Chapter 4:First Mission Complete

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Yuki's POV

I walk around aimlessly around the village. I see some shops with celestial keys (I'll have to tell Lucy later), food, swords/daggers, and full body armor (I'll tell Erza later). I see a narrow alleyway and walk in. Perfect place to get robbed, ne?

I stay in the alleyway for a few minutes. When no one comes I sing a song I made up myself:

You left me

Just 'cause you thought

I was worthless.

You hurt me

With no warning.

At first I was sad,

But then I realized…

You're not worth crying about.

If I were to see you again,

I don't what I'd do.

I hate you

For what you've done.

Just 'cause you though it was my fault,

You let me go

Like the air you breathe.

But now,

I don't caaarreee.

I don't care!

If you thought of me that way,

Then why should I care?

You hurt me too much anyways…

I realized…

If you let me go,

Just 'cause you thought it was my fault,

Then you're no better than someone who kills another.

If you want me to come back,

It'd be too late.

I don't care if you bribe me,

Hurt me,

I won't go back to you.

But if you hurt the people I care for

Just 'cause you want revenge,

I will break you,

Hurt you worse than you've done to me,

Trust me, I will..

I hear a sound. My senses sharpen. Five people in ski masks appear in front of me. I sense that they're all mages. None of them are particularly strong.

"You're the bandits, right?" I say. "Well, look who's been doing their homework." One of them says. The other four snicker while I just roll my eyes and get into a fighting stance.

"Why have you been stealing from people here?" I ask. "None of your business, girl." Another one of them says. "Actually, it is my business. Now I suggest you tell me or I will send acid through your veins." I threaten them. They don't seem to care. Bad choice.

They attack me, thinking I'm helpless. Idiots. "ACID CIRCLE!" I summon an acid circle around them. They don't know what it is, so they proceed to attack me. Two of them step onto the acid circle and their shoes immediately have holes in them. It starts seeping through their socks and they quickly take them off. I smirk at their stupidity.

"ACID BUBBLE!" I summon an acid circle and trap the two without shoes inside it. They try to get out and attack the bubble, but they get burned. The other three try to whip me and I dodge.

Erza's POV

Yuki dodges all the whips with incredible speed. I see that she has a lot of stamina. Yuki seems well trained in these situations. The tallest bandit tries to wrap the whip around Yuki's feet, but Yuki yells, "Roar of the Acid Dragon!" They all try to dodge it, but it sprays in different directions. Their whips are all burnt and can't be used anymore.

They try to back out of the alleyway, but Gray summons, "Ice Make: Pole!" All three bandits trip over the ice pole. The bandits in the bubble are knocked out because of breathing in the acid fumes. Natsu, Gray, and I run over with some ropes and tie up the three bandits that tripped. Yuki pops the acid bubble and the other two bandits fall on the ground. We tie them up, too.

"Are they dead?" Gray asks. Yuki shakes her head and replies, "I'm not a murderer, Gray. They're just knocked out. KO'd." I give a rope to Yuki and we drag the bandits to Kari's office. I knock on his office door and it opens. When Kari sees us, he ushers us in.

"I see you've captured the bandits." Kari observes. We all nod. Then Kari asks, " Do you know why they've been stealing from people?" We shake our heads. "We can ask them now if you want us to." I offer. He nods his head and I kick one of the bandits who tripped over Gray's ice pole. I take off his mask. He looks at me and says rudely, "What?" I let out a demonic aura and ask, "Who are you people and why have you been targeting black-haired women?"

"I'm Chi. Those others are Kai, Jun, Won, and Zy." Chi says. I hear Yuki mutter, "Weird names…" I ask again, with an evil glint in my eyes, "Why have you been targeting black-haired women?" Chi replies shakily, "W-We've been targeting t-them because some old dude paid us to." I ask him, "Who paid you to? And if you refuse to answer she," I said pointing to Yuki, "Will burn you to death!" My threat worked because he immediately stutters, "The guy's name was Kurai Sora. He told us to capture a girl named 'Yuki Sora', his daughter.

Gray's POV

Yuki's dad? Everyone looks at Yuki. She looks taken back and pale.

"And why did Kurai want to find his daughter Yuki?" Yuki asks. Chi looks up thoughtfully and when a few minutes pass, he answers, "He said something about apologizing to her. Why?" Yuki just shakes her head.

