Seventh Heaven chapter 2
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Chapter Two - oblivious
The grey and fuzzy mists enveloped the world.
Bits of mists curled and rose diffusedly. The group came to a stop, looking around wearily. They were deep in the forest and the rustling of the leaves just meant that the enemies were close and watching them.
They looked around but the ethereal figures that came to life disappeared in the following moment. Then someone was saying in a low, eerie voice, though they couldn’t mage out the words clearly. It said something like,
“misori …ita mie
… osita
…tora mor(…)ia
Seriaa…”
Lucy looked at Erza who was frowning suspiciously. Scooting closer to her she muttered, “Erza, do you know what that is?”
Without turning her head and her lips almost not moving she answered, “I have no idea but whatever that is I don’t like it.”
At that moment a small breeze disturbed the mists and surrounded them, almost as if caressing their faces.
Shadows became more pronounced as the mists condensed on the ground, almost as if preparing the entrance of someone.
Nobody came…
Though in the next moment something hit them, like a punch in the gut. A heavy feeling of despair and sorrow made them stand still, without reaction.
Of course that Natsu with his fiery attitude was the first to react, snapping them out of their trance. And he did it at the right time too as the enemies were surrounding them and about to fall upon them.
The next moment they were surrounded by chaos and more mists, the group ending up split.
Natsu was kicking ass as usual and making an inferno of his surroundings. He didn’t take long to defeat his enemies as they were simple bandits - there were no mages among these even if they were in large number. At some point he got distracted as there had been something off just moments before. He didn’t know what it had been, just that he had sensed it when he had felt funny. Shrugging it off he made his way to where Erza, Lucy and Happy were. The cling of metal and cries of pain that ended up abruptly showed him where they were, because these mist were really a pain! Not letting people see properly…
A movement on the mists and Natsu had a sword right against his neck. He didn’t say anything, just arched an eyebrow. Erza promptly pulled back the sword. With a nod she turned around. “Now we only have to see where Gray is. Can you find him Natsu?”
Lucy looked up from where she was adjusting her clothes. “Why should he?” she wondered.
“Because of Natsu’s sense of smell of course, aye!” Happy gave small condescending pats on her head. Lucy huffed in response.
“And also it’s the fastest way for us to find Gray. I told him not to get too far.” Stated Erza, with her hands on her hips.
“I got it. This way!” the group stepped into the dense mists.
~^~
Gray had ended fighting against a mage and several bandits at the same time so he had been pushed back and back, ending up separated from his friends. The bandits would be easy to defeat but having to balance them with that wind mage was no easy task because of he focused in one the other could attack him easily.
‘Why do I feel like I got the short straw of the bargain…?’ he thought.
Getting tired of the situation really quickly Gray took a great amount of magic and froze everything that was surrounding him, leaving a big number of frozen figures that looked about to attack. Unfortunately the wind mage hadn’t been caught. He was hovering near the frozen tree tops, almost as if surrounded by a grey-brownish halo. He returned to the ground and as Gray was about to make a movement a blast of wind threw him with such strength that he ended in a clearing where a man was throwing some spices to the fire. When he saw Gray lying on the ground he cursed out loud. Then he turned to the man that was entering the clearing. “I told you not to throw them here! I’m busy here.” He turned back to the fire with an angry snap of his cloak.
The other looked sheepishly at him and scratched his cheek. “Sorry about that. It was a bit of a miscalculation…”
The cloaked man grumbled under his breath while he threw more spices to the fire. “Well, now that both you and him are here we can carry on with the experiment. Put these in that order I told you about.” He threw a bag filled with herbs to the air and crouched to grab a small jug of water.
The other flickered slightly his wrist and two blades of wind ripped the bag, then he made a circular movement with his hand and the herbs fell to the ground in a large circle around Gray. The green and brown leaves were absorbed by the earth and started to emit a pale, yellow glow. That luminosity woke Gray. He got up and quickly noticed that he was trapped inside it. In a quiet and lethal voice he said, “Let me go.”
The cloaked man started laughing. He walked to the circle’s edge and shed his cloak, “Now, this is where we see how you’ll react to this…” he let his arms rest limply on his side while his hands made small, jerky movements. The air inside the circle shimmered.
