Emotionless
Chapter 65, Mysteries
A/N: Yo, so even with the poll up I'm still updating (this is my favorite story of mine, hehe). The poll just refers to which story I update the most, it's not like I'm deleting any of them. And if I do, its going to be one of the Harry Potter ones.
So, do not WORRY. Also, a bit of advice, The Girl with the Celestial Tattoo is winning the poll, but the reviews of picks are more than the votes so i HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU take the POLL. If you don't know how, PLEASE tell me, and I will TELL YOU.
Seriously, this is my favorite story. It would be a real shame if I couldn't update it as often. I honor my deals after all, and if this story loses, well... you'll be seeing more chapters of The Girl with the Celestial Tattoos than of Emotionless. Not that I don't like The Girl with the Celestial Tattoos it's just that Emotionless came before all the others, and it would be nice to finish it before all the rest.
You know?
Also, fanfic has been getting on my nerves with these commercials (which I found out the founder is making money off it) and cannot read a story for three minutes without getting yanked down to see a damn (pardon my French) commercial. Seriously founder, get them off or your precious readers, writers, etc. will all be gone. And it will all be because you wanted money and misery rather than fun fans.
If someone makes another new fanfiction site, I'm switching because as 'GREAT' as this site is, I'm getting real sick of these commercial interferences.
My two best relaxing sites are going to ruins.
First YouTube and now here
"You go big with money, you fall hard with demolished dreams" as the saying goes...
Either way, just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail
Normal Pov
"You're sure your alright?" Gray asked for the hundredth time to his partner.
"I'm telling you I am, as I have been the past three hours, Gray. Relax," Lucy replied.
"Sorry," Gray grumbled, crossing his arms.
Lucy laughed, "Apology accepted, and honestly I'm just tired but otherwise, I'm great."
Though Gray didn't express it, he didn't really believe her considering as Erza had said she had gone through one of the most painful processes.
Seeing his look the blonde rolled her eyes and grabbed his sleeve, steering them to a table. Lucy sit across from him, and waved over the bar for some drinks.
Gray cleared his throat and said, "I'm just-"
A crash, followed by a sudden shadow as a table flew over their heads with a panicked Reedus holding on the top tight with tears rushing down his face from the intense speeds.
"Yeah! Now we're all back together!" Natsu whooped, his fists raised in celebration. Behind him, Lisanna could be seen shaking her head to the side in exasperation and amusement.
"Oi, what about the duel between Lucy and Mirajane?" Jet piped in, only to freeze when Mirajane suddenly made her appearance. Her only response was the sound of her teeth clenching and eyes glaring at every single person in the room but gave no indication that she wanted to continue the duel.
Whines and groans echoed throughout the guild, followed by cries of their lost money on both sides since no one expected an interference resulting in the match being a tie.
A foreign aura suddenly caught Lucy's attention away from the scene and caused her to cast an eye towards the guild doors. Turning around she noticed Gray's eyes blinking slowly as though trying to stay awake, and looking over his shoulder half the guild was already asleep.
Casting an eye towards the master, she saw him with a grim expression but seemingly not towards his suddenly fainting guild members. She wondered what was going on, but not wanting to stand out she slowly drifted her eyes closed before falling limply backwards unto the floor, her head tilted towards the door. Slowly the guild doors creaked open with barely a sound, followed by light footsteps, and a small tapping nose with every pace.
Not having any magic to feel this mysterious intruder she just barely opened her eyes, eyelashes shading her irises from being seen and found herself very fortunate to be just behind a pillar which obscured her view from the intruder and would be unnoticed unless being searched for or if she made any obvious movements.
A man walked in completely obscured wearing a black shady coat, white jacket, and obscured his head with a black and camo bandana. In his right hand were multiple staffs, each click barely resounded through the rarely silenced guild.
When he walked past her view the master's voice was heard as he said his name, "Mystogan." He sounded grumpy and tired to Lucy, and her mind recalled the man who sent her to Edolas... the actions which had changed her world forever. Her thoughts were a jumbled mess but ceased when the sound of paper tearing drew her attention without making any indication of such through her movements.
"I'm leaving." Mystogan said afar from Lucy, followed by Makarov's grumbling of "Hey! Release your sleep magic!"
Lucy closed her eyes smoothly as footsteps became louder signaling he was walking to the door as he counted. "Five, four, three, two-" a gust of wind and the doors closed shut.
"One."
The sound of groaning reached Lucy's ears as everyone began waking up. Lucy exhaled a sigh and sat up, trying to guess on what events would enfold after Mistgun's visit.
"Th-this feeling... was it Mistgun?" Jet questioned.
:That punk!" Drop yelled irritated.
"His sleep magic is so powerful," replied Wakaba.
"Mystogan, aye?" Lucy asked, feigning tire.
"He's one of the strongest mage candidates in Fairy Tail," a familiar male voice spoke beside Lucy, causing her head to snap up and meet the familiar shaded eyes of a modern Leo, or rather Loke.
