Chapter 25! The arc is almost over and I intend to end it with a bang. If you like, review!
Makarov walks out of the wreckage of the Grimoire Heart flagship and joins the rest of the Fairy Tail guild. Earlier, Team Natsu battled Grimoire Hearts leader with help of the arrival of Laxus.
"Gramps, are you ok?" Asks Gray.
"I'm fine, let's get back to base camp." He states.
He had just had a heart to heart with Hades. Before he was called that, he was Prekt, the second master of Fairy Tail, who had given Makarov the title of third master.
The large group walked along the shore, carrying the wounded, who had fought Hades, towards base camp. As they walked along, they noticed a small life raft approaching the shore. The ones that weren't as wounded as the others got into a defensive position, until they noticed the occupants inside. As the raft hit the shore, Lisanna jumps out of the raft and drags it to the shore. Its dragged onto the white sand, and Kiryu slowly rises out and onto the shore. When he steps out he stumbles and nearly falls, but Lisanna catches him. He smiles with relief. "Thanks for saving me Liz."
She returns the smile with one of her own. "No problem."
"Kiryu! Lisanna!" The group of Fairy Tail wizards shout with joy. As they go to join the two, Kiryu slips out of Lisannas arms, and he falls to the ground.
"Kiryu!" Shouts Lisanna.
Everyone else rushes to them and Mira checks his side where he was stabbed by Frost.
"He's lost a lot of blood. We need to get him back to camp right now." She states.
Makarov nods. "Let's hurry."
Elfman picks up Kiryus unconscious body and puts him on his shoulder.
Back at base camp, Kiryu lay in a cot alongside an unconscious Natsu, who had used Laxus' lightning to become a Lightning Dragon Slayer. As he slept, Lisanna looked at his hair, it was a mess. The blue locks were all the way down to his shoulders. Gently combing through it, she managed to straighten it out a little bit. Earlier she had given Natsu pig tails for fun, but she decided to something better for Kiryu.
You need a hair cut. She thought happily. Pulling out a ribbon from some of her belongings, she began to work on his hair.
Kiryu stood in front of the Fairy Tail guildhall. Every time he sees it, he thinks of family. Due to his amnesia, he never knew the love of family, until he joined the guild. He walks towards the doors until a massive explosion erupts from the building, knocking him back. Quickly, Kiryu stands up and looks at the dust cloud. It was gone. His home, and whoever was unlucky enough to be around for it were gone. Slowly he felt himself go insane. Behind the rubble stood a massive black dragon with blue marks. Angered, Kiryu steps forward.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?"
The dragons mouth glows with a bright light and a beam of magic energy shoots at him. Through the attack he could only hear one word. No…. A name……
Acnologia.
Kiryu wakes up.
He looked around to see he was back at base camp. Behind him, the other Fairy Tail wizards had gone about their business, recovering from the attack on them. Kiryu sits up, and notices his hair not getting in the way, for the exception of the bangs covering his left eye. He feels around his head, and notices his hair had been tied back in a ponytail. Finding a mirror, he looks at the ponytail.
I'll be honest, I look good.
Standing up from the cot he walks out into the sun. He looks around him. Erza was wearing a nurse outfit waiting for the injured, and how the others weren't falling for her gimmick. A little distance away, Lisanna was talking to Laxus. This immediately grabs his attention and he walks towards the two. Laxus is the first to notice, Lisanna also realizes Kiryus presence. The lightning dragon slayer stands up. They are in each other's faces, both with a blank expression. The stare down only feels like seconds to everyone else, but for Kiryu and Laxus, it lasts awhile. The two were ready to have their rematch. Even though they agreed to have it on good terms, the last two days have been long and they are both grumpy. They are stopped as Mira smacks Laxus upside the head, Erza does the same with Kiryu, still wearing her nurse outfit.
"Ow." Says Laxus.
"What the hell are you doing Erza?!" Says Kiryu rather annoyed.
"There are injured here." States Mirajane.
"You can have your rematch later." Demands Erza.
The two Dragon slayers look at each other and know they are right.
"We'll have our rematch later." Says Kiryu, trying to avoid another smack from Erza.
"Agreed." Agrees Laxus.
Kiryu sits at the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean. His harmonicas tunes echoed through the trees and the ocean.
"What's with you playing sad tunes?"
He turns to see Lisanna standing behind him. She sits next to him as he lowers the instrument.
