Acnologia, my Childhood Friend

Chapter 53

Chapter 53

Ready for the retrieval of Kurama?! Well whether you are or not, you'll just have to be! Lame, I know XD
Also, it seems a lot of you were confused as to whether or not Lucy won the battle against DD. She lost.

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At the Team B balcony~

Acnologia's P.O.V

Lucy and I only just made it to see the ending of the battle between Lamia Scale and Fairy Tail A. It was Chelia Blendy, apparently a Sky God Slayer from there, and Wendy from our guild. The two quickly became good friends, even though they'd been fighting each other. Well it was probably based on the fact they were both Sky Slayers and about the same age, if you don't count those lost seven years. The two were very evened out in pretty much every aspect, so the battle ended out in a draw.

Right about now, Chapati was ending the day. "And that marks the end of day three!" He said loudly, sending the crowd into applause. "Come back tomorrow for even more action!" He continued. Now the crowd screamed in cheers, making my ears ring. Why'd they have to be so loud?

I squeezed Lucy's hand, secretly telling her we had to go now, while we still had time. It would be easy hiding in the crowd, if it even came to that.

She squeezed back and smiled up at me. We began turning around and walked out of the exit casually and without any 'obstacles' as we had been standing in the back right in front of the door leading to the balcony.

But unfortunately we didn't get far before someone called out to us. "Bunny-Girl!" The Iron Bastard's son called after us.

Lucy turned around, releasing my hand as she faced Gajeel, while I looked at him over my shoulder dissatisfied. Why'd he have to make Lucy release my hand?

Lucy smiled at him, although I knew she was also somewhat frustrated. We were kind of in a hurry. "Yes, what is it Gajeel?" She asked him as nice as always.

He stopped up in front of her, put his hands on her shoulders - much to my annoyance - and stared right into her eyes. He stayed silent, looking into them as if he'd find some kind of answer there. Finally, he opened his mouth and spoke. "Are you okay?" He asked her.

While I was debating whether or not to cut his arms off, both from now and when he and the Lightning Rod had left their odors all over her, I was pulled out of the bloody thoughts in surprise. These weren't the words I had expected him to say. Not that I had actually considered what he could say.

Likewise, Lucy hadn't been prepared for his concern either and just looked at him with lightly widened and stunned eyes. "W-what brought this on all of a sudden?" She stammered quizzically.

Gajeel sighed and, with a glance at me, released her shoulders and relented with just looking into her eyes firmly. "Because since you dumped that Fire Idiot as your best friend, I gotta take the role, ya know?" He said with a light smirk. Oh right, I remembered Lucy telling me something about making this idiot her best friend. I would never understand why. "Now tell me, are you okay?" He asked, clearly saying he demanded an answer.

Lucy smiled at him, this time with a soft and touched expression. She nodded at him. "Yeah, I'm fine." She reassured him. "Thank you Gajeel. You don't need to worry about me, I already have one worry-wart around, I don't need two." She told him, sending me an innocent eyes. I couldn't be mad at that face and she knew just how to utilize that weakness. She looked back at him. "Was it really that obvious?" She then asked him.