Fallen Leaves
Summary: You, He, Me and She – A fanfiction based on the ending song of the anime
Author's Note: I started this story a while ago, when I found myself singing Masayume Chasing, Kimi to Kare to Boku to Kanojo to, My Soul, Your Beats! and Brave Song (opening and ending songs of Fairy Tail and Angel Beats!, respectively) xD Recently, my heart have gotten broken by the last episode of Angel Beats! and I couldn't get over it these past days. Hays…
Before I begin, I wanted to say thank you for all the readers of my stories. Really, every one of you made my day.
Well, anyway, let's get it started. I hope you'll like it…
Disclaimer: Aside from the usual disclaimers, I do not own the lyrics below. :D (Obviously :P)
Ten thousand dragons were flying in the sky, which was now the shade of fiery red and scarlet. Firebombs from these dragons erupted everywhere, leaving the capital city, Crocus, in chaos and destruction. In the middle of the ruins, a lone figure with a scarf was still standing; his determined eyes, filled with despair and at the same time, courage, looked up at the enormous, red dragon in front of him.
"NATSU!"
Her desperate voice seemed to linger in the air; her tears were flowing uncontrollably on her face. She doesn't care about her being heard by the dragons, she only cared for the person who is just a few meters in front of her.
"NATSU!"
She shouted again, louder this time. She could not lose him, right now that they were the only ones left.
He showed no signs that he heard her.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
A huge explosion was heard and bright red-orange flames filled her vision as Natsu and the dragon attacked each other. The broken rocks from the structure of buildings hit her head, and she suddenly lost her consciousness.
There was silence.
Lucy slowly opened her eyes, and for a moment, she wondered what had happened. She removed the rocks on top of her, tried to stand up, and looked above her as few remaining dragons still flew at the red sky. Then, remembering Natsu and the bright explosion before she passed out, she frantically searched her best friend. Her eyes saw the thing that she didn't ever want to see the most.
"NATSU!"
A young lad with spiky rose-colored hair, his white scarf billowing with the wind, was walking leisurely as he stepped on the leaves that now covered the sidewalk. The autumn air felt good for him after having his regular therapy sessions with his doctor today. Two years had passed since he woke up with no memories at all, and his family and friends filled him on who he was and his life before he got into coma. He was slowly regaining his memories, he told his family, but the truth was he did not remember anything at all before he had gotten into 'sleep'.
He felt that a certain part of him is missing, yet he didn't know why.
Some of the things did not make sense. For instance, he had this red mark which was like a symbol on his upper right arm. He asked his father, Igneel, about this, but the only reply he got was, "Oh, have you forgotten? It was a birthmark, you silly."
Another mystery was a blonde girl he kept seeing in his dreams. One night, he dreamed about her showing him the same birthmark, except that it was pink, on her right hand. Her face was blurred, but he got the feeling that she was smiling happily at him. In this vision, he had a bored look, but deep inside, he was happy.
In other nights, he dreamed that he and the blonde went to adventures with a flying cat that looks like his pet Happy at home ('I must have imagined weird things,' he thought) and there were also his childhood friends, Erza (the student council president in their school) and Gray (his frenemy), with them. They had laughed, fought, cried, and stayed with each other in those dreams. There were also numerous people in the background, but he didn't recognize them. He wake up each morning thinking that his dreams had happened in the past, but he knew that these were not real. His family and friends told him he never met the blonde girl for once.
He suddenly felt guilty; he shouldn't think of any girl other than his childhood crush, Lisanna. His father told him that he was certainly in love with her and they even promised to marry each other someday, but he wondered why they rarely interacted with each other at school these two long years. He watched her every day, and tried to remember his feelings for her but he failed every time. Sure, Lisanna is a good friend to him, but she also treats everyone like that. Like her sister, she has a kind heart. He never tried to ask her how they end up as friends.
As he continued walking down the road, with the falling leaves dancing with the wind, he noticed something. A familiar scent –this was also one of his questions, Why did I have a sharp sense of smell? - filled the afternoon breeze, and somehow, he felt like he would unravel some mysteries about him. He ran to the source of the fragrant scent.
Sitting in a restaurant, a beautiful blonde girl glanced down at her cell phone, and read a message.
"Lucy, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting there all by yourself. I am in the hospital, watching my sister. She had a heart attack just before I left home to go to you. She needs me right now. I'm sorry, Lucy. Always remember that I love you," it said.
Warmth filled her chest as she read the last statement. He never failed to remind her that he loves her, ever since they were young.
She stood up and started going downstairs. She faced the ocean as the sea breeze ruffled her hair.
She sighed, feeling sorry for Loke. He always seemed like a perfect brother to his siblings and a very good friend to her. However, she couldn't return his feelings for her, even if she agreed to be his girlfriend. That was the last thing she could do for him.
She decided to go to the hospital where his sister was in, and walked down the path covered with autumn leaves.
(Natsu's POV)
The scent was becoming stronger by now. Whatever it was, it was near.
I caught a sight of a girl, probably the same age as me. As soon as I passed by, the scent was gone. I stopped on my tracks, and turned around to look at her.
She was the source.
(Lucy's POV)
I noticed a boy running down the road. He wore a white scarf that seemed to fit him. I didn't know why, but I thought I have seen it somewhere. A picture of a red sky popped at the back of my mind, but I shrugged it off.
