Longing
"Come on Natsu!" Happy said eagerly as he flew ahead, "We're almost there!"
"Yeah, I'm right behind you!" Natsu called back, as he walked after Happy. The two of them were currently heading down to a town to get some supplies, and maybe find a job or two, especially since their funds ran out a lot quicker than they both thought.
The duo came down into the town, and Natsu had to admit it was good to see people again. It had been six months since he went out to train. Or, more importantly, it had been six months since he saw any of his friends. And honestly, it made the Dragon Slayer somewhat depressed. He missed Erza, Wendy, Lisanna, Mira, Elfman, a lot of other people. Not Gray or Gajeel though. And then there was….
"Lucy," Natsu muttered.
"What?" Happy asked, looking back.
"Nothing," Natsu said, "Come on, let's go find a job!"
The town was moderately sized, with a decent amount of people. The two went around looking for people who could use some help. After some time of looking, they found a place with a broken oven, which Natsu could replace, and Happy managed to earn a few jewels washing dishes.
"Finally, we have money!" Happy said, as he floated beside Natsu, "Let's by some food!"
"Best idea yet!" Natsu said, grinning at his partner, "What should we get?" Happy opened his mouth.
"Aside from fish."
"What are we without fish?!" Happy cried out. The two went down to a nearby general store, where they hoped to get the needed items. While Natsu was looking around, he noticed some the latest Sorcerer Weekly. And on the front page, was an image of a half-naked Lucy in a sexy pose. At first, Natsu looked away. He'd seen her like that bef….
"WHAT THE HELL!" He grabbed the magazine, and opened it. Throughout it, were pictures of Lucy doing all sorts of modeling images.
"What is it?" Happy asked, as he came over.
"Look!" Natsu said, holing up the magazine, "What the hell is Lucy doing?!" Happy took it.
"So?" Happy said, "We've seen her like this before."
"She can't just show herself off like this to everyone!" Natsu said. He then grabbed all the magazines off the shelf, and slammed them on the counter.
"Give me all of these!" he demanded. The cashier promptly rang him up.
"Don't blame you for wanting all of these," the cashier said, "That girl's easily a 10." The next thing the poor guy knew, Natsu had blown him clear though the wall. Got the two kicked out the store, but Natsu still got all the magazines.
"Well that took a lot of money," Happy said with a sigh.
"Are there any other stores like this?" Natsu asked, "We've got to confiscate all the magazines! I can't let Lucy…" His keen hearing then picked up some snickering. He shot a look to the side, and saw a group of young men ogling a magazine.
"Isn't this chick hot?" one said.
"Get your hands off her!" Natsu snapped, as he ran over, sending the guys running, after they dropped the magazine. Natsu picked up the magazine.
"When I get back, I'm going to make sure Lucy's never doing this again!" he said, as he took the magazine, and looked at it. As he did, he looked at the blonde. But not at her "assets", but at her face, her hair, her eyes, her smile…
"You loooove her," Happy said. Natsu didn't bother to protest, as he put the magazine in the bag.
The Dragon Slayer then made it is personal objective to hunt for all the magazines with Lucy's picture in it. Needless to say, this ran them dry again.
"What are we going to do for food now?" Happy asked, as they walked out the latest store, Natsu loaded with magazines again.
"I don't care!" Natsu declared, "I'm not letting anyone look at Lucy like this!"
"But what if we get hungry?" Happy said.
"We'll figure something out," Natsu said. He then took out another magazine. And then something came over him. The reason he was taking all this magazines.
"I miss her," he said. No, that didn't do it justice. He missed her more than anyone else.
"Aye, I miss her too," Happy said, looking down. Natsu clenched his free fist.
"I'm going to get stronger," he said, "I'm going to ensure that she'll always be safe. I'm going to show her how strong I am now!"
"I'm going to show Carla how strong I've become!" Happy piped up. Natsu chuckled slightly.
"Don't worry, Luce," he said, as he looked at the picture again, "I'm going to be home soon."
Note: I'd thought I'd do some stuff for NaLu Week 2016. Figured there's no reason not to.
I decided to do "Longing" the way I did mostly for subtlety sake. Sort of Natsu coming into realization of just how much he misses her. How much he longs for her.
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