Author's Note
My first attempt at something...risque? sure why not. Don't be too harsh, but comments are welcomed.
Thank you for reading my story, would love to hear what you have to say!
As always, i do not own any of the characters (besides kairi) nor do i own anything of FairyTail.
~Megzy4242
"Mirajane!" I exclaim, rushing up to my former co-model. "It's been so long! How are you?"
"Kairi?" the bar tender shrieks. Her tray drops from her hand onto the floor and her arms fly out around my body. "Kairi it is you! Master look! Kairi's back! She's back!"
"What Mirajane? What do you want from me? I'm very busy-" Master shouts, coming down the stairs and into the bar with all the other Fairy Tail members. "Kairi?"
"Master. Good to see you again," I reply, pulling away from my friends embrace to look at my old teacher.
"How've you been? It's been so long since you've last visited us! You need to come home more often. I'm not getting any younger, ya know!" Master chastised.
"Yea, yea," I reply, waving the old man away while I wander down the aisle of the Fairy Tail Guild.
"Where have you been all this time? I mean, obviously out there fighting and everything, but why so long? Even your sister comes back after every mission she goes after," Mirajane asks, setting her elbows on the bar. I sit myself down on a stool in front of her.
"Well, I meant to come back. I got side tracked. Once the villagers witnessed what I could do, suddenly they all knew of someone or some other town or whatever that needed help. I was going all over the place, raking in money and favors and all sorts of things. I still have a couple things to do, but thankfully, they were all here. So I was able to come back home. I just got through with the last of the missions and collections." I sighed contentedly. "It's good to be back."
"Kairi? Is that you?" a voice asks from the large door. I turn to see my sister Erza standing with Natsu, Gray, and another girl I haven't seen before. Happy was on Natsu's shoulder, his face a light with wonder at my sitting there.
"One-chan. It's been a while."
"Longer than that, little sister. When did you get back?" Erza asks, strutting down the aisle and plopping down into the stool beside me. The boys followed suit, but didn't sit.
"Around midnight. I just came into the Guild not too long ago."
My sister nods, her eyes thoughtful. "You remember Natsu and Happy."
"How could I forget," I state, standing to hug the pink-haired boy. Happy bounced over to my shoulder and hugged my neck.
"You've been gone too long, Kairi," Happy states, sitting on my shoulder and sliding down my arm onto the floor. He reaches up to my belt and produces my Specialty Cards. "Did you get any new ones?" he asks, flipping through them.
"A couple. Mostly low level though. I've gotten all the hearts and clubs, maybe half the spades, and a couple diamonds. I haven't looked through my latest payment rewards yet, so I may or may not have more than that," I reply as Happy lays all my Cards on the bar. Erza leans over his shoulder and watches his growing interest.
"Kairi, this is Lucy. She's the newest member of Fairy Tail. She works with Celestial Spirits!" Natsu exclaims, pulling the blonde girl to his side and smiling proudly.
I smile and shake my head. "I'm Kairi. Nice to meet you. I hope this bozo hasn't caused too much trouble for you."
"Eh, I can manage. I hope you don't mind my asking, but what kind of wizard are you?" she asks.
"She's kind of like a combination of a couple different ones. Mostly, Kairi is like her sister. But she uses cards to choose the weapon or weapons she uses. Sometimes she'll get armor cards, but those she picks herself. Her method is to let her enemy pick her weapon. Then she uses that weapon all throughout battle! Isn't that cool?" Happy explains, handing me the King of Spades, my highest card so far.
The card morphs into a two-handed sword that fits easily into my hands. It's decorated with little gems on the hilt and a long guard in the shape of two snakes. This happens to be my favorite weapon so far.
Lucy's eyes go wide with wonder. "Whoa! Every card does that?"
"Sure do. Except each one is different. If Happy picked the Ace of Clubs, it would be a big clunky weapon that's hard to maneuver or something that's equally difficult to use. If I had the King of Diamonds, that'd be the best weapon I could possibly have," I say, sliding the sword out in front of me and letting it turn back into a card between my middle and forefinger. Happy snatches it back and continues to look through my pile. "Not many Wizards use things like that for weapons or use the methods that I do. Nevertheless, I find that they add a little bit of mystery to the battles. No one ever knows what weapon they're going to be beaten with."
"I think it's pretty cool," she says, smiling.
"Yeah, real cool…" Gray says, rolling his eyes. "I've gotta go. See you guys later." Gray turns on his heel and storms out of the Guild.
"Gray, wait!" I shout, running after his receding figure. "Nice meeting you Lucy!" I say over my shoulder.
I run after Gray into the afternoon light. The sun hits my eyes and temporarily blinds me. The heat feels good on my exposed skin and the freshness of the air is welcomed into my lungs. My hand clamps down on soft fabric and hard muscle underneath.
"Go away. I don't want to deal with this right now," Gray says, stopping under my touch but shrugging my hand away.
"Gray you can't keep acting like this! After all this time, you still haven't forgiven me? I didn't even say it! You jumped to the conclusion all on your own!" I declare to his back.
"I saw what I saw. And I saw you loving him more than me. It never would have worked out anyways! How can two men share one girl? It just doesn't work like that," Gray says, turning to face me. His face is filled with pain and remembrance. "I loved you way more than he did and you know that!"
"You both loved me the same. He's your twin! You both do the same thing and react the same way! He felt that I was giving more love to you and you think I was giving more love to him! I tried to be equal, but I slipped up. It was one time we fooled around without you. One time, Gray! And if you had waited a moment, I was going to do the same with you! But you never gave me the chance to…"
"Please, Kairi I don't want to talk about this right now." Gray touches his temples.
"But we can't leave it like this. Can't leave us like this…baby I miss you…I tried to drown you out by just being away for a long time, but it just made things worse. I thought about you even more! I can't bear to see you like this…I'm sorry," I pleaded, clasping my hands together.
"I…I just…I can't handle something like this right now!" Gray shouts, gathering attention from passer-byes.
"Then later? Please?"
Gray looks at me one last time and sighs. "Fine. My apartment in two hours, okay? But until then, just leave me be." I nodded, grateful for him giving in. I would fix this mess. Tonight.