Ladies First
Chapter One: I really wanna know
"You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you don't want to feel."
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Glancing around the guild for the millionth time that morning, Lucy's eyes again did not see Fairy Tail's drunk- Cana.
Lucy blew out a large gust of air, resting her chin in the palm of her right hand, as her other hand's fingers idly tapped against the bar counter in a soft rhythm. "She's still not here."
Mira laughed quietly, "Oh, Lucy, it's Cana we're talking about here. She can take care of herself."
"Hm," Lucy replied, not in the least reassured. "Are you sure that she didn't go on a mission?"
"Positive."
"But... Then where could she be?"
"I don't know. She does have a life outside the guild, you know," Mira said gently, rubbing at a stain on the bar with her violet rag.
"I know that, but I'm still getting the shivers."
"Mmm... Well, you could always-"
"YOU GET BACK HERE, YOU DAMN EXHIBITIONIST!" They heard Natsu's loud voice shout, followed by an extremely suspicious crash and then a grunt.
Gray cursed loudly, "That freaking hurt, Flame head! Don't think you can get away with it, either!"
Mira rolled her eyes, calling over Lucy's shoulder, "Gray? Your pants..."
Gray groaned, "Awh, not again!"
"HAHA! SNOWMAN, LOOKING FOR THESE?"
"NATSU! Give those back so I can kick your ass!"
Lucy face palmed as she heard Natsu yell, "YOU COULDN'T HURT A FLY IF YOU WANTED TO!"
"Is that fighting I hear?" Came a new, cool voice, and Lucy couldn't help but smile in amusement.
"N-N-NO! No fighting here, Erza!" Natsu and Gray both cried in unison, and Lucy knew that if she turned around, she would see them both hugging each other like there was no tomorrow.
But then Lucy sighed heavily, shutting out the rest of their conversation as she asked, "Anyway. What were you saying?"
Mira nodded, continuing off where she had been before she was rudely interrupted, "Oh. Well, I was saying that you could go to her house. Maybe ask if she was okay."
Lucy jumped out of her seat immediately and pumped her fists. "Yes! I'll report back here soon, Mira, don't worry."
And then Lucy was out the door before Mira could even respond.
"Hey! Where's Lucy going?" Natsu asked, walking over to Mira.
"Oh, hey Natsu. She's going over to Cana's," She explained, amused at his concerned face.
"Oh. Is she coming back?"
"Yup! She'll be back in a short while. No need to worry Natsu," She teased.
But he didn't seem to notice and he flashed her his famous ear-to-ear Natsu grin. "Okay then!"
Mira laughed, mentally thinking about what a cute couple they would make. Adorable...
"YO! Pinky, I wasn't done with you!"
Scowling furiously, Natsu whipped around toward Gray. "SHUT-UP STRIPPER! AND MY HAIR ISN'T PINK!"
"WELL IT ISN'T NORMAL!"
"YOU'RE NOT NORMAL!"
Erza suddenly cleared her throat loudly. "Ahem."
"He..He.." They laughed nervously, throwing their arms over the other's shoulder and swaying slightly back and forth. "No... fighting here!"
"Good. Now please do not interrupt the eating of my cake again... Or there will be serious consequences."
Chuckling quietly, Mira turned back to the counter and started working persistently on removing the stubborn stain again.
In a way, Mira was glad Lucy had gone to check up on Cana. Despite her comforting words that Cana was fine, Mira knew that it wasn't necessarily true. Cana always told her, or at least someone, where she was going, especially when she would be gone the whole day.
Mira sighed deeply. She had this funny feeling that something... big was going to happen.
Sighing again, she prayed silently that master would come home from his meeting soon, because she knew that they would need him.
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Impatiently, Lucy stood up on tiptoe, craning her neck to try to see over the top of the door into the musky half-circle window.
Useless. She wasn't tall enough.
Clenching her fist, she pounded on the door again with her knuckles.
Why wasn't she answering the door?
"Cana! CANA, open the door! It's me, Lucy! Cana! Cana?" She shouted, continuing to rap on the door. "CANA!"
"Damn it.." She cussed, stomping her foot like a child in a tantrum, her shoe making a gross squish noise. Her heart skipped a beat.
What on earth? Why was there... water on her porch? It hadn't rained for days, maybe even weeks. Had she spilled something there?
But Lucy doubted it was that innocent. Licking her lips nervously, Lucy looked down and...
"EEEEP!" She squealed, stumbling back into the white column, her eyes beginning to water in dread.
It was a deep, dirty red colored liquid leaking from under the door and somehow Lucy knew that it was blood.
A strong sense of despair filled her body, and Lucy began to pant heavily. "C-Cana..."
Taking a deep, calming breath, Lucy raised her eyes from the blood to the door handle. She could do this.
Taking another breath, Lucy leaned over to the door, twisting the knob and yanking on it in one swift motion...
Thump!
...
...
"Oh... Oh Mavis..." Lucy whispered, horrified.
...
...
It was at that exact moment that several nearby neighbors stated to the reporters that their dinner with the family had been interrupted by a loud, screeching scream.
"CANAAAA!"
xoxo
Author's note: Okay, that was like, really short but... whatever, the next one will be longer, I promise:)
and wow, you guys must hate me by now... but I can't help it! I'm too un-motivated to keep updating one story only sigh