Children of the Sun Chapter 2: I Saw You, a fairy tail fanfic

HEEEEEY GUUUYYYS (and Girlies)!

It took quite some time but, CHAPTER 2 IS HERE!

Ok then! Tell me what you thought and stuff. Thats all I suppose.

BYEZ! DQA Out!

Chapter 2: I Saw You

She awakes the next day, still wrapped in scaled wings, still refusing to leave her corner. Gray's scent still filled the room though he left hours ago. She hadn't slept at all, she just stayed up all night peeking through the cracks between her wings and watching Gray sleep. His body rose and fell in rhythm with the loud thumping of his heart. Eventually, the soothing, steady beats lulled her to sleep.

Where did they even go wrong? No one knew.

"Arion? You here? We're back." It was Wendy, Erza and Carla back from their performance mission.

"Y-yeah I'm here." She whispers back. They couldn't hear her low voice and she knew it.

"We're going to Lucy's. Wanna come?" Erza peeled back the wings only to reveal Arion's body fully covered in turquoise scales, both her tail and her horns present. It made both of the girls gasp.

"No sense sitting here all day, right?" she redid her magic so that she looked fully human when they left. She also quickly changed her clothes, purposely bypassing the jacket that the ice mage once gave her. She just grabbed her usual outfit, thin black pants, brown knee height combat boots and a sleeveless, high-necked shirt that varied in color. Today's color was green. She pulled her waist-length midnight blue hair back into a braid, tying it with a white ponytail holder as she re-entered the room where the girls sat.

When she walked in, Erza was the first to stand up. Her face had a worried expression. And it was obviously meant for the dragon girl. they were probably talking about the situation while she had been getting dressed. "Arion. About Gray-"

"I'm fine. I just need time to process my life a little." she says, not bothering to look at the scarlet haired woman as she slid a golden band up passed her forearm, settling it just under her shoulder. "Well then let's go." With an obviously fake smile, she ushered the three out of the house and locked the door behind her.

"It's HUGE!" Lucy gaped at the large pig monster that lay in the middle of the field.

"This is the from monster request..." erza

"It was finished off some time ago..." carla

"Carla... Help me..." The voice of the blue exceed came from the other side of the beast, Happy approached them, using a small stick as a cane. He had a tired look spread onto his face, his voice panicky.

"Happy!"

And that's when she heard them. "Give it a rest already, Shitty Flamer!"

"That's my line, you perverted bastard!" Gray and Natsu.

"It's because you rush in with out thinking!" Gray screamed at the fire dragon slayer.

"No it's because you're so slow!"

"How the hell am I slow? I was here first!"

"Just the usual, huh?" Erza says calmly. She had obviously dealt with the two for more than enough years now if she wasn't phased in the slightest.

"And we were worried too..." Lucy said disappointed.

"They've been going at it for three days now?" Carla asked.

"Aye. They've been sleeping an eating and such in between but..." Happy stared at them gaping.

"Oh my... What a passionate fight."

"Come on now. Not here, you guys-" Erza approached them carelessly but is cut off by to fist hitting her in the face.

"SHUT IT!" They shout. "Erza?" The two ask in unison, peeing themselves in fear at the sudden realization that they had just attacked Erza Scarlet. "Why are you here?!"

Before Erza could even repay them for their deeds, a thick aura was felt by all, causing Lucy to sweat drop and Wendy to hide herself behind a nearby tree. "You have no reason to be afraid of Erza right now." Dragon poke. Her voice was dark and coarse.

"A-Arion?" The two stammered nervously.

"Three days?! Really?!" She'd nearly had a heart attack. They had finished their mission three days ago?! They had been fighting each other for three days?! For what reason?! She didn't know but, they did. Her. "What the hell Gray!? I thought something happened to you..." Uttering the last part, she collected herself.

"What?" Gray asked.

"Nothing. nothing. Let's hurry up and go." I'm so relieved. This would have been the third time that death made her tremble. First, Griffin and second...

