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

Chapter 59: Bandit

Bandit

A scream rose up over the music and the music stopped abruptly. My eyes flashed open and Natsu let go of me. I instantly missed his warmth. My face fell and my heart gave another throb.

I spun around before he could see my fallen and frustrated face. Instead, I touched my necklace and called for my daggers. My necklace glowed blue and my twin daggers appeared in front of me. I grabbed them and ran toward the scream.

I knew Natsu was right behind me but I didn't look back. I couldn't. People moved out of my way as I ran. I skidded to a halt, my dress flapping around me, when my eyes locked onto the dark wizard bandit. He was using his dark magic to break into a case made out of glass.

Inside that case was a beautiful white diamond that Natsu and I where supposed to keep safe. Before I could hurl one of my daggers at him the glass shattered. His greedy hands shot into the case and he snatched the diamond from inside.

"Oi!" I screamed at him as I threw my dagger. He spun around with the diamond in his hand. He wasn't quick enough to dodge. My dagger sank into his leg. The cloaked man was trapped now. He grunted and bent down to get the dagger out.

"Stay."

I muttered to my dagger.

The unidentifiable man tried to yank my dagger out. However my dagger didn't budge. "That's not going to work, darling." I told him as I stalked toward him with my high heels clicking loudly against the tiled floor of the ball room. He glared at me from underneath his hood and raised his hand out toward me.

Black tendrils of magic shot straight at me. I raised my remaining dagger and the magic hit my blade. The blow was powerful and the force of it made me take a staggering step back. I deflected the blow with a flick of my wrist.

"Fire Dragon's: Iron Fist!"

I heard Natsu yell as he ran toward the bandit. He brought his fist up and hit the dark wizard in the chest. The Dark Wizard fell back and then I was there. I kicked him in the back while Natsu delivered another flaming punch.

I kicked off the ground and did a spinning kick to his face. My foot connected with his nose and I heard a loud crack! as his nose shattered. He cursed loudly as I landed on my feet and dodged out of the way as more Black Magic raced at me.

I risked a glance at Natsu to see how he was fairing. He was burning and throwing flaming punches at the tendrils of Dark Magic that was being thrown at him. Suddenly he looked up and his gaze found mine.

"Freya!" The Fire Mage yelled as his flaming green eyes grew wide at something behind me. I looked to him questionable and saw him running towards me. I spun back around and slashed my dagger straight through another tendril of black magic.

I spun out of the way of another blow and my eyes darted back to my partner. Natsu was slowing making his way back to me. His body was almost completely consumed in flames as he burned and deflected the black Magic that was targeting him. I turned my attention back to the Bandit. He still had the diamond clutched firmly in his hand as he sent another wave at Natsu and I.

I leapt over the black magic and struck out with my foot, kicking it away. I landed back on my feet and sucked in a sharp breath as several inky black tendrils came at me from all sides. I did several backflips using my hand and rolled away. The black magic slammed into the floor, making dust, and gravel fly everywhere.

I shut my eyes tight against the grit and when I opened them again, I lost sight of Natsu. I could barely see his flames now. I listened quietly for anything. A sound. A whisper of footsteps. Anything to tip me off where the bandit had gone or where his next attack was going to come from.