And here comes the almighty(yeah right) twinnnnnnSlayeeerrrrrrrrr~~*rolls tongue*
Pfft, nice opening. XD *head gets hit by something*
Okay, please kill me. I have been keeping my readers waiting for about a month to update this story but forgive me for this news. I might not be able to update this story as regularly as before because my semester had started anew. Hence, I need to focus more on my homework (though I hate them to my heart's core -.- )
Ayyyyeee! Enough blabbering! On with the story! And again the accustomed disclaimer: Hiro Mashima, aka trollshima, is the owner of Fairy Tail. I can never beat him in the sense of trolling…. ==
"I've called the cops", Kraud says after minutes of 'interviewing' Cahynn. Hibiki unfolds back his sleeves though he was still unsatisfied with the beatings he gave to the chubby man. But more bruises means he will be the one being interrogated by the police then. Hence, with full of hesitation, he stops it.
"They'll probably be here in five minutes."
"Where's Mirajane-san?"
"You mean the girl with that crazy upright hairstyle with spiking armor? She went to look for Yoora." Kraud observes the surrounding, trying to find any signs of Mirajane coming back from the search.
While they're busy chatting, Cahynn wakes up. Looks like he passed out for a moment. He groans. "What the fuck happened?"
"Shut the fuck up, fatty", Kraud glares at him. "Stay there if you want to continue living like a normal human."
Seconds after that, Mirajane, still in demon mode, appears from behind the bushes, carrying a girl in jeans and pink top. Seems like she found the girl named Yoora.
"This is the girl you're talking about?" She puts Yoora next to Cahynn. He gives a disgusted look upon seeing the wounded Yoora, not caring about his fainted subordinate.
"How did you know this is his ally?" asks Hibiki. He constantly looks at the passed out girl. -I think I had seen this face somewhere…-
"Well…", Mirajane shuts down her Take Over magic and faces both of the male with a wicked smile across her face. "What pretty girl would want to take down a boar with a stick? And she shouts some profanities in which I consider so wrong at so many levels. She even want to pick a fight with me. Just shows just how a sheltered life she must have lived before and the lack of experience in fights."
"She must have been so hungry." Kraud shooks his head while sighing.
"Yeah…..Facing a boar with a stick. But I still couldn't understand the thing about her own style of profanity. Did you by chance heard her speaking?"
Mirajane beams, and covers her own mouth to avoid laughing. "Yeah, I just come upon this new term. Usually people used 'asshole' but she prefers 'butthole'."
Kraud goes laughing like frenzy but Hibiki just chuckles. Sometimes a woman want to be a hardcore masculine and that's when new terms like 'freaking' and 'effing' were created, to show their boyish side but still maintaining the polite facet. Since 'fucking' is too damn harsh for a woman, and the word 'very' just doesn't reach the epicness level, terms like these are commonly used. But, in any circumstances, 'butt' wouldn't stand a chance against 'ass' since the word is much much more cooler.
"So what do we do with these couple?"
"In around a minute, the cops will arrive. Let's wait some more", Kraud deduces. Just then, Hibiki saw Cahynn trying to get up from his lying position. He walks slowly towards Cahynn, knowing he had no intention of fighting back.
"Oy ginger hair, I want to ask you something", he hardly speaks. The bloods he coughed before had dried at the verge of his mouth. "How did you manage to get out of those depressing moments?"
Hibiki takes a quick look at his face. Cahynn seems to be honest this time. He exhales softly and sits beside him. Hibiki answers, "Our fate is about the same, I know. Though yours are at bigger scale. We lost our family, our fortune, our dreams. But there's this one thing that differs me and you. Our own perspective and judgment. As a kid who had lost a family, I can always take my revenge on the cruel world, who had taken my happiness. I have the brain and magic to manipulate even the Master of a guild. But I didn't do that. Because I know revenge means nothing, moreover when the person you hold your grudge was no longer alive. Placing the revenge on their descendants? You're such a fool if you do that. They are innocent, and they have no attachments to your past. As a kid, I made a lot of thinking, which makes me reached maturity at a very early age. Maybe I acquire my optimistic thinking from my lineage, but still it depends on your point of view. If you see the half empty glass, you're just pathetic. Because there's still another half water that can be used. Appreciate what you have, not compare what you don't have with the others."
The lecture struck down into his heart, piercing is with a very sharp blade of wisdom. With shame, he looks down. Though he was a former mayor, he didn't practice the positive thinking in his daily life. Hearing that from a younger person, he was so embarrassed.
After that, some stomping are heard from the nearby street. There, the head policeman points out the direction to his troops.
"There, the wanted criminal Garul Cahynn is there! Move now!"
They quickly handcuff Cahynn and pulls him up to stand but Hibiki stops them from acting so violent towards him. "I've knocked some sense into him so be nice. He's vulnerable now."
