Chapter 11

The rest of the night had been very quiet and peaceful, and morning soon arrived.

Wendy's P.O.V

I awoke with the sun's rays beaming through the windows and hitting be directly in the eyes. I closed them immediately and sat up slowly to evade them. I rubbed my eyes and yawned.

"Good morning Wendy." I opened my eyes and saw that Charle had woken up as well and was stretching her entire body.

"Good morning Charle." I replied.

"Did you sleep well?" She asked me. I nodded in response. I asked her the very same thing.

"Well, I couldn't get any sleep because I was cautious about the he-cat climbing back up again and trying to sleep with me." She shuddered after that.

"Charle, don't you think it was rather rude of you though to kick him off and knock him out cold?"

"No." She said bluntly.

I heard a groan near the seat across the aisle from mine, and saw Gajeel-san starting to wake up. He slowly sat up and opened his eyes. He looked over to me and I greeted him.

"Good morning Gajeel-san." I said with a smile. He grunted in response and rubbed at his eyes. I heard a loud groan in the seat behind mine. I looked over to see Natsu-san with his face nearly oozing off.

"Natsu-san." I said. He managed to look in my direction. He outstretched his arm.

"W…..Wendy, tha….thank goodness you're awake. Please, can you cast Tr*gag* Troia again. I can't tolerate this anymore. I've been up for hours." He gagged out. I sighed as I jumped out of my seat and over to him. I stretched both my hands out.

"Troia." I said as I closed my eyes and focused my magic in the palms of my hands.

I heard Natsu-san stop groaning, and I opened my eyes. He jumped up out of joy and pumped his arms in the air.

"AHHHHHHH that feels great! Arigato, Wendy." He said as he hugged me.

I chuckled out of embarrassment and he soon put me down.

"Are the others awake yet? Where's breakfast!? Where's Happy!?" He asked as some drool was starting to accumulate on the corners of his mouth.

"No, it's not here yet, and the others are still asleep." Charle replied as she floated to the top of my head and landed.

"Well, I guess I should wake them up." He said a little too enthusiastically as he ran over to where Lucy-san and Juvia-san were.

Normal P.O.V

Natsu made it over to Lucy and started to shake her awake.

"Lucy, wake up and find me breakfast." Natsu said as he was shaking her profusely. Somehow, Lucy didn't wake up.

Natsu dropped her on the seat. Natsu stopped to think for a second a he developed an idea.

He enveloped his hands in his flames and slowly reached for Lucy. He touched her shoulder, and the moment he did, she jumped up and screamed.

"hot-hot-hot-hot-hot-hot-HOT!" Lucy screamed as she ran back and forth in the aisle.

"HAHAHAHAHA" Natsu and Gajeel laughed.

Juvia and Gray started to wake up from the noise.

"*yawn* Man, I can't even wake up to a peaceful morning without Hot-head causing a ruckus." Gray insulted.

"What was that Gray?!" Natsu asked as he butted heads with him. Gray didn't say anything. He jumped to the point and started fighting him in the middle of the aisle.

"Ahhh, Juvia was having a nice dream about her and Gray-sama on a date. Why did you have to wake Juvia up?" Juvia whined as she rubbed her eyes.

"Good morning Juvia-san." Wendy greeted her. Juvia looked at her and smiled.

"Good morning Wendy." Juvia said. Wendy and Charle took the seat in front of her. Both girls watched the morning brawl take place on the floor, not saying a single word.

"Wendy.." Juvia said. Wendy looked up at her.

"Hm?" Wendy hummed.

Juvia pointed over towards Drue's sleeping figure while smiling. Wendy followed it and looked over at him.

"Oh, so that's where Happy was." Wendy said with a pink tint on her cheeks. The fight between Natsu and Gray stopped. Natsu looked over to see.

"Where!?" Natsu yelled.

Happy was curled up in a ball sleeping on Drue's chest. Happy seemed to be in complete serenity and was breathing at a slow, steady rate and was purring slightly. Drue was laying down on the seat with his left leg and arm hanging off the side of the seat. He had his right over swung over his face and was snoring lightly.

