A/N: Hey little rainbows! Julie here, along with Jenny! We decided on a collaboration fanfic! and I'm soo excited for this because this fic is a ft version of an AWESOME k-drama called That Winter, The Wind Blows Please check this out! Now, without further adieu -because we can't contain these feels anymore- let us begin!
Disclaimer: We do not own Fairy Tail or any of its beautiful characters. They all belong to the great and talented Hiro Mashima. *fangirl squeal* Also, we do not in any way own the amazing k-drama That Winter The Wind Blows. It belongs to its respective director/writer. We are simply hopelessly romantic fangirls who need to express their feels. So please enjoy. Also the words in quote are the english subtitles from Viki. Please check that website out for some awesome cheezeee! if you don't like cheese you can watch the many movies, dramas, tv shows, and more.
Summary: A melodrama about a man and a blind woman who doesn't believe in love. Lucy Heartfilia lost her father and is estranged from her mother and older brother. She also lost her vision and is helpless and confused as to whom she may be able to trust or lean on. All the while she is forced to run a large corporation as the sole heiress. She later meets Natsu Dragneel, a high-stakes gambler and con artist who preys on rich women after tragically losing his first love. He sees an easy target in the young blind woman and enters Lucy's life by pretending to be her long-lost brother. Can Natsu finish the game he started, or will his feelings for Lucy get in the way?
Flashback:
A wide snow cover field lies vacant to what seems as any life forms except for one solitary tree. However, there are slight remnants of footprints left on the snow leading towards the withering old tree where a small basket lays. With the harsh winter winds whipping against the only objects that block its way, a closer look inside the basket reveals a baby that looks onto the cold sky, not uttering a cry or any sound, but looking on with a hopeless look as if already acknowledging the fact of its abandonment. The baby, holding in his eyes a look of emptiness, is Natsu Dragneel.
The scene changes and Natsu turns to look indifferently out the window of a hotel while lying with a woman in bed.
Natsu lay in the king-sized bed, looking bored. He mutters, "What's weird about what I'm saying? Can't I just live half-heartedly like this?" He gently holds the two gold die between his index and thumb. I won another gamble. I should feel satisfied, yet, I'm still missing something. I hate this feeling. It always torments me because I can never find something to fill this whole, Natsu thinks, vacantly. "Does there need to be a reason for a person to live?" He says, while feeling the soft touch of Minerva's hands, yet they aren't in the least soothing or comforting to him. Another thought creeps through his mind, Instead I continue to wallow inside as to what seems like a God-forsaken abyss of darkness.
Next to him, Minerva asks, "Then how can a person live without any meaning?" Why is he asking such questions, she thinks, sadly, Does he think I'm not enough for him or something?
She hears Natsu snicker, "Heh, really? Ignoring his remark, Minerva continues, "What is your family like?" I'm trying to get his attention, yet I receive nothing but a hollow answer, she thinks, depressed.
Slowly hesitating as the flashback comes to him, Natsu echoes, "Family?"
Flashback:
The cries of a baby resonate throughout the cold winter field while a mother continues to run away from the child without even a moment's glance back towards her own flesh and blood. The mother continues to run while the vulnerable child's cry continues on like a broken record on an endless loop.
"Family... Family," Natsu repeats, then thinking, Funny, how such a genuine word as 'family' only means abandonment and... emptiness... to me. Fate is really ironic.
The scene changes leaving Natsu with an wry smirk on his face and reveals a young woman steadily jogging on the treadmill and looking blankly ahead as the announcer on an overhead TV continues to drone on.
"This is reporter Chapati Lola.* Since the PL group's CEO Jude Heartfillia fell into a coma 300 days ago due to an aneurysm, it has been 300 days since the CEO has been able to lead his company. It has caused significant internal tension within the company. The former CEO is credited for many patents the company currently holds... And for the last 24 years, has devoted funds to medical research and grown to become the corporation it is today. His only daughter, Lucy Heartfillia, is the sole executor to his estates and there is no other family member. Lucy Hearfillia's fiance, Gray Fullbuster, has been carrying out the CEO's responsibilities. Will there be a need to pick a new leader of the company or wait longer for the CEO's recovery? The decision is right before us." The TV is then turned off with a click.
The scene shifts from the television and is directed towards the blank looks on the faces of Gray, Jellal (Lucy's lawyer), and Erza (Lucy's secretary) who are inside Jude Heartifillia's extravagant bedroom which contrasts greatly to the feeble and deathly looking man lying on the grand centerpiece bed.
After the tv was turned off, Gray Fullbuster, a tall, cold-looking man announces, "I can no longer act as a substitute CEO. I think while the CEO lives, Lucy's and my wedding..." Gray trails off as Lucy enters the room. Gray tries to show her a sympathetic look, but it is useless as she stares on with blind eyes.
A blonde, pretty, youthful woman walked with slight unsteadiness into her currently invalid father's room. Her eyes were simply dull brown orbs with no light shining in them. An annoyed thought ran through her head, Again with the wedding talk... Lucy Heartfilia, a bit sweaty and tired from jogging intensely, says with a bit of perspiration dripping from her forehead, "Usually, when an elder is unwell, isn't it disturbing to have a big event, Mr. Jellal Fernandez?" directing her statement towards her lawyer. She thought again bitterly, Take the hint! Why is it always about the company and my stupid wedding! Can't they understand that I have practically no one except my father who is in a comatose state at this moment?
Jellal, a blue-haired man with a red tattoo on his cheek, replies a bit unnerved, "Y-yes, of course, it isn't right. No matter how much of a hurry we are in." Erza Scarlet, Lucy's crimson-haired polished secretary, objects uncertainly, "But the doctor wants us to be prepared. What if something happens to the CEO? Lucy, you'll..." Irritated, Lucy interrupts rudely, "My father is still alive. Do not talk about him so carelessly." How dare she start up such a topic again, she thinks.
