Hello and welcome to Mission part 1 of Circus de Fairy Tail! Obviously this is a two-part mini-plot that I will have major fun in writing *sadistic smirk*! I will try to make it longer than usual 'cause I have so many ideas.
Well, this chapter and the next one is dedicated to my best friend CJ. Without him, I would have never written this story :)! He's my bestest friend in the entire world and he always makes me smile when I'm sad. Which is a lot...
Harhar, I'm sure you don't wanna hear about my suicidal urges. I'm getting that all straightened out with my super nice shrink! Or 'children's counselor' as they call her. Haha.
Now, onto Lucy, Natsu, and Happy's S-class and forbidden mission!
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The cold nipped at Lucy's shoulders. Her eyes went wide as the figure got closer and closer. It was limping, moaning, dragging itself towards her without any purpose other than to destroy her. She gulps in air and backs up against the wall, eyes searching for a weapon. Her hands go to her belt for her keys, but then she remembered those and her amulets had been taken, stashed somewhere she would never find. The figure is getting closer, the moaning and groaning loud in her ears. She couldn't find a weapon, she couldn't find anything. It was far to dark to know where exactly her pursuer was, more or less find a weapon in this pitch black cave. She gulps in buckets of air, trying to keep herself from going tunnel-vision. She had to focus. She had to be strong, even though she was so scared. She was scared of the man who sent this doom upon her, and she was scared of the doom itself. She wanted to disappear. She wanted to have more time.
Time's up, Lucy.
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Lucy stares at the groaning and green Natsu who had completely fallen apart when the train began to move. She raises an eyebrow and says, "You are so pathetic. If the enemy could just get you on something that moves, you would reduce to this. God, what a lame excuse for a DragonSlayer."
"H-hey..." Natsu mutters, before feeling like he was about to barf again, turning an even sicker green.
Lucy rolls her eyes, "Pathetic!" She says before glaring out the window into the dark night. She was in a horrible mood. Being forced to wake up by a fire-breathing boy and his pet cat does that to you.
Speaking of pet cats, Happy was curled up peacefully in her lap, snoozing away. Lucy found him to be quite cute, from his furry ears to his long sleek tail. She just wanted to dunk him in her coffee!(If you have ever watched Madagascar, you will understand that sentence.)
Lucy looks at the folded up Mission Request page and sighs. She was going to be in so much trouble when the three got home. But she would make sure to say that Natsu forced her into it. Yeah, Erza would believe that!
With an absent mind she strokes Happy's furry head as she opens up the paper with her other hand and rereads it carefully. A Shitai chotatsu-sha, eh? Very rare and very illegal magic. No wonder they want the best of the best on this mission...exactly why it shouldn't be me and Natsu! Ugh, think of something else other than the punishment you will face when you guys return home! She thought to herself. But she couldn't stop a little voice in her head that whispered to her, what if you don't come back? What happens then?
Lucy growls and snaps, "I will come back! I am Lucy Heartphilia and I will survive this easy!"
"That's the spirit, Luce...!" Natsu says from the floor, groaning again.
Lucy feels her cheeks flare up in embarrassment when she realized she said that out loud but was please none the less when the little negative voice stopped talking.
A few hours later, the train stops at Moonlit Taverns Town Station. Lucy sighs in relief, happy to be able to stretch her legs. She shoots up from her seat, throwing Happy to the floor. He lands on top of Natsu and whines, "Lucy~ you're so mean..."
Lucy frowns, "Sorry, Happy! I'll carry you the rest of the way if you want!"
Happy smiles and flies up to her, resting on her shoulder, "Thanks, Lucy! I'm real tired!"
"Me too, sweetheart, me too."
Natsu groans and heaves himself off the floor, groaning again. Suddenly, the air to him changes from gloom to excitement, "Yes, the train stopped!" He pushes past Lucy-almost pushing her to the floor in the process- and runs out of the cabin, down the hallway, and out of the train. Lucy rolls her eyes as she and Happy fallow suit, shoving past people to catch up with their friend.
