Only you
Pairing: Lucy and Laxus
Disclaimer: I do not own fairy tail Hiro Mashima does! but if I did own it there would be a lot of romance hehehe :) ( grins evilly)
Italics: thoughts of the current person's P.O.V, letters or flashbacks
Bold: P.O.V's, chapters, chapter titles and info inside brackets
Author's Note!
I am so so so so so so so sorry for not updating in a really long time! T.T I'll explain down in the bottom why I didn't update since I'm sure you'd want to read the next chapter! SEE YOU AT THE BOTTOM FOR MY STUPID EXCUSES!
oh yes and this is NOT proofread, so I am sorry for the mistakes my phone makes! It has auto correct!
Lesson/ Quote summarising part of the story of the story itself:
"Love is an act of endless forgiveness,
a tender look which becomes a habit."
- Peter Ustinov
Previously:
The demonic beings stirred while daemons and Fallen angels gathered and started to re-surface...back into...EarthLand... The end of the world is near...
Chapter 14: Our first mission...
Lucy's P.O.V
A fist to the face greeted me as I walked out of the guest bedroom with Laxus hand in hand. I immediately got pissed and grabbed the guilty person by their wrist and flipped them on their back.
"Why the heck did you do that for?!" I shouted at my guild mate, surprised to see that it was Gajeel who hit me. The iron dragon slayer just shrugged and stood up dusting off the dirt left on his top.
"Maybe you just needed a 'little' fist to the face to wake you up in the morning. Gheeheehee" his laugh irritated me more than possible so I took a deep breath to calm myself and to stop me from obliterating him. I put on my sweetest of smiles and giggled...sadistically. I heard Gajeel gulp down his nervousness as I approached him, the smell of his fear growing. I cracked my knuckles and grinned.
"You're going to get it now Gajeel!" Laxus teased him.
"Oh crap" was the last thing the iron dragon slayer said before I sent him flying to who knows where. I grinned and headed for Mira who looked like she was about to faint.
"Oh my Lucy! You've definitely gotten stronger!" She laughed. I smiled at her and hugged her tightly.
"Arigato! I know I've said this like a million times but I just can't tell you how much it means to me to see that Fairy Tail kept paying my rent for my house while I was gone! Of course I'll give you back every jewel but you didn't have to order the room cleaners to clean out my room! The apartment must have been really dirty but I could've cleaned it no problem!" I told her. She just shook her head and giggled.
"If a former Fairy Tail member comes back wouldn't you do anything to make him/her happy?! You would wouldn't you? Well that's what we felt! We wanted to make you so happy that you'll never leave us again..." I could see a tear appear on her eye but it was quickly brushed away by her eyelashes. I grinned at her and nodded, understanding what she had just said.
"Arigato Mira! Well I need to do something really quickly! Bye Mira!" I walked off while waving to the smiling bar maid with Laxus hot on my heels. I didn't look to where I was going so I accidentally bumped into Elfman who bumped into Jet and Droy who knocked into Juvia who bumped into a shirtless Gray who finally and unfortunately bumped into Erza. In all the chaos Erza accidentally dropped her cake on the ground and immediately tears sprang onto her eyes. Unluckily for Happy, while he was too busy chasing Carla with a fish in hand he didn't see that she had flew off to avoid touching the demented cake and so unlike Carla he flew right into the fluffy white strawberry cake that Erza was about to devour.
"G-Gomen ne Erza..." Happy stuttered when he realised who's cake it was. On the other hand a demonic Erza had re-quipped into her Purgatory armour and ta-da! Another fight was born, this time I was the cause of it and not my pink haired partner. Beer barrels as well as bottles were thrown all over the place while I tried to escape the hell hole. Laxus was dragged into the fight and soon everybody was nearly electrocuted as well as soaking wet but unfortunately that wasn't enough to stop the fight. I sighed in relief when the two heavy oak doors appeared in front of me, though my relief my short lived. As soon as I took a step forward a broken beer bottle hit my head making it bleed slightly, a demonic aura surrounded me as I turned around to face my idiotic guild. I grinned darkly at them and summoned Inferno in one swift movement, that was when everybody stopped their brawls and shivered, my grin chilling them to the bone. "I need to do a little something so while I'm gone you better get this guild back to the way it looked like! And when I come back! Nobody should be fighting agreed?!" I screeched at everyone, they all nodded their head in fear. Even the mighty Titania, Erza, nodded her head. "Good" I giggled sadistically and closed the doors behind me with a thud. As soon as the heavy wooden doors closed loud noises erupted from the once quiet guild, I sighed in disappointment and massaged my temples.
I looked at Inferno and was appalled to see blood stains on the blade. That's odd... I don't remember Inferno getting bloodied during my last fight with Natsu... Something is definitely wrong here! I could make out demonic symbols but they were all smudged and hard to translate, the most demonic of all symbols was the one of a smudged inverted pentacle. Whatever was drawn inside the pentacle was long gone and only more smudged remains of it were left, an uneasy feeling grew in the pit of my stomach and I immediately summoned a portal.
"O dragon Realm,
It is you who I seek.
Grant me the portal,
For I am your Queen.
I am your Queen and I forever will be,
Now grant me access to the land of Eternity!" A portal of all colours appeared before me, I took a deep breath and stepped into it and soon I was hurtling towards my beloved Realm. Once I was officially in the Dragon Realm the sight of the castle was appalling, it was decorated with lilac and turquoise sashes hanging from the windows and balconies of the beautiful palace. The wooden doors were even painted a light pink making the red draconic symbols stand out more and again, just like last time, dragons from all over the dragon regions came and bowed down to me. A warm feeling washed over me as I was greeted with familiar faces, I had not realised that I missed the Dragon Realm so much until now. I saw Igneel, Mettalicana, Grandeeney, Celestia, Aqua, Elektra, Venom, Lotus and finally Acnologia. Odd where's Hikari and Kratos? I ran over to all of the dragons mentioned and hugged them one by one.
"I missed you Lucyyyyy! Why didn't you call? You called Acnologia and that's not fair!" I laughed and hugged the pouting Igneel even tighter while Grandeeney smacked him on the head.
