This chapter will explain and clear up some stuff that was said in the last chapter :3. Also I do not promote rape or torture and etc. I'm sorry if I gave a wrong example of it. Sorry for any spelling mistakes as usual and I hope you enjoy it. :) Next chapter is where all the fighting and such happens :).
Byeeee!~
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Everyone sat in the middle of the room, waiting anxiously for the bluenette's arrival. Oh God, if she got kidnapped... Again..
No! They all erased those thoughts from their heads and shook their heads repeatedly.
"Where the hell is she?!" Natsu yelled
"Well it's your fault for leaving her!" Erza yelled back and so they started yelling at each other. They quarrelled with each other for a while. Mirajane sighed deeply and shook her head. Suddenly, the door of the hotel suite opened slowly and made everyone stop what they were doing, they all turned to look at the door. It opened wider and revealed a woman with sky blue wavy hair, glasses and dark blue eyes, drenched in water. Everyone stood up in alarm but nobody dared to go by her.
Why? Because of how she looked and acted. Crystal was smiling widely, her sharp, white canies showing as her eye pupils were dangerously small. Her head was twitching, she looked so... crazy, psychotic... Insane. The white haired beauty cautiously walked up to the twitching woman and gulped.
"Crystal dear?" Mirajane asked. Crystal just stared at her.
"Yes, Mirajane Dear?" Crystal smiled. "How are you doing deaaar?" She dragged out the word "dear", followed by a giggle. Mirajane laughed lightly as she swatted her hand behind her back, signalling the others to go into the other room. They all got up and scurried across the room and into Erza and Lucy's room.
"I-I'm doing fine! Are you okay?" Mirajane nervously smiled.
"Oh of course I am! Why wouldn't I be?! You should go with the others, I'm gonna go dry myself off." Crystal grinned wider. Her smile sent shivers down the white haired woman's spine. Mirajane walked over to the door and placed her hand on the doorknob but not without a second glance at the bluenette. She opened it and stepped inside, closing and locking the door.
"Well everyone, I think you can clearly see our current situation here." Master said.
"Yeah, I kinda think I don't wanna know why she's twitching and her creepy eyes and smile." Natsu sarcastically said as he crossed his strong arms.
"Well you see, Crystal.. is..." Master trailed off, looking off to the side.
"She's insane." Gray finished. Natsu's eyes widened in disbelief, he vritted his teeth.
"Bullshit! I don't believe it for a second! How the fuck can she be insane?!" Natsu snapped at them. Lisanna walked up to him.
"It's true.." She admitted sadly. "We've been keeping this a secret from you and everyone because we're afraid that they will take her away. It make it simple, we'll try to explain everything. Why she didn't remember you, why she didn't remember anything that happened while she was 13 and how she ended up insane."
"I'll start." Erza stepped in, a frown on her face. "It was around 10 years ago, she was 13. She was kidnapped during a mission."
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~10 years ago, Crystal Dragnela, age 13.
"She was brutally tortured and violently raped.."
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A dark and black room.
Sharp splinters of wood in her back.
She struggles, but her limbs are restrained by thick, leather straps.
Being bound, being held down, her heart thunders as footsteps come toward her from the darkness.
Panic.
More struggling. More fighting.
That same rhythm for 1 year straight. A deep, penetrating fear in her core.
That man; wielding a rusty knife, his grin impossibly wide, and all his teeth filed to points.
The tip of the steel runs down the skin of her bare thigh.
"Don't," she whispers hoarsely. But the plea is lost on this demon. He howls with laughter, a hyena, tossing his head back and cackling to the darkness above.
His face close to Crystal's, close enough to allow her to practically taste the tobacco on his breath.
The girl's cheek, slit. Dripping blood, pretty red blood. Then lapped with slow flicks of a rough tongue.
A shiver, up her spine.
Whimper.
Crystal squirms desperately, trying everything she can to escape the restraints. But the knife is at her thigh again, telling her to freeze.
She obeys the knife.
It is always better to obey.
Better, but not always enough.