“Look, I’m not in the mood for these things. Just let me out so that I can have the bracelet that he has” he jerked his head to the guy that was outside the circle, “and I can return it to the rightful owner.”
“Oh, this bracelet, you mean?” from his pants pocket he produced the shiny thing.
“You have it? Better yet.” Gray took a step forward only to be immobilized. Gray looked boredly at him. “I’m really not in the mood.” The words escaped as a growl.
The other just smirked while saying, “Then try…”
As the invisible force that had immobilized him disappeared Gray was able to take a few more steps before his surroundings changed in quick succession. First everything became pitch black, then a sort of orangish-rose and yellow, white spots twinkled around him and in the next moment turned into ethereal people that were walking with different kinds of clothes, some in light clothes other in heavy ones. Then they froze and were taken away when a gust of wind crossed the circle, followed by a wave of water that crashed in the ground where it broke the earth and, shaking, a large chunk emerged and headed towards the sky, quickly disintegrating. This whole thing caught Gray unawares as he wasn’t expecting anything of this sort but as he was in a really, really bad mood, he didn’t stay shocked for long. So when a similar sequence to the one he had just experienced begun Gray attacked, creating long range weapons he threw them at the man, only to be stopped as the creatures and then the elements curled in front of him.
Gray cursed and muttered something under his breath, at his attacks being repelled. Well, there were only a few things he could do and it was really better if he hurried. He needed to return to the group and deliver a well-deserved punch to a certain dimwit fire mage. He concentrated his magic in one point and with a little bit of foreign magic, a slight whisper of premonition said “estora mortia” and it exploded, creating such a pressure that the magic circle couldn’t handle it. The circle blasted apart, Gray falling to the ground with the whiplash of magic and the other mage ended on the ground with smoke rising from his body.
The sound of footsteps made Gray look up and he saw how Natsu had an extended hand to help him up.
Gray didn’t acknowledge this presence, just got up alone. He walked past him as he wasn’t even there. He saw how the wind mage had been subdued and he gave a slight nod. That was better…
He crouched over the other and rummaged though the pockets, finally holding the precious bracelet. He could feel Natsu’s eyes burning on his back.
He walked to Erza and placed the item in her hand and was about to say something when a hand grabbed his forearm and pulled. He heard Natsu say something but in his stupor he let himself be dragged to a more secluded place among the old and large trees.
“Could you explain me what was that all about?”
~^~
The group reached a clearing from where a strange shimmer was coming and they saw that Gray was inside the place that emitted light with a guy that had his back turned to them and there was other man outside, near a small bonfire, looking at them.
Natsu turned and said, “How do you wanna bet that these two are the one we’re looking for?”
“You think so? But why would they have these bandits? They look strong, for me…”
“Yes but maybe the others were just to create a diversion or something of that sort…” said Erza.
“Anyway, what do we do?”
“First we have to take down this one…”
“Consider it done!” Natsu jumped and in no time was trading blows with the other. He knocked him out effortlessly and even had time to taste some of the flames before putting out the fire. Erza and Lucy had just gotten near the man and were binding him so he couldn’t run away. Then a blast of magic almost threw them to the floor and Gray was sitting on the ground while his foe was on the floor, knocked out.
Trying to subdue his smile Natsu walked to Gray and extended a hand to help him. But the prick didn’t accept it! Instead he threw a dark look in his direction as he got up alone and walked to the others.
Natsu wasn’t expecting this reaction from the other, not at all. He saw him talking to Erza and that’s when he decided that he had to do something. He grabbed him and took him to a more secluded place. He let go and crossed his arms, “Could you explain me what was that all about?”
“What do you think, you moron?”
“Jeez, what’s gotten into you? We just retrieved the item. The mission’s over. What’s your problem?”
Gray rolled his eyes and looked at the sky - or rather, mists that were still all over the place.
He shrugged and turned around saying something about a dimwitted, oblivious fool. He didn’t have the chance to go far as Natsu pushed him against a tree, the bark digging to his back, and pinned him there. When Gray put his hands on his shoulders to push him back Natsu grabbed his hands and pinned them to the tree. He growled softly, “That’s not me, who you’re talking about, is it?” he breathed deeply on Gray’s ear, making him gulp.
