I own this plot is all... Inspiration for this story is from the song Lucy by Skillet. Enjoy and please comment!
He walked through the silent, still cemetery. He didn't want to be there. He had avoided this place for two years. He knew he should go even when his body didn't want to remember. Slowly, he came up to a small stone with a name and date written upon it. That name sent shivers down his spine. It brought back all the memories, flooding into his head. He fell to his knees, his body losing all feeling. Tears rolled down his face as he stared at her name.
Lucy Heartfilia
"Hey Lucy, I brought you a present." He pushed the bouquet of pink roses he had against the stone. He remembered she liked pink. She always commented on his pink hair and how she was jealous of it. Also, her guild mark, he remembered she wanted it in pink, and sure enough it was there on her right hand, the mark of Fairy tail in pink.
"I'm sorry Lucy, is there any way that you can forgive me?" His head fell to his chest as the tears fell even harder. His voice broke, "I am so sorry!" He pounded his fists into the ground. He was angry, and sad, emotions he had held back since that day. He never wanted to feel this lose again, but here he was, reliving that day again. He relived it every day since, but today was worse, since he was with her.
Flashback:
The sun had fallen hours ago, leaving the world dark and moonless. Howls of wild animals echoed through the woods surrounding the castle in the West. Natsu, Lucy, Erza, and Gray had decided to storm the castle and take on Zeref themselves. No one stopped them, not even the master.
"Lucy, if it gets bad you have to run away." Erza was holding Lucy's hand tightly. She was the only one other than Natsu who knew of Zerefs words in their previous battle. Natsu had Lost that day, but not because he wasn't strong enough. No, it was because Zeref had taken Lucy and discovered something interesting. He knew Lucy was Natsu's weakness, and he was sure to use it against him. Natsu had tried desperately to keep her from going on missions especially today, but because he couldn't tell her the reason why, she insisted on going. Natsu would just have to try harder to keep Zeref away from her.
Lucy smiled promised she would leave if things got bad. Natsu closed his eyes and listened to the sounds. He heard it all, the footsteps of his friends, the rustling of the leaves in the slight wind that was blowing. He concentrated a little harder and found what he wanted, her heartbeat. The quiet sound of thumping against her chest gave him reassurance and calmed his nerves. She would be okay, so long as her heart still beat.
He stopped walking and opened his eyes when he heard his name whispered. In front of them stood the castle door. Solid oak carved with intricate designs, standing twenty feet tall and just as wide. A bang was heard from the other side and the doors slowly creaked open. It was eerily silent after that.
Erza took a breath and stepped forward. Her armor changed in an instant to large heavy golden armor. It was her strongest set. Gained from when they went to Edolas, where she had fought her other self. "I feel it's safe for us to enter," Her voice shook just a little. However, no one noticed, no one except Natsu.
Inside the castle was dark; however, there was a soft glow throughout the place that seemed as if it was from a fire. They traveled forward going from room to room.
Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, until the hole appeared in front of them. It was a dark void that blocked their path. Natsu turned around to go back. His eyes widened and he darted forward. Somehow, Lucy had fallen behind the others by about fifty feet. When the black hole opened up in front of the others, a hole opened up under her. It was so fast she couldn't scream or shout. But it was slow, slow enough for her to see Natsu running and stretching his hand to her. She reached out for him; felt his fingers brush the tip of hers before everything around her went black.
"Damn it to Hell," he hollered out. He had touched her, he had watched her reach for him, and still he missed her. "ZEREF, COME OUT AND FIGHT ME YOU BASTARD!" He roared with anger, flames flying around him. He would definitely find and kill Zeref before he hurt Lucy.
Natsu closed his eyes and focused. He had to focus to find it, that ever so sweet smell that lead him to his Heaven.
There. He caught it, but with it, was something he didn't want to smell. His eyes snapped open and he rushed forward.
"Natsu!" He heard Erza and Gray yell and chase after him. He was fast, faster than any of them. They lost him in a matter of seconds. "I can't believe that idiot left without telling us anything." Gray was furious. He knew Natsu always did that but in this situation he really thought everyone would tell others where they were off to.
"Let it go, we have another problem," Erza turned sharply raising a sword. A loud clash was heard as another sword met with hers. Gray looked over his shoulder a second too late. He found himself fly across the room after a punch to the head.
Natsu ran as fast as he could. He had to reach her before anything happened. There it was; the smell was strong just behind the steel doors ahead of him. He pushed forward a little harder as flames rolled to life around him. That door was going down one way or another.
Natsu collided with the door, flying and landing hard in a room filled with the smell of fresh blood. He had landed hard but stood up glaring daggers at the man who would dare to take his most precious treasure.
