Hello everybody! Yes I finally moved away from chapter 6. I have had so much shit to deal with as of late so the writing had to pause for some time. This chapter is another meh for me, just because I feel it don't bring forward any major and important things. I want her training to feel real and with how im wring that now I feel it kind of fails. I hope to get past this soon so that we'll move forward further into the major event that breaks our dear little star. Let me send you a hint. Remember when Lucy called back her mothers words to her? Within this little speech you will find a hint to what will destroy Dear Lucy. Also to apologize I'm going to post as many new chapters I can these coming days so I hope you enjoy it. I do not won Fairy Tail, all rights go to Hiro Mashima.
Chapter 7- 3 weeks
If I take a step to the left he knows exactly how to turn so that I lose my footing, however if I don't, I won't be able to turn the kick fast enough without him punching me… With this going on in her mind, Lucy stepped to the right and received an iron fist to her stomach that sent her flying. She had not lost yet though, as her body reflexively found a loophole, and while she turned in the air she was able to grab a rock on the ground, then with a nice light landing her body slid against the sand underneath her feet and with another turn she threw the rock.
"Virgo, ground zero!" she called out to the pink haired spirit maid, and as fast as these words came out of her mouth, the area surrounding the two mages sunk down. Gajeel was shocked about the sudden change of grounding and therefor did not react in time to stop the flying rock that flew straight at his face. As soon as the rock was out of the way. Lucy appeared in front of him and when he was about to punch her away again, she flexibly twirled onto her hands and kicked him. Lucy had really started to show some change in her fighting, however her opponent was still Gajeel. So as soon as he felt his body getting kicked away, he caught her left leg and after falling with both style and speed, ended up on top of her holding her legs and arms so that there were no way for the young blonde to move, the giant iron sword pressed against her throat also hinted to an ending of the days battle.
"Fuck! And I was so close too!" she called out squirming underneath the grinning dragon slayer.
"I must say, Lucy-sama! You have started to show some real strength and ability these last 3 weeks." Lily said, walking towards the two with a cup in his hands.
Virgo also walked towards them. Lucy had listened to the words that Gajeel had spurted out to her at the beginning of her training. Of course it was hard for her to watch her spirits risk their well being for her, but she did notice a change in power in them as well. When she had talked about it with Leo he had been gloating and smiling the whole time. 'Oh my dear Lucy! I love you anyways but as of late you really have become so much more beautiful and powerful. It really suits you, the golden light of magic that surrounds you.' He had said. He had also mentioned how everyone felt more power and abilities evolving. Ground zero was one of Virgos best abilities.
"Princess! Shall I be punished for not stopping the iron man?" Virgo asked, getting down on her knees beside Lucy.
"We've been over this Virgo! This is just to see how much I've grown." Lucy just smiled at her and Virgo smiled back.
"In that case, princess! I shall go. Today we're having a party in the spirit world. Bye!~" The spirit said and disappeared.
"You have to practice more Bunny! Your speed and flexibility has become really good, not to mention your magic capability. But you have to put some more weight on training you're reflexes, not to mention start training those senses of yours. Observe your opponent and try to sense when and how he's planning to move forward. Also try not to be so damn obvious." Gajeel scowled, still weighting her down.
"Oh come on! You scowl at me and every mistake I make, but I don't see you using any of those tricks of yours!" she try to call out, unable to, because of the pressure on her back.
"I always use my senses. I'm a freaking dragon slayer. You've seen me fight! Those hits are not lucky strikes you know! Shit don't make me repeat my style of fighting again Bunny girl!" he continued to scowl as he stood up. Finally being able to breathe staidly again, she couldn't help but wonder if he really was made out of pure iron, or if it simply was his weight that could compare to an elephant. She brushed off her legs and arms as they had become dirtied after being drowned in the sand.
Gajeel stretched as he laid down on his sleeping bag and yawned. Lucy looked at him with a disgusted face. She moved over to his side of the fire pit and grabbed his arms.
"You can't do that again!" she screamed. Gajeel knew exactly what she wanted and tried to lay down again.
"We are in the freaking mountains! Why clean up if you get dirty again right after scrubbing it all away!?" he called, stabbing his Sword into the ground.
"Because I have to live with that smell! It's just water, you were just acting all high and mighty a minute ago! Get your shit together!"
"It's helping the both of us not washing up. No strange animals are sensing our human nature like this."
"I don't want to become one of them dammit! Just take your fucking bath already!" Lucy continued while pulling his arm out of the ground. "You too Lily! You should take a bath alongside this partner of yours!" she scowled at the cat drinking his tea.
In shock the Exceed dropped his cup and started at her for a second before acting calm again.
"I… Don't be stupid. Water is not good for me, I have a severe water allergy." He said with a slight shudder in his voice.
"I don't care! Just get the hell up and take a bath!" she screamed.
"You'll see. Soon enough I will be just as dirty…" Lucy could hear Gajeel grumble in the little lake close to the campsite.
She put on two sticks of fish on the fire and turned her attention towards the little pile of mountain turnip. As she started peeling them she could her the continued ranting of her partner.
"I mean come on! I am a dragon slayer in the middle of a training montage, not a freaking prince in a bubble bath. It's just me, Lily and the bunny! It's not like we're going to appear in magic news or one of those stupid mage magazines right!" Lucy just shook her head, he really hated the whole getting clean part. As every day passed he started to resemble his cat more and more. She let out a sigh and started to slice the, now, peeled and cleaned turnips.
