It was strange, a rare yet highly improbable occurrence. For you see, it was mid day in the town of fiore and the guild hall of fairy tail was practically empty, with the sole of exception of Mirajane of course. Tending the bar, she quietly hummed to herself, a small smile in spite of all the daily chaos that occurs within the guild. Yes, peace and quite was a rare thing to be found within these halls, yet she loved those moments dearly when they came. Wiping one of the cups with her cleaning cloth, she cleaned gently and happily. Not paying attention at all to her surroundings while she did so. So maybe that's why, when the door opened with its familiar old rusty creak, she didn't pay attention.

"Welcome to fairy tail~!" She said happily enough, not bothering to look at the new visitor.

In response to her greeting, the new visitor silently made their way to her bar. Their light footsteps barely making so much as a single sound. Stopping in front of the counter, the new guest merely pulled a seat near her and sat down.

Still not looking at her new guest, she finished cleaning the cup before looking up to look at her guests face. She quickly found her efforts in cleaning the cup to be in vain however as she quickly dropped it. Shock along with mixed feelings of anger coursed through her as she looked at him. Quickly gritting her teeth, her body moved with no heed from her mind, slapping him with all the might she could muster.

Taking it, the new guest merely shrugged it off, his cowlick bouncing in the process. Clicking his tongue, the new guest started to reply to her.

"Oi, oi, oi. Whats this? i come home once in a blue moon only to be slapped. Talk about bad customer service." He sarcastically said with a sneer.

"Hikigaya." She said through her gritted teeth, Anger and disgust showing quite evidently in her actions.

"Calling me by my last name to, man you must really have a burning hatred for poor old hikigaya. Oh and also, i'll take a shot of the fairy brew."

"Don't mess with me!" She yelled, her fists now clenched in rage as she quivered.

"Messing with you? i only ordered a drink." Hachiman replied in a teasing grin.

"You know what you did, and still...you have the nerve to come here." Her eyes narrowed down at him as she said that, looking for any signs of reaction from his dead fish like eyes.

"Good grief woman. I am still a member of fairy tail you know, and besides i'm leaving soon anyway." He replied with a neutral face, eyeing the drinks while he did so.

Moments passed by in silence as the two looked at each other, one in anger and one in calm. Finally, after what seemed to be a good minute, Mirajane sighed and un clenched her hands.

Turning around, she reluctantly grabbed a bottle of fairy brew and and poured it into a cup, practically slamming her drink on the counter as she slid it to Hachiman.

Taking it, Hachiman casually took a sip from it, nonchalantly eyeing the assorted beverages and cups on the shelve.

"Why?"

"Finished my quest, came here to take a new one."

"No. Why did you leave without telling us anything?" She said with a fierce glare, her words as fierce as her gaze.

"Felt like it." He said coldly as he took another sip.

The counter cracked as her hand slammed down upon it.

"Felt like it?" Her voicing oozing with ill contained fury as she scowled at him.

"Yep."

"Oi, do you know how many people you hurt you bastard? how many of us in fairy tail you hurt?" She was practically inches from his face. A menacing aura leaking out of her, with two of her wings already out on her back.

Unfazed, Hachiman casually took a cigarette out from its box. Attempting to light it, he was stopped by Mirajane as she ripped it out of his hands. Sighing, he only shook his head in disappointment.

"Oh? so now i cant smoke either? fairy tail has really gone downhill since last i visited here huh?"

"Answers. Now."

"Whats there to answer? i did what i did knowing full well the consequences." He said as he gazed the ceiling, memories of the place racing through his head.

"You!...you..." Mirajane started, only to fall silent, her glaring eyes now straining to hold back tears.

"Why did you take the blame?" She said quietly, her face riddled with shame at the memory.

"I was there."

"No!, it...was our fault that those townspeople died...so why? why did you take the blame?" She said, her wavering blue eyes observing his stone cold face.

"Like i said. I was there, I was involved as well."

"You saved us from dying!...so why?...why did you take the fall?"

"..."

"Please...Hachiman!"

Hachiman only grimaced at this, his once teasing smile now a frown as he looked into the glass of alcohol. Swirling it as his onyx eyes watched the ice swirl around haphazardly.

"...I've always fought and lost my battles, why should that one be any different?"

"You saved us!"

"...I didn't do it to save you guys." He said coldly.

"Please...don't say that. I know how hurt your eyes were that day!" She exclaimed, a single tear now rolling down her pale cheek.

"...The deed is done. It's not like anything will change. Why are you even crying? you live, to my knowledge elf man is to."

"I'm crying because you sacrificed yourselves for us when you didn't need to!"

"It was the most efficient way."

"Efficient? now the majority of the guild hates you!"

"Why should i or you care?"

"But i do!"

"Eh?" Hachiman replied, shock now adorning his face.

"...It hurt me so when you pulled that little stunt, when you said all those harmful and disgusting things. My heart felt like it had been stabbed a hundred times seeing you like that!"

