After passing the gate, still running, Natsu was thinking where could they possibly go to eat something. The cemetery was at least 2 or 3 kilometers away from the city. And there weren't any near restaurants or café shops. Then an idea came up to him. He headed to Anna's shop once again. After running with the blonde behind him panting not being able to keep up with him, they arrived to the destination. Natsu looked around to see if Anna was still there. He spotted her reading some papers.

"Ms. Anna, it's me again." The woman instantly looked his way to find her favorite customer with a young blonde girl with pink cheeks behind him. Her face lit up seeing that already Natsu was breaking some walls.

"Well its nice to see you again Natsu, I thought you were in a hurry because of your meeting with your friends." He looked at her and now remembered what she was talking about. Widening his eyes in realization he mouthed a 'damn it' sound and quickly responded.

"Yeah you are right, I just forgot about it, but I will meet them a bit later. It's no biggy." Seeing as the girl was using the boy as a shield to protect her figure from her, she spoke up.

"And who is this lovely young lady behind you Natsu?" Natsu looking back saw that Lucy had her head down and looked almost terrified by the situation. What was wrong with her? Was she really that nervous meeting new people? He took her wrist and brought her up to him so that Anna could finally see her.

"This is my new friend Ms. Anna, she might be a bit shy but from what I've seen she has some big heart" he said that looking at the girl which hearing this instantly looked his way. Her eyes wider than ever and her mouth a bit opened. She was looking at Natsu in bewilderment and awe. Natsu just smiled at her and squeezed her wrist pointing with his head to the lady in front of him. Lucy caught by the action moved her head in the direction he was pointing and saw a young lady , with blonde hair, staring at her with a small smile. Finally she got the cue and said.

"I'm Lucy. Lucy Heartfillia. Nice to meet you ma'am!" she exclaimed politely. The lady seemed to recognize the girl hearing the surname and was surprised to find one of the richest heiress in Fiore in front of her. She quickly turned her attention to the boy and to her surprise he didn't seem to recognize her, which was really strange. She was about to make some comment reveling who the girl was but dismissed the idea.

"Well its nice to meet you too Lucy. My name is Anna Ashley (A/N so I wanted to use Anna Heartfillia and to not make her a family member of Lucy, think about her of Anna Heartfilia of Edolas which her surname was Ashley)." She bowed respectfully and added" Well Natsu what brings you here for the second time of the day?" Said boy now was seeing the resemblance of the two females in front of him. It was like they were mother and daughter. Well maybe in another dimension. Anna's word caught his attention.

"Oh yes. You know, I wanted to go some place with Lucy to eat something but you know , there isn't such a place near here so I thought if you knew some place?" pressing a finger under her chin Anna seemed to be thinking about this. One idea came to her mind.

"Well I don't know any place near here either, but what do you think taking my homecooked meal and having a picnic in the park around the corner?" That Natsu could not do.

"No I cant possibly take you meal Ms. Anna, we would just take a walk and see id we find something you know." Too bad for the boy that Anna was a stubborn one. She turned around, opened her bag and brought her meal in her hands. There were 2 sandwiches, a salad and she had made a cake today with the intention to give to an old lady which was always alone walking in the afternoon. She would just give the cake to the young ones and buy the old lady something else.

"Natsu I don't need this today because later I'm having lunch with you know who" she exclaimed happily."Now seeing that you wont come having dinner with me, this is my special thanks to you okay." She handed the bag to the pink haired boy which after thinking about it, nodded and took it.

"Thank you so much Ms. Anna you are the best as always." The boy said this and gave her his 1000 wat grin. It amazed her what fierce and fire had those green eyes of his, yet there was something wrong and she could see that it was really troubling him. Nonetheless she patted the boys head and said.

