Aye! I'm back! Hope that this chappy would suffice. I had a lot of motivation while writing this.

Arc 1: Friendship

Chapter I

Inside one of the compartments of a moving train were a little girl and a young man. Your first impression would be that they are siblings, no? That is very untrue. The blunette and black-haired man look very different. I bet you know who they are. Just to confirm your suspicions, they are Wendy Marvel and Gray Fullbuster. Now, I will stop confusing you and start to narrate properly.

Gray's mind was filled with thoughts as he looked at the passing scenery outside the window. Being the cool guy he was, he kept looking bored even though he was worried. He only kept his thoughts on a certain pearl-eyed girl. His thoughts were starting to near his snow-haired senpai until the blunette across him decided to strike a conversation.

"A-Ano..." Wendy called out in a small voice.

Wendy was still a bit shy, even after the Grand Magic Games. She was shy right now due to the fact that Gray had requested to go on a job with her. The only people he would partner up with for jobs were Erza, Lucy or Natsu. The current situation made more questions pop into her delicate head. Even Mira was suspicious. Wendy could not take it anymore. She needed answers.

Gray still did not turn to face her. Instead, he just rolled his eyes to meet the girl's. In all honesty, he was a bit shocked at the moment. It had been awhile since he had seen Wendy acting so shy. She looked down on the floor like it was the most interesting thing in the world and held the hem of her dress tightly.

'Crap. I'm probably making her nervous,' Gray thought as he decided to face Wendy and give her his full attention.

"What is it?" he asked in the gentlest voice he could manage as to try to make her calm.

"Y-You still haven't explained the details of the job G-Gray-san," Wendy barely managed to stutter out.

To say Gray did not expect the question would be completely wrong. He did anticipate the question. However, he expected the girl to ask before they even boarded the train. Gray was trying to decide if he should keep her in the dark about the job or tell her the full details. He chose the first option.

"The town we're heading to is called Frozird. Our client requires the assistance of an ice mage and a healer. The reward is 100,000 jewels. That's all," Gray told the girl, hoping that the information would suffice to her satisfaction.

Wendy, however, was not satisfied with the information given but she could tell if someone was reluctant to say anything more. She just hoped that all her questions would be answered once they start their job.

'Marian... Hopefully you're safe in Lyon's hands," Gray thought to himself as he drifted off to sleep.

Somewhere in Lamia Scale, Lyon sneezed.

"You alright Lyon?" Yuka asked his fellow comrade.

"Yeah. Someone must be talking about me in a bad way," Lyon replied to the blue-haired man.

Wendy was confused as to why she and Gray were standing outside Lamia Scale's building. She had suspicions about Gray's real intentions. True, she was excited that she might see the young Blendy girl but she really wanted answers.

Gray was actually nervous. How in the world should he react to seeing the girl he saved two weeks ago?

'Screw this. Let's do this the Gray way,' he thought as he lifted up his lg, posing for a kick through the doors of his senpai's guild.

Marian was sitting at one of the tables in the guild hall. She rested her head on the table, lost in thought.

"Hey Marian," the white-haired mage greeted as he took a seat beside said person.

It was common to see Marian so lost in her thoughts that people normally had to call out her name twice to get a response. This time, Lyon got a response almost immediately from the pearl-eyed girl. Her head perked up and sent an intense stare at the mage to her side.

Lyon thanked Marian's temporary blindness at the moment since his cheeks were the slightest tint of pink.

"You wrote a request, right? What's it for?" Marian asked, breaking Lyon out of his trance.

Suddenly regaining his composure, he quickly answered, "That's a surprise for you."

Before Marian could dig out for more information, the doors to the guild were suddenly slammed open. All conversations around the guild halted to look at the person who caused such a rude entry.

"Has anyone seen Marian Lythion?" Gray asked loudly enough for the whole guild to hear.

Marain's head perked at the suddenly outburst. She slowly processed the question. 'Has anyone seen', meaning that the guy was searching for someone. That person also called her out gy her full name. Put the two together...

'Thank you Lyon!' Marian mentally cheered.

Marian immediately jumped out of her seat and walked across her obstacle. She may look crazy but she was blind after all. All eyes made their way to the girl. Lyon still kept his eyes on Gray. He let a small smile tug at his lips, knowing that his pupil cared.

