BlackLynx17: My laptop is officially broken. I either need to buy a new laptop or pay for WordDocument monthly on the already new laptop I bought last year. I know there are free online options I can use for typing, like google doc or even on fanfic site, but I love worddocument. I've been using it since... I first started writing fanfics and it has never failed me. My laptop has failed me.
Anyway I've been wanting to read a lot of Mendy fanfics, but they don't exist, so now I have to reread my own and write new ones. I may be posting some new Mendy one-shots soon when I have some time.
Title: Love At First Sight
Secret Title: Pirate Love
Summary: Wendy is a princess forced to be married at the age of 18. It wouldn't be a problem for her if she had fallen in love with her fiance, but alas fate is not too kind. Determined to runaway to chose her own love, she runs into a nice man who rescues her from her guards. Thinking this man is her one true love, she decides to escape with him. She had no idea that her true love was a no good pirate.
Chapter Thirteen
Reunited
He's ready.
"Captain Mest it appears they've laid anchor. What do you want us to do?"
These bastards may have had them on a wild chase this past week, but finally they've caught up.
"Ram into their ship and burn everyone alive," Mest answers.
His heart screamed when they nearly arrived at the island and watched that no good mermaid ship head for the seas again. They weren't running away anymore it seems; they were making a stand tonight. Mest wasn't going to keep his Wendy waiting any longer.
"No, don't do that. Pull up next to them and have our cannons ready to fire. Close enough where we'll be able to swing aboard their ship, but don't get our sails entangled in one another so we can't escape," Erza corrects him.
"There will be no survivors, there will be no mercy, only death and it shall be agonizing and painful," Mest states pulling out his sword.
"I think our captain has gone off the deep end guys." Natsu mumbles.
"You're just now thinking that? Just now? Have you not seen the way he's been acting all week?" Lucy sighs while shaking her head at him.
"Mest, we've got them. We're ready. We need to play this smart though. We can't just go charging in, we have to see if Wendy's safe first and have her in our hands before we kill them all." Erza says, snapping her fingers in his face to catch his attention.
"Listen to her Mest. You don't want to fire and see your wife get killed right in front of you." Laxus agrees.
"I don't know what is going to happen guys, but I can tell you this. Tonight I will have my revenge." Mest growls.
"Then please, for Wendy's sake, trust me-"
"Trust you? Trust you?! The reason we're in this whole mess?" Mest scoffs and then laughs.
"Hey! I don't know how many times I can apologize for that Mest, but there is only so much shit I can take from you! I'm owning up to what I've done, I'm making sure Wendy gets back to you in one piece, not pieces, so if you stand in my way I will cut you down! Captain or not, why are you risking her life like this?"
"Who says she's even still alive?" Mest whispers darkly.
"Well we'll find out soon so man your stations. Get ready to toss the anchor," Freed calls out spinning the wheel.
Mest walks down the stairs and over towards the railing, sword in his hand, his view clear. He's ready. He's prepared. Wendy's right in front of him and this time he's going to reach her. He has his crew behind him; they're prepared for this just as much as he is. No matter what happens tonight Wendy is coming home.
The Vermillion's deck gets swamped with her children, swords and guns in hand. Crew members wait downstairs loading the cannons, waiting for the signal to fire. Everyone is ready for war. They know Lamia Scale is ready for it too, know they're going to have something in store for them. Fairy Tail is going to get back their ship's doctor though no matter what. The Vermillion sails up to their enemy's ship and rests beside it. Their captain is waiting in the same spot as Mest, looking over with a smirk on his face. His crew surrounds him armed, but Mest could care less. His sword is ready to start spilling blood. He scans the deck looking for her, prepared for ultimate vengeance if she looks any different than the last time he's seen her.
"Welcome Fairy Ta-"
"Where is my wife?!" Mest yells out.
"Ah, straight to business then it seems," Lyon chuckles, "where is Gray Fullbuster?"
Mest holds his sword high, "I will not repeat myself. Bring her out this instant or I will enjoy slaughtering each and everyone of you and won't stop until every last drop of blood is drained out of your bodies!"