"As you are Natsu. You are amazing and I'm kind of jealous I'm not your age or I would never let go of you." She was still caressing his pink lock and added looking at the blonde girl by his side "The girl which will have your heart will be such a fortunate one" she smiled when she saw Lucy's pink cheeks become red like a tomato. Both of females seemed to miss the boy's sad expression at this statement, it was only for a second and he returned to normal.

"Thank you Ms. Anna. Well we have to go now or I'll be late for my meeting." Anna released the boy and said back.

"Well it was nice to meet you Lucy, come again whenever you want. Have fun both of you!" said girl bowed her head and said.

"It was nice meeting you to Ms. Anna and thank you for the meal." With that Natsu took her hand which startled yet again the blonde, waved the Lady and headed for the park. Walking Natsu wanted to ask some question to the girl which he didn't and was debating if he would start now or when they arrived at the park. He decided to speak instead.

"What I said earlier" He looked her way" I meant it" he said waking the girl widen her eyes yet again.

"What?" she asked confused.

"When I said that you have a big heart," he exclaimed looking at her eyes determined" I really meant it"

"How?" she asked in a small voice averting her eyes, not being able to endure his intense gaze.

"Because I know" he said "I know what it is like, and more importantly I know that you have done for such a long time, visiting her I mean."

"How do you know?" she asked her voice almost cracking by the building up emotions.

"The date" he said sqeezing her hand softly " I saw it" the girls tears was welling up and some droplets seemed to make contact with the white cobblestone. Her head was down and with her voice shaking from crying she said.

"You …you don't understand," she looked his way, his eyes were soft now and understanding" its not that I had a choice, she is the only one for me in this world for me" she said sniffling. He didn't know why but seeing her crying was tearing his her apart, and he knew he was the best to bring the spirit up. So that was what he did. He leaned his head closer to her, which made her freeze in space and her cheeks warming up fast. He stopped when their forehead touched, brought his hand over her head and rested it there. He closed his eyes and with a small smile said (A/N it's the same thing Natsu did to future Lucy consoling her)

"Well, now you have another one for you" his voice was so soft. How could some stranger, that she knew only some minutes ago, make her feel needed and so safe. How could this pink hair stranger make her believe him with every fiber of her soul. Like she knew already he was her savior. She sobbed harder hugging him as tightly as she could, making the boy drop the bag. She thanked him through the sobbing wetting his shirt burying her face in his chest. He soothed her letting her cry as much as she could until she stopped and finally pulled away a little embarrassed.

"Sorry about that" she said pointing at his wet shirt. He just patted her head and said.

"Don't worry about it. Lets have our picnic okay?" the blonde nodded and after finding a spot under one particular beautiful tree they sat down. He gave her his jacket to sit under, not to make her beautiful white dress dirty. He gave her the sandwich and one part of her salad. He ate his sandwich in three bites, which highly surprised the girl and let out some giggles.

"Well I like to eat, what can I say" he said to the amused girl."So do you like here or would you have preferred some fancy restaurant" he teased her putting his hand behind the back of his head enjoying the morning sunshine light.

"This" she replied chewing her sandwich down."This is one of the best day of my life" she said entranced by the way the boy looked under the sunshine. Natsu was really confused by her statement. Was it possible that a simple picninc with some stranger was one of her best days? How possibly alone could she be? He wanted to ask her but already dismissed the idea of getting in to her personal life. He said he would help her but, it was just for today. They couldn't meet anymore.

"Well I'm glad about that Lucy" he closed his eyes and let the small breeze caress his face. He was content enjoying life and this small moments, being able to feel the nature around him. Yet it was one of those things he will miss dearly. Not being able to enjoy anymore. It made him almost change his mind. Almost.

"Who was her?" she suddenly asked her voice almost a whisper. When she looked at his expression and his fire-eyes transforming into a lifeless form of existence, she regretted immensely. Her heart seemed to be squeezed by the devil itself, for how much it hurt."I-I…I'm sorry" she choked in her own voice.

Seeing the girl beside him hurting, he quickly averted his eyes and regained some form of control. He took her hand on its own and strangely enough the contact seemed to sooth and comfort him.