"Baka! She's still the Queen! Be more respectful!" I kept laughing while shaking my head.
"It's fine Grandeeney honest! I don't mind it at all!" I smiled at the both of them, "besides that means all of you guys missed me right?" The dragons crowded around me and started hugging me one after the other.
"Ohh my little Lucy is back! Mommy missed you!" Grandeeney hugged me tighter than I could possibly imagine.
"I missed you to Grandeeney! Sorry I haven't called...I was busy!" I grinned sheepishly. Grandeeney snorted in a sarcastic manner.
"Oh I believe you Lucy..." Her voice was laced with sarcasm, I rolled my eyes and gave her a smile.
"Alright alright truthfully I forgot! There you happy now?!" I answered back. She gave me one of her grins and let Celestia hug me.
"How have you been doing Lucyy?!"My other mother figure rolled her tongue the same way Happy did when he teased me making me roll my eyes. Before I could answer her back though she saw Inferno and the symbols written in blood on the blade, she then muttered something which seemed like ancient draconic language. I hope she wasn't cursing... "Lucy...why is there symbols written on Inferno?" Before I could answer her though, Laxus decided to interrupt our conversation by giving me a thought projection. A picture flashed in front of me showing Laxus and the Fairy Tail members behind him. I panicked when they saw the great golden dragon, they paled at the sight of Celestia snarling at them and cowered behind Laxus, well all except the resident dragon slayers.
They looked at the the majestic dragon with awe and fear. I slapped my head and glared at Laxus, "why the hell did you call me?" I sent everyone in view a death glare while Celestia stopped her snarling and instead growled lightly at them knowing that I would be the more scarier figure to them soon enough. Laxus shrank down at my heated glare towards him and the Fairy Tail members flailed their arms in surrender.
"W-well I was getting worried! You weren't back for like 20 minutes..." He trailed off. My glare lessened and soon I was giving Laxus a small smile.
"I was only gone for 15 minutes Laxus" I stated while he turned pink with embarrassment. "But it's nice to know you missed me, but you called me in the worse of times. Now they've seen Celestia..." I smacked my head, I motioned for the other dragons standing nearby to move far away in case they should come into view. Now that Celestia was discovered the threat of the Dragon Realm being discovered was growing.
"Excuse me... Celestia-san, can you please tell us where our dragons are?" The cowering Wendy dared to speak to the mighty dragon of celestial beings.
Celestia stood upright and stopped growling at my guildmates. Her eyes showed seriousness not betraying any hint that she was fooling around, not that she was...
"You're Grandeeney's adopted child aren't you..." Celestia looked at the small dragon slayer briefly then at the other two, "then that means your the adopted children of the idiotic Igneel and Metallicana...hm..." Out of the corner of my eyes I could see Lotus and Venom holding back Igneel and Metallicana from trying to attack Celestia, I assumed Celestia saw them too since I saw her eyes wander from the picture in front of us to the idiotic dragons. We both gave out a stifled chuckle, I elbowed her arm to keep her from bursting out with laughter while she poked me on the back with her tail.
"Ahem, Celestia tell them..." I told her, she gave out a long sigh and continued.
"I'm sorry but I cannot reveal any information regarding those dragons, it is classified information. I need to ask you one favour though..." She trailed off while my guildmates leaned forward in curiosity. "I ask that you do not reveal to anyone that I exist, in my safety and Lucy's" I nodded in agreement and my guildmates did too. "Well I'll be taking my leave then..." The dragon turned around and was about to fly off out of view until Natsu did something that he would regret.
"Why should I keep your favour if you don't answer Wendy's question?" Natsu boldly answered, the dragon stiffened and faced Natsu her teeth bared.
"Natsu-san! Don't anger the dragon!" Wendy complained.
"Yeah Fire Freak! She might kill us!" Gajeel agreed.
"Listen to your friends pinky! Or else you'll never live to see another day!" Celestia threatened, I saw Natsu shrink down but nevertheless stood confidently.
"Tch! Yeah right I can defeat you with my eyes closed! I bet even Igneel beat you!" He cockily stated. Celestia was about to retort back when I angrily cut her off. Nobody talks to my mother figure like that!
"Don't act so arrogantly Natsu! If you can't beat me then you'll never be able to beat Celestia! Just because your the adopted son of Igneel doesn't mean you're all high and mighty! Step off that high horse and face reality! This is a real dragon you're talking about! Not some phony wannabe!" My anger flared as Natsu shrank down, my outburst soon ending.
"Thank you Lucy..." She nuzzled me while I calmed down.
"I'd do anything for my mother figure now wouldn't I?" I giggled.
"Hey! What about me Lucyyyy?!" I stiffened. I saw Wendy's face brighten up with recognition.
"G-Grandeeney?...is that you?" Wendy stuttered. I faced Grandeeney and glared at her.
"You're making this harder for me you know!...I-Imitatia..." The name of my "little sister" came to my mind and I instantly blurted it out.
"I-Imitatia?...you mean Michelle?" Wendy asked. I shook my head, relief flooding in me. Good thing she bought the lie!
"There's a dragon here called Imitatia... She's the dragon of tricks and deception. Now that I've revealed one of the dragons here I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't reveal her to anyone... As Celestia had said its for Imitatia's safety as well as mines..."
"Understood Lucy! I won't tell! Neither will anyone here!" Mira called out, I smiled at her.
"L-Lucy... I'm sorry I didn't mea-"
"You shouldn't be saying sorry to me Natsu, it's Celestia you should be saying sorry to..." I cut him off immediately.
"Sorry Celestia..." His head was hung low in shame. The dragon grunted in response but nevertheless accepted his apology.
"Well I've got to go now... So I'll see you later!" I was glad to know that the little argument was settled, I was about to end the thought projection when Laxus said something that made my heart flutter.
"Bye Luce! I love you!" Laxus exclaimed not caring about the looks everyone was sending him, especially Mira. My eyes softened and I have him a genuine smile.
"I love you too Laxus!" I ended the thought projection and immediately blushed at all the stares the dragons were giving me. "What?" I questioned them.
