The Silent One

Chapter 11

Yukino was defeated, slightly injured from Ryuu being too harsh, but otherwise, was fine.

I walked towards where I walked into the field, swaying my head back every couple of seconds to see if Yukino was alright from her injures.

Cheers to brought upon us, and it seems I've kept our ranking in 1st place still.

"And the winner is Demon Slayer Corps! Who knew that the strongest Hashira could be a celestial wizard, with keys of dragons! And even more unexpected twist, Sabertooth gets 0 points!"

Hearing claps from not only my organization, but Fairy Tail somehow, felt not good, but somehow home.

Confused with what I was feeling, I made my way out of the stadium.

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As the end has ended, I found myself passing by Yukino, which she called me out.

"Y/N-san! Please wait for a moment!"

I paused in her request and looked at her, as she was staring at the ground like there was something interesting.

"Could you perhaps wait for a moment?"

Nodding my head, I stood next to her, waiting for her to do something.

As the silence grew more awkward between us, Yukino suddenly asked me.

"Y/N-san, why do you not speak?..."

Sighing, I used my solid script magic, making a piece of paper and pen, writing on it.

My voice somehow only allows me to talk when mine or other's life is on the line, so I usually take advantage of it, not because I'm trying to be rude or anything.

"No, it's not rude at all, I just wonder why you wouldn't talk till we had our match!"

Looking at Yukino, I bowed at her, showing my appreciation to her.

Yukino started helping me try to talk without having to wait for the moment of mine or others life to be in danger, and I was improving rapidly, which I was glad about.

"It's you!" I heard a voice from behind, which was Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, Carla, and the blue cat whose name I didn't know yet.

"The celestial wizard from Sabertooth?..." Wendy remarked, with Natsu adding to the sentence.

"And Chibi-chan..."

Wait, me?... Chibi-chan?...

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"Business? With the both of us?"

"Yes, I have important business with the both of you, Lucy-san and Y/N-san. I'm not here to fight."

She placed down something on the table that was in front of both me and Lucy, and lift her hand from covering it, which were Libra and Pisces keys.

"The keys to the Twin Ichthyoid Palace and the Scale Palace. My business is to place these 2 keys to both Lucy-san and Y/N-san's possessions."

"Huh?!" Lucy exclaimed, as my eyes just widen.

"That isn't possible, I can't take them," Lucy explained to Yukino.

"Then you take them, Y/N-san."

I shook my head as my hand reaches my hips, revealing multiple keys.

"Why would you just hand us your keys too though?" Lucy questioned the bluenette girl in front of us.

"On the opening day when I first saw Lucy-san and battled Y/N-san today, I made the decision. When the Games were over, I'd give the keys to you 2."

Natsu remarked, "The Games aren't over yet."

"For me, they are," Yukino said. "I would suppose that Minerva will take my place, that will place the 5 strongest members of Sabertooth on the same team."

As Yukino explained to Lucy why she should take the keys, I heard Natsu's stomach growl, which he complaining to Wendy "I wish I had some fire or meat..."

Grinning, I produced some fire from my hand, walking over to Natsu, and held my palm out.

Natsu looks at me in shock, and somehow inhales the flame from my hand, shouting "WHOA, THIS IS REALLY TASTY FIRE!"

I then slapped him for being loud and sat back down on my seat, listening to the rest of the conversation.

"- We 3 may be the only Celestial Wizards left. You both are ones who are loved by the spirits, and you guys love them in return. Lucy-san, you must gather all 12 keys and move in concert with the spirits."

Afterward, the girls stayed behind, but me, Natsu, and Happy, whose name I finally learned, decided to run after Yukino.

"Heeeeey! Wait up!" Natsu and Happy shouted, chasing after Yukino.

"Natsu-san, Happy-san, Y/N-san."

"Gotta tell ya that I'm sorry, you're not a bad person after all!"

Yukino looked shocked at Natsu's action, but I slightly attempted to smiled at her.

After Natsu apologizing multiple times to her, Yukino eventually broke down and cried, making Natsu think it was his fault for making her cry.

Yukino explained tonight what had happened at Sabertooth, which got Natsu furious and me depressed. It reminded me of my past.

Bending down to Yukino's height, I hugged her, trying to comfort her as she cried on my shoulder, making my Demon Slayer uniform wet, but I could care less about that.

Soon enough, the 2 of them hurried to the hotel that Sabertooth was staying at.

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Sleeping peacefully in my not-so-traditional bed, I heard explosions near us.

Pissed with the sound, I rushed out after quickly changing out of my pajamas, finding the source of the sound.

"Fire Dragon Roar!"

I heard as I hurried into the Sabertooth's hotel as I heard Natsu continuing to attack.

As I watch Natsu continuously attacking a large guy that looked kind of like Himejima.

Summoning Ryuu and going into Ryuu mode, I ran to the middle of them, sprouting out a pair of wings along the way.

Afterward, when I heard the booming was all over, I opened my wings, staring at Natsy with the pupils in my E/C eyes slit.

"Chibi-"

I slam my fist into Natsu's face, letting him fly to the other side of the hallway.

The wings behind me vanished, with the flames that had engulfed me as I strolled over to Natsu's side.

Grabbing his hair, I pulled him out of the guild with him. But before so, I bowed to the Master of Sabertooth, apologizing for Natsu's behavior.

"We won't ever get beaten by the likes of you. What's more, you'll never catch up to us. If you're a guild, treat your comrades right, that's all I wanted to say."

And the 3 of us made our way back to Honeybone, as I was told that Fairy Tail was staying at.

The 2 of them kept blabbering the most random stuff in the world, I have to say. It made our route back to my hotel quite entertaining for a bit.

Eventually, those 2 got annoying, and as I sigh, I grabbed Natsu by his scarf and Happy's head and dragged him to the Fairy Tail hotel.

Without knowing at all, I had a genuine smile that I hadn't had on my face for the past 6 years.

Word Count: 1168

September 10th, 2021