A Saiyan Among Wizards
Chapter 20
A Day with Lily
*Insert TFS disclaimer. Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima and Funimation. I do not own any other mentioned properties.
*sigh* I just know someone's going to give me an earful over this, but I really couldn't think of anything good for the Edolas arc. So, here's a fluff chapter. Better than nothing I guess, not to metion the other four or five titles that I self-torturously try to update frequently. At this point, it's become a game of which one's going to be abandoned first only to be reclaimed after an ridiculously long amount of time. Anyways, here's a new chapter.
~~~~2:19 p.m.~~~~
"Marcus!" I heard as though from far away before a rock slammed into my forehead.
Shouting in pain, "What the hell was that for?!" Rolling over and glared at the dark brown exceed, whose arms were crossed and was wearing a smirk.
"I've been trying to get your attention for the past twenty-seven minutes." Lily explained.
"Oh..sorry." Sinking back into neutrallity. Ever since we got from Edolas, Gajeel and I have been growing a little distant. I also remembered that today he had gone out to spy on Raven Tail, that combined with recent events, I have been more than a little distracted here lately. And since Gajeel was gone, it was my job to help Lily get better accustomed to Earth-land. "So what did you want to do today?" I asked.
"Actually, I was hoping to learn more about you."
"Okay then, how 'bout a sparring match then? There are few better ways to learn more about someone than going one-on-one with them." Standing from the spot I had been laying in the grass.
"Why not?" He chuckled, changing into the form he had in Edolas.
As I had guessed, Lily was a very skillful fighter, in both hand-to-hand and swordplay. There was an almost perfect balance between his offense and defense, true to his usual calm demeanor. The match, though I wished otherwise, was cut short due to the amount of time Lily could hold the form.
"Learn anything?"
He took several moments to answer, "You have enormous amounts of control and patience, you don't waste energy with careless movements, I sometimes sensed hesitation before you struck, but you were still able to attack any opening you found, and you have phenomenal speed." The deep voiced exceed surmized.
"Not to mention," I pointed out, "I was holding back."
"Really?" Surprised, "Would you mind showing me your full strength?"
"You sure?" I asked. "Then stand back about ten more feet, this could get intense." I continued when he nodded.
Taking a deep breath, I began to draw out the power deep within me. I had to focus clearly on both on my rising ki and the damage I was doing to the surrounding area as I hit the super sayian mark, but I was sure that the ground was shaking hard enough to be felt from the guild. I slowed my ascent as I closed onto the barrier between super sayian one and two, only to find it was far less solid than the first time I hit it. Pulling back a little, aura shrinking slightly, I rammed my power against with a shout and only felt it give way slightly, leaving me stuck at my current level and a little disappointed.
Turning my attention back to Lily, I found him hovering about five feet from his original position. "So what do you say to that?" I asked, a bit arrogantly.
"I-impressive. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself." He complimented.
"To put a comparison to it," dropping the form, "I can normally lift forty tons, but as a super saiyan, I can lift two thousand."
"Simply incredible."
"But I can't get to full of myself, my mentor about ten times stronger than me," pausing, "but then again, I do have him beat in one area."
"What's that?"
"Music."
"I thought Gajeel and Mirajane where the only ones who could sing." intrigued.
"They are," I assured, "But I can play a lot more instruments than they can, I've actually been on stage with Gajeel a few times. I also have a technique that allows me to split my form, so I can fill several parts at once." Though it takes a lot of concentration and practice.
"Now that's something I must see."
"Alright, let's head inside so I can get set up."
~~~~Meanwhile, at the guild, 3:26 p.m.~~~~
Per usual, Salamander tried to pick a fight with me as I walked into the guild but easily side stepped and sent flyin' across the hall. Trainin' with Marcus does have it's benefits, even if he becomes a bit of a pain in the ass while sparrin'. Speaking of which, there was talk of an earthquake going around the hall, causing me to chuckle to myself. There's a reason Hero had a firm grip on his anger, otherwise he'd level the place everytime someone annoyed him. Never really understood how the guy had so much patience for the rest of us. Come to think of it, I've never really seen him pissed off and I probably don't want to, not that I'd admit that.
