You'll be my Raven and I'll be your Scarlet

A/N: Hello there again :p Ready to read even more of this? Of course you are ;) I think that I may as well change the genres to tragedy instead of humour xD! But I don't think that anyone would read this story if I did that O-O... Anywho, I can't believe I've gotten 17k views :o! It seems like only yesterday I had 400 xD Because you're being so kind to me, I've kinda become ambitious to be one of the best Grayza fanfictions :p I know it probably won't happen, so let's just move on ;) This chapter isn't too long, but it's quite happy (compared to the previous ones, anyway xD) Enjoy ;)

Chapter LII: Found You

Aries tried to keep herself calm, but she was scared. She didn't know what to do. She had started crying a while ago, but now she couldn't control her emotions anymore, so she just allowed her emotions to flow freely as she hid in the boot of the car. From being a rich Underground heiress, to being a vagabond had been a huge difference that she had had to adapt in three years. Now, she knew all the best hiding spots and even where to find free food, as well as talk to trustworthy people to ask for help. She had believed that hiding would have given her an advantage, but now she felt like she was trapped there, and her timing would be everything if she wanted to leave, or choose to stay.

But now she was trying to recover, and she didn't know how to escape. She didn't think they would look for her in a car boot, but she was starting to suffocate from the lack of air, and she knew that the person chasing her would probably not give up so easily. She tried to think positively, but the only thoughts she could come up with were extremely negative regarding her life span. She didn't feel safe anymore, so she decided resolutely to get out of the car and run away. It was better to be moving than to be a sitting target. Therefore, she slowly got out of the car boot, checking out her derelict surroundings before running for her life.

Using the skills she had gained from a harsh three years, she jumped over several hurdles and even managed to outpace the person who was chasing her. But as she ran, she felt weaker and weaker, and she could hear the distant sound of a helicopter. Using her survival instincts, she gripped on a window and climbed up the wall, having also learned to do parkour. When she reached the roof of the building, she then continued to go on a balcony that was on the opposite house. The helicopter as her timer, she breathed out nervously before taking a leap and jumping on the opposite balcony flawlessly. Not needing to celebrate her success, she rushed inside the house, scaring the residents in that flat before going down the stairs and exiting through the door, back on open ground. But going down the stairs had wasted her time, as now she could hear the helicopter sound even more clearly than before.

Desperately, she ran away, feeling as if even more people were chasing her. Couldn't they just leave her alone?! As she felt herself going to a more derelict car park, she stopped for a second, trying to recover her breath. But she knew that she could only afford to stay there for a few seconds, and soon after ran as fast as she possibly could, feeling freedom inches from her. She suddenly regretted running away from the Underworld, as she felt like no one was her friend. She couldn't rely on anyone to help her, as she could get captured by both sides, and they could do anything to her life, as she hadn't been faithful to either parties. She was tired of running away, and didn't want to play anymore games.

Her pace slightly decreased, and she felt a hand on her wrist turning her around. Her breath hitched in fear, knowing that it was the end for her. What she didn't expect to see was a tuft of Orange hair, now much longer than three years ago. It was Leo...

Leo went on to give her a hug, before realising that she wasn't hugging him back, but instead flinching away. He looked at her with concern before he scanned her body and realised that she had a leg injury. He looked at her sceptically, as he had seen her running for the past few minutes and even doing acrobatics which would have been almost impossible with the leg injury she had. He could see how the blood stained her jeans, and he felt guilty right away for not shouting out her name, but he hadn't known whether she would have gone toward him or run away.

Wanting to redeem himself, he turned around and crouched down, so that she could get on his back and he could piggy-back ride her. At first, she seemed hesitant, wasting several precious seconds before finally giving in, knowing that her leg was in too much pain to even walk a step further. Leo had had to jump off from the helicopter to chase Aries on foot, as he had felt like he could close the distance. Now, he just had to find it, but he couldn't really remember where she had parked it.

As he walked, her on his back, he tried to talk to her.
"How have you been?" he asked, hoping that she would talk to him. But she said nothing, and he knew that she would probably continue that way. After seeing each other after so many years, he had wondered several things. He didn't know what she had done over the past three years, but he knew that something serious must have happened for her to suddenly have to run away from him. He didn't get why she had been so scared of the helicopter, or why she had even gotten injured. She looked too thin and Aries, who usually was quiet, was not talking at all to him. The previous Aries would have at least spoken to him a bit, and his childhood Aries would have definitely talked to him without hesitation. He felt like as the years passed, they were becoming more distant, and he really didn't like that idea.

Once they had finally reached the helicopter, the door opened to reveal the smiling face of a Blonde girl.
"Lucy, I've found her!" he said happily, earning him a high five from her. Gently, he placed Aries down on the floor as he talked a bit to Lucy, saying that they had found another Zodiac who was in danger. But before completely letting go of Aries as he put her down, she grabbed onto his shirt and cried on his shoulder. Wanting to be a pillar of comfort to her, he allowed her to cry while simultaneously stroking her hair, not wanting her to tell him anything until she herself felt ready.

