Bitten
A/N: YOOOO MINNA~! No, Gray will not lead them to bloody custody. He has a kind heart, and everything here would be explained. Plus, just a few more chapters and Sabertooth will enter. But first of all, please be patient. This is just a filler chapter, kind of filler-like. BTW, I'm SolemNiTee, TAKING OVER! MWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Proofread by: Riebelle-chan
Last time on 'Bitten':
"Everyone listen up! This is Gray Fullbuster and Lucy Heartfilia. Both trained by Lord Zeref and bitten by himself! I also resigned my position and passed it on to Gray, who will guide us to bloody custody!"
Chapter 8 - Vampires
Chapter 8 - Vampires
Weeks have gone, Cameron introduced Lucy and Gray to almost everyone. Gray had been doing well with the leadership, since he was trained by Cameron when it comes to these kinds of stuff. Every vampire had been crushing on Lucy, but Gray defended her and they would hopelessly give up. But one man didn't give up yet, because this is Gray's new rival in the guild, his name is Ren Mizatthe, bitten by a pure blooded vampire. Gray tried ignoring him though, but Lucy seemed quite interested in him.
Lucy saw Gray with a scowl on his face after he caught Lucy and Ren in a conversation. She approached him in her sweetest aura so he may not be offended. "Gray, are you okay? You look...a bit off lately" Lucy tried saying. Gray groaned and shook his head, maybe he did not want any company. Offended, Lucy strode off to the request board, to do something.
Before she could reach the request board, two identical kids blocked her path with weapons hidden behind their backs. But Lucy's eyes were fast and she quickly snatched both their knives from their tight grip. The two kids frowned, knowing that their knives have been grabbed easily. One of the kids, the girl, named Azure Tenford, sighed. "Lucy, why are you so fast and intelligent? I wanna be like you someday!" she said, with sparkles in her eyes.
On the other hand, the boy, which is Azure's twin: Denim Tenford, gritted his teeth. He accused a finger towards Lucy, who seemed to be ignoring him. "Oi, Azure! This woman isn't fair! She doesn't give us chances to do a mission with her! This is why we're killing her, dummy!" he whined.
Lucy laughed, and ruffled his hair, which angered him even more. "Silly boy! Your weapons won't work against me! Even so, let's go on a mission tonight, then? I'm sure it would be fun..." she tried suggesting. Azure and Denim paused for a moment, thinking whether they should agree or not. Azure merely nodded, but Denim was still frozen.
"You know, vampires, aren't usually fragile, Denim. We are creatures who seemed alive, but already dead. You can't kill a vampire unless you stabbed its heart or rip its head off and burn it. But since they are bitten by Zeref, neither would work, so both Master Gray and Lady Lucy wouldn't be affected by any attacks. Zeref probably gave them authority over vampires" a voice interrupted, coming from Xam Alickins, the beautiful redhead, who just walked towards them with a cup of blood in her hands.
The three turned to her, she actually was the smartest in the guild. They gave her curious looks, now even the whole guild looked at her. Xam shrugged as she took a sip of the blood. "Zeref, whoever he bites, will be his successors. Whoever his successors are, will have the authority to rule vampires until he looses his life. Technically, that is quite impossible, for Lord Zeref is immortal. Except if he tried to kill himself, which is not possible as well because I heard he attempted to commit suicide, but failed. Only that fire eating bastard in Fairy Tail can defeat him. Unless his successors defend him, then there would be no problem. If he dies together with his successors, the vampire race would be extinct without the power provided by Lord Zeref. We would fall on our knees against humans and more or less die. If we vampires stay strong to protect the successors and Lord Zeref, we would live. Unfortunately, I heard vampire hunters are becoming more and more alert to our every movement! Heck, I could even feel one watching me right now!" Xam shuddered.
