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Gray and Midnight stepped off the train, and stood together in the snowy land of Isvan. Their journey had just truly begun.
"You know that they will come after us." It was clear in the minds of both teens who exactly Gray was referring to.
"They can come, but we must fulfil our purpose." Midnight turned and walked out of the train station. His companion followed. They had quite a while to travel on foot still before they reached their destination, the city without sound had laid desolate for years, the area surrounding it also robbed of life. No train would travel to the area of the demon's wreckage. And usually there would be no need for it. Usually. Gray and Midnight's quest wasn't exactly what you would call "usual"- especially as neither of them knew exactly what it consisted of.
It took a few hours before there pursuers also reached the land. Natsu sniffed the air trying to get a lock on the scent of their friends. Cobra was also trying to get the scent.
"Ugh, why is it so hard to pinpoint their scents?" Natsu complained.
"Maybe because this whole stupid place smells like snow, or maybe because your senses are still screwed up from being pathetically travel sick." Cobra sniped, as he frantically sniffed the air. He ignored Natsu's annoyed spluttering, even with the snow, it shouldn't be this hard to pick up the scent of the person he was closest to. Was something masking their scent...?
"There!" Natsu exclaimed, apparently he had caught the scent of his ice mage friend despite acting like moaning at Cobra had taken precedence. Cobra was grudgingly impressed, he had only just sniffed out their scent, and somehow Natsu had located Gray's trail even though a majority of his scent was made up of the snowy odour that dominated this country.
The mages started following after Natsu. They hoped their friends weren't too far away as Lucy was already bitterly complaining about the cold. Unfortunately that didn't seem the case as they had been walking for over an hour and there was still no sign of the run away duo.
Every one was feeling frustrated now and tensions were high in the group.
"Are we there yet?" Happy moaned shivering slightly.
"Can you see them anywhere?" Cobra snapped.
"Oi don't blame Happy" Natsu roared, flame's spewing from his mouth.
"Maybe he shouldn't whine so damn much" Cobra snarled back.
"You wanna go, fang face" Natsu taunted.
"You have fangs to you hypocrite" Cobra
yelled in disbelief at the other boy's stupidity. Both boys were brought out of the ensuing fight by an angry red headed demon smacking them over the head with armour encased hands.
"While you two are fighting the trail's getting cold" Erza glared demonically and Natsu's gaze turned serious.
"You're right" Natsu muttered before he walked away.
"The trail continues over here" He beckoned. Everyone stared at his departing figure in shock.
"Natsu just backed away from a fight, willingly!" Lucy exclaimed.
"That's because Natsu is really worried about Gray, even if he doesn't show it, Natsu is really close to Gray." Happy caught up with Natsu after imparting these words of wisdom. The other mages glanced at each other, and nodded. If Natsu was taking this mission with such resolve then they would also find the same conviction within themselves.
Cobra watched the pink haired fire dragon slayer with a new understanding. It looked like his relationship with the ice mage had been more complicated than Cobra had realised. This could be interesting.
Midnight smirked.
"Should we make camp here?" He turned to the ice mage, who grinned.
"They could catch up to us." He replied. Midnight nodded.
"That's the point. If they catch up to us here, I can teleport us further away. They will hopefully realise the futility in stopping us, and we will lose our tail." Gray admired the deviousness of his companion's plan, but he wasn't certain of the plan's outcome being in their favour.
"Natsu will not be deterred. And is it worth sapping your still recovering magic on such a risky scenario?" Midnight contemplated the other mage's queries.
"We will have to make camp sometime."
"We will. But we need to find the most favourable situation. We cannot fail." Midnight nodded at Gray's logic.
"Time to make a new plan." The boys debated the merits of a couple of different plans, before they settled on the one that they thought had the most benefits.
Natsu and the merry band of misfits were unaware of the plan being set in motion. And they were still trekking through the snow following their faint trail.
Cobra felt the barest hint of a blush stain his cheeks as he thought about the dedication that Natsu was showing to finding Gray. He felt a similar desire burning in his stomach - the desire to bring his closest friend back safely.
He had never felt for anyone so strongly as he did for Midnight. They had been through so much together, and Cobra liked to think that they had a bond that transcended the bonds forged between the rest of the Seis. Sure, he had gotten along with the others, and he considered them all friends (except for Brain, the backstabbing bastard), but there was something about Midnight that made Cobra feel... protective. He knew that Midnight could defend himself, but he still didn't like the thought of the shorter mage being hurt.
Natsu was having a similar line of thought. He and Gray were rivals, and they beat the crap out of each other on a daily basis, but the relationship between the two was unique. They were both too proud to openly declare the fact that they were fond of each other.
He could still remember the times that they had broken character and actually shown the friendship side of their relationship. When they had been battling against Erigor and Gray had told him not to die. The moment when he had felt Gray crying on his back after the fight with Lyon. Gray saving him from that stupid owl thing. And more recently, the horrifying moment when he though that he had broken Gray, even though it had just been a trick to trap him for that bitch Daphne. Gray was going to explain what exactly he had been playing at. After Natsu punched some sense into him, of course.
Midnight and Gray sneezed in sync.
"The idiots must be thinking of us" Gray murmured fondly. Midnight gave him a warning glance.
"We can't be too attached remember. If we don't make it out alive, it will be harder for them to move on." Gray sighed.
"Daphne ensured that most of Fairy Tail will be able to move on when I die."
"If" Midnight corrected. Gray gave him a sad look.
"When" He whispered. The other mage apparently didn't hear him.
We hope that you enjoyed the latest chapter, and the yaoi is slowly coming into play. See you next time (sorry for the sort of cliffhanger).