AN: Hey everyone, I've finished my course and now I have more free time. I think you guys are going to like this chapter, I've finally written from FT POV once again! Yay, I hope you like what I've done. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy reading...
"Naruto Uzumaki, here to save the day, you know how the story goes. Just when things look hopeless, the hero will arrive," Naruto boasted as he stood there in the middle of the bridge making a big scene, "and then pow bye-bye bad guys,"
'That stupid, insufferable little. What we needed was an ambush, now he's got a target practically painted in between his eyes,' Kakashi thought annoyed,
"Naruto," Sakura called out excitingly, it was at that moment that Zabuza threw a bunch of shuriken at Naruto, only the have Haku block them with his throwing needles, surprising everyone.
"Haku, what are you doing?" Zabuza asked,
"Please let me fight them in my own way, let me handle this," Haku said as he stood up,
"So, you want me to keep my hands off of him, huh? How naïve of you, as usual," Zabuza replied. Sasuke got a thoughtful look on his face as he stared at his wounds and then looked at Haku,
'that guy, naïve? Look at me, it's like he's cutting me into pieces, bit by bit, saving the vital blows for last,' Sasuke started to glare as he came up with a plan, 'whatever is going on these mirrors must be the key, looks like my only chance is to concentrate on the battle and trust that Naruto can get me out from the outside,' Sasuke thought with satisfaction but that satisfaction didn't last long,
"hey Sasuke I came in here to rescue you," Naruto said from beside Sasuke and Sasuke started yelling at Naruto,
"You're such an idiot and you call yourself a ninja?" Sasuke kept yelling, until Naruto had, had enough,
"this is the thanks I get when I risk my life for you? Last time I do that," Naruto shouted back at Sasuke. Kakashi sweatdropped at Naruto's actions before turning back to glare at Zabuza. It was at this time that Haku made his way back into his frozen mirrors. Sasuke was about to throw a kunai at the mirror that Haku had stepped into.
"Over here," Haku called out from behind them and Sasuke turned around in shock before he started to make a series of hand signs,
"Fire style: fire ball jutsu," Sasuke yelled out and let out a ball of fire but when the fire cleared the mirrors were still standing there as cold and as frozen as before,
"Not even a dent," Naruto said in amazement,
"that flame won't be able to melt my mirrors of ice," Haku mocked and Sasuke grunted in frustration, Haku started to throw needles once again.
"Multi-shadow clone jutsu," Naruto shouted when he couldn't figure out which Haku was the rea one,
"Wait Naruto," Sasuke tried to stop him but Naruto already had his clones jump towards all of the mirrors only to have needles thrown through them all and disperse. Haku kicked the original Naruto down when he got close enough to the mirrors, the smoke from the shadow clones dispersed and Sasuke saw that that the mirrors are still intact.
"This jutsu I'm using is a teleportation technique and the only tool I need to perform it is the mirrors that hold my image, I move so quickly, the pair of you might as well be standing still," Haku explained to them,
"Well I never imagined that anyone could master a technique like this so young," Kakashi said out loud,
"What type of technique is it Sensei?" Sakura questioned,
"It's a kekkei genkai, a skill that can only be passed down from one generation to the next, otherwise known as a bloodline limit. Something that can only be genetically inherited," Kakashi explained,
"Wait a minute but that means," Sakura trailed off,
"That's right, its at the same level as my Sharingan eye, but even my eye cannot copy or break this kids jutsu," Kakashi replied and Sakura tensed up as silence filled the air.
"I can't go down here, not like this, I've still got a dream to fulfil," Naruto yelled out from his place kneeing on the ground in the middle of the ice prison. Haku hesitated as he looked at Naruto's face,
"I... I find it difficult to embrace the life and way of a shinobi," Haku started and was about to continue before he was interrupted,
"You think you're the only one?" A voice shouted from above them and a small blonde girl landed in the middle of the bridge, directly in between the Ice walls and where Zabuza was standing.