Flashback

The little dragons approached quickly. "FULL RELEASE!" The dragon call out, transforming behind a building into her true form. Taking out the little dragon's that Motherglare had released in one blow, she calls out to her. "Motherglare!" She ignores Arion, seemingly focused on another. "Motherglare!" she calls again. This time Arion noticed a dragon fully covered in flame. Uncle? That's Atlas Flame! He surely had it under control.

With the little dragons around her defeated and Motherglare preoccupied with Atlas Flame and what appeared to be Natsu, Arion goes off to help Wendy. A little girl versus a dragon, no matter how strong she was, Wendy couldn't stand up to a dragon. The dragon princess herself could barely do it, and she was one. Flying to the scene, she notices the dragon known as Zirconis currently fighting a three-on-one battle against Wendy, Laxus, and Mira. Without warning, she charges at Zirconis just as he deflects Laxus' lightning roar before he could notice.

"There are eight dragons!? Where are we gonna get another dragon slayer?" The castle guards were freaking out. They barely had any idea how to deal with seven dragons let alone eight.

"Highness what should we do?"

"Take it down now! We don't need anymore casualties!" Princess Hisui commands.

Wendy stands in front of their weapons in hopes that they'll cease fire."No! Its on our side!" Her voice trembles as she speaks.

"How could you know that?!" asks Arcadios. "It's a dragon! There's no way it would help us. All it wants to do is eat us!"

"I actually like to think of myself as...vegetarian, thank you." With a smirk, the dragon princess smashed her fists onto the ground and called, "Earth dragon: Canyon!" A large whole appeared in the ground and the gravity in the magic forced Zirconis into in.

"Princess- gah-!" The Jade dragon called.

"See?"

"You there, Human." Dragon snaps her neck in Laxus' direction. "He's been trapped. Use your slayer magics together maybe that will help." Both Laxus and Wendy nod as Arion sets to leave.

"Where are you going Ari- I mean dragon?" Wendy asks, awkwardly replacing her name.

"To help other groups out." With a nod of approval, the little sky dragon slayer turns to the captured Zirconis and regains composure to continue their tag team assault. Arion nods back and takes to the sky where she searches the area for those who are having a tough time.

Below, the dragon known as Scissor Runner was chasing the dragon slayer, Sting. As he chased the human he looked up and saw the turquoise dragon flying over head. "Princess?" He had asked. She ignored him as he had been summoned here to hurt her friends.

"It's the Princess." Levia also called to you.

"Princess!" She ignored the screaming dragons and continued on. Then she heard Gray's voice screaming

"Juvia, Get down!" The little dragons fire straight at them. Gray pushes Juvia and Meldy to the ground, shielding them with his body and unintentionally touching Juvia's behind. Juvia blushes bright red before she realizes something terrible.

"Gray-sama!" Gray had been shot through both his head and chest. She lost her breath. She, along with Dragon were sent into a fit of hysterics.

Gray. Gray. GRAY! "GWARRR! RAWWWR!" She couldn't hold it in anymore. She had just witnessed the death of Gray Fullbuster. NOT AGAIN DAMMIT! Not again. Memories of Griffin's death came flashing back to her. Her love taken from her before her eyes, ripped from her world instantly. "RAWWWWRR!"

"CALM DOWN! You'll kill everyone if you don't." Lyon scolded the rampaging dragon princess. He knew who she was from the moment she arrived. Both her and Gray had entrusted her secret to him knowing he wouldn't tell the Council. Besides that, Lyon knew Gray better than anyone so Arion trusted him. The sight of him helped her to gather her thoughts only for a moment.

Shrinking down to human size, she staggers over to the deceased. She lightly pushes the rain woman out of her way and goes to cradle the ice mage in her arms. Laying his head on her lap, Arion hugs him tightly, brushing his dark hair from his bloody face. Her own hair falls onto his features, along with the warm tears she had began to shed. "I don't care. I LOVED HIM LYON!" she shouted. "I loved him..."

