Fairy Tail: Kyoka Suigetsu

Parental Love

At night…

A figure covered in a black cloak can be seen standing near the port. He is looking at the fishing pond from a distance as he stands on the bridge pillar.

"I've already destroyed many ports and only caused a small conflict. Looks like I have to do things more violently..."

He clutched his fist and bit his lips, causing a small drop of blood to flow down into his chin. Despite his claims, there seems to be slight hesitation in his eyes. As he gaze at the port a voice cold as ice reaches his ear.

"I'm sorry, my guy, but you have to stop here..."

He subconsciously jumped in front and turned around after hearing someone speak behind him. But to his surprise he found no one.

"What's going on?"

He activates his magic and looks around in panic.

"My guy, you need to calm down..." He followed the source of sound and noticed a kid about 8 years old looking at him from a distance.

"You what are you doing here...?" He narrowed his eyes slightly and activated his magic. A purple magic circle appeared on both his hands.

"Poison Magic: Poison mist!"

A large amount of vapor appear out of nowhere heading towards his location. Whoever, let those small mist hit him if he is capable of dodging is a fool.

Althought the poison mist is slow, if you inhale just a little bit it's enough for your lungs to rot from the inside. He bended his knee slight and jump backwards performaning a backflip midway before he landed.

But his opponent already calculated everything and anticipated when and where he would land, so he cast another magic.

"Poison magic: Thousand needle!"

A countless number of small needs appear one after another from his magic circle; it will continue for at least 5 seconds. Even if the speed is lacking, it's impossible to dodge it completely, especially now that he is about to land.

However, before he could reach his designated pad. He pulls out the sword on his waist.

"Sword draw: Moulinet!"

Moulinet is just simple warm up move that used to move a parry to a circular cut. However, he uses it similar to how ballerinas uses ribbon stick in dancing. By series of wild rotation showing his hand work. He successfully bought enough time for himself to create a escape route. Its only possible due to repelling small amount of needles and delay of release.

Additionally, his thousand years of practice play a significant role. After parrying the deadly needles, he efficiency stabs the ground and stand on the hilt of the sword, using it as foothold he jump again into another location.

Midair he cast another magic while pointing on katana which buried on half of its blade on the ground.

"String: PULL!"

He said while slight bending his arm into acute angle pointing it upwards before it touches his shoulder. While doing so the katana shake slightly and head towards his direction at incredible speed.

After retrieving it he holds the guard tightly. The tip is pointed towards his opponent, acting like a javelin. He throws it with all of his strength.

"Fiore dei Liberi: Sword throw!"

'Damn... it's impossible to dodge it.'

He gritted his teeth and stopped casting poison needles. Then he stretched his hand together, opening his palm, and a huge magic circle appeared.

"Poison magic: Hydro Cannon!"

A thick black current appears and collides with the sword; with the strong pressure, it eventually slows down.

"String: PULL!"

He retrieve his weapon but didn't touch it directly instead he created an artificial hand using his string and performs chiburi.

"I see... Although your poison magic is very strong it's unidirectional." He said with tone of mockery.

He can only gritted his teeth in frustration and didn't retort back. "You are certainly powerful... However!" He extends both of his hands simultaneously.

"That stance..." He recognized that iconic move, it's similar to Vegeta's ultimate move final flash.

He didn't even need to gather magic power because it will automatically do it the moment you cast. He held out both his hands with fingers spread wide, facing towards the opponent. Then another large magic circle appears it's twice the size of himself.

"Super magic: Omni poison!"

A violent vapor emerge devouring everything within it's range. Sure enough even he won't be able to escape unscathed. The attack last longer for a while before he could see a fallen figure of mask man.

"Huff... Huff..."

Despite the breathtaking attack, he didn't even take his time to rest and slowly headed towards him.

"This is my ultimate move with guarantees to kill every living creature it hits within one minute." He glances at him with a sad expression on his face, then, without hesitation, he pulls out a bottle that probably contains the antidote and sits down next to him.

"To be honest, I didn't really want to kill you or harm anyone."

He said while clutching the bottle, "If you... If you promise to leave me alone, I will give you this antidote." He already made a choice regardless of whether he agreed or disagree he will still give him the antidote. Although his magic is entirely made for killing he never killed anyone nor have intention to do so. Besides killing a kid with a bright future? He doesn't want that.