"You guys are so cute together! Kyaa!" A smaller dragon, about half the size of Grandeeney, cried out. The colour of her scales were hot pink and her eyes were bright red. "Oops I forgot to introduce myself! My name is Cupid! The dragon of Love and Draconic Mating Rituals!" Cupid bowed down to me in respect. Love huh? Mira and her would get along just fine! "I was the one responsible for you and Laxus's mating process! Though the plan could've gone a little smoother without those em...unnecessary bumps along the way...but nevertheless the plan exceeded no?" She giggled in a carefree tone.
"We'll I guess I have to thank you for that Cupid!" I shyly smiled at her, a blush lighting up my porcelain cheeks.
"No problem hime!" I sweat dropped. Has Virgo or Loke visited the Dragon Realm recently?
"Oh yes I need to see Kratos, something's wrong with Inferno..." I trailed off while all the dragons nodded their head.
"Come let's go inside, it's more private there." Acnologia led all of us inside the recently decorated palace and proceeded talk. "Let me take a look at the scythe." I gave him Inferno and he took it carefully from me as if it was a contagious deadly disease. The dragons crowded around him and gasped almost immediately.
"What?" It was frustrating to know that they know something that I don't.
"This faded symbols are definitely demonic, if I translate it correctly then we might know what Oni is up to. It reads: Daemons Fallen angels will mark end to Queen who trapping you in this hellhole bring the dark ages back needed to fulfil prophecy you...Hell rise again..." Everyone growled and snarled while I put the pieces together. (remember there are bits of the sentence that's faded away so that's why it doesn't make that much sense)
"They're after...me?" Terror made my voice falter, a cold feeling wrapped itself around my heart...does this mean, the demons are going to go after my family...
"Yes but don't worry your powerful enough to kill them!" Grandeeney reassured me. I shook my head.
"But how?" Fear made brain shut-down and my legs go weak.
"Heavenly Body Magic...and if that won't work then this should." Celestia took out 2 lacrimas from the table and gave them to me, "this is a Light Lacrima and the other one is an Ameratsu Lacrima, we have many more in the storage units. Oh and if you're wondering how we got them the dragons during the Dragon War got wizards with different magic powers and made them charge these Lacrimas with their power because they thought if they had more powerful mages the they'd win the war"
"And what does these Lacrimas have to do with me?" I asked her. She rolled her eyes and snorted.
"And I thought you were smart Lucy. We will implant them into you, of course these Lacrimas are different to the ones on Earthland since this was made a long time ago so you might react differently and we will not need to perform a surgical operations to do so." I nodded and let them implant the Lacrima in my body. I closed my eyes as they chanted words while a bright yellow light fused with a soft purple colour coated my entire body, I was encased in a cocoon like bubble thought I could breath jut fine. All was going well until a stabbing sensation was felt everywhere in my body, I screamed and writhed in pain and soon the sensation died down. I collapsed on the ground instantly, my legs too weak to hold my weight. Celestia caught me and gave me over to Grandeeney who performed a healing spell on me.
" I'm so sorry Lucyy! But mommy needed to do that so you can protect yourself from the baddies!" She crushed me in a bear hug and used baby words on me.
"I-It's ok Grandeeney! Can you please let go of me now?" She gave me a sheepish look and released me from the death hug.
"That reminds me here's two more of those Lacrima's for Laxus." Celestia sneered my mates name in disgust.
"Why do you have to hate Laxus Celestia?" I complained.
"Because he's an idiot! I'm just saying but you can do better Lucy!" She lectured me.
"But I love him!" She sighed in defeat.
"I still can't see what you see in him..."She shook her head sadly, "but I guess you guys are perfect for each other..." She handed me the Lacrimas and I smiled.
"Does this mean you finally accepted the fact that he's my one and only mate?" She snorted.
"Tch as if! That lazy good-for-nothing dragon slayer can never be good enough to be your mate! Hmph!" She looked away childishly and pouted.
"We'll I guess I better be going now! Please take Inferno to Kratos and have him fix the scythe for me!" I hugged everyone goodbye and called the portal once more. "Love you guys! Remember call if you need me! Or if you just want me to visit again!"
I summoned the portal with the incantation needed and soon I was back in Earthland, in front of the Fairy Tail building. I sighed when I heard the the chaos going on inside and slammed open the guild's doors. Everyone stood still and scrambled everywhere to find their respective seats, everyone sat on their seats looking at me intently. I was about to speak when Laxus came up to me, "Hey babe! Did you miss me?" He hugged me from behind and hid his face at the crook of my neck, I felt him inhale my scent giving me pleasant shivers down my spine. I couldn't stop the blush from surfacing onto my cheeks nor could I stop the guild from going red in the face from what we were doing, I took a deep breath and smirked.
"You're drunk. Aren't you...Laxus?" I said still smirking. "Well then this should snap you back into reality!" I grabbed his hand from my waist and flipped him forward on his back and while he was on the ground writhing in pain I tossed the Lacrimas towards him and chanted the same words Celestia did. The Lacrimas hovered slightly above Laxus and fused together, now there were only 1 Lacrima visible. A mix of yellow and purple were found inside the Lacrima until finally the Lacrima fused inside Laxus, he became encased in the same cocoon like I was and soon he was screaming in agony. I smirked and grabbed a seat at the bar, Mira looked worryingly at the encased Laxus and back at me.
"Lucy what did you do to Laxus?" Mira asked me, her face set into a frown.
"Oh don't worry Mira! He'll thank me for this later!" I giggled in a carefree tone while I grabbed a drink behind the counter. Luckily it was my favourite strawberry milkshake! I paid Mira the jewels and she took it while giving me a doubtful look. I slurped up the milkshake while swinging my legs back and forth childishly, patiently waiting for Laxus's punishment to end. After another couple of seconds Laxus dropped down on the ground much like I did. I ran over to him and picked him up while ensnaring my arms around him and giving him a little kiss on the cheek. "There! Now you're just as powerful as I am!" I smiled at him while he gave me a questioning look.
