Hey guys! Thanks for all the support! Last time I received very encouraging reviews and I was on the verge of tears! Thank you all so much. In this chapter a few months would have passed, so Lucy has advanced on her training and she will go a mission ^.^
Chapter 7 Loke
Four months later
Aisse became stricter every day, we trained for hours nonstop; I was starting to feel my power rising and I had already learned to do various attacks with my new magic: heavenly god slayer magic. It was really hard to master and doing just one attack at first took all my strength, now I could summon spirits and do various attacks.
For the past months Virgo was very supportive and helped me learn a lot, so did Capricorn but Loke had become a bit distant, Aisse's presence made him uneasy.
In my aural magic I had gotten far, I could already borrow energy and return it, I could also do spirit travels and visit my friends in the celestial realm, which was pretty cool. Aisse taught me just so I could go visit them without them having to come to our realm, she also told me that spirit travel could be used to look for people or travel to places without actually going. I had also learned to levitate, though it took most of my strength, I only used in very special occasions.
Winter was almost here, and the air had become dry and chilly, I was wearing a red coat, which reached my ankles and white gloves. We were practicing a heavenly god blast; it was similar to the normal heavenly blast except that the blast followed the target, until it actually reached it. It was quite deadly and dangerous so we only did it in a small scale without using the full potential. My body was aching to release more energy but I closed my eyes and focus, one mistake and the whole forest was gone.
Aisse noticed my internal conflict and said: "Lucy stop, we are done for today"
I opened my eyes with surprise, done? We had not even started warm ups, "why? Did I do something wrong?"
"No, but I guess now you need real practice"
"Real? You mean like mission-real"
Aisse nodded, then she added " I heard some villagers talk about trains disappearing out of thin air, leaving no trail"
"Wait! So a full train disappeared and there is no explanation?"
"Not just one but four"
A shiver went down my back, who could have the power to make a whole train disappear like that?
"So are you coming? Or should I go alone?"
I hesitated for a while; did I have enough magic to fight? I was about to tell her that she should go alone, since I would just slow her down but an image came to my mind; "Natsu and the others kicking me off their team for being weak" I brushed it off my head and answered: "I will go Aisse, I am not weak-Lucy anymore"
Aisse smiled, she knew why I had hesitated and was glad that my new found courage was stronger than my past. Then she said "I promise that when we come back I'll tell you the rest of my story as a reward".
I remembered she had told me to leave storytelling for next time, but that next time never came. So sudden curiosity rushed to my head and I immediately responded with a smile and an energetic cheer.
The next few hours we prepared our equipment to leave, I asked Virgo to help me pack mine because if I was going on a mission I needed to clarify thing with Loke.
I went to the garden which had become my own relaxation spot and called Loke out, he took a while to appear but when he did, he just greeted me with a simple "hi". No warm hug or declaration of love, I have to admit I was a bit disappointed. Then he asked me what I needed and I told him I needed him back, blush suddenly rushed to my cheeks, and even though I had no romantic feelings for Loke, saying that was a bit awkward. He stared at my face for a few minutes without even muttering a single word. The tension in the air was making me crazy and I was about to tell him to tell me what was wrong but he suddenly burst out laughing, I was confused, I did not understand what was so funny, so angrily I asked:
"What's so funny?"
"Your face" he said between tears and laughter
"What's wrong with it?" I replied
"You had this panicked yet embarrassed look on your face, I just couldn't help myself. Sorry Lucy"
After he said that I let out all the air I was holding back, expectantly, then I started to laugh too, things weren't as bad as I thought.
"I am sorry Lucy, I made you feel uncomfortable for a while, I wasn't…."
Before he could say anything else I said: "no I am the one who is sorry, I was rude to you when we came and that probably made you feel bad; I wasn't grateful enough even though you were always there for me, I am so sorry if I had been nicer maybe things wouldn't have turned out the way they did.."
He started to laugh again but this time I was really pissed, while I was pouring out my heart to him, he just took it as a joke and stood there laughing. I patiently waited for him to finish; one thing my training had given me was self control and patience. So I waited without doing a thing.
When he stopped he said "Lucy I wasn't ignoring you nor was I mad at you, besides I never found you mean or ungrateful. I knew you were going through a rough time; I was mad at me for not been able to cheer you up"
"Then why were you so distant?"
"I understood you were going through really hard training and you were giving it your all, but my presence would have distracted you, and I probably reminded you of fairytail, so at least I wanted to give you space , to forget"
I never expected Loke to say that, to even think that way. I was happy; I never thought I actually had such a good friend. I smiled widely and gave him a hug. He blushed instantly but I clarified it was a thank you hug, not a romantic one.
"So you are falling for me already? I love you Lucy" and he hugged me back. I laughed the old Loke was back, no; I corrected myself he was never gone. So I said cheerfully: "I am back" and then he answered: "welcome home princess".
Hope you liked this chapter, even though it seems that there was a bit of LucyxLoke, I didn't intend for it to happen. Though tears spilled from my eyes when I was writing the "I am back part" probably for next chapter there will be a bit of Loke's perspective, he is hiding something, the real reason why he was so distant. And there will also be a bit of Natsu's perspective!
