(Kira's POV)
Lucy and I made it to the guild early the next morning. She woke me up and was nice enough to even let me borrow some clothes. I found it odd to get to the guild early, since I was used to always arriving late with Natsu since he was too lazy to get up.
Erza was the only one from their group that was there. No doubt Gray and Natsu were sill asleep. Lucy sat down next to Erza, while I made my way to the Request Board. I needed an excuse to leave again. I couldn't deal with Natsu's pestering, and Gray's silence. Surely, I could find a decent job and escape.
"Don't even think about it." A voice said from behind me, causing me to jump. I spun around to see my older brother standing behind me.
"Think about what?" I asked, innocently.
"You aren't leaving again, Kira." He said seriously, crossing his arms. "You aren't running away again."
I didn't know how to react, because he was right. I wanted to run away, just as I always did when I was upset. That has always been my coping technique. It was the only thing that worked.
"I need money, Natsu." I said, quickly composing myself. I wouldn't let him know what I was really thinking. "You don't expect me to mooch off of Lucy's niceness forever, do you?"
"Then I'm coming with you."
"What about your friends?" I asked, hoping I could get out of this. I knew I wouldn't. Natsu knew my tricks, just like I knew his.
"I'm sure they'll have no problem coming along." He looked down to Happy, who was standing by his feet. "Right, Happy?"
"Aye sir!" Happy said happily.
Natsu looked back up to me. "See."
I glanced to the bar where Lucy and Erza were. I realized Gray was there as well.
"Gray won't." I told Natsu, realizing how upset Gray still looked. Of course, I understood it. Gray had every reason to be upset. Honestly, it wouldn't shock me if he hated me.
"He'll live." Natsu stated.
He pushed me aside and grabbed a flyer. I'm almost positive he didn't even bother to read it before yelling to his friends that he picked out a job for them. He dragged me over to the gang.
"What job?" Erza questioned.
Natsu looked down to the flyer, confirming my suspicion. "Defeat a monster that has been terrorizing a village near the mountains in Bosco."
To my dismay, it was long until we were packed up and on a train to Bosco. Gray tried to opt out of coming, but he didn't succeed. I asked to sit by the window on the train, and was surprised when Lucy offered to give up her seat for me.
As soon as the train started moving, Natsu got motion sick. He was complaining and sprawled out of the seat, trying not to puke.
"You don't have motion sickness?" Lucy asked me, surprised.
I was staring out the window, unable to look away. I shook my head slightly. "I used to, but I learned if I look outside, it's not as bad."
Lucy, Erza, and Happy talked during the train ride. Gray didn't say a word throughout the whole trip, except when Lucy commented about Gray's clothes, which I assumed meant he subconsciously took them off. Natsu complained and whined pretty much the whole time.
The train ride was long, which was very much to my dismay. I could handle short ride, but long rides still get the better of me.
Once we were finally on solid ground again, I felt way better. We made our way to the various towns, until we got to the one that was being terrorized by the monster. We went around the town, asking questions, but it became clear what the monster was.
Vulcans.
"I didn't even know they came this far!" Natsu whined.
"They usually don't." Erza informed him.
We stopped in the inn since it was getting late, each of us getting our own rooms. I walked nto the bathroom and looked in the mirror. I looked like a mess. My pink hair was everywhere. Bags were beginning to form under my eyes.
I walked out the room. I had looked over the room and area. We were only a story up, meaning I could easily escape out the window. Or just walk out the door, but I was surrounding by Lucy's, Erza's, Natsu's, and Gray's room. I sighed.
Why did I ever want to return to Fairy Tail?
I walked over to the bed and laid down. I wanted to leave so bad. But I would have to wait. I couldn't leave. Not now. Not here, when people need our help. I sighed and closed my eyes. I just wanted to sleep. At least that would be an escape from reality for awhile.
"Gray! Where are you?" I screamed.
"Here." Gray screamed back.
I ran to where I heard his voice. Gray stood in front of me. His attention was on the water.
"Why did you leave?" I asked, staring at the black-haired boy. He turned to look at me, but then looked down to the ground and began fiddling with his hands. I grabbed them, causing him to look at me again. "Gray."
"I'm sorry." He apologize. "Please don't be mad at me, Kira."
I smiled. "Silly. I'm not mad. I was just worried."
I jerked away. My heart was beating fast and my breathing was uneven. I looked around the darkened room. I sighed and fell back down on the bed. God. I wouldn't be getting anymore sleep tonight.
By the time, the sun finally decided to rise, I was beyond exhausted. I was showered and ready. I was the first one awake, obviously, so I was the one to wake everyone up. Just as I was going to wake up Erza, she had just gotten up. Gray was the last person for me to wake up. I carefully entered his room.
"Gray?" I asked quietly, making my way to the bed. I shook him awake. "Gray, you need to get up."
More thoughts threatened to resurface, but I pushed them to the back of my mind, as I often did. Gray slowly started to stir and eventually opened his eyes.
"We're getting ready to leave. So you need to get up." Gray stared at me. He wanted to say something, but I didn't give him the time. "I'll leave so you can get ready."
I walked out of the room and down to the dining room. The inn offered free complementary breakfast, which they would regret by the time we were done. Natsu would no doubt eat most of, if not all, the food available. Everyone else ate, while I just pushed my food around. I wasn't hungry.
"Kira." Erza stated quietly. "You need to eat."
"I know." I sighed.
I've always like Erza. Like me, she got Gray and Natsu to quit fighting. Plus she had a very big sister-like vibe to her. She was the type of person you want to impress and beat, but also know she will be there if you need her.
I ate very little of my food, but I at least tried. I'm sure Natsu ate enough for me anyway. Gray didn't eat very much either. I wonder how his night went?
We eventually started out on our quest. We found the Vulcans quickly. There were a few, but we were easily about to defeat them. The four of us, Natsu, Gray, Erza, and me, were all very powerful wizards, plus Lucy had her Celestial Spirit Gate Keys. She use Taurus, who was a perverted cow but incredibly strong. Happy was mostly just there for support.
As we made our way back down the mountain, I fell behind, lost in my thoughts.
"You should really be careful." A voice said, bringing back to reality. I looked up to see Lucy. She stared at me in concern. "Is something wrong?"
I glanced to the rest of the gang, who were a good few meters ahead of us. Gray somehow still had his clothes on, Erza was in her armor, and Natsu had on his typical outfit. Happy was flying above them.
"No, I'm fine. Just.. thinking. It's been awhile since I've been with them." I answered, looking back to Lucy.
Lucy nodded, but I could tell she wasn't satisfied with that answer. I had to give Lucy credit. She was smart.
"Well, if you want to talk, I'm all ears." Lucy smiled.
"Thanks."
Lucy nodded, then went to catch up with the others, most likely catching on that I wanted to be alone. I glanced back to the mountains.
Something didn't seem right. That job was way too easy. That never happened. There was always complications, almost death experiences. Something was wrong.
I hurried to catch up with the others, no longer feeling comfortable on my own.
Something had to be up. My vibes were never wrong. But what could it be?
Author's Note: Hey guys! Another chapter done. As I said, this isn't really going to a certain direction. It's not really based in a time period of the show.