Welcome back to another Adventures of Fairy Hunters! Let's not waste any more time, so here we go! R&R!
Grace's POV
It's time to go! I can't believe how long it was. It felt like a month just passed by. It was pretty cool. Sabretooth is nicer than I expected and Lamia Scale were really tough. Oh! I forgot to mention something. Juvia and Gray are dating now! Big shock, right? But every single word I said is true… even though Lyon almost killed Gray for it when he got the word.
If you want to know, then let's get back to the 5th month of the trip.
Flashback, beginning of month 5: No One's POV
Grace was talking to Gray for a bit. She felt like Gray and Grace were becoming great friends. It was more like a big brother and little sister relationship. And before anyone knew it, the vampire was Juvia's 'love rival' now! She could feel her glare all the way from the other side of the room. She was just talking to him, and he's way older than her, so why?
The vampire was very concerned about the light purple haired girl. Grace came to her and asked, "Hey Juvia, is there anything wrong?"
She kept glaring at the younger vampire. She whispered, "Love rival."
Grace sweat dropped on what she just said. She let out a sigh and said, "You know, I'm not interested in Gray in that sort of way. He's more like a big brother to me than a lover, right?" It didn't work for Juvia. She was still glaring away. Grace let out another sigh, and explained to her, "If you want, I can give you some advice to help notice you."
Her glaring expression turned into a curious one. "You will do that for Juvia?" The vampire nodded. "You promise?"
"I promise ya Juvia, you will steal his heart without even knowing that he did." She agreed. The older girl has sparkles in her eyes and cheered, "Ok. All you have to do is follow my instructions and remember what you need to do." She nodded.
In Mermaid Heel, everyone decided to take a break before they continue to train the young vampire. Everyone has something to so, but Juvia and Grace saw that Gray was sitting by himself.
"Ok Juvia. First step is to just talk to him." Grace explained. "You need to start up a good conversation, then when either of you start to get bored of it, try to relate to another one. The next thing is for you to do is to try to lead to an awkward silence."
The light purple haired girl was confused on what the pitch black haired girl meant by that. She asked, "Awkward silence? Why would I want something like that? Wouldn't I want to keep talking to him?"
"Yeah, but then that leads to the last step. Confessing!" Grace explained.
"C-confessing?!" Juvia stuttered. "B-but what if he doesn't like Juvia in that way? W-what if I mess up? He will hate Juvia forever!"
"Listen, you see, boys are like that at the beginning, and then they think about their feelings towards the girl. You see, males are really stubborn. One time, I knew that a guy liked me, but he didn't want to admit it himself. So when I blew him a kiss, he tried to steal my heart ever since. But this is a bit different. You have to say what is in your heart. And once you start, you can't turn back… ok?" she told.
"R-really?" She nodded. "Then you think that Gray will like me when I confess to him?!" She nodded again. "Yay! Juvia will have Gray soon!"
"But." Then her eyes soon turned to the red eyed girl. "You have to follow my example. I won't say 'I love you' like you will be doing, but I will be saying something that is a lot less… meaningful. Ok?"
"S-sure." She agreed.
Grace began to walk down the hallway towards the navy blue haired boy. Gray noticed her and said, "Hey Gracie, anything the matter?"
She shook her head. "No, I just wanted to take a walk around for a while. What are you doing here all alone?"
He shrugged, "Nothing much. Just want to get away from those girls before I could get a headache. Jeez. I couldn't believe that Erza could act just like that. Wendy and Beth are playing dress up and all I know is that Millianna is obsessing over cats again."
"So what's new around here?" the vampire giggled.
Gray laughed, "Well that's Fairy Tail for you?"
"I still can't believe that I have to protect all of these dimensions in this universe. Man… the pressure. I wonder… why does it has to be me…? Everything... is so confusing."
"You know." He said. "Everyone has their own destinies they have to follow. And sometimes it's unfair to be 'that' person. But you know, sometimes, when you think you have to do it all alone, you realize you have friends supporting you. And then, you don't have to worry anymore because… you have us… Fairy Tail will always be behind your back. So you don't have to worry."
