Chapter 3: To Forget
"I'll go too, just in case…" Gray said in a straight face while darting his eyes at Natsu, he put a hand on Lucy's shoulder before giving her a smile
"There it is again…that feeling…" Lucy said in her thoughts, her heart skipped a beat from the close contact they made and it began to confuse her more…
Little did she know that she was already falling in love…
Normal POV
"C-Cold…" a young blond muttered while shivering continuously, she whipped her head at her other three companions.
Gray was looking fine, as an ice mage he could tolerate even a negative temperature, Natsu also didn't have any problems but, from time to time you could see him dither in discontent. As of Happy, the blue exceed was snuggling near the fire mage's scaly scarf.
"That's because you're wearing such thin clothing." The raven head pointed out chivalrously in a straight face "Oi fire breath, still haven't spot a cave? Or has your brain malfunctioned already?" he snickered at the pink haired mage
"Shut it ice cube, I'm a directional genius and you're not!" Natsu bawled out while an angry icon visibly appeared from his forehead
"Says who, walking match stick?" Gray retorted back as Lucy sighed, she knew very well that they were going to start another useless fight, be it in the heat or not.
Another little sigh escaped her lips, suddenly the blond girl evilly smirked. She kneeled down before making a ball out of soft white snow, two to be exact and equivalently threw it at the same time.
"HEY!" the dragon slayer and the ice make mage shouted out monotonously, the two diverted their heads and squinted their eyes at the celestial mage
"What was that for-" before Natsu could even finish his statement, Lucy quickly spat out a two word sentence
"We're here." Lifting her arm up and pointing at the direction, the other two looked up in awe at the cave that stood in front of them
"I told you I was a directional genius!" Natsu grinned like an idiot "Beat that, stripper!" he jumped in glee
"Natsu, stop jumping or I'll fall off!" the blue furred cat spoke up, jolting
"Sorry, Happy!" the fire dragon slayer smiled apologetically while scratching the back of his head
"We just need to beat the shit out of a Vulcan, right?" Gray asked with both of his hands in his pocket, the girl beside him just nodded in response while her eyes pinpointed every direction of the cave
"Let's go then!" Natsu exclaimed before rushing inside "Aye!" Happy raised his paw as the exceed tailed behind
As the four went inside the ice clad cave, the first thing they noticed that it was colder inside it rather than the outside.
"T-Too c-cold!" Lucy spoke in shivers, Gray immediately studied her and took off his long coat and slung it over the girl's shaking shoulders
"Don't take it off." Gray straightly said, little did he know that a visible blush was shown on Lucy's cheeks
"Thanks-" before the young mage could even finish her statement, a certain fire mage up and went shouting between fire spouting from his mouth
"Oi! Happy found the ring!" the pink haired mage announced in joy
"Aye!" Happy said, holding up a cube of ice with the ring frozen inside it "This mission is so easy!"
"Then…" Lucy trailed off as Gray looked at her
"Hnn?" He raised a brow
"I can finally have my golden key!" the girl yelled out in joy, jumping around with Natsu and Happy, while Gray just stood at the background showing a dumbfounded look.
"You three, stop frolicking aro-WATCH OUT!" Suddenly, a vulcan jumped in out of nowhere. Knowing Natsu, he took heed and grabbed Lucy to safety
"I-Is that the Vulcan?" Lucy gave a disgusted look at the anthropomorphic monster and back at her two comrades
"Pretty much." Gray nodded quizzically
"WHO DARE STEAL RING!" the Vulcan with white fur raised its voice loudly, pounding its fists in its chest repeatedly
"Oh no!" Happy frowned "There's more of them!" the exceed lifted its paw up at the group of vulcans arriving
"Heh…Droopy eyes let's make a bet, whoever beats the most monkey faced giants gets to make the loser dress up as a maid!" Natsu grinned mischievously as he prepared his fighting stance
"Better keep your promise Squinty, cause I'm the one who's gonna win!" Gray sneered back at him while Lucy slapped her forehead mentally at the two's idiotic bet
"Now's not the time you two!" Lucy yammered as she took out a golden key from her pocket "Gate of the Golden Bull, I open thee: Taurus!" the girl chanted as a small flash of light ensued revealing a humanoid resembling a cow
"Moo~ Lucy-chan is the best!" Taurus stated in a sing sang voice
"Taurus defeat those…animals?" the young blond ordered as her spirit comprehended with, jumping in the air and swinging the massive axe around like a maniac
"Ice Make: Lance!" the raven haired man bawled out and started shooting towards the bunch of vulcans, impaling them
"Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!" Natsu finished off the rest with a torrent of blade-shaped flames, instantly knocking out the remaining enemies
"Is the key safe, Happy?" Lucy asked, arching her head up at the floating cat holding the same cube of ice with the ring in it
"Aye!" Happy smiled, flying down to Lucy's head
"Now that that's over, let's claim the award!" Lucy raised a fist in the open air, making the others sweat-drop at the girl's rejoice
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After the group directed themselves out of the cave, they headed towards the small village located in Mt. Hakobe. There they saw the mayor waiting for them with a joyful smile plastered on his face…
"I see you got the ring back…!" the Mayor clasped his hands together in glee "As I promised, here's the award…1,000,000 Jewels and a Golden Key-"
"Give it!" Lucy swiftly snatched the key from the man's hand and started jumping around chanting the word "key" continuously
"Sorry about that, she just really wanted the key." Gray scratched the back of his head with an apologetic expression
"Natsu, look at all the money! We can buy lots and lots of food!" Happy started drooling a waterfall while Natsu licked his lips, thinking about all the kinds of food he could eat
"A-Anyways…Thanks…" Gray said but was interrupted by the old man
"No, I should be the one to thank all of you…" the Mayor trailed off "That ring was handed down from generations and because of my carelessness I lost it while traveling inside the cave." He waved his hand repeatedly
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It was already the afternoon, and the three had just arrived in front of the guild. Unfortunately, Lucy had doze off from the not so long mission and was currently being carried by Gray while Happy was sleeping on top of Natsu's head, mumbling "fish" every minute and second.
