Yo! What's up? Sorry for the long update. Haelya is pronounced HAY-LA. Its y is very faintly pronounced, like the t in tsou in Japanese. Anyways, on with the story! Oh yeah, and I don't own Fairytail, but if I did, there'd be a lot more NaLu/GraLu (I haven't decided which one is better yet) and pairings in it.
Chapter 4 – My Spirit
Haelya and Jaden were packing for their quest. Or rather, Haelya was trying to pack, while Jaden was eating. 'Getting energy for the quest' as he put it. Haelya was getting irritated.
"Are you going to pack your own bags, or do I have to do it?" Jaden continued to eat his burger, despite the dagger-like, Erza-like looks Haelya was giving him. "I have my little sister to do it," replied Jaden coolly. Haelya yelled at him again. "By two seconds! And little sis, not your maid!" Jaden laughed and said, "Alright, alright! I'll help you. Did you put in a water bottle?" Jaden was actually very organised when he wanted to be, although he seemed to not care about such things. Haelya was the complete opposite.
As soon as the duo finished packing their small backpacks and Haelya plopped down on the blue sofa. Jaden sat down gracefully next to her. Their two room apartment was pretty big for its rooms.
There was a kitchen, drawing room and dining room combined as one huge room in the front of the apartment. The whole apartment had white wooden floors, some of the carpets and walls with blue furniture. The other room was a fairly large bedroom. It had a blue desk, two blue twin beds in a corner of the room, bedside tables, and a blue dresser. In addition to that, it had a blue beanbag, blue curtains, a blue carpet and two blue chairs.
Haelya looked at Jaden. He looked thoughtful. "What are you thinking about?" asked Haelya.
"How'd you know I was thinking about something?"
Haelya chuckled. "I know you well. Your face. So, what's up?"
"I was thinking about the day you became punk. The day we got our ear pierced the first time. Whether we were right to run . . . . or join Fairytail. Stuff like that." There was a tiny silence. Haelya picked at her lip piercing.
"I'm glad you ran after me that day. I would have never survived without you," mumbled Haelya, embarrassed. It wasn't often Haelya admitted her feelings. "Mom," Haelya murmured to herself. 'Of course she would be thinking of her mom when I said things about that day,' thought Jaden, 'You idiot, she's going to feel bad now.'
Jaden looked at Haelya. She had wrapped her hands around her knees, and a tear was trickling down her cheek. Jaden had always known Haelya well. Now, when she was like this, Jaden knew all she wanted was to have someone comfort her and leave her alone when needed, without disrupting her train of thoughts.
He wrapped his arms around Haelya's tiny shoulders, soothing her immediately. The feeling of someone being there for her soothed Haelya. 'Jaden is not going to hurt me,' thought Haelya. However wrong she might be later, she never knew then. In the moment, Jaden meant well for her. Let us not ruin that now.
"We'll do alright here, Haelya. I can feel it," said Jaden determiness in his voice. Haelya leaned her head against Jaden's chest. They sat like that for a moment. The tears just kept coming for Haelya. Jaden getting a bit uncomfortable, said, "Let's go make dinner." Haelya sniffled and wiped her tears. She got up and went to the bathroom to wash her face. Jaden was finally alone.
Jaden went to the bedroom and took off his blue tee shirt. He looked at the words tattooed on his chest and stomach in the long mirror. The prophecy and the other 3 lines had been inked on to his chest seven years ago, when he was sleeping. What was a prophecy witnessed only earlier that day doing inked on his chest seven years ago, you ask? It was Jaden's biological mother's doing. The calligraphy was an exact copy of the prophecy, only with 3 lines added. The lines were,
'Follow the numbers,' and
'Protect your friends before it is too late,' and
'The pieces of the puzzle will fit together at the heaven's abode.'
The lines made no sense to Jaden. All he knew was that it was done by his mother. How she had come to know all of this, he had no idea. Jaden heard the bathroom door opening, and quicly wore his tee shirt again. Haelya came out with a brighter face. "You okay?" asked Jaden. "Yeah," replied Haelya. "Let's go eat." They ate what was left of the burgers and went to sleep.
