Ok second chapter up! Sadly no one guessed what was causing Lyon's illness so i had to post without giving anyone spoilers ;-:. Guess Lyon stories aren't that popular but i shall continue writing!
Hopefully it doesn't take me too long to have the third chapter up. To anyone that is reading this I hope you enjoy!
It had been a couple of hours since Chelia called the Fairy Tail Mages. The Lamia Scale mages sat in Lyon's room waiting. He was lying on the bed with a couple of iv's inserted into his arm, the only thing they have found that worked on Lyon so far was sedatives so he wouldn't have to be conscious through the pain.
Toby kept bouncing on his feet and back down, unable to hold still and Yuka sat there, his hands folded together tight with worry, Chelia sat there, her eyes red staring at Lyon. It shouldn't have been surprising when the door slammed open and there was Gray and Wendy both panting, obviously they had ran here from the train station on the other side of town in a hurry.
Wendy ran up to Lyon frowning at seeing his condition and Gray decided to talk to the Lamia Scale Mages. "What caused this?" he asked.
"We don't know, the doctors have no shitting idea." Yuka said his fists closing in anger Toby growling in agreement.
"There wasn't a spell, a curse, anything that happened to him?" Gray asked.
"No…the only thing he got recently injury wise was a scratch in a fight and that was over a week ago Chelia healed it easily." Yuka said.
"Then what the hell could have caused this?!" Gray snapped.
"WE HAVE NO IDEA!" Toby snapped back.
"You guys aren't helping!" Charle snapped at both of them, making them shut up.
Wendy started her healing magic watching Lyon's expression, it turned to a faint grimace to him turning his head groaning. Then finally a howl in pain which made Wendy fall backwards in surprise, everyone turning having never heard Lyon make that sound. He was lying there gasping, his fists clenched so tight they made his hands bleed gasping for air like he had just ran a marathon.
Gray immediately grabbed his hands trying to get him to loosen his grip.
He then noticed how hot Lyon's hands felt, it was like touching Natsu's skin! For an ice mage that temperature could be considered a death sentence, a normal temperature was like a fever to them and any higher was incredibly dangerous.
He gathered some ice magic in his hand and reached for Lyon's forehead but the moment his hand touched his overheated skin Lyon let out what sounded like a whine in pain and Gray pulled back.
Before he could panic he heard his communication Lacrima ringing and he went and grabbed it. He was surprised to see Porlyusica on the other line instead of Erza; she usually hated human technology and wouldn't touch it with a 6 foot pole.
"Are you where Lyon's at?" Porlyusica demanded.
"Yeah and Wendy's healing magics not working when we tried he looked like we were stabbing him with a heated dagger repeatedly." Gray said, ignoring the two younger girls' expression of horror at the mental imagery.
"Check him for any green markings anywhere on his body." She commanded
"Why….?"
"Just do it stupid human!" Porlyusica snapped.
Gray went to Lyon's side mentally apologizing as he pulled up Lyon's shirt checking his torso first, when he noticed something green around his shoulder area. He moved and pulled Lyon's sleeve up as far as it could and saw from his elbow up green splotches were around his skin. "The doctors seriously didn't notice that?!" He couldn't help but to say.
"I doubt they would know what to do even if they did. Get him to the guild hall immediately and most importantly don't use any form of magic on him."
"Wait what does he….."
"I'll explain when you get here….hurry!" The pink haired woman snapped before disconnecting.
"...Scary woman." Toby said.
Gray moved to the side of the bed and pulled out the iv's from Lyon's arm before lifting him into his arms. "Wait what are you…." Yuka began to say.
"Getting him to our guild hall obviously." Gray said.
"Shouldn't we get the doctor…"
"Wendy, open the window." Gray said.
"And apparently not….this is the third floor you know." Yuka deadpanned.
Gray just set Lyon down temporarily and formed his hands together making an ice slide that came from the window to the ground before picking him up again. "Alright then…" Yuka said as Gray headed out the window sliding down.
The others followed, Yuka muttering about weird ass Fairy Tail mages, Charle carrying Wendy down since she couldn't handle it with her motion sickness and they hurried to the train station.