"I know you did." Lyon patted her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her, barely succeeding. Tears ran down his own cheeks as he began to scream, "Cheria! Cheria! We need you! We need your healing magic!" pained cries passed his lips. "Where are you?"

But then something happened and she was back to the...beginning? "To help other groups out." With a nod of approval, the little sky dragon slayer turns to the captured Zirconis and regains composure to continue their tag team assault. Arion nods back and takes to the sky where she searches the area for those who are having a tough time.

"It's the Princess." Levia also called to you.

"Princess!" She ignored the screaming dragons and continued on. Then she heard Gray's voice screaming

"What just-?" She asks herself, panting against a destroyed building's wall. Did he just...come back to life? It wasn't the beginning... this just...happened.

Solia was walking through town when she heard loud screaming voices. She already knew for a fact that it was a group of Fairy Tail wizards but more importantly, Gray Fullbuster. She noticed that they walked in a group. Erza leading the way, Lucy, Wendy and Carla right behind. Natsu was walking excitedly next to Lucy, chatting loudly with his blue exceed, Happy. Arion walked at a slower pace, giving Gray plenty of space as he walked further and further from both her and Natsu, ending up next to Erza. "Gray!" The girl's voice called.

"Huh-? Oh it's you. Sol right?" Gray turned around when he saw the brown-haired girl jog over to him.

"Yeah that's me! I'm glad you remembered." She said cheerfully. "Did you just come back from a mission?"

"Yeah." Gray nods, remembering the events of the last few days. "Kinda..."

"Will you tell me about it? Pleeeaase?" Arion was watching this girl like a hawk. Her pleading purple eyes, the twisting of her long brown hair around her tan fingers. All of it. Is that jealousy that you smell? Why yes it is. The Dragon Princess was jealous. Why wouldn't she be? This girl came out of no we're all of a sudden and Gray was taking her flirtatious bait! Speaking of smells, this girl also didn't smell right. Not human, more like...

"Sure but, later. Our master summoned us so we gotta go."

She poked her lip out. "Dang! I was really hoping- its fine."

"How about I tell you later?"

"YES!" Arion's emerald eyes twitched at the girl. She's really doing this isn't she?

"Alright then." Arion eyed her. From the moment Sol had said hello, Arion couldn't help but to feel angry. Yeah of course the dragon princess was jealous but this was something more... irate. "See ya, Sol."

"Bye Gray!" Sol flashed a grin toward Gray and as she turned, she also smiled at Arion. Her eyes glazed over in yellow and her teeth grew sharp, just like a...dragon. All sense of jealousy washed away from her as she realized that this "Sol" was dangerous. She didn't know how dangerous though, she just knew that Sol was bad news.

"Who was that?" She asked cautiously. Something definitely wasn't right and Arion was going to find out why.

"Just some girl." He shrugs.

Pushing the topic more, she asks "Really?"

"Why are you jealous?"

"Uh-Guys, can we not do this here?" Lucy asked, sweatdropping.

"Lucy's right. Let's all just put aside our differences and go see what Master wants." In an attempt to calm the two seething mages, Erza places a hand on both of their shoulders.

"Aye."

"Fine." The two huff in unison. Gray couldn't believe the dragon's behavior. What was it to her if he had a conversation with a mage?

"Hug." Erza commands them.

"But-?" They protest.

"Hug." Titania requips a sword into her hands and points it at the two, stating "Hug" once again. Chills ran down their spines. The Fairy Queen had a devil's glare.

With yet another huffing noise coming from both of them they hug. The hug dragged on until the scarlet haired woman is satisfied. It ends but not before Gray whispers, "We'll talk about this later", into Arion ear, making her dread the rest of the day.

When they finally made it to the guild, Master Makarov was there waiting for them. Apparently one of the Ten Wizard Saints, Warrod Sequen. He wanted them to investigate a frozen village for him. Actually, he just wanted Natsu and Gray but, the others had decided that after their last mission together that they should tag along. Well actually, Erza made Arion agree to go. She felt that the dragon would do better outside than huddled up in a corner all day.

