A couple of years has passed and Gray and Maekan were running around the guild freely. Laxus, like always, stayed and laid back relaxing his free day.

"Hey Gray! I forgot! Today is going to be my first day on a mission!"

"What? Are you sure that Gramps is going to let you Maekan-chan?"

Gray asked, looking at her as she nodded excitedly. She jumped around slightly, expanding her arms pretending as if she was soaring through the sky.

"Yeah! He said its alright! He said I'm old enough to go on my own mission! Besides, he chose it for me, and he said that it was really easy too."

she explained, running toward the stool near the bar that kept her bag. She waved to Laxus, but was actually sleeping on the stool and leaning against the post, not noticing her wave at him.

"Well, I'm going off! See ya Gray! I'll see you when I get back!"

she called out, her bag on her shoulder as she started to walk toward the door.

"A-Ah! Maekan-chan, wait!"

she looked back, looking at him confused as he ran toward her direction. She turned around, still a bit confused.

"What is it Gray?"

he had his hands on his knees slightly as he looked up, moving a little closer to her. He hesitated for a bit before gently kissing her cheek, causing her to blush.

"B-Be careful on your mission and hurry back.."

he explained, a small blush forming on his cheeks. She looked down blushing, shyly kissing his cheek in return as she pulled back quickly, looking down again embarrassed.

"I-I'll come back..I promise.."

she said, looking up smiling. He looked at her, holding up his pinky.

"Promise it."

she grinned with a laugh and wrapped her pinky around his, her blush still there. Natsu laughed in the background, hiding behind a post.

"Gray and Mae-chan sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-"

Gray slightly froze his head, a vein angrily popping out from his forehead. Natsu fell back, the ice's weight feeling to heavy on him. Maekan laughed before turning her back on them, waving slightly.

"I'll see you guys later!"

Gray continued to wait near the door, going back and forth.

"Gray, you should get some rest.."

Makarov said as he approached him slowly, watching him rub his eyes tiredly.

"N-No, Gramps, Maekan said she'd come home. She said that she would come back!"

he exclaimed, looking back at him as he tried to keep the confidence up in the air. Makarov shook his head sadly as he walked over, holding something now, placed behind his back.

"Gray..We went to look for her..but we couldn't find her.."

he started to explain, the small ice mage looking at his guild master in disbelief.

"N-No! She said she's coming home! She promised!"

he said, a bit too quickly as he slightly grasped Makarov's shirt, his eyes starting to water. He looked down at him sadly, revealing Maekan's hand bag to the ice mage. He looked down at it, his eyes starting to widen.

"A-All we found was her bag..stained with blood.."

he said painfully, trying his best not to cry again. Gray continued to stare at the bag, staring at the blood stains on it as he slowly reached for it, his hands shaking.

"Thi-This..i-isn't her bag..This i-isnt her bag.."

he said, to himself, over and over as he slowly opened it, still shaking in fear.

"Damnit! I knew I should have gone with her! Damnit, dammit, DAMNIT!"

Laxus yelled as he punched the post so hard, it made a crease into it. Makarov slightly looked over his shoulder as his eyes told him to stop. Laxus caught the message and stopped his temper, his hands still clenched into fists. Gray continued to open the bag, looking down at it. His breath hitched when he saw, a picture of the two of them together, but also stained with blood. His tears fell on it, holding onto it tightly. It was unlike him, but he couldn't do anything. He couldn't do anything for her. Because now; she's gone.