Overcoming Destiny

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Wireless communications"

Ch 18

"Die! Ice cube!" Natsu yelled as he and Grey devolved into another fight.

"Now children do you want to play another lively game of cat and mouse?" A red haired Catsy asked cheerily as a malicious aura formed around her.

"No, Ms. Nygglatho. We're not fighting at all!" Natsu cried out as he and Grey hugged each other for dear life.

"No fighting here. Nope. Not at all!" Grey said with forced cheerfulness.

"Good I'd to have to discipline you otherwise." Nygglatho stated as her aura disappeared turning to leave.

"Soon as she's gone you're dead." Natsu growled quietly as he and Grey grabbed each other's hands in a forced handshake.

"Not if I kill you first." Grey growled back just as quietly.

"Please try and get along you two." Lucy pleaded as she laid a hand on Natsu's shoulder.

"Juvia can't stand for her man to be injured." A young Undine pleaded as she latched onto Grey's back.

"Juvia! Get off! Need Air!" Grey gasped out as he started to turn blue.

"Please don't kill Grey, Juvia." Wendy pleaded her tail rigid in worry.

Grey passed out from lack of air. "Grey, don't leave Juvia!" The girl cried out in distress.

"What happened?!" A female's voice called out as she came in to see what was wrong.

"Juvia got a little carried away again." Lucy answered as she looked toward the Undyne caretaker.

"Yes, Ms. Chtholly,Grey passed out and we're hoping she didn't kill him this time." Levy said.

"What happened?" Grey asked blearily as he sat up.

"Juvia tried to kill you again." Gajeel stated.

"My Grey yet lives!" Juvia cried triumphantly as she glomped Grey.

"My ribs, you're breaking them! Help!" Grey cried in distress while Chtholly did her best to pry Juvia off.

"Come on Juvia. You don't want to kill him, do you? You won't be able to marry him if he's dead." Chtholly pleaded.

"Ahhh!" Juvia shrieked as she let go of Grey. "Juvia is sorry my beloved." She said quivering as she backed up fear in her eyes.

"Hey Ice Cube. You need to comfort your wife." Natsu teased.

"Shut up, Flame-brain." Gray mumbled as he tried to clear his head.

"Now children it's time to head to your lessons." Nygglatho called from the next room.

"Ack. Miss Vallière'll kill us!" Natsu cried as he imitated a chicken with its head cut off, as he ran around in circles.

OOooOO

Tiffania stood outside the door of her sister's house not sure what to do because it had been years since she had seen Matilda.

"Tiffania!" Matilda cried in delight as the pregnant woman grabbed Tiffania in a hug from behind.

"Matilda!" Tiffania cried happily turning toward her half-sister before stopping short taking in Matilda's appearance.

"Yeah, stuff happened." Matilda said her ears wiggling in glee. "By the way, you're going to be an aunt in another five months."

Tiffania squealed in delight as she hugged Matilda.

"Careful." Matilda scolded her as she attempted to push Tiffania off.

"Oh Sorry." Tiffania apologized as she covered her face in horror.

"It's alright." Matilda assured Tiffania as Matilda picked up the basket of groceries she'd dropped to hug Tiffania.

"Here let me help." Tiffania stated trying to remove the basket from Matilda's hands.

"Hey, I'm pregnant not an invalid." Matilda admonished as she opened her door. "Welcome to my home."

Tiffania looked around in awe never having seen a house built like this before.

"Do you want to help me put these away?" Matilda asked as she went into the kitchen.

"Yeah sure." Tiffania answered as she followed her sister.

OOooOO

"So if I learn this, I'll be able to read?" Lydia asked the little being hovering in front of her expectantly.

"Yes, I should be able to impart that knowledge to you." A pixie with silver hair and amber eyes answered. She wore glasses and robes designating her as the head librarian

"I'm not going to be taking you from your work, am I, Nagato?" Lydia asked concerned.

