Chapter One

Collateral Damage

"Talk" 'Think' "Demon Talk" 'Demon Think' "Spells"

"Vincent! Don't do this!" a fat man shouted, hiding under his lab coat, popping sounds were heard as the glass above him shattered, raining shards on him, "This is what I was trained to do." a smooth voice called, "But, we've been friends for so long! Why are you doing this!?" he shouted again, "Because Jalen, I'm not a good person, never was, never will be, money is nice, even if I got to kill you for it." Vincent answered, turning the corner and standing before Jalen. Vincent was a tall man, around six three, his build was strong but not slim, his face was square, straight, and handsome, a stubble ran up to his dark brown hair that was pushed back, he wore a grey suit with a white shirt that had a button undone without a tie. "So, I'm going to kill you." Vincent lifted a silver .40 caliber Smith and Wesson 1911 model to Jalen's head, firing a loud shot before walking away as the man's body hit the ground, "Now, back to the guild."

Vincent walked into the Eisenwald guildhall, several of the members looked his way before shrugging and going about eating and drinking, one of the new members kept eyeballing him though, "Hey, don't go fuckin with that guy Gar." The guild member next to him warned, Gar, the new member was a short, buff guy with a purple Mohawk and tight brown leather clothes, "Whatever, he can't stand against my blue fire." Gar scoffed arrogantly, waltzing toward Vincent. "Hey, you think you can act all high and mighty just cause you're a big shot? I can take you." Gar challenged, standing in front of Vincent, blocking his path, three shots rang out, and two hit Gar in the chest, another in his head, dropping him like a sack of bricks. "Collateral damage. That's all you are." Vincent said coldly, stepping over the body and heading for the job board, "Vincent!" he looked over and saw Erigor the Reaper heading for him, "Yes Erigor?" the wind wizard was grinning evilly, "Eisenwald will rule, we're going to recover Lullaby and kill all of the guild masters at their meeting, at the moment I'm waiting for my subordinate Kageyama to return." Erigor explained, leaning on the bar next to him. "Yeah, why should I care?" Vincent asked with a bored tone, "Because, you will be ruling the world with us!" Erigor exclaimed, using his arms for emphasis, "I don't care about ruling the world." Vincent said plainly, walking off, leaving Erigor confused.

Day of Eisenwald's plan:

Vincent decided on helping the guild with their less than successful plan, he knew it wouldn't work when Kagayama came back in a blown up train car that had a certain magic residue left on the car. "Hey dumbass." Vincent called, catching Kageyama's attention, "What, asshole?" Kageyama walked over after taking Erigor's anger, "I called you dumbass because you are one!" Vincent slammed him into the train car, "Really!? A fucking Dragon Slayer!? You fought a Dragon Slayer, affiliated with Fairy Tail!?" he yelled, banging Kageyama on the car. "Yeah! So what!?" Kageyama pushed Vincent off of him, "Dragon Slayers are extremely powerful, ruthless, destructive, stubborn, and hard headed wizards, when you fight one, you have to be careful, you weren't." Vincent drew his pistol from his right hip, firing three shots and killing Kageyama. "Damn, he's merciless, brutal…" someone whispered, they watched Vincent look around, "What!?" he shouted, making them all back off, "Why did you do that?" Erigor growled, "What? Kill that stupid bastard?" Vincent wondered, "Yes!" the Reaper hissed putting his scythe against Vincent's neck. "You killed my subordinate, for that I should kill you!" Erigor shouted, wind whipping around him, "Does it look like I care? Push any harder on that scythe and you're dead." Vincent threatened, the cold barrel of his pistol pushing into Erigor's throat as he appeared before him. "Fine, do as you please." Erigor crumbled, his voice shaky, "Good." Vincent holstered his gun in a concealed holster, walking onto the train, "Now then, you want to continue your plan, no?" he asked, finding a comfortable place to sit, "Yes, let's go!" Erigor ordered his men unto the train, starting off for the next town.

