Chapter 4! Whoohoo! I already got 100+ views for this in 3 days! D I'm so proud of myself right now. C: Only expect this chapter today, so. Unless you're reading this in the future, then this might be the same day you began to read it. -.-
Disclaimers: I don't own Fairy Tail. Or Hiro Mashima,
Claimers: I own what happens at the end of the chapter, Red, and Maemi/Maelyth (You'll see… cx)
The sun beamed through Maemi's window near her bed, slightly waking her up. She opened one eye, to find everything blurry, and something on her head that was heavy. She yawned, and slowly moved her arms towards her eyes. She was surprised, how they didn't hurt anymore. She managed to rub her eyes, and everything became clear for her. She then looked up to see what was on her head. She noticed the pink, spiky hair immediately.
"Natsu…? What're you doing on my head…?" She asked the boy drowsily. He didn't respond, and continued to sleep. She bonked him. "Natsu, Natsu, Natsu, wake up!" She sang out happily. He snored in response. "Natsu…" She whined. "Wake up!" She huffed. How deep of a sleeper is this boy? She glanced around, deciding her new thought was a bit too mean…
"Hey Natsu, I saw Igneel outside!" She screamed. The pink haired boy shot up, awake.
"IGNEEL!" He ran out, allowing Maemi to finally get up. She moved her legs around before she got onto the floor. She then quickly ran after Natsu, knowing she'd have to apologize. She exited her house, seeing Natsu look around furiously.
"Sorry Natsu…" She chuckled nervously. "I had to wake you up somehow…" She apologized. He stared at her.
"Oh," He responded simply.
"Yeah…"
"Hey! You're walking! And standing!" He suddenly began to laugh.
"H-Huh? Why's that funny?" She tilted her head in confusion.
"Remember? You promised by today you'd be able to move! Right before you fell asleep!"
"O-Oh yeah… I totally remember!" She lied. "Anyways, why were you sleeping on my head." She put her hands on her hips, and slumped to the left.
"I was too lazy to head back!" He grinned. "Plus, you looked comfy!" Maemi cocked an eyebrow up.
"I looked comfy?" She chuckled. "More like, sleepy."
"True! You should go get ready though…"
"Why's that?"
"You're still in your Pjs!" Maemi realized that she was. She immediately began to blush, and ran into the house. She quickly found a white undershirt, a black-brown open vest, blue mini-shorts, and brown fuzzy boots, just because! She put the outfit on, and ran back outside. "Better?" She asked, putting her long, bleache blonde hair into a high ponytail. Her guild mark revealed slightly.
"There we go!" He gave her a thumbs up. "Now let's go to the guild!" He grabbed her hand, and began to run down the path.
"I didn't have breakfast though!" Maemi yelled, forced to follow as quickly as she could to keep up with the boy.
They arrived the guild only a few minutes later, due to Natsu's incredible speed. He kicked the doors open and entered the guild, dragging Maemi along. "We're here!" He announced. He let her hand go. She coughed, and put her hands on her knees and panted deeply.
"Let me… just catch my breath-!" She was interrupted by Natsu grabbing her hand again and dash over somewhere.
"HEY STRIPPER! DID YA HEAR ME?!" He yelled angrily at the other boy.
"I HEARD YA, PINKY!" Gray insulted back to Natsu. He let her hand go again, but this time she fell back and landed on her bum. She didn't try to get up again, only residing to panting.
"Need help, Maemi?" Maemi saw Lucy holding her hand out for her. Maemi gratefully accepted it, and Lucy pulled her up.
"Thanks Lucy…" Maemi thanked, continuing to pant. She looked like she was about to say something, but was interrupted by a certain, small blue-haired girl.
"Mae-Chan!" Levy called out, and she ran over. "Are you healed already?" She asked Maemi.
"Yeah, I'm better!" Maemi held her hands up. "All better, I hope." Maemi saw Wendy look at her with great interest.
"I-I can check to see if you're all better!" Wendy suggested.
"Really? I can't even tell if I'm better, and I can heal!" She laughed. Wendy stared at her.
"You can heal…?" She asked quietly.
"Yeah! And presuming why Natsu called for you when Erza and I collapsed, you're one too!" Wendy blushed, surprised on how accurate the older girl was.
"Y-Yes… I can heal," Wendy replied. "But I'm guessing you know more healing magic than I do…"
"Don't be so sure about that, Wendy!" Maemi laughed heartily. Wendy smiled at her.
"Where's your exceed, Mae-San?" She asked.
"Last I heard, Red was with Happy… Not the most calming thought!" She laughed nervously.
"Maemi!" The exceed's squeaky voice was heard through all of the clutter and chattering. "Where are you Maemi?!" She called again.
