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Hiro Mashima owns FairyTail
Green pastures.. Fluffly clouds.. green trees... clanking of utensils.. people sitting here and there.. Lucy sat in the dining cart that morning.. enjoying her breakfast as she watched the scenery pass by.
Her keys began to glow and she could hear her spirits call out to her.. particularly Loke. But she ignored them. She wanted this time to herself.. to gather her thoughts.. to refocus herself… what was she going to do now.
She took a sip of her tea… and closed her eyes.
After showering.. Lucy noticed that there was a bag next to the sofa. She went to it and took it to her bed. Dumping the contents onto the blanket, her eyes widened.
There were four neatly wrapped and bowed boxes. Each had a letter attached to them.
She took the blue one.. and read the note.
"Lucy… I know by the time you read this.. I will have gone. I wanted to give you a gift before I left.. something to remember me by.. even though you'll have myself from your own time.. I want you to remember the time we had together.. that this is the type of man I will become. - Love Gray"
She quickly ripped through the wrapping and opened the box. Inside.. was a beautiful chain bracelet that had a cross charm on it. She smiled and put the bracelet on. It looked so familiar… but she couldn't put a finger on it.
She picked up another letter and began to read.
"Remember our training. These gloves should make it easier to help you with hand to hand combat. Don't hesitate to use your fists to get what you want. And remember… if you need anything.. ask me or Lily. You still owe me dinner. – Gajeel"
Smiling, she took the string wrapped paper packaged box and unwrapped it as well. What she found was a beautiful metal box… carved with a princess and a dragon on it. It was ornamented with jewels.. probably from some of her reward.. It was smooth and polished.. She opened the box and found a pair of black gloves that had metal knuckles on them. They were fingertipless and fit perfectly onto her hand.
She clenched her fists and admired the handiwork Gajeel put in to fuse the metal with the glove.
There were two more presents left. She picked up the letter on the left and began to read.
"Remember your promise to me. And I know you won't forget about last night…" Lucy began to blush as she remembered how Laxus had kissed her cheek.. gulp* how could she ever forget…
"just as I won't forget… for as long as I live."
She dropped the letter into her lap.. she froze as she tried to comprehend what he meant by his letter.. did he…love her?!
Quickly grabbing his gift, she unwrapped the yellow and black wrapping paper to find a rectangular box. She opened it and was in awe. Inside.. was the most beautiful leather belt she had ever seen.. and on the side of it was a metal ring attached to a metal buckle. She tried pulling the metal ring and it came off with a slight push. It was an odd ring and belt. She put the ring down on the bed and was about to examine the belt further when the ring began to glow yellow and zapped over to the side of the belt again.
Like a magnet… fast as lightning.
"what?" Lucy stared wide-eyed at the belt and the now attached metal ring. She took the ring off with ease again and threw it across the room. But as the ring soared across the room, it flashed yellow and poof… it was attached to the belt again.
She picked up the letter again and began to read furiously..
"I hope you like your gift.. now you'll never lose your keys again."
Lucy stared wide-eyed at the belt… her eyes teared up.. and she rubbed the tears away with her sleeve.
One last present left.. she picked up the letter first and began to read.
"To my best friend Lucy. I love you."
Her eyes widened as she read the sentence over and over… her world seemed to stop.. It was all he wrote.. and it was all he needed to say.. she put the letter down.. and gently picked up Natsu's wrapped present.. She opened the gift carefully and in it was a pretty pink ribbon. Picking it up, it shimmered in the light and it looked like it had small scales. It was actually very smooth and soft as well.
"Natsu.. Lucy said softly.. She pulled her hair up to the side and used Natsu's ribbon to tie her hair. She folded the letters carefully and put them inside Gajeel's box.
Clutching onto the belt with her gloved hands and the bracelet on her left wrist.. Lucy lied down onto her bed.. curled up into a ball… she wanted to fall asleep quickly.. it was there where she could see them once again.
"Choooo!"
Lucy opened her eyes again.. and watched the fluffy clouds roll by..
"We will arrive in Magnolia in 30 minutes!"
CRASSSHHHHH
"KYAHH! NATSU!" Lisanna ran away from the line of fire. Happy ran away with her as well.
There was a cloud of dust where Natsu had crashed. Gray stood firmly glaring at he settling dust and soon appearing Natsu. Natsu rubbed the side of his mouth with the back of his hand and saw that there was blood. He quickly got up and lunged towards Gray.
"WTH WAS THAT FOR!?" Natsu lit his fist on fire and punched Gray's hand. Gray on the other hand used his ice magic to counter Natsu's fiery fist and flip him over onto his back on the ground. Natsu found footing and kicked Gray by the chin upwards, causing Gray to fly backwards and crash into some tables.
