Four Magics

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What happens when a new, mysterious mage walks into the Fairy Tail guild? The lives of Lucy, Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Happy will be flipped upside down when Kura, the new girl with a powerful magic, and Aiko, the purple Exceed, come into their lives. Told from three POVs [point of view] Tiny bit of NaLu, Rated T for minor swearing and violence.

Lucy's POV [point of view]

I was talking to my best female friend, Levy McGarden, when the new girl walked into the guild hall.

"Lu-chan!" Levy called.

I turned around to see the blue-haired Solid-Script mage staring down at me. "What's up?" she asked, taking a seat next to me.

"Nothing much... I'm about to go on a job, but Natsu's taking his sweet-arsed time picking one." I jabbed a finger at the pink-haired Dragon Slayer who was standing in front of the request board, looking for a job for him, Happy, and me. His flying, talking, blue cat suggested jobs next to him, but Natsu would shake his head and go onto the next one. It was his turn today, and he was likely going to pick a job with lots of enemies to fight.

Levy caught me staring and smiled coyly. "Lucy?"

"Mm-hmm?" I looked at her from the corner of my eye.

She giggled. "If Natsu drives you off the wall, like you complain almost every day, then why are you still teammates with him?"

It took me a split second to understand what she meant. I sighed and rubbed my temples. "Cause he won't let me back out now!" Levy laughed, but suddenly, there was a long groan from the front entrance, and a cold gust of wind flew in. FairyTails mages turned their heads to look at the silhouette of the new person that walked into the hall.

Levy stopped laughing, then frowned at whispered into my ear, "who's that?"

I shrugged. "I dunno."

The girl had purple hair tied in a high ponytail, and wore a knee-length, open-ended black dress. The dress had purple lining and deep pockets, and slightly poofed up at the bottom. The long sleeves were loose at the end. She had black boots on, and light violet leggings. She carried a narrow sheathed sword on her belt, and there was a dagger tucked into her boot. Her face had high cheekbones, and her startling purple-y blue eyes were cold. She was fairly taller than I was, maybe Natsus height.

She stopped in the center of the guild. "I'm looking for Makarov Dreyar." She announced, waiting for someone to reply. Another figure, smaller this time, burst through the doors.

"Kuuurrraaaaaaa! Wait for me!" she wailed. My eyes widened. It was a tiny, purple flying cat. It was wearing a yellow dress, and had a cute, white-tipped tail. The tail was slightly short and bushy. It had an indigo and gold bow around its neck, and its wings were dusted, guess what? Purple.

Another Exceed. The cat flew in and hugged the new girls arm. Kura, or I guessed her name was, unlatched the cat from her gently.

Mira, our barmaid and a fellow mage, stepped in.

"I'm Mira-Jane. Master's this way." She led the new girls to the back.

The guild erupted into quieted gossip the second they disappeared. "Who's the new girl?" "I don't know, but she's pretty." "She doesn't look very nice." "I wonder what she wants with Master."

Levy leaned in. "So, what do you think?"

"Me? Oh, maybe she's asking to join FairyTail." I said. "What about you?"

Levy grinned evilly. "Maybe they're escaped criminals who want revenge on Master!" she cried, pointing her finger in the air.

I sighed at my friend's crazy thoughts. "Levy, your life isn't a drama book." I stood up and let her plot her evil ideas. I walked up to Natsu, who was still standing in front of the request board and still hadn't picked up a job.

"Natsu," I said to my teammate, but he was so absorbed into his decisions that he didn't notice.

"Natsu... Natsu!"

The pink-haired Dragon Slayer whipped around, slightly irritated. "What!"

"Did you see the new girl?"

Natsu immediately perked up. "Did she look strong? Do you think I could fight her?" I rolled my eyes. Natsu lived to fight, whether it was people, demons, or monsters.

"I don't know," I said. "She just arrived. I don't even know if she's a wizard yet, but she had an Exceed with her."

Natsu opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly there was a large explosion from the back room. We paused for a moment, and then ran towards the crash.

In the hallway, there was a big cloud of debris blocking the way. Behind us the other guild members called out. "Master! Are you okay?" or something along the lines.

Wendy, the little twelve year-old dragon slayer, pushed through the crowd with a lot of "sorrys," "pardon me's," and "let me through." "Allow me," she said. Wendy's cheeks blew up, then a gust of wind blew out and cleared the dust with her Sky Dragon Slayer magic.

We all stared. The entire back portion of the room had collapsed, leaving a confused master and Mira-Jane, and the girl and cat from before, the only things left standing. The girl had her sword unsheathed, but then calmly placed it back in her belt. "I'm sorry for the mess."

"Kura!" the cat tutted. "You shouldn't try to destroy things too mu..." she looked around and noticed the crowd, and immediately shut up.

Even Makarov, our short but sweet master, was stunned, but then he picked himself off the ground. He held out a hand. "You're accepted, Kura!" he said to the girl, who was probably called that. Kura smiled slightly and grasped onto his hand, shaking it.

