Story name; The Fairy's Jinchuriki.
Summary: "The boy who eats fire." She murmured. Eventual Lucy/Erza paring. Lucy is the nine tails Jinchuriki.
Disclaimer; I own nothing. This is written for my own amusement.
A/N: Wow! Almost a hundred followers for this story! Pretty great if I say so lol I am very grateful to all those that too the time to review and follow/favorite. So please enjoy!
(Gray)
Dodging another thin sickle of ice Gray Fullbuster quickly brought up both hands in retaliation.
"Ice Make, Lance!"
Ice flew from the wizard's outstretched arms thinning then sharpened to a point. Moving with startling speed the newly created spear pierced an Ice mirror shattering it. Almost immediately the thin layer of Ice repaired itself but he wasn't concerned with it.
Before his attack had even landed Gray was already on the move. Twisting his body the Ice wizard formed a hammer smashing it into the mirror to his left.
A slight blur caught his eye.
"Damn." He had missed again.
This had been the pattern the two had taken up, a game of cat and mouse they'd been playing for the last few minutes.
Haku, he said his name was, was fast. The kid had just, appeared. Without much of a warning Gray had been ambushed on his way to the trains communications room, then with little more than a barely heard, 'sorry' trapped him in this Ice shell. Further more, this Ice creation gave the masked kid some ridiculous enhancements. He could move with blinding speeds Gray just couldn't match. That being said the kid couldn't achieve his destructive power either. There ensued the power struggle.
Gray scrambling to keep the pressure up forcing the kid on the defense, Haku in-turn was darting back and forth with insane speeds. Despite the difficulty, he couldn't be too careless. If he left too much Ice the remains of his attack could be used against him. It was making things exeediling difficult.
He remembered vividly how Haku had passed through his Ice shield as if he owned the damn thing.
It made him curious. If this kid could pass through his Ice could he do the same? An interesting thought put away for another time. There wasn't anything good using an untested and besides movement caught his eye.
Zipping between his Ice Haku threw several Ice picks in his direction.
Gray didn't bother creating another shield, that lesson still burned into his memory. Speed was the only option at the moment.
Quickly diving to his right Gray fired off three different blasts of Ice into a section near the the kid. A blur of motion again alerted Gray that his attack missed. He wasn't overly concerned, it was his intention after all.
Three blocks of Ice exploded into a shower of tumbling pieces. Gray felt a smirk form as Haku's nearly invisible form shot through the air into nothing, then he fell.
That was the problem with speed like that. While beyond his abilities to match or even fathom it wasn't an end all thing. Speed was great but without the ability to react meant it was just plain stupid.
Even with all his ability and all that skill Haku was still just a little kid. A kid that hadn't learnt the hard lessons that were beat into you. Better late than never.
Gray shot forward. Fists up into a fighting stance his right shot out for an unsuspecting Haku. The kid ducked under the strike. 'Figures.'
Quickly twisting his limber body backwards around Gray, three different blows assaulted his back. Gritting his teeth he swung across with his right only to have his opponent duck underneath again his smaller size coming into play then Haku whipped his leg into his side.
That was the moment he had been waiting for. Ignoring the throb across his ribs Gray grabbed the leg in a tight grip.
"I got you."
There was no emotion across the lifeless mask but as Haku struggled uselessly he knew he was trapped. A thin Ice blade formed on the kids fingers as he tried to stab the limb keeping him close.
Gray was already prepared for that, twisting the captured leg Haku nearly tripped. Standing on only one leg, he was forced to use a hand to keep himself upright.
Pointing a single hand in the masked mage face he prepared a spell.
He didn't like to use a single hand on Ice Make. Using a single hand tended to break, being unreliable when you needed it most. He couldn't help that now.
"Ice Make, Sword."
Haku swiped his hand across a layer of Ice suddenly shot out colliding with his blade. Two more walls of Ice were quick to follow.
The first layer cracked under the force but as the defense grew Grey felt his weapon shift, knowing his already weakened spell couldn't hold up he wisely pulled back releasing his hold.
Forced to take a step, he backed away from the floating Ice wall Gray formed a cup with his hands. Whether it used energy unnecessarily he couldn't allow this section of Ice remain in the center.
"Ice make, Sword."
Two blades formed, one pointing back across his forearm and the other flowing down his wrist past his hand. Spinning in a quick circle the two Ice swords combined their strength to slice through the mashed walls just in time to see Haku making a dash for the nearest wall.
Narrowing his gaze on the masked wizard he glanced back to the crumpled piece of ice infront of him. It wasn't rebuilding.
That raised some questions. If the kid could have moved them this whole time why wait till now? They made for a great offensive weapon, coupled with his insane speed it would have been damn hard to dodge them combined.
If he was asking questions, another obvious flaw in Haku's plan was begging to be asked. Why would he leave his Ice?
