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Almighty Acnologia: SLAVE! I have returned.
Bronzeapollo708: NO! How are you alive? I thought the assassins killed you.
Acnologia: It will take more than that to kill me, The Almighty Acnologia! Now get to work Slave.
Bronze: This man is going to be the death of me.
(Beta Read: Bronzeapollo708)
Abandoned by God, Raised by a Seraph – A Fairy Tail Story
Chapter Two : Thank You.
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July 3, X784 – Magnolia
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Lucy and Sting were walking in Magnolia streets. Lucy was amazed by the stories of which Sting told her and she was happy because she finally met with the famous White Dragon. By the way, she found out about Natsu Dragneel – An S-Class Wizard of Fairy Tail. She wasn't happy about that 'That kind of guy mustn't be in Fairy Tail' She thought with an angry face. After some more walking, they find themselves in front of a giant building. Sting turned his face to Lucy and grinned.
"Are you ready?" He asked,
Lucy took a deep breath and turned to him, she sent a small to him and simply replied, "Yep."
Sting sent her another satisfied grin and made his way to the doors. Suddenly he made a move which made Lucy gasp. He kicked the doors and they bursted open in a dust cloud. Sting stepped in and yelled, "I am home!"
Lucy was confused. Sting had used the word "Home" but that wasn't the one what made her shocked. The guild was in a state of complete chaos… chairs, tables were flying all around them. Even some of the guild members were flying through the air.
"Welcome Home, Sting!" Someone shouted. Sting smiled him with a nod.
"What'up Lizard Slayer!" A Raven haired wizard shouted. This wizard's name was Gray Fullbuster. Sting turned to him and sent an angry look to him.
"What was that, Ice Princess? By the way where the hell is your clothes..." Sting shouted back with a facepalm. They looked each other like angry animals and finally ran each other. Gray punched Sting in the face and launched him to a table. Sting recovered himself quickly and stood up. He ran to Gray and kicked him from his gut and launched him to another table.
"You're getting weaker!" He said with a smirk. Gray stood up but he flew to another place from a punch. The man who sent him flying was a giant white-haired man. "A real man talks with his fists!" He said. He was Elfman Strauss. Sting watched Gray go flying and burst in laughter
"HAHAHAH-" but his laugh cut off by a punch and finally the guild was in a state of overwhelming chaos once again. Lucy sweatdropped and decided to head to the bar because she didn't want to interfere to fight. After a while, she noticed a gorgeous woman in front of her with a silver hair. Lucy's jaw dropped with shock.
"Mirajane Strauss , in the flesh!" She gasped. Mirajane heard her and smiled softly to her.
"And you must be?" She asked. Lucy shook her head and saved herself from her admiration a bit.
"I am Lucy. It's an honor to meet you Mirajane-san." Lucy said. Mirajane looked at her eyes, she was still smiling.
"Nice to meet you, Lucy. " She replied, By the way another white haired girl approached to them. She turned her blue eyes to Lucy.
"Hi Lucy, I am Lisanna! Do you want to join?" She asked with a smile like her sister, she was Mirajane's sister Lisanna Strauss.
"Hello Lisanna!" Lucy smiled and nodded. She turned to the crowd and pointed at them with her finger.
"Shouldn't we stop them?" She asked. Mirajane sweatdropped.
"Just let them be…" She said but suddenly a fully naked guy fell next to Lucy. Lucy gasped and covered her eyes with her hands.
"Why are you naked?" She asked. Gray looked at his body and surprised. He cursed to Sting and turned his face to Lucy, he bowed kindly in front of her.
"Sorry miss, Can I borrow your underwe-" He said but was launched towards the crowd with a punch. Lucy's face turned to crimson red in embarrassment.
"Of course, No!" She said. Mirajane apologized her for Gray's behavior. Lucy was not that overly angry, she was angry at Gray but she liked it here. 'Here's just like a big family' after this she remembered Natsu Dragneel again and her face turned to angry. 'How could that pink haired guy be a member of this family?'
