DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail.
So I decided to change the rating now(M) just to be on he safe side for the future but I think this chapter is still T. Enjoy :)
Natsu's been staying with me the past few nights and so has Gray and Erza. It's been a mad house with the three of them running all over the place but I've felt better. I no longer worry about seeing my mom's bones in the bathroom. I know she's safe at Fairy Tail and with her there it gives me time to talk to her about little things even if she can hear me or not, it's nice to know she's right there. Honestly if it weren't for those psychos sending me her as a message she would still be buried next to the dead tree and not with me. Sick to do that but I'm looking at the brighter side of things. She's close and I have the necklace.
Todays the Miss Fairy Tail pageant. Mira tried to pressure me into doing it but failed miserably. Even Cana entered, I honestly think I'm the only female wizard in the guild aside from young Wendy that's not entered the competition. I sit with Natsu, who stuffs his face, Gray, Wendy, Happy, Carla and Elfman.
The show begins and Cana Alberona starts first showing off some of her card magic. The cards circle her body hiding her from the legs up only to be reviled in a swim suit. The crowd cheers. The announcer brings up our third contestant giving her a well deserved intro, Mira. The crowd of men cheers, she smiles bright and sweet.
"My specialty is transformation magic. So I'll show you another side of me!" The men cheer again as she covers her face and revels the big bang! Everyone's jaw drops.
"This is my Happy face!" She squeals "Aye!" Happy burst out laughing and Carla glares annoyed at him while I try to suppress my chuckles. Elfman and Wendy stare in shock while Natsu just sucks on a piece of bread board.
"At least someone's enjoying this" Gray says. Next up is the redhead beauty Erza Scarlett. She flips up from behind the curtains landing perfectly. The Guild cheers for her.
She smirks "Let me show you a reequip you don't get to see every day" she says confidently. She takes a deep breath, concentrating by forming a funnel of pink air around her and roars unleashing it. She's reequipped into a gothic-loli. The people seems astonished but I don't really get the big deal.
Next is Levy McGarden. She produces pretty script magic behind her in all different words and colors. Jet and Droy support her, the loudest.
After her is Bisca Mulan the best sniper in Fairy Tail. She throws for coins in the air and equips her sniper waiting for just the right moment to shoot all for in a row with one shot. Now that empresses me. I can't help but picture myself now doing the contest. Maybe if I were skilled enough I would be able to create a vortex of flames that carefully burn off my cloth showing off a swim suit underneath… Nah I'd probably burn them too and end up stark naked. I then for some reason picture Natsu and Gray in womens clothe trying to do the same thing and suppress a laugh.
They look at me weirdly when suddenly the guild doors slam open. The guild quiets immediately and turns to see the suspect. To my surprise its Yukino and two other people. A man with Iron studs for eye brows and a women with blue hair. But not to my surprise Yukino's the one who makes a big entrance. Word has it no one's seen her since or fight, so why is she here now?
She smirks mysicvously "Having a contest without me?" she strides in confidently "Oh well, it's not like I wouldn't win." She chuckles and her eyes land on me with a threateningly "I hope you enjoyed the little present I sent you. Leo Azulia." She rolls my name on her tongue as if it means something. I growl and slowly stand up my temper flaring but then I feel Wendy grab my hand and calm down.
"as a matter of fact" I smile, knowing it'll piss her off "I did. Thank you for returning my mother to me." Why is it I can stand up to her but not even look at Laxus?
Her face contorts in anger so quick I almost miss it but then it relaxes, I sense all eyes on us.
"You know" she grins, her tone sweet but her eyes cold "Your father was so eager to give up your mother's grave once his life was on the line." My fists ball up in anger and betrayal. "Of course now he waits for you to come rescue him!" She beams as if it's all just a Fairy Tale.
"That's enough!" Natsu Shouts angrily slamming his hands on the table.
"Natsu!" I snap, we make eye contact, this is my fight. He settles down but he still heats up.
I turn back to her "What makes you think I'd risk my neck for him." My tone is bitter and harsher then intended, she's getting to me.
"Because you're not as cold as you'd like to think." Yukino says to me in a knowing voice. She's right though, no matter what I'd still go after him and only because of the way we once were. I'm trapped in the past by the false hope that someday my loving father will return. How pathetic right? To be hurt so many times and still come running back. I felt relived the day he left because it wasn't me leaving him, it was him abandoning me. I was free from guilt and responsibility but one question haunted me, what if he came back? I almost want to laugh at the irony of it all. I visibly relax, I guess I have no choice. For what reason do they want me? I don't know but even then I can't let my father die.
