I Will Go Home
Chapter 1
Lucy Heartfilia sat at her desk, pen in hand. The large bruise on her side from getting knocked around by Gajeel still purple and as painful as ever. She had felt so helpless that whole fight, Natsu, Gray, Erza, and her whole guild had been out fighting for Magnolia and all she could do was get punched and beaten and try not to cry.
It wasn't any better that she felt it was all her fault to begin with. She had known the minute she left the Heartfilia estate that her father wouldn't let her get away that easily. But she had tried anyway, hoping and praying for freedom.
And for a short time, she had gotten it. She had met Natsu and in just a few months Fairy Tail became her new family. They had become such a big part of her life so fast, when she thought of how much she loved them it sometimes made her tear up. The adventures at Everlue mansion and Galuna Island had made Lucy feel more alive then ever before, she should have known it was too good to be true.
Lucy had gotten her freedom, and it had almost cost all her new friends their lives.
Her new friends, who had done everything in their power to protect her and help her grow as a wizard, and what had she done in return? Lied and betrayed them, put them all in danger. Lucy looked down at the letter, and continued to write.
I don't know why he's so desperate for me to come home all of a sudden. It's not like he ever cared that I was there before.
Frustration and anger filled Lucy's head. They had won the fight, yes, but she knew it wasn't over, for she knew her father.
He'd do it again, wouldn't he? Use his money to try and control me? She wrote.
And at that moment, Lucy Heartfilia made a decision. She sealed up the letter, and pulled out another piece of paper. Lucy friends had been protecting her for months. It was time for her to protect them.
She wrote only four words on the paper :
I will go home.
She signed her name and left it on her desk, where she was sure Natsu or someone would see it when they came looking for her later. With any luck, by the time they found it, Lucy would already be on the train.
She quickly packed her things, and took one last look at her apartment. She thought of her friends barging in, only to find it empty. She pictured them reading her note and growing angry or sad as they realized she left them without so much of a goodbye. She felt a lump in her throat and her eyes began to water.
Lucy took a deep breath.
"Forgive me, Natsu." She whispered. Then she shut the door, and walked to the train station without looking back.
Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Happy stood at the construction site of the new Fairy Tail Guild hall, examining the mysterious lunch box Gray had received, when Loke approached them.
"Hey, can you guys do me a favour?" Loke asked, his voice sounding raspy and worn out.
"When I was in town I found Lucy's gate keys, could you give them back to her?"
Natsu had forgotten she had lost them, and was a little mad at himself for goofing off with Gray instead of helping her find them.
"Oh, hey man, we were wondering where you'd run off to." Gray said.
"You were looking for her keys this whole time?" Natsu said, still a little upset he wasn't the one who found them.
"Are you okay?" Happy cut in, "You're even paler then usual."
"Yeah I'm fine," Loke insisted, "Just a little beat. Being a gentleman is pretty draining."
Was that supposed to be a joke? Natsu wondered. He sounded more like he was trying to hide something than be funny.
"We haven't seen Lucy around lately. She's probably still too sore to help out." Happy said with a worried tone to his voice.
"We should go and check on her." Natsu said, latching on to any excuse to stop working and go visit Lucy. She had been close to death when Natsu had shown up, Gajeel had shown her no mercy. Natsu couldn't even think of what would have happened had he gotten there a few minutes later. He was already angry that he couldn't protect her, and now he couldn't seem to stop worrying about her.
"Why don't you come with us?" He offered to Loke, after all, Loke had found the keys, it was only fair he got to give them back.
"No thanks, I'll pass. You know I'm no good around celestial wizards." Loke handed Natsu the keys, and walked away.
"Oh come on!" Natsu called after him, "This is Lucy we're talking about!" he didn't think Lucy deserved to be pushed away so rudely by Loke, even if he was nervous around her magic or whatever. Lucy was the nicest person he'd ever met other than Igneel. That is as long as you're on her good side.
"Natsu, everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. Just leave him alone." Erza said, with an edge to her tone. Natsu quickly shut his mouth.
