A Saiyan among Wizards
Chapter Six
A Fallen Fairy
Author's Notes: I really don't have anything to say at the moment, but there might be something at the end of the chapter. Untill then, enjoy! Hopefully, this chapter is longer than the others.
*insert TFS disclaimer. Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima and Funamation.
The next morning was a little awkward for a few reasons, the foremost being that I didn't know why Gajeel still clung to me. Even though it was clear that he was wide awake. Not that I'm complaining or anything, I'm just a little curious. The second reason came walking past the door, saying something about the Harvest Festival and the Fantasia Parade before stopping to take in the scene and leaving as quickly as she came. After this, I poked Gajeel's arm a couple times with my tail to let him know I wanted to get up. He did so with a sigh, it almost sounded like he was disappointed.
Getting dressed, I could feel Gajeel's eyes watching me. They lingered especially on a certain scar on my chest. Afterwards, I collected about four, five thousand Jewel for Malori to use while she wandered around the Harvest Festival. I didn't expect her to spend all of it, I just wanted her out of the way for today, but she agreeded without arguement anyway. I just wore my clothes from yesterday, even though they were still a little ragged from my intervention. Walking through town, we eventually parted ways, and Gajeel and I headed for the guild. We talked about whatever came to mind, but ended up talking shit about Laxus. At this point, I really didn't like the way Laxus acted, but I knew he would get better. Or at least, that's what I hoped for, thinking about the ripples I've made so far. Hell, they might as well be a full-on tsunami by now.
"Yeah, the only thing I do like about him is how his scent is slightly metallic. Probably because of his magic." I said as the guild came into view, hands in my pockets.
Gajeel had stopped in his tracks at my mention of metal, looking a little surprised, "How'd you notice that?" he asked.
Turning around, "Well, I guess saiyans have sharp noses like dragonslayers." I said thoughtfully, "Besides, that was the only part I liked. That's probably why I like your's so much." That last part being a slip of the tounge, "Did I just say that out loud?!" I said, horrified. Looked at Gajeel, expecting him to mock me or at least give it away with his body language. But I saw something different, a look of pleasent suprise. Not knowing what to do, except maybe run away like an embarressed school girl, I just looked down at my shoes and try to continue walking to the guild as if nothing had happened. Gajeel almost let me go untill he made a grab for my shirt, missing and grabbing my tail instead. Uuhh. Goodbye muscle control. Falling face down on the cobblestone street. "Could you please let go?" I asked weakly.
He did so, red in the face he said, "I just needed to tell you that I like your scent too."
"Thanks," I said awkwardly, pulling myself up by the arm he offered. I was beyond embarressed by this point. "But you didn't have to grab my tail." I mumbled.
"Yeah, sorry about that." He said sheepishly.
"It's okay, no one knows about that except for my sister. I really need to work out that weakness before it kills me." I said. "Since we're on the subject of compliments, I think your piercings are awesome."
"Really?" he said, genuinely surprised.
"Yeah! I admire all forms of art, especially those I can't pull off myself. Like singing." I said, meaning every word.
"Does that mean...?" he started.
"I like your singing?" I finished, "Heck yeah I do! There's something about every singer I like, whether it be their voice or style. You fall under both. Your just all around awesome!" My tail wagging happily to help illustrate my point. I had him good and flustered now, so I walked up by him and gave him a little nudge to indicate that we should get moving. But he didn't move, still processing the large amount of praise he just recieved, wearing a look of surprise. He's so cute.
Then Gajeel did something that surprised both of us, he kissed me. Momentarly shocked, I responded by kissing him back, wrapping my arms over the taller man's shoulders. Well this is unexpected, not that I care. We soon broke apart for air.
"Wow." I said, head spinning, "Just wow." My arms on his shoulders, hands playing with his mass of black hair.
"I shouldn't have done that." He said, pulling away.
"What do you mean? I kissed back didn't I?" I said, letting go.
"I thought you were..." He trailed off.
"Straight." I said, understanding instantly, "It's alright, plenty of people make that mistake." I gave him a quick hug, which he returned, and said, "C'mon let's head inside." jerking my head in direction of the guild.
"Sure thing, Hero." he said in his usaul, arrogant tone that I loved so much. This time, we walked to the guild holding hands.
We stopped short of the doors, not sure if we should let the others know about whatever it is we had. I guess you could call it a relationship. It was still early enough that there was hardly any members inside. I looked into Gajeel's beautiful, red eyes and saw that he didn't care as he looked back into my blue ones, an uncommon color for saiyans. Giving his hand a quick squeeze, I pulled the door open to find the few members here were setting up decorations for the Ms. Fairy Tail pagent. Choosing a table in the back, we sat back and watched as the rest of the guild meanderd in, Lucy freakin' sprinting up to the stage. I guess there is no better motivation than the prospect of rent money.
