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Natsu ran as fast as he could. There was no way he could let the bastard get away. He insulted Lucy, and worse, he flipped her skirt. The pink haired boy wouldn't let anyone get away with anything as long as involved her.

"Hey you bastard, stop running and I won't beat you up as bad." He hollered at the man's back. Seconds later the man stopped and turned to face Natsu. He skidded to a halt. What was this strange man playing at? The stranger just stood there with his long cloak covering him and the hood over his face. Nothing was really visible, except a scar across the man's mouth.

An eerie smile creeped across his lips, the scar stretching a little, it was sickening to look at. "It has begun," his voice was deep and low, almost a whisper.

Natsu's brow furrowed. "What do mean it's begun?" He balled his hands into tight fists. Something was wrong. In an instant the man took a large breath and his mouth hung open; the dragon slayers ears instantly rang out in pain. It felt as if his eardrums were about to burst. He doubled over, pressing his hands to the side of his head trying to make it stop.

After a moment it died down and Natsu looked up to find the man gone. He sniffed the air; there was nothing except the smell of smoke. However, this smoky smell was farther away. Natsu ran out into the nearest street, he was really far away from the mansion, but he could clearly tell that it was now on fire.

Flashback:

"Erza, Natsu, Gray," a sweet and joyful voice called out the names of the three mages sitting at the table with their heads down. They looked up to find Lucy standing there with her hands behind her back. She was grinning at them mischievously.

"What is it?" Erza smiled at her and stood. Walking over she peeked behind the blond girls back and saw a paper. Lucy squealed and shimmied away from the red head. Her cheeks flushed pink and she looked over to Natsu.

"I found a mission I want to do with you guys," her voice got low as she spoke. Her hands moved to her stomach and she held the paper open there.

Erza stepped in front of her and read, "Help needed to protect the Prime Minister at his birthday party. Reward is one hundred million jewels. Dressing up and dancing is required to blend in." The female fighter grinned sheepishly; she knew exactly why Lucy had picked this and what her motive for going was. "I say we do it!" She decided to help her along.

"What!?" Natsu jumped up from his seat not looking happy. "I don't want to go." Natsu turned and crossed his arms. That's when he heard it, a crack. His face fell into nervousness and he turned his head, which was when he found a fist coming at his way. He didn't dodge it; Erza was going to beat him senseless if he did. He flew across the guild hall and slammed into the wall hard.

"You are going with us and there will be no arguments." Erza's angry voice filled the room, there was no way anyone would cross her.

"Fine," he mumbled under his breath. He looked up and saw Lucy's face light up with happiness. What's up with her? He blinked quickly a few time. Oh well, there was no getting out of it.

Hours later, a carriage ride and a sick Natsu arrived at a large mansion. Lucy slipped out and gazed up at the white and blue building. IT reminded her so much of her childhood home, of the happy memories there. She couldn't wait to make a wonderful memory tonight.

"Would you escort Natsu inside when he feels better?" Erza pulled out the motion sick boy out and pushed him towards Lucy. She squeaked and caught him before he passed her.

"Hey what about," Gray began to speak but was stopped as Erza grabbed his shirt and pulled him towards the inside of the party. She was determined to let Lucy enjoy her evening with Natsu. Nothing was going to go wrong tonight; she would make sure of it.

Lucy looked over her shoulder; Natsu had wobbled away and was now next to the building relieving his lunch. She giggled slightly and closed her eyes. She was happy because tonight was the night she would tell him. She opened her eyes just as he turned and walked towards her. Tonight, he was dressed to match her, black pants and a blue shirt, his scarf still around his neck like always. She wore a short blue dress with black lace around the edging and her jewelry, if one were to notice had the pattern of his scarf on it. She had found and bought a special magic item to do so, it was all worth it for him.

"Let's go inside now." He walked past and grabbed her hand. She blushed and smiled as she was lead inside for their night of fun and dancing and hopefully her dream come true.