"I will kill you, you bastard." Natsu snarled, sounding more like a beast then a human, "You dared to touch Luc..." His voice trailed off when he noticed the blond girl behind the enemy. She was tied to a chair, clothes torn and blood stained. His soft white skin was slashed in several places. Her head was down; Natsu couldn't tell if she was conscious. "Lucy," her name fell from his lips.
In that moment of shock from seeing her like that, Zeref took action. He lunged at Natsu stabbing him in the arm with a dull knife. Natsu returned to the moment and punched him in the face sending him flying in fire across the room. The knife still in his arm, Natsu raced to Lucy. But Zeref intercepted him and the fight began.
They were evenly matched, they both knew that. But, there would be a winner today at all costs. Zeref wanted death; he sought it in any form. But, he was not willing to go down without a hard fight. Especially, between him and his little brother; his greatest creation to killing him, E.N.D.
"Natsu," Zeref sneered at him. "What if I were to tell you, you had to kill me within a certain amount of time or your precious treasure would die?"
"What?" Natsu shook, eyes widening. There was no way Zeref should be able to do something like that, or was there?
He smiled and disappeared then reappearing in an instant behind Lucy.
"Don't you touch her," Natsu took a step forward to charge at him but was knocked flat on his back. A barrier was put up around him, keeping him from moving from that spot. There was nothing he could do but watch.
"Oh, Natsu," Zeref chuckled. He grabbed her and yanked her head back and opened her mouth. Reached into his coat he pulled out a vial of black liquid. "This poison is something of my own making." He seemed proud, holding it up and admiring the blackness of the vial as if it was his own heart.
He opened it and held it above the unconscious girl. "I can only give you thirty minutes. This poison will burn her from the inside out." The smile left his face. He looked at the angry Dragon slayer with pity. "There is however, a cure, the poison will be neutralized if she drinks my blood." He flicked his wrist and the liquid spilled into Lucy's mouth. She coughed violently and awoke screaming in pain.
That was it, Natsu couldn't stand it anymore. He pushed hard, fire blazing everywhere. He couldn't, wouldn't hear her scream in pain. He would kill Zeref fast, if it meant saving the girl. The barrier cracked then crumbled away. Natsu was pissed and Zeref was going to die here and now.
Natsu charging blindly at him was expected, after all, he had inflicted pain upon the girl. With quick precision he took out another vial. It was a grey smoky vapor; he unstopped it and blew it into Natsu's face just before he was sent flying into the wall behind him. He hit the wall hard, hard enough to crack a few bones. But those would heal within a minute, they always did. He looked up to find his opponent still as stone. He smiled; it was going as perfectly as planned.
"What happened!?" Natsu rubbed at his eyes trying hard to make it go away. He had seen Zeref blow something at him and then instantly there was darkness. To make it worse, he couldn't smell anything, her sent was gone, just as the sight of her was. "Bastard what are you trying to pull?"
"I just made our battle more interesting!" He heard a laugh.
He bared his teeth in the direction Zeref was in. He may not be able to see him or smell him but he could still hear. And that was very advantageous in his situation, because if he focused enough, he could even hear the faintest of noises.
Natsu closed his eyes and took a breath. He could hear it, Zerefs breathing. Natsu was about to attack when an ear piercing scream broke his concentration. "LUCY!?" 'Shit, there is no way I can focus if she screams.' Suddenly, Natsu felt sharp pain in his stomach. He fell to the floor, all the while listening to the screams and whimpering of the girl he was trying so hard to protect and save.
Zeref was oddly silent for an enemy that wanted to fight so badly. Natsu stood up and put a hand to his stomach. A round pipe of some sort, obviously with a sharp edge, since it pierced him. He groaned as he pulled it out and then flamed his own stomach to keep it from bleeding out.
"Damn that hurt." He smiled, turning his new weapon around. He listened hard, trying to ignore everything else around him. Then he heard it, a small soft laugh. He ran, so fast it was like he came out of nowhere. It happened so fast, that he didn't register what happened until it was over.
He felt the weapon in his hands his its solid target. Then, there was a soft and warm breath that hit his face. The breath he felt cleared his vision and his sense of smell, he blinked and then it all fell apart.
Zeref knew Natsu would hear any sound he made, so he was silent. When the girl screamed, he grabbed her and held her in front of him as a shield. It was then that he let out a little laugh. Of course, it was on purpose, because he knew Natsu would hear it and attack with everything he had. He had calculated everything out from the beginning. He knew killing the girl would enrage the Dragon Slayer, but he wanted to destroy Natsu along with himself. And that meant forcing Natsu to destroy the thing he cared for most, by his own hand.
It couldn't be. It just couldn't. Natsu gazed down at the body in his arms. He had felt the pipe thing go into someone He was sure of himself that it was Zeref, but the body of the blond girl in his arms said otherwise. He fell to his knees and turned her over, the pipe stuck out of her chest. Her eyes were blank and her face was as white as paper.
