Title: Blood Revelation
Author: Sane. Allen/Kanra Nakamura
Rated: T
Genre: Angst, Hurt and Comfort, Romance
Summary: Natsu was kidnapped by a dark guild a few days after Erza was declared to be the 7th guild master of Fairy Tail. Three weeks after Natsu got kidnapped, Zeref, who heard what happen to Natsu, pass by a castle where he heard Natsu screams. The dark mage saved him, but the fairy tail mages arrive when he healed Nastu and both of them revealed something that the other mages never accepted for a few years.
Pairing: Eventually Gray x Natsu
Warnings: Bad Grammars, OOC, Angst scene, Mention of rapes, torture, brother complex, temporary female Natsu, bad languages, gore and violence, trigger warnings, and major AU.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Brother complex mode, angry"
(Actions while singing/ actions while playing song/ scene change)
"Flashback/Past/memories"
"Emphasizing"
Please enjoy the story!
A/N: Please note that I'll be using our favorite characters, fake names once in a while.
Kira – Natsu
Yuki – Wendy
Kuro - Zeref
Opening Song: V.I.P from Magi (2nd Part)
Shita o mite warau Yori mo ue o mite Zetsubou shitai
"motto" kuchiguse ga ii
(A girl with long pink-haired, tied into a high ponytail, is seen walking ahead of us down at the hallway of the palace, before stopping and look at the window beside her, revealing a smiling face of Natsu/Etherias. At the window were sakura petals flying making her eyes follow it and when they landed at their balcony garden, she smiled widely before moving away, while our view zooms to the balcony.)
Oto ni duuji o tsuketagaru kyuukaku ni Taketa ano hito eh
Ima ore wa ikutsu dai? Kikasete
(At the balcony were Wendy, Carla, Happy and Lily, having a picnic is watching as the flowers fall from the tree they bloom at, which is planted beside them, and flies away. They look at each other before standing up and walk towards the doorway where Invel, who adjusted his glasses, is standing at and when they passed him, he followed. Sakura petals cover the view.)
(Instrumental)
(Flash and reveals
"Blood Revelation 2
ケツち
コクつ.げる 2"
Disappears)
Fushigi to tobira no mukuo ni wa V.I.P nanoru yatsu wa naku
Daremo ga kunuo no hate sa ore mo
(The next scene is Natsu standing beside Zeref, who is sitting at the chair of the throne room, leaning his cheek on his fisted hand while the elbow of the said hand is leaning at the armchair, both of them smirking. In front of them are the Spriggans standing in a straight line, either smirking, leering, or smiling. Then suddenly the rest of the siblings arrived and went towards the older ones, followed by Aoi, who flew towards his mistress and lands at Natsu's shoulder. The said princess glance at her pet before looking back at us and raised her hand, which made Aoi flew and then blue flames began to surround him and everything was white before revealing…)
Sutakkaato ni kizanda
(The Fairy Tail mages, who are standing in front of their guild, smiling sadly. Makarov and Mavis standing in front of them with the same facial expression. However, Romeo, Asuka, and Gray weren't there. Sakura petals cover the view.)
Hagireyoku aruita michi ja nai kedo
Sotto negai o kometa
(Romeo and Asuka were seen next in the forest where they created a small altar for their missing family members, kneeling and praying. Before they stood up and look at the sky, smiling and then they both walk away holding each other's hands and it tightens slowly, showing as a sign of comfort. Sakura petals cover the view.)
Ano hi no shounen wa ima kono keshiki nani, omou darou?
Saa uchinuke
(Next to being seen was Gray leaning at the wall of his house, of Natsu's house, found in the middle of the forest looking at the small the garden he created, filled with flowers that reminded him of their missing family members before grabbing a Gaillardia flower from its bush near him and twirls it and watch as the strong wind blew the petals away and Gray could only watch it, a few petals flew away as well. Sakura petals cover the view.)
Akogare o ima tsukanda
Mi o yudanereba ii kaji wa kono te ni
(Next scene is Gray and Etherias passing each other in the market of Magnolia before Etherias stopped and look back and watched Gray walk away from her with his shoulders slump before she turned and walks away, and then it was Gray's turn to stop and watches her as she walked away, images of Natsu flashes before his eyes before he closed them and smiles before walking away. Gaillardia petals cover the view.)
Mittsu kazoete the showtime
Daikansei no namari ni kokochiyoku utareta nara
(And the next scene was two cliffs facing each other, strong winds blowing. On each cliff stood the Fairytail mages and the Alvarez rulers and shields. The Fairy Tail mages are standing in line, frowning, while their enemies were smirking at them, except the princes and princesses who are smiling, the smiles, however, are cold and give them shivers. However, it was only Gray who had his eyes widen slowly upon making eye contact with the Heiress, who was smiling gently at him. Thunderflashes in the background, followed by a white flash.)
Saa tobikomou
("Blood Revelation 2
ケツち
コクつ.げる 2")
(Bloody 21: The start and a Tragedy)
"Who are you?" The three mages looked at each other for a few more moments, before Romeo and Asuka snapped out of their trance and the pain that they were feeling. Shaking their heads, the two of them realize that this person is Akabane Kira, which made them understand why Gildarts was all emotional yesterday. If they didn't know any better, they would think that the woman in front of them is Natsu. If only they knew the truth.
"Ah… sorry… we thought you were someone we knew." Romeo stated, "I'm Romeo, this is girl is my friend and partner, Asuka. We're mages from the Fairy tail Guild." He introduced. However, as his mind finally process what is happening, he realized that the person in front of them asked who they are when they didn't even mention her name. They whispered their Natsu-nii's name, not her.
"Ahh…" The pink-haired girl in front of them hummed, turning to look at them and smiled. "My name is Kira, Akabane Kira. It's a pleasure to meet you." She introduced herself, bowing her head at the end. Mentally, Kira is kicking herself for asking who they are when they didn't even mention her fake name. She needs to redirect their attention from her mistake.
"A pleasure to meet you too," Asuka said. "May we know if you're looking for something?"
'Chance!' Natsu thought. "Not really. I'm just looking around, my cousins and I are new here. And only my younger cousin had to walk around this city." At this she let out a small chuckled, a smile staying on her face. "I'm pretty much not allowed to head out of our house, but I want to at least familiarize the town." Romeo and Asuka looked at her with widened eyes, finding the facial expression she had familiar.
"Oh… okay…" Romeo said, dazed.
"You okay Romeo-kun?" Kira asked, tilting her head to the side, wearing a worried expression. Said Mage shakes his head and looked at her.
"Yes, I'm fine." He assured her, making the pink-haired lady to smile.
"Then… I'll be going." She said, bowing her head towards them. The fairy tail mages nodded and watched her turn and leave.
"Romeo-nii…" Asuka whispered, making Romeo nod.
"Yeah… she's just like… Natsu-nii."
(An hour later, Akabane Household)
"WHAT?!"
"ARE YOU NUTS?!"
