A.N. As promised! Enjoy!
Meanwhile, back in the guild:
Natsu watched the girl he saved twice, walk out the guild doors. He didn't want to see her go, putting all this effort on someone just to have them walk out was emotionally stressful. As the guild doors closed as with that part of their lives it seemed that something had just went missing.. Natsu turned toward the group, looking the same way he felt, "Well why didn't you guys say anything to her? You just let her walk out like that?" Ezra turned and spoke for the group, "Why didn't you stop her, it seemed like she liked you the best anyway, plus you were the one who saved her twice anyway. We figured you were done with her, done with the task." Natsu looked down thinking of what she had said to him just moments ago. "She wasn't just a task I took on to finish! She was a person, we're were almost friends.. She KNEW Igneel. When she was a kid, she saw him." Wendy's jaw dropped in amazement, "She did?! Do you think she saw Grandeeney too?" Natsu shrugged his shoulders and looked at the door again.
"Well," Master Makarov stated, crossing his arms in an impatient manner, "what are you kids waiting for? Go find her, she can join Fairy Tail." Natsu looked at him excitedly and Wendy hugged him. "What are we waiting for? Let's go! I'm all fired up now!" Natsu ran toward the door but stopped when no one was following him. He turned and saw faces of worry and of doubt. "What's wrong now?! Let's go before she gets to far ahead." Lucy stepped forward still with her face of doubt, "What if we don't find her?" With the most determined face he could summon Natsu said in a forceful manner, "We will, me and Wendy are dragon slayers, we can smell her out! Hey Gajeel! You wanna help find another dragon slayer!" Natsu started by talking to the group but ended by yelling over to the far table in the corner where a hard stare looked up. "I bet she can even beat you in a duel!" Natsu said provoking the Iron dragon up from his seat. "Fine, but only to prove you wrong."Gajeel smirked and started walking toward the doors. "Hey wait for us! You don't even know what she looks like!" Natsu looking back to the group for support on his theory. But they had already passed him and was also heading for the door. "Hey!" Natsu said pouting as he charged his way to catch up the group.
The group looked in the north side first, seeming as that was were she last time, no luck. They checked at the restaurant where Ezra and Wendy had found joy on the east side, no luck, and much to Ezra pleasure, the group didn't find the old woman either. Lastly they checked the west side of town. The group got separated about half way through rush hour, where the most people where out in the streets. "Great," Natsu mumbled to himself, "First I get stuck with all these people in town, now I lose the group and I cant even track down Kay's smell. I wonder if anyone has had any better luck than me." Natsu looked up and saw what looked to be Kay's auburn hair in the bank window up ahead. He started running, hoping it was her. When he got to the window, however, she and the brown hair were gone. The teller at the desk looked at him with expectancy of him coming to talk to her. He heard one of the people in the back offices talking to someone but he didn't have enough time to hear the other woman's voice. Security was at hand to drag him out if he didn't leave on his own "I do have to warn you the land owner of the other building says her tenant can be quite rowdy, before we get ahead of our – " The rest of the conversation was interrupted by security guards dragging him out of the bank. Shrugging his shoulders he chalked it up to coincidence of the hair color. He still couldn't smell her anywhere.
Meeting back up with the group, hoping to find some better news Natsu waited up the checkpoint. When the rest of the group turned up with nothing to show for it, the were all starting to lose hope. Even Gajeel said he couldn't smell her in the town or any traces of her. The rest of the trip looking for her ended up just the group walking in circles around the west side. Looking in shops that she might be end, and asking the public's help. Still not a trace. It was close to sunset when they headed to the guild. Disappointed, Lucy was heading home. Hoping to cheer Natsu up a little bit, she invited him over for dinner. He agreed. Happy, Lucy, and Natsu all walked down the street in a glum manner, not having any luck with finding the girl who they had worked so hard in helping. It was outside of Lucy's apartment where they heard stepping going up the stairs to the house next to hers, "Hey Luce, I thought that house was for rent?" Natsu said looking up, Stupid sun I can't see who's living there now. Hopefully they're nicer than the old bat that used to live there. "I guess they must have rented it out today." Lucy stated matter-of-factly as she too tried to get a better look.
