Hey guys well as you already know I'm pretty pissed at Fanfiction at the moment. Since they finally gave me the 'ok' to update once again the problem SHOULD be fixed. I pray that it is cause I've been itching to update and UPLOAD for a while. Both have been taken away from me for A LOOONNGG TIME! And during that time you all know I must have been writing of course :D EXPECT A BUNCH OF NEW FISHY STORIES ETC. CAUSE THEIR COMING AT FULL SPEED! IM SOOO SORRY FOR THE DELAY IT GETS ME MAD AS MUCH AS IT DOES TO YOU BUT WHAT CAN WE DO '-.- Enjoy this SUPER LONG chapter.
"Now you see this here. This will make you fly like all the other exceeds~" Cana hiccupped, shoving a mug of her spirits towards the black and white cat.
"Are you sure… It smells kind of weird." Tigress's nose twitched as she took small sniffs of the alcohol, her face immediately scrunched itself up not liking the smell.
"Don't worry once you get past the taste you'll be able to fly all you want~" The drunk slurred, her face centimeters away from Tigress.
The cat took another whiff of the air around her. The same stench the juice was all over Cana. Looking back down to the cup full of spirit's the cat shrugged hopping she would sprout wings and fly just like the other exceeds.
It was true she was envious that they had such magical powers such as the aria to fly up in the clouds. Tigress always hoped that she would get a chance to fly just like the birds.
"Alright…" The tiger frowned sticking out a tongue.
"Don't drink that!" A voice shouted throughout the guild silencing everyone. Tigress instantly dropped the mug of spirits making it spill all over Cana. Soiling her favorite t- shirt. But of course she was too drunk to even care at that point.
Tigress quickly jumped off the table and ran crying towards the source of the voice. Everyone in the guild smiled happily, thanking Mavis that their favorite little blonde fire mage was alright.
"PAPA!" The tiger sobbed tackling the fire mage whom was still sitting on the wheel chair. As the cat cried loudly against Blaze's chest, the blonde couldn't hold back his smile as he embraced his foster daughter. Happy that the enemy didn't take his whole family away from him.
But they took his Angel and all he could do to help was just sit around hoping for good news to arrive. The tears that were left unshed, started to well up in the blonde's eyes. His eyes stung as he tried his best to hold them back but it was no use. Knowing that the girl he came to love was snatched away from him was heartbreaking. No, it felt worse than that, like a part of him was missing. Now that their separated the only thing that gave him hope was the tug on his heart. Pushing him forward to not give up just yet.
As the warm salty tears slid down his face they fell upon Tigress's back. The cat looked up giving a watery smile to her father. "D-Don't worry daddy. You did good, taking down thirty of those goons. M-Mommy would be proud." Tigress pep talked as she hiccupped trying to stop her tears so her dad wouldn't cry anymore.
"You even got bashed in the head. Yet you kept on fighting to protect your Nakama. That's what being a Fairy Tail wizard is all about, never giving up." Natsu hollered from the bar counter. Using his right hand he held it up in the air, pointing his index finger towards the sky, with his thumb sticking out.
Many other guild members did the same action as they all started to cheer. Giving their salute to the brave fire mage.
"B-But I broke my p-promise." Blaze stuttered, his bottom lip quivering uncontrollably.
"Then don't give up! Keep your promise." Lucy yelled over the ruckus of the guild.
The blonde's lips slowly twisted itself into a bright smile, as he tilted his head ever so cutely. Tigress watched as her father smiled more brightly than he ever did before. It surprised her that this guild even got a smile out of him even when everyone knew he was in deep pain.
'Such kind people…'
"Hey Tigress, What do you say becoming one of the family?" Natsu winked towards the cat, pointing directly towards his Fairy Tail insignia on his left forearm.
The cat literally jumped for joy at these words. As Blaze wheeled himself over to the bar counter towards Mira whom in fact was already holding the stamp. Tigress was ecstatic as she showed her back side towards the bartender pointing to the location of where she wanted the tattoo.
'And yet.'
A small pop came from the small little stamp as it left its mark on Tigress's back. With this official red mark on the tiger's back made it clear to everyone that she was a member of the most chaotic guild in all of Fiore. But she was truly proud to have such a stamp it not only meant she was part of her foster fathers guild. It also noted she was part of the family.