"Thank you for your consideration, Master Dreyar."

The old man, who seemed unfazed by the destruction, chuckled. "Don't mention it." He now noticed the entire guild looking at the two. "Children!" [Because that's what he called us all,] "This is Kura and Aiko, the newest members of FairyTail!"

We only gaped, then Erza Scarlet, the strongest [and scariest,] female mage in FairyTail, pushed through the crowd. "Master! What happened?"

The old man looked amused by the question. "Ms. Kura is a very strong and powerful mage, who seemingly," he looked behind him at the collapsed wall, smiling tightly, "will fit very well with the rest of you."

Natsu stepped forwards. "My name's Natsu. Fight me!"

We all facepalmed. Natsu was sometimes so outgoing he was too rude sometimes.

Kura seemed unfazed or taken back. "Okay. Where?"

"What about here and now?" he demanded, punching his fists together. "I'm just warning you, I'm not gonna go easy just cause you're a newbie."

She nodded, turning slightly so her side was facing him. "Hit me."

Aiko, the Exceed, frowned. "Ummm... Kura? You shouldn't be fighting with our new guild members... I mean, it's not good to fight... especially when it's you..."

Kura looked at cute little Aiko. "It's fine. I'll make it quick."

The dragon slayers fist caught fire, and he charged the new girl. I winced. This was gonna end—

Kura moved, so fast she was a blur, and ended up behind Natsu. He turned around only at the last second. "Huh?" he exclaimed before Kura kneed him in the stomach and he doubled over, groaning. The newbie twirled around, kicking him hard, and Natsu flew backwards into the only wall left standing. Fortunately, it didn't break, but there was a large crater left behind. Natsu fell to the ground, twitching and defeated.

My eyeballs nearly rolled out of my head. She hadn't even used magic! Never before had I seen the fire dragon slayer get defeated so easily. Even Erza had trouble with him sometimes, but this girl...

No one had anything to say, but luckily Erza broke out of the silence. "It is an honour to meet you, Kura." She shook the purple haired mages hand, and Erza bent down to shake Aikos.

"It's nice to meet you too." The Exceed said sweetly.

"As to you." The two sword users nodded politely to each other. Soon, the other guild members stepped forwards, and Kura and Aiko were enveloped by the incoming crowd asking questions.

I went to Natsu and crouched down. "Are you okay?" I asked him. It was surprising because usually Natsu got up straight after a battle, seemingly unfazed at his loss/win, but right now he was a puddled mess.

Natsu moaned. "I'm fine..."

I giggled, enjoying the sight. Not that I liked seeing my nakama [teammate] hurt, but because he was never defeated so quickly, especially by a new person.

He narrowed his eyes and struggled to his feet. "Are you laughing at me?"

"No," I said, but my voice cracked with another giggle.

"Stop that!" he said, but he brushed it aside. "I gotta go see that that Kura person. She's pretty good."

"So you're admitting that's she's better than you?"

He gave me a sharp look, but his mouth twitched into a smile. "Better than me? Pah. Not possible. I just wasn't trying."

I rolled my eyes. "Natsu, you're always trying."

He stood up like the previous fight hadn't existed. "Although I have to admit," he added, cracking his neck. "that girl has a good kick." We started walking towards the crowd.

Finally Makarov managed to get most of the other guild members off of the new girls. The only people left were Natsu, Erza, Gray, Happy, Wendy, Charle, Mira-Jane, the Master, and me.

"Do you have any injuries?" Wendy asked, even though Kura hadn't even taken a hit from Natsu.

The girl smiled at her, but for a moment the smile looked sad. "I'm fine, but thank you."

Natsu reached out a hand, making Kura snap out of it and look down at the outstretched arm. "Welcome to FairyTail!" he said.

She took the hand. "Thank you."

The remaining members all introduced themselves. "I'm Lucy," I said.

"Nice to meet you." Kura nodded politely.

"Do you have a place to stay?" Mira asked. "I could lend you a room for a few nights."

"I am fine. I rented a room at Fairy Hills. But thank you for offering."

The thing I noticed about Kura was she was always polite, always answering with pleases, thank you's, and pardon me's. She was awfully guarded though, never giving too much away about herself. She didn't state where she came from, what she was doing here, or any nearby family members. She was here because she was.

The other thing I noticed was she walked with the grace of a wild animal, as high-strung as a bow and arrow, ready to spring at any moment. She reminded me of Erza, I thought to myself, because I would never say that out loud.

Aiko was an adorable little Exceed, who was very shy and reserved. She was talking politely with Charle, the white Exceed, and Happy, but she didn't talk much back. She was like the opposite of the Charle, friendly but really shy. She tugged at her bow often and said at least six sorry's in their conversation. Happy seemed interested in the new purple cat, mostly because there were only so many others like him in the world. Like Kura, she didn't really say much about herself.

