Mama Mirajane-13
"Now I'm all fired up" Natsu cheered. "Even more than I've ever been before."
"You're out matched and outgunned Jellal." Scythe exclaimed the lightning and flames around his feet wrapping around his hands.
"I'm not going to let you get in my way. If you're not good enough to be a sacrifice, then I'll just use Erza instead." Jellal declared. "This'll be the end of you. I've dreamed of this day and I won't let a couple of fools like the two of you spoil it for me."
"Ha! Sorry, pal, but we're a couple of pretty tough guys." Natsu smirked. "If you think you can take us, then let's put it to the test."
Jellal held out his hands, a golden star magic circle forming before disappearing, sending off a barrage of star bullets, missing the two of them.
"Too low huh?" Natsu smirked as the both of them ran in opposite directions, causing Jellal to destroy more of his tower.
Scythe jumped out of a cloud of smoke and went for Jellal, cocking back his fist, covered in his signature triple elemental move.
"You're mine." Scythe shouted.
"I got you now." Natsu shouted performing the same attack.
Jellal swung his arms forward before swinging them back to his attackers, sending a wave of heavenly magic towards them, sending the both of them skidding back.
"Natsu." Erza's voice echoed as she screamed.
"Ha, ha! You're so worried about wrecking your precious Tower, you're not gonna fight us full-on?" Natsu smirked as he and Scythe broke the wave, running back for Jellal.
"Scythe?" Erza gasped.
"I get the feeling you're holding back a large percentage of your magic power." Scythe smirked as they performed a dual attack.
"Let me tell ya something Jellal, that ain't gonna work against us." Natsu shouted.
"I'd watch my mouth if I were you." Jellal shouted, falling for their taunting, sending a full on attack against them.
"Fire-Dragon-Brilliant-Flame." Natsu shouted sending the attack.
"Lightning-Flame-Deity-SMASH." Scythe shouted sending his own brilliant flame/lightning attack.
Jellal covered himself thinking the attack was for him, but to his shock, it was aimed at the ground, breaking through three floors of the tower.
"They're aiming for the tower." Erza gasped.
When the flames and electricity died down, Scythe and Natsu landed on the nearly shattered floor, each sporting their own intimidating smiles.
"Now I'm angry." Jellal stated, clenching his fists. "I didn't spend years building this Tower just to have a couple of punks tear it down. I won't let you."
"Too bad, the Tower's energy is unstable now. If you were to try and use it, you'd be setting off the world's largest bomb. Any more damage to it, and that's exactly what would happen." Scythe smirked.
"Tough break, pal, but you can't say I didn't warn you." Natsu smirked. "I told you destroying stuff is one of our specialties."
'Be careful Natsu, you're weak. You barely have the strength to stand, I don't know how much strength Scythe has left, but it looks like he's rapidly approaching his limit.' Erza mentally pleaded.
"I'll make you pay." Jellal shouted crossing his wrists before reaching them over his head.
A large burst of energy went rushing from where he stood, making Natsu and Scythe lose balance for a moment, before a dark sphere of magic energy formed on his hands, reeking of death and decay.
"Whoa, something weird's going on with his magic." Natsu exclaimed covering his face. "It's making me feel sick."
"Why's my shadow bending towards the light?" Erza questioned. "That spell, it could kill Natsu and Scythe both."
"Now, I'll plunge you into infinite darkness, Dragonslayer, Godslayer." Jellal shouted.
"Don't do it." Erza shouted appearing in front of Scythe and Natsu. "Unless you wanna kill me too." Jellal gasped and the area began to lighten up again. "You don't wanna lose your sacrifice to Zeref, do you?"
"That would be a problem. The ceremony requires the body of a sorcerer or sorceress comparable in strength to one of the Ten Wizard Saints. However, I can find a suitable replacement." Jellal exclaimed. "You're not the only one who fits the bill. I'll worry about that after I kill all three of you." Jellal stated starting up the spell again.
"Watch out! What are you doing?" Natsu shouted.
"It's my fault that you're involved in this mess. The least I can do is protect you." Erza said with a determined smile.
"Get out of the way." Natsu shouted.
"Heavenly Body Magic: Altairis!" Jellal shouted sending the spell in their direction.
"Erza." Natsu shouted as the spell approached.
"LOTUS BARRIER."
Right as Simon ran in to take the attack, the same barrier of magic that protected Fairy Tail from Phantom's Jupiter Cannon, appeared an inch away from him fending off the attack, but gaining cracks instantly.
