Monster
2 – Grey
DISCLAIMER : I don't own Fairy Tail.
Thank you for everyone that reviewed the first chapter ^^ I hope this one is not weird T_T Looks like I'm going to need more chapters to explain the whole story so you guys will understand.
Lucy leans her head on the counter. Her milkshake is still half full. She had came to the guild since 6.00 A.M. because she can't sleep, and decided to ordered Mirajane's chocolate milkshake to calm her mind. How could she sleep after the thing that happened to her?
"You're not going to finish that up, Lucy?" asks Mirajane softly. Lucy slowly shakes her head.
"I'll finish that up, Mirajane-san, don't worry." Says Lucy.
Mirajane put her hands on the counter and stares at Lucy. "You seems highly dispirited, Lucy. What happened?"
Lucy slowly lifts her face. "Wah, Mirajane-san. How do you know?"
"Your expression tells everything."
Lucy exhales. "Well…"
"Just tell me. I won't tell anyone. Who is this about? Natsu?"
"Ah, you guess it right on the first try."
"What happened? Did he ruin your date last night?"
"M-Mirajane-san! How do you know about my date?"
"Well~" says Mirajane – "Juvia kept complaining all night. She talked about Gray who had a date with Erza, and she also said that you and Natsu had a date too yesterday."
Lucy exhales again. "She's really great at gaining information, isn't she?"
"So? Did Natsu ruined your date last night? What? He didn't bring you any presents?"
"No, he bought me chocolates.."
"Then? What's the problem?"
Lucy keeps her gaze on the ground. "Mmm, well, I think... we broke up last night."
"WHAT?"
Lucy and Mirajane quickly turns to the source of the voice. Surprisingly, it's Erza, who already standing beside Lucy.
"E-Erza! Don't surprise me like that!"
"You broke up with him?" Erza is completely ignoring Mirajane's protest – "why? Is he a jerk?"
"E-E-Erza, calm down." Says Lucy – "well, I don't know... The way he acted and talked last night is just.."
"What? What have he done to you?" asks Erza and Mirajane together.
"But it's really horrible…"
"We won't tell anyone." Says Erza – "now, just tell me what did Natsu done to you."
Lucy inhales deeply, then exhales.
"Um, he was trying to have a s-"
"GOOD AFTERNOOOOOOOOOON!"
Lucy, Erza, and Mirajane turns their heads to the source of the voice.
"What a coincidence." Mumbles Erza – "let's wait until he's gone so you can continue your story."
Lucy's gaze is still focused on Natsu who just steps inside with Happy. She's confused. Really confused.
How could he looks so happy? How could he act like he doesn't have a problem?
Suddenly their gazes meets, and Lucy quickly turn her gaze back on the ground. Natsu smiles widely, and then run towards Lucy.
Dammit dammit damm-
"Luceeee~!"
Lucy freezes when suddenly Natsu put his arm around her shoulder and pull her closer to him, until their shoulders meet. He's smiling so widely.
"Luce, I'm sorry I went home early~ I'm too sleepy and my eyes cannot handle it." Says Natsu – with an apologetic expression. "Are you okay? No one disturb you last night? Are the chocolates delicious? Do you watched the movie until it's finished?"
Lucy stares at Natsu in disbelief.
Went home early? Because he's too sleepy? And suddenly he's worried about my security? And he acts like he done NOTHING?
"Lucy!" whispers Erza – "I thought you broke up!"
"I'll wait for the clearer story." Says Mirajane, and then walks back to the kitchen, leaving Erza who still looks really confused.
"I don't know!" whispers Lucy, and then turns back at Natsu.
"W-Wait." Says Lucy, gently push Natsu away from her. "I thought you hate me."
Natsu blinks, confused. "Hate you? Why? If I hate you I won't give you chocolates!"
"But last night you said I'm.."
"What? I think the last thing I said to you is I'm too sleepy and decided to go home so I won't bother you." Says Natsu, getting confused.
Lucy narrows her eyes. "W-What? Do you remember nothing from last night? Nothing? Even about the things that we done?"
Natsu's eyebrows twitches. "What? We're just watching movie, right? I don't think we're doing anything last night. I think I don't even kiss you."
Lucy's eyes grow widener.
Lucy stares at Natsu eyes, looking for any chances if he's lying or pretending, because people said you can see honesty from their eyes.
But Natsu's eyes are bright, clear, and grey like it used to be. He's staring at her confused, and innocently.
That's not the eyes I saw last night….Last night it's black, pure black...
Lucy examines Natsu, from the top of his head to his toes. She finds nothing suspicious – his clothes are his usual clothes; with that Igneel's scarf that getting dirty. Yeah, the scarf is pretty dirty, the color is grey. It used to be white, right?
"Did I do something wrong last night, Lucy?" asks Natsu again, this time, his expression is worried, which completely confuse Lucy.
"W-W-Well..."
"GUYS!"
Lucy, Natsu, and Erza quickly turn their head to the source of the voice. It's Gray and Happy, running towards them with papers on their hands.
"Look!"
Gray slams the paper on the counter, and points at the paper.
"This seems like an easy mission; look at the stats of the enemies! They're weak, and all we got to do is steal the treasures that they have stolen, and ta-dah, we'll get 5 billion jewels!" says Gray happily, while the others reading the paper carefully.
"5 billion?" asks Natsu and Lucy together.
"Yes, but look." Says Erza, points at a sentence on the paper – "they got 2500 people, they only can be defeated by physical attacks. It'll be pretty hard because it's only me and Lucy who can give physical attacks with big damage in one shot. Your fire and ice won't work."
"Well yes, but we're strong enough to defeat them just by punch and kick." Says Gray.
"Um, and – " says Lucy, then points at another sentence – "They said that these thieves are also popular for as the rape criminals. Their victims are countless. They can't let a women who walk in their territory to easily go."