"Huh? I wonder why he was sleeping with him." Lucy said as she finally stopped running and cooled down her shoulder.

Natsu walked over to them and lightly nudged Happy until he finally woke up.

"Huh? Oh, it's Natsu." Happy said groggily as he slowly stood up.

"Happy, why were you sleeping with Drue?" Natsu asked. Happy shook his head vigorously.

"I didn't want to sleep anywhere near you. Especially with your 'night attacks' when your trying to cope with your sickness." Happy said as he crossed his arms. Natsu rubbed his cheek with his index finger and averted his eyes, laughing nervously.

"Hehe, I see your point, but why with him?" Natsu asked.

"Well, I asked him of course, and he had no problem with it. It was actually quite comfy." Happy said as he lightly tapped his chest with his foot. His tail though was rubbing against Drue's nose, and that caused him to sneeze awake.

"Achoo!...huh? What time is it?" Drue said as he slowly began to sit up. He rubbed his temples and rubbed down his face.

"It's morning Drue." Happy said as the Slayer looked down at him.

Drue grunted.

"G-good morning Drue, h-how are you feeling?" Wendy stuttered out, slightly wary of how he'll act. Drue looked up at her.

"Morning. I'm fine." Drue went quiet for a second.

"Hey uh Wendy…" Drue started.

"Yes?" She asked as she tilted her head.

"Look I uh just wanted to….."

"Yes?"

"…apologize about last night. It was uncalled for and rude. Sorry if I scared you for a second." Drue apologized as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.

Wendy smiled. "oh it's alright. Did you sleep well?"

Drue sighed a breath of relief.

"Yeah, I guess. I went to sleep late last night, so I didn't get much."

"Huh? Why did you go to sleep late last night? You went to bed earlier than us." Gray said.

"I didn't go to sleep. I was still thinking about a lot of things. Oh, and where are your clothes?" Drue asked as he pointed to him. Gray gasped in shock and frantically searched the cart for his attire.

"So, you're better now right? We don't have to worry about you having a sudden attitude shift?" Natsu asked as he sat down in the seat next to him and patted his back.

Drue laughed a little. "No, you don't have to worry about that happening if you're careful."

Natsu arched his eyebrow. "Careful?"

Erza had been the last one to wake up and slowly walked into the gathering and sat in the seat across from Drue's.

"Morning Erza" Everyone greeted with a smile.

"Morning. Did everyone sleep well?" She said as she stretched her shoulders.

Everyone nodded.

"So Drue, where are we going again?" Erza asked.

"Well, the final stop for the train is at a popular town known as Chi Mania. From there I'll travel all the way to , then I'll reach my final destination." Drue explained.

"Don't you mean 'we'?" Erza said with a glare. Drue retracted a bit and corrected himself.

"Y-yeah, we." Drue said as he averted her gaze.

"Wait, Juvia is confused about something." Juvia said as she brought her finger to her chin. Drue looked at her.

"What is it Juvia-san?" Drue asked.

"That guy said that their current location for this site was around 300 miles west from ."

"yes."

"Why are we heading directly to the mountain instead of going by it?" She asked.

Drue sighed.

"There's….something I need to attend to at the mountain, so that's why I'm heading there first." Drue replied.

"What do you need to do at the mountain?" Gajeel asked. Drue sank slightly in his seat.

"It's…really personal. I rather not say. If you guys are still with me, you'll see" Drue said glumly. Drue looked around to see everyone staring at him with severe intent and worry. He wanted to change the subject immediately and spoke to Erza.

"So, Erza-nee, did you sleep well last night? What did you dream about?" Drue asked nonchalantly. He ignored the surprise looks on everyone's faces and was relieved he managed to get them to stop discussing the previous topic.

Everyone was silent for a moment. Until they all screamed simultaneously.

"-NEEEEEEE?!" Everyone except Drue and Erza yelled.