"What?" Simon questioned.
Erza, Simon, and Natsu turned to see Scythe on his left knee with his right arm out, his left hand holding his right wrist as he was focusing on the barrier.
"Scythe." Natsu shouted as the scars from the last time her used it reopened and traveled up, farther reaching his right eye, before he closed it as the eye ball split open, and fell to the ground by his feet.
By the time the death spell ended with an explosion, the barrier was on its last leg. With the darkness dissipated, the barrier shattered, and Scythe fell over in a heap of unconsciousness, with a trail of blood leaking out of his empty eye socket.
"Oh no, not again." Natsu gasped. "Scythe buddy, wake up. C'mon we need you to wake up."
"No." Erza screamed, as she began to cry.
Jellal began to laugh, as if what he had just seen before him, had been the funniest thing he had ever seen in his entire life.
"What a perfectly foolish thing to do. He tried to play the valiant hero, but his sacrifice won't change a thing." Jellal smirked.
"A…Ama…"
"Scythe, what are you saying?" Erza questioned as she took his outstretched right hand.
"Amaterasu…" Scythe managed to say, the emblem on the back of his right hand glowing.
A whirlwind of fire began to surround the duo before Erza was forced to step back with how hot the flames were. The whirlwind of fire died down, taking the shape of Amaterasu, before dissipating, revealing the actual deity standing there over Scythe, with her arms out.
"Oh my goodness sweetie." Amaterasu gasped seeing Scythe, in his battered stated. "What happened, who did this to you sweetie?"
"I performed… the Lotus… Barrier to… save my friends…" Scythe wheezed his left eye straining to stay open.
"Oh sweet child." Amaterasu said, a green flame enveloping her hand, as she laid him on his back with her free hand. She placed the green flame on his chest and it began to spread throughout his body, his injuries mending themselves, before she noticed something. "Natsu." Amaterasu said.
"Y-yes Ma'am?" Natsu asked saluting her out of respect and fear.
"I'm a little busy tending to this child's wounds so do me a favor. Kick Jellal's ass." Amaterasu stated with a gleam in her eye.
"Yes Ma'am." Natsu smirked turning towards the bluenet, punching his fists together.
In an instant, Natsu was in front of Jellal, slamming his fist into his face, sending him flying before he hit a pillar of lacrima, screaming out in pain.
Erza and Simon gasped when they saw the Etherion magic energy flowing from the ground, to Natsu, as he picked up a large chunk of Etherion Lacrima, and began to eat it.
"I can't believe this." Jellal began. "He's eating the Ethernano from the Etherion blast."
"That gives me an idea." Amaterasu smiled using purple flame to grab a chunk of Ethernano and bring it over to her.
Swallowing the bits of Ethernano, Natsu opened his eyes, as they began to glow Etherion blue. Giving off a roar of anger, the air around Natsu began to feel heavy as the power of Ethernano surged through him, more energy from the tower flying from the floor, through his skin into his system.
Natsu slammed his fists down onto the ground, creating a shockwave of debri that went straight for Jellal as if someone were tunneling towards him. Jellal evaded the attack, before it slammed into the lacrima wall he had been up against.
The sound of Natsu gagging was heard as he fell to his knees in pain, before squirming around in agony.
"How could you be so stupid? Ethernano is made of all types of elemental magic. Only Scythe could get stronger from eating it. The Ethernano will poison you." Erza shouted as Natsu screamed in pain.
"What an idiot. Did he really think he'd be able to power up by consuming elements other than his own? It'll certainly make my job easier if he kills himself." Jellal smirked, unaware that Amaterasu was feeding tiny bits of Ethernano to Scythe, slowly helping him regain his strength.
Suddenly the air around Natsu began to get really hot, as his body burned away the rest of the elements, and absorbed the fire within the Ethernano. The form of a flaming dragon appeared over Natsu, as scale patterned lines formed on the temples of his head, neck, cheeks, and around certain areas of his arm.
"No." Jellal said, as Erza shuddered. 'His body absorbed the magic energy from the Ethernano.'
Before Jellal could say anything else, he received a knee to the chin, from Natsu, as his speed and strength gained a boost as well as his magic energy.
"You made Erza cry." Natsu shouted gripping Jellal by the face and slamming his head into the ground, sending him down through several levels of the tower. "I'm not gonna let you get away with that. I made a promise and I'm not gonna break it! Hurt her again and I'll kill you."
