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Chapter 2: Time of Peace?
The Dark Mage Zeref was asleep in the marshy woodlands of the country of Iceberg. He was soon woken by howling, however. Rubbing his black eyes, the Dark Mage sat up, only to find himself being glared at hungrily by a pack of ginormous red wolves.
"Don't come any closer…I don't want to hurt you…" he said timidly, raising his arms in front of his face. The wolves inched closer, drawing in on their prey, growling. Their hind legs bent back, preparing to strike.
"S-stop! I'm warning you!"
The wolves pounced, and Zeref felt the dark magic within him start hyping up to shoot out at the wolves, but instead a figure stood between the wolves and him, and froze them all solid. Before Zeref could re-act, the figure grabbed his outstretched hand and dragged him away from the scene. Their hand was warm, soft and small. Female, perhaps? Zeref thought to himself. When they finally stopped running, the figure turned to face Zeref, who was caught off-guard by her beauty She had long blue-silver hair in an over-the-shoulder plait, with eyes the same colour. Her skin was pale as snow, and her lips were plump and pink, she was currently gazing at Zeref with curiosity. She had a curvaceous figure with voluptuous breasts, and wore a pair of brown jeans and a blue tank top, with a red cape with a leather strap was draped around her feminine shoulders. Leather straps were wrapped around her forearms and upper thighs. She had a sword strapped to her right thigh.
"You ok kiddo? You look a lil' freaked" the woman asked him gently. His eyes widened, did she not know who he was?
"I-I'm fine…" he said.
"You sure? What's your name, kiddo?" she asked him, smiling at him. Zeref's cheeks felt oddly warm.
"Z-Zeref…" he told her. To his surprise, she laughed.
"Nice one, kiddo, now really what's your name? Mine's Yuuki, Yuuki Frost"
Zeref awoke with a start. He had had that dream again, the dream when he had first met Yuuki. Sighing, Zeref sat up, and looked at the mark upon his wrist. He knew that due to his negative feelings, she too would be feeling down. Zeref wondered if she had had the same dream as him, or if she was awake like him, or thinking about him.
"Probably not" Zeref sighed. He had learned from Azuma the spell had been put on him by Meredy, the pink haired girl who had once been a part of Grimoire Heart; she and Ultear had betrayed and quit the infamous guild. Suddenly, Zeref felt a strong sense of sadness; so much so it had tears rolling down his face. Yuuki was sad, and crying. And it wasn't just normal sadness, it was pure despair.
Yuuki was awake, again. She still woke up every two hours. Sighing, she glanced at the mark on her wrist. She was connected with Zeref. She could sense his sadness. She wondered what could have him feeling so gloomy. She turned over, and her locket slipped out from under her t-shirt. She opened it to see the picture of her holding a small baby, part of the small photo was ripped off. The tears came before she could stop them. She cried into her pillow, her heart full of loneliness and longing.
In the strange dark room, Natsu pondered about the day's bizarre events; after being rescued, the Rebel Army being led by his childhood friend, and fellow Dragon Slayer, Yuuki Frost, who had gathered a small army of Wizards; Lyon, Shelly, Toby, Jura (Lamia Scale), Hibiki, Ren, Eve, Ichiya, Guild Master Bob (Blue Pegasus) Guild Master of Quarto Cerberus, Goldmine, also Jellal, Ultear, Meredy, the fake Salamander, Kageyama,Totomaru, Aria, Wally, Millianna, Sho, and some other wizards Natsu didn't know the names of. They led Fairy Tail to an underground base, which was very homey, and spacious, with a lot of winding tunnels. Rooms had been dug out for Wizards to sleep in, and there was one giant room where the army had their meetings. Due to their now further increased numbers, the tunnels were quite cramped. Erza had a reunion with Sho and her childhood friends, and also Jellal – who hugged her in thanks for her help, and as a way of apology for his actions. Natsu talked to Kageyama and Totomaru, before challenging the two to fights, then getting yelled at by Yuuki, who said no fighting in the tunnels – it might cause them to collapse. He then spoke to Yuuki, saying it was good to see her, and then hugged her…and stupidly kissing her. It was just a spur of the moment, he had missed her a great deal, and he had always had feelings for her…the feeling of her soft skin and familiar hugs had sent him over the edge, and caused him to kiss her. She was surprised, but Natsu pulled away quickly, apologised with a bright red face, and ran away very childlike to his room, and had remained there the rest of the evening scolding himself for his stupid reaction earlier.
Meanwhile, Erza stretched, yawning as she took in her surroundings. She was in a bed, her armour on the floor, next to her clothes, an arm's reach away from her. Erza felt a sense of dread as she heard a heavy snore next to her ear. Slowly, she turned her face towards the man next to her. Jellal.
Ohgodwhut. Was her initial reaction. Sleepily, she shook him awake. Jellal's brown eyes flickered open, as he gazed at the red head.
"Whut'sgoin'onErzah?" he muttered sleepily.
"We…did…it!" Erza hissed at him, shaking him more, her face as red as her hair.
"Yeah…so?" Jellal said sleepily.
