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Iced Honey
Chapter II – Me too
"Levy-chan! Are you sure of that? I'm worried." Lucy whined. Her anxiety was almost giving her gray hair.
"Stop that, Lu-chan. I'll be fine." Levy said while waving Lucy goodbye and going to sit next to Gajeel.
"Why can't Levy-san sit next to Gajeel-san?" Nina asked.
Lucy grimaced.
"Before he joined Fairy Tail he was a monster! He hurt her so much." Lucy gave Nina a quick summary of what had happened on the occasion of the Phanton's attack.
Nina glanced at the couple.
"You know, Lucy, I can't tell how he used to be but you shouldn't worry anymore.
"Why are you saying that?"
"Well, he might not know this yet because he never felt it before, but he loves her… a lot."
"WHAT?" Lucy shouted, shocked.
Nina couldn't suppress a laugh.
"He loves her. So much! And she loves him too." She paused to look at Levy and Gajeel. She smiled tenderly. "I think they make a beautiful couple."
Lucy collapsed at the bar's counter.
"Oh, god. I'm having the worst headache I've ever had in my entire life. This can't be really happening."
"Lucy, Lucy… I know it is hard but you should start getting used to it and forgive Gajeel. I assume you want to be Levy's bride's maid, right?"
Lucy sighed.
"Yes, I want. And it's probably going to be the only wedding I'm attending anyways."
"You are such a drama queen. Don't you think there is too many people in this guild to just one wedding? And what about yourself?"
Lucy laughed.
"Me? Marrying that loud mouth destroyer? I reaaaaaally don't see that happening."
Nina smiled.
"I have no idea who you are talking about, Luce."
Lucy blushed. Nina was a Fairy Tail member for only three days, but she knew so much about everybody's feelings that Lucy forgot that she actually didn't know much about the members.
"Natsu. I'm talking about Natsu." The Heartphilia admitted, feeling quite unhappy about it.
"Oh, I see. So your big crush is Salamander. Interesting.
"Don't say it. It's embarrassing."
Nina laughed.
"Why haven't you told him yet?" but before Lucy could answer she added: "Speaking of the devil."
Lucy went tomato red when she saw Natsu approaching her seat. Imagine what could have happened if she had answered Nina's question and he had heard it!
"Heeey, Lucy!"
"H-hi, Natsu." Lucy stuttered.
Nina giggled. Fairy Tail was such an amusing place!
"Nina! Mira told me you have skills of an S class madoushi!" his grin went impossibly wide.
"Mirajane-san is kind. I am not that much."
"Would you fight me?" he ignored her words.
"Okay. But if I win you will answer some questions about you dragon father.
Natsu shook his elbows. "Fine with me."
Nina stood up and snapped her fingers.
"Let's see what you can do, Salamander."
"Natsu…" a scaring voice sounded. "Are you disturbing Nina already?"
The Dragneel froze at the expression on Erza's face.
"It is okay, Erza." Nina smiled. "I want to fight him."
Erza sighed, but Natsu smirked. With no time to blink he was on his way to attack, his fists on fire. Nina deviated a Karyuu no Tekken and placed a hard kick on his stomach. Natsu went flying all the way to the opposite wall. But he was not done yet. He raised and went on again, this time with a Karyuu no Houko. Nina jumped, passing above the flames and – while still in the air – used her two feet to kick the Dragon Slayer's back. This time, Natsu just stayed on the floor.
Lucy's mouth cracked open. Oh my god! She's another Erza!
"That was fun. Are you okay, Natsu?"
Natsu just nodded and tried to get up. Lucy kneeled next to him to offer her help.
"Quite impressive." Erza said. "You didn't use any magic at all."
"I always try my best not to."
"And why is that?"
Nina's violet eyes darkened as she stared at the floor.
"It is not healthy when I am drained."
Erza didn't ask any further. "Would you fight me?"
Lucy's eyes widened and she almost dropped Natsu on the floor.
"You two fighting? I'm not sure I want to watch it."
Nina hesitated. "Well, then we should go outside. With your powers, we could break the guild down, right?"
Erza smiled. "With yours too."
They were followed by the whole guild. Everyone was already placing bets.
As they reached Magnolia's street, Nina inhaled deeply and took off her leather boots. "Are you coming with full power?" she asked, just to check.
Erza reequipped into her black wing armour.
"I will take that as a yes."
Nina focused on her magical power, letting it flow trough her body.
"See if I got it right" Erza spoke. "Your powers actually work like you were a real vampire, right? So, you are already fast and strong, but you can use magic to increase it even more, am I correct?"
"Exactly. I believe you have already met a vampire."
"No. Not really."
Nina was impressed. The Titania was definitely a very well informed madoushi.
Chatting time was over and they knew it. All the spectators were tense to see how it would turn out. Usually, no one expected Erza to lose, but Nina just knocked Natsu out with two kicks.