"Your threats don't scare me." Jellal stated. "METEOR."
Jellal flew out of the falling airway, leaving Natsu there by himself, until he planted his feet on a large piece of Ethernano, and used his flames to propel himself upwards, catching up with Jellal and slamming his fist into the bluenet's gut, stopping his rambling, and knocking the wind out of him, before they both broke through the top floor, surprising Simon, and Erza, while Amaterasu was continuing what she was doing with the larger chunk of Ethernano.
"I won't lose not to you." Jellal shouted kicking Natsu away. "I'm destined to create a land of freedom. I know because in my darkest hour, I could hear Lord Zeref calling out to me. He told me he could make all my dreams come true, and I believe him. There's a reason I'm the only human who can sense Zeref's presence. It's because I am the chosen one."
"Nice speech, but it's meaningless, since he's not dead." Amaterasu exclaimed in a hushed voice, polishing off the object she had created from the Ethernano.
"Once he's been resurrected, we'll work together to create a land that's truly free." Jellal continued to shout.
"You're going to do that by taking away the rights of everyone else in the world?" Natsu questioned.
"If that's what has to be done, in order to change this world, into a better place, then so be it." Jellal exclaimed sending several attacks at Natsu. "I couldn't care less what happens to feebleminded fools like you." Jellal stated as he activated a certain familiar forbidden spell.
"He's casting the Abyss Break. But why?" Erza shouted. "You'll destroy the tower so many died to create."
"This tower means nothing. You see, now that I've done it, I could build another in half the time. Lord Zeref, your hour is near." Jellal stated before he felt a pain in his side.
"The blow Scythe struck with the blunt edges of his blades, he's starting to feel them." Erza exclaimed as the Abyss Break spell dissipated.
Natsu took this opportunity to send himself up to Jellal using his fire as a propeller once more.
"You'll never know what it means to be free! Not as long as you're possessed by that spirit." Natsu shouted. "Why are you letting him manipulate you?"
From Jellal's point of view, all he could see was a large dragon made of fire, ready to bite down on his head.
"You can do it Jellal." Natsu shouted punching him in the face. "Free yourself."
The hit sent Jellal to the ground, and the scream from Natsu turned into the feral roars of a dragon. There was enough power in the hit, to send Jellal's force of impact through all the floors of the tower, forcing him to land on the ground floor, while he remained on the top floor. Erza looked on in amazement as Natsu landed on the ground, and stood up.
'So this is the power that was hidden within him. The true form of the Dragonslayer.' She awed. 'He was able to defeat Jellal. I can't believe that after all these years, the nightmare is over. Now Sho and the others can finally be free.'
The sound of Natsu falling to his knees brought Simon and Erza out of their admiration. The scale patterns receding back into him.
"Natsu." Erza exclaimed, taking him into her arms and hugging him. "I knew you'd find your inner strength. You're amazing."
"There, you go sweetie, time to wake up." Amaterasu smiled as Scythe slowly sat up.
He opened his eyes, revealing his right one looked like it had never been touched by the negative effects of the Lotus Barrier.
"My eye." Scythe exclaimed being able to see through it.
"What, you didn't really think my only ability as a deity is fire did you? Fire is just what I specialize in, I can do other things, such as turn Ethernano into flesh." Amaterasu smiled. "I carved out a new eye for you while I was healing your wounds feeding you the shredding's of it to help you regain your strength. Though it's not much, it's enough to help you move around."
Before Scythe could give his thanks to Amaterasu, the tower began to shake, and the floor began to glow.
"Oh dear, the Tower's become too unstable. It's going to explode." Amaterasu said.
"Amaterasu, get Simon, Erza, and Natsu off the Tower now." Scythe exclaimed standing up. "I'm going to try and lessen the blast power and radius."
"Scythe no." Erza shouted before Amaterasu took the three of them, plus herself into a pair of flaming wings, jumping down from the Tower to the ocean below.
Scythe walked up to a pillar of Etherion, and stuck his arms inside, screaming in pain as he was sucked in, trying to absorb as much of the Etherion as he could, before the Tower went off in a chain of explosion along the height of the tower, before there was one giant flash of light, with the energy shooting upwards into the sky, as the tower sank to the bottom of the ocean.
~World of the Dead~
'…Huh?'
Scythe's eyes opened. He looked around to see that he was sinking into an ocean. His eyes wandered around alongside his body as masses of bubbles gently rose to the surface. Looking up to a light shining down against him, he used his arms to cover his sight.