I watched the pagent with little intrest, but I did laugh hard enough that my drink shot out my nose when Mira had transformed her head into Gajeel's. As much as I love the guy, this was still pretty funny. Soon it was Lucy's turn.
"Ummm, my spirits and I are going to do a cheer for you." She said as Evergreen came on stage to petrify her. Making her the last of the hostages. A few seconds later the rest off the Thunder Legion appeared along with thier leader, Laxus.
So began the Battle of Fairy Tail, as I was unable to stop Laxus before he left the guild to rampage the streets. I would've joined them, but like Gramps, Natsu, and Gajeel, I was trapped here by Freed's enchantments. They were the same as in the anime, but with the addition of no aliens past the barrier. At least it'll stop me from meddling. So, I was forced to wait with the others until Erza had been freed and defeated Evergreen. When the Thunder Palace appeared in the skies, I threw a ki disk at one of the lacrima outside the barrier along with Bisca. I didn't recieve as much damage though, just a small drop in energy from counter-acting the effects of Laxus' spell. Taking note of this, I continued to destroy them untill almost half of them were gone.
Taking a break, I sat down next the furiuosly working script mage, meditating to restore lost energy. This was a good time for me to reflect on recent events, Gajeel's attitude towards me was bugging me the most. I have never seen him like this before, I had always suspected that he had a softer side that the writers never let us see. And yet, he's already sharing that side with me. As flattering as it was, it still unsettled me a bit. Could he just be toying with my emotions? Stop that! I thought, doubt seeping in, He wouldn't do that! He's with Fairy Tail now and not the person he was in Phantom Lord. So he can't be doing this to hurt me. But I'd deserve it though, I did almost kill him. I contiued to struggle my guilt and my doubt untill I pushed it away to deal with it later. But it was too late, it must have shown on my face and Levy had noticed.
"Don't worry Marcus, I'll have you guys out in no time." she said, smiling confidently.
"I'm not worried about that, I have complete faith in you. There's just something else weighing on my mind." I said, a little dejected.
"Do you want to talk about it?" she asked, concerned.
"No, this is something I need to deal with on my own. Besides, you have more important things to deal with. But thanks for asking." I said, touched by her kindness. Count on Fairy Tail to give you someone that genuinally cares. Maybe I have nothing to worry about after all, but it still doesn't explain why Gajeel's behavior.
These thoughts were broken up by Natsu's shouting and Gajeel yelling right back, thus starting the "Turtle and Hare" arguement that inspired Levy's work on the enchantments. The fact that those two had puppets on them for that specific arguement still confused me, but then again, this was a show full of visual gags. Anyways, Levy had us out in a few minutes, warning us to stay away from each other for safety reasons, mostly because of me. I took off, using the rooftops more than flight to keep from being an easy target as I made my way to the top of Cardia Cathedral's tallest spire. Now, let's see how this plays out. Not to bad, as it turns out. It seems that Lucy and Mira won their fights easier than they should from what I sensed back at the guild. This troubled me, I thought being here would weaken them, not strengthen. It bothered me so much that a gust of wind almost knocked me off my perch. But I recovered quickly, coat flapping madly in the wind.
This is when Mystogen showed up,walking in through the front doors. Thus creating the perfect distraction for me to slip in through the tower. Using acrobatics all the way down to stop from making noise, I made it to the balchoney that ran around the inside of the cathedral. Staying behind the doorway that lead to the tower's stairs, I watched as the fight between Laxus and Mystogen played out. Mostly because I wanted to watch all of Laxus' patterns so that if I ended up fighting him, I had the advantage of knowing my opponent and the signs of his next move. Or at least, that's what I had intended.
"I know you're back there. Why don't you come out and join the fun." Laxus sneered in my direction.
"Shit!" I cursed under my breath. Stepping out from my hiding spot, raising my energy in case of a fight. "What gave me away?" I said, raising my voice as I jumped from the door to land a few yards away from him.
"Ahhh, so the wannabe alien comes out to play. So it was you I heard you climbing the tower." he said, condisending as always. Of couse he heard me, he's a dragonslayer like Gajeel.
"So what now, are we going to fight?" purposely keeping his attention on me as Mystogen prepared a high powered spell. "I suppose I could give you the fight you want." I challenged. To be honest, I had no idea how high his energy level could go, especially after he brought out his scales. He could have the power of a super saiyan for all I knew.
Jumping out of the way of Mystogen's Five Layer magic, Laxus came after me. I was soon dodging and throwing counter-attacks when I could, not wanting to be drained by his magic. That was a disadvantage that pissed me off to no end, I'm already hesitant when attacking and his magic isn't helping. So I went for areas that would affect him later. Speeding up and leaving several afterimages, I hit those spots with deadly accuracy and barely any strength, speed doing most of the work untill I felt Erza's approach. That should do it, he won't feel those untill he tries to use the Fairy Law spell. By then, it'll hit him like a brick wall. Hopefully it won't hurt him too much, I'm running low on Senzu. I should really plant one to grow more. Jumping back and landing next to Mystogen, who hadn't moved throughout the entire exchange, I turned to see Erza come in. We all know how that goes.