Mirajane noticed her strange face and wondered what's going on."Are you okay, Lucy?"
Lucy shook her head and saved herself from thoughts, she sent a smile to Mira and answered" Ye-yeah, we met with an S-Class mage of Fairy Tail in Hargeon City. I am just... angry at him."
Mirajane's smile got smaller. She lowered her face and looked at to ground."So you met with Natsu, don't mind his bad behavior, today is-"
Mirajane couldn't continue, she turned her face to the crowd.
By the way, a Brown haired girl yelled to the fighters."Can't a girl drink in peace, time to finish this!"
She took a card from her pocket and a green seal appeared on it. Elfman roared and his arm turned into rock.
"A real man never holds back!"
Gray and Sting grinned. Gray placed his left hand on his left palm and a light blue seal appeared. While, a white aura was beginning to dance around Sting's body.
"Bring it!" He roared. Lucy was shocked their behavior, she stood up and looked at them.
"They will use magic!" She said to herself. She was frightened because if these people use magic in here the build in couldn't stand any longer. When Lucy was in these thoughts , a voice echoed in entire guild.
"IT'S ENOUGH BRATS!" Someone yelled. Everyone stopped and locked their eyes to the newcomer. Lucy turned her face to doors and noticed the 'giant' man.
"EEH?" She was shocked. The old man noticed Lucy like she did and turned to her.
"Oh, A newcomer." He said and began to get smaller. He got smaller and smaller, finally, he turned to a small old man with gray hair. Lucy's shock was doubled.
"He is… tiny." She said. Mirajane stepped forward and sent her soft smile to the newcomer.
"Good to see you again, Master. How was your meeting?" She asked. Master sighed and made his way to them.
"Master?" Lucy couldn't believe he is the master of famous guild Fairy Tail.
"That was the usual… boring."Master replied and turned his face to Lucy.
"Yep. I am Fairy Tail Guild Master, Makarov Dreyar." He said to Lucy. Lucy's shock was a bit decreased, interesting guild and interesting master, nothing surprising. By the way, Sting made his way to them and placed an arm on Lucy's shoulder. He grinned at Makarov.
"She is Lucy, she wants to join! " He said. Makarov sighed and began to think. After some thinking, his face turns to serious. He cleared his throat.
"hmm… Welcome to Fairy Tail Lucy!" He shouted and the whole guild cheered.
"Welcome!"
"New chick!"
"Gray put some clothes on!"
Such voices were heard throughout the guild.
"Oops, Not again.." Gray sighed and began to search for his clothes. Sting looked at him and laughed again. Mirajane came near them with a stamp.
"Let's give you a mark, Place and color?" She asked. Lucy though for 10 seconds and decided.
"Back of my right hand and pink please." She said. Mirajane nodded and selected the color 'pink'.
"Here you go!" She stamped her. Lucy jumped in joy and made her way to Sting. By the way, Sting and Lisanna were in front of a board.
"Sting look I have a Guild Mark!" She said. Sting took her right hand in his hands and made Lucy blush. He studied the mark and smiled.
"That's nice Lucy!" He replied and turned his attention to board again. Lucy wondered what the board was.
"What are you looking at?" She asked. Sting replied when he was looking at some papers." We're looking for some jobs."
Makarov stroked his beard and turned his face to the white-haired barmaid.
"Mira, Where's Natsu?" He asked with a serious face. Bar-side of Guild went silent and angry when they heard the world "Natsu". Lucy noticed this and began to listen to them. 'They don't like him either?'
Mira sighed and sent a look to her Master.
"He went to Council for his job report but he said he won't return to Guild today. You know Master, today is..." She said with a low voice. Makarov sighed and took another sip from his beer. He thought for a second and cleared his throat.