Erza says, "You are going to call him and ask again. If you refuse, remember that all of us could torture you." She cracks her knuckles. Chi shakes his head up and down quickly. "I need a phone." He says. Erza re-quips something and in her hand is a phone. "If you try to call someone for help, I'll gladly send you to hell." Yuki threatens him. Chi nods frantically takes the phone.

Chi dials the number and it rings 3 times before being picked up. Erza puts it on speaker and we all stay silent. "Hello?" A voice says. "It's me, Chi. I'm calling you from a phone I stole." Chi says. The voice demands, "Why did you call?" Chi replies, "I wanted to know why you wanted the girl Yuki." The voice sighs in irritation and then responds, "Will you find the girl if I told you?" Chi answers, "Yeah."

"I want her to get her power. Do you know what I could do with all that power? I could be stronger. If I take her power, she would die. Why should I care? She killed her mother. Are you satisfied?" The voice, which I now think is Kurai's, explains. Chi says, "Yeah. Bye." Chi hangs up the phone and gives it to Erza. Erza takes it and re-quips it away.

Erza knocks out the bandit and gives the five to Kari. Kari takes them and says, "Thank you. Here's your reward." He hands us 300,000 Jewels. Erza bows to him and leads the way out. We all go outside.

Right when the door closes, Yuki starts to cry silently with a shadow covering her eyes. "I can't believe he wants to kill me." Yuki whispers shakily. Everyone looks at me and Erza sends me a silent message, "Comfort her or I will punish you!" I shiver and walk over to Yuki. I pull her into a hug and she sobs into my chest silently. You could only tell that she was crying because she was shaking visibly.

I pat her back until she calms down, which only takes about 2 minutes. She pulls away and wipes her tears. "Sorry for wetting your- You know what never mind. You never wear a shirt anyway." Yuki says. Lucy giggles a little at her comment. I just roll my eyes and say sarcastically, "No thank you?" Yuki just smiles at me faintly.

Erza splits the money between us-60,000 Jewels each. "Thanks." Everyone tells her. Yuki turns to me, looking down, and mumbles, "Thanks, Gray…" I shrug and just ruffle her hair. She pouts cutely-Wait! Cutely? Stop thinking like that, Gray! I chided myself mentally. I feel myself blush lightly at the thought.

"You liiiikeeee heeerrr!" Happy rolls his tongue out of nowhere (When did he get here? XD). "No I don't!" I yell while Yuki shouts, "NO HE DOESN'T, CAT!" Yuki grabs his tail and thumps him on the head. Happy knocked out and Natsu picked him up. "Why'd you do that to him, Yugi?" Natsu complains. Yuki replies, irritatingly, "Because he was getting on my nerves…AND MY NAMES'S YUKI, NOT YUGI, YOU PYRO!" Yuki hits him on the head, leaving a huge lump, and Natsu says, "It's a double Erza!" Yuki crosses her arms and huffs.

Yuki's POV

I cross my arms and huff at the irritating pyro. "Can we go now?" I huff. Erza nods and starts walking followed by me, then Gray, Lucy, and the Pyro. After we walk for about 10 minutes, I feel dizzy. I put a hand on my forehead and start to stagger. Gray notices and I collapse. The last thing I remember is warm, but cold arms wrap around me. Everything blacked out.

Natsu's POV

I see Yuki collapse and Gray catch her. "Erza, stop walking!" Ice Popsicle yells to her. Erza stops walking mid-stride and turns around. When she sees Yuki's condition, she runs over immediately. "What happened?" Erza demands. Underwear Prince replies, "I don't know! She just collapsed out of nowhere!" Erza nods and suggests, "It's probably because of her father wanting to kill her…" Lucy gives a worried look towards Yuki's limp body.

Now that I think about it…Yuki's past is similar to Lucy's.

"Gray, carry Yuki." Erza ordered Ice Princess. Gray rolled his eyes, but did as he was told. He carried Yuki bridal style. We continued walking to the train station. We walk for about 20 minutes more and it gets darker. Erza suddenly stops and turns to us. We all give her questioning looks. "I think we're lost." She announces. Lucy and I groan. "We'll spend the night here and set up camp."

