Hello, sorry for the wait but I was just literally finishing up with college and been appyling for some jobs that I found. And just so you know from now on I have decided to try to write differently. So instead of paragraphs after paragraphs, I've made it more open and hopefully more understanding!
Hope you enjoy and tell me what you all think! XD
Chapter 10
Normal P.O.V.
"NATSU-!" Natsu turned when he heard a voice yell out his name, and he wasn't surprised to see Erza, Lucy, Gray and Kage, though Kage being there did secretly surprise him but he didn't show it. Natsu still had Hikari in his arms as she laid there unconscious, it made him worry but he knew she was strong and would definitely live through this ordeal.
"Oh! You guys are late. We're done with him already." Natsu spoke calmly yet joyfully as a big smile spread across his face.
"Aye!" Happy confirmed, a smile on his face too but he was stood next to Hikari, his paw on her hand that laid on the ground.
"Well done!" Erza smirked slightly, happy to know Eligor has been dealt with, though her eyes soon showed concern for her unconscious friend and teammate. She walked forwards and crouched down, checking on her wounds to see how much damage there was, Lucy too joined her.
"Keh." Gray too smirked, he was also glad of Natsu's success but didn't say anything to the hot-head.
"N-No way! Eligor-San was defeated!" Kage yelled out in shock/surprise, he looked at Natsu as if a little scared but then looked down at Eligor's unconscious body.
"Hikari-Chan. I wish you didn't push yourself too hard!" Lucy spoke, worrying about her best friends state, "How is her injures? Will she be ok?" She said this to Erza.
"I'm not hundred per cent sure, these injures just look like minor scratches but we don't know about internally. Plus her wings had already took damage before she even got here and I won't be able to do anything about that until she's awake and able to summon them." Erza spoke calmly, but if you listened carefully her voice was filled with concern. Erza used her magic and equipped some medical gear that she had just in case.
"Ah! So you can also equip a first aid kit! Amazing!" Lucy spoke up, amazed by this, temporarily distracted from her injured friend. Erza smirked and nodded.
"Yes. Now quiet, I need to concentrate." Erza spoke before getting to work on wrapping up Hikari's wounds. Lucy looked over to the boys who were watching them, though Natsu looked more worried and scared for Hikari, Lucy smirked, before turning back to Erza only then noticing that she was sweating.
"Are you ok, Erza?" She spoke quietly, trying not to break the woman's concentration.
"Y-Yeah don't worry about me. It's Hikari that we need to be concerned about." Erza spoke as she finished with her task, while standing up. Natsu quickly moved to hold her again, as he was pushed away from her earlier to let the girls deal with Hikari's wounds.
"You know, when you get a desperate win against an opponent, you're only making Fairy Tail look bad." Gray spoke eerily calm as he looked at Natsu who was shirtless and only had on his trousers and scarf. Lucy had a hold of Erza, seeing her looking a little weak but didn't say anything, know her stubbornness.
"Desperate? How!? It was an easy win. Right, Happy?" Natsu laughed, but his eyes wandered over to Hikari.
"I know nothing."
"Hmm…. Wearing a scarf while you're half naked makes you look abnormal."
"I don't need you to tell me that." He turned to Lucy, "Lucy, let me borrow your clothes."
"WHY ME!?" Lucy yelled while folding her arms over herself. And surprising everyone when it managed to wake Hikari up, despite her condition.
"Uhhhh… Ughh…" Hikari mumbled slightly as her eyes opened slowly, her sight was blurry at first but soon adjusted to her surroundings.
"Hikari! Are you ok?" Everyone was practically throwing questions at her, Hikari sweat dropped.
"I'm fine guys, thanks. So what are we now doing you guys?" She asked while trying to stand up but she almost fell down but Gray who was stood the closest caught her.
"Easy there Hikari. You sure you're ok?" Gray spoke calmly.
"Yes, yes. I'm fine." Hikari spoke, getting slightly impatient.
"Anyway, good job, Natsu, Hikari." Erza smiled at the two of them but she had her eyes on Hikari in concern for her condition. "Now the masters are safe."
They all smiled, pleased with their success with completing their task.
"Since we are here…. We might as well go see our master at the meeting place. We need to report this incident and ask about what to do with the flute." Hikari spoke, Erza nodded in agreement to her words. "Clover's just ahead anyway."
Suddenly Kage grabbed the flute and high-tailed it in the car towards Clover, leaving the startled team behind.
"KAGE! At least give us a warning before you move the vehicle!" Erza yelled.
"You careless flies. THE FLUTE… THE LULLABY IS IN MY HANDS! SERVES YOU RIGHT!"
