Child of Hidden Magic

Series: Fairy Tail, Fairy Tail Future

Type: On-going Fanfiction

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure

Pairings: NaLu, Gruvia, Gajevy, Jerza; Elfever, Miraxus; and their children.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or the characters. Purely fan made. However, their children I created from my own imagination.

Chapter Twenty

After reluctantly letting little Yuuna go, Lucille turned to the others and smiled. "So would you like to meet Locksmith?" She asked them. Everyone nodded and voiced their excitement. Even little Yuuna's eyes seemed to sparkle, obviously curious but polite about not jumping up and down like a normal child. Lucille smiled broadly as she grabbed Locksmith's key and summoned her.

Locksmith yawned as she looked around, seeing new faces, new awe-struck faces. "Let me guess. Show and tell, Lucille?" She asked with a groan.

Lucille puffed out her cheek and scolded her Spirit. "Be nice, Locksmith." And she was returned with an eye roll by Locksmith. Lucille sighed and introduced everyone. "This is Locksmith, my very own Spirit. Locksmith, this is the Master of the Sabertooth guild, Sting, his wife and children, and his friend Rogue and his daughter. Sting's wife, Yukino, is a former Spirit Mage who passed her keys down to their oldest son, Leroy. His keys are Pisces, Libra, and Ophiuchus." She explained. Locksmith bowed some to Yukino and nodded her head to Leroy. Her way of showing respect to the two Spirit Mages, whether they were retired or new.

Yukino walked forward and studied Locksmith a bit. She smiled and bowed her head, then turned to Lucille. "She is quite amazing, Lucille." She turned to look at Locksmith once more and asked. "May we ask about the details of your powers?" She asked politely.

Locksmith smirked and nodded. "Of course." She placed her hands on her hips as she began. "I have the ability and power to unlock any lock with the keys on my belt." She said as she pointed to her belt. "I can unlock any lock you can imagine, be it a door, treasure chest, or the lock on a diary; I can open it. But that's not all. I can also unlock the hearts and minds of an individual. For example, if someone will not willingly give us information that we require, I can open their voice, so to speak, and make them."

"As another example," Lucille added. "When I came back from the Spirit World, I had Locksmith open the hearts of our generation, to find out what their crushes' hair color was. And it worked." She smiled as Natalie and the others blushed.

"However, if the person has a strong will and mind, they can cancel out my power." Locksmith said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "I can also lock someone's body, to immobilize them."

"Woah, really?! Can you demonstrate it for us?" Leroy asked excitedly.

Lucille realized too late how Locksmith would demonstrate that ability and didn't have time to warn Leroy before she did it. Locksmith smirked and raised one hand, palm facing Leroy. Leroy realized too late that he would be her target. He made to run, but it was too late. "Body Lock." Locksmith said and her outstretched hand closed into a fist. Leroy's eyes widened as a large, glowing yellow chain wrapped around his body, a yellow lock completing his immobilization.

"Ah! I can't...move!" Leroy said as he struggled, to no avail. Everyone watched with awe, some more happy by this development.

"And this is my 'Body Lock' technique." Locksmith said and after a few moments, released Leroy from her hold.

Leroy breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at Locksmith and smirked. He strode over to her and eyed her up. "Ya know, I like forceful women." He said giving her his signature playboy smile.

Locksmith didn't so much as bat an eye before she placed him in a body lock again. Everyone laughed as Leroy begged to be released. Once he was, he made no more advances on Locksmith. She cleared her throat. "I can also bring someone out of sleep or a nightmare. For example-"

"Ah-! We'll bring that up another time!" Lucille interjected. She eyed Locksmith who seemed to understand and said no more. "But that's the gist of Locksmith's powers!" Lucille smiled. The others just smiled and went along with it. After Lucille dismissed Locksmith, the group was interrupted by the guild doors opening. When everyone turned to look, Bea exclaimed, "Mom! Kenji!"