'For mama she would never get to experience… freedom such like this.'
Everyone erupted into cheers celebrating in honor of the new member of their guild. On the other hand the cat was somewhat solemn, like as if she won a hollow victory of some sorts. Her mother was still missing. And she knew when the time would come the cat would have to say her final good bye's. Quickly glancing over to her foster father. The fire mage was smiling happily cheering along with the rest of his comrades.
'How would Blaze react?' The neko thought sadly. Of course she knew the answer to that question was simple. Blaze would be devastated, without Lira how would he continue to walk? Continue to fight? Continue to smile exactly the way he was doing now?
"Hey Tigress why the sad face?" Blaze raised a brow, grinning mischievously towards his daughter.
"Oh no it's nothing." The smile she gave him had no expression. It was a hidden smile. Holding hurt, sadness, and the heaviest of hearts. The hurt ran deep through her veins and all she wanted to do at that moment was run into her fathers warm arms to cry once again. But she knew she had to be strong. For if she lost herself in the void of sadness, she too will never get back up again.
~0~
A wheezing cough echoed through silent building. Blood spat all over the once clean white tiles. As the gore dripped teasingly from the ebony mage's mouth. The dark man licked his lips wanting to get a taste of her flesh.
Panting roughly Lira's chest heaved up and down. Drinking greedily the air around her.
"I will ask you once again… Where is Lucy Heartfilla?" Curtis warned as he twirled around in his chair, grinning like a mad man.
"N-NEVER!" The dragon hissed loudly, as more blood oozed from her jaw.
"Len…" The man snapped his fingers, which in return earned Lira another fist to the stomach.
As more blood spat to the floor the bigger the grin grew on the mans face. But Lira's evil smile surpassed his as she faced him once more.
"Punch me all you want. You'll never get the information your looking for." The ebony mage ventured not afraid to push his anger any further.
"What did you say?" His grin suddenly disappeared as it was replaced with a frown.
"You heard me… Even if you use violence there's going to be a point where your going to have to stop. After all you don't want to drain all of my power before the ceremony do you?" The dragon spoke confidently knowing she had the upper hand.
Curtis clenched his fists, out of all the angel's born into this world why did he have to get the rebellious one?
"I'm not afraid to hurt you fool. Even if we kill you it would be just enough for Chaos." As the dark man turned the tide, Lira frowned knowing her victory was shallow. Although he was bluffing he knew that she was correct if they were to kill her then all his planning would have been a complete and utter failure.
Not knowing that what she was being told was a lie. Lira took it as a strong blow. Although the pain radiating from her stomach was worse, the pain of knowing her untimely death was more heartbreaking. She knew tomorrow would be the day. The last day she would get to live the life she knew here. The final day she would get to send with Blaze and her family.
On that fateful day Lira was the strongest she could ever be in front of any enemy she faced. For almost two days the dragon had shown no signs of weakness but the will to survive. But today she chose to let that single tear slide down her cheek.
For weakness is the greatest sign of strength.
~0~
It had only just been yesterday since Tigress was an official member of Fairy Tail. After the events that had occurred in the last few days the guild finally agreed to set off on finding Lira. As everyone paired off into groups of teams for the search party, Blaze was busy concentrating on Lira's location.
"How's it coming buddy?" Natsu knocked at the door frame of the Guild's infirmary. Catching the blonde's attention.
"Not so good… Every time I think I got a spark of some type to reach her it just fades away." The young fire mage sighed shaking his head sadly.
The dragon slayer smiled, grabbing a nearby chair to sit down. "You giving up already?" Natsu teased knowing Blaze couldn't give up so easily.
"…No of course not! It's just that-"
"You can't reach her?" Natsu finished for the baffled fire mage. All Blaze could do was nod holding his head low, ashamed that he wasn't able to find Lira.
"No amount of magic can find her. It's your instincts that you really have to rely on." The dragon slayer continued leaning backwards on his chair.
"Instincts?" Blaze quirked a brow baffled at the answer. How would relying on instincts get him to find Lira? Every time he looked for an answer would be by doing things head first. Many times it wouldn't even work out for him.