"Two can play this game Captain, neither will I repeat myself. It seems we have a stand off."
Mest growls in frustration and glares at the man, hoping to strike him dead with one look. Unknowing to him, Juvia sneaks down from the top deck and walks under, her eyes wandering to find her lover. She looks for him and runs over, repeating the request Lamia Scale's captain asked for. Gray listens with a confused look on his face before his whole world starts spinning.
Sherria is running her fingers through Wendy's hair trying to calm her down, but she hasn't stopped shaking all day. She can't stop. She doesn't know what's happening. Are they still waiting? Did Mest and the others finally get here? Are they fighting already? Have people died yet? It's killing her not knowing; she can't stay here another second!
"Sherria, please." Wendy begs.
"Wendy, you know we can't. What if a fight breaks out? Trust in Lyon, trust in me. He knows what he's doing, he just wants Gray-"
"Mest won't give him that, he won't sacrifice anyone for me!"
"Of course he will, you're his wife." Sherria smiles sadly.
"But what if he doesn't?! Are you going to risk losing everyone you love because of it? I can help Sherria, I can try to stop the fighting before it happens! I know them and I know your crew! You care for them deeply, so help me save them! Help me save my family as well!"
Sherria gives her a look and sighs, "he may fire the second he sees you."
"Not if I show him I'm okay, not if I tell him not to. Sherria, please, you told me to trust you and I have this past week. Now please, please, trust me. I know what I'm doing." Wendy begs reaching for her hands.
Sherria stares into her pleading eyes which was a big mistake. She sighs out loudly before getting up from off the ground.
"I can't believe I'm about to do this."
"Sherria?"
She picks up her sword and straps it to her hip, "I hope you know what you're doing Wendy. I'm betting everything on you."
"I do, thank you Sherria. Let's go, quickly." Wendy says pushing her out the door.
The two of them run through the halls, hoping they're not too late, that everyone is still alive. She hears Mest voice, calling her name, and her body completely stiffens up on her. Mest, he's here, he's here for her. It's been so long since she's last heard his voice, but he's here, finally. He's right up these stairs waiting for her.
"Wendy!" Sherria screams helping her up.
"I'm sorry, I'm okay. Let's keep going-"
"But you're crying-"
"I'm fine, it just really hit me now how much I've missed him."
How much she loved him. How the thought of him dying trying to rescue her... kills her inside. She can't let that happen, she won't! Sherria nods her head and grabs Wendy's hand, leading her as they walk up the last flight of stairs. They appear on the deck and Wendy's eyes widen as she sees his figure. She completely forgets about Sherria and leaves her side, running across the deck and reaching out for him.
"Mest!" She cries out.
Mest's heart drops in his chest and he reaches out his hand as well towards her, "Wendy."
She's alright, she's okay. She still has both beautiful eyes, her long flowing hair, there's not an injury that he can see on her from here... but he doesn't know what they've done to her. He has no idea what she's been through and a new found anger runs through his blood.
"Sherria, what have you done?!" Lyon hisses out.
"Trust me Lyon, she's here to help us-"
"She's here to return back to them! You've deluded yourself into thinking she truly offered her friendship! She was only using you to get back ho-"
"LYON!"
Lyon's blood goes cold. He turns back around to face his destiny. Gray couldn't believe it when Juvia told it to him, but sure enough he saw his dead brother standing there. Except he wasn't dead, he was alive... he's alive! Tears appear in Gray's eyes as he runs over.
"Lyon!" He calls out again.
Mest turns his head to him, "you know this man?"
"He's my brother," Gray nods his head.
"You're no brother of mine you murderer!" Lyon howls.
Gray flinches, "Lyon, please, what are you talking about-"
"You murdered our mother and skipped out of town! I'm here to bring you to justice Gray Fullbuster! Surrender him to me now or else I'll kill your girl Captain! Make your choice!" Lyon demands, yanking Wendy back by her arm.
"You don't lay a single finger on her!" Mest growls pulling out his gun.
