Hey all, this is a random idea that came to mind a few days ago and it's been bugging me ever since so I had to write it down! It's got nothing to do with my other stories and I didn't think it would fit in my one-shots so Tadah here it is. I hope you enjoy
Memories:
'Even though a moment may last a few seconds, the memory will live on forever'
"This is ridiculous!" Lucy cried as she stood up from the cold hard ground "we've been fighting this demon for ages and it's still winning"
"Don't worry lace! We'll beat it!" Natsu roared as he jumped up in the air with his fists a flamed only to be pushed back by an unknown force. He slammed into the ground next to the celestial mage "Natsu!" she cried but he shakily stood up
"Oh now I'm all fired up!" he roared
"About time" Gray said in a flat tone while trying not to pant, there was no way he was going to look beaten in front of his rival! The dragon slayer looked at him and grinned
"Try and keep up ice princess"
"You're on flame brain" and with that they both charged forward at the demon that stood in front of them. "ice-make spe-" Gray never even had a chance to finish as the mighty demon roared the shockwaves alone forced the two mages backwards. As Gray was falling backwards he saw a blur of red shoot past him and he smirked I hope this works…
All he could here is a slicing noise which was followed by the demon crying out. It gave Gray a satisfied smile. Trust Erza to think of that, wait for me and Natsu to attack to distract that thing and then strike right after when it least expects it. She isn't s-class for nothing! But what he wasn't expecting to then hear was a thud next to him. He looked over and saw Erza lying on her back
"Erza!" he shouted and leaned over to help her up "are you ok?" he asked with a worried expression on her face. She nodded solemnly before rising again she re-quipping two swords she ran forward again dodging the giant claws that hit the ground trying to smash into her. I've got to help Gray thought as he jumped forward and charged "ice-make floor" Gray cried as the floor in front of him turned to ice, which was just where the demons hand was about to land, when it touched the ice the arm immediately shot forward and the demon fell face first on the ground. Not needing to say anything Erza leapt up in the air and re-quipped her swords into a large spear and with all her might she drove the spear straight into the head of the demon; going straight through its thick skull. It never even had time to roar as death was immediate. Black thick liquid stained the ground. Erza landed gracefully on the ground and walked over to Gray
"Quick thinking Gray well done, I couldn't have done it without you" she said and Gray smirked
"Nah it was nothing, just helped a bit"
"You two make a good little team" Lucy commented as she stood up and wiped the dirt off her clothes "I mean you never even said a word to each other yet you managed to do that. It's like you two are mind readers!"
"Tch Gray didn't do anything special. He just made the floor slippery" Natsu said in a low voice
"Well I did more than you idiot" Gray shot back as he stormed over to the pink haired mage
"That's not true ice princess!" Natsu growled as he marched at Gray
"Oh yea!" a fight was about to break out before they turned to see Erza glaring at them both
"I mean yea we did great" Natsu cheered as the two rivals hugged and smiled widely
"Yes we did all because we are the best of friends" Gray shouted quickly. Erza smiled at them
"That's better, nakama shouldn't fight each other when there are enemies to defeat"
"Yea so play nice" Lucy added as she laughed at how the two males on her team were acting to save themselves from a beating "eww what's that smell" she then said as a rotten smell filled her nose
"Huh?" Gray said as Natsu sniffed the air
"Ugh that is nasty! Smells like something is rotting" the mages all turned around to see the flesh of the demon decompose before there very eyes
"That shouldn't be happening so quickly" Lucy said in a scared tone as she took a step back
"What is going on" Erza asked as she stared at the demon. But before anyone had a chance to comprehend what was happening miniature versions of the demon formed out of the black blood. Even though they were smaller than the original demon they were still twice the size of the fairy tail wizards
"You've got to be kidding me!" Lucy moaned as she looked at the ten demons that faced them
"Alright" Natsu cheered "bet I can get more than you ice cube"
