~Magnolia's Number One Assassin~ (Fairy Tail)

Chapter 68: Fight With The Dark Wizard Master

Fight With The Dark Wizard Master

This was the first time I had ever laid my eyes upon him.

I didn't like what I saw.

His long white hair, that was now streaked with red, hung down his back and face. His wrinkled face was covered in blood, like mine was. I knew it wasn't his. But I knew who it all belonged to. Natsu's blood.
That knowledge enraged me to no end. His dark coat was even darker now thanks to the crimson liquid. The Dark Wizard Master was tall. His height could rival Laxus's height. Which made me look like nothing but an annoying ant that he wanted to crush.

His eyes made me shiver. They were pure white and I couldn't see if he had any pupils. I could feel those horrific eyes studying me. Assessing me. Looking for weaknesses. He wouldn't find anything. I had completely shut myself off from my emotions. Besides, he already had my weakness.

Now I just needed to find his.

Our gazes locked.

Icy blue against white.

I clenched my teeth as a low rumble started to emanate from my chest. Oh, how I wanted to sink my Twin Daggers into his already bloodily skin. The pull was so strong that I almost lost myself to it and attacked. I restrained myself just in time. I had to be smart about this. If I did anything stupid, I could lose my life to the hands of this man that I loathed with all my heart. I couldn't die. Not yet.
Natsu needed me.
And if he needed me.
Then I would keep on fighting.

The room was silent as we stared steadily at each other. I had to be very observant and careful when it came to this Mage. I couldn't make out where his eyes were looking thanks to his pupils-less gaze. That meant I couldn't rely on my eyes, but with my instincts, and other senses. I had been trained for these moments. The big battles that meant life or death.
I was ready for this.

My fight with the men in the very beginning before I came to Fairy Tail. The man on the train with the gun and the sobbing mother who had begged for my help while holding her infant. The tiger that had taken a chunk out of me and leaving behind a scar. The supposed major of the town who I had to take out due to his insanity. The intense and emotional battle that I fought in against the three Dragon Slayers. How I had promised Gildarts that I wouldn't dare put Natsu in any danger, that I would die first. The cave in and the giant spider that had taken Levy from us. Natsu when he hadn't been in his right mind due to the little spider that had imbedded itself into his nervous system. How I had somehow brought him back to me. When I had been taken and Natsu had come to save me. The ball where I had been paralyzed and had seen Natsu cry over my 'dead body'.
And, that night in the snow, where the Dark Wizard Master's Mages had taken my most precious treasure away from me.

All those battles, all these hard ships that I had faced, it all lead me here. To the right now. To me facing the very bastard who had taken my other half. All those experiences that I had been through in Fairy Tail had made me stronger. More powerful.
In body and soul.
I couldn't wait to show this bastard just how much I had grown.

My concentration was broken when a sound shattered the deafening silence. My gaze darted behind the Dark Wizard Master when my mind registered the sound. A wet cough. The sound of chains rattling made my eyes travel back to the wall. My heart seemed to chip even more when I saw Natsu's body shake with the force of the cough. To my horror, blood dripped from his mouth, and seemed to fall slowly to the floor. I watched those few droplets until they splattered onto the hard cement floor with a silent splat. He's going to drown in his own blood. A hissy voice told me from the back of my numbed mind. Which one? My vacant mind asked back. The bitch who thought he could keep on living? Or the boy that's killing me right now?