Chapter eight! I was so glad to get this done. Like really glad. I'm afraid I rediscovered some old fanfic plans and got distracted and then when I went to write more somehow found myself rewatching Fairy Tail. I still don't know why that happened.
Disclaimer: Shugo Chara! and Fairy Tail don't belong to me. I do not own them. Peach Pit and Hiro Mashima do.
"W-What?" Amu breathed as she stared up at the sky.
The guardian characters poked their heads over their owners' shoulders.
"That's some strange sky ~ nya." Yoru mumbled.
Ikuto sent a harsh look in Yoru's direction. "Quiet, Yoru!" In response the small cat chara went back to staying out of sight.
Meanwhile everyone around them talked amongst themselves and the ordinary people of Magnolia became frightened and took cover in their homes, shops, whatever as long as it was nearby.
The normally clear, blue sky was now a depressing grey and the dark clouds swirled around a black centre. It was like a black hole only nothing was being sucked in.
"Anima!" Charles said loud enough for everyone to hear.
Heads swivelled in her direction then back to this 'anima'.
"N-No way," Lucy gasped, "That's the thing that took this whole town to Edolas?" Her eyes pretty much popped out of their sockets and her mouth hung open in shock.
Stood by her ankle, Happy shook his small, blue head. "Lucy," he began, "you look ugly when you gape like that."
She shut her mouth instantly before sighing at the cat's comment. "You really don't get the situation, do you?"
With the rest of the guild, Levy studied the anima carefully. Large drops of rain were just starting to fall to the ground and made soft tapping noises on the streets and the rooftops. She wiped one that was rolling down the side of her face. "What's an anima doing here in Earthland?"
"Those selfish fools," Natsu growled. Ikuto flinched and hoped he wouldn't burst into flames. "Those Edolas folks must want their magic back." He raised a fist to the sky. "Well they aint getting any!"
From somewhere in the middle of the Fairy Tail crowd, Gray facepalmed. "Idiot," he groaned, tired of Natsu's stupidity, "they've got no magic left to make any animas."
After this comment everyone was silent, nobody sure what to do next.
To Gray's right Juvia side-stepped closer towards him and broke the silence. Her voice was calm. She was at ease in the rain. With the raindrops falling all around her it was sometimes hard to see that she was there at all. "We're not getting absorbed in." she stated. "Why aren't we being absorbed in?"
"I don't think we're gunna be absorbed." Gajeel told her, his large, muscular arms crossed over his chest and his red eyes narrowed at the strange anima directly above Magnolia.
"What makes you say that?" Levy snapped her head round at him, a look of anger was in her eyes, but anyone could see that it was fake.
"The clouds." He said started to explain. "They're moving in the wrong direction."
At this Levy nodded, but didn't say anything more. They both knew he was right. Usually the clouds surrounding and absorbing magical energy into the anima would move in a clockwise direction. Right now they were moving anticlockwise.
For a while everything was quiet except for the rain falling to the ground and the faint rumble of thunder that could be heard coming closer in the distance and which caused Pantherlily to cower behind Gajeel, his paws firmly holding his ears down to block out the noise.
All of a sudden the thunder became deafening. Everyone flinched and covered their ears at the sudden boom which was now directly overhead.
Behind Amu's shoulder the three guardian characters squealed and held onto each other. Ikuto almost yelped when Yoru jumped out of his skin and dug his claws deep into his bearer's back.
"Y-Yoru!" Ikuto hissed, glad the guild members couldn't hear him. It didn't do any good though. Yoru had a painfully good grip and was too terrified to move away. His little tail was straight as a pin, his ears were flattened and the hair/fur on his head and tail was stood on end.
A flash of lightning lit up the area and was accompanied by another boom of thunder. The rain began to fall heavily and deep puddles were starting to form in the street. At this point everyone was tempted to turn back and run to the safety of the guild until someone shouted out to look at the anima.
Hesitantly everyone did so. The clouds moved much faster than before, making whoever looking at it feel dizzy, and there appeared to be a bright light glowing and growing bigger from the dark centre.
Before anyone could do anything there was a brilliant burst of white light. The people stood below the anima shielded their eyes just in time.
Once they had dared to reopen their eyes they were met with yet another strange sight. The anima was gone, the rain had calmed considerably, the grey clouds were a few shades lighter and stood in front of the large group were five familiar faces. Or familiar to the two people there who weren't from Earthland.
Ikuto felt his body become tense as his eyes met the blonde figure to the left. At the sight of all five Amu however felt like dancing with joy.
"You guys!" she beamed. Her charas also perked up and floated from behind the safety of Amu's shoulder.
In the wet street stood Kukai, Yaya, Tadase, Nagihiko and Rima.
"Hinamori," Kukai was the first to speak and rubbed the back of his head with his hand, "what in the world is going on here?"
Nawww X3 I would love to see Yoru all fluffed up! He'd be so cute!
So we have an anima and some more of the guardians! But that won't be all. Oh no. So please review and meanwhile I'll be sure to start working on the next chapter.