"Lucy?" His voice quivered, "Lucy, what happened?" His body was shaking; he didn't know what was going on. "Lucy," he repeated her name over and over.
"That poison that you inhaled and got in your eyes was cured by her last breath." Zeref chuckled loudly. He had done it, He had broken Natsu of his sanity, all that was left was to have him kill him and he would finally be free. "Natsu, come finish..." He was broken off by footsteps entering the room. He looked over to find the other two wizards standing in the doorway. They were breathing heavy and had bruises all over.
Erza surveyed the scene and gasped when she saw the state her friends were in. Gray fell to his knees. "What?" His voice left him. 'How did this happen?' Erza glared at Zeref and charged at him.
"You will die for harming my friends." She slashed at him wildly as he dodged her attacks one by one. He giggled.
"Oh, my dear girl, it was not me who killed the blond haired girl over there." He pointed at Natsu and Lucy.
"Who but you could have done it, you swine!?" She lunged and grazed his cheek. "There is no one else here other then you." Tears filled her vision as she continued to fight with him.
He sighed heavily. "Your girl was stabbed by Natsu himself." She froze eyes wide. 'Natsu killed Lucy?' her thoughts were apparent on her face. "That is right my dear, blame him for the loss of your precious friend."
Erza fell to the ground; her armor disappeared leaving her with a simple outfit that Lucy had given her as a gift. A red shirt and light blue shorts with a handmade red and pink bracelet on her wrist. Her hands covered her face as she began to sob. What had happened in the time they got spit up? Why do all this? Why?
Natsu didn't notice anything around him. His only concern was her. He had managed to remove the pipe from her, leaving a hole where her heart was. Gently, he wiped the blood from her mouth and face. Her blank eyes stared into him, so he closed them. She was gone; his whole world was gone, again. He had lost it before, when his father, Igneel died. But, she was there. She helped him and cried with him. She helped him recover ad gave him a new reason to fight. She didn't know that she was his reason, he had never told her. Perhaps he should have, it might have made a difference in the outcome of this battle.
He smiled weakly, "hey Lucy, I'm going to go beat this guy alright. Then you and I will go on a new adventure. I want to tell you something too. So, wait right here okay?" With one hand he removed the scarf from him neck and wrapped it around Lucy. Laying her down he used what was left of his scarf to cushion her head as a pillow. There was nothing left now. His entire world was gone. Natsu looked up towards the others, his eyes black as coal.
Gray watched helplessly as Natsu fought Zeref. It was not really fighting, so much as Natsu beating him. Natsu seemed to have transformed somehow, His eyes were dark and cold. His strength his multiplied within seconds. There was no fire, no thought, and just pure instinct. It seemed like Natsu was more a beast, no a demon. A demon was the only thing that fit, because this was not Natsu. Erza, who had stopped crying, also seemed to think the same thing.
Natsu didn't remember anything after laying her down. When he finally came to his senses, Zeref was dead, in pieces all around him. Blood covered this hands and clothes. The nasty stench of him was all over. It was disgusting. He turned around and threw up.
"Natsu," that voice! He looked up and over to her body, laying there just as he had left her. Stumbling, he made it over to her. Did she really call him just now? He bent down and picked her up, the same way he always held her, like a bride. He never wanted to admit that he liked carrying her like this. Turning he began walking out of the room.
"NATSU STOP," Erza's voice broke through his dream. He paused and looked down. She was still pale, and her body was getting colder. "Natsu don't take her anywhere. Don't leave!" She sounded frantic, helpless. She was grieving, he understood. Her best friend was gone and it was his fault. "Natsu, you need to stay here."
"We're going on an adventure." Those were the last words they heard him speak. He ran, as fast and as far as he could go. The forest was dark and thick; they would be unable to follow him. And by the time they could get out of that castle and get help he would be long gone. No one was going to take Lucy from him again.
End flashback:
"Everything will be alright Natsu." A sweet soft voice spoke up next to him. He looked up to see his beautiful blond haired girl next to him. She was smiling and helping his hand.
"I'm sorry; I just get upset about what happened that day. After all I did kill you Lucy." He mumbled the words looking at her for comfort. She was still smiling.
"Silly, you might have killed me but it wasn't your fault, and besides you also saved me." Lucy's voice trembled slightly. "I know because you brought my soul back to my body." She turned and leaned into his chest. It was warm just like it always was. She closed her eyes. She could remember it all.
Natsu wrapped his arms around Lucy. "I will never let you go again. No one will know you're still alive, and no one will find us. I will protect you forever and you won't leave my side." He buried his face in her neck; her hair tickling his nose a little. "I love you Lucy."
If you are nice and comment I might *wink wink* tell you how she was saved! I am already working on it anyways but tell me what you think and I will update some more!