The policeman listens to Hibiki's words and treats Cahynn gentler since he saw bruises and blood underneath his clothes. Cahynn, somehow, are surprised at Hibiki's advice. He was the one who fought his wife to death, but now Hibiki asked them to be nice to him. What in the world?
Before he was pulled away from Hibiki, Cahynn whispers to him while smiling. "Thank you." It's been so long since he smiled because of happiness. And this time, the count increases.
The next morning….
"I'm what?"
"You fainted, Reika", Kraud suppresses his voice. Reika doesn't seem to believe him, in which in turn makes him a bit annoyed by her sturdiness.
"Which means…", she smacks her blanket, "I LOST TO CAHYNN! DX"
"You probably need to tone down a bit", he eyes the nurses' glares from the corner of his blue orbs. Realizing that, Reika curls her lips inwards and smiles faintly.
"Heheh….Sorry." She chuckles. Her fingers move to comb her untamed black hair. Yeah, she had just woken up after fainting for the whole night. Her hair was caked with an uncomfortable position and made it looked odd the next time she watched them. Right after she struggles with her hair, she feels something is hanged at her collarbone.
-Pendant?-
She stares at the silver necklace and it took her some time before she grasped the situation. "Kraud", calls her. "Did Hibiki went to Mizu Village last night?" Her tone is full of worry and….longing.
Kraud doesn't reply a word, instead he just looks at Reika. After a fair amount of silence, he speaks, "Yeah, he did go there, only to see you passed out on the ground."
Reika bites her lower lips. Later, she asks back. "How was he?"
"He's doing fine", he retorts. "FYI, the marriage didn't work out. He ran away."
With widened eyes, Reika turns to Kraud. "Really?"
"Yes."
"Really really?"
"Yes…"
Now she doesn't know whether she should be happy or concerned about it. If that really happened, that proves how much Hibiki loved her, but then his reputation would become worse in everyone's eyes. Then why'd he…
"Reika, you still couldn't see it? Good grieves, how more blank can you be?" Kraud sighs while face-palming. "He loves you. And there'll be no other replacement for you in his heart. You hear that? No one."
Though it sounds cliché but it's the truth. No matter what she has to face it, and accept it and embellish it. This opportunity only comes around every once in a lifetime. Being loved by someone is a gift, but you have to be strong and trust the person you love. Protect and claim your place in that matter, for it can be snatched away from you if you're too careless.
Reika realizes something. In her love story, there's never been once she would protect her place as his wife. She would always surrender to other people, even if she knew it was hers to begin with. She knew she could always crash the wedding, or even cling onto Hibiki that much to prevent other women from swarming around him. But then she chose to trust him, even if it was only a bit, and by the end of the day she sulked because he was with another woman. After that, he would chase after Reika to comfort and convince her continuously, that he wouldn't hide any harem. And then she would cry and cry. Such a fragile crybaby. Pity Hibiki, he had a lot of thing to do.
Just when she is done with her thinking, the life-saver troops come into the picture. Natsu and Lucy sit down at the provided seats and Hibiki settles down at the vacant space beside her. Kraud decides to shift his previous place now that Hibiki deserves his place beside Reika.
"Where's that silver-haired woman?" Kraud asks out of suspicious. His eyes wanders to the back of Natsu and Lucy but saw no one. "She's not coming?"
"Nope", Natsu shooks his head, "Got another thing coming up. By the way, she sends her regards to you two."
Kraud and Reika smiles. "Thanks", she beams. "Please tell her I said hi too."
"Back to the topic. How are you?" Hibiki quickly changes the subject.
"Oh, my wounds are recovering pretty quickly. And Kraud's injuries aren't that much either so I guess we're fine", she replies.
"No, don't get my question wrong", Hibiki smiles, "I asked how are you?"
At first she is clueless but after some time, she captures the meaning of his question. "Umm…..Can I get some time alone with him?"
"What? Reika, I just sat here for a couple of minut-"
"Come on, Natsuuu~", Lucy pulls him out of the room. Kraud even walks away after giving her a reassuring pat at her hand.
Once the door is closed, silence fills the air.
Hibiki looks at Reika, who isn't looking at him. And somehow this worries him.
"Honey, is there someth-"
Before he could finish his sentence, Reika had already pulled him into a hug. She takes the chance to absorb his scent into her mind, registering back her status as his wife. And also adding the existence of the baby, their sign of love.
"I missed you", she whispers unto his earlobe. "Like crazy."
Hibiki smiles blissfully while his hand moves to reply her hug. They stay embracing each other for a few more minutes and later breaking the hug with love in their eyes.
"So…", he reaches the place where she holds their unborn child, "how's papa's child doing in there?"
Her eyes go wide. If she recalled, Reika never mentioned about the baby to him. Unless he figured that out by himself.
"How did you know?"
"Honey, you are easier to read than a book."