"Lucy," Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi yelled out in surprise. Said girl held her halberd in a defensive position, her clothes all bloodied and ripped, her face had dirt all over it and she was looking at Zabuza intensively with a file in her hand,
"You need to stop trying to go after the bridge builder, you're not going to get what you want from Gato either way," Lucy said firmly,
"What would you know girl?" Zabuza growled out aggressively,
"I know the real reason why you went rogue, I also know the reason why you're doing jobs like this in the first place. This job won't get you anywhere, Gato is planning to double cross you in order to save cash. I just came from defeating a majority of his underpaid army," Lucy explained, Zabuza's eyes widened and Haku dropped his guard, "there's no point in continuing this fight, leave now," Lucy warned them,
"ha, that's not happening, thanks to your warning I can finish my job and then kill Gato myself," Zabuza said and Lucy internally sighed in frustration, silently asking Virgo to store away the file Lucy started to asses the situation.
"Kakashi, I've got the boys, you stay here with the bridge builder and Sakura," she said and jumped into the air and coated her foot with chakra and brought it down upon the top of the ice walls, Lucy managed to smash through the top one and landed in between Sasuke and Naruto.
"Wow," Naruto exclaimed loudly,
"Well that's the first time someone has managed to break through my ice," Haku said as another ice mirror formed itself above them, "but can you break them as fast as I can make them?" Haku asked,
"Why did you get yourself trapped in here with us? You could have destroyed them from the outside while we distracted him," Sasuke yelled at her,
"because you boys are my first priority, Kakashi and Sakura are looking after Tazuna, while that's happening, I have to make sure you two make it out of this alive," Lucy said and left no room for arguments.
"I would prefer not to kill the three of you," Haku said and startled the three of them, "However, if you are going to come at me, then I will have no choice but to act as a full-fledged shinobi and aim to kill," he said and attempted to throw needles once again but Lucy made quick hand signs,
"Wind Style: Spinning Shield," she shouted and a burst of wind surrounded herself and the boys, spinning rapidly and reflected all of the needles back towards Haku but got lodged in the mirrors,
"You may prove to be a challenge," Haku said, "please try not to resent me but I'm willing to do whatever it takes in order to protect the one dearest to me, to fight, to kill or to do die to fulfil that person's dreams. I will become a full-fledged shinobi," Haku said to them and the boys started to smirk while Lucy impatiently tapped her shoe on the ground,
"Hello, didn't you hear a word I said to Zabuza? Fighting is pointless," Lucy yelled out frustrated but no one seemed to hear her,
"Come on, you three, don't lose to a guy like that," Sakura shouted towards them and you could vaguely hear Kakashi scold her, "Kakashi-Sensei, what can we do?" they heard Sakura yell out and Lucy guessed that Kakashi was trying to prepare Sakura for a worse case scenario. Haku's jutsu is a part of his kekkei genkai and he's been through intensive training since early childhood, even if they figured out how to undo Haku's jutsu faster than Lucy could move the boys wouldn't have the skill nor the experience to back up a strategy. Lucy was already tired from fighting a hundred odd men just before she showed up, her chakra was getting low and Lucy knew that in order for her to be able to defeat Haku and protect the boys she would need to call out a spirit.