Natsu, no longer pretending of being Akabane Kira, winced as her older brother and younger sister yelled at her. She just came home from her stroll around magnolia and told them about her meeting Romeo and Asuka earlier. As she had asked the two mages the wrong questions… Seriously… who asked a question of 'Who are you?' to a person that didn't mention the name they had? Her apparently. Though she is Natsu, she is also Kira now, she needs to be alert and try to remove the feeling of home in she had when in magnolia. She's the princess and heiress of Alvarez, leader of the Blue Phoenix clan and guardian of the elementals and season guardians, also the guardian of their orbs. She's also the primary guardian of the crystal orbs and the strongest demon of Zeref. Those titles were given to her in Alakitasia, the place where their empire resides and that is her home, that is the place where she belongs and nowhere else. Nowhere.
The heiress watched as her siblings yelled and yelled, her wincing expression slowly turning into a soft and a lovable one. Watching as her sibling care for her rather than the problem at hand always hit her home and she won't replace this for the world. Aoi watched as his mistress looks at her siblings, smiling at how relaxed she is, while he knew that what she's been through with the Erebus guild is still there, sometimes it reopens due to the actions of new dark mage citizens who didn't know about their rules, he also knew that she's slowly healing and turning back to the Natsu Dragneel they previously knew and sooner or later she'll no longer want to be a woman but a man she originally is.
"Are you two done?" Natsu asked calmly, making her siblings look at her.
"NO!" They yelled, making her giggled.
"Natsu-nee~!" Wendy whined. "You need to be careful, especially around the fairy tail mages. You never knew if they will react violently or calmly if they found out who you are."
"Hai, hai~" The said sibling merely giggled, while her older brother sighed in defeat.
"I give up. Why did you even go to the town, anyway?" He asked, at that question, everyone looked at the pink-haired princess, who hummed.
"I was trying to check if Makarov has mentioned the letter to the fairies, seeing we can't proceed with our plan if he hasn't. Seeing as there are no fairies following me when I was roaming, he probably hasn't told them a single thing." She stated, making them all hum. "Meeting Asuka and Romeo was merely a coincidence. I didn't expect them to be there."
"Hmmm… So what did they do when you asked that question?" Aoi asked, flying from the shelve he was perch on to the spot on the table where Natsu's right hand laid down.
"Confuse… no, they were frozen, before snapping out of their frozen state." She said, picking up a grape that was hanging at the bowl in front of her, before throwing towards him to which he caught and swallowed.
"Frozen?" Zeref hummed, putting his thumb and index underneath his chin. "They probably thought you were your true self."
"But doesn't that mean that Nee-sama disguise is not working?" Wendy asked. Natsu shakes her head in denial.
"That's not it. If it wasn't working then the citizens would have recognized me as well. I'm not using my magic to hide." Natsu stated, playing with a lock of her hair.
"We're walking blind with those two then," Zeref mumbled, making them sighed in defeat. It took a couple of minutes before Natsu spoke up again.
"Well… like I said yesterday, we can manipulate and make them 'help' us." She said.
"How?" Zeref asked while she grinned.
"We plan to get into the guild, get the fairy heart, return to the empire, and steal its infinite magic. If I can mind control one of the oldest and trusted mage there then we can probably get inside the guild and get Mavis's body without any problem. And to do that we need information." Natsu explained, while Zeref was shocked, thinking through his sister's suggestion, Wendy is confused before it finally connected.
"We're using Asuka and Romeo to gather information?!" Wendy said, slamming her hands on the table when she understood what her sister had planned. "Would they even give pieces of information so freely?"
"Probably… those two and, as far as I know, Gildarts are yearning for me. While it would benefit us to mind control Gildarts as he is the current guild master, making things easier… they might notice something weird, all eyes, ears, and mouth are on their masters as the members will certainly search for their guidance. We are not sure how the past years had gone with them, so we are currently walking blind here." Once she finished explained both of her siblings blinks and gave her a slightly confused look, while her bird face lighted up in realization.
"But those two teens nearly realized it was truly you." Aoi pointed out, making her nod her head. "And if Gildarts, as you say, yearns for you, then why didn't he recognize you on the bat? And how did you know about it?" He asked.
"While Gildarts didn't recognize me, I reminded him of my male self. He was even relaxed when talking to me yesterday, relaxed enough to make him cry. And I knew because it's the same condition I'm in when I was searching for Igneel. I missed him so much, that any clue or hint of a dragon is that I'll be there or I'll think it was him." At this Zeref smiled.
"So your yearning for Igneel will help us… but… if Gildarts reminded you of your male self and he can relax around you… why not just use him instead of the two teens?" He tilted his head to the side, while Wendy giggled.
"While that may be true… with what happened yesterday, I'm pretty sure Makarov won't let him out of his sight soon, Cana, Gildart's daughter, will probably be with him as well." Natsu said patting Wendy's head when she sat down beside her.
"Alright then… that will be our plan A. We'll see what happens and proceed from there." Zeref stated looking at his sisters who looked at him back. Wendy was leaning at Natsu's side, not wanting to leave her spot for the moment.
"If we're going to use our experience, then I'll remember what I experience as well to use it against the fairies." She said, smiling darkly while Natsu stood up.
"Well… just don't forget. Our mission here is not only to steal Fairy Heart but to also teach the people of Ishgar for messing with nature and to teach the fairies a lesson to never, ever, ever, messed with our family." She grinned, making Zeref laugh while Aoi flapped his wings and gave a trilling noise of excitement. "Let's Begin!"
(Fairy Tail Guild, two hours later)
Makarov watched in the back of their guild's stage as his children gathered around. The new members were confused about what's happening, while his older members were worried and were looking at him tense. Everyone was present for a few request missions were coming in, so Makarov is will be able to make his announcement one time only. However, Asuka and Romeo aren't present which is okay, since those two already knew what he will announce. Their absence would also avoid the atmosphere in being tenser as it usually is whenever the two teens and the Team that was supposed to rescue Natsu are in the same room. When the chatters and mutters between each member had finally stopped, Makarov then steps on the stage and walk towards the center, with Mavis floating behind him. Clear his throat, the Second Grand Master began.
"I know you are all confused and some are probably worried." He looked at his children then at Team Erza who was standing near the bar. "And since some of you might not know about this or probably forgot it, I'll give you a slight recap. Four years ago I went to Alakitasia, to the empire of Alvarez to talk with their emperor, and then one year later, I got to talk with not only the emperor but with the rest of his royal family and was given this following conditions.:
1.) The ishgar council nor it's people won't know who or what the emperor is.
2.) Fairytail will stay away from their land.
3.) Should ever fairy tail fought or tries to kill/hurt the citizen of Alvarez then it's war.
4.) The Alvarez Empire and it's people shall be no longer a part of a council or guild conversation after announcing the truce.
5.) Should an Alvarethian, be it Citizens, Spriggans, or the Emperor, went to Ishgar, we will stay out of their business.
While I am already speaking about them and thus breaking the fourth condition, I believe this is an exception for what I plan to announce. However, even if we did speak of them outside of this conversation, I am not sure how they will know about it." At that, each member looked at one another, before Mavis spoke.
"In any case, after this, we will be no longer speaking about the Alvarez Empire. What Makarov will tell you might bring them to one of your topics but please control yourself." The mages agree, making noises of agreement before their eyes went to Makarov, who exhaled and looked at them.
