Happy finally went back to his house. He took off his backpack and let it rest on the table. The house was exactly how he left it yesterday. He frowned and kicked a can a few feet away. His backpack emptied out onto the table. Fish bones. Fish rod. Bait. Bandages.
He placed the fish bones in the kitchen, and grabbed a blanket from the corner. He also added the rest of his money in there. He thought for a moment about what else he needed, but nothing came to mind. He rolled everything back up into his backpack, and left to the guild.
He looked at the sign and opened the door. The lights were out as everyone already left. He walked into the hallway and went to Laxus' room. Being very quiet, he opened the door and closed it as he entered the blonde's room. He had everything packed into a bundle at the end of his bed. Happy could seen a sleeping bag, some extra clothes, and a few other odd and ends.
He placed his bag right next to the larger bag, and snuggled next to the giant man. It wasn't Natsha or Lisanna who he's used to. Not even Gray's whenever Natsha fell asleep over there. But it was warm and not lonely. He placed his back against Laxus' chest.
The blonde leaned against the tree. His headphones over his ears, blocking out all other sounds; to others it looked as if he was peacefully sleeping, but he was awake with only his eyes closed. Softly, he hemmed the song and nodded his head to the beats.
An apple rolled near him. He lifted opened one of his eyes and looked at it. He raised his finger, readied to shot it with one of his lightning bolts. He aimed and fired at the red fruit, leaving behind only a burnt spot. He placed his hand back down and lifted his chin to the sun. It was midday from the sun's position. He yawned and went back to his original position; lifting his knees to his shoulders and laying his head against the tree.
In the corner of his eye he felt movement, so he opened his eyelids and looked at the small girl. "Was there an apple over here?" she questioned him. He barely heard her words.
Usually he wouldn't answer and ignore her, but since he just destroyed her apple, he felt a bitter taste of guilt in his stomach. "No," he lied. She frowned and started turning back before the blond could taunt her. He stood up and followed her out of the fate. She halted her path as she glazed at the older boy. He stepped under the apple tree. The leaves were a few feet away from his head, but to the little girl, it was more like ten feet. He lifted his arm and plucked one of the fresh apples. He threw it to her and she caught it. With a big grin, she thanked him.
The next day he was sitting within the Guild Hall, looking out the window. The others were playing with their age group, but none of them were his age; he was the oldest out of all of the children. He lifted his foot and placed it on the cushion; his head lay against the soft pillow that surrounded the window. The small deed he done yesterday for the girl was forgotten as he moved on to other activities. But the girl still remembered.
She moved throughout the others with a round object in her hands. The pink haired girl lifted an orange and dropped it into his lap. He was moments away from yelling at her for annoying him, but she grinned; a grin that shown all of her teeth. "Thanks for yesterday!"
He picked up the orange and stared at it. Then he remembered zapping her apple away and picking her a new one. The corners of his lip rose for this small turned to her with a shrug, "It wasn't anything."
Maybe she wasn't as annoying as he thought at first.
Just maybe.
He felt something on his face, which wasn't right. With one of his hands, he felt the object and it purred. Within seconds, Happy was thrown off of his head. "What do you think you're doing?" Laxus growled at the blue cat.
The cat leaned from one side to the other; he was ready to fall asleep once more, if only Laxus would allow him. "Can you be softer? People are trying to sleep." He leaned his head to one side and dropped like a sack of potatoes. His eyelids were already closed.
The larger man took Happy by the back of his neck and threw him out of his room. The small bundle of blue rolled along the floor and came to a halt once he impacted the wall. The small cat looked up at the ceiling, imaging things. "He must not get the consent of sleeping. No wonder he's so grouchy." A loud yawn filled the hallway. Inside of the room, he could hear Laxus cursing as he checked over his items.
It was only sunset, a time were others were still asleep or waking up. Soon the others will come and fill the guild. Usually it was Mirajane who would wake first and come to the guild. Happy itch his head, wondering when the Thunder God Tribe would come. He knew about their plans on rescuing Natsha and knowing about Igneel, so he wanted to come. He didn't want to be left behind once more, but when Natsha was so close.
"Damn cat thinks he's comin' along," Laxus grumbled as he saw the green backpack next to his bedpost. This journey was only supposed to be his to rescue Natsha, but now others were joining him. He shook his head and calmed down. 'As long as that cat doesn't get in my way...' He wasn't the only one missing Natsha, as it would seem. He turned around and exited the door. "Cat."
Happy looked up at him with a tilt of his head, "Yes?"
"What are you planning?" His forehead darkened as he stared at the blue form.
"I'm going with," he crossed his arms.
"And who says that?"
"Me. She's my partner."
"As is Lucy, Gray, and Erza," the blond replied.
He cocked his head to the other side. "I just want to save Natsha," he pouted.
The larger man just shook his head, "Just make sure you're all set. If you're going to slow us down, then just leave now."
To that, Happy smiled. He stood up, walked under Laxus' legs, and grabbed his bag. "Aye!"
