The Creature That Came From Somewhere

Natsu, Lucy and Happy were out on their current mission together. Their mission was to kill a beast that has been harming the forest wildlife and occasional travellers. According to eyewitness reports, the beast is about 10ft tall, is green, has sharp teeth and claws, and apparently resembles the monster from a movie lacrima called, The Creature That Came From The Swamp, which Natsu gave a 6 out of 10, and gave Lucy nightmares.

Natsu, was sniffing around for anything that smelled monster like. "Smell anything out of the ordinary?" Happy asked. Natsu shook his head. "Nothin' yet, buddy. How about you Luce? Smell anything fishy?" Natsu said. "Besides Happy? Nope." she replied. "Maybe you can't smell the monster because Lucy's smelly pits are covering it's smell." Happy teased. "You you wanna leave this forest alive you stray cat?" Lucy said.

Natsu suddenly stopped them. His ears picked up sound coming from the bush ahead of them. The three took ready stances to face whatever was behind the bush. The rustling went on longer than it should of. Lucy should feel sweat roll down her forehead. And then... all of a sudden... a bunny hopped out from behind the bush! "Oh. It's just a bunny!" Natsu stated. Lucy let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding. Natsu turned around to face Lucy and Happy. "Guess we should keep looking." Natsu said to Lucy. "Yeah. Lets try oOH MY GOD NATSU BEHIND YOU!" Lucy screamed as she saw this huge, green, drooling monster come out from behind the same bush.

Natsu turned around just in time to dodge the monsters attempt to chomp Natsu with it's big sharp teeth. "What the hell is that thing!? And how was it hiding in the same bush as a bunny!?" Lucy shouted. "It's obviously The Creature That Came From The Swamp!" Happy said in a spooky voice. "You're not helping! And there is no swamp around here!" Lucy screamed. "Take this you big ugly monster! Fire Dragons Roar!" Natsu said as he blew fire at the beast. The beast swung it's head around, sending drool everywhere, blocking most of Natsu's attack. The beast looked at Natsu and then spat clear green goo at him. "Gross!" Natsu said as he dodge it. He looked at the goop. It was dissolving the ground. "It can spit acid!?" Lucy shouted from behind a tree. "Kinda reminds me of that other movie we watched with the aliens that had acid for blood. That one scared the crap outta you Lucy. What was it called again?" Happy said. "Still not helping you stupid cat!" Lucy shouted at Happy. "Guess I'll have to get closer! You have such a pretty face after all!" Natsu said as he charged the creature. "That's disgusting!" Lucy said. "If he can kiss you Lucy then he should have no problem kissing that." Happy said. Both wizards looked at Happy and shouted "Shut it!". The beast swung it's claw at Natsu who jumped over it and then towards the face of the beast. "Fire Dragons Iron Fist!" Natsu shouted as his flaming fist connected with the beat's face. The beast let out a roar of pain and then fell backwards on to the ground.

Lucy ran over to Natsu. "We did it!" she cheered. "Aye!" Happy added as he flew over. "We!? I did all the work!". "Yeah but I distracted it.". "You were hiding behind a tree the whole time!". "She was scared because it reminded her of movie monsters.". "Shut it cat!". As the three were bickering, the monster slowly and quietly got up. It was now standing up again and the three still didn't notice until it was too late. The beast swung it's huge claws, slashing all three of them. Happy was sent rolling into a bush. Natsu was sent across the ground. And Lucy was sent into a tree, which she hit hard. "Lucy! Happy!" Natsu shouted. The beast growled at Natsu. Natsu growled back.

Naust got up. He looked at Lucy who was lying lifelessly on the ground. "You're gonna pay for hurting my friends you big ugly bastard!" Natsu shouted. The beast spat three globs of acid spit at Natsu which he dodged. "Fire Dragons Wing Attack!" Natsu shouted, unleashing two waves of fire, striking the beast, making it stagger. Then Natsu charged straight towards the disoriented monster. The beast reoriented itself and raised it's giant claw up to strike Natsu. It's claw flew down as Natsu approached."Fire Dragons Iron Fist!" Natsu shouted, his fist going straight through the monsters belly, it's claw stopping right over Natsu's head. Natsu pulled his fist out from the beast's belly, and the beast fell dead to the ground. Natsu stared down at the dead beast for a moment. Then his attention turned to Happy who called out to Natsu.

"Natsu! Lucy is hurt!". Natsu ran to them both. He looked down at Lucy. Her eyes were closed. Her stomach was bruised from when she hit the tree, and there was a gash on her upper arm from when the beast clawed everyone. "Lucy! Are you okay? Say something!" Natsu said, lightly shaking Lucy. Lucy coughed, and then she slowly open her eyes to look up at Natsu. "Ow." she said. Natsu let out a sigh of relief. He was glad she wasn't dead. But she was beat up pretty bad. "Happy, hand me some bandages." Natsu asked the cat. He nodded and took some bandages out from his bag and handed them to Natsu. "Natsu, do you know how to bandage a wound?" Lucy asked. "Yeah. I've watched you bandage me plenty of times." Natsu said as he looked down and smiled at Lucy. After he was done, he picked her up bridal style. "She still needs some medical attention. Lets go Happy." Natsu said to Happy. "Aye." he replied as the two started to walk back to the town. "Natsu... I-" Lucy said but was cut off by Natsu. "Rest Lucy. We'll be back to town soon but for now you should save your strength.". Lucy didn't argue. She let her eyes close and she curled into Natsu's chest.


Lucy woke to an unfamiliar environment. She was in what seemed to be a hospital room. Then she remembered the fight with the monster. She looked down at her feet to see Happy curled in a ball asleep. Then she looked to her side to see Natsu asleep, on the side of her hospital bed. Suddenly Natsu woke up. "Lucy! You're awake!" Natsu said with a big smile. Lucy smiled back. "Hey." she simply said. "You feeling okay?" Natsu asked. "I ache a bit, but I'll live." she told the dragon slayer. Natsu smiled and she smiled back. But Lucy's smile quickly faded.

"What's wrong Luce?" Natsu asked. "I'm sorry Natsu. I didn't help you at all in your fight. I was too weak. If I had of done something... " Lucy said as tears started to well up in her eyes. "Lucy, you're not weak." Natsu told her. "Then why are you always protecting me?" Lucy asked. "Cause I can't not protect a friend. That isn't right." Natsu told her. "And that monster got the jump on all of us. See?" Natsu said as he lifted his vest to show the bandages on his side. Lucy didn't say anything. "Lucy, I know you're strong. But we can't all have perfect days. We all lose fights. But then we all win some. And as long we're a team, our wins will be higher than our losses! And when it counts, we wont lose!" Natsu told the blonde. Natsu's words made Lucy smile, as her once sad tears turned into glad ones.

"Thank you Natsu." Lucy said as she wrapped her arms around Natsu. "Now get some rest Luce." Natsu said. Lucy released him and laid back down and closed her eyes. Natsu looked down and smiled. Then he heard his belly rumble and left to eat the whole hospital cafeteria's food supply. Lucy was laying down with a smile on her face. Then she heard Happy. "You liiiike him." he said as he was still curled up. Lucy didn't say anything, and just used her feet to push Happy off of the bed and on to the floor.