Title: Scar
Author: CreateElements
Rating: T-rated for violence and language.
Summary: Where a couple fight and when a mission goes wrong.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.
Scar
"From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, I survived." - Fr. Craig Scott
Gray knew it was his fault; he had caused so much trouble. He had hurt her both physically and emotionally. And he didn't mean to.
Yet no matter what he did. He just couldn't come up with an apology for her.
I shouldn't have to. Gray Fullbuster didn't think he was in the wrong. Really it was harmless. But Lucy didn't see it that way.
He glanced over at her, walking a head of him. She was watching her feet. Something Gray realized Lucy did when something was bothering her. Perhaps it was the fact that they hadn't talked in almost a week.
Not since she accused him of cheating.
Lucy still remembered the look of hurt on his face we she uttered those words.
"We should head to the library. It's the most logical choice," Erza stated, breaking the uncomfortable silence that surrounded the group.
Not willing to add anything to the conversation the couple just nodded along with the others.
Lucy would have been lying if she said she wasn't hurt. But she also knew Gray was hurting. Still how was the celestial mage to know he was planning something? After all the disappearances and unexplained absences how was she to know?
Gray had been spending all of his time with Juvia. Lucy hadn't even noticed until Cana had brought it up. After that her mind had gone crazy with accusations. Was he cheating on her? Why? And then she had confronted him when he baled on a dinner date.
Gray had looked so stunned and hurt and in that moment Lucy knew she had made a mistake. Then he explained what he had been doing. He had been helping Juvia earn Lyon's affection. In return Juvia was helping him with a gift for her. Most of their time had been spent together at the guild; alongside Levy and Mira, who also wanted to help. Both of which later confirmed Gray hadn't been cheating.
Lucy had tried to apologize but the words never came.
The two avoided each other and hadn't spoken in over a week. The rest of Team Natsu wouldn't take sides in this; except Natsu, he was always on Lucy's side when it came to 'beating' Gray.
The group of Fairy Tail mages heard a commotion coming from ahead of them. Spotting the Gothic looking building the celestial mage saw a large amount of smoke coming from the front of the building.
"Over there!" Lucy said pointing to the damage. Despite what was going on her personal life, she refused to let it affect the mission.
Lisanna nodded, "That has to be them."
As they approached the group noticed three men outside of the building. The three turned to see the group approaching. Natsu was the first to reach them, hitting one of the bigger looking men in the face. The middle one narrowed his eyes before disappearing into the library.
"Natsu, Lisanna, Wendy take the guards," Erza shouted running past the two bodyguards. Gray and Lucy followed suit behind the armor-clad woman.
"We won't let you inter-," one of the guards begun to say as Natsu dropkicked him in the face.
The guard toppled to the ground. The pink haired mage got into his face, "Your fight is with me." The man got back up and smirked in reply.
Inside the library the trio gazed from the landing. The library was a grand two story building. With thousands upon thousands of books that lined the walls. Lucy put her hands on the railing as she looked from the bottom level to the second floor in wonder; there were so many different things in each of those pages. Lucy made a mental note to tell Levy about this. They would have to come back here one day.
The scarlet haired mage looked over to her companions. "Gray, Lucy, do you think you can find whatever this guy is looking for?" she asked them.
Gray's eyes flickered over the celestial mage before reaching Erza. He nodded his head and then ran down the stairs to the ground level.
Looking after him she felt worried that they hadn't had a chance to talk yet. After all of this, Lucy would sit him down and talk to him. They needed to fix things. Lucy looked up at the top floor; whatever this guy was looking for was somewhere in this building. Lucy nodded running up the stairs to the second floor, "Be careful!"
Wondering which level to choose, the scarlet haired mage spotted telltale signs of Crash Magic on the ground level. Running the path of destruction; she couldn't help but wonder who this guy was. In all her life she had never found another mage that used Crash Magic. Until now, Erza thought Gildarts was the only one who knew it.
It didn't take the scarlet haired mage long to catch up to the man who was the cause of all this destruction. The man was leisurely strolling down the aisle. She lunged at the suave man.
He caught her blade with his bare hand. He looked over his shoulder at her and smirked. Erza jumped back and equipped her Heaven's Wheel Armor. She brought out ten or so blades, all tracking him. He turned to face her. .
"A requip mage. I recall seeing a Fairy Tail symbol on the pink haired man's shoulder," the man paused before continuing, "You must be Titania, or would Erza Scarlet be more appropriate?"
"Your point?" Erza replied.
"Nothing that would mean anything to you," The man in front of her looked around. His gaze landed back on the scarlet haired beauty in front of him. "Where are your other companions?"
"I decided to fight you on my own," Erza lied.
The man in front of her chuckled and shook his head. "Come now. You're merely the distraction. They must be here; looking for my book."
Erza made no replied. Deciding that their little chat was over and the time for action was now; she lunged for him. Her sword seemed to glance off him. His body acted like a sword or hardened ball of steel. She swung at him a few more times each strike resulted in the same deflection.
