Act 1, Chapter 1:
The bustling streets of Oshibana Town filled with cheers and screams as the newly-elected Mayor strolled down the main street. Brightly coloured banners were put up all around, dancing in the playful breeze. Roses, tulips and many other flowers were thrown to the Mayor, who was on his way to City Hall. However, he did not stride alone. In front and behind him was an escort of two young men and two youthful ladies. These four were Team Leo of the wizard Guild Fairy Tail. This team consisted of Leo, Harvey, Celine and Margaret.
“Jesus, can’t this end already?” Harvey sighed, walking next to Margaret behind the Mayor.
“I know,” Leo replied, walking ahead of the Mayor next to Celine. “I just want something to happen already!”
“I’d prefer nothing happened today,” Margaret interjected. “Besides, not every job includes destroying everything in a ten-mile radius.”
“Shut up! Just because I’m a Dragon Slayer…”
“Exactly!” Celine said. “From what I heard about the Dragon Slayers, you always end up destroying everything! I’m surprised the Mayor even wanted you for this job!”
“He wanted brawn, so he got what he wanted,” Harvey added. “Just shut up and look intimidating. That way we’ll be able to get to City Hall without any distrac-”
A gunshot cut Harvey’s sentence short. As screams rang out across the street, the Mayor dropped to the ground in search of safety. Margaret located the gunner instantly in the crowd and dashed after him.
“Carry on without me! I’ll meet you guys at City Hall!” she called as she disappeared into the crowd. Leo sighed.
“Seriously? Why can’t I get to beat anyone up?” he moaned.
“Shut up, Leo! You sound like a seven-year-old.” Celine responded.
“Hey! I’m more mature than you’ll ever be!”
“Just shut the fuck up both of you!” Harvey yelled. The Mayor rose up from the ground and shook off the dirt from his suit.
“Grand. Let us continue this parade. Maybe a bit faster,” he said. After a moment of silence between them, Harvey decided to add with a chuckle:
“You two sound like an old married couple when you argue.”
“I swear, I will rip you to shreds!” Leo growled.
“I’ll beat you like your unloving mo-” Celine began.
“Don’t you think you should focus on protecting me instead of roasting each other?” the Mayor said in concern for his safety. “My God, I really picked the worst possible option turning to Fairy Tail for help…”
It took only an angry gaze from Leo’s yellow eyes to change the Mayor’s opinion.
***
Margaret chased after the gunner, despite being fired at quite a lot. She was slowly running out of breath, but she knew she couldn’t give up yet. Soon enough, the gunner ran into a dead end in an alley, he looked around desperately for an escape route as Margaret drew nearer. She drew a card and threw it down.
“Come forth, Virgo the Maiden!” she yelled. Five seconds later, out of thin air, a beautiful lady appeared. She wore a one-piece white dress and had a crown of brightly-coloured flowers on her head. She had fair skin; her dark brown flowing hair ended halfway down her back. Her dark pink eyes sparkled as she turned to face Margaret.
“It is wonderful to be at your service once more, Margie,” she said, her voice sounded like a beautiful symphony.
“It's good to see you too, Virgo. Now show this bastard what you can do!” Margaret pointed at the gunner accusatively. Virgo looked the gunner dead in the eyes, making him shiver. Virgo chuckled.
“You humans are really strange to be scared of a lady like myself. In fact, I'll show you why your current fears are immaterial compared to what punishment is to come!”
All there was, was a loud scream of agony.
***
Suddenly, a ball of fire was launched out from the crowd, just about passing over the Mayor’s head. Leo was about to throw himself after the attacker when Celine ran off first.
“There’s no way in Hell I’m letting you take anyone on!” she yelled as she phased past the crowd. Leo gave a quiet growl, but he, Harvey and the Mayor carried on walking. Well, speed-walking.
***
Celine chased after the fire-thrower relentlessly, despite being bombarded with thousands of fireballs. She soon yelled:
“Chain Magic: Kinky Boots!” A long chain enfolded the fire-thrower’s legs and tied them together very tightly. He fell to the ground with a loud thud, Celine smiled sadistically, she was clearly insane.
“Now, I’ll become your private tutor. The subject we’ll study is… PAIN!!”
***
Soon enough, they were just ahead of City Hall, where the crowd was at its peak. City Hall was made entirely of marble, a banner was placed over the front saying:
“WELCOME THE NEW MAYOR!”