"It's okay" he said in a small voice but gentle." She was my friend " he said to her then added " More than that she was my hero " he said without thinking. The girl looked up at him and she spoke before her mind could stop her.

"She was mine too" she said covering her mouth with her left free hand. He looked into her eyes and for 1 second he swore he could see through those beautiful brown eyes, straight in to her soul. He smiled than the smile, transformed into a grin. One of those grins of one year before. Those true meaning ones. He couldn't believe that this strange girl actually made him laugh, truly laugh, for the first time in one year. He was regretting deeply his decision, but maybe this, 'her', was his goodbye present to this world after all. Still it wasn't enough to keep him here.

"Lucy" he called her and she finally released her mouth from her hand looking at his majestic grin, which she thought was out of this world. That grin made her hitch her breath in her throat. Was he some kind of wizard? After hearing her name from his enchanting voice she nodded, letting him continue "Promise me something!" He said.

"Promise me you would live this life to the fulness, not regretting one moment, because every moment is special, even this one could be the last one you have. So grasp your life and live" he said looking so determined it made her shiver from such strong emotion getting out of him.

"I know its hard on you now, I can see in your eyes, but promise you will not surrender. You will fight!" looking at him saying those words she wanted to cry by how much truthful they were but the strength he was giving her made her believe she could win any obstacle in her life. So she nodded once.

"That's was what she wanted" he said his head in the graveyard direction." That's why they wanted" he sighed and looked down for one moment before asking. "So do you live away from here, I can walk you there if you want ?" he said. She blushed from what he was implying.

"No, no, no" she said almost yelling in panic. Then glanced at her clock and realization took over her. She inwardly cursed. "Oh my god" she exclaimed "its really late, I have to go immediately" panic overtook her. She instantly stood up. He was a bit confused by the girl. She grabbed her things and walked quickly on the way to the graveyard. He watched her leave and smiled just a little. Well this was some good experience, thanks who made it possible to meet this person. It was the best goodbye present to this life. He stood up as well and walked in the other direction. He was still thinking about the girl and the possibility that she had made him crack his shell for one moment. One moment too much, but she was gone now and it was for the better. She will have a good future , a brilliant one may he say. She didn't need him in her life. No one did now. It was sad and good at the same time. As he was about to walk outside the park, something pulled at his jacked. For one moment he thought it was a mugger or something like that , but when he turned around he found the same girl he saw every Saturday for the past year. She raised herself on her tiptoes, lined her lips to his right cheek and softly kissed it, lingering her lips there for some seconds or more. Blushing she pulled away and said.

"Thanks! Would I see you next Saturday ?" Wow those eyes were so hopeful yet again. Like they were waiting for some heavenly answer and not his actual answer. He could never say no to those eyes.

"I will" he said. She smiled so big and yet again asked.

"Promise?" now this was what was keeping alive for the past particular word was the reason he was breathing today, and this stubborn girl in front of him made it clear that will remain like this for at least one other week. So finally defeated he said.

"Promised!"


Author Note

This is this chapter. I assure you this will have some big drama plot and a lot of secrets and twists. Two things are for sure which I will never change to my future fics as well.

1. Never change the character's core. Which to my is: in Natsu's case he is the hero and always be. He saves the situation. In Lucy's case she is the hero as well but in a different way. What is a hero that doesn't have something to protect. So she is Natsu's true power of course and she helps him in anyway possible.

2. Natsu and Lucy will always be together no matter what. That's how they are made. It's fire and stars and what are stars made from (well not really fire but thermonuclear fusion but the aside from that 'warmth')

I hope you have enjoyed this chapter as well. Im trying to be better at my writting because truly English is not my first language so I'm sorry for any grammatical mistakes.

I want to thanks in particular : Queen of Poptarts and rmadhumita378

Thankyou so much for you reviews it keeps me going on! And have a nice day you all!