"Is there something your not telling me? And just why exactly do I need to get stronger?" He asked me.
"Oh no reason! Celestia said in order to be my mate you have to be strong enough to protect me so she gave you these Lacrimas for you to use!" I grinned hoping that he bought the lie. I don't want to tell him the real reason yet...just in case I endanger him...
He eyes me to try and see if he can find anything suspicious, he frowns but decided to give it a rest. "You're off the hook this time but next time you won't be so lucky!" He flicked my nose playfully making me smile brighter.
"So Bunny-girl how come you seem more powerful now?" Gajeel asked me while shoving a piece of scrap metal down his throat.
"Just got some Lacrimas implanted in me! Want to be my test dummy?" I teased him, he grinned and nodded. Was he serious? Oh well I got to do what the man says no?
"Bring it Bunny-girl!" He stood in a fighting position while I racked inside my brain to find one of the spells from the new implanted Lacrimas. I found one and instantly did the required hand pattern. 3 Amaterasu magic seals appeared in front of me one in front of another, the space on front of me which unfortunately Gajeel was standing was then engulfed in a massive spherical shock wave which then turned into a pillar with runes written around it. The pillar rose high into the sky blasting a hole on the roof, when the pillar died down all that was left was a heavily wounded Gajeel. Oops!
I quickly ran over to him while muttering something like, "Oh god! Did I kill him?" Or " Master's going to kill me!" I healed him immediately and dragged him into the infirmary. After a couple of minutes his eyelids fluttered open, everyone in Fairy Tail crowded around the wounded dragon slayer with tears in their eyes.
"We all thought you died!" Wendy said while a stunned Gajeel stared at me.
"You nearly freaking killed me?! I would never have died! Even if you didn't heal me I wouldn't! Hmph! I'm not that weak!" I sweat dropped.
Master then chose to come in the infirmary with a serious look on his face, "Lucy how did you learn that in such a small period of time? Even with a Lacrima that can't be possible. Puherito himself took nearly his whole lifetime perfecting the move you previously did in a matter of seconds!" He questioned me while his beady little eyes bore into my soul.
"W-well Celestia gave me the Lacrima and well the truth is that was the first time I ever did such a spell... I only recently got the Lacrima implanted in me you see..." I trailed off while everyone had a look of astonishment on their faces. Master coughed easing the awkward tension and grinned.
"Well then that means with you on the team we can definitely win the Dai Matou Enbu!" Everyone cheered and flooded out of the infirmary, I shook my head in disbelief with a smile planted on my face. This is definitely the guild I know and love!
I helped Gajeel up from the bed with a sheepish look on my face. "I'm sorry... I guess I should have um...held back a little..." I smiled awkwardly while he just burst out laughing.
"No you gave me your all bunny girl! And that's what I wanted! But this isn't over yet! You might've gotten stronger but I'm going to start training and soon I'll be able to beat the crap out of you!" He ran out of the infirmary and out of the guild, probably off to his secret training area...
Only me and Laxus were left in the room, "so care to tell me now what you were hiding before?" He leered at me, I choked down all the saliva forming in my mouth, a habit I do when I get nervous.
"I told you its nothing so can we please give this a rest?!" I asked him desperately. He frowned and I knew immediately what was to come next...
"Lucy! I never would have thought we'd have our first fight in Fairy Tail! But you left me no choice! Now tell me why we needed these Lacrimas implanted in us?" He shouted at me while tears pricked my eyes as his voice boomed into my ears. I never thought we would have a fight...ever... I guess we're not a perfect couple then...
"I told you it's not important! Why don't you just trust me on this?! Celestia said that you should get stronger! So that you can protect me!" I yelled back at him with equal volume.
"From what exactly?! And we both know that you're strong enough to protect yourself! You don't need me to always me there by you're side!" A knife stabbed my heart. I hung my head low my hair hiding my tear-streaked face.
"So does this mean you don't want to protect me anymore?" I whispered softly.
"I didn't mean it lik-"
"Fine then if you're sick of always being by my side then it's better off that you're not! If you say I don't need you then I don't need you! Celestia was right! You're not good enough to be my mate!" I screamed at him while my pain-filled tears dropped mercilessly down my porcelain cheeks. I bared my teeth at him looked at his shocked face for a second then I turned around and ran out of the infirmary, I didn't notice that the guild had gone deathly silent. Obviously overhearing our fight.
Mira stopped me from running out of the guild asked me what was the matter, "Lucy are you okay? Why did you an Laxus fight?" I escape her hug and wipe the tears off of my face.
"I'm not in the mood to talk Mira!" Unconsciously I bared my teeth at her still seething in hurt and anger. She stepped back surprised and I instantly ran towards the exit, once the suns rays hit my face I ran into the nearest wooded area. I drop onto the ground limp, anger consumed my heart as I started to attack the trees with my roars and claws. "Apocalypse Dragons Roar!" A roar 5 times as big as Natsu, Wendy and Gajeels's roars combined shot itself out of my mouth and into the poor unsuspecting trees nearby. I go limp into the ground sobbing my heart out as I remember all the hurtful words I said to Laxus...
Laxus's P.O.V
"Fine then if you're sick of always being by my side then us better off that you're not! If you say I don't need you then I don't need you! Celestia was right! You're not good enough to be my mate!" She screamed at me, her face was soaked with tears while she bared her sharp canines at me. I looked at her stunned, I immediately regretted my words and was about to apologise when she bolted out of the room. I never felt so alone in my entire life, it felt like the other piece of my heart just left. Vanished, into thin air, not knowing if the other half of my heart was going to come back or not. I stumbled outside only to find a stunned Mira and worried looking guild mates, I ran over to the barmaid and snapped her back to reality.
"Mira where did Lucy go?" I asked desperation finding its way into my voice. Mira just shook her head and smiled a sad smile.
"Sorry Laxus I don't know where she went but you should really give her space to fix things, it's more likely you could mess things up even more if you go after her..." She trailed off, I hung my head low and nodded.
"I'll be at the local bar then..." I put my hands in my pockets and trudged to the nearest bar in Magnolia, a regretful frown plastered on my face.
