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Chapter 3

I couldn't sleep well last night. I kept thinking about what that picture could mean and what the note meant. Did Natsu do something bad? No, he couldn't have. He's too dimwitted and too nice to do something bad. Not intentionly at least. But what else could that note mean?

"Lucy?" I heard a voice say. It surprised me at first until I looked up to see Levy sitting next to me.

"Oh Levy!" I said. "You're back from your job?" She nodded at me.

"Yep. Though Gajeel wasn't really much help." She said looking off to her right annoyed. I followed her gaze to find Gajeel munching on a piece of metal. Lily was sitting next to him. He then noticed we were looking at him.

"Don't tell me you're still hung up on that." He said a little ticked off.

"How else am I supposed to feel Gajeel? You spent half of the job complaining and afterwards you almost got me and Lily killed because you left us to deal with the job!" Gajeel shrugged his shoulders.

"Just be glad I showed up in time little girl. You might as well thank me." He said. Levy groaned and turned to face me again.

"That bad huh?" I said sarcastically. She nodded her head and let out a sigh.

"Anyway," She started off. "I meant to ask if you were ok." I was caught off guard by the question.

"What do you mean Levy? I'm fine, I'm just tired. Didn't sleep too well last night." I replied trying to lie as best as I could.

"Why is that? Is something bothering you?" She asked. I was starting to run out of lies to tell her that I started to internally panic. I tried to keep calm.

"Levy, I prefer to keep this to myself. It's pretty personal." I said. I hope this was enough to convince her to leave the subject alone. I saw some hesitation in her eyes but she slowly nodded.

"Ok Lu, if you insist." She said. She turned back to Gajeel and they started arguing again. I let out a sigh of relief. Even though this is a big deal for me, I didn't want to tell anyone putside the people that already knew. I didn't want the whole guild to start talking about Natsu. He seems like he's going through stuff and I don't want to bring more drama in his life.

"Lucy." I heard behind my back. I turned to see Erza standing behind me.

"Yeah Erza?" I said. She looked around the guild for a second before turning back to me.

"Is there somewhere you, Gray and I can talk in private? I think we should try to figure this out fast." She said softly. I looked around the guild to find Gray. I soon saw him talking with Juvia. I looked back at Erza.

"Why don't we just go to my house now? I have nothing else to do so we might as well use this time to try and figure this out." I said. Erza nodded at me.

"Very well. I'll go get Gray. We'll meet you at your house." She replied. I nodded my head and got up from my table. I waved goodbye Levy when I could and made my way to the door. As I reached for the door knob, it turbed by itself and opened. I nanarrowly dodged the door from hitting mea as the person walked in. It turned out to be Natsu. I stopped as he walked quickly toward Gray's table. Gray turned his attention to him.

"Is there something you need to say?" He asked. Natsu just looked down at him.

"Why were you in my house?" He asked. I got surprised as I heard him say that. Gray looked as surprised too.

"What are you talking about?" He said.

"Don't lie Gray, I know you were there." Natsu said. He sounded really angry. "You left your ice picks there and my stuff is missing. Why were you there?" I gulped silently. He was talking about the picture and the note. I forgot that I took it back to the house. Gray started getting angry.

"Why wouldn't I be there? You've been acting strange ever since you came back from that job you took and you're not telling us anything. If you want me to stop snooping in your stuff, just tell us what's going on!" Gray shouted. I saw Natsu's fist ball up.

"I told you it's none of your business. Just stay out of this." He said. He started to walk away but Gray stood up and pulled on his scarf. No not the scarf! I thought.

"Not until you tell me what's going on!" He yelled. Suddenly, Natsu turned and punched Gray in the face. This sent Gray crashing down into the table. I held my hand at mouth in surprise.

"I said to stay put of this." Natsu said. Then Gray kicked Natsu in the jaw which caused him to lose balance and fall. Gray got back up.

"Make me you fire headed freak!" He shouted. Natsu got back up at this and glared at Gray.

"With pleasure." He said in a grim voice. It soon started to get hot inside the guild hall. The whole guild started to get up from their seats and wonder what was going on. I started sweating as the heat started to build up. What's going on? I noticed that Natsu had fire burning all over his body, which is what usually happens when he fights but why was the whole guild getting hot. The guild members started to run out of the guild hall. I could tell Gray was starting to get a little nervous.

"What are you doing Natsu?!" He yelled. Natsu didn't respond. He continued to glare at Gray as it started to get hotter and hotter. I soon noticed that Natsu's flame was getting brighter that it was hard for me to see him. I suddenly felt someone nudge my shoulder.

"Lucy, you need to help me calm Natsu down!" Erza yelled. I looked at her. She had fear in her eyes. The only time I've seen her that scared was back in the Tower of Heaven. "If he keeps this up, he could burn the guild!" I suddenly came back to my senses. I looked back at Natsu. As his flames were getting brighter, the guild was getting unbearably hot. I looked back at Erza and nodded. With that, we both ran to Natsu. We had to stop when we were only a few feet from him because it was burning hot.

"Natsu!" I yelled. He didn't flinch at all. "Natsu! Please calm down! You'll burn the guild down if you keep this up!" He still didn't move but I could tell heard me. It felt a little cooler than before but this didn't change much. I knew that I had to get closer. I bit down on my lip and started to walk closer to him.

"Lucy! Don't get too close!" Gray yelled. "He could burn you!" I counted on that. The thought still scared me but it's the only I know will work. As I got closer, I could feel my skin start to burn. I bit down more to keep myself from crying out in pain. It was then that Natsu turned his attention to me.

"Lucy, get away from me." He said. I shook my head.

"You have to stop this Natsu! You're really worrying us!" I yelled.

"This has nothing to do with you. Get back before you get hurt!" He replied. I just stood there, keeping my composure as best as I could. My skin was starting to hurt more that I ended up wincing. Natsu must've noticed this because I saw his face. He seemed really worried.

"Natsu please, stop this now!" I yelled at him. I couldn't tell if he heard me or not, but he stared at me. His face wasn't worried anymore, but more like scared. I was a little confused by this as I didn't expect this from him at all.

"WATER SLICER!" I heard. A great wave of water striked Natsu down as the I felt great relief of coolness. I looked and saw Juvia showering Natsu down with water. She stopped when Natsu was finally on the ground, dazed. I grabbed my arms as I felt them sting anf burn. Juvia, Gray and Erza ran to me.

"Lucy, are you ok?" Erza asked. I nodded even though it really hurt.

"I'm fine it's not bad." I said. I took my hand off my arm as they examined it. Gray turned over to Natsu.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" He yelled at him. "You really burned Lucy because of your own selfishness!" He slapped him in the face.

"Gray stop it! It's not his fault. Leave him alone." I said. Gray looked back at me, almost confused and angry. He opened his mouth to say something but he decided to be quiet.

"Let's get you to Wendy Lucy." Juvia said. "She'll help heal the burn." I nodded as we turned and walked out of the guild. Before I left, I took one last look at Natsu. He was now sitting up curled up in a ball and crying. I heard utter I'm sorry quietly to himself. What's going on Natsu?

*Really starting to get interesting now. Natsu just let out a huge fire fit for just a picture. What's so important about this? Keep reading and find out. Sorry this took a while. I had writer's block for a little bit but it's all good now.*