Author's Notes: I'm surprised at the number of reviews I am getting and again guys I am so thankful to all of you. I know a lot of you want to hurt Natsu right now and yes Twofme I won't stop you so go ahead and hurt him as much as you like, he really deserves it...at the moment. Here's the next chapter for you to read. Like always, leave reviews for your comments. Language might be too strong for some readers so please be advised. Thanks!

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CHAPTER 10: Fact or Fiction?

In Magnolia General Hospital, the doors burst open to reveal a blonde woman carrying in an unconscious blonde girl hysterically scream for help as she cried her eyes out. Following her, a pink haired man hastily went to the nurses' station to request assistance and they immediately rushed in to get the child in to the treatment room. A nurse asked Lucy as she was tailing the bed where they let her daughter rest as to what happened to quickly asses the situation.

"S-she got her-r head hit...(sniff) on t-the car," Lucy answered while sobbing.

"She got hit by a car?" the nurse verified and Natsu who was following them to the treatment room answered back.

"No, I accidentally pushed her too hard and she hit her head on my car," Natsu said a bit dispassionately which earned a glare from Lucy despite her tears.

"Alright, we need to ask you to step back. We can take it from here," the nurse replied and the two stopped as the nurse closed the door and a red light lit on top of the door.

Lucy kept pacing back and forth while biting her fingernails worrying about her daughter's well-being. Natsu, on the other hand was casually lounging on one of the seats while blankly looking at Lucy. Footsteps suddenly rushed in towards them and they saw both Sting and Levy arrive looking worried for the little girl.

"Lu-chan!" Levy called out and she was instantly hugged by Lucy as she cried out her worry on her shoulder.

"Levy I'm scared. What if something happened to her?" Lucy cried out and Levy just ushered her with reassuring words that nothing bad is going to happen to her daughter. Sting looked sadly at her while Natsu was just watching the entire thing not really feeling nearly as worried as they are. He does feel responsible for what happened to the kid but he consoled himself that if it wasn't for the blonde idiot who tackled him, he wouldn't have had reacted in such a way.

"Don't worry Luce, Natsuki's a strong kid you know that," Sting said and smiled a bit to help reassure her.

Lucy nodded and smiled a bit trying to calm herself as soon as Sting placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Natsu glared daggers at Sting's back when he saw the notion and he didn't understand why he felt that way either which made him even more pissed at himself. He stood up and approached Lucy to apologize for what happened.

"What do you want now?" Sting asked as he covered Lucy from view and snarled at Natsu.

"I'm sorry for what happened to your daughter," Natsu said emotionlessly as if he was reading a script, "I think now is not the right time to talk about your employment so I'll come by your house another time. Just send me the hospital bill and I'll pay for your expenses." He finished as he turned to leave.

"How dare you!" Lucy yelled which made Natsu stop and turn around to face her.

"Excuse me?" Natsu asked visibly annoyed at Lucy. The blonde woman stalked him despite Levy trying to hold her back.

"You were the reason she got here in the first place and you'll just casually leave like it was nothing?!" Lucy said enraged.

"Hey if it weren't for that dumb boyfriend of yours we wouldn't have that scuffle that led to her accident and honestly she wouoldn't have been there in the first place and if she didn't interfere then - SLAP!

A loud resounding slap was heard through the corridors of the hospital which stunned everyone in their places. Lucy had tears falling freely from her eyes while her hand was still outstretched and her eyes reflected anger from hearing what Natsu said as an excuse. Natsu was shocked and had his eyes wide from what happened.

"You will not speak about Natsuki in that manner," Lucy muttered as she gritted her teeth in anger and let her hand fall to her sides before continuing, "I can take all the bad-mouthing and abuse you throw at me but you will never do anything to hurt Natsuki," Lucy added and clenched her fists tight.

"Like I care about your brat - " Natsu spat and Lucy raised her head to stare down Natsu and also raised her voice to cut him off.

"She's our daughter damn you!" Lucy yelled out breathing heavily afterwards. Natsu was shocked from Lucy's revelations and both Sting and Levy didn't expect Lucy to snap like that thinking that she will continue to hide Natsuki's existence from Natsu.