"Lucy, Natsu, go look for some firewood and then come back here." Erza tells us and we nod. Lucy and I walk away from them to look for firewood.

Gray's POV

Erza takes out a blanket and sets it on the ground. Getting the message, I lay Yuki on it. I stare at her face-It was pale and had beads of sweat as if she were having a nightmare. I realize that she was crying in her sleep and still is. I wipe away her tears with my thumb. Erza starts looking at me as if she wanted to ask me something.

Suddenly, Erza asks me, "Do you like Yuki?" I freeze at the question. Did I like her? Yeah. Who are you? I'm your conscious idiot. I don't like you already. Too bad, you're stuck with me. Shut up.

"I really don't know Erza…" I confess. Erza smiles and puts a hand on my knee. "It's okay. Besides, I think she likes you anyway." I turn red at that comment. I shake my head. If only it were true… Gah! Stop thinking like that! But you do want it to happen, don't you? Geez, you're back? I'm your conscious. Where do you think I come from? Ugh. Go away. Just admit it! You liiiikkeee her! What the hell! Are you Happy now? Maybe…It was sarcasm! Just shut up.

Yuki's POVin her dream~

I was running through the darkness. Words haunted my mind. You're the cause of your mother's death! Someone says. I turn and see my father. The man I never wanted to see again. The man who abandoned me. I was filled with sadness, yet rage. I turn and run from. No matter how far I get, he just gets closer. You killed your mother! What kind of child are you? You should be dead as well! He says. I feel hot tears stream down my cheeks as I run through the darkness. I appear in front of a chasm. Jump…Why don't you jump to be with your mother? My so-called father whispers. I jump, but not to join my mother, to get away from him. The man I hate, the man who wants me dead. I fall into the chasm…Accepting my fate…

Lucy's POV

"Oi, Natsu. Do you think Gray and Yuki like each other?" I ask the pink-haired boy. He replies, "Of course! They're nakama, aren't they?" Curse his dense brain. I sigh and say, "No! I mean love each other." "What's the difference?" Natsu asks. I face-palm myself and mutter, "Never mind." He just shrugs and we continue looking for firewood.

After about 10 minutes, we have all the firewood we need and go back to our camp. I see Gray staring at Yuki intensely and Erza sharpening one of her swords. Natsu and I go in front of them and put down the firewood. Erza takes some and says, "Natsu, blow a little fire on this. If you destroy the woods, I will hurt you." Natsu gulps and blows a small fire. Erza puts the fire on the gathered firewood and we have a bright, burning fire.

Suddenly, Yuki shoots up into a sitting position gasping and breathing heavily. I notice her face is covered in tears and sweat. "Bad dream?" I ask. Yuki replies, "Something like that…"

Gray's POV

Yuki wipes her face with her sleeve. I study her face. This time, I notice how her eyes stand out. She has amethyst-colored eyes with a tint of emerald and gold. In the dark, they seem to glow brightly. I slap my cheeks and Erza gives me a questioning look. I just shake my head.

Admit it. You liiiikkkee heeerr! Shut up. I know you do, deep down. How would you know? I'm your conscious idiot. I know all about your feelings even if you're not aware. Well, I don't! Wrong. You're staring at her and everyone's looking at you, you know that? Wait, what?

I pay attention and realize my conscious or whatever is right. They're all looking at me. "What?" I ask, trying to sound normal. "You were spacing-out." Yuki replies. I nod and mutter, " I'm just thinking about something…" Like how beautiful her eyes look? SHUT THE HELL UP!

"I'm going to sleep." I say, taking out a blue sleeping bag and getting in it. Yuki takes out her own, puts it next to mine, and gives back Erza's blanket. She gets in her light-purple sleeping bag and closes her eyes. Natsu doesn't have one and Happy's still sleeping on his head. He just lies down on the grass and instantly falls asleep. Lucy takes out a light green sleeping bag and slips into it. Erza just lies down on a blanket.

Within 10 minutes, everyone's asleep except me and Yuki. Yuki suddenly sits up and rummages through her pack. "What are you do-Oh." I say. Yuki takes out a permanent marker and gets out of her sleeping bag. She walks over to Natsu and draws on his face. When she's done, she lets me see her work and I almost laugh out loud.

