Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters.
chapter 13
Accident
Natsu inhaled deeply, "Mavis told me that I'm immortal, that I….. that I won't, that I can't die or… age…"
Lucy went numb.
If we don't undo the spell… Lucy thought, horrified at the realization ... Natsu will suffer forever… He'll watch us and everything around him die..
Lucy grabbed Natsu to embrace him. He was shaking.
"Natsu we haven't been on task these past days. I promise you we will undo that spell." Lucy told him determinedly, her voice filled with warmth.
"Thank you…" Natsu whispered.
It had been a couple hours since Natsu's breakdown and he had calmed down.
Natsu sat on the edge of the infirmary bed, Lucy next to him.
Lucy started to speak, "Hey Natsu do you want to go ask about the spell book?"
Natsu nodded and they walked into the main hall where the guild members sat.
Romeo stood up when he saw the duo, "Natsu! Lucy! You're okay!"
Natsu gave a slight smile.
Bisca ran over to Natsu and Lucy, "I didn't know you were awake! Do you need anything?"
"No, but we were wondering about the book that old spell book Levy had, do you know where it is?" Lucy asked.
Bisca shook her head, "Sorry, I couldn't tell you, but if I had to guess I would say her apartment at Fairy Hills would be the most likely place. I can take you there if you would like since I live there."
"Alright, thanks Bisca!" Lucy smiled.
Lucy turned to Natsu, "Let's go."
Natsu nodded and smiled timidly. Internally Lucy frowned at this she missed his big grin.
At Fairy Hills…
"Okay… Now which room is Levy's?" Lucy asked not to anyone in particular.
"Oh it's on the second floor I'll take you there." Bisca said simply.
"Okay, Thanks." Lucy said.
Natsu followed close behind Lucy as they walked inside.
As they walked towards the room Natsu took in his surroundings. He noticed the slight smell of an unknown man.
Hey Luce," Natsu said.
"Ya Natsu?" Lucy asked as she turned around.
Before Natsu could tell Lucy about what he smelt, but Bisca started talking first.
"We're here." Bisca said.
"How do we get in?" Lucy asked.
"I have a spare. Levy gave it to me as a back up after she accidentally locked herself out of her room once." Bisca explained.
"Oh." Lucy said.
Bisca took the key out of her pocket and unlocked the door, but when they opened it everything was in shambles.
"Oh my god!" Lucy said, her eye wide in pure shock.
A window was broken, books were all over the floor, some ripped.
Disappointment and worry washed over Natsu even with his limited dragon slayer magic he could still tell that a strange man had definitely been here.
"Luce a man was here." Natsu said while sniffing.
"What?!" Lucy replied.
"His smell is all over the room." Natsu told her.
"His smell?" Bisca asked.
"Dragon slayer nose." Natsu said as he tapped his sniffer.
Dragon Slayer… That explains the motion sickness… Bisca realised.
"Not gonna try and follow it? usually you'd be looking to fight however did something like this." Lucy asked hopefully.
Natsu smiled sadly, deflating Lucy's spirits. She wanted the strong, happy Natsu back, her Natsu, the one who always lifted her spirits.
Bisca sensed an emotional tension in the air so she spoke up, "Maybe the book is still here."
"Right." Lucy said, looking hopeful again.
"Natsu! Bisca! Help me start looking!" Lucy ordered.
Natsu nodded and Bisca was already on it.
A couple hours later…
"I think we've basically organized her whole room." Lucy sighed.
"What do we do now…" Natsu said to himself.
"We start tracking that guy!" Bisca told them as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "Let's head back to the guild and get a few others."
"Right!" Lucy said.
The three of them ran out of the room, heading towards the guild.
I will save Natsu… Lucy thought while running. He's saved me so many times before and now he needs me… So I won't let him down!
The three of them busted through the guild hall doors.
"You're back!" Jet said.
Bisca noticed a lot of people weren't in the main hall, "Where is everyone?"
"It's Romeo he got really sick all the sudden. They're in the infirmary." Jet told them worriedly, "I just got Porlyusica, but it's pretty cramped in there so I came out for fresh air."
Natsu ran over to the infirmary. Romeo was one of the only ones who seemed to really accept him. Bisca and Lucy followed close behind.
Natsu slammed open the door to the infirmary, "Where's Romeo?!"
Porlyusica glared at him, "I haven't seen you before, but be quiet!"
Ignoring her words Natsu ran over to the bed that held Romeo, "Is he okay?!"