"Red, I'm over here!" Maemi yelled out. The red-colored exceed traveled through all of the people, finally spotting her best friend. Her dark green eyes sparkled brightly.
"MAEMI!" Red cheered and ran over, then leaping onto her, landing into the girl's arms. Maemi snuggled the exceed happily. "I found you!" She giggled. Maemi smiled softly, and twirled around with the exceed. A hand was placed on her shoulder, Maemi turned to see who it was. Her face quickly met the hard, cold surface of Erza's chest armor.
"You were difficult to fight, Mae," The scarlet woman said to Maemi, who was suffering slightly from the hard hug. "I'll admit that I probably lost to you."
"Heh… Don't be too sure about that, Erza. I actually probably lost…" Maemi replied, sweat dropping. "You were standing when I fell…"
"You didn't fall onto your stomach, you were still kneeling!" Erza laughed. "I fell soon after you anyways. You still had one foot on the ground!
"Oh… I was so tired, I couldn't really tell," Maemi sighed. She heard the two boys continue to bicker, and tried to hide them from Erza's view. She then heard Lucy shriek.
"Loke! Stop opening your gate all the time…" Lucy yelled at a orange-haired dude in what seemed like to be a tuxedo. Maemi flinched, realizing it was Loke.
Shit… if that guy sees me… I'm screwed. Maemi thought, and scooted around Erza, allowing her to see Natsu and Gray. She darted to them, a demonic glare on Erza's face. Maemi dashed to the bar, sitting next to Cana. "Hey Cana…" She acted casual.
"Eh, something wrong Mae?" The brunette looked at her, hearing the slight tone of worry in Maemi's voice.
"N-Nothings wrong!" Maemi saw the master cast her a worried, look. He knew what happened, and why she had to avoid any Celestial Spirits, Zodiac or not. She breathed in, and then exhaled.
"Cana, let me handle this," Master Maravok said to the woman. Cana sighed reluctantly.
"You can always talk to us, remember that, Mae."
"I will…" The master beckoned her upstairs. She quietly snuck up the stairs, so Leo the Lion didn't see her. "Gramps, I can't have any of the spirits see me! What am I going to do with a Celestial Wizard in the guild?"
"Simply don't go on missions on her."
"Sounds simple, unless she invites me onto a mission…"
"Just deny it then, say you have something to do."
"Yeah but… when can I tell them?" Maemi sighed.
"…That is your choice when to tell them dear… How much longer do you have?"
"Not much, otherwise I don't know…" Maemi looked like she was about to cry. "It's obvious they noticed I'm missing…"
"It's alright Maelyth…" Maemi froze when he called her that. She hasn't been called that in a long time. "…The mark, what does it look like now?" Maemi only moved the undershirt up enough for him to see the mark, which was on her belly and around her bellybutton. It was silver, with a glowing blue outline. It grew a little brighter. Maemi put her shirt down franticly.
"See? It's way bigger and brighter!" Maemi franticly said.
"…Tell them."
"What?"
"Tell the guild."
"Excuse me, I just got back. They wouldn't want to know this!" Maemi argued. "They'd be devastated!"
"Who knows how long you have until THEY find you!" Master Maravok countered. "It could be years, or it could be seconds, so tell them!" Their arguing voices couldn't be heard from the ground floor.
"Master, you just said I can tell them when I want too!" Maemi replied.
"Yes, but I didn't expect the mark to be THAT big!" He argued. "And it's glowing! Glowing on top of all of that! It's not supposed to glow…"
"Maybe it means I can stay…" Maemi looked hopeful. She turned to see Natsu waving her down, a large, rounded bump on his head. "I won't tell them, not yet anyways…" She ran down the stairs, hearing the master sigh. She jumped down the last 3 stairs and landed in front of Natsu. She quickly looked around, trying to see if the Zodiac was still here, she just saw him when she was up there though!
"What was going on up there, Mae?" Natsu asked. "Something wrong?" She shook her head.
"Nothing's wrong…" Maemi noticed a small spark of light where the silver mark was, and put her hand over her belly. "I'm just hungry right now!" She laughed, her belly then rumbling due to no breakfast.
"BREAKFAST TIME THEN!" He yelled, grabbing her hand and running off out of the guild to a restaurant.
Ooh, more of the plot has been revealed. C: So yeah, Maemi won the fight against Erza. And she feels better. C: Wendy is starting to find a role-model in Maemi like Romeo finds Natsu his role-model. I just thought she needed one. Cx Anyways, random questions that I made up for this chapter:
What does the mark on Maemi's stomach mean?
Who are 'they'?
Why does she not want to be seen by any Celestial Spirit?
Will this make her change feelings about Lucy?
Why did the master call Maemi, Maelyth?
AND FINALLY
Why is Maemi so secretive about it?
R&R what you might think.
~Strawberrycheezecake~