Gray's eyes finally drifted to the girl who made a sudden move. His eyes widened in realisation.

'I-Isn't that her?' Gray mentally stammered as he watched Marian walk over a table which Lyon, conveniently, was also sitting at.

Gray never really took into account Marian's features or appearance on the day he saved her, but to say his cheeks were a bit pink was an understatement. His whole could rival a certain S-class mage's hair colour. He now questioned himself at how looking at a certain female drinker did not turn him on.

Marian's hair was as green as the grass in the shadows with jet black ends. Her fringe was styled in a similar way to Gray's stalker. Her long hair was tied in a braid which went over her right shoulder and ended at her chest. She had bandages wrapped around her breasts. She wore black jean shorts that went halfway down her thighs. To accompany the very revealing outfit, which showed her cleavage quite well, she wore a yellow trench coat which reached her knees and had a black flame pattern on the edges of it. She also wore cyan mid-heels which looked a lot like ice.

Gray was too mesmerised in Marain's appearance until he heard a loud thud, which snapped him out of his trance. He looked at the floor, which Marian's front was flat on with her arms stretched out, as if she fell. Okay, maybe she did fall.

Gray was about to come to the grass-haired girl's aid but the little blunette beat him to it. Wendy quickly helped Marian to her feet, asking if she was okay. Marian nodded in response.

"Aren't you Gray Fullbuster?" Marian asked, still trying to get to her feet.

Wendy was sure that the lady just mentioned Gray's name so, she sent a questioning look at Gray. Said person just scratched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly.
"Yup. The one and only-"
"Constant stripper in the world," Lyon interrupted smartly with a smug grin on his face.

Marain blinked at Gray, who she assumed was somewhere in front of her. Blink.

"Now it makes sense why you didn't have a shirt on that time," Marian thought out loud.

"Be grateful for that habit Gray. Thanks to you, she hardly wears any clothes," Lyon added in to his previous comment.

Everyone in the hall looked at Gray suspiciously. Gray was starting to get cold sweat form all the tension in the air so, he decided to change the subject.

"W-Wendy! You wanted an explanation, right?" Gray stuttered, hoping that his attempt at a sudden change of topic would not fail.

Thankfully, it at least diverted the little girl's accusing stare. She gave a quick nod, mentally cheering that she would no longer have unanswered questions in her head.

Gray let out a sigh of relief and proceeded to explain the situation for Wendy's sake.

"Wendy, I actually knew the person who sent the request. Marian Lythion was the girl I saved two weeks ago. I asked Lyon to take care of her because of Juvia's ridicule. You see, we think that she's temporarily blind so, we thought that you could heal her eyes," Gray explained to the little girl.

Wendy was not expecting this. She had many scenarios in mind but none of them fit the current situation. She no longer felt shy since she now understood the situation. Not knowing how to respond, she just nodded and lead Marian to a seat.

Wendy sat across from Marian and started to examine her eyes. She instructed her to close her eyes while she got to work. Marian immediately obeyed and the blunette hovered her hands in front of the pearl-eyed lady's eyes.

A blue glow was emitted from Wendy's hands while she concentrated. Most of Lamia Scale gathered around the two to see the little girl at work. Lyon and Gray were behind the crowd, talking about other things just to make small conversation.

"Hey Lyon, where's Chelia? I would've expected her to pop out when Wendy came with me."
"She's doing a job with Sherry. By the way, Marian told me that she wanted to join Lamia Scale."
"Is that so? Too bad. I thought that maybe-"
"She'll decide between Fairy Tail and Lamia Scale when she pays a visit."
"At least there's hope."
"Nu-uh. She hates noisy places."
"I'll keep Natsu in check."
"Good luck then."
After their small talk, Wendy was also done with healing Marian's eyes. The duo of ice wizards quickly made their way to the girls.

"She's mostly healed. I can't completely cure her eyesight though. On occasional days, her vion would become very blur. Other than that, her eyesight should be completely fine," Wendy explained.

Marian slowly opened her eyes to adjust better to the lighting. When they were completely open, she blinked several times.

"It's all meshes of colour," Marian told them, squinting her eyes.

"Lyon, upon hearing the development, started questioning Marian about the colour of his features, clothing and so on. All Marian heard was gibberish. Her vision was getting sharper during Lyon's rants. Once her sight became fine, she looked to her side to see an enthusiastic snow-haired male.

