"Whoa, there, Natsu!" A voice scolded as he felt something tug him back onto the roof, "What do you think you're doing?" He recognised the voice and turned to see Lisanna standing with her hand on her hips, weight shifted to one foot and lening forward expectantly. Small, fluffy wings adorned her back and a golden ringlet was nestled in her white hair. She wore a white, robe-like dress and leather gladiator sandals.
"Lisanna!" Natsu shouted eagerly as he lunged to hold her, realising too late that he couldn't. She was merely an image.
"Calm down Natsu. I asked you a question. What do you think you were doing?" One hand lifted from her hip to point at him accusingly.
"Lisanna, I was, I mean I," He scrambled for the right words before stating simply, "I couldn't take it." He was sitting now, legs crossed and head hanging limply with his bangs covering his face.
"Take what?" Lisanna crouched beside him. "Your friends concern for you, perhaps?"
"No."
"Oh, then living on for me was becoming tiresome?"
"Never."
"Then what, if not that?"
"I couldn't take living without you, Lis. I love you. When we got to my house that night I was going to confess. But now I can't and - God, that felt good to say." Lisanna giggled, drawing his attention to her.
"Oh Natsu." She sang. "You're so cute! But can I tell you a secret?" Natsu nodded. "It wouldn't of mattered."
"Why not?"
"If I just told you," Lissanna winked. "It wouldn't be any fun." She stood, dragging Natsu up along with her. "Let us start with the past, ne?"
"What?"
Suddenly a white light surrounded the two and despite himself, Natsu shreiked. Lisanna laughed at this as snippets from his memories jumped out at him. His first fight with Gray, the day Igneel gave him his scarf, him playing with wendy, laughing at Cana when she had her first bottle of beer, the list goes on.
Suddenly the light stopped and he looked around, slightly recognising the place as Magnolia's cherry blossom park.
Before he could ask exactly what they were doing there a small voice he recognised called out, "Natsu! Where are you!"
Whirling around he could see the distinct white hair of a little girl as she came running past - more like through - him. He quirked his head before realizing he knew this memory. It was one of his favorites. That little girl was Lisanna and if he remembered correctly, little him should be jumping out right... about... now.
As predicted a small boy with raging pink hair and a white scarf wrapped around his neck jumped from a bush, startling the white haired girl to the ground.
"Natsu!" She cried. "Yoou're so mean!"
"I am the Demon Lord Natsu! Fear me!"
This continued and he watched in nostalgic bliss. His time Lisanna startled him from his reverie. "I knew it then," She said slightly distracted. "That you would be the best friend I would ever, or could ever, have." She turned to face him before continuing. "But Natsu, you were never nothing more than a friend. Even with the whole 'marriage' joke when we found Happy. I knew you were more like amy dragon, protecting me from harm, rather than the prince who was to sweep me off my feet."
He was about to protest but she began to walk away, dragging him with her. "Where're we going?" he asked, slightly annoyed she cut him off.
"We have someone to see before continuing. You'll thank me later." With that he was gragged through the streets and up to the doors of a very large house. She walked through the doors and he followed after. He could hear voices shouting in a nearby room and luckily that was where Lisanna was heading.
"It's all your fault!" A man screamed. "If it wouldn't have been for you then Layla would be alive and not dead! Why did you have to go and chase that stupid toy, anyways!"
"I-it was a g-gift. Fr-rom a fr-riend." A small girl replied, her voice quivering from fear.
"From a friend, you say?! And tell me who is this friend! I've told you numerous times that friends are useless! The heir to the Heartphilia Konzern does not need something as insignificant as friends! I forbid you from seeing this person again and you will never leave this house! Now, leave!"
"Y-yes, F-father." The girl ran from the room crying and Natsu and Lisanna followed after. The girl slowed her pace when she reached a dead-end and slid down to crouch along a wall. "I-I g-guess you forgot, F-father." She murmured through her tears. "T-toda-day is m-my b-birthday." After saying this, the girl collapsed into painful sobs.
"Why'd you show me this, Lis? And that man was this girl's father? How could he treat her like that? On her birthday, no less!"
Lisanna's face held no expression as she simply said. "All will be revealed in time, Natsu. In due time."
The light began to swirl again and the girl's image became less and less visible as her sobs quieted as well.
"Wait, Lisanna," Natsu shouted. "We're not just going to leave her like that are we?"
"You can't change the past, Natsu. What's done. Is done."
Can you guess who the girl is and why Lisanna's showing it to Natsu?