"Open Gate of the twins, Gemini," Lucy called out and Naruto began to look excited while Haku and Sasuke stared in amazement as a golden glow appeared from the key that Lucy now held in her hand and two small blue creatures popped out,
"Piri, piri, pikiri," they said cutely as they danced around Lucy's head,
"Hello miss Lucy," Gemi said,
"It's been too long," continued Mini,
"Hello you two, I need you to transform into me and guard the boys," Lucy said firmly and they both flew towards one another before touching hands. They blew up in smoke and when it cleared a version of Lucy in her ANBU uniform without her mask on appeared,
"We're on it," they shouted in her voice and stood in front of the two boys with a kunai in each hand,
"This is quite peculiar," Haku whispered,
"Well if Lucy's going to step up her game, I suppose I shall as well," Kakashi said and placed a hand on his forehead protector, "you'll forgive me, if I put an end to this," he snarled at Zabuza,
"Hah, using the same old tricks huh?" Zabuza replied, bringing out a kunai and thrusting it towards Kakashi's Sharingan eye. Kakashi brought up his other hand to shield it,
"You say that but you're actually scared of this eye," Kakashi said while still using his hand to block the kunai,
"A ninjas secret weapon shouldn't be used so carelessly, to every foe you face for everyone to see," Zabuza said,
"You should feel privileged, no one has seen the Sharingan twice and no one will ever see it thrice," Kakashi replied,
"Ha, then by all means defeat me, but you still won't have what it takes to kill Haku. Since he was a toddler, he's been training under me, I've beaten skills into him. He's always prevailed no matter the situation, he's lost all regard for his own life and become a killing machine, a true shinobi. That boys, skills surpass even my own and he bears within him the formidable legacy of the inherited kekkei genkai. And so, I carry with me a weapon of mass destruction, while you have those useless brats that follow you around like lost dogs," Zabuza pulled out the kunai from Kakashi's hand
"huh, I may be no match for the kid but Lucy is on an entirely different level, now isn't there anything more boring than listening to someone else brag? Let's go," Kakashi said and pulled up his forehead protector, to show his blazing Sharingan,
"might you allow me one more boast? You turned a very pretty phrase at our last encounter, frankly I've been dying to steal it. It went something like this, just so you know, the same trick won't work on me twice," This brought Kakashi's guard up, "Now that I've seen it in action, I now understand of the workings of your mirror eye. There was more to our battle than the defeat I permitted you to hand me, Haku who was hiding nearby observed and studied every aspect of our fight," after Zabuza said that he performed a couple of hand signs and started to disappear.
Kakashi started to look around and snapped his head to the side and deflected a dozen kunai that had be thrown at him,
"well you deflected those quite nicely, I expected nothing less from you," Zabuza said and appeared behind Kakashi. Kakashi turned to him and looked surprised to see that his eyes were closed,
'Damn, I've only ever seen Lucy do this and I didn't bother to think of a counter measure,' Kakashi thought to himself,
"You overestimate the value of your Sharingan," Zabuza said ominously and Kakashi grew confused as Zabuza started to disappear once again, "You pretend that you can see all with that eye but your so-called prediction came out false our last encounter, you can neither read my mind nor see into the future, in other words your Sharingan is just an elaborate hoax. A trick you play in order to throw off your opponents, more precisely, it combines clarity of perception and insight on your own part with the ability to hypnotise those around you. Using those skills in concert you are able to create your own illusions through a combination of mimicry from the movement, to the thoughts, to the skills of those you fight. Prancing around like you can see into the future, analysed my superficial movements, copy them and use the rapidity of the turn around to induce fear and insecurity. Once you are able to see into my heart and mind you calculate what I'm going to say to freak me out, you then calculate when my fear reaches a certain point then use genjutsu to trick me into signalling what technique I'll use, all you have to do then is copy it," Zabuza explained and Kakashi started to get nervous,
"Once I knew that it was pretty simple to come up with a counter measure," Zabuza bragged as he hit Kakashi in the stomach and Kakashi went flying back, "First I conceal myself to neutralise your visual abilities, then close my own eyes so your genjutsu won't affect me,"
"But then what about your eyes? You can't see either,"
"Did you forget, I am trained in the silent killing technique. I can rely on sound alone,"
'Damn, I've been so focused on the Genin I hadn't considered how long it's been since I had to fight like this, the last time was when Lucy was captured and she did all of the hard work. I've got to calm down, where will he appear next,' Kakashi thought to himself then snapped his head to the side towards where Sakura and Tazuna were standing, quickly appearing in between Zabuza and Tazuna just as Zabuza started to swing his sword downwards. Sakura screamed as Zabuza cut through Kakashi.