"Mest, wait! I'll go, let me go. What he's saying... it's not a lie." Gray confesses standing in front of him.
"I don't care who you murdered Gray, he's not getting you, he's not keeping Wendy, and he's not getting out of here alive."
"Captain please, he's my brother!"
"He kidnapped my wife!"
"Let go of me!" Wendy growls; she tries yanking her arm out of his grasp.
"Quiet you before I kill you this instant."
Lyon throws her on the ground and she groans as she hits the floor. Sherria runs to her side and helps her up, wrapping her arms around her best friend.
"Lyon! Stop this! He's your brother, he's right there! Whatever you have to say to to him go ahead and say it! Talk this out!" Sherria begs.
"There's nothing to talk about! He's a murderer, he deserves death! Give him to me now Fairy Tail Pirates! This is your last warning!" Lyon warns pulling out his gun.
He aims it right towards Wendy and Mest shoves Gray aside to aim for Lyon's head.
"You do that and it's going to be the worst fucking mistake of your life! Even more so than taking her from me in the first place!"
They won't listen to each other. All they do is keep arguing. Wendy can't help them like this; she starts shaking her head. It isn't working. Mest is too angry while Lyon is completely blinded by rage. Sherria is squeezing her hand, tears falling out of her eyes. She's going to lose her best friend, she might lose her captain, and her friends as well.
"Wendy," she whispers.
Wendy takes a deep breath and stands up. She turns over to Mest and glares directly at him; her eyes pierce through his being making him flinch back.
"STOP IT MEST!" She screams at him.
Everyone's breath hitches. Mest blinks and stares at her, wondering if she really just said that to him.
"STOP WHAT WENDY?! SAVING YOU?!"
"They haven't hurt me!" Wendy calls out, pressing her hand to her chest as she walks forward, "they haven't laid a single finger on me! Sure, they scared me a bit," Wendy says looking back at Lyon, "but I've made friends here, best friends," she smiles looking over at Sherria, "and I won't forgive you for hurting them!"
"Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME WENDY?!" Mest yells at the top of his lungs, weapons forgotten. He throws them on the ground and wants to jump over the railing to reach and knock some sense into her. "HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING?! THEY STOLE YOU AWAY FROM ME! DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DIE THIS TIME?! DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LEAVE THIS EARTH SO MUCH?! REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME YOU TRUSTED A PIRATE?!"
Wendy's eye twitches and she yells back, "remember what happened the first time I did?!"
She trusted him and she found a life of freedom, friendship, and love. Mest pauses... not having an answer for that at all. It gives Erza the chance to grab his collar and pull him back as she walks forward. She throws him on the ground and points her sword at his neck, daring him to try to get up. When he doesn't make a move her eyes move towards Gray and she raises an eyebrow. Gray nods once at her.
"We agree to the trade Captain! You give us back our doctor and you can have Gray Fullbuster!" She calls out.
"NO!" Juvia screams running towards him.
"Juvia, please, everything is going to be alright. I have to do this, I've been running from him for far too long." Gray whispers to her sweetly, cupping her face in his hands.
"Then take Juvia along with you, she'll help you Gray. She'll keep you safe." Juvia cries.
"This is something I need to do by myself darling, but I'll return. I promise," Gray smiles wiping her tears away.
"Agreed! Tie her up men, get her on a boat." Lyon orders.
"Please listen to me Lyon! I don't know what happened between you two, but you have to listen to Gray! You have to understand! He's your brother, isn't he?! Didn't you love him once upon a time?!" Wendy screams at Lyon's face.
"Of course, once upon a time. But you have the person you trusted most in this world cut down your parents and then try spewing out words about forgiveness," Lyon sneers.
Toby walks over with a sad look on his face, lifting up his hands revealing some rope. Sherria stands in his way and snatches it from him.
"I'll do it!"
She turns around and bends down to Wendy, gently tying her hands together.
"Everything is going to be okay Wendy; I'll protect Gray like I've protected you, I promise." Sherria smiles at her with tear stained eyes.
