"Oi, couple of dragons!" Or " Lovey dovey Dragons! "Natsu and Lucy were called in those days, after the festival, when they were seen together.
"Will you stop calling me like that!? We aren't a couple! We did that contest, only for the prize, nothing else!" Lucy yelled, fed up by the calls of the people in the guild.
"And you failed. Eheheeh "Mirajane giggled, giving her a straw.
"Instead of taking 5,000,000, you took 500,000 "She keep saying indicating a sheet where there was the ranking of the winners. Natsu and Lucy were in second place. Their clothes made a lot of impression but because of Natsu, the show became a danger so great to have to evacuate the audience immediately.
"And to say that I wanted to do that contest just for Natsu, and what did he do? He destroyed everything! That stupid! "Lucy said as she chewed nervously on her straw.
"You did it for Natsu? "Mirajane asked curious.
"Yes, I'm sure that for my birthdays he spent a lot of money and that he was in bankrupt. "
"But I'm not in bankrupt. "Lucy startled hearing a voice close to her ear.
"W-what? " She said, blushing, surprised, while covering her ear.
"I told you that I'm not in bankrupt. I've never been, in fact I could say that I'm richer than Erza at the moment, thanks to you." Natsu said, sitting down next to Lucy crossing one leg over the other, and smiling playfully while holding his head with his hand on the counter. Lucy could not believe that he had refused 500,000 jewels to give them to one who was boasting about being very rich.
"You ... you're kidding me, right?" Lucy asked incredulously while her face was turning gloomy.
"No, not at all." Natsu said, shaking his head and smiling even more than before. Lucy felt her blood boil with anger and embarrassment.
"You're an asshole!" She shouted throwing against his face the straw, before running away.
"A-asshole?" Natsu asked, astonished.
"Lucy was worried about you, so she decided to participate in the contest to win the prize and give it to you." Mirajane said putting under his nose his favorite drink.
"Lucy was worried about me?" Mirajane nodded.
Lucy participated in the competition for me ... Natsu thought, as he watched his glass.
"Thank you, Mirajane." Natsu said suddenly, rising from his seat, but before turning around he took Lucy's glass and drank it.
Oh my ... It's the second time ... Mirajane thought covering her mouth amazed.
"Lucy!" Natsu screamed continuously as he approached her.
"Natsu, would you stop-!" Lucy turned around to say, but her words were stopped by Natsu, who embrace her, suddenly.
"Thank you Lucy. I didn't know you were worried about me." Natsu whispered, in his ear.
Natsu ... Lucy thought mortified. She hugged him tight. Then Natsu suddenly moved away from her, to take her face in his hands and kiss her ...
Wait, what? Lucy thought surprised by what had occurred to her mind. Her heart began to beat madly. She tried to get away from Natsu's embrace, but she could not.
"Natsu-!"
"Shhh ..." Natsu said calmly, unlike Lucy who was panicking.
"Your heart …... Is beating so fast ..." Natsu said slowly as if he were struggling to speak.
"... Can you feel it?" He whispered in her ear. That did nothing but make things worse. Now her heart was beating so wildly that she was afraid that it would suddenly stop. Natsu walked away from hers ear and looked into her eyes. She was practically as red as a tomato. He smirked and kissed her gently on the lips.
"Noooo!" Lucy shouted, startling Natsu.
"Luc- Argh!?" Natsu said, dropping to his knees in front of Lucy. She hit him with her knee in his private parts.
"Ahhhhhhh ...W-why the fuck ….D-did you do that .. Lucy? ..." Natsu said, almost starting to cry.
H-huh? Lucy thought stepping back surprised.
"Ungh! ..." Natsu bit his lip banging his head against the ground in pain.
"Ah Natsu! I'm really sorry, I-I don't know what got into me!" Lucy said kneeling down if front of him, putting her hands on his shoulders. Natsu looked up to see her in the face, and Lucy's heart skipped a beat. In the blink of an eye she took his head and slammed it against the ground embarrassed.
"W-what the hell are you doing Lucy!?" Natsu said losing his patience, while taking Lucy's hands from his head and looking into her eyes. Lucy was even more embarrassed and tried to hide her face, but Natsu always followed her to see her face.
