Hello everyone. I'm back with another chapter for you all to enjoy or hate. Whatever works for you all.
Also, in case anyone's wondering like one reviewer wondered, the lyrics at the end of the chapter were from a song of the same name of the timeline. I wasn't having a bad week, so don't worry.
Unless you wanted me to have a bad week. Then… too bad.
Anyway, enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.
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Chapter Thirty Seven: Sham Pain Pt. 2
"Let's see what happens next." Makarov told the others, wondering what was going to happen next with this family of Natsu and Lucy.
No one else said anything else as they merely continued to watch the other timeline being shown in the blue smoke.
"I had the cup first! Thus it's mine!" Daron shouted at his older sister, who merely tried to hit him back in their fight.
"No you didn't! The cup goes to the oldest! And since that's me, the cup is mine by birthright!" Layla shouted at her younger brother, who also merely tried hit back at her in their little fight.
Natsu merely sweat drop when he heard the two shout at one another about that plastic cup that the two for some reason like so much. It's just a cup to drink water from, why did it matter to them so much?
"What cup?" Natsu questioned, confused by what his future/alternate children were fighting over.
"We don't know." Elfman replied back to the pink haired male, as the white haired male was just as confused as the Fire Dragon Slayer was.
"Whatever it is, it's clearly important to the two kids to fight over." Cana put her own two cents in, as she drank more from her barrel.
Figuring he would stop this, Natsu cleared his throat loud enough for the two bickering children to hear.
This worked as both Layla and Daron froze like statues. This lasted for a moment before the two turned to see their father standing there before them all with an amused look on his face.
"Dad!" The older sister and the younger brother exclaimed as they pulled away from one another, acting like they didn't just fought with one another. This got a small chuckle to emerge from the pink haired male.
"It's only around eight in the morning and already you two are fighting." Natsu told them, his amused expression not fading away.
"We weren't fighting." Layla told her dad.
"Really now? Then what were you all doing?" He asked them; going along with their words even though the two kids were just trying to get out of being caught fighting.
"We were… trying to get dirt off of each other." Daron tried to persuade their dad, which was failing miserably.
"…You're trying to get dirt off one another… by punching, kicking, and scratching at each other?" Natsu, his amused look still present, asked them.
"…Yes." Both Layla and Daron spoke at once.
Everyone couldn't help but sweat drop from seeing the two kids say those words.
"Yep, they are definitely Flamebrain's kids alright." Gray told the others while smirking. Only the Fire Dragon Slayer's kids would be like this.
"I think it's cute." Lisanna admitted. Seeing kids like this is usually way cuter than it would be if it were adults acting like this.
"I agree." Mira stated as the older Strauss sibling agreed with her younger sister.
Natsu merely laughed before he walked over to the two of them. He then put his hands on their heads, giving them a rub, much to their annoyance, which only made the Fire Dragon Slayer laugh a bit more.
"Alright now, how about you two get ready. We're going to go get breakfast." Natsu told them.
He couldn't stop the large smile on his face when he saw the happy and excited look appear on both of their faces.
"YAY!" Both Layla and Daron shouted, before they bolted to the bar in the kitchen, where their shoes and sandals were at to get them on.
It didn't take a single second for them to put on their shoes, in Daron's case, and sandals, in Layla's case, before the older sister and younger brother ran back to their father.
"We're ready!" They both shouted with smiles on their faces.
"Hang on now you two," Lucy's voice was heard by the three, as they turned to see their mother emerging from the stairs, "You need to let us catch up to you know." She told them with a smile on her face.
In the blonde woman's arms, was a small female child who looked to be around two years old. She had short pink colored hair with a few strips of blonde present, with a bang going over her left eye. The little child also merely wore a pink colored shirt and blue colored shorts. The little two year old had a shy look on her face before she put her face back into her mother's, too shy to show her face.
Lucy and Mira couldn't stop themselves from squealing from seeing the small two year old child.
"She's so cute!" Both the blonde and white haired women exclaimed, as they couldn't help themselves from seeing the shy little girl in the alternate Lucy's arms.
"She does look adorable." Juvia admitted, as she couldn't stop the smile from appearing on her face.
The others merely sweat drop from seeing the three women acting like this. However, they couldn't help but agree nonetheless.
"Ah Lucy, you're all ready to go I see," Natsu told the blonde as he made his way over to her. The pink haired man then smiled softly as he looked at his youngest child in his wife's arms, "And how's my sweet Maria doing? Sleep well?"
