((A/N: Hi, there! How was your day? Good? Great. Congratulations, you have survived another day, and I'm proud of you. Keep going! Something about this chapter, you know that usually all the other chapters every POVs were happening at the same time, right? Well, this chapter, Natsu's POV is a few hours behind (Because Juvia put herself some hours ahead and what Natsu had to say that moment where Lucy was is important), capisci? Genial. Hey, guys! Time for some MUUUSIIIIIC! Put in youtube or whatever Battle Cry (Imagine Dragons) so you have some background music, when I say so, understood? Alriiight! 'Til the end of this chapter minna!))
Disclaimer: Ninth time, I'm getting tired, aren't you? Well, I didn't magically took over Fairy Tail and owned it. So, nope. I still don't.
Sitting on the green grass...
In my hands I was holding the last piece of my second apple, a red apple that wouldn't make one baby feel full with his little stomach. 'Hungry?' I turned around at the female voice, and Glitch sat down next to me. 'Here, have my extra apple, I'm tired of this things' she said, giving me a green apple in my hand. She smiled and her scars stood out. I've learnt how not to look at them, her eyes were more distracting now.
'Thanks' I said, wishing I had a strawberry cake in my hands instead of another apple, but I was thankful anyway.
'Well, its my pleasure. Are you friends with Neil?' she asked, pulling grass from it's place, looking at me.
'I guess you could say that' I said, staring at her different coloured eyes.
'Hm...' she nodded, 'Alright. If I could say that, then you are' she shrugged, and stopped grass-killing, and looked forward.
'Why do you ask?'
'No reason'
'Are you friends with Neil?' she laughed and shook her head.
'No, no. Only talked to him once, he's nice and all, but no. The only thing we have in common are the scars' she said, passing her index finger through the right scar. 'I was about to say something like "He is all yours" or something, but you seem to be already taken'
'Wha-?'
'Your whole aura says, "Taken"' she said, poiting wiggling her fingers at the empty space around me.
'What are you talking about, ladies?' asked a male voice behind us, and sat beside me, Neil. He was wearing the same clothes below an "armour" that consisted of lots of chains covering his t-shirt and that was it. He had a bag in his right hand.
'About you' answered Glitch
'Oh, good or bad things?' he smiled, looking at the pink and yellow eyed girl.
'Nah, neutral' he nodded.
'How are you, Glitch?' he said, extending his free hand.
The brunette took his hand and shook it in front of me. 'Smily, you?'
He chuckled, 'Good. Erza?' they separated their hands a second later.
'Fine, thank you' I took another bite to my apple and smiled. 'Where were you?' I asked, I haven't seen him after everyone fell asleep.
'Just walking around, begging for extra apples' he said, opening his bag and showing more than twenty red and green apples.
Glitch laughed and said, 'Can I take one?' picking a red one without his consent.
'Why did you gave me one if you still were hungry?' I said, feeling guilty. The apple she had gave me didn't exist anymore. And the other red one I've had didn't for what felt seconds ago.
'I don't like green apples, red are sweeter' she shrugged, and took a huge bite of it before Neil could stop her. 'What, I coul-dn't?' she asked, her mouth full, after she swallowed, she laughed.
'No, no, I don't mind. Erza? Want one?' I nodded and took a red one, too. 'So, Erza, if there was a fight between Glitch and me, who do you think would win?' he asked, pointing at her and at himself.
'Don't ask the obvious' she said, and mouthed at me, Me! Duh.
'Let her guess, Glitch' she pointed at herself and mouthed Come on, it's obvious!
'Ehm, Glitch?' she nodded happily and he nodded slowly.
'Once a soldier told us to fight, just wondering who was the stronger, and-'
'I kicked his ass!' she laughed loudly, throwing a fist at the air. She seemed to be another person from the girl a few hours ago, maybe because she wasn't telling her stories. The person she was right now remembered me of someone I met while walking with Jellal.
'Yeah, I guess you did' he shrugged.
'You do have things in common' I told Glitch in a low voice, who was taking another bite of the red apple. 'And you did talk more than once'
'Yeah, we have and did. Why?' she whispered back.
