Chapter 2 - The creature around the corner.
LUCY'S POV
I walked to my house directly. I opened the door and grabbed my belongings fast. I was really eager to get out of here. I packed most of my clothes and letters to my mother that I keep for a souvenir. I exited the house and took a look back.
"Goodbye house" I said to myself.
I made my way into the train station. I took a look at the destination board and picked the farthest town away from me.
"Indy?" I looked up, seeing towns that I've never heard of before. "Might as well go for it" I said.
I got a ticket to a place called Indy. It was 93 miles from here, which was pretty far. I had to take an international train (Which I've never rode before) to Indy.
When I walked into the train, I was greeted by the train managers. They told me my seat was at the far end of the train. I was walking past the seats when I suddenly heard my name being whispered around. I noticed that they were pointing me out as a fairy tail mage.
"Is that Lucy from Fairy Tail?" Someone said.
"Fairy Tail mages that go on this train are said to be going on an S –class quest" Another whispered.
"Her going on an S-class quest? That's insane! Why would a weak person go on an S-class quest?" Someone exclaimed. I sighed and clicked my tongue just to let them know I can hear them. They immediately went silent.
I sat in my seat which had a lot of leg room. There weren't as much people in this section of the train, which was good because I didn't want anyone noticing me.
"Hello and welcome to Fiory Railways. We will be departing in 3 minutes, so please put your seatbelt on and make yourself comfortable, as were going to be going a bit faster than usual due to us being late on schedule." The announcer said. "We're sorry for the people who were supposed to be departing 1 hour ago. Those people will be re-routed to Indy, then to their desired destination from Indy."
I took a look out the window and saw Cardia Cathedral glooming over the town of Magnolia. It reminded me to send weekly letters to Fairy Tail. Speaking of letters, I'll start writing one down when I arrive at Indy.
The train started to move slowly at first, but started to accelerate fast. It didn't bother me at all because I've road a lot of trains. What bothered me was the silence. I'd usually hear Natsu throwing up by now. Speaking of silence, I'm hearing some noises.
"DING" went the bell to take off seatbelts. I heard multiple sounds of clicking. What stood out, was clanking noises behind me. My chair suddenly jolted forward, then I saw feet on top of my chair.
"Psst, Can you watch it?" I whispered to the person behind me without looking. No response. "Move your feet please…"
I heard growling behind me. Sounded like a man, but a woman at the same time. Very annoyed, I hopped out of my seat and threw a fist at her without warning.
"Kuh" The person made a noise. Then I noticed something – she was in armor…
"I'm already pissed because the train took off late." The person said behind my fist. "Want me to take the rage all out on you?" She grabbed my fist, and flew it to the side. The person that I punched was… uh….
"E-Er…za.." I managed to get her name out. Her face looked extremely pissed off. Her bangs hung over her eyes.
"So, you know my name?" Erza said, Still not noticing it was me though. She then looked up at me.
Her eyes grew wide open, "L-Lucy?"
"U-uhhh." I tried to think of something fast to do. I'm not supposed to get seen here. Shit, How will I tell her I'm going out on a training quest? I rushed back to my seat.
"Fuck." I whispered out. I remembered she was going on an S –class quest as well.
Erza got out of her seat and walked to the side of me. I had my hands on my head trying to cover myself up. Erza then flicked me in the head, which felt like a gunshot.
"Gah" I squealed in response. "Please Erza."
"Why are you on the S-class train?" Erza questioned. I didn't move because I didn't want to say anything.
"I won't tell master." Erza sighed as she kneeled to my head.
"Already discussed it with him" I said.
"Huh? You- You managed to talk him into an S-class quest?" Erza said in a surprised tone.
"No!" I lifted my tear-stained face. She flinched in sight.
"Then what is it?" Erza said. I sat back down and sighed.
"I'm leaving on a training" I said. Erza's eyebrow lifted.
"Uhhh. How long?" Erza's unexpected question came flying like a rocket. I expected her to ask why, because I had prepared for that.
"A long time." I gulped, trying not to say the exact time.
"How long…." Erza repeated her question.
"A long time." I repeated my answer.
"Ergh… How long" She said the question again. "Seriously though."
I sighed and hesitated, "1 Year."
Erza's Eyes opened wide, "O-On-One y-year?"
I nodded sadly, "Not surprised by your reaction…"
"Wait, Why one year?" Erza shot more questions.
"Can we talk about this later?" I interrupted her. She backed off a bit and started to think.
"Fine…" Erza walked back to her seat.
I slouched in relief that I had her off my back for a bit. I then turned my head to face the window, where I saw the sun go down slowly. I then shut my blinds after the sun went down. Looks like today is over.
My eyes opened.
"Huh?" I looked around me. I was laying on the ground right in the middle of the fairy tail guild hall. My arms and legs were spread outward, and my nose was pointed directly up against the celling. I felt pain. Not just pain, physical pain. Burns and Scratches, Bruises and cuts… It felt really terrible.
