A Heart as Cold as Ice (A Gray Fullbuster love story)
Chapter 9: The Strongest Team in Fairy Tail History
A/N: I'm very sorry for my long absence everyone! I'm back officially and also Ayame is going to be a full Water Mage just to let you all know :) Her personality will change just a little bit also! Just giving you guys a heads up! And thank you for all your wonderful reviews :) It made me smile :D
Let me inform you that Ayame is a highly forgetful lady.
Lucy just stared at Mirajane surprised.
Everyone sat in the guild in shock after hearing Erza. Nobody expected this from her, especially for help. While both Gray and Natsu started to nag at each other again Ayame glared at her red head friend with a concerned, yet, interested look. She only received a smile back from her though. Ayame had no idea what Erza was thinking about asking all of them to be in the same team, but she knew since she was asking for help that it was going to be a very difficult mission.
'A simple minded idiot, a serious and heroic woman, an exhibitionist, and forgetful noob...All in one team...Interesting," Ayame said to herself. She left the guild with Gray to buy supplies for one hell of a trip.
The Next Day
"Ugh what a drag," Ayame lazily said while sitting down on a bench, gazing at the gigantic Magnolia Train Station. She never really liked this train station because it was pretty filthy.
"Why does that monster Erza need our help!" Natsu shouted at his rival.
"How would I know! Besides, if she does need "help," I alone will be sufficient!" Gray shouted back while glaring at Natsu with a despicable stare. Ayame sighed in agreement because she can vaguely see what he ment. Yet again, they both get into their usual fight which resulted to breaking a fruit stand. She could care less about their stupid arguments as long as they weren't breaking too much stuff. She looked around for something interesting to do but nothing appealed to her taste, but she came across Lucy trying to break the boys up knowing it was pretty useless doing that. So Ayame got up from her seat and walked towards the three at a pretty slow pace. When she got there, the two started to re-argue, debating who is more worthy of going with Erza.
She turned to Lucy and asked, "How come your here?" Lucy replied by saying that Mirajane wanted her to accompany them to be a mediator for the boys. She only nodded. Still trying to break the boys apart, she tricks them by saying, "Erza over here!" And both dimwits immediately turned to best friends...Falling for Lucy's prank. Ayame laughed at the both due to their simple minded minds.
"I'm here," Erza calmly said with her large bounds of luggage. The key mage only stared at her with large eyes and a dropping jaw.
"D-does she carry luggage like that a-all the t-time?" the stuttering Lucy said while pointing at all the baggage that Erza carried. Ayame only gave her a thumbs up and a grin that was on her face. "Oh. But why carry so much?"
"You'll see..."
"You were in Fairy Tail yesterday," Erza pointed at the blonde.
"I'm a new member, Lucy" she responded while bowing to her. "Mira-san asked me to tag along. I'll try to be useful."
"I'm Erza. Nice to meet you. I see... Your the one that people in the guild are talking about." Erza smiled. "I heard you defeated a Mercenary Gorilla...You're very promising."
"Ummm that was Natsu ma'm. Those facts are a bit twisted."
"ERZA!" Natsu shouted. "I'll go... Under one condition."
"Oh, and that is?" the red head asked mischievously.
"When we return I want to fight you. I'm different from before." Natsu said in a serious tone. By looking into his gleaming eyes, Erza and the rest of the team knew he was definitively serious about this match. Ayame started to laugh.
"WHAT'S SO FUNNY AYAME! I'M SERIOUS ABOUT THIS!"
"Because Erza and I are equal. If you can't beat me, then you can't beat her." Natsu only grunted which left her in a smile since she was proven right. She loves the taste of victory and they knew it.
"You've really grown. I'm not confident in myself but I accept your challenge."
That made him very happy, and he wasn't the only one because Ayame was happy also. Like weirdo's, they joyfully boarded the train and skipped all the way to their seats. Gray was sitting in between Natsu and Ayame while Erza was sitting next to each other. As usual, Natsu's vehicle sickness smacks in making Gray push him away because he doesn't want his rival to throw up on him.
"You're so hopeless Natsu," Gray sighed. "Go sit somewhere else."
