Chapter 2
"And then they were suddenly shouting at each other asking 'where do I know you from?'. I assure you, it was creepy, Mira!" The blue haired girl told the barmaid while shaking her head with her hands holding onto it as if she was about to lose it.
The silver haired woman just looked at her with curious eyes. For the past days Lucy and Natsu hadn't been talking much to each other and now they had been shouting instead? She didn't really know if it was supposed to be for the good or for the bad but a cheery giggle came out of her mouth. She couldn't deny it made her feel relieved. Maybe with a bit of luck, the two would become friendly like before.
Suddenly, the guild's door opened and both, Lucy and Natsu, came rampaging inside, glaring at each other and shouting.
"I once met a blonde girl back when I lived with Ignell but she was short and chubby, with fries smell and a strange voice so it couldn't be you, Luce!" Natsu stated angrily and continued to search through his memory.
"There was once an idiotic boy that kept on pestering me when I lived with my father and my mother was still alive, but he wasn't pink haired and wasn't nice, and if you say it was you, be sure I will kill you this instant!" Lucy shouted in a form of reply, still searching too while both of them sat in an empty table, one in front of the other.
Their eyebags were visible as they had been trying to deduce where they knew each other from up to late hours the night before and had even ended up sleeping in the same bed. Lucy, at least, was surprised and blushed pure red in the morning when she woke up, but the smell of ashes and trees emanating from Natsu had brought the important topic back to the front of her mind. Taking advantage of him being asleep, Lucy leaned closer to her loved prince and inhaled deeply his scent trying to see if the memory popped up. However. instead of her head reacting, she found her body becoming warmer and she felt embarrassed for the thoughts it was transmiting to her head. She had then sat up on the bed covering her face and looking in a different direction, just to hear Natsu say "Maybe I know your smell but not you?" while intensely looking her way with a somehow angry expression, to what Lucy had answered that he probably wouldn't remember her even if he had smelled her somewhere if nothing had happened between them before, blushing to the fact that he was awake and she didn't know since when but trying to ignore it.
They felt tired and too angry to think anymore but they knew they would be continuing to miss on something great if they gave up. Just a few more tries and they would probably get it straight.
"I haven't met any other blonde girls, Luce, can't you remember me instead?" Natsu snapped, roaring his words at her.
"Yeah, you know? Pink hair is easier to remember. Bad news for ya I have been telling you all this time I haven't met anyone with pink hair before you, Natsu!" she roared, too, in response.
They glared fiercely at each other for a few more seconds and then collapsed exausted over the table, asleep in an instant and surprisingly tugging gently at each other.
"You're not going... anywhere." Natsu murmured with his eyes shut.
"You neither... dragon boy..." Luce mumbled back and both of their snores started to resonate through the room.
Almost everyone stared at them, not understanding what the heck was going on.
"See? I told you it was a creepy scene!" Levy told Mira, once again holding her head.
Of course it was and Mirajane decided that them both shouting at each other like that couldn't be for the better.
"Mira-nee-chan..." a small sweet voice called her. Mirajane turned to the source of the sound and smiled at her short, silver haired sister.
"What's wrong Lisanna?" she asked, seeing her troubled expression.
"N-no! Nothing's wrong! I'm perfectly fine, um..."
She meditated her words in silence. She had come to talk to her sister about her little problem but she didn't want her to worry too much.
"I'm just... a bit worried that Natsu and Lucy are suddenly talking to each other..." she almost murmured at the end.
Mirajane rose an eyebrow. "Talking? It's more like they are shouting at each other. It doesn't look like their relationship has made any turn for the better, actually," she replied while resting her hear on her hands and staring sadly at the two sleeping idiots.
Lisanna shook her head in disagreement.
"No nee-chan, they ARE talking, they are looking at each other... It may seem as if they were fighting but truth is they are just happy to be talking again. They found a reason to talk, to shout... I think... they just want to stay together..."
The face of the little girl shadowed under her hair, visibly sad about the reality she had found.
