A Future Past Chp 3:

Lucy POV:

I felt my body go stiff when I heard Nashi say that I smelt like home.

"W-what do you mean by that Nashi?" I asked. Nashi shook her head.

"I'm not quite sure. All I know is that you smell like home." Nashi's voice started to quiver slightly. I looked over at Mira.

"Hey Mira?"

"Yes Lucy?" the takeover mage asked.

"Since, I seem to smell like Nashi's home maybe she could stay with me. It might just trigger her memories." Mira tilted her head as she contemplated my suggestion.

"That's a good idea Lucy. But first I think Nashi needs a bath." That last part is definitely true, now what to do about it?

"She can take a bath at my house." I decide allowed. I looked down at Nashi only to find she fell asleep. "She fell asleep. I guess I can carry her." Mira smiled.

"Well then I guess I'll see you later!"

~later on~

I was almost back to my apartment. I was carrying Nashi piggy-back, since it was easier that way with her asleep. Soon Nashi stirred and woke up.

"Hrm" She moaned sleepily. After opening her eyes she looked around "Where are we going?"

"To my apartment. I figured since I smell like your home if you stayed with me it might trigger some memories. Plus you'll be able to take a bath and get cleaned up." Nashi looked down at herself as if just realizing how dirty she was.

"I guess I do need one." I laughed.

"You guess?" Nashi was silent, since I couldn't see her I assumed that she was blushing. A few minutes later and we were in front of my apartment. "We're here! I am going to set you down so I can open the door okay?" I felt Nashi nod and I set her down and proceeded to open the door to my apartment. As I was about to enter I felt a tug on my shirt. I looked down at Nashi.

"There is some else here." I sighed. "It's probably Natsu. He doesn't know the meaning of privacy... Wait a minute how did you know that some else was here?"

"I heard snoring." she stated simply. I blinked. That makes sense. I simply shrugged and entered my apartment with Nashi following close behind.

"Home, sweet home." I said after closing to door. "Now to deal with a certain pest." My demeanor dropped a bit. "But first let's get you in the bath."

"Okay." Nashi padded after me as I headed to the bathroom. I quickly prepared a bat for the girl.

"Stay right here, I'll be right back." I left the room and grabbed an old t-shirt for Nashi to sleep in. When I returned to the bathroom Nashi was sitting on the toilet seat. She looked back at me when I entered. "Ready to get cleaned up? You can take a bath by yourself right?" she nodded. "Good. When you're done put this on." I handed her the t-shirt and left the room. I closed the door and headed over to my bed. The pink-haired idiot was asleep in my bed. Sighing yet again I turned and headed to the kitchen. If there was one sure way of getting Natsu up was with food and I needed to cook diner anyway so why not? As soon as I put the food on the stove, Natsu was there not a moment later.

"Whatcha cooking Luce?" he asked. I smiled, typical Natsu.

"Sukiyaki." Natsu hummed in response. A few minutes later and I heard the bathroom door open and so did Natsu. I turned and saw him in battle stance. "Natsu! That's not necessary."

"But Luce-" I cut him off.

"Yes, I know someone is in my house and it's completely fine. Besides you're one to speak, you break into my house every day." Natsu turned and frowned at me and not a moment later did Nashi enter the room. Now that she wasn't covered in dirt and blood I could she ad strawberry-blond hair. When she looked up I saw she also had big pretty dark brown eyes.

"I'm sorry if I took long." she said as she entered the room. Natsu spun around to face her.

"Uh, Luce what's she doing here?" he
asked pointing towards Nashi. I hit him on the head. "OW! What was that for?"

"Natsu, it rude to point and she's here because she'll be staying with me until she regains her memories and we can find her parents." Natsu frown and Nashi giggled.

"You guys are funny." She smiled. "Something smells good. What is it?"

"Sukiyaki." I answered and Nashi hummed in thought.

"Sukiyaki." she repeated slowly.

"Yeah, what about it?" Natsu asked her. Nashi's brow furrowed.

Nashi's POV:

"I think... that... that my mama used to make that all the time." I looked up to the ceiling. "I-I think the last time I had was right before..." I trailed off as I had another flashback.

*flashback*

I was in the back of a guild hall with a few other kids. The boy next to me and black hair and blue eyes. All the adults where in front of us. I couldn't see what was happening but a woman with green hair was leading us out of the back of the guild. When we got outside there were a bunch of people surrounding us. They were big and scary. The green-haired woman put an arm out in front of us and pull out a gun from nowhere. Then, then...

*end flashback*

"Nashi?" I felt somebody shaking my shoulders. "Nashi, are you okay?"

Lucy's POV:

After Nashi trailed of she started shaking and her eyes were full of fear. I had called out her name and when she didn't respond I tried again and still didn't get an answer. Then I tried shaking her and calling her name. When she finally snapped out of it she looked at me.

"I-I think I remembered something." she said slowly.

"Really! What?" I asked eager to hear what she had remembered. Nashi looked down.

"My... My parents were in a guild, I remember that me and some other kids where taken out the back door where... Where we surrounded by a bunch of other wizards. I-I don't remember what happened next but I think we-we were attacked!" she buried her head in her hands. I glanced over to Natsu. His bangs where covering his eyes and is mouth was a straight line. He was almost unreadable except that his hands down by his sides were clenched into fists. I reached over and placed a hand on his shoulder. He looked over to me. When he saw me his eyes softened slightly.

Natsu POV:

When I heard what Nashi remembered, I was angry, though I'm not quite sure at what. Maybe at the fact that Nashi had to remember something like that. When I had felt a hand on my shoulder I saw Luce looking at me. There was a look in her eyes that said I couldn't do anything, at least not right now. I guess she's right, I mean Nashi doesn't even remember who her guild was and much less who they were attacked by. I relaxed a bit. Then I heard someone's stomach growl and it wasn't mine surprisingly. I and Luce looked over to Nashi who was looking a bit bashful.

"Um, do you think we can eat now?" She asked shyly. Lucy laughed which made me smile also.

"Of course. We don't want you to starve do we?" Lucy said as she placed diner on the table.

Hi Guys! Wow, can you believe that I managed to finish and post two chapters within such a short time? (Well for me anyway) Have you figured out who was leading the kids away from the fighting? Anyway as I like to say "The plot is now thicker than my chicken soup!" See you next time (hopefully it won't be long)
~FrostDragonSlayer