A.N. Chapter 10! woo! Haha don't forget to review! Enjoy!
The hug lasted quite a long time but Kay needed the hug. It made her feel like she was oka. That everything was oka. She pulled away,realizing how awkward it had gotten. No one was there besides them. A blush crept up Kay face and she inched away from Natsu. "So why were you in my bed anyway?" Kay wondered, laughing at her own question. "Well, Lucy already kicked me out of her bed, so with you living so close. I thought I'd just drop by." Natsu grinned. "But I locked my door!" Kay said, puzzled. "You're window wasn't!" Natsu retorted laughing. Kay gawked at him. His laugh is pretty cute though. Kay shook her head. None of those thoughts. He may say I'm not leaving but I have to. I can't let anyone get hurt again. A sad expression came to Kay's face. Noticing that his laugh wasn't accompanied by anyone else's, he stopped. He looked at Kay, knowing she was still tore up about what happened.
"I told you not to worry about it." he pouted, crossing his arms and sighing theatrically. Kay looked at the sight, very confused. "Hey! I know I didn't win but you can still tell me what that orb does!" Kay laughed at his persistence. No harm in it. She won't know soon enough anyway. Kay let out a deep sigh, "The orb causes enemies to lose their magical energy. It kind of absorbs it out of them. But then, if they fight to get out of it, their own magic is used against them. I like to call it Pure Life." Kay laughed, "but it's nothing official. But what I did on Gajeel was only the first part of the spell. I didn't let the orb absorb all of his energy. If I did complete the spell though. I would have killed him." Kay finished, not beating around the bush any longer. She looked at Natsu, half expecting him to leave. He didn't he just nodded, taking the information in. "So what did you use to bring me back?" He asked. Shocked by his outspoken nature once again, Kay was taken aback. "Well, I healed you, that's all that matters. Right?" Kay avoided his question, Thinking that if he knew she kissed him, even on the forehead, he would freak out. "I know that. Obviously. I'm not that dumb. Pft." Natsu statistically stated, trying to make Kay laugh again to ease the tension he could feel coming off her. His plan worked and Kay laughed again.
"Oka fine, But it's kind of creepy. And really cheesy." Kay paused looking at Natsu for any reason to stop. He didn't provide her with one. "Well, you see. It's called the Kiss of Life. Don't worry though! I didn't actually, you know, kiss you. I just kissed your forehead. It has the same effects, but It's really complicated." Kay babbled. She was nervous and it showed through her babbling. Natsu laughed sensing, not tension anymore, but a sort of innocents. "It's fine. But thanks. Even if you didn't actually kiss me." Natsu gave a playful wink and a wide grin. Kay was happy Natsu was oka. She felt guilty she had to leave him, but she knew it would be for the better. Thinking about all she had to do tomorrow made her so tired. She gave in to a big yawn and a stretch. "I'm so tired." Kay explained during her stretch. "I can tell, but I guess it is night. Go to bed if you're tired." Natsu shrugged.
"I tried. Someone was in my bed." Kay glared at the boy sitting inches away from her. "Oh yeah. Oops." Natsu said as he scratched the back of his head with his arm. Kay got up giggling at his reaction. She disappeared in her room and reemerged with a extra pillow and blanket,laying them beside Natsu. "You're more than welcome to stay, but I'm afraid that this is all I can do for now." Natsu grinned in response and unfolded the blanket. Kay returned to her own room, yelling a goodnight to Natsu before she climbed in bed, not wanting to think about the pain of tomorrow. Kay drifted off to a deep slumber in hopes that tomorrow didn't come soon.
Kay's dream:
Kay found herself at the open field she had been in earlier that day. She looked around to find that no one was there, except for someone laying on the ground in the distance. She couldn't make out who it was from where she was. As she went to go take a closer look, a boy appeared in front of the figure on the ground. Kay knew who the boy was from somewhere but could think of the place. His facial features were so familiar that it was almost scary that she couldn't place him. He looked at the figure. His face almost seemed intrigued that the figure hadn't moved. Kay started running toward both of them. "What happened?" Kay yelled to the boy in front of the figure. The boy then turned toward her. He transformed into a younger version of himself. A young boy of about eight or nine. "Alec?!" Kay stopped in her tracks. It couldn't be him. Jewel sent them to Edolas. He couldn't be back. The young boy transformed again returning to his original state. He laughed at Kay's confused expression. "They haven't told you anything." He hissed. "You asked what happened? You happened. You killed him. We're more alike than Jewel ever thought."