Despite being furious Gray couldn’t help but shiver in delight. That was a sensitive area, after all. He tried to push Natsu back but he was almost powerless.
“Why are you behaving like this?” he was looking seriously into Gray’s eyes and there wasn’t anything he could do but comply and answer.
“It’s your fault, you moron. If you weren’t like that all the time…”
Natsu cut him, “Like what? What do you mean?”
“If you weren’t so oblivious of things more than half the time, there would be no problem…”
“What? Don’t you mean… You’re talking about that day?” At Gray’s indignant huff he snickered a little. “You don’t have to worry because I didn’t forget.” He nuzzled his neck and started to nibble the juncture between neck and shoulder. Gray let go an almost whimper. “In fact, I had a surprise for you for when we got home.”
Even if he was suspicious Gray relaxed a little in Natsu’s arms and even started reacting. He entwined their fingers and urged Natsu. To be a tease, the Salamander made his way up very slowly. So much that the ice make user was squirming by the time he got to the intended destination.
Gray’s lips were slightly chapped due to his recent fight and magic use but that was quickly solved with an eager swipe of tongue. Instants later the kiss had deepened and they were both fighting for dominance because despite the position they were in one never knew who was going to win.
They continued in their own world until loud rustling was heard and the girls were calling.
Leaning his forehead to Gray’s Natsu looked into his eyes as both panted and regained their breath. “You feeling better now?” he let go of Gray’s hands. “Just for that, you should give me the benefit of the doubt more often…” and Natsu stepped aside and went to meet the others.
Gray took some more moments to himself. He hadn’t forgotten after all. He had reassured him and there was a surprise (good he hoped) waiting for him at home. This wasn’t that bad at all…
Gray finally rejoined the group and was scolded lightly by Erza. As they were leaving the forest the mists continued to envelope them but now they were thinner and more welcoming. Along the way out of the forest they could ear a small voice distinctly sing, in a happy voice,
'misori cadita mie
somata osita
estora mortia
seltia'
as if thanking them.
A/N: So, I don’t know exactly what came over me to write this, my initial idea was a lot different... This isn’t my usual style, I think. Hopefully you’ll like it.
Anyway, if possible review ^^
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In case you're interested, here's a link to the song (hope it works) Link to Song
Chapter Two - oblivious
The grey and fuzzy mists enveloped the world.
Bits of mists curled and rose diffusedly. The group came to a stop, looking around wearily. They were deep in the forest and the rustling of the leaves just meant that the enemies were close and watching them.
They looked around but the ethereal figures that came to life disappeared in the following moment. Then someone was saying in a low, eerie voice, though they couldn’t mage out the words clearly. It said something like,
“misori …ita mie
… osita
…tora mor(…)ia
Seriaa…”
Lucy looked at Erza who was frowning suspiciously. Scooting closer to her she muttered, “Erza, do you know what that is?”
Without turning her head and her lips almost not moving she answered, “I have no idea but whatever that is I don’t like it.”
At that moment a small breeze disturbed the mists and surrounded them, almost as if caressing their faces.
Shadows became more pronounced as the mists condensed on the ground, almost as if preparing the entrance of someone.
Nobody came…
Though in the next moment something hit them, like a punch in the gut. A heavy feeling of despair and sorrow made them stand still, without reaction.
Of course that Natsu with his fiery attitude was the first to react, snapping them out of their trance. And he did it at the right time too as the enemies were surrounding them and about to fall upon them.
The next moment they were surrounded by chaos and more mists, the group ending up split.
Natsu was kicking ass as usual and making an inferno of his surroundings. He didn’t take long to defeat his enemies as they were simple bandits - there were no mages among these even if they were in large number. At some point he got distracted as there had been something off just moments before. He didn’t know what it had been, just that he had sensed it when he had felt funny. Shrugging it off he made his way to where Erza, Lucy and Happy were. The cling of metal and cries of pain that ended up abruptly showed him where they were, because these mist were really a pain! Not letting people see properly…
A movement on the mists and Natsu had a sword right against his neck. He didn’t say anything, just arched an eyebrow. Erza promptly pulled back the sword. With a nod she turned around. “Now we only have to see where Gray is. Can you find him Natsu?”
Lucy looked up from where she was adjusting her clothes. “Why should he?” she wondered.
