Ch.5

Gin was walking towards the guild the way he always did in the morning. It had been 2 months since he had joined Fairy Tail and so far he grew quite fond of the place. Everybody was very kind and accepting even if they were skeptical at first thanks to Erzas little outburst but they eventually opened up to him. He was able to make fast friends out of a few of them. Gildarts, the master, and Mira. Though he was pretty sure Mira just liked him because Erza still hated him.

Natsu was a cool kid but he was a little too similar to Zaraki for Gins taste. Laxus was a bit of a prick but a respectable prick. Though he'd found his closest friend in an unexpected place. After a bit of trying and some time he'd managed to get the blue-haired book worm to stop fleeing every time he came anywhere near. After 2 weeks of being nice to her, he asked her if she'd help him go shopping for some clothes because he only had one set. he had to promise to buy her a book but it worked. Honestly, the main thing he liked about her was the fact that she reminded him of his former Vice-captain Izuru. He really did miss playing his pranks on Izuru.

Over the past 2 months, he had gained a bit of a reputation for pulling pranks on people in the guild. He put a paint-filled balloon inside a strawberry cake and gave it to Erza as a peace offering. When she cut into it the balloon exploded and covered her in the paint. Mira pasted out from laughing while everyone else ran for the hills in fear. It was 3 days before she stopped trying to murder Gin. In fact, he was on his way to the guild right now hoping to see how another one of his pranks turned out.

He was currently wearing some of the clothes Levy helped him buy. He had on a pair of white jeans and a black T-shirt with the word SMILE written across it in bold white letters. His shoes were a set of black and white skating shoes. Shinso was sitting in between his waist and his black leather belt. It was positioned so that he could draw it as quickly as possible. His guild symbol was a light blue and located on the palm of his right hand.

As he entered the guild he was met with a bit of an unusual sight. Everybody was crowding around the job board or was rushing off on a job. Normally this wouldn't be weird but he noticed that there were more people looking to go on a job than there were drinking which to his knowledge was unheard of. He looked around to find someone to ask about this and saw Gildarts talking to the master so he decided to go to them.

"Good morning." He greeted the two of them.

"Good morning Gin." The master said happily. Obviously he had yet to enter his office to find the surprise Gin stayed up late that night working on.

"So I couldn't help but notice everyone running around acting all busy. I feel a bit out of the loop as to why this is. Mind filling me in." He said watching everybody

Gildarts laughed at this. "Their all trying to get as many jobs in as possible before the S-class exams next week. This happens every year around this time."

"Ah, I see."

You know Gin me and the Master were considering you as a candidate." He said looking at the silver-haired kid.

"Oh really. I thought Erza would try to commit a mutiny if you even mention me as a possibility." Gin said grinning at the thought of Erza going on another rampage.

"At the moment only the master and I have any idea as to who might be a candidate."

The master cleared his throat. "Actually I just got a request from the magic council earlier today. They'd like to meet and speak with you about what happened to months ago. It also mentioned an opportunity to be given a job from them. I'm going to make you an offer. If you are able to complete this job then I will guarantee a spot in the exam."

"Interesting. I accept the offer master." The master handed him the papers from the council and Gin was about to leave when he stopped and turned to the master. "Before I go I think you'll be needing this." He said pulling out a hammer and tossing it to the old man. "Bye-bye now." He said waving just before flash stepping out of there.

Gin reappeared outside of town just in time to hear the angry roars of the master yelling his name echoing across the city. Last night Gin had snuck into the guild and broke into the old man's office. It took a bit of work but he managed to nail everything in his office upside down to the ceiling. The chairs the desk even the bookshelf. He even super glued all the things on Makarov's desk down so they'd stay stuck to it. The most difficult part was the carpets. He needed a staple gun to get those to stay up there. All in all it was some of his best work really.

Deciding he didn't want to stick around to hear Makarov yell at him he continued on to Era. Normally the trip would take a day or two but by using the flash step he cut it down to about 2 hours.

Once he arrived he made his way to the front desk. After flashing the papers he simply walked past the receptionist and towards the meeting chambers. The receptionist was trying to stop him saying that they weren't ready for him but he simply ignored her. He pushed open the doors to find 3 old men sitting in large chairs. The way they were elevated reminded him a little of central 46. Not really a good thing in his mind since he helped kill most of them.

"Good day gentlemen. I believe you asked for me." Gin said with his usual smile.

"How dare you barge in here without permission!" Shouted the one who looked a bit like a cat.

"Yes well I was going to wait outside to be polite but decided I didn't really care enough so here I am. Now I believe you wish to speak with me about those men who I killed a couple of months ago." Gin said brushing off the outrage from two of the three.

"Ah yes. Mr. Gin Ichimaru correct?" Asked the one who was named Yajima. "From what the reports say. It was an act of self-defense though when the bodies were examined it appeared that the battle was rather one-sided."

The man named Org nodded clearly still mad about the lack of respect. "The reason we requested your presence here was because we find ourselves in a bit of a difficult situation. These men were to be put to death after they were taken in however you beat us to it. Whether it was by self-defense or not you killed 8 men in a country in which you are not a registered citizen. So here is what we propose. You take care of a little mess for us and we make you a citizen and completely forget about the little incident."

"What kind of mess are we talking about?" Gin asked quite interested.

"You must agree first."

"Hmm." Gin thought about it. While he could handle whatever the job was he didn't like agreeing to something that he had no knowledge of. It was like signing a contract without reading it. After a minute of silent thinking, he decided to go with the old saying he loved so much, 'fuck it'. "Very well. I agree with your terms and will take the job."

"Alright. About two weeks ago a rune knight captain and about 60 men went awol and deserted. They have since taken over a small coastal town. Due to the placement of the city, it would be very difficult to breach the city, and sending in an army would draw too much attention. We want this taken care of quickly and quietly. So we'll be sending you in alone to take out those in charge."

"Will I be able to use the amount of force I see fit."

"Yes. You are permitted to use deadly force if needed however we do ask that you refrain from harming innocents. Also if possible we'd like if you kept the death toll to a minimum. This situation is already embarrassing enough for us and we'd prefer it not to turn into a blood bath." Said Yajima.

"What makes you think that I a twelve-year-old kid am even capable of pulling this off?" He said grinning.

"Makarov has said in his report how strong he believes you are. As well as how powerful you would need to be to single-handedly take down 8 men 2 of which were dark mages." Said Org narrowing his eyes.

"Alright just give me a location and I'll be back by dinner tomorrow." They gave him all the information he needed and offered to give him the personnel files on his enemies but he declined and left. As he walked out of the building he smiled again and looked at Shinso. "Time to have some fun."

And with that, he was off.