She drew wrinkles, cat whiskers, a beard, a unibrow, panda eyes, and flames on his face. On his chin, it says, "By Yuki Sora. This is what you get, Pyro."His face looks so ridiculous. Yuki triumphantly puts away the marker and gets back into her sleeping bag. It seems like it passed 20 minutes of silence until Yuki breaks it by saying, "Can't sleep." I sigh and turn to face her. "Neither can I." We stare at each other for a few minutes until Yuki looks up at the sky.

"The stars look brighter tonight…" Yuki states. I look up and see that she's right. The stars look really bright. "Sometimes, I wish my life could be brighter…" She says. "But if my life was like that, I would've never met you…" Yuki adds hastily, "Or the others. So, I'm glad." I smile at her and whisper, "I'm glad, too…" I fall asleep.

Yuki's POV

Gray falls asleep next to me. I sigh and continue looking up at the stars. After a while, I look back at Gray and sees that he has a peaceful smile on his face. His arms are out of his sleeping bag and on his chest. That's when I realize how close our sleeping bags are. Whatever. It's not like anything's going to happen. I feel my eyes start to close slowly and drift to sleep…

Happy's POV~The next morning~

I wake up and see that I'm on top of Natsu's head. I hop off and see everyone sleeping. I feel the urge to roll my tongue and say, "You lliiiiiikkkkkeee heerrr!" I see Gray has his arm around Yuki and their faces are so close.

I wake up Lucy and Erza. I didn't wake up Natsu because Gray would freeze me to death. "What do you want, Happy?" Lushy grumbles. "Wake up! Look at Gray and Yuki!" I whisper. She looks at them and then squeals. I tap Erza and she immediately shoots up into a sitting position. "What's wrong?" Erza asks, alarmed.

"Look at Gray and Yuki!" I snicker. She looks at them and then gets up. Lushy gets up to see what she's doing and I do too. Erza appears with her cell phone and starts snapping pictures. Lushy gets her cell phone and takes pictures too. After a few minutes, they stop. I can't resist the urge and roll my tongue, "They liiiikkkeee each other!" I guess I did it too loudly. Gray and Yuki woke up…Except Yuki couldn't sit up because of Gray's arm.

Gray's POV

"They liiiikkkeee each other!" A voice, obviously Happy's, says. I wake up and look next to me. Yuki's eyes are open, but she can't get up. Then, I see my arm around her waist. I quickly pull away and she gets up tiredly.

"S-sorry…" I stutter. I feel heat rising up to my cheeks, so I turn away, rubbing the back of my neck. "Whatever…" She mutters.

"You liiiiikkeee each other!" Happy exclaims. Yuki is surrounded in a dark aura after hearing this. She takes the cat's tail and flings him at Natsu. Bull's eye-right in the face.

"What the hell, Happy!" Natsu yells. "I'm trying to sleep!" Happy just points at Yuki, who's brushing her hair with Erza's hairbrush. Natsu stands up and attempts to smack her on the head. Erza blocks his way and knocks him out. "I TOLD YOU TO NEVER HIT A GIRL!" Erza roars.

Lucy and I laugh, while Yuki just rolls her eyes. "Okay! Pack up, everyone!" Erza says. We follow her orders and pack. After about 15 minutes, we're done. Erza drags Natsu through the forest/woods (Whatever you wanna call it). We follow.

Normal POV

Erza, Lucy, Gray, Natsu, Happy, and Yuki find the train station in about 10 minutes and get the tickets. After about 5 minutes, the train comes and they get on. This time, Natsu is conscious. Erza puts her ridiculously large luggage in the aisle and sits at a window seat. Natsu and then Lucy sit next to her. Yuki takes the window seat across from them and Gray sits next to her.

The train starts moving and Natsu turns green. He starts moaning loudly and Erza knocks him out. Yuki isn't as bad as him. She just lies on Gray's shoulder. Gray looks at Natsu and see Yuki's work of art on his face. Gray points at him and everyone (except Yuki) looks at his face.

"PPPfffftttttt…" Everyone tries to hold in their laughter. Fail.

Erza's POV

"Gray, put Yuki's head in your lap. She looks feverish." I order him. Gray sighs but does as he is told. Lucy takes out her cell phone and takes a picture. "Hey! Delete it!" Gray shouts. We shake our heads. He groans.

