Lost Bonds*
Disclaimer: I do not own Dairy Tail or any of its characters...*tear* This is a story request from PV7*
Hope you enjoy! ;)
Chapter 1
Far away from Magnolia over the mountaintops and through the forests, there was a small village. It was small yet lively throughout the day and especially when the season of spring fell upon the land. Unfortunately, the small town was now broken and some of it burnt to ashes while the defense of the small town ran after the cause for the town's destruction…
"Over there!" A guard shouted and the troops spread out in the forest searching for a victim. "Kaida, over here." A small Gray cat told a girl with long pink hair.
"Okay" She replied with furrowed brows and the Exceed spread her wings before grabbing onto the girl. Without the guards' notice, they entered a cave and let out a relieved breath. "That was close. Thanks Lenia" the girl said and the cat nodded.
"This is what happens if you try to save people with your magic. They turn on you and give you the fault for all the destruction." Lenia said and a shadow fell over Kaida's eyes. "It's not fair..." She mumbled softly and Lenia looked at her.
"These people are suffering because I'm too afraid to face my problems," Kaida said and tears fell down her cheeks. Lenia's face softened and she put a paw on Kaida's leg.
"Let's rest here for a while and try to get our thoughts straight before we decide about anything, okay?" Lenia said and Kaida looked at her with tearfull eyes.
"Y-yeah." She said and pulled her legs close to her chest before she laid her head on her knees to sob softly. Lenia sat next to her and gave her a glance before looking down to the ground in her own thoughts.
Why do we always have to suffer the hard ways? All she wanted was to find him so she'll be less lost. Lenia thought and sighed.
Her ears peeked when the sobbing was silent and glanced at the pink-haired girl. Her breathing had become deep and only the dry tears remained. Lenia sighed and walked to the edge of the cave. Crying you to sleep. When will you stop, Kaida? Lenia thought.
"So bored...Nothing to do but lay around..." A blond beauty moaned as she lay on a counter while her friend served the rest of the guild members with drinks. "Maybe you should go on a job now that you have some free time, Lucy" Mirajane said.
"Yeah! Let's go on a job! What do you say Lucy?" Natsu said and Happy flew in next to him. "Aye, sir!" He exclaimed.
Lucy sighed before standing up from her crouched position. "The last time we went on one we didn't get paid and now I'm having trouble with the rent. We better get paid this time." Lucy said with her gloomy face.
"I'll come too!" Wendy exclaimed and Carla walked a few steps out on the counter. "I guess it can't be helped," she said and Natsu gave Happy a high five.
"Do we even have a job to go to?" Lucy asked feeling negative and Natsu nodded while Happy pulled out a job request. Lucy took the paper and Wendy glanced at the request. Lucy turned slightly blue and Wendy looked at her worriedly.
"Are you alright, Lucy-san?" She asked and Lucy nodded vaguely. "Why do we always have to sort out problems with monsters?" She whispered to herself and Natsu smiled.
"It's fun! That's why! Come on Lucy, have you checked out the reward? That's plenty of money for you to pay your rent!" Natsu said and Lucy felt better with her Dragon Slayer friend's encouragement.
"I'll come with you," Erza said as she came towards them and Natsu's smile widened. "Alright! I'm all fired up now! Let's go!"
20 minutes later…
"I'm dying…someone help me..." Natsu mumbled blue in the face from motion sickness. "So much for being fired up. Poor Natsu" Lucy said while Wendy looked at Natsu worriedly.
"Are you alright Natsu-san?" Wendy asked but got no reply from him. "Natsu…" Happy trailed off while Carla huffed and crossed her small paws over her body.
"This is what you get if you built up a resistance of Troia," She said and Erza glanced back at them from the front of the carriage. "The town is in sight, we should be there in a few. Natsu, pull yourself together" Erza said but Natsu didn't move or respond.
The carriage rocked abruptly and everyone yelped except Natsu who became more nauseas. "Erza?! What's happening?!" Lucy exclaimed. "The town is in trouble and explosions are erupting all over."
"Hang on!" Erza exclaimed as everyone jumped in the back. The wheel suddenly hit something and every one flew out of the carriage while it headed for the town.
