A Wandering Spirit

Disclaimer : I don't own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does.

Chapter 2

Gray came into his room and slammed the door. Since he gained the ability to see spirits, he felt his life wasn't as peaceful as usual. It felt different now – and the difference was really not good for Gray. Moreover, he should bring these ability for his entire life and passed it down to his descendants later.

He wondered how Lyon and Ultear can adapt so quickly with this ability. Lyon and Ultear got this vision simultaneously. Lyon was ten and Ultear was twelve back then. Considered by his family, Gray hadn't inherited this special power until four days ago. That is why all of the Fullbuster family member very delighted with this situation.

Gray went to his closet and changed his uniform into a plain shirt when he is feeling cold over his entire bedroom. He sighed in annoyance. Can't he live in peace even just for five minutes? Apparently not.

'What do you want now, Lucy?' He asked without looking into his intruder.

'How did you know its me?' She asked in surprise. She has tried to eliminate her cold presence and crept into the room but her effort to not get caught was failed in an instant.

'There are only two possibilities if my room turned cold. First, I turned on the air conditioner – which incidentally wasn't switched on. Second, Paul or you come into this room. But Paul always called me first from outside the door before entering here. So all that remains is you," said Gray in length.

"Oh, you're so great Gray." Lucy claps her hand. She looked at him with amazement that made the young man frowned. To be honest, he didn't understand the girl's personality. She was a very strange person. First look cheerful then pout then cry and then laugh again. Her emotion changes very quickly. Are all women like that? But Ultear and Ur aren't like Lucy – well if they both can be regarded as woman.

Lucy looked around the room. This is the first time she came into Gray's room – and soon will be her room too thanks to Ur. Gray's room looks comfortable – more comfortable than Ultear's. Light blue color on the bedroom wall panel gives the impression of cool and fresh. It combined with large and tall glass window as air circulation. The combination of dark blue and white in the furniture adds a harmonious and simple. In the middle of the room there is a bed with matching bed linen color. On the wall just above the bed found a picture of Gray with his family. In the corner she can see a sofa to read with a red hue stands out compared to other furniture. Under the table are fibrous brightly colored carpets give a warm impression on the white tile floor. Gray's room looks neat and clean for a boy.

'So, what do you want now?' asked Gray to break the silent. Lucy smiled broadly. 'I like your room.'

'You're still banned here,' stated Gray clearly. He walked to his bed in the middle of the room. He picked up the book and lay down at the bed.

'Ur-san let me sleep here,' Lucy said trying to defend herself. 'This is my room. Not her.' Gray replied without looking up from his book at all. Upset by his treatment, Lucy frowned and sat next to him. She tried to grab his arm and move her body closer to him.

'What are you doing?' Gray closed his book hardly. She looked up – still frowning – and stared at his annoyed but handsome face. Lucy snuggled closer to Gray's body and pressed her face against the man's cheek.

'COLD!' Gray jumped away from Lucy. The young man gave her a very sharp look. 'Don't go around giving me the creeps like that, stupid spirit!'

'I'll stop if you let me sleep here,' said Lucy.

'No way.'

'Stingy!'

'Like I care.'

Lucy's cheeks puffed out in exasperation. She sat straightly again, folding her arms across her chest. Silence immediately going on between them. Nobody talks to each other. Gray is still in his lay down position and Lucy were sitting close to him – still mad at him.

'Hey, you haven't told me about why I should find your body.' It was more like a statement rather than a question. Lucy looked at him in disbelief as Gray asked something that everyone already knows the answer.

'Of course so I can get back to it,' said her. Now it was Gray's turn to stare at those lovely brown eyes. He blinked his eyes several times before cleared his throat to say something. 'I didn't mean to offend you, but all I know is that people who'd already dead can't go back to her/his body, right?'

'Huh? But I'm not dead,' she said as if the word dead isn't something big that can offend her. Gray just saw her with flat expression without blinking his eyes. 'I asked a serious things here.'

'But I'm not kidding. I'm not dead,' said Lucy as serious as Gray. Once again the young man gave her his famous blank stare. Should he believes her? Or is it just another trick from her?

'You're not lying, are you?' asked Gray voiced out what was on his mind.

'Why would I lie to you?' asked Lucy in surprise.

'To make fun of me?' Now it was Lucy's turn blinking repeatedly before embracing her savior despite his protest. 'There's no way I would do something like that.' Gray remove her hand from him and moved a few centimeters away from the spirit girl. 'Then how do you know that you're not dead?' asked him slowly.

'I just know it. My intuition told me so.' PRAK! Gray hit his face with the book in his hand. He felt like banged his head into his bedroom wall now. So Lucy told him to find her body somewhere around this country just because she believes that she isn't dead? Gray didn't know if she is really innocent or the fact that maybe she is an evil spirit who likes making fun of someone like Gray?