I saw someone walk up to my feet with flames. I looked down to see Natsu, lighting my feet on fire.
"AHHH!" I screamed in pain and agony.
"Shutup Lucy!" Natsu yelled as his flames grew up to my legs. "Erza, Pin her!"
"Right!" Erza responded. She then took out two swords and knifed them through my hands, pinning me on the ground.
Again, the pain felt like one-hundred bullets. "AGH!"
"Lift the board up!" Erza commanded. I saw Elfman and Laxus lift the floor up. I was actually attached onto a separate board. They hung me like a toy doll. Then, they started to throw hard objects at me. They laughed at me as if I was a joke. But this wasn't the worst thing that they did to me.
They then started calling me names.
"Worthless piece of shit!" Gray threw shards of ice into my stomach. I coughed blood up on impact.
"Useless Manikin!" Erza stabbed more blades into my arms. Blood bursted out like a waterfall.
"AHHHHHHG!" I Screamed in extreme pain.
Then, Natsu's comment came.
"WEAK" He spat. He then engulfed my body on fire. Although that was one word, Weak meant a lot to me. It means… too much.
This nightmare was too much. I wanted to kill everyone. Everyone in Fairy Tail. I wanted to show them who I'll become in the future. To show them that I'm worth putting out on the field.
My emotions and facial expression changed like a chemical reaction, "I'll kill you all." I growled.
"Huh?" Natsu's eyes refocused on me. "How is she alive! Kill her now!"
Erza hesitated because she was too much in shock that I was alive. I somehow ripped the swords off of my hand, letting me fall down into the deep pits of hell into Natsu's fire. I felt nothing for some reason.
Erza's swords fell into both my right and left hands. Natsu's flames were now swarming around me, but not really burning me up.
"HOW COULD SHE!?" Erza started to back away; So did everyone else.
I felt power. Real power. It pleasured me. But at the same time, it felt very wrong.
I then powered up to the nearest person, Gray Fullbuster. I slashed him right through the chest, which shot him out of the guild hall like a cannon.
"DON'T LET HER GET AWAY!" Cana yelled. Here came more people. I now felt right hurting my friends. It felt like the right way to go.
Here came another of Team Natsu, Erza Scarlet. She had her heavens wheel armor prepared on her. I put my feet into place, when she then attacked. I X blocked her powerful attack, which broke the ground beneath me. I then noticed an opening on the side of her body.
I twisted around her as I sliced her side open. "GAHH!" Erza screamed in reaction. There stood another wide open spot, right on her back.
"RAHHH!" I cried as I rushed the swords toward her back.
"ERZA WATCH OUT!" Natsu pointed out. Too late.
Stabbed. Right through the back. I then flung her to the side into some pillars, collapsing part of the second floor.
I then looked back at everyone else. They had tears in their eyes as they slowly watch the beautiful red haired mage die right in their eyes. Their reactions were priceless, that it was laughable.
Here comes fireman, "HOW DARE YOU!"
Natsu threw a left fist behind me, which nearly landed on my cheek. I dodged last second and countered him with a moon kick into his chest. He went flying back but landed on his feet, ready to come back again. He rocketed forward to pull a fast punch, but not in time to see my swords sideswipe his stomach.
"AHHH!" Natsu cried as he fell onto his knees. I decided to end his misery right there. I threw the sword right threw his head. Blood showered the remaining fairy tail members, which I forgot were there. I then picked up Erza's swords and boomeranged it. It hit all the members directly in the head, but there was one person standing in shock.
I walked up to it, not knowing who it was.
I dropped my swords in shock.
"L-Lucy?" Tears started to form in my eyes. I saw myself covering my mouth, not saying a word. She fell onto her knees.
"Kill me. Please" She said. That moment, a tear slipped out of my eyes.
I hesitated to look at myself cry. It was more painful than calling someone weak. "This… This is wrong." I said as I walked up to her.
"No!" She screamed, "I don't deserve to be here!"
I stopped in my tracks.
"I don't deserve to live…" She started crying intensely. "Why couldn't I save my friends… Why couldn't I save my family… It's a joke how lazy I am. This is what I get."
"S-Stop…" I clinched my teeth to stop myself from rage. Then I thought back. I thought back, to what I said in the morning. 'I'll try hard!' My own voice rang inside my head.
"Try." I walked up to myself. "Face me."
My otherself jolted up, "What do you mean by this?"
"We'll fight." I threw my sword beside myself to pick up. She picked up the sword, and held it in a weird position.
"Your stance, Lucy." I pointed out, "Copy my stance so we will be fair."
She adjusted herself to resemble my position.
She gulped, "Why do you do this?"
I replied, "It's for the sake of you." Her eyes opened wide, "If you want to become strong, your first step is to believe you're strong." Words of wisdom popped from my mouth like popcorn. I now feel like I'm training myself.