"W-what are you talking about? What do you mean our child?" Natsu asked in disbelief. Lucy was looking at him defiantly and was not faltering one bit. He scoffed a bit and laughed the matter aside.

"What's so funny?" Lucy asked not understanding what Natsu found amusing.

"You. Are you really that low to even make up a lie like that? I'm not going to believe that one bit seeing that she's your daughter from that guy behind you," Ntasu pointed out, "you should've just said you needed more money from me instead of lying like that."

"Hey don't talk to Lucy like that jerk," Sting answered having enough of Natsu's cocky attitude. Levy was stopping Sting from causing a scene but all the while she was glaring at Natsu.

"Seven years ago..." Lucy started hiding her eyes from behind her bangs.

"What?" Natsu asked barely hearing what she said.

"Seven years ago, on that lake near the field of gardenias, something happened to us after you confessed to me that night. Natsuki was the product of that night. I am her mother and you are her father. The father who she never knew. I never intended to let her know you in the first place because I know you won't believe me. I was going to tell you the night we were supposed to rendezvous but you didn't came and..." Lucy broke down after that and both Levy and Sting tried to comfort her.

"You don't need to say anything more Lu-chan," Levy said.

"Yeah. It's not your problem if he won't believe you," Sting said and glared at Natsu.

Natsu grit his teeth and just stormed off without saying a word to any of them. Lucy fell down on her knees and cried her eyes out once more as she used her hand to stifle the noises coming out of her mouth from crying. She was tired from everything that was happening around her and because of the stress she suddenly felt weak and lost consciousness. Sting noticed her lean to her left and he caught her before she fell down the floor while Levy gasped and knelt beside Lucy.

"Lu-chan! Wake up Lu-chan," Levy frantically nudged Lucy on her shoulder to try to wake her up.

"Hey get yourself together Lucy, wake up," Sting said as he also tried to support Lucy on her head while shaking her awake. He then tokk her in his arms and carried her bridal style.

"She's burning hot!" Levy gasped as she placed her hand on her forehead.

"I'll look for a doctor and get help. You should stay here and wait for the doctor's assessment on Natsuki. I'll get back once I find someplace she can rest for a while," Sting said as he lightly jogged towards a nurse who was walking by the corridor. They talked a bit and they were soon led off away from Levy's sight. She looked back at the doors behind her and saw the red light still on as she put her hands together in silent prayer hoping for the best for both mother and child.

Lisanna was pacing back and forth inside Natsu's apartment. She has been trying to reach Natsu for the past two hours and the only thing she could reach whenever she tried calling was his voicemail. For the past two hours, text messages were sent with not a single reply for any of them and this made her more frustrated.

"Damn it Natsu where did you run off to?!" Lisanna cursed while clutching hard at her phone.

From outside, she heard the sound of the elevator so she quickly went straight to the door to see if it was Natsu. Before she could even reach the doorknob, it opened and Natsu came in with a very irate expression on his face. Lisanna was shocked to face head on a very infuriated Natsu and she forgot all about nagging him and yelling at him for running out of their dinner date.

"Natsu what happened to you?" Lisanna asked as she followed Natsu who was angrily stalking towards his living room. He stopped and just stood there for a while balling his fists in anger before he whispered.

"Did you know?" Natsu muttered under his breath but Lisanna barely heard it.

"What? I can't hear you - "

"I said did you know?" Natsu asked gritting his teeth.

"Know what?" Lisanna asked clearly not understanding his question. Natsu faced her and grabbed her by the shoulders his anger getting the better of him.

"DID YOU KNOW ABOUT LUCY'S DAUGHTER?!" Natsu yelled and Lisanna shook with her eyes wide that Natsu found out about it.

"Y-yes," she responded in fear of what Natsu might do to him.

"How? And why didn't you tell me?!" he asked back.

"I found out five years ago but I never told you because it was irrelevant," she answered.

"Irrelevant? She said we had a daughter. I'm the father! How is that irrelevant?!" Natsu asked cornering Lisanna.

"Well how can you be so sure you're the father?!" Lisanna asked back finally snapping at his outburst.

"What?" Natsu was caught in surprise and Lisanna took the chance to release herself from Natsu's hold then she started poking him with her finger over and over while ranting.

