Edit: 14-2-2017
Hey guys! So here's the second chapter :)
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Yesterday's History - Chapter 2, Destined encounters - Part 1
Lucy was walking a fair number of meters behind the Fire Mage, trying to calm herself down. The memory of Natsu's actions was still too fresh in her mind. Her fingers brushed lightly over her forehead, feeling her cheeks warm up at the memory of his touch there. She didn't understand why this was happening. For a moment, she had even considered the idea that she may still be running a fever. Natsu had never bothered her that way before so her fever could be an explanation as to why she was so immensely affected by her partner's actions. He had touched her before, hell he had even seen her naked a few times. A memory of the incident during the Dragons' attack in Crocus flashed through her mind, making her shake her head to get rid of the embarrassing memory. Of course, she had always felt embarrassed when that happened, but never like this. She felt utterly exposed and defenceless.
Her eyes wandered down her body, suddenly regretting the outfit she had put on to impress Natsu. She wished she hadn't chosen this outfit because every guy she passed by stared at her, except for Natsu of course. Normally she would feel confident and proud, but she was just a little sad that he hadn't even said a thing about her outfit.
Lucy's eyes were fixed on the floor as she took small steps behind her partner. She was carefully watching where she placed her feet as she didn't want to draw even more attention to herself by falling over.
"Hey, check that out!" Lucy could hear a guy holler to his friends as she walked by them. She looked up at Natsu's back in front of her. She knew he had certainly heard, but he didn't seem to care, not even turning around to glance at them.
The guys followed her and were now walking next to her, throwing her complaints left and right. "Hey, beautiful." One said, putting his arm around her. "Are you lonely, princess?" She was uncomfortable at the sudden touch of skin and feeling his cold, clam hands on her shoulder made her shudder.
"Sorry, but could you let go of me? I don't like it when filthy things touch me." She stated and pushed his hand off. She saw Natsu stifle a laugh as he was still walking in front of her. He didn't try to interfere because he knew she could handle it on her own. Also, as he got to know her more, he had noticed that she was in deep thought when she walked that slow. He learned pretty quickly to leave her alone when she was thinking like that. Last time he disturbed her, he ended up being washed away by Aquarius. Of course, along with Lucy herself.
"Quite some mouth you got there." The guy's friend laughed as he looked at Lucy and the whole gang, whom she hadn't even noticed before, joined in on the fun. "Auch, Trevor. That must've hurt. Who would've thought you'd be rejected by a girl like that." They all laughed again.
Natsu had stopped and was enjoying the scene, watching his partner's temperament get the best of her. He found it amusing that behind the ever sweet Lucy Heartfilia, there was also a person who could bite your head off with her comments.
Lucy turned her back to the gang and started walking away. "Quite a mouth indeed!" The guy, who she had just made fun of, grabbed her shoulder and a shiver ran up her spine upon contact, feeling as though something really bad was about to happen. "Shall I show you where to put it?!" She had never experienced this feeling before. No, that wasn't entirely true. She had, back when they had faced off against Fairy Tail's second Guild Master.
Suddenly Natsu felt something as well. It was like a surge of pure energy; one he had felt countless of times himself when he was pushed over the edge. He was watching the scene very carefully now. He knew for certain that one of those five guys was hiding their true strength and from what he had felt, this person wasn't some pushover either. He was getting excited about the thought that he could fight another tough opponent, but he couldn't quite tell which of the guys it really was, though.
He saw a guy grabbing Lucy by her shoulder, spinning her around and catching her by her wrists. In an instant, he was by her side, the excitement he had felt now just a distant memory. "Let go of her." He said calmly, but anyone could hear the death-threat hidden beneath the words.
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed upon hearing her partner's voice.
"Natsu? As in Natsu Dragneel, Dragon Slayer of Fairy Tail?" One of the gang members said and as the other guys heard the name, they subconsciously backed away a bit.
"So this is the famous Salamander? Hmm.. I never thought it would be someone like you? I'm quite disappointed actually. I thought the great Salamander would be more.. Well, just more." The guy said, releasing his strong grip on Lucy's wrists.
Natsu just grinned and the guy was surprised at how Natsu had reacted. Even Lucy found herself at a loss of words at Natsu's 'normal' reaction. She thought that Natsu wouldn't hesitate to fight this guy, but instead he grabbed Lucy's hand and pulled her along with him, leaving the guy, and the chance of a possible battle, behind them.
"You ok, Lucy?" They kept walking, Natsu looking at her wrist, searching for any bruises.
