Fairy Tail Fanfic

The Dragon's Key

Chapter 3: Leaving

By I-Darkness

(A/N... for those who do actually read this... could you tell me what's wrong with it?)

Aki, Lucy and Tora were on the train headed towards their first destination. Aki suffering from motion sickness had her head in Lucy's lap. Tora was making some bows from ribbons given to her by Pantherlily, a slight smile on her face, happy for the first time in a long time. It wasn't that being with Aki did not make her happy, it was nice to meet someone else who knew how to make her smile.

Lucy on the other hand, was looking out the window, feeling a mixture of sadness, nervousness and excitement. She was excited she was finally going to tour the country, even if it was with a girl who suffered from motion sickness. Nervousness tugged at her stomach at the prospect of leaving Fairy Tail for the first time in 2 ½ years (not counting when they were frozen on Tenrou Island). Their first stop was the Port Town of Hargeon, the town where Lucy had first met Natsu, from there they would choose whatever direction they wanted to go in and spend a month wandering from town to town. Once they were done, they'll pick a town they liked and stay there for the remainder of their respective vacation.

A groan sounded from the girl lying in her lap.

'This is going to be a long trip.' Lucy laughed a little, before returning her attention to the window.

~o~

Meanwhile back at the Guild

"Hey Happy! Have you seen Lucy anywhere?"

Happy munching on a fish was sitting with Carla the white Exceed, Wendy the Sky Dragon Slayer (otherwise known as the Sky Maiden) and Juvia the (not-so) gloomy mage. Juvia, hands to her tomato-red face, had her googly eyes fixated on Gray who was sitting in his underwear talking with Elfman.

"No I haven't seen her come in today. And I wanted to give her a fish." Happy looked down, he had been fishing that morning and he caught a nice apology fish that Lucy would have definitely accepted.

"Ne, Natsu, if you want to go on a mission why don't you go with Lisanna?" Wendy had looked up curious, an open book in front of her.

"Because Lucy's rent is almost due so I thought maybe she wanted to go out already."
"But I thought you guys went on a mission two days ago?" Carla pointed out, paws around a glass of juice.

"Haha… I sort of messed up so we only got half the reward." He awkwardly laughed and scratched his head while everyone in the vicinity sweat dropped.

"No wonder she won't go with you! Just leave it until tomorrow, I'm sure she'll had calmed down by then."

"I thought you were getting better on missions, Natsu-nii?" The young Sky Maiden asked.

"Well, I tried a new move and it sort of did not work the way I wanted it to."

Happy snorted. He had gone on the disastrous mission and knew that Natsu had tried to show off in front of Lucy. Instead, he burned down 3 residences, 2 shops and half of a historical park. Let's just say Lucy was not impressed.

Unbeknownst to them, a certain bluenette, seated just a table away, was hearing the whole exchange.

"Hello, Levy. What's wrong?" Pantherlily had glided over and noticed the aura surrounding the small script mage.

Levy jumped slightly, not noticing the Exceed's approach.

"Ah, nothing. I'm just… trying to understand this one part of the text." Gesturing towards the same ridiculously massive open book she was deciphering the night before, an open notepad rested beside the tome. She hoped the perceptive cat accepted her weak excuse and did not press the matter.

"Ah, I see why you'd be making such a face then. Ne, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, what is it?"

Suddenly, Pantherlily became timid and started to draw circles with the tip of his foot paw. A slight red tint shadowed his cheeks and he stuttered when he spoke. Levy stared at him, shocked, but recognised the signals that would lead the conversation to a particular Exceed.

"Yo-you… uh… you wouldn't… by any chance… Uh… know what… Tora's favourite colour might be…?"

The small mage could not help but gush and pull the blushing cat into a bone-crushing hug.

"Oh Lily, you're so cute!"

"Yes… Yes." The cat struggled to remain conscious until she let him go.

"I think Aki said that it was… blue? Why? What are you planning this time?"

"Ano… It's a surprise. Arigatou Levy-chan!" With this he ran off.

"Eh? Lily that's not fair!" Levy stood up both hands on the tabletop and yelled at the cloud of dust left behind the feline.

"Tch. Leave him alone, Shorty." Gajeel, Iron Dragon Slayer, sauntered over and leant his backside against the table. "He's been like that since he met that orange fur ball."

"It's called love, Gajeel." Levy's heart had started beating erratically, and she hoped to the heavens the man beside her couldn't hear it.

"Whatever. Hey, interested in going on a mission with me?"

Levy looked back up shock written all across her face, she pointed to herself. "Eh? With me?"

"Yes you. I wouldn't be asking you if it wasn't the case!" He snapped back and crossed his arms across his large chest, annoyed.

"Sure, I'd love to come. What kind of mission is it?" Levy, used to his gruff manner, smiled widely.

He handed her the request sheet and headed towards the double doors of the entrance, essentially following his cat. "I'll meet up with you at noon." The request showed that the mission would take at least two weeks to complete.

With this, Levy felt like she was on cloud nine, completely forgetting about the conversation that took place just behind her.

It was almost 1pm, and people started to drift off to whatever mission they had chosen. However, a certain pink haired Dragon Slayer was lazily walking back towards his unfinished new home, talking with the blue cat floating beside him.

"Ne, Happy. You think Lucy would be in a better mood tomorrow?"

"Aye! If not, you should give her a fish!"

"Mmh…"

He had seen neither Lucy nor his sister before he decided to do more work on his house. Mirajane had gathered they might have gone off on a mission together and this made Natsu feel strange. He was irked by the fact that Lucy might have gone off with someone else for a mission, even if he knew she was with Aki and Tora. He was confused, and he hated it. He just hoped his partner would come home soon.

He sighed, frustrated.

'Lucy.'

(A/N: Hi minna! I got bored doing my assignment, so I edited this chapter instead! Hope you like! 'Taiyou' has become popular (in my eyes), so please help this one along as well! :p r/r please!)