I'm Dense, You're Denser, We're the Densest
Chapter 7 - I'm Sorry, Natsu
Previously: The snakes were there. One blood red, the other emerald green. The three brave and kind-hearted mages stood before the village of Sakura. They would protect the village, and slay the snakes, as they were supposed to.
But before they attacked the snakes, Lucy couldn't help but think of a certain pink haired dragon slayer. 'Why is everything in my head all about Natsu?'
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"Levy! You take on the female, the green one! Lisanna! We'll fight the poisonous red male snake!" Lucy shouted. The snakes were now slithering straight at the three mages standing guard at the village's entrance. 'You're going down, monsters.' Lucy thought.
With her whip uncoiled, Lucy choose a key. "Open, Gate of the Lion! Leo!" With a shimmering light, Leo appeared. "My beautiful princess-" Loke started to say, but Lucy cut him off. "Not now, Loke. Let's do this thing!"
"Animal Soul, Tiger!" Lisanna shouted, transforming into her tiger animal soul. Tail swishing, she stood next to Lucy, in a ready position. "You're going down!" she yelled, facing the poisonous red snake.
Levy moved to face the green female snake. "We got this. Luce, you know what Natsu would say?" Levy called, with a small smirk on her face. Lucy blushed, then stammered, "W-what does Natsu have to do with this? But still, he would say…"
"I'M ALL FIRED UP!" shouted Lucy, Levy, and Lisanna, before engaging in combat with the monster snakes.
Lisanna scratched, kicked, and punched whenever she could. Since the scales of the red snake were tough, she did only manage to harm the snake in the weaker points, such as the area where the head connects with the body, and the underside of the snake. The animal soul mage aimed for the center of the snake's head, right between the eyes, but the snake would always move out of the way so that it wouldn't be attacked at it's weakest point.
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Levy, who was facing the green female snake had better luck fighting the snake.
"Solid Script, Light!" Levy shouted. A bright flash of light appeared, in the letters that Levy's magic would always appear as. This blinded the green snake. Now unable to see, the green snake thrashed around wildly. Levy jumped out of the way of the snake's tail.
She felt a few cuts on her legs due to the debris that the snake's tail tossed up. "Dang it." she muttered, glancing down at the blood rising to the surface of her skin. "Ow…"
"Solid Script, Rope!" At this call, ropes appeared and started threading around the wriggling green snake. It stilled quite a bit, allowing Levy to place a few strong blows in between the eyes of the snake. "Yes!" Levy cheered. The green snake seemed to be immobilized due to the blow. It certainly seemed to be a weaker opponent than the blood red snake Lucy and Lisanna were fighting. Levy wasn't done yet. Though the hit between the eyes of the snake weakened the female snake quite a bit, Levy's job was to destroy the snake.
"Solid Script, Blades!" Levy used her solid script magic to strike the not moving snake, hacking through the scales. Finally, at one point, Levy cut through the scales.
Green goop flew everywhere. "Eww…" Levy shrieked. Yet the snake wasn't dead. Now it came to life again, struggling fiercely against Levy's magical bonds. Running low on her magic source, Levy strategized where to place the final assault.
"Take that you stupid reptile!" More goop sailed in the air. It seemed to be the blood, or the equivalent of for the monster snakes.
"This. Is. Disgusting! Gajeel's going to murder me if I go back smelling like you. I really don't like this sticky stuff. But I suppose I'll feel more of it since I have to destroy you, you stubborn piece of scales!"
With a ferocious attack, Levy ended the green snakes life. She didn't notice the cuts she received on her arms and her legs, for she had exhausted up her magic supply, and collapsed to the floor in a heap.
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Lucy, who had been fighting side by side with Loke and Lisanna, saw Levy fall after defeating the green snake. "Levy-chan!"
The red snake was still very well alive, and seemed very furious now that it's mate was dead. It started twisting about wildly, and knocked over a few trees. One tree raised up a cloud of dust as it landed mere inches away from Levy. "Loke! Go save Levy, and bring her into the village. I'll be fine without you for a bit." Lucy called. Loke nodded, quickly picking up Levy and rushing off through the village gates.
Lucy flicked her wrist, and her whip wrapped around the snake's mid section. "Lisanna, I'll try to keep it still! Get it's weak points!" Lucy yelled.
"Got it, Lucy!" Lisanna called back. She transformed into her Bird Animal Soul, using her claws to scratch at the red snake. Flying higher to get more speed, she folded her wings and plummeted. "Hyaaa-" Lisanna hit one of the snake's eye. Instead of green goop like the green snake, red goop came out. The red goop sizzled and burned anything it touched, for it was steaming hot. "Watch out for the goop. It burns!" Lisanna yelled, wincing as she felt first hand what the red goop felt like.
Gritting her teeth, Lucy tried to dodge the flying burning pieces as she kept her feet planted on the floor. The snake was moving with all it's might, so Lucy had to pull tightly, keeping her weight as close as she could to the floor. Pulling tightly, she tried to keep the snake still for Lisanna to land enough hits. A large chunk of the goop landed on her arm, scalding her skin. "It hurts." Lucy whimpered, and had to let go of her whip.
