I don't own Fairytail
"Huh?" Lucy stared blankly at the boring white ceiling she hated so much. Blinking twice she searched her mind endlessly for the answer as to why she is stuck in the all too familiar hospital room she had previously spent months of her life in. Contemplating the endless possibilities she turned her face sideways to the left to also see Natsu staring blankly up at the ceiling his fists clenched on his sides.
Scrunching her eyebrows together the lines on her forehead caused Lucy's expression to seem a bit more angry that confused.
Turning her head back to look up at the plain 'ol boring ceiling she stuck her tongue out at it immaturely. "I hate you". Lucy said bluntly to the ceiling closing her eyes pictures flashed before her eyes as her mind switched to different scenarios every single one seemed to be screaming 'remember me'. Flicking through Lucy's mind like a photo album one picture seemed to be showing up more and more often than the others and that was a picture of Nashi.
Nashi... "Wait!" Lucy sprung out of bed Natsu only turned his head to look at Lucy not entirely startled from her sudden outburst.
"What's wrong Luce?" Natsu's voice rang out sounding incredibly bored and dead.
"Nashi... where is he?" Lucy looked around the room to maybe catch a glimpse of the still tiny human.
"How the hell are we all supposed to know...well Wendy knows... she wouldn't tell me though" Natsu scoffed angrily.
"Oh..." Lucy's bangs covered her eyes as the memories of what had previously happened out in the back of the guild.
"Yeah..." Natsu interlocked his fingers together and placed them behind his head lying casually in the infirmary bed.
A silence followed between Natsu and Lucy, something Lucy had never felt in his presence and that was awkwardness. An awkward silence followed Natsu's one word reply, for the first time ever she felt uncomfortable just standing beside him, she felt out of place. All she wanted at this moment was to go home and crawl back into bed but she couldn't her baby was out there somewhere... her baby with Natsu.
'Wait... I carried his child and it's this awkward between us... what has happened?' Lucy mentally tugged at her hair the image of Nashi never left her mind.
"Natsu...?" Lucy questioned quietly, peering at him from the corner of her eye watching as he casually rolled his head to the side to look at her. Lucy shifting her eyes away as soon as they met.
"Lucy..." Natsu quietly whispered sadness evident in his voice. Looking up from her spot Lucy realized that Natsu now stood before her looking down at her.
Slowly raising her head she stared into the eyes of her lover, his eyes that used to be a glow were now dull like hers, the fire inside of them seemed to be diminishing slowly.
"Lucy you need to remember... we will get Nashi back, I promise". Natsu started he reached behind Lucy wrapping his arms around her back and gently pulling her close to his chest. Her head now leaned against his chest the warmth radiated off of him as his steady heartbeat stopped the tears that were threatening to fall once again.
"And when we find out whoever took him away from his family... I swear over my dead body they will regret the fact that they were ever born". Natsu threatened in a loving way.
This time they shared the silence together any awkward feeling that was felt between either of them had long vanished as the comfort of each others presence soothed their worry in the slightest bit.
"Come on we can't leave the rest of the guild worrying about us". Natsu broke of the hug, Lucy felt slightly blue as the warmth left her body, but that feeling stopped as Natsu intertwined his fingers with Lucy's holding her hand, his large hand easily enveloped hers, the warmth once again filled Lucy down to her core.
Pushing the slightly cracked door open more Natsu led Lucy down the wooden stairs the first step at the top creaked underneath the weight from the two fellow mages. Numerous head's turned at the noise others pushed it out of their minds as they continued conversing with the people or person in front of them. Juvia caught sight of them she immediately nudged Erza who sat beside Jellal who hasn't been at the guild for months finally made an appearance.
"Hey Natsu" Jellal called out nodding his head in acknowledgment.
"Fist of the fiiiiiiiiir-" Natsu couldn't finish his sentence as he abruptly let go of Lucy's hand in a chance to fight with Jellal, which only caused him to be punched out of the guild hall through the roof by an annoyed Erza.
"Honestly that boy gets on my last nerve sometimes" Erza complained between clenched teeth brushing off the scratch that was left on her armor due to Natsu. The large tick mark seemed to be pounding into her head.