"It is called Barrier Magic. I can produce barriers to block out any kind of attack," the man explained. "Now, for my retort." He materialized a black blade with no guard and a blood red hilt. The pummel was a tassel that looked as if blood was caked on the strings.
He took one swing at her. She tried to block his blade but it sheered through her blades like they were butter. The scarlet haired woman jumped back. The man made no real effort to lunge after her. He was enjoying his chase. Erza sent all but two of her remaining blades at the man; they pinged off his shielding.
She grabbed the last two blades and lunged at him. The man blocked each strike.
"Emblaze," the man commanded. His sword became engulfed in flames. Erza had to kick away from him; dodging the exploding, spitting flames. "Sword Magic, my dear. However, that's not the only thing that's off about this blade."
Erza donned her Flame Empress Armor in a heartbeat. The man looked at her, like he had been expecting this. "Armor for every situation," the man stated coming at her. She stopped his blade and held fast. "Do you have an armor set to deal with a monster?" he asked grinning.
He exchanged strikes with her. Erza was surprised to see her flame resistant armor melting from the constant barrage of heat. Who the hell is this guy?!
"I'll give some advice Titania: It would be easier to beat the flames if you had a weapon that neutralized them. Like something that generated ice or maintained cold temperatures," the man advised.
The scarlet haired mage glared daggers at the man in front of her. "I don't take advice from a mad man," Erza replied striking at him once again.
"I'm not a mad man. I'm a psychopath," the man grinned at her. "Now for something more interesting. Shock therapy," the man commanded. His sword burst in an electrical frenzy.
Erza reequipped without even budging this time. "Oh, white. A sexy look on you," he commented winking at her. Growling at him, Erza flung her lance at him; only for it to miss his face by a few inches. "Close call," the man stated backing away dodging the lance. He backed up through the wall crushing the books and stone. He glanced over to see a raven haired man approaching.
Erza took his distraction as an advantage and jumped into the air, directing her lance for his throat. Once like all the swords before the lance glanced off his shield. He pressed his blade against her lance.
She ceased up from the sudden electrical current. "If you going to fight someone with electricity you may want to ground yourself first," the man advised. Erza broke the connection and stabbed at the man. He grabbed the blade of the lance and put it into the nearest wall. The lightning on his blade dissipated with a few sharp crackles.
"Unfortunately, for you I'm done playing games," he said plunging his blade into Erza's right leg. His blade went through and though. She gasped in pain, but held fast. He pulled the blade out and pushed her over. She donned her sarashi and flame hakama attire. Her two katanas looked to be the most fitting sword to fight his blade.
The two warriors clashed back and forth. He was mildly distracted by her sarashi choice in clothing. He jumped back and shook his head. In an instant later, he had punctured her other leg. "I would praise you for your strength of will," he said while watching Erza attempting to stand. "But today I came here to get a book and I rather not bloody my hands with your life," he stated.
Erza, exhausted, stood leaning against the wall. He stabbed his sword into the ground. He picked Erza up by the neck and pinned her to the wall. She dropped her sword too weak to fight back. "You are lucky Erza. You are simply too much of a beautiful, sexy masterpiece to destroy. It is my weakness for stunning, breathtaking women that prevents me from ending you," he whispered before slamming her head into the wall. She went limb. He took the extra seconds to make sure she still had a pulse; then laid her on the floor.
"Ice-Make: Lance!" Gray shouted out from behind the man. He man turned on his heel and created a light blue barrier in front of himself. Each of Gray's lances slammed into the barrier.
The man looked at the raven haired mage in front of him. The Fairy Tail tattoo was prominent on his bare chest. "Gray Fullbuster, an Ice-Make mage. Static Ice-Make I believe."
He manifested a ball of seething fire. The man then chucked the ball of fire at Gray. The ball left his hand like a baseball, but then rocketed towards Gray.
"Ice-Make: Shield," Gray commanded as fast as he could utter the words. His rose shield spawned just before impact. The seething ball of fire exploded in a fiery blaze enough to blow out the roof. His shield barely held from the mayhem.
"I'm impressed not many things can withstand attacks at like that," the man said walking towards Gray.
The ice make mage glanced over to his fallen comrade, "What did you do to Erza?"
The man looked down at the scarlet haired beauty, "She is fine, but bleeding. If you are truly worried about her; Give up."
"Erza's strong. She'll be fine," Gray replied.
The man in front of him shrugged, "What a pity."
"Ice-Make: Ice Impact!" Gray yelled. The giant, elegant hammer came through the opened roof. The man rose his arm up using it as a shield. The hammer slammed into the man's arm; shattering into tiny bits.
"Barrier Form: Bullet," the man commanded blasting a small pink barrier projectile past Gray head. For a moment the men looked down at his hand and then over to the ice mage. "Damn that one is still hard to aim," the man lamented. The man was now within lunging distance from Gray.
"Ice-Make: Katana," Gray said forming a katana. He lunged at the man before him. The man reacted a little too late. The ice mage sliced the man across his chest. Jumping back, the man was stunned from the sudden burst of speed.
