Hi!
Just an idea I came up with when reading the two last chapters. There will be maybe a sequel, but I really want to know what you think about it before deciding (and if anyone had imagined it too :) )
Again, I do not own Fairy Tail, they're all Mashima's!
I hope you will enjoy it!
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Larcade
"Larcade! Go! I won't hold it for that much longer! Find Them! Save them!"
Then came a cry of agony.
"NO! NA-..." He cried, before disappearing in the dark.
Larcade opened his eyes. This memory again. It had been haunting him since several nights from the moment he set a foot on that damn land.
Fiore.
The place where his family had been killed. One by one. Except for his uncle.
He scratched his head. They had finally neutralized the enemy as Fairy Heart and its holder were in their hands, and the last followers were dispersed. But soon, they would capture them. The war was almost finished. He would at last have the opportunity to avenge his family.
A laugh. His mother.
"Oh, you're so much like your dad..."
A loving yet sad glance. A warm hug. His twin sister coming to add herself to the embrace.
With that beautiful picture,a more painful scene came to him.
"YOU WON'T HAVE THEM!"
His mother was in front of him and his sister. Blood was running from her right side, where her usual clothes had been ripped off. The four-year-old girl next to him was shaking and crying, but he just looked, mouth agape and eyes wide opened, at all the red liquid coming from his mother. Then, it was finished. Then came the darkness.
He had always been afraid of the dark..
"Come with me, Larcade."
A voice. His uncle.
His fists tightened. Why did it all came to him suddenly?
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He went out of the room, sighing. Another boring reunion. Why didn't they just fight the last ones already, It was like they were asking to be killed.
Brandish did not seem as enthusiastic as they were. What was she thinking? He wondered. His mother's friend had never been usually one he could read easily, but seeing her like that made him doubt her. But then, he reasoned. She had as much reasons to hate them as he had, if not more.
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That was it. The final battle. The emperor was inside, with Fairy Heart. Eileen was more south, probably defeating that red-haired woman he had seen before. Neinhart and the ones he resurrected were with the ice mage and the water one at est. August and Brandish were west. Dimaria was nowhere to be found. And he was north.
And waiting. How much he wanted to fight right now!
Well, it seemed that someone up there heard him as suddenly, he was attacked by a furious pink-haired man. Pink, like his sister's hair.
How would his soul leave his body? Larcade wondered with a smirk.
"Hey, you weirdo," His opponent intervened. "You're sure you can put up a fight?"
He sounded worried.
Was this guy trying to piss him off already? Who was he?
"Don't think too ahead of yourself, little fairy..."
"The name's Natsu, by the way." His opponent smirked.
Natsu? How familiar... Where had he heard it before?
Well, that did not matter at this point. He was already charging him with a fireball.
He dodged easily and punched him back.
The guy only smirked after getting up. "Not too bad. I'm all fired up!"
"Hey! Don't you dare leave me behind!" A feminine voice called from behind his opponent.
"LUCY, DON T COME! HE'S MINE TO FIGHT! YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!"
Smirking, Larcade turned towards the person his enemy was shouting to. Whoever it was, he was going to destroy it, slowly and painful-...
He gasped. His eyes widened.
Warm brown eyes. Golden hair. Curvy body that made the hugs so comforting and soothing... And she was called Lucy...
Could it be?
No, it wasn't possible...
"M... mom?"
Generally, Larcade was considered a calm guy. A cool guy, even. After all, his magic was more precise and effective when he was calm. Hell, since the beginning of this war, he did not lose his shit once (thanks to Eileen's hard lessons of yoga. Damn. He still had the scars). But THAT was much more than he could take.
They stared at him, bewildered. Geez. What was she doing here?
"Mom, you shouldn't be here!" He shouted. "Hide yourself!"
Her eyes widened.
Then he realized. He wasn't born yet! How could she understand?
If he could, he would slap himself.
But well, not in front of the enemy, that would be weird.
"STOP SAYING ANY NONSENSE, YOU BASTARD!" the pink-haired one yelled, running towards him with his fist. "FIGHT ME!"
"NO, WAIT, NATSU!" She cried.
He stopped suddenly. Had his mother that much power over that man? How did they even know each others?
"Lucy, " The guy began. "Are you sure?"
"Stop it," She said. "It's strange, I know, but... He's telling the truth. I feel it."
Yes, it was indeed his mother. So trustful and sweet...
"Well, anyway, just... don't come here," Larcade stuttered. "It's dangerous."
An awkward silence settled down.
"Seriously?" Lucy stated, one eyebrow raised.
"Look, I know you don't know me... yet," He began hesitantly, his hands in front of him. "But... if you don't, you're going to be killed, and I would never be born. And I can't let that happen."
