Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. All rights, characters, and everything else belong to the creator, Hiro Mashima. I thought I was done for the day, but it turns out I couldn't help myself. After this chapter, there's only going to be 1 to 3 chapters left. Along with that, I hope you enjoy my other story because it's a Naruto story.
As Lucy was about to wake up in the Infirmary, all eyes were on her as to see how she was doing. "What happen, what's going on?" Lucy said. Everyone was relieved to see that she was doing well, especially Natsu. He wouldn't forgive himself if something worse happened to her. Natsu bended down from where he was standing next to Lucy, and hugged her telling her, "I'm sorry, I've should've stepped in and stopped the match sooner. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me Lucy."
All eyes were on Natsu as they have never seen him like that before. Lucy was also shocked about what just happened. She has never seen her partner act this. So, Lucy returned the hug and kept telling Natsu, "It's ok Natsu, its ok. Look at me." And Natsu did so. "I'm ok; I just need to rest is all. You didn't do anything wrong. So don't beat yourself out because you still have to get ready for your match. Ok?" Natsu only nodded because he was still upset at himself for what happened to her.
Everyone except Lucy realizes how important she is to Natsu and understands why he is acting like this. After Makarov then told the teams they had to merge and all, everyone except for Wendy, Carla, Porlyusica, Elfman, and Evergreen decided to head to prepare for the next battle. Before he left, Natsu took one more look at the now sleeping Lucy and he knew who was going to pay for what happened to her. "Sabertooth, those bastards. First they humiliate and kick one of their own out just because Yukino lost a match. Now they had the nerve to do this to Lucy. These guys don't know who they are dealing with. They're about to find out that no one does that and gets away with it." Then Natsu left with a fiery aura around him.
Time skip: To Fairy Tail versus Sabertooth, the moment Natsu left Lucy's room to get ready to brawl with Sting and Rouge.
Lucy was in high spirits for Natsu and Gajeel because she knows they're going to win. But something was still bothering her even though she may think it's nothing. "Why was Natsu acting like that earlier? Did something happen after I passed out? I got to find out cause I need to know if something happened to him." Lucy thought. She then turned to the young Sky Dragon Slayer, Wendy and her exceed, Carla and decided to ask them what happened.
"Hey Wendy." "Yes, Lucy, is something wrong?" Wendy said. "No nothing's wrong, it's just, I need to ask you something?" "Sure Lucy, what do you need to know?" Lucy hoped she will be able to know. "Did something happen after I passed out from my match?" Wendy wasn't sure if she should tell her because it was Natsu's place to tell her. "Ummmm, nothing much happen. Just the usual and all, nothing to worry about." Lucy wasn't quite sure that Wendy was telling her the truth and she needed to know because deep down, she was worried about Natsu. "Please Wendy, I need to know. I want to know what happen. Did Natsu do something or say something? Please tell me Wendy." Wendy was still not sure if she should.
Carla, hearing all of this decided to tell Lucy even though Wendy wasn't sure. "Settle down child, if you would like to know, I'll tell you, but you must make a promise." Carla spoke out. "Carla? Sure, of course, just please tell me." Carla saw how serious she was and how worried she is for Natsu. "Alright, first off, you must promise me you will talk to Natsu when the GMG are over." Lucy had no idea that it was this big, but she had to know. "Of course." Wendy wanted to stop Carla, but she knew that would upset Lucy, so she decided to let it go and let her hear about what happened.
"Alright child, the reason why Natsu is acting like that is because that goofball finally realizes his feelings for you." There was a moment of silence and after another minute, Lucy then said, "WHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! NATSU REALIZES WHAT NOW?!" "Simmer down now child, you forget there's another injured member here too." Lucy forgot that Elfman was probably asleep because he woke up screaming, "MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN." Of course that made Evergreen whack him on the head telling him to be quiet or else he get turned to stone.
After all that, Lucy continued to hear what Carla was talking about. "After you passed out, one of the members of said something that I couldn't hear but sent Natsu over the edge. He shown a side that none of us has ever seen before and it was dangerous." Lucy was shocked to hear that. The lovable, lamebrain, pyro she knows so much had a side like this. Carla then continued, "After that, Natsu then told that member the reason why he did it was because he loved you and wanted him to know that if he so much as said another bad word, he wouldn't live to regret it." Lucy was again shocked to hear about what Natsu had. "He actually said he loved me? As in love love me and not just as best friends?" Wendy and Carla only nodded.
After hearing that, Lucy decided to lie back down to think about what she had just heard. At first she was scared because she had never heard this side of Natsu before. But after hearing the rest from Carla and Wendy, she felt not only relieved, but happy as well. What Natsu didn't know was that Lucy started falling in love with Natsu ever since the battle with Hades and his group. After hearing that Natsu also had the same feelings as her made her extremely happy inside. As she was about to take a nap, she muttered, "I can't wait till we win because I can't wait to finally tell you how I really feel about you Natsu. To finally get to say, "I Love You"." After saying that, Lucy slept with a smile on her face and everyone in the infirmary knew it was good news.
Ok everyone, that's all I'm going to do for the day. I may update tomorrow or later but know that this will be a short story but the good news is that in the next chapter, its Natsu and Gajeel versus Sting and Rouge. And depending on how I write, I might add a little extra. Hope you all enjoy.
