Chapter 6

First Mission

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Alumina walked into the Guild Hall with a small smile spread across her lips and arms crossed behind her back. She had been in Fairy Tail for a week now, and everyone had started to warm up to her. Well, almost everyone anyway.

She let out along sigh at the thought.

Natsu still wouldn't talk to her, or even come near her, though she wasn't exactly sure why. When she had asked Natsu's Exceed partner Happy about it, the little creature said he hadn't the slightest clue as to why Natsu was acting that way. She wished he would open up to her, being in Fairy Tail would be more fun if all of its members liked her.

She headed over to a table where she could see Gray sitting with Juvia, and she gave them a smile as she sat down with them. "Hey guys, how are you doing?" She asked and Gray smiled back.

"Fine," He looked over to Juvia who wasn't smiling. Alumina glanced her way and tilted her head,

"Juvia is fine also..." Juvia mumbled and Alumina let out a silent sigh.

"Hey Gray." Alumina murmured and he blinked.

"Hmm?"

"Would you like to go on a job with me? You don't have to, I just thought I might ask. It doesn't look like you've been on one in awhile." Alumina asked and for a minute Gray stared as he thought it over.

"Sure." He smiled with a small shrug. "What harm could it do?"

Alumina smiled brightly at him, but tilted her head upon seeing Juvia glaring at her. "Love rival..." Juvia growled and Alumina sweatdropped a little.

"Would you like to come too Juvia?" Alumina asked and Juvia looked a little surprised at the question, before nodding slowly. "Great!" Alumina smiled. "Who wants to help me pick out a job?" She asked and Gray nodded his head at Juvia.

"You two go find one, it wont matter to me which one you take." He told them and Alumina got to her feet, Juvia got to hers, and Alumina grabbed the bluenette's wrist as she pulled her toward the Request Board, excitement rising.

"Lets go find one Juvia, this is going to be fun!" Alumina chuckled and Juvia smiled a little, only a little, at the Celestial Wizard pulling her toward the Request Board.

Gray's POV

Gray watched the two woman walk away with a small smile as he crossed his arms over his chest and he sighed, closing his eyes for a minute and leaning back in his chair. A loud thump sounded and the table shook as someone slammed their fist down on it,

"What the hell do you think you're doing, popsicle?!" A voice hissed furiously.

Gray opened his eyes to see Natsu standing on the other side of the table, fists clenched and denting the wood of the table as he glared at him. Gray quirked an eyebrow,

"Excuse me?" Gray asked and Natsu frowned.

"Why the hell did you agree to go on a job with her?" Natsu hissed and Gray unhooked his arms as he leaned forward in his seat.

"Why shouldn't I? Alumina's nice, and she's done nothing wrong. You're just to stuck in the past to see that, hot-head." Gray growled at him and Natsu looked furious.

"You forget what happened to Lucy?" Natsu asked in a low voice and Gray flinched as the painful memory of seeing a bloody Lucy appeared before his eyes. "And now you're helping the person who stole Lucy's keys?" Natsu hissed and Gray narrowed his eyes.

"Stole?" Gray muttered. "Alumina didn't steal Lucy's keys idiot, Lucy gave them to her." Gray hissed back and Natsu sniffed at the thought, a disgusted look spreading across his face.

"And you believe that lying bitch? There is no way in hell Lucy gave up her keys, she loved them." Natsu growled back as he crossed his arms over his chest, turning away from Gray. "You're just stupid to realize that she's lying to all of you." With that, Natsu walked away and Gray watched him go with narrowed eyes.

Alumina POV

Alumina let out a silent sigh and sweatdropped a little, she was looking at the Request Board with Juvia beside her as they swept their eyes over all the jobs. Her hearing was better than Natsu thought, because she had heard everything he said to Gray.

Or maybe he wanted her to hear what he thought of her?

She didn't know, but she needed to think of something else. If Natsu wanted to be that way, let him, she would find a way to deal with him later, right now she had a job to do.

Juvia reached forward and took a piece of paper from the board, read it, and handed it to her. "Juvia likes this one, what about you?" The Bluenette asked and Alumina swept her gaze over the paper.