The two year old didn't make any noise as the girl merely looked at her father with wide eyes of curiosity. And then, the little girl reached her arms out to him, getting both Natsu and Lucy to chuckle a little.
"Alright, come over here little one." Natsu told Maria, before Lucy handed the two year old girl over to him, as she was now clutching onto him now. Lucy, seeing that they were all ready, turned to her two other older kids.
"Let's go everyone!" The blonde told them, getting them to smile widely.
"FOOD!" Layla and Daron exclaimed with joy, as the two then bolted out of the door, getting both Natsu and Lucy to laugh from their kids antics.
And with that, the two followed their kids out of the door of the house and onto the dirt road.
Outside, one could see the wooden two storied house that looked to be on a hill. It wasn't the one house though, as a few other houses next to it and across also was present. Below the hill they were all on, the rest of the town they called home reside, which was also next to a small lake as well.
This surprise and confused everyone present in the guild hall.
"Hey! That isn't Magnolia!" Wendy exclaimed, seeing that this was completely different town all together.
"Wait, if they aren't in Magnolia, then where are they?" Levy questioned, wondering where the other versions of Natsu and Lucy were living at then.
"Maybe in that world Fairy Tail lives there?" Erza guessed, since why else would Natsu and Lucy be there and not in Magnolia.
"But I don't see a building that looks like a guild hall though." Romeo noticed. Due to the alternate versions of Natsu and Lucy being on a hill, they were able to get a good bird eyes view of the town. And to the dark purple haired boy, he didn't see any building that would look like a guild hall to them.
Everyone was getting a bit more confused by this as they continued to watch the other world.
Not wasting anytime, the family of five then headed down to the town below, intending on getting food in their stomachs.
It didn't take too long for them to be walking through the town, with all the other civilians going on with their lives. Natsu and Lucy did greet some of the folks, who greeted them back as they went on to their destination, which showed that people here knew them.
"There it is!" Daron shouted with joy, seeing the restaurant that they like to go to for breakfast.
Everyone else smiled when they saw their location. When they got closer to the place however, they spotted a familiar face, along with someone else they didn't recognized sitting at one of the outside tables..
"Hey, it's Feaster!" Natsu exclaimed, seeing the familiar small man. He then turned to his wife and kids, "How about we go and say hi real quick?"
Lucy, not seeing a problem with that, smiled back at her husband.
"Sure, we can say hi to him real quick." The blonde responded to the pink haired man.
The others were puzzled once more.
"Who the heck is Feaster?" Bickslow questioned, not recognizing who that was.
"How should we know that?" Freed responded to the black and blue haired man. The only thing the green haired man could guess is that this guy must be some dude that the other versions of Natsu and Lucy know in that world.
At the table, where two beings were sitting and chatting to one another, one of them looked to be a very short man with a big red colored beard and red hair. He also wore a black colored white robe with silver colored edges and patterns on it. He also wore a monocle on his right eye, his eyes were brown colored, and had a grey colored staff on his back too.
"Hey feaster!"
"Wait, hold on for a moment." The really short red bearded man told the taller and armored man before him, before turning his head to the source of the voice.
He couldn't stop himself from smiling when he saw the Dragneel Family making their way over to him.
"Oh! It's the Dragneels! Hello there!" Feaster exclaimed at the two adults and the three children.
"Oh, so that small guy is this Feaster fellow huh?" Gray guessed, since it seemed like it was the case, if the greetings were any indication.
"It looks to be that way." Macao stated to the Ice Maker Mage.
"He's as small as gramps!" Natsu explained, see how like Makarov, this Feaster guy looked to be like a gnome more than anything.
This got Makarov to grumble about this height a little, muttering how he wasn't THAT short.
The family of five then arrived in front of the table where Feaster and the other man were sitting at. Getting close enough, Natsu then spoke up.
"Hey Feaster! We weren't expecting you to be here at this time." The pink haired man admitted to the short red bearded man. This merely got him to laugh a little.
"Oh, well I'm just showing my new friend around that's all." He informed them.
"Your friend?" Lucy questioned, as Feaster nodded.
"Yup, he's the man right across from me." Feaster pointed at the man, who seemed to be more focus on the drink before him to notice the Dragneels and Feaster looking at him.
