Chapter 20: The Beginning of the Storm
A/N: Hey guys! Chapter two of three today so there's still one more to go! So sit back, kick up your feet, and enjoy!
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The Wedding Day (Number Three POV)
"Hey you ready babe?" I ask as I walk out of the bathroom and finish putting on the cloak that we all wear she looks at me, "It's time to go, and are you ready yet?" I look as she nods and pulls up the hood that has defined us and kept our identity a secret for these past two months, but after today they would do so no longer. I couldn't wait for that, I have been too bored here and haven't been able to travel like I love to do. But just because we'd be done here didn't mean the job was done. We still had to find Zeref and finish him off and this was the first step in doing so, something we all knew but were ok with. We have become a unit and we have grown into a family here and would have it no other way.
"Yeah I'm ready, let's go cabron you're scaring me with all the thinking you're doing lately. It doesn't suit you. Now let's go!" I glare at her jab, but move towards the door and open it, making sure no one was here.
I see no one and walk to the sewers for what should be the last time in this town, and open the grate and jump down, Four following me closely as we make our way through the sewers to the church. "Ok so you remember what to do?"
"Yes cabron! When we get there you are going to drill us up into our position underneath the couple and then we wait until they both get there and Makarov starts his spiel and when they get to the vows, we wait until they both finish and not a moment later we spring up and grab them and make the our hostages as Five grabs the target and then we go form there." Just like the Boss said, I'd expect nothing less from her.
Five however… "You heard all of that right Five?" I say into the lacrima I had pulled out so he could hear her explain everything to him.
"Yeah, yeah. You think I'd forget something this important? How rude of you two! HAHAHAHA! Good luck guys. Stay safe please, and I mean it, we got other engagements to be at and I won't forgive you for dying on me, you're all the family I got left." I pause and am at a loss for words at his words, he may not say nor do I but when I met him three years it was the most important day of my life. It was the day I met my brother in arms and met the man I would gladly call my true brother, I'd die for him and vice versa. "Sorry had to be said, now keep moving alright the Boss wants the timing of this to be perfect and the wedding starts in an hour. Move it! Five out,"
"Roger that, Three and Four out. Stay Frosty, Live Forever." I call back, saying the phrase we coined for when we go out hunting for the target at the same time.
"Stay Frosty, Live Forever." He calls back and we share a moment of silence, silence that says all that needs to be said without having to be said. I put the lacrima away and continue our walk to the cathedral.
"We'll survive and we both know it. The only question is how long do we get to celebrate the victory, and how long do we get to see our son, E.J.? I miss him." She says and I nod my head in agreement.
'How long has it been? Five years? Yeah it actually has been five years… wow I'm an awful father. I need to spend more time with him.' "Who knows? The Boss will decide all that when we're done. For now let's focus on the job ok? I promise you this though, we will get to see him again… soon hopefully." I say as she nods sadly and we arrive at our destination, man was this place huge. We move into position and get settled in, waiting for the ceremony to start and for the storm that is the Ronin to pass through. Nothing would be the same once we passed through.
(POV Change to Five)
I arrive at the church to find it heavily guarded by the mages, fuck this was going to be a pain in the ass. I carefully begin to move and I worm my way into a crowd of people that are passing by the church and use them to get close to the building. Once close enough I use my magic and disappear into the shadows. I use the shadows to move along the cathedral and position myself near the window. Very quietly I open the window and move inside, into the rafters and check the ground, there are a couple of mages inside but they seem to be doing last checks before they let everyone in. As they move to the back to let the people into the cathedral for the wedding I move forward and hide myself in the shadows casted by the seats and hide for a moment before moving into position. I wait and see everyone pile in and now they join the game, the waiting game.
(POV Change to Gray)
I take my place next to master as he groans, "Already? Gray your clothes…UGH!" I look and curse to myself as I find that I already lost my jacket and my vest, while working on my tie. I walk back down the aisle and pick up the jacket and vest and walk back to the front. My tuxedo was a custom design by the most well known designer in all of Fiore who was in attendance but was now unconscious on the floor thanks to my stripping habit and his best tuxedo being thrown around like it was bought in a thrift store.
As he was helped up and out of the church I shook my head and stood next to master and watched as the wedding continued, Loke and Lucy, the best man and maid of honor came in, they wore a light blue dress if they were a girl and a snow white suit for the men. I watched as each couple began to walk in, Erza and Jellal, Wendy and Doranbolt, Elfman and Lisanna, and Levy and Gajeel. They all took their places before Lucy deadpanned at me saying, "GRAY YOUR CLOTHES!" Before she looked away in horror. Boy was I nervous, stripping twice in the span of ten minutes after being told I already had? Man was I excited too, finally I would get to marry Juvia after all this time. Don't let the cold shoulder I gave her early on, I loved from the moment she joined up with us and saved my life. She may have been weird and odd and strange and sometimes downright creepy, but I was over the top crazy, I mean I have a stripping habit! I'm the weirder one of the two and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I then see Joi walking down the aisle followed by Lily who was looking rather dapper in his little suit but looked miserable being forced to wear the suit and being the ring bearer. But he gave me a small smile that told me he was happy for me and that he was happy for Juvia too. I saw everyone looking my way sending me their silent congratulations and I felt the happiest I ever have felt.