"Four days ago, I receive a letter from the Alvarez Empire," This, of course, made everyone shocked and then look at one another, except for Team Erza and Mest who had nearly infiltrated the empire. "I've already verified it and found out that the letter was written by one of the Royal Family, with the Emperor's approval."
"What was written in the letter?" Erza stepping away from the bar that was leaning on with her team.
"A few of their people will be here in Ishgar and Magnolia, but they have no plans to attack us, they wrote that they will be here as ordinary people," Makarov stated.
"Ordinary people? Are there any ordinary people in their empire?" Laxus asked, looking at his Grandfather, who hummed.
"I am not sure, I spend all my time in the castle that I never truly dared to explore the whole empire." He answered while Gildarts looked at Team Erza, asking.
"What about you guys? Do you know that there are ordinary people there or are their all mages?" Erza, Lucy, and Mest looked at one another while Gray answered.
"There's a possibility that there are. But I wouldn't worry too much if they have ordinary people there, we should worry about their leaders or commanders who can hide their magic presence as the Second Grandmaster said that 'they will be here as ordinary people'… so it means that they could send a commander and they could pretend to be like an ordinary person." At this Gray glance at the team that was with him during this mission.
"And we already met one person who was able to hide their magic level and a person who had an enormous amount of it." This, of course, made everyone clamor as they look at him. "When we went to rescue the Second Grand Master years ago, we stopped at the Caracolle Island, a few days away from Arakistashia, there are already plenty of fleets of the empire, inspecting the harbor."
"The guards were having us all lined up and even asking for the guild mark, though they have no magic at all." Lucy continued, looking down at the floor. "However, there was a commotion, it was a girl asking for her father from the guards and then one of the guards was about to hit the girl when he was stopped… by their commander."
"Commander?"
"Eh?" They all asked out loud, except for Makarov knew who that commander was.
"That's right. The commander, Etherias, is a mage, though for being a dark mage she was kind enough to lead the girl to her father and when she left, we met another two dark mages." Mest stated. "One male, Marin if I recall, was a member of a squad… the Brandish squad and the other mage was the squad leader herself, Brandish."
"When Mest and I first met the squad leader, we suddenly felt that she had this obscene level of magic power, more powerful than Marin and the second grandmaster. We couldn't do anything but let her pass by the two of us." Gray clenched his hand as he said what he felt, remembering the amount of magic the girl had. If a squad leader had that much magic power, then how much would the royal family amount to? "She wasn't even making any signs or even uttering a word when she used her magic to make the island rise."
"Make the island rise?"
"Caracolle island was raised from the sea?" The guild members who weren't present during that time exclaiming loudly, while the mages that were present nodded.
"That's right, we found out the island was raised from the sea when the commander that we mentioned earlier arrived again but she gave orders to the squad leader to return it to its previous state," Erza answered.
"Don't forget that the commander was able to heal our agent's wound just by grabbing her wrist and make her appear in my arms," Mest added, making Lucy add something as well.
"Being able to create a huge crater just by landing on the ground without showing any signs of magic usage."
"And the squad leader, who had a powerful magic level than Master Makarov bowed at this commander and yet we didn't felt her magic presence nor it's level when she if she had used them," Gray stated this made all of them to slightly pale as they looked at one another.
"She was also able to know who we are even when we're using a different guild mark, even our names." When Erza said that a commander knew their names, this made everyone to shout, outraged.
"What?!"
"Yeah… she mentioned my name without any hesitation or doubt." Gray admitted, remembering the time he met the commander. "And not only that, but she also claimed that she had put a magic spell on a shop that was destroyed by Marin, and had it renovated. But we didn't even notice or felt her doing it."
"What?!"
"How is that possible?!" Everyone had begun to shout, now worried and concern. But few mages had their eyes on their second grandmaster who had his eyes close before opening and looked at them.
"You won't be able to sense the magic of that Commander, for she was trained for it to be hidden." He said, making everyone look at him, shocked. "That commander was the sister of the Emperor… Princess Etherias."
"EHHHH?!"
"The Princess?!" At this revelation, everyone, and this time everyone, was shocked. Especially those who had gone to get Makarov back.
"We already met the princess and she was able to those?!" Lucy exclaimed, her hands on her face as it turns blue.
"If that was the level of the princess… then what would the Emperor be like!?" Erza asked, looking at their Father, who had his sight down to the floor.
"We cannot beat him if we try." This admission, froze all of them, even Gildarts and Mavis. For the second powerful image in their guild to admit that the Emperor can't be beaten… then this ruler is strong… maybe stronger than Zeref.
"That's why I beg of you… to never, ever break the conditions laid down by the emperor." Makarov pleaded, raising his head and looked at them in the eyes. "If there are people here that you don't know off… ask simple questions but DO NOT pester them if they don't want to answer. We are not familiar with the people of Alvarez and we don't how many or who will come. Just proceed as you were and treat those people who are new in this city as you would the ones who have lived here for a long time."
"What about the ones who arrived yesterday?" Laxus asked. "Akabane's. They could be the very people we are searching for."
"That's impossible." Mest disagreed. "The travel from Arakistashia to Ishgar is 10 days, the letter was received 3 days ago. It is highly impossible for them to suddenly be here when they still have 7 days to travel… unless they have teleportation magic." As Laxus and Mest talked, Makarov doesn't know what to do. On one hand, Laxus is already correct, their 'guest' had already arrived… on the other hand… he can't rely on that his children won't investigate the Akabane, pester them, and seeing that they are citizens of Alvarez, they will mostly break one of the conditions. Makarov then looked up when he realized that everyone was quiet and was already looking at him. Though it's sudden, his decision has already been decided… he would let his children assume that the 'guest' hasn't arrived yet while he will try to talk and find the reason why Zeref, Natsu, and Wendy are doing here in Magnolia, discretely.
"No… there are no mages in their empire that has teleportation. If they did, then I should have been immediately brought to you home immediately, rather than riding on a fleet for a few days." He stated, making them relaxed slightly, but Mavis was looking suspiciously at him, having a feeling that the Second Grandmaster is not being fully honest with them. And then there's the Akabane… it's too much of a coincidence that they arrive three days after they received the letter and they suddenly decided to reside here in magnolia. While she is proud that people recognized the guild she founded to be powerful, other guilds are powerful as well and could be probably nearer than their old village.
'Speaking of… Where is there the village located anyway?' Mavis thought, putting a thumb and index on her chin, with a thinking expression displayed on her face. From the corner of his eyes, Makarov saw the expression the First had, and thus he ended his announcements.
"With that being said, I want all of you to be alert for this following days, and be careful when talking to new citizens in magnolia or even talking to people during one of your missions. The possibility that our 'guest' won't take a step here in Magnolia is high and will probably head on different places here in Ishgar. Additionally, it would be probably to refer the Alvarethian who will come here as 'guests' to avoid breaking the condition laid down upon us." Everyone agreed and then spread out, both whispering at each other and trying to avoid the very sensitive topic that had just been told to them. Makarov sighed deeply before turning and headed towards his office, while Mavis watched him as he walks away. Glancing around, she notices that Erza, Lucy, and Gray were leaving the guild and those she floated towards them.
