New Mystery of a Clock Hand
Natsu, Ikaros, and Happy are outside back of the small guildhall where they are helping the Strauss siblings with gardening some crops for food since Fairy Tail has gotten weaker when Natsu and other strong wizards were asleep for seven years.
"Her grave? You're pretty morbid this morning." Natsu said when Mirajane mentioned about removing Lisanna's grave.
"Well, since Lisanna's still alive, it's pointless to have it up." Mira pointed out.
"And I rather not have to look at it again." Elfman stated his own reason too.
"Then just go knock it over." Happy suggested while he's plowing the field.
"That seems a bit harsh." Lisanna said.
"The church said the decision's up to us, so we have time to think it through." Elfman said.
"Happy mentioned that Master Natsu would never take the one the they made back when you all thought she died from that mission years ago." Ikaros said while staring at the watermelon for some reason.
"You just had to go bring that up." Natsu said a little embarrassed and Happy laughs a bit.
While everyone is talking about the church like the important time of the year and about the Archbishop Ikaros continues to stare at the watermelon getting a stranger feeling in her core that she felt something like this before, but can't figure out what that is. Ikaros reach out for the melon gentle placing her hand on it and suddenly the calm, relaxing feeling as her hand is rubbing the large fruit then got an image in her head that she is sitting in a small room with a watermelon petting it.
"(Was that… a lost memory just now?)" Ikaros asked herself.
"Hey, Ikaros. Ikaros!" Natsu called out snapping the angel girl from her thoughts.
"Yes, Master, is there something you need?" Ikaros asked.
"No, just wanted to make sure you're alright, you've been staring at that watermelon for a while and it's kinda creeping me out." Natsu said.
"If you want to eat the watermelon then we just get it to the kitchen and serve some up." Happy suggested.
"No, I don't want to eat it… I want to pet it." Ikaros said standing up as she picks up the melon.
"Pet it?" Lisanna confused.
"Like a pet?" Elfman asked.
"I heard of people having a pet rock before, but a pet watermelon is too silly." Happy giggled.
"You sure you don't want to eat it?" Natsu asked.
"Yes, I'm sure, it would seem a small part of my memories have return that I enjoy petting watermelons in the peaceful day time." Ikraos answered.
Natsu finds this 'petting watermelon' thing weird, to him it's just food like everything else that are meant to be eaten for fuel to the body and all, but he couldn't bring himself to disagree seeing Ikaros enjoying it. At least that's what he think she is with Ikaros still being emotionless on the outside.
"Okay, you can keep the watermelon but when that goes rotten we're throwing it away, got it?" Natsu asked, hoping he doesn't regret this.
"Understood, thank you Master." Ikaros thanked and started petting the melon again.
"Wow, Natus, that's very sweet of you. Being all softy for your Angel." Lisanna teased.
"SHUT UP! I just don't want her to be upset, okay." Natsu denied with his cheeks blushing a bit.
"That kinda reminds me of how you try so hard to help Lucy with her rent." Happy grinned.
"So what? It's not like it means anything." Natsu protested before walking away as the others minus Ikaros laughs a little.
"Stupid heart, just won't shut up about Lucy and Ikaros." Natsu muttered to himself.
(Later)
Ikaros is sitting with Lucy, Wendy, and Carla as they are talking about some strange incident that involved some bad people setting fire to churches and they're also having trouble catching up with everything that has happened in the past seven when they were asleep on Fairy Tail's island. And there's also Natsu taking a nap near the group while Ikaros is petting her watermelon.
"She sure likes that watermelon." Lucy said, finding this a bit weird.
"She said it's part of her memory that returned to her." Happy said while eating his fish.
"In an odd way, that hobby seems more normal than fires on churches." Carla pointed out.
"Have you gotten any other memories too?" Lucy asked.
"No, just the feeling of wanting to pet a watermelon." Ikaros answered, shaking her head.