Vincent watched with interest as Erigor deceived the Fairy Tail wizards, his eyes focused on the armored redhead, "Erza Scarlet, Titania of Fairy Tail…" his eyes moved to the pink haired boy on the ground, "That's Salamander, the Dragon Slayer I sensed." He got up from his seat and walked to the door of the train, "I feel like that dumbass Kageyama I killed had some purpose here…. Eh, whatever." The explosion of fire in front of the goon crown caught his attention, "Hello, seems the Salamander is awake." Vincent exited the car, Salamander and a black haired boy were sent off to follow Erigor while Titania and a blond haired girl stayed behind. It didn't take long for Titania to wipe out a lot of the goons, "Goon squad's getting fucked up!" Vincent chuckled to himself. In his small laughing fit, he had not noticed that the "Goon Squad" was completely wiped out, leaving him standing there, "You!" Vincent looked up and saw Titania approaching him, "Shit!" he pulled his gun, taking a knee and holding steady. "Don't come any closer, I hit a light bulb at this distance, don't think I can't pop a cap in your head!" Vincent shouted, Erza stopped, seeing the silver handgun, "Hades… handgun of death…" she whispered, "Yep, now back up!" Vincent shouted again, Erza stayed put, thinking to herself, "Hey… Don't test me Titania!" he shouted, flicking the safety off. Erza made her decision, "How about this, could you make a deal?" she asked, Vincent rose a brow, 'What could Titania make a deal with? It's going to be, if I miss or she deflects it, I die or go to prison. If I kill her, well then I go free…' "Let me guess, if you survive my shot, I go with you, if you don't, I leave, right?" he question, standing up straight. Erza nodded, "Alright, deal." Vincent agreed with a devilish grin, Erza wasted no time in charging him, changing her armor to some bat-like armor, a shot rang out, somewhere in the train station the bullet bounced off of something, crashing into the marble floor. "Well shit!" Vincent laughed, Erza had shot forward, knocking his aim off by tapping Hades with her sword before putting the blade on his throat, "A deal is a deal, Vincent Lucifer." Erza grinned, grabbing Hades out of his hand, "Yes, it is. Well, let's go." Vincent held his hands up as Erza guided him back to the blond haired girl. "So, you know who I am?" he asked, "Yes, you're one of the best underground assassins, going by your first name and killing anyone you have to, calling non-targets 'Collateral Damage' because they got in the way." Erza confirmed, shoving him along, "Hey Erza!" they looked up and saw the black haired boy. "Gray! Where's Natsu!?" Erza shouted, "We split up to find Erigor!" Gray shouted back, Vincent was not really paying much attention and watched Hades slowly replace itself with a fake gun and teleporting to his holster, Erza took no notice at all to the now fake gun in her hand. "You!" Erza caught Vincent's attention, "Yes?" he responded, smiling innocently, "Stay here! If I find that you ran off, I will castrate you!" she shouted in his face, "Yes Madam." Vincent bowed and sat on the ground, not moving at all, "Good, I'll be right back." Erza and the blond set off to find the Salamander, a blue, flying cat in tow.

Vincent whistled before he felt the wind behind him, "What'd you do? Miss the Titania?" Erigor asked, "Yeah, I was quite taken aback by how she avoided it." Vincent sighed, "Well, you're no good to me now that you've proven yourself weak and able to be defeated." Erigor's scythe was placed in front of Vincent's neck. Three shots rang out, two were deflected by Erigor's scythe, the last hit him in the stomach, Vincent ducked under a scythe swing, "You may be a good shot but you have no magical powers!" Erigor yelled, slashing wildly at Vincent. "When was the last time you checked?" the scythe was knocked out of Erigor's hands by a powerful roundhouse kick from Vincent, he holstered his pistol and grabbed Erigor's scarf, launching his knee into the wind wizard's face. Vincent grasped Erigor by his wrist and kicked out his legs before spinning him and slamming the wizard into the ground. "Rrraaahhhh!" Erigor got up and threw Vincent away with a wind blast, "I'll trap you in here with those stupid Fairy Flies!" he picked up his scythe and flew outside as a wind barrier started to form, "Fuck…" Vincent groaned, pulling himself up off a pile of goons. "Vincent!" Erza shouted, running down to him with her whole team together, "Ah, see! I didn't go anywhere! But now none of us can!" Vincent shouted humorously, gesturing to the wind barrier, "I see that, did you know this was coming?" Erza asked with a growl, "I… may have, but that's not the point, the point is that I forgot that I can leave!" Vincent darted for the barrier, passing through without a problem. "Ha! Fuck you guys, I got a bone to pick with Eri-whore! I bid you adieu!" they heard Vincent run off and take their car, "That son of a bitch, he went back on his word!" Erza shouted, a dark aura coming from her, "Uhh… I REMEMBERED!"

