A/N: So here is an idea that I had been working on the last month or so. I started working on this originally as a one shot but I ended up thinking of a great story line. This story will be quite different then those I've written before and unlike other Romeo centered stories. I hope you enjoy. Follow, Favorite, and/or Review if you enjoy. Criticism is allowed, I'd like to hear where I can improve. If you have an idea let me know, I appreciate your ideas.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail even though I wish I did.
The sky had been very dark that day. It's as if it had warned me not to leave. Of course I didn't listen to the sky because what kind of sane person would. I headed over to the train station to go on my mission. It was pretty quiet the entire ride there. I got to the home of a rich man who asked me to find some thieves and get rid of them. Easy enough right. Wrong.
"Romeo be careful out there." Mira told me as I headed out the guild.
"Alright thanks I will."
"Also it's suppose to rain, are you sure you want to leave on a mission. Rain and fire don't mix well together."
"I'll be fine. A little rain can't extinguish my flames." I told her.
"Wow it really is cloudy." I told myself as I looked at the sky. It was so cloudy, it looked like the blue in the sky was replaced with gray.
"Hopefully Natsu and everyone will be back by the time I finish the mission." I thought to myself.
I looked at the request again as I headed towards the train station. Help, Thieves keep attacking my land. Looking for someone to stop them. Reward 25,000 jewel. For 25,000 jewel, how could I resist.
I bought my ticket and sat towards the back of the train. I looked out the window and saw the sky was cloudy for miles and showed no sign of any blue anytime soon. It was a quiet train ride. As I reached my destination I headed over to the address put on the request. As I got there I noticed the address wasn't a home, but rather a restaurant.
I walked into the restaurant and got myself a table. As I sat there a waiter came up to me and asked if I was here about the request because he saw my guildmark. I told him I was and he left. Soon after an older man wearing a business suit walked over to my table.
"My name is Pedro Jose Donoso but my associates know me as Salvador."
"Why hello Salvador, tell me how I can help you."
"As I put on the request some thieves have been stealing from my restaurant, my home, and from my employees. Can you take care of them. I heard they have a base in the woods to the east."
"Alright I'll get right on it."
"Thanks you umm I forgot to ask what's your name?"
"Romeo, and I'll be back before closing time."
The walk to the woods wasn't too long but finding their base took longer than I originally expected. 3 hours after I left I found the bandits, we'll more like they found me.
"Look at this runt." A large man carrying an axe said.
"Easy pickings if you ask me." said a smaller man with a scar going across his right eye.
I turned to see that 5 of them had surrounded me.
"Look we can make this easy or you could make it harder for me but either way, you're going to jail."
"Look the runt thinks he's tough." The axe wielding man said before I knocked him out with a fire fist.
After about 3 minutes I took the 5 of them out.
"That was too easy." I said to myself.
"Come out before a start burning the forest to find you." I yelled.
"Fine we will come out."
Suddenly at least 30 people appeared with the 5 I just took down getting back up. I noticed on the new people a guildmark.
"Are you guys a dark guild?" I asked them.
"Yes we are, how nice of you to notice. Quickly let's get this over with."
"We're back." a familiar voice called out as the guild doors busted open.
All of Team Natsu came in with Lucy and Wendy heading over towards Mira.
"So how was the mission." Mira asked the girls.
"It was fine until Natsu and Gray started fighting each other instead of the enemy." Lucy answered.
"Hey Mira where's Romeo?" Natsu asked the white haired barmaid. "I don't see him around."
"He just left on a mission about an hour ago."
"Dang it I had something important I needed to tell him."
"What mission did he take?" Wendy asked.
"Let me think, I can't remember."
The doors busted open but instead of a Fairy Tail mage, it has Lahar from the rune knights.
"Hello there how can I help you?" Mira greeted the man.
" Is your master here right now?" Lahar asked.
"I'm sorry he's gone at the moment."
"Crap well do you know if anyone took this request?" Lahar asked showing the mage at the guild a mission request.
Looking for someone to stop bandits. Reward 25,000 jewel.
"Yes one of our mage Romeo Conbolt took it." Mira told him. "May I ask why?"
"That was a fake request. It was sent out by a dark guild and we were trying to figure out who got it."
"Where is this at?" Natsu demanded. An aura of magic began to emit from Natsu.
"It's not very far from here why."
"I'm going to get him. If anyone thinks they could make a fool out of Fairy Tail they are wrong. If anyone hurts him, they better pray that I don't find them." Natsu said walking out of the guild.
"I'm going with you." Wendy said jumping out of her seat."
"Natsu, Wendy wait." Cana told the two dragon slayers. "Let me find where he is first. If you just run off, you might not find him."
"Fine but hurry." Natsu replied.
Cana put her cards on the table while putting her hand over them. She picked up 3 of them, stacked them, and put them to the side. She grabbed one and gave it to Wendy.
"Here is his location." She said as she handed it over.
Natsu and Wendy ran out of the guild as fast as their legs could take them.
