Hello all! You probably wondered how I can upload so fast and at really weird times.
I'm on my summer holidays already!
Remember I'm in a different timezone! :D
Well, without further a due Chapter 11! The long awaited.
Chapter 11
Lucy willed her hands to stay still as she faced away from Team Natsu's table and towards the one with an old married couple. She'd chickened out at the last minute.
But still felt a pair of eyes lock onto her back, feeling self-conscious, she shifted her weight as the pair ordered.
Discouragement and shame ran through her as she made her way back to the closed walls of the kitchen. Onix stared at her with surprise at the boldness she'd witnessed.
"Are you okay?" She asked, hugging the shaking blonde.
"Yeah" Lucy stuttered, feeling light headed all of a sudden. Taking a chance, Onix opened the mini, slide-back window that looked out onto the tavern from the kitchen. The bluette noticed a small female at the forbidden table that couldn't have been older than 10, giving off the emotion of confusion. Obviously, she'd seen something that had made her think and withdraw herself from the conversation that was making the team laugh.
A spark of venom lit Lucy as anger coursed her veins. Even after what they'd done to her, they could laugh freely without her!
Onix looked to the side and found herself seeing a furious Lucy.
"Hey Onix?"
"Uh, yes?" Came her reply.
"I'll be right back" The celestial mage spun her way out to the bar and jumped on the counter. The tavern quietened down just enough so that it seemed as though they weren't looking at. Except she knew one table in particular couldn't help but stare.
Onix stepped up with her in a graceful way and kicked the side of the music box on her way.
(A/N: I suggest listening to a song for this next part, but you can choose whatever song you like! I just felt like adding a music part!)
The music started and the blonde and bluette began to dance along the counter. Ruki and Rosie were the next to join, giggling like crazy. Iris and Eden got on top of the customers tables and started as well, being copied by the remaining members.
As the song ended, the group were breathing heavily as they got off of the platform they danced on. Lucy smiled.
"Welcome to The Lunar Tavern! Thank you all for coming today! Enjoy the rest of your night!" The blonde yelled, faking happiness. Getting down on to her knees, she swung herself off of the counter only to be captured by a pair of onyx eyes that didn't belong to Onix.
...
"Let go of me Natsu" Came Lucy's threat as the boy she had liked, more than a friend, held her by the wrist.
"No, not until you let us-"
"I said, let go!" The celestial mage jerked her hand out of his grip, her eyes were ablaze with betrayal. It was funny how depression could flip so easily into anger, but at the time Lucy wasn't amused at anything.
A familiar hand smacked the Dragon Slayer's away from hers.
"She said to let her go dipshit" Onix informed, her bubbly personality gone.
Almost on instinct, their sisters appeared behind them with their arms folded.
"And I suggest you listen to her" The bluette continued taking a step forward. Her eye's flecks of silver had morphed into a blazing red colour, "Before things...get out of hand"
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Lucy's chocolate eyes wondered to the still Wendy and Exceeds. She felt hands gripping her shoulders and pulling her in front of Natsu. She hated him, so why did she feel like she was blushing?
Paralyzed for a moment, she blinked before delivering a high kick to his head, "What part of Let go! Don't you understand Dragneel?"
Erza got up out of her seat and walked over cautiously, "Lucy-"
"That's Heartfilia to you people" She informed before turning around and sashaying herself into the kitchen, followed closely by Princess, Anya, Ruki, Rosie, Memory, Liz and Angeline.
Eden, Iris, and Venus stayed behind Onix as the girl took a step forward, "You don't have the right to talk to her"
Her statement seemed to anger Gray, "We're her Nakama!"
"Not. Any. More" Came the cold voice of Venus.
"What are you doing here?" Erza questioned, taken aback.
Iris spoke up, leaning against the bar counter, "Unlike some people. She came to find Lucy and help her. So our question is, Why are you here?"
Onix grinned back at the black-haired girl. She knew it was a good decision to invite them to the guild.
"Can we please talk to Lucy?" Natsu asked his eyes pleading.
"No!" Eden suddenly exclaimed, "It wasn't that you kicked her out that hurt her. It was that you never believed her" And with that, her and the others went to go find Lucy.
Onix turned to look at them and then around the tavern. Everyone had left after placing money on their tables.
"Do you want to know why Lucy passed out as soon as she went home?" The Hex dispellers voice was soft and like velvet, her black eyes were glazed over as she spoke.
Erza, Gajeel, Wendy and Natsu looked at each other in shock as Gray avoided eye contact.
"When a persons Guild Mark is taken away by force, it is one of the most painful things to experience. The mark is literally ripped off of the persons skin, like you would when taking a sticker off of a piece of plastic" She turned to stare at them before moving her midnight blue painted lips to form a sad smile and say twelve words.
Onix watched the doors closed as she floated around the guild, picking up rubbish and the money the customers owed. When the clock struck eleven, she made her way up the spiral staircase in the kitchen and up to the third floor. She could hear the faint whispers of the girls in their rooms as she made her way down the-now dark-hallway until she reached the last door and opened it quietly.
Already, Lucy was asleep, breathing in softly as the bluette brushed a piece of blonde hair away from her sisters face.
"Lucy. I'll always look out for you"
Onix heard the girl sigh in content and tip-toed to her bed and climbed in.
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"So please. Leave her for now and get out of her life"
So~ What'cha think? Was it okay? I hope it was okay :-/ But anyway, thanks for reading! Next chapter will be up tomorrow!
:-D
-Kai-chan!