Looking away reluctantly, he stood up from his seat.

"You hurt all of us!, we're...we're family are we not?" She continued.

She met silence as he stood there, non moving like a statue.

"Nobody wants you here anymore...i don't want you here because it feels like my heart will burst into a thousand shattering pieces just at the sight of you!" She cried, the tears now flowing like a waterfall.

"Everyone gets what they want then. I get a new quest and stay outta everyone's hair." Hachiman said, he face didn't show it but he wavered. Breaking into informal speech at her words. Taking a step to the the s rank quests, he was stopped by Mirajane.

"No."

Turning to look at her, he merely asked with a confused look on his face.

"Pardon?"

"You were demoted, you can't take s rank quests anymore." Mirajane said, still sniffling.

"Shit." Hachiman said this time with a scowl.

"Guess i'll take the highest paying ones then." He said after a moments thought.

"No."

"What?"

"You got demoted by gramps after that stunt you pulled, you can only take the lowest rank quests."

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me." Mirajane said with a frown.

"Wuh-... crap!" Hachiman exclaimed, panicking now gripping his body.

"Why are you panicking? you should have money." Mirajane said coldly as she visibly pouted.

"...Pachinko..."

"Say that louder?"

"Pachinko and booze dammit! how am i supposed to have money after spending it all up on that?" Hachiman said with a scowl as he scratched his head in anger.

A few moments passed before Mirajane simply burst out in laughter. Her pout now a full blown smile as she laughed and giggled at Hachiman's unexpected answer. Tears of humor now replacing her tears of sorrow as she laughed at him.

"Dammit woman, this is serious, i cant support my life style with the most basic of jobs." Hachiman said in frustration.

"Then...ha!...then don't gamble then ha!..." She said through ill contained giggles.

" Fool, don't you know? the best way to make money is to lose money!"

"I, ha! don't see you...ha! with any money!"

"..." Hachiman thought in perplexity.

A few moments passed by with Mirajane still laughing at him, her ears all red in humor.

"Say, Mirajane... may i perhaps borrow some cash?"

hearing this, Mirajane simply laughed harder to Hachiman's request. Her laughter now filling up the seemingly empty guild hall as she held her stomach.

"After all that you did? no way!" She said, laughing ever harder.

Sighing in resignation, Hachiman accepted that he was about to get no money from the woman in front of him. So, biting his pride he made his way to the quest board.

Looking at the requests, Hachiman couldn't help but mock the pieces of paper on the old weathered and battered piece of wood known as the board.

"Ooh, look at this! pull the weeds out of my yard. Hey! teach my son how to use fire magic!, boy do these look like great jobs." Hachiman said sarcastically and bitterly in a cold tone.

Sighing, he took all of the quests off the board and folded them neatly into a tiny stack. Putting the stack into a magic black portal that he conjured up. Clicking his tongue, he took out a cigarette and lit it. Puffing out smoke as he left the guild hall, with Mirajane laughing at him as he did so.

"Good luck Hachiman!" She said mockingly, giggling at each word.

"Yea, yea. Love ya too Mira." Hachiman said neutrally as he left.

Lucy and gang all laughed merrily as they entered the guild hall. With Natsu and Gray both eyeing each other warily with Erza at the back of the group eyeing the two boys as they both laughed albeit more falsely then Lucy and Erza did.

In a good enough mood, they noticed Mirajane giggling as she cleaned her cup.

Curious, Lucy asked Mirajane.

"Whats got you in a good mood?"

"Oh! Lucy! Natsu, Gray and Erza! Hi!" Mirajane greeted with a smile.

"It's nothing, its just that h-" Mirajane cut herself off as she realized what had happened.

"Whoa! the request board is totally empty! what happened?" Exclaimed both Natsu and Gray as the two looked at Mira with shock.

Still smiling, Mirajane then replied with a cold answer, releasing a menacing aura as she did so.

"Hachiman... that bastard used his magic on me to make me laugh!" She said with a wide smile, her blue eyes not changing as she did so. Making her look ever more scary to the group.

"Eh?" The group yelled, with Lucy being the only one who didn't know who Hachiman was.

"Hachiman? he was"

"Here?" Both Natsu and Gray said, finishing their sentences, both of their faces growing into ones of disbelief and anger.

"Mirajane, is this true?" Erza asked with a scowl, her arms folded atop each other.

Silently nodding, Erza only sighed in frustration as she looked to the ground.

"Hachiman, why does he have to appear here now of all times?" She said bitterly.

"I'll kick his ass" Gray exclaimed as he started to subconsciously strip.

"Now i'm getting all fired up!" Natsu said with a battle hungry smile.

"Guy's, who's Hachiman?" Lucy said, confused yet a little bit scared by how her guild mates where acting.

And that's that people. This will most likely be a story that i write in when i feel like it. So this will not get as many updates to it as my other stories. Good day.