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"Hey, why do you think we can't use magic on Lyon-Sama?" Chelia asked as they sat on the train. Lyon was sitting up his head against the window to help him cool off Gray sitting next to him to keep him steady. Wendy sat on Gray's other side leaning into him partially because of her motion sickness, the other part to comfort him, the other three Lamia Scale mages sitting across from them.
"...well i noticed when both Gray and Wendy used magic on him he was in pain, and then Chelia said that happened to her earlier. Plus even healing lacrima that used magic on him seemed to be making it worse." Charle noted.
"Is it some kind of disease?" Yuka wondered.
"I've never heard of a disease that got worse from using magic." Chelia said, shaking her head.
Gray didn't say anything as he looked at Lyon, he never had seen Lyon this vulnerable before, even as a child Lyon always tried to keep an air of confidence and strength to him, not letting others see him vulnerable, the closest was Galuna after Deliora fell into pieces but even then he didn't look this miserable and weakened.
So seeing him like this made Gray's stomach churn, he wished the train would go faster to Magnolia already, wished that Porlyusica had told him what was wrong, wished he could do something other than sitting here feeling useless.
After what felt like an eternity the train finally arrived and Gray got Lyon on his back thanks to the help of Toby and ran hurrying towards the guild not caring if he shoved anyone aside the others hurrying behind him.
He arrived at the guildhall and first thing he noticed that other than his team, Mirajane, Master, Cana and Laxus the guild hall was empty. "She's upstairs." Erza said and Gray nodded heading to the stairs.
The others went to follow but Erza held a hand out. "Porlyusica-san doesn't want anyone up there…..apparently she said that it wouldn't be a good idea to hang around the guild hall either." Erza said.
"Why?" Wendy wondered.
Erza looked reluctant to say.
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Gray arrived in the Fairy Tail infirmary to see the familiar pink haired woman fixing potions. "Lay him down." She commanded and Gray hurried over and laid Lyon on the bed. The man hadn't woken up once during the trip, he wasn't sure whether to be worried or relieved over that fact.
"Where's the mark?" She asked.
"On his left arm and shoulder." Gray explained.
"...good it hasn't reached the heart yet." She said as she walked over and took out a scalpel cutting away Lyon's shirt to see the area, it had spread further up his neck and almost to his wrist.
"What's going on?" Gray demanded.
"It's poison."
"Poison?!" Gray said.
"Yes a slow acting one, it can take weeks for one to even notice they have it, the process gets sped up by magic so it's especially deadly for mages. Especially after it starts reacting to the Etherion in a mages body. It slowly tears the body apart excruciatingly painfully….often was used as a form of torture for mages in foreign countries." Porlyusica said, taking out a syringe. "Now get out. You're distracting me." She said,
"But!..." Gray started to protest.
"He's not going to want you to see him like this…..i need to warn you though you're probably stubborn enough that you'll stay that the healing process for this is just as painful….it's why i had the guild clear out." She explained.
"Can't you put him on pain medicine or something?" Gray asked.
"It will interfere with the potion, it's already going to be complicated with the sedatives in him. Now get out stupid human!" She snapped.
Gray reluctantly turned away and headed downstairs where three Lamia Scale mages turned and looked at him. "Well?" Yuka demanded.
"...she said it was a poison…one that gets worse when magic is used." Gray said not wanting to go into the details.
"Poison?!" Chelia said.
"But when did that happen?" Yuka said, crossing his arms.
"She said it could take weeks for symptoms to pop up." Gray responded.
"Bu…." Before Chelia could say more they heard a howl of pain.
"Lyon-Sama!?" Chelia said about to run towards upstairs when a big hand stopped her and she looked at Master Makarov.
"Let her do her work." He said another scream was heard and Gray clenched his fists in frustration feeling himself tremble in anger and uselessness. Not reacting as Erza wrapped an arm around him in comfort.
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Time passed and they all sat Cana offering to buy the Lamia Scale mages drinks which they refused. Toby and Yuka stared towards the stairs. Chelia and Wendy hugged each other with tears in their eyes and Charle sat at the table looking down at her feet, Lucy had her hands over her ears as well as Happy. Natsu sat there watching Gray who had remained standing with Erza keeping an arm around him.
