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Chapter 2: Advices to the Strongest Team
As Natsu was working hard to regain his magic power, Lucy was also working hard on her own for a living. This day, she was back in Hargeon port working in a restaurant, "8island" where she often helped out in.
Lucy was looking forward to her future as well as to see Natsu again. Wearing a cute waitress uniform she took orders from the customers.
"May I have your order please?" Lucy smiled brightly but her facial expression turned 180 degree when Happy showed up carrying a mug in a waiter costume.
"Why are you here?" Lucy exclaimed.
"Because we are the strongest team." Happy replied immediately. She got a really bad feeling. If Happy was here, that meant he was here too, her annoying brother-in-law.
"I'm bored today but I want to find a mission which does not require too much strength and earn me the most money. Jellal just extorted 3 million jewels to buy specially made-to-order "toy sword". Even though he will reimburse me, I can't afford to wait until he receives his own pay check. Ciel will kill me before that. Besides, Happy and I often came here to help out anyway. Tsuna walked up from behind to complain about his predicament. "Most importantly, I'm worried because that ice cube came with you. Any guy who took a liking to you has to get past me. Whoever defeats me, will get the Princess of Fairy Tail. I thought this is quite a fair challenge..." Tsuna was slammed by a tray before he could finish.
Lucy was tired to hear the same thing over and over again from Tsuna on her affair especially on her relationship.
"What did you say, little brother? You want a piece of me?" Lucy's jaw dropped, Gray appeared topless with just a ribbon on his neck. Tsuna should watch his attitude. Lucy could well become his sister-in-law before he knew it.
Lucy just facepalmed, "Are they ok?"
"Does it really matter? Both of us often came here to help out. I didn't expect him to be on this mission today too. " Gray came to Lucy's side and whispered. "Why can't you just tell him straight in the face about your relationship with his twin brother?" Lucy just sighed in response. As if Tsuna would listen to what she had to say.
And Titania, Erza Scarlet was here too to their surprise. She was enjoying her job very much. Ever since she got a divorce with Jellal, her life became much easier. She need not watch her etiquette and be herself. Lucy was really shocked at the way she took her order.
"May I have your order please?" Erza sat on top of the table posing, showing off her figure, mesmerizing all the customers. The customers practically nosebleed at her figure.
"We want everything!" They declared.
"That really helps. Thank you."
"You are welcome!" The customers replied in unison.
After the mission, the owner of the restaurant, Yajima, a small bald old man in chef uniform who was sitting on top of a carton wished to talk to all of them. Tsuna, Happy and Gray were sitting opposite of Yajima with Erza and Lucy standing by their sides. Gray folded his arms while Tsuna burped from his meal.
"Thank you for your help today. I need to summon this many of you today as I'm really shorthanded. My wife was already not around and this is the only thing I have from her. How many years had it been?" Yajima scratched his head as he tried to think.
"Six years had passed since Granny left us, Grandpa." Erza replied. Tsuna and Gray were shocked at her response.
"Grandpa!" They shouted in unison. They realized Yajima was Grandpa of Erza? No wonder she came to help him even though none of them had invited her along.
"Erza, I heard that you had broken off with that Wizard Saint husband of yours. You can't be too rash in your decision. I guess my grandson-in-law has a long way to go. Listen to me on this advice. Treasure what is in front of you. Don't regret." Erza pondered on her grandpa's words.
Yajima started giving out his advices to each of them.
"Lucy herself is ok. Leave it to fate. You have no control over it."
"And you two!" Yajima yelled at the two boys. "Especially you, Tsuna… right? You had the worst fate. Young as you are, you already have great achievement but you are too overconfident of yourself. You better take a step at a time, you hear me! If not you will drag others down with you and you are going to regret when you are faced with your greatest fear. As for you, Gray! You like to observe, you shall witness the future unveil itself on your own."
"You will lose out if you don't heed my advices, you hear me, youngsters?" Yajima yelled again to the boys who shook their heads vigorously in unison. "Yes sir!"
"Good." Yajima was pleased at their answers.
With that the group left with a cart. "Thank you for everything today!" Lucy waved at Yajima as their cart took off.
"Goodbye." Yajima nodded at them.
Yajima watched the cart moving out of his sight. Looking up to the evening sky, he thought of his old mate.
"Destiny had variated. Perhaps you are right? Whether this change is for good or for the worse, we can only leave it to the youngster's belief and their luck. I shall look forward to their growth the next time we meet. "
That night, Tsuna was home with Happy who was asleep after a long day of hard work. Patting the feline covering it with a blanket, Tsuna lay beside the exceed on their bed.
He closed his eyes trying to recall his greatest fear. What was it?
A memory of a bloody village flashed through his mind as he saw a boy in black whose hands was covered in blood looking at him in regret. He thought he saw a figure of a man with a long beard standing in front of the boy extending his hand to the boy in black who staggered backwards.
"No! Don't do it!" He ran very quickly reaching for the two figures. All the sudden, Tsuna saw red.
He woke up in sweat to realize that all is but a dream, a very bad dream indeed. He heaved a sigh of relief to see the cat still asleep. Tsuna facepalm in fear. "That will not happen again right, mother?" He thought looking at his trembling hands.