Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

Chapter 3

Gray woke up on a hard floor; his body was facing the floor but his head was facing his left. He slowly opened his eyes, but it was a bit dark. He blinked a few times until his eyes adjusted to the dark; he could see the floor, in front of him were bars. I was caught. Great, if Natsu hears this he will rub this in my face; he probably won't forget this. Gray tried to stand up, but realized his hands were tied. "Ice Make: …" I couldn't make use of my magic. What's this, some magic-suppressing rope? He rolled around; now, with his back on the floor, he pushed with his hands until he was able to sit up. He looked around, trying to assess his surroundings; beside his cell were other cells. In front of his cell was a pathway, and across, still, is a row of cells. He could barely see the prisoner across; he narrowed his eyes to get a better view. Is that a girl? She might be the Kisa we're looking for.

Her hands were tied to the wall; she was standing, but looking at her body, she seemed to be unconscious. Her head was limply hanging facing the floor, knees bent, and around her wrist are red circles – probably wounds from the rope binding her. He noticed that she was wearing a white – torn and muddied – dress, but no sandals. Something was shining right around her neck; a necklace, Gray thought. Gray crawled closer to the pathway, and softly he said, "Hey!" The girl did not move an inch. "Hey! Are you Kisa?" Gray said a little louder, but still no movement from the other cell. Frustrated, Gray almost shouted, "Kisa? Are you Kisa? I'm Gray Fullbuster from Fairy Tail. My team and I were requested to retrieve you from your captors."

With this, the girl's head shot up. From the little that Gray could see, he noticed that her eyes were the same colors as Lucy's. Lucy? No, this girl's chest is smaller, her hair's longer, too; purple hair? This is definitely the Kisa we need to rescue. Gray thought of ways of how they could escape the dungeon they're in, but then, he heard sobs coming from across his cell. "Gray *sniff* Fullbuster, you came back *sniff*"

"What the…?" Crying?

At that moment, a small man appeared at the foot of the stairs; his eyes were bulging out, teeth yellowing, and his nose was wrinkled. He was wearing a cloak, but removed it as he descended, "Hmm, the prisoners seem to be awake, now. Hey! Listen to me, around here, they call me Warden! I make the rules here; all of you will obey me!" Warden walked around with his staff, letting his free hand brush at each bar of the cells. He stopped in front of Gray's cell; Gray waited for his remark, but noticed that Warden was facing the other way. "Ah, our princess comes back. You remember me now, don't you, my dear?"

"No." The girl snapped back refusing to face the warden.

"Tsk Tsk. Don't be such a brat, kid. I told you, here, you obey me. Listen fools," he shouted for everyone to hear, "I make the rules here, and for anyone who is stupid enough to disobey me…" He did not bother to continue his sentence; instead he placed his staff on the girl's cell bar. Lightning-like magic came out of his staff, and flowed all throughout the cell. "Kyaaaaahhhhhh!" the girl screamed once his magic reached her. The warden laughed at her, "Now do you remember me stupid brat?! Hahaha!"

"Stop that you bastard!" Gray screamed. Seeing the girl's pained face, he slammed his head between two bars to get closer to the warden; his face seething in anger.

The warden seized laughing, withdrew his staff, and faced Gray. "Well now, we have a new guest. Are you willing to make an example of what will happen to those who disobey me?"

When I get out of here, I am going to punch you senseless, stupid fool!

"*cough* You're name… *cough* Aito. You were assigned to look after the prisoners because you're useless in battle; you're not even *cough* smart enough for planning. *cough* *cough* You were only allowed to stay here because *cough* no one wanted to do the lowly job of babysitting. *cough* Now, I remember it correctly, don't I?" The girl from across stated; her head was still limply hanging; her face towards the floor.

"You!" The warden's hands were shaking; he gripped his staff tightly and posed to use his magic again, "Let's see if you could still retain your memories after this."

The walls behind the warden suddenly blew up, knocking him unconscious. Behind the cloud of ashes, a silhouette of a man could be seen. "Gray! What the hell are you doing here? You seriously got beat, man!" Natsu laughed loudly as the ashes settled. "Gray!" Lucy shrieked, appearing behind Natsu, and proceeded with untying the bindings on Gray.

"She's right there, Lucy." Gray whispered.

"I'm on it!" Erza shouted as she sliced through the bars opposite Gray's.

"Don't worry, my name is Erza Scarlet. I am a mage of Fairy Tail. This is my team, and we're here to bring you back to your family. Your name is Kisa, right?"

The girl nodded; she seemed too weak to even move. "Thank you." She said softly as she fell unconscious. Gray, after being freed from his bindings, walked towards the Warden, picked him up by his shirt, and punched him hard on the face repeatedly until one of the warden's teeth fell from his mouth. Gray released his hold on the warden's shirt, and then dusted his boxers. "Wait, where are my clothes?!"