It was hard to say how long it took until the screams finally stopped. The sun was getting low and after about 20 minutes of silence Porlysica came down, everyone rising to their feet. "I managed to get the poison to calm down to a state where it won't kill him and will eventually clear away on it's own. But too much use of magic in any way shape or form can cause the symptoms to come again, it will be weeks until the poison clears from his system." She explained.
"You couldn't get rid of it completely?" Gray asked getting a glare for his comment.
"Not this far in the stage no, I can make it non-lethal but he'll still be having side effects until it clears out of his system."
"Can we see him?" Chelia asked.
"For a few minutes but I doubt he'll wake up until tomorrow." Porlyusica explained. "The process must have drained him, plus i gave him some sleeping potion as well as the sedatives, he needs to rest."
The Lamia Scale mages hurried up the stairs, Gray and his team following more slowly.
By the time Gray reached the infirmary the Lamia Scale mages were standing around the bed, Lyon was lying there unconscious, though his expression looked more relaxed then it did before, the green mark on his arm was still there though it had receded from his neck and wrist. Toby whined. One thing Gray noticed was around his right wrist was a cuff.
"Anti-Magic cuff, i didn't want him to accidentally use it if he woke up panicked." Porlyusica explained seeing Gray staring.
Gray didn't exactly like the thought of his sibling disciple having to wear an anti-magic cuff but would admit that it was probably a good idea if he lashed out in panic from being in an unfamiliar place.
"Ice block the second will be ok, after all he's a stubborn moron like you." Natsu said Happy sitting on his shoulder.
Gray gave him an annoyed look but knew that was Natsu's weird way of trying to cheer him up. "I'd like to think I'm nowhere near the moron level he is." Gray noted.
"No I think you're worse; at least Lyon will eventually tell you if he's in pain from an injury, you however tough it out or nearly faint from blood loss." Charle said.
"What's with you guys giving me crap today." Gray partially whined.
"Yeah save it for when Lyon wakes up, making fun of Gray is one of his favorite pastimes." Yuka said.
"You all suck." Gray said, crossing his arms.
"Alright I gave you a few minutes. Now out. You can come back tomorrow, he should be awake by then." Porlyusica said.
And noone was stupid enough to try to deny her as they headed out, Gray looked back at Lyon's unconscious form before heading out.
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The group sat around a table all having a glass of water, or in Natsu's case a mug of fire. "So what are you three going to do?" Erza said.
"We'll stay here until Lyon wakes up, then we'll figure out what to do." Yuka said.
"Do you have a place to stay?" Lucy asked.
"We can get a hotel." Yuka stated.
"Chelia if you want you can share my room at the girls dorm." Wendy said.
"Yes please!" Chelia said, hugging her. "Just like old times!"
"Saves money on just having one hotel room too." Yuka noted and Chelia stuck her tongue out at him playfully, their mood a bit better since Lyon's condition improved though their worry was still obvious.
"Well we better go find a hotel room come on Toby." Yuka said standing up Toby making a grunt in confirmation.
"I'll show you the nearest one." Erza said, standing up and led them out.
"Come on Chelia, let's head to the dorms." Wendy said gently, grabbing the girl's hand and led her out.
About half an hour later after sitting around the table Lucy stood up
"I better head home too, it's getting late." Lucy and Natsu got up as well, she noticed Gray remained sitting. "Aren't you heading home Gray?" Lucy asked.
"Nah i'll stay a bit longer." Gray said.
Lucy looked like she wanted to say something but Natsu grabbed her arm and shook his head. They headed out of the guild and Gray sat at the table staring at the stairs. Hours passed and he eventually dozed off, his arm pillowed on his head Mira putting a blanket over him. "Knew he wasn't going to leave." Laxus noted stretching.
"It is his fellow pupil, a relationship similar to brothers." Makarov said as he got into his wheelchair. "Leave him be it wont hurt him to stay overnight." Makarov noted.
Laxus nodded and they left Mirajane cleaning up and Cana leaving stumbling out drunk like usual, the guild soon dark only Porlyusica and Lyon upstairs and Gray asleep downstairs.