Her face changed. She closed her eyes and imagined the future. I remember myself picturing me battling Erza in Makarov's office.
"Believe." My heartrate was pumping faster, because I noticed three people were watching behind me. She didn't pay attention to them. All her focus was poured into me, which was a good step.
"Believe" I repeated. The fires grew around us. Sounds of silent war became active as Myself and I were going to engage.
"Believe" I whispered. The air grew silent. The flames stopped raging. The hurt stopped moaning. All there was left to happen, was the charge.
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"RAHHH!" She battlecried as she lunged at me with great force. I wasn't expecting this, in result, I was a fool. She skid her sword on the side of my shoulder, which disabled it.
As she was making the turn back to charge again, I made my move. I rocketed down the steps and tried swiping her legs off. No use, as she back flipped over me and powered again into me. This time, she scraped my body. I spun and tried doing a fast spin attack, but she yet again dodged fast.
She skid away from the danger zone to catch her breath. Meanwhile, I was trying to recover from my attacks from her.
"Believe." I smiled.
She smiled back, which made me tear up, "Right." As she nodded, tearing up as well.
Both of us were panting. We were worn out from are intense short battle, but this is when the real fun starts. I couldn't stop smiling because she was smiling as well. My old self – It's because I told her one powerful word. I looked at my old self for one last time.
"Here we go!" I hollered at her, as both of us started taking small steps toward each other. We then stopped to say one more last thing.
We both drew in deep breaths, "I'M ALL FIRED UP!"
She charged at me with tremendous force, which pushed me back far enough to scare me a bit. I rushed forward to push her down onto the ground. I then started swinging and hammering the floor as I tried to hit her as she twisted and rolled around. She eventually found herself upright just in time for me to charge at her. She swung up to counter attack my charge, which made a loud pinging noise. We still smiled at ourselves as we sparred around. She then made a swing to the right, trying to disable my other shoulder. I closed the opening on me quick, trying to stay in par with her.
She then swung again. This time, a power blow. It shoved me left, letting her dominate me even more. Again, another fast swing. I kept counter-blocking as much as possible. She swung faster, faster then I'd thought she'd swing. Now, we were flinging swords back and forward, like a machine gun fight. Whoever has the fastest swing rate wins; whoever has the faster fire rate wins.
Sparks flew left and right between us. I then started to push forward when suddenly I saw my leg burst open with another cut. But at the same time, I found an opening on her and immediately went for it. Both of us placed severe cuts on each other, still making us even.
I leaped back to catch a breath. She stood there letting me take the breath. Both of us were at stake here. Yet again, the air thinned out and the flames calmed, just like the day before the storm. Our eyes sharpened on each other, to give the deepest observations we can make before we make the charge.
I smiled back at her, giving her the signal, that it's time to end the fight. She nodded back at me, as we both got into our stances. Everything stopped at that moment. Everything. Anything that was supposed to move didn't, until the rush.
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*BOOM* It sounded like rockets when we took off. Both of us charged at an incredible amount of speed. We were 12 meters from each other. It felt like 12 miles from here. Precisely aiming at the back, I then took the swing.
*SSCCLASSH* We then landed on the opposite side of where we lifted off.
"It was fun meeting you" I said as I entered my final words.
"You too as well. Thanks for telling me to believe." She said.
We then turned and faced each other, waiting for the delayed blow to come. I knew I hit her, but she knew she hit me. We were now inches from each other. The scars on our faces visible, which made us look as though we are a warrior.
"Thank you." We said in unison. Our faces inched closer, for the desire of pleasure after this insane fight. Suddenly, our lips connected. We blushed as we took the kiss with no regret, when suddenly our backs blew up in blood.
We collapsed on the ground, when the morning sun started to rise. It shined through the hole in the roof on us, which made the scene look beautiful. The fire died down, and started to shoulder. We didn't have as much time to say our final words, so we just kept it simple.
"I love you, Lucy." We said together. Our last breath ran out, as our blood started to slowly stop flowing.
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"I love you, Lucy" I said, as I was laying on someone. Actually, correction- I was kissing them. I opened my eyes to see the red-head's face as red as her hair. Her lips were as soft as mine, making the kiss more pleasureable. Still, I didn't disconnect, I gladly laid on her, taking the kiss with passion.
Erza suddenly broke it up with a kick. I flew off to the side of her seat as she yelled, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING KISSING ME!"
"S-Sorry…." I stretched on the floor of the train. I picked myself up and scratched my head, "G-good dream happened last night…"
Erza's face still red, "Doesn't give you the excuse to kiss me right in the lips!" She threw a nearby water bottle at my face. I fell down but caught the water bottle.
"My bad Erza" I giggled, looking back at my dream.
End of Chapter 2
WHOLLY SHIT THAT WAS A LONG CHAPTER. By the way – This might be one of the only beautifully written fights on a fairy tail fanfiction. I've been noticing people writing really crappy things lately.