FATE
Summary: Fate brought them together and Fate gave them happiness. But Fate just had to be cruel and take the girl away, seperating them. Still, the girl comes back. How will she survive against the game of Fate?
Main Pairing: StiCy or LucyxOC
Rating: T for SafeT and Character Death
Genre: Romance, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Humor
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T own Fairy Tail and I DON'T even plan to!
Yay, I'm back~! Here it is! The long second part of Cruel Fate! In truth, Cruel Fate was actually only one chapter, but it would become too long. So I decided to split it. Part 1 is mainly the nightmare, while Part 2 consists of the battle and the _? (you'll find out! ^_^ I don't want to spoil any of you). I didn't double-check this, so I think there would be a lot of mistakes. English is just my second language :( !
I changed the genre to Romance and Drama simply because there would be more Drama than Humor.
Action scenes, coming up! I'm not so great at it, though. But anyway, just use your own Ark of Embodiment, or power of Imagination (^_^)...
I'll be replying to the reviews I got since chapter 1 via PMing, except, of course, for the guests :D. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Chapter 3: Cruel Fate Part 2
"I want them to live on. I'll die if it's for them."
Normal POV
In the forests around Settia Village...
Here's a short recap...
A cloaked figure stood on the railing of the second floor.
"Who are you!?" Natsu asked, or more like, shouted.
The figure smirked and took off her hood. The cloaked figure was a she, and she had long black hair until her hips, and intimading red eyes.
"I'm this guild's Guild Master, going by the name of 'Soul'," she introduced.
"'Soul'? What a wierd name," Gray commented, snickering.
Soul just smirked and took out a pitch black dagger (even the blade is black) with red patterns and a long black katana.
She chuckled. "Well why don't we get this party started?"
Everyone got into their battle stances.
"Gladly," Erza smiled slyly.
Soul jumped down from the railing and plunged her katana on the wooden floor, creating a black shockwave that took the rest by surprise, disrupting their concentration. Taking advantage of their state of surprise, she dashed towards Erza. But due to Erza's high alertness, they clashed blades, each side not willing to back down.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu dashed towards Soul with a flaming fist. Swiftly, Soul pulled out her dagger and blocked Natsu's punch, astonishing the two mages. "Dark Wave!" Another shockwave came from the katana, knocking back both Natsu and Erza.
"Ice Make: Hammer!"
Soul sliced the air above her, narrowly slicing Gray's attack in two. She smirked at the flabbergasted ice mage and with recordbreaking speed, dashed towards him. "Ice Blade: Seven Strike Dance!" Ice blades formed on Gray's elbow and arm, and he ran to meet Soul. The two clashed, until Soul dashed through him and sliced his ice blades. Soul turned around to attack Gray again but was stopped by a punch to her cheek.
"What the-!?"
She staggered a bit before glaring where the attack came from... but found no one. Then a shadow appeared behind her and kicked her forward. She rolled on the floor before skillfully getting back on her feet. She sensed a presence on her left and sliced it, barely cutting Rogue's chest. She smirked at Rogue's surprised face before following up with a roundhouse kick that threw him far back.
Then swords started raining around her. She raised her katana and parried the swords heading her way. She dashed towards Erza.
"Heaven's Wheel: Trinity Sword!" Using two of her swords, Erza slashed the air in a delta formation towards Soul, who tried fighting it with her katana.
"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Flames enveloped Natsu (who was not far from Erza) and he charged towards Soul. Since Soul was occupied and had no time to try to counter it, she took the hit and was thrown into the wall with such force that she created a mini-crater. Dust enveloped her.
Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Rogue stood in front of Sting and Lucy protectively (Lucy being in the back). Their eyes narrowed as they saw the dust clearing and heard their enemy's sinister cackle.
"Ahahaha! Good, good! You brats are interesting! I haven't felt this excited for a long time!" she smirked and narrowed her eyes at the group. "Sadly, this will all end. You're all gonna die."
Lucy froze. Soul's words echoes in her head. You're all gonna die. Die. Die... Her eyes widened and she started trembling. Sting noticed this and held an arm in front of her protectively. Lucy visibly relaxed a bit at his gesture.