"Wait for us." Happy yelled as Carla followed.
"What's happening?" Gray asked with the rest of the guild becoming concerned due to Natsu's reaction.
"Romeo left on a quest earlier, but it turns out that the quest was a fake." Mira explained.
"We discovered that a dark guild had been sending fake requests to lure mages out and attacking them. We don't know why they are doing this but so far three people he gone missing." Lahar informed the ice mage.
"Levy where's jet?" Gray asked.
"He and Droy are out of town." Levy responded.
"Fuck of all times for him to be gone." Gray groaned.
"We'll just have to hope Natsu and Wendy will be fast enough."
"Happy can you go any faster?" Natsu asked his furry companion as they flew at high speeds through the sky.
"I'm going as fast as I can but I'll try to go faster." Happy responded.
The two started to move at a speed they both had never seen before. They went further ahead of Wendy and Carla due to Happy being faster than Carla. They kept flying until they saw a sight which showed they were going in the right direction, a forest burning. Even with the heavy rain, the fire was burning through it effortlessly.
"Happy get me to the ground." Natsu requested.
"Aye Sir." Happy responded less cheerful than normal.
They got to the ground and began to run further into the burning forest. They ran running past the bodies of many unconscious people. As they got closer their path was blocked by a large, burning tree.
"Fuck, get out of the way." Natsu screamed, "Fire Dragon's Demolition Fist."
The tree which one blocked their way had now been split into two with a bit missing where Natsu stood.
"Happy, go show Wendy and Carla where to go, Romeo should be nearby. The smoke is messing with my nose." Natsu told Happy.
"Alright but be careful." Happy said as he flew off
Natsu ran hoping he could find his friend somewhere in this hell. In all the situations Natsu had been in this was the worst. It wasn't his adopted father Igneel disappearing, It wasn't his guild being attacked by Phantom Lord, it wasn't when he fought Gildarts, it wasn't when the Dragon's came through the Eclipse doors, it wasn't when he fought Tartaros, it wasn't when he found out that Fairy Tail had been disbanded after he left for a year to train.
This was truly a fear Natsu had never felt before, the thought that Romeo might be in danger and he wasn't there to help. The fear that Romeo might not be okay. The fear that the kid who had looked up to him for years, the kid who Natsu felt was like a brother to him, was in danger and he couldn't do anything.
Natsu kept running until he saw a path of bodies burned and beaten laying all over the ground. Natsu ran until he saw what he had been searching for. He saw Romeo sitting against a tree.
"Romeo!" Natsu called out, " I'm here, are you alright?"
Natsu ran over to Romeo before he saw the injuries Romeo had covering his body, he had cuts and burns and scrapes and bruises in various sizes.
"Thank Mavis you're Alright come on we have to get going, you kind of set the forest on fire." Natsu told the younger mage.
"Hey Natsu," Romeo told the Dragon slayer, "When did you get here?"
"I just got here are you Alright?" Natsu asked.
"Man you should have seen it, there were only a few to start off with but I was keeping up with them. Then a bunch of them appeared. I was surprised but I remember what you told me, just stay calm and stay focused so that's what I did." Romeo explained.
"That's great to hear now we got to" Natsu started to say before he was interrupted.
"I was getting surrounded and it was looking bad but somehow I made it through. I was worried that someone else might have taken this mission before me, I'm glad that nobody else took it."
"Isn't that like you being worried about others when you're in danger yourself."
"Looks like I can take care of myself, take that you stupid old man."
"Romeo listen we gotta get going."
Natsu tried to grab Romeo before blood came out of Romeo's mouth. Natsu realized how badly Romeo might have been hurt.
"It'll be right back, hold on I'll go get Wendy." Natsu said as he turned to run.
"Natsu, where are you going ad why haven't you said anything?" Romeo asked.
Natsu froze as he remembered when Mira told him about how Lisanna was when they thought she was this time, there wasn't a parallel world for Romeo to get sucked into.
"Natsu, I don't think I'm going to last much longer, just please, stay with me for a few minutes." Romeo asked.
"Sure buddy I'll stay here." Natsu said as tears ran down his face.
"Natsu, take care of my dad, he might be a drunk fool but he doesn't deserve this. He doesn't deserve to lose his son."
"I'll help him as much as I can I promise."
"Also go find this for me," Romeo said as he handed Natsu a key. "But don't give it to the person please, just hold onto it for me."
"I promise. I'll go find it."
"Goodbye Natsu." Romeo said as the last bit of life left his eyes.
"Goodbye." Natsu cried as Romeo died beside him.
A cloaked figure standing high above the burning forest looked at the scene with great interest.
"That's the one, there's the one."
Goodbyes are not forever.
Goodbyes are not the end.
They simple mean,
I will miss you,
Until we meet again
By: Denemy 4ever
A/N: Yes, I killed Romeo in the first chapter. I'm going to add a short poem at the end of each chapter so if you have any good ones send them to me and I might use it. Hope you enjoyed. I'm going to try to update once a week if not more to prepare for this story to continue.