Chapter 4|2
Summary: Igneel dies, Natsu goes into depression. There is a spell to bring him back, but at a sacrifice, will Igneel come back, or stay dead?
Disclaimer:I do not OWN any of the characters! Hiro Mashima owns ALL of Fairy Tail!
Natsu's POV:
It's finally time I head over to Lucy's to apologize. I already made up with Happy, and now we are going to bring Lucy some food so she will hopefully not 'Lucy kick' me! Happy insisted on fish, but I dropped by the market and got her some sour candy and some peppers! Peppers are good, so she should like them too, right?
Anyways, here we are at her apartment. We were fixing to go in when I noticed her scent is in the opposite direction. "Wait a minute Happy. Luce isn't home." I told him as I started to sulk. I really wanted to apologize so I could get her to come on a mission again! Happy told me she won't go solo nor go with anyone who offers her a mission, she is going to run out of money soon.
"Let's go after her then, Natsu! We have the request with us, and it won't take long, so we need no overnight baggage!" Happy exclaimed as he flew and landed on my head. "Hm, you're right. But I smell salt, like from tears. So let's approach with caution!" We both shuddered when we remembered the last time we annoyed Lucy when she was in a bad mood.
I started to walk in the direction her scent was coming from. I wonder if she would be okay with this job? I mean, it is a destructive job, so she has no worries about me messing it up! I wasn't paying much attention to where we were heading before Happy asked me, "Ne, Natsu, why are we heading into the forest?" I looked up and noticed we are indeed heading to the forest. I sniffed the air just to make sure this is where Lucy's scent was coming from.
"I don't know...but Luce's scent is coming from this direction." I told him as we started to walk further in. I couldn't help the memories it was bringing to me, so I closed my eyes and trusted my nose to try to help. Well, that was until I came across something I thought I would NEVER smell again. I stopped as I finally opened my eyes. It's been months...his scent should be gone by now. And the scent is mixed with Lucy...what? What's going on, why is Luce and Igneel's scents mixed together?
And with that, I was off running.
Lucy's POV:
It hurt, so very much. I never knew one spell could bring so much pain. It was excruciating, but I could tell it was working. I can see the life coming back to him slowly as mine is leaving me. I just hope my life sacrifice is enough to bring a dragon back. I paled as I thought about it. This better not have been for nothing! I gave a small smile as I thought of past memories with Natsu.
When we first met, it was when he was looking for this very same dragon. How the tables have turned...I let a few tears slip. All our memories started coming through my head. When he accidentally saved me from the ship. He was so very confused. I cry some more.
When he invited me to Fairy Tail, I couldn't believe it. This destructive boy was a part of Fairy Tail! But I wouldn't trade it for anything. I remember how he wouldn't let me leave Fairy Tail to go back home. The moment I suggested it, he immediately took all thoughts of that away. Saying he couldn't see me as that type of girl, that I was no longer Lucy Heartfilia, I was and still AM Lucy of Fairy Tail. By now I was full out crying.
I remember each and every time he has saved me. I screamed as a sudden pain went through my body. I looked up and could see small breaths of air coming from Igneel. I smiled a little, it's working. I still remember when Natsu saved me from Phantom Lord, and many more places.
I remember when future Lucy died, he promised to protect my future, he protected me, our friends, and said such kind words I had never heard before. More tears start falling as the pain becomes more rough. I remember how he was so mad I got murdered…
I remember when we were fighting Zeref and Acnologia. Nobody knew if we would see each other again...but we did. We believed...Even though we almost lost each other so many times, we made it. I look back over at Igneel and I see his eyes starting to flicker. I gave a small teary smile, it's all going to work out in the end, that I can believe.
And most of all, I remember all the times we were together. All the times I would yell at you, I didn't mean any of it, I hope you know that. I remember all our missions we took together.
I had to stop for a moment, as I started to cry harder in pain. It hurt, burned, and it was so hard. I could feel the trouble of breathing. I looked up to see worried dragon-like eyes staring at me. This is to help Natsu, I can take this all 100x over, just for him. I'm glad I could bring you back to him, Natsu deserves to be happy, and that is with you.
I heard a loud yell, so I looked over to the side of the clearing. I started crying at what I saw. A blurry, crying pink haired boy, who I know well. I wanted to reach for him, but it hurt so bad. I could hear Igneel say something to Natsu, however I don't know exactly what was said. But if I had to guess, I would say it had something to do about what was going on as I kept seeing Natsu's eyes go wider.
I felt the pain start to calm, maybe I could make it through! To test my theory I looked down, and stared wide eyed. No...of course not, no ones that lucky. I was disappearing. My legs have started to disappear. I started bawling harder.
"I hope you will be happy now Natsu...you deserve it so much." I whispered as loud as I could manage. And, I remember, that you are my special someone. The person I will forever need. The one that I have grown close to, have spent all my Fairy Tail days with. My disappearing body started to float to the sky, I looked down to see Natsu fall to his knees crying and reaching for me. "Don't cry...please. Be happy, okay?" Goodbye, Natsu…
And they were gone from view.
(A/N: Ah, hello! Thanks for sticking with this story for so long! I know it's been awhile since the promised finish. But I have to rewrite this entire chapter, as the computer I had it written on was at my house and is now fried. RIP computer. So, the original chapter 4 is not anything like I was hoping for. I am really depressed and I am splitting chapter 4 into 3 chapters. I know I said 2 in the last chapter, but I really want to hold this out a little longer! Plus, I am hoping this next chapter will be the real tear dropper. So I don't know when the last chapter is going to come, as I have to make sure I think it is good to come out. Thanks for understanding and sticking around for so long!)