Erigor held his gunshot wound as he flew over the bridge, he chuckled as he flew along until he heard a gunshot too late, feeling the extreme pain in his right shoulder, making him lose concentration and hit the tracks with a thud. "Sup asshole? Remember me?!" Vincent cried, slamming his black leather shoe on the back of Erigor's head, "You bastard!" Erigor growled, his voice muffled in the gravel, "I think I'll enjoy shooting the shit out of you!" Vincent shot him in the ass, "AHHGG! WHAT THE FUCK!?" the wind wizard screamed in pain. "Yeah! I shot you in the ass! Get over it!" *WHACK* a tan fist punched Vincent in the face, throwing him off of Erigor, "Ughhh… Salamander, you fucker!" he groaned, seeing the Dragon Slayer, "You were going to kill him! Shut up!" Natsu yelled, his fists ablaze with his anger, "So?" another fist connected with Vincent's face, this time it was Erigor's. "Thanks kid! Now buzz off!" Erigor blasted the unaware Natsu off of the bridge, "That was a dick move." Vincent commented, "And so was shooting me in the ass! Leave now, I'm not letting you catch up!" Erigor shot off, leaving the assassin in a dust cloud, "Ugh, fuck that guy…"

Erigor held the wounds on his ass and his stomach, well tried to as he also tried to play the Lullaby flute with the guild master meeting hall in sight, "Argh, that bastard Vincent, shooting me in the ass…" he complained, "Whatever, time to carry out my pl-" *WHACK* "HA, HOW'D THAT FEEL!?" Natsu shouted, standing over the fallen Erigor who was knocked out, "Damn, nice hit, I never should have doubted you." Vincent fist bumped the Dragon Slayer. "Yep, I'm happy you didn't kill him!" Natsu cheered, "Yeah, well, this time I can't go back on my word, I'll come with you." Vincent sighed, turning and facing Erza, "Yes you are!" she growled, "You're not gonna castrate me are you?" he asked, "No." Vincent sighed in relief. "What are you children doing here?" an old man's voice asked, Vincent turned to see an old man in an orange hat and jacket, "Makarov Dreyar…. You're the poor bastard they chose for Fairy Tail's master?" Vincent asked, grinning at Makarov, "Vincent Lucifer, the Devil himself." Makarov said, smiling nostalgically. "I see you have not changed, at all." Makarov observed, taking in the man before him, "Neither have you, eh Old Man?" Vincent shook his hand, "Only getting older, what brings you here? Why is such a dangerous man with my children?" Makarov questioned, eyeballing Hades, "Long story short, Titania evaded my bullet, taking me with her, kind of romantic if you think about it." His last comment made Erza blush, almost beet red, "Shut up…" she growled, "Erza is quite the fast one, what do you suppose she wants to do with you?" Makarov asked with an evil grin, "I'm unsure, maybe I'll get lucky and be her sexy butler, or unluckily become her sex slave, I wonder what armor she's got for that?" Vincent wondered, by this point Erza was steaming. "S-Shu… uhhh…" Erza was speechless, red as a tomato, Gray was red but snickering to himself, Natsu and Happy, the blue cat, were utterly confused and Lucy, the blond, was very red, "Hahaha! Holy hell, you guys are so embarrassed!" Vincent laughed, Makarov shared a laugh with him, "Yes, innocent aren't they?" "I'M TIRED OF YOUR PETTY TALK, I SHALL DEVOUR YOU ALL HUMANS!" the group watched as the Lullaby flute shot out magic, growing into a massive wooden monster. "What the fuck? Seriously, what the actual fuck?" Vincent gaped at the massive monster, he blocked out all the commotion as he thought to himself, 'Fuckin' Zeref, he left us a nice surprise, didn't the little bastard? Fuck that guy, I'd