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Edolas.

Chapter 8.

"Don't you think you're acting a bit conceited?"

I washed my face and dried it off with a towel, staring at myself in the mirror. No. I wanted to tell him that, to answer him and maybe even start questioning why he was even asking me such a thing... I honestly didn't have an answer for him though. It wasn't the truth. He just caught me and Edolas Wendy in an awkward position... how many people have caught us like that?

Dammit! Why couldn't I just be friends with the girl without anyone thinking I was cheating? Didn't they know I love Wendy?! Just because she's Wendy too doesn't mean, doesn't mean... I turned the water back on and washed my face again.

I know what I'm doing. I'm playing with fire. I'm not going to get burned though. I have her trust, that's all I need. I'm not going to break that trust, I'm just going to slow down. Slow it down. I'm friends with Edolas Wendy, but I haven't become friends with any other Edolas people yet. I could work on that, not just hang around with her, but with everyone. Yeah, that would get people off my back.

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Who the hell was Mystogun to say something like that to me anyway? Who was he to lecture me? So what if he saved Wendy's life once several years ago, I was the one saving her life now. He couldn't... like her, right? No, she was a child!... Well I liked the child. No, yes... they were talking about me. Wendy said nice things, but... but... he might have warned her about me. He might have told my business to her and made her secretly hate me more! How dare he do such a thing! He had no right to!

That's it! I'm kicking his ass!

"Hahahaha! Good one King! Now tell Mini-Me that other one, the one about Lucy's first week in the castle." Edolas Wendy started laughing.

My Wendy started laughing too and I could barely tell the difference between them. Sure Edolas was a little deeper, but both were still light and angelic.

"DON'T YOU DARE!" Edolas Lucy yelled from across the room. She started walking over to where most of the Edolas people and some Fairy Tail members were gathered around.

"Come on Luce, it's funny!" Edolas Wendy said.

"Please? I want to hear more!

What did I just walk into? I found the man I wanted to kick his ass, but he was surrounded by a lot of other people making it pretty hard to do so. Maybe I could punch Natsu or something? If the whole guild started fighting then it would be pretty simple for me to just hit Mystogun and get away with it.

"Doranbolt! Doranbolt we've been waiting for you! Didn't you say you were waiting for Doranbolt Wendy? Now you don't have to wait for your mission anymore, no need to tell my story. Shoo, shoo." Edolas Lucy said pushing her away.

"Doranbolt! Hi!" My Wendy greeted getting up.

She walked over to me and hugged my hips; I hugged her right back as I smiled lightly.

"Hey Wendy," I told her.

"What took you so long? Me and Mystogun have been waiting for you." Wendy pouted at me.

"Waiting for me? What for?" I asked.

"Don't you remember? Our mission. We're all going to go out on a mission." She told me.

A mission? Oh yeah... I couldn't kick his butt on a mission. Why were we all going on a mission anyway? Oh... yeah, because Wendy hadn't seen him in a while...

"So? So? Are you ready? I picked out the perfect mission for us." She said.

"Just let me unwind a little bit, um Mystogun. Could I have a word?" I asked looking over him.

Mystogun put his drink down and stood up, following me into the other room. I turned around and leaned against the wall while he stood up straight.

"Listen if there's something you want to say to me or if you have a problem with me then tell me."

"I'm not trying to have a problem with you for Wendy; on the other hand I'm not sure you're good enough to be dating her." He told me.

"Good enough? You have no idea who I am."

"I do actually in fact. I've heard about you from the Edolas Wendy and I've heard about you from this Wendy, I know enough. I know you, I may not know a lot, but I do know who you are. What surprises me is how a used to be Council Member could ever attempted to cheat on a girl like Wendy. You do realize how wrong-"

"I never cheated on her nor would I ever!"

"Just because it's still her doesn't make it not count."

"I have done nothing with Edolas Wendy!"

"Doesn't mean you won't."

I took a deep breath and sighed out, "you have no right to interfere in our relationship."

"And I'm not, I'm simply trying to make friends and know the man who she fell in love with."

"This is a hell of a way you're doing it."

"What's a hell of a way? All I gave you a warning. I didn't call you out, I'm not trying to ignore you or talk trash to Wendy while you aren't here. I'm just warning you that you need to stop and calm down before you end up hurting the best thing that has happened to you."

My face scrunched up slightly; who was he to talk in such a condescending tone?! I knew he was right, on some levels, but just hearing him say those things just pissed me off.

"I want to like you Doranbolt, don't make it hard for me." He told me before leaving.

I took another deep breath before walking back out. The party was still alive and everything; Wendy looked for me and smiled as she ran back up.

"Ready?" She asked.

"... I'm not feeling so hot today Wendy."

"Really? What's wrong? Is it a headache? A fever? We can do it another day, let's go home." She told me.

