Author's Note: I do not own Fairy Tail or make a profit off of this.
Thank you Deaththesyd and Sketcher1994 for your reviews!
I was used to how many I'd get every chapter with Rain so I spent a lot of time like 'what? is that it?' but I was really happy for those two. I know ElfEver isn't as popular as Gruvia or Gajevy. So keep the reviews coming please! This chapter takes place the same day as Loss of Direction, Chapter One.
As for my personal life, I've had an amazing past two days. Only one hour of class, and no work! Yay! But unfortunately I won't be able to keep updating like this. In less than two weeks, I'll be at Gencon. My only posts during that will be prewritten works for Gajevy Love Love Fest. And then shortly after returning, Fall Semester will be starting so on top of my 25ish hours a week job, I'll also be dealing with 16 credit hours of school because I'm apparently fucking insane. So, enjoy these fast updates while you can!
Chapter Two: A Village With No Women
Finally the train arrived. Lisanna woke Happy up before helping Natsu up so that they could make it off the train at a reasonable speed. By the time they were on the platform, Natsu seemed to be doing better. Happy flew in circles over head.
"Natsu~" the exceed called out, getting his partner's attention. "How far is it?"
Lisanna looked at the map in her possession. "Pretty far. It seems like its out in the middle of nowhere. We're renting a car, right?"
"Yeah, Gray and Juvia are getting one right now." Elfman pitched in, nodding in the direction of the two he'd just mentioned.
"No..." Natsu groaned as he collapsed to the ground, clearly being over dramatic. "I can't take anymore!"
Lisanna stood over him with her hands on her hips. "Hey, you're going to be just fine. Maybe I should just have Elf-niichan knock you out." she teased. Natsu's eyes grew wide.
"NO! Please don't do that!" he begged, getting to his feet quickly. The two Strauss siblings laughed.
"Juvia and Gray-sama got the car!" Juvia called from the passenger side's front window. The group quickly piled into the car, which was crowded once Elfman was inside. Lisanna sat on Natsu's lap, leaving only one place left for Evergreen. At first she was going to suggest that Lisanna sit with Elfman, but then that would leave her with a carsick Natsu...anything was better than that.
She 'hmph'd and crossed her arms as she sat on Elfman's lap.
"Hey!" he exclaimed.
"There's no where else to sit with your muscles taking up so much space!" she retorted. But it actually wasn't that bad. She always tried her best to hide how she felt about the large man. Sure, they didn't always get along. In fact, if it weren't for what happened on Tenroujima, she was sure that they'd never even be friends. But after that experience, she felt close to him in a way that wouldn't allow her to pull back.
She would never ever EVER! admit it to anyone, but she loved him. And sitting on his lap during a five hour car ride wasn't making it easy to hide it.
Only an hour in, Juvia, Happy, Natsu and Lisanna had fallen asleep. "Do we need to switch drivers?" Evergreen asked, not wanting anyone to push themselves to a point where they were useless.
"Nah, I'm fine. Go ahead and take a nap with the others." Gray insisted. "Juvia already said she wanted to take over the second half and to wake her up for it."
Evergreen looked up at Elfman, who was staring out the window.
"Are you going to take a nap?" she asked.
Elfman shrugged. "Doesn't matter." he responded before turning his gaze towards her. For whatever reason, Evergreen blushed. Their relationship was so strange. The more alone they were, the closer their relationship. But if there were people watching them, they suddenly hated each other.
Evergreen moved around in his lap, trying to get comfortable but failing.
"Here." Elfman said before wrapping his arm around her, giving her some support and a place to rest her head.
"Thank you." she whispered, making sure that only he could hear.
Evergreen woke up as the car stopped. Elfman's arm was still around her, and at some point of time, her hands ended up resting on his chest. Her face was red in embarrassment. She looked up at Elfman, only to see him smiling at her. "Sleep well?" he asked. She felt like she was being teased, and didn't answer.
"We're here!" Juvia announced from the driver's seat.
Slowly, everyone woke up and began shuffling out of the car. In Natsu's case, he simply fell out and laid there for the better part of a minute while everyone else stretched their legs.
Once they unpacked their things, they began their walk through the town to the address given on the job request.
The sight was strange to everyone. Only men and boys walked the streets. They did all of the jobs, including taking care of the youngest among them. Evergreen, Juvia, and Lisanna were especially creeped out, mostly because of the way the men seemed to be looking at them. Gray noticed the looks rather quickly and wrapped his arm around Juvia, wanting them to know that she was already taken.
Finally, they arrived at their destination. Elfman knocked on the door, and it was quickly answered by a middle aged man.
"Are you the group from Fairy Tail?" he asked, clearly optimistic.
"Yes. We're here because of this job request." Juvia said, handing the paper over. The man's face lit up.
"Finally. Finally someone's come to help us." he said.
"Come in. Let me fill all of you in. Would you like something to drink?" he asked. Everyone asked for water, which was given to them quickly.
"Before we begin. May I ask for your names and your magic?" he asked from one side of the large table they were now all seated at.
"Juvia is a water-manipulation magic user!" she answered, being the closest seated to the customer, who began writing the information given down on a sheet of paper. "And Gray-sama's girlfriend!"
Gray rolled his eyes, but nobody missed the small smile on his face.
"My name is Gray Fullbuster. I use ice make magic."
"I'm Happy! And I'm an exceed!"
"I'm Natsu Dragneel. The best fire dragon slayer around."
"Natsu, you're the only fire dragon slayer I've heard of." Lisanna whispered. The pink haired boy simply smiled back.
"Still makes me the best then."
"I guess you're right...Hi, uh...what's your name again?" Lisanna asked.
"I'm so sorry! My name is Tamotsu Sato." the man responded.
"Nice to meet you Tamotsu-san. My name is Lisanna Strauss, my magic is Take Over: Animal Soul."
"And I'm her brother, Elfman Strauss. My magic is Take Over: Beast Soul."
The man looked up at the two of them. "There's quite a size difference between the two of you..."
Lisanna couldn't help but giggle, Elfman just looked uncomfortable.
"I'm just joking." Tamotsu said. His attention turned to the last member of the group.
"Evergreen. Fairy Magic and Stone Eyes." was the simple answer given. Tamotsu finished up his list.
"Wow, Fairy Tail sent a great team. I can't wait to work with all of you! My village put together this..." the man began handing out small paper books to everyone. "These are all of the testimonies and eye witnesses accounts of what has been happening. Unfortunately we still don't have any answers. We just wanted to make sure you all have as much information as possible."
Tamotsu bowed to the group. "Please help us!"
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I always feel like its really hard to write for such a large group. I'm already regretting having so many people go! Luckily, the group will be separated on several different tasks throughout a lot of this story. That'll make it easier to write and make it more substance than simply dialogue.
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Chapter Three: Muscle Head
Evergreen stormed off. How could she ever think that she was in love with a guy who was that clueless? That was insane! She needed something to distract her. 'Maybe I should just go looking around for clues' she thought, which sounded like good enough of an idea. So after packing a light bag, she went off in the direction the women had apparently left in.
