A Locked Heart

Chapter six: I swore I just saw her!

Lucy point of view

It had been a couple days ever since I visited all of the mage guilds in Fiore to hand out enrollment forms.

And now Kisame and I were currently walking around Crocus trying to find the place where we were supposed to stay. So far Kisame wasn't giving me good instructions on how to get there.

"Now… I think if we turn right we should find the place were looking for" she said.

I still had my cloak on and Kisame was under my cloak in the breast pocket of my dark red lab-coat; giving me directions.

"Whatever you say" I said.

I turned right and continued walking to Kisame's directions never once noticing a familiar shade of green.

Freed point of view

I was going to get something for Laxus-sama.

'Sometimes I wonder if people ever think I'm...- Wait. What was that?' I thought.

I looked closely and saw a black cloak… Her black cloak.

'Is that her? What was is she doing in Crocus? She's supposed to be from a merchant guild' I thought.

I shook my head to see if I was hallucinating or not. But when I looked again she was still there except she was turning down a different street.

'As far as I know, no merchant guilds have any business in Crocus at the time being. So, what's she doing here?' I thought.

Curiosity got the best of me and I took off after the girl to ask her what she was doing in Crocus.

But when I got to the street she had turned down I saw that she was no longer there… As if she hadn't been there in the first place.

'What in the world? I could have sworn that she had just turned down this road' I thought.

I saw a glimpse of a black cloak out of the corner of my eye but when I looked towards it, no black cloak of any kind was there.

'I could have sworn I just saw her' I thought.

I turned around and started going back to what I was doing.

'I'm hallucinating' I thought.

Lucy point of view

Kisame had gotten us lost AGAIN.

"For deity sake Kisame were lost again" I said.

Kisame just stuck her tongue out at me playfully and rubbed the back of her head with her paw.

"Heh, Heh sorry about that Lucy let me try again" said Kisame.

I sighed and reluctantly allowed her to try and give me directions again.

"Ok! Now if we turn left down the next road we should come across where were supposed to be going" she said.

I just continued to walk with my partner's directions. Never once did I notice the strange red hat.

Rufus point of view

(I know I'm switching points of view too quickly! Just bear with me it will be like this for this chapter!)

I was currently walking around Crocus looking at stuff. As long as I was back before the Sky Labyrinth began my team was ok with me wandering around Crocus.

'You know it seems Crocus gets more and more interesting each year' I thought.

I saw some black out of the corner of my eye and familiar shape.

'Wait. What was that just now?' I thought.

I looked in the direction of where I saw it and saw the girl in the black cloak.

'What's she doing in Crocus? Isn't she from a merchant's guild? Usually merchant's guilds don't have any business in Crocus during the Grand Magic Games' I thought.

The girl had turned onto a different road going completely out of my line of sight.

'So what's she doing here then?' I thought.

Eventually curiosity got the best of me and I went after her. But when I got onto the road she had turned down. She wasn't there anymore. Like she wasn't even there to begin with.

'Is my memory creating images of that girl?' I thought.

I saw a glimpse of black out of the corner of my eye but when I looked in that direction… Nothing was there.

'My memory is projecting images of that girl' I confirmed it.

I turned around and went back to what I was doing.

Lucy point of view

I was starting to think my partner had no sense of direction… Because we were still lost!

"Kisame… Do you even know where were going?" I said.

She just looked serious.

"Of course I know where!" she exclaimed.

She pointed in a random direction.

"Now turn down that street!" she said.

I just sighed and shook my head as I continued to walk.

'I swear Kisame you are going to seriously get us lost one day where not even the deity can help us find our way' I thought.

Kisame suddenly gave off one of her cat-like hisses. It was directed at me.

"I heard that!" she hissed.

I forgot that one of Kisame's abilities was to be able to read mind's when she was thinking about you.

"Dammit… I forgot you could do that Kisame" I said.