Soul dashed towards the group with her poised katana. With immense skill, she manages to block most of Erza's attack and at the same time dodging and parrying some of Natsu, Gray, Sting, and Rogue's attacks.
Soul noticed Lucy and smirked. "And who's this? Your princess?" She licked her lips. Lucy froze.
"Fantastic."
In a blink of an eye, she appeared in front of Lucy.
"Luce!/Lucy!"
Soul hit Lucy on the side with the end of her katana's handle. Lucy winced and grasped her side in pain. She screamed as Soul followed up by slashing at her body with speed and skill that rivalled Erza's.
Sting appeared beside Soul, grabbed her torso, and threw her back. Soul staggered on her feet. Her eyes widened as she realized she can't move. "Wh-what the heck is this!? I can't move!"
"The Claw of the White Dragon is a holy attack. A body that's marked by its stigmata loses its freedom." Sting positioned himself into his battle stance. The rest gathered beside him, ready to attack. Lucy, again, stood behind them, occasionally wincing in pain. But she took out a key and summoned Loke. Loke studied her Mistress with worry in his eyes, but he, too, readied himself for his own attack. "And with this, we'll defeat you!"
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
"Shadow Dragon's Roar!"
"Heaven's Wheel: Trinity Sword!"
"Ice Make: Cannon!"
"Regulus Impact!"
"White Dragon's Holy Breath!"
Soul only stood in her place with terror-filled eyes.
BOOM! (A/N Sting wasn't using Dragon Force, so his Holy Breath this time shouldn't create a massive crater. At least, that's what I think...)
A large explosion occured, destroying the front of the building. Once the smoke cleared, Soul was on her knees with numerous bruises and scratches, struggling to stay conscious. She slowly raised her head and glared at the group. Erza walked towards her cautiously, followed by the rest of her team including Loke.
"Surrender immediately. You've got no chance to win against us."
Lucy signaled Loke to leave and he disappeared with a poof. She walked towards the rest of her team and stood behind Sting, staring at the battered Soul.
Soul smirked and chuckled. Black aura started seeping out from her body, and her eyes became dull and lifeless, earning suprised expressions from the gang.
"If I've got no chance to win..."
The black aura formed a weirdly-shaped black figure above her with a gigantic red eye in the middle of its head. (A/N The shape is kinda like Up-grade from Ben 10). The figure grinned mischievously.
"Then how about one of you?" the black blob sinisterly hissed.
Before the team could react, the black blob sped towards Lucy and enveloped her, muffling her blood-curdling screams. A black wave shot out from Lucy and pushed back the rest. In the corner of their eyes, they saw Soul drop to the ground, unconscious. But the strange thing was that her eyes weren't red anymore, but a dull and lifeless green color.
The blob continued enveloping Lucy and slowly oozing inside her, while Lucy trashed around trying to fight it. Every time Sting and the others would go near her, another wave will shoot out from the black thing.
Ever so slowly, the blob entered Lucy's body until eventually, no traces of it could be seen except for small black particles that leak out of her body. Sting and the rest gaped at Lucy whose body stopped trembling. Cautiously, they neared her, Sting in the lead.
Suddenly, her head shot up and her eyes glared at them. Their own eyes widened, for Lucy's brown eyes that once held a gentle and loving shine was gone, and was replaced with blood red eyes full of evil intent and bloodlust.
Bloodthirsty Lucy dashed towards them with the same speed as Soul's and attacked each of them with a volley of punches and kicks, despite Lucy's injured body. They weren't able to fight back much, knowing they would be hurting Lucy, too.
'Lucy' laughed sinisterly at them. "Ha! Losers! I knew it! You all become helpless if I use the body of your friend! Ahahaha!" she cackled, then her body started to jerk. "Tch, damn brat! Stop fighting back, will ya!?" 'Lucy' shouted. Her friends' heads shot up and stared at her with hope-filled eyes.
Lucy was fighting. They should, too.