Natsu was the first to get his hand at the right angle to block the sun, "Kay?!" The girl turned and to everyone's surprise it was them. Kay bounded back down the stairs and hugged Natsu tightly, "I thought I was never going to see you again!" Kay stated as she moved from hugging Natsu to hugging Lucy. Taking a step back she looked at the two, a curious look on her face, then awe stuck her. Kay turned toward Lucy, "I'm so sorry! I wouldn't have hugged him so much and got so close to him if I knew you two were going out!" Kay let out a sigh when she finished. "What? No! We're not dating." Lucy stated as she waved her hands furiously. "What's wrong with dating me!" Natsu said mockingly astonished by the words. "Besides everything? Nothing." Lucy retorted. Kay laughed at the argument. Afterward, Natsu and Lucy both looked at Kay and questioned her on where she went today. "No where really, me and Joy just walked around the town for a few minutes and then we went to the bank to get some money out of the bank. And we got this house." Kay finished with a smile as she turned toward the house, "Joy's out getting some groceries right now, she's getting plenty so if you two want to join us you're more than welcomed!"
"Hey cool, we're gonna be neighbors!" Lucy excited stated, showing off her own apartment. Kay laughed as she remember what her landlady had said about the neighbor, but assured Lucy it was nothing. The trio walked into Kay's new apartment and sat on the couch talking until Joy arrived. Grocery bags covering her arms, she entered and saw that company had come. "Good thing I got extras"Joy smiled at Kay, enjoying that Kay had made new friends and had an almost normal life again. Kay took the groceries and went into the kitchen to make dinner. Natsu, curious on how a tiny cat could carry that many bags when it took Kay two trips to carry all of them a room away. "Well I guess there's no sense in hiding this from you anymore, Kay is friends with you now." When she finished she wasn't a little cat anymore, She had transformed, not only in size but also in color. Joy now stood as tall as Lilly, with the color of pure white gleaming off of her. Shocked Natsu's mouth fell open, "Great not another one! Don't tell me you carry a sword too!" Joy looked confused at Natsu, "Don't be ridiculous, I'm an archer." she bluntly said.
"Joy! We agreed!" Kay shouted from the kitchen. Shrinking back down to her purple little form Joy sighed and went to go help in the kitchen. Once Joy looked up to see what Kay had planned for fixing, she gawked in surprise. "I thought you said we agreed!" Joy yelled and then chuckled. The spoons were dancing. Kay was giving life to things that never were suppose to move. Lucy and Natsu worried about the yelling came in and were equally surprised. "How the hell are the spoons moving?!"Natsu yelled. Kay shrugged, "It's life magic." Keeping it simple. She turned to the table. Putting one of the dishes on it and turning to take another one that the spoons themselves had made. Thanking them, they returned to be the lifeless creatures they were. "I have to say you're transitioning well to magic, it's like you never lost it." Joy looked at Kay in a worried manner, fearing she might be taking her magic to far on the first day. "Don't worry about it Joy, I'm fine." Kay answered smiling. When dinner was ready, the group sat at the table, talking and laughing over the meal. A surprise knock came at the door and everyone stopped.
"Who is that?" Lucy wondered out loud. "I'm not sure, you two are the only ones that know where I live," Kay looked at the door for a moment longer when Natsu started getting up to answer it, "Oh, don't trouble yourself. I got it." Kay stood and walked over to the door. Opening to find Ezra and Wendy. Equally surprised to find each other. "Kay!" Wendy yelled as hugging her friend. "I'm glad to see you too Wendy, but how'd you know where I lived?" She looked at the two as they came into the house. "Well we went over to Lucy's first, to continue the search party tomorrow, but then we heard her talking in here." Ezra explained. Kay nodded in understanding. The house-warming party went on with the two added guests. Joy brought out the grocery bag that she refused to let Kay take, it was filled with four bottles of alcohol. The night ended with a grand finale of everyone drunk except Wendy who laughed at her friends' drunken state.