When they step off the train, Natsu runs up to the girl and cat duo. "Come on, slowpokes! I wanna eat!" He says, sniffing the air for food. His eyes snap to a heavily decorated stand where they were selling seafood, the main delicacy of Moonlit Taverns Town. He ponders for a moment, before running over to the stand. He takes one look at the prices and his hopes diminishes.
Lucy walks over to him, petting Happy who was resting on her shoulder, "What is it, Natsu?"
Natsu looks at the ground in dismay and points at the price board. Lucy looks at it and screeches, "Fourteen hundred jewels for a squid pastry?!" Natsu nods. Lucy growls and says, "We can find cheaper food elsewhere. This is just a tourist trap. Tourist are hungry when they get off long train rides so stupid little food merchants use that to their advantage. Gah, I hate businesses!"
That's precisely why you enjoyed stealing from them so much, Lucy~ A voice sings in her head, and she smirks in agreement.
She grabs Natsu by the vest and drags him along with her. He fallows without a word.
"We just need to get to the mayor's house and get the details on our mission."
Natsu sighs and whines, "But Lucy...!"
"No! We can eat after we learn about our mission. Look, I know you're starving and so am I-" She is cut off my her own stomach growling. "-See? After we learn, we will eat, and after we eat, we'll track this corpse raiser down! How does that sound?"
Natsu perks up, "Okay! As long as the mayor doesn't take all morning to tell us about the guy."
Lucy nods in agreement and the three walk down the street, Happy still snoozing on Lucy's shoulder.
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"I only posted my plea three days ago. You Fairy Tail mages sure do work quickly!" Mayor Mason exclaims, smiling through his full length beard. Lucy nods and smiles,
"We tend to get stuff done!"
Natsu nods in agreement and says, "So, who is this 'corpse raiser' exactly?"
Mayor Mason sighs and says, "Oh, he used to be such a kind fellow. He never used his magic because he knew it hurt people. He was so innocent and fun to be around. It makes me sad that he fell into darkness."
"What do you mean, 'fell into darkness'?" Lucy inquires, leaning forward in anticipation as if she were a young school girl listening to a horror story.
Mayor Mason sighs again and states, "He just...became evil one day. In a snap, he was doing bad things, using his magic. One day he was smiling and helping out around town, and then the next...raising the dead and attacking banks, stealing jewels and causing mayhem. Yet, even through all of that, he wore such a kind smile, like he was helping at an orphanage instead of hurting people. Its the creepiest thing..." He sighs again.
"Mayor Mason...did you have a close relationship with the corpse raiser?" Lucy asks cautiously.
The mayor looks up at her and nods, "H-he was my son."
"Was?"
Suddenly, Mayor Mason's air of sadness turned to one of anger, "A killer and thief is no son of mine! I gave him everything, yet he preferred to work in the fields. I accepted that proudly and called him my son. But now...now that he is so terrible...would you want your child to be so?"
Lucy is taken back, "W-well I don't plan on ever having children but if I did...I would be the exact same way." She finishes, knowing that Natsu was staring at her in surprise.
Mayor Mason nods, "I know many don't agree with me. They say I should love my son no matter what...and I still do love him but...I can't stand the sight of him. I hate him. And I'm sure he feels the same way."
Lucy nods sadly, hating this story because it made her want to curl up in a ball and cry. It reminded her of her father when he found out she was secretly stealing for Thieve's Guild...he had disowned her and soon after that he was murdered by an assassin. Lucy was so sad yet so happy that day. She didn't understand her feelings then, and she still didn't. Another thing for another time.
Natsu suddenly spoke up, "If I had a son, I would set him straight. I would take his punishment into my own hands and I would deal it mercilessly. Don't worry, your son will pay for his actions." He is radiating anger and Lucy moved away, scooting down the love seat as far as it would let her. She didn't want to be near him if he went up in flames.
Mayor Mason nods gratefully, "Oh thank you! He was last seen in a cave on top of Dead Man's Peak, just south of here."
Lucy nods and stands up, picking the snoozing Happy-who was resting on her lap- and placing him on her shoulder. He grumbles in his sleep but other than that, nothing. She gestures for Natsu to stand up too. He does so, fallowing after her as the three of them begin to leave. When the reach the door of Mayor Mason's study, said political official calls out, "Oh, and Lucy-san!"
