Forget Me Not- NaLu

City of Lost Voices

Chapter 5: City of The Lost Voices

The town was large in retrospective, yet the population was dim. There were only 2 hotels, so the mages picked the nicest and stayed the night.

The hotel had strict rules of no more than two rooms a group, and the charge rates were extreme. So they got one room which had four small twin beds. The room was small. When you walked in, there was a small line of counters and a sink. Parallel was the bathroom.

Walking past the mini kitchen bar, you come to the tini living room with a small couch, coffee table and book shelf. A half wall separated the beds from the rest of the room.

Two beds were set next to each other, a nightstand with a lamp and phone was the only thing separating it. Across the room the exact same beds had the exact same layout.

Kurai took the bed on the same side as the half wall, but closer to the balcony. Natsu took the bed closets to the wall which was right next to Kurai's. Erza was across from Kurai and next to Gray, who was opposite of Natsu.

Kurai laid down and yawn.

"I'm going to take a bath while I wash my clothes." She said. She hadn't taken a bath in a long time. She went to the bathroom and stripped her clothes but kept her cloak and glove. She put some of her items on the counter to keep. Some money, the leather box with a star, and her whip.

She wrapped herself in a white towel and stepped out of the bathroom. She put her clothes in the washer.

"Can someone put these in the dryer when it's done?" She suddenly shrieked when Natsu and Gray came around wearing nothing but their underwear.

"Sure, we'll put these in too." Gray said as he stuffed Natsu's and Gray's clothes in. She blushed and hid her eyes.

"What about Erza?" Erza suddenly came from behind the wall. She was wearing pajamas. "Oh right, I forgot." Erza could change into anything that was in her sort of virtual closet.

"Well, I got the bath after Kurai," she called. Natsu grinned.

"We'll get ours in the morning," he annouced. Kurai quckily went back into the bathroom. That was awkward yet Erza seemed so unfazed. Kurai wondered why. She then traced the star on her leather box. She wished she could see her old friends again, but Draco had forbid her. They were needed back at home to help.

Kurai ran a hot bath. She filled it to the top and just soaked. She didn't want to use it all up because she was sure Erza would kill her for using all the hot water. Something told her that the hotel didn't have a limitless supply.

Kurai thought about her recent year. She had spent it with Draco, training like a mad man. After what Malus had done to her, she had spent six months recuperating. Then Victor and Belleause attacked and that's when Kurai began to train.

She was trained by a dragon, she just wasn't taught dragon slayer magic. She wasn't taught how to kill Draco, but fight Malus alongside her.

Kurai spent forty minuets soaking. Then she spent another forty preparing herself. She brushed her knotted hair, cleaned her teeth, and she took advantage of the hotel's free lotion and soap to really scrub her skin. When she was finish, she felt clean and brand new. She hadn't had a bath or clean like that in months.

She wrapped a towel around her wet hair and body. She walked out, gasping against the cold. She was grateful that her clothes were out, a still warm.

"Hey, Kurai-" Kurai turned, shy a little. She saw Natsu just looking at her. She closed her eyes and sighed.

"Yes Natsu?" He didn't stop looking and she was starting to feel subconsious. She still had her towel on, nothing was revealing. "What's wrong?" She asked. He snapped out of it.