Hello wonderful readers! This is Lexie! So, if you may have read this story on wattpad, you must know that I combined a lot of chapters for this one. It's the same story, same plot, just the first eight or nine chapters are bundled into one. You may also know that this i'm using as just a prologue. Next chapter will have the better writing piece with more description.
Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail
With that said, enjoy!
"Natsu, let's take this one"
The blonde handed the paper to Natsu, who grabbed it from her hands with eagerness.
"Beat Up Bandits 200,000J Harmony Town, uh Luce, don't you think it suspicious?"
The blonde glared at the pinkette.
"No"
Natsu took the paper from her hands, walking up to Mira.
"Happy, Lucy and I will take this job"
Mira smiled,before catching a glimpse of his neck.
"Um, Natsu?"
"Sup Mira?"
"You have a giant lump on your neck"
Natsu gave a grin.
"Probably nothing, just a bump. It'll go away in a day or two"
"Dosn't it hurt?"
"Just a little sore"
"Okay then!"
Natsu ran back to Lucy and Happy, then all three of them walking out the door.
Mira watched them go out before grabbing a washcloth. She gently cleaned off the counter, before looking over to were Natsu was standing.
She walked around the counter, seeing a napkin (or was it tissue?) on the ground.
She picked it up, observing it for a minute.
Blood stains?
Flash back
"Happy, Lucy and I will take this job" Natsu said, moving his arm.
A tissue fell to the ground.
Flash back end
"It must be Natsu's" Mira decided, before throwing it out.
"I wonder why it had blood stains? He probably got into a fight again"
And with that Mira went back to work.
Natsu grabbed a tissue, dunking his head back and stuffing his nose with the tissue.
He waited ten minutes before pulling out the tissue and rolling his head forwards. He quickly disposed of the tissue before sitting back down.
"Natsu? Natsu, Lushy's looking for you. " Happy called through the door, worry etched in his voice.
Natsu sighed. That's the fourth nose bleed today. He opened the door to the bathroom he locked himself in and causally walked out.
Happy looked worriedly at him, but followed him to the hotel lobby where Lucy was.
"Better now?" Lucy asked, arms folded against her chest.
"Yeah, now let's get going!"
He raced out of the hotel, followed by the blonde and exceed.
They walked along the street, that is, until Lucy stopped them.
"Hey Natsu?"
"Yeah, something wrong Luce?"
"Why is their blood crusting your nose?"
Natsu's eyes widened.
Shit!
"Dammit!"
He quickly wiped his nose, but was only rewarded with the feeling of oozing thick liquid side down his lip.
He looked desperately at Lucy.
"Do you have a tissue?" the slayer asked frantically
Lucy dug her hand into her pocket before pulling out an unused tissue.
Quickly, she handed the tissue to Natsu, as he dunked his head back and used the tissue to pinch his nose.
They stood their for five minutes, Happy flying off to get some more tissues.
The pinkette removed the tissue, before giving the blonde a grin.
"Thanks"
"No problem"
Natsu wiped the dry blood off, the tissue a deep shade of red.
"Dammit"
"What was that?"
"Nothing"
Natsu looked from side to side before giving a questioning glace at Lucy.
"Where's Happy?"
"He went to get more tissues"
"Oh"
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"Natsu! Lucy! Save me!" Happy cried frantically, flying towards them at full speed.
"Get 'em!"
"Damn feline!"
Natsu smirked.
Found them.
"Go away stripper, I'm not in the mood"
The guild froze, looking at the unusually quite dragon slayer.
Gray was shocked, to say the least. He had just insulted Natsu, INSULTED, and the pinkette just sat there, looking at him with an annoyed expression before lying his head back on the table. He didn't even react!
Just an, 'I'm not in the mood'.
Since when was Natsu, NATSU, of all people, NOT in the mood to fight?
The guild started to whisper, concern written in their expressions.
Mira walked over to the slayer.
"Would you like me to get you something to eat? I'm sure after going on a job you'd be hungry."
"I'm not hungry"
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Lucy pushed past Mira before sitting down in front of him.
