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LUCY AND NATSU AND... SOMEBODY
Natsu's jaw fell to the floor and his entire body turned bright red.
"I-I-uh.."
His expression was panicked, and his eyes danced around. He looked about ready to disappear on the spot. Steam came out of his ears, and the tips of his hair were spontaneously combusting.
"I thought I'd find you here, shithead!" yelled a deep voice. "I'm sorry- wait- no, I'm not sorry to interrupt your stupid love-fest. I'm here for you."
Gajeel pointed his fist at Natsu, his eyes wide, crazy, and glaring.
Lucy jumped about 5 feet in the air before landing on her feet. "The heck?! G-gajeel?!"
She cautiously wrapped her arms around Natsu's right arm. He was still frozen, but she wasn't going to be bait. She wanted to stay close to hm.
He stopped being frozen, and he noticed Lucy, but he didn't look at her face. Or her lips, for that matter.
But Gajeel didn't wait for any of that.
A wall of pure force smacked Natsu into a nearby tree. His head hit the trunk, and he blacked out for a moment. The entire world seemed so utterly far away and fuzzy for some reason. He could hear, just barely, a familiar girl's voice screaming his name. She was sounding farther and farther away. He felt the urge to save her, to help her in some way, but he couldn't move an inch. In his subconsciousness, he wondered why a girl would scream his name like that. She sounded like she was in pain, like she was afraid.
Wait a second, that voice was... Lucy!
And she was afraid.
Natsu's eyes snapped open, and he gritted his teeth, ignoring the throbbing pain on his forehead and the blood leaking, unwelcome, into his eyes. He whirled around, searching the surrounding area, looking for a sign of her.
Seeing nothing that looked like a blond celestial wizard, he called her name cautiously. There was no answer. Frantic, he ran blindly into the rain, screaming her name, pleading for her to say something, anything, back.
And still there was silence, as if she had never been there in the first place.
Natsu collapsed on the ground after his foot hit a branch which unfortunately caused him to trip and get a face full of mud. Disgruntled, he pushed himself up and sat down, dazed. He couldn't stop thinking about it.
Lucy was gone.
He attempted to pick himself up and find her and beat the crap out of Gajeel, but only managed to stumble forward a couple of feet, before blacking out again.
LAXUS AND LISANNA
"Laxus, slow down!" yelled a flushed Lisanna. Laxus was dragging her to who knows where and she didn't like it in the least. He was ignoring her protests. His grip on her wrist was tight, like he was afraid she was going to resist, but his palms were sweaty. It started to rain, and thunder shook the ground. The coldness came suddenly, and she shivered violently. She could see the gray clouds swirling in the distance, and she could feel the cold wind biting at her exposed face and legs. A bolt of lightning struck in the distance, making Laxus turn his head.
"Wha-" Lisanna tried to plant her feet into the ground and stop Laxus from going farther. He ignored her again, weaving his way through the branches. She could barely keep up with him at this pace, as she had to avoid all the branches that he moved effortlessly around. Much to her surprise, he suddenly stopped, and Lisanna crashed into his back.
"Agh!" she fell to the ground.
Laxus turned around for the first time, and noticed Lisanna's condition. She was sweating and panting despite the cold, and she was laying face-down on the ground. Laxus released her hand and smacked himself. "Oi, Lisanna! Are you alright?! I wasn't paying attention..."
She picked herself up off the ground onto her knees and looked up at him, glaring. "Pay attention, next time. It'll help, I assure you."
Laxus scooped her up, bridal style. (A/N: 0_0 Did I seriously just write that?)
"Wh-wha! P-put me down!" she cried, struggling and blushing her face off.
"No. I'm gonna carry you somewhere you won't get wet and sick, silly." he grunted as he tripped over a loose branch, but caught himself.
Lisanna frowned. "You're the one who's sick! Before now you were running through the jungle like Tarzan, and now you trip on a branch? "
"Oh, shut up."
Lisanna sighed, before staring up at Laxus. He was definitely sweating, despite the cold. She pursed her lips, wondering if he'd be okay.
Silence followed.
She allowed her head to droop, and she felt herself relax. Maybe she could get some sleep...
Cold mud splattered on Lisanna's back as she was shocked awake. She screamed, opening her blue eyes and wondering how murderous she could get. Then she noticed what Laxus was staring at, and she gasped.
Natsu Dragneel was laying on the ground, unconscious, with blood streaming down his face. His hands were in fists, and his face was pained.
"L-lucy," he muttered. His breaths came quicker, and Lisanna shook herself and ran over to him.
"Laxus!" she yelled, "Pick him up, we need to get him to some shelter!"
Just then the storm got worse. The wind ravaged the trees and almost blew her over. Laxus lunged, grabbing Lisanna and Natsu and slinging them over his shoulders. He took off running, hoping that he got there in time.
"LUCY!" Natsu screamed in his sleep. Lisanna started crying. What happened to Lucy? Where was she? Why was Natsu injured?
Where was Gajeel?
JELLAL, ERZA, JUVIA, MIRAJANE, GRAY, AND THE SHIP CAPTAIN DUDE
The wind started blowing harder, and the Captain's eyes bugged out of his head.
"Thats- no way! Damn!"
Jellal whirled around to see what he was looking at. Clouds swirling in the distance confirmed his fears. A hurricane was coming.
"Captain," he walked over to the bow of the ship, trying to yell over the wind, "We need to beach this craft and set an anchor in order for it to not be blown away!"
