Chapter 21: Natsu and Lucy
Vincent and Mirajane stayed like that for a few minutes. Vincent was sobbing; he never let his emotions go like this before. Mirajane kept hugging him tight so she can comfort him.
After a while, Vincent let go of Mirajane. He looked into her face; she had tears running down her face as well.
"You… you're crying too?"
"Yes" answered Mirajane. "Because I know how it feels like to lose someone. I felt like how you feel right now when I lost Lisanna the first time"
She put her right hand onto his face. She smiled at him, which made him feel warm inside. Vincent only knew darkness his whole life. For the first time, he felt light inside him.
He moved his face closer to Mirajane's. She didn't say anything; she moved closer to Vincent as well. Their faces were closer than ever.
Both Vincent and Mirajane closed their eyes. He let his lips cover Mirajane's as softly as he can. Mirajane's face colour changd into a shade of pink, but she did not back away. She kissed him back, and soon it turned into them two kissing back at each other.
A couple of minutes later both separated, in need to catch a breath. Vincent looked at Mirajane, getting closer and hugging her strongly. Mirajane hugged him back.
"Thank you, Mira"
"Thank you too, Vince"
"Vince?" Vincent stared back at her. "Since when did you start calling me that?"
"Since now, problem?"
"Nope" Vincent smiled warmly. Looking towards the corridor, Vincent continued, "We need to stop this now. For Rena, Bane, everyone who's associated with this guild"
"Will you be able to fight against your own father?" Mirajane asked.
"I've got to" Vincent looked at Mirajane. "Will you help me?"
Mirajane pecked Vincent's left cheek quickly. "Thought you'd never ask"
"Thank you, Mira" Vincent said, smiling but blushing slightly. Holding Mira's hand, they dashed forward towards Natsu. "Let's go"
Meanwhile, ahead of Vincent and Mirajane, down the corridor
Natsu was running towards the centre. Lucy's scent was getting stronger, he knew she was there. While he was running towards the centre, he felt the battle Vincent was in finished; he felt a big magic power disappearing.
So Vincent won. I hope they're ok, Natsu thought while running to Lucy.
"You should worry more about yourself" a voice boomed through the corridor. Natsu looked around to see where the voice came from, clenching his fists and causing fire to come out from them.
"Who is that?!" shouted Natsu.
"Tsk. And you call yourself a Dragon Slayer. How disappointing", the voice smirked.
"I am Arthur Pendragon. The guild master of Devil's Eye, and master of all darkness. And the conqueror of this petty world"
"The guild master?! So you're the one who's controlling Lucy!"
"Indeed I am" said the voice. "Want her back, Salamander? If you want her back, come and claim her"
Further on, Natsu heard a wall open. He ran towards the opening.
He ran through the corridor, and arrived into an opening. The opening was huge; it was twice the size of Fairy Tail's Guild hall, and the ceiling was really high. Ahead of him, there was a door, almost touching the ceiling. It was –
"Eclipse" Natsu looked on.
But this Eclipse was somewhat different from the first one Natsu saw. It was bigger than the original, and it was blacker. Looking at it made Natsu feel nervous.
"So one fairy finally arrives to the scene" said the voice. From the corner of the room, a person stepped out of the darkness. He stared at Natsu, his eyes showing no sense of emotion or life. It was only showing darkness.
"So you're master Pentagon, whatever his name is"
"It's Pendragon" said master Pendragon angrily. "Seems like our dragon slayer is stupid too"
"Why you-"
Natsu stepped closer to the Eclipse, but felt his magic was being sucked from him, even though he was not using any magic.
What's going on? I'm not using any magic!
"So you've realized" said Master Pendragon. "This Eclipse is different from the original, as you can see. The original would have sucked the magic out of you when you used your magic. This one, on the other hand, will suck anything that has magic inside them"
"Then… why isn't your magic getting sucked into it?"
"Thanks to her, I'm protected" said Pendragon. He stepped behind, and out came—
"LUCY!"
Lucy stepped into the light, where Natsu was able to see her visibly. She was wearing a black costume, similar to what Edolas's Lucy was wearing, but with more armour, this time in a black colour. She was staring at Natsu; her eyes were showing no light.
"Quiet, Dragon Slayer. Your fight ends here" Lucy said with a firm voice. She dashed towards Natsu, holding a sword in one hand.
Natsu hesitated. Is she going to attack me?! No!
"Lucy, you need to wake up! Stop listening to him!"
"I said, SHUT UP!"
"You're Lucy! You're Lucy Heartfilia of Fairy Tail! You're-"
"SILENCE!"
With that shout, Lucy slashed at Natsu. Natsu dodged the slash, backing up and staring at his love. He couldn't believe Lucy would attack him.
"Hahaha!" laughed Master Pendragon. "Two love birds fighting against each other, now this is what I'm talking about!"
"If you want to defeat me, Salamander, you will have to go through your beloved first! Can you kill your one true love?" he asked with a snigger.