On the train ride towards their destination, Vivi sat silently across from Gray as she was looking down at a opened door that music ledgers and notes across it. She had a quill in her right hand while tapping the left side of the book with her left index finger. She read over some lines she had wrote the other night into the book with her brows furrowed since she wasn't sure if the notes flowed well enough together. Vivi started humming the notes subconsciously as she continued to tap her finger, which fell into the tempo she wanted for the passage.
Gray, who had been watching the scenery pass outside, looked away from the window to look at her curious. He wasn't sure what she was humming, but he's never heard it before. The tempo was at a slow-ish speed with what she was humming sounding a bit dramatic—and almost mystical? He wasn't sure if that was the word he should use, but that's what the melody she was humming brought to mind. Vivi abruptly stopped humming with her brows furrowing even more as her lips set in a firm, unhappy line.
"What is it?" He asked. "Something wrong?"
Vivi sighed while running her fingers through her long blue locks before she turned her eyes onto Gray.
"I am just a little stumped at the moment." Vivi said. "It's a bit difficult to put these notes in the right flow that I want them."
Gray's brow quirked since he wasn't sure exactly what she meant. He then leaned over to look down at the page, but Vivi quickly shut the book. He looked up at her in surprise at how fast she was to hide what was on the page from him as she clutched the book to her chest. She had a small blush on her face as if in embarrassment as she hid part of her face behind the book.
"It's not ready yet." She said. "It's so far from being ready."
"Ready for what?" Gray asked. "It's not like I can actually read music, stupid."
Vivi narrowed her eyes at him about to tell him to shut up before she shoved her boot up his ass. However, she was interrupted when an announcement came up the loud speaker.
"Excuse me, passengers, but we are about to reach our next destination." The voice said over the speaker. "If you are departing in Verbena, please be sure to grab all your belongings and prepare for departure."
Once hearing that Vivi closed up her scorebook to place back in her messenger bag.
"Alright, this is our stop." Vivi said. "If I followed the pattern this thief—or these thieves have left correctly, this town should be the one they hit next. And it'll be their biggest haul yet, so I'm sure they'll have brought their A Game."
Gray hummed in agreement while sure whether it was one wizard or more that they will have made sure to come prepared. That means they have to tread carefully as they look for them. After grabbing their bags, the pair of wizards stood up while making their way towards the exit door as the train came to a complete stop. The pair stepped off the train onto the platform with Vivi stuffing her hands into her jean pockets.
She actually skipped the leather pants today to wear a pair of ripped up skinny jeans that she had slightly rolled up, so her neon green high tops were in view. They had the Fairy Tail mark on their outer sides in black and had pink laces lacing them up. She then had on a cropped pink tank top, which stopped above her bellybutton, and it was under a black leather jacket that stopped at her breasts. This allowed her guild mark to be seen on her lower back.
"Okay," Vivi began as she turned to Gray. "I say we get moving."
"Oh yeah?" Gray retorted. "In which direction? We're not even sure if you guessed the right town. They could be heading in a completely different direction for all we know."
Vivi glared at Gray while wondering just who he thought he was to doubt her intelligence. She butt heads with him while having to stand on her tippy-toes to do so, and he growled in annoyance as he pressed his forehead back against hers, which forced her to stand back flat on her feet.
"I followed the thieves's pattern perfectly, Ice for Brains!" Vivi said. "This is definitely their next stop. If you don't believe me, get your ass back on that train, and go home for all I care!"
"You know I can't do that, moron!" Gray shot back. "Master told me to come with you to watch out for you."
"Well, I don't need babysitting to take down a couple of punk wizards who steal for a living." Vivi said. "Especially by someone whose ass I can kick."
"Oh really?" Gray asked. "Big words. Care to back them up?"
Soon their bickering caught the attention of others as their anger towards each other basically took physical forms as Vivi glowed bright pink and Gray ice blue. Their magic was building with it looking as if the two were about to start fighting each other then and there.
