Chapter 24

Rest

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"Another round over here, Natsu!" Cana called out a little too happily as she raised her glass in the air, smirking widely as a few of the other woman around her yelled out in agreement.

Alumina chuckled under her breath and shook her head at them. They were enjoying this way to much.

Natsu let out an aggravated growl and headed away to get the drinks, looking absolutely hilarious in his Maid outfit. Alumina watched him go, smirking and laughing a little.

The woman in the Guild were definitely having a lot of fun with him, and the men just thought his predicament was the funniest thing ever.

Part of her felt a little bad for putting him through this, it had been her idea after all, but she quickly pushed those feelings aside. They may have decided to be friends, but this was a punishment for his actions. His punishment could have been something much worse, she supposed, Master had been pretty angry until she had managed to simmer him down a little.

She let out a sigh and leaned back, letting her head fall back against the lawn chair she was in. They were currently around the Guild's pool, with most of the women swimming, while the rest, like herself, were relaxing out of the water.

She still didn't have enough energy to even think about swimming, but relaxing was nice, and it was amusing to listen to all the other girls talk around her. It had only been a few days since Natsu's punishment was announced, and although she felt ten times better now, she still wasn't 100% just yet. Wendy and Porlyusica had been a big help, and thanks to them, she was healing quite well and at quite a fast rate.

She cast a sideways glance at Mira and Erza, who were happily chatting away to her right. She narrowed her eyes at them, and bit the inside of her cheek.

Ever since she had explained what had happened, with the train, about the scar... She couldn't help but notice that the girls she had told were a little bothered by it.

It wasn't sympathy, she was pretty sure. It was more along the lines of... Uneasiness, though she didn't understand it. What would they have to be uneasy about? She hadn't a clue.

She decided to leave the subject be, even if she did question them, she had a feeling they wouldn't give her a straight answer. Looking away she instead let her eyes close and took in a deep breath.

The horrible dreams about the Train Accident had persisted unfortunately, and she was still shaken by them every time. It was a part of her life she would rather forget, though it was impossible to do when her sleeping mind constantly reminded her of the events. She wished they would stop, and she still wasn't proud that they were shaking her up so much.. They just were and she hated it.

Can't I just get over it? It was only a stupid train wreck after all, those things happen every so often.. It really shouldn't be such a big deal...

Part of her knew thinking things like that wasn't such a good idea. It had been a Train wreck, and they do happen every so often. It should have been normal, but to her it wasn't, the accident she had been involved in, there was something about it that just stuck. This Train wreck, it was different somehow.

She shook her head slightly to clear it of the thoughts, and let her eyes open again. She needed to stop thinking about things like this, they were too tense, too dark.

Instead she allowed the happy and relaxed manner of the women around her flood her senses, so she was able to relax herself. She smiled a bit at them, letting out another low chuckle that caused a stab of pain to flare up in her stomach, but she kept herself from wincing too visibly.

Her attention turned to Natsu, who had just come back out of the hall with a tray full of drinks in his hands. He looked moodier than ever, and Alumina could still hear the whistles and teasing from the men inside as the door slowly shut behind the pinkette.

Natsu must hate going inside with the other guys, she realized. The other men in the Guild were the worst when it came to teasing Natsu, even the girls knew when to go easy on the Fire Dragon Slayer.

Alumina found herself feeling a little bad for him again as he passed the drinks out to the girls who had ordered them. She shouldn't feel bad, he did deserve this, but she did. Perhaps it was the fact that Natsu had really felt guilty for attacking her as he had. He had told her this himself, and she could visibly see it when he looked at her at times.

She had faith he would start to forgive himself given time, and she was a bit relieved to see he didn't seem to be punishing himself now. Alumina smirked a little, no he wasn't punishing himself at the moment, he was to wrapped up in his utter annoyance at having been given this punishment, that kept his mind away from his guilt.

"Alumina!" She looked away from Natsu to see Happy floating toward her with a smile on his face. Alumina smiled back at the small blue creature, who lighted down on her lap with a large grin.

"Hey there Happy, how are you?" She asked him.

"I'm great!" He answered happily, lifting a paw in the air. "What about you, Lumie?" He asked and she shrugged a little, still smiling softly.

More people had begun to use the nickname Ursa had given her, though there were only a few at the moment who did.