"Yup~ Just feel where the tug on your heart pulls you. And before you know it, you found Lira." Natsu stood stretching his limbs with a groan. Hearing a satisfying pop he grinned making his way towards his son.
Tapping on the left side of his chest repeatedly the dragon slayer chuckled. "When you put your heart in the hands of another, they hold that special bond with you."
Slowly walking away from the blonde, Natsu could feel his own heart stings being pulled. As he could hear her sweet melodic voice mentioning his name as she spoke. "Better get some sleep tomorrow's a big day." The salamander added before waving himself off.
Only leaving Blaze with his thoughts to keep him company.
What did the old goof ball mean by that? Raising his hand to clutch the very spot the fire mage poked at. He couldn't feel anything. No pulling, no certain tug. Just an empty feeling in his gut. Was his gut his heart stings instead? No, it couldn't be. Where is that damn tug!
Exerting magic energy waves to give him that extra push, didn't work. Attempting this multiple times got the mage no where as he started to cough up blood again. A small gasp came from the small tiger entering the room, at the sight of the dripping blood. As little tear drop like marks slid from his jaw Tigress quickly grabbed onto the nearest towel. Handing it to her father to clean up the gore.
"Thanks." Blaze spoke hoarsely, wiping the mess from his mouth.
"Dad… don't you think your pushing yourself to hard. Mama would be worried if she saw you like this." Tigress frowned.
"But if I don't try hard enough time might run out…" The fire mage sighed in frustration as he leaned back into the bed. Blinking up to the plain white ceiling he tried to connect the dots to why he couldn't reach his ebony partner.
"The Angel will fall from the heavens. Only to return again, with it's halo and wings. A Guardian Angel" The cat's bottom lip quivered as she repeated the old words echoing through her head.
'Time has already run out.'
~0~
"Natsu~" Lucy called.
"Coming Luce." Natsu hollered as he ran from the guilds infirmary hallway and out to the mess hall.
"Can you watch over Blaze while I'm gone. Wendy needs more to replace the old gauze with some new one's and the guild ran out. So I'm going to fetch some at the store." The blonde explained.
"Don't worry Luce everything will be a-ok when you come back." The dragon slayer saluted just like a soldier in the military.
"That's what I'm afraid of." The celestial mage smacked her forehead with the palm of her hand. Sighing, hoping that she wouldn't come back to a pile of rubble that use to be the guild.
"Oi, I'm not that destructive!" Natsu pouted cutely making the blondes knees practically turn to jelly.
"I know." Lucy smiled giving a quick kiss on the cheek to her partner. Causing him to blush heavily.
"I'll be back in just a few minutes!" The celestial mage waved off, dismissing herself.
Smiling inwardly the dragon slayer touched his cheek. Still feeling the warmth of Lucy's soft lips lingering there. Little did he know that it might be the last time he would ever see her smiling again.
~0~
Tall hot pink heels clicked against the gray pavement as a blonde haired women hummed her way through the streets of Magnolia. Everything seemed quiet at that moment, there were strangely no people crowding the streets, even the market place was somewhat empty. It was practically like a ghost town.
The only inhabitants were Lucy and very few shop owners. The next thing the blonde knew was a black swish of a cloak. A man tall dark man stood in front of her blocking her way to get pass.
"Excuse me but I need to get by." The celestial mage frowned. She knew that something here wasn't quite right.
"Lucky Lucy of the Heartfilla's what an honor to meet you in person…" The shadowy figure spoke, tucking in an arm against his stomach as he bowed low to the women. Like a perfect gentlemen would do.
Lucy raised a brow at the strange man before her, "So you've heard of me?"
"Why of course! It all our dear Lira would talk about." His eyes flashed as he smirked knowingly at the mage.
"What did you say?" Lucy hissed, her hand clenching itself to a ball. Not even thinking with her brain her body had different plans. As her hand quickly grasped onto the top of his cloak.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH LIRA!" The blonde threatened.
Regretting what she had done. Lucy knew she had absolutely no fighting skills, besides her celestial type of whip that Virgo had given her long ago. Other than that, hand to hand combat wasn't her forte.