On their way back…

Erza was carrying the unconscious Kisa. Happy rested on Natsu's head, while Natsu walked ahead of the team. Lucy was smiling, happy that another mission was done. Gray, beside her, was silently walking; now that their mission was over, he thought of the questions he would ask the two men back at the Sonomi house.

"Everyone, she's waking up." Erza said as she stopped and set Kisa down.

Kisa was sitting on the ground, blinking at them. Her eyes fell on Gray, who raised his brow. She immediately smiled. "Thank you so much everyone! I am Kisa Sonomi." Kisa bowed down as she greeted them.

"Yes, as I told you, my name is Erza Scarlet; these are my teammates, Lucy…"

"You're welcome Kisa." Lucy smiled at the girl patting her head. Kisa looked up and grinned back.

Erza continued, "Natsu and his cat, Happy," she pointed at the duo behind her.

"Happy," Kisa repeated softly, which made the said cat look at her, "you're too cute."

"Aye! I can fly, too!" Happy showed his wings and flew to the girl. She patted his head showing her affection.

"Show off," Gray whispered. Erza coughed, but continued, "That one's Gray."

"We've met already, right Gray?" She asked Gray as she tilted her head with a smile.

"Yeah." Gray answered as he walked towards their previous path. Everybody else followed. Lucy offered her hand to Kisa to help her stand up. "Thank you, Lucy-san."

After a few minutes of silence, Lucy, walking beside Kisa, spoke, "I was wondering Kisa, your caretaker, Mr. Yuki, told us that you only had one picture of your family. How come?"

Kisa looked at her with an unreadable expression. Lucy regretted asking her, "You know, nevermind, I was just curious, that's…"

"My mother died a few days after we had that painting. We never had the chance to have another one made." Kisa cut in. Lucy, sensing the sad tone in Kisa's voice, started, "I'm really sorry. You know, my mother died too when I was very young, at least you have your brother and Mr. Yuki. Having people who you know love you somehow makes it all better."

"Do you have siblings, Lucy-san?" Kisa asked.

"Just call me Lucy. No, I only had father, after my mother died; but he's with her now." Lucy sadly said while she looked at the ground. "That reminds me, where is your father?" she turned to Kisa waiting for her reaction.

"I have no father." Kisa stated simply. Lucy wanted to ask more, but decided against it. She looked at Kisa, who didn't show any signs of minding Lucy's prying. Kisa was looking forward, unblinking, a smile on her face. Lucy looked at what she was staring at. Gray.

Gray was walking ahead, he was thinking deeply. Can she know me, too? I have to rearrange my thoughts before we arrive. I have so many questions for them. Why did they have that reaction when they recognized me?

"We're here!" Natsu shouted as he dashed towards the house.

As they arrived, the whole household, it seems, ran towards them. Each was hugging Kisa, relieved smiles on their faces; the others were congratulating the Fairy Tail mages, shaking their hands, and thanking them. The mages were overwhelmed with the crowd that they did not notice they were brought inside the house. When the crowd dispersed, they were already at the receiving area, with Mr. Yuki in front of them.

"Thank you all for rescuing Mistress Kisa." Yuki-san stated as he bowed down in front of the mages. The latter looked around to find that Kisa was no longer with them.

"She's just at the other room; I apologize but the maids got really excited, they want to get her dressed appropriately for dinner. Touya-sama is already with her; he will be meeting with you shortly." Yuki-san said with a smile when he noticed the group seemingly looking for someone.

"Wait, I have questions." Gray stated catching everyone's attention.

"Yes, I am aware, Gray-sama. We are willing to answer your questions over dinner. Please," Yuki-san gestured to a room adjacent to the one they're in, "the Sonomi household would like to express their gratitude so we prepared a dinner for you."

"Yes! I'm starving!" Natsu screamed when he smelled the food from the other room.

"Aye! Are there any fish?" Happy said.

"Hey, mind your manners, you two!" Lucy said as he held the dragon slayer and his flying cat. "Thank you Yuki-san. Are you coming with us?"

"Yes, but first, I would like to check Mistress Kisa's condition. Master Touya will be waiting for you at the dining room." Mr. Yuki said as he went outside through another door.

Natsu and Happy went ahead, followed by Lucy and Erza. Gray, looking at the retreating figure of Mr. Yuki, reluctantly followed his teammates.

At dinner…

Touya was already waiting for them; he was sitting at the end of a very long dining table adorned with lots of food. "Please, everybody sit."