Pain explodes inside her. It is everywhere, in all the forms she's felt: Teeth and claws of him, fire and steel from earth. The man curses at her over and over, in her face with cigarettes.
Suddenly, darkness, and the pain stops.
She can't see past it, but in the distance, a small, glowing ball of orange begins to shift around. Closer as the footsteps return.
"I wanna hear you scream my little whore..."
The cattle iron shoves into her stomach.
Agony.
Flesh melting.
A charred scent drifts up to accompany the tobacco.
She struggles to hold it in, but as the prod twists he can't.
Crystal screams as the skin melts off her body.
Why? What did she do to deserve this?
She coughs as a blow lands, and another, and another. Finally, the punches stop, but a rough hand entangles itself in her sky blue hair.
Her face is forced upward, to look into the face of the man she fears most.
Something is shouted, or rather, sprayed, but in the dreamy haze, the words are lost to the mist. The man, just shouting and spitting in her face, bits of tobacco hitting her in the eyes. Eyes that stare back lacking any emotion. Dissatisfied with the young assassin's performance, her head is thrown down and footsteps recede to the edge of the darkness.
He returns. In his hands: shackles, a whip. He grinned.
"You know what comes next, don't make me punish you again..."
She whimpers as hot tears stream down her face, a sting from the cut on her cheek she receives, she ignores it.
"Time to set you free, don't even try to escape... Once I undo it, I want you to strip whore."
Natsu's eyes widened to their limits. He knew she was tortured... Yes he was there to help but this? He was never informed on the details... How the hell can she still smile from that?! Her virginity taken at the fucking age of 13?!
"Her mind b-broke..." Erza's voice cracked. "She couldn't handle it, her brain couldn't, her body couldn't... She locked up those horrible memories in the back of her mind and permanently deleted it. It was the defensive part of her brain... That's why she can't remember you, her brain gets rid of all horrible memories thag cause her pain and suffering.."
"B-but what did I do...?" Tears coming to the pinkette's eyes.
"Remember when you left for 1 year?" Lucy's bangs covered her eyes. "Well, you left the around the time when it was getting close to that day... She was so depressed, so was Erza... And everyone... Crystal just couldn't take it anymore so her brain erased all memories of you.."
"M-me leaving had such a big impact on her?"
They all nodded. Natsu fell to his knees, recalling all the times they had together and it just... Vanished? All because of when he left? That's complete bullshit if you ask him.
"I still remembered that day we found her." Gray sadly smiled to himself.
"It's like reliving the nightmare all over again..." Mirajane covered her mouth as she let the tears fall. Lisanna hugged her sister.
"It's okay, Mira-nee.."
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The 13 year old bluenette sat on the pavement, watching everyone walk by. Her dark blue eyes showed no emotion, her face was completely blank. She couldn't feel emotions. She was just sitting there with her knees up to her chest, her arms holding them tighter to her. Scratches, cuts, bruises were everywhere on her body.
Not only that but she was starving as well but didn't seem to care. Her sky blue hair was filled with feces and dirt. She smelled horrible, she had the ugliest wounds on her body yet, she didn't seem to care. Everyone would glance at her but did nothing, but one spotted her.
"Oh my gosh! Are you okay?!" A lady screamed.
"Do I look okay to you, lady? How did I get these cuts and bruises again?" Crystal said in her mind. Crystal looked up at the woman. She had long, white silver hair and green eyes. She wore a long lavender purple dress with purple gloves. She had a lacy umbrella as well. She looked rich in Crystal's eyes.
"What happened to you?" She asked.
"I can't seem to remember..." Crystal whispered.
"Well, my name's Lillian." Lillian looked at her bruised up arm, seeing something through it. It looked like a guild mark. An Assassination Guild? To be specific, The Fairytail Assassination Guild?
"You're an assassin?" Lillian gawked in disbelief. "Well, it doesn't matter! I'm taking you there whether you're an assassin or not!" Lillian reached out to her but Crystal flinched. She scooted away from her and whimpered. Lillian gave the girl a sympathetic look.