"Oh, I slept really well. I dreamt about strawberry cake all night long." She replied with a smile. Everyone else toppled over in grief and groaned.

"Don't act like that didn't affect you Erza!" Lucy said as she slowly regained her composure and climbed into the seat next to her.

"Oh, why would it?" Erza asked, completely oblivious to what was going on.

"Erza, he just called you 'Erza-nee', and you're not bothered by that?" Gray asked.

"No. But I am bothered that you don't have anything besides your underwear on." She replied as she narrowed her eyes. Gray was shocked again.

"Oh, Come on! I just put them on! Where are they now?!" Gray screamed as he searched for his clothes…again.

Drue looked over to watch Gray for a second.

"Uhhhh, does he always lose his clothes and strip all the time?" Drue asked.

"Apparently…yes. He has an extreme habit of stripping down to his boxers without his knowing of it. We have to constantly remind him on a daily basis to find his clothes." Lucy explained.

Drue was surprised and kind of disturbed by this information. The intercom was activated, the conductor spoke over it.

"Good Morning passengers. We will be arriving at Chi Mania in less than an hour. I repeat, we will be arriving at Chi Mania in less than an hour. Our employees will son be arriving to serve breakfast. Thank you for commuting with us as your means of transportation. Have a nice day." The female conductor finished.

Drue blinked a few times after she had finished. His stomach gurgled a bit, and he grabbed it.

"Man, I'm hungry." Drue said. He stood up and started heading for the restroom.

"I'll be right back." Drue yawned as he opened the door, stepped in and closed it.

The moment he did, everyone jumped in front of Erza with concentration plastered on their faces.

"What?" Erza asked.

"Okay what happened? Why is he suddenly calling you 'Erza-nee'?" Juvia asked.

"Yeah, and why is he acting so…..calm and collective? He wasn't like that yesterday." Natsu said.

Erza grunted slightly.

"Well….Drue and I had a rather..uh… interesting conversation last night, and he started addressing me that way. I don't mind if he does that." She said.

"What were you and Drue talking about last night, Erza-san?" Wendy asked.

Erza's face dropped slightly as she stared at the Sky Dragon for a moment.

"Well, our conversation was regarding some personal issues, and it's not my position to say what we talked about." Erza said.

Everyone's face dropped in disappointment.

"But, he did say some interesting things about himself, and he is actually a very nice kid, once you get him to open up." Erza said.

"wait, wait, wait. He just suddenly opened up to you last night out of nowhere? Why?" Lucy asked.

"Well…he didn't voluntarily open up. It was more like what others would call 'forced' him to." Erza said with a smile.

"And what would you call it?" Gajeel asked.

"Asking nicely." Erza nonchalantly said.

Everyone sweat dropped.

"I guess even Drue couldn't withstand the demonic wrath of Erza." Gray whispered into Natsu's ear.

"Yeah." Natsu replied back.

Suddenly, Erza grabbed both of their heads and smashed them together.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Erza threatened them to say it again. Both of them were laying on the floor in complete agony.

"We….we didn't say… anything!" both Natsu and Gray whimpered out from the floor, with their wounds smoking.

Everyone else slowly slid back a little as Erza sat back down in her seat.

"Anyways…that's all I have the liberty to say. He made me swear no to tell you guys. He said he might tell you guys later on, but I have doubts that he'll do that." Erza said.

"It won't matter anyway, Erza." Happy announced. Everyone looked at him.

"Oh, why is that Happy?" Lucy asked.

"Well, this may sound a little unorthodox, but we can send Wendy here to use her cuteness to seduce him into telling her, therefore she'll tell us." Happy said.

Wendy's face turned a darker shade than Erza's hair.

"W-w-w-why w-would you even s-s-suggest that?" Wendy stuttered out as she grabbed her cheeks.

Charle had a vain bulge out from her forehead and grabbed Happy by the knot around his neck.

"HE-CAT, how dare you even suggest Wendy to do such an inappropriate thing?! Especially with that kid!" Charle screamed as she forcefully jerked him around.

