"NO!" I screamed out; the memories of the bodies of my crew lying all around me in their own blood returning. "You bastard..." my eyes stung, blinding me as the pain from every wound that covered my body throbbed. "Goodbye." My opponent grinned wickedly as I started to glow "What...?" I stared at my hands as they slowly disintegrated into nothing, and all at once; so did the rest of me.
"Damn... what happened?" I groaned and then winced as my whole body throbbed. Some of my wounds opened up and started bleeding like there was no tomorrow "Wonderful." I muttered sarcastically. A huge explosion shook the ground and made leaves flutter downward. I looked down at my clothes; they were ripped and bloody- just how I remember them. I struggled to stand and walked away from the sound, not being in any condition to run, let alone fight.
Collapsing by a stream, I closed my eyes, too exhausted and in pain to continue.
A loud crash woke me up "What now?" I muttered as I avoided a tree falling my way. "Bring Lucy back, you bastard monkey!" a pink-haired boy roared as he shambled after a huge purple gorilla thing clutching a blonde-haired girl. "Natsu, my keys!" she yelled back. My body moved on its own and I was off in an instant. Flames burst from the soles of my feet, propelling me forward "Freeze frame!" I pushed my hand out in front of me and ice quickly encased the gorilla, leaving the girl intact and relieved. "Who did that?" the boy whirled around to stare at me "Natsu!" a blue cat with wings flew up beside him and stared at me as well. The blonde girl stepped forward "Tha-" but before she could finish her sentence, I flew off into the opposite direction. "This is bad, I can't let anyone catch me again..." I thought.
Pain seared through my body, cutting off the flames from my feet and sending me stumbling and rolling through the trees, panting heavily. "Damn it..." I tried to get up, but my legs failed me each time. I drew water from the air and wrapped it around my body, then closed my eyes to concentrate on healing myself. The water glowed with healing power for a moment then faded as my body absorbed it, regenerating it. I tried again to run, and found that my legs were strong once again, but I was not fully healed. "Wait!" I heard the young woman yell from behind me- I was definitely not gonna stick around! No matter how innocent a person looked, you could never trust them until they prove themselves- but even then you would feel wary of that person from time to time. I laughed once as I panted heavily, running through the trees- and finally- light!
I ran straight for it, bracing myself if it turned out to be a cliff- as it usually was. Heh. Cliffs were no problem to me at all! "Wait- stop!" she yelled again. I shielded my eyes for a moment before they got used to the light and took in my surroundings; right in front of me was a huge lake, and to the right was a tall, old building not so far from the water's edge, and beyond that was a huge city.
Freezing some water into a board, I jumped onboard and propelled myself forward with a continuous blast of air coming from my palms. I soon reached land and ran toward the building, hoping that there was someplace I could rest.
I sank down on my knees, still breathing heavily from my latest encounter with unknown people. "I barely have any strength left to stand... please, don't let anyone else find me." I mumbled in a silent prayer. "What do we have here?" I heard an authoritative yet gentle voice come from my right. "Damnit." I thought as I grit my teeth and forced my eyes open.
Standing in front of me was a tall and beautiful redhead wearing a white blouse and a blue skirt- on her shoulder there stood out a bright blue mark just like those two in the forest had on their bodies. "Erza? What are you looking at?" a girly, childlike voice that belonged to a blue haired young girl in a green dress reached my ears; she bore the same mark on her left shoulder. "This girl is injured!" she gasped and rushed toward me, hands glowing. I pulled my right hand closer to my face "Don't come any-" I tried to threaten but ended up coughing up blood, getting it all over my hand and down my shirt. But the girl was adamant, she came even closer.
With another grunt of effort, I used the wall to help me up, and ran past the two girls, the older one almost catching me. I sped through the hills, trailing blood behind me with every agonizing step as my wounds bled freely; I was losing blood and fast. I could feel my strength fading with each breath and could no longer keep up with running away. Memories of what happened before I passed out came back to me, and I stopped dead in my tracks right beside a large and new-looking building, (the complete opposite of the old one I had just come from.) catching the attention of those who could see me from the windows. My shoulders shook with the physical pain my body was feeling and the emotional agony my mind was as I recalled every detail of that one night... "We found her Lucy-san, Natsu-san!" the blue haired girl called out "I wonder if they really are trying to help..." I thought to myself and then- nothing.
Karin: Hello! This is my very first story here; I hope you all like it!
Natsu: Who are you talking to?
Karin: Who are you- how did you get in here!?
Natsu: Who knows?
Karin: This guy... well, whatever. Maybe I should add a little romance into the mix sometime soon...