"Do you have a place to live? Did you run away? What's wrong?" Lillian moved closer only to be pulled away by a strong arm.
"What do you think you're doing?!" It was a man's voice. Lillian gasped as she turned to look at the perpetrator. It was a man with black hair and brown eyes.
"Let go of me this instant!" Lillian protested.
"Don't you see?! She's a sight for sore eyes! Just look at her! She's all bloodied and bruised! I bet it was from a fight! Oh, poor little assassin got her ass kicked! That's what you bastards get!" The man yelled at the bluenette who had tears streaming down her face.
"You're being ridiculous! She's a child! Can't you see she needs help?!" The white haired beauty quarrelled.
"Yeah! She's needs mental help! Do what you want lady! When you get killed, don't come crawling back here!" The man released her and walked off. Lillian snorted.
"The nerve of some people!" She looked over at Crystal, who had her head buried between her knees.
"You must be hungry... But first, we need to get you to a hospital-" she was cut short when a loud voice was heard.
"CRYSTALLLLLLLL!" The voice yelled. It was a girl about the same age but with scarlet red hair and dark brown eyes, along with a boy with raven black hair and dark blue eyes and a old man. They were all running towards her.
"Who are you?!" Lillian asked furiously but they didn't respond. The scarlet haired girl hugged Crystal tightly, crying in the process. Actually, all of them were crying tears of joy.
"Is this her family?" Lillian asked herself mentally.
"Crystal! Where have you been?! We missed you so much! Don't leave Onee-chan like that again okay?!" The scarlet haired girl cried. Crystal looked up at her, smiling.
"I'm sorry, Erza-nee..."
"Yeah, idiot! You had us worried sick!" The raven haired boy wiped his tears angrily away from his face. The old man sighed and wiped his tears, smiling.
"Thank God we found you! We've been looking for so long!"
"How did you get all bloodied and bruised?! What happened?!" The scarlet haired girl shrieked in terror.
"I can't remember..." The bluenette frowned.
"We'll get you back to the guild, Natsu was worried sick about you!" The raven haired boy yelled.
"Yeah yeah..."
"But when we got back, she remembered everything and told us everything. She was screaming and crying for 6 months straight, we took her to therapy, a psychiatrist but nothing worked. Until, one day, she stopped. She didn't remember anything and was smiling again. We were relieved but, we didn't understand at the time." Master explained.
"I remember all that, too." Natsu frowned. "So all the adventures we had, are all gone now?"
"Well, like how she remembered her torture and such, maybe she can remember you. Maybe." Gray replied. Hope beamed in Natsu's eyes for a second but disappeared quickly. Erza stretched her limbs.
"It's time for bed everyone!"
"Already?" Gajeel complained.
"Yes Gajeel, now come on!" Levy grabbed him by his ear and pulled him into their room.
"Owww shrimp! That hurts!"
She closed the door behind them and said goodnight. The others went to their rooms as well.
"Natsu, if anything happens, just call." Erza patted him on the shoulder and went to bed. Natsu walked out off her and Lucy's room and went into his and Crystal's.
"Insane... Maybe, I can live with that..." Natsu thought to himself. His ears perked up when he heard a soft voice singing a song. There she was, sitting on the balcony, swinging her feet off the edge and staring into the night sky.
"You can see... Just how much you've grown... How strong you are... A love, will open up to you and it starts from the day... that you.. first heard those words..." She sang. Natsu inched closer and touched her shoulder but retreated his hand immediately when she looked at him. She still had that creepy smile on her face and her pupils were still small. She wasn't out of the woods yet.
"Natsu dear~ wanna play a game with me?" She hopped off the balcony and started walking towards him. She grabbed the katana that was placed by their bed, Natsu started walking backwards. Crystal giggled as she dragged the katana across the floor, cutting through the thin layer of carpet underneath.
"Stay calm, don't alarm her or anything. Do it just like Mirajane did..." Natsu warned himself until he made contact with the wall behind him, knocking down a vase and breaking it in the process.
