A/N: I Just realized I never told you guys what I changed on chapter 15 XD OMG! I changed the two females looking for Natsu to one male. Also, sorry for not posting for so long, I got a little writer's block.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters.
Chapter 21
Let go
Zeref punched Natsu in the shoulder.
"What the hell?!" Natsu asked, annoyed.
"Shhh!" Zeref said grinning, "You don't act like an older brother by the way, you know that?"
Natsu frowned, "Well you don't act like a younger one!"
"That just means I'm more mature!" Zeref said smugly.
"Hmmmm.." Natsu grumbled.
"Good night idiot." Zeref said.
"Good night." Natsu said as he closed his eyes.
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(Natsu POV)
I was sitting on the ground, hands on my head in distress.
"This world… continually... rejects me. This blasted world…" I said, crying.
I was quickly enveloped by a warm hug from the girl I loved so dearly, Mavis.
"I will not reject you. I accept you." She said, tears streaming down her face.
She won't… reject me?
"I am the only one who could possibly understand how you feel." Mavis declared.
She looked me in the eye and continued, "Do not give up… We shall find a way to break this damned curse. I'm sure of it… and... we shall do it hand in hand…"
"Hand… in... hand?" I asked in disbelief .
"Yes." Mavis promised.
"Mavis…" I said crying as I hugged her tightly, "No one has ever been this kind to me…"
"No. They have, You've just forgotten." She assured.
"...and I've never loved anyone this much…" I confessed.
She looked at me, tears still in her eyes, and then closed them.
I reached down, letting my lips touch hers.
I love her so much…
...but after a few seconds of bliss she fell limp… and I held her body… she was gone.
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(Normal POV)
Natsu woke up crying.
"Mavis?" He said, sad and confused.
I love... Mavis? and I… killed her? Natsu thought, trying to wrap his head around the memory.
"But I love…" Natsu trailed off.
But still, like with Zeref, emotions were being forced upon him.
"Do I have to love both of you now?" Natsu asked himself.
Zeref started to stir, startling Natsu who had forgotten that they had fallen asleep next to each other.
"Just five more minutes..." Zeref mumbled.
Natsu looked at his brother worriedly. Am I going to kill you and Lucy next?
"I need to talk with Mavis…" Natsu murmured. Natsu carefully stood up and left the room.
She could have followed us right? But I haven't sensed her yet. Natsu thought.
Natsu left the inn. The sun had just started to rise. Natsu walked to the forest to call for Mavis, he didn't want to wake everyone up.
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"MAVIS!" Natsu shouted, "ARE YOU THERE?! PLEASE ANSWER!"
Natsu felt a wave of death predation come over him, but continued to call after it faded.
"MAVIS PLEASE! I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!" Natsu called out, desperately.
Natsu felt her presence appear behind him and he whipped around.
"M-Mavis…" Natsu said, shakily.
"Natsu, what do you need?" Mavis asked, a hint of worry in her voice.
"Well… I've been gaining the dark wizard's memories and I remembered something… about… about us…" Natsu said nervously.
"What, exactly, did you remember?" Mavis asked.
Natsu blushed profusely, "Well...that…that I love you… but, that I also killed you..." Natsu face dropped when he said that
Mavis gave a warm smile, "I don't blame you for that and… I loved you too…"
"Loved?" Natsu asked.
"Our love is something of the past… And besides, you love someone else, right?" Mavis asked.
Natsu turned an even brighter shade of red.
"If you truly believe that you aren't the dark wizard, then why are you letting his emotions overtake you?" Mavis asked.
"It's not my choice!" Natsu protested.
"You need to hold onto the you that you want to be." Mavis told him, "Not what your memories insist you be."
"But, I also remembered my little brother and I love him, but I didn't before I gained the memories. Does that mean I shouldn't love him anymore?" Natsu asked sadly.
"That depends..." Mavis said, "Do think you could have come to love him without those memories?"
Natsu thought back on how he treated Zeref before he had the dreams of him. He acted coldly and was angry at him for taking his place, and Natsu hated that he felt such a way.
"...I don't think so…" Natsu said, but he felt horrible saying it.
"Then maybe distance yourself from him." Mavis suggested.
"But… I…" Natsu trailed off.
"I won't tell you to stop being close with him because I don't know if I would be able to in your situation, but if you want to keep your old self that's what I would do or at least try to do." Mavis honestly said, "Start by forgetting any feelings you have for me."
"I don't know how to do that!" Natsu cried.
"Focus on the love that started before you became the dark wizard." Mavis instructed, "You don't have to forget me or your brother just don't let the dark wizards emotions overshadow your own emotions."
"I'm trying, but it's just so hard… everything's jumbled up and I… I don't really know who I am anymore..." Natsu said sadly.
"You're Natsu." Mavis told him firmly, "You always have been and always will be Natsu, no one else, even if you chose to live as the dark wizard you would still be Natsu."
"Are you sure?" Natsu asked, doubtfully.
"Of course." Mavis assured.
"Thank you…" Natsu said, comforted.
"I'm always glad to help." Mavis promised.
"I wish I could see you." Natsu said longingly.
Mavis shook her head, "It's better this way. You need to forget the love you have towards me."
Natsu smiled sadly and then said, "I'm glad I met you… and I hope I see you again… Mavis."
Natsu headed back down to the inn leaving Mavis in the forest…
Once Mavis was alone she slumped to the ground.
"Natsu… I… I lied… I'm so sorry… I still love you… I still want to be with you, but I could tell that if you heard that…" Mavis trailed off ...It would most certainly destroy you...
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Natsu was about to enter his room when the door slammed open. Zeref, Gray and Happy were all squeezed into the doorway and they all fell onto the floor.
Zeref looked up at the stunned Natsu and a look of relief appeared on his face.
