Bonus chapter! Bonus Chapter! BONUS CHAPTER!
Yes, I have decided to give you all a wonderful bonus chapter to make up for my hectic posting schedule and for the fact that my last chapter was short. So Please R&R and I hope you all enjoy this wonderful treat!
POV: Lucy, Natsu
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail
I look to my left and then I look to my right before I cross the street. A hand swipes at my back but I deftly shrug away from it before it can grab a hold of me as I make my way across the street. To my right I can see a large truck making its way towards me, but its far enough away that I don't have to worry about it running me over. My partner, on the other hand, thinks otherwise.
"Damn it Lucy, do you want to get yourself killed." Turning around in the middle of the street, I stare at Loke whose eyes widen with fearful surprise, "DON'T STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!" He screeches before taking long strides towards me.
He takes my arm and practically drags me across the rest of the road before we're both standing on the other side safely. Over his heaving shoulders I watch the large truck zoom by at an astonishing speed which makes me wonder if that would have truly killed me.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" I look back at the fuming orange haired male whose eyes glare at me behind tinted glasses.
"Nothing," I mutter as I start to walk away from him towards the shop that had caught my attention earlier.
It's true. Nothing is wrong with me. I've been perfectly fine for the past few days and have even started sleeping more. I would have thought that the talk with Kageyama would have torn me down completely, but it surprisingly didn't. Also, the incident I had caused didn't escalate against me since no one slightly believes that I had been the one who had broken into Fairy Tail's Headquarters. I actually haven't heard much on the matter other than a few whispers I hear come from Laxus when he doesn't know I'm around. So far they all think that it might have been someone from Eisenwald.
As for why I'm acting moody towards Loke, well there really isn't that much of a big reason. Well, other than the fact that he's basically been assigned to bodyguard me while everyone else gets ready for tonight's match.
On the other hand, maybe I am mad. I had actually just discovered that both Loke and Jellal are part of Fairy Tail. Their papers were among the various others that Yukino had gotten for me and most of their information had been written on there along with information on Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, and even Juvia. Not much was actually said about all of them other than when they had teamed up to be hunters.
Gray's family has been in the hunter association back at Iceberg up until he moved to Magnolia and joined up with Fairy Tail. Gajeel and Juvia had become hunters some time after they found out that care caretaker had become a poltergeist and started going on a rampage and killed more than half of the kids in their orphanage. The rest of the children had gone crazy with them both being the only exception.
Jellal had discovered the odd phenomena when he had been at the Tower of Heaven. Apparently what his documents state is that he had been so close to losing his mind before he somehow recuperated. It also seems that he joined the association because it is somehow a family business between our family, but it's mostly run by the men seeming as more than half of the women in our family that have discovered the truth about the astral bodies all went crazy.
As for Natsu and Loke, there really isn't much information about the two. Their papers had no information other than the names of Loke's parents and Natsu's father's name. Other than that their papers were completely empty.
"Lucy," I look up at Loke just before I enter the store and he has a pained look on his face, "What's wrong?"
I stare at him not really knowing what to say. Like I said, I'm not angry, especially after I found out about him being another one of my inevitable enemies, but at the same time I don't specifically feel anything. I feel empty and alone because there is one less person on my side. I'm not all too sure that Loke would actually kill me if he were to find out about me, but at the same time I can't be sure that he wouldn't kill me.
It's his job Lucy.
Those words still leave me uneasy and only make the loneliness inside of me grow. It's also because of those words that I've become so much more alert than before. Nowadays it's usually hard for me to keep from looking over my shoulder to see if I'm being watched. In a way it almost feels like I've gone back to my old routine when I had first started talking to Natsu. Back when I had been afraid of the eyes that were no doubt watching me and I felt so silly for fearing something that I thought wasn't there. Now I'm afraid again, but at least this time I know that they're actually there.
Sighing, I shake my head and push the door to the small store open, "It's nothing really," I assure him as I make my way into the store which is actually a sweets shop, "I just haven't heard from my dad recently and I'm kind of worried."
That's a lie seem as not too long ago my father had called me on my cell phone to check up on me. I didn't tell anybody about it and he hasn't really called the houseline since my incident on Halloween. He's assured me that I'd be spending Christmas in Crocus and that I wouldn't be returning to Magnolia to finish high school. Instead I'd be finishing it in Crocus where I'd then be immediately entering the capitol's most prestigious university.
