[Dungeon] True Test of Might

Haru sat around the Guild wondering if anything interesting was going to happen that would brighten himself up. It seemed the only thing that kept his dark thoughts at bay these days was action, so he seemed to crave it. Something, anything to do. At times, however he found himself just peacefully dazing off as he stood outdoors near the gates of the guild. People passing by, he had one hand in the pocket of his long black slacks just gazing out at the spring day with some fresh air.

Rose was hanging out, flying about and socializing with random people here and there, but Haru seemed to be gazing out and thinking of only one thing. Finding out who his father was. For a long time he'd wondered about it, and never really pressed his mom about it. But as of late it had become somewhat of an obsession of his. Whether it be because he was coming of age, or wanted to know who he really was. What he was made of. Besides being born with magic, and having a mother who happened to know an Elder Dragon. Who was he truly. Deep down, even he didn't know and it scared him. These thoughts were interrupted by the entrance of a man that could only be described as huge. Although he was almost 6 feet tall himself, this man towered over Haru at about 8ft or more.

He walked right past him, and nothing was out of the norm. Except for the fact that the guy was carrying a boulder the size of a car, and one the size of a bus. Several people in front of the mage's guild would stop and stare, and eventually just about everyone did.

"I'm looking for one of the mage's here at the guild." the guy with a huge blonde mustache and a bald head stated. No one really moved although a few people began to talk again but still focused on him on this spring day. "They call him Salamander." as he said this, he would toss both rocks into the air, as they would then land with a loud 'thud!' kicking up dust as people let out an 'ooooh!' at this. "I mean to challenge him to a feat of strength." as he said this, a lot of people looked right at Haru and many others just began to talk amongst themselves.

When the man followed the eyes and landed on Haru, he would cackle a loud bellow of a laugh and then cross his arms. "Not what you expected?" Haru would say in his usual serious tone. Although the guy simply shook his head keeping his arms crossed. "Ah no, I recognize you by your look, you're definitely him." as he said this, Haru kept his focus and looked over to the two rocks. "I've heard you can be quite the strong man. I am Sol, Sol Flex." as he said this, he would nod his head to the side slightly and then nod at Haru once.

"Maybe some other time." as he said this, the silent crowd let out an 'awwwwwwwwwwwwww' and a few people seemed to complain as Haru furrowed his brow and began to walk off back inside the guild. "Salamander has been defeated ladies and gentlemen." as soon as he said this, Haru stopped walking as Sol would only smile and then keep his position. "Fine....I'll take the big one. What's the game." as he said this and with a single turn around would step up to the plate as many people began to cheer at the sight of them walking up to the rocks, people on the street taking notice of the cheers in front of Fairy Tail as well. "Destroy yours before I destroy mine. They're magically reinforced by S-Class earth mages.....so feel free to use any spells you want on em." as he said this, he would roll a shoulder and take a fighting stance as Haru would nod and bounce around briefly doing the same as they both stood in their respective stances as the crowd seemed to cheer and then tune out likely to both of them as they focused.

"Damn....we forgot to make someone say ready set go didn't we." in a moment of embarrassment Haru actually agreed with his opponent as the crowd heard them. "......Yeah." instantly the whole crowd would facepalm including Rose who would float over, her wings already out with her Aera Magic from before this guy even arrived. Hovering over both rocks, she would shake her head. "Men really are idiots.....I'll do it. Ready? Ready?" she pointed a paw at them both and then floated higher out of range. "3.....2.....1.......ATTACK!" as Haru and Sol both rocketed at the boulders, Haru hit it with the Iron Fist spell just at the same moment Sol would hit it with some kind of crazy Wind Attack that caused a huge inferno to erupt as soon as both of their fists hit the rocks, Haru's covered in flames roaring like a dragon, and Sol's in a huge wind blast. Rose had to literally ReQuip instantly in a spur of the moment action, and slash a huge wave of flames out of existence before it literally cooked everyone into ashes. Her anti-magic metals from Edolas showing their prowess as the flames and wind cooked out into nothing but a breeze as people let out another 'ooooh' just at Rose's display.

As she hovered there with a longsword ReQuipped into her hand, wings out; she would sweatdrop. "Um....we should move this to the training grounds." as she said this everyone erupted into cheers again as Sol would scoop up both rocks without any problem again and begin marching out back of Fairy Tail with a huge crowd of people in towe. Haru with his hands in his pockets smirking included right next to him.  

The huge crowd of people chanting his name made Haru smirk with pride as the rocks were tossed onto the ground with a huge thud, wondering just how strong of a wind mage this guy was; Haru would nod at him. "For once I might actually have some competition." as he said this the guy would smile at him "Hey it was your choice to take the big one." for such a large guy he had a good sense of humor as Haru let off a 'hmph' as people stood all across the training grounds of the guild like some football game was happening; cheering Haru on mostly but the stranger had some people goading him on as well.

