[A/N Kon'nichiwa! I saw the views on the first chapter and holy poop! 300 views?! I love everyone so much! Also, thanks for the reviews last chapter! Remember that characters may seem OCC so... That's that.]

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does. I just simply own the plot and borrowing the characters of the Manga/Anime Fairy Tail. Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Tears of Pain & Forgiveness

Normal POV

"Oi! Metal-Head! What'd you say?!" It certainly seemed to Natsu Dragneel that a certain someone was looking for a fight.

"Damn, Salamander is gettin' all defensive. I guess it's that time of the month for him." Gajeel muttered to his Exceed partner, Lily.

"I'm not a damn girl!" Natsu defended, not understanding why the Iron Dragon Slayer was shaking his head.

"Ya don't understand? What has the dragon been teaching you, eh?" Natsu had a look of confusion on his face. Gajeel sighed, "I'm sayin' that your gonna go through some weird shit, flame-brain." After that, the black-haired mage left the guild, leaving behind a still confused Natsu.

"Oi! Get back here!" The mage was no longer in sight. Natsu wasn't so sure of what to think of anything. Maybe Wendy will know!

XxX

"Gomen! I don't know what that is... I don't think I've ever heard of it either. What about asking Sting-San or Rouge-San?" Though he was disappointed, there was still many other dragon slayers out there that he could ask. Laxus wasn't exactly at the guild so he was out of question. Wendy's considerings sounded like a good idea to the crimson-haired teen.

So off he went! Or so he thought...

"Natsu, have you seen Ca-" In mid-sentence, Lucy stopped. Natsu had unexpectedly gripped her wrists, holding them upwards. His eyes widened as he didn't let go. "N-Natsu, let go! You're hurting me!" Even with her protests he still couldn't manage to stop. His mind was screaming for him to stop, but his body denied.

He couldn't move. His body was moving on its own.

"Mm... I wonder how your blood'll taste?" Why would he want to taste her blood? Lucy was freaking out. His behavior has been off, usually scaring the crap out of her. How come no one was coming to her rescue? She turned her head to see every guild mate in a battle.

"N-Natsu... Please... Stop!" Tears were dropping out of her eyes. It was until then that she would be experiencing the worst type of pain. His hands engulfed in fire. The worst part, he was still gripping her. But this time, he dragged her out of the guild.

She felt as if she was losing consciousness. Something sharp was up against her neck, stabbing itself into her pale flesh. The amounts of blood dripping out... She has never seen so much blood come out of her own body. Even during a battle she's been better than what was happening now.

"Don't fall asleep on me, we're just getting started." Natsu was trying to stop it. Stop everything and be at her aid but he couldn't. He shouted, but nothing came out of his mouth. It was only words that he couldn't control. The same thing was happening to his movements. What was happening to him? Was this the weird stuff that Gajeel had spoken about? The memories came back to Natsu.

"I'm sayin' that your gonna go through some weird shit, flame-brain."

Those words echoed throughout his mind. If only he could somehow tell Lucy to run away... But how?

"Natsu... Why are... AHHHH-mmf mmf!" He had attempted to cover her mouth so no one in the guild would suspect anything. The flames were raging wildly, the blood gushing out, and Natsu's eyes filled with evil. Lucy was crying out waterfalls due to this extent pain. She knew this wasn't him. This couldn't be the Natsu she knew. Unless if he had a sadist side, but this was Natsu! Even if he did have a sadist side, it would've shown earlier, right?

"Lucy~ How would you want me to end you? I have multiple ways to do so. I'll list them so you could choo-"

There was a couple of gasps.

"Natsu! Let go of her!" A scarlet haired woman demanded, her voice stern.

"ICE MAKE: ICE CANNON!"

"EQUIP: FIRE EMPRESS!"

"WATER SLICER!"

"TAKEOVER: SATAN SOUL!"

Standing behind Natsu in their fighting positions were Gray, Erza, Juvia, and Mira. Gajeel had sensed some familiar blood behind the Guild when he had returned to gather something he had forgotten. Juvia was the only one to attack him.