"Gladly." Vivi said as she held up a fist. "I won't even have to use my magic."
"Funny, I was about to say the same thing." Gray said while cracking his knuckles.
Just as the two were about to start throwing punches, they were interrupted by the sound of an explosion. They turned their heads with them still pressed together to look curiously at the pillar of smoke now rising from what seemed to be the center of town. Some people around them were panicking as they wondered what was going on.
"I guess that wizard really is here." Gray said as he stood straight while crossing his arms over his chest.
There was a smug chuckle from beside him, so he looked down at Vivi who had a shit-eating grin on her face.
"Wipe that smug grin off your face, idiot!" Gray snapped. "We have to work to do."
Vivi chuckled while placing her hands on her hips with the grin remaining in place.
"You're right." Vivi said. "And while I hate working with you, let's be sure to show this punk and any friends he may have what wizards of Fairy Tail are capable of."
Gray, who was suddenly missing his shirt, grinned while reaching out to give Vivi a high-five.
"Let's do it." He said.
The two then took off running towards where the smoke and screaming was coming from. They made it to the square where the town's large bank sat as it was burning. People were running away from the chaos as the two wizards came to a stop. Vivi looked up at the entrance of the bank as a few shadowy shapes appeared.
"Looks like there really is more than one of them." Vivi said grinning. "Good. That makes things more fun."
She punched her hand into her open palm while feeling so ready to get this fight started. As the criminals walked down the steps it was revealed that there were four of them all together. That meant two apiece for her and Gray, but since this was her job, she thinks she'll take all of them.
"So you're the ones going from town to town to robbing the banks clean." Vivi said as she stood there with her arms crossed over her chest.
The criminals stopped halfway down the steps to look at the two wizards who stood there alone as everyone else had retreated for safety. One, who seemed like the leader, had spikey, crazy ash colored hair and orange eyes and pale skin. He narrowed his eyes at the pair as he set down the bag of money on the steps.
"And who are you two piss ants?" He asked.
One of his flunkies gasped when seeing the mark on Gray's chest, and the ones on Vivi's shoes.
"Big bro, they're from Fairy Tail!" He shouted. "They're wizards!"
The one he called "Big bro" scoffed not looking too worried—just annoyed. He stepped forward with flame-like sparks collecting around his hand.
"Some kind of fire magic, huh?" Vivi said. "So I take it he's the cause of that explosion."
As soon as the words left her mouth, the wizard gave a shout while thrusting his hand out sending an explosion right at Vivi. Vivi just smirked not seeming worried as she raised her hand about to bring out an instrument. However, just as the explosion was going to reach her, Gray stepped in front of her.
"Ice-Make: Shield!" He shouted.
A shield made of ice appeared in front of them, and while the edge melted slightly from the heat. The ice stood strong. Once the fire caused by the explosion disappeared, the ice shattered away.
"His ice magic was strong enough to stop Big Bro's explosion magic?!" The first flunky exclaimed.
"Impossible!" The other two shouted.
"Don't look so surprised." Gray said. "Do you really think my ice would be so weak? Your mistake."
Gray then grunted in pain when Vivi elbowed him in the back of the head causing him to double over and clutch his aching head. He turned to glare at Vivi as the wizards across from them sweat-dropped.
"Who told you to get in my way?!" Vivi demanded as she pointed a finger at Gray. "I had it covered. Stop trying to hog all the fun, you indecent icicle!"
Gray glared at Vivi in returned as he continued to rub the sore spot on top his head.
"I just kept you from being turned into extra crispy!" Gray retorted. "Try to show some gratitude."
"Tch, as if!" Vivi said. "I could have handled it. Now stay out of my way! I'll finish this without your help."
The two then growled at each other like feral animals as they grinded their foreheads together. They seemed to completely forget about the wizards who were robbing the bank as the group of four wondered what to do. Their leader started shaking in anger at being ignored and underestimated by all things. And by some little fairy wizards? Did they not realize who he was?