"Ah, welcome back…Lucy! Are you alright?" the take-over mage fussed out, running towards the young girl behind Gray's back
"Don't worry, she's just sleeping." Gray looked over his shoulder and became appeased at Lucy's cute sleeping form
"Is that so?" the white haired mage let out a sigh of relief
"Mmhm…" Seemingly, Lucy moved a little as her eyes began to open "Morning…" she gave out a yawn while fixating her surroundings
"It's still afternoon, you idiot!" Gray chuckled at her
"It is?" the blond massaged her eye lids, Gray kneeled down as Lucy got off from his back "Gray, you have scratches all over!" Lucy tugged her lips downward at the sight
"All of us do." The ice mage pointed at Natsu, who also had scrathes and small bruises, was challenging a member to a duel
"You two follow me inside the infirmary, let's get those wounds patched up!" Mira showed a cheery smile
After Mira had finished tending to both of them, she left the two alone to continue her duties at the bar. It was utterly silent inside the small room, Lucy and Gray took glances from each other but, no words came out from either of them…
"So…where's the key you got?" Gray started, nervously looking at the person in front of him
"Oh!" Lucy lifted a finger "I almost forgot about that…let's see…" she started rummaging through the key ring and took out the golden key that shimmered gorgeously in the light
"Wha…Isn't that the…" Gray widened his eyes, he thought it was all too true to happen
"Leo!" Lucy finished his sentence, and then suddenly pain started to flow into her body. The celestial mage gripped her head with an uneasy expression, beads of sweat rolled down to her neck.
Lucy accidentally let go off the key in her hand and started to squirm in discontent.
"L-Lucy?Get a hold of yourself!" the dark eyed mage gripped the blonds' petite shoulders "What's wrong?" he yelled out, hoping to get a response but, no single word escaped the girl's lips.
To his dismay, Lucy's world was already blacked out for no reason…
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"Lucy! You're already out of magic, stop it!" a strawberry blond haired man covered with blood and scratches shouted at the wounded girl beside him
"But I have to, Loke!" the blond mage shouted back at him
All because of a mission that had gone wrong, a dark mage that could battle it out with Zeref was powerful enough to beat Fairy Tail's Team Natsu. But, unfortunately Lucy was the last one standing since the celestial mage had just come back from the battle ground.
Lucy had already used up all of the keys that she owned, and the Lion spirit was the only one remaining. Though, even the leader of the zodiac won't make a difference in defeating the strong mage.
The key bearer only had one last plan to cover out, which is the spell known as…Urano Metria
"L-Lucy…" Gray stuttered at his lover, looking dismay from knowing the outcome of over using magic "Don't..." he tried to get up and grab Lucy to safety but, the mass of strength that he lost didn't want to agree with him
"We don't have any other choice…" Lucy gave a solemn look from Gray to Loke. The Lion spirit, was fully aware of the consequences and wanted to stop it but, because of the large gash on his arm, he couldn't even walk a foot closer.
"Survey the Heaven, Open the Heaven..." Lucy had begun to chant the powerful incantation, Gray and Loke could only watch at her from the sidelines
"All the stars, far and wide. Show me thy appearance..." In the course of time, light commenced around Lucy and enveloped her whole body
"With such shine, O Tetrabiblos..." her eyes glinted brightly with a hence yellowish glow
"LUCY!" Gray screamed out with all that was left in him, pain was evident in his voice
"I am the ruler of the stars, Aspect became complete..." Lucy continued to recite the spell as tremendous force was getting ready to hit its target "Open thy malevolent gate. O 88 Stars of the heaven...Shine!"
"STOP IT!" Gray screeched painfully, his voice already sore from the loud shouting. He knew it was useless yet, he didn't want this to end right now
"Urano Metria!" She shouted the last two words, he wanted to stop it but it was already the end
"Farewell, beloved Fairy Tail…" a quiet whisper aroused from the clear atmosphere...
Mademoiselle's Notes:
Yo~
Gray was quite mature here, don't you think so?
I know it's crap, don't rub it in x|
So that's the reason why she died, see? that memory flashback up there?
Please review for your and my sake xD
Heh~