"He has an extremely high fever. It may be that he was keeping it a secret to seem strong or something, because I don't know how he could've gotten to this state without telling anyone we didn't feel well." Porlyusica explained.
Fear overtook Natsu, "But he'll be okay right?!"
"He'll probably pull through just fine." Porlyusica assured him.
Natsu sighed in relief, but it didn't last long as his head began to pound.
Natsu broke a sweat as he glanced back at Lucy to alert her, but Bisca noticed it too.
Natsu began to teleport, but just as he did Bisca put a hand on his shoulder and they both vanished.
"Bisca!" Alzack shouted.
"What the?" Other's mumbled.
"Oh no…" Lucy said in horror.
At Mt. Hakobe…
The wind sounded like it was crying... Hollering at the world to stop…
Natsu's head was hurting, bad.
"Where are we?! What are you doing here?!" Bisca demanded.
No… Natsu thought.
NO!
"YOU HAVE TO GET AWAY!" Natsu shouted at the top of his lungs.
"What-" Bisca was cut off.
Natsu pushed her… He had to get her away.
She fell… Rolled… The wave of magic released from Natsu, but it didn't reach Bisca… She had fallen off a cliff…
Natsu had seen it all, almost in slow motion…
He sprinted towards the edge of the cliff, "No no no no no no…" He mumbled to himself.
He looked over the edge… below lay Bisca. She was on ridge… she hadn't fallen too far… but was she alive…?
Natsu teleported to the bottom, almost slipping off the ridge.
"Bisca… Hey Bisca?" Natsu asked reaching down to touch her.
When he did he felt something sticky… It was blood.
Natsu, in horror, almost threw up. It's not time for that… He thought ... I have to get her to the infirmary!
Natsu gingerly picked her up, not wanting to hurt her further.
He teleported back to the guild, Bisca in his arms…
Natsu appeared on the floor… The blood from Bisca on him as well.
Lucy screamed.
"Bisca!" Alzack screeched. He turned to Natsu, his eyes filled with fury, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"
Natsu looked horrified and he stuttered, "I had to… I h.. had to get her away from me… but… but she… she fell..."
"Get her up on a bed somebody!" Porlyusica shouted.
"On it!" Droy shouted.
Rage permeated from Alzack and he glared at Natsu, "GET OUT!"
Natsu flinched.
Lucy jumped in to defend him, "It wasn't his fault!"
"He'll only bring trouble!" Alzack said, "Bisca told me who he is! It was wrong to trust him!"
"No! That's not true!" Lucy pleaded.
Everyone else was silent as the conversation continued.
"He's the dark wizard. He hurt Bisca and who's to say he won't attract dark guilds or hurt others!?" Alzack said.
Macao looked at Romeo, his fever burning him alive and sighed, "I… I agree with Alzack… I must do what's best for Romeo…"
"No…" Lucy said.
Slowly, but surely other guild members began agreeing with Alzack.
Natsu stood up, but as heartbroken as he was he tried to smile to stop a pained face, "I'll leave."
"Natsu no!" Lucy shouted.
"They're right I hurt Bisca. I'm not safe…I'll hurt them..." Natsu said sadly.
"Why are you smiling after what you've done!?" Alzack growled.
Pain covered Natsu's face, unable to hold it back, "To hide the pain of hurting my friend."
Still filled with the rage clouding his judgment, Alzack spat back, "I'd rather see the pain! You're no friend to us!"
"Alzack stop it!" Lucy begged.
Natsu headed towards the exit then turned, "I'll miss you all… My family…"
No one responded.
Natsu exited the guild, sure he would not be able to face them again.
"Alzack what have you done!?" Lucy exploded, crying.
"I put that monster in his place." Alzack growled.
"I know you're mad, but… but Natsu truly cares for you all!" Lucy cried out, "Fairy Tail is his family!"
"He'll never be accepted here." Alzack said coldly.
Lucy started shaking and raised her hand...
She slapped him.
"YOU IDIOT! FAIRY TAIL ISN'T FAIRY TAIL WITHOUT NATSU AND… and…" Lucy gulped, "I can't be a part of it without him!"
Lucy then erased her guild mark, tears streaming down her face, and she ran out to find Natsu.
Over the hours as the rage subsided Alzack realized just what he had done.
A/N: That took forever to put out, I was struggling to write. Sorry :p Thanks for the support! By the way for anyone who likes horror manga (that is somehow also adorable af) go to mangatown and read: Bastard (HWANG Youngchan) (It helped me write the chapter) I don't even know why I added this manga suggestion in I'm just obsessing over it right now XD