"I…just…meeeh!" Erza whined, very OOC-ly. Jellal yawned, and pulled her to his chest.
"What are you worried about? Your comrades thinking badly of you?" he asked. Erza sighed.
"Yes, they will think me foolish for certain…some may even think me as traitorous, loving a man like you" Erza sighed.
"They're your family, aren't they? They should be happy for you, and if they aren't, they aren't worthy of a woman like you" he said sleepily, nuzzling her soft hair. Erza smiled.
When Zeref awoke the next morning, he felt very groggy and tired, and his back hurt, and his chest felt heavy with despair. His eyes ached from all the crying. He sensed that he was feeling all of this because that was what Yuuki felt. He didn't want Yuuki to be sad, so he tried to make himself feel cheery, which only made him frown because Yuuki didn't approve. He sighed, glaring down at his breakfast. He wasn't hungry. Neither was Yuuki, he sensed. Suddenly, he felt very cheerful and lively, and began chowing down his food like Yuuki always did.
When Yuuki woke up, her back hurt, and her chest was heavy with despair. She was groggy and tired, and her eyes ached from the crying last night. Sighing, she got dressed, and went to join the others for breakfast. Before she entered the room, she put a massive grin on her face, despite the despair she held inside. As she entered the room, various people grinned at her, save for Natsu who just looked away. She sighed; his kissing her was a little awkward. She had always liked him, but during the past two years, a lot of things had changed, and she wasn't sure how she felt about Natsu at the current time.
Lucy, one of the new members of Fairy Tail, offered Yuuki a seat next to her.
"Thanks, Lucy, it's nice to meet you, by the way, I heard loads about you, apparently you once beat up an army of Vulcans singlehandedly! That's quite some achievement!" Yuuki grinned. Lucy sweat dropped.
"That's not actually true, I don't know where that rumour came from…" she laughed nervously. Yuuki smiled, and began chowing down her food.
"So you're a celestial wizard, right? What keys do you have?" Yuuki asked, chowing down some food
"I have Aquarius, Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Sagittarius, Leo, Gemi and Mini, Aries, Scorpio, Capricorn, and some silver keys as well" Lucy said.
"Wow, you almost have all of the twelve zodiacs! That number's quite an achievement!" Yuuki said, quite surprised. Lucy grinned.
"Yeah, when I first joined Fairy Tail the only zodiac keys I had were Aquarius, Cancer and Taurus!"
"Wow! That's still quite a lot!"
"Yeah...so what magic do you use?" Lucy asked.
"Ice Dragon Slayer magic" Yuuki told her.
"Wow really?!" Lucy said, surprised.
"Yeah, also Ice Make magic as well, Gray taught me Ice Make, the Dragon Frostwing taught me Ice Dragon Slaying magic, and a little bit of Ice Make as well" she told Lucy.
"Awesome! What was Frostwing like? And please don't say you inherited Gray's stripping habit!" Lucy added, laughing a bit. (The other end of the table, Gray sneezed, and Juvia gave him a tissue)
"Eh, I only strip at appropriate times, and Frostwing's a very serious dragon, but he has a soft side, he trained me a lot, as well, and gave me nice clothes, I love him a lot, as a father of course" Yuuki said reminiscently. Lucy smiled at her. Yuuki grinned back.
"What?! Why?!" Sho suddenly yelled out at Erza and Jellal.
"Calm down Sho…" Erza hushed him.
"How can I calm down?! He's a monster! Why, Erza? After all he's done!"
"What's going on?" Lucy wondered.
"I know, Sho, but there is good in Jellal, and he's changed, Sho, he really has…can't you be happy for me?"
"Erza? What's going on?" Gray asked.
"Me and Jellal are together" she told him. Gray just stared.
"You have some balls, Jellal, just don't hurt 'er or you'll have me to answer too" Gray said.
"And me" Natsu said, mouth full of chicken – not very threatening.
"I'll staple your balls to a movin' train if you hurt Erza-chan, but I know you'll take care of her, isn't that right, Jellal?" Yuuki said innocently at a now very scared Jellal.
"All of Fairy Tail will have your ass for dinner if you hurt our Erza, so make sure you take good care of her, boy" Makarov said to Jellal, who was looking very pale. Everyone else in the room nodded.
"Thank you all for understanding" Erza said, Jellal nodded. Yuuki wondered if everyone would have the same reaction if she told them her secret. She was scared to tell them, though; worried about their reactions.
"How can you all just accept this?!" Sho yelled at them all. Yuuki thumped the table and stood up.
"Jellal makes Erza happy, and as her family, we should be happy that she's happy with the man she loves, got it?" Yuuki said, very seriously. Sho frowned for a second.
"Yeah, I guess you're right it's just-"
"No, I am right, no exceptions. Even if he was freakin' Zeref we should be happy for her"
"Really? Zeref?" Gray raised an eyebrow at her.
"Erm…yeah?" Yuuki laughed nervously, silently cursing her stupidity.
Meanwhile, Zeref had gone from cheerful and relaxed, to tense and confused, to happy-ish, to sad, to angry, and to cursing himself. He wondered what was going on at Yuuki's end.
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