"I just thought since she has a crush on him, and that they're the same age that she could try to use her feminine wiles on him." Happy screamed, but his reasoning only made Charle jerk him around even harder and faster.

Wendy sat there with actual steam coming from her ears, and her face glowing a neon red.

"Oh, a crush? That's so adorable!" Both Lucy and Juvia squealed out.

"WAAAAAAH-" Wendy exclaimed as she shifted uncontrollably in her seat.

"Uhhh, that would not be a good idea." Erza said.

"You're darn right it's not!" Charle agreed as she continued shaking a now unconscious Happy.

"No, I mean it's really not a good idea." Erza emphasized.

"Why is that? What, do you think she isn't good enough for a low standard person like him?" Charle asked as she pushed Happy's body down and placed her paws on her hips.

"Low standard?" Erza asked.

"So you're now saying that Wendy is not good enough for this boy?" Charle asked in an irritated tone.

"No, I'm not saying that at all. Besides, didn't you just say you didn't want Wendy to have a relationship with him?" Erza asked with a smirk.

"Yes, but I'm not going to idle by if you imply that Wendy is not cute nor good enough to be with him. I mean look at this. Who wouldn't want to be with someone this cute?" Charle asked as she grabbed Wendy's face and lifted her cheeks up to make a smile.

Wendy was chuckling out of embarrassment.

"Charle, please let go." Wendy asked.

"Yes, she's very cute, but saying it's not a good idea not because of Wendy's appearance and personality, nor Drue's." She tried to reason.

"then why is it not a good idea then?" Gray asked.

Erza crossed her arms and sighed.

"That's not really my place to say why exactly. If you want to know, then you'll have to ask Drue."

"Ask me what?" Drue said as he suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Oh, they were going to ask you on what your opinion is on Wendy is and if she's good enough to have a relationship with someone." Juvia said.

"JUVIA-SAN!" Wendy screamed at the water mage.

"Okay, where did this come from?" Drue asked. He looked down at an unconscious Happy. "What happened to him? How long was I in there?" Drue asked.

"Forget him, now answer the question." Charle demanded in a stern tone, ignoring his question.

"I rather not answer such a frivolous question." Drue said as he avoided bumping into anyone and sat down.

"It's not frivolous, now answer the question." Charle demanded. She walked over and was now standing on Drue's lap.

"Oi, Charle!" Wendy whined.

"I'm not going to-"

"Drue." Erza interrupted. Drue looked over to her. She gestured her head towards Wendy and grunted.

"No." Drue said in a stern tone as he shook his head.

"Reconsider, at least tell her that-"

"ERZA-NEE, No!" Drue said in a much louder tone. Everyone was caught by surprise at this.

"Oi, oi, what's-" Natsu was about to say something, but Gray placed his hand on his shoulder, signaling for him to not to continue. Natsu complied.

"Tell m-m-me what?" Wendy asked. Drue looked over to her.

" It's nothing…. Wendy. Just some..uh…stuff that you really don't need to know." Drue said. Wendy wasn't buying his attempt to avoid the question, but she decided to let it pass for now and nodded.

The same man from the previous night walked in pushing a trolley presumably with the breakfast.

"Good Morning, everyone. I apologize, but we only have two choices for this morning's meal. We have an omelet filled with sausage, onions, peppers, cheese, with a side of hash browns. Also, we have a plate of sausage, eggs, bacon, hash browns, both with a cup of orange juice." The caterer informed.

After the man had concluded his informing, all the guys except Drue rampaged to the trolley and started emptying the contents for the food. The caterer was startled and had run off and screamed something involving with food demons.

"Does this always happen when food enters the room?" Drue asked.

All the girls sighed.

"sadly….yes. Well, might as well join them; I'm hungry myself." Lucy said as the rest of them except Drue, Erza, and Charle went over to the cart as well. Erza sat there looking at Drue with concern.

"What, Erza-nee?" Drue asked.

"You should of just told her right then and there Drue." Erza said.

Drue sighed as he pinched his temples.