She looks down, feeling embarrassed about her demeanor of running away from the house while carrying their baby. "I'm sorry…"
"Don't be. I'm at fault too." He caresses her cheek lovingly. "I should know where I stand. I'm not some bachelor anymore, I have a family to take care of. So I shouldn't be hanging around at a girls' house late at night. You have the right to be mad at me."
"No…..I'm the one to be blame. Somehow this pregnancy makes my emotion more sensitive than ever." She stares at the blanket, doesn't want to lift her face. "And seeing you together with Christine makes me feel down, feeling that I'm not the one who's supposed to be beside you-"
Hibiki quickly puts his finger to her lips to cut her sentence. "Don't ever say that again, honey. I'm the one who'll decide who deserves myself. And I chose you. So don't ever bring this topic again, okay?"
Slowly, she nods and hugs him back. She misses the feeling of being in his arms. Now she has the chance, she wants to cherish the moments to the maximum.
"What do you mean we might be contaminated?"
"From our observation", the researcher continues to explain, "the pollen along the streets to Mizu Village is highly hazardous. And since the five of you have been there for quite a long time, we want to take this opportunity to research more on it."
"Huh?" Reika goes blank. "Contaminated? You mean we'll get sickness after breathing it in or some sort?"
"Yes", the researcher fixes his glasses, "but as I can see, one of you might have taken some precaution steps after finding out this fact."
"Right, Hibiki Laytis?"
Hibiki stares at him, and later nods. "Yes, I've told the seven of us to cover our mouth and nose to reduce the possibility to get the ailments. But how come you only take on us who'd come here? How about Mirajane, Christine, Happy, Julie and Ayumi?"
"That's settled." He holds out a file containing the information on the disease. "We've been searching for them around the Magnolia town and had them examined. Here, it says, they're clean. But we still need to check on you five, and we found out that the two of you were, surprisingly I must say, lived there before moving out elsewhere."
"Why?" Kraud gives him a suspicious look.
"Because-"
"Mister, let me tell them." Lucy fixates her sight upon Kraud and Reika before continuing. "Mizu Village you claimed to be your hometown was originally destroyed by a tsunami. But…."
She pauses and holds Natsu's wrist. "Go on, Lucy", Natsu convinces her.
"…The place is a regular spot for tsunamis, which means it was frequently got hit by them."
"You've got to be kidding me. But I saw it with my own eyes…." Kraud counterattacks. "I-I even talked to one of the villagers!"
They all give out a sympathetic look, except Reika and Kraud. Hibiki tries to finish the deduction. "The pollen along the streets of Mizu village was dangerous not because it can kill humans like a rattlesnake, but it is a silent killer. They will be inhaled by the person who walked there for a long period of time and will cause confusion to the brain. It can't differentiate between truth and imagination. Hence, the people who are affected can be called-"
"Insane."
Again, silence occupies the room.
"So….Does that mean, I've been falling for some illusion all this while?" Kraud clutches his hair, trying hard not to burst into tears. "Teepha was not even a living thing? I acted silly since I was ten?"
The researcher quickly grabs a hold of Kraud's shoulder as he seems to be losing his mind. But certainly, everyone would act the way he is when they knew the life they've been living was nothing more than a lie. As Kraud is going nuts, he calls his colleague to bring (Though it's more to drag) Kraud to a nearby room for him to calm down. Reika was going to stop them from pulling Kraud away from her but after she witnessed how heartbroken Kraud was, she can't do anything but to let him go. Kraud needs some time to accept this fate, this cruel fate of theirs.
"Am I going to be like him soon?" Reika looks at Hibiki with eyes full of despair. "I don't care what'll happen to me but I hope it won't affect our child…"
"Wait, what?" The researcher that came back after putting Kraud away, is clearly astonished by her statement.
"Yes, she's pregnant", Hibiki declares. "Is there something wrong?"
"All the more reason to check on her. Though we haven't researched on this disease thoroughly but I'm afraid she must be quarantined in a special place."
Lucy, Natsu and Hibiki goes wide-mouthed. This can't be happening!
"You seriously don't think that, do you?" Natsu asks the researcher to gain satisfaction. "She's pregnant! She's freaking pregnant!"
"Yeah….At this time, she really needs her husband next to her almost all the time", adds Lucy.
The researcher sighs, expecting these comments to come. "I know you want to call me ruthless or anything, but that's the procedure, I can't help it. The period of research can extend from around six months to five years. Again, it depends."
"But by that time she might have given birth!"
He shifts his vision to Hibiki, who is now in state of hopelessness. "…..Though I can't say this for sure but if you are willing, Mr. Laytis, you can depend on me about this matter."
"How can I trust you?"
"Please….This is the least I can do." He holds out his right palm. "I am Professor Ran Kyuren, and I vow to take care of your wife, Reika Laytis, during her time in this quaratine."