Cough!

Blargh!

'The poison has already took effect any second delay he might lose his life.' he said to himself and moves closer to him while doing so, he realize his hand were shaking violently. It's moving closer to him but it neither reaches for his neck nor antidote. It simply moves into his cheek.

A flash of memories appears in his mind, and slowly he fetches his hand with a warm smile on his face. 'It reminds me of the past...' he said, but before his hand made contact, the stretched index and middle fingers took a wild turn, pointing to a certain direction beside him.

'Could it be Leviathan!?'

He instinctively turns around and notices a familiar figure sitting on the top of a pillar with legs and arms crossing over each other.

"What!?"

It was no other than the kid he poisoned earlier. Then, he turned his gaze back towards it, but to his surprise, his fresh was being torn, and it transformed into a raven and flew away, giving a mocking, raucous caw!

CAW!

CAW!

"Bastard!"

Crackle!

He grips the antidote bottle and glares at him. 'Was that all an illusion!? 'He can only ask himself.

Let's be honest here: I often rely on Kyoka Suigetsu, but that's only because of the situation; it's better to use Kyoka Suigetsu and temporarily put my pride aside. If you keep on being stubborn, it will lead to your own downfall.

"Calm down. I don't have any reason to kill you." I said after landing on the ground. "I only want to ask you one thing... Why are you destroying the pond?" I already have my suspicion, but I still needed to confirm it with him.

"..." On my question, he didn't respond immediately. Instead he looks down trying to sort out his thoughts. "It's because -"

Just when he is about to say his reason the ground shakes violently then a loud roar comes behind us. We instinctively turn around and look at the giant sea snake.

"Leviathan..." I'm about to draw my sword, but he stopped me.

"Wait... I'm the reason why he is here; at least let me be responsible for my actions." He forces himself to stand up, dragging his staggering body in front of Leviathan while doing so; he is gathering magic.

'Does he plan to cast another super magic? He will die if he do that.' I chop his neck using my left hand, making him lose his consciousness and then face Leviathan.

"Just like what you wanted, I'm going to solve this problem. In exchange, let me attack you once," I said to him.

"You should know that your fist cannot put a scratch on my scale. I'm basically close to being invincible in water..." It wasn't arrogance; what he stated is pure fact. Leviathan is a sea king with a strength between S and SS.

Gildarts won't have any problem facing him, but for me it's a different story. My fist couldn't even hurt him.

Thanks to that I already have a basic understanding of what I'm going to do next. I might be able to cut a mountain, but whose S-rank mage isn't capable of simple destruction?

My strength lies more in illusion; when it comes to fighting to the death, I might win without a doubt, but... I stopped thinking about trivial things and took a fighting stance. "I wanted to test something..." I said as I performed my strongest move.

"Universal Attack: Sword draw!"

Ding!

This is the second time I used this. My attack against Gildarts is just an illusion. I simply showed him the slower version of myself performing sword draw and hypnotized his vision and feeling. Which gives him an impression of me capable of cutting his head instantly, but reality is different. If my sword hit him, without a doubt it will shatter into the size of atoms.

But this time I wanted to test it. I wanted to see whether I could damage some monster on S-level. So I watch the sword fly towards Leviathan.

Knowing it won't kill him, he receives it willingly, perhaps also to honor my deal with him? As a result, the sword draw, which could destroy mountains, only cut his scale.

"I see... So that's the current level of my strength?" I put the sword back and bow down respectfully to Leviathan. "Thank you for your help."

He simply gave me a nod and headed back into the sea. I watched him leave in silence, then lifted the unconscious body of the poison guy before I headed back to my commissioner's manor. When we are talking about business, I realize he puts too much importance on money, and I also notice the huge picture in his house. Yes, the man who I'm currently carrying is the child of the commissioner.

"No wonder he wishes for me to subjugate Leviathan and not kill it, because it will cause a war between sea kings; in the worst case, wipe out the whole port."

"On the other hand, he wanted to protect his own son. He already knows the person responsible for destruction was him yet didn't conduct a commission. I'm sure someone who's obsessed with business wouldn't miss news when there's a potential danger."

"Lastly, if I succeed in commission, not only can he threaten others into quitting their business, making him number one in this field, which secures his position in power. For him, this is the best-case scenario. That's why he was somewhat disappointed when a kid shows up to take a commission."