Gray heard it all, and he just found out that he should be the one being protected, not the one protecting. He listened more to Xam's words as the guild murmured. Xam glanced at Gray, who raised an eyebrow at her. "Well it's decided. Not because I am the boss, but if it is your duty to protect us, then so be it. Otherwise, if you failed to do this, we will be the ones protecting you, to save our race. We won't fall to those humans, never even bother think about it! But they would not fall before us, like we're kings. There would come a time that we would get along with our past beings. It's called peace. But to get peace, we should have war. We'll go at that point, but still...We are not ruling over humans whatsoever" Gray declared.
More murmurs are heard, some disagreed. Some wanted to rule over humans, but some really wanted to have peace with them. Gray got irritated about complaints coming from some of the members who disagreed on not ruling humans. His eyes glowed brightly and the guild silenced. Lucy stared at him, not knowing what she should do. Gray smashed the table. "Enough! What's the point of ruling humans, tell me one valid reason to justify that we should rule over them. I can't see any benefit from it than our stomachs filled with eternal blood. But is it really eternal? Prove to me that we should or will rule over them" Gray commanded.
Ren, who slid out from his back, put an arm around Gray's shoulder. "Relax, brother. I, too, don't see no difference. If we rule them, we just eat them, then their race would eventually disappear. So why do we rule them for? So that they may not plan on their assault against us? If we should truly kill humans, specifically, the hunters should be hunted. After all, it's like when they hunt vampires, they're like the Prey hunting for the Predator. That is not proper for the balance of the universe. And furthermore, it's unusual at the same time" he said slyly.
Lucy nodded. She agreed with Ren's idea, much to Gray's dismay. Not that he rooted for him, but Gray admitted that he was a little jealous of Ren. Gray sighed and frowned. "I hate to say this but...Ren is right.." Gray started saying, shocking Ren a little. Lucy smiled, knowing that he finally accepted Ren as a friend. "Our future depends on Lord Zeref. Us, successors of him, will fight even if it's the last thing we would do to protect our race. And we will exterminate those hunters by any means necessary. Now all of you, go now and do what you must" he ordered.
The guild fell silent for a while, but eventually got back to its normal state. Ren sat beside Gray with an epic-curious look plastered on his face. Gray pretended to ignore him but decided to listen to him anyway. "Tell me, Master Gray Fullbuster, why did you agree with me? For once, I never thought you would tell me I am right. Are you doing this because you are afraid that I might steal Lucy away from you?" Ren asked, now smirking.
Gray gritted his teeth, almost wanting to punch the lights out of the dark brown haired man beside him. "If it makes Lucy happy, then I am cool with it. But be aware of this, Ren Mizatthe. If you dare lay a hand on Lucy in a lethal way, that 'lethal way' will be doubled and returned to you. You're not just harming my partner, you are harming the Princess of Vampires. And I am not her bodyguard, but soon, I would be her prince in shining armor. Watch me, Ren" Gray replied coolly.
Ren scoffed. "Prince my ass, Gray. I would like to see you try, but sooner or later, you would fail. I would be glad to take her hand and ask her to a dance in some party, but will never be the good guy if I see Lucy in another man's arms. Tell me, Gray, did you ever compliment Lucy?" Ren asked.
Gray flinched, struck by his question. Did he ever compliment Lucy? Did he? Or did he just see her as a friend that would like him for a little while? He shook his head, drinking the last amount of blood his mug has. "A woman doesn't need compliments from a liar like you. It is better to stay silent, than to lie, and end up in jeopardy, Ren. My business with you is done. Leave Lucy alone, Ren. He is not yours nor mine, but to nobody. It's up to her to decide, don't go all being arrogant. I'm going to fill myself" Gray said finally, smashing the mug down at the table.
Before Gray could even stand, his spy: Erick, just came back from his mission. "Master Gray! I heard news from the gossips spreading around Magnolia! And it was proven with my very eyes, sir!" Erick said. Gray nodded, letting him continue what his report is.