"There's no other way," Erza said while patting the seat next to her. "Come, sit next me."
Of course Natsu followed her order and sat right down next to her. Gray was disgusted at his friend's condition right now. Why couldn't he be normal like him? Millions of hurtful phrases and comments began to swarm his head and when he was about to say something, Erza punched Natsu in the gut which made him unconscious and fall into her lap in a bit of pain. Gray, Lucy, and Ayame shivered at Erza's action and stared at her in wide eyes. God she was frightening...Punching her own comrade made her look like she had a ruthless repetition, but she freed Natsu from his motion sickness currently. Lucy thought she was a terrifying monster. Now that she thought of her, she wondered what kind of magic she does.
"Erza-san, what kind of magic do you use?" Lucy formally said.
"Just call me Erza," the red head said with a smile on her face.
"Her magic is pretty," Happy grinned. "She makes her opponents blood fly everywhere!"
Lucy only sweat dropped. Blood? Fly everywhere? Pretty? What the heaven's is her magic because she knew it was darn horrifying. How could blood flying everywhere be pretty to Happy! He' such an odd cat.
"My magic isn't anything much. If you want pretty magic, Gray's is much prettier than mine."
"You really think so?" Gray asked Erza. She only nodded to her agreement and eyed Ayame. She wanted to know why she was so quiet. She's been silent since they got into the train and has been staring at the window for a long time now, and she knew something was up but couldn't figure out what was wrong. She left her alone and decided to question her later. Erza then looked back at Gray and Lucy, and he showed her an iced Fairy Tail mark that gleamed in beauty. Lucy's eyes were shining in amazement at his fantastic mini ice sculpture. From the corner of Gray's eye, she saw Ayame take a quick glance at him and smiled, and he knew the reason why. Ayame always loved his ice magic even though he kinda despised it. She thought it was beautiful and full of hope and whenever he asked her why she loved his magic so much her answer never changed. It reminded of when he first saw her when they were just kids which made him give a slight smile. Lucy and Erza stared at Gray who was gazing at his Fairy Tail ice sculpture in his hand and made them have questioning expressions on their faces. And then it happened...An epiphany popped into Lucy's brain! Fire. Ice. It all made sense now! No wonder why Gray and Natsu didn't get along, it was so simple that it's way too cute. She then told Erza her idea and she only chuckled questioning Gray if it was true. He only shrugged and looked away from his embarrassment. She then had another thought!
"Gray do you get along because you and Ayame are water and ice? No wonder why you two are so compatible with each other! How adorable!"
Gray blushed madly as the blonde asked him the question while nudging him on the shoulder winking at him. Ayame on the other hand, heard what Lucy said and was red as a tomato so she covered her face with her hands. Erza saw and laughed so hard she started to breakdown in tears from both of their reactions. A laughing Erza was pretty rare which made the two flush even more. Gray took a quick glance at Ayame and saw her as red as him which made his heart skip a few beats. All of a sudden, Erza started to clap saying that was enough and began to give the details of the mission and why they were here.
"On my way back from my last job I stopped by a bar where wizards gather in Oniba's," she explained. "And there were a few people who drew my attention. They started to talk about an object called Lullaby and how it was sealed. I'm guessing that it's an extremely strong magic that was sealed away long ago."
Gray was a bit concerned and said, "I don't see the problem? Sure, some guys are trying to break the seal to some magic we don't know about but that doesn't make for a mission. It isn't anything, really."
"That is, until I heard the name Erigor."
"Isn't he the ace of the Eisenwald wizard guild-the Death God Erigor?" the water wizard asked. Her friend only nodded in agreement.
"That's a nickname for a wizard who only accepts assassination requests. The Council has since banned all assassination requests, but Eisenwald has chosen to chase after the money. As a result, they were expelled from the League six years ago. Now they've been categorized as dark guild," Erza informed. Of course, Lucy screamed in surprise while Gray and Ayame agreed. Their train then came to a stop and they knew it was time to get off.
"Hold on a minute! They were expelled weren't they punished?" Lucy continued the conversation while getting off the train.