They had their orders and would set out tomorrow morning to meet their client. They headed their separate ways until the mission was to begin. That is everyone except for Arion and Gray who were still due for a talk. "What was that about earlier?" They stormed into the building, slamming the door behind them. They had never been this mad at each other before, never screamed this loud, never cried so much.

"What?" Arion asked in an attempted to fein innocence to the ice mage.

"With Sol. 'Who was that?' Remember?"

"I was trying not to." She stated honestly. "She smelled weird to me. Familiar."

"You know her?" He asked confusedly. What was she talking about? Gray didn't notice anything out of the ordinary about the girl. She just seemed like a normal girl to him.

"No but, that's the problem. She smells like my people."

"Dragon?" He asked in disbelief. "That's impossible."

"This is just like that situation with Doranbalt or Mest or whatever he goes by right now. Why can't you trust me? My nose is rarely wrong." She pointed to her nose with a serious expression locked on her features.

"I did trust you but, you accuse everyone of being 'evil' and kiss idiot ash brains!" She threw here hands up into the air and turned herself and walked into the bedroom. She sat herself down in a huff. "Besides, she's just a mage from a new guild." Gray said as he followed after her.

"What guild?" She asked abruptly.

"Dragon's Maw."

"What's her magic?"

"I don't know."

"Hair color?"

"Brown."

"Eye color?"

"Purple."

"Favorite color?"

"Why don't you admit you're jealous?" Gray smirked as he leaned against the door frame of the bedroom.

"Jealous of who? Your little brown haired, purple eyed beauty, Sol? Hell no! I'm not jealous of her!" Dragon huffs, crossing her arms over her chest. Gray was sure he saw a vein pop on her forehead.

"Sure you're not." He says doubtfully.

"I'm not."

"Ok."

"Fine."

"...Fine..."

"...Good..."

"...Good..." The silence was long and awkward. They each just stood staring at the navy carpets in the room. The terrible thing is that neither neglect the feelings of the other. They never stopped caring about each other. "What are we doing?" Dragon asks. She laughs to herself uncomfortably. "We fight so much these days." She took a deep breath and gazed up at the taller boy. "Gray, I'm sorry. Really I am-"

He quickly interrupted her. "I saw you."

"Huh?"

"You were there weren't you? During the Eclipse attack. When I...died." He struggled for the words. "I saw you. In that vision that showed us the future. You almost killed the others because I died?" he almost sounded disappointed in her action. He knew how she felt about him, how she felt about death in general. It scared her, more so that it was him dying.

The memories once again came back to her. Just the word "death" made her shudder. "How could you leave me? Even if it was only for a minute..." The tears began to spill on her brown cheeks. She slammed a fist roughly against his chest. "You left me! You left me and then ignored me for hours. And yelled at me for days. And insulted me for weeks. You pushed me away for- for months, Gray..." She continued to slam her fist down on his chest until he caught it and squeezed her wrist lightly. "I needed you..."

He pulled her closer to him and rested his chin on her head. "I'm sorry." He sobbed into her hair. "I'm sorry."

"Gray..."

"I'm sorry." He was pleading for her forgiveness. He knew he was being terrible to her but he had no control of his actions. He didn't know how it even came to this.

"I loved you." She breathed out between sobs.

"I know." He kissed her hair as he rubbed circles on her back. "I know you did and I'm sorry."

"Gray, I love you." she gasped out.

"I won't leave you again."

"Promise me!"

He lifted her chin to look at her. Her eyes grew puffy and red as the tears rolled from her eyes. Her Emerald eyes looked sad and damaged to him. He brought her face closer as he whispered against her lips. "I promise." And he kissed her. It didn't seemed forced however it was weird. Just minutes ago they were screaming at each other. Mere seconds ago they were crying and now this. What were all of these emotions that they felt right now?

She ran her hands through his dark hair as she pulled him closer to her. There was a deep longing imbedded within her being. She needed him always. She took a breath. "I don't even remember...what we...what we were fighting for..."