"You storm off as I invited you to dinner just to come back and vent you're anger at me? How stupid can you get huh Natsu? She lied to you seven years back and now she just told you that you are the father of her child and you instantly believe her?!" Lisanna threw her arms up in frustration, "I will not tolerate this. You're not even sure but you simply believed your childhood crush's words then get angry at me - your girlfriend for that matter! Argh!"

She stomped out the door leaving a stunned Natsu who just watched her leave. When he heard the door close with a bang, he returned to his senses and chased after her.

"Wait Lisanna I didn't mean to - "

But she wasn't there anymore. He looked at the elevator door and saw it was already going down so he went back to his living room to grab his phone and instantly dialled in Lisanna's number but her phone was already off.

"Fuck!" Natsu yelled in frustration as he threw his phone on the floor shattering it to pieces. He sat on his sofa and placed his head on his hands trying to drown out the chaotic thoughts running in his mind.

Lucy slowly woke inside a white room. Her sight was still blurry so she blinked once to focus her sight. She rose from the bed and studied the room noticing that she was inside a hospital room. She placed her hand on her forehead and felt a bit dizzy so she stayed sitting on the bed.

Why am I inside a hospital room?, Lucy asked herself and tried to backtrack her thoughts. She immediately remembered her reason for being there and jolted up to run out the door. It opened before she even reached the doorknob and Sting came inside looking surprised to see Lucy already up and about.

"Lucy you shouldn't be - "

"Where's Natsuki? I have to see Natsuki," Lucy said as she went past Sting and walked the hallway aimlessly with Sting following after her. He caught her arm to stop her but she resisted.

"Wait Lucy calm down. The doctor said you should have some rest. You passed out from fatigue and stress plus you have a fever," Sting said.

"Natsuki needs me. I have to see her," Lucy said as she got away from Sting's hold but she was caught once again before she even advanced three steps.

"Lucy don't push yourself. You're already leaning on the wall," Sting pointed out when he saw her hand on the wall to support her from standing, "I'll walk you there but you have to calm down."

Lucy nodded and he let Sting support her while they walked to Natsuki's room. She was leaning on Sting while he had his arm around her waist looking at her worriedly. They reached a room not too far from where they came and opened the door. Natsuki was talking with Levy who sat beside her bed and they looked like they were having a fun conversation. Natsuki saw Lucy and Sting from the door and she beamed at her mother while promptly greeting her.

"Mommy!" Natsu ki greeted.

"Natsuki!" Lucy rushed to her bed and hugged her promptly resting her daughter's bandaged head on her bosom. She then looked at her thoroughly and cupped her cheeks in her hands to kiss her in her forehead.

"Are you hurt? What did the doctors say?" Lucy asked and sat on the bed while turning to look at both Levy and Sting.

"Don't worry Lu-chan. The doctors said she just had a slight bruising on the head. They already finished the tests to see if she might have any signs of internal bleeding just to be sure. The results should be finished any moment now," Levy explained and Lucy somehow felt relieved.

"Now you should take your rest. The doctor who looked after you said you needed to rest the day away because you need to recuperate," Sting said to Lucy.

"I'm fine," Lucy said but Natsuki scolded her mother right away.

"No Mommy! You're not okay. You too should rest," she pouted as she said this to Lucy.

Lucy ruffled her head and smiled at her daughter before responding, "All right I will. But can I sleep beside you?"

Natsuki eagerly nodded her head and positioned herself in the bed as Lucy also laid down beside her daughter. Both Levy and Sting smiled at the sight and quietly left the room to let the mother and daughter have their time alone to rest. Levy turned the lights off when they left the room and stayed outside for a bit.

"What happens now?" Levy asked as she frowned while both her and Sting sat outside the room.

"What do you mean?" Sting asked as he sat beside Levy quietly contemplating about something.

"Well, Natsu knows about Natsuki now so things are bound to get rougher for Lucy," Levy said and Sting clicked his tongue.

"Then we'll just have to stay by her side then. She needs all the support she can get," Sting said to which Levy nodded. Both hoping to be able to help Lucy when the storm comes swooping in.

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