Time, Space, and Love
Last Time:
"So, what's your name?"
The boy replied with a big grin "I'm Natsu, Natsu Dragneel."
And from that day foward, the two became great friends and Lucy no longer had to put on a fake smile in front of anyone again. Natsu had become Lucy's light at the end of the tunnel.
Fights, Defeats and Memories Part 2
Spell after spell was thrown back and forth "Dragon Slayer: Dragons Wing!" Natsu roared. The shot headed toward Nara, he jumped high into the air. Gray saw this as his chance to attack. "Ice Make: Lance!" A bunch of ice lances flew at Nara, Nara barely dodged the lances. As he was trying to dodged them, he misjudged one and it grazed his cheek.
"Damn, you guys don't mess around, do you?" He said smirking. "Well it looks like it's time I get serious!" He said to the two out of breath wizards. Natsu looked at him, a glint of satisfaction in his eyes. "You've never fought a Fairy Tail wizard berfore have you!" Natsu said mockingly. Nara didn't reply. Natsu laughed "You givin up, Nara!"
"Not a chance in Hell!"
"Then, let's end this!"
Natsu and Nara charged at each other. Natsu aiming for his face, Nara ducked and punched Natsu in the stomach. The impact was too great for Natsu to rebound, that he smashed straight into a wall. "Natsu!" Gray yelled hoping Natsu was going to be ok. Gray decided to attack while Nara was so focused on Natsu, that he wasn't paying attention. "Ice make: Tornado!" A swirling ice tornado headed straight for Nara, he barely dodged the attack. He appeared behind Gray and tried to punch him. Gray dodged and jumped up in the air to gain some distance and summoned another spell. "Ice Make: Kunai Knifes!" A bunch of kunai knifes flew straight at Nara, he dodged some, but there were scars on his face, arms and legs for were some of the kunai had hit. The cuts and bruises stung and the uncomfortable look on Nara's face showed it.
"Had. . . enough yet?" Gray panted. Clearly out of breath not use to using so much magic in one turn. Gray was tired, he couldn't take much more of this. he hoped Natsu would regain consciousness soon. But he couldn't let that distract him for a second otherwise he would be done for. Otherwise who would save Lucy! That's when Gray noticed Nara getting up, but something didn't feel right. All of a sudden a dark magical aura surrounded Nara.
"This. . . is bad!" Gray said. Berfore Gray could summon any Ice make magic, he was knocked back by a powerful blow to the stomach. And like Natsu wasn't able to rebound and smashed into a wall and knock unconscious. Luckily though Natsu had started to wake up and regain focus and saw Gray smash into the wall "g-Gray!" he mumbled. But Nara didn't suspect this and wasn't prepared for what would happen next.
"Ha! I beat the almighty Fairy Tail, supposedly a powerful guild. What a joke!" Nara smirking looking over at the two unconscious bodies of the Fairy Tail members lying in the rubble. Then something happened that caught his eye. It seemed that a piece of rubble was he heard a voice that startled him. "Take. . . that back!" Natsu said, rising from the rubble, minor cuts and bruises covering parts of his body. Nara was utterly shocked, how could this boy still be able to stand from that blow he had recived earlier. "What! How could you-" He said unable to finish his sentence. Natsu stood up, finally able to regain his full balance. He wiped the blood from his mouth and stared at Nara extremely pissed. "Don't you ever insult Fairy Tail infront of me again!" Natsu's hand started to shake. "First you trash Fairy Tails name by saying were weak, Then you kidnap and hold one of my precious nakama prisoner. YOUR DEAD! Natsu screamed. A fire like aura surrounded Natsu, it looked as thought his hole body was on fire. Nara saw this and a dark like evil aura surrounded Nara too.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" Both Natsu and Nara chiarged. Their fists connecting, creating a powerful force of wind making small bits of rock flying everywhere. The two attacks were so strong a white light engulfed Natsu and Nara.