"Oh, Lisanna..." Mirajane muttered as she extended her arms, about to hug her sister, but Lisanna, with her eyes closed, continued to mumble with tears forming in the corner of her eyes. "I... don't want to lose Natsu...! I love him!"
Her voice broke to the tears she had tried to keep inside. She just couldn't. It had been few days since Natsu and her had become boyfriend and girlfriend and she was so happy about it... But she knew Natsu was thinking way too much about Lucy and he hadn't kiss her even once even when they had been away from each other for years. Lisanna wasn't stupid. If he loved someone else, she didn't wanted to be his girlfriend... but she couldn't bring herself to ask him 'DoyouloveLucy?'.
Makarov looked in silence at both scenes; Lucy and Natsu sleeping soundly and Lisanna being conforted by Mirajane. He felt his heart squeeze in pain to her "daughter"'s pain and then curiosity to how Natsu and Lucy had started to hung around each other again.
"'WheredoIknowyoufrom', was it? Are they talking about knowing each other before this moment or... maybe before this life?"
He thought about it for a few seconds but then decided he couldn't know about their past lives, the way they couldn't either, and gave up, drinking his beer calmly.
A big slam sound resonated through the guild; everbody's attention put to Natsu's and Lucy's table. Both, suddenly awoken mages, glared at the grinning ice mage responsible for the noise.
"Damn it, you... Gray... oh, FUCK!" Lucy shouted rubbing her eyes, feeling her head exploding inside. She needed to sleep!
"You fucking bastard! We are trying to sleep here, ya know? Why did you wake us up?" Natsu roared. His body was on fire as he showed his teeth at the irritating cold assed person.
"You two..." Gray started but then stopped and looked in a different direction blushing. "I'm glad you are okay..." he murmured shily. Natsu and Lucy opened their eyes like plates and stared, surprise filling their faces. Lucy then smiled and giggled happily closing her eyes.
"Yes, it's like a miracle, right? I'm so happy!"
Lucy laughed and blushed while talking and both mages couldn't avoid blushing at her beauty. She laughed so naturally it made their hearts beat faster even if they didn't want it to be that way. Natsu grinned at her, trying to act like he would always do... but a slight pink blush showed in his face and Lisanna couldn't help but see it.
A small sob reached Natsu's ears and he turned to Lisanna, sitting in the bar crying silently. Sadness showed in the boy's eyes as he jumped off his seat and ran to his girlfriend.
With one hand on her cheek and the other one holding her hand he asked worridly, "Lisanna... what's wrong?"
The girl's tears continued to fall while she wrapped her loved one in a tight hug and Natsu hugger her too in response.
Lucy then remembered Lisanna. Yes, she was his girlfriend, not her, and she didn't want that to change now because it would make her feel guilty. She really loved Natsu, but Lisanna did too and Natsu loved her, so for his sake she would endure the pain and continue to play the 'best friend' role. Gray observed her while her expression saddened and he sighed inwardly.
He couldn't believe Natsu hadn't noticed the looks Lucy gave him, her face blushing to his words, her body hugging him without her head's consentment, her tired expression from crying all night from time to time. He was an idiot for not noticing. He had sometimes thought of telling him, giving him some kind of hint, but he couldn't bring himself to do so. First, because he believed Natsu would rub it off and continue acting the same way. After all, he didn't look like the lovey-dovey type that much, even though he was showing the contrary with Lisanna... well, just a little. Second, he thought maybe their relationship would worsen if he interfiered. Now he was regretting not having gave that a try. That definitely would have been better than the current situation.
Lucy continued to think until she finally sighed and leaded to the door.
"You're leaving already?" Gray asked.
"Yes, I think I will go hung around somewhere for a while. See you later Gray!" She smiled while walking away, her eyes lacking her usual happy shine.
'Probably,wearenotmeanttobetogether' Lucy concluded on her stroll. Suddenly she stopped.
"Mmm?... Deja vu..." She murmured confused. She hadn't reached that conclusion before. She was sure she hadn't had such depressing thoughts until then, even though she WAS depressed. Putting the topic aside she continued walking. Then, while considering to eat and ice crean, she started to hum randomly.
