Virgo looked around at the spirits and at the king her nerves kept her voice caught in her throat she clutched her chest and looked down at her feet taking a deep breath she looked up again and saw Loke walking in with Natsu who was smiling at her. seeing his smile washed away her nerves and reignited her confidence she took one last look at the spirit king locking eyes with him not wavering a bit taking another breath she began her tail
six months earlier
A month ago fairy tail and their various allies went to war with the Alvarez empire headed by it's emperor Spriggan or as they know him Zeref the immortal wizard. Though they won that war they didn't get out without lost the hardest being the lost of their master Makarov.
Thanks to their victory fairy tail and there allies began to have a surplus of missions coming in however thanks to the damage done it was mostly search and rescue missions A rescue mission was exactly what Team Natsu was on helping the people of Hargeon rebuild their homes and digging out any survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings
"We'll split up into two groups Gray,Wendy and myself will handle the repair work Natsu and Lucy will handle the rescue" said Erza taking command.
"Alright!" Natsu said with a smile as He and Lucy hurried over to help with the rescue.
The two of them and Happy ran towards the crashed sites and began helping everyone working together in unison to dig out and deliver them to the near by doctors.
"Hey Lucy you should summon some spirits they'd be tons of help" Happy said flying over her head carrying a an injured woman towards the doctors.
"Good idea" Lucy said pulling out her keys and summoning her spirits.
"Loke!, Taurus! and Virgo!" Lucy shouted.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! what do you need!" Taurus said as he came out with hearts in his eyes.
"Good morning princess" Virgo said has she was summoned with a bow.
"Hey Lucy it's been a while" said Lucy leaning against her.
"I need you three to help dig any survivors out and take them to the doctors" said Lucy giving orders to each of them.
"I'll do anything for yooooooou Lady Lucy" Taurus said with hearts in his eyes.
"Lucy ignored her spirit and went back to work.
For nearly three hours the team worked together like a well oil machine and nearly had all the buildings cleared out only one building remained
the building was a two story bakery and while it still miraculously stood the entrance was blocked off by fallen debris
"How are we gonna get in there?" Wendy asked concern evident in her voice.
"I can just burn that debris away" Natsu said taking a deep breath about to light the debris on fire.
SMACK! "Don't be an idiot do that you'd hurt any hostages that are trap inside" said Erza giving Natsu a glare.
"MA! Ma! please someone help my ma! please!" came the cry of a young child.
"Where did that voice come from?" Lucy asked.
"I think it came from the top floor" said Wendy pointing towards a cracked window.
"Happy! lets go!" shouted Natsu as he jumped into the air.
"Aye sir!" Happy called out has he flew pass and caught him before flying into the open window
Natsu looked around and saw a young boy no more than four or five with reddish-orange hair and dark eyes the child wore a pair of overalls over a blackshirt with the fairy tail symbol on the back
Remembering the boy screaming for someone to save his mom Natsu began to sniff around for a scent similar to the boys
That's when Natsu caught her scent and followed his nose to a collapsed stairway
When he arrived he saw a woman with bright orange hair tied in a braided ponytail wearing a olive green apron with a matching paper hat.
"Please sir, please help Ma" the young boy said tugging on Natsu's sleeve
"Don't worry I'll save her but we got to get you out first" said Natsu.
"No! I won't leave without ma!" the young boy said a tear coming into his eyes.
Having lost Igneel Natsu knew what the child was going through and what he will go through if he doesn't save her
"Please help ma" the young boy kept repeating as snot bubbles kept popping in his nose
Natsu pulled the child into a hug to calm him down before handing him to happy and telling him to fly him out
"Aye! sir!" Happy shouted with a salute before flying out the window.
"No! go back! go back! I can't leave mommy!" shouted the boy struggling in Happy's grip.
"Alright now I can concentrate on getting her out of here" said Natsu as he hopped down towards the woman
He bent down towards her and let out a breath he didn't know he held when he heard the faint sound of her heart beat.
Upon closer inspection Natsu realized the woman's legs were pinned under a heavy steel pillar
Taking a deep breath Natsu began to lift the pillar off her legs upon doing so the house began to shake as the house was on it's last legs and the only thing keeping it from falling was the pillar crushing the woman.