"Shit... Well looks like 1,000 jewel I have to pay.." He cursed under his breath. Crystal was up in his face, grinning like a mad man. Well technically she was mad but you get the point.
"The game's really fun.. I picked it up from someone..." She brought the katana to his throat and laughed manically. "It's called 'Who can scream the loudest!'" She laughed louder until the door from across from them slammed open. It was Gray, he grabbed her by her waist and started walking towards the closet.
"Gray! I was gonna play with Natsu dear! Why are you doing this?!" Panic filled her face. "No! NO! I DON'T WANNA BE PUNISHED AGAIN! NO! STOP IT!"
One of the reasons they got a soundproof room. Because of this. Gray opened the door and placed her in and locking it from the outside. She started banging repeatedly on the door, crying and screaming.
"I'M SORRY I'VE BEEN A BAD GIRL! I JUST WANTED TO PLAY! DONT LEAVE ME ALONE HERE! I'LL SWITCH BACK TO CRYSTAL, I SWEAR! JUST DONT LEAVE ME ALONE IN HERE! I'M BEGGING YOU!"
Natsu watched the bluenette bang on the door.
"She has two spilt personalities... This is her crazy and insane one. Either way, they are the same person." Gray explained softly. "She'll eventually stop yelling, she'll drop asleep and forget any of this ever happened, when she stops, just place her on the bed and let her sleep. Sometimes, I feel sorry for her.." With that, Gray walked out of the room and closed the door. Natsu walked to the closet.
"Please let me go! I don't wanna be alone! Please, Natsu!" She begged.
"Sorry, you'll have to stay there for a while until you fall asleep."
She cried more and curled up in a little ball, her soft sobs were heard through the door, he could see her through the blinds.
It was 30 minutes later and the crying stopped. Natsu peeked at her to find her sleeping, with a smile on her face. He knew that smile anywhere, it was Crystal. He opened the door and picked her up bridal style. The pinkette placed her on the bed and placed the covers over her.
"How can you still smile even after everything you've been through?" He asked himself out loud. He stared at her sleeping figure, he chest rising with every breath she took. She did look even more beautiful when she slept, she looked like an angel... He let a small smile come to his face.
"We have to get those clothes off you, you could catch a cold in it." He sat up carefully from the bed and went the drawers. He took out a light pink shirt and pants. Natsu placed the clothes at the side.
"Now, it's like changing a baby. If you wake the baby, it'll cry but in this case... If she wakes up... She's gonna murder my face. So time to be careful Natsu." Natsu pulled off her black jeans, revealing her pink, lacy and erotic panty. Natsu gulped as he tossed them to the side. Next, he pulled off her shirt, her pink bra with ruffles at the sides of it. The bra could barely contain her massive breasts.
"Oh Kami... Look at the size of her b- No Natsu! Contain yourself." Natsu told himself.
"Natsu, are you d-" A voice erupted within the room. All the hairs on Natsu back stood up like needles.
"E-E-E-ERZA!" He panicked in his brain. He could practically feel the deadly aura that was setting in the room.
"You bastard, after hearing everything you decided to molest her in her sleep?!" Erza's hair was rising from all the anger, she glared at him
"Shimatta! Don't look into her eyes!"
"Don't look into her eyes!"
"Ho? And you even have the courage to stare at my breasts too?" Erza accused him.
"What?! Nani? I was trying to avoid your death beams..."
"Pervert..."
"Fuuuck! Look into the eyes of death Natsu!"
Well, it was too late for him. He was sent flying into the wall, a big red bump on his head.
"Ouch... Goddamit Erza! I was changing her clothes because it was wet!"
Erza raised a brow but then bowed.
"I didn't know! You should've told me! I'm so sorry!" She apologized. Natsu rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah its okay, Erza." Natsu sighed.
Erza went back into her room.
"Should I changs her clothes? Nahh, I'm too lazy and tired to get back up." Natsu groaned. "Goodnight Crystal."
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With that, he fell asleep on the spot.
Well, that was his biggest mistake.