Disclaimer: I do not own either Fairy Tail or the Xeno game series...But one day, I will! Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail and Namco and the game creators (Too many to list) own the Xeno game franchise!
Notes: Okay, so I know a lot of you have no clue what Xenosaga or even Xenogears is. A brief breakdown according to my mind. As before I ask that if you don't know the games, please go and Google them. I have found that you can actually watch all the cutscenes from Xenosaga Episodes...if you have a lot of free time.
Chaos' view
As I followed a group of interesting people, my mind drifted back over the events in the last hour. It was safe to say as I recalled the words spoken to me, that my ability, Anima, was what powered these people's magic. The redhead named Erza had said she was an S-class mage, which told me a bit about this culture, one being that it was magic-based and that they had a ranking system for how strong the mages were. Taking a breath, I closed my eyes and reopened them to see the group ahead of me. The woman Erza and man she had named Gray, who had a rather odd stripping habit it seemed, were at the front walking together, while the blond, Lucy as well as the boy with the natural-looking pink hair were a bit back.
I quietly took in the fact that the young man had his arm around her shoulder while he walked with her and, on occasion, tossed a dark glare back towards me every few steps. Smiling like always as he did so, I continued to think about what was going on. First had been the fact I had descended from the sky, swathed in my energy, which wasn't too out of place considering the stuff I had been through in my life. The second had been when I felt something touching my head, or slightly my hair. It was at that moment; my power retracted into me, and gravity came back into play. Hitting something hard yet also soft enough as it shifted, it hadn't taken me long to figure out it was probably sand, and I knew I'd be feeling discomfort later. So when I opened my eyes to see a pair of doe-brown eyes filled with a mix of emotions, I'd been left a bit surprised.
In the many millennia that I had been alive, it had progressively gotten harder to do that. Still, it had been nice to see the emotion in the eyes of someone before a blush began to creep across Lucy's face as she realized I was looking at a female. Such visual honesty made me smile, and I'd slowly come to realize that my head was on something soft and firm. That was forgotten in the next second when her eyes left my gaze, and I felt a tug on my hair as she started to move away, making me speak up, which only seemed to cause the woman to blush darker in embarrassment. Not one to lie, but omit many things, the feeling of her hand in my hair, as well as the warmth from the contact between our bodies, was immediately missed.
Shaking my head, I let my gaze rest on the woman, Lucy, taking in the way she was trying to though unsuccessfully shy away from the one called Natsu subtly. I briefly wondered at their relationship since she didn't seem to be reciprocating his feelings, intensely obviously not wanting him that close. Feeling my eyes narrow just a tiny bit, I watched this struggle a bit more as I put the facts into place. I wished that my mind was up to speed in its usual way. Then again, with dying and having my consciousness be kept around and floating in an infinite void for however long, I guessed this was just a minor inconvenience as to what the broad spectrum of things could have been.
Soon the sounds of civilization reached my ears, and I saw a bunch of people on the beach milling about, looking at the group I was following. It didn't take a genius to figure out that they were curious about what had fallen from the sky. They wanted to know but didn't come to check it out. It gave me a clue about how things worked here, that Magic users in this world did those types of things, which also meant there were ordinary non-magical people amongst the population.
Slowing my walk down as the other four did, I lifted my hands, looking at the dark leather that covered them. Once we were back at their hotel, I wondered if I should tell them that I used Anima, fueled their magic. My ears then caught the sound of Erza explaining to the curious bystanders it wasn't anything remarkable that I was found near the crash site, and their group was taking me in for an exam to make sure I was okay. I let my gaze wander up to the sky, wondering if I should ask them about the barrier and the other world.
"Chaos...Earthland to Chaos... Let's head to the motel, okay?" A soft voice breached my thoughts, causing me to blink a few times as I brought my gaze towards the speaker. Seeing Lucy staring directly into my eyes with a concerned look, I felt odd heat rise to my cheeks as I blushed. It had been several millennia since I had last done that. Though when a soft warning growl emitted, my gaze drifted over her shoulder to Natsu, who was glaring as if I was a threat.
