You'll Fade
Chapter I – Not Alone
- Prologue -
"Natsu!? Dammit where did that flame-brain go this time?" Gray hissed as he ran through the desolate forest.
"Running off by himself again! That idiot!" Throwing his fist into a nearby tree, he cursed at the ground. He always felt helpless when trying to find…well anyone. He couldn't just sniff the air and charge in that direction. Gray pulled his fist from the dent in the tree's trunk when he heard the girls coming from behind.
"Gray, have you found Natsu?" Erza asked, already knowing the answer because the pinkette was no where to be found. Confirming her speculation, Gray shook his head.
"What does he think he's doing? He shouldn't be alone while we're tracking a dark guild." Lucy said, through pants.
"Happy, did Natsu say anything to you when he went off? Like where he went?" Erza asked the blue feline.
"I saw Natsu had a strange look in his eyes before he left, but he never said anything."
Erza didn't like the cat's explanation, but didn't have the time to worry about it. She turned, feeling something…dark somewhere…close.
"Gray. Lucy. Happy." Erza whispered. The three nodded slowly waiting for orders. Lucy readied her whip and Happy hovered above. As Gray put his fist to the palm of his hand, Erza held a hand up. He looked at her, but understood. The ice mage lowered his hands and ran after the pink headed dragon slayer.
"Lucy, don't drop your guard, we're surrounded."
"R-right." She stuttered mainly from nerves. Her eyes only widened when men, cloaked in black with crescent hoods, stepped out from the shadows of the forest. They walked, in unison, towards the girls.
"Halt. We will show you no mercy if you choose to fight us. Surrender." Erza commanded. Lucy slowly inched her way closer to Erza just in case.
I knew we shouldn't have taken this mission.
"DAMMIT! All I see are damn trees! There's no way I'm going to find Natsu in this place." Gray said as he continued running straight through the never ending forest. Cursing, again, he stripped himself of his shirt and threw another fist into the closest, unlucky, tree.
"NATSU! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, YOU IDIOT!?" He screamed. The ice mage froze in his tracks when he heard laughter…this kind of laughter felt…sick and purely evil. Almost like a snake spitting its venom.
It made him feel as though he couldn't move his body or barely move his chest up and down to take a breath, but…
"I saw Natsu had a strange look in his eyes before he left, but he never said anything."
"I-I see. So this is what Natsu felt…or smelt. I don't know which or why he'd run off on his own towards this, but I won't let him fight this alone." Gray said while running, hesitantly at first, towards the evil in front of him.
End of Chapter One
(A/N) *EDITED* Re-read and re-edited all the chapters. So much new stuff has been added. Hope you read them all. Enjoy!
I know it's short, but it's only a prologue. Reviews please.
***This fic is rated "M" for violence, blood, violent torture, language, Natsu X Gray yaoi, and rape.
If you don't like one or more of those things then please do not continue reading. The rest of you...enjoy! Love Yaoi, for Yaoi is Love.