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And about my habit to use (...) its to signal pauses when you read. I use it to emphasize certain word phrases and the pace and which I would read it. I know its not proper english but I honestly would rather write in a way that's comfortable for me so that I can get the chapters out to you guys. If it really bothers you, I'll try and stop using them so much. But I just might take longer uploading because of a longer editing process. Just saying :D
Hiro Mashima owns FairyTail
Time Frame: One day since her disappearance.
Gajeel and Levy reached the halfway point to Mt. Goyang.. They were on foot now.
"Let's rest here." Gajeel said gruffly towards the hot springs resort.
Levy blushed and looked away as she saw it was a resort… "Okay.."
Gajeel and Lily walked in and Levy followed closely behind. They walked up to the receptionist.
"Good evening~ How may I help you?" the lady asked.
"Hi. We need a room for the night." Levy said politely.
"Ok. Just one room for the night?" the lady checked the book records.
"uhm…" Levy said blushing.. Gajeel looked away blushing slightly as well..
Lily snickered
"Yes. One room will do." Lily said for them.
"Ahm.. yes One room please." Levy said smiling and blushing.
"Okay. Here you are." The lady gave the key to Levy. The three began to leave with Gajeel in back.
"Oh! Sir! If you wait one moment, I have some complimentary amenities to give you."
Gajeel turned around and raised an eyebrow at the lady. She was bustling about behind the counter and in the back. Gajeel waited impatiently at the counter.
"Sorry for the wait." The lady came up with a basket of fruit and a wine battle. She handed it over to him. "This is a token of our gratitude for being wonderful customers last time. I had a hard time recognizing you without your mask and your new hair do. How did you get it so long in such a short time?"
"You've mistaken me for someone else" Gajeel said irritated that she waisted his time. Thinking that she wanted to flirt with him. He was about to walk away.
"But I recognized your guild mark. You came her not that long ago." The lady said.
Gajeel's eyes widened and he turned around to look at her.
"You're from FairyTail right? I was here when you came with four others last time. I heard you talk to my boss. I recognized your voice..."
Gajeel looked at his gloves.. then back up at her.. "Oh.. yea…"
"I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable." The lady bowed.
"So you recognize me for sure.. and who do you remember seeing with me?"
The lady gave him a puzzled look. "Uhm.. okay.. well.. I'm sure you were here with 3 other men.. and Lucy Heartfilia. That's why we wanted to thank you. Your visit here gave us quite a boost of business. The number one guild of Fiore's members visiting our resort" she smiled. "Well here you go. I hope you have a nice stay with your girlfriend."
Gajeel shrugged off the lady's last comment, took the basket, and went off towards the Lily and Levy's scent.
Walking along the corridors.. he paused in the empty hallway.
"I was here with bunnygirl? Is she with an imposter?" he growled.
"But even then, the imposter would never know everything about me.. it wouldn't explain how she knew about my soup. And she was so comfortable with me.."
He remembered how he fed her. How she smiled so warmly at him.
"No… her eyes.. it was real.. that means I was really there.." His eyes widened with realization. The basket slipped out of his hand and fell onto the floor. Fruit rolled around everywhere and the champagne bottle rolled on the floor with a thud.
Grabbing his pack over his shoulder, he opened it to rummage for something he needed. He found the magazine and dropped his pack. Flipping through the pages he found the pictures he was looking for.
Short black hair. Mask. Gloves.
He looked closer…. A metal stud.
The man was standing walking next to Lucy. She was smiling happily.
Looking closer at the other three men now.. his eyes widened in complete shock now.. a tall muscular man and a covered right eye… a man wearing a flaming cloak. Another cloaked but shirtless.. with dark blue pants.
"!" Gajeel dropped the magazine on the floor.
"Let's go Happy"
"Aiy." Happy said flying up next to him.
They were leaving their house now.
"Natsu…" Lisanna said as she walked up to them.
"Oh hi Lisanna." Natsu said.
"Are you leaving now?"
"Yea… I can't be wasting time here. I've gotta try and find her scent before it disappears."
"Okay. I understand." Lisanna said looking away.
"Do you want to come too?" Natsu asked
Lisanna's eyes widened and she looked towards his face. It was just blank and so.. Natsu. She smiled..
"Yes… I would like that."
"Well come on! We have a train to catch." Natsu said grabbing a hold of her wrist and running off now.
"Wait Natsuu!" Lisanna said as she was pulled along.
Happy dropped to the ground and watched Natsu and Lisanna run off.. watching their backs, he saw a silhouette of Natsu dragging Lucy along.
"You better get on it Happy… if you want your mom and dad together.. you gotta work extra hard so that they get closer and eventually really become a mom and dad. I know you'll be able to make it happen. I believe in you."
"Lushy…." Happy whispered..
He was staring at Rufus now..
"Well then.. I suggest we remove ourselves from the public into a more secluded area." Rufus said calmly.
Laxus stood up and walked past Rufus. "Follow me."
Orga stood up and he looked at Rufus. The two eyed each other and followed.
Soon.. they were in an empty park.
Laxus was facing Rufus and Orga.
"Well then.. let the show begin" Rufus smiled as he brought his hand up to his hat.
"Memory Make…" A magic seal appeared behind him and began to rotate. Magic seeped out and the scenery changed.
"Time Replay"
Laxus looked around.. and found himself staring straight at Lucy.. there she was, standing right in front of him. And four men beside her.. his eyes widened.. their scents..
