"You took a potion from Zeref?! And then gave it to all of us?!" Lucy screamed after Natsu explained everything. "What were you thinking?!"
"Well to be fair when I gave it to you girls I didn't think it would actually work. I was certain all it would do was give you blue tongue but obviously I was wrong."
"I said this once before and I'll say it again because it is the truth. There can't be anyone dead or alive less intelligent than you!"
"Lucy will you keep you voice down." Gray said. "Remember Wendy isn't the only one who can hear us anymore."
"Sorry but I just can't believe this. This is an all new low of stupidity for him."
"Why are you so freaked about this?" Natsu said. "We're alive again. Isn't that a good thing?"
"No it's not because this is against nature. It's wrong. We're supposed to only have one life and that's it."
"It's not permanent you know."
"It isn't?"
"Nope. My brother's potions are never permanent." He pulled the empty bottle from his jacket and read the label. "Says here that this potion lasts til midnight. So tonight at twelve o'clock we all turn back into rotting corpses."
"You're sure?"
"Hey if you don't believe me read the label yourself."
She took the bottle from him and read the label.
"Alright I feel much better now. But what are we supposed to do til midnight? We can't let anyone see or hear us."
"Why?"
"Why? Let's think about that for a minute shall we? Why? How about the fact that we live here and if her parents find us up here they'll freak, ask a lot of questions which may result in Wendy being forced to reveal our secret which will lead to a lot of trouble."
"I know why we can't let her parents see or hear us but why not anyone else? They don't know us, they don't know we're dead, we can go out in public without spooking anyone."
"I think that's too risky and that we should just stay out of sight."
"You can do that but I've got taste buds again lady. You know what that means? It means that until midnight tonight I can eat food and actually taste it. I can also smell and really touch. This is a golden opportunity that I am not going to waste."
"Gray help me out here, tell him that he's crazy."
"Well actually Lucy and I never thought I'd say this." Gray said. "But I sort of agree with Natsu on this one."
"What?!"
"The thing is one of the few memories I managed to recover from the far reaches of my mind is that I used to enjoy eating caramade franks and I do miss the taste very much."
"So you think we should leave the house and let ourselves be seen?"
"There's really no harm in it provided we don't let Wendy's parents see us and this could prove very useful to us."
"How?"
"We're trying to figure out who we are and how we died. We've never been able to do that before because we were dead and no one alive could answer any questions we had. Now the living can see and hear us so they can answer."
"That's what I was thinking." Wendy said. "Which reminds me I did manage to get some information while I was with my uncle."
"What did you find out?" Juvia asked.
"Well I could be wrong but I think that Natsu used to be some guy named George Basile who worked as a foreman for a wealthy landowner named Charles Nightshade."
"What makes you think that's me?" Natsu said.
"The antiquarian at the museum where my uncle works recognized your razor and flask. He was certain it belonged George Basile. Does that name sound familiar?"
Natsu thought for a moment. He thought back and tried to remember as hard as he could but the name Georhe Basile just didn't come up.
"Sorry it doesn't ring any bells."
"What about my ring?" Juvia asked.
"The antiquarian couldn't tell me anything about the ring but the jeweler I went to did. He said the ring belonged to an Allison Banning who was the fiance and later wife of Charles Nightshade. Who by the way also happens to be the person who built this house."
"So you think my past and Juvia's might be connected to this Charles guy in someway?" Natsu asked.
"Possibly. We need to find more clues and to do that you all will have to go out."
"I don't know about this." Lucy said.
"Relax Luce." Natsu said. "Nothing bad is going to happen and let's be honest this might be our only chance to finally get some answers. Come on what choice do we have?"
"Okay you have a point. Fine I'll go along with this but I just know this isn't going to end well."
"Now first thing's first I need to think of a way to get you all of out the house without Mom and Dad noticing you." Wendy said before she took notice of the clothes her friends were wearing and realized that she had another issue. "Oh...You all can't wear that."
"Wear what?"
"What you have on now. No one wears those clothes, if you go into town in those you'll stick out."
"But it's the only clothes we own." Juvia said. "We haven't worn anything different since we first rose up from death."
"Besides where are we supposed to get new clothes?" Gray asked. "We don't have any money."
"I guess I could give you some of my mom and dad's clothes. But would they fit you? And would my parents notice if some of their outfits were missing? Oh and then there's the fact that my parents won't let me leave the house to go anywhere without a trusted adult. Oh boy. I guess I should start with getting you clothes. You all wait here and I'll be back."
She handed Natsu and Juvia back their keepsakes and left the empty flat.
"I hope we find something." Juvia said looking down at her ring.
"So..." Gray said looking at the ring also. "You're married?"
"No." She answered. "I mean I don't know. I don't think so."
"You died wearing a wedding ring, doesn't that mean you were married?"
"Yes but I remember they said my body had been completely untouched. I died a virgin."
"Maybe you died on your honeymoon night." Natsu said. "What a damn shame that would be."
"Until we get further confirmation on my past I'm just going to say that I wasn't married and even if I was it wouldn't change anything right?"
"No." Lucy said.
"I don't care." Natsu said.
"Wish that you had mentioned it earlier." Gray said.
"What is that supposed to mean? You've always known I carried a ring."
"You never said it was a wedding ring."
"Why should it matter if it's a wedding ring or not?"
"It matters because if you're married that means to...Some men you're unattainable."
"Gray I'm dead. I'm unattainable to men even if I wasn't married."
"I meant dead men who may have thought about having a relationship with you."
"Well pardon me but that never crossed my mind due to the fact that I've spent a hundred years dealing with the fact that I had died and had no memory of who I was. A relationship wasn't exactly my goal."
"Still you could have told us."
"I did tell you!"
"You didn't tell us it was a wedding a ring."
"It slipped my mind. I'm sorry but sometimes I forget things and I may leave out some specifics. I'm sure you don't remember every specific detail about things you've owned."
"I'm sure I'd remember to tell if I died wearing a wedding ring."
"How do you know that for sure? You always wear gloves. I bet you wouldn't even know if you were wearing something on your wrists or fingers."
"What is that? Is that a superior tone you're taking with me?"
"Maybe but you started talking superior first."
"I'm just trying to figure out how you could let something like a possible marriage slip your mind?"
"Don't talk to me like I'm stupid. I swear you can be such a bully sometimes."
Natsu and Lucy just watched them argue back and forth. It was so weird for them to see Gray and Juvia fighting.
"Should we put a stop to this?" Lucy whispered to Natsu.
"Yeah but let's wait a moment. This is kind of funny to watch." He snickered.