The hole guild stood in pure silence, not talking normal anymore, only in a whisper kinda tone. As much as Erza tried to talk with Natsu, as much as Lisanna tried to show him her tears, Natsu stood in silence, static. He stayed in a chock for a couple of minutes. Not only because of the sight of Lucy's soft body in Gajeel's arms, but also because of the glare that Gajeel had gave him when he was passing away in direction to the infirmary.

It was a glare of pure hate.

Maybe there was something else in his glare, but the only thing Natsu saw was the hate. So much hate that, when Natsu tried to walk in Lucy's direction, Gajeel growled at him. Not even when Gajeel belonged to Phantom Lord he had shown that face to anyone else.

Half an hour went by.

"What do you think must have happened to her?" Lisanna asked, her eyes already dry, a genuine preoccupation on her voice. "Is my fault", she thought, convinced. Like those thoughts never occurred to Natsu. Not only to Natsu, but for everyone in the guild. A result of an involuntary reflex, even if they weren't really the guilty one, they knew who was. The real one.

Natsu knew who it was. He shook his leg under the table, nervous, while waiting Wendy to come out.

Until he couldn't wait anymore, then he stood up, growling. Walked to the door, only to open in that same moment by Gajeel. They looked at each other angry, ready to enter in a fight.

"How is she?" He asked, worried and angry. More angry than worried. He was pissed because, if Gajeel was there, why did Lucy came back injured like that? He was angry because his nakama didn't called him to do the mission together. He was pissed for many things. But, Gajeel was even more angry than him

And he had his reasons. That is why Gajeel ignored him and ran passed him while going in the directions of the guild.

Natsu couldn't stand that. He was never really calm to ignore that in the first place.

"GAJEEL!" He screamed.

Gajeel stopped, a couple of feet from him, and spied him though the corner of his eye, not giving himself the luxury to be face to face in a real conversation with the Dragon Slayer.

"Why were you with her?" That was not really the question Natsu wanted to make, but that was the one that came out, and, truthfully, he really wanted to know the answer.

"Because," Gajeel started. His voice rude and rough. He said, hating every word, like he had been repeating that same sentence in his head a long time ago, just waiting for the moment when Natsu asked him that. Because Gajeel knew he was going to. "If It wasn't for me, she could have died"

That being said, leaving an angry Natsu behind, Gajeel ran through the guild's gates one more time. This time, a little bit more relieved.

A little later, Wendy came out of the infirmary announcing.

"She's better now"

Exactly the words he wanted to hear.

Natsu went into the infirmary and ran in Lucy's direction. Wendy turned to him and warned "She's unconscious".

But he didn't listen. Wendy knew that. He wouldn't listen to anyone until he saw Lucy.