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Me: Enjoy this chapter…
Chapter-10
FLASHBACK:
The sharp tip of her sword was pointing at his neck, her face carrying an expression of "I-will-kill-you-if-you-don't-obey-me" look. Everyone in the guild gulped at the scene in front of them.
He was just smiling and doing nothing…
Her eyes shot up as she glared at the man in front of him…
But he just smiled….
She put her sword back in her sheath as she saw the glint of sorrow in his eyes. She went upstairs, snatching an S-class quest and exited the guild.
Everyone was taken aback by her reaction. What happened? No one spoke. Everyone shook their head. The master left into his office without saying a word.
END OF FLASHBACK
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"How long are you planning to stay this time?" the blue haired mage asked, his eyes drifting to a red-haired mage sitting in silence.
"Am I already a burden to you?" the re-equip mage scoffed.
"Don't be so sad like that," he slightly patted her head.
"How can I not be sad?!" she shouted, making him a little flinch. "It never gets out of my mind. His eyes… his sorrow that his eyes reflect…. He was dead…. I cannot get it out of my mind… I cannot see him like that! And unless he becomes normal, I'm not going back to the guild…"
He grabbed her and pulled her in an embrace.
Tears rolled down the Titania's cheeks as she hid herself in the blue haired mage's chest.
"That is not your fault, is it, Erza?" he said, trying to comfort her.
"But if I was there when all that happened, maybe I could've stopped it. May be, Lucy wouldn't have left…. I couldn't do anything for either of them… It was of no use to know about it later when she has already left everyone… I couldn't believe he said all that stuff… I was angry. I pointed my sword at him to make him agree to bring her back. But it was too late... I couldn't kill a person twice"
"I am hearing all of this for a hundredth time….. It's not your fault…. You need not regret…." He said but she wouldn't agree…
"If she was his life, then why did he have to make her go?" she screamed but her screams won't be answered. She knew they would go unanswered. But still…
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"Emi?" Lucy looked here and there.
She found herself in the forest and now lost sight of her daughter. Her eyebrows furrowed as she frowned. She tried to figure out which way her daughter ran off to but her efforts were in vain.
"Emi, where are you? I hope you are safe" Lucy thought as she folded her hands, praying her daughter might be safe.
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"That voice…. I'm able to hear voices… It's Gray…. And …. I can hear someone pant…. Who is that? I can hear the trees rustle…. What is happening? Why am I able to hear sounds? How am I able to hear even the low sounds? What is happening to me?" Emi was running.
She had to find out what was happening. She didn't know where she was going but her legs, They are just carrying her weight to their desired destination.
She elegantly manoeuvred herself through the forest until she hit something hard like a wall.
"Is it…. Dead end?" she looked up to meet the large green eyes.
Her eyes widened as she realised what she has bumped into. It was a monster! Large round green eyes, Three large horns on its head, maroon coloured scaled skin… It was looking down at little Emi with a frown on its face and its eyes filled with anger. In short it was way too scary for our little Emi…
It threw a punch in the little girl's direction.
BAM!
The girl hit the tree, coughing some blood.
"It's very scary! It's very scary! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!" she began screaming, closing her eyes tight.
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"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!" Lucy flinched at the screams she heard.
"Emi! Emi always cries out Daddy when she is scared. That means….. Emi is in Danger!" Lucy's eyes went wide in realisation. Praying that her daughter be safe till she reaches her, she rushed to from wherever the screams are coming from.
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His ears twitched. His breathing became loud as he got up to the ice mage's surprise. The ice mage was unable to understand what was happening.
"What happened? Where are you going? I will not let you go until I get my answers today!" Gray shouted.
Fire surrounded the dragon slayer as he heard the ice mage shout.
"What did you say?" the Salamander shouted.
Dragon scales began surfacing his skin. His eyes could scare the daylights out of the enemy.
"My daughter's in danger and no one's going to stop me!" the dragon slayer shouted as he fire charged towards the ice mage, knocking him into the trees. The ice mage lost his consciousness.
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"Daddy! Daddy!" the girl screamed as the monster caught her in its hand, making the movement impossible for girl.
It was about to put the girl in its mouth, when fire burnt its hand to ash.
"Natsu!" the girl called out his name making the man regain his senses.
The girl came running to the fire mage and hugged him.
"Emi, you alright?" the Salamander asked.
The girl nodded.
"It was scary, Natsu," she said.
He pulled away from her.
"Emi, stay back, I"ll handle it," he said, shoving her to stay behind.
"But…" the girl saw the wounds he already carried.
"Stay back," was all he said, before charging towards the monster.
Fire surrounded him, burning whatever was left of the monster. The monster threw attacks which made him fall but he rose up every time…
"Iron Fist of the Fire dragon!" he shouted, landing a straight hit into the monster.
Emi watched it all in daze. She didn't close her eyes even for a second, as long as he was fighting. There was a kind of feeling stirring in her… Something she could explain… Something like a bond…. Something like warmth…. Something was stirring in her….
The Salamander landed on his feet before tumbling down to the ground, exhausted.
"Natsu!" Emi shouted as she saw the dragon slayer fall to his feet.
She tried to wake him up, by trying to move him with her hands. But he wouldn't gain consciousness.
She coughed up some blood. And before she could realise the things, she too fell down losing consciousness.
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Lucy was frantically searching for her daughter ever since she heard her screams. Her search indeed was fruitful, though it just ended up in disaster when she saw her husband and daughter unconscious, her daughter laying on top of her beloved. Streaks of blood were all over the place. His body was wounded.
Lucy's eyes widened.
"Natsu! Emi!" She screamed, as she ran to them.
Natsu: What was this?
Me: Gomen, Gomen, I know I messed it a little.
Natsu: I'm not sure if it's only a little.
Me: I hope it is little. Let me know and also send me suggestions and comments about this story…
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