Hey guys, I'm back with Chapter 3 of Little Light. Yay!
Just to confirm something with everyone, Trent is an OC, I thought it'll be nice to give Bisca and Al another child, since this fiction is based around 5 years in the future.
Anyway, please enjoy Chapter 3.
Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.
/)*(\
It has been approximately two weeks since Natsu and Lucy had announced to the guild about how they're expecting a child, and it had taken even longer for the guild to finally calm down, especially after all the celebrations that were held. Lucy's stomach had also begun to start showing. This did worried Lucy a little, her stomach was larger than Bisca was while she was pregnant with Trent, however her worries were cast aside when Bisca explained to Lucy that the size can vary from women to women, although, Bisca did admit that she was showing more than most women did when they're in the first stage of pregnancy. Natsu and Lucy had also started to talk about extending their small house in the woods, in preference to buying a new house since their current household held to many memories for them to want to move out. Once the guild heard about this, everyone had begun to pitch in and help with the planning with the promise to help with the handiwork as well. For once, the guild seemed to be peaceful, although, knowing Fairy Tail, the peace never lasts.
"Why the hell not?!" Lucy's aggressive voice echoed throughout the guildhall. Everyone became silent, in hopes of finding out what made the pregnant mage snap.
"Really Luce? You're asking me if you can go out on a mission. Aren't you forgetting about something important?" Natsu retorted, as he gestured towards Lucy's stomach.
'Yes, I am asking you, and for your information, I'm barely showing, so it won't affect my skills nor agility besides that Natsu I'm pregnant not dying, and we're going to need all the jewels we can get for the house extensions' Lucy snapped at Natsu who unconvinced.
"Barely showing or not Luce, it's too dangerous for you to go, I don't want to risk anything happening to you or our child" Natsu's replied with a worried tone hoping to convince his mate that she shouldn't go on a mission.
"I'm not some damsel in distress Natsu I can look after and protect myself, plus, when will I get a chance to go on a mission again? Soon, I'll be too far in my pregnancy to be able to go on them whatsoever' Lucy replied, as she calmed her voice down, looking directly at her husband's eyes, silently pleading with him to let her come along.
"Lucy, I know, it's just…" Natsu was at a loss for words with the way she was looking at him.
"Aww c'mon flame brain, let her go, we can go altogether as a team its been a while since it was just us" Gray interrupted the argument receiving a grateful look from the celestial mage.
"I agree, we can all go together and choose an easy mission" Erza joined in.
"Aye" Happy yelled as he also joined the group, landing on Lucy's shoulder showing his support.
"But…" Natsu began weakly knowing he was being outnumbered.
"Oi Natsu, stop your worrying, when I was pregnant with Asuka, I was still doing missions till I was about four months along, which is further than Lucy is now" Bisca shouted to the dragon slayer from her booth.
"…Fine, we can go on a mission together" Natsu mumbled in defeat, causing Lucy to clap her hands together in joy "But only if I'm the one choosing the mission and it's not going to be a s-class mission, just a small job off the board. Yo Happy, Erza, and Gray,you guys ok with that?" Natsu questioned beginning to feel the excitement of going on a mission take over his worry.
"Yeah"
"No problem'"
'"Aye"
Nodding the fire mage began to head in the direction of the job board, but was stopped as Mira came over to the table that Natsu and the rest of his team were occupying.
"Minna, I have the perfect mission for you guys" the white haired girl stated as she pass the request over to Natsu who took the request and began to read it with curiosity "It only just came in, I was actually about to put it on the board when you and Lucy started your ahh… conversation"
"Ah thanks Mira' Natsu replied as he turned so the whole team could read the request as well.
Help! Looking for skilled wizards to obtain an ancient relic from a temple for the museum of ancient history located in Florish town.
We are offering a Reward of 500,000Jewel for the completion of our request.
Please beware of any possible Bandits in the area.
-Owner of Museum of ancient history.
"Wow that much jewel for a simple retrieval mission?" Lucy was in shock as she reread the mission just to make sure.
"I know, it's quite a large award, when I asked the owner about it, he simply said it was the estimated value of the item, so really, it's more like you'll be finding the relic than selling to the museum "Mira stated.
'Yeah, we'll take it, thanks Mira' Lucy cheered to the barmaid inwardly imaging everything she could do with so much money.
