March 30th, X785, 3:54 am
Lloyd
"Okay, he should be fine for a little while. He'll need Porlyusica to come back though." Said Wendy. It turned out that Makarov had been hiding the fact that he still had a giant hole in his chest. Due to this he was slowly dying. I looked to the bedridden guild master, and saw his eyes twitch. He groaned as he woke up.
"Ugh, what happened?" He asked.
"Well, the hole in your chest might have had something to do with it." I said. I was elbowed in the ribs by Levy. It was just Wendy, Levy and I looking after him.
"Lloyd, this is no time to be joking around." I knew she was right. "So, I guess we'll leave you to rest, you should be stable for a while."
"Thank you, Levy and Wendy. But, Lloyd, stay here. I need to talk to you." The two girls walked out and shut the door.
"What's up, Master?" I asked, sitting down in a chair next to his bed.
"Last time Porlyusica was here tending to my wound, she found something else. There is a large tumor on the other side of my chest. The one that doesn't have a hole in it." He said, looking down.
"...whoa. That's...shouldn't you tell Laxus about this?" I asked, surprised by this new information.
"I would. However, aside from the fact that he's on a mission, I'm not sure how he'd take it. I think he'd do something reckless in order to save me." He chuckled. "Now that he's treating me like family again, I fear I don't have much longer." He looked up to me. "Lloyd. I can tell that you are powerful, more so than anyone I've seen, save a few people. I have a mission for you."
Julie
"Julie? Julie we're here." I heard Lisanna as she shook me.
"Ugh, geez. I'm up, I'm up." I said, finally over the motion sickness. I got up and stretched my back and arms.
"...thanks, Julie." I looked at her confused. "I was gonna do something stupid last night. Thanks for stopping me." I smiled lightly.
"No problem. I've decided something."
"What?" She asked puzzled.
"I'm gonna tag along on any missions you take. Can't have you getting into trouble, can I?" She giggled.
"Whatever you say. I was planning on having you come along. So I guess we're a team, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess so." I said, walking with her off of the train.
Lloyd
"Do you understand your mission?" Makarov asked.
"Yes, but why me? You've got plenty of strong people here, they could do it." He chuckled.
"Sure. But you have something they don't have." I scratched my head.
"What's that?" He looked me in the eyes.
"You're stronger than him." I was stunned. "Did you think I wouldn't notice? You're on a completely different level than most of the strong people you mentioned. I can't even say for sure that you're human." We sat in silence for a while before I Finally said,
"Okay. I'll do it. He should be back tonight, right?" He nodded. "Good. Maybe I can get some shuteye." I walked out of the room and down the stairs. I walked through the door and toward my house.
"Hey, Lloyd!" Said a voice from behind me.
"Natsu? What are you doing here?" I turned and saw something eerie in his eyes.
"What the hell are you?" He asked, seriously.
"I'm not sure in understand the question." I said, choosing my words very carefully.
"You're not human. That 'berzerk' mode, I've never seen anything like it."
"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't make it impossible." He ran up to me and grabbed my shirt, pulling it upwards.
"Not just that. You have so much magic resonating through you. You survived death magic. Your magic always felt familiar. Like an actual dragon's magic." I pushed him away.
"What are you trying to say, Natsu? I've never seen you so serious. What are you implying?" He punched me in the face. I was knocked back a few steps. As I regained my footing, I felt blood dripping from my mouth.
"I'm gonna ask you again. What are you? Are you a dragon?" I turned and began walking toward my house. He grabbed my shirt and pulled me to the ground and put his foot on my chest to hold me down. "Answer the fucking question." He said, his face becoming more intense. More enraged.
"This is a road you don't wanna walk down Natsu. If you know what I am, what I've done, how many people I've hurt, it will change everything you've ever known about dragons and dragon slayer magic." I swiftly grabbed his foot and tripped him as I stood up. "Do not pursue this any further. This is your final warning."
"Lloyd, what the hell!?" Came a voice from down the road. I looked to see Julie and Lisanna running to aid Natsu. "What happened here?"
"Natsu can explain the details, I gotta get some sleep." I said as I walked back down the road toward my house.
Later that day...
Laxus
"Damn Freed. He's laying in bed while we go do the most boring job ever." Bickslow said.
"Yeah, yeah. Quit your complaining, we're almost home." I said to him. It looked to be getting dark. "Hey, anyone up for drinks? My treat." The two present members of Raijinshu happily accepted the order. When the guild was finally in sight, a figure sat on a box in front of the door to the guild. "Uh, hey. It's Lloyd, right?"
"Yeah, thats my name." He said, standing up.
"Well, we're gonna go get drinks, so could you move your box?"
"You're not getting drinks yet, Laxus. You two can go inside." He pointed to Evergree and Bicklow.
"Yeah, I'd like to go inside too." I said, confused as to what was happening.
"All in due time, but first," he said as the other two walked inside. He snapped his fingers as the runes appeared all around us.
"Freed?!" I yelled as freed walked from behind me. "What the hell?"
"Sorry, Laxus. The master's orders." He said, attempting to hide his eyes.
"Lloyd, what's going on?"
"I've been given a mission by your grandfather." He said.
"And what mission is that?"
"I need to test you. Whether you pass or fail depends on how long it takes me to knock you out."
As usual, hope you enjoyed. R&R
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