“Because of Natsu’s sense of smell of course, aye!” Happy gave small condescending pats on her head. Lucy huffed in response.
“And also it’s the fastest way for us to find Gray. I told him not to get too far.” Stated Erza, with her hands on her hips.
“I got it. This way!” the group stepped into the dense mists.
~^~
Gray had ended fighting against a mage and several bandits at the same time so he had been pushed back and back, ending up separated from his friends. The bandits would be easy to defeat but having to balance them with that wind mage was no easy task because of he focused in one the other could attack him easily.
‘Why do I feel like I got the short straw of the bargain…?’ he thought.
Getting tired of the situation really quickly Gray took a great amount of magic and froze everything that was surrounding him, leaving a big number of frozen figures that looked about to attack. Unfortunately the wind mage hadn’t been caught. He was hovering near the frozen tree tops, almost as if surrounded by a grey-brownish halo. He returned to the ground and as Gray was about to make a movement a blast of wind threw him with such strength that he ended in a clearing where a man was throwing some spices to the fire. When he saw Gray lying on the ground he cursed out loud. Then he turned to the man that was entering the clearing. “I told you not to throw them here! I’m busy here.” He turned back to the fire with an angry snap of his cloak.
The other looked sheepishly at him and scratched his cheek. “Sorry about that. It was a bit of a miscalculation…”
The cloaked man grumbled under his breath while he threw more spices to the fire. “Well, now that both you and him are here we can carry on with the experiment. Put these in that order I told you about.” He threw a bag filled with herbs to the air and crouched to grab a small jug of water.
The other flickered slightly his wrist and two blades of wind ripped the bag, then he made a circular movement with his hand and the herbs fell to the ground in a large circle around Gray. The green and brown leaves were absorbed by the earth and started to emit a pale, yellow glow. That luminosity woke Gray. He got up and quickly noticed that he was trapped inside it. In a quiet and lethal voice he said, “Let me go.”
The cloaked man started laughing. He walked to the circle’s edge and shed his cloak, “Now, this is where we see how you’ll react to this…” he let his arms rest limply on his side while his hands made small, jerky movements. The air inside the circle shimmered.
“Look, I’m not in the mood for these things. Just let me out so that I can have the bracelet that he has” he jerked his head to the guy that was outside the circle, “and I can return it to the rightful owner.”
“Oh, this bracelet, you mean?” from his pants pocket he produced the shiny thing.
“You have it? Better yet.” Gray took a step forward only to be immobilized. Gray looked boredly at him. “I’m really not in the mood.” The words escaped as a growl.
The other just smirked while saying, “Then try…”
As the invisible force that had immobilized him disappeared Gray was able to take a few more steps before his surroundings changed in quick succession. First everything became pitch black, then a sort of orangish-rose and yellow, white spots twinkled around him and in the next moment turned into ethereal people that were walking with different kinds of clothes, some in light clothes other in heavy ones. Then they froze and were taken away when a gust of wind crossed the circle, followed by a wave of water that crashed in the ground where it broke the earth and, shaking, a large chunk emerged and headed towards the sky, quickly disintegrating. This whole thing caught Gray unawares as he wasn’t expecting anything of this sort but as he was in a really, really bad mood, he didn’t stay shocked for long. So when a similar sequence to the one he had just experienced begun Gray attacked, creating long range weapons he threw them at the man, only to be stopped as the creatures and then the elements curled in front of him.
Gray cursed and muttered something under his breath, at his attacks being repelled. Well, there were only a few things he could do and it was really better if he hurried. He needed to return to the group and deliver a well-deserved punch to a certain dimwit fire mage. He concentrated his magic in one point and with a little bit of foreign magic, a slight whisper of premonition said “estora mortia” and it exploded, creating such a pressure that the magic circle couldn’t handle it. The circle blasted apart, Gray falling to the ground with the whiplash of magic and the other mage ended on the ground with smoke rising from his body.
The sound of footsteps made Gray look up and he saw how Natsu had an extended hand to help him up.
Gray didn’t acknowledge this presence, just got up alone. He walked past him as he wasn’t even there. He saw how the wind mage had been subdued and he gave a slight nod. That was better…
He crouched over the other and rummaged though the pockets, finally holding the precious bracelet. He could feel Natsu’s eyes burning on his back.