"That was close!" Lucy exclaimed as Happy held onto her in the air. "Lucy-san! Erza-san! Are you alright?" Wendy asked as Carla held onto her.
Erza smiled, "Yeah, but we still need to hurry to the town. Come on, Natsu" she said and looked back but Natsu wasn't there. "Natsu-san?" Wendy asked and everyone turned white.
"Oh no! I grabbed onto the wrong one!" Happy exclaimed and Carla's eyes widened. "He's heading towards the town!" She said and they rushed off.
"Natsu!"
In the middle of the small town chaos was breaking loose. Buildings were burning and falling because of the destroyed infrastructure. The people fled while a girl and her Exceed tried to put out the flames.
"Kaida! Are you alright?" The small grey cat with tiger-like stripes asked. She came next her friend after powerful Magic hit her.
"Yeah, I'm okay." She said and stood up with a few scrapes. "Did you see where he went?" Kaida asked and Lenia shook her head.
"He just attacked you and then disappeared making more damage to the town." Lenia growled and Kaida looked down with a despair expression. "He doesn't stop..." She said and clenched her fists to the side.
She looked up with a determined expression. "Let's try to put out as much flames as we can." Kaida said and Lenia's eyes widened.
"But there's no water near here." Lenia said and Kaida brought her hands together. "Then we have to blow it out" she said and a blue Magic Circle appeared beneath her.
The wind picked up and she took a deep breath. "Roar of the Sky Dragon!" She shouted and a strong gush of wind blew over the flames making them die out. "It worked!" Lenia said with a smile while Kaida breathed hard.
"Kaida…" Lenia said and Kaida's eyes widened when she saw a carriage coming right towards them. She closed her eyes and everything around her turned dark.
She sensed a strong Magic force inside the carriage and her eyes shot open. "There's someone inside!" Kaida exclaimed before Lenia forcefully pulled her to the sky.
"What are you doing, Lenia?! There's someone inside!" Kaida said angry at the Gray Exceed that glared back at her. "Look at yourself!" She snapped and Kaida's eyes widened slightly before she looked away.
"You tried to save the buildings and people and now they're blaming you. What happens when you get the fault of the carriage being destroyed?" Lenia asked and Kaida's face hid under her pink bangs. "People are selfish and always look for someone to blame" Lenia said.
"That's not true," Kaida mumbled and Lenia looked down at her. "Puraimu told me that there are good people in this dark world! And if you say 'people' that includes me too!" She yelled and Lenia looked at her in surprise.
Kaida took the opportunity to break free of Lenia's grip and headed to the ground. "Kaida!" Lenia yelled with terror in her eyes. Kaida twirled in the air and landed on the carriage. Maybe I should've thought this more through. She thought before jumping in the back and accidentally hit the wall.
"Ow, ow, ow." Kaida mumbled and saw a boy with pink hair wearing a scarf that looked like scales. His face was blue and he seemed unconscious. Kaida picked him up by putting an arm under his arm.
"Hang on" she said and walked to the back of the carriage with as much balance as she could muster.
A brown Magic Circle appeared beneath her and she held out her one hand. "Earth Dragon, catch!" She shouted and a paw came out from the ground. Kaida jumped out into the paw and the paw fell back to the ground.
"Natsu!" Kaida glanced back to three females that ran towards her. The boy groaned and she sat him down. "Natsu-san!" The blue-haired girl shouted and came next to him.
"Natsu! Are you alright?" A blue Exceed flew and landed on top of him. Kaida's eyes were wide hearing the name of the boy and seeing the mark of a guild on the blond mage's hand. Natsu? Natsu...Dragneel?
"Thank you for saving, Natsu-san" the blue-haired girl said and Kaida snapped out of her thoughts. She smiled, "My pleasure. You should keep an eye on him. He doesn't look too good." Kaida said while looking at his blue face.
"He'll be fine. He's always like this when it comes to transportation," the blonde-haired person said with a smile. "What's your name?" The red-haired woman asked and Kaida blinked a few times at her.
