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The Demon Inside
A NaLu Twoshot
"Do we have a deal then?" He asked. Her voice caught in her throat. Could she really do this? Deep down she knew this is not what he would have want for her but she had to think about herself and everyone else around her. Everyone that they both cared for and loved.
Taking in a deep breath, Lucy nodded, "We have a deal." She extended her hand and soon it was encased in his large calloused one. He yanked her to him and she yelped in surprise. He wrapped his other arm around her waist.
"Hold on." He told he, his emotion unreadable.
"Lucy don't do this!" Erza yelled, Jellal was holding her back from rushing to her side. "PLEASE!" Erza screamed. Jellal tightened his grip on the requip mage.
Lucy smiled tightly at her friend as she looked at the rest of the people surrounding them. Levy was in hysterics and had Lily in her arms, Cana was getting held back by Gajeel, even though the iron dragon slayer was badly wounded. The rest of her guild was either crying or fuming in fury. She didn't want to leave them, she really didn't but there was no choice. She would be okay. They would be okay.
The last thing she saw was Erza sinking to her knees as END launched them into the skies.
END landed with a soft thud at the base of a cave. "We will rest here for now." He told her, his voice a little deeper than Natsu's. Lucy only nodded in response. END released her from his grasp only to go around in front of her and take her chin his talons. She felt the sharp claws cut into her skin slightly. "Are you afraid?"
"No." She answered immediately. She didn't even understand herself why she had no fear of END. Maybe she was just in a state of shock or maybe it was because he still looked like her Natsu just with some dragon parts added. He had wings now and curved horns that protruded from his spikey pink hair. Other than the scales that were scattered in patches along his body, he looked just the same. The only big difference Lucy saw was that his normal sage green eyes had turned into solid black.
"You should be." He said, he studied her face for a few moments and Lucy found herself missing those beautiful green eyes and hating that she couldn't even see the white's of his eyes anymore. END's black orbs made her feel vulnerable; there was a vastness to them that she couldn't understand. It was like they were a vortex of darkness.
"Will you kill me?" Lucy asked. A part of her hoped the answer would be yes just so she wouldn't have to live with seeing END in Natsu's body. She had only witnessed some of the devastation and destruction END could cause. He had beaten Fairy Tail in mere seconds, knocking almost everyone unconscious and seriously injuring the rest. Lucy wanted to believe that the reason no one died in END's attack was because Natsu was still in there somewhere. At least, this is what she needed to believe if she was going to stay sane.
END turned her face to each side and examined her closely. Lucy tried not to flinch when his talons broke more of her skin. She could feel a little bit of blood begin to trickle down her neck.
"No." END breathed, his face only a few inches away from hers. He tilted her head so she was looking at him. "I feel rather… compelled to keep you by my side." He tilted her chin up and inhaled deeply. He trailed his tongue over her neck, clearing the blood from her. Lucy was frozen, his tongue was hot on her neck. She was repulsed by his actions and she could feel the tears begin to well up in her eyes. She tried to calm herself down, she wouldn't cry, she refused to give the demon the satisfaction. END hummed deeply as he released her chin.
Lucy still stood paralyzed as END began to circle around her, his eyes travelling all over her body. "Now about your part of the agreement." He said. He stopped on Lucy's right side, he leaned in and his hot breath fanned against her cheek. "You will do everything I say, everything I want, whenever I want it. That is the price you will pay to keep the fairies safe." END murmured. Lucy could feel that the demon was smirking. She was terrified to think about what END will want of her but she would do whatever it took to keep all of Fairy Tail out of harms way.
Lucy took a deep breath before she nodded her head. She wanted to pretend that this was just Natsu. That she had confessed her feeling for him months ago and he returned her feelings and that this was the point in their relationship where they got into kinky role-playing. Lucy really, really wished that that was the case. However, she knew pretending that was her reality would be far more damaging than her facing the truth. She didn't know how long she would be here, if she would ever be let go or if END would kill her eventually.
Lucy suddenly screamed in pain as her wrists were encased in rings of fire. She dropped to her knees in agony, she could smell her own flesh burning, the stench almost made her vomit. Lucy had no idea how long her wrists were on fire but when the flames disappeared the pain did not go with it.
"That is to remind you are mine." END crouched down beside her. Lucy whimpered pitifully as she tried to back away from the demon. END didn't like that. He lurched forward and grabbed Lucy's hair, he stood up and pulled her up with him. He growled before he threw Lucy into the cave wall. She yelped as her body collided with the rock. She cried out again when she fell to the floor of the cave. Her shoulder now displaced and her wrists still throbbing in agony, Lucy couldn't hold back her sobs. Everything just hurt.
END glared at the pathetic girl in front of him. His lips curled up in a small snarl as he took a step back. He looked out at the sky, the sun was beginning to set. END walked towards the edge of the cave. He spread his wings and took to the skies, happy to have a bit of silence to himself.
It seemed like it had been hours since END had left her, she hadn't bothered to move, she was still crying although her tears were silent now. Lucy looked at her wrists, each of them had a ring of burnt flesh around them. They looked like cuffs and Lucy knew that they would become a scar she could never get rid of. Exhaustion began to overtake Lucy, she felt her eyelids become heavy and soon she was giving in to sleep.
She awoke to the sounds of wings flapping but the second she moved she was whimpering. The pain of her injuries sweeping through her again, she was also freezing. She registered the sound of wood hitting the cave floor and she soon felt warmth against her back. She assumed END had started a fire but she had no strength to move towards it despite her body's need for warmth.
