Nuri's POV

As I backed away from Kadyn's cold, but soft lips, I noticed that she was still in shock from the kiss. The cave was silent and I stood there in embarrassment. Maybe it was stupid of me to kiss her like that out of the blue.

"You're going to get sick." She began while blushing.

"What do ya mean?" I questioned as she broke into another coughing fit.

"That's what I mean." She said in between coughs.

"You're not sick! You're throat is probably just dry from sitting by the fire a long time." I said simply. She smiled at this. It was an adorable smile and I couldn't help but smile myself.

"Nuri?" Kadyn asked.

"What?" I replied.

"Why did you kiss me?" She whispered while touching her lips.

"I dunno, I just couldn't help myself." I stated.

"Oh." She said quietly.

"Why are ya wondering? Was it bad?" I asked.

"N-no. I mean probably- I mean, you weren't bad but I-I…" She stumbled.

"Was that your first kiss?" I questioned in confusion.

"...Yes." She answered.

"Oh. Well that explains it!" I teased.

'Shut up!" She groaned while punching my arm. We laughed at this, but then the awkward silence between us appeared again. A worried look came over Kadyn.

"What are you worried about?" I asked. She didn't answer. "Well, if it's about your secret, I promise you, I won't tell anyone." I assured her.

"...Thanks." She said while forcing a smile.

"Damn. Why do you have to be so cute? That just makes it that much harder not kissing you." I weeped.

"...I never said you couldn't." She replied. I looked at her, surprised, then slowly closed the gap between us once again.


Kane's POV

"Woohoo!" I yelled while bursting out of the snow pile. "Let's do that again!" I looked around and couldn't find Fia anywhere.

"Ughhh." I heard from beneath the snow.

"Oh! There you are!" I said while reaching down into the snow. I pulled her out enough so she could pull herself out of the snow.

"Help… me…. Can't…. stop…. spinning." She grumbled.

"Ummm… Fia? We stopped." I said simply.

"Huh?" She asked while looking at me, then around herself. "Oh my gosh! Nice solid land! Muah! I love you so much! Never leave me again!" She danced in excitement.

"Looks like Rai has some competition." I joked.

"Shut it!" She yelled. She looked behind me in awe and started walking.

"Huh? What is it Fia?" I questioned.

I turned around and found a cave. Voices could be heard inside.

"Do you think the guy is in here?" I asked her quietly.

"I'm not sure, but it's definitely a good idea to check." She replied. We walked slowly into the cave, Fia holding a dim flame in hand while we looked around.

The voices seemed to be getting louder and louder while we got deeper into the cave. Soon, we reached the part of the cave where the voices were emitting from. I motioned for her to stop and pulled her aside.

"I'm sure this is the guy we're looking for, but it sounds like he has an accomplice." I told her.

"Great. Then let's take them both out." She said.

"My plans exactly. You take the one on the left, and I'll take the one on the right." I said. We stood up and went on separate sides of the cave. Fia rose 3 fingers up. She started putting each one down slowly, then after one, she pointed to the room.

"Fire Dragon, Roar!" She yelled.

"Requip, Heaven's Wheel! Circle Sword!" I yelled. Both of the men were knocked out immediately.

"...That was…. easy." Fia said.

"Yeah…." I agreed. I walked over to the two men and looked at them.

"Yup. This is definitely our guy. I guess we could start heading back to camp." I stated sadly.

"Yeah… We'll probably have to wait for Nuri and Kadyn." Fia said while picking up one of the men. I followed suit and picked up the other and made our way out of the cave.


Kadyn's POV

I laid in Nuri's arms near the flame. I could feel his warm, muscular body against my back as I tried to warm up in this chilling cave.

Every so often, I'd either sneeze or cough, and with every sign of sickness leaving my body, Nuri brought me closer to his body and held me tighter. His head rested on my shoulder, but all I could see was his spiked up, white hair, which I couldn't help but run my fingers through.

"Don't be sick." He whispered.

"It's a little too late for that. Wouldn't you think?" I smiled.

"Yeah, I guess." He replied sadly.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine in no time. I'll just have some medicine when we get home, plenty of rest, and that'll be the end of it." I assured him.

"Alright." He said.

The sound of wood crackling filled the room. It was a relaxing sound, a beautiful sound. I closed my eyes and listened to the little sounds.

"Kadyn?" Nuri asked.

"Hmmm?" I turned.

"Are we… umm… Are we..?" He stumbled

"Well, I'd hope so, since we.. uh.. you know.. kissed." I blushed.

"Yeah." He answered. "I guess it's official then." He said while kissing my cheek.

His lips were warm, or was the heat coming from my blush? Ugh. Why am I such an idiot?

He moved his head back to my shoulder and kept it there.