Inside the ice prison Gemini was still defending the boys while Lucy was trying to quickly break the ice mirrors but they just appeared as fast as they were taken down, "That was Sakura's voice," Naruto shouted in worry and Sasuke tensed,
'Damn Kakashi, get your head in the game will you, I'm running on empty over here,' Lucy thought to herself and looked towards where the boys were to see that some of the needles had managed to hit Naruto, 'If this keeps up I'm going to have to use Urano Metria to break the ice, but then the boys will be wide open for an attack,' She continued.
Sasuke suddenly jumped towards Naruto and pushed him out of the way of an oncoming attack from Haku, Gemini was hit and disappeared back into the spirit realm. Sasuke looked up after the two of them had landed and Lucy's eyes widened, Sasuke's eyes were glaring at Haku with the signature red iris and black coma markings, he had two coma markings in one of his eyes and one in the other, "Sharingan," Lucy whispered,
"I see, you too have a kekkei genkai," Haku said from within his mirrors, "I cannot let this fight continue, my own technique forces me to expand a great deal of charka, so there is a limit to how long I can keep using it," Haku explained, "Especially since it seems that the longer we fight the more you can perceive my movements," he gestured towards Lucy and Sasuke, "it's time to end this," he said and left his mirror and shot himself towards Naruto, both Lucy and Sasuke panicked before taking off to dive in front of Naruto, naturally Lucy made it there first but she didn't have enough time to create a jutsu so she closed her eyes and waited for the impact.
Meanwhile, Kakashi grabbed his new wound across his chest and groaned in pain, "Kakashi-Sensei," Sakura called out,
"You were too slow Kakashi, your desire to save those brats you to lose focus, even with that eye your ability to read my movements has been neutralised. I'm going to enjoy this, don't worry about those brats that Haku is fighting either, they'll join you in the afterlife soon enough," Zabuza bragged,
"Sasuke won't be defeated so easily, neither will Naruto, and Lucy is gonna kick that masked kids butt," Sakura cried out,
"You're right," Kakashi declared from in front of her and everyone looked at him in surprised, "I have faith in them, Naruto and his unpredictability and Sasuke is one of the worthiest heirs to the most superior clan in the Leaf village,"
"You don't mean," Zabuza started,
"That's right, his full name is Sasuke Uchiha, he is a ninja genius, who carries the kekkei genkai of the Uchiha clan,"
"So, he's the sole surviving member of that clan huh, so he may be Haku's equal. No one has ever penetrated the secret of Haku's jutsu until now," with that Zabuza disappeared into thin air once again,
"Sakura don't move an inch, I'll finish this as quickly as I can," Kakashi took a step forwards, "Do you truly believe that after all the hardships that I've had to endure that the Sharingan is my only tool? I too was once a member of a ninja assassin corps, I'll show you what kind of shinobi I used to be, this isn't something I learned with the Sharingan, let me show you my own creation," Kakashi said as he slowly took his hand away from his wound.