"I wasn't expecting an Ice-Make mage to be so… agile," the man stated feeling his wound. The man looked back up at the ice mage, wiping his hand on his coat. "I'm going to end this quickly."
"You bastard," Gray said lunging for the man again. The man parried the blade barehanded and grabbed Gray by the throat.
"I prefer magnificent bastard," the man corrected.
"Gray!"
The ice mage stiffened upon hearing her call out his name. The man holding onto him sighed for a moment. Do they ever learn?
Both men turned their gazes to the blond who had a look of terror on her face. Her eyes locked with Gray's and he saw how she shook. She was scared for him. The ice mage struggled to free himself from the man's grip. Gray had seen the key in her hands and knew she planned to intervene. The ice mage tried to call out to her begging her not to. But the man's grip on his throat tightened.
Lucy thrust her hand up into the air. "Open-," Lucy begun to say as the man summoned his sword to him.
He tossed Gray like a rag doll into a nearby wall.
"I don't think so," the man said lunging for Lucy. She tried to side step to her left, but the celestial mage screamed out in pain as the man's blade still drove through her shoulder. He sliced up and out of her shoulder blade. He watched with satisfaction as the annoying woman slumped to the ground crying out in pain.
In that exact moment he noticed a particular book on the shelf behind the fallen celestial mage. "Aw, it was this close after all," the man said stepping over the celestial mage over to the bookcase. He pulled out the old leather bound book. He let his fingers run over the cover before he slowly opened the book.
Before he got a chance to read it, two bright yellow lights appeared behind the victorious man. He turned to them. Out of the bright light, two figures appeared. One in a suit while the other a maids outfit, "Curious thing. I have never seen celestial spirits summon themselves."
From behind him Gray got up from the ground.
"Lucy!" he yelled instinctively casting Ice-Make: Ice Bringer. Standing next to the ice mage, Loke and Virgo were also ready for battle.
"Celestial-Make: Heavy Gravity Well," the man commanded. A black ball formed in the area above them. Everyone, but the summoner was put under crushing gravity. Loke and Virgo fell to their knees hardly able to move. Gray struggled to move only able to crawl. The ice mage's eyes were locked on his girlfriend; praying she was alright. As the man neared Lucy, Gray's heart sped up. The ice mage spewed curses and demanded a rematch. Demanding he leave her alone.
The man looked down at the blond and shook his head, "You should have not moved. I was only going to incapacitate you, but you decided to act on your own and hurt yourself much worse."
He turned to the ice mage who glared daggers at him. This did not faze him in the least bit. "Gray Fullbuster, this gravity well we be gone once I leave. If you value your life and hers do not pursue me," the man said leaving with his book in tow.
After five minutes of crushing pressure the black orb disappeared. Gray stood up and ran to Lucy's side. Gently, the ice mage inspected her wound. "It's ok Lucy. I got you," he murmured as she cried out in pain.
Her hand gripped the injured shoulder. "God does it hurt."
"Don't worry. Wendy will fix you up. Although, I think it's going to leave a mark."
Somehow Lucy managed to smile, "I don't care where I get hurt, as long as my injuries are visible."
Gray chuckled as he heard the others approaching them. Relief flooded the ice mage. She was alive. She was going to be okay. Gently, the raven haired man gave her a kiss. In that moment both knew they would be okay.
Lucy laid on her bed with her back to the door. The stars shone bright through her window. Looking out at the vast night sky Lucy's fingers ran over the scar that was sketched into her skin.
Gray had been right last week. The celestial mage was trying so hard to keep her right hand from reaching out for the mirror to examine it once again. The scar ran down her shoulder to her breast and down her shoulder blade.
Over the past few years, Lucy had been able to avoid a hit like this. Lucy had become quite proud of the scar; because she had been brave.
Despite her failure, Lucy had tried to protect those that mattered most to her.
Although they never caught the guy they had all walked away; some in better shape than others.
Natsu had gotten the shit beat out of him. However, he wounds were forgotten when he found out that they didn't catch the guy. Erza had woken up not long after Wendy had healed her. Natsu and Lisanna refused to let Erza walk home. Much to the reequip mages dismay, Happy flew her everywhere. Gray had fussed over Lucy doing everything for her, so she didn't strain her arm.
Still Lucy had no doubt that though Fairy Tail had lost this battle; they would run into Rufus Corelius again. And next time, they would win. They couldn't let him get away with beating Fariy Tail's best.
A smile graced her lips when the rough calloused fingers of her boyfriend Gray Fullbuster ran across her scar. Gray insisted that the scar only enhanced her beauty. Lucy just insisted they finally matched. Rolling over to face her boyfriend she gently kissed him on the lips. Just like last night, he kissed her scar once, twice and then a third time. He looked up at her.
"Everything is going to be okay," he assured her.
And it was for now.
A/N: Originally, Gray was the one to get the scar but it was suggested to me that Lucy should get one instead. I loved the idea!
Rufus Corelius is an OOC made up by me and with the help of my significant other. He quite literally is a magnificent bastard. When I put up my other story he is a main feature in it. For those interested he uses: Crush, barrier and Celestial make magic's.
Until tomorrow!
- CE