Slowly, they got back up and glared at 'Lucy'. She flinched a bit at their glares but quickly regained her composure. "So, what are you all going to do? Are you going to attack your own friend? Tsk. Scums..."
"Why should we care? You aren't our nakama," Gray shot back.
"And we aren't scums," Erza followed.
"YOU are," Natsu hissed.
"Luce's fighting, so we can't just stand around and watch her struggle," Sting stated.
Rogue gave 'Lucy' a glare that could make even Erza cower in fear.
Everyone got into their battle stances and rushed towards 'Lucy', being careful enough not to land major blows on her.
The battle raged on for a long time, until everyone was crouching down and panting, spread out in a circle around 'Lucy'. All of them had numerous bruises and scratches, but they kept glaring at 'Lucy'.
'Lucy' stood in the middle of them all, with a severely injured body, but not too injured. Between pants, she smirked. "Fighting like that won't save your friend, you know," she said.
Sting, Natsu, and Gray's eyes widened, while Erza and Rogue just glared at her.
"I'm the Soul of Dread." 'Lucy' stretched her arms and the dagger that previously belonged to Soul (the pitch black one) appeared. She grabbed it and its red patterns started glowing.
"Only this dagger, the Soul Reaper, could defeat me and save your friend. All I have to do is cut this body with this dagger and it would absorb my Soul. Then, I'll be gone!" she snickered. "But of course, I wouldn't do that. This is just so much fun, you know!" She cackled loudly, sending chills down the spines of the gang.
She turned towards them with a maniacal stare. "Now then, what would you do?"
Lucy POV
I was surrounded by darkness, and all I could do was watch everything through a hole in the darkness. What should I do? What can I do? I'm sure everyone wouldn't want hurting me, so I have to fight Soul myself. (A/N I'll just call the Soul of Dread, Soul. It's easier that way. Also, it's a she.)
"Only this dagger, the Soul Reaper, could defeat me and save your friend. All I have to do is cut this body with this dagger and it would absorb my Soul. Then, I'll be gone!"
Soul's words echoed inside my head. "That's it!" I exclaimed. Then I heard a cackle in the darkness. I turned around and saw the same black blob that attacked me a while ago. I assume that's the Soul of Dread. I gathered up all the courage I could muster and faced it. "What do you want?" I challenged.
Soul chuckled. "I see you've thought of something?" she asked in a menacing way.
I glared at it. "Yes. All I have to do is take back control over my body and use the dagger to destroy you!"
Soul laughed, which annoyed me. "It's not as easy as you think." It turned its red eye towards me and stared. "You have to plunge it straight into the heart to fully destroy me! If not, I would have a chance to escape and move to one of your friends, you know?" It laughed again after that small explanation, then it glared at me menacingly.
"In order to save your friends, you'll have to die."
My eyes widened. "In order to save your friends, you'll have to die". Die? I'll have to die? I looked down and clenched my fists. But it's for them, so I'll...
I felt water flow down from my eyes, but I didn't make a move to wipe it off. If I die, everyone will be sad...
Then an image from my previous nightmare appeared in front of me - the image of Sting crying.
"Luce, why? Why did you have to leave? Why?"
His shaky voice echoed in my ears. If I die, Sting would be in despair. I wouldn't be able to stand seeing him like that...
Then I heard Soul chuckle in amusement as she watched Sting and the others fight 'me' through the hole. The words that came out of her mouth next struck me.
"They die or you die."
My eyes widened. If they die... I don't think I'd be able to live my life like it used to be. The loss would be too great. I wouldn't be able to live without them. And if I die, the scene I saw in my dream would happen in real life. I wouldn't want to see them like that either.
But, they'd be able to move on. After getting over my death, they would be able to live life again. I'd rather die than live my life alone without my friends and Sting. I want them to live on. I'll die if it's for them.
I clenched my teeth and looked up at Soul. She was grinning mischievously. "I love seeing people suffer like you and them! Hahahaha!"
I stood up and glared at her. She looked at me, curious to see what I would do. "I know what to do now," I hissed as I bared my teeth. I pounced on her and fought. She trashed around, trying to escape my grasp, but I made sure she wouldn't.