"Mira-"
"I don't want to leave him, alone Master, can you excuse me for today?" She asked softly. Makarov sighed again and replied with a simple nod. Today was a bad day for Natsu that only Mirajane and Master knew about. Mira sent an angelic smile at him and took off her apron. She then began to walk towards the doors to exit. Lisanna noticed her big sister walking and wondered what's going on. 'Mira-nee?"
While Mira had taken her leave a boy stood up who looked to be around 13 or 14. The child made his way to master. Lucy noticed him and began to study him. He was purple haired , he had a long purple vest on his upper body which was attached with by white belt. He was wearing a pair of green pants on him. 'Romeo' that was his name. Lucy blinked several times and saw the red mark on his shoulder.
'That kid is a Fairy Tail wizard!' Lucy thought surprised to find a boy of his age being a mage. She began to listen in on them. Romeo stopped when he was in front of Master Makarov. The purple haired boy had an angry look on his face.
"Gramps! I have waited enough. I will bring my father back!" He said. Makarov took a sip from his beer and stared at the child with an unconcerned look.
"Your father is a Fairy Tail wizard, sit down and wait," Makarov replied half-heartedly.
"Screw you!" Romeo said angry and made his way to doors. Someone tried to stop him but they failed. Laki turned her face to Makarov.
"Mustn't we stop him, Master?" She asked. Makarov shook his head in disagreement.
"Nope, let him go," Makarov replied.
Romeo was angrily stomping his feet towards the doors but suddenly felt he was flying? Nope, he was on someone's shoulders, he lowered his face and noticed yellow hair under him.
"Sting-nii?" He asked. Sting looked up sent a toothy grin to him. Lucy was confused but she decided to follow them. Sting and Romeo left the building quickly as Lucy tried to catch them up.
"Wait!"
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Young wizards were walking around a snow covered mountain. Sting and Romeo weren't affected by the cold. Romeo was in his usual clothes, while Sting had a sweater over his upper body. But Lucy… she was about to freeze so she called her spirit "Horologium". Lucy stepped inside to the clock and traveled inside of it. After a while, Sting noticed something's scent and they stopped walking. Sting smelled around and broke the silence.
"They're here." He said. Romeo sent a look to him and studied around them with careful looks. All this while, Lucy was wondering what's going on outside the clock. Sting squinted and noticed two figures in front of them. Romeo noticed the same thing and took his fighting position. Lucy tried to see outside, it looked like Sting was talking to someone?
White magic power had begun to cover Sting's fist. Suddenly Horologium disappeared and Lucy fell to snow.
"EEH! It's freezing cold!" Lucy yelled and covered herself with her hands. Sting and Romeo immediately turned around and noticed Lucy – half froze. A giant white gorilla rushed passed the boys and ran towards Lucy.
"Woman!" Vulcan shouted. Sting gritted his teeth. If he used his magic here the after pulse would cause an avalanche. Of course, Romeo wasn't as smart as Sting…
Romeo turned towards the Vulcan who was rushing to Lucy like crazy. He formed a fireball in his hand and launched it at the creature.
"Romeo don't-" Sting tried to warn.
"Fire magic: Fire Ball" He said as an orange fireball launched towards the Vulcan. Vulcan dodged the attack and took hold of Lucy with one hand.
"Woman!" He said again and his eyes turned to hearts.
The explosion caused by the fireball caused an avalanche. Sting and Romeo drifted into the snow. Sting cursed as Lucy's image disappeared in front of his eyes.
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After a while.
Sting raised his head from the snow and looked at a familiar figure. Romeo was grinning at Sting. Sting made his way to him and sent an angry look.
"Romeo you little-," he started but stopped himself. Romeo simply kept grinning at him. He soon started scratching the back of his head with embarrassment
"Sorry Sorry," He said. Sting sighed and looked at the mountain. Romeo did the same. Sting was furious about that Vulcan and worried about Lucy. Her image appeared as she was taken away by the Vulcan appeared in his mind. He stood up and wiped the snow on his clothes. He turned his face to Romeo again.