"No immediate issues will come from this course of action." Nagato answered looking toward another section of the library.

"I would hate to cause you any trouble." Lydia said.

"Haruhi, put those books in the correct section!" Nagato yelled at another pixie.

"They are in the correct section!" The brown haired pixie called back indignantly.

"No, they're where You think they should be." Another girl with her long hair in a ponytail stated with a sigh.

"These are historical writings, Kyonko." Haruhi told the other pixie as she faced her with her hands on her hips.

"No those are historical fiction." Kyonko answered her arms crossed. "Key word fiction."

"But they're written by historical authors. As such, they belong in History." Haruhi said insistently.

Sighing in defeat Kyonko clapped her hands and the books disappeared reappearing in the proper location.

"Hey! You're undoing all my hard work!" Haruhi cried out.

"Koizumi get over here and keep an eye on miss delusional!" Kyonko called.

"I am on my way." Koizumi said as she flitted over from where she was.

"I don't need anyone to watch me!" Haruhi cried out.

"If I don't do this now you'll make a mess of the place." Kyonko said with a sigh as she gave the silver brown haired girl a pointed look.

"What are you looking at me for?" Koizumi asked.

"You can be just as bad."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Koizumi said as she looked on innocently. "Besides you know how bad she gets when she's pregnant."

"Quit arguing over there and get to work!" Nagato yelled at the three as they heard a cry of shock followed by a crash. "Asahina do you need any help?"

"I'm fine." Asahina cried from her place under the books. Thud. "Help. Please." She called back.

"I'm coming." Kyonko called tiredly as she flitted over to the fallen stack of books.

"Will she be alright?" Lydia asked worriedly.

"Oh she'll be fine this happens regularly." Nagato answered wearily.

"Okay." Lydia said. "So then."

"Ma'am do you have anything on medicinal herbs?" Colbert asked after he came in through the door.

"Haruhi, there should be no way you can mess that up!" Nagato called into the stacks.

"Alright, fine." Haruhi said exasperatedly. "This way." The pixie beckoned as she led Colbert through the stacks.

"Get in there." Cardinal said as she pushed Mortimer into the building.

"What are we here for?" Mortimer asked as he went in.

"You wanted to better understand what was needed for smelting so get to work." Cardinal answered.

"Do you need some help?" The orange haired pixie asked as she came out of the bookshelves.

"Thank you Asahina." Cardinal said as she looked toward the pixie. "He needs to read up on metal work. Specifically the exotics."

"Oh, that's this way? No, wait, I'm pretty sure it's this way?" Asahina asked herself unsure.

Cardinal lightly grasped the pixies head between her thumb and forefinger and turned her towards a particular stack. "You might want to head over there."

"Is it that way? I thought they were over there." Asahina said pointing back the other way.

"Just go, you need to learn the stacks at some point. Read the spines for crying out loud." Cardinal answered with a sigh.

"Oh, okay." Asahina said hesitantly as she moved in the direction Cardinal pointed her in. "I guess it's this way."

"Go Mortimer." Cardinal insistently prodded.

"All right." Mortimer said as he hesitantly followed Asahina, before quietly adding. "It's not like we're married or anything."

"I can arrange that if you want!" Cardinal as she moved over to Nagato.

He looked at her in surprise before continuing on. "Aren't you supposed to date first?" He muttered.

"What do you call all the time we've been spending together?" Cardinal called as Nagato settled onto her shoulder.

"I'm not going to answer that." Mortimer said as he disappeared into the stacks.

"So how are you doing-?" Cardinal asked leaving the sentence open.

"Oh, fine. We actually were about to get started." Lydia said.

"Name please." Cardinal stated exasperated.

"Oh, sorry. I'm Lydia." She said hurriedly.

"Thank you." Cardinal said looking at the book open on the table. "So could you use some help learning Braille?"

"Yes, I am, trying at least." Lydia said as she put her hand on the book.