It was getting late, and the suns light was beginning to disappear through the new cracks in the guild building. "I'm gonna go," I announced, and then turned my back on the group.

Natsus POV

I climbed in through the window, noting first that Lucy wasn't home yet. I was slightly irritated at this. There was something I needed to tell her. I'd left Happy with Charle and Wendy, and I expected my blue flying cat partner to come soaring back in the next hour or two. Minutes after Lucy had left, I went to, hoping to meet her in her house, but so far she wasn't here.

I huffed nearly an hour later. She still wasn't back yet! I paced around her room, when I heard the key click in the key slot. Lucy walked in, humming with her arms full of groceries. She opened her eyes a bit and cried out.

She looked at me, wide-eyed. "Natsu!"

"What's up?" I gave her a crooked smile, knowing that she'd get angry with me.

"Nothing much. Get out of my house for the millionth time!"

I mentally clapped myself on the back, congratulating myself for making Lucy more peed off at me. It was one of the things I lived for.

She sighed. She was so used to me barging in that her protests were less than half-hearted now. "One of these days I gotta tell Erza about this," she muttered to herself.

I was taken back for a moment. "You wouldn't." Erza scared me, and I knew that the female knight scared the crap outta Lucy too. Lucy had tried many ways to get me and Happy out of her house, including bribing, threatening, blackmailing, and yes, even begging, but I just really liked her house. It smelled like her, and, although I would never admit it to anyone, Lucy smelled nice.

That thought brought me back to what I had wanted to say. "Lucy, I'm serious, did you notice anything weird about Kura?"

She thought for a moment. "Other than she purposely gave no important details about herself, no, why?"

"Because she smelled familiar." Kura smelt like something I couldn't quite put a finger on. It wasn't something I'd smelled recently, but I had a strong whiff of it before.

Lucy's face went slack and he rubbed her forehead. "Not everyone has super dragon smell, Natsu."

Oh, yeah. Having Dragon Slayer Magic and being raised by a dragon, [long story,] made me have better senses. "I mean, she smelled funny. I'm sure you were there when I sniffed... whatever it is."

"I'll make sure to take note of her scent next time I see her, Lucy said sarcastically. "Now, if you're gonna stay here, you better help me with the groceries."

I frowned but reluctantly helped her out. I'd been here so often and taken her food so much that I knew where everything was, so while Lucy calmly chatted about the weather, I tuned her out. I tried naming Kuras smell.

A particular plant? No, I thought as I put away a box of crackers.

An animal? No, I wondered as I popped the milk into the lacyrima-powered fridge.

I growled in frustration. The answer was on the tip of my tongue!

Lucy turned around after we finished. "I'm gonna take a shower, so get out." she pointed towards the window, because she knew I wouldn't take the door. Doors were too boring for me. Breaking through the wall would work too, but I [wisely] kept on Lucy's good side. She was as scary as Erza went she was angry.

She walked into the bathroom, where I heard the taps squealing and the water hissing out of the showerhead.

Instead of getting out like Lucy said, I stayed for a few more minutes. Man, I was tired, I thought. All this action and thinking. I sat on Lucy's bed, rumpling the covers. Lucy's sweet smell rubbed off when the blankets were disturbed.

I'll crash here for the night. I'm sure Lucy won't mind.

When Lucy walked out from her shower, I was already asleep on her bed.

I woke up just as the sun popped over the horizon, stretching to get out the creakiness and rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.

"Hey L—" I started to say, but it quickly silenced when I noticed she was still asleep.

In the bed.

I uncharacteristically squealed in surprise. Usually when I slept here, she just took an extra blanket that she kept in the closet and slept on the floor, but now...

She was in the bed with me.

I looked down at the peaceful expression, how her chest rose and fell with her breathing, or how the little chibi-style polar bears on her pyjamas looked pretty cute on her-

Ah, what was I doing! I looked away quickly as if I was caught doing something wrong. She's my nakama. This doesn't mean anything, to you or to her. She must have felt like sleeping on the floor, so she got into the bed. I cautiously peeked over at her, trying hard not to stare.

It was awfully strange for Lucy to be so quiet. I imagined Lucy in her sleep grumbling and rolling over and being very loud, because that was the only Lucy I knew. She complained about her rent [a lot,] she yelled at me for sneaking in, for my [apparent] stupidity... the list went on and on! She was always shouting at someone or other, and at times she could be as scary as Erza sometimes. I shuddered. I remembered the time she found Happy and I reading her diary. The revenge included a tiny cat box, some foul-tasting fire, a monster, a steel trap, a long unnecessary train ride, some underwear and bras, and Erzas cake disappearing.

OhMyGodINeverWantToRememberThatMomentEverAgain.

Lucy rolled over, so I carefully climbed over her to get out of the bed. I quickly, and quietly, I opened the door and walked out.

I could deal with using the door just once.