Naruto groaned and opened his eyes and saw that Haku was lying on the ground a few feet away from him, "wow Lucy, Sasuke you," Naruto started but he looked up to find that Sasuke was standing in front of both himself and Lucy,
"no matter how many times I warn you, you still manage to get in my way," Sasuke coughed out blood, "you have such a lame expression on your stupid face, you idiot," he said amusedly and looked back at the two of them, Lucy's eyes were wide with shock,
"Sasuke," Lucy called out and grabbed him by the shoulders to steady him,
"Why?" Naruto whispered,
"I used to hate you, you know,"
"Why did you? You should have just minded your own business," Naruto shouted,
"How should I know? My body just moved on its own," Sasuke fell and Lucy laid his head in her lap,
"Just relax Sasuke, I'm going to try and heal you but you have to stay awake for me," Lucy tried to coo at him and he hands started to glow green, her eyes activated so that she could see inside of his body and assess the damage, Naruto came up beside them and knelt down next to Sasuke,
"I swore I wouldn't die, not until I kill him, my older brother. Naruto, don't you let your dream die," Sasuke said and his eyes closed,
"Sasuke," Lucy shouted as she started to push more chakra into his wounds, "Sasuke, stay with me," she said firmly and continued but for some reason, his wounds weren't the problem. Naruto had tears welling up in his eyes as he stared at Sasuke,
"He struck one blow at me and without thinking sacrificed himself for you, he was a shinobi worthy of the utmost respect. Who in order to protect the people he cared for, threw himself in what he knew was a trap," Haku said as he started to stand, Lucy's eyes filled with tears in frustration at no being able to find the problem,
"Is this the first time that you've lost a comrade in battle?" Haku asked, "this is the path to all ninja," he said as he stepped back into his mirrors,
"Shut up," Naruto said as chakra began to well up inside of him,
"Naruto calm down," Lucy tried to said but her voice cracked. Naruto glared up at Haku with his eyes all red, with a slit of black running through them and his whisker birthmarks straightened out like a ferrel animal. Red chakra began to swirl around him and take a form.
'it's so dark, it's like the air around him is toxic,' Lucy thought to herself, 'is this really what's been inside of Naruto all this time?' She continued to think in worry, Naruto clenched his fists as the chakra took the form of a fox that towered above everyone in rage. His fingernails grew long and his body started to heal itself. It was then that Naruto shot himself forward and attacked Haku, Haku retaliated and threw needles towards Naruto but it was only deflected by the amount of chakra that was exuded from within Naruto's body. Haku jumped above Naruto as he charged towards him and attempted to hit him once again with a needle but Naruto evaded them and skid to a stop. Haku tried to move towards the next mirror but Naruto hit him to the side as he attempted to move past Naruto.
Naruto glared at Haku, whom was sat on the ground, and started to yell out as chakra seeped from out him even more, the chakra was so dense that it started to melt the ice. Lucy was only looking at Sasuke, trying to figure out why he wasn't waking up. When Lucy started to concentrate on where the needles had pierced inside of Sasuke, there were several in his chest and neck the rest were riddled throughout his arm and legs, none of them were fatal. 'so why aren't you waking up?' Lucy thought and furrowed her brow, "wait a minute, all of these point are places that I puncture with my taijutsu style," she realised and her eyes widened, "Naruto stop, Sasuke is going to be okay, don't kill Haku," she shouted, but Naruto had punched Haku and cracked his mask, Haku flew through one of his mirror and landed outside of his prison, Naruto moved to follow him, "Naruto stop," Lucy yelled and placed one of her coats that she asked Virgo to bring out and lay Sasuke's head on it, before following Naruto.
Haku's masked fell off of his face as Naruto came upon him once again and he stopped as his fist was about to hit Haku's face, "you're the kid that I met this morning," Naruto said and clenched his fist tighter, he started to shake.
'What is this?' Kakashi thought to himself, 'is it Zabuza? No this is different, familiar. It couldn't be, is the seal broken?' he continued to think in panic, 'no, we're safe for now, I have to act quickly,' Kakashi brought out a scroll and smeared his blood across it, "listen to me Zabuza, we are both busy people and it goes against the grain to even suggest this but what do you say that we stop screwing around and wrap this up. One big move, winner takes all," he said bluntly and the scroll was thrown into the air as it rolled itself up again, Kakashi caught it and make multiple hand signs.
"I am intrigued, why don't you show me what you've got, Kakashi?" Zabuza said into the mist. Kakashi slammed his hands onto the ground, "this will get you no where Kakashi, you can't even tell where I am. While I know exactly where you are and exactly how to defeat you, you are exactly where I want you," Zabuza bragged and made a hand sign but was too slow and something came up from the ground and grabbed onto his leg. Looking down it was a dog that had locked his jaws onto Zabuza, more dogs shot up from the ground and latched onto the demon of the mist.