"Ahem! Okay let's try this one more time!" as Rose floated up, making a little joke the huge crowd surrounding the field would laugh as Haru even smirked a little. "Ready....set.......attack!" as soon as she began speaking her countdown, it got quiet as if out of nowhere, as Haru and the stranger Sol would ready themselves more with each count. When the take off was signaled, Haru hit the rock with a melee hit that blew a huge chunk of it off; surprising Sol who had only knocked a hole in his with the first hit.

The two of them began to hammer away as flames appeared around Haru as he hit the rock each time causing flaming rock chunks to go tumbling in a huge fancy looking array explosion that made people cheer regardless of their current safety, Sol was actually slicing his rock apart with slicing movements and kicks. The ground began to shake as the two of them intensified their assault. "Not bad kid!" he heard from his right as he only let off another classic 'hmph' from his visage through his flames and continued to hammer away at the rock.

Sol would leap back and prepare a spell; as Haru would notice this, he'd do the same. With a hand movement; a tornado dropped literally from the clouds onto Sol's rock as it began to be shredded into nothingness. Haru would see this, as he would inhale and then with a mighty exhale that sounded like an explosion; unleash Fire Dragon's Roar. It would slam into his rock and begin pulling it away into ashes as Haru's hair and scarf blew around while he literally breathed fire like a dragon.

On the opposite end of the training field his flames would curl upwards with a massive fire lick as the rock was now jet black and crumbling into ashes. When the smoke cleared, Haru's rock was much smaller, and Sol still had a small chunk of his left that Haru was sure he could crush with a kick, even though it was still the size of a large TV now. The crowd went wild as Sol would nod to Haru. They would both take off at their rocks again, the combat streaks they went into were all melee hits that literally hammered and hammered at the rocks more and more.

Getting the bright idea to just pick his rock up, Haru ran up and lifted it above his head in a dazzling display of strength as he tossed it into the air; with a leaping shoryuken Ken would be proud of as the rock fell; Haru leapt up as his fist caught on fire with a spin, hammering into his rock as it went molten from the sheer impact as flames went splashing in a beautiful net mid-air. His rock tumbled back away as he heard Sol still hammering away at his behind him; even feeling the breezes from most of his wind attacks as well through his own hair and clothes. Squaring up with a knee bend and looking at his rock; Haru's entire leg would catch fire as he delivered a literal flying kick. Unnaturally flying through the air like Liu Kang he would connect with the molten glowing rock and send it tumbling once again with another splash of flames as the crowd was all but losing their minds now at such a display of magic.

"Damn these things are tough." he'd say to himself as he leaped back from his own flying kick, using the rock as a spring as he would dash forward again; with a single leap his elbow would catch on fire and connect with the rock, sending some visible shatters through it as he wondered if he could use the point of impact he'd just made as a possible shatterpoint. Nodding to himself and going with that plan, he noticed Sol was making his rock float and slamming it into the ground with repeated wind bending; as the thuds against the ground reached his ears. Sol would move the rock in a fancy way; controlling wind with two fingers which looked kind of interesting for such a large guy; as if he were conducting wind itself. Deciding he didn't need to get distracted right now; he'd use a more powerful spell.

With a dragon roar hitting the air as if from nowhere; making people look around in surprise but then realize it was coming from Haru's fire spell that was spinning around his arm like a wild orbit as it continued to expand up his arm. Unleashing Demolition Fist upon the rock, he would literally seem to move so fast he'd vanish and then punch the rock. It would take off as if it had been hit with a giant baseball or golf club; catching flame and flying 1000ft through the air as it made peoples clothing move on the sideline; from moving so fast. If anyone had been hit by the flying rock it would have been beyond fatal. The rock would tumble, skid, and break apart a lot as it landed. Now literally smoking and glowing; as even Sol's jaw dropped at what he'd just seen. Taking a break from hitting his own rock. Looking back at him, Haru only gave him a badass smirk like only he could in response to him actually getting distracted.

This angered Sol who was still holding his rock up behind him with wind magic with one hand. Clenching that hand; his wind reacted by forming into blasts of wind that struck the rock from all directions randomly; hammering it faster and faster. Haru would realize he was getting serious now and decide he'd use an even stronger spell than before. Worrying only briefly about the people watching, he figured out a way he could use it without turning everyone to ashes. He'd just come from above. With a singular leap; Haru leaped so high that he was practically out of view in the sun and the clouds. Closing his eyes, and looking at the now smaller houses below him briefly before hand; he would begin his freefall as his entire arm caught flame again, only this time the flames took on the shape of a dragon wing. Plummeting, the roar from above actually scared some people who took off leaving Fairy Tail as a whole as fast as they could as Haru fell.