"Aye…." Says Happy – "it'll be dangerous for the girls to go. These thieves will catch them unless the girls are able to defeat 2500 people."
"We need to give up on this mission, then..." says Gray, and then stretch his hand to reach the paper – "ugh, I thought this mission will be easy."
Suddenly Natsu snaps that paper. "We still can do this. The reward is really big. You can't miss this."
"But if we go there, we can't do anything. We can't bring the girls because we're definitely outnumbered and can't protect them from 2500 horny thieves, and our attacks are useless." Says Gray – "don't be such an idiot."
"But the main goal is to get the jewelry, right? Then, just bring the girls." Says Natsu – "use them as the bait and while these shitheads are distracted, we take the jewel."
All of them staring in Natsu in shock, can't believe Natsu's words.
"Y-You want me and Erza to be the bait?" asks Lucy in disbelief.
"Yeah. Just be the bait while we take the jewel. Just pray that we can save you before they rape you. "
"What? Bait?" asks Gray, his tone is deep, like he's holding anger – "and you will let them rape Lucy and Erza?"
"So what? Let them be raped. The rewards worth i-"
Suddenly Natsu flies across the guild, and his back slams the wall and the galloons of wine. Before he could move even one of his toes, Gray already punch his face and kick his stomach. He pulls Natsu's collar up.
"What was that for?" screams Natsu angrily, while struggling.
"Shut your fucking mouth up, son of a bitch." Says Gray.
"So what, asshole? It's 5 billion jewels! They're just gonna lose their virginity – oh, or did they lost it already?"
Gray kicks Natsu's face non-stop and attacking him with ice, while Natsu tries to dodge as much as he could while struggling from the ice.
Natsu roars angrily, and then blow an explosive fire towards Gray. Gray quickly dodges and attacks Natsu with his ice.
"E-Erza, they start to destroy everything..." mumbles Lucy. Erza hisses, and then run to Natsu and Gray who was still busy fighting.
"STOP THIS AT O-"
Lucy gasps as Erza kicked by someone and flies across the room, and hit the counter. She quickly runs to Erza.
"Erza! Are you okay?"
Erza whimpers, and Lucy can see that her arm is bleeding because she hit the sharp edge of the counter.
"Damn that Natsu! What the fuck is happened to him!"
Lucy turns her head and watches the fight between Gray and Natsu. The fire is everywhere, and Natsu attacking Gray without any mercy. And his fire is not just red; it's kind of dark purple, almost black. Other guild members that tried to separate them,ended up thrown into walls or tables.
The fight lasts too long, the tables and chairs are completely destroyed and finally Lucy realizes something – Natsu's attacks are completely merciless and Gray is about to lose.
Lucy quickly stands up and run towards Gray, who just thrown outside by Natsu's firestorm. Gray's wounds are severe, and he looks like he's almost ouf of breath.
"G-Gray!"
"Lucy, watch out!"
Suddenly Gray pushes Lucy away, and as he push her, Natsu send another attack towards Gray and it hit him, right when he's defenseless.
"Gray!" screams Lucy and Erza. Lucy quickly runs back to Gray and check his condition. His wound getting more severe and he's almost unconscious.
Lucy turns back and found Natsu; his hands are still surrounded by fire. He's glaring at Gray, then at Lucy.
Lucy freezes.
Those eyes. Those dark eyes from last night.
Lucy gulps, then stands up and stretches her arms in front of Gray.
In front of her is Natsu, fire surrounds him, his dark grey scarf is still on his neck, glaring at her with his black eyes and without any expression.
"Natsu, stop fighting! What is wrong with you? "
Natsu snorts. "I hated him since a long time ago, and he perfectly pissed me off today."
"You will not hurt Gray again! You will need to pass my dead body first!"
Natsu narrows his eyes.
"Are you sure?" asks Natsu, still without any expression. "Because if you really is going to do that, my attack will hit you first, and usually the first hit is always really painful."
"Don't acts like a monster that doesn't have any feelings. Gray is your friend! It's just a simple problem!"
"I don't care," – says Natsu – "if anyone blocks me for getting what I want, I'll destroy them."
"Go away, Lucy!" shouts Gray – "Go!"
Lucy glares at Natsu, challenging him, even though she knows that she's scared.
It's Natsu. He won't hurt me and Gray.
He's my best friend since my first time in this guild, right?
He promised he will never get me hurt, right?
He had protected me from many dangerous events, right?
He's Natsu who confessed his love for me 3 months ago, right?
He won't attack me, right?
He's not a monster, right?
"I've told you to go."
Lucy closes her eyes, and in few seconds she can barely hears Erza's and Gray's screams before that big wave of fire hit her, right on her body, scratching her skin and crushing her bones, giving her endless pain. The firestorm hit right through her, who is completely defenseless.
He attacks me.
The storm went through her for around 10 seconds, and suprisingly Lucy is still able to stand up and maintain her consciousness. Even though everything are blur, she's still able to watch the fire around Natsu starts disappearing after Master Makarov arrives and other guild members are holding his arms. His eyes that full of hatred also disappears, it turns into his old, lovely grey eyes. The darkness around him is completely gone.
She hears people screaming her name, as her body feels so heavy and about to fall to the ground. But there's one voice that she recognized the most. The voice of that pink-haired guy, asking what just happened, and screaming her name. His voice trembles, like he's about to cry.
"Luce! Luce! Luce!"
Lucy feels her body is completely limp, but before she closes her eyes, falls to the ground and hears his frustrated scream – she steps forward, facing the pink-haired guy in front of her who was crying.
"….Why did you turned into a monster, Natsu?"
Please don't hate Natsu and please don't hate me for making this kind of story - i'll update ASAP.