The morning after Kay woke up on the foot of her bed. Not wanting to open her eyes yet, she inhaled deeply and let out a sigh. Then the pillow she had been laying on, moved. It wasn't a jolting move, but a slow steady pace of moving up and down. She inhaled again, this time through her nose to see if she could identify what it was. Spices? Timber? Where have I smelled this before? Then it hit her a fire. She opened her eyes to find that she was, not on fire itself but on a fire dragon slayer. Kay had to admit she liked that smell of Natsu. She looked down to find Wendy's head on her back, sleeping soundly and Lucy's foot in front on Natsu's face. Kay chuckled at the sight, but still wondered where the rest of the group went. Not being able to toss and turn, hindered her line of sight. She stretched out her arms and wiggled her feet, causing Wendy to stir. Taking advantage of the opportunity Kay slipped up from the bed without causing anyone to wake. She then tip toed out the bedroom door, finding Ezra asleep on the couch. Happy, Carla, and Joy all asleep in separate chairs. A wave of relief washed over Kay as she saw everyone was oka.
Kay went back in the bedroom to get a fresh change of clothes, went into the bathroom and drew a hot bath and put mint extracts in. Once she she relax and thought about she past week. Within four days she went from being homeless, not knowing who she was, to a dragon slayer with a home that she rented, had good friends and a normal life. When her fingers began to prune she got out and dried off. After she had changed and drew her hair up in a high ponytail, she peeked out of the bathroom to see if anyone was awake. She was surprised to fins Ezra in the kitchen fixing breakfast for the still sleeping group. Sensing another presence, Ezra turned to find Kay standing in the living room. "Oh, I hope you don't mind I'm fixing everyone food." Ezra exclaimed. "Not at all! I just didn't see you as the cooking type." Kay folded her hands in front of her, nervous she had said the wrong thing. Ezra just laughed, "Well, it'll be a secret then."
A stack of french toast laid on the table before them, along with strawberries, blueberries, and maple syrup. Kay wondered if she would have to wake the group up, as if the aroma wasn't enough to make anyone's stomach rumble. She was able to break down and open the bedroom door when she heard Natsu yelling on the other side. "Why the hell is there a foot in my face!?" "Quit yelling! I'm trying to sleep! And get out of my bed!" Kay then heard a loud thud on the ground. Happy walked over to Kay and chuckled, "I wonder when Lucy's gonna realize that it's not her bed.." The bedroom door opened as a still sleepy Wendy walked out as well as Natsu, angry that he got kicked out of bed. Angry turned quickly into hunger as he smelt the food on the table. He called back to Lucy to get out of Kay's bed and come eat.
When everyone has had their fill of the french toast, Kay starts piling the dishes in the sink and starts the water. Joy walks over to help but stops when she's forced to play mediator to happy and Carla's bickering match. Kay smiles, not really minding to do the dishes. Lucy steps forward to help instead. Surprised at the gesture Kay looks a bit shocked but smiles as acceptance for the gesture. "So is anything exciting happening at Fairy tail today?" Kay asked washing a plate. Lucy laughed, "Everyday is exciting, but today we're hoping to see someone be added to the guild." Lucy hinted around. "I'll bet they'll fit right in!"Kay smiled, being as dense as always. Lucy let out a sigh, hoping she would catch the hint. "We're getting a new member today? Who is it?" Natsu interrupted the conversation. Ezra, already fed up with his denseness, smacks him on top of the head, "Shut up. Idiot." Natsu then understood what Lucy was trying to do, "Ohhhhhh!"
Kay looked questioningly at the group, but went on washing dishes, "Well. I have to look for a job. I mean, money just doesn't grow on trees, and rents going to be due before I know it. Do you guys know anywhere hiring?" Kay asked still washing dishes. "Yea! There's a fish market that is! That way I can get a discount on fish!" Happy stated excitedly. He looked at the other members with a smile, only to be met with glares. "I guess I can try there, can you guys show me where it is?" Natsu smiled, a plan forming in his head, "Sure, I can! Why don't you guys go ahead to the guild and I'll be there after I show Kay the market." He finished by winking to the other members and started to push them out the door. Lucy was stubborn and was last to be pushed out the door. Whispering harshly, "You better not screw this up Natsu!" He nodded and smiled as he shut the door. What could go wrong?! My plans perfect!
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