"Sorry. It's just something I do sometimes." He replies.
They sit and watch as the waves hit the side of the cliff.
"Thanks for getting me." Kiryu says.
"Yeah, its about time I helped you out for all the times you helped me."
Kiryu nods.
"You know, I was really worried about you." Says Lisanna.
"Hmm?"
"As far as I can remember, you have always put yourself in danger for others."
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
They sit in silence.
"I care about you, and I don't want to see you hurt."
Kiryu is confused, he knew they were friends, but this was different. Lisanna was trying to get to something.
"I've heard about Black Serpent, but what happened to you that they would want to capture you?"
Finally he figured it out. Lisanna wanted to know what happened. He remained silent. Knowing he didn't want to talk about it, she gets up to leave.
"It happened a few weeks ago."
She sits back down.
"Mira, Elfman and I were sent to Oak Town to help local law enforcement help find missing children. When we got there, we found a girl named May. She had escaped from Black Serpent and was traumatized by what had happened to her."
Lisanna listened to his story, learning that it had effects him deeply.
"We had grown to know her, she was like a sister to us."
He got quiet for a second.
"She was recaptured by Black Serpent. We discovered their hideout to rescue her and the other children. In the process she was killed."
Kiryu squeezed his leg. He looks down at the palms of his hands.
"It's my fault she's dead. If I hadn't frozen up, she would be alive. Her blood is on my hands."
His hands began to shake. The things that have happened effected him deeply. They were his scars. Lisanna reaches over and grabs his right hand with both hands.
"I haven't been through what you're going through, but I know what it's like to hurt."
She looks up at him, her blue eyes piercing his own.
"I'm here for you, no matter what you are going through."
Kiryu reaches over with his left hand and gently grabs her hands wrapped around his right hand.
"Thank you. You were there for me when I was lost in those woods, and when you came back from Edolas. Even though I sent you there, you still helped me. Thank you."
She smiles, it was the same smile that had driven him crazy since they were kids.
"Of course. I care about you. And……" She starts. Her cheeks flush with a bright red. She meant what she was saying.
My god she's cute.
Kiryu had hidden the fact that he cared about her as well, fearing that she would not feel the same way about him.
"Lisanna."
The two wizards eyes meet. Their eyes get lost in each other.
Is this the moment? The moment I've been waiting for since I met him??? Thinks Lisanna.
They get close to each other, slowly. Both feeling nervous, the two of them had been wanting this moment for so long. It had driven Lisanna crazy, but Kiryu mad, to get close to each other. Their lips get close. Their eyes close. Until……..
Kiryu grabs his head in pain.
"What's wrong?" Asks Lisanna.
Kiryu rubs his head.
"Its nothing."
Out in the distance, they hear a loud flapping noise. The dragon slayer looks over in the direction of the noise.
"What the--?"
His head erupts with pain. Kiryu grabs his head.
"Are you ok Kiryu? We should head back to base camp."
"Good idea."
The two stand up, Kiryu still holding his head, and walk back to base camp. They walk through the woods until they hear a loud crash and roar.
"What's that?" Asks Lisanna.
Kiryu collapses and screams in pain. Lisanna sits him up against the tree.
"Go. Leave me." Kiryu says knowing what was coming. Lisanna looks confused but begins to head back to camp.
"I'll come back for you! I promise!" She says.
Kiryu passes out.
It has been ten minutes since Lisanna left. The woods around him felt silent. The wildlife had left due to the battle happening not too far away. Kiryus eyes open and he stands up like a zombie. Staring in the direction of the battle, he begins to walk.
The other members of Fairy Tail were engaged in battle with the dragon known as Acnologia. He has been around since the fall of the dragons. Lisanna and the others failed to drive him away, so their only hope was to make a magic shield by combining their magic powers.
Acnologia looked down on them, knowing they weren't ready.
"This isn't good!" Shouts Gray.
As Acnologia prepares to strike, a loud crash can be heard behind the hopless Fairy Tail members. They jump and look behind them. A dust cloud had appeared behind them and dust filled the air. As soon as it cleared, a figure stood in the cloud. (Superhero landing style). The silhouette was the form of Kiryu.
"Kiryu?" Asks Makarov.
Kiryu was looking down. He looked up barely, and smiles menacingly.
"I'm sorry, but, Kiryu had to go for a while."
Hey guys. Sorry for not putting out as many chapters as I was, but I hope this will help. Review!
