Falling Stars whatever chapter this is (9)

Lost Then Found

(WITH LUCY)

Lucy was happily catching up with Team Natsu when she felt something… off. "Hey, Sting, Rogue, have you seen Nira?" the twin dragon slayers shook their heads. "Fro hasn't either!" the little green exceed said. Lucy's face turned serious. "Hm…" she felt something was wrong so she stood up, "Sorry, Natsu, but this is important. Could you watch over those idiots, Erza?" the red head nodded and the blonde stood up and ran off.

(ELSEWHERE)

Nira was slowly losing consciousness. It was so slow, it was almost irritating to the brunette. With a groan, she tried to move, only resulting in her falling back down and coughing up more blood. "Son of a bitch…" she grumbled weakly. "A-A-An-n-nyo-one?" she forced out as loud as she could. "Lu…cy…"

(BACK WITH LUCY)

Lucy's ears twitched. She felt like someone was calling out to her. She clenched her teeth and started running towards the back of the train, where she jumped off the back and ran. She kept hearing a soft voice crying out to her. It was a voice she knew all too well. 'Nira…'

(WITH TEAM NATSU AND THE TWINIES)

"Rogue, stop fidgeting, dammit!" the blond dragon slayer exclaimed to his dark haired companion. "Sorry…" he mumbled, trying to calm down. Not only was Nira missing, but now Lucy had gone after her. Alone. This had him worried to no end. Rogue looked at his blond "twin" and noticed how nervous he looked as well.

What confused the hell out of him, though, was how calm her ex-team was. "Aren't you worried?" Sting asked, saying exactly what Rogue was thinking. The two were further confused when the pinkette grinned, "Nope! I trust Lucy. And I believe in her. That's what's important, right?"

The twins blinked and looked at each other, then back at the pinkette, who continued, "A while ago, I said something really mean to her and I've regretted it since. But when I heard that she promised to come back, I got all bubbly and decided I wanted her to get stronger. So I've been waiting." The boy's smile softened, "But we gotta believe in her first. So, that's all we can do."

(BACK WITH LUCY)

Lucy ran. She ran and ran until she found something she thought she'd never have to see: Nira, dying. "Ni…ra…" Lucy gasped, running up to the brunette. The brunette's eyes filled with tears, "Lucy…you…came…" she smiled, "I'm… so… happy…" Lucy was in tears, holding the fragile girl. 'What do I do?! I can't run to catch up with a train!' she thought. Picking up Nira (on her back, btw), she started off towards the train station, hoping to make an important phone call.

-TIMESKIP TO THE TRAINSTATION (so like 30 minutes)-

After Lucy had made it to the train station, she patched up Nira and washed herself off, making it look like Nira was just asleep. Setting Nira down on the bench next to the payphone, Lucy went up to said phone and called the train she was on (don't ask questions, just except it, okay?)

-ON THE TRAIN-

Up in the first class seat holding the conductor, the phone rang. Obviously confused, the conductor answered the phone, "Hello?"

"Yes, hi, could you put Sting and Rogue on the phone?"

"…May I ask why?"

"My friends life is in danger if you don't."

"Yes ma'am." The conductor ran like no tomorrow to find the boys she was speaking of.

-AFTER SOMETIME OF SEARCHING-

"Are you two Sting and Rogue?" the conductor asked, pointing at the blond boy and his dark haired companion. They nodded. "There's a phone call for you." He stated plainly, dragging the twins back to his compartment.

-BACK ON THE PHONE-

"Hello?"

"Sting! Rogue!"

"Lucy?!"

"I need your help! Nira is-!" coughing was heard in the background, then Lucy panicking and a weak laugh from Nira, "Nira is dying! I need Wendy! Could you bring team Natsu to the previous train station?" The boys were in shock. Nira? Near death? No way, that wasn't possible. Unless… the boys were sprinting back to the others, where they wasted no time jumping out the window.

(BACK WITH LUCY AND NIRA)

Nira was asleep on Lucy's lap… again… not that she minded, it was just the fear she wouldn't open her eyes again. Nira groaned and nuzzled into Lucy's lap, which made the blonde blush.

-SOMETIME LATER-

Lucy saw the twins and Team Natsu approaching and she stood up, "Natsu!" she saw the group pick up speed. What confused her, though, was how fast Sting and Rogue were by Nira's side. She heard the duo whispering to each other, then they stood up. "Wendy can help her, right?" Sting asked almost in a panicked tone. With a nod, Wendy kneeled down in front on Nira and started to heal her. "I've never seen wounds like this before…"

"It's what happens when a strong light dragon slayer goes all out on a shadow dragon slayer. Nira never stood a chance to begin with." Sting stated plainly, though many emotions could be heard in his voice. Nira was fast asleep at this point.

"Oi, you're her friends, right? She lost 'cause you didn't believe in her!" Natsu shouted at the duo. "Don't be fuckin' ridiculous, pinkie…" a soft voice mumbled, "I never stood a chance against HIM. And the fact he was using HER as his current host makes my life… harder…" the same voice trailed off into slumber once more.

"Niiiiiirraaaaaa!" an adorable high pitched voice was heard as a black blob flew into Nira's chest. "Nira! Nira! Wake up! Nira!" Said girl groaned and blinked her eyes open, "Ku…ro…?" the small black figure seemed to brighten at the recognition of its name. "Nira! You're alright!"

"Mm…" the brunette hugged the small black figure tightly, "I missed you, Kuro…"

Who is this Kuro? If you're smart, you would have figured out it's—

Nira: Spoilers.

Aw…

Kuro: Nakama-no-Yume42 owns nothing but the plot, Akira, HE WHO SHALL NOT BE CURRENTLY NAMED, Kuro and Nira.

Fuck, I'm so sorry for taking so long, I have so many fucking problems. *bows* I'm so sorry.