Lucy turns back, "Yes, sir?"
Mayor Mason blushes and says meekly, "M-my son has always had a thing for large breasted women so...uh...watch out..."
Lucy's left eye twitches but she says, "Okay, thank you for the warning, Mayor Mason!"
Mayor Mason nods and looks back to his work as the three leave.
Those fools...they won't last long against him...
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"Close your mouth while you eat!" Lucy snaps at Natsu, who was currently shoving cheaply made food in his mouth. They had an entire buffet for the low price of nine hundered jewels. Wow, this buffet cost less than that pastry! And look! Natsu has already eaten three of the same exact pastry! Lucy screeched in her head, and she bites down on an octopus sushi. It tasted so good...(they really do taste like heaven! I recommend you try one! But make sure to get it somewhere decent. I don't want any of you to get food poisoning...)
"Awh, buf Lushi!" Natsu says through a tuna roll. Lucy rolled her eyes and looked at Happy who was munching happily on a well-cooked fish.
"Everything might be not be as good-looking as the expensive version but it sure as Hell tastes the same!" Lucy exclaims as she devours another octopus. Natsu nods in agreement with her and sucks in some hot herbal tea. He bites into a flaming chicken breast and sighs in harmony. Lucy smiles and munches on some seasoned fish bread- a high delicacy in Moonlit Taverns Town. She sighs as well at the captivating sweet taste and takes a sip of her own tea.
When they are done eating, and after they pay, the three walk out of the restaurant. Lucy smiles, "Okay, time to get to work! To Dead Man's Peak we go!"
Natsu nodded and smirked, "Yeah!"
They high-fived and started to run to their destination, neither one of them caring who saw.
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Lucy pants and climbs higher, calves burning. Why did she run all the way here? Oh, right, she was excited.
Stupid girl, you let yourself get sucked into his game. A voice hisses in her head. 'Him' being Natsu, who was already on the top ledge, looking down at her impatiently.
"Hurry up, Luce! We don't have all day!" He calls down to her.
Lucy growls and shoots a death glare that could rival Erza's. Natsu cowers and says nothing.
When Lucy finally reaches the top, she collapses for a second, breathing heavily on the floor. Natsu peers down at her and nudges her with his sandal-clad foot, "Yo. Come on Lucy, we don't have time to rest. We gotta get this guy!"
Lucy nods, seeing reason in Natsu's words. She heaves herself up and snatches a water bottle from Happy, who had just flown up. She takes a large swig.
"Hey, give me some!" Natsu whines.
Lucy looks at him, "B-but I just drank out of it..."
Natsu quirks an eyebrow, "So?"
Lucy nods ion agreement, "Good point," She hands Natsu her water and he gulps it down easily.
He really doesn't care about germs does he? She thought to herself, before snatching back the water bottle and hands it to Happy. "You thirsty, Happy?" Happy nodded and takes a swig.
Wow, now I'm sharing with the cat who just ate fish...oh well, he killed it off anyway.
Happy puts the water bottle on the ground and says, "I'll pick it back up later." Lucy and Natsu nod and they enter the cave that loomed before them quite menacingly. Natsu just brushes off the ominous air, but this dosen't go with Happy and Lucy.
"Natsu...maybe we shouldn't just charge in. We should devise a plan. We are dealing with a Shitai chotatsu-sha! WHo knows how many people have died in this town?!"
Natsu considers this for a moment before shrugging, "I can fight some stupid undead army."
Lucy growls, "They wont fall like live people, Natsu! They'll keep coming!"
"So? If we take out the actual corpse raiser first then we won't have to deal with the army."
Lucy bites her lip, knowing that he was right. God, he was smarter than he looked, and it irritated Lucy.
"Fine...let's go." Lucy mutters. Natsu smiles brilliantly at her, causing her to blush faintly. Happy notices this and rolls his tongue,
"You liiiiiike him!"
Thwack!
Happy hangs over Natsu's shoulder, knocked out. Lucy growls menacingly, "Stupid cat!"
Natsu is confused, and he scratches his head, "But...don't you like me Luce?"