"Lucy? What's wrong with you?You're sick?" Natsu said, grabbing her face, to place his forehead against hers. He was too close and this worsened Lucy's situation. What she was feeling was making her choke, and sweat uncontrollably. It was such an unbearable heat that she was feeling inside her, when Natsu was too close to her, that she had to do something.
Lucy closed her eyes and clenched her teeth, then she took Natsu's hands, which were on her cheeks and drew back her head. Natsu was confused, but what Lucy, did after surprised him a lot. Lucy headbutted him with all her might, and immediately stood up, panting heavily.
"W-what the hell is wrong with you Lucy!?" Natsu said angrily, rubbing his forehead. Lucy covered her mouth surprised, as if she realized what she had done only in that moment. She stepped back and turned around to run away but she was stopped by Natsu.
"Oi, where do you think you're going, after having done all those things!?"
"N-no! leave me! let me go, I'm telling you!" Lucy said beating with her fists Natsu's arm that was around her waist.
"Lucy...Oi...Could you...O-oi...Can you hear ... I'm telling you ... To stoooop!" Natsu yelled reaching the limit of his patience.
"Can you listen to me once and for all!?" Lucy stopped abruptly and turned her head towards Natsu trembling.
"God, Lucy sometimes you really are a brat for your age!" Natsu said.
Hah? Lucy thought getting back to her senses.
"You're just unbearable, when you act like a little spoiled girl!" that phrase, blew Lucy's nerves.
"Oh? Said Mr. I'm so mature that I can criticize the others behavior." Lucy said glaring at him.
"W-what did you say?"
"I said that you're more mature than me, in your dreams! Stupid!" Lucy said, pointing her finger against his chest.
"What!? Want to fight?" Natsu said, lighting a flame around his fist.
"Oh? Bring it on!" Lucy said, putting her fists in front of herself on guard position. The two boys stood still to look into each other eyes seriously, and then burst into laughter.
"Hahaha Lucy! You really make me always laugh!" Natsu said, patting her head.
"Ehehe." Lucy giggled happily, and then she looked into his eyes and her heart skipped a beat again. Natsu was smiling gently, and his hand started to move towards her cheek but he withdrew it before it reached.
"...Lucy ..." He began to say, scratching his head.
"Yes?" Lucy said, clutching her hand on his chest, thinking that Natsu was going to say something really important, that she might wanted to hear. (guess what...)
"Do you remember what you said that time when we did that race?" Natsu asked looking at her seriously. Lucy tried to remember what had happened, then what he said echoed in her mind.
"….M-maybe ... W-why?" Lucy said swallowing, fearing what Natsu was about to say. Natsu smirked and said:
"I know that you know, what you said. You can't hide it. You can't hide anything from me, Lucy." Natsu said, getting closer to her. Lucy looked at him scared and in turn backed away.
"You promised you would do everything that I wanted for one day." Natsu said with a malicious smirk. Lucy looked somewhere else trying to find an excuse not to do so.
"Lucy, don't try to find an excuse. You're a stellar spirit user, aren't you? Shouldn't you keep your promises?" He said, taking her by the chin.
"..Ungh ..." Lucy tried to turn her head away to not see him, knowing that she would not say no, if she would see his face.
"You promised me, Lucy." He said, knowing that he had already won.
"Grrr! All right! All Alright!" Lucy said surrendering. She slapped his hand and crossed her arms over her chest. Natsu grinned happily.
"So what do you want?" Lucy said rudely.
"Oi, don't be so-Ah!" Natsu stopped as if got struck by an idea.
"Ehehehe" He chuckled maliciously.
"In every sentence that you will say, you will always add nya at the end...Ehehee..."
"N-nya!? "Lucy repeated embarrassed.
"N-no! Like hell! I'll never do it, forget it! "
"Ah, well then I'm going to tell everyone in the guild that you don't keep your promises. "Natsu said, turning away.
"N-no, wait!" Lucy shouted stopping him for the scarf. Natsu turned his head slightly to see her, waiting for Lucy to keep talking.
"A-all right! I'll do whatever you say, but don't go around saying that I don't keep my promises!" Lucy Said angry. Natsu raised an eyebrow and Lucy knew immediately what he wanted.