"Why is there a crazy droopy-eyed guy beside me?" Marian asked bluntly.

At hearing the 'fact', Lyon proceeded to mope in a corner with a depressing aura surrounding him. Gray laughed at his senpai's reaction to the mere fact.

"And why is Droopy Eyes Number 2 laughing like a maniac?" Marian continued from her previous statement.

Gray went to join Lyon in his 'moment of depression'. Wendy then decided to introduce herself to the pearl-eyed lady to break the awkwardness in the air.

"Marian-san, my name is Wendy," she introduced herself, holding out a hand.

Marian turned to look at the blue-haired girl and smiled gently. She held the girl's hand in her own and gave it a small shake.

"Judging by your voice, I can assume that you're the one who healed my eyes. Thanks Wendy-chan," Marian thanked Wendy as she released the other's hand from her grasp.

"The first things we hear from her mouth are insults," Lyon murmured to Gray, still depressed about the insult concerning their eyes. Gray silently nodded in agreement.

Marian, who immediately recognised the voice, said a small 'oh', still staring at the two ice mages. She happened to be the only one who noticed the raven-head's lack of clothing. Blood started to rush to her face at the sight. She tried to warn the raven-head that he only had his underwear on at the moment but all that came out was gibberish. Everyone else gave her weird looks.

Finally, the right words came out of her mouth. "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOUR CLOTHES?!" she screamed, pointing an accusing finger at the half nude male.

Gray snapped out of his depression, together with Lyon, and jumped up, eyes widened at the realisation of his current outfit, or lack thereof.

"Ah! Shimata! When did that happen?!" Gray asked himself as he began his relentless search for his articles of clothing.

Marian started recalling what Lyon said about Gray's stripping habit. She safely assumed that the raven-head was Gray. She wanted to examine the Blendy girls' appearances but they were out on a job so, she decided to skip them. The only ones left to identify were Yuka and Jura but she dismissed them.

Suddenly, she felt someone's cold breathe in her ear. Her face turned crimson and fell off the chair, landing on her butt.

Marian glared at the cause of her reaction, the snow-haired male. Conveniently, this one was also bare-chested. He had a Lamia Scale guild mark on the right side of his chest.

"Like what you see?" Lyon, who she already identified, snickered with a sly smirk on his face.

Marian just glared intensely into the ice mage's dark obsidian eyes. She took note of the slight tint of pink on the male's cheeks but brushed it off.

'I wonder what Fairy Tail is up to. Speaking of Fairy Tail...' Marian's thought led to her asking a question out loud.

"Is it possible for us to visit Fairy Tail now?" she asked, feeling excited upon saying those words.

"We might go back and pack immediately if you ate a tomato," Lyon smirked, awaiting the girl's reaction.

"NOT UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER! FUCK YOU LYON BASTARDIA!"
"Now why would you do that when I can assume that you're a virgin?"
"Sh-Shut your mouth! You're one too!"
"Wh-What?! Wh-Who told you that?!"
"Who cares?! Just suck it up!"

OS Chat Topic: Virginity
People included: Lyon, Marian, Gray

Gray: What were you saying about still being a virgin Lyon?

Lyon: Is there something wrong with that?

Marian: Kinda. Your eyes look pedo-ish so, it's kinda surprising that you didn't have a girl before.

Lyon: *face-palm* What about you Gray?

Gray: I lost it to a certain rain woman thanks to Cana...

Lyon: Let me guess. You had to get drunk as part of losing a bet?

Gray: Pretty much.

Marian: Why does it sound like you're spewing lies?

Gray: *cold sweat* Um...

Marian: If this rain woman is your stalker named Juvia, which I guessed, it could lead to her using desperate measures.

Lyon, Gray: Such as?

Marian: S&M.

Lyon, Gray: *gags* WAIT WUT?!

Just a minor note on how I clasify lady, woman and girl. I normally do it from the characters POV. Take Wendy for example; she's a little girl so it's only natural for her to classify Marian as 'lady', also a way for her to sound polite. For Marian to be classified as 'girl', I'll use the POV of someone who's the same age as her or older. For 'woman', I normally use it when I'm refering to a stranger.

Well, I hope that that clears up the classifying problems.

Sayonara Minna~
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