"Romeo and Asuka aren't present." She heard Erza mumbled, while Lucy and Gray hummed in agreement.
"Maybe the Grandmaster had already told them about the announcement? I mean… he tried to avoid having a tense atmosphere around the guild these passing years." Lucy pointed out, making Gray mumble.
"Maybe…"
"Erza-san, Lucy-san, Gray-san," Mavis called out, just as they passed the door. The three aforementioned mages stopped and look at her.
"First Grandmaster?" Lucy said, just as said Grandmaster landed down in front of them.
"I know this is sudden, but… can you monitor the Akabanes'?" She asked, making them blink in shock before they looked at one another.
"We don't mind but…" Erza trailed off, as their eyes went back to her, before continuing. "Why?"
"I know that it's probably impossible that those family of three are the 'guest' we are talking about. But I hardly find it believable that they are ordinary people, and merely seeking refugees here in our city. If they are traveling around Ishgar to search for a place they can call home, then they could have settled on other guilds that are present and are probably nearer to their previous home. While the rest of the guilds are not as strong as us, they are still strong enough to provide protection. So for deciding Fairy Tail be the one they are staying at… it's a little suspicious." She stated while the three mages looked at her intensely.
"Do you want us to just monitor them?" Lucy asked, making Mavis sighs.
"It's the best thing we can do. I want you to talk to them but if those three are our 'guest' then the chances of breaking the conditions we have are high should we pester them." She mumbled.
"There is that…" Gray admitted. It took a minute but then Mavis sighed in defeat.
"As much as I want to avoid breaking the conditions if it is for the sake of Magnolia and Ishgar then…" Inhaling deeply, Mavis looked at them in the eyes.
"This is my order. Monitor and Find out more about the Akabane's. Should they ever be the people that the 'guest' that we are searching for then restrain them and bring them to me. We will find out what they want and why… If things come to worst… we may have a war against them, should that happen… we will be prepared." She ordered, this, of course, shocked them.
"But… First Grandmaster…" Gray started slowly. "Can we truly be ready against them? I mean…" Trailing off, Mavis smiled and merely said.
"I understand your concern, Gray… but Alvarez is merely strong due to their numbers… should a war happen, we will ally ourselves with the other guilds for the sake of Ishgar."
"Of course, First Master." Erza bowed, followed by Lucy and Gray before they turned and left. Mavis watched them walked away with a bad feeling before closing her eyes in defeat and turn back to the guild.
"Are you sure about this, Erza?" Lucy asked, looking at the Red-haired mage who sighed.
"No, I'm not. But if the First is correct and those three are the 'guests'… then we will get the information about what, why, and when. I rather have them than let them go and escape." She mumbled, Gray merely remained silent, eyes on the ground before they turn right and headed to the center of the city. Unknown to all of the ages, a blue, flaming bird was on the roof of their guild, hearing everything that was discussed and planned. Letting out a screeched, the bird flew away and headed to the forest, returning to his Mistress.
(At the Akabane Household)
Zeref yawned as he sat at the sofa in their living watching, wondering when Aoi will arrive when he glances on the outside through the window before his eyes went back to Wendy, who was playing with their newly acquired pet, which for some reasons earned the name Fluffy.
"Why Fluffy?" Zeref grumbled when he remembered the new name of the dog and is still not letting the topic go. His younger sister sighed as she keeps on playing with the dog.
"We told you, Nii-sama… it's better to have a name that is not so unusual here in Ishgar to avoid any suspicion." She stated.
"But Fluffy?" Groaned the Eldest, it was then that Natsu entered the cottage, with Aoi perched in her shoulder.
"Avoiding suspicions might be hard now." She stated, making her siblings look at her. "According to Aoi, Makarov has already mentioned to the fairies that we are coming here in Ishgar, but he had to re-explain the truce and even mentioned our empire."
"Mentioning the empire is breaking one of our conditions," Wendy pointed.
"Apparently, the Grandmaster of the Fairies thinks that it'll be okay," Aoi said.
"There are no exemptions when it comes to conditions." Zeref's smirk slowly widens. "That's one condition broken."
"You will be also spied on," Aoi added, making the siblings of his mistress to hum. "I saw three fairies talking to thin air, but I was able to hear them say First Master and First Grandmaster."
"They're talking to Mavis's Projection, which can only be seen if a mage carries the fairies mark." Wendy thought out loud.
"Then it's a huge possibility that they received the order a direct order from her to Monitor us and get some information. I heard a blond-haired mage asking if they should just monitor them, the raven-haired mage if they are ready and the red-haired mage will get information about what, why, and when." The phoenix finished, while the remaining heiress of the empire looked at Wendy, who looked back at her.
"She's sending Erza, Gray, and Lucy." They said at once.
"Huh… why those three?" Zeref asked.
"When I was a part of their team we were known as the strongest. And considering we have the Titania, it's more understandable why she chooses them." Natsu stated, gently patting the top of Aoi's head when he leaned his long neck down and towards her.
"Well… they broke one of the conditions." Zeref said, leaning at the back of the sofa, crossing his legs over the other and leaned his elbow on the arm of the said seat, followed by leaning his face on the close fist of the said elbow.
"Maybe," Natsu mumbled. "But it's not enough reason to suddenly do what we wanted." She sighed, sitting down and leaning beside her older brother, who then wrapped an arm around her shoulder. Wendy looked at them for a while before seeing Natsu raising her arms, making the Wind Dragon Slayer smile, and head towards her older sister and snuggled with her as well. Aoi then flew around them before stopping at the other arm of the sofa and looked at the Heiress of their clan and family.
"So we will still proceed with what we plan?" Wendy asked, snuggling to her sister's chest upon feeling a vibration when she hummed.
"Yeah… but we need to be careful though. I got a feeling bad feeling about what they will do if they found out who we truly are when we haven't even started yet." Zeref mumbled, suddenly feeling sleepy.
"Then… tomorrow…" Natsu trailed off and then a few seconds later, she was snoring softly, feeling safe the presence of her siblings and pet. Wendy soon followed after, while Aoi merely went beside Fluffy and they both sleep at the floor a foot away from the sofa. Zeref yawned once more before his eyes slowly sliding shut and soon they were all asleep, no sign of tension for what will happen tomorrow or in the future.
(The next day with Romeo and Asuka)
Romeo and Asuka sighed in unison once they were out of the city. They just came from the guild to see if there are new missions that would interest and perfect for the two of them, but all were posted on the board where the mission would only require them to help requester and some are request to fought some Vulcans. While the teens are cold enough to left the Vulcans to terrorize people, the mission was easy to handle and would mostly have them come back home after a day or two. They want the mission where it takes a week or more to finish! And preferably that's a few cities away from their guild. But if there aren't any new missions that interest them within three days, then they would choose on fighting the Vulcans if it's still there, releasing their anger on those beasts would be enough to calm themselves down.
Now, they were about to head towards the shrine of their missing family members. While the two teens knew that they are still alive, having a shrine would help them remember that they had siblings who care for them greatly, no matter how annoying they are. They were walking in comfortable silence when a bush that was beside them suddenly rustled.
"Asuka?" Romeo asked, quietly, glancing at the bush.