'What is this? Am I still connected to the Tower?' He wondered. 'No, I'm no longer feeling pain… and this feeling. It seems… different somehow.'
As he floated in the space, the light suddenly became brighter, causing Scythe to shield his eyes. A moment later, he shot them open again with a gasp, only to see that he was somewhere else.
Looking himself over, he noticed that the sword wasn't on his back, and that he was wearing the same clothes he had worn since this whole mess began, all the tears in it gone as if they were never there to begin with. He glanced around, now noticing he was in a city, or rather, a familiar town.
'This is…Magnolia?' He asked. He then looked down, and gasped.
He then noticed that he was in the town's cemetery. The skies thundered with a loud roar as rain streamed down. Dark grey clouds swirl around the area, giving the place an awful atmosphere. He then looked down, noticing everyone from the guild. They wore black outfits, and that finally allowed him to figure it out.
'Oh… this is my…'
Looking at a statue in front of them, he instantly recognized the design. It was the Fairy Law symbol with his tribal Fairy Tail emblem, while Scythe sat in front of it in a meditative position, with Amaterasu's and Raijin's emblems on the back of his stone hands. On the base part, a large ankh was carved in, with a tombstone in front of it.
Scythe floated down to take a look, only for his face to darken…
Here lies our friend, and beloved child Scythe Strauss.
The newest member of Fairy Tail, the God of War, who joined with the Fairies in the year X784
May he rest in peace…
Scythe rubbed his head, sighing.
'Guess this is my funeral.' He stated with a low tone.
He then looked at Makarov, who was getting ready to say a speech. He took out a piece of paper, and began to read.
"Here lies a brave Fairy. Scythe Strauss has touched the hearts of many throughout the lands. Despite his small amount of time in Fairy Tail, he has shown us the true nature of being a family member." He began, holding back his tears by gritting his teeth. "His desire for justice to all that were good in this world was unparalleled, he used his magic for the benefit of others. Whether as a large warrior, a flaming toddler, a Godslayer, or a Celestial Knight, he had one thing: The heart of a Fairy." He then gave out, a single tear starting to come out. "We…will miss him." He then muttered, his body starting to tremble.
Scythe's eyes widened at the sight.
'Gramps…' He said, his mouth gaping with awe. He then looks behind the Fairies as the eight remaining Council members arrived.
The leader, the old man named Org, then stepped forward.
"This tragedy has left the hearts of many shattered. The connections that this young man made has drilled through our hearts as an empty seat has been made. Given that he may have been able to do great things if he lived, we have decided to honor him. The Council has voted to award this young man, and we are proud to announce, that Scythe Strauss is now an eternal member of the Ten Wizard Saints…" He finished with a bow. The other members bowed as well.
The members of Fairy Tail turned to the members of the Council, all of them frowning at their lack of sincerity to the situation. The young man then looked over to see Mira, his mother, who was standing in front of his grave. She placed roses in front of it while her face was stern with emotions. She wore a black dress and a black cap, with a matching hat a vale over her face, while Elfman stood behind her, a look of sadness mixed with anger across his face. Mira, along with everyone else, then gasped at the loud roaring of a certain fire sorcerer.
"Son of a bitch! No, I've had it!" He said angrily, pushing Mira out of the way and kicking the flowers over.
Scythe looked at him with surprise.
"Whoa." He blinked a few times. He then turned to Makarov.
"Natsu, what are you doing young man?!" He shouted with anger in his voice. Scythe knew he could get angry, but this felt different.
Lucy came up to him, trying to calm him down. Gray clicked his tongue as he tried to step forward, pissed off that the fire wielder was causing a scene. Everyone was then cut off by a loud punch.
Natsu was sent down to the ground as he felt the blow connect to his face. Everyone gasped at the sight, mostly surprised by the one who dealt the blow. Natsu sat up and rubbed his face. He then looked up, only to shudder in the sight of his attacker.
Mira stood above him, still having her fist balled up from the attack. She looked at him with her face shrouded by darkness. Natsu tried to get up and complain but then stopped as he looked up.
She was giving off a grimacing look as tears streamed down her face. It wasn't the usual fear that made Natsu shrink. This was an entirely different fear that caused him to gasp and back away, sensing her murderous aura.
"FACE REALITY NATSU!" Mira screamed, staring down at him. Tears began to fall down her face as she did so.