"In your dreams ashes" Gray chuckled as they both charged forward punching the two closest demons sending them flying backwards. Erza also ran forward re-quipping a sword to slice another demon. "I guess I better help" Lucy mumbled as she pulled one of her keys "open the gate of the golden bull! Taurus!" and with a puff of smoke the large bull appeared
"Why hello miss-"
"No time!" Lucy shouted "go help them so this can end" the celestial spirit nodded and charged forward slicing a demon in half with his giant axe. In a matter of no time all ten were down for the count
"That was too easy" Natsu whined but just as he said that the demons split into two and then stood up and slowly walked forward
"You just had to push it, ice blade: seven slice dance!" Gray shouted as ice froze as blades on his elbows he charged and spun quickly slicing the two that were by him. Natsu laughed as he hit another with his flaming fist which sent its head flying
"Something's not right" Erza muttered as she watched the scene in front of her, every time a demon was taken down it split into two and got back up. Oh no it's cloning magic "Gray, Natsu don't kill them!" she shouted and the two mages looked back puzzled
"But they are demons" Natsu said as he set another one on fire
"No you idiot" Gray shouted "look around, every time we kill one of these things they just multiply and bounce back up. Soon there will be hundreds of them!"
"So I'll get them as well!" Natsu roared as he continued to fight
"No Natsu don't!" Lucy cried which stopped Natsu "this isn't the way we need to think of a way to stop them"
"Well you do that while we take care of them" Natsu replied as one of them punched Natsu in the gut that knocked him back. Natsu growled and jumped forward but another one kicked him on the back knocking him to the ground. Gray wasn't having much luck either. He was just trying to block their attacks but sometimes he would hit too hard which would damage tear it causing it to split "damnit there is already so many of them" he said
"I know" Erza replied as they both stood back to back "we can't keep this up forever"
"Well let's just do that for now until we can think of something" Gray said. As time went on they grew more tired and their reflexes slowed down. Now more of the demons punches were hitting their targets. Gray fell to the ground and groaned this is not good Lucy had dropped to the floor after using so much magic energy for also Virgo and Capricorn who were trying to cover her. "Close the gates" Natsu shouted "I'll protect you, you can't keep them open for much longer!"
"I have to" Lucy mumbled before passing out
"Lucy!" Natsu shouted as he stood in front of her fighting off any demon that would try and get close to her. The demons now had long claws and were using them as weapons causing more damage to the remaining mages.
Large claws flew at Gray but then fell to the ground as a sword cut them off "get up Gray!" Erza commanded and he obeyed he looked and saw the multiply scratches that were on her face which angered him he lashed forward knocking three demons back
"Are you alright" Gray asked
"Yes, I'm fine now pay attention!" Erza snapped back annoyed that Gray was not focusing on the task at hand
"Well I can't do that when I can see that you're hurt" he said quickly that caused her to stop
"Don't worry about me" she said slowly which caused him to grin
"Sorry can't do that" he laughed "ice-make spears!" he shouted as ice spears sliced through multiple demons. A demon snuck behind the Titania and sliced her arm which caused her to drop her sword and make her arm go limp
"What?" she looked behind her and noticed that the claws were dripping with some green liquid "Gray, Natsu watch out! Some of them have poison on their claws that paralyse wherever they cut" another demon scratched her other arm and she dropped her only sword she growled and kicked the demon but it grabbed her leg and dug its claws in causing her to wince in pain but then it also went limp she fell to the ground; unable to fight and unable to move "Gray!" she shouted and the ice mage turned and ran to her aid and sliced the demon in half
"Erza I need to get you out of here" he said and he leaned forward
"No Gray" she said sternly before shouting "behind you!" he turned as a demon swung its arm at him slicing him across the abdomen; luckily it wasn't poisonous but Gray still groaned