Natsu found himself at an impasse he couldn't rescue the woman without the entire building collapsing on them both
Hope came in the form of a pink haired maid has she looked down and immediately saw the problem
"Princess sent me in to come help" said Virgo jumping down to do just that.
"Your a life saver Virgo hurry and carry her out of here" said Natsu as he began lifting the pillar just enough for Virgo to pull her out without the building coming down.
Once Virgo got her out Natsu tried to slowly place the pillar back down but found that even moving an inch would cause the building to collapse.
"Is something wrong?" Virgo asked
"Just hurry out of here I can't move from this spot" said Natsu sweat beating down his forehead as he began to struggle a bit when more debris fell atop of the pillar he was holding up.
"Let me hold it you take her" Virgo said
"No just go!" Natsu shouted
"Come on you have to I'm immortal I'll just get sent back to the spirit realm to heal but you, you may die" Virgo said getting for the first time in a long time serious
"I don't give a damn if your immortal! or not! I'm a fairy tail wizard! and we don't let our friends get hurt!" Natsu shouted.
"B-But..."Just go!" Natsu screamed.
"Alright!" Virgo shouted has she lifted the woman on her back and with great agility jumped back to the top floor.
Virgo held the woman and slowly walked towards the doctors bringing the woman to her crying son
suddenly the building behind her collapsed completely
"She didn't know why, she had never been one to cry so easily but she realized a stream of tears slid down her face.
"Ma! Ma!" the boy yelled ripping away from the doctors and running to his mother.
At the sound of the screams the mother began to stir.
"A-Austin, Austin!where are you!" the woman asked in a panicked voice
"I'm right here Mama" said the boy now named Austin.
"Thank you, thank you for saving me and my son" the woman said
"It wasn't me that saved you" said Virgo looking towards the collapsed building and letting the woman down off her back
The moment the woman's feet touched the ground Virgo was off like a greyhound towards the building.
"Virgo! what's wrong!?" Lucy asked seeing her normally composed spirit acting completely out of character.
"Natsu was still inside!" Virgo shouted without stopping without looking back.
At first they didn't hear or maybe didn't process what she had said and they all looked at each other like what? but moments later they all where running towards the building...
Moments before the building collapsed (Natsu's pov)
"Thank goodness Virgo came" Natsu said trying to take a step but feeling the house getting heavier
"Sorry for always causing so much trouble" Natsu whispered as he dropped the pillar causing the building to collapse around him.
Back with Virgo...
"Come on! Natsu! were are you!" Virgo asked moving rocks this way and that.
"Why am I so frantic, why is my heart racing so much?" Virgo asked herself clutching her chest.
The team dug for another ten minutes before the finally found Natsu beneath the rubble a large gash across his chest.
Most people would think Lucy would be the one to run to his side in a panic and she might've if Virgo didn't beat her too it
"No, no, no you can't die because of me please don't die because of me, just please wake up, please let me know your okay" Virgo said in a low voice a tear that didn't go unnotice by the others floated down her face.
"Not because of me" Virgo whispered placing his head on her thighs and feeling for a pulse after a few moments Virgo's heart began to beat faster and faster fearing the worst another tear threatened to fall but it didn't the moment she felt that faint pulse she lit up with joy just knowing he was still alive.
"Gray carry him back lets get him to porlyusica's Wendy apply healing magic" said Erza giving out commands.
"It's my fault he's hurt cause of me" Virgo kept repeating.
"Don't be silly Virgo Natsu would never blame this on you" said Lucy giving her spirit a much needed smile that was like the sun breaking through a cloudy day.
{"Is that the moment you feel in love?"} The Spirit King asked intterupting the story.
{"No that was just the first piece of the complicated puzzle that is our love"} said Virgo with a smile and then continuing.
Virgo's Pov
"Three days have passed since that and still Natsu hadn't awoken, hadn't even stirred a bit and it's all my fault" Virgo said standing at his bedside in the middle of the night.
Virgo didn't know why, hell she didn't care but for the past three nights she had been self summoning in order to come see Natsu
"Just let me lay down just for a little while" said Virgo laying down beside Natsu.
The next morning...