Natsu let go of Lucy, dropping her to the ground with burnt, bleeding wrists and a neck wound. He turned around to see what was interrupting him.

Then, a flash. He collapsed to the ground, surprising everyone at the scenery. Erza quickly took Lucy to Wendy, seeing if she could fix up the pained girl. It wouldn't be a surprise if she got traumatized.

XxX

Gray took Natsu in the guild, tying him up to a pole with Mira and Elfman standing guard. The ice wizard hurriedly arrived to the Guild's infirmary where Lucy was being treated.

"Will she live?" Erza questioned the healer in front of her with concern in her voice. That Natsu surely did damage to the poor blonde. It was unusual of him to do a type of thing like that to nakama. The scarlet haired woman decided that she would interrogate him after business is done with Lucy.

Wendy had her hands on Lucy's wounds, having the blonde's wrists together to cure the three wounds. "Barely. The amount of blood that she had lost was a lot. Almost drained out of her body. Erza-San, you can go if you would like. I can take care of Lucy-San, I'm sure of it."

"What had Natsu done to her...?" The equipping wizard muttered to herself, shaking her head. "I would like to stay here. Just in case if something happens."

Wendy was shocked. She had heard that Lucy was injured but not by who. "This was Natsu-San's doing? Are you sure it was him?"

Erza hummed. "Sadly, it was. I don't know what got into him. I still need to ask him questions when he wakes up. Currently, he's unconscious."

The door opened in a quick and panicked manner. Two pairs of eyes going towards it. Erza had equipped to fire empress just in case.

"Where is she?" Erza walked towards the door, observing the teen. Did Mira and Elfman untie him? "Where is Lucy?"

"You're not hurting her again, Natsu! I will not allow you to!" Natsu had been confused for the 100th time that day.

"What do you mean hurt her again? Why would I hurt her? Can I just see her?"

"Oiii!" Gray's voice boomed through the small corridor that separated the Guild hall and the infirmary. "Let him see her, he doesn't remember shit!" Trusting the ice wizard, Erza shifted herself to the side of the door as Natsu entered the room.

"Gray, what do you mean he doesn't remember?" The red-haired mage quietly asked, taking the conversation right out the door, still keeping an eye on the fire dragon slayer inside.

"He doesn't remember any of that terrible shit he did to Lucy. Mira and I tried asking him questions about everything that happened outside and he was as dense as his normal self. He said whoever did those things to Lucy would die. Clearly he doesn't remember."

"What on Earthland...? We need to keep a close eye on Natsu. He could become dangerous again and try to attack someone. For now, we should convince him to try to give Lucy some time. Poor girl's probably traumatized."

"Okay. Should I inform Master on this? He won't be happy about it." Erza debated herself on whether if they should or not. The answer then got clear.

"Keep it a secret. Tell Mira, Juvia, and Elfman to keep it to themselves. We don't want Master getting the wrong idea."

"Will do. Oh, by the way, Erza, weren't you supposed to be here tonight from that mission? Where are Happy and Carla?"

Erza sweat-dropped, "You see, let's just say... Those two won't be here until morning. The client told us that if the 'cats' were to stay with her for a couple more hours, we would get payed double so, they stayed. Then, the reason why I'm here so early is because we got done with the job faster than expected." Gray nodded in approval, leaving Erza in an attempt to tell the other three guild mates to not share what they had witnessed.

XxX

Hours passed until the Guild was ready to be locked up. Erza and Wendy said that they would stay a little longer with an injured Lucy. The other guild mates knew that Lucy was injured, but not by how it happened. Natsu was still in the room with the blonde, waiting for her to wake-up. He promised himself that whoever did this to Lucy, to his Lucy, would be pounded to death. If only he knew that he, himself, was the one that had caused damage to the girl.

XxX

Nine days passed, yet, no sign of a conscious Lucy.

"Natsu, go home. You've been locked up in this room for days. She'll wake up soon, I guarantee you. Same goes for you, Happy." The blue winged Exceed was curled up in Lucy's lap, waiting to hear her soothing voice. Even though the Exceed teased the celestial mage a lot, he still loved Lucy. As much as he loved Natsu.

