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'Fairy Tail' She noticed him from the Sorcerer Weekly, one of the eligible male mages.

“My, my, my, why would a pretty... ” He didn't get to finish when he looked at Jade for a long time. “You're from Phantom!” He pointed an accusing finger at her but she didn't react and just continue on eating.

“Excuse me sir, but we would like you to not cause a scene.” The owner asked the man with ginger hair. The two males were talking to each other when they noticed.

'What the heck is this woman's appetite?!' The ginger haired man thought as serving was cut in half, she was eating with poise.

“Er, right. I'll have some your strongest liquor.” Loke said to the owner, flashing him a fake smile. Grudgingly, the owner takes with his order and lead him to a vacant seat, coincidentally, in front of Jade .

'What am I even doing here?' Loke asked, at first he plan on relaxing here after the whole mirror fiasco with the Phantom mage. And then, he saw Lucy and actually made her feel bad which earned him a slap on the face.

“You.... want to order more?” The server asked as the woman in blue in front of him just finished everything on her table.

'WHAT THE HECK?! I JUST CLOSED MY EYES AND SHE FINISHED EATING?!' Loke's eyes widened behind his tinted glasses.

“Just some deserts please, Jade wil take one of each.” Jade smiles.

“Oo-of course!” The server nodded furiously and made a bee line towards the establishment' s kitchen.

“Does Jade have something on her face?” Jade noticed Loke gaping at her, looking at her as if she grew another head.

“Ah, no!” Loke was startled as he was caught staring at her. He even crossed his arms up in the air just to make a point, which caused the bluenette to giggle.

“Alright.” She then hummed a tune as she looked outside the window, waiting for her orders. Whilst she was waiting, Loke's orders was brought to his table, a small century old pot of sake from the East. With one small red saucer that came with the pot, he finds himself on the literally sitting in front of the bluenette, shamelessly flirting with her.

“Have I told you that you can beat me black and blue and I'll still like you?” Loke slurred and taking another sip of the sake.

'This man is ridiculous.' Jade was smiling outside but was cringing inside. Least to say she was shocked to even see him flirt with her when their guilds were fighting not too long ago.

“Or that your eyes are as blue as the deepths of the sea, cold... Haunting but serene. Ye....blah, blah, blah... ” He babbled but Jade droned his voice out as her order arrived.

“Thank you!” Jade was salivating at the sight of the Eastern deserts, this caused the ginger to stop blabbing and looked at her.

'How could a woman like her ended up in Phantom anyway?!' Loke thinks as he takes note on how her blue eyes seemed to shine at the sight of the sweets.

“Join Fairy tail.... ” Loke said, complete sober as he drunk in the sight of the petite woman uncharacteristically finished half of the sweets but ended up chocking on a pink dango.

“Ack!” Jade wasn't expecting that from him. She coughed a few times.

“Here.” A few customers were looking at them weirdly as he handed her a handkerchief.

“You want Jade to join Fairy Tail?” Didn't Jade in the canon join only around the time of the whole Jellal fiasco?

“Why not? You're a powerful mage, gorgeous too.” Loke finally closed the pot of sake and looked at her seriously. “If you were to dismiss the whole Fairy Tail vs Phantom Lord not too long ago.”

“Hmp!” Jade won't fall such tactics. She crossed her arms on her chest and glared at him.

“Cunning too, backed up with the story from Cana and Gray.” Loke said.

“Jade 's dept to Jose is finished, Jade wishes to live normally now.” Jade says, finishing the last desert that she ordered.

“Why live normally when you get to live with many friends?” Loke bargained.

“Jade has friends.” She scoffed. “Jade didn't just work at Phantom, she made friends too.”

“Come on, Fairy Tail is great! You'll get the whole package; no. 1 Guild in Fiore thus having many jobs to pick from and huge amount of payment, friends who will treat you like family and perhaps you'll even find your one true love there.” He flirted her as he says the last part.

“How can you say such things when you're just going to leave them?” Jade asked, looking him dead in the eyes making him gaped at her words.

“I. I don't know what y-your talking about.” Loke chuckled nervously.

“Jade is not just a water mage, Jade learned a lot of things especially during her time in Phantom.” Jade says. “Jade who has magic and who has not, if they are sick or not, if they're a fake or not. Jade is water, and water is flexible.”

“You got me.” Loke smiled as he surrendered. “Color me impressed. And I'm also serious, think about it. ”

“You should see the Heartfilia Heiress, she can help you.” Jade says, signalling the server to bring her bill. Her advice made the ginger to laugh awkwardly.

“Ah, I think she won't be helping me anytime soon.” He rubbed his cheek where he was slapped by the blonde.

