White Eclipse
Chapter 26
Aira and Selene were walking from shop to shop, buying whatever caught their eye. It was more Aira than Selene.
"I'm gonna come here a lot more often." She exclaimed while holding up her bags of clothes and accessories.
"That's nice and all, but what's with the fabric and thread?" Selene asked. "I didn't know you could sew?"
"Hai! It's something I don't usually share, but I can."
Selene gives a shrug. "So what are you gonna use them for? You bought so much." She holds up another bag, all full of thread and fabric.
"That's a surprise!" Aira responded with a smile.
"Whatever you say. Lets just go meet the others, I'm sure the food is ready by now."
Gajeel and Levy walked towards the restaurant. Levy held a bag behind her back as she walked beside the iron dragon slayer, who was walking with his arms crossed, chewing on a piece of iron.
"You're gonna spoil your appetite." Levy protested as Gajeel continued to chew on the iron bar. He ignored the comment as they stopped at an intersection of passing carriages. "They better have got me what I ordered. That's all I'm worried about being spoiled."
Levy huffs a bit, but then curves a small smile on her face as she looks around at the city scenery. "I really do love this place."
Before she could take in the full enjoyment of the city. Gajeel scoffs as he spots two familiar faces. "Huh?" Levy looks up at Gajeel, and then across the street. Though this was her first time seeing them. She noticed the two White Eclipse mages standing on the other side of the intersection, also noticing the rival guild on the other side of the street.
"Well if it isn't the tin man." Selene yelled out with a smirk. "How's those iron scales doing ya? I hope you've been training them, because last time it was diamonds or bust. "
"Wait a minute." Levy looks at Selene, and then narrows her eyes at Gajeel. "That's the diamond dragon slayer? You told me that it was a guy, that was almost seven feet tall."
Not taking his eyes off Selene and Aira, Gajeel's face dawns a guilty look. "Anyways! Why are you here?"
"Shopping and food!" Aira shouted, holding up her bags.
"Us too!" Levy shouted in return, holding up her single bag. Aira and Levy exchange waves as Gajeel and Selene stand there, giving their respective partner/friend a look. They both then turn back to each other frowning. As they stare each other down, their ears perk up from a Soren wailing in the distance. All four of them look down the street to the restaurant they were headed to when they saw an emergency carriage come into view, driving as fast as it possibly could. On the side holding on to the carriage was Reve. He spotted Selene and Aira as the carriage was approaching them and screamed out. "It's Takeru! Get to the hospit-" the carriage went by before he could finish his statement, but Selene and Aira heard loud and clear.
On the other side of the Carraige, Natsu waved at Gajeel and Levy as they passed. "Oi! We're headed to the-!" The same thing happened, but they garnered the same result and knew where to head to.
"Takeru!?" Selene stood in shock for a bit. Then looked at Gajeel, believing that someone from Fairy Tail had something to do with it. Aira grabs her arm to get her attention. "Now's not the time. I'll go get Zain just in case." Aira immediately runs off after her statement. Bags and everything. Selene begins sprinting down the street to catch up with the carriage.
"Oi...I'm still hungry." Gajeel begins to walk towards the restaurant until Levy grabs him and drags him back the other way towards Magnolia hospital, Gajeel more or less letting himself be dragged because he knew it was the right thing to do, even though he didn't want to go. "You should be ashamed of yourself Gajeel."
"Gihe!"
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Sitting in the waiting room, was all of Fairy Tail. They stayed because, no matter how much they "hated" White Eclipse, they would never wish anything bad on another person, so they all became concerned with Takeru's condition.
Gray was sitting beside a brown haired girl. If Bacchus, Erza or Kagura were here, they could identify her easily. The brown haired girl sat in her chair, swinging her feet and humming a joyous tune. Gray, somewhat annoyed because of where they were, turns to the girl. "Why are you so happy?" He asked.
The little girl just looks up at Gray and smiles. "Because my friend Arcy comes home soon! He's been gone so long and I'm just excited." Sora goes right back to humming and swinging her feet. Gray, taking her statement completely out of context, smiles, feeling happy for the little girl, thinking that her friend was here in the hospital and was going to be cleared soon. The rest of the guild that was at the restaurant stays quiet, until they heard shouting from outside the waiting room.
"You idiots don't know anything!" Reve shouted. He shoved a security guard in the face, pushing him down as he headed back to the doctor while being held down by more security. "How do you not know what's wrong!? You're doctors you idiots!"
"Reve calm down!" Taya yelled. But Reve wasn't having it. As security slowly but surely escorted Reve and White Eclipse out. Two nurses with their hats low enough to cover their eyes, slide into Takeru's room. The second they're in, the take off their hats, revealing to be Kiora and Maggie. "Daityas messed up." Maggie stated.
"I know, Taya is fine! What the hell man!?" She whispered back, noticing that the sleeping Takeru wasn't too far from hearing distance.
"How. In bloody hell! Do you poison the wrong person!" Maggie huffed out her words. "I mean, shit man, the wanker is a guy! Taya is a freakin girl!"
"I say we riot."
Maggie gives Kiora a look for her statement.
"Okay no riot." Kiora said.
"I worry about you sometimes Kiora."
"We'll riot one day just watch."
Out of the shadows, the brown haired Sora appears from the corner and runs to the bed, her hair turning back to her normal pink to get rid of her disguise. "Taya!" She runs over to the side of the bed with a huge smile, only to have it erased when she found Takeru laying there instead. "You're not Taya." Sora raised a shadow into a spike like formation and was about to jam it into Takeru's throat, but Kiora quickly grabs her. "Whoa kid! Whoa! Don't kill him like that he's already dying. Don't worry, there's gotta be a way to fix this."