Everyone soon realized this and practically freaked out. Hikari cursed under her breath and tried to summon her wings, she gasped in pain but managed.
"Happy!" She spoke up, the cat looked over to her.
"Do you think you are able to carry Natsu and Lucy using your magic?"
"Aye!" Happy yelled happily, raising both his arms in joy.
"Wha-"
"Huh?"
"Wait a-"
"Gah!"
Erza, Natsu, Gray and Lucy were about to ask what the two of them but didn't get to speak as they all got picked up by Happy and Hikari.
"Hikari! You should put us down! You're hurt!" Erza yelled up at the girl but Hikari was ignoring her complaints and this happened throughout the journey.
~At Clover Town, regular meeting place~
Kage was panting like mad, he had made it to the meeting place but it was now currently night time so it was pretty dark out but as he looked up at the building that was in front of him he could see the lights coming from the windows. But just as he was about to step forwards, a hand was on his shoulder, successfully yell out in surprise before turning around only to be poked in the cheek by one of the fingers. There sitting on top of the car was Master Makarov laughing his head off, drunk from the party that was currently inside the building.
"WHA-!?" Kage yelled out in surprise.
"FU HYA HYA HYA HYA HYA HYA!" Makarov laughed loudly before going into a coughing fit, Kage just stared at the mad sweat dropping.
"No, no, it's not the time for me to do this. I've got to hurry and find out where those four went. Otherwise a town might disappear." Makarov spoke shaking slightly. Then he looked over at Kage, "You should get back too. To the hospital."
Kage just looked at Makarov, trying to figure him out.
"Er… Erm.." Kage spoke up.
"Hrmm?" Master Makarov turned to him.
"Will you… Listen to one song? The hospital won't let me play it." He said this as he held up the flute that he was holding.
Makarov looked at him with suspicious eyes. Kage spoke again.
"But I really want someone to listen to it."
"That's a creepy flute."
"It may seem so, but it sounds pretty decent."
"I'm in a hurry. Only one song, okay?" Makarov spoke while lifting one finger to prove his point yet still looking serious and anxious to go. But he stayed and waited.
"Sure." Kage smirked. "Please listen carefully."
But he hesitated, thinking about past memories of what his guild has said and then soon remembered what Gray, Lucy, Erza and Natsu said about him. He was starting to sweat considerably.
Hikari's P.O.V.
I placed Erza and Gray down on to the ground as gently as I could, we had arrived at Clover only to soon see Kage standing in front of out Master, flute at his mouth.
"There!"
"Jiichan!"
"Master!"
Natsu, Gray and Erza yelled all at the same time, alarmed by the sight that was in front of us. I stayed quiet, though I fell to my knees, I felt an arm wrap around me and I looked up to see it was Lucy. Her eyes filled with concern, I shook my head to tell her not to worry.
I saw one of the Masters stood in front of us, he spoke to us.
"Shhhh! The best part is coming up. Just watch." The guy spoke to us, while turning to look at us. He had a smile on his face. "Wait, you guys are cute. Ufu."
This made Natsu and Gray tense and freak out a little as they backed away slightly. I giggled slightly at their faces but managed to hide it.
"Who is he!?" Lucy asked or more like exclaimed.
"Blue Pegasus Master!" I spoke up. My team turned to me in surprise, probably wondering how I knew him.
"My, My, Hikari-Chan? Is that you? You haven't changed a bit at all! How many years has it been?"
"It's only been ten years. Not much really."
"Ufu. I forgot, that really wouldn't be much were your age is a concern."
"Ha ha, I'm surprised you remembered me."
"Of course I would remember you. Like I can forget anyone that is like you."
While we were having our conversation I did happen to notice my team were listening intently to our conversation with wide eyes.
"How do you know each other?" Erza asked. I looked at her, then over her shoulder.
"I will tell you soon. But right now we have a situation.
We all looked over to our master who was still waiting on Kage to play his music. We heard him speak.
"What's going on? Hurry up already."
I could see that Kage looked hesitant, but I felt things were gonna go bad.
"NO!" Erza Yelled, yet another Master interrupted us from moving forward.
"Just stay quiet. This should be interesting." He had a smirk on his face and if I was mistaken he was the master of Quatro Cerberus. He wore a pointy hat (Like a wizards hat), sun glasses that hid his eyes and a spiky dog collar. I looked back at our master to see him looking angry.
"Now."
I saw that only saying this made Kage freak out slightly in fear of the older yet shorter man and moved the flute to his lips. My eyes widened and was about the stop him, but then I heard Makarov speak.
"Nothing will change. Weakling will stay weak forever. But weakness is not evil, since human beings are weak creatures to begin with. Alone you feel nothing but insecurity; that's why we form guilds. That's why we have Nakama."