"I'm scared Sherria, I tried to help, I really did. I didn't want us to lose anyone we love," Wendy cries back.
Sherria finishes her knots and pulls her into a tight hug, "everything is going to be alright Wendy. Trust me. I trusted you and look what happened. No one's fighting; you were right. You're going to return back to Mest, so remember to do what you told me when you see him again. Don't forget to kiss him and let him know how much he was missed."
"Gray, don't do this. We can fight-"
"You'd kill my brother?" Gray asks Mest, staring right into his eyes.
"He kidnapped Wendy-"
"She said so herself that he didn't harm her."
"That doesn't change anything!"
"It changes everything to me! He's going to return her, unharmed! I get to see my brother who I haven't seen in ten years! Who I thought was dead! Whatever feelings he has for me I will face them. Don't worry about me Captain, I'll be just fine. You just make sure to grab Wendy tight when she comes back and never let her go again. I'll find my way back to you guys; I'm Fairy Tail for life." Gray grins at them.
Mest balls his hand into a fist as Gray steps onto the dinghy with Erza, her glaring at him, stopping him from even taking a single step towards it. Juvia cries at Gray's side, holding onto him as he's lowered to the water.
"Gray!"
"I'll come back to you Juvia, I promise." Gray smiles at her.
Sherria holds onto Wendy's hand tightly before she's gone from her life. Lyon sits next to her as he rows towards the middle waters between their two ships. They meet side by side and Gray smirks, raising an eyebrow and throwing a wave.
"Long time no see brother."
Something inside of Lyon snaps. He's been chasing this man for the better part of his life. Ten years of wondering why he did it. Why he killed their mother. Why he fled and never came back. Ten years of wanting to know why, of crying, of believing his brother to be a dirty scoundrel. He's imagined how he would get his justice, how he would question him, wonder what answers he could possibly give him that would make him understand. But the first thing Gray does when they're finally face to face is smirk and wave? As if nothing that he's been through even matters?
Lyon reaches for his gun. Wendy turns her head, her eyes widening as she watches him point it at Gray.
"No!" She screeches slamming herself against him.
Lyon grunts as he falls, his gun slipping out of his hand. Erza is quick to pull her sword out, but Gray holds her back as well, keeping his hands out.
"CALM DOWN! EVERYONE PLEASE! CALM DOWN!"
Mest has his crew ready to fire at the drop of his hat. Lyon's crew are all crowding around the railing, ready to rage war when their captain gives the signal.
"I'm sorry Lyon, I'm sorry. Please, don't hurt them. Please give me a chance. You deserve that, we both do." Gray whispers, bowing his head down.
Lyon glares at his older brother and spits. He yanks the ropes off of Wendy's hands, knowing his doctor didn't tie them correctly at all, and throws her off of his boat. Wendy yelps as Erza catches her and Gray jumps onto the other side, holding his hands out to be tied up.
"I've missed you Lyon." Gray tells him with complete honestly.
"We'll see how long you do," Lyon growls out.
"Gray, no! I'm sorry Gray! I'm sorry!" Wendy cries, reaching out as Erza starts rowing them away.
"Don't worry Wendy, I'm going to be fine. Just fine. Take care of the guys, everyone missed you a lot, Juvia too. Don't let her sulk; tell her to keep her eyes out on the horizon. I'll meet her at the place we first fell in love at. I'll be waiting there for her." Gray calls out as the distance grows farther.
"There's nothing more we can do now Wendy. Gray chose his fate." Erza tells her.
"It was my fault that he did though!" Wendy screams.
"No, it was my fault. I let you get captured. Mirajane, Ever, and I were supposed to protect you and we failed. I'm the reason why Gray is leaving, not you." Erza squeezes her eyes shut, biting her lip hard enough to draw blood.
"I know you're a good man Lyon! I know you're a good captain! Sherria wouldn't have spoken so fondly of you otherwise if you weren't! Please, don't hurt him! Trust in him! Talk it out! So many people are wronged because they don't take the time to understand it! They think they know everything and assume! You'll never find peace if you don't though! You still care for him, or else why would you have asked me about Gray? Sherria! I believe in you! I trust you! I'll never forget you and the next time we meet I'll smile and hug you and tell you all my stories! Thank you for everything you've done for me!"