"Hey!" He shouted getting their attentions.
The two paused in their fight while turning to look to the one stupid enough to interrupt them.
"What?" They asked in unison sounding annoyed.
"Do you even know who you're dealing?!" He demanded. "I'm the Detonation Expert—Pele!"
The two just blinked at him not seeming very impressed. Couldn't this guy just wait for them to finish their fight to decide who's going to beat him and his flunkies up?
"Yeah, you punks!" The first flunky said. "And we're his right hand men, and you fairy losers shouldn't underestimate us either!"
"Don't worry, Big Bro!" The second flunky said. "We'll teach these guys a lesson!"
"Yeah, there's no reason for you to waste your time on such gutter rates!" The third one finished.
They all charged forward giving shouts of attack, but Vivi and Gray didn't look worried.
"Ya know, I think these guys are even more annoying than you." Vivi said as she glanced at Gray.
"I'll ignore that comment." Gray said with his eyebrow twitching in slight annoyance. "Now as for you guys,"
"BUTT OUT!" He and Vivi shouted while punching them all in the faces.
They went flying as they cried out in pain, and Pele watched with wide eyes as his men were sent crashing into the remains of the bank. They laid there dazed as Pele looked back to Vivi and Gray who were back to arguing.
"Okay, you had your fun." Vivi said. "Now stay out of the way as I deal with explosion boy. Once we turn these losers in, I'll then give you 10% of the reward."
"I don't think so." Gray said. "You just stand back and let me deal with this guy, and I might be kind enough to give you 5%."
"What was that, Icy?" Vivi asked narrowing her eyes. "I knew you were dumb, but you've seem to forgot that this job is mine. Maybe if I throw you around a bit, you'll remember."
Angered tick marks appeared all around Pele's face at the lack of disrespect these wizards were giving him. Not only that, but they hurt his underlings that was even more unforgiveable. Thy obviously needed to be taught a lesson.
"Would you two just shut up?!" He roared while sending an explosion at them.
The two quickly dodged the attack while landing a few feet apart from each other as they frowned up at Pele.
"Gees, you are one annoying piece of work." Vivi said as a violin appeared in her hand. "Let's see if we can fix that."
She placed the violin under her chin then placed the bow on the strings to start playing.
"You like fire, right?" She asked. "Well, let's see how much you can take. Melody of the Jumping Firecrackers!"
She played a tune with an upbeat, hopping tune with fireballs flying forward crackling. They hit their target while popping as if they were large firecrackers at a festival. Pele grunted in pain as his flesh was burned from the spell. He didn't have time to recover as he was then hit by Gray's ice magic.
"Ice-Make: Lance!" Gray shouted.
His attack sent Pele up into the air, and Pele's eyes widened since he didn't have time to even defend himself. Two puny fairies shouldn't be able to even hold a candle to him. How could this be happening?!
"One more move ought to end things." Vivi said grinning. "Now, Melody of the Dancing Wind!"
She switched tunes on her violin to something more fast-paced and intense, which sent blades of twirling wind towards Pele. He cried out as he was swept up in the wind with his clothes being ripped to pieces and cuts appearing on his body. He was sent off into the air as the top half of the bank was destroyed as well.
"How did things end like this?!" He cried out before disappearing off into the distance like his men had.
Vivi watched him go with her hand over her eyes to block out the sun from her vision.
"And he's outta here!" She said throwing out a piece sign and winking as her violin and bow disappeared back into the separate dimension she kept her instruments. "Take that, Frosty! I beat him, which means I'm getting the largest cut of the pay."
"Who said you could decide that?!" Gray demanded.
Vivi ignored him as she continued to grin about a job well done. Expect the two seemed to forget the same thing. Their little fight—even if not lengthy or hard—just took off a large chunk of the bank's roof, and the men they were supposed to turn in—well, they weren't in sight anymore.