"Fairy Tail has been vanquished by Lord Zeref's dragon: Acnologia in Tenroujima, Fairy Tail's very own private island! No a single bit of it was left, it was covered by the large ocean! Acnologia disappeared in the endless sky, and Zeref is nowhere to be found. Fairy Tail members who were in the island, just passed away this afternoon, sir. This is according to the Magic Council" Erick said, panting.
Gray laughed evilly. "Good. Now we could ambush Magnolia anytime we want. Unfortunately, we won't do that, Erick. Excellent job, though, Erick! I will see to it that your reputation as the guild's very own spy would double. And that your salary would increase! Those fairies will be torn apart limb from limb. After all, you know what they say, right Erick?"
Erick just gulped, looking a bit scared on what his boss is saying. "Um...I don't know, sir, I apologize for my stupidity" Erick replied.
Gray laughed in a lower tone, ruffling Erick's hair, making it messier than usual. "At least you know you are a bit of that, anyways, you're smarter than you think. But as they say, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. Which to say is, revenge, Erick. Revenge. But we did not do it, did we? Fate did! Although... Everyone! Let us have moments of silence, for dear fairies passed away...Do not rejoice, for fate could do it to us, too"
Before Lucy left, Gray offered to take her home. Lucy agreed to this, only to find out that she would have a rather long talk than just a walk to her apartment. She never thought this day would come, when Gray would talk about Ren Mizatthe and Lucy's relationship. Lucy took it as they were close friends.
"Lucy, what exactly is your relationship with Ren? Not that I am jealous or anything, I just want you to be safe. Or it's not that I don't trust Ren, I just don't like his schemes sometimes. As much as possible, please avoid him for a while" Gray said suddenly.
Ren Mizatthe, the dark brown haired vampire, with luxurious ocean blue eyes - not even one girl can escape from his handsome looks, except Erza though, she's a bit of an exception. Lucy didn't look on to him as a 'crush' or a 'mutual understanding partner', he's more of a close friend that would act like the protective boyfriend. But no, they're just friends, and Lucy wanted it to stay like that. Gray didn't understand though, he's too insecure for Lucy.
Lucy chuckled. "Well, Gray. I understand that he would be clingy at times, but we're just friends, Gray. Right now, I am not looking for any relationship with a guy. There would be a right time for that. But personally, I want to thank you Gray. For being there, as my brother, my best friend and my partner in crime..." Lucy stated slowly. Gray listened, his eyes glued to the ground. "...when I found you in that island, I felt happy because I am not alone. Fate gave me you, so I wouldn't be all alone. And now, is the time, you proved to me, that you really are a true friend. A friend that will never give up his other friend to danger. Not that Ren is a threat, though. It's just that, I want to thank you for at least caring about me. Unlike HIM, who dumped me in that cold night, where my new life began. Serendipity, as they call it. Thank you Gray" she continued, giving Gray a tight hug.
If Lucy could see from behind, Gray was blushing big time, with a smile plastered on his face. "It's what a 'brother' and a 'friend' is supposed to do. You're my responsibility, and I hope I can stay to be the 'responsible brother' who would never hurt her sister, both physically and emotionally. You're welcome, Lucy. And I will protect you no matter what! Don't forget that" Gray replied as Lucy pulled away from her hug. He didn't look back though, he just continued walking her to her apartment.
The two didn't know, that Ren watched from behind, his fangs visible. His angry blue eyes glowed bright red, and he nearly pounced on Gray and might as well killed him. He growled as he clasped on the stake he was holding with a mallet. "I am a vampire and a vampire hunter at the same time. I can be both, but for now, I will hunt that bastard. And Lucy would be mine. Gray Fullbuster, your time has come, to die. Even if it's worth with my hands being tainted, by Lord Zeref's successor's blood" he growled silently in the midst of darkness.
Ending Notes: GrayLu moment, ehh? Soon, you'll have Zercy moments, then request any moment, just PM me. I lost inspiration, I don't know why... I'm so depressed, I lost my INSPIRATION. Happy Birthday, to Riebelle-chan our dearest PROOFREADER of this chapter and the original author.
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