Isn't that...Erza Scarlett? Kaida thought and her cheeks burned. "Ka-""Kaida!" Someone shouted and in a blink of an eye, she vanished from sight.
"I'm feeling fired up!" Natsu exclaimed as he jumped up with clenched fists and a large smile. He saw everyone's confused faces and raised an eyebrow. "What's up with you guys?" He asked and Happy jumped onto his shoulder.
"Someone saved you while you were out cold." Lucy said and Natsu looked where everyone looked. Then I heard right. He thought with furrowed brows.
"Earth Dragon catch!"
Is she also a Dragon Slayer? Natsu thought before Erza who put a hand on his shoulder and abruptly disturbed his thoughts. His whole body ran cold for a second and he turned slightly pale.
"That aside. We must go and ask the town's people for information on our target and also the person who requested the job," She said and they nodded. Wendy caught glance of Carla's horror expression and looked at her worried, "What is it, Carla?" She asked and Carla snapped out of her haze.
"No, nothing" she said and Wendy frowned slightly. I wonder why Carla always shut me out... Wendy thought and walked on with her own thoughts.
Kaida fell on the grass with a thump and tears formed in the corner of her eyes while she rubbed her sore behind. Lenia landed in front of her while frowning deeply and Kaida gulped.
"What were you thinking?! Taking advantage of me and then jumping towards a moving vehicle! Did you forget you get sick?!" Lenia yelled at Kaida and she laughed lightly. "I know...I'm sorry that I did that but I actually didn't get sick!" Kaida said and Lenia rolled her eyes.
"You never get sick when your mind is set in doing something, idiot" Lenia said and saw Kaida smile slightly with a light blush covering her cheeks. "Anyway, I wanted to tell you something-" Lenia said with a raised brow.
Kaida didn't seem to listen as her blush became more visible and a vein popped out of Lenia's head. "It's a serious matter that we need to discu-What are you so flustered for?!" Lenia snapped with a few veins popping out of her head and Kaida laughed slightly.
What's with her? Her mood can almost classify as, happy? Lenia thought. "I met him," Kaida said and Lenia snapped out of her thoughts.
"Who?" Lenia asked and put her small grey paws on her hips. "Natsu. Natsu Dragneel," Kaida said and Lenia almost fell over.
"What?! Are you serious?! Was he the one...?" Lenia trailed off and the pink-haired girl nodded. "Yeah. He was actually unconscious but I still got to meet him if only with a glance," she said and Lenia smirked.
"He wasn't even conscious and you're acting so flustered," Lenia said and Kaida turned deep crimson. "Stop picking on me!" She snapped and Lenia shrugged.
"I'm not picking on you. Just saying" Lenia said before her face fell and her eyes widened. "What's wrong? You wanted to tell me something before and I wasn't listening." Kaida said and Lenia bit her lip while clenching something in her paw behind her back.
What am I going to do? She looks so happy in a long time and now I come to crush her happiness! Lenia thought and suddenly realized the object in her hand was gone. She gasped and looked at Kaida who had a saddened face expression.
"Is this what you wanted to show me, Lenia? I kind of knew that this would happen." She said and lowered the wanted poster. "I didn't want to upset you," Lenia said with a guilty expression and Kaida shook her head.
"We were on the run for about a month and everywhere we went destruction came. It would've only been a matter of time till something like this happened..." Kaida said and looked down at the grass while playing with it in her hand.
"They're wizards," She said.
"Those you met before?" Lenia asked and she nodded. "They had guild marks on their body and he had one on his arm. They're probably here to get the job done" Kaida said and smiled while her eyes were hidden beneath her bangs.
"Then we're done running" Kaida said and stood up while looking at the tiger-like Exceed. "What do you say we put an end to this chase, partner?" She said and Lenia blinked at her a few times without a reply.
After a while, she smiled and held out her paw. "Always" she said and Kaida smiled taking her paw.
So Natsu was saved by the new character...* I know the story hasn't really picked up speed yet but please keep reading! I promise it will get very interesting!*
Next time: Natsu will meet face-to-face with the new girl while the other members of team Natsu has a few problems on their own*
Review please!* I would love some criticism!* :)