Laxus laid on the ground and somehow Happy ended up sleeping on top of him.
It was the parade when Gramps brought them all out to watch it. The blonde male stood to the side as all of the small kids raced up to watch it. He seemed bored compared to the others, and barely glanced at the incoming parade floats. He just felt he was too old to be here.
He lifted his earphones over his head and started listening to his music, toning down all of the excitement from all around him. Once again, he didn't see why the old man brought him along with all of the little brats.
Somehow during the frail to the front of the crowd, Natsha ended up thrown out of the crowd. She puckered her lips out and tried once more to get through the crowd, ending up back where she started.
He almost felt sorry for her.
The girl turned her head to look for Master, who was partying on top of the parade float; not that the little girl could see him pass the crowd. She bite her lip as she turned to look at the building. A plan formed behind those bright brown eyes as she raced over and grabbed a hold of an outside curtain of a flower shop.
"You're going to get hurt," he bluntly stated.
"So?" she questioned with a raised eyebrow. She climbed up the curtain until she could see pass the crowd. The pinky smiled brightly and raised her hand to cover her eyes from the sunlight. Maybe if she climbed higher, she could watch the whole parade.
Soon the curtain ended and she looked for another place to place her hands. She bit her lip and reached forward for the edge of the roof. It was too far for her to reach and she started falling down.
Laxus sighed as Natsa fell down on his arms. "You caught me?" Her eyes widen in surprise. She was certain he would leave her to fall to her death than helping her out in any sort of way.
"Your point, brat?" He snapped, but Natsa wasn't listening to him any more. She was watching the parade; at this height she could see the front to the end. All thanks to Laxus' height.
He stood there with Natsha sitting ontop of his folded arms. She thought of him more of a seat then anything. He grumbled under his breath. At least the parade was ending soon, he thought.
...
Only stray pieces of hay remained on the ground. Who thought of placing a hay bed around a fireplace wasn't a smart one. Her head shifted as a door magically appeared on one of the sides of the room. She slowly walked to the door, but it opened up by itself.
Natsha opened her eyes and gasped at the sight. After she exited the room, she found herself somewhere above the clouds. The room was built into a mountain, and she was standing on one of the highest peeks. The sun lowered into the sky as the sky started turning different colors; orange to a lite pink. She couldn't help herself from touching her pink unruly hair that went over her shoulders.
"It's a beautiful sight," a harsh voice uttered from behind her. "Always reminded me of cherry blossoms."
She didn't turn around. Her eyes were glued onto the scenery. When the voice uttered the words, cherry blossoms, she stood there with a pale face. Cherry blossoms wasn't a common plant in Fiore, even being the country of flowers. She only saw them once in her lifetime, and that was when Igneel brought them to her. 'They reminded me of your hair...'
Her body turned as her eyes were set on the giant beast. His red scales glittered in the sunlight as his horns shined.
His giant eye wasn't looking at the sky, but at her hair instead.
"I-Igneel..?" She felt like her voice decided to flee at the moment. Her skin paled in contrast with the vivid sky.
"Yes, Natsha?" his voice sent rumbled through the stone peek she stood on.
She could not move, talk, or even fidget when the large beast in front of her. She could only stand there as his breath blow her hair back.
...
His eyelids opened and he felt something was strange. He shifted to the side of his bedroll. The sun peeked through the tree branches and burned his eyes. He lifted up with his hand shading his eyes from the sunlight. Unlike Sting, he preferred the shadows, especially when sunlight was glaring his way. "Fro?" he questioned out loud.
Fro wasn't laying in his bedroll.
His eyes narrowed.
Pantherlilly, who was already up and guarding the group, pointed to the bedroll right next to his. Mirajane's. "Somehow he ended up there," the large exceed murmured.
Rogue's partner had his paws wrapped around Mirajane's wrists as she held onto him tightly against her chest. A sound snore, escaping from the exceed's lips, echoed through the trees. A faint smile formed back on Rogue's face as he watched his exceed snuggle against the shape shifter.
"This is the first I ever seen him sleeping without me..." Rogue whispered. Usually the cat would scurried onto his bed whenever he tried sleeping alone. Without Rogue, the cat was always gloomy.
"Mirajane-san has a way with people," Pantherlily stated.
"I've already witness that."
Lily nodded and looked up into the sky.
...
Evergreen muttered in dismay. "I feel like we have been walking through this damn country for years..."
They were still in Minstrel, the country that never seemed to end. They have passed several mountains and numerous people. Through it all, they stopped several times to sniff a place out, like the those mountains, and gotten new gear. Which left a dent in their cash. As they were walking, the trees became thinner and vines crossed their path.
They were getting closer and closer to Midi.
And fewer people lived around these parts.
Each one of them changed their attire to something more fitting inside of a jungle area. Freed swapped his noble suit for something that blended in with the wild, a dark green jacket. Evergreen wore her smallest outfit as the sun made them sweat in the evening heat, a lite brown dress. Laxus wore a fur vest, much like Sting's, with a hood over his head. Happy used a small piece of cloth and wrapped it around his head.