The snake started breaking free from Lucy's whip, and started struggling again ferociously.
Loke came back, panting. His arms were empty, so Lucy assumed that Levy was safe. "Loke!" Lucy called, relieved that he seemed okay. "Please help attack the snake. The weakest points are its underbelly and between the eyes." Nodding, Loke activated his Lion's Brilliance, and started hitting the snake everywhere.
More goop flew. This time, Lucy and Lisanna didn't get burned as much because they dodged most of it.
"Argh!" Loke had been burned terribly. Lucy felt pained, and let Loke back into the Spirit World despite his protests. "Force gate closure!" He disappeared in a shower of golden sparkles.
Lisanna landed down next to her, and whispered in her ear. "Hey, Lucy. I think I got a plan. Listen…"
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Natsu was lounging on Lucy's bed, staring up at the ceiling. Everything was quiet, Happy had fallen asleep on Natsu's chest. He was bored. Though he had already fought Gray, it wasn't much fun without Lucy. Besides being bored, Natsu was worried. The mission Lucy, Lisanna, and Levy took seemed tough.
'I need to believe in her. Lucy will make it back all right. After all, she's the light of Fairy Tail. If the light dies, the darkness takes over. And I'll be very, very sad if she dies. But she won't die!'
Abruptly sitting up, Happy tumbled into his lap. Natsu stood and pushed open Lucy's bedroom window. Then he shouted, "SHE'LL MAKE IT BACK ALL RIGHT! AFTER ALL, SHE'S PART OF FAIRY TAIL, AND FAIRY TAIL KICKS BUTT!"
Splat.
Someone from the street threw a tomato, hitting Natsu in the face. "SHUT UP!" The person shouted.
Slamming the windows shut, Natsu went to the bathroom to wash his face. "Who the heck keeps tomatoes with them that are soft enough to splatter all over someone?"
"Natsu, you look funny." came the voice of Happy. He flapped around Natsu's head, grinning wildly.
"Be quiet, you stupid neko!"
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Lucy nodded, listening to Lisanna's quick explanation of her plan. "Let's do this!" They yelled, pumping their fists up in the air.
Running straight for the snake, who seemed to be taken back at the sight of the two mages charging at him, Lucy wrapped her whip around the snake's neck. Swinging herself up, she looked as if she was riding and controlling the snake. In a way, she was. Yanking hard on her whip, it tightened around the snake's neck, stilling it for a moment. Just a moment was enough for Lisanna to strike.
With a loud yell, Lisanna clawed the snake, right between it's eyes. It twisted, rolling on the ground. Lucy had to jump off of the snake's back to avoid being crushed.
Where she landed was a horrible place to land.
Right in front of the snake's head.
The blood red snake, contorting and writhing in pain, started striking wherever it saw movement. And so, landing in front of the snake's head, Lucy caught the snake's eye.
The snake, seeing that something large and moving was right within his reach, reared with the last of it's strength, opening it's mouth wide.
"Lucy! Move!" shouted Lisanna, unable to do anything but watch as her friend gasp when she saw the snake looming overhead. Lisanna would have tried to get Lucy out of the way, but that last attack had drained her of her magic. When Lucy saw the snake - in it's terrifying glory, she tried to move. But found that she couldn't. As she saw the snake open it's mouth, so close that Lucy could see the snake's dark throat, she could only crouch there.
Then she saw the long fangs of the snake, glistening with poison. With the snake's last breath, it plunged it's poisonous fangs into Lucy's shoulder.
Seeing the snake die, Lucy knew she probably would loose her life too. She had been bitten. The antidote for the poison was very hard - if not impossible - to find. The poison was spreading, and Lucy could feel it.
As darkness closed in on Lucy, she saw a flash of the snake's blood red scales. That red reminded her of someone very, very close to her. Someone she loved. In the moments before she lost herself in the dark, she could only think of him. She probably wouldn't be able to see him ever again.
'I'm sorry, Natsu.'
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A dark chill seemed to fall over the members in the guild. The sun that shined brightly throughout the day was covered by dark, ominous clouds.
The mages just assumed that it was going to rain soon, so they took umbrellas with them on the way home.
They didn't know that something had happened to the three girls miles away. And they wouldn't know for quite some time.
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A/N: I'm really, really sorry! I just started school a month ago, and already had quite a few tests. And I also suck at writing fighting scenes. I tried making this one better to make up for it, but the fighting still seems bad. Hope this one is enjoyable, and have a wonderful week!
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Ayrmed - You smelled trouble? Then always trust you're nose. It must be as good as Natsu's.
toomuchfannotenoughgirl - I try to reply to everyone's comments! Reviews mean a lot to me! And I'm terribly sorry about how slow this was updated. I'll try to do it faster.
Anonymous Person - You would never want to be stuck in a fight between them. Glad you think the title is appropriate!
Guest - Did something happen to Lucy in this chapter? A lot happened… * evil smirk *
Johnny Spectre - Don't mess with Mira if you value your… love life.
Flower Crown of Poppy - Thank goodness the serious stuff and the happy stuff were well balanced. Hope you enjoyed this one. (:
mizu aozora - Poor Gray. And poor Lucy.