"But Scythe—" He stuttered, now sobbing as well.
"NO, HE'S GONE! We failed… there's no way to get him back now…" She then murmured. "I failed as a mother."
She then fell to her knees, covering her face with her hands as she broke down with sobs. Lucy and Gray helped her up. She let her cry into her shoulder as Gray covered her with his blazer, giving her looks of sympathy.
Scythe then put his hands in his pockets as he looked up, his face now full of sadness. It pained him to see them like this, especially his mother, so he averted his gaze.
'I thought I could save them…but all I did was make everyone sad again. Aw man, can't I ever do something good with my life… Damn it I can't even die right.' He grunted as he gritted his teeth.
He then blinked as another bright light flashed, blinding him yet again. As he opened his eyes once more, he gasped as he saw a hand come down from the skies. Scythe couldn't help but stare at it as it came down, looking like some sort of divine presence. Slowly bringing his arm out, he touched the hand, causing it to shine and blind him once more…
~World of the living~
Scythe woke, coughing up sea water as he felt someone patting his back to help him expel the liquid from his lungs. He looked up to see a man dressed in a black and white robe, with black hair and a gentle smile on his face. Strange thing was, he didn't look like he was soaked at all. He should have been drenched, especially if he saved Scythe from drowning.
"Glad to see you're alive." He exclaimed.
"Who… who are you?" Scythe asked.
"Someone who hasn't been around people for nearly five hundred years." He smiled. "My name is Zeref. It am quite surprised you are able to be this close to me without my curse activating."
"Zeref, the dark wizard Jellal tried to resurrect?" Scythe questioned sitting up instantly while backing up as well.
"Then again, I'm not actually here, I'm just projecting my spirit because I sensed someone like you who needed some help." Zeref smiled before he disappeared, ignoring what Scythe asked.
Scythe sat there in silence, before he felt light headed and passed out, on the beach, the last thought to run through his mind, wondering if his friends made it out safely.
~2Days Later~
"Ugh, what happened, where am I?" Scythe questioned opening his eyes, seeing he was in a hut of some sorts.
"Oh good, you're awake."
Scythe bent his head backwards as the person who spoke poked her head in his line of vision.
"Wendy?" Scythe asked.
"Glad to see my treatments helped." Wendy smiled replacing the wet cloth on his forehead.
"Where am I?" Scythe questioned sitting up.
"Easy there, you've still got some recovering to do." Wendy said pushing his chest to set him back down. "You're in your hotel room. I found you on my way to the train station to head home. So I figured I'd bring you back to your room and treat you here."
"Oh right, Loki got me the Tiki Hut Suite." Scythe sighed leaning back. "How long have I been out?"
"A couple days. In that time, I don't know if I'm going crazy or something, but it looked as though your muscles were getting bigger, and your skin was getting tighter." Wendy stated.
"No, you're not crazy. It's just my body rebuilding itself from the strain that was put on them. It's a normal reaction to any hardcore workouts. But this was more of a life and death situation." Scythe explained as Wendy put an icepack on top of the cloth. "Hold on. Have you been taking care of me this entire time?"
"Well, uh…"
"She has indeed." Carla said hopping up onto the bed with a cup of tea. "I hope you won't mind, but I found your stash of chamomile lemon tea. Never pegged you for a tea drinker."
"I mainly drink it to help me sleep. I get nightmares very easily." Scythe exclaimed.
"Well, it didn't seem like you were suffering from any nightmares while you were out. You kept mumbling about getting your revenge on someone named Zancrow." Wendy exclaimed.
"Care to explain why?" Carla asked with a suspicious look on her face.
"Zancrow killed my parents, burnt them to ashes, right in front of me." Scythe said, not hesitating at all with his response.
"Young man, haven't you heard the saying, an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, you do know what that means right?" Carla asked.
"Zancrow is different. If he's not stopped, then he's going to hurt more people, he is one of Grimoire Heart's elite fighters." Scythe sighed. "I'm not wanting to stop him just to get revenge, I'm wanting to stop him so I can stop him from hurting more innocent people."
"That is a very noble quest for you." Wendy smiled, a slight blush on her face.
Beep-beep-beep… Beep-beep-beep…
"Hold on." Scythe exclaimed tapping the communications lacrima on the bedside table. "Hello?"
"Scythe, thank goodness you're all right. You're back in your room at the hotel?" Erza asked, her face appearing on the crystal orb.