"Yah don't think I know that, lad?! Git' your buttocks over to the bow of the ship and stay down!"
"Juvia!"
The rest of the people on the ship turned to the direction Gray's voice came from. He was frantically trying to grab Juvia and stop her from doing something. It looked like she was trying to control the rain, but it wasn't working. She sank to the floor and drooped in Gray's arms.
"We have to get out of here!" he yelled.
"We should beach the boat, and then turn it over so we can sleep under it if needed!" shouted Mirajane.
The Captain growled. "And how do suppose an old seaman and a couple of kids could do that in this storm?!"
Erza stood up, her face betraying only one emotion: determination. "I will handle the boat-flipping. The rest of you try to remain alive."
Jellal grabbed her arm and whispered in her ear. "You will be okay, right? Don't die or anything."
"I will be fine," she said, brushing him off.
Just then, a wave slammed the boat into a sandbar, jolting them all and tossing Mirajane and Juvia overboard.
"Mira! Juvia!"
"JUVIAAA!"
Just then Juvia burst out of the water, pulling Mirajane with her. All of them were soaked already, but Juvia and Mirajane seemed more soaked, if possible.
"Juvia!" Gray rushed over to her and pulled her to the ground as a wave shook the boat extra hard again, tossing it farther up the beach. Erza jumped out like an acrobat and put her hands on the side of the boat, which surprisingly was only 20 feet tall.
"Get down!" she cried, before shoving with all of her might. The entire craft fell over, making a complete roll before it fell upside down. Erza pushed the edge up and climbed under it, panting.
It was pitch black inside, except for a torch that the Captain held in his hand. She glared at him before crawling over and snatching it from him. She snuffed the light source into the sand without a word.
"You do not want to get rid of the oxygen under here. I would rather live another day."
They all stared in awe at her, Titania, flipper of boats, killer of evil monsters. Then-
Everyone blacked out at the same time.
MAKAROV, WENDY, AND CHARLA
"W-what is that?!" cried Wendy, shaking and crying.
The blue light expanded, and something shot out of the sky, landing right in front of them.
It was Gajeel.
And he had Lucy.
"Lucy!" Makarov yelled. She was unconscious, and limp in Gajeel's grip. He grinned at Master Makarov.
"So you're here! I never would've guessed that you'd actually be stupid enough to come," said the Iron dragon slayer.
Makarov growled. He didn't see a way he could help because of the anti-magic rain, but he couldn't just let Lucy die here! He had to do something!
"Gajeel," he said, his voice stern and cold, "If you don't put my kid down, I'll be forced to attack you, even if you're being mind controlled."
Gajeel snarled. "That's stupid! Both you and I know that this rain anti-magical properties! Only my magic works here!"
"Wrong. That is not your magic."
"Shut up, old geezer! I don't need your damn logic! I'm just here to kill Bunny Girl and get the hell out of here!"
Makarov smiled, his grin making Gajeel waver a moment.
"So," he said, "Looks like the curse is wearing off for a moment. Good job, Natsu. Gajeel, you are Gajeel, not some other thing with lots of power. Remember that. You're a Fairy Tail mage!"
Gajeel collapsed. A black aura choked itself out of him, and dissipated into the rainfall, which was slowly becoming less thick.
Wendy and Charla were hugging each other, silently crying. Makarov gave them the 'It's okay, now please stop crying' look, and went cautiously over to Lucy and Gajeel. He dragged Lucy, who was covered with bruises and cuts, over to where Wendy and Charla were. Wendy sniffed the last of her tears and began working first aid on her, along with Charla's help.
This is bad, thought Master Makarov, at this rate, they'll all be gone by tomorrow morning.
LEVY
Levy tripped. Again.
Pulling herself up, she trudged on until she heard the rain start.
"Crap!" she yelled, attempting to cover her head. She ran towards the beach in order to find that cave she had seen earlier. Then the rain it really started pouring. She whimpered under her rock wishing Gajeel was better and that she could talk to him about stuff. These past few days had left her exhausted. She hoped Natsu and Lucy were alright. She was pretty sure Lisanna and Laxus were fine, but she wasn't sure about Gajeel. She yearned to be back in the full guild hall, reading a book. She knew what would happen after that. Gajeel would come and stand, blocking her light until she looked up at him. She'd either glare and whack him, yelling suggestions about where he should stand, or she'd advise him to learn how to read before looking over her shoulder. Whichever she chose, he'd just grin and call her a shorty again. She sighed, reminiscing in her cold sheltered cave on the beach.
Gajeel.
The waves crashed onto the sand harder than ever now, and she wondered, in a rather subconscious part of her mind, what would happen to a boat if it were on the water now. She laughed at herself internally, thinking that it would probably capsize and then spill it's contents into the briny blue. She was trying to distract herself, or maybe she was trying to prove she wasn't worried by laughing, but it didn't work. She still felt the warm tears on her cheeks. She buried her face in her hands and tried to wipe them off, but they came back, quick as ever.
If only she was stronger, like Natsu or Erza or even Lucy. She could save Gajeel and knock some sense into him.
Just then a boat flew onto the beach, scaring Levy out of her wits. She screamed, thinking that this was the end, but shut her mouth when she saw an Erza-like figure jump out of the boat and flip it over with strength that could rival superman's. It was Erza!
She ran over to the now landed boat and knocked on the side of it. The wind picked up and knocked her down, but she pounded on the side of the boat with a renewed energy. Erza was here, and maybe with the rest of the mages! Maybe they weren't all gone!
Maybe they weren't all dead.
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