They arrived at Lucy's apartment and all took a different way in, Erza went through the door to be polite, whereas Gray went through the chimney. Natsu jumped up to the window, as he figured Lucy would be in bed, and the window would lead straight to her.
He landed on the window sill and quickly checked that her keys were still safe in his pocket. He felt the keys and leapt into the apartment, only to see that Lucy wasn't there.
Natsu looked at the others, confused. After Erza gave them a quick scolding about not using the door, they started to look around for Lucy. But Natsu couldn't smell her, he had a sinking feeling Lucy hadn't been here in a while.
Just to be sure, he checked the bathroom, but there was no sign of her.
"It doesn't look like she's home." Erza stated as she continued to sweep the room with her eyes.
"Way to state the obvious, genius." Gray commented sassily.
Natsu continued to pace the room, now growing worried that something may have happened to her.
'She doesn't even have her keys to defend herself, and she's already in bad shape. Why would she leave? What if there are other dark guilds after her?' Natsu's thoughts raced.
"Will you quit looking in weird places?" Gray yelled, snapping Natsu out of his thoughts, "She can't fit in a drawer, Happy."
Suddenly Happy yelled, as he accidentally pulled the drawer he was investigating out of the dresser, and dozens of sealed letters fell out.
Natsu walked over and picked up one of her letters to investigate, as he read aloud he noticed it began with "dear mom". This particular letter talked about Lucy joining the guild and meeting Erza, and the young mages first impressions of the bold red-head. They were all flattering compliments. As Natsu continued to read, he began to wonder if there was a letter in here about Lucy's thoughts on him, and was about to start looking for his letter when Erza's voice stopped him.
"I found a note." Erza's tone was serious, and Natsu noticed her hand was shaking. "Evidently Lucy left it for us." Erza took a deep breath, and Natsu prepared himself for the worst.
"It says, she's going home."
"WHAT?!" Gray, Happy and Natsu screamed all at once.
"What does she mean she's going home?!" Natsu shouted, he couldn't beleive it. He thought Fairy Tail was her home. He felt his fists shake with anger.
"She's returning to the Heartfilia estate, I'm assuming." Erza said quietly.
"With her dad?" Natsu roared. "She's leaving us to go back to her dad, who just paid an entire dark guild to kidnap her? She could get herself killed!" Natsu's anger was quickly replaced with fear and anxiety for Lucy's safety.
"Not to mention she doesn't even have her gate keys." Gray muttered.
Natsu's hand flew to his pocket, where he cradled the keys like they were six thousand jewel.
" And she's not even healed from fighting Gajeel yet! What if she gets attacked on her way there? What if she gets attacked when she gets there?" Natsu rambled frantically.
"Natsu, calm down." Erza said firmly. "Lucy's father was paying Phantom Lord to bring Lucy back, not to mention this is her father, no matter how awful he is I'm sure he won't hurt Lucy."
"We have to go there, we have to get her back." Natsu's voice cracked as he ran a had through his hair in distress.
He didn't want to lose Lucy, ever. But especially not now. They had become best friends in a matter of months, yet they had barley done anything together. Natsu had so many more adventures and missions planned for them, and now Lucy was just gone? He couldn't believe it. He had already lost Igneel, he couldn't handle losing Lucy too.
"Hey, whoah, Natsu, are you crying?" Gray asked in shock.
Natsu reached up and wiped away a single tear he hadn't realized was there.
"Im going to save Lucy."
"Right now?" Gray asked.
"Yes, right now, are you guys coming or not?" Natsu growled.
"Of course we're coming with you, Natsu! Lucy is family!" Happy cheered, Gray and Erza nodded in agreement.
"Okay, let's go." Natsu stated firmly.
They filed out of the apartment, all through the door this time. Natsu took one last look at the room that was already gathering dust.
"Hang on Lucy, we're coming."
Natsu slammed the door so hard he almost broke it.
Hello readers! This is my first try at a NaLu fanfic. I've had this idea swirling around in my brain for a while now and decided it was time to finally share it! I hope you enjoy'd the first chapter, I know not much happened but I promise it will get more intense. Also a warning: The Nalu in this will be SLOW BURN but it will happen by the end.
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