"Oops, sorry Gajeel." Someone apologized somewhere down below after they had bumped into me. I looked down to see Shrimp hurrying away before I could say anything. She's still scared of me, I really need to do something about that. Maybe Marcus could help, they seem to be good friends.
~~~~Back Home, 3:57 p.m.~~~~
"Okay, I'm ready to start. What would you like to hear first?" as the copies of myself got settled. I should really thank Tien for teaching how to do this.
"Hmmm..." Lily hummed as he read through a list of songs. This paper had been around a while, ever since I learned to play a song by heart, so the paper was crumpled and frayed around the edges while songs written towards the top were a bit sloppier than ones at the bottom. "How about this one...'In My World.' That sounds interesting."
"Alright, but just so you know, this is a translated version. So if something's off, that might be it."
And with that, I was off, strumming at the guitar for the intro before the rest joined in. Nervous, I took a breath and began to sing:
Dark side in my heart is...
It's always bringing in the sadness that just hides in my past.
It's Alright, cause it's nothing to me
I'll stretch out my arms and fight this fight
My life is in my control.
I'm gazing at this world, but I can't feel my burning soul
It's like I don't exist, and I can't find the power to protect myself.
When was my path chosen for me
Right down this road I've long avoided?
Cause now there's no one left to be my light.
I won't let fate be my guide
I will stand and will make my cry for pride
Ah Ah Ah Alone in my world.
Inside this vibe of love.
Reality and all twisted prayers
Make all my dreams and days ahead just fall apart.
Throwing all the lies away is pointless
Goodbye, precious life.
Dark Cloud in my heart is
Fading away, and letting all the light shine on the that road I'm on
Let's Fight, there's no need to fear.
I've gathered all my strength in my two-edged sword.
My life isn't left in the black
I have a shining light that I can count on to have my back
I feel myself exist again, and I know that I'm never alone
Why was my path chosen for me
Right down this road I've long avoided?
But I won't wait to run through the unknown.
I won't let fate be my guide
And I will take this chance to try for pride
Ah Ah Ah Alone in my world.
And hearing this wave of love
I'll crush the numbness of all the sorrow
That this entire world has given me for far too long
But it's hard to throw away my soul, cause
it's my precious life.
Yeah!
I won't let fate be my guide
I will stand and will make my cry for pride
Ah Ah Ah Alone in my world.
Inside this vibe of love.
Reality and all twisted prayers
Make all my dreams and days ahead just fall apart.
Throwing all the lies away is pointless
Goodbye, precious life.
Go! Change this destiny of mine,
Cause I will never stop my try for pride.
Ah Ah Ah Alone in my world.
And singing this song of love
I'll let it's wish break through all the burdens
To build up our bonds and make tomorrow come
All the lies that I threw away have helped cause
It's my precious life.
Yay!
As the last note faded away, I was roused from the trance the performance had put me in by the sound of an enthusiastic applause. At some point during the song, I had forgotten Lily was ever there and was just playing for the fun of it like I always did when on stage. The only difference was that I had included the lyrics and that was the scariest part of it, having never done so in fornt of others before. So I was surprised I was getting such positive reaction to it.
"So what do you think?" I asked tentively, taking a drink from a glass of water.
"Well, isn't it obvious?" Smirking, "I think you're good at this, even the singing was well above average. You're better than what you give yourself credit for."
"You mean it?!" He nodded. "Thanks Lily. So what do you wanna hear next?"
~~~~Just outside, under an open window, 4:01 p.m.~~~~
At the sound of Marcus talking to Lily, I opened my eyes and smiled to myself. So the Hero can sing too? I wonder why he told me he couldn't? Probably thought he wasn't that good at it.