"Ahhh… I heard it." His partner said quietly, and slowly the hand of the raven-haired girl went to her waist where her small pistol is located. And then in flash, she had it in her hand, the safety is off and pointing at the bush, nearly pulling the trigger when a body came out of the bush on the side with leaves on their clothes and hair.
"Yuki would love this! Oh! Wild Berries!" The person declared, before moving away from the bush they were currently at and to the next bush which bears some wild berries. Romeo and Asuka blinked, looks at each other before back again at the person, who was picking and munching the said berries. Relaxing their tense muscles, Asuka put the safety of her gun back on and put it back to her waist.
"Ummm… Kira-san?" Romeo asked softly, making the said person startle and yelp in fear. As quick as Asuka was when pulling her gun out, Kira already had a switchblade out and pointed at them, her expression full of fear and body shaking badly. The pink-haired Akabane was blinking rapidly and after a while register the teens, who were taking a defensive stance, in front of her.
"Ro…. Romeu… kun? Asuka…. chan?" She asked softly, and fearfully. The two teens moved from the defensive stance, realizing that she didn't mean any harm, that she was merely doing self-defense.
"Hai. It's us, Kira-san." Asuka gave her a soft smile, hoping to make the woman to relax, which she did. They watch as Kira lowered the blade, inhaling and then exhaling after a few seconds with practice rhythm. It was minutes later when the new resident of the Magnolia calm down enough to put the blade back to her basket, once the blade was out of sight, she bowed.
"I'm sorry for raising a blade against you!" Kira apologized, making the teens look at one another and then at her, a small smile on their faces. A smile that they didn't show to anyone in their guild, excluding Makarov and their parents, and a few citizens in the city.
"Don't worry. It was our fault for startling you." Romeo said, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. Kira straightens her body and then shakes her head.
"No… I should have been more alert with my surroundings." She said. "Kuro-kun had already taught me self-defense and how to be aware of my surroundings so that I can protect myself and avoid 'it' from happening again…" At this, she sighed deeply and in defeat.
"And I nearly forgot what he taught all because I was distracted with food around me." She gave them a sad smile, lifting her basket which was full of some wild berries and fruit.
"Ah… it's fine! Everyone can get distracted, especially when they're new." Asuka assured her, not wanting to see a sad smile on the woman's face as her Natsu-nii's face sometimes overlaps her. She would never, ever, ever want to see her Natsu-nii sad.
"No! I should have known better still… just to avoid it from happening again…" She disagreed, before inhaling again and bowed. "I thank you for being the people that found me and I'm sorry." She said and then it was silent for a while as the teens gathered their thoughts.
"Romeo-nii…" Asuka started slowly.
"Ahh…" Romeo said, before slowly taking a step forward, making Kira immediately raised her head. "It's okay, Kira-san." And to take her minds off things, he asked.
"Are you searching for wild berries?" It seems to be the right answer as her face shines so brightly, that the two teens had to blink their eyes multiple times.
"Hai!" She said happily and then looked at the berry bush that was she was harvesting at earlier. "My younger cousin likes fruits, and while we can buy in the marketplace… My older cousin found out that I left the house alone yesterday." She gave them a sheepish grin, rubbing the back of her neck. And once again, the teens saw the image of Natsu overlapping her face, which made them clench their fist tightly.
"So now… while I'm no longer forbidden to leave the house, I'm not allowed to head to the city alone. Forest is okay, but I need to head back within two hours." She added, before turning back to the bushes and began to pick some berries and munching on the others.
"Umm… why is your cousin fine with you being in the forest?" Asuka asked, as she and Romeo slowly went to Natsu a bit closer.
"Oh! Our small quaint village was found in the middle of the forest." She answered, straightening her body, and brushed the long skirt she was wearing, before looking at them. "We were used to the woods there, that during our travels we would prefer to stay close in the forest. Even when searching for a place here, we choose the one that's in the forest but near enough to run for aid to the city."
"I see…" Romeo mumbled, smiling slightly. Kira tilts her head to the side.
"You two should smile more often." She said, shocking the teens. "Yesterday when we first met, the two of you were so cold… I thought you couldn't smile. Seeing you smile and then smiling just to calm me down from my panic attack… smiling… suits you." She complimented, making the teens blush heavily as they never heard a compliment liked that ever since their Natsu-nii left. Kira was them for a while, before turning around.
"Well… I'll be going. I need to search for more wild fruits." She giggled as she walks away from them.
"Ah! Please wait for a moment!" Romeo shouted, making Kira turn at him and Asuka to stare at him, shocked.
"Hai?" She asked back, Romeo swallowed before inhaling and asked.
"May we assist you in… searching for more berries?" Asuka blinked at him, wondering why he asked the woman in front of them that. But…
'She looks like and feels like Natsu-nii…' Asuka thought, turning to look at the woman, who had a confused expression in their face. 'I can get why Romeo-nii wants to spend some time with her. She could probably cover this space in our heart, even temporarily.'
"Hai! Please let us assist you!" Asuka said, making them look at her. "We got nothing to do… oh well… we plan to visit a certain place for a while, and after that, we got nothing to do." She then smiled at her. Kira blinked, before smiling, reluctantly.
"I don't know…" She said, stepping back for a bit.
"We promise not to harm you or let anyone or anything harm you," Romeo promised, Kira glance at them and then back at the forest multiple times before sighing.
"Okay, I'll let you assist me." She agreed, making the teens for the first time in three years to smile happily.
"Really?" Asuka asked.
"But!" They paused when Kira raised a hand with her index finger pointing up, the rest close into a fist, and her other hand that was holding the basket was laid down to her waist. "We will finish whatever plan that you have! I'm not selfish to let you assist and delay you with whatever you planned." The teens pouted at that, making her blink in shock.
"Ara…" She then giggled. "So you can act like your age." She grinned teasingly as they suddenly had a blushing cheek.
"We… *clears throat* appreciate that you don't want us to be delayed on anyway but…" Romeo started, looking at Asuka for help.
"The place we're going to visit is deep in the forest, so there might be Vulcans as we head there. Also… your cousin gave you a time limit, are you sure it'll be fine?" She finished, Kira merely waved her hand dismissively.
"My cousin could be mad for all I care, and as long as I have more fruits then it's fine." She said, gesturing to her basket. "And I don't care for those Vulcans, I have you two to protect me… so, I'm pretty sure I'm safe." She gave them a bright smile, making them even more flustered than they were earlier. The pink-haired girl's trust towards them is very… surprising and… nice.
"… Fine…" The cold-hearted teens of Fairy Tail finally conceded, but maybe… they will no longer be cold-hearted anymore… as long as this woman is with them… maybe they can be Asuka and Romeo once more. When that was done, the three of them proceeded to the deeper part of the forest, with a calm and familiar atmosphere. Unknown to the Fairy Tail mages, a certain blue phoenix was perched at one of the branches of the trees around them, hearing everything, before flying silently and followed them.
