Chapter SIX

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!" Lucy darted into the first store she saw, eyes shining. Rogue, who had been holding her hand, was reluctantly dragged along.

Lucy gushed at all the most new addition to the stores, which Rogue didn't really understand, because everything was a 'new addition' in their book, since they had never been to a magic store before.

Lucy spun around, trying to look at everything at once, and Rogue was dragged along on the dizzy ride. Lucy paused to catch her breath, then darted off again without giving Rogue a chance to catch his own. Everyone around them turned around to see what the fuss was about, only to melt at the sight of Rogue trying his best to carry the bags that just seemed to appear out of no where and add onto the hill he was already carrying.

And he was doing it with one hand, since the other was locked in Lucy's surprisingly tight grip.

Rogue didn't even notice half the time they entered and exited a store, due to the hill blocking his gaze and the sheer speed Lucy went through the stores at.

Rogue decided that the thing he feared the most was Lucy's new found interest in shopping.

"Today was fun." Lucy announced. She took another lick of her ice cream.

"Yeah, fun." Rogue muttered.

"Wasn't it?"

"It was."

Lucy hummed, ignoring, or not noticing Rogue's sarcasm. Truthfully, Rogue was quite grateful.

The two had gotten a room at a hotel with the money Mavis and Zeref had saved up for them. How, they didn't know, since neither seemed to leave the island. Rogue could sort of imagine Zeref using some sort of curse to fool his followers into donating them money.

Rogue was roughly jolted awake to the sound of Lucy's violent coughing. He quickly sat up and reached out with a hand. He grabbed Lucy's wrist, yanking her towards him. He wrapped his arms around her, willing his breathing to slow down. For a second, his vision turned black, before Lucy went limp in his arms.

He gently lay her back down. Propping himself up on his arms, he gently rubbed her cheek. "Better?"

Lucy nodded. "Yeah."

He stayed like that until Lucy was calm again. Her breathing slowed down, and Rogue finally lay down himself.

Bearing the whole of human existence itself wasn't as easy as one would think.

"You feel that?"

Rogue closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Yeah."

"Feels like Zeref."

"I know, but it can't be him. He doesn't leave Tenrou."

Lucy shrugged. "Well, it feels just like him." She repeated.

Rogue craned his neck and gazing out over the sea. Only the port was visible. The rest was covered by thick mist. It was a real contrast to the bright town. "I say it feels more like an invisible tug."

Lucy nodded, her eyes unusually serious. "Should we check it out?"

Rogue narrowed his eyes and nodded. Lucy pointed towards the port and Rogue shook his head. Sadly, being able to control death didn't give him edge when it came to transports.

Lucy summoned Libra, who levitated them with a flick of her hand. Rogue waved his arms around a little. "This feels very weird." He said, gesturing towards the sea below them. "It's like we're sitting on nothing." As if on cue, they rose higher, away from the sea.

Lucy smiled gratefully at Libra, then turned to Rogue. "It's gravity."

Rogue nodded. "I know that."

"Smell anything?"

"Salt."

Lucy sighed. "Okay. Fine. See anything?"

"Sea?"

Rogue blinked blankly at Lucy's glare. "Nothing."

Lucy huffed.

It was very sudden. Lucy let out a gasp, and a few seconds later, Libra began to leak gold dust. The gravity levitating the two of them from the sea became unstable, and Rogue instinctively gripped Lucy's arm.

"What's happening?"

"I don't know!" Lucy gasped over the sound of the wind. "It was like our connection is forcefully being cut."

And Rogue knew that Lucy was a skilled Celestial mage with a very strong connection to her spirits. There was no way Lucy had done something wrong.

Which meant that it was the interference of an outside force.

"Do you sense anything?" Rogue asked.

Lucy instantly got what he meant. She closed her eyes and reached out her senses, looking for the bubble like thing that indicated each and every life. She found a whole group not so far away. "That way!" She pointed into the mist. "There's a whole group of people!"

Libra instantly moved them towards the direction Lucy had pointed in. Even now, the spirit was becoming more and more faded. The three of them were surrounded by gold dust coming from the spirit.

Libra managed to drop them off onto what seemed like land before she fully dispersed. Rogue instantly shuffled closer to Lucy, who had a hand on her pouch. "There are people there." Lucy pointed towards where there was a dark shadow reflected in the mist.

Rogue nodded. "I can tell. I can sense all the death." He paused. "And I can smell people, thought it's hard with all the salt." He added. He took a step forward, then another, Lucy right behind him. Soon, the two of them were making their way towards the human presence.

"Kitten Blast!" Suddenly, they was a gust of wind, strong enough to blow away the mist around them.

Rogue sensed movement behind them, and whipped around, to come face to face with a boy holding a revolver at them. "Don't move, yeah?"

The girl who had first called out twirled around an orange rope like thing.

Another boy stepped up to them. "I don't know where you came from, or how you got here, but I suggest you come quietly."

"Go along, I guess." Lucy murmured, so that no human being would hear. Well, Rogue did, thanks to his Dragon Slayer hearing, and that was the aim in the first place.

Rogue nodded, both to Lucy and the girl.

The girl, who had slight cat like features, smiled and called out "Nekousuke Tube!"

Another rope of orange shot out from a magic circle, this time at Rogue and Lucy. They were soon bound by the rope, with another string attaching them.

Rogue felt the magic he had gathered in his fist ebb away. The girl smiled. "So you noticed! Nekosuke tube stops you from using magic!"

The slightly tanned boy nudged them forwards. "Let's go, shall we?"

So...a few things.

We are aware that Wally is slightly...cubed in the anime. However, when he was a child, he still looked...human, so that's where we're coming from. They're still young, so, yeah. Also, let's just say they can already use magic.

We don't know if there are going to be pairing as of yet. Lucy and Rogue, as well as everyone else, are pretty young. Right now, we are focusing on Lucy and Rogue's relationship as siblings and as two people who grew up together.

Darque: Anyone play Aura Kingdom?

Raven: Oh my gods! You've been asking that question to everyone.

Darque: Why not? I started two days ago, and I"m already level 45, or something. I also play Eden Eternal, so I'm used to it, and I love it and I stayed up a long time to play it. I'm so hungry right now, but...

Raven: But...?

Darque: I'm just sad that there aren't any Windows 8 versions. I'm playing it on my old Windows 7 laptop.

Raven: I don't get how that finishes the 'but...', but okay.

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