You'll Be My Raven And I'll Be Your Scarlet
A/n: Two on the same night! My mind just exploded, you wouldn't even believe xD. Probably the biggest achievement of my life. Thank you again for all your lovely comments and for even reading this thing xD. I know I sound EXTREMELY cliché right now, but you guys literally make me the happiest human being for even reading this, even if you clicked this accidentally and were like "Nooo! I meant to click on the other thing, stupid mouse!" and then you read it out of slightly mild interest :p. Hope you guys are doing amazing and if not, here's a hug and don't worry, I'm there for you virtually and stalking you in your dreams ~*^-^*~ (that didn't sound creepy at all... ;p). And btw, this is more into the main story, although I don't even know what the main story is anymore tbh xD. Lego!
Chapter XIV: Childhood Courage
"Excuse me miss, are you awake?" She was gently woken from her slumber. She gazed up to see a flash of Salmon hair. She looked in his eyes and recognition registered in his as well. Time stilled for what seemed like decades. Was she dreaming? Was this real? There was only one person with that shade of Salmon that she knew, and before stopping herself she whispered, "Natsu..."
Natsu stared at Mirajane for what seemed like an eternity before suddenly hugging her. He was crying saying things like, "I've missed you Mira," and, "Oh gosh, oh gosh," and Mira loosely hugged him, extremely surprised and still shocked. She had honestly expected the opposite reaction from Natsu. She had been so cruel to him, and yet he was there hugging her and being so kind. After still being speechless for so long, Natsu pulled away from the hug, worried for his oneechan. She finally snapped out of it after seeing his worried expression and said, "Sit down for a moment Natsu." She had a small, beautiful smile but it looked sad and thoughtful.
Natsu sat and gave her a large, adorable smile while asking her, "How've ya been Mira?" She smiled at how much more happy he seemed than when she last saw him and said, "I've been good thanks, Natsu." Natsu just nodded with a beaming smile, pleased with her answer. Before he could ask her millions of other questions, she quickly intercepted by saying, "Natsu please listen to what I have to say without saying anything. I have been building up these feelings and memories so long that I really need to tell you now before you slip away and disappear from my life again."
Natsu instantly became less hyper and more calm, ready to listen to his long lost best friend. After all, he also had to say a few things to her, and the train ride would take at least three hours.
Mirajane squeezed her fists into tight balls before starting. She knew that if she didn't explain now, she would probably break down crying and not stop until the end of the train ride. She already felt the prickle of tears trying to break away from her pupils and to fall in a torrent on her cheeks, but thanks to her training as an actor, she quickly silenced them.
"Natsu, I've been keeping this in my chest for too long, and I just want to explain everything. Remember when you held Lisanna's hand, thinking the light was green, and crossing the road? That's when you two got... hit... And the things that followed..."
A small tear rolled down her cheek while Natsu was somewhere very distant remembering probably what were the most torturous moments of his entire existence.
It had been drizzling all day, and it was currently night. Me, Nastu and Lisa where walking back home. Well, I was walking, they were rushing hand in hand. I knew that even though they looked like the most adorable soon-to-be couple in the world, their relationship had to be kept platonic. Lisanna loved him, but she did not have those heartfelt emotions that can make you just want to spend every moment with that special someone.Natsu had been slowly falling for her, and every time he talked about Lisanna, I could only give him a small, sad, and knowing smile.
With their hands linked, they looked like the most peaceful children. I didn't want to ruin their moment, so I let them rush a bit forward, keeping them in my sights. If only I could have kept my innocence like them.. I sighed. It had almost been a year sincethathappened to me. I still had frequent nightmares, but I didn't scream anymore. Everyone thought I was going through my 'adolescent phase', were I just fought with tons of people and picked fights. It actually helped a lot, and that's how I met Natsu. I was picking a fight with some guy when Natsu randomly just pushed him out of the way and said "Fight me!" I just smiled in a patronising way before beating him to a pulp. He had only managed to swing three punches at me, and two had missed. He was bruised and bloodied, yet he still stood up and kept on saying "Fight me!". I complied, and he stopped fighting when he finally became unconscious. The other kids laughed at him and said he was stupid and stubborn, but I found him a great and brave boy. I stayed until he woke up, which was around midnight and I actually gave him a sincere smile and my hand to get up. He smiled too and looked gratefully at my hand before accepting it, and I pulled him up.
"You know that begging for a fight with me would only end like this, right?" I asked the bleeding boy.