"Yeah…" she sighed. "Thanks Gray, I think that the stress on my shoulders suddenly evaporated. I really enjoyed it. Oh! What were your parents like? In my world, they only talked about you and your teacher, but never about your folks."
While they were talking, Juvia took notes about the conversation. They went to one to another and laughed once or twice. Then… total silence…
"U-Um…" Grace stuttered. "Gray… I need to tell you something."
"Yeah?"
"I-I don't know how to say it… but there's something I need to let you know… but it's pretty embarrassing… here goes." Grace let out a fake sigh, but it sounded really believable. "I… I think Eve knows that I'm a girl!"
He blinked… about an eternity later, he laughed. "I think that explains his strange behavior." She tilt her head in confusion. "No one really noticed. I think I was the only one because Erza was trying to get away from the Trimens boss and the Trimens were focused on flirting with the girls. I caught him staring at you once in a while, and he didn't really flirt with the ladies all that much. He was much more excited to talk to you because I thought maybe he thought that you were a girl… either that or he's gay."
"I thought that too, but sometimes he says some pickup lines without even knowing it…" She soon got up. "It was nice talking to you. It's nice to have a conversation like this." She and Gray waved goodbye and walked to the other end of the hallway were Juvia is at and winked. "Good luck Juvia."
*End of Flashback*
So now. They are ready to enter a world of Hunters… Grace heart is pumping so much. She want to get this started as soon as possible.
Eve's POV: 3 months after the Blue Pegasus Training.
I still can't believe it. Why can't I stop thinking about Sennosuke? I was…. Sitting on a bench in a park nearby our guild… thinking about her.
She's always on my mind. There's many girls around here, but why her? She's a tough nut, she's never interested when a guy flirts with her, and she's a total tomboy. She even admitted that she consider it more like a complement than an insult.
And yet… we have a ton of fun, she flew me about all over the place, and when a girl was about say something mean like "why can't you be cool like Hibiki or Ren," she suddenly gives me a piece of cake or something. She made me smile… so many times.
"Hey." Huh? It's Hibiki. "Hey Hibiki. What's up?"
He walked closer to me, and sat on the same bench. "It's you. Ever since that Fairy Tail left, you've been like this. What's going on? Is there something bothering you?"
I looked at him for a moment, and looked back at the sky. He shouldn't be bothered about it, and I promised Sennosuke not to tell anyone that she's a she. "It's nothing."
"I don't think that it's nothing. C'mon. We're part of a team, which means you need to tell me if something's wrong. So what the heck is bothering you?"
I don't want to talk about it… but I really don't have a choice… do I? But what about her secret? She did say I can keep it until she left. I guess I should explain. "Well… It's actually about Sennosuke."
"Sennosuke?" He gasped, as expected. "Why does it have to do with him?"
"Yeah. I can't stop thinking about that guy. He's always on my mind and I can't get him out." I felt myself smile. I don't know why, but when I think about Sennosuke, she somehow can make a smile in my face. "He always know how to make me smile. He knows when to bring me up when someone is about to bring me down. I wish he can stay here a bit longer."
"Wait…" He gasped, "You're gay?!"
… Oh yeah… I'm so used to say he instead of she. "No… in reality, Sennosuke is actually a girl. And she said that she doesn't like anyone flirting with her."
"Huh… If so, then she has really powerful magic to disguise herself like a boy. I think I understand your feelings now." Hm? What does he mean? "You see… it was like before Karen's… death…"
I remember Karen and I never liked that women. She was a Celestial Wizard like Lucy, but she abuses her spirits, act like a bitch to other girls, think she's the queen of everyone, and slapped me even though I never did anything to her. And not just that, but she always picked on Aries for no apparent reason at all. I was the one who told Master Bob that she was abusing them, especially Aries! And Loki ran away from her because of her mistreatment of all the Spirits.