"I'm fine, Natsu." Lucy blushed and glanced back at the gang. She was glad Natsu had pulled her out of there, but something in the pit of her stomach told her that they shouldn't have just left it at that.
Trevor smirked when he suddenly realized something. "Come on guys, let's go have some fun."
At the sound of the guild doors opening, all heads turned towards the two mages who walked in. Some looked excited, but some also tried to hide their eyes from the piercing light that was let in through the doors.
"Lu-chan! You're better! I was really worried about you!" The short blue-haired girl said as she wrapped her arms around Lucy and didn't let go until Gajeel had no choice but to pry her off.
"Let Bunny-girl breathe, will ya." Gajeel said as he lifted the petite girl up and placed her in a chair at the nearest table.
"B-but.." Levy started, but Gajeel quickly grabbed a piece of cake and shoved it in her mouth.
"Be quiet and eat this so you'll grow a little." Gajeel patted her head. Lucy watched as her best friend's cheeks flared at the touch of the tall Dragon Slayer.
"Eating Erza's cake will only make fat grow at your sides." Gray laughed, sitting himself next to Levy.
"E-Erza's c-cake?" Gajeel started to sweat. He grabbed Levy's red cheeks. "Spit it out! Spit it out!" He yelled frantically.
"Gajeel," Erza's – obviously over-sweet – voice could be heard from behind him and he froze. "Would you mind telling me what you were thinking when you decided to take my cake from me?" Erza smiled dangerously angelic and Gajeel's face drained itself of blood.
Lucy found it very amusing seeing her friends like this again. She had really missed this. She glanced at Gray, who was trying to keep himself from laughing while Levy's cheeks had flared even more and Gajeel's face rivalled the colour of Mira's hair.
Gray couldn't hold it any longer and burst out in loud laughter, clutching his stomach because it just hurt too much.
"And you, Gray!" Erza looked at him and Gray immediately stopped laughing, all his muscles tensing up. "What did you mean 'it will only make fat grow'? Are you saying I'm fat?"
"N-no! I didn't say it like that! Well- I did- but honestly, I didn't mean-" Gray tried to defend himself.
"What!? You didn't mean what, Gray!?" She yelled. Gray's face went pale and now his face too, rivalled Mira's hair. "Since I always eat that cake and you basically just said it makes people fat, you meant me, didn't you!" Erza equipped and Gray could barely dodge in time as one of her blades was thrown at his head.
Lucy couldn't help but giggle at the scene and not long after, tables and chairs were flying through the guild. Again.
Lucy dodged flying objects and fighting guild members and sat herself at the bar. "Good morning, Mira." Lucy greeted the white-haired girl behind it.
"It's good to see you feeling better, Lucy," Mira smiled back. "but, wasn't Natsu with you just now?" She asked as her hands were busy wiping the counter.
"Yeah, but I think he's looking for a mission." Lucy sighed. It wasn't like she didn't want to go on a mission, but it was just that she suddenly had this weird feeling that something bad was going to happen.
"Where's Juvia?" Lucy asked as she watched the guild brawl and didn't see Juvia who would always go for the kill if anybody just as dared to touch Gray.
"She left with Wendy and Romeo on a mission. Macao didn't want them to go alone, so Wendy asked Juvia to come with them. Of course, Juvia couldn't say no to the only girl that isn't her love-rival." Mira giggled as she brought her hand to her mouth.
"Hey Mira, aren't there any other missions?" Natsu asked as he joined Lucy at the bar. "The missions on the board, they're all in a different city and Lucy isn't fully recovered yet. So I don't want to take her too far from home." Natsu explained and as she heard the Dragon Slayer's words, Mirajane's eyes gained this shine in them that scared Lucy a bit.
"Ohh, you're so thoughtful Natsu. I didn't know you cared so much about Lucy." Mira said as she glanced at the blonde mage, leaning her elbow on the counter.
"Of course I care! She's my partner after all." Natsu said and Mira had this 'I'm-so-sorry-this-idiot-doesn't-even-realize-look' when her eyes met Lucy's.
"Sooo! About that mission!" Lucy tried to change the subject, knowing all too well what Mira was implying.
"I'm sorry guys, there are no missions closer to home than Clover Town." Mira smiled as she got the hint.
"I see.." Natsu looked at Lucy, debating whether or not they should travel all the way to Clover Town just for a mission. There's only one route to Clover Town and it's only accessible by train. Natsu could feel his stomach turn as he thought about their last visit there. Luckily, he had been fighting against the Wind Mage, Erigor of Eisenwald Guild, so he hadn't been paying much attention to the 'transportation', but what if Lucy's fever came back again and they were on a train? He couldn't possibly let her go since he wouldn't be very useful if anything were to happen.