love to shoot him in the ass!' he realized that the Fairy Tail wizards were attacking the beast. "Leaving me out are you?" Vincent holstered Hades and jumped down onto the battle ground, "Vincent! Stay back!" Erza shouted, slashing a gash in the monster's arm, "Hey! I didn't say you could bark fuckin orders at me!" Vincent yelled with a tic-mark, he dropped down, setting his right hand on the ground, taking a wide stance with his legs, a gray magic circle appeared above him with a dragon head in the center. "You have magic?" Lucy asked, standing near-by, "Yeah, now back up." Vincent answered, gray energy shooting up around him as he charged his spell, everyone's eyes widened at his next words. "Smoke Dragon's…." "He's a Dragon Slayer!?" Natsu shouted, "Ethereal Fist!" his right fist coated in smoke, the magic circle shrunk and he moved his fist through it, hitting the Lullaby monster with a massive smoke fist, "Hahaha! How's that feel?" Vincent laughed as he landed. "I will end you puny human!" the beast roared throwing its hand down onto Vincent, crushing him, "Hahah….." Vincent's voice laughed, echoing from everywhere, "Smoke Dragon's Ethereal Form. Makes me a ghost, I'm made of smoke now." He seemed to be everywhere as a fog of smoke set across the field, "Such power is rare…" Makarov mumbled, seeing the smoke everywhere, "I'm not a powerful Dragon Slayer, my powers are better used for deception and reconnaissance, Natsu, it's up to you to blow this thing away." Vincent explained, the smoke getting thicker and thicker, wafting up and blocking the monster's vision. "Smokescreen." Vincent called, the smoke nearly covered the whole Lullaby demon, "I guess that's my cue! With the flames of my left hand and the flames of my right hand, put them together and you get: Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" Natsu launched his massive ball of fire through the smoke, surprising the demon. "WHAT?! NOOOOO!" there was a massive explosion, dissipating the smoke and throwing Vincent out of his ethereal form, slamming the assassin into a rock wall, "Ugh… fuck me…" he groaned, his consciousness slowly slipping away, "Vincent! Vincent!" someone was calling to him but he couldn't respond as he blacked out.

"Fuckin shit cock…" Vincent groaned, cursing loudly, sitting up on the bed, his attention was drawn to the pink haired old lady sitting next to him, "Oh, hello madam!" Vincent grinned, "Shut up, you're ignorance got you injured and made me have to come and patch up a small scratch! Stupid human!" the old lady got up and left with a huff. "Well fuck you too!" Vincent snapped after she left, "Dumb bitch, where's my shirt?" he got up and found his shirt and sport coat hanging up, putting them on and finding Hades on the table next to him. A knock on the door made him pull Hades, loading it and pulling the slide to load a round, "Yes?" the door opened to reveal Erza, "Oh, it's you." Vincent holstered Hades, "Yeah, how do you feel?" Erza asked, closing the door softly, "I'm fine, since I'm in your guildhall, what do you plan to do with me?" he questioned, eyeing her closely. "Well, I already discussed that with Master Makarov." Erza said, crossing her arms, "So, I'm your sex slave?" she sputtered at his question, "What!? NO!" Vincent chuckled at her red face, "Not that I'd mind, you're pretty sexy…" he trailed off, making her turn a darker shade of red. Erza blabbed a bunch of random words, stuttering and eventually stopping, "Damn, a few comments about your bod and you're a sputtering mess! So what were you planning on doing?" Vincent inquired, "W-Well, we decided you should join Fairy Tail."