Back to Lucy
Lucy heard foot steps coming down the hallway. She thought it might be the guy that stuck her in this stupid cell in the first place. If it was, she sure was going to give him a good kick in the nuts once she got out of here. All of a sudden the foot steps stopped. In front of her was a boy, he seemed to be about 14 years old, he was carrying a plate of food. He slid the food in through the bars. "Here you go." And the boy got up to leave, Lucy called to him "Wait, don't go!" It confused her that a young boy his age would be in a place like this. The boy stopped, it seemed as though he didn't want to be there long, so Lucy decided to ask him a simple question "Hey, what's your name?" She asked. The boy seemed at first hesitant to answer, then he spoke "Loki, Loki Heldum." He started to walk away, then he stopped, he turned around and faced Lucy and asked "What's your name?" Lucy took a moment to respond, then said "Lucy, Lucy Heartfilia" She smiled. Loki looked at her and smiled back "I'll see ya later Lucy." He said, then disappeared around the corner. "Hmm, What a wierd kid." Lucy thought. She grabbed her plate of food and started to eat it.
A few hours later
"Lucy Heartfilia, Hmm she seemed interesting maybe I should go see how she's doing again." Loki said, as he rounded the corner towards the cells were they keep the prisoners. As he walked down the hall he bumped into something. "Umph! Ow what was that?" He said rubbing his head. "Hey kid watch were your going!" It was one of guild leaders henchmen. "s-Sorry about that." Loki said nervously. "Well don't let it happen again!" And with that, the henchmen walked pass Loki and disappeared around the corner. " He walked up to the cell that Lucy was being held in. She was sleeping, her head leaning on the wall and the plate of food she recived was empty. Loki looked at Lucy sleeping "Wow, she's kind of cute." He said. Loki just stared at Lucy for a couple of minutes, drool was forming at the side of her mouth. Loki could help but laugh "Hahahaha!" But he accidently laughed too loud and Lucy started to stir. "w-What? Did I fall to sleep?" She mumbled. She rubbed her eyes and sat up, she noticed Loki was staring at her "w-What do I have something on my face?" She said blushing from embrassment. Lucy touched her face, she felt a little drool on the side and quickly wiped it off and then looked at Loki "So what brings you hear Loki?" She asked. "Oh, um. . . " He said looking away to hide his blush. "i-I was. . . I came here to see how you were doing." He said.
It was silent for a moment, the only thing that could be heard was the sound of breathing. Lucy looked at Loki and decided to ask him something that struck her as odd since she met him yesterday.
"Hey Loki."
"Hmm."
"What is a kid like you doing in a guild like this?"
"Well I. . . "
Loki was quite, it was like he didn't want to say anything else.
"Loki are ok?"
"I'm sorry Lucy, it's just hard to explain."
Loki turned his back towards Lucy and stayed quite for awhile.
Lucy didn't know what Loki was going through or what his past was like, but what she did know was that he reminded her of how she was when her mother passed away. She was very cold and dismissive towards others. That was until she met Natsu.
"Natsu." Lucy missed Natsu so much, that it left a big hole in her chest just to think about him. "I hope I see you soon Natsu." Lucy was snapped out of her thoughts, by the sound of sniffling.
"Loki, are you sure your ok?"
"l-Lucy will you please listen to my story?" Loki was sniffling and wiping the remaing tears from his eyes.
"Loki." Lucy said quitely. She moved as close as she could to Loki and ruffled his hair a bit, that suprised him. No one had treated him like that every since his parents were killed. He started to cry again. "Momma, Papa, Minami, I'm so, so sorry!" Loki's fist was shaking. Lucy reached her hands through the bars and wrapped them around Loki. He didn't move but just stayed there "Thank you, Lucy."
They stayed like that for a couple of moments, then Loki turned back around and faced Lucy and smilied a big grin that reminded her of Natsu.
"Natsu." She thought.
Lucy must have been daydreaming again, because when she came too Loki was looking at her with a worried expression.
"Oh! Sorry about that." Loki looked at her for a second and then spoke "Lucy, remember when you asked me what a kid like me was doing here?" Lucy nodded. "The reason I'm here is, is because of revenge!" Loki clenched this fist. Lucy didn't reply for a moment, but she could tell that Loki was serious by the look of hatered in his eyes. But as Lucy looked closer she noticed that, that wasn't the only emotion that was there, there was also confusion and wanting. Like he wanted someone to just hold him and just tell him it was alright, he wouldn't have to suffer this alone. "So, would you like to tell how you ended up here?" Lucy finally spoke. Loki looked at Lucy and nodded "Ok."
~Flashback~
It was four years ago. At the time I was nine years old, I had loving parents, they cared for me I for them. But there were sometimes were we didn't see eye to eye. When there were times like those, I would go see my best friend Minami. She would always make me feel better. My life had it's up's and downs, but all in all it was okay. Sadly though, I look back on it now and I realize how naive I truly was. My life may have seemed perfect on the outside, but there was truly something evil brewing behind closed doors.