'I'm going to regret this...' he thought with disband. He left his bedroom while grabbing his own bag and locking the door. He walked farther into the hallway with Happy closely following behind. For this trip, they needed more funds than they possible have on hand. He opened a small box and took out some mingle jewels; hopefully his grandfather wouldn't noticed the small decrease; but with him running every which place, the old man shouldn't notice such a small thing. He gently closed the box once more and stuck it safely back into its place on the cabinet. A Rainy Day Fund.
"Come on," he motioned for the cat to go back. Unlike the hallway, this small room leading to his grandfather's room was hosted with small traps. With Happy flying, he didn't need to worry about the cat stepping on one of them. For him, he was use to this maze.
The two managed to exit the hallway, each with their bundle. The door clicked and a head of long silver hair appeared. She was humming as she shut it and started walking down the middle of the Guild's Hall. She didn't even glance at the two, "Good morning~!" but she halted and stared at the two, "That's unusual to see you two up this early...and together."
Happy flew in a circle and landed on a nearby table, "I slept here last night!"
"Not wit- Lisanna?" She paused before saying the Pink hair's name.
The cat's eyes widen. He didn't know what to said, so he pointed to Laxus, "He tempted me with fish!"
Her eyebrow rose as confusion crossed her face, but she soon went back to smiling like a sweetheart. "You two must miss Natsha-san a lot."
'Two?' Laxus looked at her as if she transform into her Devil-Form. She must be mistaken about that; Natsha was only a missing guild member to him. Happy looked at her without his normal grin, "Course! She's my partner!"
"As she is mine," Erza stated as she walked into the guild. "Is Levy here?"
Mirajane looked at her curiously. "Didn't she go home already?"
"I checked her room this morning but it was still unmade from yesterday."
'Do you have a habit of checkin' everyone's rooms...?' the blond thought. But knowing Erza for a long time, he wouldn't be surprised with her controlling nature. It was just the first he had heard of it. "Pint's probably in the library," he scratched his head and pointed to the hallway he just exited.
"I will go and check on her, maybe she had found something," the redhead stated as she walked pass Laxus into the hallway. She had something to discuss with the bluette.
The blond looked at Happy; it would have seemed that the two Dragonslayers haven't told the others. Or else the other mages would have known about it by now. The Lighting Dragonslayer walked outside with his backpack, and once again gotten a confused look from Mirajane. Once outside, Laxus pressed a button somewhere in his pocket and a hologram screen appeared. He called the other three, "Meet at the train station within 10." He hanged up before any of the three could argue.
...
Evergreen sighed and cursed under her breath. She gave a side glance to the bag lying with multiple layers on top of it. She took a breath and rumbled a spell under her breath, "Re-iki?" The spell only caused all of the items in her bag to turn into a tornado and spread it all throughout the room. "...Only ten minutes..." she gulped.
With a sigh, she thought of another spell to whisk them all back; and it worked. But it was still too much for a single bag, and too heavy for her to carry more than ten feet. The brunette had to carry this across three countries, and she had a feeling that most of the way, she would be walking. "What fun," she kicked the wall, which had many imprints of her shoes.
Quickly, she called Freed. "What's the spell for fitting everything in a small bag?"
"You should have become a Requip mage instead...it's Requip: Basic."
She hanged up without another word and tried once again. Not only did she have the magic of Stone Eyes, but, with Freed's help, she was also basic within other types of magic. Ever swirled her hand, "REQUIP BASIC!"
All of her clothes went into a pocket dimension, leaving her with the oddities, which already filled the bag to the top. She was sure that Freed did the same with his items, but she wasn't sure about Bickslow. He had ever little, and mostly carried it with him. As for clothes, he often wears them as long as he can. Hopefully he didn't for this mission.
She picked up the bag, which went along with the purple dress she was wearing. It was much lighter than before, too bad the spell didn't take the other items with it. The door opened and a light breeze floated inside. Today seemed like a good day for shopping. Ever looked down at her watch and gave a small grunt. She only had five minutes to get to the train station. The door slammed shut, and she hopped down the steps.
I've been keeping the chapters 2,000 words, but most of this has been written for a few weeks. Thanks for support, and any feedback is welcomed! When I was looking some of these characters up on the wiki, they had no personally section (so most of it I just guessed from what I have read in the manga). Ever gonna be over-reacting, Freed's gonna be a puppy dog, and Bickslow's gonna be the joker with Happy as his appretice. As for the countries they are visiting, I'm basing them on what their name is; since Hiro hasn't gone into detail about them. So, I'm making up spells, and towns/countries as well.
Danizinhachan: Master may be small, but he's gonna get real huge once he hears. Everyone knows about his crush, but no one confronts him on that fact, except Evergreen (which may be the only reason Laxus doesn't act on his crush), since she gives him rants after rants. They just chose to let the two get together by themselves, like Bisca and Alzack, but it hasn't been working as much as they hoped.
darkhuntressxir: Well, in the next chapter, he will be offically on his way. The Thunder God Tribe still has to get to the train station first. I have a feeling it will be discuss soon (may even call in the other Dragon Slayers).