I closed my eyes again and listened to the wood cracking. I could feel Nuri's breathes were becoming even, then slowly, he fell asleep. His grip on me was tight, but I didn't mind. Out of all of the girls in Fairy Tail, he chose me? Why would he choose me?

I wrapped myself tighter into my cloak, but kept my hood off. It was nice to keep it off around someone other than Kane. Even though this meant I had to worry about him keeping our secret, I couldn't help but feel he wouldn't tell. I just had this feeling that I could trust him.

I laid back fully onto Nuri's chiseled body and fell asleep.


I woke up and stretched my arms. I rubbed my eyes and yawned.

"Good morning Beautiful." Nuri greeted.

"Good morning." I smiled and rested my head on his shoulder. "Did the snow melt yet?"

"Not yet. I'd probably have to use my magic, but it'll take a lot of time. The snow is really thick." He answered.

"I can help." I suggested.

"Really?" He said.

"Uh-huh." I nodded

"Alright. Let's get started!" He smiled his amazing, toothy grin. We got up and made our way to the blocked entrance.

"Ready?" He turned to me, his body engulfed with flames.

"Requip! Flame Empress Armor!" I yelled. This armor looked like my mother's. It was a lot more revealing than the one I had before. I turned to Nuri. "Ready." I answered.

"Woah! I never seen that armor before!' He awed.

"You've seen an armor like it, but not this design." I said.

"You look…. hot!" He snickered.

I rolled my eyes at this, but chuckled.

"Fire Dragon, Roar!" Nuri screamed. The flames engulfed me, then were slowly absorbed by my sword. It started to glow with all of the magic energy that was trapped inside of it. Nuri's body was then puffing up with another of his roars, this time, looking at the exit. The flames on my sword flared, dancing around the whole blade.

"Flame Slash!" I yelled.

"Fire Dragon, Roar!" He yelled. The impact of heat and the cold snow caused the cave to be full of steam.

The steam slowly dissipated as Nuri and I waited to see if the snow had melted enough for us to exit. As soon as the steam was nearly gone, we looked at the exit in awe.

Our attacks…. had hardly done anything to the snow pile.

"Damn!" He grumbled.

"Again." I said while getting back into a stance.

We kept attacking the pile of snow in hopes of melting it, but all of our attacks seemed to do nothing. We were both low on magic, yet after all of those attacks, there wasn't any openings for us to escape this dreaded cave.


Five days have passed while we were in the cave. Nuri and I were exhausted from using our magic to escape. The snow pile was still not melting after all of our attacks.

I sat down in exhaustion and breathed heavily.

"I don't think we'll ever escape!" I sighed.

"C'mon Kadyn! Don't say that!" Nuri exclaimed.

"We haven't had anything to eat all this time. I don't have anymore magic energy." I said softly. Nuri bent down and touched my forehead.

"At least your fever is gone." He mentioned. The cave grew quiet again. There wasn't a fire because we ran out of wood. I missed the sound of the wood crackling.

"Don't worry Kadyn. I'm sure Kane and Fia are looking for us right now." Nuri assured while holding me in his arms.

Suddenly, I could hear a little voice in my head. It sure sounded familiar. After a lot of thought, I recognized the voice to belong to Kane.


Fia's POV

"Where could they be? They should be back by now!' I yelled.

"I don't know." Kane whispered. We kept walking on the path Nuri and Kadyn went on and tried our best to look for footprints or any other sign of where they could be. Poor Kadyn! He's probably freezing his butt off right now! If only I went with him, I would've given him some of my body warmth! What am I thinking?! I have a boyfriend! Poor RaiRai! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!

"What are you thinking about? Looks like you're beating yourself up." Kane questioned.

"Huh? Oh nothing!" I replied a little too fast.

"Hmmm?" He wondered. Oh crap. He knows! "Maybe if I use my telepathy…" He whispered.

"You have telepathy?" I asked him. "No! Don't read my thoughts!" I yelled while covering my head.

"I meant use my telepathy to find Kadyn and Nuri. I should've used it way before! Ugh! I'm such a fool! I'm so sorry Kadyn and Nuri! This is all my fault!" He sulked.

"Oh. Alright." I answered, only paying attention to the first part of what he said. He closed his eyes and put his index and middle finger on his head inside of the cloak.

"Kadyn? Kadyn, where are you?" He said out loud. He sat there for a bit, most likely not getting a reply. All of a sudden, he moved his fingers from his head quickly.

"They're in a cave, but the entrance is blocked by snow that won't melt. Let's go!" He ordered while running.

"Right behind ya." I followed. "How would you know if we reached the cave?" I asked.

"Kadyn's voice will get louder if we get closer." He explained. "Here!" He said while pointing at a pile of snow.

"Are you sure they're in here?" I asked.

"Yes! Now let's get them out of there!" He yelled. His body emitted a bright light. He was now wearing huge, yellow armor with a large spear appeared in his hand, one part flat, and the other pointed.

