Life Beyond Fairy Tail; Without Natsu

Author's Note is at the bottom of the page from now on...

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. Sadly, Hiro Mashima does. It is he, who owns the awesomeness...

(Normal P.O.V.-Lucy's P.O.V.)

"That was fun!" I said breathlessly. Sting and I had reached the amusement park in a matter of minutes thanks to our little race that had created havoc all over the city. People yelled at us and shook their fists. We even had some people on our tails as we zoomed over to the park. I could still hear the yelling of the passing citizens and I heard some intense footsteps. It sounded like a crowd of people were approaching us.

"Would you look at that. Looks like we got ourselves a tail." I heard Sting say. I looked at him. His head was turned in the opposite direction looking towards a rush of dust. there were angry yells proceeding the cloud of light brown and gray dirt. I started to pout.

"Aw. Why'd they have to come now?" I whined. Sting shrugged as if he didn't know.

Of course he doesn't know... I thought while sweat dropping. The crowd kept getting closer and closer, but Sting and I had just stayed put. I took in a deep breath.

"Nothing familiar. Probably just tourists or something." Sting said. I looked at him in surprise. I mean, it wasn't exactly like Sting to think ahead like that.

What if... What if he's trying to protect me? I thought, my heart racing mile after mile. I could've swore it was going to jump out of my chest and race around the globe hundreds of times. shook my head to clear it as a small blush was starting to appear on my cheeks. Sting looked at me and I quickly looked away trying to avoid his gaze. I could feel his gaze burning holes through my skin and I felt like I was about to blast into flames at any second. I could feel the heat on my cheeks intensifying as Sting continued to stare.

"Are you okay Luce? You look like you've caught a fever. Should we head to the hotel and forget about this... uh, outing?" he asked, hesitating at the last part.

He was about to call it a date! I thought. My blush intensified. I was pretty sure I was at least a dark crimson color by now. Well, my cheeks at least.

"Hey! You two! Where're you from? Don't you know there is a law about no pedestrians on the streets whatsoever?" a man yelled at us.

"Looks like they finally got here." Sting said slyly, smirking in the process. I gulped nervously while the little crowd was staring us down.

"My name is Sting Eucliffe, and this is Lucy. We are members from Sabertooth in the city of Minouettcha. And no. We had NO IDEA that there was a freaking LAW about not being able to run on the streets!" Sting shouted the last part. The first man looked slightly confused.

"Wait. Are you perhaps the Lucy from Fairy Tail that went missing a couple of weeks ago? The whole news has passed through Fiore." he said. A flash of panic rose to my face and I laughed nervously.

"No! Wh-Why would I be her? I'm Lucy Ashley from Fai- Sabertooth." I stuttered as I waved my hands in front of my face.

Boy did I ever give myself away... I thought recklessly. The man eyed me intensely as if he were an animal trying to spot it's prey's weak spot. I gave a hopefully convincing sincere smile. His gaze relaxed a bit as he saw my smile.

"Alright then. Just remember you two, no running around on the streets." he warned before turning around and leaving. The rest of the crowd started to back off as well, the whole lot of them mumbling in the process. I looked at the ground at sighed in relief.

"Don't get too comfortable. Looks like someone else had the same idea. Check it out Luce." Sting growled, while pointing to someone a few feet ahead of us.

You have got to be fuckin' kidding me!

"Fate had a wicked sense of humor..." I grumbled. No doubt about it. The kid standing a few feet away from Sting and I, had a mess of electric pink hair and a scarf wrapped around his neck. Following him were Gray, Erza, Lisanna and Happy. "Natsu just has to wreck all of my fun, doesn't he?"

"Whoa, whoa! Hold up Lucy. We can still have some fun. C'mon. I'll give you a night you'll never forget!"

(Natsu's P.O.V.)

" There's nothing you can do to bring her back! I killed her!" Those words wouldn't stop echoing through my head as I walked out of the train station.

Why would she do that? Even if it was out of jealousy, she shouldn't have killed Lucy! Lucy was my everything. And now that she's dead, it feels like a whole other part of me is missing.

"I killed her!"

Why did you have to leave Lucy? You could've just asked me to pay more attention! I would've done that! If I had known your feelings for me, I never would have let Lisanna back on the team. I would have kept you on the team instead! It's my fault you died.

"I killed her! There's nothing you can do to bring her back!"

If only there was a way to bring you back Lucy...

Hey guys! It's been a while huh? Yeah. I was looking back at the chapters and I realized that they were actually REALLY short! I think I'll go back and edit them to try and make them a bit longer and I'll get rid of chapters 14 and 15 since they were both just Author Notes. Hey! Now that I think about it, this is the 40th chapter isn't it? Based on the whole story, what do you think of it until now? Is it good? Let me know by posting a review! I'll update again soon!

~Zaïde~