"Well, at least you're starting to remember about yourself. That's a good sign." Wendy cheered.
"Maybe she'll find more like being a school girl." Happy guessed.
"Somehow, I can actually see that." Carla admittedly agrees with Happy, for once.
"School?" Ikaros asked, curious of the word.
"It's a place where you go to learn stuff like history, culture, and other basic things." Lucy answered.
"Although, I never actually been to one." Lucy chuckled. She was mostly homeschooled when she was little.
Then Natsu woke up after picking up a strange smell.
"That's a weird smell." Natsu said.
"Sleeping Beauty's up." Happy announced.
"Good morning, Master." Ikaros greeted.
"Hey Lucy, you have a visitor!" Romeo called out.
Lucy and the gang turn their heads to seeing the new girl.
She has a slender figure and is of average height. She has a slight resemblance to Lucy, having wavy dark blonde hair and blue eyes complete with fair skin. Her outfit makes her look like a upper-class woman, consisting of a pink dress with a white trim and a dark pink ribbon attached to it in which the top portion of the dress is a slightly lighter pink while the area below her waist has a darker shade of pink. A pink bonnet with a white trim is on her head, including a blue corsage on the left side. She also wears white stockings and little dark pink shoes. Breasts sizes: GG-cup.
"(Whoa, her boobs are as big as Lucy's-Wait! Why am I thinking about that?)" Natsu mentally asked himself on the sudden pervert thought.
"Excuse me, but are you Lucy Heartfilia?" The girl asked.
"Huh, yes, that's me… who's asking exactly?" Lucy asked for the girl's identity.
"Who am… I?" Then the girl suddenly started crying with her tears literally falling like waterfalls. "How could you forget your little Michelle Lobster, you meanie!"
Lucy just panicked that she somehow made a girl who claims to know her upset. Ikaros just stare at Michelle getting a weird reading some her body, her scanner couldn't pick up what it is but she seems to be very different than any other humans she knows here.
Soon, Michelle calms down from the tears and reveals her true reason of coming was to bring the suitcase she has in her hands to Lucy as a Memento from her father, Jude Heartfilia as her last assignment from him. And accidentally dropped it on her foot hurting her big toe when she wanted to hug Lucy, then the Celestial Wizard girl opens the case revealing inside is a strange-looking object wrapped in an old cloth.
"It smells weird." Natsu
"I am detecting some magic energy with the cloth and the object inside." Ikraos said looking at it.
Lucy unwrapped the cloth showing to be a metal piece of some kind, leaving everyone with more questions in their heads.
"A weapon." Natsu guessed, imagining Jude holding it like he's ready for battle.
"I doubt that." Lucy said.
"It looks like a clock piece." Ikaros said.
"A clock piece, what make you say that?" Elfman asked.
"Well, to be more specified it's like one of the hands of the clock." Ikaros pointed out placing it in the middle of the table.
"Oh yeah, I see it now." Lucy amazed that Ikaros can tell from just looking at it.
"But why would your dad send you a clock piece?" Natsu asked.
"I'm not sure, but Ikaros did mentioned that it has some magic in it and that must mean it's something important." Lucy stated, thinking she'll look into this more.
(Nighttime, Natsu's House)
"Well, that sure was weird day." Natsu said.
"Yeah, a girl suddenly shows up at the guild saying she's Lucy's sister and got ourselves a weird object that was given to Lucy by her late-father. Yep, a weird day indeed." Happy agreed as he drink some milk.
"Master, there is something I should report about Michelle Lobster." Ikaros said.
"What's up, Ikaros, is it something about that girl?" Natsu asked, also curious wanting to learn more Michelle.
"I detected that Michelle may not be entirely human." Ikaros informed her Master..
"She's not human, what do you mean?" Natsu asked.
"I'm sure really sure, my scanner was having trouble picking up anything on her but I did detected truth in her words that she knew Lucy." Ikaros added.