"Let's go and save her." He said his voice full of determination. Romeo nodded in agreement with a serious face.
"Yeah, we will!" He replied. They began to climb to the mountain.
Lucy opened her eyes narrowly getting an idea of her surroundings. She shook her head and tried to free herself from a headache. She finally found some power to look around. She noticed the Vulcan in front of her, dangerously close…
"Woman!"
"EEH!"
Lucy gasped and stepped back. Vulcan walked closer to her and sucked her entire front body. Lucy shook his hands with disgust and tried to wipe away the saliva. The other Vulcan was acting strange, he was far from them and like... seemed to almost be fighting within himself. Since the Vulcan was impatient , he put off her shirt in a second. Lucy covered herself with her hands. She was embarrassed, her pink cheeks were showing it. She looked at her skirt and noticed her keys were still there. She immediately took out a key and raised it into the air.
"Open the gate of the Golden Bull: Taurus" She yelled. As she yelled, a figure appeared in yellow light. That was a white bull with a giant ax behind him. The bull looked around for a moment and noticed Lucy with her bra and skirt.
Taurus' eyes turned to hearts and he acted just like the crazy lustful Vulcan.
"You have a great body as always!" He said his eyes still hearts. Lucy facepalmed and looked at him with a serious face.
"Never mind my body, Can you deal with him?" She asked in slight annoyance at the spirit.
Taurus puffed some smoke from his nose and nodded. He took his ax and hit the ground with it. A shockwave approached the Vulcan but the agile creature easily dodged it. Taurus and Vulcan ran towards each other and their attacks collided. The Vulcan's punch launched Taurus into a wall and formed a crater in the ice. Lucy gasped a bit as she finished putting back on her clothes. Taurus opened his left eye narrowly and looked at his owner.
"I-I am s-orry.." He said and disappeared in a yellow light. Lucy felt sorry for him but she knew that she has no time for that now. She thought about summoning Aquarius but there was no water. 'Cancer maybe? No, he is too weak… No it not that he is weak; I am weak!' She thought in distress. She fell to her knees in defeat. Taurus was physically her strongest spirit. She took another key and whispered.
"Open the gate of the Giant Crab, Cancer."
A figure appeared who was smaller than Taurus with black hair and red skin.
"Ebi." He said. Lucy raised her head and looked at him.
"Cancer, please.." She said. Cancer understood and simply nodded.
"Ebi." He replied and ran at the Vulcan. The Vulcan smirked and punched him. Cancer barely dodged the attack and cut the Vulcan's hair. Vulcan waited for a moment and studied his new hair style. After this, he kicked Cancer quickly and this made Cancer disappear in the same yellow light. Lucy fell to ground once more and her hands touched the ground. She felt a single tear dropping from her eye and she cursed herself for being too weak. Vulcan smirked with proud himself but in a blink of an eye a white ray of energy hit the Vulcan and launched him into the nearest wall. Lucy blinked in great confusion, she turned to see the source of the white energy. She then noticed a blonde man standing near to them with a toothy grin.
"Sting!" Lucy jumped and found herself in blonde mage's arms. Sting embraced her tightly like he hadn't seen her for years. He couldn't help but be worried about her, she was still shaking in fear.
Romeo had followed behind Sting in a dust cloud from which Sting had created. He didn't wait for a second and an orange fire once again formed in his palm.
"Fire Magic : Fire Ball" He said and the fire magic launched at the Vulcan. The Fireball hit the Vulcan in his head, it was stunned for a second till it recovers itself easily.
"Woman!" He just said once more. Sting patted Lucy's hair and let her go. He turned his face to Romeo.
"Romeo! I smell Macao's scent from this Vulcan, maybe…" He said. Romeo nodded.
"Yeah, I guess he is." He replied, his expression turned to stoic. Lucy watched them as another fireball appeared in his palm.
