The reason why "the Accident" happened will be explained. So if you're confused, just wait for it! And I don't own Fairy Tail or Fruits Basket. Although I wouldn't mind it too badly if I got one of them for Christmas ;) Thanks to AdelXTia and noodles swag 101 for magic ideas! And any other ideas are welcome! And so, we go on a long journey to the kingdom of Chapter 8...
Levy woke up the next morning nervous and expectant. She got dressed and went to a café for breakfast when she proceeded to go to the Blue Pegasus guild hall, hoping that it was was so she stepped inside and found many people already there. She looked around but Hibiki wasn't there so she went over to the bar where the master was.
"Master Bob, do you know where Hibiki is?" She asked him.
"Ah, a Fairy! Hello, it's nice to see one of Makarov's kids looking healthy! How is that old geezer anyways?" Master Bob said, "Oh, I'm sorry but I'm not sure where Hibiki is. He usually comes in later though, you're welcome to stay here until he comes."
"Thank you. And Master Makarov is doing well," Levy smiled.
"While you're waiting, would you like something to drink?"
"Yes please, a lemonade." Master Bob got her lemonade and she waited for Hibiki in silence, occasionally taking a sip of her drink.
LEVY POV
Where's Hibiki? It's getting late, almost noon.
"Well, what do we have here?" I heard a voice from behind her and turned to see Hibiki, "A Fairy?"
"Hibiki! I'm Levy and I have a favor to ask of you." I bowed my head slightly for a second, "It's about one of my friends, Lucy Heartfilia." Sohma, I mean Sohma, but now is not exactly the best time to talk about that.
"Hi, Levy-chan! Have I mentioned how great you look today? Anything for you my dearest," Hibiki flashed me a grin. I forgot that Lucy told me they were huge flirts.
"Thank you but this is a serious matter so I would appreciate it if you hold the flirting until later." I snapped.
Hibiki sobered and said, "Very well. You said it concerns Miss Lucy Heartfilia? What's wrong?"
I smiled appreciatively, glad that he could be serious, "I'm sorry for snapping at you. It's kind of a long story."
"I have time."
"Well you see, it started when she got visitors in the guild. They appear to have something to do with her past and introduced themselves as part of the Sohma family. Lucy knew them but nobody else did," I started. He sat down beside me and I explained everything.
When I was done, Hibiki sat there quietly, processing the information.
"So, what you want me to do is search the Sohma family?" Hibiki asked me.
"Yeah, I'd appreciate it. And I can pay you back." I begged him, "Please?"
"Of course. And there's no need to pay me, Fairy Tail is a friend and I've worked alongside Lucy before. Besides, I'm also curious." Hibiki assured me as he pulled out his Archive and started typing. "Hmm, this is… WHAT?! Without magic… Oh my…"
I glared at him, "What is it?"
"Well, no wonder she kept this a secret." Hibiki told me, "The Sohma family is cursed. Do you know the Chinese Zodiac?"
I nodded, "Yeah, they have the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. They also have a legend and it's the way they number their years."
"Correct, the Sohma family has fourteen members that are the core. Each of them is possessed by one of the characters from the legend."
"Fourteen? It though there were only twelve."
"Yes, there are the original twelve but also the cat and their "'god'."
"Oh"
"Anyways, there are the fourteen core members and according to my Archive, Lucy is one of those twelve Zodiacs. Those people you mentioned that came to the guild must also be part of the Zodiac or at least close family or friends. You said that Lucy-san wouldn't get physically close to males? Well, whenever those cursed people are hugged by a member of the opposite gender, they transform into an animal except for the 'god' who can hug the Zodiacs without them transforming and who ever the 'god' is doesn't transform if hugged."
"Oh" I said again, I was speechless- I can't believe that Lu-chan would hide a secret this big.
"So? What are you going to do now?"
"I'm not going to tell Fairy Tail since Lu-chan kept it a secret so I'm going to visit her at the Sohma estate." I told him as I left the guild, "And thanks for your help Hibiki!" Now, it's time to find Lu-chan.
LUCY POV
The nightmare from last night still haunted me. Every time I close my eyes, I see Akito's eyes glowing red. Knock, knock.I heard someone knock at the door.
"Come in!" I called out.
Akito came in, "Lucy-chan! How are you doing?"
"Fine, did Tori-nii tell you guys that class was canceled?"
"Yeah," Akito told me, "And I'm sorry."
"Again? You have no need to apologize."
"It was my fault though. I was tempering in a world where I will never belong in. And I think I don't want to learn magic anymore."
"What? Why?"
"Because, the accident was caused by me using magic."
To Linwellin, this is going to be a HaruXLucy but I can rewrite this as a RoLu in another story :) And I love RoLu even though they never talk to each other and are in rival guilds so it doesn't really make sense for them to be a couple XD Yeah, most of the pairings I like are crack...