A few second after he passed by, I noticed that the sound of stepping on the fallen leaves stopped. I turned around to look at him.
He had stopped running, and he was staring right at me.
Silence passed between them. Natsu stared at her blonde hair, then at her pink birthmark in her right hand, and... the chocolate brown eyes that had once filled with tears in one of those dreams of her.
He realized that she was the girl.
He slowly approached her, silently wishing she would not scream, or worse, run away from him. His eyes never left hers as he stopped a foot away from her.
Unconsciously, he took her right hand, held it with both of his hands, and closed his eyes. She was surprised by his actions as her eyes had slightly widened but then returned to normal.
Pictures of him and her filled his head all at once. He opened his eyes, and he felt a great pain in his head. His mind is swirling, and he tried to remain his balance, but failed to do so. He dropped her hand and fell to the ground. His hands held his head like it will explode any time soon.
She ran to his side and held his shoulders.
"Natsu, are you okay?" Lucy's voice filled with worry for her long lost best friend.
The pain gradually decreased. He opened his onyx eyes, only to see her brown ones.
Then, he now knew everything.
He remembered that he was a fire dragon slayer and she was a celestial spirit wizard.
He remembered how he first met her, the way he held her hand as they escaped the guards, how happily she showed him her mark – her Fairy Tail's mark, how they went to the first mission they had at the Everlue mansion together with his blue exceed Happy, his search for his missing dragon Igneel, and his friendship with Lisanna when they were young before she disappeared and reappeared after they went to Edolas.
He remembered Lucy's smile when she saw the rainbow sakura tree he uprooted for her, how he caught her when she fell from the giant infinity clock, and when he visited her in the infirmary before his fight in the Grand Magic Games.
He remembered how they fought side by side when ten thousand dragons appeared from the Eclipse Gate…
And he remembered when he last saw her before he closed his eyes.
Suddenly, he hugged her tightly as if she would disappear.
"I miss you, Lucy."
He wiped his face as silent tears slowly fell from his eyes.
Smiling, Lucy closed her eyes and rested her head on his shoulder.
They walked beside each other, with their hands a few inches apart.
.
.
.
A few minutes later, they found themselves in a restaurant beside a river. Sitting in a table, which had a large red umbrella above, they received the drinks they ordered and thanked the waiter.
"How are you now, Natsu?" she asked, smiling.
"Everything is fine, Luce. Igneel is here now, even though he's not a dragon, he is still my father. Happy is now my pet cat, you see."
"I think it would be nice to see them someday. What about Erza and Gray? Levy and Wendy? Mirajane, Lisanna, and Gajeel?"
"It is really funny now that they are my schoolmates at Fairy Tail High. Erza is the student council president, Gray still has his stripping habit, Levy is still Levy, Wendy is my younger sister…"
"Wait, Wendy is your sister? It's cool! Then maybe, Gajeel too?"
"Nope. Gajeel is my cousin."
"Really? How about you and Lisanna? I think you are in a relationship now that it has been two years," she winked at him.
"We're friends. How about you, Lucy? Where did your spirits go?"
"Oh, I see. My spirits are now my neighbors. They don't have magic anymore, and lives normally like the rest of us."
"Lucy?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you have a…"
Her cell phone's ringtone interrupted their conversation; Lucy excused herself for a while as she answered it.
"Loke?" Lucy asked the caller.
The other line was too soft for Natsu to hear, but he got a bad feeling about this.
"Yes, I'm sorry. That is great! I will go there later. I…" she paused, unsure what to say next. "Take care always, Loke, and say hi to Aries-chan for me," she smiled as she ended her call.
She turned to Natsu, "I'm sorry. What is it, again?"
"I see. You and Loke are…" he said, as he tried to ignore the huge weight that he felt in his chest.
Lucy blushed, her face a pretty shade of pink. "Um, yes." She looked away, embarrassed.
The silence that followed lasted for a few seconds until Natsu took something from his pocket.
"Luce, I want to give this to you," he showed her the silver keychain that looked exactly like the mark of Fairy Tail. "I have bought it somewhere, and… "
"Thank you, Natsu," her hands framing her face, Lucy smiled at him.
She left to go to the hospital and he was sitting beside the river bank a few meters from the restaurant. The sky was now dark, and the stars were shining brightly in contrast to it.
He didn't know what time of the night it is. He did not care.
He gazed above, and saw thousands of falling stars. A bright meteor joined them as his eyes filled with amazement. A memory flashed in his mind. In it, he was running to catch her.
"Luce…"
The night breeze carried the evening music from the restaurant a few meters away.
.
.
From the beginning I have been thinking
that we are just simply good friends.
Starting to like you, who now has a boyfriend,
is something not possible, am I right?
.
.
I, too, have somebody that's on my mind,
and I have told you this many times as well.
But around these days,
we no longer interact with one another.
.
.
The sound of the summer rain that began to fall,
and the sound of stepping on fallen leaves,
it was you who were listening to it besides me.
.
.
In my mind I hope that you and he, me and she,
All of us will be able to laugh with each other even more.
.
.
A tear dropped and sent ripples in the silent river below him.
This is the end. :) No, not really. :D
The lyrics above are from the anime's ending song: You, He, Me, and She (Kimi to Kare to Boku to Kanojo to) Englsih version.
Well, until next time! xD