A new song had started, with a completely different sound to it, but the same pace if not faster. Had a lot of fancy words in it though when he slowed down and began to sing:
Give us this day our daily dose of faux affliction
Fogive our sins forged at the pulpit
With forked tongues selling faux sermons
Because I am a new wave gosel sharp
And you'll be thy witness
So gentlemen, if you gonna preach
For God sakes preach with conviction
Strike up the band
Oh, the conducter is beckoning
And like that, he was off in his own world. Couldn't hurt to sit here and listen, there was a nice breeze and it was warm here. Besides, he'd probably get too flustered if I walked in there and won't be able to sing that well.
~~~~About ten songs later. 4:57 p.m.~~~~
I had taken a small break from playing and the multi-form for something to eat, but Lily was taking care of dinner this time. I walked over to the open window leaned over the sill to looked down at Gajeel ask, "So, how long do you plan on sittin' out here?"
"Uh oh, busted." He said in mock defeat. Standing,"How long did ya know I was out here?"
"After the first song." I quiped, "C'mon, I got one more song I wanna do and Lily's cooking dinner."
He took a few sniffs, came in and sat down in the chair Lily had been using for the last hour or so. Tuning the guitar and bass for this last song, I began to reach deep into place in my memories that held the greatest of the pains that I had experianced give my voice a certain grit that came to Gajeel naturally. Familiar with the feeling and done with the adjustmest to the instruments, I started to play 'How You Remind Me':
Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as
A poor man stealing
Tired of living like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without
A sense of feeling
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you
A heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong
I've been down
Into the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream
Are we having fun yet?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no no
It's not like you didn't know that
I said I love you and
I swear I still do
And it must have been so bad
Cause living with him must have
Damn near killed you
And this is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you
A heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong
I've been down
Into the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream
Are we having fun yet?
Yeah, yeah, yet, no no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no no
Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as
A poor man stealing
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you
A heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong
I've been down
Into the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream
Are we having fun yet?
Yeah, yeah
Are we having fun yet?
Yeah, yeah
Are we having fun yet?
Yeah, yeah
Are we having fun yet?
Yeah, yeah, no, no
It took me a while to pull myself out of my mind after the last note had been played. Mostly because of the stunned silence that filled the house, only to be broken by the sound of a utensil being dropped by Lily, making us all jump. After that I kinda just cleared my throat and moved on to putting everything away and replaced the table to it's original spot behind the couch. When I had finished, Gajeel was still staring at me in surprise. Snapping my fingers, he jerked awake.
"Where the hell did that come from?"
"What do mean?"
"That voice?"
"Oh, that. Just thought of the more painful experiances that I've had and poof, there it was."
"Could you do it again?"
"Why?" Slipping into it, grinning slyly, "Do you like it that much?" getting close to his face. His breath hitched as he nodded. Continuing to grin, I whispered something in his ear that caused him to just pass out from an excessive nosebleed.
"What did you say to him?" Lily asked
"Only something that a perv like him would enjoy." Clapping my hands together and transmuted the blood into a condensed block of iron for Gajeel to eat later. "Give him a minute and he'll be fine."
"I hate it when you do that." Gajeel growled when he woke up.
"Tell that to the nosebleed you just had."
"Could you two help me with setting the table?" Lily asked, completely ignoring what just transpired.
"Sure thing." Taking Gajeel's work load to apologise, even though I would make up for it later. But for now, this would have to do.
"Hey Marcus, you're good friends with the Shrimp right?" he asked.
"Levy? Yeah, why?"
"Well I was wondering if could...you know..." he said awkwardly, scratching the back of his head.
"Let me guess, she's still afraid of you." Sighing, "I guess I could ask her to come on a job with us tommorow, if you want."
"That works." Relaxing back into his usual demeanor.
Hey guys, I know it's been a while since I've posted and I'm really sorry. I've been really busy with school and other things and really didn't have much time to work on my writing. But I'll try to get new chapters to you guys as soon as possible. Until then, see ya!