'You told me you haven't and didn't'
'I lied' she shrugged. 'You can't trust anyone. Neil and me are friends, and we could easily be trying to kill you, and you will be easily killed after lots of torture. We aren't, don't worry, I'm telling the truth, we don't want to kill you' she chuckled. 'I like you, I don't kill people I like, simple science'
'Oh, okay' I nodded.
'Want a demostration of how to kick Neil's butt?' she asked. Moving her hands like she was about to knock someone out.
'I don't want a demostration of how to kick Neil's butt' said Neil, shaking his head rapidly.
'No, thank you' I smiled.
...
(A/N: Put Play to the song, like, right now!)
We walked again, grabbed all our stuff, some walking, some on horses, but most walked.
'Walking, walking, walking' Neil muttured, being next to me.
'Yes, Neil, that's what we are doing' said Glitch who was next to him.
Suddenly, shouting far away was heard. I turned to that side, but realized it wasn't a side, it was all around us.
A battle cry.
At the distance, people running closer to us. An ambush. 'Prepare yourselves for battle!' shouted the sergeant. Sudden energy came to my body and I took my sword at the second he said that. The position that had been explained in case of an ambush was made, only in a circular way, due to the circuntancies. The archers and the front liners were intercalated in the front row. The knights, who were the ones on horses, stood behind. Some archers were in the center, just in case everyone else died. General, sergeants, and the rest, they were either the second line or behind.
I stood in front, Glitch and her permanent smile, next to me, and Neil, next to an archer with black and white hair. 'Ready for your first battle, Erza?' she smiled, and looked at me, I looked back, and faced the front. There were millions of them, and thousands of us. Most of odds were against us, but die without a fight?
No way.
The soldiers didn't even got close and they were already killing us.
Just one time, before I go, I'll let you know... the song appeared in my mind as a storm of arrows fell on us, 'SHIELDS!' everyone pulled their shields up, some not so fast, soldiers went down.
That all this time, I'll been afraid of let it show... 'ARCHERS!' shouted a female voice I recognized as the one who had introduced me to the army, Juvia Lockster.
Nobody can save me now at all... Nobody can save me now... The arrows flew from in and out of the circular mass of people. 'Remember what I said, alright, Erza? Save nobody but yourself' I shook my head, and she looked at me.
'Not going to let someone die when I can save them' Stars.. Are only visible in darkness...
Fear... Is ever-changing and evolving. She stared, and shook her head 'Doing that will do anything but kill you.' And I.. I feel poisoned inside...
And I... I feel so alive.. 'What's the point of fighting if you can't defend your kingdom?'
Nobody can save me now, king is crowned, it's do or die... 'What's the point of defending a kingdom if it's falling apart?' 'Nobody can save me now, the only sound, It's the battle cry'.
It's a battle cry.. It's a battle cry... Nobody can save me now, its do or die...
They got closer, closer. Front liners were nervous, ambushes were new, all this time they had been in a single place, where they knew they could be cured, but now the sacerdotists who don't fight, where in the center in a protected zone. Two lines from the other army ran towards us.
Closer...
Closer...
Closer...
Closer...
Archers from the other side went back from their lines, and spares were pointed at us. 'SHIELDS!' too late. Not most, but several people were dead for being too slow. They started backing up, leaving the spares broken around us. I took my sword, and heard what I wanted to hear, 'STAND AND FIGHT!'.
Nobody can save me now, king is crowned, 'till we die... I did as asked, and stood up and fought. One after the other, cutting and stabbing, I thought it would be harder. Nobody can save me now, the only sound.. Most of them were coming, leaving only two rows behind.
It's the battle cry...
Cut.
Stab.
It's the battle cry...
Cut.
Stab.
It's the battle cry...
Cut.
Stab.
Nobody can save me now...
Cut.
Cut.
Stab.
Stab.
It's do or die...
Kill.
Kill.
Kill.
Again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again.
Nobody can save me now... The only sound is the battle cry... The battle cry... The battle cry...
My brain didn't seem to understand what I was doing, neither did my heart. My movements were automotized, almost like I was programmed to do something like this.
Nobody can save me now... It's do or die...
Programmed to kill. A murdering machine. So Just one time, before I go, I'll let you know...
My eyes widened at the thought of this. I turned around, and saw I was metres and metres ahead from everyone else. I was surrounded by the enemy, and the only thing they seemed to notice was me. But I paralyzed. That all this time, I've been afraid to let it show...