"W-what the hell are you doing!?"
"I'm taking over."
After a lot of trashing and fighting, she weakened and disappeared. I felt my consciousness coming back and my vision started blurring...
Normal POV
The rest watched as 'Lucy' started twitching and trembling. "W-what the hell are you doing!?" she hissed. Then they heard another voice, a familiar one, saying, "I'm taking over." They gasped in surprise once they heard Lucy, their Lucy and the true Lucy, speak.
Their eyes widened as they watched Lucy's body twitch and tremble. They saw her eyes transit between red and brown. The twitching eventually lessened and her eyes was of a dull brown, still without its usual shine.
She looked at each of them, and smiled a sad smile. "I'm sorry. It was my fault this happened. It's my fault you're all hurt." Their eyes widened (even Rogue's).
"L-Luce, is that you?" Sting cautiously asked. Lucy slowly faced him and flashed a small smile. "I-It's you!" He ran towards Lucy and wrapped her with his arms. Everyone followed suit and hugged her, creating a small group hug.
The moment was ruined however, by a small squeak. They loosened their grasp on Lucy and noticed that she was twitching again. "No..." she managed to say. Soul of Dread was starting to gain control again.
"L-Luce-" Sting reached out to her, but she backed away. "Luce?" Everyone looked at her with confusion and worry written all over their face.
"Oh no, I-I'm running o-out of t-time," Lucy muttered. She slowly raised the hand that was holding the Soul Reaper and brought it close to her chest.
"L-Lucy! What are you doing?!"
"I h-have to...do t-this..." With that, Lucy stabbed her chest with the dagger, blood spurting out. The dagger's red patterns started glowing and black aura started seeping out of her body.
Everyone's eyes widened in horror at the sight. They could hear high-pitched shrieks that didn't seem to belong to Lucy. They froze on the spot, not knowing what to do. They covered their faces with their hands to shield themselves from the red light.
Eerie, red light surrounded Lucy and more of the black aura seeped out, not to mention more of the blood-curdling high-pitched screams.
Lucy struggled to keep herself conscious. Finally, she heard the last scream of the Soul of Dread, "NOOOO!" and with that, all of the remaining black aura seeped out of her. Seconds later, the red light disappeared. Lucy pulled out the dagger and it dropped to the ground.
She staggered, and just as she was about to fall, Sting ran up and caught her.
(A/N Start playing BGM: Fairy Tail Theme Piano Version, the sad theme song of the anime, from here :) )
Everyone gathered around Lucy and Sting. They looked down at Lucy with worry in their eyes. Lucy's eyes were open, but it was still lifeless. Sting gently shook Lucy. "Hey, are you alright?" he asked. Lucy moved her head to face Sting. "Sting...? Is that you?"
Sting's eyes widened, and so did the rest's. "You...you can't see us?" he asked shakily. "Luce, we're right here beside you," Natsu said. Lucy shook her head sadly.
Everyone was crestfallen. Silence fell around them. They looked at each other, not knowing what to do, until Lucy broke the silence.
"Ne, can all of you promise me that you'll live on after this?" she looked up and faced them, despite not being able to see them.
"Wh-what are you talking about, Luce? Of course we'll live on. You will, too," Sting replied, but he felt as if his heart was breaking into pieces and that his throat was clogged.
Lucy shook her head again. "The only way to destroy the Soul of Dread was stab the body it possessed with the Soul Reaper," she chuckled mirthlessly. "I'm so hopeless, really. I was targeted because I was the weakest among all of us."
Gray spoke up. "Hey, don't start with those useless crap again! You're not weak. How many times do we have to tell you that?" His voice was starting to crack.
Lucy paid no heed to his words though. "But it's worth it. If I hadn't fought against Soul and stabbed myself, who knows what could have happened to you guys." Everyone kept their eyes on her. They didn't know what to say as they felt tears welling up in their eyes. Even Rogue's usually calm face was faltering.
"I'll ask this again... Can you guys promise me something? That after all this, none of you will cry for nights and that none of you will lock yourself up in your rooms, isolate yourselves from the world, and suffer alone? And also, that none of you will blame yourselves for my death? I made this choice so that all of you will be able to live on. I wouldn't be able to stand seeing all of you suffer because of my death," Lucy continued.