Lucy stares at him for a few seconds, before laughing. She laughs for a minute or two, before she calms down to just giggles. "Y-yes, Natsu, I like you. You're a good friend." She laughs again, before continuing on into the dark cavern. "Hey, Natsu, light up the place!"
There is no reply. The cake was getting darker and darker.
"Natsu, can you light up the place please?"
No answer.
"N-Natsu, this isn't funny. I'm fucking serious Natsu!"
Suddenly, there is a bright light. Lucy sighs in relief and says, "Thanks Natsu, and seriously, why scare me like that-" She is cut off by the sight she faces when she turns. She was staring into the rotting and mushy eyes of a decomposing body holding a torch. What skin it had left was hanging off the bone, and was colored a moldy yellow. The hand that held the torch was missing some fingers, and there was no skin, just brownish bone with slime and mud dripping off of it. The chest of the gorish creature was ripped open, showing squishy molding intestines and a decaying heart that wasn't beating. It moans and moves forward, towards her. It's jaw hung open uselessly, showing cracked teeth and black gums. Lucy holds in the urge to vomit, and settles with screaming instead. The sound must have disturbed the hideous beast, because it groans again almost angrily and moves towards her, as if to grab her. She turns and runs, screaming bloody murder the entire time.
Shut up, woman! You might be able to get away if you quiet down! Better yet, use your keys! Call out Loke! Lucy reaches for her keys, but grabs at nothing. She stops. What?! She prods the area where she always put her keys, "What the Hell?!"
"Looking for these, my dear?" A deep voice calls out to her. Lucy turns to be facing a tall man in his mid twenties. He had unruly black hair and cold brown eyes. He smirked at her and held up her ring of Celestial Keys.
No! She thought and she growls, "Give those back!"
"Lucy was your name, right? Mine's Cj, its a pleasure to meet you." His eyes drifted down to her large breasts.
Oh, brother. She thought and she snaps, "Eyes up, pal! And I don't care what your name is, you're going to pay!" She reaches for her amulets...
To grab at air. "What?!" Lucy snarls and she looks down. Her amulets were gone! "H-how?!" She glares at him. He was holding her amulets now around his neck.
"What a sweet present, my darling. What a great gift to give your future husband."
The color drains from Lucy's face, "W-what?"
Cj smiles darkly at her, "You are so cute when you're scared and confused. You'll make a great wife."
"Fuck you!" Lucy snaps, getting into a defensive position. She would fight her way out one way or another!
Cj sighs almost lazily, "I hate it when we fight. Corpses, if you will..." He points a finger at her and suddenly, moaning and groaning abominations are running at her, grabbing for her.
Lucy screams and runs in the opposite direction.
Cj sighs again, and his eyes roll to the side lazily, "They always run..."
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That damn mage! Natsu thought as he raced towards the sounds of Lucy's screaming. Somehow he had managed to separate the two, without Natsu even knowing! How did he do that?! Natsu growls when he hears Lucy scream again. "Damn Shitai chotatsu-sha! You'll pay for messing with Lucy!"
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The cold nipped at Lucy's shoulders. Her eyes went wide as the figure got closer and closer. It was limping, moaning, dragging itself towards her without any purpose other than to destroy her. She gulps in air and backs up against the wall, eyes searching for a weapon. Her hands go to her belt for her keys, but then she remembered those and her amulets had been taken, stashed somewhere she would never find. The figure is getting closer, the moaning and groaning loud in her ears. She couldn't find a weapon, she couldn't find anything. It was far to dark to know where exactly her pursuer was, more or less find a weapon in this pitch black cave. She gulps in buckets of air, trying to keep herself from going tunnel-vision. She had to focus. She had to be strong, even though she was so scared. She was scared of the man who sent this doom upon her, and she was scared of the doom itself. She wanted to disappear. She wanted to have more time.
Time's up, Lucy.
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That's it for this chapter! Okay, so when thinking of Cj rolling his eyes to the side lazily, think of either Soul Eater from Soul Eater or Crona from Soul Eater.
Hahaha please review because this was a long chapter! Haha
PARADISE.x