"Well then let me help you." Cardinal stated exasperated. "It's like talking to a five year old." She mumbled.

"Pardon?" Lydia asked.

"I'll assist you whenever I'm in town." Cardinal said looking over the open book.

"Thank you." Lydia said.

Cardinal smiled as she held Lydia's hand to the page as she started her lesson.

OOooOO

Far to the south-east of Tristain within the heart of the Sahara desert a meeting was called to order.

"It's unnatural I say." One of the elves that sat on the council of twelve stated with a heavy breath. "Elves are not meant to fly under their own power if we were the creator would have done so when we were designed."

"That may be, but if it wasn't the creators intention to alter us at some point, why have these two of our younger generation changed so?" Another councilman declared before pointing to the two not-Elves in front of the council. "I mean look at them. Is there any reason why an Elf would have blue hair, and what's with those ears?"

Luctiana stood next to her brother Arie almost withering under the gaze of the council. "Bidashal has gone to the human lands for some reason, otherwise he would be the one in charge of their care."

"That is true but we can't let these abominations stay here." The first councilman added. "What of those Fae creatures we've heard tell of? We should send them there to get rid of them."

"We'll do it!" Luctiana called up to the gathered councilmen.

"What did you say?" The council speaker asked from the silenced gathering.

"We'll leave so that you can stop your bickering! Since it appears that you don't wish us to stay here!" The Catsy yelled at the gathering of elders her tail lashing angrily behind her. Arie looked on in horror.

"If that's the case then this body banishes you from these lands to find your own way in the world! May the creator have mercy on your souls!" The speaker called as he flourished a hand causing the doors to the council chamber to open.

A few minutes later found Arie and Luctiana walking toward their residence to gather the belongings they would be taking with them. "What were you thinking speaking out of turn to the counsel like that?" Arie berated his sister.

"I was thinking that I wanted to get out of there." Luctiana answered calmly.

"And now we have to see if these Fairies will take us in." Arie said sighing heavily earning a strained laugh from his sister.

OOooOO

Omake:

I thought that I would be able to have a normal life after high school. That's where you would be wrong.

"Kyon we having a sighting downtown!" A woman with long hair put up into a high ponytail yelled as she ran out the door.

Yep I'm currently working with Haruhi and the rest of the gang at her self made business of ghost hunting. Like everything else that she's made me do I was given no choice in the matter. That includes the fact that she dragged me to the alter. Yep you are speaking to Mr. Suzumiya, she didn't even allow me the dignity of keeping my family name. Oh well the business pays the bills at least and my seven year old daughter Mizuki seems to be saner than her mother.

Haruhi came home one day with a few boxes in hand.

"Haruhi what are those?" Kyon asked his wife.

"Oh these?" Haruhi asked holding them up one of the boxes. "We missed out on getting the SAO game so this is the next game, Alfhiem online I believe. I always wanted to be a pixie." Haruhi added squealing in delight.

"Yes, you're about as much trouble as one." Kyon mumbled to Mizuki causing prompting her to giggle at her mother's antics.

"We'll need to get the rest of the SOS brigade together and dive in to explore this new world." Haruhi declared much to Kyon's consternation.

And that's how it went. How she was able to make pixie a playable character I'll never know but pixies we were. Myself and Koizumi were our female selves in game because all pixies within the game are female. This races one saving grace though was that you had an alternate form that allowed the two of us to regain our birth gender. I will say this though; Mizuki is absolutely adorable as a pixie.

On the day of the transition we were logged in and Haruhi declared that on no uncertain terms were we going to be left behind. Oh well it allows me to get my daily dose of cuteness overload from my daughter.

OOooOOooOO

Man Kyon can't ever get a break can he.

I think he's used to it by now.

Geez Chris can't you say anything positive.

Well hey he has a kid that's not as crazy as her mother.

There is that.

Well this drivel is done please review.