"I'm alright." She replied, though she left out the part about being in a bit of pain, and being completely tired. No need to worry his cute little blue head about that, or anyone else's for that matter. "What have you been up to? I haven't seen you around all day." She asked him and his smile grew wider, if that was possible.

"Carla and I went out for a little fly this morning." He explained, "We only just got back now." He added, gesturing toward the pool where Alumina looked over to see Carla walking toward it, having changed into a bathing suit of her own.

Looking back at Happy, she saw him watching Carla with a love-sick expression, a light blush dusting his cheeks. Alumina smiled at him, it was great to see Happy enjoying himself, and she knew how much he liked Carla.

For a moment, she left him to his looking, before gently returning his attention to her. "That must have been fun," she told him, smiling sweetly.

"It sure was!" Happy told her enthusiastically, and she could easily hear the pure honesty in his voice.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it so much, Happy." She told him. "Perhaps, you could find away to cheer your Partner though?" She asked, gesturing toward Natsu, and Happy looked over.

Happy let out a low snicker at Natsu, before slowly nodding a bit. "Oohh... He does seem super mad doesn't he?" Happy chuckled and Alumina nodded a little.

Though to be honest, she had seen Natsu truly mad before, and it was nowhere close to this.

"I don't blame him." She murmured.

"Wasn't the maid thing your idea though?"

Alumina blinked, looking away from Nastu, to Happy again, before smiling sheepishly. "Hehe... Yeah it was ..." She chuckled and Happy laughed a bit.

"Ah well, I'll see if I can cheer him up!" Happy told her, wings spreading out wide as he lifted up into the air, calling out a goodbye behind him as he left. Alumina said goodbye softly and leaned back in her seat again, letting her eyes fall closed, taking in a deep breath.

As soon as I'm feeling up to it, I'll go on a job... She decided as she sat there, though, this time she resolved for going on a job alone. She had gone on a job with Erza and Happy last, and although she enjoyed going on jobs with others, it was always good to go on one by yourself every once in awhile, it gives you time to clear your head and really think things over.

Hopefully, going alone will give me some time to try and figure out a way to make this dream stop... And maybe I'll figure out why the girls seem so tense all of a sudden...

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"Are you sure you're up for this?" Mira asked gently, looking slightly worried as she took the job request from Alumina's hand.

Alumina smiled sweetly at her and nodded, "I'm sure Mira, I'm completely fine, besides, this isn't a hard job." She assured but Mira didn't look completely convinced.

"Wouldn't it be safer to ask someone to go with you? It hasn't been long since Porlyusica decided you were safe to be going on Jobs again..." The S-Class Mage said quietly, and Alumina shook her head at her.

She found Mira's concern touching of course, and she could understand the desire for Mira to want to make sure she would be fine, so soon after being as injured as she had been. But Alumina needed to get moving, she needed to do something, she was getting restless being here.

It had been a good two weeks since Natsu's Punishment had been announced, and Porlyusica had thankfully given her the ok to go back to doing jobs again, granted she didn't over do it too much, and paced herself.

She wasn't exactly fully healed quite yet, but even Porlyusica was a bit sympathetic to the fact that Alumina really was going stir crazy being confined to Magnolia for so long.

Alumina knew her limits, she wouldn't do anything too hard, and she wouldn't push herself too much either. She had no intention of making her condition worse in anyway, she really just needed to clear her head.

"No Mira, its fine really. I don't need someone to come with me, this job is going to be super easy, I promise." Alumina told her sweetly. "Besides, I've always got my Spirits with me." Mira looked from Alumina to the paper she had been handed, and she slowly read it over.

Property Retrieval and Delivery

Poster: Hikari Jegor
Reward: 20,000 Jewel
Location: Hildon Village and WinterBrook
Details: A every rare and valuable item had been bought from a neighboring town, the poster has asked for a Wizard escort to safely transport item from the seller, to the buyer.

Mira looked up from the paper and looked Alumina over, who was smiling softly at the older woman. Mira let out a small sigh and nodded a little, stamping the paper and handing it back.

"Alright Alumina." Mira murmured. "But please, be careful alright? And take it easy." Mira told her with a firm voice and Alumina nodded, smiling a little more.

"You got it, thanks Mira."

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