The man across from Feaster was completely clad in rather unusual armor. It was mostly gold and yellow colored, with a bit of dark blue edges on the armor. He had a giant silver sword strapped on his back, and he also wore a white tabard with a yellow star symbol on it. His head was also covered completely by his helmet, with the side sof the helmet ginving off small glowing yellow wings. The only thing that shows that he can see was the strip of yellow on his helmet, which also glowed.
"Who the heck is that guy?" Wakaba questioned, seeing the completely armored man with the sword.
"He looks cool!" Asuka exclaimed, finding the armored man to look awesome looking. This merely got Alzack and Bisca to laugh a little at their daughter's excitement.
Seeing that the man wasn't paying attention, Feaster cleared his throat loud enough to get the armored man out of his focus on the drink. Due to his helmet, one would wonder how he managed to get any food or drinks into his mouth without removing his piece of gear, but that's something for another day.
"Huh?" The man questioned, before seeing the family of five and Feaster looking at him, 'Oh, hello there! I didn't see you there for a moment." He told them as he got up from his seat.
The armored man put his hand out, offering a handshake to both Natsu and Lucy.
"Hello there, I'm, Captain Grim, it's nice to meet you two." The man told them, as Natsu shook the armored man's hand with his available one, since his other hand was holding Maria.
"You're a captain?" Lucy questioned, a bit surprised by that. The guy didn't look like he would be a captain of anything.
"Oh no, I just like to be called that. Just Grim is fine." Grim admitted to them as he shook Lucy's hand, getting them to sweat drop from his words.
"Yeah, Grim here just moved to town today, and so, being the nice guy I am, I am showing him around to his new home." Feaster explained to the Dragneel family.
"Oh, that's very nice of you Feaster." Natsu told the short man.
"Yep, and since I'm so nice, I even complimented on his looks when I saw him." Feaster told them with a smile.
If it weren't for the helmet, the others would have seen the narrow eyes of Grim when he looked at the red bearded short man.
"…You said I had the face of an Ebola patient." Grim reminded Feaster.
"Correction, a RECOVERING Ebola patient." Feaster also reminded Grim.
This got both Natsu and Lucy to sweat drop once more. They should have figured, but hey, that was Feaster alright.
Everyone merely stared at the scene before them all with a blank expression.
"…What the heck is Ebola?" Gajeel questioned with confusion, never hearing about something called Ebola before.
"Maybe it's a kind of disease or something?" Lucy guessed, not familiar with that word either.
"It sounds like that could be the case." Levy agreed with the blonde woman. It did sound like it was some kind of disease or condition of some kind.
Layla was confused.
"Uh… what's Ebola? Is that a type of food or something?" The five year old girl asked, not knowing what that was.
"Don't worry about it sweet heart." Natsu told her, getting the girl to be more confused and curious now.
Daron however was more focused on the armored being more than anything. His eyes were widened with curiosity and awe by the sight of Grim. To the spiky blonde haired man, this guy looked so awesome! He was like some kind of super warrior or something like that!
"So cool…" The four year old boy muttered to himself as he continued to stare at the armored man with awe and excitement.
"So anyway," Feaster started to say, getting the family of five to look back at the small red bearded man, "Would you like to sit with us? We haven't ordered our food yet." He suggested to them.
Natsu and Lucy looked at one another, before they looked at Layla and Daron, who didn't seem to really care. As long as they got food, they didn't mind what they did.
"…Sure, we can sit with you guys." Lucy told him.
"Great!" Feaster exclaimed with a joyful smile, as Grim sat back down on his seat.
"When are any of us going to show up?" Evergreen questioned, wondering when any of them were going to appear.
"I don't know, will any of our alternate selves even will? This isn't Magnolia after all." Freed questioned, since so far they didn't know what town the other versions of Natsu and Lucy were in, and they didn't get to spot any building that looked like Fairy Tail, or at least a guild hall.
"I'm sure we'll show up soon. I mean, it's not like that other me and Lucy aren't no longer in Fairy Tail or anything!" Natsu tried to assure the others. Like the idea of him and Lucy not being a part of the guild, you know other than the timelines where he was evil, seemed too crazy to believe. The Fire Dragon Slayer's sure that the other version of Fairy Tail was just in that town and was doing their own things at the moment.
…Right?
There we go. Chapter done. I will see if I can wrap this timeline in the next chapter.
Anyway, so what did you all think? Good? Bad? Want me to stab my eyes out? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
I'm living the good life, a toast to you now, it's all sham pain