Here's chapter 9. Please R&R and I'll see you at the bottom of the page.

POV: Lucy

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail


"No lunch again Lucy," Erza asks while looking at me with a disapproving look. I shake my head keeping my eyes on my book that I just recently started reading, "What's your excuse this time?"

Looking up I find the others staring at me with the same disapproving look and I fight the urge to duck my head, "I dropped it on the way here and a car ran over it," I say while sweatdropping. It sounds farfetched but it is the truth, "I was walking on my way to school when I tripped on a rock dropping my lunch onto the street when a car drove by and ran over it," I mumble keeping my head down as I stare down at my lap. It's been a week since I started school and not once have I had a decent lunch because of my clumsiness.

"The doctor won't like hearing that you haven't been eating lunch when you go and see him today," Levy comments while taking a bite of her sandwich next to me.

"Is he checking your injuries," Gray asks curiously sitting across from me and I turn to look over my shoulder feeling someone looking at me. I turn and find Natsu turning and walking into the school with his hands stuffed deep into the pockets of his uniform pants.

He hasn't talked to me once since I saw him that time at the park when I was with Loke. I still feel his gaze on me during class but whenever I turn to look at him he looks away seeming both bored and angry as I had done something bad. I've tried to get the courage to talk to him but every time I try he disappears. He's not getting away this time.

shaking my head I place my bookmark in my book before closing it and stuffing it into my bag, "No, every so often I have to get checked up for my anemia," I say while standing up and swinging my bag onto my arm.

"You have anemia?" Lisanna asks and I nod while climbing out of my seat, "Is it severe," she asks again, her small fragile face tainted with worry along with the others.

Waving my hands in front of me I smile trying to ease the tension in the air, "It's alright, it's only a mild form of anemia, I'll be perfectly fine as long as I take care of myself," turning to leave before they can say anything more I say over my shoulder, "I'm going to go and finish up on my homework. I'll see you all in class," and without another word I make my way toward the schools entrance hoping to see if I can catch up with Natsu.

By the time I enter the school I look around to find the hallway on either side to be completely empty and eerily quiet. I stand there a few minutes wondering where he could be when I remember seeing him up on the roof a few times eating lunch with the two other boys I had seen on my first day here. I found out their names were Gajeel Redfox and Elfman Strauss, Lisanna's older brother. They're not that friendly and not once have I tried talking to them or vice versa, but I have noticed that they always seem to be together whenever I see them. Gray hangs out with them as well but tends to eat lunch with us instead of them. I have been meaning to ask why but have not gotten the chance so far.

Giving up on searching for Natsu, I turn to head toward the library where I spend much of my free time with Levy when I hear something crash up on the second floor. With curiosity getting the best of me I head toward the stairs climbing them on toward the second floor.

As I'm climbing the stairs to the second floor I hear some shouting and laughing just above me and when I get to the second floor landing a boy with blonde hair crashes right into me. I take a step back to regain my balance on instinct making my foot slip below me and as I fall I try to grab hold of the railing realizing too late that I'm not going to make it. With a final cry I shut my eyes tight covering my face with my arms before I sail down the long flight of stairs feeling the edges of the steps dig into my exposed skin hitting my back injuries. My arms and back take most of the damage and even then I hit my head a couple of time

Crying out with every hit I take I hear someone call out my name just as I hit the main floor landing on my shoulder with a deafening thud. I open my eyes finding the room tilting and doubling around me as darkness surrounds my vision threatening to take me under. Through the ringing in my ears I hear yelling and I tilt my head toward the noise to find a blur of blonde and pink.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?" someone yells angrily and as my vision slowly comes into focus I notice that Natsu is holding up a blonde boy by the collar of his shirt, his eyes burning like a wildfire, uncontrollable.

"It was an accident, she came out of nowhere and I crashed into her. Before I knew it she was tumbling down the stairs," the boy says, his voice shaking in fear as he tries to make Natsu release his death grip on him.

Not liking how things are turning out I call out to the enraged teen, "Nat-su," it comes out in an inaudible whisper, but somehow Natsu hears it. He drops the boy and races toward my side kneeling beside me, his angered expression replaced with worry.

"Lucy," he whispers urgently holding my hand in his and resting his free hand on my head, "Lucy, can you hear me," I nod slowly feeling my head throb along with the rest of my body and I hear him sigh before his voice turns anxious, "Lucy, you're bleeding," and before I can tell him that I'm fine he tucks both hands under me and lifts me up in one swift movement making me cringe in pain, "Don't worry Lucy, I'll get you to the hospital as soon as I can," he grunts before racing down the hall.

I clutch onto him with all of my might while gritting my teeth feeling every small bump strike me like a sharp knife all over my body. Tears leak out of my eyes large and hot and at one point I even cough out blood. Before I know it we're in a car, the scent of fresh leather assaulting my nose overpowering the smell of what must be my own blood.

Natsu's warm arms hold onto me as the car rumbles to life before screeching down the asphalt toward the hospital, "Natsu, it hurts," I choke out feeling more tears stream down my face and his hold on me tightens a bit reassuringly.

"Shh, it's ok. We're almost at the hospital, you just have to hang in there a little longer," he murmurs into my ear while wiping my face with his shaking hand.

"I hope that you know how much it's gonna cost ya for the damage on my seats," a deep gruff voice says from the driver's seat in front of us. It's unfamiliar but I might have a wild guess as to who it could be.

"Shut up and keep driving," Natsu roars and I feel the car lurch forward even faster making my already hammering heart sink further into the confines of my chest.

By the time we reach the hospital my focus and visibility is close to zero and I hear Mirajane call out my name before I completely black out into a numbing darkness.


Well that happened. Lucy bumped into Sting BTW and he will be mentioned later on in the story along with Rogue.

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