WARNING! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS BLOOD. IT'S NOT VERY GRAPHIC, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT CAN BE TRIGGERING TO SOME. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO READ THAT KIND OF STUFF, HERE IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENS: *SPOILERS* Romeo and Wendy are attacked. Romeo is deeply cut and loses consciousness due to blood loss. Wendy realizes that she cannot heal him if the perpetrator is still there. She tries to fight back, but when she is about to land a hit, the perpetrator disappears. She heals Romeo, but he does not wake up. Meanwhile, Makarov, Macao, Natsu, Gray, and Laxus head out to find them.
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Romeo dodged the card enough to avoid it piercing him straight through the head. However, the card more than grazed him. Blood poured out from the deep gash on the side of his head. He collapsed, passing out from the rapid blood loss.
"Romeo-kun!" Wendy cried. She was about to bend down and heal him when half a dozen cards were thrown. She screamed and jumped almost acrobatically out of the way.
I can't heal Romeo-kun if this person is still here, Wendy thought. I have to fight, and fast. Romeo-kun is losing a lot of blood.
Wendy barely managed to get into a fighting stance when the perpetrator threw more cards. She ducked to the ground and rolled, a move she learned from Erza. Wendy's cheeks puffed with air before she did her signature move.
The huge gust of wind caused the dirt road to swirl up. Wendy shut her eyes to avoid getting dirt in them. When she finally managed to open them, she was shocked to see at least a dozen cards, all of them on fire, coming at her.
They managed to throw cards, even in my Sky Dragon's Roar?
A light seemed to be coming from the floor. Wendy looked down and saw the cards aligned in a perfect circle, with Romeo and her in the center. Before she knew what was happening, she was met with a nearly unbearable pain.
She cried out. She could feel the magic draining out of her, seeping out every pore. She became light-headed. Slowly, Wendy's eyes began to close.
Get the hell up, Wendy! her inner voice yelled. If you go down, so does Romeo-sama!
Wendy's eyes snapped open. Forcing herself to ignore the fact that Romeo was losing even more blood, she quickly evaluated her scenario. She saw that the cards made a whirlwind of some sort. She also noted that the air seemed to be sucking downwards, even though the winds were moving upward.
They seem to be very proficient in Card Magic. And their cards can pass through my Sky Dragon's Roar, Wendy thought. Long distance won't work if the cards can pass through. They only way I'll have even a tiny chance is if I get close enough to attack but far enough to dodge.
She ate some air prepared to fight. With the amount of energy left on her body, she stood up. She moved her hands in a clockwise motion, and within seconds, the whirlwind was gone.
The Card Magic user stood in front of her, closer than she remembered. He or she threw nearly four dozen more with impossible speed. Wendy dodged most of them, using the air to fly upwards. A few of them grazed her shoulders. She winced, but forced herself to ignore it.
You can't be weak this time, Wendy, she thought. Romeo-kun's life is at risk.
She ran towards the perpetrator, either ducking or jumping over every card that came her way. Once she was close enough, she lunged at the Card Magic user, using air to make her attacks more powerful. Before she could land a hit, however, the "thing" (Wendy wasn't quite sure if it was a person or not) disappeared.
"Wh-what?" she said, confused.
Ha! Whoever that was probably realized that we were too strong to be messed with! Smart thing too, or we woulda fucked him u-
"ROMEO-KUN!" Wendy screamed, interrupting her inner voice. The petite blunette ran towards her partner. There was blood, so much more blood than there should have been from his wound.
Wendy put his head in her lap. His blood stained her oh-so-pretty dress that Romeo-kun said she looked gorgeous in. She used every spell she knew on healing. The wound closed. Blood stopped coming out, but Romeo still hadn't woken up.
"Please." Wendy's voice quivered with fear. Tears filled her brown orbs and slid down her cheeks.
Romeo had to be ok. He just had to.
Meanwhile, back in Magnolia, the Fairy Tail guild master was not happy.