"Yeah, but at least I didn't give up 'til I was down!" He fist pumped the air enthusiastically. I just shook my head at this hopeless case, which turned out to be an adorable nutter. From then on, we fought every day, and every day he would be unconscious for a few hours. Every day, the time he was unconscious for grew less and less until he gained so much stamina he almost beat me one day. When I told Lisanna, she was in disbelief as she thought that I was her undefeatable big sister. I laughed at her goofy face full of disbelief, and invited her to watch a match the next day. I had tried my hardest to impress Lisanna, which caused her to grow pale with wide eyes. For a couple of minutes, I thought I had been winning, but Natsu soon proved me wrong. He punched me in the stomach, which caused me to double over, and he attacked my nose next, which had caused me to howl in pain. He then did a roundhouse kick and I was down in seconds. Lisa had been shocked, and then she screamed and cheered on for the boy with Salmon hair. I had remained on the floor and laughed because I knew that I had lost. I could have gotten up, but I knew he would just K.O. me for the second time. One defeat was enough, I certainly wasn't desperate for another. Then, we started a small business. Anyone who wanted to fight with Natsu had to pay, and they also had to pay to watch 'The Greatest Match in The World!'. I laugh at it now, but it was hilarious and fun at the time. Natsu also got to meet Lisa more, and he instantly liked her because of how bubbly she was, and I approved.
There were traffic lights up ahead, but they were stuck on green. The kids quickly glanced at it and ran, still laughing and giggling. What they didn't know was that there are sick human beings who don't even consider that kids are on the road, they just want to rush. While they were in the middle of the zebra crossing, the light suddenly turned red, and all they saw waswhite light of a car crashing straight into them. Natsu was petrified and stood still, while Lisa had wanted to protect him, so she pushed him behind her in that split, fatal second. Natsu had managed to survive with a few scrapes and cuts, but my sweet Lisa had gotten so, oh so much worse.
The doctors said she was in a coma, with half her face permanently scarred and her body covered in large gashes and scars. When I had seen her in that state with my family, I had just broken down and wanted to die. I blamed myself first, saying that I could have prevented it if I had kept a closer eye on them and asked them to stay next to me. Then, I remembered who had gotten the better end of the deal... Natsu.
And so that's how I had started to blame Natsu. I didn't allow him to visit her, or even get close to our family. At school, I made a poster and printed it, the frontof it saying 'NATSU IS A MURDERER: HE KILLED MY SISTER'. Everyone instantly ignored him and he eventually had to move schools because of the amount of emotional bullying he had received, and eventually stopped going to school. The thing that shocked the most was that he never retaliated, even ifhe had the power to silence the bullies. However, that only angered younger me and I made his life living hell by using social media to condemn him to a life of misery.
One day, Lisanna's stable conditioned worsened, and the doctors told me what happened. I saw Natsu and looked him in the eyes with all the spite I could muster before saying,
"SHE'S DEAD! YOU'VE KILLED HER YOU EVIL MONSTER! GO DIE!"
I had said that over and over, and he just stood there, ready to cry.
"DON'T CRY YOU WORTHLESS CUNT! YOU DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD!"
I had spoken so harshly to him, and he had run away from my life, never to be seen again..
"I'm so so sorry Natsu! It wasn't your fault, and I was angry and I ruined your life. Even if you don't forgive me, that's fine. I want to live with the burden, because the amount of pain I caused you. But please let me at least plead and beg for forgiveness." She started crying furiously. He just patted her back as she kept on saying "I'm so sorry..."
"Mira stop." Natsu said firmly. Mirajane looked up to see Natsu's warm features. "Mira, I've moved on and I'm sorry for all the pain I caused you. I hundred percent forgive you, I would have probably done the same. But hey! That's life." His smile became beaming and happy again.
"So how have you been? I heard you're a model and a news anchor, lucky you! Oh, and an update in my life. Me and Happy are still conjoined twins, and I'm best friends with a girl named Erza, she's cool but crazy, if you know what I mean. Oh! And Gray and I are back to being whatever you would call us, and I'm also going to talk to my friend Luce now... well I'm hoping we will be more than f..."
"Natsu STOP!" Natsu was suddenly interrupted by Mira's distraught face. He searched her face questioningly, waiting for her to say something. She had started to tear up again, and he had rubbed her back soothingly.
"Natsu I hid something from you... You know when Lisanna was in a critical condition for hours until she finally died?" Natsu nodded, but words could still not formulate from her mouth. After a few minutes, she finally spoke.
"Lisanna isn't dead. She is still alive to this day."
TADA DONE! And it's a cliffhanger, so I'll give myself a pat on the back (I won't really, I find that very awkward and weird O-O). If you are having a marathon of reading this, have a well deserved break xD. Should have probably written this in chapter ten, but oh well I'm late at everything :p. Stay happy my little chibis and relax with youtube, tumblr, anime, manga or anything else and enjoy tea/coffee/lemonade/OJ etc and biscuits or treats. Don't worry, you won't grow chubbier because I cast a spell on the food to not make you gain any weight ;) (I sound like a bad commercial xD). By the way, I don't even swear in real life at all, even in my head xD, just to make that clear...
Roxanne~(^-^)~ Hugs!