He walked to Erza and placed the item in her hand and was about to say something when a hand grabbed his forearm and pulled. He heard Natsu say something but in his stupor he let himself be dragged to a more secluded place among the old and large trees.
“Could you explain me what was that all about?”
~^~
The group reached a clearing from where a strange shimmer was coming and they saw that Gray was inside the place that emitted light with a guy that had his back turned to them and there was other man outside, near a small bonfire, looking at them.
Natsu turned and said, “How do you wanna bet that these two are the one we’re looking for?”
“You think so? But why would they have these bandits? They look strong, for me…”
“Yes but maybe the others were just to create a diversion or something of that sort…” said Erza.
“Anyway, what do we do?”
“First we have to take down this one…”
“Consider it done!” Natsu jumped and in no time was trading blows with the other. He knocked him out effortlessly and even had time to taste some of the flames before putting out the fire. Erza and Lucy had just gotten near the man and were binding him so he couldn’t run away. Then a blast of magic almost threw them to the floor and Gray was sitting on the ground while his foe was on the floor, knocked out.
Trying to subdue his smile Natsu walked to Gray and extended a hand to help him. But the prick didn’t accept it! Instead he threw a dark look in his direction as he got up alone and walked to the others.
Natsu wasn’t expecting this reaction from the other, not at all. He saw him talking to Erza and that’s when he decided that he had to do something. He grabbed him and took him to a more secluded place. He let go and crossed his arms, “Could you explain me what was that all about?”
“What do you think, you moron?”
“Jeez, what’s gotten into you? We just retrieved the item. The mission’s over. What’s your problem?”
Gray rolled his eyes and looked at the sky - or rather, mists that were still all over the place.
He shrugged and turned around saying something about a dimwitted, oblivious fool. He didn’t have the chance to go far as Natsu pushed him against a tree, the bark digging to his back, and pinned him there. When Gray put his hands on his shoulders to push him back Natsu grabbed his hands and pinned them to the tree. He growled softly, “That’s not me, who you’re talking about, is it?” he breathed deeply on Gray’s ear, making him gulp.
Despite being furious Gray couldn’t help but shiver in delight. That was a sensitive area, after all. He tried to push Natsu back but he was almost powerless.
“Why are you behaving like this?” he was looking seriously into Gray’s eyes and there wasn’t anything he could do but comply and answer.
“It’s your fault, you moron. If you weren’t like that all the time…”
Natsu cut him, “Like what? What do you mean?”
“If you weren’t so oblivious of things more than half the time, there would be no problem…”
“What? Don’t you mean… You’re talking about that day?” At Gray’s indignant huff he snickered a little. “You don’t have to worry because I didn’t forget.” He nuzzled his neck and started to nibble the juncture between neck and shoulder. Gray let go an almost whimper. “In fact, I had a surprise for you for when we got home.”
Even if he was suspicious Gray relaxed a little in Natsu’s arms and even started reacting. He entwined their fingers and urged Natsu. To be a tease, the Salamander made his way up very slowly. So much that the ice make user was squirming by the time he got to the intended destination.
Gray’s lips were slightly chapped due to his recent fight and magic use but that was quickly solved with an eager swipe of tongue. Instants later the kiss had deepened and they were both fighting for dominance because despite the position they were in one never knew who was going to win.
They continued in their own world until loud rustling was heard and the girls were calling.
Leaning his forehead to Gray’s Natsu looked into his eyes as both panted and regained their breath. “You feeling better now?” he let go of Gray’s hands. “Just for that, you should give me the benefit of the doubt more often…” and Natsu stepped aside and went to meet the others.
Gray took some more moments to himself. He hadn’t forgotten after all. He had reassured him and there was a surprise (good he hoped) waiting for him at home. This wasn’t that bad at all…
Gray finally rejoined the group and was scolded lightly by Erza. As they were leaving the forest the mists continued to envelope them but now they were thinner and more welcoming. Along the way out of the forest they could ear a small voice distinctly sing, in a happy voice,
'misori cadita mie
somata osita
estora mortia
seltia'
as if thanking them.
A/N: So, I don’t know exactly what came over me to write this, my initial idea was a lot different... This isn’t my usual style, I think. Hopefully you’ll like it.
Anyway, if possible review ^^
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