And welcome back to the second chapter! Wow you guys already loved the first one and it was just the beginning! Well I hope the second one will be as good as well. It's a little slow start but I think you will all still enjoy it. Well Natsu is back! Now let's see how Lucy is going to break the news to him ;)
Guest: Glad you like it. Hope you continue reading as well ;)
Rez: Yep! Here we go again ;)
Chaos: That's great to hear! Let's see where this one will lead us!
Lingering will: Well she is sort of perfect for the job, but I haven't decided it yet. Who knows maybe I won't even pick a new master ;) Funny thing is I sort of called it that she'd be the master even before the chapter came out.
Marty: Well I think that's the biggest mystery as to what Kera did in the year. We'll find out soon enough
Brainy girl: Those are questions that will be answered through the story ;) Slowly the others will come back
"And don't come back!" A guard yelled slamming the doors of the castle. Natsu walked out grinning, Happy right behind him. He was chuckling softly, remembering that the King had simply pardoned him with no questions asked. The King did love Fairy Tail.
"Looks like you were pardoned." Natsu looked ahead and saw Lucy standing there with a smile on her face.
He grinned. "Lucy! You came all by yourself, just to see me?" He asked. He was slightly touched that she had come all the way here. "Where is the rest of Fairy Tail? Where's the gang?" He asked. "Or are they waiting somewhere else?"
He stopped when he saw the look on Lucy's face. The blonde looked down to the floor, putting a hand on her insignia. "Yea… you don't know…"
Natsu walked over to her obviously confused. "What are you saying?"
Lucy rubbed her arm before looking up at him. "It happened when you left. Fairy Tail… is disbanded. It doesn't exist anymore."
"WHAT!?" Both Happy and Natsu shouted shocked. "No way!" He yelled grabbing the blonde by the shoulders. "That can't be right! Where's gramps?"
"He's missing… disappeared…"
Natsu shook his head. "Well where are the others!? Erza? Gray? Kera?"
Again Lucy had that look on her face, as if someone had died. "They… left too. They all went on their own path."
"No way… even Kera?" Natsu asked shocked and Lucy nodded her head softly. He couldn't believe this! Why did everyone just leave? Did no one object? Why did they all just accept breaking up!?
Natsu shook his head. "Well I have no idea where Gray would go, but Erza and Kera are definitely together. Those two never break up. But why the hell would they simply accept this!?" He yelled pulling at his long hair. He hadn't really cut it through the year.
Lucy sighed. "Well they probably had a lot on their mind, just like you and Happy did."
"Uh…" Natsu stopped. That was a possibility. But where would they go? He really had no idea what they would do…
The blonde smiled at him. "But… it'll be okay. I know it will."
Natsu smiled softly too, though he couldn't believe that she was so positive about this. Didn't she miss them?
"Whoa!? Is this your place!?" Natsu shouted looking around the giant apartment. Lucy nodded her head as she walked around. She then turned around to look the pink haired Dragon Slayer in the eyes. "Yes, now since I don't think either one of you have a place to stay, you can crash here."
Natsu and Happy looked at her shocked. Then the Fire Wizard ran up to her and hugged her. "Thank you Lucy! Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to us!" He said almost squeezing the life out of her.
The blonde chuckled as she tried to get out of his grasp. "Yea… just don't go into my bedroom, got it?"
Natsu smiled as he let her go. "It probably must be a little lonely for you, without Kera living here."
"It was strange and lonely at first, but I got used to it." She said with a softly smile. She sighed slightly. "Though it was nice having someone to talk to…"
Natsu pushed her slightly. "Well now you got me!"
Lucy chuckled. "Yea… just keep your yelling at a minimum please, there are other people in this house as well."
"I'm not loud." Natsu said crossing his arms around his chest.
The pink haired Dragon Slayer then grinned. "Well, I'm going to take a bath and hit the hay!" he called running into the bathroom. In the meantime Lucy went back to her desk.
She sat down and grabbed the newspaper from this morning. She didn't have time to read it yet, but maybe there was something in there of one of her friends. Looking through she looked over the articles of what has happened recently.
There wasn't really anything notable, just that there was an accident in a bar, but other than that… nothing.
She sighed slightly resting her head in her hand. She has information on everyone in Fairy Tail, even Erza and Gray, but nothing on Kera. Just like Natsu and Happy there was absolutely nothing.
But like Natsu said, she was probably with Erza. Why wouldn't she? The two were sisters and wouldn't leave just like that. They were probably just training together to become stronger. Maybe like Natsu they'll come back.
She hoped…
Natsu came out drying his hair. "Man! This is amazing! I can't remember the last time we felt this good!"
Happy nodded. "Yea! Lucy do you have fish?"
"No." She said simply setting the paper down and getting up. She stretched her arms out and yawned. "Well I don't know about you, but I'm going to head to bed. You can sleep on the couch if you want. I'll get you a blanket."
The pink haired boy grinned. "Thanks Lucy! You're awesome!"
"No problem." She said throwing him a blanket and a pillow. "Well goodnight, and don't destroy anything."
He set the blanket and pillow down on the couch and smiled at her. "Don't worry Luce, we won't touch anything. We'll probably go to sleep as well."
She nodded. "Well, see you in the morning." She said going into her bedroom. She closed the door and went to bed.
Natsu on the other hand was just lying on the couch thinking things through. Happy was sleeping on the floor on some pillows and he was almost asleep. The pink haired Dragon Slayer looked up at the ceiling and mulled things over. "Hey Happy…" He whispered slightly.