"When I tell you, I want you to punch the flat part of my spear." He said.

"Why?" I questioned.

"We're going to pierce a hole in this snow." He explained.

"Alright?" I said confused. I stood right behind him while he got in a stance to throw it.

"Ready? Go!" He yelled. I immediately punched the spear, causing the whole thing to combust in flames. It was traveling at a crazy speed, causing the snow it traveled above to fly up and around it. The spear soon made contact with the pile, which then revealed a cave.


Kane's POV

Two figures could be seen inside of the cave. One got up slowly and lifted the other one up. Strands of blue hair could be seen from where I stood, which were quickly tucked back behind a cloak. Did Nuri see Kadyn, or were the strands of her hair the only thing Nuri saw? Nuri came rushing towards Fia and tackled her.

"Oh big sis! I missed ya!" He sobbed.

"Get off of me!" She yelled.

"Thank you Kane." A Kadyn replied weakly.

"No problem. That's what families do for each other." I shrugged. "Let's go home."


On the way down, Fia and I explained how we stumbled upon these men harassing a girl, who then shoved me down a mountain. I told Kadyn about Fia's motion sickness problem, which Nuri exclaimed that it ran in the family. I then continued to explain how we ended up finding the criminal's hidden base and we easily took them out. Nuri and Kadyn looked at us in awe, then explained how they were going to get warmed up in a cave, then an avalanche covered the entrance.

"Why didn't you just pull Kadyn away from the cave?" Fia lectured.

"Hey! It was the first thing I thought to do!" Nuri yelled back.

"Woah! I never thought you could think! I guess there's a first time for everything." Fia snickered.

"Why I oughtta…" Nuri started while rolling back his sleeve. Kadyn simply looked in their direction, then Nuri became calm and simply glared at his sister. There has to be something between those two. We were about to pass a train station before Kadyn stopped.

"Can we just take a train to get home faster?" Kadyn asked.

"I think that's a great idea. I'm beat." I agreed. "Let's go Fia and Nuri!" I exclaimed while dragging them to the station.

"No! Stop! Please don't do this!" They yelled.

"C'mon! It'll just be a little train ride! We'll be there in no time!" I assured them. I threw the two in the train, then took Kadyn with me to talk to the train conductor.

"How long will the ride be from here to Fiore?" I asked the man.

"It will take about 5 hours." He answered.

"Why would it take so long? We traveled to Mt. Hakobe by foot from Fiore and it didn't even take us that long!" Kadyn argued.

"I-I'm sorry sir. I-It's just that the railroad tracks leading to Fiore the fastest are under construction." The conductor shook in fear. Kadyn and I nodded and turned around to discuss this.

"We have two options. One being that we could travel by foot, the most painful way, or the other being we travel by train and have our friends be mad at us." Kadyn explained.

"I think we both know which would be the most fair." I said.

"Me too." Kadyn shrugged.


I took a seat next to Fia, who had Nuri sitting across from her. As we rode the train, Nuri and Fia groaned loudly and leaned against the wall of the train, looking like they was about to barf any moment now.

"Don't worry you two! Just a couple more hours!" I laughed. Fia turned to me slowly and glared..

"I hate youuuu." Fia said while slumping down on the floor.

I laughed at this and turned to Kadyn. She wasn't laughing, but I could see her body move with every breath she took underneath her cloak slightly. Her breathing was even, so I assumed she was sleeping.

I looked towards Nuri and noticed he was passed out also, along with Fia.

I glanced towards Kad again, then back at Nuri. I leaned back in my seat to get comfortable and closed my eyes.

"You two have a lot of explaining to do when we get back." I said to myself quietly before falling asleep.


"We have now arrived in Fiore. Don't forget your things and thank you for traveling with us." A voice announced.

I woke up and stretched. I looked around, and before I knew it, a pink and a white blur sped out of the train. I let out a slight laugh.

I carried Kadyn inside of our apartment and laid her on her bed. She was asleep the whole time and didn't even wake up when I carried her off the train. I put a blanket over her and left her room.

I walked to the bathroom and took a shower. I noticed I had a few cuts and scrapes, but no major injuries.

I got out of the shower, put my cloak back on, and went to my room. I scanned the room. The blinds were closed, my closet was empty except for my old cloak, and now, the door was locked.

I took off my cloak and laid on my bed. This had been a long week. I didn't realized how tired I was until I closed my eyes and instantly fell asleep.


Kadyn's POV

I woke up to the light that made its way through my blinds. I got up and stretched my arms, noticing I still had my cloak on with this action. I took if off and sniffed the air, noticing that the atmosphere smelled of pancakes. Today was going to be a great day!

