes behind her. Amazed that Takumi actually used her Dad's magic. She wondered why the Elder Lightning Dragon chose him, why did he strike him with Lightning from above? Gifting him with the knowledge and power of Zeuslogia himself? Igneel had helped raise her as a favor to her Father, but....Takumi? What was his connection?

She caught herself staring at Takumi, but then looked down to his leg after it had been wrapped up. Although the wound would be closed, since she'd magically healed it. He would be sore for awhile. Smiling a bit though, she turned to Coal as she held Rose.

"Hey, how did you meet Takumi by the way?" she asked. Most Exceeds were extremely RARE magical creatures. They all hatched from Eggs that sometimes appeared, whether by blessing or luck. On Earthland, from the parallel universe of Edolas. Was Coal's egg a gift to Takumi or did he find it while young? Rose herself had come from Edolas by order of the Queen to search for her son. Hera wondered if Coal had always been around Takumi since he had hatched, or if he'd come to Earthland from Edolas like Rose had.

"I'd also like to know, Coal." Rose said, hopping down from Hera's arms and walking right up to Coal. Crossing her arms in front of him, she inspected him.

"I met Coal only recently." Takumi said as he looked at both Hera and Rose. "She came to me, after I became the lightning dragon slayer. She declared that she had come to see the slayer of the element she herself uses in her magic. We fought, Coal beating me since I was weaker then and her spells are powerful. She offered to train me, help me become stronger, and I did become stronger: much stronger. It's thanks to Coal I've made it this far, so no need to have that somewhat hostile look on your face, Rose." Takumi smiled as he looked at the other's, walking up to stand in front of Hera. "As for you, Hera, you are a wonderful young woman. Make no mistake, Heero and Alyia are proud of you. I'm certain they are proud." Takumi put one hand on Hera's shoulder, a gentle smile on his face. Hell, if Heero would have known his daughter would grow up into such a strong, beautiful woman, he'd probably have been overjoyed.

As Takumi saw Hera staring, he blushed a bit, surprised that she would stare at him. He looked away, breaking eye contact with the fire dragon slayer. But at that moment, a wave of dizziness hit him and he had to grab Hera to avoid falling over. "I don't feel good..." He muttered as his exceed would give him a worried look. His hand went to the back of his head, coming away wet with a sticky scarlet layer of blood coating it, adding to the layer of dried blood already there. Apparently he had hit his head pretty hard... hard enough that Hera's magic couldn't heal it the first time. As he moved, his hair moved aside to reveal a large gash all the way across the back of his head, fairly deep as well. "Seriously?! How did I do that?" He said, annoyance clear in his eyes. His dark hair wet with blood, he reached to tear another strip from the bottom of his cloak to wrap his head. But another wave of dizziness hit him, causing him to stumble once more. His vision blacked out for a moment, a somewhat worrisome sign.

It was never good if your vision started blacking out... something he has learned from years of getting himself into trouble and getting himself beaten up pretty badly. An audible thump could be heard as he fell over, head spinning from the blood loss. "It doesn't even hurt..." Was the last thing he managed to say before the dizziness overtook him and left him breathless. If he didn't fix this soon he would bleed out, but his arms were getting numb, and he could hardly move them now.

"Takumi?! Takumi what's wrong?!" Shouted a now very panicked Coal. Her red eyes wide as she watched him land hard on the packed earth, she saw the gash and groaned. Her master was such an idiot! Of course he had gone and gotten himself hurt. Only Takumi could get himself hurt so many times in one day. Ripping the strip Takumi had been attempting to rip off before he fell, the exceed wrapped it around his head.