I do not own Fairy Tail and everything else that belongs to Hiro Mashima.
"Gomen hime…" he apologized quietly before also disappearing in the same golden flash, leaving Lucy and the white haired man on Aries's wool cushions, both sleeping dreamlessly.
Lucy's P.O.V
I felt sunlight hit my eyes and groaned along with another, deeper voice. Huh… I thought sleepily and reluctantly sat up from the fluffy thing that I was on, stretching and yawning before getting up on my feet. I looked down to my right to find another wool cushion containing the white-haired man from last night. Somehow I felt like he was someone that I could trust deeply so I just shrugged and kicked him on the side earning a satisfying groan from the man.
"Get up already" I yawned out before walking over to the kitchen and starting up the stove to cook breakfast. That's when I noticed pain coming from my left leg and looked down to see a long, still healing, scar from the top of my knee to a few inches above the shackle. Hmm… Gemini must've healed it considering that it used to be longer I thought while cracking four eggs into a pan and dumping a pound of bacon into another with 3 cans of sausages.
I had a feeling that I should cook a lot of food for my 'guest' and I have long since learned to trust my instincts. After I was done cooking, I ate my half of the feast (two eggs, one can worth of fried sausage, and one-fourth of the bacon) I put my plates in the sink before walking back to the bedroom where I last woke up from. The damned man was still sleeping so I sighed, went into the kitchen, grabbed a piece of bacon and held it in front of his sleeping face.
His eyes shot open and he grabbed the piece and stuffed it into his mouth, moaning at the flavor. Not to flatter myself, but I did receive some good comments about my cooking back at the guild. "If you want more, there's breakfast in the kitchen I'll be taking a bath" I told him quietly. "Got it, but since you're
being nice I'll wash the dishes" he offered, to which I nodded to before walking over to the bathroom.
During my bath, I heard him mumble about how good the food was making me smirk before I re-equipped out of my clothes (except chains, cause I can't) and then I stood in front of the mirror. I mentally cringed when I saw bruises on my stomach, back and a few scratches all over my body together with that scar from earlier. I must've been seriously injured together with that guy if Gemini couldn't heal any more than this… speaking of which I still have to thank them seeing as they did this much for me I thought as I took a shower, making sure that my injury did not open up again.
After that, I got out and dried myself before manually putting on my now dry dress. The gauzes were still drying up so I walked out of the bathroom, combing my hair, and into the living room seeing the man from earlier sitting on the, now, grey cushioned couch. "Hey bathroom's free" I told him before putting my comb down on the table and sitting next to him. "Yeah but um, y-you don't happen to have any, um guy c-clothes that I could borrow do you?" he asked while blushing an adorable shade of red.
I giggled and he blushed even more, but I got up and walked over to my closet, pulling out Gray's old navy blue short-sleeve polo, black boxers, and pants that he stripped off while at my house. I turned around to find the man staring at me with wide grey eyes. "Oh, my old friend has an extremely weird habit of stripping unconsciously so when he strips in here, I just take his clothes, wash them, and then give them back, but I moved away before I could give back these" I explained in my usual quiet voice while I handed them over to him.
He nodded in thanks and stumbled off into the bathroom, one hand sill holding his head where I had caught a scar that was still healing. While he was in the shower, I pondered over the thought that I treated him like family when I did not even know his name as I put on my gauzes. I didn't even treat Sabertooth like this and yet I at least know their names and magic I thought guiltily before I heard the door click open and the man came out while rubbing a towel in his soft looking white hair.
He sat next to me and put the towel down, running a hand through his hair making it spiky and messy again. We sat there in comfortable silence before I smacked myself and cursed making him look at me weirdly. "Sorry, but I have a job that I am currently running 35 minutes late to" I mumbled before equipping my hood onto my shoulders. I started walking, or limping, to the door, but before I left, the man came over and grabbed the chain connected to my right hand.
I stopped and looked over at him in, what I guessed was, a curios expression. "Um, what's your name?" he asked me and I mentally smacked myself for forgetting something so important. "Gomen*, my name is… is…" I hesitated in telling him my name, before my mouth suddenly started to move on its own. "My real name is Lucy Heartfilia but to other people, I go by the name Sabishii Sutā" after saying that I slapped a hand over my mouth, my eyes wide.