'Fuck this shit, at least everyone in the dark guilds were dull and quiet, these guys are fucking insane!' Vincent screamed internally, sitting at the bar with a cup of bourbon, sipping at it gingerly, he looked at the guild mark on his forearm, his coat was on the stool next to him and his shirt sleeves were rolled up. His mark was grey, the head being near the inside of his elbow on his left arm, Hades had a small mark etched into it as well, sitting on the bar before him, "More bourbon please…" he mumbled, holding his now empty glass up. When no response came he saw that everyone had gotten up and walked outside, grabbing his coat he followed them, hanging his coat over his left shoulder with his hand, "Hey, what the fuck's happening that's preventing me from getting drunk?" he asked, pushing his way to the front of the crowd. Vincent saw Erza and Natsu facing off in the center of the crowd, looking around he saw the betting board, none betting on Natsu, "Seems the odds are stacked against him… HEY!" he shouted, catching everyone's attention, "I call fighting her next!" the majority of them blinked at him and started whispering about his demise. "Hey, fuck you! I've defied death so many times, it ain't even funny!" Vincent shouted at everyone, "Who let him in?" someone asked, "Titania did! Now shut it!" he shouted again, "I let him in as well, he's an old friend." Makarov put in, walking to the center of the circle. "Now let's start this fight, I want a clean fight, round one begins… NOW!" Makarov jumped off to the side quickly, landing by Vincent, "Thanks for that, I'm… not a nice guy, usually, never really was." Vincent said sadly. "You never know, someday you could change, someone or something could change you. Just think about it, did you really want to kill Erza back at that train station?" Makarov questioned, "No, not really…" Vincent trailed off, "Do you think just the sight of her changed you?" Makarov asked, "I'm… not sure, the thought of it, I couldn't stand it…. Killing someone who I knew wouldn't kill me and would even be my friend…." He mumbled, scratching his chin, "Use that not so nice guy on the people who deserve it, not the people who gave you a different path to walk." Makarov advised, "Yeah… sounds, good." Vincent smiled, actually smiled, warmly, showing off his sharp canines, suddenly, the sound of a gong broke everyone away from the fight, even the fighters. "This fight is over by the order of the magic council!" a toad woman shouted, "HEY, FUCK YOU! THIS FIGHT WAS GETTING GOOD!" Vincent yelled, flipping the toad off, "Quiet boy! I'll have you arrested for interfering in-" "I don't give two fucks! Go pull that stick out of your ass and we'll talk!" the assassin cut her off with a snap, again flipping her off. "Fine, guards, arrest both this trouble maker and Erza Scarlet, she is under arrest for the destruction of the Clover meeting hall!" the toad ordered, several guards moved forward, then stopped at a clicking sound, "Move any closer and you're all dead." Vincent threatened with malice, his finger on the trigger of Hades, "Madam, that's Hades, the owner, Vincent Lucifer." One guard said shakily, "I don't care! Get-" Vincent shot into the air, "Fuck off toad bitch!" he shouted, "Vincent!" Erza shouted, making him look at her, "Don't worry. Let Vincent go, I'll go with you." Erza negotiated, standing in the way, "Fine, Vincent Lucifer, we shall be back for you!" the toad woman yelled, "Try me bitch!" Vincent yelled, watching them take Erza away. "Holy crap, I've never seen someone stand up to the magic council like that…" someone mumbled, "Lucifer? Like the Devil?" someone else whispered, Vincent huffed and walked in the direction of where the council took Erza, "Where are you going Vincent?" Makarov called, "Just going out, probably look for a place to stay!" Vincent shouted back, Makarov knew exactly what he was going to do, "Such a troublesome young man…"

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DA DA DA DA DONE! Bam, I love this guy, Vincent Lucifer, the asshole assassin! LOLZ

See ya next time with more Collateral Damage!

SO WHO'S THIS FUCKER!?

Me: Zeke, he's Vincent Lucifer, the Smoke Dragon Slayer…

Zeke: Whatever, as long as he doesn't copy me!

Me: Alright, no problem.

Zeke: Damn right no problem!