"Whatever. Let's go!" Sting roared and the boys rushed the Vulcan. Romeo launched another fireball which hit it in its gut. Sting approached directly in front of the monster and white energy formed around his fist.
"White Dragon's Holy Fist!" He roared and punched the Vulcan in the jaw. The force from the punched embedded him into the wall and caused him to cough a bit of blood. It stood up visibly shaken and weak. His eyed locked onto Lucy who was still sitting on ground.
"Wo-man is mine!" He said his voice weak and tried to make his way to blonde limping. Sting gritted his teeth and stood in front of him. He didn't want to hurt the monster too much for a reason but there was no other choice. Sting placed his feet on the ground firmly. He took a deep breath but it was a strange breath, as white energy began to form in his mouth which began to overflow in mere seconds.
' I am taking you to home...' He thought
"White Dragon's-" Sting said as Romeo and Lucy's eyes widened, they just waited for the magic's launch. Lucy was excited because she would see his magic for the first time. She noticed Sting's face saddened and it caused her curious about what's going on.
'Macao. I'm sorry, but we have no choice.' Sting thought. He didn't want to do this.
"ROAAAAAAARRR!" Sting roared with that a white beam launched at the Vulcan. Lucy's jaw dropped as she saw the force of the magic Sting had just used. She thought for a second to figure out something. She remembered Natsu's magic, the magic which had taken Bora's life. Sting's magic was sure as powerful as Natsu's but his magic was relaxing and hot while Natsu's... cold and scary.
The Vulcan fell to ground covered in wounds. Romeo locked his widened eyes on the big monkey. It slowly transformed into a dark blue haired man. Romeo's eyes widened again and he jumped into the man. Tears began to pour from his eyes and he took the man to his arms.
"Father?" He called. Lucy gasped a bit. Sting ran to them. He slapped Macao several times and yelled.
"Get up you old fart, don't you dare die on me!"
After a while, Macao opened his eyes slowly and waited for a second for his blurry vision to disappear. Romeo embraced his father in a tight hug and it caused Macao to scream in pain. Sting got up and sent Lucy a grin, which caused Lucy to smile...
They... were... happy. A moment to be kept in a picture. But...
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Mirajane Strauss was in her house. She wasn't smiling like she always does in the Guild. She had taken off her casual clothes, leave her in her underwears. Her house's curtains were already closed because of the danger of paparazzi. She couldn't help but sigh even in her own home she didn't have privacy.
She sent a look towards her wardrobe one last time and took out her white blouse. She wore it as she took out a pair of black stockings from the drawer and put it on slowly. She looked at her skirts what was already thrown onto her bed and finally chose a purple one. After a while, she walked to another side of the room and took her position in front of the mirror.
She took off the usual clasp in her hair and put it onto the table. She pulled the drawer open and took a comb from it and combed her hair. She finished combing and looked at the mirror again with her ocean blue eyes. She looked for a lack and finally found it. She extended her hand to table and took out a make-up set. After 5 minutes for make-up, she left her house. She found herself in street. After taking a deep breath, she began to walk with short fast steps. Some heart eyed guys called out to her while some Mira-fans cheered for her but she simply ignored them all. She felt bad for her behaivor and sent a small smile to her fans, she couldn't seem like a completely heartless person.
After 20 minutes of walking, she found herself in front of the Kardia Cathedral. She took another deep breath like she had 30 minutes earlier and stepped inside. She was in a corridor, she walked forward and exited from the room. She was in backyard now, she looked around like she was looking for someone. This place was a cemetery, graves were all lined side by side.
After a while, she noticed a man in black suit who was a bit taller than herself, standing in front of a grave. She was expecting him of course but despite this, she froze. A pink haired man was there... maybe for minutes maybe for hours. He may have never left since the day had begun.
'Natsu...' Mira forced herself to walk to him but she failed. Her feet were frozen in place. He was covered by sadness, regret, an overwhelming sense of guilt. She wanted to help him, she wanted to take him in her arms and make it all disappear for even a moment. She couldn't find the strength, though. She couldn't bring herself to take even a single step closer let alone touch him.