"... N-nya..." Lucy said while clenching her teeth.
"Good." said Natsu turning towards Lucy happily.
"Ehehe ... Around midnight, I was planning to go to a ... Funny place with you." Natsu explained.
"Funny place? ... Nya ..." Lucy asked, facepalming herself, only hearing that word coming out of her mouth.
"Ehehehe, this place is called: the cemetery of the ghosts! I heard some rumors say that in that cemetery at midnight ghosts and monsters appear and try to attack you!"He said emitting a frightening aura to scare Lucy, and he succeeded.
"Cemetery!? Natsu no, I'm not going to any cemetery! And especially at this hour! "Being almost 7 pm, Lucy did not had any intention of going to a cemetery to die from fear.
"Aww come on, we will have fun! Even I, get goose bumps just thinking about it! "
"About what? "Said a male voice from behind Natsu.
"Gray!" Lucy said feeling saved, only at seeing him.
"Tch ... None of your business stripper."
"Gray, please, tell Natsu to stop thinking of going to a haunted cemetery!" Lucy said going towards Gray to pull him by the arm. Gray looked at Lucy raising an eyebrow, and then at Natsu.
"You want to go to a cemetery? Hah what an idiot. "Gray said, putting a hand on his hips. Lucy's eyes lit up with gratitude, and that tickled Natsu's nerves.
"Yeah! it's stupid-"
"If you want to go to a really frightening cemetery, I know one right here in Magnolia. "Gray said, with conceited air.
"Woah! Seriously!? "Natsu said, excited.
"It's 3 hours from here, if we leave now, we'll arrive in time for midnight." Gray said smirking.
"Gray!" Lucy shouted pulling his arm.
"What is it?" He said, finally looking towards Lucy and blushing at the sight of her perfect breasts surrounding his arm.
"What's wrong with you!? we can't go to a cemetery! "
" And why not? "Natsu said crossing his arms over his chest, raising a eyebrow.
"Yeah, why not? Who's gonna stop us? "
" W-well... y-you see ... "
" I. "Said a female voice. It was Erza, who was approaching them together with Happy.
"Erza!" Lucy, ran towards her immediately.
"Please stop them!" She begged her.
"Lucy ... I'm sorry, but I'm not going to stop them."
"H-huh?"
"It's true that I said you can't go in that cemetery, but you can't go there without me." Erza said, smiling at Lucy, before approach Natsu and Gray.
"Even if I wanted to go only with Lucy, I think it will be fun to go with Gray and Erza." Natsu said putting his hands behind his head happily.
"And Above all see you run away terrified!" Gray said, indicating Natsu while smirking.
"In your dreams!" Natsu replied with the same smile.
"Lucy, aren't you coming?" Happy asked as he approached her, flying.
"... You're crazy ..." Lucy whispered backing away. The three boys stopped from chatting, to look at Lucy.
"I'm not going to go with you! Never!" Lucy shouted, turning around to run away. But in the blink of an eye she was stopped by the sudden Gray's appearance in front of her, which made her fall to the ground surprised.
"Oi oi oi, Lucy you can't leave us." He said with a smirk approaching the poor girl.
"Yeah, where we're going, you will come too." Natsu said in her ear with a scary voice making her jerk forward. Lucy crawled slowly towards her left to be able to run again.
"Lucy we're friends, and friends, always follow each other for better and for worse." Erza Said blocking her way.
"N-nooooooooo!" Lucy's scream echoed in the cold night.
"Nooooo!" Lucy continues to scream in the carriage struggling to free herself from the rope around her body.
"Lucy stop struggling, you wll never make it to free yourself." Said Happy, who was sitting on Natsu's back, who laying down ready to throw up at any moment.
"Then why the hell have you have tied me!?"Lucy shouted angry.
"If we didn't tied you up, you would have run away, haven't you?" Erza said pulling her back by her shoulder.
"Argh ..." Lucy said, looking toward the window. Then she had an idea. She dropped her keys on the ground and said trying to sound surprised:
"Ah! My keys! "Gray who stood in front of her, noticed it, and bent down to pick them up but when looked up again, he found herself in front of Lucy, who was bend on herself with a mischievous smile on her lips that made him blush Gray, much more than the the sight of her abundant chest which he had under his eyes.