Natsu watched as the two teens talked to one another, unlike when she felt them entered the forest where they were walking in comfortable silence, and now that they are as if they found peace when they're with her. Glancing up, she saw Aoi flying stealthy above them, unseen to her younger companions but with her sharp eyes, she knew where her bird is exactly is. She then glances around her and notices that the woods around them had begun to thicken, seeing a bush with a wild strawberry a few feet in front of the teens, she decided to continue her act. Thus she smiled and went towards it, passing between the teens. Once reaching the bush, she kneeled, putting her basket on the ground and began to pick the ones that are good and sweet.
"Ummm…" She paused when she heard Asuka hummed, turning to look at them, Natsu tilts her head to the side waiting for the youngest teen to continue. "Can I help you pick the berries? I don't know which one is good though." The raven-haired girl mumbled, making her smile and gestured for Asuka to went near her. After receiving a nudge from Romeo, the girl did so and kneeled beside her, the only teen male with them went closer to learn as well but was on guard, ready to protect them.
"Now listen…" Natsu started and pointing to each berry as an example of what she was explaining, the teens, especially Asuka listened to her intensely, glancing at her once in a while as she did. Showing them the proper way to pick the berries from their stem and then letting the gun-mage choose and pick the berry. Patting her head in approval once she showed the pink-haired mage the fruit that she picked, making the girl blush, the oldest teen looked at the only male teen with them, as if asking if he wants to try. The Dragon Slayer saw how he hesitated before finally relenting and then kneeled beside Asuka, she watched as the fire mage looked at each berry before picking one, smiling when he picked it correctly.
"Good job, Romeo-kun." Natsu smiled, making the said teen blush as he showed her the berry he chose, seeing it she patted his head.
"Why are we picking them like that?" Asuka asked Natsu hummed as she continued to harvest them.
"Well… when it comes to Strawberries, most of them last longer if they still had their hull intact." She then gives them a bright smile. "It also to make sure the plant isn't hurting that much."
"Hurting?" Romeo asked, making the pink-haired nod.
"Yup… when pulling the strawberry like this…" She showed them of her pulling the berry, though she had no intentions to harvest it, stretching the stem for a bit. "It's either you destroy the hull, bruise the fruit, or perhaps moving the bush a bit from its place. Pulling is sometimes enough for a plant to lose its grip on its soil. That's why you have to hold it's stem an inch or more above the berry between your index finger and thumbnail, cradle it with your palm gently, and then gently twisting its stem between your fingers and pull lightly." She finished, though she while explaining she did pick some of the berries before putting them on her basket.
"Hmmm…" The teens' hum, watching as 3 berries filled her hand which is immediately transferred to the basket. This continued for a few more seconds before Natsu stood up, and stretched before picking her basket up and looked at them.
"Let's go?" She asked, the teens smiled and began to lead the way to the shrine. It didn't take them long until they arrived, upon seeing on what was there, Natsu paused, shocked.
'It's… us…' She thought, looking at her very own male picture, Wendy's, Carla, Happy and Lily. 'But… why…?' It then didn't take her long enough to understand that it was how those two copes with their departure.
'I was right… those two are yearning for me and the others…' She then smiled sadly at their backs, watching as the teens sat down in front of the shrine. 'They care for me and the others… even though I'm a blood sibling of a dark mage.' And she knew that they knew about her being the sibling of Zeref, Team Erza never, ever hides something whenever it comes to reporting or explaining something to their master of fellow mages. For a moment there, Natsu felt sorry and guilty for using the two teens' weakness but then remembering why she's doing it, made it disappear. Besides… it's not like she's going to hurt them or that they will be the key to their plans. All she's after from them is information and once she had them, then they will be no longer needed and thus will be safe from their plan unless of course, they planned to intervene then that's entirely a different scenario. Realizing that she stayed quiet far too long, she mumbled.
"Pretty…" The mages in front of her paused from speaking, they were telling their missing members about their day and her it seems and looked at her.
"Ah! Please sit here, Kira-san!" Asuka said smiling and gesturing to the space between her and Romeo. Natsu smiled and sat down beside them, seiza style.
"Who are they?" She asked, Romeo and Asuka gave her a small, fond, yet doleful smile.
"They were a part of our guild. Our Natsu-nii and Wendy-nee." Romeo gestured to the said mages, while Asuka pointed at the Exceeds'.
"Those are Carla, Happy, and Lily. They were amazing members." She giggled.
"What happens to them?" She asked, looking at the shrines. From the corner of her eyes, she saw how the teens became sadder and their gazes when to their family, unable to look at her in the eyes.
"They left… they left because some members of ours did something horrible." They merely mumbled while Natsu couldn't say anything and merely left them in their thoughts. She waited for a couple of minutes before making sure her eyes are on their pictures and exclaimed.
"AH!" This, of course, startled the teens, making them look at her.
"Is there something wrong?" Romeo asked, making Natsu smile at him.
"Hmm! That guy with the pink hair, he's full name is Natsu Dragneel, right?" She asked, pointing at the picture. Though shock that this girl knew about their Natsu-nii, they nodded. "I thought so! Three years ago, he and some cloaked mages stayed for a month in our village!"
"EH!?" The teen mages asked her. Finally, after three years they can hear about their missing family, even if they're a bit delayed.
"Yup!" Natsu chirped, her mind began to spin some lies. "Three years ago, we were attacked by some bandits, and we weren't mages, so we're pretty much defenseless when he appeared in a blazing fire and…" And thus her story of a heroic fire mage, wind mage, with flying cats and a genius mage began. While Natsu is telling this story to gain their trust, the story was full truth as she and her siblings had saved a village in Arakitashia, but not from Bandits or dark mages (their empire is made up of dark mages, so why would their citizens attack a village if they have something in their empire? though it's more like their dark mages with a golden heart. But what their enemy won't know, won't hurt them), they saved the village from a rampagings beasts, and it took a month to defeat all of them without draining too much of their magic. It took half an hour to finish her story and she finished it with words that would side Romeo and Asuka with her, no matter what.
"Though we asked them to stay a little while longer, Natsu-kun said that they need to go and train. They have no guild, they have each other and thus training will help them protect one another…" She gave them a bright smile. "Before leaving… Natsu-kun promised that when he's strong enough, he'll head back to our village, that he'll protect us, because… because we were friends. Friends that we can rely on and friends that can help us teach to protect our own. Friends that will never leave each other behinds. Friends that will treat each other as family. That I, Kira Akabane is his friend on the day he left and will be his partner on the day he came back." She finished, Romeo and Asuka's eyes widen.
"PARTNER?! AS IN LOVER!?" They asked, Natsu giggled, though inwardly she's sweatdropping.
'Did I say lover?' She thought, before shaking the thought from her mind, inwardly shuddering. 'I'm not a narcissist.'
"Yup! I'll be he's partner, but not as a lover. He explained that I'll be like Happy, who is his partner! Happy is his partner on air, while I'm his partner on land and strategy." She explained, making the teens relaxed slightly.
'I thought we were disrespecting Natsu-nii's lover!' They thought. 'But… if Natsu-nii promised and said that then… We will protect Kira-san until she found Natsu-nii again!'
"Then!" Romeo and Asuka said at once. "Until Natsu-nii arrives, we'll protect you in his place!"
"Eh?"
"Mmmm! We'll protect you from anything and anyone that will dare harm and will never, ever doubt you!"