Lucy had stayed in silence while driving the helicopter, not wanting to interrupt the two. Lucy was glad for Leo, but she also felt a bit remorseful, as it felt like he had finally gotten his wish, but she still didn't have hers- Natsu. How much more would she have to wait for him? She had already found most of the Zodiacs already, as well as the people who were included in the Stellar Key Mystery, and yet he still wasn't showing up. She knew in reality that she would wait forever for him, but she felt herself losing faith every single day, not trusting herself to welcome him with open arms. She begged Natsu in her mind to return soon healthy and happy, because that was the only thing she could hope for him.

When Aries had finished crying on Leo's shoulder, she finally got a hold of herself before pushing him away with a cold glare while muttering,
"Thanks."

Three fucking years I have suffered in the streets. Three years of pain. Misery. Death. She knew that as soon as she left the Underground, it would have been a hard life. She knew that she would have been poor, with no friends or family by her side. But she hadn't thought that she would have gotten all her possessions stolen as soon as she had gone to the outside world. She also didn't think that she would have accidentally gotten into a fight with a prince from another country, who had been dressed plainly.
"Hello miss, do you know how to leave this plebeian area?" he had asked Aries rudely, making her glare daggers at him. She had stayed silent, not wanting to acknowledge whoever this rude individual was.
"Excuse me, do you know, or don't you know?" he had repeated again, a slight hint of anger from his voice.
"Please leave this 'plebeian area' by yourself, and get the hell out of my face," she said while losing her composure. All of a sudden, she had felt her head hit the wall behind her, as she realised that she had been punched in the face by the stranger. Blood trickled down her nose, and she wiped it off with her sleeve, a small laugh coming from her lips. She then proceeded to spit on the man before walking away, but she felt strong hands grab her shoulders from behind. She tried to turn around, and saw a burly looking man, as well as two others with the stranger that she had spit on.
"What the-" were the only words she was allowed to say before she was beaten unconscious. The next thing she knew, she could see the sun blinding her face as she saw a noose in front of her. She couldn't move because they had binded her arms with rope, and she could feel herself gulping from fear.
"This woman had angered our prince, so the only way to pay for her crime is to die. She will have a public execution, unless she can redeem herself to the prince." Then, the prince that she had seen before had walked up to her with a satisfied smile before saying,
"Is there anything you want to say to me? Kiss my foot, and then you will be pardoned." But Aries had learned one thing from the Underworld that would never allow her to do that- to keep her pride. Pride had been everything, and she knew that if she lost it, she would have nothing left of her. So instead, she chose to do the same thing as last time, pretending to kiss his shoe before spitting on it. The crowd had booed at her and thrown stuff at her, but it had been only a small percentage of the crowd. The rest had looked on at her with hope, as they had found her standing up to him admirable. While it had been admirable, she knew that it was inevitable that she would die. She stood on the block of wood that was keeping her life. The prince grinned at her from below and said,
"Do you have any final words?" In that moment, she had managed to smile at him and say,
"Go fuck yourself." She felt her feet hanging on to nothing the next second, and breathing was something that she could barely do. She had already thought up a plan on how not to die, but it was risky and she didn't know if it would work. She pretended to struggle for a bit before closing her eyes and acting dead, the Underground survival training being very useful to her. They had thought her how to survive for a long period of time underwater, and even how to act dead in the case of an emergency. She used that skill set to deceive those who were below her. Also using another useful technique, she had grabbed a small tennis ball that someone had thrown to her, and she had squeezed it rapidly and repeatedly, knowing that it would make her heart rate slow down so much that she would appear dead in their eyes if they tried to check her pulse. For the few seconds that she had pretended to be dead, nothing was happening. The crowd were just in shock, and the executor was standing there to check if she was really dead. Aries tried not to think about how she couldn't breathe no matter what, or move any single part of her body, or her plan would be discovered. After torturous minutes, they finally allowed her to go down, and she still pretended to be dead, trying not to focus on the immense pain from the noose. They checked her pulse form her wrist (luckily), before carrying her and dumping her on the roadside. She exhaled a large breathe of air, glad that she could finally let air get into her lungs. Knowing she had to work quickly to go away from that place, as she knew that if people saw her, they would recognise her from the execution, and she would really be killed. So she wondered for days with no food and water, trying to see if there were any passing vehicles, but none came. On the fifth day, she finally saw a moving truck, and with the little energy she had left, she jumped at the back and hid behind all the luggage, not wanting to do anything. She suffered her days like that, going all over the world trying to find a place where she could rest, the execution being always on her mind as she knew that they would try to find her if they discovered that she hadn't died on that day.