I let out a long deep sigh. "As for the motive behind this? I'm sure it's parental love..."

Inside the manor

"Ugh..." He slowly open his eyes and let out a painful growl.

"Don't move, your magic power is exhausted I already taken you back into your house so rest assured." I said to himself while peeling the apple for myself to eat. He have his own share don't get the wrong idea.

"Anyway, I haven't introduce myself yet. I don't have an official name yet but at the moment I'm being called as Kyoka Suigetsu, a mage from Fairy Tail guild with the nickname Black Calamity." I said as I stretch my hands towards him offering a handshake.

"I see... My name is Alexander Socrates." He gladly take my hand offer his name in return.

'Socrates huh. Sure enough like father like son, I wouldn't be surpise if you die one day due to poison.' I said inwardly. "Then let's continue the conversation. Can you tell me now why did you destroy the port?"

He smile wryly and look at me in the eyes. "I don't have any deep reason." He started. "Before we built this manorwe are originally poor. My father and I works as fisherman to live..."

He pause momentarily and take a deep breath. "My mother... She was sick."

"When my father bring her to hospital for check up he found out about it. She needs a surgery yet we cannot afford it, even her meds is ridiculously expensive. My father tried to asked our relatives for help yet no one comes. They choose to ignore us knowing that lending us money won't benefit them. Isn't that world cruel?"

He asked me, of course I know it best. I also experience it first hand in my previous life. However, I remain silent letting him continue.

"Despite the situation my father didn't give up he keeps on sailing day and night without rest hoping to save enough money but it's a pointless struggle. He can only watch in despair as she die slowly on her dead bed."

"Ever since then he never stops working, even if we already have a good life he was still obsessed with money. Working tirelessly..." As he looks down on his blanket. Tear droplets falls one after another. It starts from simple sob, light cries turn into heavy one. He let out the emotions which built over the years today and cry to his heart content.

"I've never asked for anything, I simply wishes for him to accompany me ever since I was kid. I heard it from my nanny, information about my mother and father." He wipe the tears on his eye and look at me.

"You asked for the reason why I'm destroying port? Right?" I only give him as silence yes.then he continue. "I wanted those people to protest. I figured if they starts protesting as say their problema he might realize his mistake and pay attention to me. I grew up without a mother. If he continue to keep on working there might be a time where he will lay on dead bed."

He clutched his hand and gritted his teeth. "I don't want that to happen. It might be a simple thing for others; my reasoning might be simple, but that's all I want. I could get everything that can be bought with money, but money couldn't bring back my dead mother. As for my father, I figured if his business was destroyed, he might realize that there's more important to him than money: that is me, his son."

"I understand..." I said then undo the Kyoka Suigetsu.

When he look at me, his eyes widen in shock and shrank his pupil. "Father... Since when?"

"From the beginning..." I said then stand up. "I'm going first." I didn't wait for them to reply and quietly leave the place. It may take time for them to resolve things but it's a good start. I waited patiently in the guess room drinking my tea.

"This is my 34th cup." I said out loud then I heard a light knock on the door. Thump! Thump! I stand up and open it the duo and father and son greeted me warmly. 'Looks like they reconcile.' Alexander notices the huge amount of cup s on table. He couldn't help but chuckle.

"You seems to like tea lot. I could send youmany packs a thanks for helping me." I simply shook my head.

"Well about the commission, I basically made a deal with Leviathan. In exchange for sparing you, you needed to clean up the poison on fishing port and rebuild the destroy building. If you are going t give me a gift might as well do that in place of gift."

"Sure, I plan to atone for my misconduct." He said with a warm smile on his face. then I turn my gaze to his father and listen to him intently.

"Although the mission is monster subjugation, repelling it is also consider as task completion. I assume you won't lan to refuse this and take a reward right? After all, you work hard too."

"Certainly, if you put it that way." I give him a nod of approval. The commission was somewhat still consider complete and I get my rewards. As I bid farewell to them Alexander approaches me and whisper words only two us could hear.

"I hope you can solve your own problem too..."

"Oh? You actually notice?" He just smiles warmly and nods. I wave my hands towards them, gesturing goodbye before thinking about what to do next.

"I also hope that, but it wasn't easy."