What's a Soulmate?

All Aboard

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The train was probably the worst thing the group could've done. Even while everything was silent, Natsu could be heard groaning and moaning.

Lucy had given up on trying to help him, just like everybody else. Only a day and a half left, they had to remind themselves. The boys were stuck with the pink-haired boy. Loke went back to the celestial spirit world and asked to be summoned back when they were done with the train. Jellal was lucky enough to disappear, and Gajeel had been sleeping through the whole ride which was worrying. Happy was nowhere to be seen.

Gray had no luck whatsoever. He was up all night with the annoying sounds coming out of the Salamander's mouth. Finally he couldn't stand it anymore. He stood up and walked over to the cubicle next to him wherr Natsu was sprawled over.

"Dammit, Flamebrain, why can't you be normal?" he growled.

Natsu barely looked up at him before puking on the bag Levy had gotten him. Gray brought his fist back and was ready to strike Natsu, when Happy came flying in and tumbling to the floor. Behind him, a rather angry Carla and grinning Wendy were standing next to Natsu.

Wendy waved. "Happy asked us to come and help with Natsu."

"Aye!" Happy screeched. Wendy brought out a small vial containing a purple substance. It was bubbling, and Gray could faintly smell the scent of cookies Ur used to bake.

"What's that?" he asked, sitting down next to Natsu.

"This," said Wendy rather proudly, "is Medicina Magico. It smells like a person's favorite food, and can heal any low-health problem they may have."

Gray nodded in approval, just glad he might be able to finally sleep in peace for a few hours. After mumbling a quiet 'Smells like salmon', Natsu swallowed the potion and immediately sat up.

"Woo!" His eyes got wide. "I'm all fired up now!"

Wendy giggled and tapped a sleepy Carla on the shoulder, who grabbed her and flew away without so much as a goodbye. Gray, despite everything, smiled to himself.

"Glad you're okay, man," he said.

Natsu laughed. "Woah, Stripper. Gettin' soft now are we?"

"Screw you," Gray grumbled. "Be happy I'm nice for once. I should be kicking ya outta here for not letting me sleep."

Natsu just rolled his eyes and turned to face Happy. The ice mage went back to his cubicle and closed his eyes. Almost instantly, he drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

That didn't last long. Gray was woken up by a crash right next to him. Before he could properly wake up, a figure started walking towards him. It was tall and slender, and Gray could make out a phedora on its head. The figure was closing in on him, but before anything happened, two hands grabbed the hem of his shirt and pulled him behind. Gray rubbed his sore head and looked up, only to be met by defying green eyes.

"Wake up, Ice Princess," Natsu commanded. "We got company."

Jellal appeared out of nowhere, and Gajeel decided to finally wake up looking sicks for some reason. Happy flew away, most likely in search for the girls.

"Well," a man's voice hissed, sending shivers down Gray's spine. "We got the whole dream team."

The voice sounded strangely familiar, but Gray shook the feeling off. He ripped his shirt off and got into battle stance.

"Yeah, the team that's gonna beat your sorry ass back to where you came from," Gray spat.

The figure laughed, a sound resembling that of two metals sliding against each other. The man came into the light, his smile wickedly playing on his face. Then Gray noticed, it was Silver. But that was impossible.

Soon the girls came running in, their hairs messy but their faces fierce. Lucy looked at the man and gasped.

"Aquarius?"

And that's when it hit Gray. Deceiving Magic. He subconsciously looked at Natsu, and was angered enough to kill the Deceiver when he saw the pink-haired boy's face.

Natsu was staring wide eyed at the man, his eyes tearing up but no actual tears falling. His fists unclenched as he fell to his knees. His mouth was agape, trying desperately to form the words Gray prayed desperately he wouldn't hear.

And the words that croaked out of Natsu's mouth destroyed what was left of Gray's calmness. "Is that you Igneel?"

Without thinking about it twice, Gray lurched forward and tackled the figure to the floor. Erza requipped into battle armor, slashing around at the shadows the Deceiver had created. The shadows were creepy, with what looked like fangs hanging out from their open mouths.

"Open gate of the lion: Leo!" Lucy roared.

Gray scrambled up and stood in ice make stance. "Ice make: lance!" He threw it towards the man that was clearly not Silver, who easily dodged it.

Gajeel and Levy stood side by side, trying desperately to take out the shadows who's numbers were increasing by the second. Jellal was off to the other end of the train, speeding past the shadows and making them disparse. Lucy and Loke quickly joined Gray, ready to take whoever was in front of them out. Erza was being held down by a group of shadows that were snaking their way down her body. Jellal came as quick as lighting and disparsed the shadows.

"You kids are tougher than I imagined," the Deceiver mused.

Gray's blood started burning. He stood his ground and glared at the Deceiver. 'I swore I'd never use this unless completely necessary,' he grimly thought. Gray inhaled, ready to perform the Ice Devil's Rage, when a flash of pink hair appeared and smashed the figure to the wall of the train.

Natsu was standing firmly in front of the Deceiver that had cause him pain in such a short time. His eyes were blazing. From the window of the train, Gray could see people running away from the fight. He'd forgotten they weren't alone.

The Deceiver smirked. "Salamander."

Natsu frowned, moving closer to Gray. "I am aware that is my name."

Loke smiled, shaking his head in amusement. The celestial spirit could always make a joke out of everything.

Lucy looked at Gray, who was staring intensely at Natsu. An idea popped into her head, but she kept quiet. Gray could already tell what Natsu was planning, and was ready to stand up and take action.

"You are all nearing my place of most power," the Deceiver snarled. With a snap of his fingers, the shadows that were previously attacking the Fairy Tail members backed away and jumped out of the train.

"You all know the prophecy, I assume. Sacrifice is all that awaits. A psychological game, that's how I do things. Are you prepared to give anything else up?"

Natsu shruggged. "I've already given up everything."

Natsu grabbed Gray's hand and pulled him up, both standing side to side. Natsu lit up the palms of his hands while Gray swizzed the ice in his palms. Just as they were about to do their attack, the Deceiver put his hand up and vanished.

Everybody stared dumbfounded at the spot where the Deceiver had been. There was no trace left. No proof that there had been another wizard in there with them. In the mirror, an elementary young kid was staring at the mages with wide eyes. His face basically mirrored everybody else's faces.

The wizards just shook it off and went back to their sleeping cubicles, too tired to do any thinking. Tomorrow was another day.

Oh wow I remembered to update would ya look at that! The fact that I'm ignoring every other story because of this one is just...dam. Buuut hey look on the brightside you lucky peasants get better updates huehuehue.

As you can see I kind of started the shipping action. But don't worry, it turns a whole lot more dramatic. So yeah watch out for that.

Ciao me carrot-eating bunnies