"There is just one little thing you forgot about me, Erza." Nina smiled in an undetermined way. Fighting Erza wasn't something she asked for, but she should show all she got. She couldn't disrespect someone like the Scarlet.
But Erza was already feeling what Nina was talking about. That fear… was paralyzing. She placed her sword on the ground, trying to find some balance while her whole body shook uncontrollably. Why was she so terrified? But when Jellal's image crossed her mind, it was too much for her to handle.
"You don't know him."
The rest of the guild wasn't even breathing. Erza was afraid?
"The images your brain shows you are none of my doing."
"What are you doing?"
"I can sense your emotions like my own and with magic I can manipulate them. Right now I am using your only source of fear. You are a very strong person, Erza. The only thing you are afraid of has something to do with someone you love more than everything this world possesses. Does it ache to think of him, Erza?"
First, Erza thought Nina was being sarcastic, but as she looked up to stare at the Vampire Slayer she saw it was not that. Nina's eyes were glimmering with tears.
"I am sorry." Nina said. "I didn't want to-" but her line died on her throat as she felt a familiar and unwelcome feeling take over her body.
She cursed herself. Why was her magic already that used up? She fell to her knees, her hands desperate to find anything to grasp in the flat floor.
"Natsu…" she looked for his face among the crowd.
Erza, now free of the emotional control, approached Nina. The Vampire Slayer caught her scent before she could even touch her.
"Stay away." Nina ordered.
"What's happening to you?"
The silence broke off and the pandemonium begun. Finally finding Natsu, Nina shouted: "Natsu! Use your fire on me!"
"What? Are you insane?" Natsu's and Gray's voice sounded at the same time.
"Do it now!" she demanded, ignoring the warning on their voices. She looked up at Natsu and he caught a glimpse of her eyes. Weren't they supposed to be violet? Why then were they shining in such a terrifying shade of red?
"Okay." He nodded.
"No! You can kill her, Natsu!" Gray shouted. Lucy and Erza agreed with him. "Nina, he can kill you!" he looked at her, trying to convince her, but not once she looked at him.
She was losing it. There were too many smells. One in particular was… so damn familiar… so damn mouth watering.
"Now, Natsu!" she couldn't hold it anymore. She wanted it. So, so bad…
But the next second all she felt was the welcome feeling of burning fire. It hurt way more than she expected, but she held the screams on her mouth. It didn't took more than a minute and as the flames died away she lost her conscious.
Gray was there to catch her before she fell onto the floor.
"What the hell was that?" he was angry. With Natsu, of course.
"Her eyes were red." Natsu said, pretty terrified. "I didn't know what it meant, but they were awful. They are violet, right?"
Erza sighed. She knew what happened.
"Calm yourself down, Gray. Look at her."
For his astonishment, there wasn't a single bruise on Nina's white skin. It was perfectly smooth, like she had just put on moisturizing lotion.
"I don't understand."
"Her body has an incredible healing power." It was Mira's voice. "The doctors were impressed. She just need to rest. Would you take her to her bedroom, Gray?"
Gray nodded and left to Fairy Hills. Erza followed.
"Are you alright, Gray?"
"I don't know. I'm very angry."
"With Natsu? She asked him to do it."
"No, not with Natsu."
"Them, with whom?"
"With her, I guess, for asking, you know."
Erza smiled.
"Why?"
Gray blushed.
"She reminds me of Ur."
"Physically?"
"No. Her eyes are the same. The emotion on them, I mean."
"Huh."
He grimaced.
"Just forget it."
"She has a lot of issues, Gray. Don't push her too hard." And she let him take Nina to her room.
That scent again… It was so familiar. It was all over her skin. Was he back? Was he lying next to her like he always did?
She opened her eyes. Everything was blurred but she recognized a man's silhouette. Black hair, pale skin, and that scent…
"Edgar?" she rubbed her eyes, trying to see normally.
"I'm sorry. It's Gray."
"Ah, Gray! I am so sorry. For a moment you just looked a lot like…"
"Edgar." He completed, smiling.
Nina blushed.
"I'm sorry I invaded your room. Mira asked me to bring you."
"That's okay. Thank you, actually. If I am smelling correctly you kept me from falling when I burned and carried me here all by yourself."
It was Gray's turn to blush.
"How can you tell that?"
Nina smiled.
"You see, there is just one scent on me. And it is yours. I can't even smell dirt, so I figured I didn't fall."
"I caught you."
"I know. Thank you." And a wave of feeling hit her. "Oh, I remind you of someone too? That's interesting…"
"Unbelievable. Is there anything you can't do?"
She kept her eyes away from him.
"Yes. A bunch of stuff."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be."
It was all over her room. That scent would take weeks to get off the walls. What would she do? It was hitting her… again.
"Am I disturbing you?"
"No, it's not that." She smiled. "Would you tell everyone I am fine? Don't want Natsu thinking he hurt me or something."
"Sure."
He got up the chair and was almost leaving when she said: "I really enjoyed your company."
He smiled.
"Me too."