Putting my usual smile back on, I shook my head as I gave a reply. "Sorry, just wool-gathering, if you will. I guess it is a side effect. Let's not keep your other companions waiting any longer; please, Natsu and Lucy, lead the way." My eyes had shifted from Natsu to the patiently waiting Erza and Gray, the former narrowing her eyes pointedly at Natsu, allowing me to assume that she had heard his discontented growl. Waving my hands as an indication, I got a brief concerned glance from Lucy and a dirty look from Natsu as they turned around, the latter seemingly going stiff as a board when he caught Erza's gaze.
Another thing noted and placed in my mind was that Erza wasn't just the voice for the group, but it's the undeniable leader, one that wasn't to be crossed, which piqued my curiosity about her. So as we resumed walking, now through a crowd of people towards a simple staircase towards a large building, I accessed a tiny bit of my Anima in an attempt to gauge her actual strength. As soon as I did, I noticed that she jerked her head to the left then right as if looking for someone. Instantly, I retracted and smothered my Anima.
Her body language was all I needed to see to know that she was exceedingly alert to the world around her, and with that small brush of my Anima, that she had become hyper-aware in a more threatening manner of someone trying to attack. Stuffing that knowledge away in my mind, I made my gaze blank with just a bit of confusion when she spun around to look at Natsu and Lucy, then me. When she deemed that whatever had brushed against her was no longer a threat, she turned around, back straight and stiff, and marched with predatory grace.
The man next to her leaned in to say something, to which he got a negative head shake. I felt my lips quirk at the edge in amusement at this while my mind was filing away some more possible facts about the world and people. As we neared the hotel, I could smell the change in the air. There was less salt ringing it; the natural cleanness of the air seems to lessen as we got into a more populated area. Not that I was going to complain since the last time I tasted air that fresh was too long ago to recall the exact date.
I tilted my head back as we came up to the building I guessed was the hotel. It looked modern for what I have seen of this world already, reasonably tall, and it was made of stone, not cement. As I passed through the door, I could feel a tingling sensation crawled over my skin, making my Anima jump in response. I kept my gaze on the four ahead of me as they made their way towards an older model elevator that looked vaguely of the 20th century to my gaze.
The doors gave a soft hiss before opening up, and they started to filter in. I guess I had a smile that said I was reminiscing, cause there was a bit of laughter from the group, and I felt the heat once more stain my cheeks. Looking down, I mumbled a soft apology as I stepped in, and the doors hissed softly shut. Erza told me what button to press, and I did so, only to catch a muttered insult from Natsu. Something in me wanted to turn around and ask what his problem was when a smack resounded in the small space, followed by a whimper from Natsu.
Pressing my lips into a thin line to keep from smiling at him for his rudeness, I looked around the elevator to see Lucy standing next to me, her shoulders shaking just barely restrained mirth. When she saw me staring, she mouthed, "Don't worry. Erza popped him upside the head. He deserved it; that was rude." Her brown eyes were alight with the amusement of the moment as a ding sounded. The doors opened with a groan and a loud hiss as if to say get out now, which made Lucy burst out in a soft giggle since it seemed to punctuate what happened inside.
Stepping off, Lucy walking in front, leading the way down the long hallway, small wall lamps' light accentuating the warm cream paint and soft sand-colored carpet. It was very inviting visually as I followed her, and the others followed us both. Then she stopped in front of a door numbered 777, which struck me a bit funny as my mind suddenly tried to recall what the date was. As she opened the door to her room, she gave a small squeak as a red-haired man in a well-tailored suit, and sunglasses sprang towards her.
I felt no aggression from the man, only worry as he moved quickly towards Lucy, and I instinctively stepped between her and the man, raising my glove-clad hand. The white-blue gem on the back flared with Anima in a second, pulling the man to a halt as he took his glasses off and revealed emerald green eyes that didn't belong to a human. He stared down at me with a barrage of emotion, irritation at being stopped from getting closer to Lucy, confusion as he darted a glance at my face and hand before amusement entered his eyes as if he'd noticed something. It left me a bit confounded as I sensed he wasn't an ordinary person or even a person from this world and realm.
TBC!