Chapter 4

The boys followed Makarov down the staircase, and into the bar area. Everybody seemed to be scattered into different groups, drinking and eating. The UA students, however, were still a bit uneasy. They followed Bakugo to an empty table by the door, and sat. Midoriya was reluctant to follow, mainly because he wanted to take notes on their new situation, but he thought it best to stick with his classmates given the situation they were in. They still didn’t know how they ended up here, exactly where here was, even though it had been explained to them, and they didn’t know how to fix their situation. They sat in silence for a moment, before Todoroki began to speak.

“So. We know we are in a place called Magnolia. These people in this room are all wizards. I’m assuming their magic is kind of like our quirks, but it almost doesn’t seem like a physical extension of their bodies in most cases. It’s almost like power they call upon. They’ve never heard of anybody having a quirk before, which leads me to believe we didn’t only travel to another dimension, but to a different time period in general.” He paused, assessing the other’s reactions to his words. They seemed to be listening, though Midoriya kept glancing around the room, excitedly.

“Goddammit, you nerd. Can you sit still until we figure out what the fuck happened?” Bakugo snapped. Midoriya flushed, and turned his attention back to the boys at his table.

“But, Kacchan, wouldn’t it make more sense for me to go ask questions and find out as much as possible? It would allow us to learn more about our situation, and about the way their magic works…” He trailed off, mumbling about magic and quirks, as though creating a verbal Venn Diagram. Kirishima nodded in Midoriya’s direction.

“He does have a point. You know no detail will get passed Midoriya.” Before Midoriya could register the fact that he had been given permission to go ask questions, a white haired girl walked up to their table. She had on a cute dress, her bangs in a ponytail sticking up in the front, and she was holding a platter of bowls.

“Welcome to Fairy Tail! I’m sure Natsu told you that you boys have been here for three days,” she giggled, “My name is Mirajane. I help run the bar! You boys must be starving. I’ve taken it upon myself to make some stew for you.” She gently began placing the bowls in front of the boys, who had not realized how hungry they were until they smelled the stew.

“Oh, man! Thanks!” Kirishima exclaimed. Mirajane giggled again, then walked back towards the bar. The boys began to eat in silence, as a few people walked up to their table. They recognized most of them as a few of the members that had been up in the hospital ward before. Natsu, Gray, and Erza were accompanied by a girl with blue hair that was curled into ringlets up at the bottom. She wore a wool hat, and seemed to be standing a bit too close to Gray. Kirishima assumed it was his girlfriend, though he seemed annoyed with the girl. The other girl accompanying them was a bouncy blond, who had definitely caught Kaminari’s attention. She had a pink Fairy Tail tattoo on the back of her hand. She wore a blue crop top and a white skirt. She also had a ring of keys hooked to her belt, almost like a janitor. The five guild members sat in the table, forcing there to be enough room for all of them around the UA students. Natsu was grinning again, and was the first to speak.

“This is Lucy, she’s a celestial wizard. She can call on celestial spirits with those keys, and they do the fighting for her.” He motioned towards the blond, who smiled and waved. Kaminari could not bring himself to tear his eyes away from her chest, a bit of broth dribbling down his chin. Kirishima roughly elbowed Kaminari in the ribs, causing him to glare at him slightly. Kirishima seemed to be giving him a look that said Seriously, dude?Kaminari shrugged at him as Natsu continued, gesturing towards the blue-haired girl.

“And this is Juvia! She can control water.. and is made of water? She can also make it rain.” Natsu seemed a bit confused at his own description of her. Kirishima wondered if he truly knew what the girl did. He decided not to ask. Juvia stayed quiet. She seemed as though she were assessing the boys.

“So, you wanna tell us how you ended up here?” Gray was the one who spoke up, his voice holding almost no emotion. He reminded Midoriya of Todoroki in a lot of ways.