I didn't know this at the time, but my Father was doing things behind Me and my Momma's backs, that we weren't aware of it before it was too late. It turns my father use to be a part of the Sigfreed, he apparently had some magical abilities, but
never said anything to me about it. My mother knew about his abilities, she told me that his magic was spectaular and it always made her smile when she was down or depressed. It also turns out that my mother had some magical powers as well. She apparently came from a family highly skilled in magic. But I guess none of their magical abilites were passed onto me.
My Fathers life was finally complete. He had a nice family, a loving and a adorable son who he cared for dearly. He left the guild because he felt that the guilds morals weren't right, hurting innocent people just to get what you want, it was wrong. My Father may have left, but the guild wasn't going to let him go that easily. They planned to teach him a lesson about just leaving the guild.
"Tonight we strike."
"Yeah, that bastard will think twice about betraying us again."
"Ready gang?"
"Ready boss."
The guild decided to raid the villiage and take anything they wanted. At the time I was over at Minami's house playing with her. An hour later it was time for me to go home, so Minami decided to walk home with me to say hi to my mother and father.
"i-If I could have stopped it or at least done something I. . . "
Loki fist started to tremble again. "Loki I. . ." Lucy didn't know what to say to comfort Loki, so she remained silent.
Loki continued on with the story.
When Minami and I returned we couldn't believe what we saw. I still get nightmares just thinking about it. Bodies were lying everywhere, children young and old alike, elderly people as well. Minami was frozen in shock.
"w-Who would do something like this?"
"i-I'm not sure, but who ever did this will pay!"
"Come on Minami, we have to find my parents
I grabbed her hand and ran with her over to my house. It seemed normal. I opened the door and walked inside, Minami grabbed the back of my shirt and followed me in. Furinture was everywhere, pictures frames were smashed. We walked in further our feet making noise because of the creaky floor.
"Hello! Mom, Dad." I called. Minami and I continued to walk through the house. "It seems like no ones here." Minami held on tighter to my shirt. We kept walking further, then we heard a sound that sound like someone was in the house "w-What was that?" Minami, evenmore frightened then before. As we kept walking I stopped, I felt my blood run cold. It felt as though I stepped in something cold, I looked down and my eyes widened in terror, there I was, standing in a pool of blood.
"Loki are you ok?" Minami noticed I wasn't moving. She looked down and saw the blood on the floor and stopped moving completely. "l-Loki I don't want to be here anymore."
She said, fear ebbing in her voice. "I know Minami, but I have to see if my parents are ok or not." When I think back on it, I really wished I had just turned around and left, but there was something in my gut that told me to keep going, so I did.
Even though we felt sick from the site of the blood we kept moving. We rounded the corner and saw one of the doors down the hall was cracked open a bit. "That's my Momma and Papa's room." I thought. I cringed at the thought of what site I would behind the door, I told Minami to wait and I walked foward as quite and silent as I could so I didn't attract attention to anyone who might be in the house. As I got closer to the door I peered inside. It seemed no one was inside so I opened the door completely, and t-there they were the bodies of my parents lying in pools of their own blood.
I fell to my knees, tears flowing out of my eyes at the site of my parents dead on the floor. "m-Momma, p-Papa!" I choked. I couldn't believe it my parents were dead, someone had killed them and there was nothing I could do to save them. More tears flowed out of my eyes. Minami saw me on my knees on the floor crying and was worried and walked over to see what was wrong.
"Loki are you-"
Minami stopped right in her tracks. Her breath becoming ragged just looking at the horrible scene.
"w-What happend here, l-Loki?"
"Well I don't know, maybe my parents are lying in their own pool of blood DEAD!"
I turned around and looked at her, my eyes filled hate and anger. I didn't mean to take out my anger on her, but I needed someway vent all my pending emotions out. She looked at me hurt by my sudden outburst. I know it wasn't her fault that this happend, so I decided to apologize.
"I'm sorry Minami, i-I didn't mean to take out my fustrations on you I. . ."
"It's okay Loki. I know you didn't mean to say those words."
"I'm serious though, I'm sorry."
I held my head down in shame, not just for being mean to Minami, but for not saving the people I cared about most. Tears wield up in my eyes again. "Damn it, why, why!" I slamed my fist on the ground. "Loki." Minami said quitely. We stayed like that for a while, then I felt warm hands warp around my body and pull me in for a hug.
