Fairy Curse
Chapter Six- Relaxing scents and inner-demons
Happy:

"W-what?"Happy said quietly, although Lucy's arms were clutched around him, he felt like he was falling, like there was no floor beneath him.
"I'm afraid that those lines that are travelling up Natsu's back are only going to get bigger, and they are going to take over his body, unfortunately, if he doesn't die, he will become an evil, more powerful version of himself. I would say that a dragon-slayer would become the most destructive demon that the Lunar Ivy could make." Happy squeezed Natsu's scarf, He could hear Lucy's heavy breathing behind him; her heart was beating so fast that he couldn't distinguish one beat from another. Erza and Grey looked just as shocked, as well as Carla, Lily and Gajeel, who just stood there in silence.

"But, there's a cure, right? There is a cure, there has to be a cure."Wendy yelped, her hands clutched the mattress beneath her so hard that her knuckles were turning white. The doctor looked at her sympathetically.
"I am afraid that I am not aware of one." Lucy let out a muffled sob.
"However," The doctor said, giving her a concerned look. "My knowledge on this subject is limited, there may still be a chance to save the boy, but it is only a matter of days before the Lunar Ivy takes over, his condition will deteriorate, and if he does not have an inner-demon, then he will die." Erza stood up abruptly, the doctor looked at her as she walked up and down the room.
"Well then, we only have one choice, we have to get him back to the guild and let Porlyusica take care of him. We can't give up, not yet; I am not going to let him die." The determination in Erza's face lifted the spirits of all the people in the room, everyone stood up too, and Happy jumped onto Gray's shoulder, who gave him a sideways look, questioning his choice of transport.

But the moment of hope was short-lived as the doctor stopped them in their tracks.
"Whoa, where do you think you are going? You are not taking this boy anywhere until I have deemed him fit to travel." The doctor glared at them so fiercely that even Erza sat down hastily.
"You can all stay here for tonight, there are enough beds for all of you, and I am sure that these...Talking felines can share one."The doctor stood up and made his way over to the door that led back into the kitchen area. "Make yourselves at home. But come and get me if Natsu's condition changes." The doctor left the room and shut the door behind him.

Everyone stayed where they were for a minute, the chaos that had taken place during the day was finally catching up with them, and Happy let out a huge yawn, he picked up Natsu's scarf and went over to sit by him, the large machine next to him beeped slowly, small lines spasmed on the screen. He created a small bed out of the scarf next to Natsu's head on the pillow and settled down into it. Everyone else started to get up and sit on one of their own beds, Gajeel stayed next to the door of the room that the doctor had disappeared into with Natsu, Wendy across from him underneath a large window, Gray next to her, Lucy on the bed next to Natsu and Erza on the opposite side.

Happy heard Carla and Panther-lily have an argument over the final bed, Carla argued that since she was female, she should have the bed to herself, but then Lily retorted that she couldn't possibly expect him to share a bed with Gajeel, as Gajeel was way too big for them both to fit, this received a shout of disagreement from across the room. The argument ended when Wendy offered to let Lily sleep in her bed, to which Carla responded with great anger, saying that a girl of her age should never share a bed with a male, even if he was a cat, and in the end Carla ended up sharing with Wendy and Lily had the bed to himself.

Happy snuggled up to the side of Natsu's head and listened to his breathing, he felt relieved, but what the doctor said about the lunar ivy poison made him worried, could Natsu actually die from this? Or does he have this evil side that the doctor spoke of? And what kind of demon would he become? Happy became lost in his thoughts as he listened to the beeps coming from the machine next to him, and he slowly drifted off to sleep inside of Natsu's scarf.

The next morning, Happy woke to the Erza tapping him lightly.
"We are leaving now Happy; we have to get Natsu back to the guild." Happy stretched and yawned, he thought about the fish they would be having right now if Natsu hadn't gotten shot. Grey picked Natsu up Bridal-style, Natsu breathed into his shoulder, causing Grey to flinch because of the heat.
"He's burning up." The doctor said, as he placed a hand on Natsu's forehead. "Take these with you for when his condition gets serious." The doctor gave Erza a box of syringes with clear liquid. Everyone gave each other amused looks as they thought about how Natsu would react.

Happy flew, while clutching Natsu's scarf, to sit on Grey's shoulder on the opposite side to where Natsu's head rested, Gajeel, Wendy, Carla and Panther-lily went to say goodbye to the small boy that had come with them earlier. Lucy went to check out the magic-powered car that they were going to borrow from the doctor, another thing that Natsu would not appreciate.

Erza thanked the doctor and left through the front door, and then the doctor checked Natsu's pulse, while examining the intricate black spirals climbing his neck. It was then that Happy noticed Natsu's lack of clothing, save the huge bandage around his chest, he was wearing nothing but his trousers, not even shoes, he wasn't exactly sure when he had lost them, but compared to everything else that had happened, the loss of Natsu's shoes wasn't something they were going to spend time pondering over.
"What's happening to him?" Grey questioned, while blowing a strand of salmon-pink hair from his face, unlike the doctor, who Natsu looked like a kid in contrast to, Grey found that it was harder to carry Natsu, and Natsu's rosy hair was brushing in his face. The doctor looked frustrated.
" I am afraid that I do not know, even I, who has studied Dark magic for some time, cannot comprehend the severity of the curse, it is something I have only heard of in legends, but I have heard it enough to recognise its work. But that is the limit of my knowledge, I cannot tell whether or not your friend is dying, or if this evil that Lunar ivy is known create is taking hold, and I sincerely apologise for my ignorance." The doctor looked to the floor, his glasses slipped to the edge of his nose, and Grey looked surprised.
"But sir, you have been more help to us than anyone could have been, you have saved his life, it does not matter how long you have postponed his death as long as we have the chance to save him." Happy nodded in agreement to this.
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Doctor, for saving Natsu's life." The doctor looked happier, but said nothing; he still seemed stressed about his limited knowledge on the subject. As they were saying this, Natsu inhaled deeply, a contented breath, right into Grey's hair, as if he was sucking up Grey's scent, this caused them all to laugh and Happy shook away the thought that Natsu could ever be anything other than himself, how could someone so appeased be evil?