End Flashback:

Natsu ran fast through the streets; he couldn't believe he had been so stupid as to have split up the group. "Damn it all to hell." He cursed under his breath. He ran past people screaming in the streets. They were all running away from the burning mansion. It had started up several minutes ago while he was stupidly running after what he thought was the enemy. He hoped everyone else was okay. There was no telling what was going on after he left.

"Natsu," a voice called to him over the surrounding screams. He stopped and scanned the crowd, finding the red haired girl struggling to stay in one spot. The people around her were shoving her every which way. The dragon slayer fought his way over and grabbed onto her.

"Where is Lucy?" He looked into her fearful face. Her eyes were wide, face smudged with blood and ash. There was something wrong, he could feel it. She was disheveled, arms shaking at her sides and blackened ash in patches all over.

"We were fighting…" Her voice trembled. Erza's eyes started to lose focus so he shook her to get her back. She yelped and the tears began to spill out of her eyes, leaving streaks across her cheeks.

"We didn't see them coming." She looked down to her hands that she now held in front of her. Natsu looked down and gasped, they were covered with blood; but what stood out most was the scent of the blood. It was hers. His princess was hurt.

"Erza, you need to tell me now, where is Lucy?" He growled the words hoping not to scare her too much.

"Inside there," a shaky hand pointed to the burning house. It was large like a castle and finding his girl in there was going to be just a little tricky. The boy pushed off of Erza and shoved his way through the crowd. People were still swarming from there and it seemed to get worse the closer he got. When he finally reached the doorway, he stood his ground and focused. He took a large breath sucking the flames around him. He could feel his magical energy grow with consuming his element; but there was something there, something he could not place. It wasn't a normal fire. He shook it off and bolted into the now seemingly empty building. The whole inside was charred black.

He sniffed around, where was she? There was nothing but the smell of burnt wood and oil. Where are you Lucy? Please give me something, a sign. He listened focusing on every small sound that he could pick up; smoldering wood chips, cries of being hurt from those outside, footsteps on stone somehow getting further away. Natsu furrowed his brow. He wasn't so sure it would lead to her but that was all he had to go on. He dashed forward towards the sounds of the feet.

Natsu raced through the house and found an archway with the door torn off its hinges. He peeked through and saw stone steps spiraling downward. They were coming from there. Natsu scurried down the steps and soon came into an enormous cavern. Many pools of water were covered the cave floor; but what intrigued him most was standing right in the middle the largest pond on the very top of the water itself. He breathed a sigh of relief. It was her, his princess. She was safe; he didn't smell her blood there at all.

"Hey Lucy," he walked forward calling out to her. She turned around to face him as he neared the water's edge, Natsu stopped dead in his tracks. Her eyes were void of everything; pure black orbs of nothingness. "Lucy, what's wrong?" He hesitated to move anymore then he already had. Lucy stared at him and cocked her head.

"Who are you?" Her voice sounded different then it usually did. It sounded hollow and devoid of emotion. Although, he managed to pick up something in the words, anger.

"Lucy, it's me, Natsu," he gazed at her, praying she would remember. She straightened her head, her face remaining the same. Did she recognize him?

"I do not know of you, leave now." She started to turn around when Natsu decided to take a risk. He gathered energy and fire in his mouth, just enough to get attention, and he launched a ball of fire past her, it hit the wall across the pool and vanished into steam.

She turned and faced him again. "Do you wish to die?" That's when he saw it, a tear slipped out of her eye down her rosy cheek. She was in there, she was there and he knew it.

All of a sudden rage filled her face, "You will die for what you did." She raised her hand with a key. "Come, I call on you," her voice echoed through the cavern, "Leo." In a bright golden light the celestial spirit appeared. He took one look at Natsu and shouted as loud as he possibly could, "Natsu run!" The playboy spirits eyes changed then. They were empty, just like their master's.

Leo swiftly attacked him from behind; Natsu's head slammed into the ground. His vision blurred as he began to stand. It was futile; he was kicked across the nearest pool and fell into another.

Natsu struggled to move but he managed to make his way to the edge and surface. When he came up he looked around, there was no sign of the Celestial Spirit or his precious girl.

"Damn it, what the hell happened?"