I take a step forward but Natsu clutches my wrist, he stands tall and strong, his eyes shadowed. "Do you really think we'd let a member of our family walk way just like that." His voice is low and threatening.
"You should know that there is a giant canon pointed by a mercenary guild right at the building, ready to destroy Fairy Tail in one shot." She smirks.
"So." He growls unfazed, "You threaten our home and made Leo cry. So if you think we won't go down without a fight, you're wrong." He lowers "Leo I promise I'll help you get your father back but we do it together." My heart swells at his words in sadness.
"I don't want anyone to get hurt for me." I whisper so that only he can hear.
"It's not just for you." He says "It's for the honor of our guild as well." But this whole mess wouldn't of started if it weren't for me.
"That's cute." Yukino says losing her pacients. "Gajeel, Juvia. Get the girl." She orders. The man, Gajeel smirks raising his arm an Iron rod erupts from his fist barely missing Natsu and I as we jump out of the way. When I look up I realize that we weren't his target. He created a hole in the side of the guild making an entry for these ghostly things to come through. The guild emerges in war in mere seconds.
"Why you!" Natsu shouts flames bare attacking Gajeel.
I get to my feet as a water whip wraps around my ankle feel the slight tug when Gray freezes it smashing the ice to pieces.
"I'll hold her off!" He says "Get Yukino!"
"Right!" I nod and leap up over tables after her as Natsu's hit back from an Iron rod. I have no time to worry about him and I'm sure he'll be ok. She smirks as I near drawing her large fan, in one sweep, she sends a quarter of the guild including me through the roof crashing down on the muddy dirt outside due to rain. I push up into standing position Yukino already out. Was I really in the air for that long?
I hold out my hands "Azulons Bombard!" I shout shooting canon sized fire balls. My flames move fast but She dodges them quickly. She's gotten faster. So that's how it's going to be, a fight with speed. Her weakness is close range if I can get to her I can defeat her, she can't take a hit but as long as I'm held up back here she'll be able to move.
The fight that was also held inside the guild has come spilling out.
"Don't let the ghost touch you!" Erza yells out, to our fighters. "They'll drain your life force!" Everyone's working hard, Cana, Elfman, Wakaba and more but I don't see Makarov.
Yukino and I fight fast and hard but I'm not making any hits on her. Even if she did naturally become faster I still should've gotten to her. It just doesn't feel right. She hasn't even tried giving me her cocky retorts when she knees me in the gut or when she cuts me with her winds, She just smirks and avoids my next move.
Yukino knocks me over but I get to my feet and rush her with a burst of flames but she jumps up and uses her fan in mid-air to slice wind at me. I leap to the left before it can touch me. She lands carefully on the ground smirking. I breathe hard, Damn it! I don't know what to do! Then it clicks. I redo the same move but with a twist, as soon as I'm below her I somen more magic power to boost me up from the ground, igniting my body in flames. I strike her dead straight in the stomach. An electrifyingly explosive pain erupts from within the center of my belly and I shriek. It's as if a billion cramps were invading me while my body was electrocuted. I fall to the ground, crumpling in pain. My body convulses while I clutch my abdominal. The urge to throw up is to great and I fail to hold in my lunch.
I watch as feet approach me and my eyes travel up the body. Its Yukino and she's perfectly fine. A million things buzz through my head, pain, confusion, questions, I want answers.
She kneels by me and grins "Pretty neat trick huh? My father had someone do it for me." She states in that snobby rich girl voice. "You have a cloned trapped double take your place. Very smart, and agile one and They battle your opponent for you" She praises "and any hit you make on them is reflected towards you in the same amount of pain but sadly if just one hit is laid on the clone they disappear." She finishes with a frown before laughing. While she talked I had to fight the feeling of passing out. What kind of magic was that?
"Pick her up." Yukino orders at first I'm confused but then I feel myself lift up and over a man's shoulder.
"and Natsu?" She asks.
"Taken care of." He responds. Fear strikes me, I tilt my head to view the battle field but I don't spot him, what I see is our guild members losing. Macao is on the floor along with Redus, Wendy, Carla and more. Bisca and her partner struggle to fend off a hoard of ghosts.
"Now that we've got her, The Canon's about to fire." She states and they begin to leave. Panic sets in.
I only notice that Gajeel and Yukino are here "What about the blue haired girl?" I croak hoping that they'll look for her buying us some time.
"She's just some grunt." Yukino says and Gajeel doesn't say anything. I can't believe it, they don't care if she dies or not. I push myself to start moving, I need to save them! I watch as the canon glows powering up. I grip on to Gajeels back at an attempt to lift myself but it's unsuccessful causing more pain. I glance up again through the thick curtains of my hair to see a women with red hair take a stance in front of the canon with a thick black set of armor an shield. Her Adamantine Armor. The canon is held together by the mercenary's, guild hall.
