Disclaimer~ All rights to Fairy Tail and its Characters belong to Hiro Mashima.
Nashi Dragneel
"Urgh…now I'm stuck with you!" I prattled on as we walked to the train station, I knew my complaining annoyed him, so I wanted to watch his reaction. But surprisingly, he didn't show a hint of irritation, he looked a little to smug for my liking, and I furthered my statement to find out why exactly, "What's with the I just ate the cookie grin?"
His face suddenly changed, into a facial expression much less readable, "Nothing mind your own business," my eyes narrowed.
How dare he speak to me like that! Before acting on violent instinct something terrible tickled my spine, a sensation that I liked to call my sixth sense and it began to prod at my intuition. Something is very wrong…
Oh no! "Storm where did the mission say we had to go?"
"Cedar, why?" he seemed bewilldered by my change in mood, almost a little disappointed.
But me however, it didn't matter in the least…that's one-wait-two…four! Fo-fou-four...
"Four hours-see you! Bye," I was beginning to stalk in the opposite direction but Storm caught the collar of my dress, before I could protest he dragged me further towards the train station.
"You just had to do the math didn't you?" Storm sighed not in the least showing the empathy that I really needed.
"Hey! Lemme' go I'm not going to get motion sickness for four hours," surrounding townspeople stared at me and began to chuckle.
Using my mothers infamous glare that scared even my father to a point of hallucination worked subtly as the town square quickly emptied.
"Shut up, Laxus wants us to go so we're going. I need to make up for what happened in Crocus, even if I have to go with you," he reprimanded a little more heatedly then I had expected.
"Its your problem not mine just say I went!"
"Read the details you idiot! They want a pair of Mage's to participate in a tag team battle, they think they have the next best soldiers to claim a good competition for Fairy Tail, Laxus wants us to put them in their place," he said as pulled me upright and led us to the pay booth.
Storm paid for my ticket and when i tried to kick him he simply averted attention and towed me onto the evil metal contraption.
"I'll call Ash-yeah, he'll be happy to do the battle with yo-"
"He's in Hargeon, apparently your dad is setting up a place there for a break," what! They didn't tell me this?!
But suddenly I remember why, and I blushed furiously, I am not good at keeping secrets and in the past I was ashamed to admit so but my reputation for having a big mouth is too big to place in denial.
"Okay I understand but maybe even Gale could co-"
"No, then Roxy will tag along and then before you know it Iron Daddy will be following behind," he snarled a little annoyed at my suggestion.
Gale and Roxy, super twins, Gale is a little more mysterious he looms in the shadows rather than taking part in anything-he does not have the Dragon Slayer magic we all thought he possessed but he instead uses metal-mold magic, instead of possessing his fathers powers to physically change his body into iron he instead draws it from the elements just as Storm or Aunty Laki does. He looks like Gajeel, a little more lankier but in no means skinny, he's built just rather smaller than his father, he has dark green hair, no wonder the genetics of his blue haired mother, just like his father he has piercing not as severely many as Gajeel just one beside the eyebrow of his left eye. Also a like his father he has a haunting presence in his eyes, I think that is because he had seen his father at his worst…it was a dark time for the entirety of Fiore, a time Levy McGarden had almost died.
Gale and Roxy are a year younger than me and Storm because of Levy's difficulty to conceive and in doing so Gale and Roxy are Levy and Gajeel's only children, due to the difficulty of their birth and the permanent affect it had on Levy, Gajeel swore off more kids and it told me how much he cared for her. My mother told me that they were the first couple to admit their feelings in the entire guild after Alzack and Bisca even with their troublsome past, but after hearing the story of Gajeel's horrific actions towards Aunt Levy it made me rethink the concept of love and who it was made for.
Roxy on the other hand, who is indeed my best friend just as our mothers are, we share a bond like no other, a more destructive bond, sometimes we go together on missions-with my dad present of course. She spastic, hilarious, full of attitude that has on more than one occasion caused my brother to go into hysterics. She's as equally as adorable as her mother, a little on the short side, coming up to my shoulder, wild black hair, purple headband and hazel kick ass eyes…
"Hello! Geez will you stop zoning out! Tell me if you're jumping ship or not I have to do this!" I shook my head from the reverie.
"You make it sound like we lost a little dignity," I grumbled.
Suddenly Storm's face paled and he looked sheepish, "Well, we kinda did."
I slapped my forehead. "What did you do exactly in Crocus last week?" that seemed to make colour from his face drain even more.
"I err-I kinda attacked Princess Hisui's daughter," he did what?
"You-you idiot!"
"It wasn't my fault, she wouldn't leave me alone!"
The past hour seemed to slip away, when I had wanted to know if he had liked me, I should have known that everything is secondary when it comes to his pride, he'll never tell me the truth.
"Of course it isn't."
I sat on the opposite side of the booth making myself comfortable, if by now, I didn't know the true meaning of sickness then I was about too, I can hardly handle a trip Haregon, and that's practically right beside Fiore.
"It wasn't my fault, she was clingy," he tried to reassure himself.
"Its fine," I said waiting for the chime of the train horn.
"I mean it Nashi nothing happened," I rolled my eyes.
"Yes and I get that you don't have to repeat yourself, I'm...just kinda-I hate the train."
I heard him chuckle.