"Where in Mavis's name are Romeo and Wendy?!" Makarov yelled. "You said they wanted to go alone! You didn't say anything about them taking an hour long detour!"
"Probably out on a date," Gray answered indifferently. "Juvia back from her mission with Lucy yet?"
"If she was, you'd see her by now! And that's not what's important here!"
"Well, to be fair, Juvia's pretty important to Gray," Warren chuckled.
"He's right. Gray hasn't stopped worrying about her since she left," Max agreed, laughing along.
"Dude's whipp-" Warren stopped, realizing that both Gray and Makarov were glaring at him.
"It's not a big deal, Gramps," Natsu said, shrugging. "They're probably gonna come bursting in any minute now."
Makarov pinched the bridge of his nose. "It's a big deal when Yajima calls me to tell me that they were last at 8-Island, which we all know is no more than 20 minutes from here!"
"Romeo probably just wanted to show Wendy some secret place as a romantic gesture or something," Laxus said from his seat at the bar. "You're worrying too much, Gramps. Don't underestimate 'em." He took a sip of his drink courtesy of Mirajane and turned away, thinking the discussion to be over. Carla and Makarov, however, looked unconvinced.
"Cana!" the guild master yelled. "Find Romeo and Wendy, now!"
Cana put down her barrel of alcohol and got to work on her cards. She took out six cards and placed them in a circle. In the center, she placed Romeo and Wendy's cards. A magic circle appeared. Cana picked up the young mages' cards.
"Romeo and Wendy are in a forest near Downtown Hargeon," she told Makarov.
"A forest!" Mirajane squealed. "How romantic!"
"Hargeon is a coastal town," Makarov said. "There's no point of going into the forest if you've got beautiful beaches everywhere." He turned to the tall brunette. "Cana! Is there anything more you can tell us?"
"No." She thought for a moment. "Wait, if I use the Lovers card and put that in the center between Romeo and Wendy..." Cana rearranged the cards. The cards glowed.
"I can see what Romeo and Wendy see," she told them. She ran her fingers over Romeo's card. "I can't see anything with Romeo." Cana put the card down and moved on to Wendy's. "I see blood, a lot of blood. Oh, Mavis! Romeo's hurt!"
"He's what?!" Makarov and Macao yelled.
"There's a deep wound on the side of his head. It seems to have healed. Wait, no, now Wendy's vision is getting blurry. She must be crying."
"Laxus, Natsu, Gray, let's go!" Makarov said. "What else can you see, Cana?"
"I can only see what Wendy sees, and she's only looking at Romeo."
"Try the background then!" Natsu said.
"She can't see the damn background if Wendy's crying!" Gray replied, feeling the need to defend his almost-sister.
"We'd waste more time searching for them!" Laxus said. "Romeo and Wendy can take care of themselves."
"They're kids, Laxus!" Makarov scolded. "And we are not going to stop until we find them."
Makarov, Laxus, Gray, and Natsu were about to leave when two voices stopped them.
"Wait!" said both Macao and Cana.
"I'm coming with you," the purple flame mage said. "Romeo's my son. I should look for him."
Makarov nodded. "What else, Cana?"
"There was another magical presence near Romeo and Wendy," Cana answered. "I couldn't tell what it was, but it felt dangerous."
"Thanks Cana," Macao said, smiling at his more-than-drinking buddy. "I swear, when I find out who did this, I'm gonna kill 'em!"
"Natsu might do that first," Gray remarked.
The group turned to the pink haired Dragon Slayer. His eyes were almost exploding with hatred. His hands were clenched into tight fists. The aura around him was dark, darker than anyone could have ever imagined.
"Whoever the hell did this is gonna pay," he said darkly. "Hurting an innocent kid like Romeo..."
And with that, he walked out the door.
I feel like Cana was really OOC, but oh well. :P I made up the Card Magic that Cana and Person X used. Card Magic is probaly my favorite type of magic used in Fairy Tail because of how versatile it is.
The next chapter will be up by next Friday!