"They were. At the time, the master of Eisenwald was arrested. And as the order was given to disband the guild. But the majority of all the guilds that they call dark guilds...have ignored the order and continued acting as a guilds. I should of bled them dry!" Erza said in a serious tone, making Lucy quiver in fear.
"Yeah," Gray agreed. "If it was just the four of them in the bar, you could have probably taken them all, Erza. But if it wasn't the entire guild-"
Gray was cut off by Erza when she tells him, "What are they planning once they get this Lullaby magic? I decided that I cant just disregard it. So...we're going to march on Eisenwald." Fullbuster agreed with her knowing this was going to be a blast. On the other hand, Lucy wasn't as happy like him and just complained how she should have never should have came and how she wants to go home.
"Where's Eisenwald?" Ayame asked bluntly. "I'm starving so let's get this damn thing over with."
"Patience my dear friend. That's why we're in this town to investigate," Erza replied.
All of a sudden Lucy screamed in surprise. They only gave her a questionable expression towards the blonde. She then said that Natsu was missing from the group, which made them all think...
"Goddamn!"
With Natsu
"Young man, is this seat taken?" a random stranger asked Natsu. It was a male that was slightly aller than Natsu who had his hair pulled back in a pony tail. He wore a long-sleeved white jacket with diamonds on the borders, and white pants that had a streak of diamonds on the side. Natsu only replied by his painful moans that were caused by his mobile sickness. "Oh my! You don't look well at all. Are you alright?"
Then, the stranger examines him, seeing his guild mark made him a bit astonished. He then smiles and says, "Your from Fairy Tail, an official guild huh? How I envy you."
At the station
"We were so caught up in the discussion that we left Natsu on the train! I knew he's was bad in moving vehicles!" Erza turned away in embarrassment. "I take responsibility! I must ask one of you to hit me!"
"Now, now..." Lucy sweat dropped, trying to calm the ashamed armed woman down.
"And for that reason you must stop the train!" the red head yelled at the train station employee. The worker only shaked his head head her while giving a large sigh.
"So all the members of Fairy Tail are like that, huh?" Lucy asked.
"Hey! I'm normal you know!" Ayame and Gray screamed. The blonde only face palmed herself.
"We must!" Erza said, still trying to reason with the employee.
"Stop asking for the impossible please!" the worker asked her. "Just for one passenger that missed his stop? Who would stop a train for that!"
'No offense, but he's kinda right there. Who WOULD stop a train for one person who missed their stop," the guilty Ayame admitted to herself. All of sudden, Happy took action and flew behind the train employee and pressed down the emergency stop lever.
"Where going after Natsu!" Erza ordered. "Excuse me, your job is to take these luggages to Hotel Chili," the red head told the couple behind her. They then ran off to get their vehicle sickness friend,
With Natsu
"I guess there are a lot of cute girls in the official guilds, huh?" The stranger asked. "I'm so jealous of you! They're no signs of a cute girl even coming near our guild. Why don't you share the spoils a little? Or let's just...KICK!" he said while smashing his foot in Natsu's face.
'Son of a-' Natsu thought, but was interrupted by getting another kick in the face.
"To tell you the truth, expulsion sucks! We dark guilds are discriminated against."
"Huh?" the fire mage gave a fearsome glare.
"Huh? Oh! So you finally decided to speak!" he laughed.
"Stop it you jerk..." Natsu whispered while putting his oppenent's foot away from his face.
"Speak louder please," the man smiled. "You Fairy Tail bunch like to stand out, don't you? I hate it when you guys put on airs just because your an official guild! Do you know what we call you people? Flies. We call you fairies "flies"! HAHAHA!"
"Time to swat a fly!" he said while smacking Natsu in the face. He wasn't happy at all, being mocked at along with his precious guild. He then was enraged and started to make his hands get surrounded by his fire magic until it stopped because of the train.
"Hahaha what's that suppose to be! Is that magic!" the fire mage's enemy mocked. "You wanna see magic punk? Well here's magic!"
A fist emerged from the strangers shadow and punched Natsu in the face, which made him tumble back a few steps. He only grunted. Then, the train came to a halt and one of the employees said on the speaker phone that the train came to a stop due to an emergency. Natsu then saw a gray flute that had a skull on the stop which made his enemy mad.