"Lucy, email me the picture, 'kay?" I whisper. She nods and Gray says, "I can still hear, you know?" I shrug and say, "Stop complaining or I will punish you." He immediately shuts up, but doesn't look happy about it.

"Erza, can you take a picture of Natsu?" Gray asks me. I nod and do it. Natsu's face looks so ridiculous and I laugh a little. When I'm done taking the picture, I look at the time on my phone. We're almost there-Just 10 more minutes.

I hear someone snore and see that Yuki fell asleep on Gray's lap. I smirk at Gray and he just rolls his eyes, but he can't hide the faint blush on his cheeks. "You liiiikkkeee her!" Happy teases Gray. Gray just gives an annoyed look at us and looks at Yuki. The train stops and Natsu immediately hops off the train.

Yuki's POV

I wake up when the train comes to a stop. I see the Pyro run of the train to bark out his insides. No comment. I groan and try to get up, but immediately feel dizzy. Ugh. I fall back onto something. I open my eyes and see Gray looking at me.

"Hi?" I say. He picks up my head and gets off the seat. I close my eyes and continue laying down on the seat.

"Yuki, get up!" Gray tells me. I try to, but then I feel dizzier than before. I fall back down onto the seat. I close my eyes and muster up all the strength I can. I get up and stand on my feet. I put a hand on my head and stagger through the aisle with Gray behind me. With every step I feel the urge to fall unconscious, but I force myself to stay conscious. My pack makes it worse.

When I get out of the train I collapse. Why now, of all times? Was the last thing I thought until everything blacked out.

Natsu' POV

When I'm done throwing up in a garbage can, I walk back to the group just in time to see Yuki collapse and Gray catch her. I run over and ask, "Why did she collapse?" Everyone shrugs. Erza puts a hand on Yuki's forehead and says, "She has a fever." I mutter, "She deserves it." Everyone turns at me and glares. "What?" I ask.

"Gray replies, "You're saying that it's good for a nakama to be sick?" A tick mark appears on my forehead. "Are you stupid, Stripper? Of course not! I'm just saying that she kinda deserves it for hitting me and Happy!" I shout. Erza hits me on the head hard.

"What was that for?" I yell at her. Erza glares at me and shouts, "She doesn't deserve this! She hit you because you called her by the wrong name and thinks you're annoying. I think we can all agree that no one wants to be called the wrong name." Everyone nods and I sit in the emo-corner.

"Happy, you traitor…" I mutter. Happy just shrugs and flies to Lucy. Lucy holds him. "Gray, you carry Yuki." Erza orders him. Ice Popsicle sighs and carries her.

Lucy's POV

Gray sighs and carries Yuki bridal style. Yuki's face is a bit red and sweaty. "Gray, put ice in her forehead. It'll help for now." I tell him. He nods, creates an ice pack, and puts it on Yuki's forehead. Erza starts walking in the direction of the guild and we follow.

After about 20 minutes, we get there. Erza kicks open the door and everyone inside silences. We all enter and everyone bursts out laughing. I can see that they're laughing at Natsu's face. "Nice face, Natsu!" Macao shouts from somewhere. "Huh?" Natsu looks confused. Someone hands him a mirror and he starts to fume.

"Yuki!" He fumes. Everyone then notices Gray carrying Yuki.

Wendy rushes forward and inspects her. "She has a high fever. I can lower it, but let's go to the infirmary first." Wendy states. We run to the infirmary room and Gray lies Yuki on one of the beds. Wendy casts a spell on Yuki and her face turns less red and sweaty.

"I lowered her temperature a bit, but I don't know when she'll wake up." Wendy says. "Arigato, Wendy." Erza tells her and Wendy smiles at her. She gets out of the infirmary. Suddenly, Yuki shoots up in the bed and screams, "NO!"

"What happened, Yuki?" Erza asks her. Yuki replies, "I had a dream…" She pauses, then continues, "I haven't told you guys…But when I was little I used to have visions of the future. When I was little I had a dream and my mother died. The next week, it happened…" Everyone looked worriedly at her.

"What was this dream vision about, Yuki?" I ask her. Yuki starts to say, "Well…"