Thanks for all the super sweet reviews people. Shall we begin looking into the rest of the Shady Five and how they are adjusting to life at Fairy Tail?
Hiro Mashima never gave these guys the chance they deserved in my opinion. Which is why I'm writing this story.
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Macbeth was losing a card game against Wendy, Romeo, and Kinana when his best friend and brother came stomping into the guild looking for the little healer. He was losing because he was half asleep, at least that was his excuse. Erik was pissed off enough that it had him wide awake almost instantly. There were few things that could get him that upset, six of them were sitting in the guild perfectly safe. Something was wrong with his new sister.
"They are all bloody idiots. If she didn't make me promise not to I would poison all three of them. Daphne's sick. They dropped a mountain of snow on her and now she is sick. Fever, congestion, fucking delerium. Can you come check on her, Lil Breezy?"
"I'm not sure if I can get her well in time to see the cherry blossoms, but I'll do my best!"
"Can... Can I come visit her?" He hadn't gotten to see her last night when she got back from her mission.
"She would like that. She was asking about you last night." He couldn't hide the small smile that brought to his face. "She's talking a little off her rocker right now with the fever though."
"Why didn't you come get me last night, Erik?"
"Because she was fine last night. A little cold, but once I, er, got her warmed up a bit she seemed totally fine." Macbeth didn't even want to think about what his siblings had been doing to make Erik of all people hesitate. He was grateful for the presence of the children that caused the man to sensor his speach.
"I'm afraid we are going to have to bail on our game."
"That's ok, Wendy. Romeo and I can still play with just the two of us. Tell Lucy we hope she feels better soon."
"Yeah. I hope you can help her feel better in time for the flower viewing later." The little boy started picking up the cards and Wendy slid off Macbeth's carpet. He blamed Lucy for the little slayer's habit of cuddling up to him, not that he minded in the least. She had been the first one to curl up with him the day they came to Fairy Tail. She had declared him a top ranked cuddle buddy, though Macbeth wasn't sure what exactly that ment. A great deal of the few days she had been at the guild before going on yesterday's misdion had been spent tucked onto his carpet with him.
He left his carpet behind in Sorano's care when they left the guildhall. It drew to much attention and they were trying not to make it obvious who they were. Macbeth still hadn't explored Magnolia, since his family was trying to be invisable, so he tried to stay awake and alert while they were walking. It was a cute town and the people seemed... Happy. With the way they had grown up ha had never really seen happy people before, not up close. Fairy Tail didn't count. As much as he liked his new guildmates they were insane on a special level.
A quick glance around Lucy's apartment revealed pink, pink, and more pink. Erik glared at him when he heard him internally snickering at the idea of the man once known as Cobra and feared by darkness itself was living in such a place. Not that it was a bad thing, but it was a bit funny. What wasn't funny was the cough that came from under the mountain of pink blankets.
"Lucy. Erik says you are sick. Can I take a look? Maybe I can help you feel better."
"Wendy? Did I take you out of my suitcase? I won't remember." Lucy's voice was weak.
"Umm... I was never in your suitcase, Lucy. You have a really high fever."
"Good, because you can't eat ramen in a suitcase." Erik chuckled and headed toward the kitchen.
"Wow. You weren't joking when you said she was out of it."
"Beleive it or not there is some logic behind the crazy she is talking. She wanted to stuff Wendy in her suitcase and smuggle her home when she first met her, because she was adorable. And she is hungry. She doesn't really want ramen, just the hot broth, but I'll make her eat the noodles anyway for energy."
"I didn't know you could cook."
"It's fucking ramen, man. It isn't that complicated. Actually... I enjoy cooking now that I have the chance to learn. Having a kitchen where I don't have to worry about accidently poisoning someone helps."
"I'll take that as a warning not to eat your food."
"Not unless a slayer checks it first."
"Noooo!" Macbeth jerked when Lucy wailed, but Erik just sighed. "I wanna go!"
"Lucy, you can't. You need rest or you will just get sick again."
"But the flooooweeeers!"
"I'm sorry, Lucy!"
"Lil Breezy told her she can't go to the flower party. She was really looking forward to it and it only happens once a year apparently. You can go talk to her now. She'll fall asleep as soon as she eats this." Macbeth wandered over and took Wendy's place sitting on the edge of Lucy's bed.
"Hey, Polaris." Her face was flushed with the fever and her blond hair clung to her sweaty skin.
"Sleepy Cuddles!" Her smile wasn't as wide as it should have been and her eyes were the wrong kind of bright. "The sun is up and I can see your eyes." She started giggling. "That's so funny!"