I have no idea if her armor will hold but seeing her stand there with confidence gives me hope. A loud boom roars and the canon is fired right into Erza's shield. Erza manages to hold it off but is thrown back from the sheer force of the blast, her armor torn to pieces and shield completely gone. She skids unconscious, looking badly injured but she saved the guild, they can't fire anymore right? Wrong. The canon charges once again quicker this time. I struggle the pain complicating things but the uncontrollable rage I feel towards the thought of watching my friends die right in front of my very eyes fuels something within me.
"Put me down!" I roar my sights set on getting to the center of the canon. My nails dig into Gajeels back, I feel as if my magic power is leaking in some way and burns into the flesh of the man holding me. He grunts and falls to his knees trying to gain control of me but I kick free rolling to my feet I boost to my destination with the last bit of magic power I feel. I trip trying to stop but mange somehow land at the blasted earth of the last canon. My body aches, my lungs burn. I shakily stomp to my feet gathering myself in the process and hold out my hands spreading my muscles in a way that feels like I'm gonna be ripped open.
"I'll GO!" I scream, so loud it hurts "STOP! PLEASE!" I beg. The only shred of hope I have is that they won't kill them if I'm here but even if it's too late to stop the canon I'm prepared to die with my guild.
The sound of the canon powering down washes relief through my veins. But some sort of seal that forms a perfect curve appears around the guild trapping the people inside, while I'm out. I don't know how it got there but I'm assuming its to keep people from stopping us. I fall to my knees my body ready to fully give out.
I make out the sounds of Yukino and the man Gajeel nearing. But glance behind me when I hear a frustrated cry of pain. Natsu, he's ok. I smile relived. He's beaten and bruised badly but fine.
"Leo!" He shouts as he tries to shoulder the barrier and electric current sends him back. He then tries to punch the yellow barrier and fails. He angrily shouts more things about not leaving and threats but it goes in one ear and out the other. I'm just glad he's alright.
"Look at you actin all heroic" Gajeel chuckles and then I feel a hard boot to my stomach and belch as the kick sends me too the mud. But its finally stopped raining. I cough trying to catch my breath but I can't.
"Don't fucking touch her!" Natsu growls threateningly a vein popping out of his head
"Just pick her up and let's go!" Yukino snaps. Gajeel growls but does as he's told, jerking me up and hanging one arm around my waist and putting mine over his neck. I wince as his hand digs into my side. A man with green hair and appears in front of us. Yukino puts a hand on Gajeel as the man does her. I have no fight in me and right now in my condition I don't care where they take me or what their plans are, my guild is safe for now and that's all that matters.
In just a few seconds we're teleported into a guild hall.
"We need to hurry and leave." Yukino says holding her head high as she walks away "If Laxus or freed come back soon then they may be able to break the seal." I look around the stone building and glance outside a window, the building moves walking across the ocean, how is that possible? Heels click on the ground and Gajeel turns us to face a short looking business man.
He ignores me and speaks to Yukino as if I'm not even worth the attention "So is that is the girl who attacked you without reason?" He barely glances my way. Without reason? She attacked me first. So is this all some sort of revenge ploy? "Mercenary. Take her to her father but bind her hands and legs." He orders Gajeel "We must secure her for the client." Client?
"yeah, yeah." He grumbles and begins walking away. What's going on? Who am I being secured for? Why am I so important? I can feel my frustrations growing. Confusion runs high. I want to know. Is my dad the client? No he can't be Yukino said he wanted me to rescue him or something and even if he was where did he get the money to pay for them or all of this?
Soon Gajeel takes me to a dark place where the jails are held. He's already tied up my hands and feet with some sort of rope that suppresses my magic. He has me on his shoulder my arms behind my back. I absolutely hate it, I feel like he could drop me at any moment and I wouldn't be able to defend myself from the fall.
I dread the thought of seeing my father too. He told them where to find mom, he hates me but I still I'll have to face him and his harsh words. I hear as bars creak open and Gajeel sets me down. We make eye contact as he locks the doors and he smirks "have fun." He says and leaves. The cell is suddenly very quiet but I know I'm not the only one in here. I hesitate to turn around. Can I face him? maybe if things had been different I could've but now I'm weak mentally and physically.
Something I should probably mention is that I already have the chapters written out. I do this because It lets me take my time with writing so that I don't feel pressured to come up with anything in a short amount of time (or for you guys to have to wait to long). The only thing I really have to do is edit what mistakes I notice and post. But I'm still busy between work and stuff so I post and write when I can :)