“We were in our hero training course, getting ready to start our training for the day, when the school alarms went off. A villain infiltrated the school, and as usual, we were the class they were after. The villain used his quirk. We were obviously hit with it, but there’s no way to be sure about the rest of the class, since they aren’t here with us. The villain seems to have had some kind of quirk that sends people through time and dimensions.” Todoroki carefully looked at the guild members, trying to gauge their reactions. Natsu looked confused, Gray showed no emotion, Erza looked deep in thought. It was Lucy who spoke up, and Kaminari just about choked on his stew.

“Um, what’s a quirk? And by villain, you mean a dark guild member?” It seemed less like she was asking, and more like she was correcting Todoroki. The two-toned boy simply blinked at her.

“No. We come from a time where, instead of magic, kids are born with quirks. Sort of like superpowers. With that, came superheros, as well as villains. We go to a high school for heroes in training. Villains attack regularly.” Natsu slammed his fist on the table, and Bakugo jumped up, his palm raised.

“DUDE. That is so. COOL.” Was all Natsu exclaimed. Gray rolled his eyes.

“Maybe we don’t intimidate the superheroes?” He suggested coldly towards the dragon slayer.

“What, like you think I can’t take ‘em?!” He directed towards Gray, who replied with shoving Natsu. Before any of the rest of the group could comprehend what was happening, they were brawling, but none of their guild members seemed to care.

“Uh, should… should we stop them, or something?” Midoriya asked, alarmed that this was being allowed to go on. Erza simply shook her head.

“No, this is normal. Natsu will fight anybody that breathes at him wrong. Anyway, since you guys seem to have powers of your own, you’re more than welcome to consult the job board while you’re here. Or, you can simply accompany us on any jobs we take. People all around request us to come take care of problems for them, since we have powers. They usually pay decently. However, without a guild mark visible, the requestor may seem hesitant. You should consider allowing us to initiate you into the guild for the time being. This… quirk… has to wear off eventually, right? And there’s really nothing you can do before that. So, you should put yourselves to work.” As she finished the sentence, a bottle hit her in the back of the head. Her face hardened, and she turned to the fighting pair behind her. She abruptly jumped up, and drew her sword. The entire guild hall froze, as they watched her make her way over to Natsu and Gray, who were no longer fighting, but staring at her, wide-eyed.

“We’re so sorry, please don’t kill us! There’s still so much food I’ve never had the chance to try!” Natsu cried. Bakugo wasn’t going to lie to himself. Erza was hot when she was mad. Juvia must have noticed his face, because she leaned towards him and whispered.

“She’s totally taken, and her boyfriend is just as powerful as her. I wouldn’t, if I were you.”

Bakugo snarled at her, “What the fuck are you talking about? I don’t even like redheads.” Kirishima gave him a mock look of hurt, throwing his hand over his heart. Bakugo rolled his eyes.

“Tch. You don’t count, shitty hair.” Kirishima seemed to accept this as an apology, and threw his arm around the explosive blond, who replied with shoving it off of him.

“Anyway, we have a job later if you wanted to join. It shouldn’t be anything too big, but it’ll let you guys get out to see the town!” Lucy chirped in. “It’ll be Natsu, Gray, Erza, Juvia, Wendy, and myself! Usually, we don’t do jobs in such large groups because then we have to split the money evenly, but you’re welcome to join!” She looked at the boys expectantly.

“We’re all in!” Kaminari replied, a bit too quickly. Todoroki rolled his eyes at him.

“You’re disgraceful.” Was all he replied to his classmate, then turning to Lucy, “We would love to. What is the job request?” Before she could reply, Makarov came over to the table.

“We are going to have to put that job request on hold for now. We have a more pressing matter. It seems as though Acnalogia may have been spotted across the country. I am sending a small task-force to investigate, but do not engage him if you come across him. The team will consist of Natsu, Gray, Erza, Gajeel, Wendy, Levy, Juvia, and Lucy. I do not wish to put our guests in harm way, so they will be staying behind.” Bakugo didn’t know what the fuck an Acnalogia was, but he wasn’t going to simply stay put when challenged to a fight. Before he could argue, the old man walked away. They would just have to invite themselves.

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