Gray got up from the rubble of his crash.
"Natsu-san… Gray-san.. please…" Wendy said pleadingly to them.. Carla tried to prevent Wendy from interfering..
"YOU…" Gray said with his head down.. his bangs covering his eyes.
Natsu glared at him with fists on fire, ready to battle. Everything around Gray began to frost.. Gray's breaths came out as vapor.. Natsu's body began to flare..
"WHAT?! What about me!" Natsu yelled at Gray, obviously ticked off.
The guild doors opened again and in came heavy steps followed by others.
"Oh hoh… So you've started fighting without me… that isn't very nice…" his red eyes scanned Gray and Natsu. Clearly the two idiots were in a heated fight and from the look of Gray's face… Gajeel had a hunch of why they were fighting…
"Welcome back Gajeel, Lily, Shadowgear!" Mira said from the bar. Everyone greeted them back as well.
"Hi everyone we're back!" Levy said waving and walked past Natsu and Gray. Jet and Droy followed after her. Gajeel stood in between Natsu and Gray smirking.
"So… heard you two got dumped." Gajeel kept smirking.
"Who got dumped? Gray got dumped? HAHAHA not surprising." Natsu said laughing.
Gray remained quiet and death glared Natsu.
"Haha.. well I guess more specifically.. you Salamander." Gajeel said smiring evily at Natsu.
"What? I didn't get dumped? Who would dump me" Natsu said letting his flames die and smiling smugly.
"Oh… you got dumped.. by Blondie.. didn't you hear? She got a new team." Gajeel said raising an eyebrow. Everyone looked towards Natsu to see his reaction. They too were all curious about what had happened to Team Natsu and how Lucy was suddenly being covered by Sorcerer Magazine.
Natsu froze… "What?"
"Don't believe me?" Gajeel said throwing over a magazine. "Look for yourself."
Natsu caught the magazine and stared at the front cover. He flipped through the pages.. eyes widening…
"And here I thought you and blondie were inseparable considering how much you sang of being partners with her and how much you prided over it… guess she found someone better." Gajeel crossed his arms.
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Clenching his fists… Natsu growled…"Where's Lucy?"
With a sack over her shoulder, Lucy stepped out of the train into the sun. She had her normal attire on and a coat. Her hoodie was on to cover her face and was hoping that she could arrive home without anyone bothering her. She had her hands to her keys and was using her new sense to locate any familiar spirits.
That was when she saw Erza. Her spiritual light was red but not fiery red like Natsu's. Lucy quickly ran into a crowd of people and made her way out of the train station.
She hid behind a corner to make sure Erza was gone. And soon enough, Erza boarded the train. Letting out a breath of air, Lucy closed her eyes. As she did.. she saw a familiar spiritual light… a yellow light…. It was coming closer towards her. She opened her eyes and quickly made her way away from it.
As the light turned around the corner behind her, she was already on the other side of the building, making her way through the crowds. She knew it was futile to run away from him… but at least she could try. This little cat and mouse game they were playing.. she could play along.
Finding a suitable woman, Lucy quickly took off her coat and offered it to her for free. The woman was startled but found the coat very soft and fashionable. She took it and wore it. Lucy smiled and walked off in another direction quickly. Blending in with the crowd, she spotted the bakery she liked and went inside.
Taking a seat by the corner, she closed her eyes and began to focus. The yellow light stopped at the exact location she had given the woman her jacket. Her heart raced waiting for the light to make a move. And to her delight, the light began to move farther away from her.. towards the direction the woman with her coat had gone.
Lucy smiled in victory.
"Ahem."
She opened her eyes to see a waiter beside her.
"Would you like to order anything miss?"
"Yes.. may I please have a cinnamon roll and a vanilla latte please?"
"I'll be right out with them ma'm"
The waiter walked away and Lucy sighed in relief. She looked towards her gloved hands. "You'd be so proud Gajeel."
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After finishing her treats, Lucy walked out of the bakery.. smelling like fresh baked bread, cinnamon rolls, and coffee. Everything was going so well.. she just wanted to go home.. shower.. and read a book.. unwind...
She was almost home when she felt it.. a rapidly approaching spiritual signature… she closed her eyes… yellow light..
3 blocks away...
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BOOOOOOOOOM!
Lightning struck right in front of her.. just a few inches from her body.
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he glared down at her.. his body still glowing with yellow lightning magic.
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Lucy opened her eyes, smiled, and looked up at the man in front of her.
"Hello…. Laxus."