So I had to rewatch episode 61 of Fairy Tail to write this chapter XD (That's the one where Cobra and Natsu fight) This chapter was so much to fun to write! Maybe it's because it's in Cobra's point of view from top to bottom. I realized that I had been mainly doing Kinana's point of view and pretty much ignoring what Cobra thought and this chapter was absolutely perfect to focus on him. So read on and enjoy! :D

Also, I kind of suck at writing fight scenes. So the battle might seem kind of anti-climatic. I apologize in advance

*I don't own Fairy Tail


Cobra's mind went blank and he momentarily lost interest in his fight. But that was all right since the bandits were also shocked still. To them, a giant flying snake had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and was currently circling overhead.

Cobra stared at the snake, unable to comprehend what was happening.

Cu-cubellios?

He searched her face for confirmation that this was his long lost friend when it suddenly hit him.

Kinana.

Somehow she had turned into a snake again and was flying overhead, ready to strike.

Her green eyes zeroed in on his dark one.

In that moment, he understood what she was planning. He couldn't hear her thoughts, he would never hear Cubellios' thoughts. But they had a system. After fighting together for years, they had been able to predict each other's moves. Knew what the other was doing. They had been perfectly in synch.

They had been a team.

And now it seemed that it was going to happen again as Cubellios got into position. She faced Cobra and the bandits that swarmed him, opened her jaw wide, and pelted them with poison magic.

(AN: I'm referring to Kinana as Cubellios here because I think it's easier to understand. But if it confuses you, I'm sorry!)

The bandits dove out of the way, but Cobra stood his ground. As the mist surrounded him, he silently thanked his friend, and began to eat the poison.

Cubellios dove after the bandits that tried to escape. She attacked them and smacked them with her tail which set them flying back hundreds of feet.

After he finished eating, Cobra could only watch. He was still too stunned to jump back into the fray.

He had been without her for seven years. And even though he had been with Kinana for the past couple of weeks, seeing his snake-friend was entirely different. She was strong and majestic, gliding through the air skillfully and landing attacks on the bandits faster than they could defend against.

After successfully taking out three of them, she turned to Cobra again and hissed. Seemingly telling him to get his act together and fight.

Cobra finally snapped out of it and joined his partner in battle.

He felt power surge within him as his arms sprouted maroon dragon scales. He turned to face the nearest adversary. Cobra had been correct in assuming that the bandits were dark wizards as they quickly proved to be adept in battle.

But Cobra, able to hear moves before they happened, swiftly dodged every strike.

"Fang thrust of the Poison Dragon!" Cobra shouted as he attacked and countered a powerful blast of magic from the dark mage that was fighting him.

Cubellios drifted down to him and they fought together once again. She deflected a blow that was aiming for him when he was busy with someone else. She flew up into the air once again and resumed shooting poison at the wizards that surrounded him.

When the number of bandits still able to fight dwindled, Cobra decided to end the battle once and for all.

"Roar of the Poison Dragon!" Cobra said as he used his breath attack on the remaining bandits. They seemed unhurt at first, but then began to weaken as the poison took effect.

Cobra was enraged with them for hurting Kinana. He was ready to murder after listening to their thoughts about what they planned to do with her after they got rid of him. Cobra wanted to kill them, he wanted to see the life go out of their eyes.

But an image of Kinana flashed in Cobra's mind. No…she wouldn't want him to do that.

She'd want them to be arrested. Knowing this, Cobra made sure that his poison would immobilize but not kill.

After all the bandits had been successfully wiped out, Cubellios landed on the ground next to him. She seemed exhausted herself.

He reached out to pet her as he normally would have, but realized that this was Kinana not Cubellios. He pulled back his hand and looked her in the eye.

"Kinana…" he said quietly, "come back."

She looked at him for a moment, and then bobbed her head as if she was nodding.

Her whole body was illuminated in a white light as her snake form scrunched itself back into the shape of a human. The light disappeared, leaving behind nothing except a very tired looking Kinana.

She looked exactly the same as she had before, except with a few new scratches and bruises. She gave him a small smile right before she collapsed from pure exhaustion.

But of course Cobra knew she was going to fall and caught her just before she did.


Cobra silently watched over Kinana as she slept. He was sitting on a chair next to the bed she laid on in their room at the inn.

Cobra had taken her there after she passed out.

Cradling Kinana in his arms, Cobra looked around at the unconscious bandits. He pulled out the communication lacrima that Hisoka had given them and informed him of the bandits defeat.

Hisoka, along with the local authorities, came and arrested the dark wizards/bandits. After noticing Kinana's condition, he apologized profusely to Cobra about the misunderstanding as to who the bandits were and what they were capable of.

Cobra wasn't listening, he only cared about getting Kinana somewhere safe. He brought her back to their room and Hisoka sent for a doctor to help her.

It turned out that using so much powerful magic, that she hadn't used in seven years, at once put strain on her body and caused her to develop a fever.

So Cobra had been looking after her, hoping she would wake up soon. It had been two days already, and Kinana mumbled incoherently in her sleep.

From time to time he could make out a word or two. And occasionally, she said his name. Erik, not Cobra.

So she's dreaming about me, eh? It makes sense. She just got all of her memories back, so that's what she probably dreaming about, he thought

For some reason, that thought made him feel slightly disappointed.

He touched her forehead. Her skin felt hot. Cobra wanted to help her, but what could he do? He wasn't a healer like the sky dragon slayer Kinana had told him about.

Kinana's eyelids fluttered open. She drowsily looked around the room. Her gaze stopped when it landed on Cobra.

"Hey." she said. Her voice sounded raspy.

He looked at her with guilt. It was his fault she was sick. It was his fault that the bandits attacked them in the first place. He had let his guard down for a moment and didn't listen to the bandits when they planned to steal his magic.

"I don't blame you, you know," She said, as if reading his mind.

Cobra looked up in surprise. He was taken aback for a moment, but then smiled at her. He took her hand which made Kinana's face go red, but that was probably because of the fever.

"Really?" he asked skeptically.

Kinana nodded. "In fact, I'm happy this happened. I remember who I am now. Also, I discovered that I can use Take-Over magic! I'm just like Mira now!"

Cobra looked at her curiously. "Take-Over magic, huh? But that doesn't matter right now. Are you hungry? You haven't eaten anything in two days."

"Yes! I'm starving." Kinana replied.

"I'll go get you some food." Cobra got up and walked off.

"You're the nurse now." Kinana giggled

Cobra turned back and looked at her. "What?"

"Remember when I first found you and you were really hurt? I took care of you and fed you and stuff. And now you're doing the same for me! Nurse Cobra…" Kinana laughed.

Cobra rolled his eyes at the ridiculous name.

Yet, he never lost his smile when he went to get her food.


Thank you to everyone who left me a review! They made me smile, you guys are so nice! I'm going to cry! To be honest with you guys, I considered dropping this story after chapter 3 because I thought I was doing a bad job. But then some of you told me that you liked it and thought it was cute and that I should keep going. And so I will!

BloodyRose2016: I AM LOVING YOUR REVIEW SO FREAKING MUCH!

Amenah: As always, thanks for the advice! I agree with you about the tears thing, I felt kinda weird about it when I wrote it but I didn't know what else to put. And I'm glad you like Cobra's character development! He's a tricky one

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And now for the bad news…the new school year just started for me :( and I won't be able to do daily updates anymore. But weekly for sure!

Thanks again you guys! I love all of you!