'Ok then so if we all in agreement about this mission than we'll need to take the train to Florish town, I believe there is an express train arriving in Magnolia in about three hours, so I expect you four to be at the station ready to go in half that time" Erza commanded, as she walked out the guild doors after having Mira had confirmed the request.
/)*(\
Lucy was currently in her master bedroom with her husband humming quietly to herself as she was packing clothes into her overnight bag.
"Ok, so we got spare clothes, food, matches, pain killers and basic first aid equipment, Natsu, are you fine with taking the sleeping bags and tent?" Lucy asked her husband, as she scurried around the room collection the necessary items for their mission. "And will you stop your pouting already!"
"Yeah, I can take them and your bag" Natsu answered, as he went to grab his wife's overnight bag, however it was quickly pulled away out of his reach just before he could grasp it.
"Natsu, I'm fine with taking my own bag, you don't have to worry so much" Lucy replied in a soft voice looking in his direction.
"I know, it's just, that I feel uncomfortable with this" He admit looking away, making his wife give a small smile at his worry.
"Well, if anything does happen, you'll be right next to me the whole time, to make sure I'm ok" Lucy mentioned as she kissed Natsu on the cheek, resulting in him wrapping his arms around her, trapping her within his arms, with his neck resting on her shoulder.
"Fine, you win….But, what are you going to do about your morning sickness?" Natsu bluntly stated looking up at her. If there is anything that he had come to hate more than someone hurting his precious mate, it was that he couldn't do anything to help her, besides holding her hair back and being there to comfort her whenever she is subdue to the torture that has become known as morning sickness. Natsu felt his wife freeze in his arms, and within that instant he knew that she had completely forgotten about her problem.
'Ummm well I guess I'll just deal with that when it happens, ha… maybe I'll even get lucky and won't have it while we're on the mission" Lucy quickly answered nervously, resulting in a small chuckle from her husband.
"Ok then" Natsu replied, before letting Lucy out of his grip, so that he could walk to the doorway. "Oi Happy, we're all packed, are you ready to go?" Natsu shouted down the hallway.
"Aye, I got lots of delicious fish packed"' Happy retorted as he flew into the room.
"Alright then, let's head to the station" Lucy gleefully voiced as she grabbed her bag and walked out of the house with Natsu and Happy following closely behind.
*AT THE STATION*
"OK, so now that we're all here, we've got about an hour to go before our train arrives, anything in particular you guys want to do?" Erza questioned as she pulled her large cart of luggage behind her.
"What's there to do at such a small station?" Gray replied nonchalantly with his hands behind his head.
'Well firstly Gray you can put your clothes back on" Lucy muttered as she walked passed the now naked ice alchemist no longer caring about his almost nudity.
"What the… when did that happen?" Gray shouted as he turned around and began to retrace his steps in hopes of finding his lost clothing, leaving the small group behind to wonder around the train station.
"Oh Lucy-san, Natsu-san, Erza-san and Happy-san, what are you all doing here?' A small familiar voice soon called out.
'hey Wendy, Romeo and charle, we're just waiting for our train so that we can take a mission in Florish' Lucy greeted the younger mages.
'Yeah, we have about an hour to waste, what about you three?' Ezra questioned.
'Ahh same, we're taking a mission to Labiah, which is in the opposite direction from where you guys are heading...umm, Lucy-san, are you also going?' Wendy questioned.
"Eh... Yeah, of course I'm going, why wouldn't I be" Lucy stated confidently while secretly hoping there won't be a repeat of the earlier argument.
"But, what about your morning sickness? Won't it cause problems for you?' Charle butted in.
"Oh yeah, I was planning on dealing with that when it happened" She laughed nervously praying no else realized that she hadn't actually thought about it.
"Ahh, maybe I can try Troia on you Lucy-san , my magic has improved a lot over the last few months and since it's never been used on you, it could last for about three days' Wendy excitedly stated.
"Really? That would be amazing Wendy can you give it a try?" Lucy asked with excitement.
"Sure, let's see if this works".
Wendy walked towards Lucy and slowly lifted her hands so that they sat on either side of Lucy's head. 'Troia' Wendy muttered as her hands glowed blue and magic began to flow from her into light gleamed warmly before disappearing in a glittery mist.
'Ok, all done, although, there's no way of telling if it worked, and Natsu-san, I'm sorry, but your still immune to my magic' Wendy informed the fire mage.
'It's ok Wendy, I'll somehow manage, thanks for helping Luce' Natsu replied.