He blinked at me in confusion before he asked in a serious voice, "Hey, can I take a look at your past, to see why you have these chains," he paused to shake the chain in his hand, "and to see why you are very hesitant in stating your own name?" My eyes were huge by now. He can look into my past? Wait, why did I tell him my name? Why do I trust him so much? I mentally questioned myself, but felt my head go up and down in a small nod. He smiled at me warmly and led me back to the couch and sat me down. Then, he raised his hands to my temples while his eyes closed together with mine.
I opened my eyes to pitch black. I looked around and noticed that I was glowing a soft white color before I saw a flash of light blue to my right and turned over to that direction. There, the man from earlier was standing there, glowing an ice blue color like my eyes. He walked over to me and grabbed my hand and whispered to me, "May I see into your past and unlock your secrets to the present?" My eyes had grown huge once again, but I felt my instincts telling me that he was worth trusting with my very life, so I nodded my head and answered, "You may"
He smiled at that and looked forward, me following his line of sight only to see my life from when Mom was alive, beginning to play. It was like a movie that I couldn't tear my eyes away from, so I squeezed his hand and received another squeeze in return. When it came to the part about meeting Natsu, I felt my face light up in a smile as I watched him battle the fake Salamander and drag me to Magnolia to join Fairy Tail and have many crazy adventures.
My smile fell, though, when it got to the part of being ignored and my looks started to change. I whimpered as I watched the way my eyes had transformed. It was after I got home and saw all of the gifts that Papa had left me. I was screaming in the memory as a black magic circle appeared under me and I heard a familiar crack. I watched as my hands had flown up to my face as my own eyes cracked and blood began to flow down my cheeks instead of tears.
My knees were bent as the shackles appeared through a black mist and the chain links began to appear in small black flashes, one by one; I had not stopped screaming. Then my eyes had shattered and the memory movie turned black before it started up again to when I had gotten up the next morning to see Loke and Virgo's shocked faces before Virgo handed me a hand mirror. That was the first time I saw my ice blue eyes and my new shackles and chains. The man was squeezing my hand and I could feel his hand trembling together with mine, but I didn't break eye contact from my memories even when I felt ready to cry.
Tears had finally streamed down face while I watched myself leave behind Mavis with a promise that I was going to fulfill tomorrow after I decide if I was going to stay in Sabertooth or not. Yesterday and today were only trial runs after all. I snapped out of it and watched the battle between me and the white haired man before we both black out and my eyes snapped open once again, tears streaming down my face after watching my memories.
The man was looking at me with sad eyes and he reached over to my face and started to wipe away my tears. I sniffed before throwing myself at him and started to sob quietly while he stroked my hair, his face buried in my hair and my fists clenching the navy polo. "You don't have to hide it anymore Lucy and, if you would allow it, may become your new family member, your new nakama?" he asked quietly and I jerked my head back, wide eyed as I stared at him. "F-family… nakama…" I whispered the words as if saying them any louder was taboo*.
In truth, I badly wanted what he was offering, but… I didn't want to be abandoned anymore by someone who is close to me. He seemed to know my thoughts because his grip on me tightened making look up into his face. "Don't worry, I swear upon the Spirits that watch over you that I will not be like the idiots that had given up the chance to become your family, I shall protect you against anything that will cause you to become lonely once again, and I will find a way to get rid of these chains that bind you to the feeling of loneliness and abandonment" he stated in a clear voice and then flashes of gold and silver appeared.
I looked around to see all of the 10 zodiacs standing there together with the spirits of my silver keys. They all smiled or grinned at me and the man. Loke came up and stared at the man who stared back at him. Loke then smiled as a few tears fell from his eyes before he looked over to me. "Looks like he took the words right out of my mouth" he said with a grin. I turned back to the man hugging me with teary eyes before feeling my face split into the most sincere smile that I had made in a long, long time.
"I, no, I mean we, would be honored if you joined our family" I stated while gesturing to my spirits who just cheered in agreement. He grinned before he let go of me and stood up. "In that case, let me properly introduce myself to my new family, my name is Tōketsu and, since I don't have a last name, I will start to call myself, Tōketsu Heartfilia, your big brother" he finished in a face-splitting grin while all of us, including myself, cheered for our new family member.