I felt guilty. I didn't know why, I haven't been doing anything, but Mystogun had actually made me feel bad. I couldn't stand to be standing next to Wendy remembering what I thought before about Edolas Wendy. I actually thought about the two of them as one when they obviously weren't. Mystogun was right, I was getting too coincided. This was my Wendy, this was the Wendy I was in love with, somewhere along the way though I found myself caring for Edolas Wendy too though and that wasn't a good thing.

I bend down to Wendy's height and reached for her hands, holding them in my own.

"Wendy, I'm thinking about going back to Era." I told her.

Her eyes widened and tears immediately flooded, "what? But why? What did I do? Doranbolt, I don't-"

"No, no Wendy, you're misunderstanding. I'm going there to visit some of my old friends, I sort of need a break from Fairy Tail."

"Oh, oh... was it something I did?"

"No Wendy, it wasn't anything you did. This is something I've decided by myself and I hope you aren't too mad. I'll be back, I'll definitely come back for you, but right now... I just need to clear my head."

"... and you can't do that on a mission? We can take a month long one? Mystogun doesn't have to come with us? I could even come with you to Era, I wouldn't mind Doranbolt."

"Thank you Wendy, but this is really something I want to do alone. I'm not saying I want to be without you, but-"

"I understand Doranbolt... we aren't breaking up, right? Because it really feels that way right now."

"Oh God no Wendy," I said finally hugging her to my chest, "no, no, no, we aren't."

"Good, because I love you Doranbolt," she whispered.

"I love you too Wendy. It won't be long, I promise. This is going to do me a lot of good."

"When are you leaving? I want to stay with you until you go," she told him.

"No, go on your mission with Mystogun. Enjoy him while he's here, go on. I might not here when you get back, but I will be coming back for you." I said pulling away.

Wendy nodded and smiled lightly at me, leaning over to give me a small peck against my cheek. I changed that small peck into a real kiss as I brought my lips to hers, kissing her seriously like she always wanted, that I only ever did when I was drunk, dazed, or was guilt into. Wendy swayed and smiled, pulling me closer to her as I deepened our kiss.

I've never seen her happy and goofy before as we parted, her looking at me before blushing brightly and giggling as she looked away, peeking back at me.

"I love you Wendy."

"I, hehe, I love you too Doranbolt. Have a safe trip."

"You too, don't let anything happen to you on your mission. Make sure Mystogun protects you," I warned ruffling her hair.

"Okay, bye." She smiled before dancing back to Mystogun.

I didn't wait to watch her tell him the news and simply teleported to my apartment. This was it; this was the solution. I should leave and not come back until the Edolas people were gone. I couldn't trust myself around Edolas Wendy, I should be able too but Mystogun really had me doubting myself. I didn't want to risk hurting Wendy because I honestly believed that. I can't find myself able to leave her alone either whenever she's around, so I'm forced to leave.

I'm thinking about a month more until they leave, if not I'll come back for Wendy and we'll stay in Era somewhere until they go or have a month long mission or something. I wasn't going to hurt her though. I didn't want to hurt either of them, so me not being there wouldn't. Sure they would miss me, but that's all.

… I wish both Wendy's could be happy; both of them were happy with me though and I was only one person. It was unfair about what happened to Edolas Wendy's Doranbolt and a tragedy, but I wasn't about to do the same to my Wendy. She is the one I love, she is the one I choose.

She wasn't the one standing outside my apartment panting like crazy when I answered the door after hearing someone banging on it like a maniac.

"Wens?" I asked, astonished.

How did she even know where I lived? Or even knew I was here?

"You can't leave," she panted.

"Leave? Where did you-"

"I overheard Mini-Me telling Mystogun that and ran my fastest and hardest all around Magnolia to find you; which was actually pretty easy because your scent led me in two directions and this was the only one that didn't have my scent on it so I figured you never let Wendy in your apartment. Please don't go Doranbolt."

"Wendy, I don't love you. You're not the Wendy I fell in love with and I'm worried I might do something that will hurt the one I did."

"But I love you Doranbolt!" She screamed out.

I was frozen, paralyzed at that confession.

"I know you're not him, I know you aren't, but you're so similar and I get the same butterflies and chills and feelings I used to get with him. I don't care if you're a different version, I don't care if you belong to someone else, I love you Doranbolt. I love you so much, please don't let me go through the pain of losing you again. Please, I want you with me. Please come back with me," Edolas Wendy begged, tears streaming down her face as she walked in and pressed her body against mine.

My Wendy was crying- no! A Wendy was crying, not mine, but regardless a Wendy was crying and I couldn't do anything, I shouldn't. My hands moved up and grabbed her shoulders, pushing her away from me.

"Stop, I can't Wendy."