"what is that?" Tazuna asked while Sakura was still standing in front of him with a kunai in her hands sweating and looking around,
"When your eyes and ears have you let down, you can always follow your nose," Kakashi said in Zabuza's direction, "it worked because you shut your eyes in the mist, this jutsu is specifically designed for tracking, it's why I wasn't concerned about bleeding a bit during our conversations before, my ninja dogs couldn't miss it, the smell of my blood is all over you and your weapons. My dogs are trained to follow only mine and Lucy's smell wherever it may be and you stink of me," Kakashi explained, "Now that the fog is lifting, I can see your future, your future is death," he said menacingly and looked at Zabuza with only his Sharingan eye open.
"Why did you stop?" Haku asked Naruto as they both stood still, Lucy had just gotten to them, "I murdered your comrade, your friend and you still spare me?" Haku whispered to Naruto and Naruto looked back at Sasuke to see that he no longer had needles sticking out of him and his blood was dried up on no longer existing wounds. Naruto turned towards Haku and punched him once again, Haku spit out blood as Naruto started to breathe unevenly. Lucy was watching the two to see what would happen, "you've lost the anger that you had before, what did you hope to kill me with the power that you have now," Haku wiped his face, "people often believe that showing mercy is a kindness, they're wrong. They spare the foe whose life is in their hands but don't you see? It's an empty existence, to go on living alone and unloved, when defeat's already cost you your dream," Haku smiled as Naruto began to grow confused, "Zabuza has no use of a weak shinobi, you've taken away my reason for living,"
"you would waste such devotion to that creep? That mercenary scumbag doesn't care who he works for or who gets hurt, just so someone pays him. Is that guy seriously that precious to you? Your beloved friend?" Naruto shouted in anguish and Lucy stared at the pair with sorrow as Haku told them how he came to be with Zabuza, "Master Zabuza adopted me, knowing I came from a clan bloodline. The very thing that made everyone ese hates me, he didn't just overlook it, he cherished it and wanted it, it made me so happy," Haku explained to them and Naruto understood everything that he said, he looked at Haku as if he was looking into a mirror, "Naruto, please take my life," Haku said and both Naruto and Lucy froze.
"What is with you? You're used to being the toughest I get that, but wanting to die just because you lost is crazy," Naruto yelled, "there's more to life than just fighting, there's more to you. Your boss must like you for more than your skills, right?"
"that day I met you in the forest, I remember thinking that we were two of a kind, surely you can understand," Haku tried to convince him, "you'll have to bloody your hands, forgive me for that,"
"Is this really the only way? No other outcomes?" Naruto asked him and Lucy started to panic,
"yes," Haku said and Naruto took out a kunai, "I hope you find your dream," Haku said to him and Lucy looked back and forth between the two,
"Sasuke had a dream too," Naruto looked over at Sasuke, "If we had met some other way, someplace else, we'd probably be friends," Naruto started running towards Haku,
"Thank you," Haku said as Naruto drew near,
"Naruto stop, don't kill him," Lucy yelled and started to focus her chakra into her feet but Haku stilled and grabbed Naruto's hand,
"I'm sorry Naruto, but I can't die yet," he said and made a hand sign and disappeared, Lucy almost relaxed until she heard a loud familiar chirping sound.
'he couldn't be' she thought and pushed chakra into her feet again and pushed herself to where Kakashi and Zabuza were fighting, just as Haku appeared in between them Lucy appeared in front of Haku. Blood splat over everyone as Kakashi's eyes widened in shock and despair, Lucy was standing in front of him and he had his hand through her stomach, barely grazing Haku who stood directly behind her,
"Why," Haku whispered, Lucy coughed out blood,
"No, no," Kakashi repeated as he began to shake, 'this can't be real, please not again,' he panicked as his shaking became violent and uncontrollable tears came into his eyes,
"Kakashi," Lucy whispered as she brought her hands up to hold his arm, "everything will be okay," she smiled at him and tilted her head slightly, Sakura gasped loudly and tears began to well in her eyes, Tazuna's eyes widened and he stared in shock,
"you said that my future was death, but it seems you missed again, Kakashi," Zabuza laughed, Haku was silently staring at where Lucy was in front of him,
'why? Why give your life for me? A mere tool? You seemed so loved and full of life, so passionate, why?' Haku thought and Lucy became limp on Kakashi's arm.
