Natsu Dragneel
"No!" she exclaims to me strongly. "Natsu, you're human! Not a monster! So please…" She puts her hand on my cheek as she closes her eyes. She gently places her forehead over mine to calm me down a little. "Don't think of yourself as a monster."
Don't think of yourself as a monster. I feel like that one sentence keeps repeating itself in my mind. Lucy… How does she know how to comfort me so well? How does she know those exact words I've been wanting someone, anyone to say? "Luce…" my mouth says on its own. I don't know why I said her name. I just wanted to say it. No, I had to say it.
I wrap my arms around her small body and allow my tears to flow. Soon, I feel her arms wrap around mine also. She feels so much colder compared to my body. Well, I guess it is because I am a fire dragon slayer. Fire practically burns in me all the time. Well, she doesn't exactly feel cold either. She feels warm, not hot or cold. Just right.
I'm not sure if she can notice but tears seem to be forcing their way through my eyes. Well, her eyes are closed so I don't think she notices. Well, actually I am staring at the ground, averting my eyes from her so I'm not sure if she is still closing her eyes.
This girl… I only met her a couple weeks ago yet she can move me so much. So much that tears just force their way out of my eyes themselves. Why? I don't understand.
I look up at her face and notice that she is also crying. The tears that are running through her beautiful face are flowing from her eyes to the tip of her chin. Her chocolate brown eyes are being covered by her eyelids and she looks like an angelic princess.
Unconsciously, I inch my face near hers until we are just a few centimeters apart. Slowly, my eyelids begin to close. Wait a second, what are you doing Natsu! Stop it!
My body is feeling hot and my heart is pumping faster and faster. Thank goodness her eyes are still closed because my face is bright red, probably like a tomato. It feels as though my body is controlling itself and I am about to touch her pink lips on mine until she suddenly says, "Natsu… I…"
I immediately snap out of it, come back to my senses, and pull my face away from hers. What the heck was I trying to do? I wasn't trying to kiss her right? What is wrong with me? Oh no, please don't tell me I am turning into a player like Loke Lilica. I don't think I ever introduced Lucy to Loke before. I probably shouldn't. He'd probably be like, Oh! Pretty girl, please go out with me!
Did you see my parody of him right there? I think it was perfect. Not that I'd care of Lucy ever decided to go out with Loke or someone else...
"W-What is it Luce?" I ask her.
"Natsu, I… I lov-"
Kill her, I suddenly hear someone hiss, interrupting the words Lucy was trying to say to me. The hissing voice sounds like a man speaking with a hoarse throat in an echoing hallway. Kill the celestial maiden… Kill her, dragon slayer of fire… Suddenly, I feel a sharp pierce of pain shot through my head. It feels like someone had just plugged me into an outlet and sparked me with a thousand volts.
"Ah!" I scream in pain.
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaims. "What's wrong?"
Kill her… Kill her… Her existence is unacceptable… That voice keeps screaming in my mind.
"Shut up!" I shout loudly. "Who are you? Show yourself!"
I am you. Your fate is to kill her.
"Shut up!" I scream. "Go away!" Whenever this voice hisses, I notice that my head feels like it is being split in two. I mean, literally split in two, as if someone cracked my skull with a hammer and used their bare fingers to split it in two.
"Natsu? What are you talking about?" Lucy says. She holds my shoulders and shakes me as hard as she can. "What's wrong? Natsu, come to your senses!"
Go on Natsu Dragneel, son of the great dragon slayer, Igneel Dragneel. Kill the celestial maiden, the voice hisses again.
"Who?" I shout. "What celestial maiden? How do you know my dad?" Ugh, my head hurts so much. I can not think right anymore. All I can hear is that hissing voice that echoes in my mind.
And let me tell you, it is amazingly annoying and frustrating.
Yeah, not what a typical guy thinks about when his head feels like it's being split in two.
The voice began to laugh aimlessly. I told you Natsu. I am you, and you are me.
"Natsu!" I hear Lucy shout again. "Get ahold of yourself!"
I am guessing that the only person who can hear this annoying hissing voice because Lucy is probably thinking I am some crazy maniac talking to myself. How embarrassing… Ugh, no time to think about this. My whole body is beginning to feel numb and my vision is starting to get hazy. I feel like puking. What is happening to me?
The image of this world keeps blinking red and black. Slowly, Lucy's face seems to get blurry. My head is feeling light and I can feel my body's energy draining from me. I can see Lucy's lips moving, trying to tell me something, but I can not hear her. I only thing I can hear is that voice hissing in my head. Soon, I can not even hear the blood in my veins pump anymore. I think my ears are going deaf.
Kill the immortal princess, Layla Eucliffe...
Instantly, my world turns pitch black and I can not see a thing.
-End of Chapter 7-
Sorry about the short chapter, but there is a reason for it! Anyway, please review and look forward to the next chapter!
~ Metallic Snow