"You love me; I'm the same Wendy. I can be the Wendy you love Doranbolt, just look at her. She's going to get over you, she's young. She'll be able to find someone else, just see how she will look in the future. She's going to be just fine without you Doranbolt, but I can't live without you. Please, please," she begged cupping my cheeks.

She moved in for a kiss, but I tore my face away from her and teleported back.

"Stop it Wendy!"

"Why? Why won't you accept me?"

"This is just coming out of nowhere! I thought we were friends, I thought you agreed that you didn't love me but your Doranbolt and we were going to try and be buddies! You're friends with my Wendy, think about what you're doing to her!" I yelled at her.

"This is not fair though! Why does she get to have her Doranbolt and her happy ending and I'm stuck with no one and nothing?! Why?! I don't understand! Why was fate cruel to me?! Why did destiny hate me?! I just don't get it, why did you save me? Why did you sacrifice yourself... for me?" Wendy collapsed onto her knees, covering her face as she cried.

I didn't know what to do; I was torn. I should leave right now before I end up doing something I will regret, Mystogun was warning me just about this. How could I just leave her here all alone in my apartment though broken? What if something happened to her? What if she did something? I wanted to help her as a friend, she didn't want my friendship. She wanted something more.

"Wendy-" I called out.

"You don't know what it was like for me to see you die. You did it right in front of me, your blood spilled all over me and no matter how many healers, no many how many times we tried you wouldn't come back to me. You wouldn't return home with me."

"That's not me."

"I had to go on living without you and it was the hardest thing I've ever done. I gave up, so many times I gave up on living, but my friends from Fairy Tail kept bringing me back. They couldn't understand that I wanted to die, they couldn't understand there was no point in living without you."

I slowly walked over to her and went down on my knees, sitting right in front of her.

"And then your friends came to my world and suddenly... I had hope. When all the magic disappeared I studied and looked for anything that could create the portal again; I thought I could have a second chance with you. All I ever wanted was you Doranbolt; I never thought of the possibility of another Wendy. You had to be with someone though, if I was a bit earlier, if I had worked a little bit harder, you could have been mine."

"I don't belong to you Wendy."

"But you could have; you still can. Think about it. Doranbolt, you have no idea what you mean to me," she whispered reaching out for me.

I flinched away, but she still grabbed a hold and wrapped her arms around my neck. I couldn't find the strength to refuse, how could I deny seeing her tears? Everything in my being was about making Wendy happy, so how could I not help a Wendy look alike when she was crying out and begging me for help?

"She's going to be fine Doranbolt," she whispered tangling her fingers in my hair, "she'll get over it. She's so young."

"Wendy, stop it-"

Her lips were suddenly on mine, I wasn't able to avoid or move. I didn't even know she was going to make such a movement; usually she shows me some interest or a glint in her eyes that I can expect, but I wasn't able to this time. Her lips were so soft and moist, her tongue licking my bottom lip begging for entrance. I shook my head away and pulled back.

"I can't be without you Doranbolt," she continued like nothing interrupted her in the first place.

Her hands moved down my neck towards my chest, her lips kissing my cheeks. I felt myself losing control as she felt me up, shivering when her cold hands met my bare skin.

"I've been with you countless of times, I know how to make you feel real good," she whispered nibbling on me ear.

"Stop," I moaned; I didn't believe myself.

I felt foggy, hazy, I didn't know what was going on anymore. This was wrong, but it felt right. She wasn't my girlfriend, she might have been or could been or maybe was been, however the universe worked.

"Take pity on me Doranbolt, please. I belong to you, all of me is yours."

"I don't want you Edolas Wendy." I groaned out.

The kisses and caresses stopped all of a sudden. She pulled away and stared at me, her beautiful brown eyes looking like crystals as tears filled them.

"I don't care, I want you Doranbolt. I'll take whatever you I can get my hands on. I won't lose you twice, I'm never going to lose you again. If you leave me, if you abandon me... I won't be able to go on, I can't-"

"Why can't you be happy? I survived for seven years when I thought my Wendy was gone, I would have jumped at the moment to be with another Wendy just like you. Edolas Wendy, I know where you're coming from. I know what you're feeling right now. This isn't real though; I wasn't born for you, I wasn't born to love you."

"If you know what I'm feeling then nothing should be stopping you. If you know my pain, if you know my hurt, you should know how serious I am. Please Doranbolt, help me."

I stood up and pulled her up with me, helping her balance on her own.

"Let's have a talk." I told her.

"I don't want to talk, I want you-"

"Talking about my Wendy's death to my friend helped me out, he actually helped me pull through. Maybe the wrong friend talked to you, let me try Edolas Wendy. Talk to me, tell me all about my other self and everything that happened. I want to know everything."

"You'll stay with me?" She asked, sniffing.

"I'll stay with you through the whole story, now come on."

This was the only was I could help her; this was the only was I was willing to help her.