(Kira's POV)
My body felt light. I tried to open my eyes, but my body didn't want to cooperate. I internally sighed. Why couldn't I open my eyes? Why was I being so weak?
"What's happening?" A familiar voice echoed through the darkness. The voice was small and scared.
I tried to open my eyes again, forcing myself to. I felt myself fall. My body suddenly felt extremely heavy. I finally managed to force my eyes open. They fluttered open slowly.
"Kira!" Yoshi's screamed. He ran over to me and hugged me. I held onto the boy tightly, unwilling to let go. "Are you okay?" He asked me, pulling back slightly.
"Yeah." I stated, nodding.
For the first time, I looked around. I was in the Fairy Tail guild infirmary. Gray, Natsu, Mirajane, Erza, Jun, and an unknown blonde stood around me.
"W-what happened?" I asked.
I didn't remember coming back to Fairy Tail. The last thing I remember i was at Akuma's house. We had fought, but she would get over it.
"You... don't remember?" Everyone asked.
I shook my head. I realized that my body hurt. Did I get into a fight with someone?
"Where's Akuma?" I asked, looking at Jun. He looked down to the ground, causing his black hair to fall into his eyes.
"She's dead." Jun answered.
"D-dead?" I stammered.
"Kira," Gray started. He moved towards me and grabbed my hand, but i pulled back immediately. "You don't remember anything?"
I could see the hurt in his eyes. What were my Fairy Tail friends doing here? I left Fairy Tail, months ago. I went on a job. Akuma and Jun helped me finish the job. When Akuma found out that I didn't really have a place to go back to, she took me to her house, to her castle. She was cruel and rude to her workers, but nice to me. She was my friend.
"She tried to kill you, Kira." Yoshi told me. I looked over to the boy again. He was looking down at his hands. "She kidnapped your friends. You came back to save them. You guys were fighting... And... And I accidentally walked in."
"I came back? When did I leave?"
I remember still being at Mataki castle. Are they trying to tell me I left? Why would I leave? I never wanted to come back here. Not after fighting with Gray and Natsu.
"About two and a half years ago..." Yoshi sad sadly.
"Two and a half years ago?" I repeated.
He nodded.
"I came back here?" I questioned, looking to Natsu, Gray, and Erza. Each of them shook their heads.
"You only returned a few days ago." Erza informed me.
"We haven't heard from you since you left." Natsu said, kind of bitterly.
"Who killed Akuma? It wasn't me, was it?" I asked worriedly. I could see me doing it. I have the same anger as Natsu. If she really did kidnap my friends, I would do it. I would kill her without little thought.
Yoshi opened his mouth to speak, but it was Jun's voice I heard. "I did. I killed Akuma."
I looked at Jun, surprised. He was practically her slave, doing whatever she said. Why would he kill her? Just as I was about to ask, he answered.
"I... I heard Yoshi scream at her to stop. I came in and saw her trying to kill you. Something just came over me..." He paused. "I didn't mean to..."
I didn't know what to think. I couldn't see Jun killing Akuma. Not with the way she controlled him.
"Hey guys..." Gray said, slowly. "Can I talk to Kira alone?"
Everyone quickly rushed out of the room, leaving just Gray and myself. He paced back and forth, muttering to himself. I remembered the day I left clearly. Natsu and Gray didn't think I was strong enough to do the job. Neither would come with me. Gray tried to kiss me, but I pushed him away.
Did he hate me?
"You kept your promise." He said finally, with a small smile on his face.
"My promise?" I questioned.
He walked back over to the bed and sat down next to me, but didn't touch me. "When you went back to fight Akuma, you promised me you would return to Fairy Tail. And you did." His eyes were misted with tears.
"Why don't you hate me?" The words escape from my lips before I could stop them. My voice was hard, way more bitter than I intended. "If you left me for three years and didn't contact me at all, I'd hate you. I would want nothing to do with you."
He looked down to the ground for a moment. I could tell he was composing himself, trying to figure out what to say. He turned to look at me again.
"But what if I came to save you? What if you got kidnapped because of me, then I risked everything, even my life, just to make sure you and the others got out safely." His voice was loud and sharp, almost mimicking mine. He was annoyed.
"Gray.. I.."
"What if while you were kidnapped, your captor tells you that she or he heard so much about you because I couldn't stop talking about you. She or he realized how much I loved you even from running."
I bit down on my lip. Tears began to form in my eyes. It was there I realized that Gray was referring to me, to what I did. I talked about him all the time to Akuma. I missed him. I wanted to go back to him, but at the same time, I couldn't face them. Natsu would yell at me for being reckless and leaving. Gray wouldn't know what to say to me and it would all be awkward.
His voice no longer sounded annoyed. He sounded sad, upset.