Request: Security needed for Mistress Belena's Ball

Requester: Mistress Belena

Reward: 30,000 Jewel

Details: The Ball is being held at BelantrassMansion, several nobles and officials will be attending. I order to preserve class and grace, security is needed to guard the premises and keep any Villains or Thieves away, and if necessary, escort unruly guests out.

Alumina smiled and looked at Juvia, "This looks like a great job Juvia, lets take it." Alumina told the Bluenette who smiled back and Alumina walked toward the bar with Juvia beside her, handing the paper to Mira. "Gray, Juvia and I would like this one." Alumina explained and Mira gave her a small and weary smile, stamped the paper and handed it back.

"Good luck." Mira and Master said as they walked back toward Gray.

"Thanks!" Alumina called over her shoulder with a bright smile at the two. Gray got up from his seat as they approached and stuck his hands in his pockets,

"Find one?" He asked and Alumina handed him the paper. His eyes swept over the writing as he read it, when he was done he glanced up and nodded. "Looks good, doesn't sound too hard, and the rewards big enough to split between the three of us." He told the two.

"See you in an hour at the Train Station?" Alumina asked and they nodded at her. "Great, I'm sure this job will be fun!"

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Alumina gave the small shivering creature in her arms known as Plue, a small squeeze. She smiled at the tiny spirit, she was sitting down on a bench at the Train Station waiting for Gray and Juvia to show up. She was excited for this, it was her first mission after all. And she was going on it with nice people like Gray and Juvia, she had grown to like the two, they were friendly and funny.

Though she wasn't sure what that 'love rival' thing with Juvia was about, but she pushed it to the back of her mind. She perked up when she saw Juvia and Gray walking toward her and she got to her feet, walking up to meet them halfway.

"Hey guys, ready to head out?" Alumina asked and they nodded. Alumina followed behind Gray with Juvia as the Ice-mage lead them onto the train and they took their seats. Gray sat down next to Juvia while Alumina sat across from them.

"Juvia wonders what sort of ball this will be?" Juvia murmured once the train started to move off. "Perhaps Juvia will be able to dance with Gray..." Juvia mumbled hopefully as her eyes lit up. Alumina glanced over at Gray to notice he was blushing faintly, chin resting in his hand and eyes closed,

"We're security Juvia, we wont be dancing." Gray told her and Juvia frowned a little as she twiddled with her thumbs.

"I wonder why she would really need Wizards as security though." Alumina spoke up. "It sort of sounds like she's expecting something to happen." She pointed out and Gray opened his eyes to glance her way.

"It does." He murmured and smiled. "Don't worry about it, I'm sure that if something does happen, we'll be fine." He assured and Alumina smiled at him.

"I'm not worried." She replied and he smiled at her, while Juvia frowned slightly at the smile he gave to Alumina.

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Alumina walked around the perimeter of the large Mansion she was supposed to be guarding with her arms hooked behind her back. They had arrived her at BelantrassMansion a few hours ago, and met with the Mistress, who explained why she had wanted Wizards for security in the first place.

The Mistress was in position of a very rare, and very valuable necklace that she would be showing off tonight at her ball. It had been targeted by several over the years, and she was worried someone may try to take it tonight.

It was reasonable Alumina supposed, there were plenty of people who would do anything to get there hands on something as valuable as that necklace.

The mansion was large and ornately decorated with gardens and hedgerows all around it. She had come across a stream near the back as she kept watch, all in all it was a regular old mansion. Because of its size the three Fairy Tail wizards had decided to split up, and now here she was, walking over cleanly cut grass past one of the large stain-glass windows where light was flooding out as night settled on the land.

She could hear laughing, conversation, music, and the clink of glasses coming from inside. She smiled at the thought of Juvia fantasizing a dance with Gray in the ball room. She walked past the window without a second glance and let out a small sigh.

So far so good, in the two hours she had been patrolling the grounds she hadn't run into anyone or anything. She was beginning to hope that this job would be super easy, where nothing happens. Too bad wishing for things like that isn't always a good idea.

Her head twisted around when she heard something snap, and the hedgerow she was facing started to rustle as something came through. She went into a defensive stance and placed a hand on her keys as her only visible eye narrowed to try to make out what was coming toward her though the darkness.

"Tch... Damn these stupid hedges! They're getting in the way!" A voice hissed as a ton of thrashing in the hedges could be heard.

