Hi, hi. Kaggami-chan here. I suddenly had this urge to write a NaLu fanfic and here is the result XD Hope you guys like it.
Not sure if I should let it end like this or continue, so don´t forget to review and comment, I´m truly expecting some comments.
Declaimer: I don´t own Fairy Tail, even though I sure wish I did.
"Hey Natsu, do you remember how we met?" A blond haired girl was sitting on the floor of a white room, laying her head near someone´s hand, smiling gently as she kept talking. The window right next to the bed was opened, letting enter a slight cold breeze, with a happy sun shining to the happiness of birds and people. She sighed as no one answered and closed her chocolate eyes, resting her head. "I do... I remember it very well..." A slight laugh could be heard in the closed room, as the dark door was locked and firmly closed, not allowing anyone in. It was her time to be with him and no one could take it away from her. "I was fascinated by you, you know? Your pink hair, dark eyes... you were different from everything I saw until then and... it fascinated me. Did you really believe I paid for your food just because of that charm...?" Another laugh broke the dead silence and the girl sighed, holding the hand next to her gently. "You were different... and I just wanted to know more. Who are you, from where you came, what were you doing there... and when you said you were looking for a dragon I almost started laughing at your stupidity! After all, who goes looking for a dragon in the middle of a city...?"
Lifting her head gently, she looked at the sleeping boy in front of her, trying to hold her tears. She couldn't cry, not in front of him. His pink haired shone slightly as the light hit it and his eyes were closed, as if he was only sleeping. But Lucy knew better. Natsu wasnt sleeping because he wanted... actually, he was unable to wake up, laying there day after day as a corps. And it all was her fault... If only she was stronger, if only she was braver... he would be still smiling like usual, playing or fighting with Gray or eating with Happy... But no, there he was, laying like a dead man in the infirmary in her place, without talking, moving, without waking up. And there was she, looking at him unable to forgive herself for being weak, totally aware it should be her laying there, not him.
"Lucy-san, you should get going..." a sweet and calm voice caught the blond girls attention as she turned around, seeing a small girl with blue hair, Wendy. She held a key in her right hand and Lucy cursed herself for not looking for it. "The visiting hour is ending in some minutes..." She added, watching as Lucy nodded and turned around to face Natsu once again, still holding his hand. It had been already five days since Team Natsu came back from their mission with an unconscious Natsu and bloody Lucy. Gray and Erza were also wounded, but not as serious as those two. Knowing Natsu was resistant, Wendy tried to focus on Lucy first as she lost a lot of blood, but the girl refused, forcing her to look after Natsu and disappeared to who knows where. It was then when Wendy realized Natsu wasnt sleeping, he was in a coma induced by a spell. She quickly destroyed it but it had already affected Natsu for a while and no one knew when he would wake up. So they transfered him to infirmary, watching him to make sure his health wouldnt be compromised, before focusing on the other two. It was only then when Wendy realized Lucy was gone. At first she wanted to go look for her, but Erza and Master stopped her, saying she needed some time alone. No one knew what happened in that mission but those who there were, Master and Mirajane, but something told her it wasnt good. When Lucy appeared the next day, her eyes lost their sparkle and her wounds disappeared, as if she never had them. Plus, she only stayed in the infirmary near Natsu, watching over him and talking occasionally, without eating or drinking. That Lucy was strange and at the moment she was forced to leave Natsu´s side, she disappeared from the guild.
"Is Lucy-san really alright?" Wendy asked Master who came to see how Natsu was going. He smiled weakly and went inside the room where Lucy was still sitting like a zombie, closing the door after him.
"Lucy, you should stop this. What will Natsu say when he wakes up?" Master asked the girl who ignored him for a while before standing up. "I´ll come tomorrow again." She promised to the sleeping boy and tried to go out, being stopped by Master. "Today, you have to talk to me." He glared at her for a while, angry she was trying to avoid him. He already heard Erza and Gray, so she was the only person left. "I don´t want to..." she finally whispered after a while, sitting down again while keeping her eyes down. "You cant run away forever. What happened to you two?" The blond girl looked at him, opening her mouth for a while before closing it, garbing her hand which started to shake.