Bea ran over to Kagura and Kenji. She hugged them both but hugged Kenji a little more, obviously she was the type to dote on her sibling. Kenji sighed and hugged her back slightly, almost as if he was embarrassed. Kenji has slanted hazel eyes, making him look like he's bored all the time. He has black hair that is short on his left side, and a little longer on the right, almost framing the side of his face. He has two silver hoops on the top of his left ear along with three black piercings on the earlobe; his right ear has three piercings as well even though you can't see them. A see-through, grey sleeveless under armor shirt adorns his torso. He wears a dark purple jacket that is tight on his arms and is rolled up to his elbows, and stops around the middle of his torso. It has a black trim on the edges of it but also has two black lines running down from his shoulders down the front to the end of the jacket. The Mermaid Heel guild mark is on his left peck muscle in dark purple. He wears one purple glove on his right hand, a dark purple belt, dark grey straight-leg pants, and dark purple lace up boots that go above his ankles.

"Alright, sis. C'mon.." Kenji groaned.

Bea reluctantly let him go, with her cheeks puffed out. "Aww, but I barely see you. I need to hug you as much as I can!" She exclaimed and wrapped him in a hug once more. Kenji just huffed out a sigh and began walking towards everyone, Bea clinging to him the whole way.

Lucille gasped and whispered to Natalie. "That's Kenji?!"

Natalie nodded and whispered back. "Yup. He has his own style doesn't he?"

"Yeah! I only remember him having really short shaggy hair and wore baggy shirts and shorts." Lucille whispered back but stopped as Kagura, Kenji, and Bea, who had finally let Kenji go; walked up to the group. Rogue walked to Kagura and kissed her forehead.

Kagura smiled as she turned to the others. Her eyes stopped when she caught sight of Lucille. She squinted her eyes as she studied Lucille, trying to place where she'd seen her before. Realization lit up her eyes after a few minutes. "No.." She whispered.

"Wait." Kenji stepped forward and looked at Lucille. "It's you. You're back." He said with a suspicious and surprised tone to his voice, his face remaining somewhat expressionless.

"Lucille.." Kagura stated, her eyes widened.

"Yup!" Bea said as she marched forward and wrapping an arm around her. "It's Lucille. She was training in the Spirit World to be a Spirit Mage and just got back recently. That's why she disappeared. She's now a Spirit Mage!" Bea explained proudly.

Lucille smiled shyly as she waved. "It's good to see you all again. I can't believe how much you've grown, Kenji! You look so different. But that look suits you!" She smiled as Bea let her go so Lucille could hug Kenji.

Kenji blinked, a slight blush to his cheeks. "Thanks. It's good to see you too, Lucille." She pulled back to look at him but was interrupted by Sting.

"Say, why don't we all get some lunch and talk for awhile?" Sting said brightly. Everyone agreed and sat down for lunch.

Lucille had explained her situation to Kagura while the others chatted with each other. "It's amazing finally having my own Magic!" Lucille said happily.

Kagura smiled. "I'm glad you're happy, Lucille. For awhile we were worried because we noticed you became a bit depressed." She said as she folded her hands ontop of the table.

Lucille's eyes widened. Wait, so it showed? Not just her mother and father noticed? Lucille looked down at her hands. "Wow..I didn't think you all noticed. Man that's embarrassing..." She said as she laughed, trying to hide her discomfort and sadness about it.

But Kagura saw straight through her. "There's no need to hide how you feel. We knew how much you wanted your own Magic. Out of everyone, you may have been the one who wanted to be a mage the most. Natalie probably would have been fine without Magic." She stated as she looked over to see Natalie laughing happily and chatting with Bea, Lydia, and Yuuna.

Lucille giggled. "Yeah, you may be right about that. She would have found something to take pride in."

Kagura turned her attention back to Lucille. "Bottom line, Lucille. We don't blame you or are angry with what you did. You did something that was important to you. It would have been nice to know where you were, but when you decide something - especially you - we know nothing can stop you." She smiled and placed her hand over Lucille's, squeezing it slightly.

Lucille looked up and gave her a small smile. "Thank you, Kagura-san." She said as they both stood up.

Kagura and Lucille made their way over to the group. "Besides. Look at how happy everyone is now that you're back." She said.