"Would you still hate me then, Kira? Even after all that."
I did the only thing I could think of, the thing I always did when I annoyed him, I fell into his arms. He held me tightly, something he usually did.
"I love you, Kira." He whispered. "Please don't forget that."
I could hear the pain and sadness in his voice.
"I... I love you too, Gray." I mumbled.
In his arms was my favorite place to be. Anytime I got upset when I was at Akuma's, I imagined being with Gray. He always calmed me down, even if I pushed him away a lot.
I honestly never understood what he saw in me. I was childish. If things didn't go my way, I would run and pout. I never stood to face problems. I whined and complained. He was so careless and laid back, and I was high strung and childish, like Natsu.
"Don't cry, please." Gray said.
I hadn't realized I started crying. He was staring at me. He wiped the tears from my face and slowly leaned in to kiss me. He gave me plenty of time to pull away, but I didn't. The second his lips connected with mine, I kissed him back.
"I've missed you so much." I told him, after we had pulled away from each other.
He smiled. "Trust me, I've missed you more."
I held his hand, rubbing my thumb along it.
"We should probably tell the others they can come back in." I stated.
"In a minute."
At some point, Gray allowed the others to come back in. All attention was on me for a bit, but it quickly turned away from me. Gray was still sitting next to me. His fingers were intertwined with mine. Yoshi was sitting on the other side of me, leaning against me. He was the only one who didn't speak, allowing me to assume that something had upset him. I tightened my grip around him, slightly. He looked up at me and gave me a small smile.
As the others talked, a small thought entered my mind. Yoshi told me that I left them two and a half years ago. Natsu said I didn't come home or contact any of the guild until a few days ago.
So what happened the rest of the time I was gone?
(Yoshi's POV)
I paced back and forth in the hallways. Gray had asked us to leave the room. The girls and the pink haired boy had gone to get something to eat, to inform everyone that Kira had woken up.
"Yoshi, you need to calm down." Jun told me, grabbing my shoulders, forcing me to stop moving.
"Why did you lie to her?" I demanded, upset
"She wouldn't believe that you killed Akuma." Jun said. "She sees you as a child. She remembers you as the weak little 12 year old kid."
Jun's words hurt, even if they were true. Kira doesn't remember leaving, leaving me.
"But I'm not!" I practically screamed.
Jun put more weight on my shoulder. "I know that, Yoshi. But Kira doesn't. She only knows the kid she remembers from two and a half years ago. She doesn't even know you can use magic."
I looked up at the older boy, knowing he was right. Kira didn't know me at all anymore. I wasn't the same kid I was two years ago. I had killed Akuma, a girl who had taken me in and I had worshipped for years.
"After Kira regains her memory, you can tell her if you want." Jun informed me. "But only her."
I began to kick a non-existing rock by my feet. My attention was on the ground. Jun's hands were still on my shoulders.
"Yoshi, people are going to be looking for Akuma's killer." Jun told me.
"You can't take the fall!" I screamed at Jun. "You didn't do anything!"
"Yoshi, I won't let you go to jail, or worst. You are still a kid!"
"So are you! You are only a few years older than me!"
It was clear Jun was beginning to get mad at me, but I didn't care. He shouldn't get punished for what I did. I hadn't meant to kill Akuma. I just saw her trying to kill Kira, and I snapped. I don't even remember exactly what I had done to Akuma to kill her. I just remember standing over Akuma's lifeless body. And Jun walking in.
"Yoshi, what did you do?"
The five simple words were stuck in my head.
"Yoshi... Please." Jun touched my face gently. "I promise, I won't confess until people start looking into her murder, okay."
I nodded. I still didn't want Jun to take the fall for what I did, but I knew Jun wouldn't listen to me. Jun slapped my head, playfully, as if he were my brother. He ruffled his hand through my green hair.
"Just stay with Kira, okay?"
Stay with Kira. What else could I do? Akuma was dead. Jun would be going to jail, or worse. Kira was the only person I have left.
"Okay." I said, nodding.
Jun smiled, slightly.
The others met back up with us, ending the conversation. Everyone began talking, except me. There was nothing I wanted to say.
As soon as Gray told us we could come back inside, I nuzzled myself next to Kira. She put her arm around me. I hid my face into her body, unsure what to do. Everyone was talking again, except the two of us.
I noticed that Gray and Kira was holding hands. I don't know why, but that bothered me. It shouldn't, but it did.
Questions and worries began to whir around my mind.
Would Kira even want me around after Jun was gone? What about her friends? Would killing Akuma be the worst mistake of my life?
What was I going to do?
Author's Note: So Kira lost her memory and Yoshi killed Akuma (with magic). Anyone see that coming?