"Freed taught me some runes to help me sleep at night. It doesn't work in the hours close to midnight, but it helps enough that I can function at least part of the day. It's a lot stronger when he writes it, but he refuses to come into Fairy Hills even though the girls said it was ok. Sometimes he waits until I leave the guildhall and writes them for me with a delay rune. I can sleep most of the night that way, but I feel bad because he has to power the runes while he sleeps."
"Rule Man is a sweet dude. Lord Justine is a huge asshole." Macbeth frowned at what sounded like two contradictory statements.
"What do you mean?"
"I know so I know. Rule Man has a diarhea puddle for a dad. Worse than mine. My dad is just a shit. Shits and dicks for dads that's all we got, the lot of us. Macao is the best dad we have and he's a lazy drunken pervert." Oh. Wow. Delerious Lucy only made a little sense, but he was pretty sure she just said she knew Freed's dad and he was even worse than hers. Considering her dad basically tried to sell her as a sex slave that was saying something.
"Wait. Freed's dad is a Lord?"
"Yep. Fully stick assed and everything. His mom is sweet like a buttermint. I like her. She's like chicken soup. That sounds yummy. Er-"
"I heard you kitten. Tell Macbeth goodbye and you can have some food."
"Bye bye, Bethy." Macbeth chuckled.
"Bye sis. Be good for Erik, ok?"
"Maybe. Maybe I can escape later so I can go see the flowers."
"There will be no escaping and you aren't going anywhere, Daphne."
"Can I leave if I suck your dick and say 'please daddy'?"
"No. Not even then." Macbeth turned and practically ran out of the room desperately wishing he hadn't heard his sister say that to his brother.
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Macbeth was a passive aggressive person. He knew this only because when Freed caught him reflecting Erza's cake away from her mouth he told him so. Once Macbeth explained why exactly he was upset with the Erza, Gray, and Natsu he joined his passive aggressive activities by writing levitation runes on all of Gray's clothes the moment they came off of his body. They changed tactics several times to avoid suspicion and even got Levy drop small Solid Script Ice into people's clothing which Gray was obviously blamed for.
Natsu actually earned Macbeth's forgiveness for his portion of their idiocy almost instantly. The slayer had asked where Lucy was the minute he walked into the guild. Wendy informing him that she was home sick and would be for the rest of the day had caused his face to fall.
"But... She will miss the festival."
"I know. I was so excited to see the rainbow blossoms for the first time with her."
"The snow made her sick, didn't it?" When Wendy nodded Natsu's whole body slumped. "We should have been more careful. If I had kept her warm better on the way home she wouldn't have gotten sick." Just like that the fire slayer escaped Macbeth's passively aggressive vengeance. He stayed at the table moping even when the others left to enjoy the day.
Wendy vanished with Kinana to do whatever normal twelve and thirteen year old girls did at festivals. It had taken the two girls all of a day to become best friends. When Erza had found a new house for her little household Kinana had moved in with them. Macbeth found that little group hilarious. There had actually been people who saw the four of them together and actually thought they were a family even though the older two were bairly old enough to have offspring at all let alone kids as old as the girls were. He guessed the super serious way they carried themselves made them seem older.
Levy was dragged off by her little fan club, Gajeel trailing along as her ever present shadow. The Thunder Legion stole Freed away though to Macbeth he seemed reluctant to go. It could have just been his imagination, since he didn't want him to go.
"Luce really wanted to see the flowers today." Macbeth blinked his eyes open and frowned at the whining fire slayer.
"Well she can't come to the festival and trees aren't the kind of flowers you can take people." Natsu slowly raised his head and stared at him with an incredibly serious expression.
"Why not?"
"Because it's a tree. They only walk in books. It's called roots."
"But... What if the roots... Weren't stuck in the ground?"
"It's a tree. They are pretty stuck. There are metaphores and sayings and proverbs about how stuck in the ground tree roots are."
"Yeah... But we are Fairy Tail wizards. We can do anything if we try!" Natsu had a huge grin on his face now. "Come on!" He was forcefully dragged from his seat. "We need to find Richard and get to the park!"
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The three wizards stood in front of the biggest rainbow cherry tree surrounded by people.
"Natsu, how the hell are we supposed to get this tree out of the ground and moved all the way to the boat without someone stopping us?"
"You do illusions, right? So Richard will loosen it and we will carry it to the boat while you make everybody think nothing is happening."
"May the power of love strenthen us! Oh Yeah!"
"Ok. If it's for Polaris. There are a lot of people, but it's a simple illusion that is already established. I can do this."
"For Luce!"
"For Lucy! Oh Yeah!"
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"Erik..."
"I see it too. It's not the fever making you see things."
"So there really is a rainbow cherry tree going past our window?"
"Yep."
"It's so pretty."
"..."
"Isn't it pretty?"
"Ok. The flowers are pretty."
"How do you think it got here?"
"No clue. But I have a feeling we will find out at the guild tomorrow."
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To be continued.