The next day, the duo set off for Lucy's house, where they had all agreed to meet for the mission at 11:00 am. Haelya rang the doorbell. Lucy opened the door with a cheerful smile. "Hi! Come in!" she said to Haelya and Jaden. "Are we late?" asked Haelya. Lucy pouted. "No, you both came on time. On the other hand, Natsu, Gray, Erza and Happy came. . . . a bit early." As they came inside the drawing room, Gray snorted and chimed in, "A lot early. We came through the window last night. Natsu said it was a good idea to come early. We slept over."
"Is that like a habit of theirs?" asked Jaden. Lucy snorted. "Yes. unfortunately. Hey, stop looking in my closet!" Lucy told Erza.
"You must always scout a battlefield before the fight," defended Erza.
"But this isn't a - " Lucy got interrupted by Natsu. "Happy, give me that fish!" Gray had something to say as well, sprawled on the dark blue armchair. "You should be used to this, we do this a lot. How come only Natsu gets to sleep on your bed?"
Jaden made a surprised noise. Haelya looked half amused and half unbelieving expression. "Gray, did you really need to say that now?" said Lucy.
"Ooh, pervert got owned," said Natsu.
"I'm not a pervert! Shut up flame brain!"
Haelya laughed suddenly. "It's okay, Gray. You shouldn't ignore your feelings. You and Lucy make a cute couple." Jaden snickered. "GraLu sounds nice."
Lucy huffed. "Now you both have joined Mira-san's team as well? Can we just go? Gajeel and Wendy are here." The door crashed opened as she said the words.
"Gomena sai, Lucy-chan! We should have rang the doorbell! Sorry!" apologised Wendy.
"Told you, Gajeel! But no one listens to me, do they?" chatised Charle. Gajeel dusted off his shirt and said, "Yeah, Yeah, what does it matter? Oh shit, you guys have backpacks." He walked into the room and took in the scene. He glared at Natsu. "You should have told me flamebrain!"
"What did I do?" asked Natsu as he chewed a fish. "Lucy-chan, how are we getting to the spirit world?" asked Wendy.
"I'll call Loke and Virgo and they'll take us," replied Lucy.
"Like I went with Virgo in that Duke's mansion?" asked Natsu. Lucy smiled and said, "Yeah!"
"I'll get to see the spirit world this time!"
"Are Happy and Charle coming with us?" asked Gray. He was reading Lucy's manuscript. "Hey give me my manuscript! Levy-chan was supposed to read the new chapter!"
"Okay, Okay, Calm down." Gray gave back the manuscript. Erza answered Gray's question. "The exeeds are not coming with us. Lucy, you should call on Loke and Virgo now. It's almost 11:30."
"I open thee! Gate of the Lion! Gate of the Maiden!" The two familiar celestial spirits appeared.
"Virgo, Loke, can you take all of us to the spirit world? We are going to fix your lachrima."
"What?!" said Loke, surprised. He was looking at Lucy as if she were mad. "It is impossible," said Virgo. "Can't you just spend time with me here in Earthland?" begged Loke. "Hime-sama, it will be hard. I will give myself a punishment if I let you go."
"Lucy set her mouth in a hard line and put her hands on her hips. "Since when is anything easy? You guys have to go soon anyways. You both have helped me so many times. Its time I do something for you. And you can't stop me," she said determindedly.
Loke and Virgo protested some more. But Lucy wouldn't give in.
"We have to go," said Haelya finally. "It came to me and Lucy in a prophecy. Prophecies can't be ignored, you know," she added. Finally Loke and Virgo agreed to take them to the spirit world. With a lot of scuffling and flirting, everyone finally was touching either celestial spirit. With a golden flash, everyone was gone.
So what do you think? Should there be Haelya x Jaden? Thanks! Please Rate and Review!