"S-so you saw it!"
"Don't give that...That was a heck of a job you just did on me," the fire mage said in a serious tone which made his oppenents scared. Natsu then punched him square in the face making him fly to the wall. "How did you like that! Its called my flying punch!"
"You just punched a member of Eisenwald! Don't think your getting away with this!" The Eisenwald member shouted. The speaker came back on saying that the train is going to move once again, making the vehicle sick boy panic. He then ran out the window hoping to land but his scene by Ayame and the group that were on a magic four-wheeled car that was powered by Erza. Gray climbed on top of the car to catch his beloved friend, but was rewarded by getting a headbutt by him making them two fall out the car.
"Are you guys alright?" Erza shouted while stopping the car.
"That hurt! What were you doing, Natsu, you jerk!" Gray yelled.
"I'm suffering amnesia from the shock. Who are you? Natsu questioned. "And why do you stink?"
"Natsu! Your sick self got us behind schedule you fool!" The enraged Ayame screamed while smacking the poor boy behind the head. "What are we behind on again?" o3o'
'This girl...' They all thought with a sweat drop.
"You jerks left me!" Natsu said while pointing to each member in his group. "How terrible! What kind of friends are you!"
"Forgetful ones," Ayame bluntly said before bursting into laughter along with the rest of the team members.
"I'm glad your all right," Erza said while giving Natsu a hug. She was pushed away and he told her, "Who are you calling "all right"? I was just attacked by some creep on the train! What did he call it...Aye...Zen...Vault..."
"YOU ABSOLUTE FOOL!" The red head shouted while punching her teammate in the face. "YOU RAN INTO THEM WHILE NOT TELLING ME!"
"You knocked me out cold..."
"He was on the train, huh? Well, we have to go after him. Did you notice anything special about him?"
"He wasn't special at all," he replied. "But he did have a skull-like flute that had three eyes."
"That's creepy," Ayame and Gray said simultaneously.
"A flute with 3 eyes...No, it couldn't be. That was just a made up story, but if the flute can play a spell song...Lullaby...Death...Sleep," Lucy said. "The flute is Lullaby! The spell song Lullaby, it's a "death" magic!"
Every one was astonished at Lucy's knowledge. They all kept still and listened about how it's a dark magic that it can kill a victim by making them fall asleep and curses them to die in their sleep. How fearsome this magic is...
Preview of Next Chapter
"Shut up..." Ayame said in a dark, stern vioce which made Natsu take a few steps back. He forgot that his friend didn't like to be yelled at. Not one bit. Not by anyone, even Erza and the Master. Why? Because they knew that getting her angry can put the lives around them in danger. Ayame might be a nice person, but she is also very wrathful, cold hearted, irascible young lady. She stared at the floor while curling her hands into fists. All of a sudden, her body was being surrounded by a blue aura which was her magical power and Erza, Natsu, and Gray knew this was not good.
Lucy gave a concerned, yet, questionable stare at Ayame. She then caught a glimpse of Gray sprinting towards his team mate, desperate to help her calm down.
"Gray! Leave Ayame alone! You're going to get hurt!" Erza yelled.
"Natsu what's happening?" the celestial mage asked her buddy.
"Ayame is going to drown this station in water if we don't calm her down," Natsu said with a frown on his face. This was bad, really really bad. He didn't know how to calm her down since that was pretty much Gray's job.
"AYAME!" Gray shouted.
Written and Betaed by Myself (xXMewMikageXx)
Thank you all for such comments~! QAQ I really missed being back on and i'll start to continue this story FOR SURE~! :D And about my other story "Chasing Souls" will only last 10-15 chapters because sadly I'm not into that anime anymore V.V Please don't hate me for that. I'm also doing Oneshots too, but not that often.
Yet again, I want to thank you all for your wonderful comments :) I have been inspired by all of you and wish to be become a better writer~! I really want to become a Manga artist and/or a Fiction writer so your Critiques will make a difference in my writing. ^_^ I'm also a Freshman in High School so sorry if I update a bit late ^^' I will start to update every 1-2 weeks, and if I'm happy, I'll update sooner. The more comments I get, the more chapters come out each month.
~Rina