That was the second time he'd left the nearly invincible safety of his Ice and for what? Engaging in hand to hand combat only gave the advantage to him so why bother? There was clearly more to it then he thought.
The second Haku made contact with the Ice the broken chunks before him shot off filling the void in his cube.
That only confirmed a part of Gray's theory. The next part was figuring out how long he could stay up there. It wouldn't be easy. Already his stance tightened preparing to move at a moments notice.
Haku was a dangerous foe, at his best when confined to his Ice world. He would need to take it out if he wanted to win.
The Fairy's Jinchuriki
(Lucy)
Time, while moving slow for one person could fly for another. At the moment, cradled into Erza Scarlet's embrace, yes, time moved very slow for Lucy.
She was just so aware of it all. Each breath muttered into Erza's beautiful locks. The way her cheeks were tinted a deep shade of pink at there close proximity. And she was very aware of the way their two bodies molded perfectly together.
Erza having a larger, more . . . busty frame, towered over Lucy, easily encompassing her smaller but muscular physique into wide arms. The gentle ministrations of her mutilated hair having an almost soothing effect on her literal Demon.
It was around that time that Lucy began to realize how truly tired she was. Her eye lids becoming lidded, head drooping slightly against the red heads shoulder.
With a temperament close to an adrenaline high, the loss of her demonic powers was giving her a massive crash. The Demon had been pumping so much power into her system that Lucy hadn't realized how truly depleted her own reserves really were. Without the off setting power the balance between her and her captive had been close to dangerous levels.
Her fight with Zabuza had been taxing. Forced her to dive deeper and deeper into the Devils pit, the toll was finally enforced.
Her head swayed, vision shifting in and out of focus. If not for for the strong arms holding her tight, the blonde would have surely collapsed. Lucy started to drift off, fighting the urge at first but a gentle stroke across skin, guiding her hair back stopped her.
"It's okay." The Scarlet beauty spoke softly. "I've got you."
And with that Lucy fell asleep, a rare smile forming.
The Fairy's Jinchuriki
(Erza)
A deep shade of brown eyes starred down at the blonde in her grasp. With a quick look over her shoulder, she saw the lifeless black sheeted body of Zabuza the bloody mist. Her grip tightened securely around Lucy.
She felt unusually responsible for what happened. A strange tightness forming inside her chest when her eyes lingered on her new teammates bloodied and disheveled form.
Her friend, she reminded herself with a small tight smile.
There had been so much pain, such a heart wrenching look of fear in her eyes. Those crimson eyes . . . She looked resigned even as if expecting rejection. That she didn't deserve friendship. It had awakened a fierce need to protect. Erza surprised even herself. Normally the red head wasn't the vulnerable type, her heart always guarded. It was why she wore her armor, never revealing to the world her weakness. Ever since childhood, Erza had hidden behind something. It was her buffer, anything that could truly hurt her kept at an arms length. Anything real kept away. Always hiding, always protected. But yet . . .
With Lucy she had simply acted. There had been no thoughts of her own self doubt or worries, only the need to help this girl. An odd little blonde girl that Erza had known for less than a day.
Something was different. She was self aware enough to know something had changed but she didn't know what. Erza was behaving oddly, acting out of character. Feelings she never experienced or thought assaulting her gut. On some level that scared her immensely. She didn't know what any of this meant.
She had even mentioned him . . .
Armored arms tightened around the blonde's prone form cradling her into her chest. After so much time it still hurt this much? The hell a younger version of herself had gone through still fresh in her memory. Erza wasn't as strong as people tended to believe.
She could hardly believe it. Erza had known Lucy was strong but to think she was capable of this?
The praise and flattery the guild had given to the girl had had seemed proporsious. Even Cana being one of the loudest of Lucy's new admirers. As was usually the case with Fairy Tail she had assumed the wild tales of immense strength, breath taking athleticism, and amazing speed had been an exaggeration. Only natural considering she was on Natsu's team.
'Well,' She thought replacing a loose lock of hair across delicate features. At least Lucy's beauty hadn't been exaggerated.
The rumor mill in Magnolia had been going crazy. The fact that the very famous Salamander had taken a teammate was stirring up the nation. Even at the far reaches of the country Erza had heard the whispers.
It was no secret that Natsu didn't work well with others. Even simple conversations often turning into fights, the only person seemingly capable of safely staying in the boys company was his little blue feline. Then there was Lucy.
It had confounded the masses. That a new blonde mage had tamed the dragon. Even Fairy Tail, a place that had seen Natsu grow was shocked. To be able to handle the crazy that being associated with a certain pink haired teen brought. It spoke volumes about the blonde more then anyone could say. Not only in the girls skills but her tolerance as well. Erza knew well enough about Natsu's stubborn streaks to see the amazing effort forming a team with him was. She also knew that last time Natsu had been on a team wasn't since . . . Since Lisanna.