“As you have said, your friends will help you even if you are being a crude to them.” Jade smiled sweetly at the server making the poor lad to swoon as she paid for her... orders. “Jade 's treat.” She says as she also pays for his sake which was not surprisingly cheap.

“Huh?” Loke gaped at her as she leaves the establishment, paying for his order and smiling at him as she left.

“Jade liked our talk.” With that she was out of his reach.

“Man, I didn't know about you but if I were you, I wouldn't have let her leave just like that.” A middle aged man says at Loke.

“Silly me, weren't I?” Loke enjoyed their talk as well despite he mostly took the time talking nonsense.

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A few days later...

Jade 's Home in Oak Town

She was wearing a comfortable a light blue Victorian Nightgown as she was slouched on her bed while reading a book about a man of science ended up having an accident which fractured his hands thus enabling him to continue on with his job then seeking out arcane magic to help him but later somehow ends up saving the world due to a cosmic threat. It was a peaceful night but someone just had to ruin it.

“Is anyone there?” A familiar voice asked as a series of knocks, knocking down the relaxing vibe in her home.

“Jade wouldn't mind murder.” Jade seethes as she stomps down and slams open the redwood door. “WHAT?” She didn't shout, she doesn't but whoever dares to interrupt her night better be dying.

“Oh.....” The person flinched as the bluenette looked like she'll drown him in the lake and noone will ever know. But his eyes did raked up her figure, wearing such intricate nightware did little to his already perverted mind.

“Loke?” Jade is confused as the man no longer sported the rugged play boy look but now looks like a rich cassanova who inherited his generations worth of riches.

“My, you lo–” He was about to complement her but water tendrils swirled behind her, warning him to tread qith caution.

“Jade is warning you.” Jade crossed her arms on her chest which made a trickle of blood drip from his nose, he lets it flow as he clears his throat.

“It's Leo, actually. Leo the Lion, leader of the Celestial Zodiacs.” He bowed and took her hands, placing a soft kiss on the back of her palm. “For the kind words and gesture you gave me last time we met, I am gifting you a whole weekend in Akane Resort.” She didn't look please which made him sweatdrop.

“And?” She was lividly tapping her foot as she retrieve her hand back.

“It is also encompasses a beach?” He thinks fast and noticed how her home was only a few steps from the lake, any normal person would've built it a few meters away from the body of water but seeing she's a water mage, she seem to like water.

“I'll take it!” The same shine in her eyes back when she was eating was back. She took the ticket and inspected it. She was so caught up in her own world that she shuts the door in his face.

“Well, that went well.” Leo was still pleased that she took his gift and was about to leave when the door opened slightly.

“Leo... Jade is thankful for your gift.” With that she closed the door again and the ginger haired man was whistling as he disappeared with a golden bright light.

“Man what's with this rain?” The raven haired man ironically almost slipped as the rain got in the hall from the hole on the ceiling.

“Jade thinks it's poetic this way.” Jade stepped in his view. She wore her signature cotton hat, her pink umbrella from her childhood in her hands but was folded and her dark blue dress with it's slit which showed her thighs and guildmark.

“Who're you?” The man asked, moving to a fighting stance with one fist on his open palm, a common stance for Maker Mages.

“Don't you think the rain is quite nice?” Jade asked, not making a move to fight him or anything. Thrown off with her weird question, he looked at her, his eyes stayed a bit on her thighs, mainly on her guild mark.

“Uhm, I guess?” He answered.

“Gray Fullbuster... ” She stated, drawling out the 'r' of his last name.

“What?” He asked, waiting for what she's going to say.

“Would you please cover up?” She said, turning her head, blushing as she wasn't expecting to be flashed!

'Damn it!' He fuzzed about and shamefully put on his clothes which was scattered in the hallway but not his iconic coat as it was wet.

“You should leave, Jade has no plans in fighting you...” It was true, despite being a powerful mage, with the plot backing him up, she'll lose. She turned her back and walked away, not fearing Jose's wrath for negligence but he'll lose against Macarov with or without help.

“Hey, wait a minute!” Gray ran after her, stunned at her actions. When he caught up to her seeing as the puddles didn't hinder her from walking as he did, she was a few meters away. “You're one of the Element Four!” At first he finds it odd when she wasn't slipping, the puddles at her feet where moving in order for her to walk without care.

“I really suggest you to keep your clothes on.” Jade said as his clothes once again left his body in a flash.

“Dang it!” He cursed out loud but didn't even try to put his clothes back on as they're really wet now. “Hey I need to defeat you to stop this building!” He pursued on trying to fight her.

“Jade can unconnect from the Abyss Break.” Jade stated, with a snap of her fingers, her part of the magic circle disappeared without much hassle. “Now–” To both of their surprise an attack from underneath tore a hole on the floor where they stood but they luckily jumped out of its way. It was air magic, one she recognizes.