Leo was getting more and more aggravated by the fact he hasn’t fought anyone yet. He’s the S-Class wizard around here, so he should be the one doing most of the fighting! As they approached the pure white stairs, a man ran out in front of them with a pistol. Before he was able to fire, Leo took a deep breath…
“Iron Dragon… ROAR!!!” he yelled at the top of his voice, as a huge grey whirlwind flew out of his mouth. Not only did it send the attacker flying, but also destroyed most of City Hall, but somehow the rest of the structure stayed intact. Harvey looked at Leo in annoyance, while the latter blushed.
“I- I’m sor-” Leo began.
“No!” Harvey yelled. “I’M FUCKING DONE WITH YOU AND YOUR BULLSHIT! THIS HAPPENS EVERY FUCKING TIME WE GO ON A JOB!! STOP! BEING! A FUCKING! FAILURE!!!” after he chilled his tits a bit, Harvey then turned to the Mayor and spent the next five minutes attempting to persuade him not to sue Leo. His attempts were fruitless, of course, so they returned to their Guild empty-handed.
***
Team Leo entered the Fairy Tail Guildhall, greeted by beer and laughed within the quite small hall. The two Guild Masters - Helen and Charlotte Kazema - sat by the bar and glared directly at Leo. Charlotte was holding a letter. As he approached them, Leo’s heartbeat quickened rapidly. When he was finally in front of them, he fell onto one knee and bowed his head.
“I am so very sorry please don’t kick me out I have nowhere to go!!” he pleaded. “It was an acciden-”
“YOU’RE AN ACCIDENT!!” Helen yelled. “ONE MORE INCIDENT LIKE THAT AND YOU’LL BE FACING TRIAL AGAINST THE MAGIC COUNCIL!!”
“And I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone win a trial against them.” Charlotte added calmly. “Either way, you are pardoned.”
"Thank you so much!” Leo got up, smiling with relief. He turned around and left them. He was suddenly greeted by his partner: Azai. He was a small liger cub; Leo found him when he was a little boy, but the liger always stayed a cub.
“Took you a while!” Azai said, jumping into Leo’s arms. Leo cuddled him warmly, laughing.
“I know, I’m sorry!” he said. “Should we get a job together?”
“Didn’t you get anything for that last one?”
When Leo blushed, Azai sighed.
“You really need to get a grip of yourself.”
“I’m sorry! It’s not my fault I’m excited for fighting! I’ve only recently become S-Class!”
“Thanks to who?” There was a moment of silence. Leo hung his head in shame.
“Thanks to you…”
“Precisely. Now get your ass in gear and let’s get a new job.”
They walked over to the request board, Azai jumped onto Leo’s broad shoulder.
“Ooh, look at this one!” Azai said, taking a request from the board. Leo read it carefully:
“LILLY YURAMI OF SABERTOOTH REQUIRES ASSISTANCE WITH A JOB TO KILL A PLANT BEAST. WILL GIVE 50% OF THE REWARD (TOTAL: 60,000 JEWEL)”
“Well this is a very rare sight for someone from Sabertooth. I could’ve sworn they were pretty cocky last year at the Grand Magic Games,” Leo sneered.
“Either way, I think we should go help her,” Azai said. “Just look at the reward!”
“Meh, you have a point. Let’s go for it!”
“Chotto matte, my friends!” Harvey interjected, Margaret and Celine stood behind him. “Just where do you think you’re going without us?”
“Yeah! Where do you think you’re going?” Charlie squawked. Charlie was Harvey’s annoying little canary, she could use Sound magic to become really loud and you can imagine how painful that would be.
“Let me have a look at the job request,” Celine said, snatching the request from Leo. After she finished reading, she burst out laughing. “Sabertooth? Want help from us?! Ha! They’re so pathetic!!”
“I say we go and help them; this Lilly girl seems in a lot of danger.” Margaret said thoughtfully.
“I say we go and help her,” Leo said. Harvey smiled.
“You’re not going there to help her; you’re going there for the money,” he said.
“What?! I would never do such a thing! Never! Let us embark on this quest right away!”
Harvey rolled his eyes, but complied.
Author's Note: In case you're curious, "chotto matte" means "hold up" or "wait up". Either way, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It's my first time doing something fanfic-y on here, so it's a bit of something new. Also, this is a collab between me and a friend irl. They create the plot, I put it into writing. Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter and I look forwards to your comments!
Leo just doesn't remind me of a wizard, but I may have been playing a little too much DnD and getting into the lore there.
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