"I think I've already heard of that scenario before..." Lucy said pensively.
"Geez, even your son is weird, Lucy," A shrieking voice appeared suddenly from nowhere.
"Shut up, you damn cat!" She yelled.
"A... Cat?" Larcade winced.
"Hey! He can't be our kid, he does not even know Happy!" Natsu intervened.
What... the hell was going on?
"Wait... our kid?" Lucy stated. Then she blushed.
The idiot was grinning, as if he had found the right answer. Really? His father could not be that guy! It was preposterous!
Even his mother did not agree! She humphed.
"Sure, he's not YOUR son," she smirked. "Maybe I've finally found the perfect boyfriend and settled down with him after the war..."
Take that, you pink-haired idiot! ... Wait, what?
"Well, not rea-" Larcade began.
"Oh yeah?" Natsu came closer to her, threatening.
"Yeah!" she countered, crossing her arms. "Maybe I couldn't help but fall for him because he was handsome, funny, intelligent, loyal, well-read and oh so charming...!"
"Well, that"s quite a long list, Lucy..." He groaned.
"Well, what can I say, I know what I want..." She teased.
O-Kay... That was weird. He wasn't supposed to see his own mother in this position! Even if she was younger!
"Hey... don't forget me here..." Larcade tried to intervene.
"But most of all, he would be here, and would not leave me for such a pity excuse of training..." She added, more bitterly.
"Hey! That was uncalled for!" Natsu winced. "You know why I had to leave!"
"And what if I don't?" She retorted.
"And... that did not happen this way..." Larcade mumbled weakly.
Lucy turned towards her "son". "See that! That's why he can't be your father!"
Larcade looked at them bewildered. No, maybe he had it wrong. She could not be his sweet and caring mother, and that guy was certainly not his father.
"You really are girly, Nashi! Look at your hair!"
"You meanie!" His sister whined. "Even with these weird pink hair, I can still kick your ass!"
"Enough, kidos," Their mother laughed. "And don't be ashamed of your hair, Nashi. They are the same as your father. Wear it with pride."
Absolutely not. His sister Nashi must have inherited her hair from elsewhere. And her eyes too.
...
...
Holy shit. So this was true... His parents were the opponents... They were Fairy Tail's... How was that possible?! His uncle had told him they were killed by them!
Was he in the wrong since the beginning?
Was it his uncle all the time?
But he educated him and Nashi after their mother's death! He had even teached her how to open the gates... He had indicated him how to find him in the past!
...
Oh no...
"... And what's with his outfit?! That's so square!"
'Hey, don't look at me! He must have inherited your sense of style!"
"Oh, so you admit that he's my son!"
"SHUT UP YOU TWO!"
That was it. He had lost it.
"AND GET OUT MOM! I CAN'T HAVE YOU DIE IN FRONT OF ME ONCE AGAIN!"
He gasped and put his hands on his mouth. Why had he said this? He wasn't supposed to reveal the future!
They all looked at him, aghast.
"I... died?" Lucy realized.
"Again?" Happy repeated, shattered.
Then after quite a long silence, Natsu talked, his voice shaking.
"But your father... Hadn't he protected you? ... He was supposed to! That can't happen! And the guild..."
Larcade lowered and shook his head. Well, he had already said so much.
"He...You died before our birth. We were all alone..."
Natsu lowered his head, his bangs covering his eyes.
"Wait, did you say "our"?" Lucy intervened, breathlessly . "As in, more than one?"
His heart ached. "Two. Me and Nashi... my twin sister."
"But if you're here, in the past, and she's not here, then..." She began. Then realized.
"The gates... she sacrificed herself to send me back..."
He couldn't look at them now... How the situation had changed so suddenly... He was just fighting some enemy, and now, he was talking with his deceased parents. Another day, he would have laughed at it as it was that ridiculous.
Then, as suddenly, he was hugged. His eyes widened. His mother?
"I don't really understand what is going on. Everything is happening so fast.. I don't even know if it is not just some trap set by the one that want to bring my guild down... But I feel it. I feel you're telling the truth. You really are my son..."
He sobbed.
"I will protect you, mom.. I promise..." He hugged her back.
"Man, he really is your son, Natsu," The blue cat stated.
After some moments, his father added himself to the embrace. "Yes, he is."
It felt warm and right...
"Remember, kids," Their mother said tenderly, embracing them. "We are family. And what family do to one another?"
"They protects themselves" The two children answered, smiles on their face.
"Right, kids," She laughed softly, tears in her eyes. "It's always more fun when we are together..."
If only Nashi was there to feel it...
There must be a way to end this battle, Larcade thought. There must be!
"There will be," Natsu answered him determined. "We will find it."
"Together," Lucy added with a smile.