A... Murderer? All I could picture was Jellal's face. All he'd done for nothing? Just me... Turning into a murdering machine? 'KEEP GOING!' I heard someone yell. 'WARRIORS DON'T TURN AWAY!' but it wasn't someone of the crowd, it was someone inside my mind.
Warrior. And this is my battle cry.
Nobody can save me now, no, nobody can save me now...
You know the situation, don't you?
(A/N: I won't interfere no longer, I'm done with this actitude, Natsu. DONE. Out of five you've narrated, you only said it properly twice. Next time you either say your freaking situation or you are out of this story and Lucy narrates everything, understood?!)
I stood in front of Lucy, and she was breathing loudly and I didn't know what to do. 'Hey, Lucy, look at me, yes, look at me' I said, my hands on her shoulders. Her breathing calmed down, 'Everything is fine'. She nodded slowly, hearing at my words.
'Everything is fine...' she repeated, and now I nodded. I remember last time, she had been screaming and covering her eyes, but this time she stood still, almost paralyzed. The moment I got closer I swear to Mavis I was going to have a heart attack. She didn't answer to my calling, and looked forward. After some minutes, she was okay. 'What took you so long?' she asked.
I had been late, for an... inconvinience. 'I got lost' I lied.
'In your own town, Natsu, don't lie, you just to-' she said and then abruptly stopped, shook her head.
Thoughts rushed through my mind. '...Did your... vision, have something to do with me?' she was scared, she was scared, I should get away from her, if she has visions because of me, then, then... I wasn't good for her. No, I was bad. I'm a monster for her. I took a step back. 'What did I do?' I asked.
She shook her head, 'I don't want to talk about it, Natsu, please'.
'What did I do, did, did I hurt you?' I asked anyway, not listening to her.
'No, visions can't hurt me' she said, but there was doubt in her tone.
'I tried to hurt you, didn't I? What did I say, Lucy?' I asked, something on my chest telling me that me being there wasn't alright. She didn't answer, and I asked again, my voice louder, 'What did I say?!' I got closer and she flinched. My eyes widened and I took more than a few steps back. 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to'. She was scared, scared of me.
'Natsu, it's okay, stop backing away,' she said, coming closer. I went more steps back. 'Natsu, please'. I shook my head, 'Natsu'.
'I... You.. I don't want you to be scared' I said, going closer to the woods behind me. 'You are scared of me, so I have to leave' I continued, looking down, understanding my own words, and agreeing with them.
'No, no, I'm not scared of you!' she said, when I looked at her, she had teary eyes. 'Please don't leave, don't leave me alone. You are the only one who stops the visions, please' she begged, coming closer, and me not backing away.
'Won't them stop if I'm not close?' I asked, I tried to make it more like a statement, but it sounded like a question anyway.
'No. I had them before I re-met you, Natsu. I used to deal with them alone, I don't want to be alone anymore' she said, reaching me. 'Please'
'Just tell me, what did I say?' I asked, looking at her, and she accepted.
She told me everything, breathing hard now and then, when she finished, she said, 'But those visions aren't real. I was never afraid of Levy until they started! So, please, don't leave'.
It was hard for me to accept it. I tried not to do anything that might scare her or remind her of the vision, that hopefully wouldn't repeat itself. I didn't leave, but we left the town. We went through the woods, and she suddenly asked 'You didn't answer my question, What took you so long?'
19:45. The sun was still up, and Natsu couldn't be more bored. More than a few hours before he had stopped following Lucy and nothing had actually happened. Until then.
'I'm sorry, mister?' said a female, young voice. When Natsu turned, a blunette looked at him, his eyes widened and he looked somewhere else. 'You are stepping on my foot' said Wendy, Romeo next to her.
He tried to get his voice to be graver 'I'm sorry'. It was no use, though.
'Natsu?' his eyes widened and he shook his head ' ...Natsu!' said Wendy, and he hugged him.
'Shh.. Wendy! Sh!' she shut her mouth.
'I'm sorry!' she whispered. He knew they were there in that moment, but they didn't seem affected. 'Why?'
'Now that I've found you, I wanted to tell you something. Both of you, but not here' Natsu said, taking them somewhere else. 'Okay, guys. Luce and me are running away' the pinkette said, and Romeo immediately answered.