I glared, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing, you're adorable you know that?" Before I could blush furiously the familiar pull of the train tracks began and I was pulled into a nauseated state immediately, if it weren't for the fact I knew I'd be in this condition for four hours I would have thanked the Mavis that I diverted embarrassment of showing response to his ridiculous statement-but no.
Instead I began to think about my life-before.
When I was five my father had taken me out to train, it was a four year training skip, it was difficult but my father was deathly serious about me learning all Dragon Slaying techniques even if I could not produce a flame, he reminded me over and over again that there was a being out there that even he feared, and he made it sound like it were himself.
So within those years of training I heard that Storm and his sister had also departed from the guild to train with their own parents, and within their time Storm and his sister had grown apart, hence there is actually a minor rift in the Fullbuster family-Storm never talks about it though.
But back to my story, although I had been trained my father did make frequent trips back to Magnolia-to of course see mom and Ash. Ash had actually taken a liking to mom's magic just as she had to Grandma Layla's magic. But yet again the secret to mother's past with my grandparents remains a secret.
In the back of my head I could hear slight sniffling but withdrew my thoughts, I was in a state, and I didn't want to leave just yet.
Natsu Dragneel, one of the most feared wizards of all Fiore, my own dad-the responsibility is great. When we had finished our training he brought me back to Magnolia where I reconnected with everyone once again, and shortly after our return my mom was pregnant resulting in Luna. Slowly I started losing consciousness, guess I was passing out faster these days.
When I awoke again I appeared to be in a dimly lit room, I was in some sort of cot and there appeared to be Storm in the other, I didn't mind as I crawled outside of the sheets and into the bathroom washing off the appearance of sickness.
"Nashi is that you?" I heard a gurgled voice.
"Yeah its me," I called back.
"Good, if you're hungry there is a fridge out back I saved you some dinner," just at the mention of food my stomach rumbled.
"Thanks," see, on some rare occasions me and Storm can work together, or maybe we're just too exhausted to argue at the moment.
"Is the great Nashi Dragneel actually thanking me?" ruined.
Guess I was to ahead of myself, "Is the great Storm Fullbuster in need of a hearing aid, because there is too many ice blocks filling that empty vessel you call a head," I threw myself into the argument one hundred percent.
And Storm no less showed the same effort, guess we were back to our rivalry.
"Coming from the one who hears information but doesn't stop it from coming out of her big mouth," I circled the sink bursting back into the room I shoved my finger into his chest, but quickly froze.
I stared at our surroundings, his half bare, clothes littered around the room, including the cape of my dress, I squealled at the sight of my change in attire now dressed in my pyjamas…
He. Didn't.
Going into instant rage Storm took himself into position.
"I can explain, it wasn't me, the hotel hostess changed you," okay that calmed my temper a tiny bit, but I was still out for blood-I may know I have a big mouth, but I don't appreciate the reminder from the likes of Storm.
But before I could lunge there was a knock at the door, oh man! Not another interruption, I'm beginning to get fed up with those.
"Room service, we have blankets for you," I never noticed the cold.
But Storm procedded to answer the door, he grinned when he opened the door taking the blankets from the young attendant who stared between the two of us with a blushing face.
Before Storm could close the door she stopped it, she stood with an embarrassed stare aimed at the floor-oh this can't be good.
"I-I heard the two of you from down the hall and wanted to remind Mr Fullbuster that there are other recipients on this floor and if certain sounds were to-well-err if you like we can transfer the pair of you too a honeymoon suite on another fl-"
"Not necessary!" I practically shouted.
"Sorry what she means is that we're not a thing, just a pair of guild mates who argue rather loudly," the attendant practically sprinted away while Storm sighed.
"Okay, new rule, no arguing unless we're in a quiet space, I only had enough jewel for this place, coz' I have to take in entry cost, food and accommodation," I slapped my forehead.
"You're an idiot you know that?" I grabbed my stash of money from the inside of the cape, its usually food for money because I am a very large eater but I do tend to save a lot and have enough jewels for expenses.
Storm's eyes widened considerably, "Wow, you carried this much?"
"Not always, mom is always going on about budgeting so I save my money too," my mom, Lucy, always told me stories of all the hardships she went through in terms of financial issues.
We stood staring at each other awkwardly.
"Okay, well err-"
"I'm hungry."
"No its all your fault!"
"My fault!" Natsu exclaimed heatedly also throwing back the punch Gray just delivered.
"Yes you idiot my son would never run off without saying goodbye."
"My daughter never runs off period." the two grown men collided foreheads a much similar position to the one their own children had been in earlier that day, each argued back and forth, and because of the Fernandez off on a summer free break there was no one to break the two of the-
"Would the two of you shut it!"
Suddenly Gray and Natsu shivered in fright, Erza might be gone but she left her oldest child spawn behind! Scarlet Fernandez!
She stood in her shiny armour, her purple hair flourished down her shoulders like her mothers, and brandished sword left in its sheath, her hands however were still tugging painfully at the hair of Natsu and Gray.
Cana giggled as she watched her own husband smile in triumph, diverting the challenge of over emotional fathers.
I am very much closer to the win, take that Mirajane! She exclaimed coherently even though in her mind there was nothing but love for a barrel of wine-it doesn't take anyone that long to figure out what Cana and Mira betted for.