“Now Miss Jade , that was quite rebellious of you.” Aria, one of the Element Four, or rather a mere copy says. A puppet really seeing as it managed to cast out a spell.

“Aria.” Jade then opens her umbrella and jumped up to the upper floor that the hole managed to tear.

“Hey, wait!” Gray follow suit as the puppet followed her and didn't even made a move towards him. They reached the very top of the floor, into a roof deck. Gray and the puppet soaked from the rain while Jade was smiling underneath her umbrella as she feels the rain.

“Master Jose does not doubt you for a second but I have found your actions odd.” The Aria puppet says. “And now, seeing such display of negligence I will report to Master Jose about it. And he will not be happy.”

“Jade does not care about Jose. Jade cares about Phantom in general but Jose is insane and petty.” Jade says. She wordlessly casted out a spell in which the puppet was held in a water lock but it was darker compared to the one she used on Lucy Heartfillia.

“What the hell.” Gray watched as Aria disintegrated in the sphere of water, not knowing it's a fake. “That was your comrade!” He yelled.

“But he attacked Jade .” Jade shrugged. She then was about to walk away again when the floor gave in. It took her by surprise and didn't move to stop her fall.

'What the hell am I doing?!' Gray thought as he jumped after her and made an ice slide, him sliding on it and managed to catch her before she falls.

'Stop this!' Jade says to herself as her heart begins to beat fast, sure that it wasn't due to the adrenaline but it was the plot making a move.

“Jade ... Jade thanks Gray.” Jade cleared her throat as he placed her down. “Jade meant what she said, Jade won't fight you so please take it.” Sighing, as she picked up her umbrella thankful that it didn't broke.

“You're weird you know.” Gray says.

“Jade thinks all people are weird in their own way. Gray is no exception.” She says hinting about his stripping habit

“Right.” Gray awkwardly scratched his chin. “You know, I could... tell Gramps what you did and you know... allow you to join Fairy Tail.” He says.

“The battle is not yet over.” Jade says but knowingly knows the outcome of the battle.

“You know that Fairy Tail will win, something tells me that you know we'll win.” Gray said. “I know that I already said that you're weird but with the lack of interest in the fight hinted me that you're just here for attendance.”

“I find this whole ordeal as petty and simply barbaric, Jude Heartfillia knew the grudge of Phantom Lord against your guild. He only lit the match in Jose's familial plans to obliterate Fairy Tail.” Jade says.

“Then why join Phantom in the first place? Why not a better guild?” Gray asked.

“Phantom knew who killed Jade 's mother. Jade joined for information and once Jade had justice, a debt must be paid.” Jade said the real reason she was affiliated with the guild. “Your friends need you, you're wasting your time talking to Jade .” She walks away, not sparring him a glance as she recognized the look in his face, sympathy.

“Hey, I never got your name.” He says.

“Jade Lockser.” With that Jade willed the rain to stop and walked out of the destroyed guildhall. Her appearance made a few Fairy Tail members to stop and turned to her, planning on attacking her but she was stopped by Jose's ghouls.

“Jade, I expected a lot from you.” Jose's voice came from the guildhall. “Is this how you repay me?” He asked.

“What's going on?” A brunette woman asked as she eyed the woman walking on water, not even caring to answer Phantom's master. To their surprise, half of the ghouls turned their attentions to the blue haired woman and surrounded her.

“Jade ... Is no longer a Phantom Lord mage.” Jade said, using her own magic to remove her guildmark. “I've already paid my debt.” Jade says and used a special spell that restricts dark magic. “Holy Rain.” With the combination of Light Magic and Water Magic, the ghouls begin to disintegrate into nothing but some took refuge in the guildhall.

“Woah.” A green haired woman with a rifle gazed at the blue haired woman. They didn't move to attack her and just let her through.

“Cana Alberona.” Jade walked towards the brunette from earlier. Her umbrella opened once again as she stopped in front of the Card Mage. “This is Lucy Heartfillia's.” She took out a set of keys from her inventory and placed it on the woman's hand.

“Wait, you're the one who kidnapped Lucy!” Cana says.

“Jade will be going now.” Jade smiled softly and didn't say anything about the accusation as it was true. Despite the rage, Cana looked down at the keys and then back to the blue haired woman that became smaller and smaller as she walked out of the battlefield unscathe.

She bought a train ticket back to Oak Town and rode the train, alone in a booth. She thinks about her next actions, there is a possibility that she'll be detained as taking part of the Guild War so it will be best for her to lay low.

“Jade wants to relax.” She says as she leaned on the train window. Then, a thought crossed her mind. “Jade heard that Balsam Village has great hotsprings.” She smiled to herself. She could've made her own hot spring but it's different with natural ones.