"Wendy! I'll keep my promise, I swear I will! Gray will return back to you so take care and don't worry one bit! I look forward to the next time we meet!" Sherria calls out, tears in her eyes, but she's truly smiling as she waves her hand.
Gray looks up at the new girl waving like crazy, a smile on his face as he hears her words. "Seems you got yourself a good crew."
"Shut up Gray," Lyon glares as he rows.
He's thinking the same thing though, because the words he heard from that brat prisoner of his are ringing in his ears, making his heart race. Mest leans over the railing, holding his arms out as far as they can stretch as his men pull the dinghy back to the deck. Wendy cries as she reaches back for him, not believing her eyes. Their fingers touch and Mest is yanking her up, pulling her onboard and into his arms. He buries his head into her hair and holds her tightly to the point of suffocation, unshed tears filling his eyes. Wendy laughs as she's smashed against his chest.
"I missed you so much Mest," she starts crying, the fear of everything she's been through sinking it.
She was sick to the point of dying, she was kidnapped and taken aboard a strange ship, one of her close friends had to sacrifice himself to return her home, and now they had to leave him behind. Mest can't calm his breathing down or release his hold. His heart is pounding while his ears ring loudly. She's here, but he doesn't believe it. He's holding her, but he can't fathom it. He's yearned for this, dreamed of this, but he can't comprehend any of it. He just wants to run away with her, pull her into his quarters away from prying eyes and worship her, check each and every little speck on her to make sure she's okay...
But he can't...
Because he remembers how she was stolen away from him. Mest grip loosens slightly as he glares at the other ship, at all the pirates who caused this pain inside of him. They won't get away with this. He swore to spill their blood and that's exactly what he'll do. Gray will be alright; he'll be sure to aim away from him and Mest knows he'll be resourceful and find his own way.
"Tell the men to light the cannons," Mest orders.
Wendy shoves herself away from him and stares at his face with wide eyes, "what?! No! You can't do that!"
"Quiet Wendy and wait in my quarters, you'll be safe there. Go now." He pushes her away despite his body telling him to pull her closer.
"Mest this is madness! Gray sacrificed himself for her, for you! For all of us!"
"Well I didn't ask him to do it and I surely didn't convince him! They started this war, I'm just trying to finish it! Now men! Fi-"
Wendy reaches out for Mest's coat and pulls him down, yanking his head straight towards her lips. His eyes widen as she presses their lips together for their first kiss. She pulls away from him just as quickly as she started it, tears freely falling from her eyes and she begs him, begs her husband.
"Please, no more fighting. I'm home now, I'm home Mest. Please don't leave me alone again."
Mest gulps as he can't draw his eyes away from her. She holds his hands in hers and takes a step back, Mest meeting her step as he follows after her. Erza is on pins and needles as she watches, waiting for their captain to completely disappear before barking out orders.
"We're done here, raise anchor and let's get the hell out of here. Keep your guards up until we're out of shooting range though... Juvia, come here." Erza sighs walking to her side.
Gray steps out of the boat and looks around at his brother's crew. Sherria is the only one who smiles kindly at him and he gives her a smile back in return.
"Get ready to ship off men... put this murderer in the brig," Lyon grunts shoving him forward.
"Ah, take it easy there Ly-"
"I'll do it Captain, follow me. Don't worry, I'm a friend of Wendy's and I promised I would protect you," Sherria whispers and winks as she takes his arm and leads him away.
Lyon watches the exchange with a scowl on his face.
"Captain, what do you want to do about them?" Jura asks, nodding over towards the ship that's slowly sailing away.
"Forget them, we got what we came for. I'll be in my quarters if anyone needs me."
He has a lot of things to think about. No, he doesn't think he'll face Gray today. That will be an adventure for a later time. No, tonight he thinks he'll sleep peacefully since he's finally achieved what he's been chasing after for so long.