Natsu landed loudly in the middle of the guild hall on the table that Gray sat on with Juvia clinging onto his arm.
"Tch... stupid Flame brain" Gray scoffed rolling his eyes.
"You wanna amuse me again with your insults? damn walking glacier" Natsu retorted.
"With pleasure idoitic furnace" Gray pushed Juvia away gently from him a simple 'be careful' was heard from Juvia as she headed over to a beyond shocked Lucy.
"I dare you to say that again freezer" Natsu scoffed smirking as he and Gray quarreled catching the attention of other males in the room many of them joining in due to Elfman's remark on "being a man".
Rolling her eyes Lucy sat herself down on one of the higher stools placed by the bar counter Mira working diligently behind it.
"Luce you're up and about earlier than expected" Mira smiled as she placed a steaming cup of tea in front of Lucy.
Thanking Mira quietly Lucy looked down at her cup and then back up at Mira. "I don't see the point in being in the infirmary all day... I hate it in there anyways, its so plain and boring" Lucy seemed to have an angry glow in her eyes as her hatred for the boring room seeped through her pores.
"Heh no need to get so worked up about it..." Cana mumbled lifting up her tankard taking a rather large chug.
"You stay in a hospital room for months on end and you tell me that you shouldn't get worked up about the plain walls, and the stupid flower with a face on it". Lucy mumbled gripping onto the tea cup tightly.
"Lucy has a point, Juvia agrees with her" Juvia casually slipped into the conversation as she sat down beside Lucy.
"Oi Lucy!" Erza seemed to be less preoccupied from her dear Jellal due to the fact he was dragged into the fight.
Turning her head Lucy watched as Erza walked over to her pointing behind her at the jumble of male guild members.
"Natsu seems a bit more lively than usual... he actually seems like his usual self" Erza commented as Natsu stood on the top of the pile claiming victory over them all before he was once again dragged down by numerous hands. "He seems to be calm about the whole situation" Erza didn't dare say Nashi's name.
"It's a mask" Lucy mumbled quietly taking a small sip of the regular black tea.
"What do you mean it's a mask?" Lisanna now questioned sat on top of the counter numerous females from the guild collected by the bar counter just being on lookers on the out of control males.
"It's a mask simple as that. Natsu doesn't like showing weakness... so he pretends he's okay just by being his regular self... what you all haven't noticed is... he's trying too hard to be his normal self..." Lucy said as she turned herself around so she herself could get a look at what the males were now up to.
"You really now him..." Levy giggled as she stared up from a rather old brown journal in her hands.
"What are you reading Levy?" Lucy questioned as she tried to peer at the book.
"Oh nothing... just an old rather uninteresting book I found in the back" Levy casually said as she shut the book quickly. Hopping off of the counter where Gajeel had placed her she slipped away from the women and made her way up the stairs into the guild masters office.
Gently knocking on the door a rather loud "Come in" was heard from the other side. Turning the door knob she let herself in shutting the door behind her. In front of her stood Makarov on his desk, on the chair in front of the desk sat Wendy and Carla. "So, did you find anything?" Makarov asked as he nodded to the journal in Levy's hand.
"Yes actually... something that I think just might help us in finding Nashi" Levy answered full of confidence.
"Well... what is it?" Makarov said impatiently. Nashi being like a grand-child to him, his disappearance caused Makarov to get incredibly worried for the young infant.
"It's something I've only heard of... it's too risky. But it's the only way to find Zeref, and it's the only thing that will lead us to Nashi". Levy stared down at the journal she was gripping tightly in her hands her knuckled turning white. "It's Zeref's own magic... Living Magic will naturally find its way to Zeref and if not Zeref will find the user casting it". Levy quietly said as she pushed the journal onto Makarov's desk. "I don't enjoy reading about the deaths caused by it..." Levy whispered as she turned around wanting to leave the room, but before leaving she turned her head slightly. "Just remember... Living Magic is dangerous... you're able to create and awaken a demon, one slip up and it's all over".
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