The Curse of the 9th Master

Chapter 6:

"Fairy Tail you say?"

The girl looked at them curiously, eyeing them one by one. She took another step forward, forcing Gray to step back. The look in her eyes were sharp, with a sudden dark look.

"Fairy Tail?" She asked again. Her eyes darkened, replaced by a look of pure rage and hatred.

"Why...? Why Fairy Tail!?" She screamed, shaking with rage.

Gray stepped back, returning to his friends, side by side.

"Run!" Erza had shouted, as the chaos began. The girl shrieked, lifting both of her hands, beams of white light forming. She pushed her hand forward, controlling the beams of light which were shooting out rapidly, aiming at Natsu and the others.

Natsu jumped out of the way, nearly hit, but not scathed, luckily. He ran, holding a hand out as he grabbed a branch and pulled himself over it, jumping behind a thick tree bush. There, panting for breath, Natsu saw Erza, Lucy, and Gray all sitting quietly on the wooden floor. He joined the others, resting on the floor, gazing at the hole in the bush where Erza was looking at.

"What's up with this chick?" Natsu mumbled. Something was wrong, Makarov never told them the guardian had wanted to kill them.

"We have to take her out," Gray stated.

"Seriously? Harm a little girl like that?" Lucy whispered, eyeing the shaking girl nervously.

"Uh- If you haven't already noticed, she already tried to kill us-" Natsu started.

"-So we have to return the favor," Erza said, starting to get up. She glanced around at everyone, motioning for them to follow her.

This is really gonna suck, Natsu thought to himself.

2 Minutes Later...

"You who! Scary little girl, over here!" Natsu called out, successfully drawing the attention of the pale-haired girl. She glared at him, tears in her eyes. It wouldn't be long before she charged.

Hmph. Why was I put on for bait? And why is she crying? Natsu thought, he casted her a confused look, searching her eyes for any emotion besides anger and hatred.

"Fire Dragon Roar!" Natsu shouted, letting a mountain of fire erupt from his mouth and onto where the girl was. The temperature turned fairly warm and sparks of fire flew around in the sky. As the fire and smoke cleared, he saw the girl emerge from it, unscathed. She swung her hand and shot out several beams.

Natsu dodged most of them, running around her and trying to keep her attention on him. Natsu only prayed that she wouldn't look behind her. As Gray was currently sneaking up at the potion, reaching out to grab it.

Gray felt beads of sweat to start forming as he cautiously went to grab it, his fingers colliding with the bottle. But as soon as he touched it, he felt a slowly burning sensation take over his senses. The pain rapidly increased into what felt like sharp jabs all over his hand, moving down to his hand and soon his whole body.

Gray hissed, retrieving his hand back, holding it with his other one. Dammit, Gray thought, I can't reach the bottle.

It only got worse for Gray.

The girl stiffened, her body frozen for a second before she turned around, dark rigid eyes meeting with blue onyx ones.

"Crap!" Gray shouted, jumping in the air to avoid multiple beams of light. He positioned his hands in a familiar way.

"Ice-make Lance!" He shouted, returning the attack with multiple ice lances. He watched as the girl dodged what seemed all of them, shattering to the ground. She looked unharmed, but there was a trace of blood coming out from her cheek. A single cut. That's all Gray needed. He glanced back at Natsu, who was staring at him and gave a small nod.