Sol was concentrating even harder on his rapid wind blast spell, now holding both hands out toward his rock as Haru fell. He knew if the kid hit before his rock was rubble, he might lose. Falling now, faster, and faster still. Haru could see and feel Sol's spellpower increasing; with a simple Rocket spell, a blast of flames from his feet sent him like a missile out of nowhere back down to the guilds training grounds. Punching his rock point blank with Fire Dragon King's Iron Fist, his entire section of the training ground went up in a huge vertical blast of fire as his rock literally turned completely black and then pulled away into ashes as his fist connected with it. The flames would spiral upward into the air in the shape of a dragon before vanishing with a roar on the wind. With his rock gone, the crowd went absolutely nuts as they chanted his name with a "Haru! Haru! Haru!" as he realized Sol was just now shattering his rock with a final wind blast.

With a turn, as he realized the crowd was cheering for his opponent, who's rock was gone. Sol looked surprised and then humbled. "My first loss in my entire travels....I certainly came to the right place." he would say this as he would hold out a fist. With a fistbump toward him after walking up, Haru would nod silently as people yelling and talking was enough noise already. He settled for smirking at Sol as he'd had fun just now. For some reason, Sol felt inclined to deliver advice out of nowhere to the fire mage.

"Remember, don't hold stuff in. Let it out and you'll feel a lot better. Live honestly." as his words reached him, Haru nodded. "When I do, I usually get in a lot of trouble." with that, Sol and Haru would share a small chuckle and then a handshake would be shown as Rose would nod. "Where to next Sol?" she asked him as she floated down to the mysterious challenger with a blonde mustache. "I was thinking of this metal in Ca-Elum, supposedly can't be broken." he nodded to the cat while stroking his mustache like only a gentleman could. "Let me guess...you're going there to break it." Rose stated as only she could. With a nod, Sol would talk once more. "Correct my lovely feline friend." as he said this, Rose would blush a little but nod.

"Maybe you could stay here after you get back, if you need a job; the guild might accept you. I'd vouch for your skill. Become an official mage. Join us." as he said this, Sol got somewhat emotional visibly with a smile as he'd nod to Haru. "When my travels are done....I'd be honored to join a famous guild like this....I wonder how many tests of might I could find on real Jobs." he would say this as Rose would finish for him. "You'd be surprised." Haru would nod in agreement.

Briefly, they'd say their goodbyes at the front of the guild as Haru would stretch and flex his knuckles. "What an afternoon." he'd say mostly to himself as he watched the day go by again as he'd been doing before; just standing in the front lawn on the guild. For some reason, he felt like seeing Leila; so he wandered off inside of the guild in search of the neko warrior, just to lay eyes on her if he could and see if there was anything he could do to annoy her in a good way.

When he entered the guild, he didn't see her anywhere. What the? Was she off on a job. Probably. Or knowing her, she was off buying some gear for some mission that she would need in the future. The woman really was a machine. He liked that about her. Plus, she tended to keep his murderous intent in check somehow. Recently, he'd been flying off the handle more than ever lately.

Which is why he was so grateful to Sol, the friend he'd just made for such an outlet. How the hell did that guy get earth mages to just enchant a rock like that anyway? Maybe he just asked. As he stood there, thinking; he would find a comfortable chair, more like a swivel chair with cushion and sit in it. Deep in thought off in the corner of the room or guild to himself like he usually did. Wondering when he'd be able to find somewhere to put all of this rage. Leila often helped him out with that in certain ways; but she wouldn't always be around to help him out.

With his hands folded he rested his chin on them as he sat. Rose would come floating up to him and then land on the chairs armrest. He would then reach out and pet her behind the ears without saying a word. With a smile she accepted this, not asking questions at first. But in a minute or so she spoke while having her ears scratched. "Something on your mind?" she said as he continued to pet her, now with a more simple stroke. "I have anger issues...I should probably resolve em somehow." as he said this, she would look up at him briefly; but then close her eyes and relax enjoying his petting a bit more before talking again. "You could always pet me like this more you know, my fur's pretty relaxing." she said making a joke with a little smile on her face and eyes closed as Haru found it funny yet mildly irritating which made it even funnier to him. "You'd like that wouldn't you." he said; but not stopping as Rose giggled a little for once.

"I definitely needed today, it's been awhile since I've just let my anger out...." he thought about how he'd almost murdered a guy in Clover Town, but ended up turning him in to the Rune Knights like he should've. Shaking his head, he was glad. Very glad that Rose wasn't there that day. She'd have been watching him like a hawk, and this moment here and now wouldn't be possible. She'd have been so on edge after seeing something like that, that she'd have been super aware and not in the mood to relax or just be his cat, and his friend.

"What's gotten into you lately? You never pet me like this." she said as comically she'd anime sparkle. As Haru got irritated. "YOU are calling ME soft now?" he said he stopped petting her leaning back in the chair with his arms crossed. As she hopped on onto both of her feet in his lap, she'd state. "What's that supposed to mean!" she yelled more curious than mad. "It means when you see something cute, the holy exceed knight of Extalia becomes just a regular school girl." as he said this, Rose would begin paw slap attacking him as he tried to restrain her but it was difficult with her feline quickness.

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