The blonde young lady slowly and cautiously touches nearby surfaces to find the seat next to her father. She finally feels the fine patterns of a chair and sits. She reaches forward, letting her hand touch the silky fabric of the blankets that covers her father's unmoving body. Finally, finding what she is looking for, she wraps her fingers around her father's cold, soft, motionless fingers.
The sound of his breathing both terrifies and relieves Lucy. She grips his hands tightly while praying an unheard prayer for his recovery. Without him, I'm finally left vulnerable and alone in this dark and harsh world. I was always alone even before Father was like this. He was too busy for me, but then, I wasn't completely alone as compared to now. Father, please get well, Lucy prays, ignoring the entire outside world, and shutting herself in.
The scene changes from Jude Heartfillia's bedroom to a refined room where we find a few bodyguards patiently waiting and a couple gentlemen sitting around a poker table. Natsu stands out obviously with his dashing blue suit which contradicts his hair color. A waitress arrives to refill a glass of wine. A card is dealt to Natsu. He tips the corner slightly to glimpse the fate behind it and glances toward his wingman, Gajeel, who returns a smirk and a slight nod.
If the guys around the table aren't daunted by my fabulous pink hair, I must say, their poker face is impressive, Natsu thinks, arrogantly. Next to him, Gajeel Redfox, the scary, well-built man with a long mane of black hair, reaffirms his thoughts and as soon as he shows his smirk, the guy to Natsu's left says, "All in." Soon after, the other guy answers with a "Call". Oh, what sweet sound to Natsu's ears. Natsu quickly responds with, "Call", and slides in all his chips. He can see the shock quickly appearing in the once poker-faced players. The second caller replies with "Ace, two pair." Natsu hear a slight gasp from the first caller, yet not a noise made, for fear. But a scoff is heard and he boldly says, "King. Full. House."
He then greedily leers and reaches over to grab the chips. Ha, ha. No can do, buddy, Natsu grins mentally. "Wait," Natsu says, with a proud look. He flips his cards and leans back to witness the look on the idiot's face as Natsu tells him, "Two poker." The joy that one gets at seeing someone's defeated look is indescribable. Natsu looks back to Gajeel who is grinning from ear to ear. Natsu gets up when he hear the defeated fool's angry voice yelling, "What the hell!" The furious man gets up, shouting indignantly, "You guys planned this right? Why are you only stepping on me? WHY ARE YOU ONLY STEPPING ON ME!?" Gajeel and I take our leave as the guy wears a look of pure chagrin.
Gajeel murmurs, "This isn't the time to smile." As the duo confidently walk out, a man discreetly passes over the loot they just won. Gajeel takes it while smiling like a Cheshire cat. "Gihi," he chuckles, under his breath. Suddenly, Natsu asks, "You think something's wrong? There seems to be a lot of them over there." From a distance, they both hear the frustrated scream of the fool yelling, "What are you doing! GO CATCH THOSE BASTARDS!" The fun... is just about to begin. The fool's stupid lackeys chase them, a grand chase occurring in the narrow hallway. Natsu sends Gajeel their secret signal and the fight begins. Chucking money into the faces of the lackeys, Natsu punches them as they stare stupidly in surprise. Some weak ones who already fell down feel a kick in their side from the wild pink-haired man if they try to get back up. 'Everyone wants to find a reason to live. So, in order to find that reason, some risk it all in a fleeting love. Others risk it on a moment of passion. Either way, it's all the same. All this will come to pass.'
Natsu finishes off the guys on his side. The thrill and energy inside him acts as a blazing inferno, firing him up. He glances back at Gajeel, to find him in a pinch. He is pinned to a wall by an ugly, bald, human hippo while taking hits from the guy's chubby fists. Natsu holds back a curse as he runs and jump, landing an effective blow into the hippo's side. He mutters an exasperated grunt of pain. Natsu grabs Gajeel's arm and they run, but are stopped again as a couple latecomers run into the scene. The first lackey Natsu simply knocks aside, adding in a punch to the chest. Gajeel is repeatedly kneeing a crouching lackey painfully in the stomach. Natsu then turns to face the very, angry hippo, and to make things funnier, he licks his thumb and punches the hippo square in the face, making sure to leave a mark. 'In this world where people are all looking for a reason to live, I also try to look for a reason to live in this dirty and lousy place.'
Finally, Natsu goes to calm down Gajeel, who is kicking the lackey repeatedly in the place where the sun does not shine on. He is aiming to hit him with the side of the briefcase filled with the money, but Natsu stops him before he gets carried away. The two rowdy men both run for their lives out the doors, wearing wide smiles. 'Then will something change in my life? I've lived my whole life thinking that I only have myself to depend on. Will there really be a moment of sudden enlightenment? ...Then shall we start now?'
Here we find ourselves being introduced to some broken people. Natsu had a lonely childhood and turned out to become a gambler and womanizer. Lucy who is vulnerable and weak inside, carries a cold and stern attitude. What would happen if these two were to meet? An empty person's equally empty heart can't be filled by an empty person, or vice versa, right? But will this story be able to bust that myth and show you a "miracle?" Stay tuned!
*You may not be totally familiar with the name 'Chapati Lola', so I will clear up any miscommunications! He is that weird announcer in the Grand Magic Games/Daimatou Enbu, LOL.
A/N: Please R & R! If you review, we will hug you and not punch your buns! Stay tuned for the juicy feels that are to come! -JulJen 3