Chapter 1: Spite of the Demon King
A/N: For this chapter, I suggest you listen to the Gunyuu Aiutsu (From the 3rd OST, tack 8 I believe) as you read to get you into the proper mood and set that image. It's what I listened to as I wrote this chapter!
Fire rained down from the sky, the heat in the air rising extremely fast. Screams we're heard as citizens of the forest village scrambled for their lives. The trees were red from having caught the fire, which now spread uncontrollably. It had been a long, hot summer, and everything was dry. There was no where for the villagers to run, since the fire spread the whole circumference of the village. With what water the few villagers had left, they tossed it on their small huts and their clothes, and huddle close as the heat continued to rise. The most cruel of laughter's could be heard echoing across the burning village and over the crackle of the flames.
It came from a can who perched cross-legged on top of one of the burning trees. His black eyes stared down at the massacre he created, perfection in them. A large toothy grin spread out across his whole face as he chuckled to himself, pushing himself to stand up on top. His black clothes blew wildly in the heated wind. His rose coloured hair whipped wildly around his thick demon horns. Fire licked his body without pain, as his eyes scanned the village for his prize. Ah, and there it was, in the center of the village, sparkling like the most beautiful star in the sky.
The Golden Maiden stood in the center of the village, staring him down with complete and utter hatred, her arms wrapped around some of the village children who were too scared to move. She took her eye's off of the demon king, to tend to the children. The celestial girl used the last of her strength to call upon two spirits of the stars, the zodiac spirit of water and the zodiac spirit leader. Without even saying a word, the water spirit – Aries, took off to smother as much of the flames as she could. The spirit leader – Leo, took some of the children from her and lead them off to find a safer spot for them.
The golden haired girl coxed the other children to follow Leo, and they reluctantly let her go, all in good timing too. The air around her heated up so intensely, that her body gave way and she tumbled to the ground. The same menacing chuckle surrounded her, and the heat blistered her pale skin. Tired brown eyes looked up into the demon kings endless onyx eyes. His toothy, cocky grin stared down at her with greed and power upon his face. He crouched down and poked her nose.
"Well, haven't you been a pain in my ass. Running away on me, hiding somewhere you thought I would never find you. That's funny, that is truly funny. And to think, if you didn't run, this whole village would of been saved from your stupid mistake." His voice spat out with intense malice, even though his masked face was one of humour.
Her eye's filled with a great heavy sadness as she looked around her at fiery hell she caused on these poor villages she tried to hide among. She had had no choice though, for if he captured her, he would of absorbed her power, and made it his own to use for evil and chaos. She looked up at his crouched form from the ground, the demons face completely shadowed except for his toothy, intimidating smile. She couldn't understand how he would do such a thing after all they had gone through, after the promise they made each other.
Her hand reached out for his, struggling at the distance. A look of disgust crossed his face as he smacked her hand away, "Don't touch me, women." His black eyes twitched, annoyance clear within them. "I don't need the smell of human scum on me, that sticks around for weeks." He stood up straight, lifted his foot high, and brought it down hard on top of the celestial maidens hand. Her eyes widened in paid as a scream forced it's way out of her throat.
"Ha! I think that's the best sound I've ever heard you make, wrench. Now, say farewell to this village... and your life." The demons' horn's glowed in sinister flames. He aimed his head down at her, and let the flames shoot from him.
The girl had no power left to defend herself, and all she could manage was one last cry. "Natsu!" Her body turned dark, as her hand fell to the ground, lifeless. The demon king, Natsu, looked down in both distaste and pleasure. He was finally ridden of the women who hunted him.
Lucy screamed as she flew up in her bed, panting heavily. Her pink comforter was soaked in sweat, and tangled around her. Her blinked her eye's hard a few times, trying to wake her body from it's shocked state. 'What was that dream?' She thought to herself. 'Freaked the hell out of me... I've never had a dream so vivid and disturbing. And what was with Natsu? Why would I have such a nightmare about him? Urgh, it's too early too be thinking about it. I need some ore sleep.' With that she snuggled down back into her covers, closing her heavy eyelid as her hand snaked across the bed for the extra pillows, until it met resistance.
Her eye's flew open, and she shot up for a second time, looking over at the other side of her bed. There laid Natsu, dead asleep as usual whenever she found him in her bed. Her anger was rising rapidly, till she noticed something odd. He was on top of the covers, not under... and he was fully dressed! That was not like Natsu at all, he usually made himself at home. She bent down and gently shook Natsu's shoulder to wake him, knowing full well that she would need to be more violent to wake him up. But to her surprise, it didn't take much.
"Oh, morning Lucy. You're awake. Do you feel better?" He asked his best friend, grumbling since he was still not fully awake.
"Feel better? What do you mean, Natsu?" Her eyebrows scrunched together in confusion. She wasn't sick, so why would he ask such a thing? "And when did you get in here last night?"
"Actually, I only got in early this morning. I had picked out a job for us that will pay your rent, something suited.. more for your liking. I came to wake you, but you wouldn't answer. So I let myself in, guessed you were sleeping still, and decided to help myself to some food." Lucy's eye's twitched in irritation.
"So, you helped yourself into my house, than helped yourself to my food, than you helped yourself to my bed?" The annoyance in her voice was rising quickly, but Natsu was oblivious as always.
"Yeah, but only because you didn't seem too well. And you were freezing." Natsu stretched out on the bed, before sitting himself up to stretch out his shoulders so he could talk to Lucy better. "You were curled up in this pathetic ball, ha! But than you were all whimpering and whatnot, so I assumed you were sick and thought I could help you some."
Lucy's head now twitched to the side. 'Whimpering? Does he take me for a fool! Who is HE calling pathetic? Urgh it's WAY to early for this shit.'
"... Natsu, how does climbing into a bed make a sick person better?" He crossed his one arm, brought the other arm up, and rested his hand on his chin. His eyes squeezed shut as he focused on his thoughts to find a reason. 'He is thinking waaayyy to hard to come up with an answer...' His eye's flashed open, a serious look on his face. He brought his hands up and rested them on Lucy's shoulders.
"Because making sick people happy by doing what they ask helps make them feel better!" Lucy's jaw dropped as her eyes bulged. 'Are you kidding me?'
"Natsu, I was sleeping. How can you do what I ask for, when I am not even awake to ask anything from you..." Lucy rested her face in the palm of her hand, slowly shaking her head.
"Because you reached out and grabbed my hand, than you said my name. You wouldn't let go. That's when I felt you were freezing, so I climbed in next to you to share some of my body heat." Lucy's eye's snapped open in shock, staring at her palm. 'What?!' Natsu, who's stomach was growling from hunger, climbed over Lucy and headed to the kitchen.
"Come on, Lucy. Let's get some grub and head out! I am STARVING!" Rummaging could be heard from the kitchen as Lucy stayed frozen, sitting in her bed. Her eye's wide as she remembered every detail of her dream. Natsu setting the village on fire, Natsu chasing her down, Natsu killing her. The sound of glass breaking woke Lucy from her trance, and she scrambled out of bed to check on Natsu.
A/N: I Hope you all enjoyed it! Lots more to come, I promise. Make sure to listen to the suggested music at the beginning of each chapter so you get into the moments better. Reviews are welcome! I apologize that the chapters are so short. I am currently looking for someone to collab with that's good at detail. If you are interested, inbox me with a suggestion (using this chapter as an example) and I'll review each one and let you know if it's what I feel will either carry the story or force it in the opposite direction.