"stupid demon!" he shouted before kicking it sending it flying backwards Gray quickly pulled Erza to the edge of the battle scene "we need to end this" he said as he frantically tried to think if ideas every time we cut one it just fixes itself and every time we kill one it just multiplies and gets up! There must be a way to stop th-wait! That's it! "I've got it Gray shouted as he ran forward "hope this works" he muttered "Natsu! Gat Lucy and move her to Erza I need you out the way" for once Natsu nodded and followed Gray's order and ran out the way carrying Lucy. Summing as much power as he could Gray slammed his fists against the ground "freeze!" the ground began to turn to ice but as it touched the demon sit began to freeze them as well they tried to charge at Gray but eventually they couldn't move. Gray stood back up panting but smirking at the same time as he walked back to the rest of the team
"I must say, not bad" Natsu laughed as Erza nodded
"Yes that was a brilliant idea, well done"
"Well I only wanted to protect you guys" Gray answered back causing Natsu to roll his eyes and Erza to look away "well then let's go" Natsu carefully picked up Lucy who was still unconscious. "Erm" Gray leaned down to lift Erza up, she was about to protest but then closed her mouth realising she couldn't walk anyway. "I'm sure it will wear off soon" he said trying to comfort her. She never replied instead she just looked at him
"I'm sorry I wasn't much help" she said as she looked angry with herself"
"Nonsense" Gray stood still "you did more than you realised, I wouldn't have been able to freeze everything if it wasn't for wanting to protect you" he said softly and a light blush appeared on her face.
"Oi what are you two doing come on!" Natsu shouted and Lucy finally woke up
"What happened?" she asked as she looked dazed, Natsu's face softened as he looked at her
"It's ok it's over now" he said softly "just rest now ok" she mumbled but closed her eyes. Just as they were about to leave there was a loud crack and they turned to see the frozen demons shake and crack the glass, once free they all merged together forming a large black ball
"That is not good" Natsu said as he tightened his grip on Lucy
"It's going to blow up!" Gray realised. As Lucy woke up and stood up
"What's going to blow up, whoa what is that!" she cried
Gray walked over to Natsu and passed Erza to him, "get her and Lucy away from here" he said before running back at the ball
"You can't stop it" Natsu shouted
"I have to try otherwise it will kill us all!" Gray shouted back he placed his hands on the ball and winced damn it really hot he thought as he began to freeze it
"No Gray! Get away from there" Erza cried "it could blow up at any second"
"This might decrease the damage" he replied "get out of here!"
"We can't leave you!" Natsu shouted "I'm not letting you die"
"No, just go do you want to risk Lucy and Erza's life? Go and make sure they will be safe"
"Gray I won't let you" Erza's plea became desperate and he heard stopped as she saw him smile weakly at her
"Don't worry Erza, I can handle this" he smiled as more of the sphere froze if only I wasn't so low on magical energy, it's too slow!
"Gray" Erza said as her eyes began to water, Lucy was already in tears
"I'll be fine, this will be nothing compared to your beatings" he laughed light heartedly "but I just want to say something in case I don't make it"
"Don't talk like that!" Natsu shouted as he fought with his emotions
"Erza I'm sorry I never told you this before, but I wanted the right time, but there might not be a next time and I can't leave this world with this still on me chest" he coughed as more of the black bomb froze over "well for a while now I've been thinking about how I feel and I've come to realise that this is how I do feel, Erza I love you. I'm sorry if you don't feel the same way but I can't help the fact that I have fallen so madly in love with you" he laughed slightly
Erza's eyes widened as looked on at the mage in front of her "Gray-" she never got to finish her sentence as the small section of the orb that wasn't froze blew up even though it was not the full bomb it still sent Gray flying back "GRAY!" Erza cried as she looked in horror as he had taken virtually all of the force of the bomb. He smiled sadly before hitting the ground whacking his head in the process…his eyes closed.
"GRAY NO!"
D': depressed myself, please review and tell me how you felt about it. But don't worry this is not the end! I will add another chapter or two so tell me what you think and on that happy note adios!