"Don't you dare say her name! You can't! She banished you!" Kay shook her head furiously trying to make sense of what was happening. She looked toward the figure again. She realized that it was a man. A man with pink hair. Kay gasped and started running toward him. Alec stepped in front of her, blocking her path. "No! You don't understand! He can't die! I have to save him!" Alec laughed, "You can't save him, you're the one who killed him!" Kay dropped to her knees. "No..Natsu. You can't die. You promised! You promised you'd never leave me!' Kay screamed at the lifeless figure laying on the ground. She felt tears roll down her cheeks. "Why didn't you care for me like you do him Kay. We're more alike you know. Equally matched. Well I wouldn't go that far. I surpassed you a time ago." Alec stated looking down at Kay. "Just think, when I find where you are. I will prove that I've surpassed you. I will kill you. I'll kill your precious family. And that boy you hold so dear." Alec seethed in anger. "We're in no way alike Alec. All you have the power to do is destroy things. That's why Jewel sent you away. There is no way I'll let that happen." Kay stood, glaring at the man before her. No traces of the friend once was there. Alec laughed and turned toward the lifeless Natsu. "This kid smells familiar," inhaling a second time, "Oh I know, He's Igneel's student. Now that makes sense. The dragons students have the same tastes as their dragons. That's a classic!" Alec laughed. Meeting Kay's confused eyes with his own, he went on.
"Come on. You don't know. You're the one who told me that you teased them about it. They may have denied it but Nero told me that it was true. That's the only reason why you like him so much. It's because they mated. And the fact that you didn't know just makes it better for when I kill him." Kay's mouth gaped open. All the years that she had teased Jewel. It had been true? Why hadn't she told her? Was what he's saying true? Did she only feel a connection toward Natsu because of Jewel and Igneel? Kay was pulled out of her shocked state by Alec's laughing. "Tell me, Igneel's the fire dragon, yes? Then his student must really hate water." An evil smile crossed his face as he saw Kay's look or horror. "Relax Kay, I'm not going to do anything worse then what you have already done." Kay saw black water come out of nowhere and start to surround Natsu. "No! You can't!" Kay started running toward Natsu, still laying on the ground. She reached him just as the water did. "You stupid girl! You should have stayed locked away." the black water surrounded Kay and the lifeless Natsu. Kay struggled to find Natsu in the dense black water. Screaming in terror Kay swam in the pitch darkness. Finally finding his hand Kay gripped it for dear life. At least we'll go together. Kay thought and slipped into the darkness. Hearing only Alec's angry voice seething, "I'm coming. And you better be ready."
Kay woke up with a sudden jerk. She realized then that she wasn't alone. Arms tightened around her back, almost in a hug. She looked to find it was Natsu, sleeping with his upper body leaned against a wall and Kay's head cuddled in the nook of his neck. A heavy blush took to Kay's face when she realized that she liked the feeling of him being so close. She tried to get up again, only to have the same thing happen, Natsu's arms tightened more around her. Kay tried a third time. This time however Natsu's eyes peeked open to see what was wrong. Seeing that Kay was now awake, he released his arms. "Thanks." Kay mumbled as she scooted away from yet another awkward moment. Kay's blush returned when she felt Natsu still staring at her, then she remembered what Alec had told her about her feeling a connection to him. She shook her head. Trying to get the dream out of her head. "You were screaming last night in your sleep, you know." Natsu stated, still staring at Kay. "Oh, sorry. I must have kept you up.." Kay trailed off, not knowing that she had been so vocal in her dream. "Don't worry about it. You sounded like you were in pain though. What happened?" Natsu asked, analyzing Kay's every move. Kay shrugged, "Nothing really." not wanting to tell him anything, especially what Alec had said about them. I don't like him like that. Kay stated to herself. "That's bull shit." Natsu called her bluff. Great now what do I do?
"Well. You were in it. And so was Alec," Kay started but was interrupted by Natsu's stomach growling loudly. "Oh do you want some food? I could fix you something." Kay eagerly accepted the distraction to her favor, but Natsu wasn't having it. "Who's Alec. I've heard Joy say his name before but I forget what he was." Kay sighed, knowing the distraction wasn't going to happen. "He and I used to be really good friends. But one day he learned this new spell and wanted to show me, but it backfired on him and ended up killing my biological mother. Jewel and Nero came back and found her dead. I tried everything I could to bring her back, Even the spell I did on you. In the end, it wasn't enough." Kay explained. "As punishment, Jewel exiled Nero and Alex to Edolas. But in my dream, he was in Earthland. Which is no way possible. Right?" She looked to Natsu for conformation, only to be met with a facial expression she couldn't read. "He had magical energy?" Natsu asked.