"Shut your mouth Idiot! This is supposed to be a stealth mission remember? You're making way to much noise, trying doing what I'm doing." A second voice answered the first.

"Its easy for you! You're so small already." The first voice countered.

"Not my fault you're as big as a damn mountain." The second growled back.

"If this is a Stealth Mission why did you bring me in the first place?" The first asked.

"Gotta have somebody to tear down the doors, don't I?" The second asked.

Alumina grabbed one key from her belt and held it out in front of her, just as the two voices appeared from the hedges. One was very small mousy man with a sharp nose and dark eyes, while the other was a very, very large man with a broad chest and huge arms, slanted eyes and dark hair appeared beside the smaller man.

"Looks like they have Security." The smaller of the two muttered. "Take care of her." he ordered of the larger man, who smiled a stepped forward, cracking his knuckles.

"Open, Gate of the Golden Bull!" She swiped the key to the side in a line of gold, "Taurus!" The Celestial Spirit appeared before her with his axe in hand.

"Nice to see that hot body again, mooo!" Taurus exclaimed and Alumina sweatdropped.

"Uh, huh..." Alumina muttered. "Anyway, would you take care of the big guy for me? I'll take the smaller one." Alumina asked.

"Sure thing, moo!"

Alumina turned her attention to the smaller of the two men, while Taurus began to clash with the other man. The man narrowed his dark eyes at her and she held out a hand to the side, a golden Magic Circle appearing there as she pulled a long steel staff from her Magic Storage.

"Lets see how well you do." The man growled as he came at her with a dagger, going so fast Alumina was shocked at first. She jumped away from a slice of the dagger and swung her staff out to catch him in the side and send him stumbling from the force. The man was forced to the ground and Alumina stepped away from a tussle between Taurus and the Larger Man as they rolled past her, locked together.

When Alumina looked for her opponent, she found he was gone from where he had been on the floor and she just barely managed to step out of the way of his dagger a second time as he came at her from her left. All in one swift and precise movement, Alumina spun on her toe and swung her staff out with her.

Her staff hit the smaller man with such force he was blown back into the wall of the Mansion, and fell to the ground unconscious. Her attention went back to Taurus who knocked his opponent away with a heavy blow, defeating the larger of the two men. Alumina placed her staff back in her Magic Storage and smiled at Taurus.

"Great job Taurus!" Alumina told him and he smiled at her. "Thanks for your help!" She told him and he nodded.

"Moo!" His voice faded as she sent him back and placed his key back on her belt. She took some rope out from her Magic Storage and tied the two men up.

"Hey, Alumina!"

Alumina glanced sideways to see Gray running toward her, and she placed her hands on her hips, waiting for him to get closer. "Yeah?" She asked and his eyes widened at the sight of the tied up men.

"You ok? I heard the noise." he asked and she smiled at him.

"I'm fine, Taurus and I took care of these guys." She assured and he smiled a little.

"I can see that," he murmured. "Have you seen Juvia?" He asked and Alumina shook her head.

"No, I haven't. Have you run into anyone yet?" She asked and he shrugged.

"Some Vulcan came out of the forest near here as I was passing it, but other than that, no." He replied and Alumina nodded. She took a step past him and started walking. Those men wouldn't get out of that rope, and she would call the council to come pick them up later.

"Come on, lets go see if Juvia is ok." Alumina called back to him. He caught up to her, and she frowned a little when he started walking to her left, and she moved around so he was on her right. "I've been meaning to ask,"

"What?" Gray murmured.

"Are you and Juvia dating?" Alumina asked and blinked when he blushed furiously at the question,

"N-no!" He stammered and she smirked.

"I only ask because I can tell she really likes you." Alumina told him and gave him a teasing smirk. "I think you like her too." She teased and he looked away, his blush deepening.

"How can you tell?" He asked and she shrugged.

"I'm just good at seeing things like this." Alumina replied. " I think you guys should go out, you'd make a cute couple." She smiled and he sighed.

"Maybe..." He mumbled. Alumina looked ahead as Juvia came into view, and the bluenette dashed toward them as soon as she saw Gray.

"Gray!" Juvia exclaimed. "Has Gray missed Juvia?" Juvia asked and Gray blushed faintly, while Alumina just smiled at the scene.

They would make a great couple.

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