A Heart as Cold as Ice (A Gray Fullbuster love story)

Chapter 6: New Member Lucy and Missing Macao!

"Welcome to Fairy Tail, Lucy!" Ayame and Mirajane said, welcoming the rookie wizard.

"Thank you," Lucy smiled back as she waved goodbye, taking her leave to find Natsu and show him her new Fairy Tail mark.

"Look Natsu!" Lucy said happily, pointing to her right hand that held the guild mark.

"That's great for you, Luigi!"

"IT'S LUCY!"

"I can't believe Ayame-san was in this guild!" Lucy said with hearts in her eyes as she watched her pink-haired friend, who took a few hasty steps away from her.

"So you met Ayame, huh?" Gray asked, walking up to both of the wizards.

"Yes!" the celestial wizard exclaimed happily and punched her fists in the air, which made Gray give a smirk.

"Are you the famous ice wizard, Gray Fullbuster? And are you a good friend of Ayame-san?"

"I am indeed, and yes I'm a good friend of Ayame. Why?"

"Can you please tell me what she's like?" Lucy pleaded with the ice mage desperately, which made him give a small laugh. He then gave a sigh and started to look at Ayame who was at the bar talking to Mirajane.

"Well, Ayame can be very sweet if you're her best friend or if haven't done anything bad, but she also has very low patience, and a temper if you piss her off. She doesn't care if you're new here, she'll still scold you if you do anything reckless or piss her off," Gray said, giving a few warnings to the trembling wizard. "When it comes to friends, though, she'd kill anybody that hurts them."

"One time," Happy joined in, while flying around Natsu's head, "We were on this mission subduing a thief with Ayame-chan. Somebody hurt Natsu and when Ayame-chan got a hold of the guy she practically broke every bone in his body!"

Lucy began to have a melt down because even though she was one of Ayame's biggest fans…she really didn't want to piss her off. Both ice and fire mage looked at the trembling celestial wizard with a giant sweat drop. Gray sighed and sat down on the nearest bench next to them.

"Also," Gray said, catching the attention of Lucy and Natsu, "her heart is as cold as ice." Gray stretched as he went back to describing Ayame.

"Huh? I don't get it?"

"Well, all ice melts eventually and I guess you could say that ice is her patience, sadly, and when that ice melts she starts to get angry at you." Gray said, scratching the back of his head as he smiled at Lucy, who wasn't surprised. "Like ice, it takes a certain degree to melt. But Ayame's heart is almost impossible to melt because she has the will to protect her friends and family. She doesn't plan to lose or run away from fights even if the possibility of her living is five-percent. She will never back down and always completes her quests."

"You like her," Happy said while doing a purring sound. Gray immediately silenced him with a quick punch.

"But she also is very wise and intelligent, unlike a lot of people I know. She has a different way of thinking which makes her amazing at analyzing and making strategies!" Gray exclaimed while gazing lovingly and calmly at his friend who was facing Kana in a beer chugging contest, which she sadly lost.

'How cute! No wonder why he's been staring at her and talking sweetly of her! He likes her so much, I can just tell!' Lucy thought as she watched Gray, who was still staring at Ayame, who was complaining to anyone that would listen that Kana cheated, which only made Kana laugh more at her victory. 'I bet he knows more about her! Just look at the way he's gazing at her, I can tell that he can't get her off his mind right now! If Gray and Ayame-san were dating, they'd make the cutest couple in Fairy Tail!' the teen thought, her romantic brain taking over as squealed and jumped up in down with excitement. Everyone else stared at her in curiosity.

"I can't believe Natsu brought back a rookie. Isn't that odd?" Ayame whispered to Mirajane making her give a slight laugh.

"I agree with you that it is odd, it is Natsu after all. But, then again it's nice to see a new guild member."

"I guess I agree with you," Ayame said, scratching the back of her head. She then gave a loud sigh and started to walk over to where Wakaba was sitting and plopped down in the seat beside him.

Suddenly, Macao's son, Romeo, sprinted into Fairy Tail and ran up to Makarov. "Isn't my daddy back yet?" Romeo asked the guild master.

"No," he responded back plainly. "Don't complain so much, Romeo. The son of a wizard should stay at home patiently waiting for his father's safe return."

"But…he said he'd be back in three days…and now it's been a whole week," The worried boy said in between sobs. "Please go look for him! I'm so worried!"

Shocked by Romeo's words, Ayame whispered into Wakaba's ear, "Macao still isn't back?" Wakaba only shook his head which made the wizard worry about her missing friend.