"Minami I. . ."
"It's ok Loki you don't have to say anything, I understand."
"Minami, thank you."
We stayed like that for awhile. I finally calmed down and was able to think staright.
"Maybe my parents left clues as to who their attackers were."
We stepped over my parents bodies and search the room from top to bottom, nothing. "Damn it!" I slamed my hand on the nighttable, then I heard a clicking sound, I looked down and noticed the draw opened.
"Huh?" I looked down and saw my fathers nighttable draw had opened up."What's all this stuff?" Minami saw me looking through the draw and walked over "Loki whatcha lookin at?" She said looking down at the open draw that seemed to have a lot of mysterious papers inside.
Minami helped me rummage through the papers, the papers didn't seem suspious, mostly junck papers, then there was somthing that caught my eye, it was an old newspaper article it said:
TODAY NEWS
Story of the day:
The sigfreed guild has caused another riot in town today, cilivians hurt but none injured. It's said that the guild has stolen some items from various places around town. It is unknow what the causes are but we will try to keep you posted.
That interested me alot "So the sigfeed guild had planned something suspious, but why would my father have an article like this in his draw? I poundered this for a second when I felt a tap on my shoulder "Huh?" I turned around Minami looked at me with concern in her eyes "Loki i-I thinks you want to take a look at this." She said. She pulled me along it seems, she found a secret document in my parents closet.
I opened the document there were pictures of my father and another person I didn't recognize. I saw more documents. At the time I put It in the back of my mind, I would later find truth behind those documents and how my father was involved with the Sigfreed guild. It would also be the time I lost another person I cared about.
Minami and I searched all through my parents house and couldn't find another interesting thing that would or could point out the killers or killer. After a double check, we left the house as we walked out I felt someone grab me by the neck.
"well, well what do we have here a couple on intruders?"
"w-Who are you, you bastard!" I choked, sturggling to get out of his grip. Minami saw what was happening and tried to help "Let him go!" She yelled running to the guy and repeatedly hitting him "Let him go!" Minami kicked him the leg and he caved, his grip slipping for around my neck, I gasped for air, he looked at her anger clearly in his eyes "You little bitch!" He headed straight for Minami, He grabbed her throat choking her. She tried to struggle out of his grip, but he just squeezed tighter, her face was turning blue she was going to die.
"LET GO OF HER!"
"Yeah and who's gonna make me, brat!"
"you, you BASTARD!"
I charged at him. I aimed a punch at his face, he dodged. He threw Minami, she landed on the dirt ground "Minami!" I yelled. Now I was pissed, and he knew it. "Bring it kid!" he said readying his fists. I charged at him again, he blocked and tried to land a blow to my stomach, I dodged and punched him in the stomach. He backed up a bit.
"wow! your pretty good for a snot noised brat!"
"..."
I was getting angier and angier by the minute. " How dare you hurt Minami and kill my Parents, how dare you!" At this point I was in a blind rage at this point. My memory at this point is a little hazy, I don't really remember much, some of the things I remember was there was lightening and electricty was flowing through my hands, that's all I really remember. But when I came too, Minami was. . ." She was dead! I b uried her next to my father and mother. I vowed on that day, I would get revenge on the guild for what they did! Even if I die in the process!
~ End Flashback~
Lucy didn't know what to say, so she just held on to Loki a little bit more. After Loki told Lucy about his past he felt a change inside of him. One that told him he could face anything that was thrown his way. Loki grabbed Lucy's hand and held it close. Lucy blushed a little at the contact.
"Uhh, Loki?" She said embarssed. "Huh?" Loki looked down and saw he was holding on to Lucy's hand and quickly let it go, blushing a bright red.
"Sorry Lucy, I uh. . ."
"It's ok I. . ."
There was silence, the only sound that could be heard was their breathing. A couple minutes later Lucy and Loki were laughing. A brotherly, sisterly bond forming between the two.
To be continued!
Next Time:
Lucy: Loki I'm hungry!
Loki: Lucy please be careful!
Happy: Lucy, where are you
Natsu: Don't worry Lucy were on out way!
Lucy and Loki: Next time! New friends and Truths!
A/N: Sorry for not updating in a while, I've busy and haven't had time. But I promise I'll try to update more often! All in all thought I'm so happy, toonami came back the other day! Yeah! Don't forget to read and review! Bye!