'We are going with you' he said and Wendy nodded.
'No, no you are not. You are not a wanted person, and Lucy and I both are. We want you safe, so you' he said, pointing at Wendy, 'You are staying with our aunt, Polyursica, and you' Natsu pointed at Romeo 'you are going to tell your dad, and beg him not to say a thing, and ask him to explain it to Polyursica, understood?'
'For how long?' Wendy asked.
'For... I think, forever. But it won't be like mom and dad, we are going to keep in touch. One way or another.' she nodded.
'What about Happy?' Romeo asked. I can't believe I hadn't thought of Happy this whole time! I thought. Then remembered.
'I... I have to find him, he went "fishing" '. Romeo nodded.
'Why?'
'I already told you, Wendy, we have to, we are wanted people and we have to leave or they'll kill us'
'Can't you fight back?'
'No. Not this time, Romeo. We can't. It's only the two of us against a kingdom' I answered.
'Not only you two. We are with you'
Natsu smiled, 'Right, four against a kingdom. But, Romeo, Wendy, don't think of this as running away, think of it as... As another fight, fight against fate. Fight against the fate the king has to offer us. We are pawns fighting against our king'. They nodded. 'But, this is our fight, you've got to find your own. And fight it yourselves'.
'Met some people...' I half answered.
After that, I've been trying to find my way out before actually leaving, and that's when something else happened.
Walking around, the pinkette was simply looking at some stores, taking a look at some "potions", and looked at one in particular that gave good luck. 'This would be just perfect' he thought and said accidently.
'It's a great potion' said a man. Natsu readjusted his hat, just in case. 'Perfect for those who want a new life'. Natsu tried to ignore that last comment and replied,
'Well, I think everybody needs a little luck in times like this'. He hoped that he actually didn't know him, because everyone seemed to recognize him by his voice.
'Are you going to buy it?' the unknown man asked, and Natsu shook his head, not risking in keep talking. 'Sad, you said it yourself, everyone need luck'. He took it, and bought it. 'Sometimes we have to give it to others'. He extended it, and Natsu shook his head. 'Come on,'
'Okay' he muttured. He took it, and thanked him, almost whispering. He walked away from that store, and a girl crushed against him.
'I'm sorry!' she said, Natsu felt a strange sensation on his head, and realized his hat was gone, and his pi- salmon hair was free. His onyx eyes widened and he looked around, the girl who had crushed against him was gone. 'How did that ev-'
'Looking for this, Natsu Dragneel?' said the man from before, holding his hat, and next to him, a giggling face-covered girl. Natsu's eyes widened, and he shook his head, in a poor attempt of lying. The girl suddenly was behind him, grabbing his arms, and the man was saying 'They are giving a big reward for your head, Dragneel. Murdering? Seriously? I didn't expect that from a kiddo like you.' He fought against the anormally strong arms of the girl. 'You know my little girl, Cheria' the girl took whatever was covering her and her familiar face appeared. 'She is fast as the wind' the man smirked.
'You are friends with my sister!' Natsu said, recognizing the pinkette.
'Wendy is really nice with me, but I never said we were friends' she shrugged. She was tying his hands, or tried to, because he was moving a lot for her to do it. 'Stop moving!' she complained.
Of course Natsu wasn't even trying to fight back, because he was too worried thinking about his little sister.
'So, Dragneel, why killing someone in such a horrible way?' he said, and looked around, telling with a look that no one should see this to the people around us. 'Got a little mad?' he asked.
'You are so dead'
'Not more dead than the man you killed' said Cheria, finished tying his hands.
'Hey, where's blondie?' he said, his face still covered after all this time. 'Don't tell me she's scared of you! Or maybe you killed her too?' he chuckled. Natsu growled silently at his words. 'Seems you didn't, we'll give you a hand with that if you don't come nicely' he threatened, and Natsu stayed silent.
...
Natsu was driven into an alley, where those two decided to "Do what he deserved". In other words, beat him. He didn't fight back, but then a moment, the man said something he couldn't accept.
'I'm going to have a liittle fun with that blondie girl of yours'
'And... Had some trouble with other people...' I said, remembering what happened afterwards.