I smiled at his words. Those were my words but spoken differently and it was true. But Makarov was told this by someone else, the past masters of Fairy Tail. Even though I say this, I will still not share my secrets, not ready to do so. But this speech wasn't over yet.
"We walk together in order to live a strong life. The clumsy ones will run into more walls than the others. And it may also take them longer to get there. If you believe in tomorrow and put yourself out there, you can naturally obtain your strength. That's how you'll be able to smile and live strong, without having to depend on such a flute…. Of course."
He paused at the end deliberately to make it seem dramatic, I shook my head in amusement and it was successful as Kage showed a look of pure fear and surprise. The two of them stared at each other for a while before he dropped the flute and then went onto his hands and knees.
"I admit my loss." Makarov looked down at the man for a second before….
"Master!"
"Jiichan!"
"Jiichan!"
"Hey Master!"
Before me along with Erza, Natsu and Gray yelled while running towards our master, smiles on our faces. Lucy and Happy stayed back a little but moved forward too.
"Nuwah!? Why are you four here!?" Aww, Makarov who seemed serious only minutes ago looked practically scared the moment his eyes laid on me, Natsu, Gray and Erza, it made me laugh slightly.
"You're amazing! Your words deeply touched me!" Erza spoke while crushing Makarov into a hug and let me tell you it looked painful but that is what made me laugh.
I stayed back a little watching over everyone but I was tired and even though my injures are almost healed (she heals quickly due to what she is), my past actions are catching up and I leant against a nearby tree. I smiled as I saw everyone looking happy, Bob the master of Blue Pegasus smiled over at me and was about to walk over but that is when all of us saw smoke coming from the flute.
No, No. Why now, not when I'm this weak and unable to fight!NOOO! I was practically glaring down at the flute and that is when I heard it, It's voice. It has been years since I've heard its voice.
"Ka ka ka… You mages have no guts. I can't hold it any longer. I'll just eat you all myself."
"THAT FLUTE TALKED! HAPPY! HIKARI!" Lucy practically was screaming as she stared at the flute with wide eyes. Master Makarov looked over at me, I knew what he was asking, I nodded, a frown on my face. Makarov looked back over at the flute that had more smoke coming from it.
"The smoke… It's forming a shape!" Happy spoke as he pointed upwards towards the monster that was forming.
"Let me consume… Your pitiful souls…"It spoke, voice full of evilness and hatred and yet it also sounded hungry. It's always hungry for souls, especially after its been in the hands of humans.
"WHA!? A MONSTER!" Everyone was practically screaming, even Erza. Me on the other hand wasn't fazed at the sight of it, I just stood there looking at it. Kage was the first to speak up after all the shock cleared.
"Wh-What is that? I didn't know anything about this!"
"Oh my… This is bad.." Bob said.
"It's the devil from the book of Zeref." Quatro Cerberus's master, Goldmine said. I flinched at Zeref's name and thankfully due to the lullaby, no one noticed.
"I'm starving to death so I'm gonna eat your souls." Lullaby spoke again.
"WHAAAAAT!?" Natsu yelled before turning to me and Gray. "Souls are edible!? Do they taste good?"
"How would I know!?" Gray practically yelled, I just shook my head, I had to fight a smile that was creeping onto my face, only Natsu would think about food at a time like this.. Ha ha..
"What… is going on? How could a devil come out of a flute….?" Lucy asked, she was very confused. I wanted to answer he but then I would seem too suspicious then and I was scared that they would be scared of me or even worse hate me…
"That devil is lullaby itself. Meaning it's living magic. It's Zeref's magic." Goldmine spoke. Once again I flinched as I heard his name, though this time Makarov noticed. He gave me a questioning look and I shook my head, hoping he would drop it. He did.
"Living magic…" Erza mumbled to herself.
"Zeref!? You mean from the ancient times!?" Gray practically yelled turning his head towards the masters.
"Dark mage Zeref. The most atrocious mage in history of magic… I never imagined that this adverse legacy from several hundred years ago would reappear…" Bob said this, his hand on his cheek.
"Now… Whose soul should I enjoy first? I've decided. ALL OF YOURS!" Lullaby spoke again.
"NOOOO! WE NEED TO STOP THE LULLABLY QUICKLY!" I practically screamed to everyone before running towards the Lullaby not paying attention to the guys who told me to stop. I summoned my wings along with scales and did my first attack on it.
"LIGHT WING SLICER!"I yelled as I hit it in the chest with my magic. I soon heard the others join in. I saw Erza slice at Lullaby's legs, Natsu climbing up (lol) before kicking it in the face with his flames and I was VERY surprised when that kick made the Lullaby stumble back.
