Here is chapter ten, guys! Enjoy!

-Chapter 10-

Natsu burst through every door he came across, yelling for Lucy and to see if she was there. When there were occupants, he left before they started attacking him, leaving them for Erza and Gray. He was in the fifth hallway, when he heard screaming. He quickly dashed towards the source of the noise, stopping and listening for a split second, then burst through with so much force, the door was blown off. He ignored the people that were yelling at him outside. What he saw next, made his blood run cold.

There she was, hanging from the ceiling strapped to chains with her arms raised above her head. Her clothes were ripped to shreds, and where he saw skin, he saw blood and cuts as well as bruises decorating her petite body. He quickly ran up to her and gently melted off the shackles on her wrists and that's when he saw the red on her fore arms. "Oh, Lucy..." he whispered gently. He caught her in his arms and sunk to the ground, holding her to his chest in a protective hug.

Erza and Gray ran in at that moment, asking if he found her, when they stopped short. "The hell happened to her?!" Gray cried out in anger, "I don't know what happened, but I swear to god, whoever did this is going to pay," Natsu growled out in a low voice. He tightened his arms around her and carefully lifted her up. "We need to get her back to the guild and to Wendy," The Dragon Slayer announced, cradling the blonde in his safe arms.

When they reached the entrance of the facility, they sprinted as fast as they could around the mini mountain and in the direction of Magnolia.

It took them half an hour to arrive home and as soon as they had the guild in their sight, they ran even faster towards it. "We need Wendy!" Was the first thing Natsu yelled when he slammed open the guild's doors. The said girl lifted her head up from a table near the middle of the hall, yelling back, "What happened?" In a worried tone. Team Natsu jogged up to her and Natsu showed Wendy Lucy, and that's all it took before they we almost instantly in the infirmary.

"Gosh, what happened?" She asked while starting to heal her. Lucy was laying unconscious on one of the beds with Natsu right beside her, holding her fragile hand. "Our new enemy, that's what," He replied simply. He had a dark scowl on his face, probably thinking the next plan to attack and get his revenge for hurting his Lucy. I'm going to kill him, he thought darkly. He'll wish he never even thought about touching her.

A few hours later, Lucy was healed up and asleep. Next to her tiny form, was a much bigger and masculine one. Natsu was laying on his right side facing the girl with a strong and warm arm draped over her. He was so worried that he didn't leave her side the entire time, even though she was unconscious. When he did go out, wether it was to get food or go to the bathroom, he would always get Wendy to watch her, and if anything happened, to not hesitate to yell out. Some would say he was being 'overprotective' or even 'obsessive', but he ignored those comments and focused solely on Lucy.

It was around one am when Lucy woke up with a start. She nearly yelled out, but caught her voice quickly. She opened her eyes and looked at the white ceiling. She took multiple deep breaths to calm her rapidly beating heart, that's when she noticed the weight on her stomach. She looked over to her right and saw Natsu. Tears of happiness started to pool in her eyes. She let out an impromptu noise, and her eyes widened, afraid she woke him up. He stirred slightly, but didn't wake. All he did was move her closer to his warm chest and wrap both his arms around her. "Lucy..." he mumbled, still in a deep sleep.

He moved his head to the crook of her neck and stayed there. She just laid limply there, finally noticing her surroundings. She didn't know where she was and started to panic slightly, but then thought, if Natsu is here, then I'm safe. No matter what. Because she new that, if Natsu was with her, nothing bad would happen to her. She moved so that she was facing his chest, snuggling just that little bit closer, and finally fell into a sleep full of dreams.

When Natsu woke up next, the first thing he saw was blonde hair. He sighed in relief, knowing that his best friend was safe. He moved slightly, and also noticed that she was pressed up against his chest with Happy tightly clutched in her arms. He looked over his shoulder to the window and noticed that it was early morning.

He looked around at his surroundings and saw that they were still in the infirmary. He sighed, relaxing into the bed sheets. Following this action, Lucy then stirred and one of her eyes cracked open, wincing at the light omitting from the window. "Hey, Luce. How are you feeling?" He asked softly, looking down at her. "Where are we?" She answered with her own, slightly panicked, question. "It's okay, we're in the guild's infirmary. You're safe, nothing is gonna hurt you," he comforted, hugging her gently. "I believe you," and she did.

A minute or two later, Mira popped her head in to see if they were awake. "Hey, guys," she greeted as she entered the room. "How are you feeling? Are you hungry?" She asked in a gentle way, as to not startle the blonde that was currently in the Fire Mage's arms, awww, they are SO CUTE! Mira thought as here 'inner-shipper' started to come out. "Yeah, I'm hungry! What about you, Luce?" He offered, trying to make her feel welcome. "I-I guess," she answered, timidly. "Its chow time! I'm all fired up!" And with that he picked her up and dashed to the main hall.

-A/N-

Don't worry! THIS IS NOT THE END! I assure you, it isn't ending here! I still have to do other things, like, when Lucy is gonna change back and stuff! I hoped you like it and I oppologize if the characters are a bit OOC, I can't really help that. Until next time, don't forget to be awesome!