"How about we go on a job? We can do a fun one, like beating up monsters"
"I'll pass"
Lucy backed up in shock.
"How about we go to my house, you can sleep on my bed"
Natsu shook his head.
"No thanks"
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"Are you feeling okay?"
"I guess"
"Wendy!"
The blue haired girl walked over, before examining the other dragon slayer.
"Um, there's nothing wrong with him, I think"
"I'm just tired"
"It looks like he has dark spots under his eyes"
"Oh"
Lucy walked away, along with Gray.
Mira grabbed Wendy's hand, before pulling her out of reach of Natsu's hearing.
"I want you to check the lump on his neck"
Wendy nodded.
"Will do, don't let him go on jobs tomorrow, and I'll check it then"
"Thank you Wendy"
"Your welcome Mira!"
Wendy walked back towards the table she was at.
Mira glanced at Natsu.
Hopefully Wendy can help him.
"Ugh"
Natsu wiped his lips, trying to stand up straight.
He walked into the guild, taking a seat at the bar.
"Hey Mira"
Mirajane turned around, a smile gracing her lips.
"Good morning Natsu! How are you today? Feeling better I hope?"
Natsu grinned.
"Yeah, I'm fine now. I was just tired"
"Would you like something to eat?"
"Nah, I'm not hungry. But I'll take a glass of water"
Mira blinked.
"Okay, coming right up!"
Mira walked away quickly, grabbing a glass in the process. She filled the glass, before turning around.
BUMP!
SPLASH
"Oh Lucy! What are you doing back here?"
Lucy looked down at her shirt, seeing the large wet spot.
"That was a new shirt...*sigh* I wanted to talk to you"
"Oh, well let me finish this order we can talk then"
"Okay"
Lucy turned around, walking over to the counter, taking a seat.
Mira refilled the glass, before walking back over to Natsu.
"Here you go!"
"Thanks Mira!"
Natsu grabbed the glass, before guzzling the water down.
"What did you want to talk about?"
"Can we talk in private?"
"Of course!"
Mira made her way outside, followed by Lucy.
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"What's wrong Lucy?"
"It's Natsu, he's hiding something something"
Mira's brows knitted together.
"Hiding something?"
"Yeah, he won't come over to my house, and the other day when his nose started to bleed, he said it was nothing, even though he was in the bathroom before that for at least 15 minutes!"
"Don't worry too much Lucy. Wendy's doing a checkup on Natsu later, so if there is something wrong, we'll find out"
BAM!
The guild doors burst open, a flash of pink hurtling past them.
It stopped short, turning out to be Natsu, and began to vomit like crazy.
Lucy and Mira's eyes widened, before Lucy turned away in disgust.
Concern and worry laced it's way onto Mira's face.
Natsu wiped his lips, taking deep breaths.
He walked back inside, not noticing the two girls.
Or so Mira hopes.
"I don't think that was from motion sickness..."
"Me neither"
Lucy started to walk back in, Mira following.
She took one last glance before closing the door and returning to the bar.
"I used some of my magic on him, but I don't think there's anything wrong with him..."
"Thanks for trying Wendy"
Wendy walked out of the infirmary.
"I told you I was fine"
Mira and Lucy shared a look, before turning their full attention on Natsu, yet again.
"Um, Natsu?"
"What?"
"Your nose is bleeding"
"Crap!"
Natsu grabbed a tissue, before once again tilting his head back and plugging his nose with tissue.
Lucy sighed.
"Well, I better go, I have to go pick a job for rent money"
"Let me come too!"
Lucy's eyebrow twitched.
"No"
"Why not?!"
"Because I don't want to be responsible if you really are sick and I take you on a job and make it worse"
"I'm not sick! I'm fine!"
Lucy sighed.
"Fine, but don't complain to me if you start feeling bad"
"Thanks Luce"
He hugged her, squeezing tightly.
He let go before bolting out of the infirmary, and to the request board.
Lucy sighed, before slowly following him out.
Little did they know, it would end up in a disaster.