"Yeah. The girl I rescued from that burning ship is helping me heal up." Scythe exclaimed. "Where are the others?"
"The others and I are in our rooms. Juvia went back to Magnolia to officially join the guild. We've been trying to reach you for the last two days, but you never answered." Erza sighed. "The front desk said that you were here, but that it was requested that nobody disturb you. I was finally allowed to call your room because requests like that usually don't last for longer than a couple days."
"Sorry, I actually just woke up from sleeping for two days." Scythe sighed sitting up. "Go ahead and enjoy the rest of your experience here. I think I might be a little too sore to enjoy the rest of mine."
"Alright Scythe, we'll bring you a souvenir from the theme park." Erza exclaimed. "Get some sleep and we'll see you at the train station in the morning."
"Alright Erza. See you tomorrow." Scythe smiled hanging up before holding his side in pain.
"Take it easy, when I found you, there was a lot of bruising and you had a couple cracked ribs." Wendy said helping him to lie down again. "I'll go get you some food from one of the restaurants."
"Just call in room service. It'll be a lot simpler." Scythe chuckled snagging the room service menu and number, from beside the communications lacrima.
"So, you head home tomorrow?" Wendy asked.
"Yeah, today is the last day to enjoy the resort, but I can't for obvious reasons." Scythe sighed. "I still have to get a souvenir for my mom."
"I can get one for her if you want." Wendy smiled.
"You don't know what she likes." Scythe stated, opening one eye.
"She's Mirajane Strauss, from Sorcerer Weekly right?" Wendy asked.
"Yes, but the magazines don't cover anything about her personal life all that much." Scythe exclaimed.
"So, what kinds of things does she like?" Wendy inquired.
"She loves cooking, music, light novels, and she has a thing for cute furry critters." Scythe smiled. "Her favorite type of music is classical."
"Alright. I'll be back in a bit. Carla, could you stay here to watch him?" Wendy asked.
"I most certainly will not." Carla stated. "I'm sticking by your side until we return."
"I'll be fine." Scythe smiled waving his hand. "I'm just gonna get a bit more rest."
"Alright see you when we return." Wendy smiled heading out.
Wendy closed the door, heading for the lobby and souvenir shops around the resort. Closing the distance quickly.
"So Wendy, I couldn't help but notice you getting a little cozy with Scythe when he was still unconscious." Carla smiled.
"What? Carla, I was just sharing body heat with him, I wasn't doing anything lewd." Wendy cried waving her arms about. "It was a survival technique for staying warm."
"All I'm saying is you seem to like him, maybe as more than friends. I'm glad I got to see what he looks like at least. I never once got a look at him when he rescued us." Carla smiled. "But you do seem happier, I take it Jack is no longer holding back your feelings?"
"I don't know what it is. I still feel the sting of what Jack did. But somehow being around Scythe is making me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, like my problems can just melt away." Wendy stated.
"If I didn't know any better Wendy, I'd say you're in love." Carla teased.
"What? No, I'm not in love with him. I'm not looking for anything involving love, I'm still trying to heal my heart from what Jack did." Wendy exclaimed running off.
(Que Music… I won't say I'm in love: Hercules-Meg)
Wendy was walking down the streets, wearing a simple white dress, with a sunhat, looking around at the stores. Finding a shop that sold light novels, lacrima music players, and cookbooks. Looking around, Wendy spotted a romance book, with the cover being of a man holding a woman close in a passionate embrace. Her mind wondered and for a moment the two people on the cover looked changed to it being her in Scythe's arms.
"No. I'm not looking for love." Wendy stated looking around in different areas of the store.
Wendy grabbed a cookbook, and skimmed through it, choosing to buy this one for herself, and another copy for Mirajane. Wendy went looking around the store some more, finding a pendant, with two chains, each having half of a heart on it looking like a broken heart, magnetically connected. One side saying remember me, the other saying, I will return.
"Oh this is cute." Wendy smiled choosing to buy one before she began to imagine giving one half to Scythe. "No, what am I saying? I can't buy this it'd be too embarrassing. Besides I'm not looking for a relationship." She stated putting it back.
Wendy went looking around again, and found a couple stuffed animals, one looking like a white tiger with red and black hair on its head, like Scythe, and the other being a white tiger with royal blue hair on its head, reaching half way down its back, just like hers.
"Oh, these look so adorable." Wendy smiled not even thinking of how they look suspiciously like her and Scythe, as she put them in the shopping basket.