"Wendy, our train is arriving, we better get going, cya Natsu-san!" Romeo shouted as he grabbed the sky dragon slayer's hand and dragged her along the platform causing the young teenager to blush at the contact.
"Ehh? Sorry, but I'm going to go with Charle, goodluck you guys" Happy apologized as he and Charle flew off to catch up to the younger mages.
"Ok,cya buddy" Natsu waved goodbye to Happy.
"Seems that Charle finally accepted Happy." Erza smirked.
"Yeah, good for him" Lucy smiled as she watched the exceeds fly off.
"Found them…." Gray yelled as he finally re-joined the group, currently fully clothed.
'Right, let's head over to the platform' Erza ordered the group while Natsu cringed at the thought of being on a train again.
/)*(\
"Ahh…. stable ground, how I love you" Natsu yelled as he fell to the ground seemly hugging it.
"Natsu would you stop over exaggerating" Lucy crouched in front of Natsu poking his cheek smiling, before getting up to observe the area around the small station spotting a large sign with a map she decided to head over to check it out.
"C'mon you guy's, it's getting late, and we still need to get to the museum so we can discuss details with our client" Erza informed the group as she tugged her cart along.
"Wait, Do we even know where this place is?' Gray questioned glancing around the town watching as people walked by. Hearing this Lucy turned her attention back to Gray and Erza.
"From the looks of it, the museum isn't far from here, we just need to head straight towards the town centre" Lucy spoke pointing towards the needed direction.
"Luce how do you know how that? I don't think we've even been here before?" Natsu asked as he finally manages to pull himself up from the ground.
"I was looking at the information board over there, it has a map of Florish's tourist attractions, and if you looked around instead of kissing the ground you would've noticed it" Lucy stated.
'Ok than, let's get a move on than and head over to the museum' the scarlet haired mage ordered.
/)*(\
After wondering through the town of Florish, Team Natsu finally came upon a large well-built building with a beautiful garden surrounding the entrance outside, within the garden were several flower bushes spelling out 'WELCOME TO FLORISH MUSEUM'.
"Wow, this place is so beautiful and well kept" Lucy cheered as she examined the building.
"Well, if this is the place, let's head in" Gray stated as the group made their way into the museum. "Wow, there really are a lot of unique items in here, come to think of it; we probably shouldn't have let Natsu inside" Gray smirked as he teased his teammate.
"Do you want a fight, you damn ice breath!" Natsu growled back at the mage.
"I don't hear fighting do I" Erza questioned Lucy making sure she was loud enough for the dragon slayer and the ice mage to hear.
"Nope we're the best on friends" both the mages replied in unison gripping each other around each other's shoulders.
'Haha, no matter what, some things will never change' Lucy chuckled as she watched Erza glare at the two males as the continued walking through the museum.
"Oh excuse me but are you the mages that the owner has hired' A feminine voice rang throughout the building, as a young girl with long braided red hair approached the group of mages catching their attention.
"Yes we are, my name is Erza and these are my team members Natsu, Gray and Lucy. We have come from the guild Fairy Tail upon the request from the owner; may I ask who you are?" Erza greeted the woman with a smile.
'Ah yes, my name is Aki, and I'm the head receptionist for this Museum, would you please, come with me, the museum's owner has been awaiting your arrival, we have temporary closed the museum while we set up the new exhibition area the same one we're hoping to contain the vase as its centrepiece" Aki informed the team as she led them through the Museum to a small office area where an older man was seated in one of the chairs. "Excuse me sir, the mage's from Fairy Tail who have responded to our request have arrived"
"Thank you Aki, and welcome to my museum, young ones, I go by the name of Greg, I do hope that you have enjoyed the sights so far." Greg, who was rather a small older man, dressed in a suit, welcomed the team. "As you may have noticed getting rather late so I'll make this quick for you, located not too far out of town is an old half buried ancient temple where we believe the Vase is being kept, I simply wish for your group to retrieve the item for me. The reason as to why I have requested for a group of mages instead of your normal recovery teams in because of a rumour that a group of bandits are in the area" Greg outlined for the team who listened carefully nodding as he explained the quest. "I can imagine that your team would rather leave in the morning therefore I have organised a hotel you to stay in" The older man finished before dismissing the Fairy Tail mages from his office who were feeling a little bit overwhelm at the hasty explanation given to them, walking back out of the museum they were again greeted by Aki who provided the group with directions to their hotel.
"Thank you for your hospitality, and I can promise you that we will head out first thing tomorrow morning" Ezra thanked the receptionist before they left following the directions provided for them.
