"There are many unusual things in this world. Every day events occur that cannot be explained. Bizarre phenomena that often go unnoticed because people close their eyes to what they don't understand. But the truth of the matter is, there are many unusual things in this world. And humans... Humans are the most mysterious of them all."
"Karyuu no hoko!" a certain pink haired mage yelled as he punched a man who was at least 5 years older than he was. The knocked out man laid helplessly on the ground with his glasses on the ground and his curled up hair messed up all over his oblong face. "Tch! This guy was nothing!" the mage boasted as he left the man on the ground to approach his blonde friend and his flying blue cat.
"That's Natsu for yah!" The blue cat happily shouted as he flew around the mage.
"Lucy, are you sure you don't remember this guy?" Natsu asked the blonde.
The blonde stood still for awhile and did a thinking pose: her hand up to her mouth with her pointing finger higher compared to her other fingers then her left arm was around her torso, right underneath her right one. "Hmm...I really can't remember his name. But I think he's the brother of the guy my father wanted me to marry. Hmm...I think his name was...Julenile? Julelie? Hmm..."
"Julenelle..." the beat up man moaned as he tried to recompose himself but failed and ended up unconscious on the ground again.
"That's it!" Lucy recalled as she lightly hit her left hand with her balled up right fist. "The Julenelle family used to be one of the richest families in Magnolia 7 years ago though I'm not sure what happened to them now. I forgot what his name was to be honest..." She said as she poked the man with a branch, trying to remember him.
"Lucy's mean. She easily forgets the names of the people she meets." Happy whispered to Natsu, making him nod in agreement as they looked at Lucy.
"I can hear you, you morons." she irritably said. "Besides, that was 7 years ago. Plus, may I remind you that when we first met, you used to call me Luigi!"
"Oh you mean to tell me Luigi's not your real name, Luigi?" The pink haired mage innocently asked, clearly trying to annoy the blonde.
The blonde held up her fist, trying to stop herself from punching Natsu when suddenly Happy whispered something to Natsu.
"I wouldn't be surprised if Luigi forgets our names one day, you know Natsu?"
"First of all, stop calling me Luigi." she answered back in an annoyed voice. "Second," her voice was now scarier than before. "Even though I can't remember the names of the people I've met 7 years ago, I'll always remember you, Natsu, Happy." she affectionately said to the two.
"Uh..." was the only word the pink haired dragon slayer was able to say as a red blush stained his cheeks.
"Aye sir!" Happy cheered as he flew towards Lucy.
The three then decided to leave the man on the ground and headed back to their small yet warm guild.
"Can you believe that man? Suddenly coming out of nowhere then asking me to marry him. The nerve of that creep! He probably only likes me for my body." Lucy blurted out as they walked.
"Your body? I thought he was more interested in your previous riches rather than your body." Natsu chuckled.
"I think so too Natsu!"
"Shut up you two!" she scolded. "Hmm...but then again that is factor."
For a while, there was silence between the three friends when all of a sudden Natsu faced Happy and asked him something.
"Ne, Happy. What date is it today again?" Natsu asked as he tried hard to remember something which he felt like he forgot.
"I think it's July 3 tod...oh Natsu! We forgot THAT back at home!" the cat panicked as he flew away then stopped to wait for the dragon slayer.
"Hey Lucy, why don't you go on to the guild first? We'll catch up with you later. We forgot something at home and we'll go back to get it, okay?" Natsu said as he ran after Happy, leaving the blonde alone in the middle of town, speechless.
"Natsu!" Lucy called, hoping to stop the dragon slayer from running. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past her. Then a few cherry blossom petals started to fall and a chill went down to her spine. CHERRY BLOSSOMS? AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR? Somehow, she felt something bad was going to happen. "Wait..."
"Aaagh! Natsu! How could you forget to bring THAT today?"
"Oh so now it's my fault? I thought told you to remind me to bring it today didn't I?"
The two bickered as they quickly ran towards their home. They argued and yelled at each other as they ran past the market, the town, the river side and the location of their old guild.
"That's it! I'm not talking to you ever again!" Happy yelled as he stopped flying, crossed his arms and faced away from Natsu.
"Fine then!" Natsu replied as he too stopped running and faced the other way. To his surprise, he saw something which shouldn't have been in that place. His eyes widen and his heart started to beat fast. "Hey Happy..."
"I don't know any Happy! And I'm not talking to you!"
"Happy!" Natsu said in a serious tone. "Look at this..."
Happy turned around and was caught in surprise as well. His eyes dilated as a few cherry blossom petals danced their way to the ground. Right in front of them, the place where their old guild used to stand 7 years ago, was a small Japanese themed shop with a brown fence, green roof, and brown walls. Then at the top of the roof was two cresents pinned to it separately. And at the garden was 2 sakura trees.
"Isn't this where the old Fairy Tail guild used to be, Happy?" he asked with a bit shaky voice as he stared at the shop which was now standing in the location of his old home. Memories shared at the old guild suddenly passed through his head. He clenched his fists as he felt anger rush through his veins.
