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After seeing the shooting star Erza decided to make her way back to Lucy, she could see the young blonde laying down looking up at the stars and it made her wonder if Lucy wished on the shooting star to. Erza strolled back to where Lucy was laying; her bedroll was right next to hers and she sat down, looking over to Lucy who was still looking up at the sky. "It's beautiful isn't it" Erza said now leaning back, using her arms to hold her torso up while her legs lay stretched out on the bedroll. "Yeah it is" Lucy replied with a sigh "It's not the only thing that's beautiful" she thought to herself, she snickered slightly on how cheesy her thought had just been. "What's so funny?" Erza asked raising one eyebrow in question while looking over to the blonde, "Nothing something just popped into my head" Lucy turned and gave a small smile then looking back at the sky, "I see" Erza said with a nod.
"Did you see the shooting star earlier Erza?" Lucy asked still dazzled by the starry sky, "I did, I made a wish" Erza said now laying on her back with her arms tucked behind her head. "Really what was it?" Lucy asked looking over at the red haired mage now very interested in what she had to say, Erza coughed and cleared her throat "I.. I wished that it could give me strength to confess to someone" Erza was now blushing slightly and she felt as if her heart was beating out of her chest. "Oh really who is it you like?" Lucy inquired slightly worried about what the answer would be "I bet it's probably Mira or someone maybe even Natsu or Gray" Lucy thought to herself. "It's y.." Erza was cut off by aloud crash and a tree came falling down a few meters away from them causing both too spring to their feet.
Erza equipped her sword and stood her ground waiting to be able to see what had caused the carnage that was beginning to form around them, trees were crashing down and wood was splintering. Pieces of large wood wear flaying around sharp and serrated, they were piercing the ground and anything that was soft enough to make it come to a halt and burry its self deep. One found it way and buried itself into part of Erza's arm which she ripped out with in the second, still trying to find the cause of this disaster. A large roar came from the tree line, a large beast charged, its claws ripped through a tree, it was ripped in half and wood splintered, finding a final target.
The beast raced toward Erza and she was hit by a large clawed fist, Lucy went to move but she felt a sudden sharp pain in her side, the feeling of warm liquid began to form and spill, looking down to see a pool of crimson forming on her white shirt and a large piece a splintered wood had found its self buried deep into her soft flesh. The shock was wearing off and the realization of what has just occurred began to sink in, as the blood began to pool panic began to build "Erza!" Lucy screamed causing Erza to look away from the battle in front of her to the scene a few meters away from her.
"Lucy!" Erza eyes were wide and in shock Lucy was holding her side while a large piece of shrapnel had buried itself deep. Erza couldn't help Lucy not yet, if she tried the monster would follow she had to defeat it first. The battle went on and Lucy watched through blurred eyes, every time she blinked she could see a little less. She blink one final time then everything went black she could hear a voice but it sounded muffled but even over the muffled sound it still sounded panicked. Erza was screaming at Lucy who was now unconscious "Lucy stay with me" she yelled, picking up with younger girl in her arms and running to find some kind of shelter. She found an abandoned cottage and kicked the door open, laying Lucy on a small bed up against the wall. Erza raced around finding things that might be able to help, she quickly lit a fire to get some light and warmth, finding some old medical supplies in a cupboard she raced over to Lucy who was laying in the bed out cold, her breathing had slowed and she started to look pale.
Erza ripped open Lucy's white shirt revealing the full extent of her injury, the wood had buried itself deep into Lucy's side, and parts of the wound gaped open while the worst of it was still hidden by the shrapnel buried inside. Erza began cleaning away the worst of the blood before placing her hand in a tight grip around the wood, "I'm so sorry" Erza whispered before yanking out the shrapnel in one pull with a grunt, the sound of ripping flesh filled her ears. Lucy suddenly awake to a searing pain in her side and looked down to see a gaping wound bleeding heavily, she began to panic, she started to struggle and wiggle until a voice came "Lucy, Lucy, Lucy I need you to stay still" Erza had quickly dropped the piece of wood she had pulled out and began cleaning the wound causing Lucy to wince in pain.
Erza pulled out a needle and thread, bending the needle into a 'U' shape so it would help her stitch the wound better, "Lucy I want you to close your eyes okay" Erza said calmly, Lucy just nodded and clamped her eyes shut, Erza pierced Lucy's skin with the needle causing her to gasp and cry out in pain, "I'm sorry Lucy I know it hurts but you need to stay still otherwise I won't be able to stitch it properly" Lucy had tears streaming down her face and tried her hardest not to move while Erza was stitching, Lucy soon passed out due to pain and total exhaustion. Erza finished stitching 20 minutes later and began to clean all the blood away and bandage the wound, Erza looked down at her hands to see them covered in blood, Lucy's blood and a pang of guilt had hit her in the heart, she fetched a fresh bucket of water and cleaned her hands trying to scrub them clean of the blood but also clean of the guilt knowing that Lucy would never have gotten hurt if she hadn't asked her to come with her.
