Celestial Melody
Chapter 11 – Life
The moment Natsu said those words to Lucy, Lucy felt her heart race. She didn't believe him at first, and thought that it was because he wanted to make her stay there. "Wha..what are you saying Natsu?" Lucy looked away, her face beet red. "I'll still go with you even if you say such things," Lucy muttered. There was no response from Natsu who was burying his face in the crook of her neck. Only the softest touch of his lips on her collarbone. It sent Lucy shivering slightly and Natsu right hand slowly moved up her spine to caress the back of her neck. "Lucy, I'm not joking here. I have loved you as a friend since the day we met, and it slowly grew. When we went to Edolas, when I saw you fighting for us for just that instance, I knew it had to be more than friendship love. I mean… why would my heart beat every time I saw you in action? Why would I feel like I have a certain responsibility toward you?" Natsu whispered, and he looked up, his eyes glistening.
Lucy's breath hitched and she took her own right hand, which was still missing of the guild's emblem, to touch his cheek gently. "I… I didn't know you felt the same way I did. Whenever I saw your love toward the guild, toward our friends, there was something in me that glowed. I was proud of you and I knew there was something special that had captured my heart," Lucy smiled, teardrops falling down from her eyes. Natsu reached up his left hand to wipe them away and kissed her cheek gingerly, "Don't cry. It's a happy thing to know you feel the same." Lucy nodded and squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened them again, they were shining so brightly, like the light inside her was struggling to come out through the windows that connected her to her soul. And Natsu loved it.
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The pair walked together out into the woods, and Natsu's muscular arm was wrapped around Lucy's thin shoulders. "Lucy, you haven't been eating well, have you?" Natsu asked, his eyes showing signs of worry. Lucy shook her head, "I don't have time to eat. I have been going on missions to earn Jewels so I can support myself so eating is secondary." Natsu sighed upon hearing it and said, "Once everything is settled down I will make sure you are back to your old self." Lucy nodded and mumbled thanks, though secretly she knew that her appetite had changed totally.
It took them fifteen minutes to walk back to Fairy Tail, but before they even stepped into the compound of it, shouts and cheers could be heard. "Woah, Fairy Tail back to its rowdy self eh?" Lucy chuckled. Natsu laughed out loud and suddenly, a cute voice could be heard, "NATSUUUUU! LUCYYYYY!" They both look up to see a certain flying blue cat flying toward them at a dangerous speed. "WOAH!" Natsu released Lucy as Happy flew into his arms Happy had tears in his large eyes and Lucy stared down at the cat curiously. "OH NO! Lucy has forgotten meeee!" Happy said dramatically, but sounded really genuine. Lucy couldn't help but laugh again and reached a hand out to pat Happy. "I didn't forget you, Happy. How could I?" she grinned at him. Happy cried tears of joy and just at that moment, Team Fairy Tail was reformed.
"Anyways, our real purpose here is to get Levy and Freed," Natsu reminded them after five minutes of rowdiness. Lucy straightened up and nodded, "I haven't had a good laugh in ages but yeah, our purpose is way more important." Natsu grinned and pulled Lucy plus Happy to the guild, smiling all the way.
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The moment Lucy walked into the guild, the scent of it hit her and she felt tears prick her eyes. Tears of happiness and she quickly blinked them away. Everything was left as it was two years ago, with everyone even at their usual tables. Mira was behind the counter, cleaning and drying the cups used by the members. "LU-CHAN!" Levy's voice could be heard and immediately, Lucy was embraced by the bluenette. "Hi Levy!" Lucy smiled as she hugged her best friend back, feeling the tears back again. Yes, she was still the cry baby as she was before but the tears were of a totally different meaning. "Levy, we need to ask you for a favour," Natsu said, informing the Solid Script user seriously. Levy tilted her head to one side, questioning. "Well you see, we told you about the Lacrimas on your body right? Well, we have found a way to stop it. We need to decode the code that is on the generator and we thought that both Freed and Levy might be of help. We only have like one hour left so we gotta hurry!" Natsu explained quickly, getting impatient.
"Okay, I'm all in for it, if it's for the guild," Levy said, nodding firmly. A male's voice came from the back and he said, "I disagree. This is a dangerous mission…" It was Gajeel, who had on a pokerface but anyone who noticed his eyes would see the worry in them. "We'll go with her, it's not like she'll be doing a solo mission," Gray rolled his eyes, totally getting where Natsu was going form. "In this case, I want to go," Gajeel said, his hands folded across his broad and perhaps totally metallic chest. "Gaje…el, you don't have to go, it'll be fast," Levy said softly, looking down. Lucy could see that the bluenette's pale face had gone beet red and she couldn't help but chuckle. "It's not like I'm doing this for you or anything!" Gajeel said, fuming but it was a lie of course.
Levy meant everything to him, but that, was a whole other story.
"I agree to this plan," Freed stood up from one of the tables and cracked his knuckles. "Time to use your brains for something good and useful, finally," Ever said, showing him a smirk. Freed ignored the lady and asked, "When will we go?" "No time like the present, ain't it?" Natsu said, grinning. "Uhm.. me and Erza-san will go too!" Wendy said, voicing out. "Time to beat the crap out of those assholes who caused these too all the guilds in Magnolia," Erza said as she walked out toward the exit of the guild with her armour fully in place. Wendy and Carla went after her, followed by Gajeel who insisted on going and Gray who wouldn't leave his rival doing all the job. Juvia wanted to participate but Cana pulled her down for a drink, successfully knocking her out. "Go do the job, Team Natsu!" Macao pumped his fist into the air.
Lucy and Natsu exchanged looks before they smiled and ran after the rest, enjoying the sweetness of friendship.
They didn't notice, but unknowingly, Team Natsu was completed again and the strongest mages of Fairy Tail were out and about once more.
/ To be continued /
A/N – Herro! Been a few days since I updated but I decided to give this chapter some cheesy stuff and all :p The response for chapter 10 was better than the others and I really appreciated it so I am more motivated now! In any case, I know I have been dragging the story for so long but I have my reasons ^^ The next chapter will be of them saving the country and then further on will just be _. It's a surprise :D I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll update both this story and my new one soon! I have no time for the new one yet but I will do so tomorrow, if possible :3 Please review and tell me what you think!
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything in relation to Fairy Tail because all of it belongs to the original creator and amazing artist Hiro Mashima. I only own the story line! C: