Phantom or Fairy
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D/C: I own nothing.
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Lucy let out a deep breath as she sneaked out of her supposed home with the help of her most trusted servants. She could no longer stay there along with her father, the man spent more time working, mind filled with the thought of money and nothing else. There was no room for her anywhere and with that in mind, the fifteen year old needed to leave before the man uses her to gain more wealth. She saw it done more times than she cares to admit and that wasn't the life she wanted for herself.
"Okay… first off… I need to find a guild!" Lucy exclaimed to herself as she walked towards her own destiny. Her cherry mood quickly drooped when realization quickly hit her head on. She has no clue which guild she should join at this point. "Maybe I should just think of a place to stay for tonight before anything else…"
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"Dammit, Rain Woman! Lighten up with the rain…" Gajeel grumbled out the last part as he felt the rain started to pelt harder on him. He let out a frustrated sigh, looking around to make sure no one was watching and once he made sure they were alone, he reached over to pat Juvia's head. "Calm down now, Rain Woman… no one we know is around."
The rain paused momentarily, before the sky brightened just enough and the pelting rain was replaced by a light spray. Sure, Gajeel is still getting wet, but not as bad as before. He would never say this aloud, let alone in the presence of the teen walking along side of him, the rain doesn't bother him all that much. Long as his piercings don't rust… But that's another story.
"Drip, drip, drop…" Juvia whispered as she tightly gripped her pink umbrella closer to her. She raised it just enough so that both her and Gajeel are protected by the umbrella. "Thank you for taking Juvia out of there today…"
"Tch… I told you to get rid of that ass." Gajeel tsked at her, he grabbed the umbrella and carried it himself as he saw Juvia was struggling to holding it up for the both of them. "The mission needed a water mage to complete it, I just needed you for the mission."
"Juvia knows this. Juvia should have listened to Gajeel-Kun about Bora-san."
The light pitter patter of the rain started to turn harsher to match Juvia's ever changing emotions.
"Rain Woman…"
"Sorry, Gajee…"
"Tsk… whatever…"
As the two continued on their way to their next job, both wondering to themselves how exactly this friendship began. One could argue the only reason Gajeel tolerates to Juvia's… personality quirks had to do with the fact she's a S-Class mage and nothing else. Long as she has the power to get jobs done, nothing else matter. For Juvia, Gajeel is the only one that seems primarily unaffected from the constant downpour. The actual reason, Gajeel owes Juvia for giving him something no one has ever given him.
Humanity. Juvia was the only person in this damn earth that treated him as a person compared to some sort of monster. The only reason he stays at the guild is because of Juvia.
For Juvia, she wanted companionship. She sought it out through Gajeel, who she views an older protective brother but that could only be so much. He's her best friend and even going as far as protector, but even so, that darkness in her heart and mind still swirls within her. For now, Gajeel is doing his best to fill the void.
"HEEEEEEEEELLLLPPP MMEEEEEEE!"
Juvia and Gajeel blinked several times, wondering if they heard what they heard. Both of them shrugged and continued on their way. It didn't concern them far as they both were concerned, why should they help someone when no one in this earth has ever helped them before.
"Someone… please help us!"
Juvia took in a deep breath, her expression shifted from thoughtful to one completely void of emotion. Gajeel grimaced before he let out a snarl as a familiar scent hit his nose and it was replaced by a snarl.
"Gajeel-kun?"
"The bastard is close by."
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Lucy bowed her head down as she and several other girls were being hurled into a closed carriage. She felt like a giant idiot for falling for the lies of the supposed Salamander of Fairy Tail. The guy used illegal charms to hypnotize her and several others to follow his demands. There was no way to get to her keys as her arms are tied up and her hopes to getting free are fading away.
Who knows what going to happen to her now?
Sharp screams of pain suddenly was replaced by the girls who are fallout out of the charms. They were screams of pain and mass hysteria. Lucy began to wiggle towards the window that was next to her, signaling for the girl sitting next to her to move. The girl moved just enough for Lucy to move the curtain to see what was going on outside. Her eyes widen to see the supposed Salamander being beaten down by a tall and muscular teen with long, spiky black hair and covered with piercings. Near them is another teen with azure blue hair and with snow skin complexion is controlling water as she went after the rest of the goons.
What really caught Lucy's attention is the male's guild's mark on the top of his right shoulder. Phantom Lord.
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"Drip, drip, drop…" Juvia stated as she watched Gajeel beat up her ex, she turned away when Bora pleaded for her to get Gajeel to stop beating him up. Even if there was a small part of her she wanted this to stop because of past emotions, what the asshole is currently doing. Human trafficking! The very thought of it makes her blood boil, before complete and utter dread filled within her. Dark clouds began to cumulative above them, the rain started to pelt down upon everyone to the point it stings and feeling like it would leave bruises.