"L-Luce...w-what nonsense are you spouting? Y-you're coming home with us. Back to F-Fairy Tail. You won't d-die here." Sting's eyes were starting to water. Sting moved his other hand under Lucy's knees and was about to lift her up but Lucy stopped him. "No, Sting. It's okay. Put me down. I know I won't be able to last until...home," she muttered the last word.
Everyone's eyes started to water as they stared at Lucy, who was also looking up at them with tear-filled eyes. She smiled a sad smile. Then she looked up at Sting and slowly raised her hands and cupped his cheek. "And you, especially. Don't blame yourself for this. It was my own choice. Don't go hitting on other girls while I'm gone, okay?" she croaked. Although she can't see Sting, she knew he was crying. She could hear everyone's sobs, too.
She smiled a small smile, and tried to wipe some of the tears that were flowing down Sting's cheeks. But it was to no avail, because Sting was crying nonstop. "Tell everyone in Fairy...Tail, too. I want... all of you to... know that I.. love you. And... I... always... will..."
The world seemed to go in slow motion, as Lucy's hand dropped and collided with the floor. Sting felt her body fall limp on his arms and the world stopped then and there.
"L-Luce? Hey, wake up," he forced himself to speak. He shook Lucy's body gently. "We still have to go back to Fairy Tail, you know. Stop playing with us." By now, a waterfall of tears was pouring down from his face. "Luce, stop the fun and games! I'm serious here! Wake up! Come on!" He shook Lucy's body a little more vigorously. "Hey, Lucy! Blondie, wake up! Please!" he croaked.
Rogue set a hand on Sting's shoulder and shook his head. "Stop, Sting."
"What are you talking about, Rogue? Help me out here! Help me wake up this Blondie,"
"Sting, stop. You're making it harder for us and yourself..." It was Erza's turn to speak now. Her face couldn't be seen, but it was clear she was crying.
Natsu didn't say anything. He dropped to the ground and stared at Lucy's lifeless body, his fists clenching and unclenching, and his tears flowing nonstop.
Gray was quiet, his face hidden behind his raven bangs. His teeth was clenched, and his tears, like Natsu's, were flowing nonstop.
"Why are you all quiet? Help me out! Hey!" Sting called out desperately. He was shaking Lucy's body desperately. "Wake up! Wake up, silly!"
Finally, he can't take it anymore and broke down. He pulled Lucy's body close to his chest, trapping her in a tight embrace.
"Why? Why?!" he muttered between sobs. He tightened his grip.
"LUCY!"
(A/N)
WAAH! T_T To those who wished that Lucy won't die, I'm sorry!
I know the ending is kind of crappy... I don't know if it turned out to be sad... I'm not good at writing sad scenes... I just hope you guys felt at least...something? T_T Did you listen to the bgm I added? It's optional, but I thought it would fit the scene...
Oh, and this isn't the end of the story, yet! Don't be discouraged that Lucy died!
NOTE(and FY SPOILER?): I got the idea of Lucy's death from the death of Fushigi Yuugi's Chiriko. She was possessed by the enemy and she stabbed herself to kill the spirit (was it a spirit?). Remembering that scene makes me tear up T_T
I didn't think it would be THIS long... The battle made it long... And if you guys are wondering what happened to Soul, or more specifically, her previous body, she woke up later before they turned the dark guild members over to the officials. She couldn't remember a single thing.
And was there any OOC character? I'm hyperventilating here...
I should stop writing long Author's Notes...
Review Responses:
Psyka: Masterpiece? Hehe... I won't call it that, though. I don't think it's that great... Thanks! ^_^ Thank you for reading and reviewing! I appreciate sooo much! ^_^
ninjapanda: I know how you feel! The reason I ship StiCy is because there's so much NaLu out there (no offense to NaLu shippers!). Plus, I REALLY LOVE this pairing. KAWAII~!
Alright...See you in the next chapter: His Most Precious Treasure
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