"Where were you?" Gray demanded.
"I had to talk with Mavis…" Natsu answered shyly.
"She's here?" Zeref asked in confusion.
"I… I don't think we'll be seeing her for a while…" Natsu said sadly.
"Everything okay?" Zeref questioned worriedly.
Natsu nodded, "Yeah."
"We were just about to go look for you." Happy informed Natsu.
"Oh." Natsu said, not really surprised. Moving on from that Natsu asked, "Want to go wake up the girls?"
"Sure." Zeref said, "Oh, by the way I made Gray promise not to say anything about earlier and I talked to him about his… attitude problems."
"I don't have an attitude!" Gray exclaimed
"Thanks Zeref and uh... You too Gray." Natsu said awkwardly.
"I don't think it's wrong to be mad at a killer." Gray said defiantly.
"I thought we talked about this!" Zeref said, fed up, "He didn't want to do that so don't go attacking him over it you stupid stripper!"
"Don't call me a stupid stripper, Egghead! Unlike you and your logic I'm going with my gut feeling here." Gray said, ticked off.
"I don't think that really helped your case Gray…" Happy said, shrugging his shoulders.
"It's fine don't worry about me Zeref, I can deal with the popsicle." Natsu said confidently.
"I don't know what worries me more, the curse or the fact the one who's cursed is an idiot." Gray sighed.
"You wanna fight?" Natsu said angrily.
"I've been waiting for that." Gray said in anticipation.
"WILL YOU SHUT UP?! PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!" Someone shouted, ironically.
"Whoops…" Natsu said quietly.
"Let's just go." Zeref said, hurrying the group over to the girl's room.
The boy's headed over to the girl's' room and knocked on the door.
"Coming…" A voice yawned.
An exhausted Lucy opened the door.
Yawning she said, "What are you guys doing up so early? The sun just came up…everyone else is asleep..."
"This one disappeared on us, again." Gray said, gesturing to Natsu.
"Would you rather I let the curse go off in the room?! Would you?!" Natsu asked, exasperated.
"No." Gray said, "Just let us know."
"AUGH!" Natsu screamed in frustration.
"SHUT UP!" Someone yelled.
Lucy ushered them all inside and while doing that she asked, "You told them?"
"Yeah." Natsu said.
"Aww did you guys bond?" Lucy teased.
"Bond with the popsicle? No way! He's so crabby." Natsu said annoyed.
"Don't be that way, you've best friends with him for so long." Lucy said sweetly.
I was best friends with Gray?! Natsu thought in disbelief.
"I don't think I could be friends with him." Gray scoffed.
"You totally could Gray." Zeref said.
Natsu frowned still in disbelief.
"Anyway, I'll go get the others up." Lucy said, leaving the boys in the hallway.
"We're heading back to that forest from earlier after this, right?" Zeref asked.
"Yeah." Gray answered.
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The girls came out of their room.
"Alright let's go!" Lucy said enthusiastically.
"You took forever!" Natsu complained.
"It was only ten minutes!" Lucy exclaimed.
"It didn't feel that way." Natsu said.
Carla squeezed past the two, "Don't block the doorway!" She demanded.
"Oh sorry!" Lucy apologized as she scurried out of the way.
Erza and Wendy then exited the room.
"People are still sleeping so why don't we go outside and then figure out what our next move will be?" Erza suggested.
"Works for me." Natsu said, hands behind his head.
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Once they were outside…
"Which way is the Succubus Eye guild again?" Happy asked.
"That forest toward the North." Gray replied.
"Guys." Wendy started, "Even if the guild is up there how are we going to get them to tell us what we need to know?"
"I'm wondering about that as well." Erza stated.
"Isn't obvious guys?" Zeref asked in disbelief.
"No…?" Lucy said, confused.
Zeref put his hands on Natsu's shoulders then spoke, "They worship Natsu right? So he can just waltz in there and be all like, 'I am the dark wizard! Fear me!'" Zeref finished in menacing voice.
Happy giggled.
"That sounds great!" Natsu said while laughing hysterically.
"How would you prove it?!" Carla demanded.
"Huh?" Gray said.
"It's not like they're going to just take his word for it!" Carla explained.
"Then he can use some kind of dark wizard spell or something!" Zeref said.
"I guess I could use that black orb spell from before." Natsu said, mostly to himself. Though I don't really like using that magic. Natsu added silently.
"So we're gonna wait outside while Natsu goes inside and uses his wits to trick the dark guild?" Lucy asked in disbelief.
"Yeah!" Zeref said enthusiastically.
"Hate to break it to you, but Natsu isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed." Lucy sighed.
"Hey!" Natsu shouted, pouting.
Gray snickered.
"It'll be a piece of cake just you watch!" Natsu exclaimed, fired up.
Erza looked at the group in amusement then said, "Let's go."
"Yeah." Gray agreed.
"I'm gonna prove you wrong Luce!" Natsu declared.
"Hope you do." Lucy giggled.
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Meanwhile…
"I heard the Fairy Tail guild is harbouring Natsu!" Someone said.
"No way! Natsu has to be dead!" Another disagreed.
"I swear it! I'm pretty sure I even saw him myself! There was guy with spiky pink hair getting on a North bound train with some of their members!" The first insisted.
"The dark wizard has pink hair?" The other snickered.
A passing man, with white hair overheard this. He walked over to the two men.
"Which train is this that you're talking about?" The man white hair asked.
"None of your business!" One of men said rudely.
The white haired man grabbed him by the shirt and sternly said, "You will tell me."
The other man yelped.
"At- At the train station there is a n-northbound train." The first man stuttered.
The white haired man let go of the other man, and he hurried off.
I'll find you soon, your majesty. The white haired man thought surely.
A/N: We'll get into some action next chapter! :D