Natsu noticed it, and with all his strength kicked in the ribs of Gray.
"Ack! What the hell are you doing flaming-head!? "The Carriage braked suddenly making everyone jump from their seats.
"What the hell is going on out there?" Lucy Said surprised.
"Hmmmm!" Gray said, since it was impossible for him to breathe, because of Lucy's breasts on his face.
Gray ... You will pay for this! I swore that kill you! Even if it's the last thing I do! Natsu thought hoping that someone would have pulled him out of that vehicle to beat up Gray.
"What's going on here?" Erza said coming out of the Carriage.
"I'm sorry but you will have to walk from here." Said the driver. Erza looked around feeling a negative presence in the air. She did not like that place at all.
"Erza, I don't like this place at all ... m-maybe it's better if we go back to Magnolia ... "Lucy said, letting Gray to untie her.
"Lucy is right, this place gives me the creeps!" Happy said, dragging Natsu out the Carriage.
"Oh, come on, if not what cemetery would it be?" Gray said putting his hands on his hips.
"Yeah, maybe it's better if we go back home-" but the carriage, left right away faster than when they arrived there when Erza turned around.
"Well, that sure is a modern Carriage." Gay remarked sarcastically.
"Noooooooo! And now what do we do! We can't even go back!We're gonna die! "Lucy said falling to her knees as she ruffled her hair.
"Well ... Now we just have to do what we came here to do." Said Natsu recovering from his sick motion.
"Hmmmm ... I heard that if we get across the cemetery we would end up on the other side, and reach magnolia faster. (the cemetery was located on a sloping hill.) "
"Huh? T-then what are we waiting for?" Happy said.
".... Sigh ... Let's go." Erza said starting to walk up the hill.
"Erza!" Lucy shouted, running after Erza to stop her.
"Well, if we don't set off too, we will divide ourselves from the girls. "said Gray, to Natsu. Natsu nodded and said:
"Gray?"
"Hmm-Ack! "Natsu punched him in the face with all his strength, throwing him against a tree.
Take this as a warning ... Natsu thought as he walked towards the girls ignoring Gray's calls.
"Erzaaaa, let's go back!" Lucy said whimpering, as she looked around frightened, holding Erza's shoulder. But there was a part where Lucy was not looking at, and that part was right behind her. Unnoticed, Natsu stealthily crept behind Lucy, and suddenly approached her ear to say with frightening voice:
"Luuuuucy, I came to get you! Kekekeke"
"Kyaaaaaaaaaa!" Lucy jumped in fear, making Erza fall forward.
"Woaaaaaaaaah! Natsu! don't scare me like that! " Lucy said crying.
"Natsu, enough of these jokes! Come on, get up Lucy." Erza said, glaring at him, and reached out her hand towards Lucy.
"No! I don't want to do this anymore! I want to go home! Now! "Lucy Cried out load without any shame.
"Eh? What the hell are you saying Lucy? We are already there we can't go back now. "Natsu said disappointed, putting his hands on his hips.
"H-huh?" Lucy turned her head behind her and saw a huge gate, destroyed by time, which gave the impression that it was the entrance to a really haunted place.
"Nooooooo!" Lucy rose to her feet and started to run away but she was captured straight in Natsu's arms.
"Where do you think you're running away?"
"Noooo! Natsu let me go, I don't wanna die! I don't want to go to that cemetery! "Natsu smirked.
"Oh really? Too bad that your body doesn't want to leave my bust." Lucy realized that she was really holding tightly to Natsu 's bust as a koala, and that even if she wanted to let go, she could not, since she was too scared.
S-shit! Lucy thought blushing. Natsu crossed his fingers behind Lucy's back, to imprison her in his arms, and with a satisfied expression he said:
"Don't worry Lucy, everything will be alright."
Like hell everything will be alright!And what's with that smile stupid on your lips!?! Lucy thought angry, while biting her lower lip. Unfortunately she was unable to open her mouth to say everything that she was thinking.
"Natsu, let's go." Erza called him, while passing through the gap that there was in the gate. Once they all enter in the cemetery, there was a strong wave of wind that sounded like some desperate voices of ghosts.
