Hello, guys! I'm back with new update! So happy to be back. I'm sorry for making you waited for a long time, and thank you for waiting!
I'm still working on the story and the other stories as well. I just started my job as a preschool teacher. So, I might be busy but I'll try my best to update my stories.
So, please enjoy the new update. Thank you very much for your support! I really appreciate it!
p/s: I didn't own Fairy Tail. This story is just my imagination to share with you.
Lisanna leaned against the bar. She stared over the iron dragon slayer and his cat. She unconsciously smirked. She turned her back and looked forward, toward the blue sky. Beneath it, the blue ocean with small waves made her grin grew wider. She turned back to the dragon slayer and his partner.
"It's a great day, isn't it Gajeel?" she asked.
His crimson eyes glared at her, as if he would swallow her alive. She grinned. She thought that the dragon slayer would give up his idea of following her on the job, but who would expect him to say 'yes' when she suggested them to travel by boat! She saw him spread himself on the floor. His eyes were closed. She watched his wrinkled forehead. She laughed alone. She remembered when she was little. When she and Natsu first boarded the train together. He had the same face as the dragon slayer. Both of them were dragon slayers. She chuckled alone. For her silliness; comparing the motion sickness of two dragon slayers. The result would obviously the same.
As they arrived on a jetty; as they stepped back on the ground, his energy instantly revived. She snorted when he laughed out loud after his energy returned. She walked ahead of him with the request paper in her hand. The black cat followed her shortly after.
Gajeel and his partner stood still. Their eyes moved to left and right continuously. They were not having a staring contest, but they did stare at someone. And finally, their eyes stopped moving. The white-haired girl stood in front of them. The request paper still in her hand. Her head down. However, when she slowly lifted her head, they could see her face. Her fair skin turned red and she gritted her teeth. She opened her mouth but no word came out. But not long after that…
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!"
Gajeel jumped backward as the girl screamed. Pantherlily turned his back around and covered his ears.
"What happened to you?!" Gajeel barked. "Possessed by demon?!"
The loud scream made him dizzy. And the dizziness made him staggered. Pantherlily, with his hands still covered his ears, stepped closer to the girl.
"What's wrong?" he asked politely.
"I'm sorry. I'm just a little stress. I couldn't find this place." She showed him the request paper.
"The address?" he asked.
"Some people said it's around here. Some said it's by that mountain," she explained, pointed to a mountain far from them.
Suddenly Gajeel grabbed the request paper when Pantherlily was giving it back to her. The dragon slayer stared at the paper silently. Then he walked. The girl and the cat looked at each other. They followed Gajeel. The dragon slayer didn't say anything about where they were heading. And the other two mages didn't bother to ask. They just followed him. And they finally arrived to small house, or probably a hut.
"We are here," Gajeel said, handed the paper back to the girl, without even glanced at her.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"I'm a dragon slayer," he replied with proud tone.
"So, what does this do with being a dragon slayer?" she muttered.
Gajeel turned to the girl, glared into her blue eyes. Lisanna leaned backward and nervously grinned. She forgot about his enhanced hearing.
"Is he able to pay us 500,000 jewels?" Pantherlily interrupted. Gajeel and Lisanna turned to the cat together. "I mean, look where he lives? Do you really think he can pay us 500 grand just for taking care of his daughter?"
What the cat said made sense. 500,000 jewels were not a small amount of money. And secondly, did a babysitting job worth 500,000 jewels?
At that moment, a lot of questions were floating over their heads. They made many assumptions.
"Hahahahahaha!" A loud laugh pulled them back from all their ridiculous thoughts.
A man, around forty, stood behind them. His hands on his waist. He wore a dark blue t-shirt with the sleeves were cut off, or probably torn off. He had long mustache with thin beard. He had broad chest with muscular body. His pants were red and covered his leg down to his ankle.
"I told you!" His voice was very loud. "We can rely on Fairy Tail," he continued.
"Yes, I can hear you. Loud and clear," a voice replied, came from the house.
The three mages turned to the house. A lovely woman stood by the door, stared at them smilingly. At that time, they thought about the same thing; this couple is the parent.
A hand suddenly grabbed Gajeel by his shoulder, made him almost jumped into the air. The client grinned from over the dragon slayer's shoulder.
"Let's get inside," he said, wrapped his arm around the dragon slayer's shoulder. His muscular arm forced the dragon slayer to walk along. The girl and the cat followed them.
As they entered the small house, the wife already served them with cups of tea. Their client sat Gajeel next to him without even let his arm go from the dragon slayer. He stared at Gajeel grinningly, made the dragon slayer uneasy. The wife sat next to her husband.
"Mages, can you really take a good care of my daughter? She is our only child. I hope tha…"
"Don't worry," her husband interrupted. "They can take care of her. Believe me." He didn't take his eyes away from Gajeel. "Fairy Tail is so reliable. Look," He glanced to his wife once. "…They even send a dragon slayer. They take their job seriously."
Gajeel twitched. Pantherlily was a little surprised too.
"How do you know he is a dragon slayer?" the cat asked.
The older man replied with a loud laugh, which none of the mages found the question funny. They heard the wife sighed.
"Why don't you stay here tonight? I'm preparing dinner. We can have dinner together," she suggested.
She stood up and went into the kitchen. Lisanna stood up and followed her, saying that she wanted to help. The three men stared at each other. None of them spoke after the women left.
"Where is your daughter?" Pantherlily asked, broke the silence.
The man glanced at a door behind him.
"She's still sleeping," he answered.
"I haven't introduced myself. My name is Pantherlily." The cat bowed his head down a little. "This is my partner, Gajeel Redfox. And the girl; she is the one who accepting your request. We are here helping her. Her name is Lisanna Strauss, a Take Over mage."
The man nodded.
"You can call me Erique. My wife is Ruby, and our daughter is Dyme." He introduced his family. Pantherlily nodded.
"So about this job…"
"My wife and I have to attend a wedding of a friend. We afraid she might ruin the day, so we decided to not bringing her along," he explained. "You don't have to worry. Dyme is a good girl. You will like her."
"Sounds like a troublesome to me," Gajeel said.
Erique laughed lightly.
"She is a lovely girl. She won't cause any trouble," he assured the mages. "All you need to do is make sure that she is safe. I don't want her to hurt. Not even a scratch." Gajeel and Pantherlily glanced at each other.
"If she hurts, we will use your reward to treat her."