Unlike the others, Bickslow packed nothing other than his bedroll and a few other things. He only removed his helmet and the top layer of his clothes, which Freed pocketed them using magic much like Erza's.
When Evergreen tried the small spell, all of her clothes ended up shooting out of the vertex and throughout the forest. "What?!" her eyes enlarged as she picked up one of her newest outfits. "They are all dirtied now!" she complained.
Freed moaned in annoyance, "I thought you knew better of that spell by now..."
Laxus halted his path as a bra floated down on top of his hood. He picked it up between two of his fingers and held it out to Evergreen. "My bra!" The girl blushed and grabbed them from his hands.
"So you wore thongs..." Bickslow uttered as he held onto one of her pairs of underwear, "I thought you were more of a lac-" Evergreen interrupted him. Happy picked up one of her undies as well as he tilted his head to the left.
Her face redden as she pulled the undies from their hands and smacked Bickslow across his face. "Don't touch them!"
"And I was going to help you pick your clothes up," Bickslow shrugged his shoulders as he continued his path, "But seems like you don't want any help."
"Catch up with us ahead," Freed added as the four males walked forward.
"Don't take long," Laxus added.
Happy glanced over to Bickslow, "What were those? Masks?" He questioned, referring to Ever's thongs.
"You haven't seen panties before?" Bickslow questioned with his tongue sticking out. "I would have thought Natsha would have them laying over the place!"
"Oh? Those were panties? Natsha doesn-"
Freed glanced back quickly and held Happy's lips together. He didn't want to know Happy's next words. This was already too much information about the girl than he wanted to know.
And, he didn't think Laxus would be too pleased with him and Bickslow knowing.
Bickslow whacked him against the head, "What was that for?" he asked the Rune user.
"Too much information regrading Natsha."
"And?" Bickslow's eyebrow raised. He didn't see any problem about that.
"Do you want Laxus to kill you?"
"Hey, it may help us finding her."
"Help us? How?" He was glaring at the blue haired, and removed his hand from Happy's mouth.
"She may wanted some new panties, y'know."
Happy grinned, "Natsha doesn't like wea-" Freed and Laxus turned around and glared at the small cat, and Happy finally zipped his mouth.
"Shut it!" The two of them yelled together.
Bickslow sulked as Happy's color drained. He waited until the other two turned back to watch where they were going, to leaned down and ask Happy another question. "What bra size is she?"
"Hm..." he lifted a finger to his mouth and thought. "Oh, I remember now, it's siz-"
"SHUT UP!"
"You two are no fun!" Bickslow yelled back at the two. "So, F? C? D? DD? FF?" His eyes widen as he jerked his shoulder into Happy's side, who was flying at the moment.
Happy smiled widely.
...
The grand beast looked down upon the pink haired with cloudy eyes. "You have grown so much since I last saw you." He was thinking of distant memories he shared with the small girl.
"Igneel!" she gasped. She was still overcome just from sighting the dragon. She did not smile, nor frown. Her mouth formed a circle as if she was shell shocked to see him once more. Never once she think the dragon would appear right before her. She always thought she was going to be the one to find him, instead of the other way around.
"Natsha Dragneel," he repeated in the same fashion as her, but ended with a light chuckle. "It has been a while since we last meet."
"..."
"Did I scare you?" he questioned. That wasn't something he meant to do. "Or, are you shocked?"
She somehow managed to find her voice as her eyes became watery. She raced up to his leg and hugged the dragon as emotions flashed between them. "IGNEEL!"
He smiled as he laid on the ground with his face close to his daughter. "It has been too long, my Blossom."
Neither one of them had dried eyes during this reunion. She hugged him as tears swelled within her eyelids. "W-Where have you been, Igneel?" she finally asked him.
"I've been here." His head turned to the sun. "Above the clouds."
"I miss you so much!" she claimed.
"As have I, my dear."
YAY! I love this chapter! But, I had to ruin the emotional stuff by adding Bickslow and Happy (for some odd reason, I always forget to write about Happy, expect when it came to these scenes). Also, Reiki, the title, is based on the spell Evergreen used in chapter five...which she used once again in this chapter and caused all of her clothes to go all over.
Danizinhachan: Yup, he's going to be disappointed when Natsha gets back within Laxus' arms. Poor Sting, and that was one of the main reasons he came along. Seems like I made Juvia too annoying in that chapter, even after she made a big scene in the manga (I've already read it, so you didn't spoil anything). Sting got stuck in the wrong group, while the others are matched with their friends/loves. But, I had to add a Dragonslayer somewhere, and it's going to be a desert, so Juvia had to join along. As soon as you said that...I had to say yes. Since, I've already paired Gajeel and Levy together, and Juvia and Gray...Plus, Mirajane has that effect on people...I mean it, I never thought of pairing Mirajane with Rogue, but I like it too much now.
EpicAsianOrangeTiger26: Sorries! Whenever I write responses, my mind always wonder off into distant lands and I end up talking about whatever. But, what you did say was true, about she being fire and not standing lava (...like a certain devil fruit user...)...I'm a meanie...
darkhuntressxir: She wasn't suppose to be that annoying, but seems like I wrote too much that way. Sorry about that!