"Nande?" The pink-haired mage, tilting her head to the side.
"Natsu-nii had great instincts when it comes to people! If Natsu said and promised you that, then you're a very good person!" Romeo declared, Natsu froze.
'This is too much trust.' She thought, before grinning and then gave them a bright smile.
"Then… my family and I are in your care!" She bowed at them, making them bow in response. 'Too much trust in my past-self… it makes things easier, Romeo… Asuka…' When she looked up and looked at them in the eyes, she decided, right then and there, that after getting the information they needed, or until they have the fairy heart she'll erase their memories about her. After all, Natsu still cares about them, for the meantime.
(An hour later)
Kira, Romeo, and Asuka were walking back to the place where they met earlier, the Heiress's basket is filled with berries, when they saw Team Erza, walking in front of them, but not heading towards them. From the look of it, the three mages were heading to the west side of the forest probably to train. Asuka and Romeo, frowned, shutting down their emotions and began to step back, making Kira step back as well, but their movement had made Gray glance at them from the corner of his eyes, before turning to look at them with wide eyes. Hearing Gray no longer following after them, Erza and Lucy looked at him before at the direction he's looking at, only to pause when they saw their youngest mages with someone they found suspicious.
"Asuka-chan, Romeo-kun," Erza called out, stepping towards the direction of the teens. Said teens, step back and shifted to a relax posture that can easily change into their defensive stance should they attack them, Kira began to tremble in fear and took plenty of steps away from the teen, which made all of them glance at her before they went back to their fellow mages. "What are you doing here?" The red-haired mage asked.
"And why should we tell you?" Romeo asks coldly, making them flinch back.
"Just… humor us." Lucy smiled at them. Asuka looked at her, then at Kira, and then back at her.
"Harvesting some wild fruits." She answered, though while her and Romeo's eyes are in the women's in front of them, they couldn't help but notice that Gray was eyeing Kira, who was clutching the basket to her chest tightly.
"Do you have a problem with Kira-san, Gray?" Romeo asked, his tone not changing from its coldness. Gray looked at him, then at Kira before finally resting his eyes on Erza, who looked back at him then at the teens.
"How did you know her name?" Erza asked instead, making the raven-haired teens narrow their eyes and glare at her.
"How we know her name doesn't matter! And we asked you first!" Asuka shouted, making Erza narrow her eyes.
"Asuka-chan… we don't know who that person is, she and her family are new here." She said.
"We asked her! Is that enough?!" Romeo shouted he and his partner's temper are always raising whenever they saw them, and spending time with them makes things worse. So. Much. Worst.
"Why are you with her?" Erza continued, making her companions look at her.
"Oi, Erza…" Gray called out softly but was ignored by the Titania, who focused on the pink-haired woman behind their youngest mage. Erza didn't know why she suddenly felt rage when seeing her, it could be because she looks likes Natsu and reminded her how she failed, how much a failure she is, not wanting to stray away from the current situation, Erza focused her mind back to them. Romeo and Asuka step back, heading closer to Kira, who was watching the older mages in front of them with fear, trembling. Asuka seems to notice her condition, for she had back away once more, stopping when she was within Kira's arm length.
"Daijobou." She whispered, making the heiress's eyes head toward the back of the raven-haired, when she saw one of her arms reaching out in her direction, she hesitantly reach out and grab it as Asuka continued. "We'll protect you, even if they're the strongest mages of our guild." Unseen to them, but the girls just knew that Romeo was smirking in agreement, making Kira relax slightly. But they're not only who noticed it, as Team Erza also saw it. Their eyes widen upon seeing Asuka and Romeo, the cold-hearted teens of their guild, sided with a girl they didn't know, even more, one of the people their First Master is suspicious of. This made them tense for they didn't know what the girl had done to gather the trust of their teens, but if she ever manipulated them or used magic towards them, they will rescue them, it doesn't matter if Romeo and Asuka hated them. It's better for them to be hated than for their family getting hurt because of a stranger.
"Romeo-kun, Asuka-chan…" Lucy called out softly, reaching towards her whip slowly. "Come here for a minute please."
"Why?" Romeo asked, narrowing his eyes, it didn't go unnoticed to him and his partner that the mages in front of them tensed when they showed emotion to a person that they promise to protect. Feeling that their will a fight happening, he shifted to the side, putting himself in front of the girls standing behind him, while Asuka went to grab her gun but never removing it from its holster.
"We want you to stay back from that woman," Erza demanded, no longer patient with them. "She's new here. We don't know who she or her family is. So I want you to come here, while we talk to the woman."
"No way!" Asuka shouted, shifting back. "We know who she is and where she comes from! Your just jealous that we show our emotions in front of Kira-san, who is new here, then to you who is a member of the guild!"
"We're not jealous, Asuka-chan," Gray said, the young teens are surprised he even spoke as he never speaks towards them during this whole ordeal. "We just need to be careful with people we just met."
"We know all about that meeting new people! We're not kids!" Romeo shouted, making Erza to snapped.
"Well, your acting like a kid right now! I told you to come here and let us talk with her instead you didn't listen and continue to stay with her!"
"Erza!" Lucy yelled at her leader but was ignored.
"Why are you even siding with her!? Your nothing but cold teens when Natsu and the others disappeared and now suddenly she appeared and your all friendly with her! SO YOU WILL COME HERE AND LET US TALK TO HER!" She finally shouted before flinching back at what she just did.
'This is like…. Natsu all over again.' She thought while the said teens in front of them had their eyes covered by their hair and the person they're arguing about were looking at the teens with concerned eyes.
"Shut up!" Romeo shouted while tears began to form at Asuka's eyes. "The reason why we're cold was because of what you did to Natsu-nii and the others! And now… your acting like what you did years back again! Your judging a person by who they are! Well, we know who Kira-san is, more importantly, she knew Natsu-nii and that's all matter to us! We won't go there or anywhere near you! And we sided with her because she's important to us and understands us! Natsu-nii also promised to protect her and we'll protect her until he comes back! So leave her alone!"
"Natsu, Natsu, Natsu! All your talking about is Natsu!" Erza yelled ignoring how her teammates tried to get her attention. "For all you know she could be lying about knowing Natsu! We haven't heard anything about him so he could be dead by now!" All of them, excluding her and the pink-haired lady, froze at her word, though Kira inwardly narrowed her eyes when she felt the Titania's magic shifted. Still, it was a small amount as it seems she's the only one who noticed it. After a few seconds, the tears that were in the youngest mages' eyes were dripping down, pain clear in their eyes. Kira's eyes widen before she pulled Asuka closer using the hand she was holding and embraced her. She looked at Romeo, who was looking at the ground, biting his lower lip before she grabs his arm for comfort, making him glance at her. This time her narrowed eyes were displayed for all of them to see, and she then glared at the fairy mage that hurt her friends' feelings.
"Your wrong!" She shouted, shocking all of them as she finally decided to spoke other than cowering in fear. "Natsu-kun is alive! He promised me that he'll come back as a strong mage and once he did I'll be his partner! True we haven't heard anything about him for the past three years but that doesn't mean that you should assume he's dead! He also had a sibling who cared for him and his companions! They had each other to protect one another and thus him dying is highly impossible! He's not a person who will break their promise easily and you have no right to yell at Asuka and Romeo if they only care about Natsu-kun! Because for them he's their most precious person in the whole world!"
