*This is a little different from the rest of the chapters as i tried to put in a little humor. Please keep in mind i said tried. Anyway I noticed i make a lot of grammatical errors as well as others so if you guys reading this know of a good beta plz recommend. oh and charaters are very OOC. Thanks to you guys who stuck with this story.

No Rest For The Wicked

Gray stood victorious over his foe, Arthur Pendragon, worn out from the daunting task. He turned his back and headed to the town, no doubt Cassandra would be worried sick by this point. His progress was slow and the stroll began to feel like a marathon. He found himself leaning against his tree trying to recover some of his stamina. He decided to take a break and slumped down against the tree. He looked up at the moon and couldn't help but wonder how close his comrades were. He had no desire to face them because he knew that if he saw them he wouldn't be able to stay in Deliora.

Once he recovered a bit he was on his way again until he noticed the sound of boots thumping on soil along with the clanging and scraping of metal. He stopped walking and so did the sounds. He slowly started to walk again, then stopped and then walked again then stopped. This was repeated several times till gray went into a full on dash. He ran left then right then left again all in a futile attempt to lose his pursuer. He jammed himself to a tree listening for any sign of his stalker. Satisfied he peeked around the tree, seeing no sign of anyone he was on his way. "Hey are you done running?" hearing this Gray's only thoughts were 'there's no such thing as ghost, there's no such thing as ghost' repeatedly in his mind. He robotically turned around and saw a huge beast cloakedin shadows. The humanoid, as Gray saw it, was bloody and battered. "G-G-Ghost!" Gray was about to break into a run when he remember something very important, he wasn't scared of ghost.

Due to his realization he was no longer afraid and turned around to face the spectre. "Um are you finished playing around?" the spectre spoke to him Gray's draw dropped.

"Oh great spirit have I stumbled upon your burial site?"

"What the hell are you saying? It's me Arthur, Arthur Pendragon. We literally just fought. How could you possibly have forgotten? Did I hit you that hard?"

"Y you bastard I beat you so you came back from hell to get back at me."

"Calm down I'm not dead you idiot." Arthur Pendragon stepped out into the moonlight and as he got closer to gray he began to shrink. Till his remaining armour fell unto the dirt. Now in his true form he was actually shorter than Gray and wasn't as well toned as gray had expected. He was as old as his other form appeared to be either he was in fact the same age as gray. Seeing this Gray burst out laughing which caused him to cough up blood but he didn't care it felt good to just laugh. Arthur punched Gray in the face for laughing at him but Gray couldn't stop. That punch lead to another then another until Gray retaliated all the while never stopping laughing.

They kept brawling till they were engulfed in a plume of smoke then they collapsed onto the dirt exhausted. In that moment they had formed a bond. Not one that could be classified but more like they came to a mutual understanding. "So why were you following me?" Gray asked his former enemy who then responded "Isn't it obvious, you just left in the middle of a forest I know nothing about. I followed you so I could make it to the nearest town." Gray understanding the situation agreed to show him the way.

"Fine follow me." They set off together, their destination Deliora, that is until they were met with resistance. "Damn it I let my guard down. Well it's been a while Natsu, Lucy, Cana and last but not least Juvia."

"Gray Sama" Juvia lunged forward and embraced Gray which in turn made him do something very unusual for him he returned it. Lucy was the next one to hug him and then even Cana got in on the action. The only person who remained unfazed was Natsu. "Come on droopy eyes lets go back" that came out much gentler than Natsu would have liked, but he couldn't hide how glad he was. Then his mood changed when Gray said "Sorry guys but I can't go back"

"WHAT!" Gray stepped away from the girls and faced Natsu. Natsu was now glaring at Gray until he spoke up, but the person he spoke to wasn't Natsu. It was the man silently observing in the shadows, Arthur. "Sorry dude but I'll be abandoning you in the forest. I'll pay you back someday." Arthur understood the basics and didn't argue in fact he made up his mind to lend gray a hand. "That won't be a problem. I was just thinking it might be nice to play around with these fairies but I don't think you'll be able to get away from the dragon slayer that easily."

"Don't worry about that I have a secret weapon." Gray again directed his attention to the girls. There expressions were a mix of joy and anguish. He gave them a weak smile then turned back to Natsu. It was time for his secret weapon. "Hey Natsu, look its Igneel!" Natsu just as Gray predicted took the bluff and did a 180.

"You idiot! Igneel is gone and what would he be doing here ayway?" Cana shouted. By the time Natsu had turned around Gray was gone and when he was about to pursue him a large wave of white light hampered their progress.

"Sorry guys but I owe that guy for giving me an enjoyable time, so I'll keep you here for as long as I can." Arthur gave them a pompous smirk. "But I never said anything about you guys did I." Four figures emerged from the shadows and after having a brief discussion with the first group went on to pursue Gray."