Fairytail's POV
It has been almost four years since Lucy went missing and Levy had more questions then answers, the only thing that she is certain of is that Lucy is alive. Herself and Freed were officially stuck, they couldn't figure out how the other markings connected to the start that rested above the circle with a cross through it. It was almost like it wasn't originally meant to be there but Levy and Freed even considered that, it made even less sense than before.
Levy was currently sitting in the room that the guild members had put together in honour of Lucy, it was a research and Library hub. There was a whole section dedicated to celestial magic and knowledge that Yukino had helped put together. The thunder legion had sectioned off a part of the room that held all of the information about Lucy's disappearance and any of the cave walls that had markings on them. Freed had placed runes around it so that no one could get in unless himself or Levy gave them permission.
"Come on shrimp, you should be resting," Gajeel said as he walked into the room that Levy was frequently in,
"I know, its just, I feel I'm so close to making a breakthrough. Like I'm only missing one thing to make it all fit," Levy replied as she looked over the cave pieces and remembered when she first found a link between the markings and her best friends' disappearance.
Flashback start
"Natsu, Gajeel does anything smell like Lucy to you?" Levy asked as the three of them and the two male exceeds of the guild walked towards the place where Lucy disappeared from,
"No, it's been too long, besides this place has already been thoroughly searched by not only Fairytail but Sabertooth and even the magic council," Gajeel grumbled and Natsu started to sniff the ground as they walked just in case,
"Yes, I know but didn't you see the markings on the wall the first time we were here?" Levy questioned both dragon slayers and they both just looked at her in confusion, "honestly," Levy grumbled before she pulled out the book that she had been holding closely to her since they had left the guild, "last time we were here I noticed that there were marking on the walls of the cave, since then me and Freed have been trying to decipher what they might mean. We finally hit a breakthrough looking into the spatial and space-time magic area. Lu's magic is a form of spatial magic after all so that might be why she was the only one affected on that job," Levy explained,
"so, what exactly do the markings mean then?" Gajeel asked trying to move along the conversation, Natsu was being uncharacteristically quiet but that was how he usually was now whenever Lucy was mentioned,
"There were a lot of markings but the ones that stood out was a star, resting above a circle with a cross through it," Levy said and Gajeel looked at her curiously, "but the weird thing about it was that the star had twelve points," Levy explained, "This could mean many things, such as the zodiac, nine of which Lucy holds, ten that she has close relations to. Or it could refer to 12 gods, in the old testament, 12 often represented God's people because Israel consisted or 12 tribes, it could also symbolise an epiphany of some sorts. I'm going to go ahead and say that it's most likely the first one because Lucy is involved," Levy explained with confidence, "I just need to look at the other markings more closely and try to make a connection, you boys look for anything we might have missed and bring it to me. I don't care if its just a funny looking rock, we are bringing Lu home," Levy said with determination and the two dragon slayers and them exceed companions grinned at her.
Flashback end
Gajeel placed a hand on Levy's head and she snapped out of her train of thought, "If anyone can find Bunny Girl it'll be you Shrimp, now let's get you home so you can lay down," he said a gently pulled her out of her seat, Levy sighed as she stood up and placed a hand on her slightly swollen stomach,
"Yeah, I only hope that we find her in time for her to meet her god child," Levy smiled softly down at her stomach and together they made their way out of the guild hall towards the apartment that they share together.
End Fairytail's POV
AN: that's all for this chapter, I know it's kind of a cliff hanger so please don't hate me... but I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to either vote or suggest a title or dojutsu name before the first of January, the winner will be announced on January 1st 11:59pm (AEST) See you all soon, bye-bye.