Kay nodded, "He's a dragon slayer, just like us. To be honest, if we ever had a battle, we would be the most equally matched."Natsu gave Kay a questioning look prying for further information. Kay went on. "Jewel told me that Dragons have a class system, kind of like ours, only theirs is based on power. There are a total of 100. Those being only the dragons. Each of the dragons who taught their magic to a human, the human now has their status number. Are you following?" Natsu nodded and she continued, "Oka, well Jewel is number 001. The highest there is. Nero, Alec's Dragon, is number 002." Natsu thought this over. "So what number am I? Kay nodded, knowing this would be his only question once she told him. She let out a slight giggle before continuing, "Well, when Jewel explained it to me, she said there were groups that some of the Dragons belonged to. Granted, it wasn't many dragons, but a few. There were the super elite, which included Jewel, Nero, and number 003, Crystal. They were pretty much the big bosses. Then you had the 'regular' elite which covered dragons up to number 010: the thunder dragon. They were still powerful in their own right, but none dared to challenge the upper ranks. But then she told me of a different group, inside the elite. She called it the Element group. This group was friends with Jewel herself. As you can probably tell from the name the four dragons in the group had the four elements: Fire, Sky, Water, and Earth."
Natsu's eyes widened, "I never knew that!" Kay laughed, then composing herself looked at Natsu, "That's because you weren't suppose to. It was a secret. But to finish the story, The element group became close to Jewel herself. So Jewel earned the nickname the element dragon, along with the life dragon." Natsu nodded, "So that's why you can control fire and water." Natsu said, dumbfounded. Kay smiled in agreement, but then remembered something he had said before she told one of her secrets, "Why did you ask me if Alec had magic energy?" Kay wondered. "We went to Edolas not to long ago actually, but then we kind of, I don't know, broke it? Anyway, the point is everyone with magic energy was returned to Earthland" Kay's face went from understanding to mortified. So it was true. He was back. And out for revenge. Watching her face change, Natsu became worried, "What's wrong Kay? Does this have something to do with your dream?"
"Natsu, I need to ask a favor." Kay said, barely audible. "Sure, what is it?" Natsu was beginning to worry a bit more. Kay's dream had seemed like it really had messed with her. It seemed like she was in a fight inside her head. He had tried to calm her down, even tried to wake her up. It kind of back fired on him when he tried to pick her up to move her, only when he went to pick her up, she latched on to his neck and wouldn't let go. So he did the next best thing for the both of them. He crawled in bed. Not messing with her, but when she seemed to almost lose it, he'd hug her tight, and it would ease the strained look on her face. " - So are you in? Can you do it?" Kay repeated., looking at Natsu's distant expression. "What?" Kay sighed deeply, "Seriously?" She laughed, "You're so dense. I want you to train with me. Or well. Train me, until I get to good for you." Kay playfully joked. Natsu laughed, "Sure! But I doubt you'll get to good for me! I'm the greatest trainer ever!" They both laughed over nothing.
Kay seemed to forget all about leaving today, and that she was still in bed with Natsu. Once she realized this. The deep red blush that she had gone once, returned brighter than ever. "Hey are you alright? Your face is a little red." Natsu, pointing out the obvious. Kay just nodded and got up from the bed, not being able to stand it anymore. She was beginning to think that she was forming a school girl crush on the man who saved her and had been there for her ever since. No. Not happening. We're just friends. Really good friends that just happened to form a connection in less than a week. But we're JUST FRIENDS. Kay reassured herself by giving herself a pep talk in her head. "Come on! We have training to do!" Kay yelled at Natsu, going through her clothes trying to figure out what would be good to train in. "I have a better idea, let's go on a job! Hands on experience!" Kay froze. After a little bit, she turned and looked at Natsu, already at the bedroom door. "Do you think I'm ready?" Kay asked doubting herself. "What are you talking about? You're a member of Fairy Tail. We're ready for anything. Hurry up and get dressed would ya. Let's go!" Kay smiled and grabbed some decent looking clothes and pushed Natsu out. Ready or not, here I come. Kay thought. Laughing at Natsu's idea of training was just throwing her in the mix of the group. She could handle it though, like he said, Fairy Tail members were ready for anything. Even if Alec did decided to show up. He'd have one hell of a battle waiting. Kay threw on the clothes she picked out and grabbed her purse. She headed out the door, chasing Natsu to the guild.
Wooo,, so many words! But anyway, I thought I should put one of my college classes to work, so yay for sociology and class systems. Until next time! Also I'm taking suggestions on what Kay's first mission should be, I have a few ideas but none is really coming together well in my head, so open for ideas!