"I already told you why I can't. You should respect my desires and not attempt to force me into something undesirable." Drue said.

"Drue, nothing about it is undesirable. Don't delude yourself into believing such an idea. You told me yourself last night that a large part of you really wants to tell her. Why do you torture yourself by continuing what you're doing, huh?" Erza said.

"What are you two talking about? And what exactly is it that you wish to tell Wendy?" Charle asked.

"It's nothing." Drue said in an irritated tone.

"*sigh* It's not nothing. Just be rid of this shackling feeling and just tell Wendy. It will be better than not telling her." Erza said.

"No. It will only make things worse later. I can't tell her and that's that. Besides, even if I did, I want it to be private, not when everyone else is around. Okay? End of discussion." Drue said.

"Wait-" Charle interjected.

"I said 'end of discussion' alright? Now just be quiet, they're coming back." Drue said.

"Hmph!" Charle grunted.

Wendy, Lucy, and Juvia came back holding six plates with the omelets, while Happy was holding seven cups of orange juice.

"Here you go Erza." Lucy handed Erza a plate, and Juvia handed Charle a plate as well.

"Um.." Wendy started "Here you go Drue. Hope you don't mind having this." She handed him the plate, and he accepted it.

"Thanks." Drue said as he took the plate and started eating the omelet. He started to stare out the window while eating and didn't say a single word for the rest of breakfast. The rest of the ride was relatively quiet.

xXx

The train had finally arrived at Chi Mania train station, and Natsu literally jumped out in rejoice.

"Finally, I'm free from the confinement of that moving, metal death trap!" Natsu yelled as he dropped to the floor and started kissing the floor.

"Natsu, I think you're exaggerating a bit. There's no need to kiss the floor." Happy said.

"No, that's a perfectly good reason to kiss the floor. Do you have any idea what's it like to be me and forced to tolerate my one weakness for hours?" Natsu yelled.

"No, but Natsu-san, can you please stop? People are staring at us." Wendy said. Natsu looked up to see that people were muttering and pointing at him.

"Hehe sorry." Natsu said as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. Natsu then began gawk at the extraordinary design of the station's interior.

"Wow, this place is actually pretty nice for a train station."

There current location in the station was very nice. Marble floors that were placed adjacent to the two train track were well kept and reflected the sunlight that passed through the skylight in a very beautiful way. There was a rather large stair case that led to the main level of the station and was framed with intricate marble columns on the sides to support the regular ceiling just before the skylight glass. There was a group of five people utilizing orchestra music to play for travelers.

"Wow, this place is nice, isn't Charle?" Wendy asked.

"I guess." Charle responded.

"Alright, let's not idle by. So Drue, where to next?" Erza turned to Drue's location, only to see he wasn't there anymore.

"Drue?" Gray asked.

Erza whitened with incomprehensible shock and literally cracked.

"THAT LITTLE BRAT!" Erza screamed out in a terrifying voice.

"WHERE DID HE GO!?" Natsu and Gajeel screamed.

"Don't tell Juvia that he ditched us." Juvia said.

"You got to be kidding me." Lucy and Happy said.

"Hmmm, Where did he go, Charle?" Wendy asked. Charle shrugged her shoulders.

So what was last night's conversation about then huh!? Erza yelled in her thoughts.

"ALRIGHT, ALL OF YOU GO FIND HIM! I'M PISSED RIGHT NOW AND IF ANY OF YOU DON'T FIND DRUE, YOU'LL SUFFER IN HIS STEAD! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!" Erza yelled at everyone.

"HAI!" Everyone complied and immediately ran off in various directions to find Drue, obviously not wanting to be the victims of Erza.

Wendy had run up the stairs and started surveying the rather ginormous room and smelling the air

"*sniff* *sniff* Ah, he's close by. Come on Charle." Wendy said as she started to run. Charle was flying along with her by her head.

A few meters away behind a wall, Drue hid away from her, panting.

Crap, I need to get out of here, fast..Drue thought as he started running through the large station, evading a collision with people to find an exit.

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