She knew she was on the verge of passing out again, she could hear the faint sounds of other items hitting the cave floor. She wondered just how much stuff END brought back to the cave and just how long he was going to keep her here. Taking in a deep breath, Lucy attempted to scoot just a little closer to the fire but doing so only resulted in another wave of pain. She gasped as she felt her displaced shoulder spasm.
Lucy tried to stay quiet, she really did but the beaten her body had taken would not let her. It didn't help that the bottle she's been stuffing all of her emotional turmoil in was on the verge of shattering.
Fairy Tail would find a way to bring Natsu back, she knew they would, they wouldn't give up until they had both her and Natsu back in the guild. She just wished they would find the solution to this sooner than later.
END eyed the blonde as she shivered, she was huddled in on herself. Her whimpers echoed through the cave. He dropped the branches he was carrying and quickly set them ablaze. He merely wanted the fire as a meal.
END dropped the remaining items he brought (stole) and found himself wondering why the hell he got ANY of these things. He had gone all the way back to Magnolia for this crap? Why?
Because she is Lucy.
END shook his head at the interruption. There was no possible way that was the reason. It must just be his human side wanting the comfort items, yes, that was it. His body was still adjusting, that's all.
As the flames grew, the demon licked his lips, anticipating a delicious meal. The human girl whimpered again and his eyes flicked over to her and he found himself snarling silently. The blonde's body temperature never crossed his mind while he was out. At least, that's what END told himself when he also rummaged through several markets to get some food and supplies. He may or may not have gotten bandages and fresh water for the girl. After all, he didn't want his possession to go getting infected on him. That would do him no good.
Normally he was not one to care about such trivial things, he blamed it again on his newly destroyed human side.
The girl shuffled slightly and in the next instant she cried out. Sighing in defeat, the demon dug through the pack he stole and grabbed the bandages and canteen of water. END walked over to the human. He knelt down beside the trembling girl and gently grabbed her shoulder, pulling her on her back.
She cried out again, END could smell the salt of her tears even before they began to trickle down her face. "Calm yourself. I am not going to hurt you again." END told her. "For now." He added. He couldn't have her thinking he was not something to fear.
"Hold out your wrists." He commanded. The girl complied, although she could only show him her left wrist. END's eyes went to her shoulder. "I will have to put your shoulder back in it's place first." He told her. He saw her eyes go wide at the pain yet to come. The human meekly nodded her head. END took her forearm in his hand.
"On the count of three." He murmured. The girl again nodded.
"One" END tightened his grip on her arm as she took in a deep breath.
"Two." He yanked back hard, successfully popping her shoulder back in place. The human screamed out. END kept his hold on her forearm.
"You said three." She gritted out, the demon could tell she was desperately trying to hold back her tears.
"I lied." He replied.
END examined her wrists before opening the canteen and pouring water over her burns. The girl winced but managed to stall her crying. END picked up the bandages but before he could begin to put them on her she yanked the bandages out of his hand.
"I can do it." Lucy said quietly. The demon tried to ignore the sudden feeling of hurt that swept through him. Why should he care if the human takes care of herself? It is less for him to do. Yet such a big part of him wanted to snatch the bandages back, yell at the celestial wizard to put her pride aside and let him clean her up properly.
END growled lowly and watched as Lucy slowly wrapped her wrists. The girl kept her eyes on her task but END could still hear the small sniffles coming from her. As soon as Lucy finished tying up her bandages END grabbed her by her elbow and pulled her up.
Before Lucy could protest she found herself being thrown into the air, she slammed her eyes shut and waited for the pain to come. When she landed, her eyes snapped open, instead of landing on the hard cave floor, Lucy saw she was on a bed. HER bed.
"W-what is this?" Lucy squeaked out as she sat up.
"A bed." END deadpanned. The demon looked over to the fire and sucked up a small portion of the flames. He licked his lips.
"Why-" Lucy began but END cut her off.
"Would you prefer to sleep on the ground?" END held out his right hand and set his palm on fire, "If so, I'll just set the bed on fire."
"No! No. I just…" Lucy dropped her head, "thank you." She whispered.
"Rest, human. You're no good to be exhausted."
Lucy nodded her head. She slowly got under her covers and lied down. Lucy quickly drifted off into the realm of dreams.
END gulped down the rest of the fire, cascading the cave into darkness.
Fire consumed everything around her, the smoke seeped into her lungs, suffocating her. Her hands clutched her throat, desperate for clean air. She feel to her knees, she blinked rapidly trying to get the stinging in her eyes to go away but she only succeeded in making them water more. She looked around her trying to figure out just where she was. She gasped the moment she saw a familiar building, or what was left of it. Fairy Tail has been destroyed and burned to ash. The only thing left in the destruction was their flag that lay over the remains of her guild as if it could cover up the horror that was left of it.
A shadow of a figure appeared, huge wings behind it and suddenly all of the fire began to clear. Lucy closed her eyes and tried to collect any ounce of strength left in her. Terror consumed her, she was out of magic power and seemingly all alone. Lucy wanted to scream out when suddenly she could hear a familiar gulping noise. Her eyes sprang open and all of the fire and smoke was gone. There was only her and END. He licked his lips and looked down at her.
END began to stalk towards her, the demon stopped right before her. Lucy took a deep breath and silently forgave Natsu, knowing none of this was his fault as she awaited END's strike. As she waited for her death.
END dropped on his knees in front of her, "Lucy." He spoke, but his voice was not malicious, it was soft, it was human.
Lucy looked up only to see her favorite emerald eyes staring back at her, "Natsu?" She gasped.
"Help me." Natsu said just before collapsing in her arms.