"That could mean there's a bigger mystery about her." Happy realized.
"What should we do about this?" Ikaros asked her Master for the right course of action.
Natsu did some thinking for a short moment and came with a conclusion.
"I don't think there's anything to worry about, you said that Michelle was telling the truth about knowing Lucy so she can't be all bad." Natsu said.
"So, I say we give her a chance and see how things will go from here." Natsu suggested.
"If you believe she is no threat to you, then I will go along with it." Ikaros said.
"Wow, Natsu actually said something wise then the world must be changing." Happy shocked.
"Don't make fun of me!" Natsu angered.
"Well, better get some sleep because tomorrow we're going to a job hunts!" Natsu excited, hoping to get some fights.
"Aye sir!" Happy shouted.
"Good night." Ikaros said. And soon, everyone went to sleep.
(Tomorrow)
"Man, those bandit weren't even strong as I hoped." Natsu winced sitting on a chair.
"Yeah, and the bandits were nothing but weirdo cross-dressers and made everyone scared." Happy nodded in agreement.
"Even though Erza's plan to defeat them was a success and the town is saved." Ikaros pointed out the good in it.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Natsu agreed, then he saw Lucy and Michelle coming in to the guildhall with the suitcase.
"I was surprised that Michelle drove that cart at the bandit leader, it was crazy!" Happy commented.
"Is it normal for sisters wanting to protect each other?" Ikaros asked.
"I think so, the Strauss love each other and Fairy Tail is one big family. I believe it's a yes." Happy believed with a cheerful smile.
Happy and Ikaros notice Natsu is walking toward Michelle and they soon follow him to see what's going on.
"Hey Michelle, what's up?" Natsu asked.
"Oh, well, I just put in a request for Fairy Tail to help solve this mystery of the clock piece." Michelle answered.
"Really, a job for Fairy Tail?" Natsu asked surprises.
"Yep, and it's approve." Lucy said walking to them.
"I figured you would agree to it, when it comes down to it you won't stop until you see it through to the end." Natsu said, knowing his secret-crush well.
"Thanks, I hope you can help out too." Lucy blushed a bit.
"Just don't let him hold it or else he'll break it." Happy warned.
"I'll hold it for Master's sake." Ikaros volunteered.
"Are you two making fun of me?" Natsu asked a little angry.
"Seems like fate, doesn't it?" Makarov asked, having a drink with Macao.
"Yeah, the only two family members together sure is a wonderful thing." Macao said.
"By the way, I want you to know I'm impressed you had the foresight to run a background check on our new friend." Makarov impressed of Macao taking his position as Guild Master serious.
"Being Master for seven years have taught me more than I know, like how to be paranoid." Macao said with a serious expression.
"(I still can't shake the feeling that something is very wrong here.)" Carla thought, still haven't gotten over the scared feeling when she first saw the object yesterday.
Then Michelle accidentally drop the clock hand onto the floor and suddenly starts levitating and runes begin to appear on it.
"What's that writing?" Gray asked.
"I don't know, maybe Levi could read it." Erza said.
"Unfortunately, both of them are away won't be returning soon." Makarov informed.
"Ikaros, can't you read it?" Natsu asked.
"No, these writing unfamiliar in my databank." Ikraos said.
Makarov began to feel worry about this for it way lead to unforeseen danger.
"Listen closely, I think you should let the sleeping dogs lie." Makarov warned Lucy.
"Sleeping dogs?" Ikaros confused of the saying.
"He means that Lucy shouldn't get involved in this." Kinana explained.
"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked, looking back at the clock piece.
"I'm going to solve this!" Lucy declared, also declaring that it's for her father's and her sake too.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Now, we are on the Infinity Clock Arc where Fairy Tail try to solve a dangerous mystery of the clock piece and will also have fight against others who want the clock piece for some reason. And Ikraos seem to have some suspicious of Michelle as this journey will show them who she really is.
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