"How impudent!" Lullaby spoke again, getting annoyed. It fired some attacks at Natsu, but thankfully he dodged them in time. I fired more attacks at it.
"LIGHT DRAGONS ROOOOOAAAAAARRRRR!" I shot the large beam of light at it, not caring who heard it. Natsu did. Damn. I saw him look at me briefly in shock but looked back at Lullaby.
I noticed everyone being protected by Gray who had created a shield to protect those who aren't fighting, so he had not only ice magic but alchemy magic too. Impressive. Then I saw him remove the shield and was attacking with his ice magic. I turned back to Lullaby .
"LIGHT DRAGONS IRON FIST!"I yelled as I repeatedly punched its face. But after that attack I did yet another attack.
"LIGHT WING SLICER!" This time hitting its neck. I quickly flew around it doing several different attacks, hitting several different places and the same goes with Natsu, Gray and Erza.
I stopped paying attention to the others and only concentrated on my part of the fight but I did notice that Erza had changed armour and weapon and that because of Gray's attack, Lullaby was missing part of its body. But before long all four of us, me, Natsu, Gray and Erza did a combined attack, all at the same time.
I landed on the ground next to Gray and was soon joined by Natsu and Erza and we all watched Lullaby fall down and if it wasn't a big situation we were in I would have laugh but the Lullaby landed on to the building the masters meet. Everyone else seemed to be in shock and only Master Makarov was smirking. But soon the shock past and the happiness and joy came as they all smiled at our victory.
"Zeref's devil was defeated so easily…"
"I… I'm impressed."
These were what some of what the other Masters thought and as for Kage…
"A-Amazing… Th-This is… This is Fairy Tail's strongest team!"
I smirked, happy that we made such an impression on everyone and being called the strongest team was, well, not trying to sound obnoxious of anything, but it felt amazing to be known as part of the strongest team.
"What do you think!? Aren't they great!?" Makarov was shouting around happily as if he was drunk and yet Lucy seemed to agree with him.
"Terrific! You're the best!" Lucy yelled a large smile on her face.
We were all smiling and laughing, Kage got crushed by Bob saying he needs a doctor, Goldmine was explaining to the rest of the Guild masters that they owed Fairy Tail and Makarov was dancing but to only suddenly stop as if noticing something. I turned and then suddenly remembered that we had completely destroyed a building. Oops.
Of course I heard numerous yells and I felt a warm hand grab mine and noticed that Natsu was dragging me along as we all ran for it. Oh dear lord, I so love Fairy Tail.
We all managed to reach a certain distance before we managed to slow down to a walk be then we stopped and I turned to ask what was up, but I then noticed my team looking at me and the only one who didn't was master and Lucy.
"What's wrong guys?"
"We want some answers Hikari! How did you know Bob back there? Because he said you didn't look any different from ten years ago." Erza spoke, being 100% serious. They all didn't look angry or upset, just curious.
"Well…Urmm… Uhhh.." I couldn't just tell them the whole truth yet, they weren't fully ready, I wasn't ready. But then I thought about it, maybe I could tell a little bit of the truth.
"You see I met Bob and Goldmine just after they made Masters of their guilds ten years ago, I had still been travelling back then and I just so happen to meet them at a bar."
"Yes but that doesn't explain how you've not changed over the years."
"Well let's just say I'm not human. I'm 18 years old or shall I say I've been 18 for a very long time. But I'm not ready to say anything else on that issue yet."
They all look startled by my answer, even Lucy but I knew she was acting, I need to thank her later for that. After finishing with Erza's questions, Natsu stepped forward and sniffed me.
"Gah! Natsu! That's rude, don't go sniffing people especially us women!" I exclaimed bonking him on the head.
"Ow! Hikari! But I need to know something."
"W-What?"
"Are you a dragon slayer? Because of your attack earlier."
Crap… What do I say.. What do I say to him… to them… Oh hell I need to lie….
"Yes, you can that I am." I lied. Master and Lucy looked at me with knowing eyes and I silently pleading them not to say anything. Besides I told them a half-lie. And plus they will find out the truth someday but that day is not today…
"I see, well then that makes more sense. Why hide it?"
"Not sure. Probably nervous. Don't know why though." Right, now until I tell them the truth I'll be feeding them all lies, not what I want to do but I have to right now. They shrugged it off before we started to head home again.
Great, this is gonna be fun on trying to hide everything…
Author's Note: Thank you for reading. I know it's slightly different and I've finally decided to give you a little info on Hikari!
I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and please do review!
Thanks again,
Doomedbex XD