He glanced at her, then her belt before his jaw dropped with sweat beading down his forehead. Lucy lifted an eyebrow at him, not in confusion or curiosity.
"For some reason, he hates to be seen." Gray said in front of Lucy while Loke slowly scooted away. "So whenever he comes to pick up a job, he puts everyone to sleep."
"That's why only master knows Mystogan's face," Gray finished.
"No," A deep also familiar male voice was heard. "I know his face too." Lucy didn't both glancing up as the guild made a racket around her. She merely leaned her head down on her hands, and stared aimlessly at a mug trying to piece together a timeline in this dimension.
"Laxus!"
"You're here!"
"How unusual!"
Natsu could be seen grumbling/sulking in a corner. "He's also one of the strongest mage candidates," Lisanna said, taking Gray's place in front of Lucy who barely gave her a glance before returning to her relentless stare.
"Mystogan is really shy. Don't question it too much," Laxus commented, cigar smoking from his mouth arrogantly.
Natsu appeared like he was about to charge Laxus , but Lisanna interfered by grabbing her shoulder tightly and steered him towards the job request board effectively avoiding unwanted fuel for Laxus.
"Seems like the guild hasn't changed much, not like I should've expected it too," teased Laxus.
"What makes you think you're separate from us?" Lucy asked, standing up from the table and looked up at Laxus's smirking expression.
"A newbie, eh? Learn your place because I'm the best this guild has to offer!"
Lucy once again raised an eyebrow before speaking, "Your ego appears bigger than your strength. Which is pretty lousy with the volume of your attitude. Speaking as though you are better than the rest just because you believe you are stronger. As an army we overpower you, separated you will lose."
Laxus's face grew red with anger, "Oh yeah? Then why don't you come up here and prove it!"
"No thanks, I rather not destroy the building because of you," she replied smoothly.
"Knock it off, Laxus." Makarov spoke suddenly. "You know only S-class can go on the second floor. Stop egging them on."
"Tsk. Whatever," replied Laxus turning away from the railing.
Later on, the guild had returned to their normal rowdy selves, though not as lively from Laxus's return.
"Hey, Gray?" Lucy asked, walking up to him.
"What's up?"
"What's up with the second floor?"
He frowned at her, but nodded in decision. "It's where the request board for S-class jobs are. Those jobs are much harder than those on the first floor."
"Hmm."
Gray raised an eyebrow to his partner in question but Lucy merely smiled back at him before walking away.
Shaking his head to himself Gray muttered, "You don't want to know, you don't want to know man." To himself.
"Lucy," Erza called to the blonde.
Lucy turned around and walked over to Erza with an eyebrow raised in question.
"Are you okay?" Lucy sighed, "Haven't we been over this already."
"No, I meant your wounds during the duel with Mirajane. They looked pretty bad and with all the commotion they went unnoticed," Erza replied with an apologetic expression.
"Thanks," Lucy said with a quirk of her lips. "But don't worry, its taken care of."
Erza nodded but frowned at the response.
"Well, I better get going. Need to change out of these clothes," Lucy said, referring to her blood-stained clothing.
And with another nod from Erza, Lucy turned around and left the guild hall, knowing all to well that the red-head was now on her case.
"You okay, Erza?" Lisanna asked, sitting to the right of the warrior.
"Yes," was Erza's reply. Lisanna sighed and took a sip from the mug she held.
"What's on you mind?"
The S-class mage didn't say anything at first but then after a pause she spoke, "Had you noticed how all through the duel with Lucy and Mirajane that Lucy never showed any sign of pain?"
Lisanna furrowed her brows before nodding slowly, remembering the blonde being impaled by her older sister.
"And through the entire even at the Magic Council, she had been walking around with those wounds and didn't show a sign she was injured. Didn't even react to it," Erza said.
"Perhaps she just has a really high pain tolerance," Lisanna suggested.
Erza frowned but nodded, "It's a possibility but that still doesn't explain..." She stopped unsure if she should reveal the magic extraction that occurred with Lucy. It was technically none of their business but...
"Hey Lisanna! What are you doing over here with strawberry?" Mirajane exclaimed, giving her younger sister a one armed hug while glaring at Erza.
Erza didn't respond, and merely met Mirajane's glare head-on.
"Err... Erza and I were talking about the duel between you and Lucy," Lisanna replied somewhat hesitantly.
"Ah, I see." Mirajane said, removing her arm from around Lisanna and redirected her glare to the wall.
"Mira-nii?" Lisanna asked.
"She's strong, more than one would think, than I expected," Mirajane noted aloud.
"I've never seen magic like her's before. It's unheard of," Levy said, joining in on their conversation.
"Really?" Lisanna asked, all three mages turning their curiosity over to the petite bookworm.
"Mm-hmm! When she first joined the guild she told me she was a Celestial mage, but I assume she found more keys because she gave me a book for me to relay the details inside to her. So, I was curious when I heard of Lucy's main magic, what she calls 'Lost Soul magic' and there's no indication that something like her's has existed before."