An hour later...
Time: 9:00
Lucy's P.O.V
I took a big sniff of the air in front of the guild, after detecting that Laxus's scent was not present but Natsu's was. I haven't seen him for a while...I pushed the doors wide open and looked at everyone. The guild became quiet as I walked in expecting me to ask where Laxus was. Of course I wasn't going to do anything of the sort. I walked in and immediately saw the hole that I recently caused in the roof, I performed Restore on it and it was as good as new. The whole guild sweat dropped as I walked up to the guild's request board and scanned for a high rewarded job. I brightened up immediately when I saw one which read:
Wanted: Blood Manipulator.
Location: Oak Town
Job description: A blood manipulator is needed, we need help to catch this group of bandits massacring defenceless young women. The bandits leader is also a blood manipulator so the Mage must be able to defeat them or in desperate situations kill them.
Reward: 1, 000,000,000 J
I skipped to the table that was occupied by Gray, Erza, Natsu and Happy. "Ohayou minna! Look what I found!" I showed them the job request and their eyes immediately widened.
"This should be an S-class mission! What's it doing down here?" Erza voiced her thoughts aloud while Gray and Natsu fainted because of the reward and well Happy, he's drooling a puddle, probably thinking about all the fish he could buy with the money. Selfish cat!
"So what do you think Erza? Can we please go do this one? Pretty pretty please?! With cheery on top! Or should I say strawberry cake on top! Think about it? You can buy as many strawberry cakes as you can!" Erza looked at me then smiled.
"Of course! We'll even do it today if you'd like! Wait so does this mean Team Natsu is officially back again?" She stated excitedly. I scratched the back of my neck nervously.
"Maybe I mean I think I'm better off solo but if its not too much then maybe just maybe but lets put all that aside! I'd like to do a mission with you guys again, like old times!" I grinned at them.
"Luccyyy! Of course we'd like to do a mission with you! You've been gone for 3 years why wouldn't we?" I laughed at their silliness.
"So does this mean you forgive me Luce?" Natsu asked me hopefully, everyone stopped laughing and went deathly silent, everyone poked at me curiously. I just sighed and nodded.
"Of course! I missed my old dense and idiotic pink haired dragon slayer!" I joked, he smiled and hugged me.
"Thank you thank you Lucyy! I promise I'll never do it again!" I laughed and hugged him back.
"I know you wont! And if you do well you'll get your ass kicked again!" Everyone on the table laughed and the tension of the guild started to disappear.
"But hang on it says we need a blood manipulator... And none of us are one... What do we do?" Natsu asked while Happy nodded in agreement, I smirked. I forgot! He didn't come to the guild when me, Erza, Gray and Laxus did our battle!
"Oh didn't you know Natsu? I'm a blood manipulator!" I stated bluntly.
"EHHH!" Both Happy and Natsu paled and looked at me in fright. "Scary L-Lucy has gotten more powerful!" Natsu whispered to Happy while he said his famous line, "aye!"
"Well we're all set to go! Lets meet up at the train station in and hour!" Gray bolted off to his house and so did everyone else, I sighed knowing they forget to check the mission with Mira. Idiots! I walked over to the barmaid and smiled at her.
"Sorry for what I did a couple hours ago.." I rubbed my arm in regret and bit my lip. The barmaid just giggled and kept cleaning the glass cups.
"It's okay Lucy I understand! You and Laxus were fighting so I don't blame you..." She trailed off and put a hand on her mouth probably regretting mentioning our fight.
"It's okay I jut wanted to go on a mission with Team Natsu like old times again!" I smiled at her, she sighed in relief and took and job request. She squeaked in fright when she saw the job description.
"Lucy are you sure about this? I mean I know you're a blood manipulator and all and I'm not worried about you getting hurt on the job since you're powerful but Oak town? That is a good distance away and I'm sure Laxus would be worried..." I frowned.
"Why would he care? He said he didn't want to be by my side all the time so I'm giving him the opportunity to! So can you please write this job down under Team Natsu's name please!" Mira sighed sadly and did as she was told. She looked at me with a sad smile and shook her head.
"He does care Lucy...you just don't want to believe it..." I looked away and went into the guest bedroom and started packing my suitcase.
1 hour later
I sat impatiently on the bench tapping my foot on the ground with Erza, Gray and Natsu soon arrived after another couple minutes. "Why were you late?" I gave them a cold glare while they shrank back.
"I overslept!" Both of them spoke simultaneously. "Hey stop copying me! Stop that!" I smacked both of their heads and dragged them on the train, Natsu immediately gagged and wretched and as the train started to ride farther and farther away from the train station I can't help but feel a small pain stabbing my heart and oddly enough the bite mark that Laxus had punctured into my skin. The pain kept growing but this time the pain spread all over my body in a matter of seconds, I gave out a muffled scream as I placed my hand over my mouth.
"Are you all right Lucy?" Gray asked me. I nodded not speaking in fear that a scream would come out of my mouth instead. After getting enough courage I turned to Erza with pleading eyes.
"Knock me out!" The flabbergasted look on her face only told me that she would not be doing it.
"W-What?! Lucy I won't!" I had enough.
"Please do it now! I'm feel so...much...pain" I struggled to hold my scream in and stutter out the words. "Please?" She looked at me regretfully and before I knew it I was knocked out cold.
30 minutes later...
Time: 10:30
When I woke up the pain was still evident though this time it was bearable. Good! My immune system is kicking in!
"Are you alright now Lucy?" Erza asked me, I nodded and smiled at her. I could hear Natsu dancing outside the train and found him kissing the ground. Still a Baka I see...
We went to the clients house, or should I say mansion and immediately got seated. "Hello we're the mages from Fairy Tail you sent for, we have accepted the job and as you see have come immediately." I stated professionally, the client was handsome, he had jet black hair and a nice frame, you could barely see his muscles under his suit but it was still visible. He could make all the girls swoon over him though he acted professionally towards us.