"Kyaaaaa! D-d-d-d-did you heard that !? No, come on guys let's leave this place we're still on time! "Lucy said, weeping.
"God, you're such a crybaby, just shut up." Natsu said looking around uneasy. He felt some sort of a strange presence in that place. He felt that something would happen and so he strengthened his embrace. He would not let that nothing would had touched Lucy.
"Erza." Gray said making himself cracking the bones of the neck. Erza did not make another step and do not turned back to see even Gray but only said yes.
"G-guys? What's wrong? " Lucy asked watching the serious expression on Natsu's face, and also Gray's.
"Natsu, put down Lucy, you wouldn't be able to counterattack if you are in that position." Said Gray, looking with the tail of the eye, Natsu. he thought about it, and after inhaled let go, and detached Lucy from himself.
"N-Natsu? ... W-wait, what's happening?" Lucy asked confused.
"Lucy don't go too far from me." Said Natsu pulling her behind him by the arm. They were walking for hours and they left the cemetery a long time ago, and went into a kind of tiny forest. Lucy hugged her arms by the constant shivering, she felt run down hers back.
"Guys, we are walking for hours, let's stop!" Lucy said bored. But no one answered, and all of a sudden they stopped, staying on guard after hearing a loud strange scream.
"I-I told you that it was a bad idea to come here!" Lucy said stepping back scared.
"Oi, guys beware! I feel that something is coming! "Erza yelled materializing a sword in her hand. In fact something was coming. It was a huge monster, impossible to understand what it was, but so disgusting and fearful that no human could look at it without shivering.
Natsu turned around immediately towards Lucy, opened arms ready to take Lucy in his arms as before, and said smiling:
"Lucy, come-!"
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Lucy yelled jumping on Gray's shoulders.
"Oi! Lucy you're scratching my back! "Gray said leaning backwards. Natsu, felt anger boil inside him seeing Lucy attacked on Gray, so he pulled her strongly towards him by the arm, hiding her face in his chest. Natsu looked at Gray with an apocalyptic look ready to kill him at any time when he would have not noticed it. Gray felt a shiver run down on his back, seeing all those signs of murder that Natsu emitted towards him.
"Natsu! Gray! "Erza shouted railing against the monster to attack it. The two guys immediately followed her, and in 2 shots they killed the monster. The worst part was that, it did not end there. In the blink of an eye they were surrounded by huge angry monsters.
"Shit! There are too many! "Gray said, looking around.
"T-then all we have to do is run!" Lucy shouted, running like crazy, ignoring Natsu's calls to slow down. The three guys made their way towards the end of the hill killing every monster that appeared on their way.
"Argh! These things are exhausting! Lucy, don't go too far! "Natsu yelled upset.
"How far is the exit!?" The ice-maker said, starting to lose patience.
"Just little more, I can almost see the exit-" Lucy tried to say but a huge monster appeared in front of her suddenly catching her in his hand, stopping her from talking.
"Aaaaaaaaaah!" She cried in pain, feeling her bones compressed by the monstrous force with which the monster was crushing her.
"Lucy!" Gray and Erza shouted together.
"Don't touch Lucy, you piece of shit!" Natsu yelled jumping in the air to kick it in the face, but he was instead smashed to the ground easily.
"Natsu!"
"Tch! If it's the hard game that you want , then that's what you'll have! "Natsu said lighting enormous flames around him. All the 3 boys hit consecutively the monster, but at each attack they did the monster seemed to get stronger and stronger.
"... Pant...Pant ... How can it be still standing!?" Gray asked surprised by the strength of the monster.
"I don't know...Pant... But for some strange reason.. Pant... I feel that at every shot that inflict, my magical energy ….Pant...Decreases more than it should..." Natsu said, wiping the blood from his mouth.
"The magical energy... decreases more than it should!? Then that means that -! "Erza said, looking at Lucy, and her foreboding were unfortunately true. Lucy was leaning on the hand of the monster without strength, like a rag doll.
"Lucy! what's wrong!? Lucy raise your head! "Natsu yelled worried.
"I can't do it... It's too much…... I'm unable.. To move…... I can't feel anything ..." Lucy said closing her eyes slowly.