It all sounded like a dream and I was more than looking forward to returning home. Even though I'm sure there would be hunters in Crocus at least they would be complete strangers compared to being hunted by the people I love. I would actually prefer being afraid of strangers than the people I care about. It sounded so much easier that way.
"I'm sure he's fine," Loke assures me as I eye a delicious looking tart, "He's probably busy or maybe there isn't any reception there," I nod not really paying attention to him as I spot a strawberry cake not too far from the tart, "You'll see that he'll call you soon."
"Yeah," I simply answer while giving him a small smile before continuing to browse around the small sweets shop wondering what I was going to purchase.
Entering the sweet shop actually brightened my mood a bit and the smell of yeast and sweet icing has made my mouth water. I almost feel a bit giddy when I order the strawberry cake and some sweet bread to take back to the hotel to eat with the others. Loke doesn't comment further noticing my mood change and I'm pretty sure that he now thinks that it might be my time of the month. Oh how wrong he is.
When we exit the store I unconsciously feel myself tense up again. I now know why I've been in a bad mood. It's because we're in Balsam Village, the place where Levy's astral body had been killed only months ago.
The memory is so fresh in my head that it makes me feel sick to my stomach. We had arrived sometime in the early morning and almost immediately I had been in a bad mood. I had actually tried to stay locked up in my room in the large suite until Loke insisted that I go out and take a walk with him. He said that I needed fresh air after being cooped up at home all week and I eventually gave in to his pleas. I don't know if it was a good idea or a bad idea to listen to him.
"Where do you want to go next," Loke then asks and I shrug not really wanting to go anywhere else.
"No where really," I say as I look down at my feet, "I'm actually getting a bit tired," It's a lie. I actually feel like I can walk for miles, but I don't want to be out on the streets. Especially these streets.
Loke nods and without further questioning leads me back towards the hotel.
"God I hate this place," Gajeel grumbles from next to me as we both watch Loke and Lucy make their way away from the sweets shop, "Why do we have to watch over her? Doesn't she already have Loke with her?"
I turn to look at the heavily pierced teen who's scowling like a little kid from under my baseball cap that I have to disguise my pink hair. He's been complaining for the past hour and it's started to give me a massive headache. It's bad enough that I rarely got any sleep last night and the trip here wasn't all too pretty. It seems that my motion sickness hasn't gotten any better. If not it only seems to get worse.
"We were assigned to do this. It's not like we have much of a choice," I tell him before ducking into the growing crowd to follow the pair as they make their way back towards the hotel, "Besides, it beats doing what Gray and Juvia are doing."
"True," the large brute agrees as he follows closely so that we don't get separated in the crowd again, "I really wouldn't want to be them right now." Gajeel turns to look at me before he asks, "Do you think that they'll do it?"
Keeping my eyes on the blonde's head that's only about a meter away, I nod my head solemnly, "They'll have to. Just like they did with Mirajane, they'll have to take her out as well. It's our job after all. No exceptions."
Gajeel nods as a sad look passes over his usually impassive face. I understand what he feels, but no matter who the person is we have to take them out if they're in astral form. Even though astral bodies don't do much physical harm to others other than themselves, they can cause mental harm to others without even trying to.
That's actually the reason why many people end up in asylums. They might have probably discovered that the person close to them was slightly dead making something inside of them snap. It's almost as if the knowledge about astral bodies and poltergeists were some kind of incurable disease that is highly contagious. This is the main reason why astral bodies must be destroyed.
The same applies to poltergeists, but they are much harder to kill much less capture.
Sighing, I pat Gajeel on the back before continuing to follow both Lucy and Loke since they're starting to get a bit out of view, "Let's go," is all I say and with a silent nod we continue to follow at what we presume is a safe distance.
OOh, I wonder who Natsu and Gajeel could be talking about? Is it Lucy or someone within their social circle. I guess you'll all have to find out soon!
BTW you guys, I actually almost put Gay instead of Gray in this chapter. I am literally laughing my butt off. And no, I didn't mean to do it on purpose, but I fixed it now... At least I hope I did.
Anywho, I hope you all enjoyed this little extra chapter and I shall be seeing you all in my next chapter.
Until next time my lovelies.