Bitten (please read author's note)

A/N: Hello everyone~! Just got internet for the PC~~! And I managed to do some chapters of 'Bitten' in Notepad every single day. I will explain Tenroujima Accident later on, because this is a different timeline. Thanks for understanding, I don't want to confuse you that much. Anyways, thanks for your reviews, follows and favorites~ I appreciate them very much.

Proofread by: SolemNiTee

Chapter 4 - Another

Zeref gulped, he's going to loose another friend again. And he's going to be all alone for the rest of his life. All those negative thoughts flooded his mind, and shook them off, trying to avoid the mental pain he felt. Zeref gawked at Lucy who ran towards him with the man he bit on her arms. She quickly stopped by him and laid the mage down at the floor gracefully. He thought of a quick plan, he'll just erase the man's memories when he was bitten by Zeref himself.

"Zeref, let's help my friend! His name is Gray Fullbuster, he's also a mage of Fairy Tail. I'm part of his team, and we should take him inside the cave to heal. He looks out cold..Come on, let's go!" Lucy commanded like the bossy girl she is, and ran to the cave. She's extremely fast, and that's what you would expect from a vampire.

But Zeref thought it was weird, he should wake up after three hours, why the heck is he still asleep? He shrugged it off and ran back as well. When Zeref reached the cage, he was relieved to find that he's not yet awake. There's still time to wipe those memories off his dreaming mind. He knew what to do, but it would be a hazard to he and Lucy's relationship.

Zeref hovered his hands over Gray's head, carefully removing the memories of last night's events. He did not remove them all, he just removed the part when he was bitten by him. Lucy wondered what he was doing, but she's sure that he's curing him. Gray flinched but is still asleep. Lucy wiped her sweat in relief. "I thought he's dead. His skin is colder than his usual one. He's an ice maker mage, and it's normal for him to be cold. But this time, his skin is not just cooler than before, it became pale" she said.

He nodded understandingly and reacher for his neck. He felt his bite marks, they were a little damp from blood. Zeref caught his finger with blood from Gray's neck which attracted Lucy, who gaped at it for a while. Lucy frowned and almost lunged at Zeref's finger but controlled herself eventually. "I...I'm sorry...I was just a bit overwhelmed by it...I'll go hunting after he wakes up so all things wouldn't go...overboard" Lucy apologized.

They waited for him to wake up, both stayed silent the whole time, until they caught Gray move. He groaned and he moved he stretched his arms. He sat up, feeling a bit dizzy, and squinted to see the two people in front of him. His eyes widened and saw Lucy first, then...Zeref, but he has no idea who that man beside Lucy is.

"Lucy! What happened? Where are we? Who's that guy?" he asked, like he wanted to hug Lucy so badly. She chuckled a little when he bombarded her with so many questions. She didn't know which question she would reply to first. Lucy sweatdropped, will she tell him the truth that Fairy Tail left both of them?

She sighed in defeat, there is nothing wrong if she tells him the truth, no one should lie. "We're still in Tenroujima, Gray..." she started and gulped, "But sadly, we were both left behind by Fairy Tail, and we're trapped here in Tenrou. And this guy with me is Zeref".

Gray's jaw dropped, no way he could be Zeref, and why the heck is Lucy with him? Further more, why did Fairy Tail leave them behind?! Gray clenched his fists, not that Zeref is there, but because Fairy Tail betrayed him. Before he could say something, he felt extremely hungry. He wanted no food, but he wanted to drink..Specifically blood.

"I'm...hungry...or thirsty...I don't know...Both" he uttered which shocked both Lucy and Zeref. No way! He couldn't be one of them, too! Lucy shuddered, should she tell him? Zeref gulped, this is what he's afraid of. He made another mistake and he needed to pay for it, but he made sure he won't let Lucy nor Gray know who bit him.

Suddenly, Gray pounced at Lucy and he can't control himself. He needed to eat, he wanted to eat. His attention was caught by Lucy's wound. Gray pinned her down, but Zeref didn't help. He stood there, staring and predicting what could happen next. Before Gray could bite Lucy, she already planted a punch on his face. "Gray! I'm not your food! What the heck is wrong with you?!" Lucy screamed.

She then noticed Gray's glimmering fangs, his dark eyes turned red and he's drooling. His position was like of a tiger's, gawking at its prey. Lucy was about to open Loke's gate, but Zeref stopped both of them, by calming them down. "Calm down..." Zeref mumbled, letting them stare at his glowing eyes. Immediately, they did cool a bit, and Gray's fangs were no longer visible. He wondered why he acted like that.

"I'm sorry Lucy! I don't know what's going on with me!" Gray apologized dramatically. Lucy exhaled, not wanting to speak anymore because of what just happened. Zeref sat on the floor, his other eye closed and the other opened, eyeing the two of them.

He crossed his arms. "Lucy, you explain everything while I take my rest. I am sure he is one of us" he said sharply, giving Gray a stern look. Gray gulped, he forgot that Zeref was with them, and he needed to protect Lucy. But it's a wonder why he's acting all cool and relaxed, without killing him or her. Gray glared at him, but he's already sound asleep.

Lucy breathed in heavily and explained everything to Gray. But she didn't know who bit Gray, it couldn't be Zeref. If it was him, she'd be so hurt. She cleared her mind and shrugged it off. What she does now is that Gray is one of them, and she's afraid that Gray would go balastic and crazy. Fortunately for her, after explaining the half of it, Gray just gritted his teeth.