"SHUT UP!"
"Don't tell me to shut up when you bring nothing but them towards these two! If someone should shut up it should be you!" Everyone's eyes widen, as someone, other than their masters, spoke up against Erza. Asuka and Romeo looked at Kira, whose eyes are filled with certainty, the words she then spoke, made their tears disappear and to straighten their back as they looked at Team Erza, agreeing with her. "Natsu-kun is alive! And as long as I believe he is and there's no dead body or even a grave, shown to me then… NATSU IS ALIVE!"
It was silent after that but then Gray step forward and grabs Erza's shoulder saying. "Let it go Erza, let's leave them alone." He said, Lucy nodded in agreement, but the said mage had her hair cover her eyes, which is not a good sign for Kira, who tightens her grip against Asuka, who gripped the arm wrapped around her as Romeo step closer towards them. And then suddenly, Kira's eyes widen when she felt magic being used.
"Kansō!" The red-haired mage whispered Gray step back when her magic activated.
"Hold on! Erza!" He shouted but was ignored again.
"Yamete! Erza" Lucy screamed but was stop upon seeing her leader's eyes filled with darkness, regret, and guilt. Seeing that, the mages knew that she's deeply affected by what Kira had said, but… it also means that she believed that Natsu was dead and hearing someone believing something she didn't… it's making her lash out.
"Fūjinn no Yoroi!" And there she is, wearing her armor that can manipulate the wind and worst, she had her sword in her raised hand.
"ERZA!" Everyone shouted while Romeo and Asuka were frozen in shock. Kira, however, had her eyes widen, with memories flashing in her eyes.
Wendy and the three exceed standing in front of him with their arms spread open.
Flash!
Erza unleashing her swords towards them.
Flash!
Zeref standing in front of them with one of his hands raised, and him feeling the body of the tiny bodies trembling against him.
Flash!
"ANIKI!"
"ERZA STOP!" Gray and Lucy went to restrain the Titania, but it was too late she already swung it against the trio. "RUN! ROMEO! ASUKA!" They shouted, and only then did Erza realized what she had done.
'NATSU-NII!' The teens screamed in their minds as they watch the attack head towards their direction. The next thing they know is something tightening around their arm, then was thrown in the air… and… a scream that was new yet familiar to them. They then landed to the side, groaning before blinking in astonishment that they were okay, though feeling a little bit off. Hearing a tree breaking and creaking followed by a loud 'Thump' had their heads snapping towards its direction where they saw a pink mass with blood coming out of it.
"OI!" Gray suddenly shouted, running towards it. "Are you okay!? Wake up! Open your eyes! Oi!" He shouted, grabbing the pink mass carefully as he cradled it in his arms. Blinking their eyes, Romeo and Asuka that it was Kira, who was hurt, it was Kira that got hurt trying to protect them. It was Kira! Who got hurt with Erza's magic.
"KIRA-SAN!" Romeo and Asuka shouted, running towards her, kneeling once they arrive, gasping once they saw some scratches and wounds, some heavily while some aren't, all over her body. Hearing another thump, they all turn and saw that Erza, kneeling to the ground and her magic deactivated, her face was full of regret and guilt.
"What have you done!?" The teens shouted while Lucy had her hands cover her mouth, looking at Erza as if she was someone she didn't know, before at Gray, who went back to wake Kira up.
"I…I'll go get some help!" Lucy shouted, running back towards the city, screaming. "HELP!"
"Ughh…" Hearing a soft groan, the raven-haired teens had their eyes back towards Kira, though Asuka had placed her hand on her gun. Seeing Kira stir and open her eyes, though dazedly, they nearly sighed in relief.
"Kira-san!" They shouted while Gray grinned before standing up carefully and made sure that she was secure in his arms.
"I'm glad…" Kira whispered, looking at the teens who looked at her with wide, teary eyes. Reaching a bloody hand-out, she puts it on each teens' cheek. "Your okay…" She finished, before letting her hands hang limply, her eyes slowly closing.
"OI! I need you to stay awake! Can you do that for me?! Oi!" Gray shouted, gently shaking her. Hearing that, she opened her eyes again and looked at him, smiling. Gray's breath hitched, lifting a hand and wipe some blood off her face using the sleeve of his jacket, he was granted a beautiful sight. The smile was pretty and it matched the girl perfectly. Maybe if she wasn't covered in blood, her smile could be something he didn't want to forget. Though… for Gray, Natsu's smile is still the most beautiful of all, Kira's would be next after his.
"I'll… try…" She whispered, snapping Gray out of his thoughts before he smiled and gently run towards the city. It pained the older raven-haired mage, but he ignored the kneeling form of Erza, who was looking at the ground, shoulders slump, defeated, and… filled with regret.
'I… did it again.' She thought. Romeo and Asuka, who were following after Gray, stopped in front of her, gave her a glare filled with hate, followed by a.
"You're the worst." The titania flinched again as it was said with a heavy emotion the teens carried. "We'll never forgive you." With that they departed, running to catch up with Gray and Kira, leaving her all alone. Aoi, who was flying and watching from above, was burning with rage, his normal blue flame was turning red, promising himself to give pain to the person who hurt his Mistress. He then flew away from his spot and followed after the group that had the heiress, the said group had come out of the Forest where people, who had heard Lucy screaming, had gathered at, disbelief and horror surround them upon seeing Kira's condition before they assisted him in making sure she is sent to the hospital safely. Some running towards the hospital to inform the staff, some running towards the fairy tail guild, while some are running with Gray, Romeo, and Asuka, making people avoid them. He then flew away and headed towards their home, heading towards overprotective siblings who will surely make Erza Scarlet pay for what she has done.
TBC
A/N: I'm sorry for not updating for so long again! But I need your help guys! I want your suggestions for the oncoming chapters as the plot that I had in my mind are dimming! T-T Please give me a suggestion via review or PM! If you want Gray's Third Person POV, it'll happen in the next chapter, especially the part of them bring Natsu to the hospital! Also, stay safe! Thank you!
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Guest(June 8 ): Your very much welcome ^_^! I hope you liking this chapter and story! Thanks for the review!
Mio Ri Chan1 & MioRiChan: Hi Mio! I'm so sorry for not updating for a while and yeah I finally graduated from college! Thank you! ^_^ I hope you're doing well and I forgive you. I want to talk to you again too, but… I forgot my password for my FB and then I lost my phone thus I can't reset password as I create the account using my number. So I have a cheap phone back, but I can't get back to social media as my work gives me a loaded schedule that I only have time to rest and read the fanfictions. Extra-time is inserted to create new chapters but inspiration isn't coming as fast as I had hope. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter! And I want to talk to you again soon, maybe once I get a new job I will talk to you again. I just need these two years' experience before resigning and searching for another one. ^_^ Keep healthy and strong! Thanks for the reviews! Love ya!
Codename-SN: True! The sibling bond between Wendy and Natsu is so cute! I just hope I can get them bond more in this fiction! Thanks for the review!
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