"I know that you don't have a good history of her…. But yet I couldn't help but love her. You see." I saw Hibiki stand up and looked at the sky. "Love can hit you anywhere… even if you hate that person with all of your guts, you just can't help it but love them with all of your heart. So you see… follow your heart Eve, and then you'll find your happiness."
I… I think he's right. I need to follow her. Yes… I don't think I can do much… but I can't be sure until I try… for her sake.
"And I have to admit. I thought you of all people would choose a gentle girl, not a rough housing female that sure knows how to beat the crap out of Sabretooth's strongest."
What?! "What do you mean by that?!" I asked in shock.
"Oh yeah." He laughed. "I looked up in my achieves for something important for Master Bob and for some reason, it showed a fight between Sennosuke fighting against Rogue, Rufus, Sting, Orga, and Yukina. I saw that he… I mean, she, defeated them without a sweat."
… I-I can't believe what I just heard. She defeated them all without a sweat?! Are you serious right now? "Y-your joking…. Right? How can she be able to defeat all of them without a single drop of sweat?!"
He hummed for a moment… I hope he isn't making an excuse. "Rogue… it was the same spell that bounded you, Sting, Sennosuke used something called Shadowless Clone. It was the same thing as the Darkness Clone, but instead, it had no shadow, so she made one herself. It must have took a lot of Magic energy to do both at the same time since she made about 13 of them… 26 if you count both Darkness and Shadowless Clones."
"ALL OF THAT?! HOW CAN SHE DO ALL OF THAT?! THE MAGIC IN ALL OF THOSE CLONES MUST HAVE TOOK A TON. AND HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE SHE WASN'T ENABLE TO BREAK A SWEAT?!" That's way too unreal! I… I guess there's more to a vampire's power than I thought. Man… vampires are scarier than I thought. "And…what else happened?"
"Oh yeah. She defeated Orga by controlling his shadow, and… R-Rufus…" Huh? He stuttered! I thought it wouldn't get any scarier than that. I'm too afraid to even ask. "It was really terrifying. I never even knew that anyone could be that strong… without any magic to help.
"That Sennosuke… he used something called Shadowed Memories… it can seal any memories you desire. It's like amnesia, but far scarier than that. Once you complete your goal, everything returns to you… the way she defeated him was insane… not even his magic can stand up to her brute strength…"
"Well… I guess." I stuttered. "I guess that vampires are really are strong."
"She's also a vampire?!" I nodded. "Well… that explains how she's so strong. But you know something."
No one's POV
"I think you should go after her." Hibiki said in a serious tone. Eve gave out another confused look, so the dark blonde male explained, "You see… I think she didn't care if she's a demon or a girl… she will care about you even if you're a boy or a girl… so go Eve… go to Fairy Tail and be with her… be with the girl of your dreams. I think she wants you to be there with her.
The blonde's eyes looked at the older man for a moment before he nodded. He stood up and walked away… to go to Fairy Tail.
Last day of the 5th month: Grace's POV
Now… it's time to take the exam. I held out my Moon Pearl and it began to fly in the center of Natsu, Erza, Gray, Happy, Lucy and me. It glowed a beautifully like the moon.
"Ready, Sennosuke?" Erza asked me. I nodded.
Now Moon Pearl… take us to the world of Hunters. I began to sing an only vocal song. (It's a song that Urd, Hilda, Bellldandy, and Skull sang together. Grace is singing Urd's part.) The pearl glowed a bit brighter, making the air begin to appear like the starry nights with ribbons of gleam spreading out everywhere. I decided to close my eyes to focus more on the song than the area.
"Sennosuke!" Huh? That sounded familiar. I then felt someone grabbed my shoulder. I looked behind… EVE?! "S-Sennosuke."
The light was too blinding. Then… suddenly… we're on a dirt path… the cedar tree is just straight ahead…. "EVE?!"
How do like that little twist? :D Pretty shocking wasn't it? Now Eve will have to take the Exam as well! Now how will the Team Natsu will handle this? Find out in Adventures X of X Fairy Hunters!