"Well, Lucy told us on the train a while ago that she created 'Lost Soul'," Erza replied to Levy.
Levy's eyebrows raised in surprise and disbelief. "Really! It takes up to thirty years to create your own magic, and twenty is the earliest!"
Everyone's expression turned to surprise at this information.
"But that can't be, she's not even an adult yet. And for her to have other magic as well as magic she created herself," Lisanna trailed.
"Wait, before the fight was interrupted she pulled out a black key. Do you know what type of key that is Levy?" Mirajane asked.
"A Hell key, to form a contract with them it requires a blood contract and can only be broken if the user is killed," Levy replied, eyes widening in shock.
"Why would she go so far in strength? One only goes so far in such little time if they believe there is danger," Erza commented.
"Who knows, we know nothing about her after all," Lisanna said.
"And that's her business and no one else's," a deep voice interrupted the girl's. Black hair and dark eyes stared at them telling the four to drop it.
"You're her partner, Gray. Don't you have the right to know more about her, to trust her?" Mirajane demanded.
"I am her partner and I respect her and I trust her. Sometimes is best to leave the past in the past. Stop talking about it amongst yourselves like she is common gossip. Lucy is a great mage; a great person. And if Fairy Tail really treats its members like Nakanama then you'll leave her and her business alone. You'll respect her privacy, and if you don't..." His eyes darkened, "Then you guys are no longer the sisters I grew up with." With that, he turned his back on them and walked away.
"Wow," Levy commented, never having seen Gray like that.
"He's right," Surprisingly it was Mirajane who had said this, and began to back away from the three. "After that duel, I respect her. Later," The Demon said, leaving the group.
"Nii-san is right," Lisanna said, leaving towards Natsu.
"She is," Levy said, turning away.
"Hmm." Erza stood from the table and gave a glance to the guild doors, and then to Gray, and finally to her rival.
"By my honor, I will let this go." Titania said, and left the now empty table.
It was past eight when loud knocking echoed through Lucy's apartment.
The apartment was bought from the steady income of jewels from the two large paying jobs she had received from Hisui and from the mission to Clover Town. Despite there being six of them to split the amount with, the S-class mission surely paid a lot of expenses for the blonde.
Rented for 95,000 jewels a month the apartment was located at Dawnstar road west of the Fairy Tail guild hall. The apartment was small but enough room for Lucy with a small single bathroom, medium sized bedroom with a single bed and desk, and a decent sized kitchen with a small breakfast table. The walls were beige and grey with mahogany floors. It was warm from the outside heat giving it a comfortable homey feeling to it.
The bedroom had a window which had a small plot and a black rose in it, slightly covered by gray curtains. The single bed was white with navy blue covers and pillows, leaning against the back wall with a nightstand to the left where a lamp stood on top. The floor was a light grey carpet that had a dark red and black antique rug on top. The desk was polished oak and held an open book listing financial information and to the left of the desk was a medium sized bookcase holding her newly purchased books on magical keys and contracts.
The knocking grew louder which was later followed by a resounding groan from the bed. Lucy stumbled out of her bed, swiped the drool from her chin and stumbled to the bathroom where she promptly splashed water on her face. Looking at her reflection she saw herself with bags under her eyes and pale skin. Her hair was wavy from the position she had been sleeping in, and her clothes were wrinkled as well.
With practiced speed Lucy quickly applied make-up and in two minutes the pale skin was replaced with fair, the bags were blended away with the concealer, and her eyes held black eyeliner and light brown shadow.
Lucy quickly got her hair presentable before walking over to her dresser which was to the left of her bathroom door, same style as her desk, and grabbed an army green t-shirt, black skinny jeans, chained belt, and a black and blue oversized jacket that was uniquely trimmed with too many pockets to count and a hood that when on covered her face down to her nose.
Pulling her clothes on quickly, she then pulled on some black socks and her dark grey snowboard boots, and rushed to her desk. Grabbing the key out from the plot of her black rose she unlocked the bottom drawer of her desk and opened it to grab the chains that held her keys. Immediately she put them on, and shut the drawer behind her as she turned towards her door ready to give this visitor a piece of her mind.
Unlocking the many locks on her door along with disarming some runes (hey paranoia served a great purpose) she then yanked open the door with vigor only to shrug defeated when she saw her teammate with a hand raised to knock another hundred times or so.
Lucy sighed loudly, "What?"
Sheepishly Gray lowered his arm before a serious expression adorned his face.
"Lucy. Natsu and Lisanna just stole a S-class mission!"
It would seem Lucy would not be returning to her nap any time soon.
I just found out this story has been nominated for Best Fairy Tail story of the year or something like that...
SO, that means I'll be removing the poll vote and will move it to another date with this competition now on my mind. Emotionless is my main focus currently, and I'm a very competitive person. I'll most likely post the poll back up for when the contest is over which is sometime in January.
Sincerely,
-Gothic Rain