"Don't even joke about that! Your father is a wizard isn't he? Any wizard who can't hack the easy stuff doesn't belong to this guild!" Makarov screeched at the trembling boy. "Go home and drink some milk or something!"

Ayame suddenly got up from her seat which made Wakaba jump up a few inches, and started to yell at the old guild master," Don't yell at him! He's just a boy you old geezer!"

"You meanie!" Romeo yelled while punching the old geezer in the face while running out the guild. "Romeo, wait!" Ayame shouted, running out the guild after Romeo.

Natsu, who was over by the request board, heard everything which him furious at what the old man said. Scowling he punched a hole in the request board and rushed out of the guild, followed closely by Happy.

Ayame, who was fallowing Romeo, eventually caught up to him and placed one of her delicate hands on his small shoulder, making him finally stop running. She crouched down to his level so should could look him in the eye.

"Romeo," she said in a soft, comforting tone, "I know how you feel, so let's talk." The small boy just nodded at her, and she gave him a small smile. She looked up when she felt a presence behind her, wondering why Natsu was there.

"I promise that I'll bring back Macao home for you, Romeo and Ayame," Natsu promised them, which made Ayame's eyes widen. He turned away and started heading towards Mt. Hakobe, the sight of Macao's last job.

"Hold on, Natsu! Let me go with you!" Ayame yelled after her pink-haired friend as she stood up. He stopped and turned around, facing his friend and looking straight into her worried silver eyes. Natsu could tell how much worry her watery eyes showed for Macao.

Natsu's heart sadden just by looking at her. "No," he said plainly, "just wait here until I get Macao back for you two. Plus, someone needs to watch Romeo while I'm gone."

"But-"

"No buts. I know you want to save him, but you need to watch Romeo."

"I won't argue back, but Natsu…just, please bring Macao back," she pleaded. He just smiled and gave her a thumbs up, "I'll definitely bring him back, for both of you."

With that he turned and walked away, leaving the smiling Ayame and watery eyed Romeo alone. She then crouched in front of Romeo again and wiped his tears away and gave him a big hug. She rubbed his back while saying that everything was going to be all right. They both let go and he took the female wizard's hand and looked up to her with a giant smile on his face, "Thank you, big sister Ayame."

Ayame couldn't help but smile at the boy. "Since your home alone, why don't you sleep over my house? We can go make hot chocolate with cookies like we always do," Ayame said with a giant grin on her face making Romeo give a giant grin back.

"Sure! I love the way you make your hot chocolate! It's so creamy and chocolaty and especially your cookies! They're so soft and are delicious!"

"It seems I'm not the only one to like her cooking it seems," Gray observed while walking towards them shirtless, but with pants, at least for now, with a giant smirk across his face.

"Gray!" Ayame said with surprise while looking at her friend before her. He then came up to her face to face, both of them gazing into each other's eyes. Gray lifted both his hands up and started to wipe her tears away.

"W-what are you doing here?" Ayame asked her ice mage friend who only gave a soft smile at her, which made her give a slight blush.

"Isn't obvious? I'm sleeping over your house of course."

"What! Since when?"

"Since now. It's also too late to stop me because I already put my stuff there." Gray said plainly and then started to walk away leaving his lady friend speechless. "See you at your house!" he waved at her making her furious.

'How dare he intrude into my house like that!' Ayame furiously thought. She was furious, no more than furious. She was going to pulverize him when she saw him again. The dark aura that surrounded her from her anger scared the heck out of Romeo, but luckily he was already used to this happening to her.

Romeo started to look at his friend who looked like she was going to scheme a plot to end Gray once and for all. He then gave a sigh and started to walk to her house without her even noticing.

A few minutes after Romeo left, Ayame began to realize the real world and started to look around for Romeo.

'He probably went back to my apartment, I suppose,' she thought, scratching the back of her head. Sighing, she started to walk to her house, hoping all the while that Gray wasn't actually going to be there.

As she started to walk passed the stores near where she lived, she remembered the place where she used to hang out with Gray, back when she was little. She then walked into the nearest path to her old hideout place and started to have flashbacks of when her and Gray trained together. Just remembering those moments made her calmer and she enjoyed every moment with him.

She then came to a halt and looked at her lovely hideout. A large, pink, cherry blossom tree covered a small part of a calm, clean stream. There were some tall trees there that shaded the spot, making it nice and cool during the summer time. She looked at the stream with soft eyes and wanted to remember more about her times with her friends so she ambled over to the cherry blossom tree and to lay down and take a small nap.