Natsu shook his head, "I'm not leaving, Lisanna. I'm not leaving until she wakes up." Determination was sprawled all over his face.

"Aye." Happy agreed, pawing at Lucy's leg but getting no response. When the blue Exceed had heard of the news of injured Lucy, he instantly flew to the infirmary room to see her. From that day, he has been in there with Natsu, waiting for at least a certain movement to happen.

"Natsu... Happy..." The Strauss sibling was certainly getting worried for the two. But, she left them and went back to the Guild hall. It wasn't as lively because of Natsu and Happy being all locked up with Lucy. Erza had not informed Happy on what caused the damage to Lucy. It would be best if he didn't know. For now, at least.

XxX

Three more days pass, and still no sign.

Natsu sighed, "C'mon, Lucy. You have to wake up... It's been more than a week. How much rest do you need?" He quietly asked, pouting at the same time.

Happy decided to speak up, "Natsu... What if Lucy doesn't wake up?" The pinkette glared at the little Exceed. Has Happy walked into territory that he's not supposed to be in?

"Don't say that! She will wake up... I know it!" He snapped back at his lovable companion. 'Natsu's really determined about her waking up... But, what if she- no, Happy! Don't think of those thoughts!' The Exceed thought to himself, still lying down on Lucy's lap.

A few minutes pass by as Erza then entered the room. She knows that Natsu's been dying to know who hurt Lucy. If only he remembered then maybe things would go easier. It was time for Natsu and Happy to learn about what the fire dragon slayer did.

"Natsu,-"

"If you're here to tell me to leave, I won't do it! Lucy needs me here!" She sighed, this would be harder than she thought. Natsu was basically her little brother, sometimes she hated it when she was forced to tell him some really bad news.

"No, it's about the person who did this. Gray, Juvia, Mira, and I know who did it. Would you really like to know?" Erza wanted his opinion. Even though she already knew his answer, she just wanted to make sure. What would Natsu do to himself though? If he knew he did this, what would he do with himself?

"Of course I do. I want to get revenge for Luce." He glanced at the blonde worriedly, seeing no movement. Still hasn't woken up.

Erza took a deep breath before speaking. "It was..." She paused and looked at him in the eyes. "You." He held a serious state before laughing.

"You're funny, Erza. Like I'd ever hurt Luce. C'mon, tell me!" She stared at him, looking quite hurt. He didn't take her seriously. At all.

"Natsu, you don't understand! You hurt her! You were the one that caused the damage to Lucy." Fury in her eyes, he could tell she wasn't joking. There... There was no way he could of hurt Lucy. Where's the proof? He didn't remember hurting her. "You don't remember what you did, but I saw it! You were holding her by the wrists, burning them! You bit her neck, tearing her flesh apart! You-"

"STOP IT! I WOULD NEVER HURT LUCY!" He promised he would protect her. As long as he lived, he would protect her.

"BUT YOU DID, NATSU! LOOK AT THE DAMAGE YOU HAVE DONE!"

"I WOULD NEVER FUCKING LAY A FINGER ON HER LIKE THAT! I DIDN'T DO THIS!" Tears were welling up in his eyes. Happy didn't dare to intrude this conversation. But the Exceed was crying to himself on Lucy's cold lap. He didn't believe Erza but what else would explain the burnt flesh? "HAPPY! TELL HER I WOULD NEVER DO IT!" Natsu broke down into tears, hugging the unconscious blonde tightly. "Tell her... That I would never do that..." He softly said before sobbing with Happy.

"Natsu..." Natsu put his head up, looking at Lucy's face. She was finally awake! Erza and Happy gasped as Natsu's face lit up.

"Lucy! I thought you were gonna die! Don't you ever try to handle-"

"Get out." Lucy coldly said. Natsu looked up at her, dry tears on his cheeks and a questioning smile. Wasn't she supposed to be happy to be alive?

"W-Why?" He questioned as he took a step back.

"Get away from me! Erza! Get him out of here!" She started breaking down in tears, stroking Happy's fur.

"Lucy, are you su-"

"Get him out!" Erza obeyed the pained girl's wishes and took him out to the Guild hall where he was raging. He ran back to the infirmary, stopping at the door to hear the conversation.