*Next day*
After walking through the forest near the town for several hours Team Natsu had finally spotted the ancient temple that look severely deteriorated due to its age. Entering the temple Natsu set his hand alight providing lighting for the team making it easier for them to navigate the maze like pathways of broken walls and spider webs, eventually they came across a large square room filled with many trinkets of the past all gathered in dust, however in the centre of the room on a pedestal was the Vase they needed to retrieve. Out of caution Lucy summoned Crux so that they could be certain that no traps surround the object, after a few painful minutes of trying to wake the spirit up he eventually confirmed that it's safe to remove the Vase from its pedestal before returning back to the celestial realm. With this information Erza went to remove the relic while Natsu and Gray stood at the ready in case anything went wrong. Fortunately everything went to plan and the relic was successfully obtained so they made their way out of the temple.
"Well that was easy and boring." Gray muttered, obviously disappointed in the lack of action during the mission expecting there to at least be traps or something.
"Yeah, I was hoping for at least a chance to kick some butt" Natsu murmured also in disappointment as he trudged along.
"I know there wasn't even any puzzles to solve to get to the room" Lucy whined before turning to her husband "And to think you were worried Natsu' Lucy teased as she admired the vase she was holding, 'Although, this vase is so pretty, I can understand why the museum is willing to pay so much for it…"
"Which is exactly why we'll be taking it from you!" a voice called from a distance.
"That's right, if we take that vase, we'll be rich!" a second voice chimed in.
"The richest of them all!" a third voice pitched in.
'Whose there, I demand you show yourselves!' Ezra yelled. "Lucy, stand back and guard the vase; Natsu, Gray, defend Lucy!' Erza continued to yell as she changed into her fight robes.
"Okay" Lucy replied, holding the Vase with one arm as the other grabbed her keys keeping them standby.
"Ha… you think you guys can defeat us!" The first voice shouted again as three figures appeared in front of them. "I'm the oldest and leader of this gang, my name is Kachi"
The second person jumped up. "I'm the second oldest, and I'm called Suochi"
"I'm the youngest, Takachi is my name!" the third and final male yelled.
"And together we're the CHI bandits" The three yelled in unison staring down at the Fairy Tail mages.
"Now hand over that vase and nobody will get hurt" Takachi demanded pointing at Lucy.
"Like hell we will" Natsu yelled in anger flames were already surrounding him, ready to fight.
"Fine, have it your way, Suochi now!" Kachi yelled as he started to run towards the group.
"Right, Levitate magi" Suochi yelled as he called upon rocks to start floating in the air as Kachi swiftly jumped from rock to rock before landing in between Erza, Natsu, Gray and Lucy.
"What the hell' Natsu yelled as he turned around to face the bandit who was standing between the gang and Lucy, causing his anger grow within him knowing that a potential dangerous man was standing between him and his pregnant mate.
"Natsu" Lucy yelled as she turned around to face the bandit, who was standing between the gang and herself.
"Suochi and Takachi deal with the mages, I'll get the item from this girly" Kachi grimly smiled.
"Like hell you will you bastard! I won't allow you to touch her" Natsu yelled as he ran towards Kachi, his hands a blazed and ready to attack.
"Not so fast Pinkie, Rock wall!" Kachi yelled as he plunged his hands into the ground, causing a huge circular rock wall to form, surrounding him and Lucy, separating them from the others, leaving Lucy to fend for herself, as well as causing Natsu to punch the wall instead of the bandit.
"Shit, Lucy!" Natsu yelled in fury.
"Natsu, focus on getting in there, Gray and I will deal with these two" Erza yelled.
"Thanks you two" Natsu replied as he began tried to break the wall down.
*Inside the wall*
"Now then girly, just handover that vase and I promise you won't get hurt, too much" Kachi smiled darkly, slowly walking towards Lucy.
"As if I'll just hand this over!" Lucy retorted as she reached for her keys pulling one off of the chain "Gate of the Golden Bull, I open thee, Taurus!" Lucy shouted as the key began to shine a golden light before suddenly disappearing, leaving Lucy feeling a little dizzy as realization took over. "My magic isn't working". Fear began to overtake her, as she looked up to see Kachi walking towards his hands raised ready to attack.
"Natsu!" Lucy screamed in fear.
And that's it for this chapter; sorry for the cliffhanger of sorts but hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
Please feel free to Review, follow and favourite
Thank you all
-Violet120.