"Oh Mest, what did you do?" Wendy frowns.
They don't have a door anymore to their room. When she looks further inside they don't have a lot of other things either. It looks completely different from when she's last seen it. She sighs out softly and shakes her head, staring at him. He doesn't look the least bit ashamed as he cuffs her face and keeps his eyes on her.
"I was so scared Wendy. When you were sick I wanted to be there with you, you have to know that I did. Erza told me it would be better if I led them away though and I, being a fool, believed her. I'm so sorry this happened to you, please forgive me. I've never felt so useless in my entire life before. Wendy," Mest's shoulders begin to shake as tears stream down his face.
"It's okay Mest, it's okay. I forgive you. I'm here now, I'm back home, back in your arms." Wendy coos, raising up her hands and wiping his tears away.
"No it's not okay! I let hatred consume me Wendy, it still consumes me. Thinking about what they could have done to you, what they did do to you. I was ready to slaughter them all. Sacrifice everything and make sure each and every one of them paid for hurting what's mine."
"But they didn't hurt me, so you can let go of that hatred. Look at me, I'm perfectly fine Mest. They took good care of me and I told you I made a friend. I tried to stay guarded, I tried to not trust anyone and escape, but I failed and it was for a good reason."
Because now Sherria is her best friend. Now she's going to make sure Gray stays safe, and they're going to go and be waiting for them at whatever promised place he first met Juvia at. She did what she set out to do. She prevent blood from spilling and saved both their families. Everything is going to be okay now.
Mest stares deeply into her eyes. His fingers stroke her cheeks, rub against her ears, trail down to her lips, remembering what she did to lead him away. He wants to do it again. Again and again, over and over until they were both breathless. Whatever reservations he had in his mind were completely gone the moment he saw her being lifted towards him. The reason his life has been hell since the moment she left it, the reason why he had such strong feelings to take her away, the reason why when they first saw each other he wanted to rescue her. It was love. He loved her and didn't realize it. He loved her and denied it all because he couldn't love her. He had a dangerous life, he wasn't good enough for the girl, especially not good enough for a princess. He couldn't give her everything she wanted, everything she deserved, so he ignored his feelings and pushed it down and told himself that one day she would get wise. One day she would realize he was no good and leave him herself.
She had stayed though, and their friendship had grown, and their feelings have grown stronger. She may not feel the same yet and that doesn't matter. He knows how he feels; he knows what he's going to do. It took nearly losing her and the worse thoughts of what could have happened to her for him to realize that he wanted her above all else. More than treasure, more than freedom, more than the sea, even more than being captain of Fairy Tail and his ship Vermillion.
"I love you Wendy," Mest tells her.
Wendy blinks softly and tilts her head to the side, her hands slowly slipping off his face, "what's that?"
"I love you. It doesn't matter what you say back to that, I just need you to know. I love you. I can't... I can never be without you again. I'll do whatever you want, I'll do whatever it takes to keep you happy and safe. I'll never let you go again. I love you. I've fallen for you. I've always been in love with you. You were my love at first sight, my everything Wendy. I love you."
She smiles brightly, tears streaming down her face again. She didn't know how badly she wanted to hear those words come from his lips until now. She's always known how she's felt, she's just never understood it at all, but now she does. Or maybe she still doesn't, none of that matters though because the man who rescued her does in fact love her and she couldn't be happier even if she tried to be.
"Mest," she cries out.
He wraps his arms around her again and lifts her into the air, walking them towards the bed before lying them both down on it. It has been far too long since she's been missing from here. Never again will he take sleeping next to her for granted. His arms stay secure around her figure as he pulls her as close against him as he possibly can, burying his face in her hair.
"Tell me everything, please. I want to know everything."
Wendy sniffs and rubs her face into his chest, "but Mest-"
"Please, I need to know that you're really okay. I need to know that you're really all here. So tell me everything."
She sighs out and smiles, relaxing her body in the arms she's been yearning for.
"Okay Mest, okay. You win."