"It all started when we picked that job..."
"Lucy, let´s go on this mission! Let´s go! Let´s go!" Natsu kept yelling at the half dead blond girl who tried to sleep, still ignoring him. It had been half an hour since she left the guild after coming back from a mission, hopping to get some sleep, and what was that idiot doing in her house at two o´clock in the morning? "Lucy!" he cried again right next to her ear and she snapped, pushing him back and standing up with a deadly glare. "How dare you..." she whispered, but she knew he heard it as he stood up. "Don´t be so angry! Let´s do this job!" Still trying to control herself, Lucy pointed at the clock. "It´s time to be sleeping! We just came back from a job! I need sleep!" She shouted without thinking but he only smiled and started begging her again, saying it would be easy and quick. "F-fine..." Lucy finally gave up sitting on her bed, not knowing any other way to shut him up. If only she was as strong as Erza... "The train is tomorrow at six. Erza and Gray also said they were going." Lucy opnened her eyes agnry. Why did he need her if they were coming? But then again, Lucy didnt remember the last time she went to a mission without him or he without her. "Go home Natsu, I want to spend my last hours sleeping..." she begged, laying down and closing her eyes, quickly falling asleep. Natsu would make sure to wake her up.
They arrived at the city by seven o´clock, with a unconscious Natsu and a deadly tired Lucy, walking towards the place where they were requested to help. Actually, the mission was quite simple. Clear a house full with bandits. And the pay was reasonable, considering the fact they had to travel to get there. Full of spirit again, Natsu and Lucy were told to clear the right side while Erza and Gray would handle the left, meting inside the house after that. And so they did as they were supposed.
At first the mission was going well. The bandits werent powerful and Lucy didnt even need to summon her spirits, as Natsu took care if then all before they or she had the chance to move. "Right side cleared!" Lucy laughed, sighing after that. She really was tired... "Do you think we should go inside?" Asked Lucy but Natsu was already gone, running towards the entrance. "How mature of him..." she thought and went after him, taking her keys to be ready. It didnt matter if she was tired or not, she had to pay attention to what was happening. "Natsu!" Lucy called as she entered the mansion, not seeing him anywhere. He just disappeared as he entered and Lucy found herself wondering if he did it on purpose. But then again, it was Natsu she was taking about. He would be fine. Taking some steps inside, she looked around trying to find something suspicious but the house was empty, what made her feel a little big scared. It shoudlnt be... if the info they got was correct, there was a master mind hidden in the house. Wandering around for a while, Lucy found herself in a small room filled with strange things...
Lucy stopped, looking at the ground. She didnt know if she was able to continue without breaking down and starting to cry... No, she knew she couldnt do it. The images of what happened next were still in her head, played again and again, giving her nightmares even when she was awake. "What happened next?" Demanded the master, not understanding her eyes. That was the most important part, it would tell him what actually happened. Erza and Gray knew nothing, only that when they arrived to the room a bloody Lucy was crying near an unconscious Natsu, without daring to say anything. "It..." Taking a deep breath, Lucy told herself it would help Natsu and continued.
Thesmall room was filled with magic circled, patters and weapons, so Lucy didnt dare to walk in, preferring to look at it from afar, knowing nothing good would happen if she came in. "Natsu!" she called again, closing that door and making an mental note to stay away from it. She needed to find Natsu and fast. Starting to run, she finally found him looking at something in the middle of a huge room, but as she tried to approach it a huge fear assaulted her and she fell down, trembling from head to fingers, unable to hold it in. The pressure was too much and she was scared of even standing up. "Na...tsu..." she tried to whisper, looking up to face him, noticing the magic circle and patters around the place he was waking towards. "No.. Natsu..." she whispered again but she knew he couldnt hear her, even with his sensible ears. Actually, she wasnt sure if she even said it. "I need to warn him..." she thought and tried to stand up, but the pressure was back there again and involuntary tears fell down from her eyes. It was too much for her to handle... but she had to! Gathering all her courage and will power, she finally managed to stand up and run forward, hopping to reach him in time as she screamed. "Natsu, no!" He turned around, finally noticing her with a smile as he heard her voice, but it was too late...
