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GUILD HALL

Wendy had had enough. She could take the shouting that came from the angered Fire Dragon Slayer. She could take the force Gray used on him, pleading with him to calm down. She could take the confidence his voice held when he asked for a fight to get to Lucy. She could not take the actual fight. She watched as Natsu and the others got in fighting stances, ready to go at each other.

She started pushing her way through the guild members. She had to tell Natsu what was happening. Why he couldn't see Lucy. Natsu was just about ready to attack. He had been sucking in air, preparing for a breath attack. "Natsu!" Wendy shouted, running in between the Fire Mage and his target. Natsu paused, seeing the little girl he thought of as a sister run in front of him. He watched as she dropped to her knees and pleaded with him to stop. "Please stop. You can't see Lucy. If you do, she... she...she might d...die." Wendy revealed, looking at him with watery eyes.

Natsu froze in his spot. He must have heard that wrong. Wendy did not just say Lucy could die if he saw her. "I... I don't believe you." Natsu stuttered. It's not that he thought she lied to him, because he knew Wendy wouldn't joke about that, but he didn't want it to be true. He didn't want to think that his presence would endanger his mate's life. "I don't believe you." He repeated again, this time his voice more hardened to show his defiance to the truth. There was just no way he could kill Lucy just by seeing her.

"Natsu. Are you really willing to risk your mate's life?" Master asked seriously. The explanation needed to be accepted by Natsu. It was the only explanation they had and it was the truth.

"It's not true! I won't hurt her by being there! She would want me there!" Natsu screamed, covering his ears with his hands. He couldn't accept it. He needed to be with Lucy.

Everyone watched as Natsu slowly broke down at the thought of not seeing Lucy. He sat on the ground and pulled his knees to his chest, rocking back and forth. "She needs me. I need her. I need to see her. She would want me to be there. She needs me. I need her. I need to see her. She would want me there." He kept mumbling these small sentences, not paying attention to the others.

"Why did it get so quiet?" Rose asked as she came down form the infirmary. She was just minding her own business when all of the shouting that usually started a fight stopped. She supposed that the fight started but she couldn't hear anything form the infirmary so she decided to go see what was happening. When she finally made it down, the pink-haired Dragon Slayer stilled, tensing a little. "Is Natsu ok?" She asked hesitantly.

"He just found out that Lucy could die if he went to see her. Though, it's kind of unsettling that he stopped moving..." Levy trailed off, staring at the Fire Mage. Rose nodded, getting an idea about the situation.

"Do you have any idea why he stopped?" She asked. Natsu slowly lifted his head up and his eyes locked on her. They looked clouded and unfocused. "And why he's staring at me?" Rose questioned, getting shivers from Natsu's stare.

"Where were you just now?" Cana asked slowly, fearing for the worst.

"In the infirmary." Rose answered shortly, never taking her eyes off Natsu. She had a bad feeling about this.

"Were you near Lucy?" Master asked. Natsu tensed even more at Lucy's name. Rose nodded, taking a step away from Natsu.

"This is bad!" Gajeel shouted and he tackled Natsu.

"Huh?!" Everyone asked at the same time, wondering why Gajeel tackled Natsu. Natsu started to fight back, trying to get free.

"She has Lucy's scent on her! He'll attack Rose because of it!" Gajeel explained, pinning Natsu to the floor. "Rose! Get out of here. Someone go with her!" He shouted as he strained to keep Natsu down.

"No! I can fight! I'll help you guys. He's my friend, just like all of you!" Rose argued, not taking a step back from Natsu, who was reaching for her, but taking a step toward him. A hand on her shoulder stopped her.

"We have to get you out of here! Come on!" Mira, who had come down from the infirmary,g said seriously, taking Rose's hand and pulling her along. Rose tried not to trip on her feet as Mira pulled harshly on her arm. "Hurry!" Rose was astonished how much Mira seemed to care for her. They had just met and yet she was acting like an old friend to her.

Rose let herself be dragged.

SECRET LOCATION

A man stared at a lacrima in conflicted disappointment, having dropped his glass full of wine a moment before. He was broken by them. The people he considered his family. This was in one way a good thing but in another way a bad thing. This helped with his plan. He wanted to break the Fire Mage. He wanted to see the Dragon Slayer slowly lose hope and go insane from denial. Now, he was seeing it. The guild had done it for him. Although, it saddened him not to be the cause of the mental breakdown. He always thought that when Natsu Dragneel lose it, he would be the cause.

He tapped his fingers on his armrest and kept is attention on the lacrima. "Hmm. This is interesting. What will you do next, Fairy Tail?" The man cackled, loving that this was playing with the minds of the members of the guild. He looked at the clock.

"Lucy will be waking up soon. Possibly even tomorrow. Then I'll see him really break down." The man laughed at the thought, saying it out loud. This excited him. It was like a game to him.