"Geheh you wish that a little reporter would just stumble out into our wilderness and find you amazing and ready for the magazine. I know they say it's good to have dreams but you really should just let that one go Bunny! It ain't happening anytime soon… YOU HEAR ME!" Lucy had gotten used to both Gajeel and his random rants. When they had started out, all his comments and stupid whining had gotten on her nerves, but after spending all her time with him, she had unintentionally created a wall of defense.
"Just shut up and focus on cleaning up. No one is listening to you rambling on there by yourself." She called out to him while seasoning the food now bubbling in the hot water.
"I have my partner you know! Lily is a true partner in both strength and friendship and he understands the well being of a dragon slayer!"
Lucy turned to look at the soaking wet kitty cat sleeping by the fire. After one dip in the cold water he had returned to warm up beside the hot campsite and by doing that, he had left his dear partner and his never ending complaining. After understanding his himself, Gajeel returned to the camp as well and with a grumpy face dried his long black hair.
Soon enough they both sat by the fire and ate the food that she had prepared. The life out in the wilds had been rather good but there were one specific thing that the two of them missed, and that was the tasty and heated food Mira served them at the guild. The food they ate was eatable but nothing great, not to mention both boring and plain. Lucy did not see this as the only thing missing in her life at the moment. She enjoyed her training, not to mention the appreciation she felt towards Gajeel for helping her out, but she longed for her own bed, her own house and the bar at Fairy Tail, the partying with everyone at the guild.
She had been thinking about Natsu a lot to during their three week get away, and the whole argument the two had left things with. She still wanted to prove to him that he had made a mistake by throwing her to the side, forgetting both their bond and friendship. But she also knew that she missed him and she sometimes found herself gloaming over the way everything ended. She had always hated fighting with him, even though most of the times it was his fault, but she also knew that she could have handled it better than she did, and as Gray had said, maybe have waited for Natsu himself to utter what he wanted to do. At the same time as all this roamed through her head, the things that he had said after their fight did not leave her mind either. Both Juvia and Gajeel had explained the events of that day. And from that story alone, she also knew that what she had forced to happen would have been the ending anyway. He wanted to team up with Lisanna, he was so damn happy about her being back that everything that he and Lucy had created and fought for disappeared into thin air not to be missed and to never reappear again. What they once had together was now gone and neither she nor he had the ability to bring it back. He really had betrayed the enormous thrust she had in him after all. For Lucy it did not matter whether his feelings for Lisanna were romantic or simply friendly, that was not the core of their problem, it was that fact he switched the two girls out and that she, Lucy, ended up in the garbage. She would have understood him if he had taken the time to talk to her about it but sadly he did not. However could she really be surprised, it was Natsu after all? The man that forever would be a boy.
Suddenly she felt a hand on top of her head. As she turned her face she saw Gajeel sitting beside her boringly gnawing on his fish while letting his supporting hand rest on her hair. She had come to understand that Gajeel simply favored to keep things quiet, problems became bigger when uttered in words she would picture him saying, if he ever thought of telling her why he preferred silent support over talking about ones worries and sadness. Whenever she found herself immersed in her thoughts about the fight, he would either pat her shoulder or just lay his hand on her head, just like he had done right at this moment. And Lucy found this to be very comforting, he did not care to know of her worries, all he wanted was for her to cheer up again.
Lucy continued eating her own meal while a smile had appeared on her lips. Friendship could defiantly be found at the strangest occasions, and in the most unexpected people. But while the two of them sat there eating their dinner, she could only feel happiness and gratefulness towards her new friend.
And there we go. Let me explain some things. First of all this chapter right here ^ will explain how some people stay important or change to an important person in Lucy's life. Gajeel and Lucy has their shared past and all but id this really were to happen I believe that they would find a friend in one another.
I the last chapter I got a comment about Gajeel and when He speaks about the sniffing practice, how that is one of the first things that a dragon cub is thought by the dragon parent, etc etc. I am not saying that Gajeel his having a kid nor cub. No what is meant by this is that because he was raised my Metalicana, like a kid, and from a dragon perspective a cub, this ability were the first hing that was thought. get it?
Someone also mentioned that the spirits can die. Yes but what I mean when Gajeel screams this to Lucy's face is that they technically cant die as long as sh is alive and have their key. They are not human creatures, they're celestial/spiritual beings, that feeds of her magic power when in the human world. So to die, they will have to be thrown out of the celestial world (just like loki was) and therefor be unable to survive, and thereafter dying. However if their key gets destroyed then they are stuck in the celestial world, it's just that they cant come into contact with her again. see difference. So what I mean is that Gajeel wants her to understand that Lucy puts her spirits in more risk when risking her own life because that would be seen as "murder of thy master" and be sent away JUST LIKE LOKI. Compared to when they just battle and get hurt and therefor have to go back to Celestial world - like when Loki and arias during the fight with Angel.
I am saying all this because I want my readers to understand the meaning behind my words so i hope that some things has been cleared up.
As always I want to say thank you all for the support and nice feedback that I receive and without it I would most probably have given up on this a ling time ago. So for all of you I shall find a way to get away from this part of the story. I hope you'll continue to support this story. Love u all ~~
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