After staring at his hand and face continuously, Hibiki finally shakes Kyuren's hand, putting all his trust at him.
"Please."
"How can you trust him so quickly?!", yells Natsu as soon as they are out of the medical center's park. With his killing glare, Natsu grabs Hibiki's collar forcefully. "He's your fucking wife, idiot!"
"I know", Hibiki replies, also plastering his death glare. "Because I know who that professor is, that's why I think I can put my trust on him, though I don't plan to be swayed that easily…"
"Natsu, stop it", Lucy pulls Natsu's arm away from Hibiki and looks back at the ginger-haired gentleman. "Who is that man?"
"Ran Kyuren, you mean?"
"Who else, douche?" Natsu angrily crosses his arms, ignoring Lucy's uncomfortable stare.
Hibiki smiles before answering, "He's a professor."
"Don't play dumb! You're wasting my time!"
Sighing, he lifts his face to the sky. "He's someone close to Reika's beloved person. To be precise, her dear teacher."
Lucy and Natsu look at each other before Lucy voices out, "Care to explain?"
"His name is Ran Kyuren, the son of Ran Martin, or in this case you knew him as Marn, the water mage of Mizu Village."
Cut! Okay everybody, wash up! We've got a long way to go! And Hibiki, if you want to have some intimate moments with Reika, go somewhere else! (Hibiki : Yeah, yeah….Meanie -.- *pulls Reika to their room) *Sighs* Okay, time to go and rest my back…..Natsu, that's MY bed! *kicks Natsu out* *Lays on the bed comfortably*….
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Eeehhh?! The camera's still rolling? Wait, there's a blooper session eh? Hehehe….I've got lots in my room. Wanna go and check it out?
Cutscene 1
She continued to observe the 'things' around her when suddenly she heard a grumbling sound, loud enough for the people around her to hear it too. She quickly put up her fighting stance and waited if there was any dangers around.
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''Nothing was around'', she said. ''I wonder what that sound was...''
Her mind told her to proceed her walking when the grumbling sound was heard again. She looked around warily. Still, nothing hazardous was in her sight. She continued to walk when a pale blonde teenage boy suddenly appears in front of her and said, ''Mmm...Miss?''
''Yes? Can I help you?''
''I think your stomach needs to be filled...'',he said while pointing his thumb politely to Reika's grumbling tummy.
Reika stared at the blonde. "I don't think it's my stomach…"
His eyes widen. "So there really is a monster here waiting for an ambush?" He quickly set up his Snow magic.
"No. You got me wrong. What I mean is…..I don't think it's my stomach…" She looked at his groaning tummy. Sheepishly, he scratched the back of his head, eyeing the director from the corner of his big eyes.
"CUUUTTT!", twinSlayer shouts. "Eve, I told you to eat your breakfast before we started shooting!"
"Sorry….."
Cutscene 2
" You felt insecure, that's why you keep frowning to yourself", he says.
He takes Reika's right hand and puts it onto his left palm." You know which person you can open up to, so I won't force yourself if don't want to show your real feelings to me."
-That calming pair of eyes...-she thought,- It was exactly the same as Marn.-
She doesn't know why, but she feels safe by being next to Hibiki.
"Hey, flirty."
"Yeah?"
"Can I cry?"
"Of course."
twinSlayer: (Thinking)Okay, okay….just a lil' bit more…..Please, Reika , please…
Reika is trying her best in restraining herself from vomiting but the 'cut' screaming seems to be taking her deteriorating energy.
twinSlayer: And CU-
"Uweeekkkk!"
A nice splash of fruit salad, Fish and chips, dragonfruit juice, all mixed up with a certain someone's saliva, ended up on Hibiki's black pants.
"Medical Team!"
Cutscene 3
The wagon starts to move. He watches her as the vehicle drifts slowly back to the main road. Suddenly, something crosses his mind.
-Can she adapt to that kind of surrounding? Fairy Tail parties hard...-
While Reika is waving at Hibiki, a pillar from the commotion inside flies to her head. Wait, what?!
twinSlayer and the other crews have already start escaping from the to-be-crime-scene while Reika is still waving Hibiki goodbye at the wagon. He, on the other hand, tries to warn Reika but…..
BAMM!
…It's all too late now.
Feeling a little dizzy, Reika slowly lifts her face after being slammed hard by the supposedly 'chair'. Then, she saw a white big pillar in front of her, instead of a chair.
"Oy baka Natsu! You're supposed to kick the chair outside, not the pillar!"
"Eeeehh?! I mis-kicked it?!"
Clenching her fists tight, she stands up and runs inside. "NATSUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
"RUUUNNNNNN!"
And that's all for now. I hope I can insert more bloopers in here but you see, I have some work to do (Psh! -_- ) And lastly, wish me luck on my effort on getting this story done!
See you later~!