Storm had woken up early in the morning. Very early. The sky outside was tinted a light pink as the sun rose in the distance, and in his bed, Storm sat up, holding the sleeve of his right arm above his elbow.

"What… are you…?" he mumbled at his arm.

The skin had marks. Black marks.

He ran his fingers over the little marks.

The black marks were all over the empty skin below his elbow. They were symmetrical on both sides, but he didn't see anything consistent about the marks. He had never seen this sort of thing. He didn't exactly know what to do.

So, he went to his go-to person.

"What the hell is that?" she gasped.

He looked down at his skin and shook his head. "No idea. It just sort of sprang up. I thought maybe you'd know."

Nashi shook her head in response, running her fingers on the marks on the skin. Storm noticed new ones had popped up to join the ones he already had. "I don't think I've ever seen anything like this, Storm. When did this pop up?"

"Last night. Probably while I was asleep…"

"Maybe you should ask your parents. They've seen weirder stuff," she proposed.

He nodded. "Yeah…. I guess."

"Mom, Dad."

"Yes?" Juvia asked. "What is it, Storm?"

"I've got an issue," he murmured, tensely tugging at his sleeve.

"What's going on?" Gray asked, looking up at the boy from where he sat.

Storm walked a bit closer to them, moving to sit across from them at the table. He rested his arms on the table, using one hand to tug up the sleeve of his other arm. Instantly, his parents sat up straighter and looked at his arm. Gray's eyebrows drew together.

"Do either of you know what this is about?" Storm finally asked when they didn't say a word.

Juvia just glanced over at Gray, and Gray responded simply, "I do."

"Well… what is it?"

"I have the same thing, but not all the time," Gray responded, raising his own sleeve. For a moment, a black design sprung onto the skin. It was all around the part of his arm under his elbow and looked like a black snake had coiled around it and Storm looked at his Dad with raised eyebrows. "It's the mark of a Demon Slayer."

"Demon… Slayer…"

"I got mine a long time ago," Gray responded, "I didn't know if you'd ever get it. I'm not even quite sure how it goes from person to person. Did you do anything that you don't usually do lately?"

Storm shook his head and then spoke after a moment. "Well… some guy was talking all kinds of junk to Nash the other day and he pushed it, so I beat his face in."

"You did?" Juvia asked worriedly. "Did he hurt you? Are you okay?"

"Nah. I'm fine, Mom," Storm responded before turning back to his Dad. "Is that… weird?"

"Not weird, but maybe it has something to do with this. I don't know you to be the kind of guy to get into a lot of real fights," Gray responded. "Honestly, maybe it has something to do with the reason for the fight. You did it to protect someone you love."

Storm nodded, looking down at the marks that were spreading. The way they connected did look a lot like the way his father's mark had formed. He began to wonder if that is what he was going to become.

"A Demon Slayer…" he mumbled.

So, I'm sure everybody is getting that there is some serious stuff in store. There is gonna be something really big.

But this is the end of "Blue Sky", so you'll have to follow me to yet another story of this trilogy. I haven't quite decided the title, but some of it is written out. This may take me a little time, so please be patient. Don't forget to keep an eye out for the next one (which, in case you didn't know quite yet, will be about Gajeel and Levy's life).

For now, I'll be on a short hiatus for a trip to the "happiest place on earth", and I will be back before you know it with the first chapter of the next story ^^

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