"Yea Natsu…" He asked still drowsy slightly.
Natsu frowned slightly. "Do you really think that Fairy Tail is gone… done, over with?" he asked his blue furred cat.
Hearing this question Happy turned to look at his friend, now fully awake. "I don't know… but hearing that everyone just accepted it and went their own way… It's hard to believe."
The Dragon Slayer sat up and nodded. "Yea I know, but the problem is Kera wouldn't have just accepted it like that! Not even Gray or Erza! So why did they leave?" He asked looking at his friend seriously.
Happy shrugged. "I don't know, maybe they left for the same reason we did."
"I don't know… something… something doesn't seem right around here." He muttered. Sighing he shook his head. "Well, there is only one thing to do in a situation like this."
He grinned at Happy. "Let's draw on Lucy's face!"
"Yea!"
The two got up and grabbed a pen from Lucy's desk. Next they were sneaking in Lucy's bedroom, even though she told them not to go in there. Natsu grinned as he saw her sleeping in bed as he came closer with a pen.
He stopped when he noticed something on the wall beside him. Turning his head he saw that Lucy's wall was covered with a map and other pieces of paper pinned to it. He walked over to the wall to see what was on it.
His eyes roamed over the board. These are all notes on where everyone could be. Very detailed notes as well. His hand went over the notes to see what Lucy had written down. There's Mira with Lisanna and Elfman, huh guess they stuck together. There's a clue about Gray and Wendy… even Erza! But… there's nothing on here about Kera…
He looked over at the sleeping blonde seeing a small smile on her face. He blinked slightly before turning back to the wall. Lucy…
Lucy yawned as she stretched her arms, waking up from her sleep. To her surprise there hasn't been any problem during the night with Natsu, which she was glad about. She got up, gone through her every day routine and still saw Natsu sleeping on the couch.
That's when she heard commotion from outside. Peeking out of the window, her eyes went wide seeing an entire squad of royal guards in front of her house. "What the hell!? Why are they in front of my house!?"
"Ugh, they already found out it was us?" Natsu said rubbing his eyes as he sat up from the couch.
Lucy turned around. "They're here because of you!?" She shouted. Before she could say anything else, Natsu jumped up from the couch and grabbed Lucy. "Hold on!" He shouted before crashing through the window.
The Dragon Slayer landed on the ground and dashed for it, carrying a still shocked Lucy in his arms. "What did you do!?" She shouted. She wanted to know why the royal guards were after them.
Natsu grinned at her. "I activated the beacon for Fairy Tail's revival!" He said.
Lucy's eyes went over to the castle that was standing high up in the middle of the town only to screech. The castle was standing there with the burning letters on them, spelling Fairy Tail over it. "NATSU!? WHAT THE HELL!? Are you crazy!?"
"Don't worry Luce, we're bringing back Fairy Tail!" He said as he set her down and now the two ran down the road.
"How!?" Was he still dense? Did the one year journey do nothing on his stupid brain?
Natsu smiled at her. "We're going to bring them all back. We're going to get our friends back!" He said.
"You went into my room, didn't you?" She said with narrowed eyes. Natsu nodded. "Yup! But that doesn't matter. What matters is finding our friends and bringing them back to Fairy Tail."
Lucy shook her head. He was always so simple minded, but she was glad about it. She was glad that she wasn't the only one who wanted to bring back Fairy Tail, to bring back her friends. Maybe with Natsu they could actually find them.
After losing the royal guards, both Lucy and Natsu headed for an inn in a small town outside of Crocus. Now they were sitting in a room discussing on what to do next.
"What do you mean you don't know where everyone is?" Natsu asked shocked and confused.
Lucy was sitting on a chair, her feet leaning against a table as she read through a few papers. "I've been gathering information on everyone's location based on rumors and sightings. I don't know where everyone is and it's also a little impossible to keep track on everyone."
"So what's the last thing you heard about Gray, Erza, Wendy and Kera?" Natsu asked leaning against the couch he was sitting on.
Lucy sighed. "Gray's been spotted with what seemed to be Juvia just outside a town near here, but it was just a rumor. Erza… well the last thing I heard of her was a cake shop being saved by a strange woman wearing armor. I put two and two together and thought it was maybe her."
She stopped and looked at her papers again. Natsu raised an eyebrow. "What about Kera? She's with her, right?"
The blonde went through her hair. "I… actually don't know. I'm guessing yes, since the cake shop was the only sighting of Erza, but I can't prove it. I have nothing on Kera. No rumors, no sightings… nothing… It's like she disappeared completely."
Natsu frowned. That sounded completely wrong. Why would she hide? Well Erza wasn't seen at all either, except for that cake shop incident. So there was still a possibility that the two were together. On the other hand, why wouldn't they? Erza would do anything to make sure Kera was well and safe. The same way around.
"What about Wendy?" He asked.
Lucy suddenly smiled which both Happy and Natsu took as a good news thing. She looked over to him. "Well… I did find her and for that we need to go to Magarett Town."
Natsu jumped up and smirked. "Well then. Let's go!" He shouted, dashing out of the room and outside.
The blonde looked down at the paper on the desk. She hadn't read today's newspaper since Natsu had decided to run off with her. But she also had no time to read it now. So the only article she came to read was the headlines.
Mysterious woman cause for bar incident
And that's that for this chapter! Hope you all enjoyed it so far. The journey to bring back Fairy Tail has begun! Well now don't forget to leave a review behind to let me know what you think about.
Until next time!