He cleared his throat again before continuing the interrogation. 'So where do I have to find the body? Do you remember where you left it?' Gray didn't know how to ask her about this. He was no good at talking, especially to a girl.

'I don't know because I don't remember where I left it.' Gray sweatdropped. He cluthced the sheets on his bed to suppress his anger. For four days he tried to be patient with this girl. He thought that Lucy wanted him to found her body to be buried properly later. But in fact the girl felt like she wasn't dead yet.

'How could you not remember, huh?' growled Gray in annoyance. Lucy looked at him again with her innocent. She lifted her face and holds the cheek. 'I don't know anything. I don't remember what happened before and what happened after that until I waas in this form. All I know is I'm not dead.'

'How could that happen?! If you're a spirit now that means .DIED!' shouted Gray in desperation. He was sitting when he said that. His patience has run out now. He would not tolerate this spirit's – no, he would start calling her ghost now – trick on further. He threw himself back on the bed in disgust. But without realizing it, the reaction he got from Lucy due to his bluff wasn't something that he expected.

'B-but I really don't k-know w-why... I-I don't know w-where is m-my body. B-because o-of it I a-asked for your help..' Lucy said sobbing in tears. Gray was silent all the time. Again, Lucy uses her tears as a weapon to win an argument from Gray. But this time he won't be fooled again.

Lucy buried her face in her hands. She sobbed waiting for answers from Gray that never come. 'I know you're angry and didn't like me from the start. But you're the only person who could see me then...' For a few minutes they were back to silent. The only sound were from Lucy's silent sobs.

'What happened?' Gray asked quietly. Lucy raised her face and looked toward Gray. In her eyes, she can see that the young man really wants to know about her story. Altough he looks pissed but he still cares about her.

'I-I don't remember it for sure. All I know is when I opened my eyes all I can see is white. Then all of sudden I was standing on a street that I didn't recognize before. I tried to ask people but no one answered me. No one looks at me directly which makes me really sad,' began Lucy. She was trying to tell her story to Gray. The latter listened in silence.

'I think there was something wrong in me. When there is a middle aged woman passed by, I tried to hold her shoulder and from there I realized that I couldn't hold it. My hand penetrated her body. In panic I ran away crying and ended up in a place where you find me,' said Lucy. Gray looked at the girl who was sobbing quietly from the corner of his eyes. He saw the same sad face when he first met her. And for some reason he felt sorry for her.

'Somehow I could hear voices inside my head. Someone said that he loves me and he wants me back. My feeling told me that I should go back to that person because he was lonely. That in fact I'm still alive and my body was there beside him. But I don't know where is it.' Lucy tried to stop her tears but failed.

'When I know that you could see me, I was very happy. Finally my prayers had been answered. Finally someone came to help me.' Lucy wiped her tears. She looked at Gray with a very sad smile on her beautiful face. 'I'm very pleased to meet you, Gray. I'm so glad that I didn't know what to do other than spill out my happiness on you. I'm so happy and grateful that you're the one who came and find me.'

Gray looked at her without blinking. He didn't know whether to believe her or not. But at least he had to apologize to Lucy. He had made her cry in the first place. Hearing her story, he felt like he had no right to judge her just like before.

'Sorry,' whispered Gray.

'Eh? You say something, Gray?' asked Lucy as she began to wipe her tears again.

'I said I was sorry.' Gray said a bit curt. He turned around so that Lucy only see his back. He didn't want her to see the red tint on his face. Apologizing is not his forte. In fact this might be the first time he apologized to someone.

Hearing an apology from Gray made her happy again, especially when seeing him blushed. Altough he tried to hide it, Lucy could see it clearly those red color around his ears. She giggled and gave Gray a warm (or cold) hug from behind that makes him jump again.

'H-hey get off me!' protested Gray.

'No way. This hug is special for you, Gray!' said Lucy who held him more tightly. 'You must allow me to sleep here tonight or I'll never let you go.'

'No way! Go back to Ultear's room now!'

'Come on, Gray!'

'I told you I banned you he...' BUMP! Gray – the boy who tried to escape from Lucy's hug – actually fell from his bed very hard. He winced in pain and holding his knee.

'Gray, are you okay? Is it hurt?' Lucy asked him from the bed pointing to his knee.

'Of course, you silly girl! This is all your fault. Now get out of my bed!' Gray shouted - pointing at the girl. But Lucy just laughed at him and lying on his soft bed. 'No way. Now the mattress is mine!'

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Meanwhile, downstair:

'Actually, what's up in there? I heard a loud noise and shouting,' said Ultear pointing upward. The two people who accompanied her just shrugged.

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