GUILD HALL

Natsu never stopped struggling to rid himself of the Iron Dragon Slayer, even when Rose left. The scent had overtaken him, controlling his actions. She had smelt like his mate, but wasn't her. That, in itself, was a crime to him. It angered him so much. It felt like she was teasing him. Soon, Gray took a hold of his ankles and pinned them as Gajeel pinned his wrists to the ground. A growl escaped his lips.

"Natsu. Just wait until she wakes up. Then you can see her." Master told him.

"Why? I want to see her now!" Natsu yelled, causing flames to explode out of his body. Gray was blasted backwards as Gajeel transformed his skin into iron.

"Human! Calm down! I'll explain then!" A female voice called out as she slammed the doors open. Porlyusica stood there with a determined look on her face. Natsu looked at her, unsure of whether to believe her or not. He concluded that she would know the truth since she was the healer. Her nodded at her to show he agreed, but she still waited for a bit. He took deep breaths to relieve some anger pent up inside him.

"Ok. Explain." Natsu said shortly as he tried to keep the anger from getting to him. Why couldn't he just go and see Lucy.

"Lucy can't be cured by magic. Only by healing naturally will she be cured. Unfortunately, being a mage is making the situation worse. Her magic is trying to help heal her which causes the healing process to become slower and more painful." Porlyusica explained. Natsu flinched at the explanation. Hearing "Lucy" and the word "painful" does not sit well with him.

"If you go to see her, her magic will build up and make it even more worse. You see, this poison can kill her if her magic spikes up any higher. She's already as powerful as she needs to be. She's just below the cut off point for this poison." Porlyusica told him. He tensed even more, his heart racing. She could die. If he goes to see his mate, it would be his fault that she died. He would kill himself if he did that.

"W-When do you think I would be able to see her?" Natsu asked, glancing at the stairs leading to the infirmary.

"As soon as she wakes up." Porlyusica said, face softening, seeing how this was affecting the Dragon Slayer. Natsu slumped down, depressed that he couldn't check on Lucy.

"Is she ok?" He asked softly. She better be. Porlyusica nodded an answer and started to walk to the stairs.

"Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to go heal Lucy some more." Porlyusica said.

"Do you need my help?" Wendy asked. Porlyusica shook her head. "I'm only giving her some more medicine"

Natsu slowly walked to a table and collapsed in a seat, radiating a sad aura. He let his head drop onto the table top and groaned loudly, wishing that Lucy would wake up soon, happy and healed.

No one, not even Happy, sat with him.

INFIRMARY

Porlyusica walked inside the infirmary, feeling a bit of magic just outside the door. Freed must have put up some runes to keep Natsu up she thought as she continued to Lucy's bed. Lucy looked like she was in pain as she laid in the bed, wincing.

Porlyusica took out medicine from the cabinet she kept it in and brought it over to Lucy's bedside. "Lucy. Wake up soon for everyone." She whispered as she gently applied the medicine to the wound. The poison had turned her skin a light purple but it was slowly receding. If you look very closely, you could see the color. Her wound was almost closed, the medicine having helped with that too, making it heal faster.

Lucy seemed to have sighed in relief when she was finished. Porlyusica put the medicine on the table beside her bed and just sat there in silence.

Lucy was important to everyone. She was like a sister to Erza, Cana, Wendy, Mira, and Gray. Best friends with Levy. Like a daughter to the Master. Friends with Gajeel, Juvia, and everyone else in the guild. She was also Natsu's mate. Once he mated, he wouldn't have any other person. When she dies, if she dies first, he would be soon to follow. She was loved by everyone. Her influence on all of them is great. If she were to die, it would be hard for them to move on. They would be stuck in the past. Porlyusica continued to think about what Lucy's death would do to everyone. They would be devastated. Hell, even she, herself, would be grieving Lucy's death.

Good thing she won't die from this Porlyusica thought. The wound wasn't fatal anymore. It was healing just fine. She was quite proud of the work she put into Lucy's healing. She worked fast and that probably saved Lucy's life. Unfortunately, she had no idea if Lucy's memories were in tact. She would have to find out when Lucy woke up.

"We're waiting for you, Lucy." Porlyusica whispered as she got up and left.

WITH MIRA AND ROSE

"Just take a shower to her her scent off you!" Mira said as she pushed Rose into her bathroom. They had went to Mira's house to get Rose away from Natsu. "Then we can go back to the guild."

"Sure, sure. Why are you keeping Natsu away from Lucy, though?" Rose asked. Mira sighed.

"If Lucy's magic gets spiked up, which can happen when her mate, Natsu, gets near her, she can die. That's because her magic is trying to heal her, which causes the healing process to become slower and more painful." Mira explained sadly.

Rose understood this, being a Dragon Slayer herself. When a Dragon Slayer gets close to their mate, both of their powers increase. This happens once the Dragon Slayer realizes who he mate is, which Natsu has realized Lucy is his. "Do you think Lucy will wake up soon?" Rose asked as she started to close the idea.

"I have no idea." Was the answer she got right before the door closed fully and she got into the shower.

Please wake up, Lucy! Natsu needs you! Rose thought.

AN: How was this? Please tell me!