Falling down again because of the pressure, almost trowing up, Lucy felt terrified as the magic circle shone and activated, enveloping the surprised Natsu. "No, please, Natsu..." she whispered, not knowing what would happen to him. The light disappeared at the same moment the pressure did and Lucy sighed in relief as she saw Natsu standing there, at the same spot she saw him last. "Maybe it didnt work..." she thought and stood up, running towards him with a smile. "Natsu!"
Once again, Lucy stopped, refusing to talk anymore. She would give him what he wanted, but nothing more than that. "Natsu was actually under a spell. He didnt know who I was and tried to attack me. Somehow, Loke and I managed to put him to sleep and I went to beak the magic circle, which released him... but it wasnt all that happened to him, was it?" Master wondered why she didnt tell more details when he remembered how she appeared, all covered in wounds. What if the one who did it was in reality Natsu when he lost it and she tried to protect him? Knowing Lucy, she sure would do it... But that still didnt answer to the most important question. "You know who was the source of magic of that place?" Lucy nodded, sighing. "The mage was dying, so he thought it would be nice to steal some vitality from others in order to live longer... He died the moment I broke the magic circle." Master nodded and stood up, knowing what he wanted. Lucy was protecting Natsu, the person who hurt her badly. He only hopped Natsu wouldnt remember, because he knew the boy would never forgive himself for hurting her.
"You should rest for a while, Lucy." he finally said as he opened the door. "It wasnt your fault that happened to Natsu. Actually, if it wasnt for you, he would still be that way. Rest a little bit." The girl smiled as he went out and closed the door, asking Wendy to allow her to spend there the night. It would be good for her to spend some time with him without having to worry about the past or future.
As the door closed, Lucy turned around to face the sleeping Natsu, taking his hand once again. "I´m sorry..." she whispered, finally allowing her tears to run down her cheeks. It was night already and even if someone looked at her, they would never see her crying face. "Natsu, you are so stupid, sometimes..."She laughed. "Do you remember the day you caught me when I was falling from the tower. I believed you will be there. I heard your voice and then... my body kind of moved on its own. If it was someone else, I would never do it..." She laughed again and sighed, not even trying to stop her tears. "Natsu, I always wanted to tell you something, but there never was a place or time. I wish I told you no that night. Maybe now you would be still laughing happily as you used to..." Looking at his face, her voice dropped and she smiled a little bit. "I love you."
Natsu was aware he slept for a long time, but somehow there was never a need for him to wake up. Not that he felt tired, but there was something stopping him from waking up and he didnt know what. "Who cares? I want to sleep..." he ended up thinking, allowing his continues to disappear as he fell once more asleep. But he felt something was weird. Why was he sleeping? Why he couldnt wake up? And there was something really important he was forgetting... something too important to be forgotten. "Natsu..." A sweet voice called his attention and he tried to focus on it, in order to figure out who was talking. But it was gone again. "Natsu..." the voice said again and he remembered it was Lucy. Lucy was talking to him, maybe saying something really important, and there he was sleeping like a complete idiot. Wait, did she always do it? When he was knocked out, did she talk to him like that? Trying to wake up, Natsu felt strangely anxious, as if he was about to miss something really important, but his sensitive ears didnt let him down and he heard exactly what he was supposed to. "I love you."
Opening his eyes, he saw a crying Lucy and his first thought was to hug her and ask her what was wrong, when his mind came back to her words and he caught her hand. "Lucy..." he whispered, watching as her face turned from sad to relief and then it became completely red as she realized she jumped to kiss Natsu. It only lasted some seconds, but her lips definitely touched his, before her mind caught up to her actions. Backing away right away, she didnt know what to say or do. Even if he didnt hear what she said before, her action just now made everything pretty clear. "Hi..." she whispered, not sure what to do. He laughed and took her hand, pushing her forward saying "I love you too." Before he kissed her again.