Was she part of this scheme? Did Bora planned on doing to her what he had planned for those girls in the carriage? Was she just something he could just use? Did he even see her as a person? What would have happened if he never broke up with her? There were so many what if's… and by the sounds of it, Gajeel's own mind went down that very same route and the beating only seemed to continue on.
"I thought I told you to leave the country, dumbass!" Gajeel growled out as he continued on beating Bora. Panting heavily, he kicked the man before picking him up and throwing him across the road. Looking back at Juvia to see her curling onto herself, mumbling on about what could have happened to her. With one last snarl, he stomped over to the carriage and yanked the door open, breaking it off it's hinges. The girls in said carriage were chained up and all of them looked young and this only seemed to piss him off even more. "MOVE IT! SCRAM!"
"We can't, they chained up our arms and legs together." Someone piped up.
"Could you get the key? Free us, please?"
"Thank you for saving us…"
"Gajeel-kun, eat their chains." Juvia suddenly said, appearing next to him, holding up her umbrella over themselves. "That faster you do so, the quicker we leave."
"Don't tell me what to do, Rain Woman."
"Juvia will make sure all of your studs are rusted to the point they are unwearable…in your sleep."
"…Tch."
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Lucy rubbed her wrist as she thought over her what she should do next. Right now, she doesn't even feel like going to Fairy Tail is safe at this point. She had heard rumors that people would fake being part of a guild, but never thought she would witness it first hand in such a fashion and said guild is the one most people use their name in an attempt to get away with their horrid actions. At least she has her keys…
"Let's go, Gajeel…we still have a job to do." Juvia stated, signaling for Gajeel to hurry it up. Gajeel is munching on the now broken chains, grumbling how the material that were used to make them is not up to his taste.
"Yeah, yeah…" Gajeel burped aloud and started to grumble about the horrible quality of the chains. "Let's go before the Rune Knights get here."
Lucy stood there for a moment, before she ran after them. This could be her only opportunity to get into a legal guild. Phantom Lord is on the top of her list of guilds she had originally planned to join, and right in front of her are two members of said guild. "Hey, wait up! Wait!"
Juvia and Gajeel stopped momentarily, wondering just who was calling out to them. Why would someone call out to them? Many of the girls had run for the hills, screaming in fear for their lives. They did however turn around when they heard someone running up towards them. It was one of the girls, she was completely soak to the bone as the rain continue on pelting on them all. "What?"
"You guys are from Phantom Lord, right?" Lucy managed to huffed out, she let out an involuntary shiver as the wind start to pick up.
"What of it?" Gajeel deadpanned, he grabbed hold of Juvia's shoulder to push her to continue on walking.
Pause. "I want to join. I wa-"
"They'll eat you alive." Juvia stated emotionally, looking at the blonde to her taken aback by her words. "Phantom Lord has no for the weak. Are you even a mage?"
"I am a mage, I just…" Lucy started to trail off, she started to fiddle with her hair as she started to lose her motivation. She felt so pathetic and alone, maybe… no, they are right. She's weak, she wasn't even able to free herself from what happened earlier to her. Who knows what would have happened to her and the other girls at this point if they hadn't intervened as they did.
"You can't be serious?"
"She looks pathetic… and lonely…"
"Grrrr, she'll get in the way!"
Stare.
"…What would the guild say about this?"
"We'll test her."
Lucy lifted her head up and tilted her head as she heard the two in front of her started to go back and forth on what they should do with her. Her hopes slowly began to rise up once more when it appears that Juvia started state how she could be of some use, insulting but at least it's working to convince Gajeel to allow her to tag along for now.
"Fine…. I SAID FINE!" Gajeel started to grumble how despite how emotionless Juvia appears to be, she's more than that and he could easily read her. "YOU have to lay out the rules, she doesn't say a single word about this."
Gajeel motioned between the both of themselves before he walked off in a loud huff. "There goes our reputation…"
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"This wasn't what I had in mind!"
Juvia and Gajeel watched on as Lucy ran away from a huge group of bandits before they quickly got to work.
"Consider this initiation!" Gajeel laughed at seeing Lucy pulling out a whip and started to go on the offense compared to her running away. He had to give it to her, she did have enough power to knock a person down with it. "Survive this, and you might make it."
"I'm starting to regret doing this…" Lucy sighed before she kicked one of the bandits back away from her. "Get away!"
Lucy reached towards her belt and pulled out a key, taking in a deep and thought over her next course of actions. There next to her is a giant barrel filled to the brim of water that began to spill over as the rain continue on pouring down. "Open the Gate of the Water Bearer! Aquarius!"
Gajeel is starting to wonder if he's ever going to escape the continuous onslaught of water.
To Be Continued…
I found a post on Tumblr of which what would have happened if Lucy had joined Phantom Lord. This is the start of it. Muahahaha!