Leo snapped her out of her thoughts by asking her, "What happened to you?" in a worried tone. She decided to give him the cold shoulder, knowing that whatever hardship he had suffered in the past, it was nothing compared to the three years she had acted like a fugitive. While he tried to pry information out of her, she made herself ploy how to escape from them as soon as they were back on the ground. Leo, noticing her turbulent eyes looking everywhere restlessly, as if she was looking for a way to escape, suddenly hugged her, hoping she would stop. She had stopped looking around, but instead of reciprocating his hug, she pushed him away again, crying and shivering to herself silently. Leo, knowing that she would not talk to him no matter how much he pried, decided to finally leave her alone. But knowing the type of person that she was, he tied up her arms and ankles to keep her from escaping.

Leo went to sit in the seat next to Lucy. She gave him a pointed look and he just sighed before shaking his head, telling her that his plan to get her to talk had failed. They both stayed in silence for a very long time before he remembered something which had been on his mind for quite a while.
"Ah! Lucy! I have good news to tell you," he said with a sheepish smile. She raised her eyebrows at him, wondering what he wanted to tell her.
"Natsu has been spotted in Magnolia," he whispered to not wake up Aries. Lucy, not knowing whether she had heard him correctly, had asked him to tell her again, wanting to make sure that he was telling her the truth.
"I said, Natsu is back in Magnolia!" he repeated a bit more loudly, so that the Blonde could hear him. Her eyes were wide as she heard the news, disbelieving.
"Are you sure it wasn't another person?" she questioned, wanting to verify the truth. He just chuckled at her before saying,
"Lucy, how many people do you know have Pink hair?" he asked with a pointed look.
"Salmon..." Lucy had whispered, Leo staring at her as if she was strange.
"What did you say?" he asked. She shook her head, smiling at the memories. Wanting to find Natsu as quickly as possible, she landed the helicopter before saying, "I'm going to find him, so take care of her, okay?" She ran away while opening the door, startling Aries awake.

She had started running all around the place, asking if they had seen a man with spiky, Pink (as she knew that they would not understand if she said Salmon) hair. They had all led her to different directions until she rushed around and stopped for a breather, gasping for air before telling herself that she would work harder to find him. Just as she raised herself up to start running again, she looked at the opposite shop to see a man drinking a suspiciously red liquid on a bench. Her mouth went wide open as she realised that it was Natsu relaxing in front of a restaurant, trying to drink hot tea but failing. Instead, he had spilled it on his trousers, scalding himself before finally noticing the pair of eyes in front of him. He smiled brightly and waved at the Blonde woman.

She pounced on him, before he even had enough time to shout, "Hello!" After blushing at her brashness, he kissed her gently on the cheek, glad to be back.

(Refer to chapter 5, 1st paragraph)

"Lucy, tomorrow, I will be going to Magnolia to live there for a few months. Your mother has said that she doesn't want to go with me unless you come as well. So, it will be best if you just come, as it will waste time if you don't go; it will probably mean that I will have to live there anyway. If that's the case, it means that the whole family will have to move there. So make it simple for us and just accept," he said forcibly, not allowing her to talk once until he had finished. Young seven year old Lucy had started tearing up, and her mother had rushed to her aid, wondering why she was crying.
"No!" she cried vehemently over and over again, not wanting to have to suffer going to another town yet again just because her father didn't care about her happiness.

But now she knew that she was truly happy living in Magnolia, and she had found her beloved once again.


Hospital 19:43

Gray and Jellal had been standing outside the hospital. Gray had finally gotten out of the bed, and the first place he had wanted to go to was the place where he had last seen her. Jellal had tried to dissuade him, not wanting him to relive the memories and suffer all over again. But Gray had insisted, saying that he wanted to have a bit more closure on the whole affair. So that was why they were there, and Jellal couldn't help but look over regularly at Gray to check his expression, but he had a perfectly blank face.

While looking in the distance, they suddenly saw Cana, who was shouting something at them, trying to get their attention. But they were too far away, and they didn't know what she was seeing. They saw her mouthing something loudly, but they really couldn't understand, and they mouthed at her to try to sign to her to come closer before she spoke. When she got even closer, they could slightly hear her mouthing,
"Erza," repeatedly, getting their attention right away. She wasn't saying anything else, so they hoped that she would hurry up and talk, as Jellal could see Gray become more and more agitated. A car passed by the shouting figure of Cana, and the next thing they knew, Cana wasn't there anymore. They looked around, trying to find where she was, but she was nowhere to be seen. They suddenly got a phone call, which had startled them. They looked to see that it was Makarov, and they picked up right away,
"Don't worry about Cana, she's just feeling a bit unwell."

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She felt a bit groggy after they had given her something to drink, and Cana soon fell unconscious. Aquarius and Makarov both stared at the sleeping girl, knowing that she had almost ruined everything.
"She knows too much Master... She almost tried to change fate," Aquarius whispered to him in a worried tone. He just nodded in approval at her statement, hoping that the Brunette could wake up soon so that he could explain everything.

And done :p I hope that you keep on reading, as I know it's really short, but the next one is probably longer. Stay happy my adorable royal chibis and I hope you have many fateful encounters ;p! HUGS! \(*^-^*)/ XXXXX

~Roxanne