"From the poison that's untreatable? I don't think so." Maggie replied.
"Okay Maggie, I get it. It's super poison damn be positive here please!"
Kiora began pacing a bit. "Hold up..." Kiora stops walking and begins to smile as she raised her arms in an uncaring fashion. "/Why/ are we trying to fix Daityas mistake?"
Maggie's eyes widen. "Oh. My. Zeref. This is Daityas fault. And /No one/ else's!"
"We're in the clear!"
"The bloke did it himself! There's no way we're in the wrong!"
Maggie and Kiora link arms and skip around until they notice Sora staring at them with her finger pointed at Takeru. "Fix this! I want Taya and Arcy!"
"Listen here lil shit you're not our boss." Before Kiora could say another word, Sora's eyes start to swell with tears.
"Stop."
"Bloody hell don't you do it Sora."
"Alright!" The two agree to Sora's whim right before she could start wailing, just to keep her quiet.
"Welp." Maggie shrugged. "Might as well go tell the screw up the news."
"Sir, we're doing the best we can! You're gonna have to calm down." The security had pushed Reve into the waiting room, while the other mages stood in the hallway. Luke decides to head back into Takeru's room, along with Taya and Selene. "This is ridiculous. I don't understand how you don't know what's wrong it's your job!"
"Sir, if we have to ask you again we'll kick you out the hospital. Now. Go sit down!"
Reve snarls and turns his back to the security. He grabs a chair and flings it in one motion. The chair goes flying right next to Gray but he catches it. "Hey now!" Gray exclaimed. "You almost hit this.-" Before Gray could finish his sentence he looked beside him to see that Sora was no longer there. "Huh?"
"Is everything alright Gray-Sama?" Juvia asked, now basically draping all over him.
"Yeah Gray, you look like you've seen a ghost." Lucy added.
"Gray's probably afraid of hospitals."
Natsu said with a cheap smile. Gray narrows his eyes at Natsu.
"Watch it flame brain."
Reve stood in the middle of the waiting room floor tapping his foot.
"You know, stressing yourself isn't going to help Reve." Lucy said. "Come sit down and relax."
"Shut up." Reve's harsh tone really struck Lucy and the others. He didnt even add anything to his statement. He continued to stand there, tapping is foot.
"Hey! She's just tryna-" Natsu was about to stand in mid sentence, but Lucy grabs his arm. He looks back at Lucy while Lucy stays looking at the floor. She just shakes her head, notifying Natsu not to say anything. He sits back down.
"Tch." Gajeel scoffed. "Never met anyone as rude as that."
"Oh really?" Everyone said in unison.
"...okay assholes."
Outside the hospital, Arc swoops down and lands on the ground, carrying Zain and Aira. All three walk through the door and past Reve. Reve sees them and immediately follows behind. "Sir, you can't just walk in without-" Arc pushes the security guard out the way and into the wall. The four continue making their way down the hall until they reach Takeru's room. Zain opens the door to see Luke, Selene and Taya already in.
"Arc came too?" Taya questioned.
Arc doesn't respond, but instead sniffs the air. He smells a familiar scent. "Hm.." He keeps his comment to himself, but he remembers the three girls' scents that he smells all too familiar. "What's wrong with Takeru?" Zain asked.
"We don't know!" Selene cries out. "He's been vomiting blood a lot and he's pale."
"He smells like he's dying." Arc replies.
"Don't say that!" Selene yells back. Arc ignores her and begins taking off his bandages. Something that always worried Taya.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"Seeing what's wrong with Takeru." Arc completely unwraps his bandages and opens his eyes. His demonic looking pupils now stare at Takeru. Chills go down spines everywhere just from the look of his eyes.
"...Someone poisoned Takeru. It's no ordinary poison either. There's no cure for this."
"How do you know!?" Zain questioned.
"I know your skeptical, /Doc/ but my eyes don't lie to me. They do a lot more than kill. I can see the poison running through his veins. The question is, this poison just doesn't show up anywhere, it's created. So who or what did this to him?"
Everyone falls quiet as they try to think of recent events. Taya's eyes widen as she perks up, remembering Daityas visit, and the tea. How she left it alone, and Takeru drunk it. Everything happened after that. She covered her mouth, not wanting to say anything due to the consequences of what would happen if she did.
"Something wrong Taya?" Arcturus asked.
"I.." Everyone turns to her, thinking she had the answer. "I'm just taking this all in. I need some air." Taya walks out the room, closing the door and slumps down to the floor, still covering her mouth. "Oh my god..that was supposed to be me.."
Back in the room everyone stood around still, clueless on what to do. Selene grabs Takeru's hand, holding back tears.
"Takeru...come on. I promise if you make it, you can have all the key lime pie you want. I won't make you try anything else. Whatever you want. Takeru wake up and be okay... Tak.."
Luke stayed quiet he averted his eyes to the window, unable to look at Tak as he could visibly be seen withering away.
"Tak man.." Zain sighed out... "I've really felt useless these past few weeks..first Taya and now.."
Arc stared at Takeru for a long time. His eerie eyes never left the dragon slayer. After about five minutes. Arcturus chuckles, causing everyone to look at him. "Alright, I know how to save him."
"Really!?" Selene pops up. "Tell us how!"
"You don't have to do anything... but leave the room."