"A-aye..." he said as his sweat dropped. "Na-natsu! Wait! Where are you going?"
he followed as Natsu decided to charge inside the shop and beat the crap out of the owner.
"Inside, can't you see?" he said as he cracked the bones in his fingers. He went inside the open space of the fence and passed through the shop's garden while Happy nervously followed him. It's not like it was their first time to sneak in into other people's property. They did it a lot to Lucy but then again Lucy was different. The place had a strange aura. An aura that didn't seem to come from their world which made Happy nervous. When they finally reached the porch of the shop, he stopped as he sensed the presence of two people. He sniffed the air but couldn't figure out what the smell was. The smell got stronger as the presence of the two people came closer to him. Whatever the scent was, he was sure it wasn't human. 2 shadows then formed at the doors of the shop and Natsu got his guard up and prepared to fight. The doors slowly opened and revealed two young girls.
"They're...girls..." Natsu said in a surprised but quiet voice.
The two girls stood for a while with a smile on their faces. The first girl on the left had blue eyes and a very long blue curly hair tied into two pigtails on both sides of her head. She wore a white blouse underneath her dark red long sleeved coat. She wore dark red shorts, long socks and shoes and attached on her lower back was a pair of small dark red bat wings. She gave an image of a little devil. The other girl next to her had pink eyes and a short pink hair with curls on either sides of her hair. She wore a short sleeved, medium length, poofy pinkish-white dress with a red ribbon tied on her waist and underneath, she wore bloomers and a pair of pinkish-white shoes to match her outfit. Then a pair of small angel wings was attached on her lower back. She gave an image of a little angel.
"He's a customer for the mistress." the blue haired girl whispered to her twin.
"Mm! A customer for the mistress." the pink haired girl repeated.
They synchronized the raise of their hands and greeted the pink haired mage. "Welcome! Would you like to come in now?"
The pink haired mage was taken aback. He wasn't expecting two young girls to come out. He brought his arms down but didn't let his guard down. A part of him wanted to go inside and beat the crap out of the owner who took the location of their old guild to set up their own shop. But then another part of him wanted to leave as he felt like the aura of the place was somehow playing with his soul.
"I uh..."
The girls laughed and ran towards him. They grabbed both of his arms and dragged him inside the shop.
"H-hey! W-wait!" He tried to break free from the two girls but his legs suddenly moved on their own and walked towards the entrance. Happy as well lost control over his body. Even when no one was dragging him, he unwillingly flew towards the entrance.
The girls dragged Natsu all the way to the door step and he unconsciously took off his sandals as he continued to enter the shop. From where they were, Natsu and Happy could hear voices coming behind the Japanese sliding door. One voice seemed like it came from a young lad. He was yelling and was obviously annoyed. Then another voice was heard. Another lad spoke but this time his voice was deep and calm. Then a voice of a woman and somewhat a childish like voice giggled in the background. When the girls and the two boys steadily stood in front of the door, the voices stopped and silence filled the air.
"What the heck do you think you're doing? You can't order me around like that! And that takoyaki was not supposed to be yours! And what are you doing in here anyway?" a young lad yelled as he pointed a spatula at his calm looking friend who was chewing down on the last takoyaki.
"Cook some more." the guy ordered. The young lad violently scratched his head in anger and was obviously suppressing himself from hitting his bossy friend.
"Calm down Watanuki." a woman giggled as she dipped her finger at the sauce of the meal the young lad was cooking. "If you keep fretting like that you'll get wrinkles all over your face and Himawari will never like you." she teased.
"Haha she'll never like you when you're like that Watanuki." a somewhat black round rabbit looking creature teased as it stood on top of the lady's right hand. "But then again, I think he never had a chance with her from the beginning anyway." it whispered to the lady's ear which made her giggle. Then they took a sip of the sake they were drinking.
"I can hear you!" he shouted, making the two giggle. "And why are you drinking that? You're not supposed to drink that until dinner's ready."
"Aww...you don't have to be so uptight Watanuki. Can't we have a little snack before dinner?" the woman pouted.
"No! You're gonna lose your appetite if you do and that will ruin my efforts on making such a delicious dinner and..." suddenly hs voice calmed down.
The four of them stopped at what they were doing and looked at the door. They all felt another presence in their place. The woman put down her sake glass on top of the table and smiled.
"It seems that we have a customer."
Yeah so I started a new fanfiction even though I haven't quite actually finished my first one hahaha call me a fool but at least I'm happy hahaha XD anyway, the time of this fanfiction started when Natsu, Lucy and Happy got home from the job they took 7 years after they had disappeared. Remember the job Natsu told Lucy when she found out that her father died and cried at her apartment? Yeah so I'm using that job as the time frame on my fanfiction haha XD then in here Watanuki had already gotten his other eye...so you could say the time frame of this fanfiction is somewhere between the second season of xxxholic
hehehe It might take me some time to update this since I have my other fanfiction and other artworks to work on so please be patient.
Thanks for reading :)