Chapter 9: Brand New Day

"How did you find me so quickly?" I asked him. He was standing right in my room. Natsu was always like that. I used to love him for his overly protective and sort of obsessive behavior. But as of then, I honestly hated him for being so obstinate.

"You got to scold Cana for her magic cards and their tracking skills…" Natsu said and I could sense that he was slightly mad at me. He took a step closer and I averted my gaze because it was too hard to see him.

"Does everyone in Fairy Tail know I'm back? You know that I can't return. Look what I had done to Levy. I could have killed you if you weren't such a strong dragon slayer." I tried to argue. It was most sensible for me to stay away. Natsu, nonetheless, has never been the sensible type. He was impulsive, irrational and quite emotional.

"Mirajane and Elfman don't know that you're back. It's not because I want to protect them or anything, I will take you straight to them so they can see for themselves" Natsu said and took another step closer.

"I'm not coming home, Flamebrain…" I voiced with the intention to hit a nerve. I never called him that before. He didn't like the nickname Gray gave him.

"You never call me that, Lisanna… I'll take you with me! End of the story" Natsu was still determined. And yet I saw right through him. He was very cautious and kept a distance.

"And how will you do that? You don't even dare come close to me because I might suck you dry. I'm a danger to everyone at home" I pointed out. Then he closed in and placed a hand on my head. Pressing his forehead against mine, he smiled and a gentle tear slipped out of my eyes.

"I'm not afraid of you. We'll find a way to compromise. Maybe we'll even find a way to completely rid you of the anima inside.

"How do you always have an opinion?" I was slightly getting impatient with him. I had made my decision and it was for the best. The pigheaded boy still breathed against my face. I could sense his struggling as the dragon slaying magic slowly moved over into me.

"Who knows what could happen… we'll cross the bridge when we get there" he tried hard to verbalize. I tried to push him away, but he got even closer and captured me inside his warm arms.

"Natsu, let go of me. I'm dangerous… I can feel your power inside of me" I cried and begged him to keep a distance.

"I don't care. We'll hurt together" he said and shivered. His face was pale white, his eyes shut tight. I struggled inside his grasp like wild game in a trap. If he was to remain, he'd be drained of all his magic, soon. And a mage without magic couldn't survive.

"Natsu! Don't be so stupid. Get away" I shouted. My voice cracked to a high pitch as tears streamed out like rivers. He was suicidal. "Natsu!"

He didn't even have enough strength to talk, he kept all of his energy to encage me inside his arms. And gradually even those strong arms started to loosen the grip.

"Fairy Tail is more about laughing and not crying. You've cried so much and as your boyfriend, I can't let you be so miserable…" He spoke slowly. It struck me like an arrow right through my heart. Since when were we girlfriend and boyfriend? The sound of it made me even sadder because we couldn't be together. "I know we never labeled it, but weren't we like that? We spent so much time together, we even held hands on occasions. Do you remember our first kiss?"

I remembered clearly. It was underneath the moonlight at the little hut I built when we were young. It wasn't long before I had died, a few months maybe. We watched the stars and counted three shooting stars. My first wish was for us to be together forever. My second wish was to hold him in my arms and know that everything will be alright. My third wish was a kiss. He had wished for the same thing that night and it came true. The other two wishes did not.

"You wished for three things. Number three was fulfilled long ago, this is number two and your first wish will come true soon!" The anima inside of me stopped when he said that. My heart stopped when he said that. I loved him and he loved me. Yeah, who knows, maybe he's right after all. Together, we might be able to find a way.