"Erza... He almost killed me! I could have died..." Lucy yelled, sobbing quietly.

"Did Natsu do that to you?" Happy asked innocently.

"Yes." Lucy replied rather softly, asking if she could have alone time to think. Natsu instantly ran back to the Guild hall, not wanting to be caught. Thoughts were racing through his mind at that moment. He really did do that to Lucy... It was his fault that she almost died. If only he could clear things with Lucy, he'll feel a little bit better. But nothing could fix that meteor sized hole in his heart. He wanted to kill himself. But he couldn't. He wasn't the type to give up. He was the type to keep fighting, for his nakama. Only this time, he was basically killing his nakama.

He's going to fix this. He'll fix it for sure.

Something had possessed him through it. He knew he would never hurt Lucy. So something or someone was controlling him, trying to kill Lucy.

Someone was targeting Lucy. His Lucy. And he won't let them get away easily. But how would he protect her? He had viciously attacked her last time. This was weird.

XxX

He ran back to the infirmary room, staying outside the door. The fire dragon slayer then entered the room Lucy was in, surprising her. Though, she had an angry look on her face when she saw that it had been Natsu.

"What do you need? If you try to attack me again, I am not afraid to get out Loke or Taurus." It was true. She had a tight grip on her two golden keys that she was ready to pull out any minute now.

"Luce, I didn't attack you." He sat down on a chair beside her.

"Natsu, I'm not stupid like you! You did attack me! You know what, just get out! There's nothing you can do to fix this!" He quieted down for her sake, showing her that he was calm. "Why? Why would you attack me? No... Not just attack... An attempt of murder. Why?" His eyes were wide opened. It pissed him off badly that he couldn't remember a thing he did to her.

"Lucy... Can't you just believe me? I don't remember anything that happened. I don't know what's happening to me. It's really scaring me, knowing that now I'm dangerous to you." He simply explained, earning a scowl from the blonde in front of him. He examined her face, all of her features, then he went onto her body, his eyes just admiring how perfect she is. She is such a good friend, and he almost killed her.

An annoyed sigh came out of her soft lips. "Natsu, my eyes are up here." His eyes trailed back up to her face, looking back into her eyes. "Is my stuff still at your house?" He nodded. "I'll be able to go back to the house tomorrow. Understand?"

"Yeah. Are you still gonna live with us?" She smiled, he really missed that smile. Not being able to talk to her normally or make her laugh has really brought him down. He wasn't the same without her. "Can you stay with us forever?" He questioned quietly, earning a giggle from the blonde.

"I don't think I can stay with you guys forever. Now, go get some rest. Happy told me how you haven't gotten any rest because of me."

"Fine. But if you need anything, I'll be sleeping at the house. Bye, Luce." He stood up, about to walk away when Lucy had grabbed his arm. What was she doing? Thoughts were running wild in that mind of his.

"Erm... Thank you, Natsu. I uh..." A blush creeped up its way to her pale, soft cheeks, warming them up quickly. There was a pause before she started to speak. Like she changed her mind of the words that were supposed to come out. "You're sweet. It means a lot for you and Happy to stay here with me for quite a while..."

Natsu smiled widely, showing his sharp, dragon canines. How were his teeth so clean and white? She never knew if he took care of his teeth or not, but she did recall Wendy saying something about Natsu wanting to care for his teeth as he needed them to be sharp to eat certain foods. Putting his forehead against hers, he looked promisingly into her eyes, a faint blush on his own warm cheeks. "I promise... I'll protect you. I will never hurt you again."

"Natsu..." The blonde mage quietly whispered, tearing up once again.

Only two thoughts went across his mind at that very moment, protecting her was major now, and, his new found feelings that he has not discovered, yet felt them.

[A/N Make sure to review your opinion! I will be getting back to Advice in a week so stay tuned for that! I'm thinking on making a one-shot for NaLu because everything that went on in the Anime brought my fangirling out. OTP much? I guess the same goes for GaLe and Gruvia. GAH! DA FEELS! More things would be revealed next chapter so stay tuned! As for now, sayōnara!]