"Yes thank you! I'm really surprised that all of you are blood manipulators! I heard they were wiped out from existence but I guess I was wrong. Since the leader of the bandits was a blood manipulator I thought there were at least a couple left in the world so I posted those job requests in every guild in Fiore in hope to find one!" He stated joyfully, I chuckled and shook my head.
"Sorry to burst your bubble sir but I'm the only blood manipulator in Fairy Tail, and these are my guild mates. They're just here to help me out!" I giggled cheerfully. He smiled not angry by the fact at all.
"At least a blood manipulator came along on the job, a normal Mage wouldn't stand a chance against a blood manipulator...even the great Titania." He looked at Erza.
"I'm am fully aware of that sir, Lucy here has demonstrated that when we sparred." Erza smiled at me, I smiled back at her and turned to look at our client.
"Oh I'm so sorry where are my manners? My name is Kei, Kei Hitachi." He stated in a carefree tone. "Well you should get on your way, the blood manipulator and his group of bandits are active at night. Please stop them from harming anymore girls. Thank you!" He bowed down to us.
"If I am not intruding into your personal business Kei but why do you care so much about other girls?" I asked him. He smiled a sad smile and looked at me.
" He killed my 3 sisters..." I gasped.
"I'm am so sorry! I shouldn't have asked such a personal question! Gomenasai!" I bowed to him while he chuckled.
"Don't worry you didn't know, well be safe!" We walked outside and began our search to find the bandits.
"Ohh I know! We should do a trap!" Natsu suddenly said, we thought about it and agreed.
"Ok then the bait is...Lucy!" Gray said deviously. I paled and glared at Gray.
"Why me? Why not Erza?!" I pointed at the amour clad Mage who was busy pummelling Natsu for calling her fat.
"Because! The bandits would be scared stiff!" Gray stated while pointing at Erza who nearly sliced Natsu in half with her sword. I huffed.
"Fine!" Everyone but Erza grinned as they all ganged up on me.
"Time to get you new clothes then!" Erza said.
2 hours and 30 minutes later...
Time: 1:00
I walked down the streets of oak town wearing the most revealing outfit in the history of outfits, I wore a bikini top, a really short red skirt with lace tights and red pumps. I was decorated lightly with make-up and gold necklaces with matching gold bracelets and dangly earrings, I was also wearing a fingerless glove on my right hand to hide my guild mark. If you saw me you would immediately think I was a prostitute!
I stumbled here and there because of the red pumps while boys everywhere kept giving me lust-filled looks, I cringed at all the attention I was getting and started to walk faster, after a few minutes I was getting the feeling I was being followed so I stuck to the plan and started running.
"Hey where do you think your going missy? Come back here!" More people started to chase me and so I ran straight into the more wooded areas. After I was a good distance from them I summoned Virgo and she dressed me into more appropriate clothes. Virgo then disappeared into the Celestial Realm just in time, "hey how did you change so quickly?!" They shouted at me.
I got my whip and prepared to attack them, "look boys she's a Mage! And one from Fairy Tail! Well let's have a little fun with her then!"
They advanced on me and instantly stepped into the trip wire, a large net made out of spare ropes dropped down on top of them. The bandits were hoisted up by the net, trapped and couldn't get out. Happy, Natsu, Erza and Gray revealed themselves from hiding and looked shocked that their trap had worked.
"That was way too easy! We didn't even get to beat up the leader!" Natsu complained. Erza and Gray just nodded and looked deep into thought.
"Something doesn't seem right..." I thought out loud, "this was too easy..."
"Well then why don't we beat them up while they're in the net! I called dibs on doing it first!" Natsu's thirst for a battle was not quenched and he immediately started to punch and kick them inside the net, Baka! We were too late to stop him though when he started to use magic, he tried to burn them but as dense as he was he didn't realise that the rope we used was flammable. I mean what kind of rope isn't flammable?
"Natsu stop! You're going to set them...free" as I said those words though it was already too late, the bandits escaped the trap and grinned menacingly at us while cracking their knuckles.
"We'll have to teach them a lesson or two for imprisoning us in that stupid net! Lets go boys!" They charged towards us while Natsu fought them off. I cracked my knuckles while a demonic aura starts to surround me, I look up at the bandits and bare my sharp canines at them.
" If you want a fight you got it!" Me, Erza and Gray advanced forward to help Natsu while Happy was busy trying all he can to help us by throwing some wild berries at the bandits. "Belcusas the thunderclap! Belfast the Hurricane!" The two great beasts knew immediately what to do and and ran towards the biggest bandit and started to attack him, "Open! Gate of the Chained Lady! Andromeda! Open! Gate of the Water Serpent! Hydra!" A beautiful woman in a white Greek dress appeared before me, her hair was dark brown and gold ornaments decorated her body like necklaces and earrings, a crown of a princess is found on top of her head while dark heavy chains were coiled around both her wrists tightly as well as her legs, arms, neck and waist. While a large Serpent as big and as long as Ophiuchus, the snake charmer. Hydra had long sharp fangs oozing venom while dark scales decorated his body heavily like a suit of armour.
"Andromeda please help Erza and Gray and Hydra please help Natsu!" The two spirits nodded.
"But Hime, don't you need any help?" Andromeda asked me.
"Don't worry about me Andromeda I'm fine!" The two spirits eyed me questioningly but nevertheless carried out their orders. At that moment everything seemed to slow down, everything turned black and white as well, as if we were in a really old black and white movie. I clutched my chest as the pain grew unbearable, I closed my eyes while my scream tore the air as the pain started to increase. " Hime are you okay?" I look up to see Andromeda extending a hand to help me.
"Sky dragons Healing" I muttered those pain-easing words and soon once again the pain was reduced to a bearable stinging sensation. "Don't worry I'm fine! I think I just ate something bad that's all! Or maybe I have cramps? But I'm all fine now so don't worry!" I reassured the worried looking celestial spirit who still looked doubtful. In a matter of minutes the bandits were defeated without anyone getting even a single scratch.
"Ehh! That was too easy! And these guys are capable of killing a girl? Well maybe if they weren't mages..." Natsu complained childishly.