"Yeah and remember you're always on my mind so you won't be able to hide any thoughts from me" she said.

"How annoying" I said.

I never noticed a certain Blue Pegasus boy spot me.

Eve point of view

I had just spotted the cloaked girl that I had a crush on. She didn't seem to notice me though.

She turned down a road seeming to be having a quiet argument with something about… Directions?

'Maybe I can finally see under her cloak and I can help her with those directions!' I thought happily.

I took off down the road she had just gone down but once I got down the road, I didn't see one trace of her or hear that argument she was having about directions anymore.

It was like she wasn't even there to begin with and as if she had just been a figment of imagination or an illusion.

'I swore I just saw her!' I thought.

I saw a black cloak out of the corner of my eye but when I looked over there… I saw nothing.

'My mind must be playing tricks on me' I thought.

I turned around and started walking back to whenever I was doing.

'I'm just hallucinating images of her' I thought.

Lucy point of view

I decided to pass time by sucking on light blue sucker that I was carrying in my pocket. We were still lost!

"Dammit Kisame… Should I just call Pyxis?" I said.

Kisame was sucking on a cherry sucker. I have lots of different suckers in my pockets.

"No! Now listen to your partner's directions and turn down that road!" she commanded pointing at a random path (She can see through a gap in the cloak)

I sighed and said.

"Can I please call Pyxis?" I asked again.

"No! Now listen to your partner and obey what I'm telling you!" she yelled.

Stubborn as always. I just shook my head in annoyance and continued following my partner's directions.

"Stubborn little fox demon" I mumbled.

"I heard that!" she hissed.

"You were meant to" I mumbled.

She just pouted and continued sucking on her cherry sucker.

Neither of us we're aware that a white haired boy had seen us.

Lyon point of view

I had seen that girl that had defeated Jura. She was still wearing that cloak of hers and I could faintly hear that she was having an argument with something about directions.

'Maybe I could help her find where she's supposed to go' I thought.

I walked over to her as fast as I can.

"Hey cloaked girl" I called.

She turned towards me.

"Oh hi… What's up?" she asked.

"I could hear that you were having some kind of argument about directions… I was wondering if I could help you find where you were going" I said.

She just smiled with that sucker in her mouth. 'A rare smile and it was angelic' I blushed.

"I would love that… Thanks" she said. .

"S-so where were you going?" I asked.

"Me and Kisame were trying to find Moons Rise" she said.

I knew exactly where that was my GMG team had stayed there once and my blush disappear.

"I know exactly where that is" I said.

"Could you help us find are way then?" she asked.

"Of course" I said.

I started leading the cloaked girl in the direction of Moons Rise.

"So why are you heading there?" I asked.

"You'll find out pretty soon" she answered.

I was still curious but I didn't want to annoy this girl.

Once we got there she thanked me and handed me… A sucker?

"A sucker?" I asked taking it from her.

"Yeah. Its ice flavored. Thought you would like it" she said.

"Well thank you" I said.

She just smiled and we went our separate ways.

Lucy point of view

Once we were inside I started talking to Kisame.

"See Kisame… We were lucky that he came around or else we would have missed the GMG" I stated.

She just crossed her paws and said.

"Well we still have about three hours left before it starts… I would have gotten us here eventually!" she said.

"Uh huh" I said.

I started walking towards me and Kisame's room.

"And I'm doing all the direction making when were in the Labyrinth" I said.

Kisame just responded with the three words I've heard so many times ever since we became partners.

"OH COME ON!"

TO BE CONTINUED

AngelXReaper: Is ice a flavor? Anyway, always mentioning a sucker makes me want to buy one so...I'm doing it!

*after 2 minutes*

Yeah! Blueberry flavor! *starts sucking*

Okay! Back to business! Yum! What was I was about to say again? Hmmm Yum!

Mou! Nevermind! FLAMES AND SPAMS ARE FORBIDDEN!

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