Natsu stood in front of a beaten up man, and the girl, Cheria, was trying to wake the man up. He hadn't killed him, but the man wasn't reacting. 'Stay away from me and Luce' he said, 'Or...' he didn't say anything else, but Cheria understood. He walked away, his hands no longer tied, and put on his hat. Moving hurted, but he stood up with it.
'Yeah, that didn't end up well...'
'Seriously? You fought someone? I told you not to cause any commotion!' Luce said, shaking her head while walking forward.
'They started it!' using that phrase with actual honesty.
'They?!' she turned around, looking angry. 'Really?!' she sighed '... It's okay, I guess' she sighed again. 'Where are we going next, you little warrior?'
*Sigh*... Ambush...
There was this girl, in the front lines, I think her name was Erza... She was taking the lead, leaving a path of death behind her. Have you ever played chess? You did? Well, she'll be like the queen. The deadliest piece in the game. And suddenly, she shouted really loud, I couldn't make out the words, screaming and battle sounds making it impossible to hear someone else.
I couldn't stay there, watching how she killed and killed, because the enemy wasn't done, and she couldn't fight all alone. 'Alright' I started fighting, moving forward. As I fought, I felt weird without any sudden arrows thrown next to me and hitting the enemy. But I ignored it, and kept on fighting.
I suddenly crushed against a rather short man, who stabbed me in the leg before I killed him without me noticing until I felt blood fall through my thigh. 'Fucking great' I mutured, while another came. I looked behind, and saw that archers also stood and fought, their arrows hitting anyone who came closer than four metres, but as they came closer to the crowd, they were stabbed in the back. I think Juvia was in the centre, so I tried not to worry as I killed saving my companions.
With that fucking dagger on my thigh, I was slow both running and dodging and attacking. 'Fuck, fuck, fuck' I mutured, moving forward. Another guy, I killed him stabbing him in the neck. Took out my sword, doing that had been extremly uncomfortable. A teenager ran towards me, her hair was stained in blood, and she carried small knifes in the back of his coat. I nearly didn't manage to dodge one that would kill me. I stroke at her heart, took the sword out, and kept on moving.
Erza was more than a few metres now, I couldn't even see her. A brunnette catched up with me, she was laughing (What the actual fuck was wrong with this girl?), and turned around and looked at me. She winked her yellow eye and killed a man behind her by cutting her head off. Long time no see! she mouthed,and turned around, kept on killing. I blinked, and looked at my left to see an arrow stuck on someone's neck. I turned and saw Bianca, she smiled at me, but then that smile left, something on her mind disturbing her. She ran closer to the man she had just hit, and took the arrow out, her gaze imposible for me to see, her hair shadowing it. After doing what she had done, blood was all over her. She took another arrow, and hit someone else.
I heard a sudden, familiar scream, with a horrible sensation in my heart, I turned around. That scream I had heard several times in my temporary room for some days what felt ages ago. I started running back, the dagger on my thigh forgotten and not hurting, people from Fairy Tail attempted to hurt me until they realized I was on their side, their faces confused. I killed whoever was in front of me, running the same way I was. Adrenaline running through my body as I did what was impossible and didn't hurt. All I could think of was the fact that Juvia had screamed, a long, painful scream. Several different scenarios crossed my mind until I arrived to where I was standing some moments ago.
My eyes widened when I saw what was in front of me, not believing it.
'No...'
((A/N: Oooooooh... That's a huge cliffhanger, right? Muahahahahahhahahaha! I'm evil and I like it! Time for some tipical questions! Long time since I didn't do that! Okay, let me think... I know! I know! Who was that voice in Erza head? What did she actually shout? Murdering machine? Cheria is a cazarecompensas (Don't know how to say it in English, I'm too lazy to look it up, you do it)? Potions actually work? AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE! WHERE IS HAPPY?! Oh, yeah.. Also, not so important, What happened to Juvia? JUST KIDDING, SUPER IMPORTANT, AND THE NAME OF THE NEXT CHAPTER IS ALL ABOUT THAT! Wanna guess? *laughs mischeviously* *hiccups* Oops. Sorry *hiccups*, sorry again, the name is *hiccups* The Migh-*hiccups*-ty f-*hiccups*-all. Based in the song by Fall Out Boy! Yay! Alrighty, sorry Gray's POV was so short, but well, it was full of act-*hiccups*-ion. 'Til next chap-*hiccups*-ter minna! *Hiccups*))