Flashback

Ayame was in a village full of people; kids playing tag, farmers plowing their land, and villagers selling goods on the streets. This wasn't Magnolia but a different city. Confused, she turned and asked the lady right beside her where was she at. However, when she tried to touch the lady, her hand went straight through her, scaring Ayame and giving rise to a whole new wave of questions. Where was she? What was she doing here? Who were all these people? And most of importantly, where was Gray?

She screamed but nobody heard her. She tried to tap on people, but her hands just went through them. She ran out of the village and into the forest. She kept running until she hit a river that didn't have any people around, which was perfect for her situation right now. She saw a giant boulder in the river and decided to sit on it to calm her mind. As she sat on the boulder, she heard two kids running and screaming towards her location. She didn't care, since they clearly wouldn't be able to see her.

As the two kids came closer, she took a better look at them. One was a girl and one was a boy, and the boy looked as if he was a few years older than the girl. He had long bangs that were on the left side of his face, and his hair was a little shorter than his shoulders which made Ayame look at the boy with hearts in her eyes since he was so cute. The girl looked just like Ayame but just younger and shorter hair that went a little past her shoulders. She wore a light blue, spaghetti strapped tank top while the boy wore a dark blue, short sleeved shirt and white shorts.

"Big brother, let's look for more pretty rocks!" the little girl said to her older brother which he only gave a smile and nodded.

"Sure, Ayame. What color rock do you want to find today?"

'That's odd. She looks just like I did when I was little and she also has the same name as me! How odd.'

"A red and blue rock!" she said, while grabbing her brother's sleeve and trying to pull him to the clean, blue stream.

"All right then."

As the two were on the edge of the stream, they started to dig their hands in the water, searching for the rock. "Look Hiroshi! There's one near the middle of the stream! Watch me go get it!" The little girl started to swim near her desired rock but was suddenly caught by a strong current.

'Crap! That kid's been caught in a river current! I need to go save her!' Ayame thought frantically as she jumped off the boulder she was on.

"Ayame, hold on!" Hiroshi shouted, sprinting along the shore and trying to catch up with his sister. He then jumped into the river right beside his sister and pushed her with all his might, to the shore leaving him still in the stream practically drowning in the strong current. While his sister got out if the water safe and sound yet cold and exhausted, Ayame ran on the right side of the river on land, beside the drowning boy.

'If I can't touch them, I'll use magic!' she thought while moving her right hand to the left hopefully making a small wave to wash Hiroshi on shore. When she did, nothing happened which made her come to a stop while her eyes grew wide and her heartbeat beat even faster. She was worried...very, very worried now. She was panicking. Was she capable of saving this boy? Why wasn't her magic working? How come nobody is noticing her?

"Someone help me!" the young boy cried, snapping Ayame out of her daydream. As she started to sprint again at full speed to the boy, she saw the drop at the end of the beautiful stream as transformed into a fearsome waterfall.

'Shit! What do I do!' she panicked as they came closer to the drop. The closer it got, the more she panicked. It was almost impossible to stop the river without hurting the young boy. The land was coming to an end which made Ayame's eyes fill with tears. She sunk to her knees as the boy began to go over the edge of the waterfall.

'Someone please help me...' he whispered quietly as fell, which reached Ayame's aching ears. She saw the Hiroshi's face, he was crying while smiling and then started to drop further and further.

"NOOOOOO!" the woman cried, moaning for the boy's death. She was so angry, sad, and especially hurt. She could save her friends lives but couldn't even save this boy's life. She felt disgraceful to Fairy Tail since she couldn't save his life. She looked back with tears streaming down her face, staring at the young girl who was unconscious, and pitied the young girl for his death. He was too young to die and it was all her fault for his death and the misery that will come to the young girl's future.

'I'm such a disgrace to Fairy Tail!' she thought disappointingly at herself while shutting her eyes tight while looking away from the little girl Ayame.

"I'm so sorry..." Ayame whispered softly.

End of Flashback

The young woman woke up with tears streaming down her face. She was questioned of how it felt so real yet so imaginary. She looked around her surroundings and found where she was originally taking a nap. She felt relieved that it wasn't real, so she got up and dusted herself off and started to head back to her house.

To be continued

Betaed by ColonelZ

Hope you like this chapter! This is especially long for you guys! Worked pretty hard on this 1 since I've got school.

Some of you guys may have notice that Ayame sighs & bangs her head on almost any surface during the past chapters. This is one of her bad habits right here. She sighs daily and bangs her head on any surface during boredom or stupidity. She will also do this in future chapters.

'I wonder what that flashback that Ayame had means?' you guys are thinking I bet right now.

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