The name still brought a pang to Erza's heart. The wound still fresh to all that knew her. Lisanna wasn't just another member, just the youngest Strauss, she was Fairy Tails heart. The reason they smiled, how they forgot the past moving forward. With her death a part of Erza's guild died that stormy night.
Seeing the excitement and gleam of happiness in their eyes Erza couldn't help but hope that Lucy could be the key to heal them.
Soundless, Erza stood. Carefully cradling the blonde to her chest, the red head made sure not to jostle her. While seemingly healed of all injury, Erza couldn't be sure to the extent of Lucy's magic.
Looking to the blonde girl now curled up into her chest brown eyes lingered longer than was perhaps nessacary. Brown eyes lingered over the blonde curl curled up into her chest. She was peaceful, at ease in a solemn silence.
The image of fading red eyes burned into memory.
It was curious. The extent her magic could go was quite odd. Healing magic wasn't exactly common in Magnolia. While not unheard of, it was still rare. The rate at which Lucy could heal though, it was considered impossible. The amount of blood the blonde had lost would have surely killed another even experienced healer, that wasn't mentioning the injuries that she must have endured at the hands of THAT man. The bloody mist hadn't exactly gained his monicker by being gentle.
It rose questions. Prickling at the edge of her mind Erza frowned at the doubt beginning to form. Just who was Lucy? She was a very skilled. Obviously. It was starling really how strong the blonde was. It didn't exactly hold up to Lucy saying she was only a healing mage, and how exactly had she managed to fight someone as experienced as Zabuza the bloody mist with only minimal training? Erza had never heard of her until her joining Fairy Tail now that she thought of it. Surely, such a skilled Mage couldn't have gone unnoticed until now . . . No.
Erza shook her head from that train of thought. What was she doing? This doubt and uncertainty was unfounded. Lucy had done nothing to earn it and Erza refused to be that person.
This was her friend, her teammate. She was injured, clinging to Erza and had laid her very soul out to bare. What was Erza doing but wasting time?
There wasn't a soul within Fairy Tail that didn't have a past. Most if not all of them had something they wished to run from or forget. Erza herself had plenty of demons. Her guild had never questioned her, never forcing answers when they weren't needed. The master had personally saw too it that no one knew of the horrors she had faced.
Picking up her pace Erza descended back into the station cradling Lucy tight to her.
Natsu seemed more worried about the blonde in her grasp to care about explaining his side of the story. His eyes staring solemnly at the deep gashes marring, cutting across Lucy's clothes. It was easy to determine that Natsu was coming to the same conclusion Erza had made not long ago. There was so much blood, so much evidence to show Lucy had been injured but there wasn't a scratch over her perfect milky skin.
"She will be fine." Erza voiced softly.
The red head knew when to push her friends and when a little tact was needed. Like any other member of their guild, Natsu was enormously protective about members, more so for family. Despite the very short time Natsu and Lucy had been teammates there was an obvious boned that had formed. Nodding briefly albeit stiffly Natsu rose meeting her eyes.
"What happened?" She tried again
A look of disdain crossed sharp features, a scowl forming. "The bastard gave up." The dragon slayer huffed.
Erza blinked. "What?"
"Narrowing his eyes Natsu shook his head. "Didn't you hear me? I said HE GAVE UP. Geez Erza pay attention."
Ignoring the tick forming in her brow she motioned for Natsu to explain. Which may or may not have caused said boy to pale at the anger pouring out.
Erza had always been a bit baffled at Natsu. From the moment she'd met the fire breathing fool, Erza been taken aback by his erratic often times irrational behavior. Their first meeting had started and ended by Natsu challenging her to battle after all. It always irked her nerves, his strange and brash attitude a clash with the 'mostly' polite demeanor Erza preferred. When Natsu took that tone with her it usually ended up with a certain pink haired teen into the ground.
More frustration piled on to the mile high number of things going on as Natsu scoffed, loudly.
"That pineapple haired guy didn't even put up a fight. He just laid there then gave up!"
After determining the rest of Natsu's story Erza let out a sigh. It was disturbing and a bit unsettling to know that the famed Nara would simply give up but the scarlet beauty decided it was best left for later. While they were certainly not out of the woods yet, it made things much easier. Natsu would be rather upset for missing out on a fight but Erza wouldn't complain.
She could only hope Gray finished his fight. There was something going on that didn't feel right.
A/N: This chapter took longer than it really should have to write. Not much of an excuse but I've been writing a lot of chapters from different arcs lately. That seems to be my problem, I've always written things at an odd pace. I generally only write anything when I get emotionally into what I'm writing and I just randomly got on a spell from other arcs. And obviously there are other things slowing my story. Moved recently, yata yata yata etc. Real life problems.
So, onto the story. We finally got a proper Gray chapter. His fight was pretty fun to do, it's a creative gold mine. And more ErzLu! Is that their ship name? Hmmm. Don't know.
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