Rotting Love

Chapter 1

Author's note: Hey guys, accidently removed the entire chapter and so I need to rewrite it. My first chapter was deffo better than what I'm writing now but fuck it, I am attempting to re-write a chapter from scratch from 3 years ago. Let's see how I do.

Previous Authors Note: (From what I can remember) Hey guys! how are you? I just wanted to say that this story was inspired by warm bodies although will probably not bear many similarities. I decided to write it because A) Zombies need some loving and in my opinion, they are very similar to vampires and B) because I haven't seen any zombie NaLu stories. This story will contain all the popular pairings although the main focus will be on NaLu. Maybe later if it is a popular series I will do short chapters on the other pairings as main characters for their own little story arcs or something. This is going to be a darker story (literally the living dead people everywhere) it will have smut (a lot later on, though) and a lot of gore and violence and will touch on depression ETC. I will keep the overall story based in the comedy genre, though, otherwise, it wouldn't be the Fairy Tail characters we all know and love.

Anyway! ON WITH THE SHOW!

Being dead is shit, I'll tell you that for nothing. We all die differently in some way, I was poisoned by my Ex's new boyfriend. He blamed me for killing her, he's right; I did. I underestimated the pain of dying, that hurt like a motherfucker. Afterward, i woke up. Didn't see that coming either. Being dead is a lot worse than being alive, the body maintenence is grueling and sometimes it doesn't really work. But, I may as well take care of my body now. Not everyone has a second chance you know so, I should probably do some shit with it, you know? Like, in respect for everyone who didn't get the second chance or something.

Natsu's POV:

Crouched in the shadows of the alleyway I waited and watched. The crowds moving and emitting the dull thrumming noise that always accompanies the living. I tightened my grip on the shopping bag, I had seen her, just a glimpse of her blonde hair. She had been following me for a while now, from the supermarket where she had first seen me. From her clumsy attempt to follow me I decided she wasn't an Other. Probably just a living interested in my hair. There were quite a few rumors about me now, but I was close to the door and would have to lose her now, no point risking her seeing anything. The Blonde was closer to the alleyway now, shrinking back into the shadows wouldn't help much anymore, she was getting too close. Reaffirming my grip on my bag I waited a few moments more until she was closer. From here I could see her face, panicked, nervous and with tears in her eyes, all which painted a picture of a troubled young girl, none of this affected her looks. She was, for lack of a better word, YUMMY. Had we met in a night club I was sure I would have had my nights worth of fun. Grinning to myself I waited until she was almost within arms reach of me. NOW!

I jumped over her, quite an impressive feet as I had had no run-up, inhuman you could say haha. As soon as my feet hit the ground I began running. This time I WOULD lose her.

"WAIT! PLEASE! I NEED TO TALK!" Ignoring the screams I carried on, putting more distance between us.

"MASKED MAN TOLD ME TO... JUST WAIT...WAIT" I stopped running almost immediately, and used my remaining momentum to swing myself around to face the blonde again. She continued running towards me in an attempt to close the gap. Not to boast but yeah, it was a pretty impressive distance between us, especially since I had to fucking stop running as soon as I started! Evaluating the girl as she came closer gave me no new insight. She wasn't an Other, and she didn't really seem to know who I really was, otherwise she wouldn't be doubled in half, panting from her brief run after yelling at me.

"He said a pink haired guy could help me...please"

There, in the coffee shop. A person peering over a newspaper, eyes watching both me and the chick. I needed to move us somewhere more private. I needed Gramps. Sighing loudly I grabbed the girls hand and began leading her away.

"Your gonna get me fucking killed when Gramps sees you"

She looked at me with her big teary eyes, I really was never good with other people's issues.

_10 MINUTES LATER_

Lucy POV:

I was looking down at a sewer. An actual sewer in an alleyway. The pink-haired man had shushed my questions and had instead spent the entire 10 minutes in silence, only telling me about siracha sauce.

"That's a sewer, I can't go in there"

"No, it's not"

"It is literally a sewer, you can't say it isn't" I checked again, it was still a sewer, I wanted to cry again. After all, this and I ended up with a sewer.

-It had a strange symbol in the corner of the sewer lid, but it was so small that no one really saw it, only if they knew the symbol was or if they were looking -

Kicking off the lid the boy grabbed me around my middle and hoisted over his shoulder, I squeaked shock then screamed when he edged closer to the sewage.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH STOP AHHH"

"What's your name?"

"What?!"

"What's your name"

"L-LucAHAHHHHHH" He jumped. Halfway through my fucking name and he jumped. One hand holding me and the other his bag of fucking groceries.

He landed on the floor hard, bending his knees to absorb the shock. I groaned I pain, the jolt from landing had really hurt. Not that you could tell from-

"Natsu"

"EHH"

"You said your name was Lucy, well, I'm Natsu"

-could tell from Natsu as he had coolly stood up and begun walking down the sewer, with me still over his shoulder. We walked (he walked, I was...carried?) for a few minutes more before he deposited me on the floor.

"It's dry, there isn't any sewage..."

"Nope" He grinned at me. His canines were kinda pointy, like a baby vampires. My eyes lowered to his neck, the thought of vampires briefly peaking my interest, maybe he had a bite mark? No bite mark visible, but he did have a thick neck, the kind that ladies would fantasize about kissing when they were NO NO NO! I was not doing this, I was even not gonna think this while in a SEWER!

"Why did we stop? Will you answer my questions now?"

"Look behind you Lucy"

A smaller sewage hole awaited me, leading further inward. Beside was a graffiti tag that was barely legible.

'Fairy Tail'