I got up and walked to the laundry room, threw my cloak inside of the washer, then made my way to the bathroom. With toothbrush in hand, I brushed my teeth and didn't bother to look in the mirror. I spit into the sink and looked up to see my smile. I had a high ponytail with two of my bangs framing my face, which had smears of dirt and grime.

I shuttered at this and quickly made my way into the shower. The water felt great on my skin. The smell of roses and raspberry filled the room.

I got out with a towel wrapped around my body. I wiped the foggy mirror and looked at my reflection once more. I now looked refreshed and clean, but now, I looked at my own face more closely. Kane and I hadn't looked at our reflections often since we hid our identities most of the time.

I examined my long blue hair, then my eyes, then my tattoo around my right eye. Flashbacks of my parents flooded my mind. I didn't get dreams of them more recently, which bothered me.

"Maybe the dreams were only created because I was still mourning." I thought to myself.

I used my requip magic to change into my Heart Kreuz armor. It was like my mother's full time armor, it had been her usual outfit.

I got out of the bathroom and walked to the laundry room. I noticed the washer was empty and the dryer was started. The dryer stopped and started to beep, letting me know that it was finished with its assignment to dry the clothing.

I opened it to find my cloak fully dry. The smell of fresh lilac lingered on the cloak. I put it on and walked towards the kitchen to see a stack of pancakes on the table.

I ran towards them with a sparkle in my eye. These weren't ordinary pancakes. These were strawberry cheesecake pancakes!

Before I devoured the majestic pile of amazingness, I looked around to notice nobody was inside the kitchen. I summoned a one-handed sword and walked around the premises of my apartment. It was quiet, too quiet. I made my way to Kane's room and slightly opened the door. A lump was laying on his bed. I kept my guard up and made my way to the lump. I slightly lifted the covers and saw a passed out Kane with a plate of half-eaten pancakes in his hands. I giggled at this and walked back to the kitchen. I sat down and ate the pancakes.

I washed the dishes, wrote a note letting Kane know I'd be at the guild, and left to my destination.


I walked into the noisy guild and noticed everyone was creating a circle. I suspected the usual, a fight. I walked towards an empty spot in the circle and noticed Uta was fighting Ambu.

"You're pathetic! You honestly think you can take me on?" Ambu questioned with the smile I have grown to hate with a passion.

"Who are you calling pathetic, Snow Princess?! I'll wipe that ugly smile off that face of yours." Uta exclaimed while getting covered in iron scales.

"Blizzard Slicer!" Ambu yelled. Compacted snow flew towards Uta, who simply crossed her arms over her face. The snow dissipated on contact. Uta looked up with a smile on her face.

"My turn." She smirked. "Iron Dragon, Lance!" Uta yelled. The lance made contact with Ambu, but she seemed unfazed. I looked to where the iron lance made contact and saw why she looked unfazed. The lance went through her, and her body was fully made of water.

"Water Lock!" Ambu yelled. A sphere of water surrounded Uta. When did Ambu learn how to use water magic?!

Uta grabbed her throat as a signal to say she couldn't breathe. She moved her body viciously in the sphere of water, then her body movements slowed down and she shut her eyes.

"Requip! Sea Armor!" I yelled. I swung the sword that summoned in my hand. The sickle-like slash coming off my sword slashed through the sphere of water, allowing Uta to breathe. She coughed up water and laid on the floor.

"That's enough! This fight is over!" I exclaimed while helping Uta get up.

"Hahaha! Whatever. I told you Metal Brain that your pathetic!" Ambu laughed. She walked over to Rai, who was with his ordinary group consisting of Derwin, Ambu, Calder, Astin, and himself.

"If Ambu is this tough, I wonder how strong the rest of them got." I thought to myself The crowd around us slowly dissipated.

"Are you alright?" I asked Uta.

"Yeah. I'm fine." She replied. I sat her down at the bar, where Lekha got her a towel and a blanket.

"Kadyn." A voice said from behind me. I turned to see that it was Laxus.

"Hello Master Laxus." I greeted.

"I know you just got back from your mission, but I need you to go on another one." He explained.

"With?" I asked with a sigh.

"Calder and Astin." He said simply.

"Alright. Will do." I answered. He nodded, then left.

"This will be interesting!" Lekha smiled.

"Indeed. I haven't gotten to know the two however." I replied.

"Well here's your chance!" Lekha giggled. I looked to the other side of the bar and saw the two men I was paired up with. I walked over to them and took the empty seat next to Calder.

"What is the mission we are going on?" I asked them. Calder took a sip of his tea and handed me a paper.

"Help! Dark guild harassing townspeople of Hargeon. Reward - Three Million Jewel."

"Alright, thanks." I said while making my way back to Lekha and Uta.

"We leave in an hour." Calder called.

"Alright. Let's meet up at the front of the guild." I replied.

"Okay." Calder said with a laid back tone to his voice. If this is how it'll be for the whole time we're on our mission, then this sure will be quiet.


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