"What's going on? where am I?" Natsu asked looking around
"Oh it's the infirmary" Natsu said starting to remember what happend
"I better tell the others I'm okay now" said Natsu as he tried sitting up but found a weight upon his chest.
"The hell?" Natsu said as he fiannaly noticed Virgo who at some point during the night rolled over a top of him.
"It's my fault, it's my fault" Virgo kept repeating has her sleeping face was twisted.
"Don't be stupid it's not you fault" Natsu said brushing her hair out her face.
Upon hearing his voice Virgo's eyes popped open in most people waking up atop of a boy would be embarrased but the only emotion Virgo felt at that moment was pure joy tear's of happiness threatening to fall locking eyes with Natsu.
This was the first time Natsu really looked at one of Lucy's spirits and he realized that she was beautiful
"It's not your fault" Natsu repeated once again.
"It should've been me I should've been the one to..." "Don't say that!" Natsu shouted yanking her body againts his chest and looking her dead in the eyes.
"Like I told you before your my friend and I protect my friends from anything" Natsu said in a rough but caring tone.
"Thank you!, Thank you for living!" Virgo cried.
Natsu let her cry on his chest for what seemed like forever before she sat up and wiped her tears.
"Thank you again for living" said Virgo has she began to return to the spirit realm however right before she disappeared she didn't know why but she ran and kissed Natsu on the cheek and then disappeared.
Moments later Austin and his mother came into the infirmary
Natsu smiled upon seeing them
"Hello are you Natsu Dragneel?" the mother asked.
"Yes" Natsu said giving a short and simple answer.
"Thank you for saving my son!" the woman cried she and Austin pulling him into a great big hug.
"Your welcome" said Natsu with a smile.
"Please if you need anything please don't hesitate to call me in fact once the bakery gets built up I'll give you free sweets for life" said the mother.
Natsu wasn't really the type of guy who'd eat sweets but he knew that if he denied her offer and Erza found out about it she'd put his head on a pike.
"I'd love that" said Natsu with a smile.
"Alright when you visit just asked for Chastity that's my name" the woman said with a smile before picking up her child and taking him out.
!Flashback over!
"After that night I visited Natsu everyday without fail and eventually or maybe naturally we became lovers" said Virgo finising her tail
"I've heard your story! and I'll give my verdict!" shouted the Celestial King with a bang of his sword.
"I'll take any punishment" said Virgo
"You are hereby bansihed from this realm!" the Celestial King shouted as he was about to bang his sword again a voice rang out in the court room
"Wait! your majesty!" shouted Loke as he walked onto the floor.
"What are you doing Loke?" the Celestial king asked.
"This is the virgo's first offence please give her another chance if she and Natsu break off their relationship and she promises not to see him outside of missions with Lucy than surely we can forgive her and not punish her so harshly" said Loke.
"Did you hear that Virgo are you willing to take that deal?" the Celestial King asked
"Loke I thank you for trying to help but I won't take that deal" Virgo said much to everyone's shock.
"Why not?" the Celestial King questioned.
"Because I love him more than anything more than the air I breath and when someone's in love not even death would keep them from being with the one they love!" Virgo shouted.
"I see you've made you decision and mine still stands" said the Celestial King banging his sword on the floor
The moment the hilt touched the ground Natsu and Virgo both were enveloped by a bright light the two covered their eyes and realized that they arrived at the same place they were taken from.
"Virgo why didn't you take the deal now you might die" Natsu said worry in his voice.
"When loke was banished he managed to survive three years I'm not as strong as he is but I can last at least two" said Virgo.
"Then I'll spend two years trying to save you" said Natsu
"I truly do love you" said Virgo leaning over and giving Natsu a passion filled kiss on the lips
...
After a bit of shaggin in the woods Natsu and Virgo walked hand in hand into the fairy tail guild.
Upon their entrance Lucy came marching over an angry look on her face
At that moment Natsu and Virgo realized they had jumped out the pot and into the pan.
"I told the story last time now it's your turn" said Virgo pushing him towards the enraged woman
"Your so gonna pay for this tonight" Natsu whispered
To be continued
Whoa guys thanks for all the support I'm glad you liked that first chapter and I hope you enjoy this one too