"Let's just stay here, ok Natsu?" Lucy touched his arm, pulling his attention back to their conversation.
"Then how will I pay you back?" Natsu asked, his eyes staring intently at hers. Lucy had the same confused look on her face as Mira had as she stared back.
"Pay me back? For what?"
"Since I crashed at your place for these couple of days, I need to at least pay you back." Natsu said and as soon as Mira heard this Lucy could see the excitement return in her eyes.
"You slept at Lucy's place? But doesn't she have just one bed? So! does that mean-? Ohh, you kids grow up so fast!" Mira kept on rambling, lost in her own world.
"No! It's not like that!" Lucy's face was flushed and she was honestly quite happy that Natsu dragged her out of there.
"C'mon Luce! I know just the thing!" Natsu said as he pulled her away from the bar.
It had amazed Lucy how fast they got through the fighting fairies without being hit by any flying objects or people. Then again, Natsu had used his Dragon's Roar to clear the way and since nobody wanted to be barbecued, they cleared out as fast as possible.
As soon as the guild doors had closed behind them, Lucy could hear them continuing their brawl as if the Fire Dragon Slayer hadn't even passed through.
Natsu slowed down his pace and Lucy noticed how they were still holding hands. A blush crept up her neck as she tried to control her heart. She looked at him, seeing he was grinning. Lucy found it cute how Natsu could get excited over the simplest of things, but she had also noticed how he acted differently lately.
'What's gotten into him all of a sudden? Paying me back? He's never done that, not even once in all this time that we've known each other.' Lucy stopped thinking as she noticed the silence between them.
"Say Natsu, where's Happy?" Lucy asked as she remembered she hadn't seen the blue Exceed in over a week now.
"Since I was staying at your place, he went to Carla's. I guess he went on a mission with Wendy and Romeo."
"Oh, I see.." She saw how Natsu had gotten even more quiet ever since she mentioned his best friend. "You miss him, don't you?"
"Yeah, I guess I do…" Natsu paused, taking a moment to think about his best bud before his attention was pulled back by something else. "But anyways, why don't we just go fishing?" He said and before Lucy could even say something or object, Natsu continued. "Wait, here. I'll be right back, ok." And then he left.
"Geez, don't leave me here." Lucy said to no one in particular. She looked at her hand, which he had been holding just moments ago and her heart started pounding harder in her chest again.
"Salamander really is an idiot for leaving something as tasty as you all alone."
Before she completely understood what was happening, a guy had already put a hand over her mouth while another held her hands tightly together as a third was tying them up in front of her. She was pulled into a dark alley and pushed against a wall, hands trapped above her head and a fourth guy had his body pressed tightly against her own.
"Hey, beautiful." The voice spoke, his lips brushing over hers. "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" He laughed. "You're not so tough when your boyfriend's not around, huh?"
The moment he had spoken, Lucy recognized his voice. It was that same guy who had grabbed her this morning. Trevor.
"Princess, if you want my advice, I suggest you find yourself a new boyfriend." Trevor's hand stroked the soft skin beneath her ear as his other hand was untying the knot in her neck that kept her blouse in place. Lucy felt the garment slipping down as Trevor tugged one last time. "I mean, what prince would leave his princess all alone when she's this delicious."
"Why need a prince, if she has a dragon." The dark alley was suddenly lit by flames and Trevor was blown backwards as Natsu's fist collided with his jaw.
"I was wondering when you'd show up, Salamander." Trevor slowly got up, rubbing his jaw. "I knew you sensed us."
The other three guys charged at Natsu and Trevor grabbed Lucy by her throat and lifted her until her feet were a good distance from the ground. He looked at her and a grin appeared on his face. "They sure have grown, haven't they, Lulu?"
"What did you call me?" Lucy wheezed, not caring how her black lace bra was now completely visible. Her voice trembled a bit, barely audible as she spoke the words.
"Let go of her!" Natsu's voice echoed throughout the alley.
"I need to go now, but don't worry. I'll see you again real soon." Trevor said before slamming Lucy back against the wall. When her feet touched the ground again, she couldn't stay on them and she fell forward.
Natsu could catch her just in time before she would've hit the ground.
"Oi, Lucy! Stay with me, ok! Keep your eyes open!" She could see him, but her vision was fading. His voice was echoing through her head.
Her mind was a mess. Memories kept flooding in, making her head pound even more. This seemed so familiar.
'…what's your name? - I'll tell you real soon, Lulu.'
And then everything went black.
So, this was it for today. Tell me what you think!