Yuuna was sitting on Cain's lap and showing him her book she had carried down, both chatting about its contents. Natalie and Lydia ready to brawl it out, probably over some small trivial matter. Leroy, Bea, Sting, Yukino, and Rogue laughing over Natalie and Lydia. And Kenji asking Zane questions over a book he had acquired after lunch. No doubt a way to talk to Zane. But somehow they all seemed to be a little more cheerful. Even Natalie and Lydia.

"You see, after you left everyone had a dark cloud to their eyes. Eventually they began to move on a few years later, but they still had that dark cloud around them. Their smiles never truly meeting their eyes. But looking at them now, they look like themselves again. Even Zane." Kagura said as she glanced at Lucille.

Lucille smiled. "Bea was right. Kenji definitely is crushing on Zane-" she stopped and covered her mouth with her hands. Oh no! She wasn't supposed to say anything! Sure, Bea said that she thought her parents knew, but she wasn't positive.

Kagura chuckled. "No need to hide it. Rogue and I are aware. We noticed when he was around twelve. His style changed drastically and he kept fawning over Zane like a little lost puppy." She chuckled once more. "I knew when he turned fifteen that he is gay. Even though he didn't mention it to us. Rogue was quite shocked, but embraced it. Kenji is still Kenji. Regardless of his sexuality." She stated proudly. Lucille giggled. "Besides, the girls of Mermaid Heel don't mind if he becomes a part of the guild. They all love him." She smiled. "Though Zane is older than him. So he may get his heart broken, my poor little boy." Kagura said as she sighed, somewhat sadly.

Lucille nodded as she patted Kagura's shoulder. She suddenly thought of Ray. He did say he wasn't sorry that he kissed her. Did that mean he liked her? She still didn't know how to take that. After visiting Aunt Wendy, she felt like she was missing some stuff that happened and was said there. Like a fog was clouding her memory. She truly didn't feel anything besides friendship for Ray. But when she told herself that, she began to feel a slight headache come on. It's possible that Ray got his heart broke when Lucille told him she felt nothing. However, he seemed to not be fazed after their conversation. So maybe not?

"Lucille?"

Lucille shook her head when she looked at Kagura, who must have called her name a few time because she looked concerned. "Ah, yes?"

"I asked what you're doing here." Kagura stated again.

"Oh!" Lucille brushed some of her bangs out of her face. "I'm visiting Yukino-san for some Spirit Mage related stuff." She smiled. Which wasn't a total lie.

"Ah I see. Well I'll let you talk to Yukino. I'd like to spend time with my husband anyway. But it's good to have you back, Lucille." Kagura smiled and patted Lucille's head. She then walked over to Rogue and began to speak with him.

Lucille smiled. She felt so happy that she could see them all again. She nodded and made her way to Yukino, who began to worry, as Bea now joined the brawl between Natalie and Lydia. As she stopped in front of Yukino, she looked at Lucille and smiled. Lucille scratched her head. "So, um, may we speak more privately. It's about what I came here for." She asked as she folded her arms behind her back.

Yukino made a look of realization and stood up abruptly. "Oh, of course! We'll go to the library. Would you like any one else to come with us?" She asked.

Lucille put her hand to her chin in thought. She wanted to keep this matter a bit private, but she felt she should have some of the others come because they might be able to help. Her face lit up as she decided on who should come. "Obviously Nat should come. But I'd like Lance, Yuuna, and Leroy to come also." Yukino nodded and the two of them proceeded to grab Natalie, Yuuna, Lance, and Leroy; Natalie being the hardest to persuade as she wanted to continue to fight Bea and Lydia, over Mavis knows what. Once they were gathered, they made their way to the library, Yukino leading the way.

So Kenji and Kagura join the fray! I know Kenji didn't get much focus, but his time will come! I gave him his own individual style, which you will see because I plan to draw him and the others. ^_~ (I'm sorry if his hair style is hard to understand, I tried to describe it as easy as I could. ^^;)

But the next chapter will be longer. And will Yukino be able to help Lucille figure out what Shizuka and her 'friends' have planned? We'll see...