His eyes fluttered open, before closing again.
Mira watched as Porlyusica stuck him a needle, drawing blood from his fragile body. She could hear the guild hushed tones.
They where all waiting.
Hoping, that it wasn't what Porlyusica had suggested.
Anything but what Porlyusica had suggested.
The needle was taken out, the healer studying the bottle before putting it in the bag.
"I'll be back tomorrow with the results. For now, give him this every hour"
The healer handed Mira the bottle, before heading towards the door.
"M-mira? How did I g-get here? Where's Luce?"
Mira glanced at him before putting the bottle on a table.
"Lucy's fine. You aren't. Do you remember what happened on the job?"
Natsu shook his head.
"You scared us, you know. Vomiting to the point of collapse and unconsciousness. Porlyusica was here. She's trying to diagnose you"
Uncertainty flashed in Natsu's eyes.
"Does she have the results?"
"No"
"Oh, okay"
"She said she would have the results tomorrow"
Natsu looked down at his hands.
"I wanna see Lucy"
Mira looked at him questionably.
"Why?"
"I want to apologize"
Mira's eyes widened.
"Why? You did nothing wrong!"
Natsu sighed.
"She told me not to go with her, and I didn't listen. I made her sad"
Mira placed a her hand on his sympathetically.
"It's not your fault, no one could have known that would happen"
"I still wanna see Luce. She watched it go down. She'll be more worried than everyone else. Happy too"
"Okay"
Mira walked out of the room, making her way to Lucy and Happy.
"Natsu wants to see you two"
Lucy lifted her head up, surprise written on her features.
Happy wiped his tears, before flying as quickly as possible to the infirmary.
Lucy and Mira quickly followed, the guild following their every move.
Happy was crying as Natsu hugged his little buddy.
Mira smiled softly, Lucy walking in to join him.
He looked up, a wide grin placed on his lips.
"Hey Luce, sorry I gave you a scare back on the job"
"It wasn't your fault"
Mira listened as the two talked, while Happy budded in once in a while.
She quickly turned around, not wanting to disturb them.
Now, all they need were those results.
"S-so your saying Natsu has-"
"Acute Myeloid Leukemia"
The guild gave worried glances at the infirmary, before turning their attention back to Porlyusica.
"Acute Myeliod Leukemia starts inside of bone marrow, the part of the bone that produces blood cells. The disease grows from what usually become white blood cells. This specific type of leukemia grows rather quickly."
"Will he be okay?"
"He's counted as untreated, so hopefully with treatment he may have up to two years left. His disease progressed rapidly. If we had caught it sooner he may have had a better chance"
Silence fell over the guild.
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"Two years..." Lisanna whispered, repeating what the healer said.
Tears glistened in the girl's eyes.
Lucy bit her lip.
'That's not very long'
"Can you treat him?"
"Of course I can"
Porlyusica opened a bag, pulling out a bottle.
"This is Cyclophosamide, a drug that can help him"
Porylusica handed it to Mira.
"It's powder, so you have to mix it with water. You inject it into his veins every four hours. Make sure he drinks at least three glasses of water every hour, the medication can lead to dehydration"
Mira nodded, before heading to the bar.
"I'm also going to suggest transferring him over to Fiore National Hospital in Crocus. They have the best cancer treatment facilities"
"Thank you so much Porlyusica, we can't thank you enough"
The old woman nodded.
Porlyusica made her leave, leaving the guild to it's new topic.
~ With Natsu ~
He stared at the ceiling, boredom captivating his attention.
"Natsu"
Natsu looked at the doorway, seeing Mira, Lucy, Lisanna, Erza, Happy, Wendy, and Master.
"Hey guys"
"Natsu, there's something we have to tell you"
Natsu tilted his head, gulping in the process.
This
Was
Not
Good
News.
"Something wrong"
"Natsu, the results came back. You have Leukemia"
Natsu stared blankly at them.
"What?"
"Leukemia, it's a disease"
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"How long?"
"Maybe two years"
Natsu took a breath, turning his head up towards the ceiling.
Great