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Chapter 10. Unsaid farewell
"What… What did you say, Bixlow? How did you call him?" asked Mirajane. She was completely amazed.
"Impossible!" thought Natsu. No, he hadn't heard right. Or Bixlow was wrong. There was no way… There was absolutely no way… Frosin was an exact opposite of Laxus. By heaven, they were different like…
Before his very eyes something unbelievable happened. A shining magical seal appeared above Frosin and his amazing appearance began to change. His hair lost its black colour and became golden. His violet eyes darkened, his perfect features changed… He looked younger now and more importantly, a scar resembling a lightning bolt appeared on his face…
Seeing that face they all yelled with astonishment. There was no Frosin any more but Laxus Dreyar was lying into Fried's arms.
Yes, it was no one but him. Bixlow hadn't made a mistake.
Happy's crying turned to a scream. It was nothing but the force of the habit that made him fear of the lightning mage. The scared cat jumped as if a wasp had stung him. He flew off immediately and hid himself behind Natsu's shoulder.
"Are you still… afraid of me, Happy? Even now? Frosin was your friend but I frighten you?" asked Laxus with an unspeakable bitterness in his voice. The shine in his eyes was slowly fading.
But Happy was too shocked to answer. Instead Mirajane's voice sounded.
"Oh, I knew it… I knew that his appearance was too perfect to be natural…" whispered she. "It was an illusion! An illusion powerful enough to mislead all of us and even the master, his own grandfather! And Bixlow ruined the magic by calling him with his true name…" Her voice broke. She had felt by intuition that the new guild member had something strange about him but that was beyond all her expectations.
"No way… Who could have thought…? Laxus had been with us all this time and nobody had recognized him! He and Frosin is the same person! And he is dying! How will the master stand this? That grief will take his life!" thought Natsu. He refused to believe his senses. That just couldn't be real. It was so unexpected and incredible that it looked like a dream… At that very moment he realized the meaning of Frosin's words: "Do you know who I am? Do you know my past? Would you invite me to join your guild if you knew what lineage I come from?" (1)
"Is it possible to find Laxus only to lose him again… and this time irretrievably?" said Fried under his breath. His hands were trembling, and his face was white as ashes.
Realizing the meaning of his words Evergreen felt herself unable to control her emotions. She broke out into tears.
"I can't stand this! He can't die! We need him!"
"There must be some way to save him! If we dress his wounds…" said Bixlow.
"It is useless… As I said, his life energy is flowing out through these injuries. No bandage can stop this... And no magic can heal him," explained Mirajane. Tears rose in her eyes. She couldn't pronounce her thoughts: "I was the target of the beast! I should be bitten… And he protected me with his life..."
Natsu and Gray were still frozen in shock. Lucy was wordless; she watched and didn't believe her eyes. Was that the man who had fascinated the entire guild? Master Makarov hadn't recognized his own flesh and blood… how was that possible? At that moment she realized that it was Laxus who saved her and Happy a few minutes ago. Yes, he had attacked the beast with his lightning. Obviously Happy was thinking about the same thing; he was trying to say something but he couldn't. Mirajane fell to her knees and buried her face in her hands.
"You don't have to cry…" Laxus made an effort to smile. He wanted to say something more but the last life energy left him with that smile. His last farewell remained unsaid.
Lucy and Evergreen shrieked. Natsu grabbed his lifeless hands.
"Laxus you must live!" yelled he. "I haven't defeated you in a fair fight yet!"
In a fit of fury Natsu turned to the petrified beast and started to pummel the stone. "How dare you attack a helpless Fairy Tail mage!" he cried.
But the others didn't pay attention to him.
"Hang in there, Laxus! If not for us Raijinshuu… then for your grandfather's sake! He will be crushed with grief…" said Bixlow but he interrupted his words realizing that the thunder mage couldn't hear him any more.
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"We have to go back now…" said finally Mirajane. She wiped away her tears and rose slowly. "Master Makarov is waiting for our return. Alas, I don't know how we are going to tell him… I don't bear even thinking about it…"
The end
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(1) See Chapter 1.
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