She walked over to Lucy and placed a hand on her forehead to see if she was running a fever but to her relief she wasn't, Erza sat on the edge of the bed and stroked Lucy's hair, watching the Celestial Mage sleep. "I'm so sorry Lucy I shouldn't have brought you with me" she whispered now looking down at her with glassy eyes threatening to shed a tear, her hand drifting down to caress Lucy's cheek. Lucy began to stir again but Erza didn't remove her hand, Lucy blinked her eyes trying to clear her vision seeing Erza looking down at her with sad worried eyes. "H..hey" Lucy said with a slight quiver in her voice, Erza tried to give a soft smile but her eyes gave her away. "How do you feel?" Erza asked knowing it was a stupid question as she removed her hand, Lucy chuckled then winced when she found out how painful it was to laugh "Like I've been impaled, what about you?" Lucy was trying to smile but her eyes were tired and you could see she was in pain. Erza looked away quickly as a tear began to fall "I'm fine", "Erza?" Lucy paused seeing that Erza was no shaking "Erza look at me" Erza hesitantly moved her head to face Lucy.
When Erza's eyes met Lucy's her tears came down like the rain, she jammed her eyes just as they poured down her face "I'm sorry Lucy, this is all my fault, I should have been protecting you, I'm shut a fool, I shouldn't have dragged you along" Erza began to sob and Lucy felt tears build in her eyes, she weakly brought a hand up to Erza's face a whipped the tears away "Ssssssh it's not your fault" Lucy caressed Erza cheek and Erza pushed her face into Lucy's hand trying to obtain as much contact as she could. "I wanted to spend time with, you did nothing wrong" Lucy tried to sooth Erza but she was so upset Lucy hadn't seen her this way. Erza tried to calm herself but she could of lost Lucy, she even still could if things went wrong, Lucy began to shiver and feel cold, the temperature dropped and the fire had died down. Erza hesitantly pulled away still fighting back a new bought of tears, she chucked a few more logs on the fire causing it to soon blaze and she walked into another room returning with some old blankets. "Here" Erza said while wrapping Lucy as gently as she could, not wanting to cause Lucy any more pain, she tugged Lucy in and the blonde soon stopped shaking.
"Mmmm thank you" Lucy said starting to feel the warmth cover her, Erza gave a small soft smile and began to walk away, "Please stay, I don't want to be alone" Erza stopped and turned her head slightly to look at Lucy "I promise you won't ever be alone" Erza paused and thought about what she just said "But right now I need to try and find some clothes for you so we can head back to the town in the morning if your well enough". "What about the mission, don't you want to finish it" Erza brought a hand to her head and pulled the front of her hair back "Your life is more important to me than some stupid mission" Erza snapped unintentionally. All these emotions had been building up and allot of them were conflicting with each other; Erza continued to walk out of the room.
"Why did you snap at her you idiot?" Erza thought to herself as she was throwing herself around in another room, slamming cupboards and draws shut trying to find something. She found an old red and black flannel shirt and proceeded to walk back into the room, Lucy was laying silently staring at the ceiling. "Erza?" Lucy said quietly no more than just a whisper, "Yes" was all Erza said while approaching the bed. "Before we were attacked you were saying something...about...who you liked...and well...I" Lucy was cut off by Erza's finger being placed softly on her lips.
Erza leaned down until her lips were inches away from Lucy's and she withdrew her hand, they both began to breathe heavily, they could feel each other's breath grazing their lips. "Close your eyes" Erza whispered with a soft smile and Lucy did just that, as her eyes slide closed soft lips pressed into hers. Tears rolled down Lucy's face as the kiss progressed; it was a kiss of love, apology, heart ache and longing. Erza pulled away when she felt Lucy's tears touch her face, she kissed Lucy's cheeks and then each eye lid, kissing her tears away. Erza looked deep into Lucy's eyes "I'm in love you Lucy Heartfilia" she whispered, "I..I..I'm *sniffle* in love*sniffle* with you too" Lucy said while rubbing he eyes clear of tears. Erza planted a kiss on Lucy's forehead and spoke softly "You should get some rest, if your well enough we will go home tomorrow".
To be continued in the next chapter...
Authors note: Sooooo will Erza and Lucy become official?, how is Erza going to get Lucy home?, If they did become officialhow would they tell everyone in the guild?, most of all what would Natsu think?, find out in the next chapter. I hope you guys liked this chapter so R&R Please :)