Azala was a member of Fairy Tail and she was entered in the annual competition where guilds compete for the title of Fiores number one magic guild, as a member of the Fairy Tail team. As she walked towards the arena of the grand magic games she felt a strong hand grip my upper arm. "Good luck." Natsu Dragneel said. Azala refused to turn around. After what had happened last night she couldn't look him in the eye. "Just don't die." He said to me as he turned away and walked back to the rest of the guild. She cast my eyes downward as he left and murmured, "I wasn't planning on it." Three tears wetted the ground at her feet, sticking the grains of sand together, Azala spun and went to call out to the Dragon slayer when she realised that he had done the same thing. They looked at each other for 1...2...3...4...5 seconds before he turned away and walked from the corridor. There was something in his eyes. It wasn't hated, it wasn't disappointment...it was sorrow.

Gray grabbed Natsu's sleave as he passed and they both stopped. "Azala had to do it. She had no other choice." the ice mage said as his friend turned to him. "That is not why I-" Gray held up his hand, stopping the boy in mid sentence. "I understand. What I don't understand is why she did it...and why she didn't tell you, or Wendy and Gajeel." He dropped his hand and lent up against the wall.

"I know it wasn't right for her to do that, but that doesn't mean that you should blame her for leaving and not even taking you there. Humans and Dragon slayers alike can't survive in the ****** ***** for long." Natsu nodded and turned away holding his scarf "I just...needed to..." his voice cracked and with that he was gone, half running down the corridor. He shook his head as he turned the corner, pulling on his scarf. *How could she not tell me about that untill now? I could have seen him again...but...if Azala got there then others could...I could see Igneel.* Natsu heard the crowd erupt into wild cheers, probably about the start of the fight between Sting of Saber Tooth and Azala of Fairy Tail. He couldn't just sit there and feel sorry for himself, he needed to move on. He was a part of Fairy Tail to,and he had to suport his team mate.