Wendy went walking down the street once more, accidentally tripping over one of the cobblestones, before falling into someone's arm.
"Hi there Wendy. You doing okay?"
"Oh, Mr. Ren. Thank you for catching me. I can be very clumsy sometimes." Wendy smiled bowing to him.
"So, what are you doing out and about like this?" Ren asked dusting off his pants.
"Scythe's bedridden in his room, so I'm buying some souvenirs in his place for his mom and him." Wendy smiled.
"So he's back and he's doing okay?" Ren asked.
"Sort of. He's recovering from his injuries. This is his room number if you wanna go check up on him." Wendy said handing Ren a slip of paper with the number on it.
"Thank you, I'm sure Nora and Chelia would like to check up on him and see how he's doing." Ren smiled, noticing Carla putting the pendant halves on the respective plushy's necks, with a sly smile. Carla noticed him looking and motioned for him to stay quiet.
"So anything else happening?" Wendy questioned.
"Well, not really, Nora and I have been worried about Scythe; we have become very good friends with his mother, when Fairy Tail was rebuilding their guild hall. But I'm happy to hear he's going to be okay. Are you a nurse in training of some kind?"
"No… well I guess you could say I am a nurse of some kind. I'm actually the Sky Dragonslayer." Wendy exclaimed.
"I see." Ren smiled. "So you have quite a bit of medical knowledge. Good to know he's in good hands. I will see you a little later Maiden of the Skies."
"Have a good day, Storm Flower." Wendy chuckled as they parted ways.
Wendy went about walking down the street of the separate souvenir shops, unaware that Carla was talking with Ren.
"Mind telling me what that was about?" Ren questioned referring to the sneaky slip Carla pulled.
"It's obvious Wendy has a thing for Scythe, so I'm just trying to push her along to meet it head on. She deserves to be happy, especially after her last heartache." Carla exclaimed.
Wendy walked down to the end of the souvenir shops finding one more thing that caught her eye.
"Oh wow. A rose made of ruby as the bud, and gold for the stem." Wendy smiled taking it. "Good price to, only 80jewels."
Wendy purchased the rose, telling herself that she'd have to be a little stingy with her money for a bit until she went on a couple jobs, collecting the rewards.
(End Song…)
Wendy made her way back to the hotel room, as it was starting to get dark out, quietly thinking on what she was going to do as a last treatment for Scythe's injuries.
"I guess I could use an ointment on the bruising to help heal it. I have several of them in my suitcase. Then again, he looks like the kind of guy who likes to tough things out. Not to mention I still need to do some finish up treatment on his right arm, shoulder, and pectoral. I don't know what kind of attack could have caused those, but it sort of looks like his was breaking like a vase would under too much pressure." Wendy exclaimed.
"There's a type of barrier spell that can cause the user to receive the damage that hits the barrier." Carla said flying next to her.
"Carla where'd you come from?" Wendy shrieked entering the elevator with a startle.
"Oh please child, I've been with you the whole time." Carla exclaimed.
"So, what's this barrier spell you were talking about?" Wendy asked calming down a bit.
"I can't remember the exact name of it, but it does exactly what I told you. The one who casts that spell receives the damage caused to the barrier." Carla exclaimed.
"Huh, whatever those injuries are from, I guess that must have been the cause." Wendy stated.
"Indeed. Though there are many other possibilities to how he got those injuries, but using that barrier spell seems like the most common thing." Carla stated as they reached Scythe's room.
Wendy used the keycard lacrima to open the door, blushing when she did, finding Scythe standing there, in her direct line of sight, shirtless, with his bandages removed as he was in the middle of changing them.
"Oh, Wendy hey. Back so soon?" Scythe asked, not even fazed that she was seeing him half naked.
"Y-yeah. I found a few things that I thought you and your mom might like." Wendy said taking out one of the two cookbooks, and the plushy's, trying her hardest not to stare at how ripped and toned Scythe was. Wendy didn't really have time to notice earlier as she was too concerned with treating his wounds.
"Thanks, here why don't you keep this one?" Scythe smiled giving her the plushy with his hair style, and the new addition of the pendant half that said, I will return, which Wendy swore she didn't purchase.
Knock-knock… "Room service."
Scythe put his shirt back on and opened the door to allow the cart of food to be wheeled in. After giving the bellboy a nice tip, Scythe opened the lids of the platters on the cart, revealing them to all be filled with various meats and cooked vegetables.
"You're welcome to help yourself if you want." Scythe smiled.