"At least we got the job done Natsu! That means the million jewels are mines!" Gray stated with hearts in his eyes.
"As if Ice Freak! That million jewels are mines!" And just like that those two started to fight 1-on-1. I sighed and gave the "look" to Erza. She nodded and knocked both of them out cold immediately.
"That's odd didn't Kei say that the leader was a blood manipulator? I know he wouldn't lie about that..." The sky was blood red as the sun started to set, I started to get an uneasy feeling about this but I just brushed it off labelling it as the 'painful thing' that had occurred earlier. The reason of the painful feeling was still unknown, making it almost impossible to try and treat it. The uneasy feeling grew larger and soon my worries were confirmed. A dark figure emerged from the trees, he looked somewhat familiar but I just couldn't put my finger as to who it was.
"Everyone up on their feet!" Erza declared, amazingly (or should I say Amazaynly ;D lol em sorry continue) Natsu and Gray snapped back into consciousness and cracked their knuckles.
"Yosh! I never miss a good beating! I'm all fired up now!" Natsu exclaimed his favourite catchphrase in pure enthusiasm.
"As if you'll defeat him FlameBrain! You're not strong enough to do that! Though lucky for you I am!" Gray stripped down into his boxers immediately while ice radiated off of his hands, a grin was planted on his face.
"My my, what do we have here? Fairy Tail mages...it will be fun toying with you, but first show me your blood manipulator hm? I want to see if that person is who he said he is to be! All of the other guild members who have taken the job were not blood manipulators at all! Insolent fools taking my power lightly! well they're long gone now! Oh where are my manners? My name is Zakura, Zakura'yō Dekinai." My blood turned to ice as I was frozen stiff.
"Lucy? Lucy are you okay? Is he controlling you?" Erza asked me worriedly while unsheathing her sword.
"I-I'm okay..." I took a tentative step towards him while he raised a brow at my actions. Why couldn't I remember? Now that I look at him he looks like an exact carbon copy of Shin! And they're probably brothers! I'm sure he'll want to take vengeance for hurting his brother badly!
"Coincidentally are you the brother of Shin? Shin'yō dekinai?" He looked at me stunned and then glared at me which made my blood freeze. As if it wasn't frozen enough!
"How did you know that? Were you one of those people who nearly murdered him 3 years ago? Shin said something about a blonde girl, a dragon slayer to be more precise attacking him with a male blonde dragon slayer who had a lightning bolt shaped scar on one of his eyes..." He trailed off and eyed me curiously while I felt the tension in the air thicken. "Well you are blonde...but I don't see any other boys around here with a scar, but that doesn't mean anything. For example the blonde dragon slayer could be out on another job request without you... I guess I'll have to make you use your magic no?"
"Lucy!" Natsu ran in front of me and was instantly the one being controlled.
"Natsu no! I could've taken it! I don't need to be saved anymore! I'm not a damsel in distress anymore...at least I don't want to be one anymore..." I shouted desperately at him. He looked at me sadly and smiled.
"You'll always be my little damsel in distress Luce... I will always want to protect you..." The promise Laxus made immediately popped into my head and tears pricked my eyes. I hope you'll keep your promise Natsu, I hope you're not like Laxus...
Natsu started to produce flames on the tips of his fingers while the blood manipulator laughed, "Wow a dragon slayer huh? I love toying with different types of mages, especially rare ones, like celestial spirit mages..." I paled. Oh so he'd love to control me huh? Well that's never going to happen!
"Natsu!" Erza and Gray charged towards him before I could stop them. Natsu used his roar on all of us and unfortunately the nearby trees caught on fire and soon all exits were burning as the fire grew closer and closer to us. Erza, Gray, Happy and I were separated in the forest fire though I could hear their chocked screams.
"L-Lucy! W-here are you?" I heard Gray cough as he breathed in the carbon dioxide. I had enough and started devouring the flames, soon enough the forest fire was extinguished. Zakura looked at me with devious grin and tossed Natsu aside, he advanced on me while his eyes flashed with excitement.
"Well well well... So you are the girl who nearly killed my brother, I would love to tear you apart to pieces now but I want to prove to myself that I'm more powerful than Shin, my stupid twin! He inherited the dark guild while I only inherited a portion of it! Even though I'm the older brother! Me! Well enough of my ranting, let the fun begin!" I did the required hand movements for the spell and immediately the Amaterasu magic seals appeared and no sooner had it come the spherical shock wave came and soon the he was encased in a pillar, a painful stab made my concentrations falter making the spell incomplete. Zakura lay on the ground gasping for air, he slowly stood up and smirked. "My my what a powerful Mage! And such a young one at that! You'll be a worthy foe!" He flexed his wrists and made his arms swing around in a circular motion. I stood frozen while the whole team looked at me in horror, I relaxed and fixed a smooth expression on my face. Kei looked at me amused and grinned.
"No matter how calm you look that doesn't mean that you're not screaming with terror on the inside!" Kei boasted arrogantly, I snorted and smirked.
"I'm not. Why would I be scared of you? I'm a blood manipulator... A real one..." He snarled at me, I smirked at my success of provoking him.
"What do you mean a real one? Am I not a blood manipulator?" He growled at me. Good, he's distracted!
"You've obviously implanted a blood manipulator's lacrima in you. I was trained, I know all the basic movements as well as the advanced moves and so far you've not performed any of them perfectly." I stated simply. He looked at me flabbergasted then soon glared.
"What do you mean I haven't performed them perfectly?" He said through gritted teeth, I smirked.
"When you swung your arms in a circular motion I saw you hesitate, a real blood manipulator would do that in a single fluid motion no hesitation and no doubts visible. Whereas you did both of those things, you're not sure of your power yet so that means you've only got the lacrima implanted in you recently no? Of course if you weren't trained then you wouldn't have known that now would you?" He gaped at me, shocked.
"I've had enough of this! I am a real blood manipulator and I'll show you what a real blood manipulator can do!" He made me materialise a katana out of thin air and made me advance towards Natsu, I swung my katana skilfully and tried to attack his head. He dodged swiftly and looked at me shocked while Erza and Gray were rooted on their spots too stunned to move.