I then turned over to my spirits and nodded before turning back to him. He looked a bit confused but I just gave a grin before holding up my arms and saying, "O kaeri nasai*, onii-chan*" His eyes widened but before he could say anything, my spirits all gathered together and said in unison, "O kaeri nasai, Tōketsu Heartfilia" He then started to cry but I went over to hug him together with my spirits before he lifted up his head with a teary smile. "T-tadaima*"
Normal P.O.V
When everyone left after Lucy thanked them all,she looked up at the clock before her eyes widened. "Shit, I am so freakin late, the guild must've thought that I got into an accident or something" she cursed in a quiet voice before lifting up her hood and turning to her new brother. "You already know everything, right?" she questioned in her quiet voice while Tōketsu just nodded. "Then hurry up before you make me even more late, baka onii-chan*" she said grinning before limping out the door with him protesting that he wasn't an idiot.
At the guild
Everyone in the guild was panicking while waiting for their new bar maid who was 5 hours late. "Why isn't she here yet?" Orga questioned while punching an empty chair next to him, effectively making it break into pieces. In everyone's minds, they all thought that she had gotten into a horrible accident. Even the Master was downstairs sitting next to Rufus and Minerva who was trying to comfort Yukino, who kept on insisting that she did something wrong yesterday.
Sting was drumming his fingers on the table, staring at a certain Celestial mage, where he sat with Rogue, who was telling Frosch that she was fine and must've woken up late even if he did not believe it himself. Lector was outside at the doors, keeping an eye out for the hooded maiden that he already considered as family. Even though he and Frosch were friendly, they both did not trust people that easily, but all Sabishii did was talk to him and the other green exceed and they already considered her as family.
He then heard a faint rustling sound coming from the left side of the building. He flew over to see the girl that he and the guild were waiting so long for, leaning for support on a white haired man with the most weirdest eyes he's ever seen. The said man's left eye was closed and from where he was floating, Lector could see a still healing scar right next to the eye. "SABISHII-SAN" Lector yelled while flying straight into Sabishii's chest. If Tōketsu hadn't been supporting her, the said girl would've fallen onto her but.
"Lector?" she questioned quietly, her right arm wrapping around the red bundle, who was trying hard not to cry, since her left arm was over the shoulders of her brother. She heard the doors slam open and looked up in time to see Rogue and Sting turning the corner of the guild. When the Shadow dragon slayer saw the girl he had been waiting for leaning on a man he did not know, he growled quietly. This did not go unnoticed by his partner or the white haired man, who both smirked.
Frosch, Minerva, Yukino, Rufus and Orga stopped behind the two slayers and saw the same scene, but could not hear Rogue growling. Frosch broke down and flew over to Sabishii who opened up her arm again to allow him to join the hug, but before she or anyone else could say a word, Tōketsu's knees buckled and he fell whilst dragging the girl with him. "Onii-chan…" Sabishii whispered in concern as the rest of her guild mates came running over to them.
"Yukino, follow me back inside and let's water for these two, Sting and Rufus will get two chairs ready for them, Orga will carry the white haired man inside while Rogue, you carry Sabishii, understood?" ordered Minerva, getting nods in return before everyone set out to do what they were instructed. Orga, gently, picked up the man in one hand while Rogue carried the hooded girl bridal style who blushed underneath her hood. The Exceeds were still in her arms as they went inside.
The guild watched worried as Orga put a strange man, who was clutching his head, down on one of the chairs that Sting and Rufus set up and Rogue put Sabishii on the other one. Yukino brought over an empty basin, two mugs, and a cloth while Minerva carried a barrel of water (like Cana's). They put the things down on the table (except for the barrel that placed down on Sabishii's left side on the floor) in front of the two wounded mages.
Sabishii nodded in thanks before grabbing the basin and mugs and filling them up with water. She gave a mug to Tōketsu, who drank it in one go, before dipping the cloth in the basin and also giving it over to her brother. He took the wet rag and lightly chilled it before pressing it to the left side of his face, hissing a bit at the pain. Sabishii grabbed her own mug and began to drink it until there was no more before refilling hers and her brother's mug. They drank one more time before setting the mugs down. It was quiet before Frosch, who sat with Lector in front of the two, broke down again and jumped into Sabishii's arms.
Under the hood, Sabishii was blinking in confusion while looking down to the sobbing cat. "Frosch?" she said slowly and quietly, making the said cat look up at her with tears in his big eyes. "Why didn't Sabishii-san come earlier? Why was she injured? Why did she make Fro wait forever for her?" he questioned before putting his head back down and sobbing louder. Her eyes widened before hugging the cat tighter to her. "Gomen nasai, Frosch" she whispered in apology before looking up to the guild's worried faces, her gaze lingering on a certain red-eyed mage.