"Oh no I couldn't, you need as much nutrients as you can get to recover." Wendy smiled waving her hands sheepishly, before her stomach let off a loud growl.
"Sounds like your stomach says you need some food." Scythe chuckled.
"I guess I could use something to eat." Wendy chuckled a bit embarrassed.
"That's the spirit." Scythe chuckled, grabbing a couple utensils from the lower shelf on the cart. "Carla, you're welcome to join us."
"I'm fine thanks, I prefer something a little sweeter." Carla smiled spreading her wings. "I'm going to be down near the ice-cream shop if you need me Wendy."
'Carla must have purchased those pendants. How embarrassing.' Wendy mentally screamed.
"Well, more for us then." Scythe chuckled dishing it up.
"Thanks." Wendy said doing the same.
"Is something wrong Wendy?" Scythe questioned.
"No, it's nothing." Wendy stated, slowly eating her food.
"Wendy, I can tell when something is up. If you don't wanna talk about it with me then that's perfectly fine. But you need to talk about it with someone who is willing to listen and understand." Scythe exclaimed. "It isn't healthy to keep your feelings and emotions bottled up, for any period of time."
"I know. But I just don't want to talk about it right now." Wendy stated, putting her utensil's down. "It's too painful."
"So is my past." Scythe exclaimed surprising Wendy a bit.
"What do you mean?" Wendy questioned.
"When I was five, which honestly wasn't that long ago, I helped a man. He was injured, and sick, so my dad brought him into the house to help him recover. Turns out that man was faking it, using his magic to give himself a fever, with some very impressive makeup skills to give us the impression he had an infected injury." Scythe sighed as he ate a piece of his stake. "The next day, he showed his true colors, and brought the rest of his dark guild to our town, and turned my parents to ashes, while I watched."
"Zancrow." Wendy gasped.
"Not long after that he found where I was hiding, and took me along with every child in the village, to Grimoire Heart's flying guildhall. There, I was a slave for six months, and ended up being a lab rat for one of their Etherion projects."
"Becoming the Etherion Godslayer. You never did tell me what your element was." Wendy exclaimed in understanding.
"I know what it's like to have a painful past, so if you ever need an ear to listen, then I'm here for you. You can find me at either the Fairy Tail Guildhall, or the Huntsman and Huntress MMA Academy in Magnolia." Scythe explained.
"Thank you Scythe." Wendy smiled reaching into her bag, handing him the rose.
"What's this?" Scythe asked.
"Something I impulsively bought." Wendy chuckled. "But I want you to have it, you barely know me, and you're willing to do so much for me."
"It's what a hero does." Scythe smiled, as Wendy put the rose in his shirt pocket.
"There, now no one can say you don't dress for the occasion." Wendy smiled, before the sound of fireworks going off outside went off. "Oh wow, I didn't know the resort was doing fireworks tonight." She smiled running off to the balcony.
"I don't think that's the resort's doing." Scythe chuckled, remembering what Mira told him about the Fairy Tail send off, from someone leaving the guild.
"Well, whatever the case, I think they're beautiful." Wendy smiled.
"Yeah. I think so to." Scythe smiled, catching a glimpse of the way Wendy look in the light of the moon and the fireworks.
~Elsewhere in an undisclosed location~
The light was dark and bright as it shined from the heat of the rivers of lava running across the land. An orb of white energy travels along it, following the lava to the dragon residing at its epicenter.
"What are you doing here, Grandeeney?" The red dragon questioned.
"Paying a visit to an old friend." The orb of energy stated floating in front of the dragon.
"Might I remind you you're forbidden to come here?" The dragon questioned. "Do not interfere."
"I should tell you that the child is being reckless. He reminds me of someone else I know. His streak of good luck is sure to run out eventually, in which case he could end up dead." Grandeeney exclaimed.
"Be gone. You are not to meddle in the humans' affairs." The fire dragon shouted, the mountain he's in erupting like a volcano. "Do so and you will anger me, the mighty Igneel."
"I never should have mentioned it. There's no point in worrying when we can't change the outcome. All we can do is have faith that the humans have the strength to prevail. You know Zeref is… never mind. I've said enough." Grandeeney said. "Oh one more thing before I go."
"What is it?" Igneel questioned.
"I win the bet. My hatchling was the first to find a lifelong mate." Grandeeney exclaimed.
"Oh come on." Igneel said his eyes turning into white circles of annoyance.