Hey here's another early chapter. Probably gonna post another one later.
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Natsu's POV
While we're walking back to Fairytail Lucy falls asleep in my arms.
Looking at her I notice that she's bruised all over. Her lip is bleeding and she has a small cut on her throat.
I can't help but think of the poor excuse for a man I left on the floor. The only reason he's even alive is because though I don't think she noticed, Lucy was moaning.
At first when I saw her I thought she was dead. She was extremely pale and wasn't moving. Then I caught a glimpse of her chest rise and fall with shaky breaths, as though it hurt to breathe. And her eyes.
Her beautiful innocent, chocolaty doe eyes that could cheer me up in an instant had never been so full of pain. She looked as if her soul was breaking. She also never looked so strong.
Still being able to breathe without crying out was a feat in her condition.
Then she tried to talk.
Her voice was so thick and full of pain and emotions it was like the world came crashing down on me. It was raspy and broken.
Lucy was not supposed to sound like that. She was supposed to be strong and unbreakable.
Everything about her just screamed broken.
Now that she was asleep I could think a little more clearly. One thing was evident. She needed help.
So I practically ran all the way back to Fairytail.
Once I got there everyone stopped talking. All the usual cheer that surrounded the guild all but ceased to exist anymore.
"What happened?"Levy exclaimed.
"I'll explain but Lucy really needs Wendy's help."
"I'm here! Oh Lucy…Put her on the bed in the infirmary."
Wendy led me to the guild hall infirmary and started working on Lucy.
"Natsu?"
"Hmm?"
"What…What happened?"
"Honestly, I don't know. I just followed her scent and found her about to have a fist slammed through her skull. After nearly killing that piece of shit I took her here. Only she really knows what happened."
"Oh."
Lapsing into silence Wendy finishes her healing magic. Lucy looks so much better but obviously not well.
"I've done all I can do. She'll be fine; all that's left is to wait for her to wake up."
"How long will that take?"
"I don't know. Maybe a day or up to a week, we just have to patient and believe in the fact that she will wake up."
"Wendy, thank you. I can't tell you how much this means to me."
"It's okay Natsu, I know. I'm worried too. Just in case I'm going to heal her everyday to be safe. This was really close."
"This is the second time she's almost died in front of me. Why does this keep happening?"
I start to get angry at myself and can feel the room getting hotter.
"It's okay. It's going to be okay. This is nothing compared to the things we've surmounted before. Don't get angry, she'll be fine."
"Ugh!" Without noticing what I'm doing I punch a hole through the wall. Well great.
I start to try to calm down. Taking deep breaths and counting to ten.
"Your right. Sorry."
Finally calm I sit back down next to Lucy.
"Tell everyone if they want to talk to me they'll have to come here. I'm not leaving her side until she wakes up."
"Okay."
With that Wendy leaves the room and I'm alone with a broken version of the woman I love.
"Lucy you will wake up. You have to." I mutter to myself.
"Hey man."
I look up and see Gray standing in the doorway.
"What do you want?"
"I came to see you and Lucy. Wow, she looks bad."
"Yeah."
I stop talking and just stare at Lucy.
She really does look horrible. She's pale and barely breathing. The spots that aren't pale like the rest of her are giant purple and blue bruises. She looks so fragile.
"Whoever did this is going to pay."
"Don't worry he already did."
"I don't believe that there's one person included in this."
Confused I look up at Gray.
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that there's no way that this is a random kidnapping. She didn't have her keys on her when you found her or else she would have summoned Loke or Capricorn or another spirit."
"So?"
"So, Loke can still travel freely in and out of the celestial world with his own power. And the fact that he didn't show up sooner makes me think that Lucy was blocked from using any type of magic. However, when you arrived I'm assuming you did use magic right?"
"Yeah."
"So it's not as if no magic could be used. It's only a theory and to be valid we have to ask Lucy what happened to see if it's even plausible."
"Okay."
"So we wait."
Thinking more and more about what he said I start to understand more and more.
He thinks someone is trying to kill Lucy.
But why?
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