Erza sat at Touya's right, Gray beside her, then, Lucy, then Natsu, and finally, Happy.

Touya stood up, and addressed the mages, "Friends, if you allow me to call you that, I thank you for saving the life of my beloved sister and bringing her back here."

"It was our pleasure to help, Touya." Erza answered the grinning man. Natsu was already filling himself, as Lucy smacked his head. Happy grabbed the nearest fish he could find. Gray was silently eating.

"You probably know her, already, but I want to formally introduce you to my baby sister, Kisa." Touya said with so much affection, Lucy almost cried. Kisa appeared from Touya's back; she was now wearing a frilly pink off-shoulder dress, and boots matching her dress.

Gray first saw her necklace; he had not paid attention to it again since they were trapped in the dark. Around her neck was a silver chain; but what he noticed was the pendant. It looked like the one he is wearing; the gray – almost black – cross-shaped pendant. He looked closely, oblivious to the stares the other people in the room were giving him.

"You lllllllllike her!" Happy, who suddenly appeared behind Gray, said.

"You gave it to me, long time ago." Kisa said, smiling warmly, getting Gray's attention, making the other mages look at her, mouths hanging.

"What?!" Gray said, obviously shocked for he knows he couldn't give anyone anything like that; none that he remembers, that is.

"Kisa, my dear, please sit down." Touya pulled the chair to his left to let Kisa sit on it.

Everybody sat down as she did; except for Touya who helped her sit down. Touya started to sit down, and said "Now, I believe we have some unanswered questions. We, I mean Mr. Yuki and I, have reason to believe that you, Gray Fullbuster, doesn't remember us. Is that correct?" Gray just nodded; suspicion was evident in his eyes. With this, Touya continued, "As we told you before, this is not the first time something like this happened to Kisa. The first time happened twelve years ago; back then, we didn't know what to do, I myself was very young at the time to make the right decisions. It was Mr. Yuki's idea to ask help from mage guilds. Several came to help, but no one was able to bring her back successfully. That was until your guild contacted us; we were shocked to know that a teenager, around my age, would come, alone! I was enraged, but Mr. Yuki made me see sense. Not long after that, the boy managed to come back; he was not in a good shape – limply walking, with so many bruises all over his body, and he was only in his boxers! I had been worried that he would bring the news of my sister's death, if I did not see who was helping him walk – my sister! I could not believe it! A task some older mages could not accomplish was completed by this boy. I was overcome with gratitude that I invited him to stay with us for a while. At first, I didn't notice how my sister was getting along with him so well. Well, don't get me wrong, I love my sister, but I am not one of those types of brother who have a sister-complex. I was just happy; I thought to myself, if this boy could rescue my sister from evil mages, then he can definitely protect my sister from other harms, as well." He paused, as if trying to remember something from his past, "The boy stayed for a week, but he became close with my sister; I am not sure if he was just being polite, or if he did wanted to spend time with her. I was contented to see that she was happy." Touya then looked at Gray, who abruptly stood up, obviously shocked with the story he just heard. "W-wait! You're saying that boy was me?"

"Yes, Mr. Fullbuster, you were the one who completed the request we gave your guild twelve years ago." Mr. Yuki said as he appeared at the door.

"A-are you kidding me? I-I'm sure I would remember something like that!" Gray angrily said as he slammed his fists on the table, making the tableware clank loudly.

"You gave me this, Gray." Kisa said softly, looking at and holding her pendant. "You told me to keep it, so I'll always remember. You told me that you'll be back, too, so, I waited."

"Now, you have come back." Touya said looking at Gray warmly.

"Is this some kind of joke? I'm sorry, but I would remember something like this; I'm sure I would, but I can't!" Gray said, a little loudly, making Lucy gasp; Erza stood and put one hand on Gray's shoulder. Touya and Mr. Yuki was looking at each other; Kisa was still holding her pendant, looking down; Natsu was still busy eating with Happy; and Lucy was staring at Gray, shocked at his, uncharacteristically sudden outburst. Now the room became awfully quiet; until - "We're all tired, I understand. Why don't we continue this conversation tomorrow morning? Shall we?" Erza said as she pushed her teammates outside the dining room. She bowed her head, and waved goodnight, before all of them were outside.

End of Chapter 3.

Okay I need to confess, I was imagining Touya (from CCS) as Touya (from this fic) while I was doing this chapter. . I can't help it! I really like his character - even in Tsubasa Chronicles. I especially love his sister-complex!.

So maybe I need disclaimer here, too. I do not own Touya (from CCS) - he was just an inspiration for the name and, possibly, idea of my OC.

So there you are! I hope you don't mind too much OCs in a fic - but don't worry, the prominent OC here would be Kisa. The others are only minor roles ;)