She just looked at him with her eyes full worry, full of concern for the man who stood there unmoving. She wanted to comfort him and save him from his sorrow. The Pink haired man didn't turn around, he just stood in the same place, his cold dull lifeless eyes were locked onto the gravestone in front of him.
He read the name on it over and over again in anger. He was not angry at someone besides himself. He had lost himself staring at the gravestone, he forgot where he stood, he had forgotten who he was... he closed his eyes.
'Why?' he shouted in his mind. Why did the world want him to suffer? Would it take everyone he cared about away? Would they take her next? Would they make him watch her burn like they did his parents?
His stony heart couldn't bear the thoughts any longer. Finally, a single tear fell from his eye to which didn't go unnoticed by Mirajane. He couldn't find the will to speak, his eyes were shadowed by his hair. He couldn't bear the pain. He couldn't bear the ideas, his will was filled with guilt. Filled with unfulfilled promises that he made with her.
The single tear turned to streams they poured from his eyes with no intention of stopping, his body was shaking... in pain, in sorrow. In feeling he never wanted to experience again and would make sure wouldn't be experienced by anyone else.
Mirajane was about to cry when she saw the cruelest wizard of Fairy Tail in this situation. Ever hardenest shells have a point of weakness, a point in which everything shatters. Singular days can make even the darkest of people seem human for moments of time.
Every tear from Natsu's eyes made Mira's heartache. She wanted to help, she wanted him to stop. She didn't want to see him in any more pain. He wanted to tell him he wasn't alone, he wasn't the only one who had to bear the pain. Her legs that were frozen in place moved step by step, heavy as if made of lead. She doesn't know where the strength came from as she continued to move forward slowly, hesitantly, weakly about to fall over at any moment. It only grew harder with each step closer she got, her legs were heavier, her emotions were running even wilder, but she wanted to tell him that he wasn't alone. She wanted to make it easier on him. That was her current undying strength, the drive to make the cruelest mage in Fairy Tail know he wasn't alone in his moments of weakness, of overwhelming sadness. With one final step, she reached out both her arms and in that moment wrapped them around Natsu. She pushed herself into his back, she took in everything about him as tears rolled down her cheeks. 'He feels so cold.'
Natsu felt two arms wrapped around his abdomen. He felt a sense of warmth touching his back. A feeling he hasn't felt in many years. He slowly, weakly opened his eyes, his cold stare had disappeared. He turned around and noticed the white-haired beauty behind him, her head was resting on his back.
Natsu tried to recover himself but he failed. He didn't want to show his weakness, his moment of being human. He tried to hide his tears from her, he didn't want her to see him like this, so broken, so weak, so human. It caused Mira to tighten her embrace around him.
"You don't have to bear it alone." She whispered to him. Her cheeks blushed a bit. As she took a pause in her words, she wanted to help him. She wanted to tell him everything in this singular moment. She would be there for him she wouldn't turn her back on him. She wouldn't leave him, there was no reason to hold it all in any longer.
"I am always here with you..." After these short simple words, Natsu's wet eyes widened. He waited for a second and wiped away his tears. He looked at the hands on his abdomen, he extended a hand to them.
He wanted to stroke them but he pulled back his hands immediately. He wasn't worthy of such an experience. He was a heartless person, he was killer, he wasn't worthy to even be in her presence let alone touch her. She was perfect she was what he wanted but then, he remembered the people he loved, people he cared. He just said two words, two words that held more meaning than anything else. Two words that told a story that couldn't be understood besides by the people who lived through it all.
"Thank you."
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They seemed to stand there for hours in that same position neither of them wanting to move, neither of them wanting to break the calm silence. Mira thought back to why they both stood here now as her eyes drifted to the gravestone in front of them. She took in the name carved into it as she said her voice filled with sadness, "Today is her death anniversary...right?"
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