"Lucy! I know you can do it! I know you can fight back! I don't want to hurt you!" He kept dodging my attacks until I elbowed him on the ribs, causing him to fall flat on the ground. I faked a sad smile and looked at Natsu.
"I'm sorry..." Erza and Gray were still standing frozen, not wanting to hurt me but also not wanting Natsu to get killed. I brought my katana high above my head and held it there for a second. Kei walked up to me and smirked.
"This is the power of a real blood manipulator, don't think you're so much more powerful than me just because you've been trained!" The blade descended down quickly and soon topped right on top of Natsu's head. I spun around and started to slashing Kei making him bleed profusely everywhere. Bad luck Kei! Today is just not your day! Hey that rhymes!
"H-How can you do that? I'm supposed to be controlling you!" I smirked a sinister smirk.
"Simple, I'm controlling my own body, of course two blood manipulators can't control one body together so the powerful one of the two gets to control the body." I stated simply, a taunting smirk plastered on my face.
"W-wha-" I started concentrating and soon the Kei's blood hovered over the ground and was manipulated into a sphere-like shape. I kept drawing more blood from Kei's open wounds like a magnet getting attracted by another magnet. After a while I saw Kei smile.
He started to collapse from massive blood loss but still managed to put a smile on his face and as he fell he said these 2 last words. "I surrender..." He collapsed onto the clean, blood-free ground. His breathing was shallow so I returned his blood back and healed him a little, I smiled at my handiwork but soon my smile faltered. Everything seemed to spin out of control, I became dizzy as the ground started to spin. Or was it me?
I clutched my head to stop the whole forest floor from spinning but it was futile, the same pain cane back but this time it was a million times more painful. I shrieked in pain and saw Team Natsu running over to me with horror plastered on their faces, I reached out I them to find that they were far far away from me and tantalisingly out of reach.
I dredged a smile and liked at them, "minna... I...did it..." I collapsed on the cold hard ground the world blackening in an instant.
Laxus P.O.V
I paced back and forth inside Fairy tail while Mira looked at me sadly, "Laxus stop worrying I'm sure they're fine. I mean Lucy is strong now! I'm sure she'll survive the pain..." the barmaid tried to comfort me but it was no use.
"She won't be fine and I know it! If I had just trusted her, if I hadn't fought with her then she wouldn't be in pain. If she goes too far away from me then shell experience pain! After all I'm experiencing it too!" I bit my lips to try and stop the blood-curdling scream from escaping.
Flashback
4 hours ago...
I trudged into the Fairy Tail, clutching my stomach in pain. " Where's Lucy?" I managed to choke out while Mira helped me onto a table.
" She's away on a job with Team Natsu, the train ride should be at least 30 minutes why?" I explained what would happen if Lucy would be far away from me for even a short period of time. "I'm so sorry Laxus! If I knew that then I wouldn't have let her go on a job!"
I managed to put a small smile for her , "Don't worry Mira it's not your fault, it's my fault for fighting with her first anyway...I just hope she'll be ok... what job did she go on anyway?" I asked her. The Take-over mage paled and smiled at me sheepishly.
"It was a job to try and take down a blood manipulator..." I paled and glared at her.
"SHE COULD GET KILLED!" after that I fainted, it was either from the excruciating pain or the thought that Lucy might die. Either way was bad.
End of Flashback
The guild's doors flew open revealing Team Natsu, Erza and Gray looked everywhere frantically in search for something while Natsu had tears in his eyes and a fainted Lucy in his arms. Tears sprang into my eyes as I saw the sight, I ran up to her and grabbed her from Natsu's clutches and shake her awake. " Lucy! Lucy can you here me?! Lucy?!.." desperation found it's way out of my voice.
"Laxus-san bring her to the infirmary! I'll treat her there!" I carefully carried her into the infirmary and placed her gently on the bed. "I'm sorry Laxus-san but you'll have to wait outside until I'm finished.." I got shooed outside while the sky dragon slayer did her magic.
After a couple more hours
Time: 6:30
I hold her hand while gently caressing her face, her breathing was shallow but rhythmic. A lone tear cascaded down from her eye stabbing my heart mercilessly. I bring her closer to me while whispering words to try and wake her up. " I'm sorry Luce, just please wake up... I can't live without you... please wake up" Once a dragon loses it's mate it will go into a deep depression and may never find another mate ever again for the rest of his life, if the dragon and his mate were deeply in love then that dragon would do anything to be with his deceased mate. Even if it meant dying...
No-one's P.O.V
Kratos walked up to the white dragon hie eyes narrowed and cautious, "the daemons really got you this time huh Hikari?" the said dragon writhed and hissed, Hikari's eyes turned blood red while her a dark colour started to cover her snow-white body. "Just hang on in there, we'll save you..." the dragon laughed demonically while the colour started to turn a shade darker, the dragons claws were soon smeared in blood just like her teeth while sharp knife-like protrusions jutted out of her back and all the way into her tail. The first time ever in Dragon History has happened... A dragon being possessed by a powerful demon, more precisely one of the kings of Hell... King Paimon...
I'm really sorry for not updating and I would have updated last Saturday but I had to pack for a three -day trip to Knock in Ireland! There were no internet at all in Ireland so I couldn't update the story! It was punishment enough not to have internet for a day but 3 days?! I'm surprised I'm still alive! But it was also because I had writer's block! I'm sure other authors can agree with me here that having a writer's block is really frustrating and horrible! I mean I couldnt even write this story properly because of it! I had to re-write this 4 TIMES! 4 FREAKING TIMES! Anyway I'm sorry but I also can't do review replies, Gomenasai! But I have some studying to catch up on! My exams are in May! It might be a month away but my mum says that if I get all A's on my Summer Exam's she'll get me either a Laptop or an Ipad! I have to work really hard! Gambette ne? Anyway that's enough of me blabbering on! Oh yes and did you hear? Fairy Tail has ended! Im soo depressed! Fairy Tail is one of the best Animes out there! well for me anyway! At least it's not permanently over right?
FairytailFan101 out for the count! xx