Then the organs start to play and we all look to the door and in walked in an angel dressed in white. She had blue hair and white skin, her eyes a beautiful shade of dark blue and her body was that of a Greek goddess and the dress that she wore was perfect, it hugged her body perfectly and made her look even more curvy than she normally did. There was no way she could be there to marry me, she was perfect and I was, "Gray-sama your clothes!" I looked down to see that I was not wearing any clothes again, except for my underwear thank god.
"OI WHAT TILL TONIGHT TO DO THAT!" Someone yelled and the whole church was laughing.
I groaned and walked to where Juvia had fallen unconscious from the sight before, the reason being that we were in public, she had definitely seen me naked many times before. I wake her up saying, "Juvia, babe wake up we have a wedding to do."
"Huh? This was real and not a dream?!" Juvia said looking up at me, seeing I was still half naked she smiled brightly and stood up. "Gray-sama and I are really getting married?!" She squealed in delight and grabbed my hand and dragged me up to the altar and said, "Quickly master! Before Juvia wakes up and is no longer able to marry Gray-sama!"
I laughed and pulled her into a hug, "I would wait for you forever, be it you sleeping or are off on an adventure, I will always wait for you. Now master please hurry I want to do this before I strip anymore. Give us the quick version so I can home with the woman I love so very much."
"Oh Gray-sama…" She said looking me in the eyes as I grabbed her hand closest to me and interlocked our fingers, giving her hand a tight squeeze that she returned. "Juvia would for you as well, wait until Gray-sama was ready, wait for Gray-sama if he ever got sick, she would for Gray-sama no matter the distance. Forever and always." The crowd awed, even Lyon who was against it the entire time as he saw that the love of his life was happy, which was more than enough for him. He nodded and smiled at me, his approval for this wedding finally given.
"Well I think we already skipped the preamble part and just had the exchange of the vows, so who has the rings?" Master said and Joi walked up as he spoke and gave us each the other's ring. "Now Gray do you swear to care for Juvia, in sickness and health, and to love her always, and to never leave her side until till death do you part?"
"I do." I said and slid her ring on her ring finger and smiled at her brightly.
"Now Juvia do you swear to care for Gray, in sickness and health, and to love her always, and to never leave her side until till death do you part?" Master asked as he motioned to Juvia.
"I DO! I DO! I DO A MILLION TIMES OVER I DO!" Juvia squealed as she felt the most important part of the wedding, the physical seal of the wedding ready to be done.
"Good, then with the power vested in me by the town of Magnolia and the country of Fiore, I pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride…" Before master could finish the floor directly behind us shot up and I felt strong arms grab me and I felt metal on my neck. Fuck.
(POV Change to Five)
Three and Four shoot up and take the married couple hostage and hold them in place. Meanwhile I sneak around and grab the target and jump up to a makeshift wood plank that Four made. In my loudest voice I say, "Ok! Lisanna Strauss, tell everyone the truth of what happened five years ago! And don't think about lying or playing dumb because the three of us know the truth!" I dangle her entire body over the edge and threaten to drop her before I even hear her speak.
"OK, OK! Just don't hurt Gray or Juvia!" She yelled and looked nervously at everyone before saying. "Ok, five years ago today Natsu attacked Lucy, or so you guys thought. But the truth is… that I did it." Everyone gasped and had open fly holes for flies to fly into, to say they were floored was an understatement, and she continued, "I used my transformation magic to transform into him and then attacked Lucy so I could have him. I found out he and Lucy were secretly seeing each when I caught them almost about to have sex. I was heartbroken and thought that if Lucy was scared of Natsu then she would leave him. But no one was supposed to find out and I would then swear Lucy to secrecy or away from the guild, but NOOOOO! Her damn lion spirit came out and ruin my plan."
"Good girl." I say as we got the full truth out of her. I let go and let her drop to the floor where the Boss then suddenly appeared as if out of thin air, but in reality he was teleported there by Two and her weird type of light magic.
(POV Change to 3rd person)
Everyone stares shocked as a man in red caught Lisanna and looked her in the eyes. Lisanna looked at him and a face of pure joy went across her face. "Nat…" She was all she able to say. The rest of the guild's shock turned into horror as they saw how she had been silenced, their mouths open in silent screams.
Mira was the first to find her voice as she yelled out "NOOOOOOOO!" and the rest of the guild echoed her.
The man stood above Lisanna, his fist through her chest and her still beating heart in his hand. He quickly moved his head up, losing the hood, and everyone absolutely lost it, the person was someone they knew and thought was dead. The man before them was none other than Natsu Dragneel. He burned the heart in his hands and let the ashes fall from his hand, saying, "This was for the five years of hell you put Luce and me through, bitch."
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A/N: Natsu & Lucy: … Whoa.
HAHAHAHA! SURPRISE MOTHER FUCKERS! No one saw that one coming hopefully, and if you did then oh well it was still awesome to write.
Natsu: Hey I'm alive! Yahoo!
… And Lisanna?
Natsu: Eh who cares she was a bitch in this story.
Ummm… ok. So yeah one more chapter to go today! PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! ADIOS!