Turning to me as Jellal of Edolas left quickly, she asked, "Did you know about this?" as I didn't react in surprise when his identity had been revealed.
"Yes." I said reluctantly.
"Why didn't you tell me?!" she said, growing angry.
"And what would you've done if I had? I have my reasons for not sharing my secrets, as do we all." I said warningly, letting be known I wasn't going to dicuss it further.
"Alright, I let it slide for now. But you will tell me what you know." She said, requiping into her Lightning Emporess armor to fight Laxus, who was waiting paitently.
"As if, you'll know what I know without me saying a word in due time." I responded, hinting again that I would not share my secrets.
"What?!" She said, confused.
"Nevermind." I said offhandly as Natsu came running in, "'Bout time you got here." I teased.
"How'd you get here so fast?" He asked, a little ticked.
"The same way I know where Gajeel is right now, I can sense energy levels." I explianed.
And with that I left the fighting to them and hung out on a rooftop near by so that if they needed my help, I'd be there in a second. Since my ealier blows took effect, I didn't have do anything actually, not untill I was called upon to help destroy the rest of the lacrima. I didn't even meddle when Gajeel acted as a lightning rod to save Natsu so the guild knew that he was on their side. I ended up supporting him on the way back to the guild.
"Why didn't you jump in?" He asked as we moved slowly to the guild's infermary.
"I had already got in my blows before Erza showed up. That's why Laxus almost collasped in the middle of your fight. I had placed some of my energy in him that would attack him when he used a large amount of magic energy, like when he used the Fairy Law spell." I explained as I sat him down on one of the beds. He looked like he actually lost the fight with Laxus instead of winning. "Hey, don't be upset. It's just as much your victory as it is Natsu's or mine. Even if I hadn't, you two can still kick his ass without a problem." I said, trying to encourage him. It kinda worked, he didn't look defeated anymore. Kissing him on the cheek I added, "If you want to be strong enough to fight him by yourself, you could always train with me."
After looking around, he pulled me into a loose hug and said, "Why not."
Touching his forehead with mine, I told him, "You might regret that, so be sure before we start." Kissing him lightly on his brow, "I should go collect Malori so we can be ready when the Fantasia parade starts." With that, I left him to tend his injuries.
The guild was in chaos treating all the wounded, some doing so after being treated themselves. I walked around Magnolia's streets as the chill of the evening began to settle on the town. I had always enjoyed walking the streets at night. I could do this because after the first full moon I experianced here I found that it didn't have enough energy to cause the great ape transformation. Knowing the streets and where to find her, I found my sister without difficulty.
"Did you spend ALL OF IT?!" I excliamed as I saw the large amount of merchadise she had on her, most of it from the Fairy Tail gift shop.
"Yep." She said, chewing on some malt candy. Enjoying my distress.
"That was five thousand Jewel! How the hell did you spend all of it?!" I almost yelled. Trying to keep from drawing attention to us.
"You have eyes don't you?" She said smugly.
"That was a rhetorical question." I shot back.
"And I gave you a rhetorical answer." She countered without shame.
Sighing in defeat, I said, "Whatever, this is what I get for trusting you with that much money. Let's just get this stuff back to the house." Holding the bridge of my nose in annoyance, I'll have to take a job to replace that, since she can't. By the time we had dropped off her shopping spree and returned, most of the guild was ready for the parade.
"How you holding up?" I asked Gajeel as he walked over to us.
"Alright, but the guild knows about us." He said. He was covered in less bandages than in the show, I guess that was thanks to my intervention.
"Wha...How?!" I stuttered.
"You weren't exactly subtle and Makarov wants a word with us in the morning." He explained.
"Ughh, just perfect." I said sarcatically, dragging my hand down my face as a sign of annoyance. "Well nothing I can do about it now."
Having Gajeel drape an arm over my shoulders, I wrapped my arms around him and my sister under their arms and flew us over to one of the rooftops not occupied by others to watch the parade. By the end of it, I felt like the luckiest man in the world. But the feeling was dented a little when I sensed the departure of a certain lightning mage. He'll be back, someday. When we arrived back home, none of us felt like bathing, so we all went to sleep in our respective rooms. Cuddling up with Gajeel, I really am lucky, I thought before drifting off into a peaceful, dreamless sleep.
*sigh* Sorry this one took a while, I've been distracted and kept hitting blocks. But here it is. Fair warning, there is a possible smut in the next chapter. As always, leave a review if you have anything to say about the story or the chapter. And for those who have been getting all the referances that I've been making, (mostly TFS) I tip my hat to you. See you in the next chapter!