"Woah! Simmer down. I don't want any trouble here." The guy waved his hands towards the blonde in defeat. Trying to avoid conflict. Curtis had ordered Len to bring the celestial wizard unharmed, that not even a scratch be found on her body.
With just enough punches to the gut the Angel had finally spilled the information on the celestial mage's whereabouts. Luckily, she did if the beating had went any further Len was sure that life would flee from her violet eyes. As his master ordered him to fetch Lucy he made sure that she would be unharmed.
The servant question as to why he wanted this but the only response he got was "We need a melody to our song." Of course this line was utterly confusing to the servant man. Knowing he shouldn't question his motives twice he left in search of the mage.
"My boss wanted to make a bargain is all." Len continued.
Slowly releasing her grip the man exhaled smiling mischievously at the girl. "Go on." Lucy crossed her arms across her chest. Len's grin grew wider knowing she would fall for his master's plan.
"You want the girl back, right?" The servant started.
"Yea." Lucy frowned, not being able to read what this guy was plotting exactly.
"Well all my master wants is you. So how about a trade? You for the girl." Len offered.
The fairy tail mage tilted her head thinking about the bargain. Although she wanted Lira back she didn't really actually know if the mans words were true. How could she trust a shadowy figure like him? But Lucy was desperate, the celestial wizard loved her spirits with all her heart. So she gave him her answer.
"So where do we start?"
~0~
The bright cold silver moon was high up in the sky that night. No clouds in sight. Making the bright beautiful stars twinkle showing off their brilliance. The male blonde laid there in the guild's infirmary. Staring up at the canvas of the night.
A light snore came from Tigress as she was curled up on his stomach. While a purr radiated from his Uncle Happy whom was nestled upon Natsu's pink hair. Blaze couldn't help but smile at the two cats, it was truly an adorable sight. How both him and Natsu looked somewhat the same in a way.
Turning his head back to the window the florescent light caressed his face. Illuminating his features, a frown started to take place at the thought of the villain him and his father would have to face.
'How strong would this guy be exactly? Will he have millions of men backing him up? Or will I be to late to save Lira or Mom?' As all these ran through the teens mind he couldn't but feel selfish.
Selfish at the fact that he was here in the protection of the guild safe and warm. But just imaging the pain his mother and partner were feeling just made him get even more angrier. No one mess's with his family. Getting the news of his mother's kidnapping was tough to bear. But it was even more terrifying seeing how furious Natsu had been.
Fire ragged all over his body, he screamed out her name till his voice went hoarse. The guild members pleaded that he should calm down but nothing worked. Natsu swore that he would find her, for the guild and for Blaze. The blonde teen couldn't help but grab onto his father flaming fist.
Just remembering the words that found them selves out of the boy mouth was unbelievable even for him. 'Oi, I wouldn't do that…'
The glare that the man gave the boy was deadly. 'I don't care! I have to save her!'
Blaze grinned from ear to ear chuckling as he did. 'Calm down. The dragon always protects the princess from the knight right? Well, we don't her Dragon to run out of energy right before the fight.'
The guild members knew that only Lucy was the only one to calm down the salamander. But who knew that his very own son would get the job done as well. As Natsu's flames started to dissipate so did his anger.
The same words he had given the teen was just returned to him. Making the dragon slayer feel somewhat foolish. Not being able to take the advice he had given himself.
As the teens hand slipped into Natsu's, Mira couldn't help but let out a sob. It was the most touching moment she had seen. Both father and son together yet still oblivious to their relationship.
The memory made the blonde smile inwardly as he lost himself in today's events. As the moon glowed brightly Blaze couldn't help but wonder. 'Can you see this beautiful moon Lira? After days on end of starring at the sun we can finally see the moon. It's shinning brightly just for you.' Blaze extended his hand outwards towards the ball in the sky. As if he were to reach out a grab it his hand curled into a fist.
'I promised to see the world with you. And I always keep my promise's.'
As the fire dragon slayer secretly watched his son. He grinned at his little replica, Blaze was exactly like him in every way. 'Our son has grown up well Luce. I promise we'll all be together again.' Natsu vowed inwardly as if he would use telepathy to contact his dear one.
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