"What the hell is going on!?" Gray asked Erza.
"That monster absorbs magical energy from anyone who comes in contact with." She explained.
"Shiiit!" Natsu yelled throwing a punch on the ground.
"We must save Lucy before he absorbed all her magical energy!" Erza said running towards the monster.
I must do something ... At this rate they will never win ... Lucy thought looking towards the monster.
Weak ... Weak point ... Where is this damn weak point!? ah! There it is! Maybe it's that thing! She saw small red diamond on his forehead, which shone every time someone attacked him.
"Guys ... Diamond ….. Forehead ..." Lucy whispered with difficulty, but no one heard her.
Damn! What do I do! they can not even hear me ... how can I call their attention?! Then she had an idea. With her last drop of strength she had left, she bit the hand of the monster making it scream in pain and move his hand fast.
"Lucy!" Natsu yelled, stopping from climbing the monster's body.
"Piece of shit! Don't you dare harm Lucy! "He burned the other arm to get his attention, and he succeeded. Now he was fluttering his other hand.
"Lucy!" Happy said, approaching Lucy, taking advantage of the fact that the monster was not looking.
"Don't worry Lucy I'll pull you out of here!" But Lucy waved her hand, calling the cat's attention.
"…... Diamond ... Forehead ... "Lucy whispered before closing her eyes, definitely.
"Forehead? Diamond? "Happy repeat confused looking at the monster's forehead, and in fact there was a small red diamond.
Don't tell me-!? Happy thought, starting to understand what Lucy wanted to say.
"Natsu! Gray, Erza! "
"What's wrong Happy!? We have no time, we have to save Lucy! " Gray shouted,, turning towards the cat.
"The diamond on the forehead of the monster! That's its weak point! "Happy shouted, taking Natsu by the clothes.
Diamond on the forehead? Natsu thought as he approached its forehead.
"Hah, so all I have to do is destroy it?! What a piece of cake! "Natsu yelled, throwing his fist with all his strength against the monster's forehead, making him to fall backwards and drop Lucy like a doll.
"Luuuuuucy! "Natsu yelled, hurling toward Lucy to catch her before she smashed against ground.
Lucy slowly opened her eyes and found herself surrounded by everyone.
"Lucy are you okay?" Erza asked passing a hand over her forehead.
"Yes, I feel like my strength is coming back." he said, sitting up. She saw Natsu looking at her with a face that she has never seen before and hugged her, hiding her face in his chest.
"For a second ... I thought I'd lost you ... Please ... Please don't you ever leave my side ... Never leave alone ..." Natsu whispered in her ear.
"N-Natsu!?" Lucy said trying to figure out what was going on.
"Let's go home. I've got things to confirm." Erza said, to Happy coming down the hillside. Gray looked at Erza, and then to Natsu and Lucy.
Hmmm ... he thought as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Are you going to move, today?" Natsu turned his head toward Gray and glared at him, then a strange smirk was painted on his lips. Natsu stood up and helped Lucy, to stand.
"Oh! Lucy careful there is something there." Natsu said, pulling Lucy on his right to have more space to kick Gray in the ass and make him fall off the cliff.
"Natsuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" Gray screamed, falling down.
"Natsu? W-what happened to Gray?" Lucy asked, surprised.
"Eh? Ah, do not worry, he only wanted to get down faster, and I gave him a hand."
"What do you mean by I gave him a hand?" Lucy asked, raising an eyebrow.
"E-enough with the talk." Natsu said, taking her in his arms.
"O-oi, Natsu!?" She said surprised, but Natsu was not listening, he was too "concentrated" running than listening to what she wanted to say.
Before leaving her in front of her house to go home, he hugged her once again, without saying a word. She was used to being embraced by Natsu, but that one had another meaning, that hug made her heart beat strongly and even in the cold of the early moments of the day, she felt a strong heat surround her.
When Natsu moved away from her to look into her eyes, Lucy could see those eyes that made her heart beat madly, as she had never felt before. It was then when she realized that she was looking at him with new eyes, but still she couldn't understand why.
Why? Why am I behaving like this? Why does my heart hurt now that Natsu has left!?
Why...The most difficult question to answer, in the world.