"Looks like I'm going to have to explain" she said quietly, the guild nodding in response. She sighed but glanced at her brother, who nodded, before looking back at the guild and said, "Ok, tell me what you want to know" The guild then started to roar out their questions in a jumbled mass making Sabishii, Rogue, Sting, and Tōketsu wince at the noise level before Master cleared his throat and clapped his hands.
"Alright you lot, one at a time, geez. Why don't we start with Rufus first?" he suggested. Rufus stepped up and then looked straight into Tōketsu's slit eyes. "Excuse me for not asking earlier, but what is your name and your relationship with our friend?" he questioned to the man who blinked before grinning at everyone. "The name is Tōketsu and I'm Sabishii's older brother" he answered. Everyone stared at him until Sting broke the silence by shouting, "YOUR SHI'S OLDER BROTHER?!" The white haired man winced but nodded his head in confirmation.
"Is this true?" asked Minerva to Sabishii, who nodded her head. "It's true, but we don't really look alike" she said in her regular quiet voice. Rogue sighed in relief which made his partner smirk at him again, though he did not notice. Next, a girl with lower-back length dark purple hair that was tied at the bottom and hazel-brown eyes, raised up her hand. From what Sabishii could remember, the girl's name was Aura Shields. She was the same age and height as Wendy but has a slightly bigger chest than Chelia and was the Poison Dragon Slayer.
She was wearing a purple off-shoulder shirt and a white skirt that reached her mid-thighs. Underneath that, she wore black leggings that reached her knees and knee-high black, gladiator shoes making it look like the shoes straps were attached to the bottom of her leggings. "Um, why was Sabishii-san and Tōketsu-san injured?" she questioned in an adorable voice. Some guild members nodded their head to the question and turned back to the two for an explanation.
Luckily they had already come up with another explanation since telling everyone that Tōketsu was a giant serpent that nearly tried to kill their new nakama was out of the question. "That's because we wanted to test each other's strength" came Sabishii's reply which made the guild go blank. "Ano, can you please elaborate?" asked Orga who was scratching the back of his head with a confused expression on his face. Sabishii looked over at Tōketsu to continue while she grabbed Lector into er arms with Frosch and proceeded to make them go to sleep.
Tōketsu sighed but looked back at the members in front of him sporting a sheepish face. "Well, you see, I was up at the mountain a few miles behind this guild and, apparently, Sabishii was too, so, when I saw her, I asked if we could have a small battle, like we used to do when we were kids… well that wasn't actually a good idea considering the fact that I forgot about how much stronger we could've become over the years" he lied smoothly. When the two were making up excuses for the guild, they took the fact that they didn't know anything about them to their advantage so that they wouldn't be able to detect their lies.
They seemed to believe this but still asked how they got their injuries. "Oh, I had a huge gash on my leg from onii-chan's dagger, a few bruises from being tossed and slammed to the ground, and some scratches from all of the arrows that he fired at me" answered Sabishii as if it was the most normal thing in the world. "Ahahaha, I also got some small bruises from her throwing me like a doll, a bruised rib and head from her punches, some scratches from her kunai and shuriken, and this injury above my eye I got from one of her roundhouse kicks to the head" Tōketsu said with a grin, saying it also in a normal manner.
The guild just stared at them in shock. Sabishii suddenly remembered something and looked around before stopping at Master Jiemma. "Master, can Tōketsu join the guild?" she asked in a slightly louder, yet still quiet voice. The Master blinked before nodding his head with a big grin and pulling out the guild marker. "Why, of course he can! So, child, what color and where?"
YOSHA~ I finally finished this chapter. Anyway, I know that this is a boring chapter and all but I had to put it in for some possessive Rogue moments :p I also consider it as a stage for the next chapter. By the way, tell me how you guys feel about my two OCs: Tōketsu and Aura. I decided to put in an older brother figure in Lucy's life and another adorable slayer ^~^ But I'm thinking that my writing skills are getting rather dull for a few chapters so please bear with me TT^TT
TRANSLATIONS and EXPLANATIONS:
Gomen = sorry
Taboo = means forbidden
O kaeri nasai = welcome home
Tadaima = I'm home
Onii-chan/san = big brother
Baka = idiot
*The reason why Tōketsu can look into memories is due to his magic which MIGHT be explained in the next chapter J
*when it said that Lucy's eyes cracked, I mean it literally, like glass cracking or an orb shattering
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