【Re:Freezing】 | Gray Fullbuster x OC

38. Innocent Calm and Pure Terror

"You know, I was surprised you suddenly said all of that."

Karissa looked away from Levy sheepishly. Currently, she was being treated for her wounds by Lisanna and Levy. She ended up being the first patient for Wendy since she only had that bullet wound on her side. Once it was healed up, Levy and Lisanna decided to help with her wounded face. Slowly, she was beginning to resemble a mummy's face.

They had all returned back to base camp to treat their wounds. Makarov shooed away the rest of Grimoire Heart that picked up their Master and hurriedly left the island with their ship. Would Hades still survive? They would never know. Laxus dealt him a nasty blow after all.

"I almost didn't recognize you." Levy teased with a grin.

"You know, your Edolas counterpart was much like that. She often spoke her mind which was different from her normal self." Lisanna remembered with a small smile. Edolas Karissa was quite easy to get along with. "That reminds me, you had a twin brother back in Edolas. Do you have a twin here?"

Levy blinked curiously. "A twin sister?"

Karissa just heaved a sigh and scratched the back of her neck. "Brother." She corrected. To avoid going into details, she just decided to inform them that Clavis had supposedly died when she was two. There was no telling if Clavis was alive in Earthland just because he was back in Edolas. But anyway, she was too preoccupied by what happened after the battle.

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She didn't know what had possessed her from opening her mouth.

"How dare a man who hasn't been reinstated yet set foot on Tenrou Island?!"

That must have been the trigger.

"After all that happened, shouldn't it be time that Laxus be allowed back in Fairy Tail?" Karissa spoke up from behind Laxus, causing the two Dreyars to look at her in surprise. She was a sporting an annoyed expression. "He showed up here and protected us when we were down for the count. You kicked him out because he deliberately went against what we stood for and put us in danger. But the mere fact that he showed up here to protect those he tried to hurt proves that he still retains his heart as a Fairy Tail member."

Laxus blinked several times. "Karissa..."

Everyone else fell silent when they heard her voice.

"He also took down Hades because you got hurt. When someone hurts someone from our family, we don't take it lightly and return the pain tenfold, right?" she then pointed at her own face. "He also did it because of this."

Natsu who was just listening from afar, decided to jog over to them and join in. "Yeah, gramps! If you saw how Laxus fought for us and for you then you'd understand that Laxus is still one of us!"

"Natsu." Makarov frowned when he saw the pink haired mage stand on the side with a resolute face. He was set on trying to change his mind with Karissa.

"Pipe down, you two." Laxus sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. He looked away from the three. "Look, I'm just visiting Mavis' grave. Once that's done, I'll leave."

"You be quiet!" Karissa snapped at him, causing him to flinch and stare at her in bewilderment. What happened to that timid girl around him? Who the hell was this?!

Karissa looked back at Makarov with a scowl. "Laxus should be allowed to return to the place he grew up in: his home."

"Karissa...!" Freed, who had been listening with Bickslow and Evergreen, began to tear up. As the unofficial team leader of the Raijin Tribe shed tears, Bickslow and Evergreen were following soon after.