"Then let my life be like this, after all, I can't stop destiny. For destiny will stop me from going the wrong way. But I promise myself that if I get stronger, I'll beat the crap out of Fairy Tail for leaving you and me! How would they forget both of us that easily?! I'm sure Juvia remembers me!" he cursed again and again, waking Zeref up from his 5-minute sleep. Let's just say that he's half-asleep and was listening to the whole conversation between Lucy and Gray.

Zeref smirked at him. "If that's the case, I volunteer to train you both. Then you can leave this island and explore the nature of vampires" he blurted out, which made Lucy and Gray's attention glued to his. "But before that, Gray" Zeref said as he glanced at Gray, "Go feed yourself before you can gobble both me and Lucy. You need blood in that stomach of yours and you need it to have training strength" he ordered.

At first, Lucy thought Gray would refuse, but instead he just stood up. "Fine" he only said and ran quickly to search for his food. Lucy sighed in relief and turned to Zeref. She wondered if she bit him or not, she really wanted to know.

"Zeref did you bite Gray?" she asked suddenly, making Zeref gulped not once but twice.

He shook his head. "I didn't bite him..." he lied. "What's the use if I did? I told you already, I didn't want to kill people. I just can't control my powers, that's why. And to those who didn't know that I cannot control my own magic, thought of me as a murderer. Technically, I was but when I was young, I promised to never be one. I feared death, no, everyone feared it. And to humans, death is me, I am death. It was implanted in their brains that what I only do is create monstes and kill, but no. My real intention is to stop war, and in order to stop war, there should be peace. But in order to achieve peace, there must be war. And that's where I've been wrong. Dying may be peaceful, since all your problems in life, will disappear once fallen. Living is war, since you have to choose between good and evil. Either shall one choose, you need the other to succeed. And I was wrong again. Dying is the only way to stop war, and achieve peace. What's the point of living then? The world is confusing! I am confusing, and I assure you, Lucy. There's no point of killing, if it's not worth living for. And there's no point of living, if it's worth dying for" he lectured deeply.

Lucy blinked. "I had no idea what you just said, but my opinion is that, just enjoy your life. Oh and what you said is an inconvenient way of saying YOLO, you know? Anyways, nice speech" she praised him. Zeref mentally face palmed, he knew she wouldn't understand anything. But who could blame her? If only she passed through what Zeref had been, then she could understand. And she has to. Zeref has to make her understand.

"Maybe I should just enjoy my life...But how, Lucy? Tell me how to enjoy my life if what I am feeling every single day is dread, guilt, sorrow and pain?! Tell me, explain it to me! How do you enjoy it with such deadly feelings are plastered in your very heart?" Zeref asked in a high voice to Lucy.

She just shook her head. "Enjoying life doesn't mean you SHOULD be happy or delightful. What I meant by it is that, you find a way to be happy and then you could enjoy it! And destiny would provide you lots of problems but then there's always a reason to everything. And there's always something better. There's always a rainbow after the rain" Lucy grinned at him. Zeref couldn't say anything more.

"So then that's that..."

It was already dark, and the owls hooted in the fog. Their big eyes glowed in the dark, as well as the other animals. The moonlight lit every single corner of Tenroujima, and only the hoots, the crickets and the rushing waves of the sea could be heard. "I never knew it could get this serene in Tenroujima Island. Who could have thought? And plus, Makarov never mentioned the hot springs near Master Mavis' grave, simply relaxing" Gray said to no one in particular as he relaxed in the boiling springs. His red eyes glowed in the dark just like one of a bat's.

"Plus being a vampire ain't that bad. I have twice the power to defeat that bastard, Natsu and the other bastard, Lyon! Seriously, I don't even give a damn anymore if Zeref is here, he's just plain ol' Zeref anyways...The only problem is I should hunt three times a day then avoid the sun. But thanks to my strong ice shield, I have cover to my awesome body which will shine in the sunlight like Edward Cullen's" he smirked, talking to himself.

He sank deeper in the water, aware that he's fully naked, and fell into slumber. And not far from where he is, sat Lucy Heartfilia, sucking the blood out of a bear. Yes, she defeated the bear with her bare hands. Right now she licked her blood stained hands and went to a nearby body of water, which is where Gray is currently relaxing.

She didn't know Gray was there, and she just washed her hands in the warm water. She quickly pulled her hands away, noticing that the clear liquid turned bloody red. She nearly screamed, but then ran back to the cave. When she reached the cave, she already found Zeref asleep once again. "Seriously, how much do you sleep?!" she asked, unexpecting an answer in return. She sighed and stayed close to the fire. "And where did Gray go? He said he'll just be taking a rather long walk. Should I find him?" she asked herself.

Lucy shook her head. "Nah, he'll be fine. He can protect himself..." she grinned and lied down on the patches of leaves. Then, she remembered what happened earlier, her friends slowly forgetting any information of her. "So much for nakama, I believe. What iniquity they have against me!" she nearly shrieked if it wasn't for Zeref sleeeping.

Same goes for our ice mage. He awoke to the sound of a large growl. He shrugged it off and stared at the moon. "They betrayed me and Lucy, then left us alone in the island of Tenrou. How pathetic, Natsu Dragneel! You're still as dense to not know that she has been crushing on you ever since. And you just broke her heart. Time will come...We will break yours..." he mumbled and noticed that the water is red. He scooped a little in his hands and drank it. "To this day, and this blood, I promise thee to kill the most important person of your life...Natsu". said Gray, another vampire.

Ending Notes: That took me 15 minutes to write while escaping from being caught using the laptop again. My big thanks to SolemNiTee for proofreading this, he'll be here soon.

Woop, woop, another victory!