Natsu had seen her leaving and chased after her after being sure Lisanna was alright and stating he didn't want to find her crying when he came back; it was now forbidden! She had laughed at him and let him leave trying not to show her sadness. If she was lucky, Natsu and Lucy would just talk to each other and finish some business. He wouldn't do anything that hurt her. She believed in him... Even so, doubt made it's way to her heart.
Natsu ran after his nakama and was about to shout her name for her to turn around when her humming voice hit his ears strongly. She still kept feeling the deja vu sensation as she tried combining the tones she could make, searching for a certain melody she didn't know.
She tactfully listened to her own voice, letting her body react to the sounds, forming them in orden delicately in her mind.
The dragon boy's steps slowed down and he was lost in her humming. Both reacting to the same melody, one neither of them had heard but their souls seemed to had. Natsu's body was being filled with warmth from very deep inside in response to the unfinished song. He could feel the memory they were searching for tingling at the back of his mind... or his heart. They had met, but not when they were younger. No, he was much older and she was the same way as now.
The blonde girl stopped for a minute, convinced this was what her body was asking for and as she opened her mouth and started singing, happiness and serenity suddenly invaded her body.
Natsu stopped walking, the fire within him burning his soul and his meat. He knew that song, he knew her from years before he had even been born. He suddenly felt as if he had been many people before being Natsu and, back in time, at first, he had found her and hadn't stopped looking for her since the day they parted. He had always been looking for her and now he had finally found her.
Her voice smashed memories into Natsu's ears but they were too short or confusing. Rapidly, only one thing rose to the front of his head;
'Please, don't stop singing.'
Lucy felt how two strong arms closed around her from behind. She became stiff and immediately stopped singing as she felt spiky things carving slightly into her skin. A voice she recognised in two different degrees protested to her stop with a pout that sounded somewhat like a roar.
"Nat...?" she asked but decided not to finish his name as the hug became tighter and he protested once more, his head leaning against her back and the spikes carving deeper, hurting her. She looked down at his arms and found they were covered in red thick scales. Her eyes widened at the view while he hugged even strongly making a scream slip through her teeth.
"Please..." Natsu started, a rough deep voice mixing with his own while the scales hid themselves under his skin not hurting her anymore but leaving her surprised. "Don't stop... singing..."
He fought to keep the information he had gained in reach in his mind while feeling how lot's of memories Lucy's singing had bought into grasp slipped away.
His lips brushed the back of her neck while inhaling her smell and he felt delighted by the way Lucy's body trembled involuntarily under his touch. He felt so guilty he would have liked to kill himself right there. Moments ago he loved Lisanna and just felt an attraction to Lucy. Now he wanted her. He needed her. No, he had always wanted her but he wasn't able to remember. From the very first day they had met in this life he had kept her close by bringing her back with him to Fairy Tail making it her new home.
"Natsu, please... stop..." Lucy whispered unable to fight, for her body and heart wanted this more than anything in the world. But it wasn't right. He had Lisanna and they were happy together. Natsu's lips pressed on her neck and she shrieked, blushing intensely. She could feel her body melting... but she had to be strong. She stopped the hands that were about to start exploring her body and moved her neck away from Natsu's lips as much as she could. "This... is wrong. I can't do this. Please stop Natsu," she protested, almost about to cry.
He didn't let go for a while. His head rested on her soulder and he smelled her natural fragance. There were only three words in his mind, burned with fire like atmost true, and they hurt more than not having realised them ever.
Alright! Finally this is uploaded and I have corrected lots of spelling mistakes... Sorry about that, I was excited to upload this second chapter and didn't check before doing so. Seems like I can't write without much mistakes when it's nearly 1 am. in the morning
I wish you liked this chapter. Third one will probably be uploaded this weekend if Father's Day doesn't bring new unexpected plans to my everyday life.
Thanks for reading!
Ambitious Rookie
