A/N: Welcome to Chapter 10 of Kuroi Kokoro!

My apologies for the delayed chapter, but it will be difficult for me to upload as often as I had previously with the start of school.

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Chapter 10 - Disappointed

"We leave for Fairy Tail in an hour!" one of Master Porla's lackeys announced. Master Prola grinned as he stomped through the large hallways of Phantom Lord's secret base. That damned Lucy girl escaped! We're going to destroy Fairy Tail!

Gajeel was leaning up against the wall of the corridor that came off of the control room, his foot rested on the wall as his arms were crossed. His gaze was to the floor, he had a lot weighing on his mind. Nina, you idiot! His teeth gritted as his mind raced around his memories of Nina. His mind stopped on one moment.

"It's okay, they were killed by wizards when I was ten."

It's not okay, dammit! Gajeel thought, I told you we were going to get revenge! Gajeel could feel his heart sink as his mind made him rewatch Lucy carrying Nina back into the guild. He could feel his stomach sink, he wasn't mad, he was disappointed. Why did you betray me?

"Gajeel." A familiar voice echoed throughout Gajeel's head, snapping him back into reality. He looked up to see Master Porla standing before him, his eyes were furious, but his sinister grin hid it well, "once we get the girl, we will fire Jupiter and destroy the fairies." Master Porla's grin widened, "get your situation figured out in case we need to fight."

"We won't need to fight." Gajeel muttered. He glared back to the spot on the floor that had caught his attention before. It was made of iron, his mind thought of punching the floor and starting to eat it, but Gajeel knew he shouldn't do that again.

"I like the way you talk, but always be prepared." Master Porla walked away, farther into the corridor, away from the control room.

-One Hour and Fifteen Minutes Later-

Gajeel was collapsed onto the floor of the moving base, motion sickness… He managed to think in between the thoughts of commanding himself to not hurl.

"Why are there no windows in here?!" He cried after he found a gasp in his hurl-prevention. He immediately returned into a full-blown sickness.

"We can see Fairy Tail!" the guild members controlling the movement of the base cried, Master Porla stomped to where they were and shoved them out of the way, taking control of the base, "Time to destroy Fairy Tail!"

Nina stumbled through the path that she had seen twice before, the path where she first came across Natsu Dragneel. What's with him? She thought, seeing the image of Natsu as she stabbed him through. He wasn't shocked when I stabbed him, he seemed….disappointed.

Nina couldn't stand to keep thinking about Natsu, after all he was going to be dead soon. Nina had trekked all the way to Phantom Lord from south Magnolia, just to see that they weren't there. Now she had to walk all the way back to Magnolia. Why are there no carriages? Nina thought. She then remembered Gajeel boasting about destroying all carriages that came into Oak Town. That carriage driver must've been very lost to take me to Oak Town instead of Magnolia… Nina thought, wondering where the carriage driver had gone off too.

The bright sun beat down on Nina's heavily bandaged body. She could feel herself overheating. It's just like when I went to capture Lucy. Nina thought as she looked up to the sky, seeing a perfectly blue sky with no clouds in sight. Her eyes then focused on the ground beneath her, not many footprints were on the side of the path that went down towards Magnolia. They must've gone some other way, but what way? Her eyes then saw the enormous collection of footprints on the opposite side of the path from her, Fairy Tail.

Her legs began to fall numb, she fell to the ground. She laid there for a while, her eyes closed. She thought back to the alleyway with Lucy, how she felt the exact same way. This made Nina smirk. Her brain presented images of Gajeel before her, reminding her of what had happened the last time she had given up. Gajeel… she thought. Nina sighed deeply as her body began to glisten. Her body was turning into ice. Nina's mind was clouded with images of her mom teaching her dozens of different ice techniques.

"Winter's Soul." Mom said, her body began to glow. I had to look away from the brilliance of her light. Mom is so amazing.

I uncovered my eyes once the brightness had faded. But what I saw was unimaginable. My mom was completely made of ice! No - My mom turned into ice, and Ice Dragon!

"Now you try." She said, her voice as gentle as ever. I took a stance, my legs set apart from one another. I held my hands out, my palms facing the ground below me. I closed my eyes, concentrating on my breathing. I could feel my mind calming down from the thoughts that bounced around in my head.

"Winter's Soul!" I cried, opening my eyes wide. I could feel my eyes glow as my vision faded away. My body became cold, I could feel myself being in cased by ice. The power surged through my skin. My vision came back, and I was… stuck?

"You froze yourself!" My mother bursted out in laughter. However, I began panicking. How am I getting out of here?! I thought to myself as I struggled to break the ice, but it wouldn't budge.

After a few minutes of panic, my mother broke the ice that imprisoned me. I felt the tears coming. But my mom kept smiling. Her warm hand rested on my back, I felt better almost instantly.

"Winter's Soul is very difficult to control. Once you understand the meaning behind the technique, Winter's Soul will present itself to you."

"I get it." Nina muttered. She could feel frozen wings stretching out from her back. The ground beneath me became farther away. The power of a dragon soared throughout Niina's body. It felt amazing, she could do anything. Gajeel… Nina thought, let's get revenge.

Suddenly, the ice began cracking.

"What?!" Nina outraged as her wings shattered, "I thought I understood! Why is this happening?!"

The beautiful ice dragon shattered. All that was left behind was a girl on her knees, crying.

Nina felt drops of rain on her shoulders, she looked up to the sky to see the beautiful blue sky gone. It was replaced with depressing grey clouds of rain. The downpour had begun. Juvia, Nina thought. She must've been in a battle with someone. Phantom Lord was fighting without her. They were fighting her battle for revenge.

I'm coming, Juvia.