Gray. Gajeel. Natsu. Loke. And himself.
Time was going double time. He saw her talking to Natsu and looking frightened at something ahead. He turned around and saw cats appearing out of nowhere. He looked back at Lucy and saw the men walk away from her. She was in despair and desperately trying to reach out to them. She hugged Natsu from behind and was trying to stop him.
His heart was breaking at her despair. The fear in her eyes.
He looked towards where his disguised self was heading towards. And there stood a vile looking woman.. she was smirking and she yanked down the mask of one of the men. Laxus' eyes widened as he saw a short haired older looking Gajeel..
In fact, they all looked older.. and suddenly they were transformed into cats. Laxus watched in horror as they were rendered useless.. he looked over at Lucy in horror.. this was not what he had imagined her to have been through.. it was an S-Class mission but he had never considered that if he were in the same situation, he wouldn't have had a chance.
He saw her fight.. Virgo disappearing into the ground.. Aries and her wool.. the overwhelming amount of cats and their stampede towards her. He watched helplessly as she was attacked by the horde of cats. A flash of light and Aquarius arrived, soon flooding the entire town and thankfully defeating the vile cat woman.
Because it was in the perspective of Rufus, Laxus saw himself being washed away, helplessly watching Lucy fall, with blood running down her body from all her wounds. It reminded him of her fight with Minerva... her bloody body falling... and yet again he stood watching frozen.. unable to do anything.
The magic receded back to the real Rufus and soon they were back in Magnolia.
Rufus and Orga were watching Laxus and Laxus was watching them back.
"So Laxus-san.." Rufus said tipping his hat up and watching him with one eye.
"Thank you for showing me." Laxus said, still shocked and trying to understand what he had just seen.
"You are welcome. Everything you just saw happened in reality. I am surprised you didn't know about your participation at Mount Goyang. Lucy Heartfilia should remember you being there with her."
"Where is the little chick anyway? I don't smell her anywhere.. not even at the guild." Orga said.
Laxus looked down at the ground.
"She's….. been excommunicated."
Rufus and Orga's eyes widened.
Gray was walking around the streets of Hargeon now. He had asked around to see if anyone had seen a blonde celestial mage pass by. With no luck, he found himself at the port and was watching the ocean waves glow gold from the sunset. The smell of the salty ocean hit his nose. The soft ocean breeze kissed his face. His hair waved in the wind. The ocean… Ur…
"OMG! You!—" A stubby short man came running up to Gray.
Gray looked over at him, curious.
"How are you here?! Is everyone okay? What happened!"
"Mister… I don't know what you're talking about." Gray said
"Young man. You're the one who begged me to get you and your friends on that boat this morning."
"What? No sir I think you've got the wrong man."
"No.. it's you! I know it's you.! You, a pink haired man, and a unconscious blonde girl came up to me his morning asking for a ride out to the middle of no where!"
Gray froze.. pink haired man… blonde haired girl… and someone who looked just like him?!
"I saw you get on the boat this morning.. so how are you here! And where is everyone else!?"
"I'm sorry sir I just arrived into town just a few minutes ago. Can you please describe the man you're mistaking me for?"
The stubby man began tapping his feet in irritation.
"I don't know what you're playing at young man.. but it was you. The same hair.. the same necklace.. the same tattoo and the same shirtless self. The pink haired man was wearing a white scarf and had an unconscious blonde girl on his back. She had a belt with a whip and a ring of keys on the side. " The man crossed his arms in anger.
Gray didn't know what to say.. someone was posing as him and Natsu? Imposters?! Lucy.. was she in great danger?! And she was unconscious?!
Gray was panicking now. "Sir… I believe someone very important to me was on that boat.. her name is Lucy Heartfilia and she is a celestial mage. She was last seen wearing a black coat, combat gloves… oh and a bracelet that looks just like my necklace. See?" He brought his necklace with his hand for the man to see.
"YES! She was on the boat with you and another man! And a few hours ago we received a distress call. And now I don't know what happened to them!" the stubby man gripped his face in frustration. "For the last few hours hours.. I haven't been able to contact them.. or locate them via lacrima communication at all."
Something unsettling was growing in Gray's stomach.
"It's like they disappeared.. and you! You should currently be on that ship! So how are you here?!"
Gray stuttered in shock..
"I'm sorry.. I truly just arrived in Hargeon literally a few minutes ago by train from Magnolia. I was not here this morning. Here look at my train papers."
The man roughly took the papers and looked them over. Gray was telling the truth. The man's eyes widened. "Then… then…. They really might be gone."
"What do you mean gone!"
"It's just as what I'm saying… our lacrima sensors cannot find them… we haven't gotten in contact with them for over 2 hours now.. Young man… I'm sorry for mistaking you for someone else.. and about your friend… I'm sorry…"
"No…" Gray said stumbling backwards.
"Come find me whenever you want.. I have a boat just on the end of the dock.. and I'll let you know if we find or hear anything about them.. but I suggest you prepare your heart" the man said patting Gray's arms.. before turning away.
"I really am sorry.. I had some good people on that boat as well…" the man walked away with a grieving look.
He was speechless.. he turned his trembling head towards the sunset.. the ocean waves bobbed up and down..
"Ur… please…. Please save her…" he thought to himself..
"LLUCCYYYYY!" Gray yelled out into the horizon.