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"Daddy! Daddy!"
The sky blue haired man stood in front of the school gate, smiling as his five year old daughter ran towards him with her bag in her hands. Taskimada opened his arms, crouching down as Crystal jumped into his arms.
"There's my little princess!" Taskimada rose up with her in his arms, "Had fun at school today?"
"School was so fun! We coloured and drawed too!"
"That's nice, sweetie. You gotta show me all your drawings when we get home."
"Yep! I even got a gold star from Sensei!"
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The sky blue haired man grimaced at the memory that came up in his mind. All the time it was only Crystal this or Crystal that.
He couldn't get her off his mind...
He sat down behind his desk with the E.N.D. book in front of him, untouched since Valentines Day.
"Dammit... Crystala..."
"I love you, Daddy!"
"AHHHHHH!" His fingers went to grip fistfuls of his sky blue hair, groaning loudly from all the frustration he built up.
"Goddammit Crystala!" Taskimada grabbed the book, holding it tightly, "This is all your fault, Dragneel! Why didn't you let her die?! You son of a bitch! Her voice haunts my dreams, the memories, the flashbacks! All of it! BECAUSE OF YOU! IF YOU HADN'T...!"
Taskimada stopped himself, sighing softly as he placed the book back down on the table, "It's my fault... Ahhh, Christ almighty..."
He leaned back on the leather chair with his hands behind his head, "Anna, you're probably looking down at me from Heaven..."
"Shaking your head in disappointment... A father trying to kill his own daughter, his flesh and blood... And killed his granddaughter or son... If that thing even was human... Still... I..."
"I question my own humanity sometimes."
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"Even Dragneel's more human than I'll ever be in a lifetime. Oh, how I hate that fucking guild..."
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October 20th
Fairy Tail Guild
5:00pm
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"WE'RE BACK!" A loud voice came through the guild doors, the pinkette waltzing inside with a grin on his face. All the members that sat at the benches and by the bar turned their attention towards the ten of their comrades that returned, big smiles on their faces.
"Natsu!" A woman with short white hair came running towards them, "You gotta come! Quickly!"
"What is it, Lis?"
"Just COME! ALL OF YOU!" Lisanna took Natsu's hand and ran to the guild's Infirmary despite Natsu's protesting. The others followed them.
Once everyone arrived to the Infirmary, Lisanna released Natsu's hand and opened the door to find a old pink haired woman sitting beside the bed that Crystal resided in. Natsu walked in slowly, moving towards the bed with each shaky step.
The pink haired man reached the bed, eyes widening and mouth gapping.
The light that came through the cracks in the curtains illuminated her features. Her eyes half lidded, her thick lashes almost touching her cheeks as well as her lips were a very pale pink along with her cheeks. A rigid scar at the right side of her face going up to her right cheek that strongly resembled the one on Natsu's neck.
Her still-lined lips curved slightly into a smile, her pearly white teeth peeking through the small smile.
Her sky blue hair fanned out against the pillow, the covers covering her lower half. Porlyuscia faced Natsu and gave him a smile.
"She's been awake for a while now, be gentle."
"Crystal..." Tears wielded up in his eyes as he moved towards her body, bringing his arms around her and holding her tightly.
"Crystal... I... I..." He hiccuped, his tears dripping unto her bare shoulders, "I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" He caressed her hair, stroking it.
He felt her hands weakly grasp unto the material of his shirt, the bluenette snuggled into his scarf.
"I... M-miss... Too..."
Everyone in the room had smiles on their faces, even bringing Mirajane and Wendy to tears.
Natsu held onto her small and fragile frame tightly, inhaling the very faint scent of strawberries and vanilla filled his nostrils as he felt her small hands grip the material of his black waistcoat, relaxing slightly into his embrace.
How many months has it been since she's been in a vegetative state?
Eight whole months she's been in a comatose...
And now, she's here.
Alive.
Wide awake...
Natsu pulled away, caressing her soft face with his hands as he moved in to kiss her lips. He pressed them softly against hers but she didn't kiss back, he pulled away from her again.
"You can't just go kiss someone who just woke up from a Coma and expect them to do the same, boy. Some parts of her body is still asleep, she'll be fully awake in a few hours."
"But... Chrissy..." Natsu faced Porlyuscia, "I haven't... She's been sleeping for..."
"G-g-gomen..." The sky blue haired woman fumbled with her words, everyone turned their heads to face the woman.
"T-ta...Lk... La... Turr.."
Natsu frowned, watching her stumble over such easy words made his heart sank. Crystal looked up at him and gave him a smile.
"I... Lovvvv... Ou... Naa..." Crystal puffed her cheeks in annoyance, "Naaahh..."
"Natsu..." Natsu moved closer to her, "Can you say, 'Natsu'?"
"Naaahhshooouu..."
"No... 'Natsu'. Na-tsu."
"Natshou... Naatsuu... Natsu..."
"Good girl," The pink haired man smiled at her, he tried his best not to show any sort of sadness from hearing her fumble to say his name.
It made him remember the memories of when she was only thirteen years old, finding her in that underground chamber in a small cell with a dog bowl filled with dirty water. Dried blood along feces and urine was on the floor of the cell...
She wouldn't even speak to anybody...
The terror on her face was just... Horrible...
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Her body was in shambles, the sheer force of the carnage bringing Natsu to his knees.
All her wounds and bruises were on display, for her meager clothing consisted only of a moth-eaten skirt; but even they were torn almost to her hips, revealing thighs slick with blood.
Fresh blood.
Natsu dragged his gaze away to look at the ravages on the rest of her body. It was like driving by a massive car accident, it made you sick to watch but you couldn't turn away.
Gashes littered her thin frame and every one of them was horribly infected. Yellowy pus was oozing from the cracks in the badly formed scabs. There were bruises all over her stomach and ribs; they ranged in color from black to yellow to deep purple. The smell that radiated from her terribly infected wounds filled his nose, making him want to vomit.
While staring at her broken form, Natsu realized with that she was awake.
And staring at him.
Her big, lively dark blue eyes were dull and bloodshot now. Red bruise-like marks stained her eyelids and the corners of her chewed up lips. That shiny sky blue hair was gummed with dirt and feces and dried up blood.
She looked truly frightening.
Her broken and battered frame started to slightly tremble at the sight of him, whimpering like a puppy.
"Crystal..."
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"Natsu..?"
The pinkette was drawn out of his memories when he heard a voice call his name. He looked at his sky blue haired lover, her head slightly tilted with confusion written all over it.
"Sorry... Lost in thought."
"Today's been a tiring day. Our last day of training. We should all get some rest and at least let Crystal get something to eat," The scarlet haired woman suggested, smiling at the bluenette who smiled back.
"We'll come back for Crystal-chan! Juvia's happy Crystal-chan's awake!"
"I am as well, Crystal-san!"
"See you soon!"
"Haii!"
"I'll cook up your favorite meals for you, Crystal!" Mirajane clapped her hands together, a big, heartwarming grin on her face.
Everyone walked out the room except for Porlyuscia and Natsu.
Natsu gave Crystal his signature grin, giving her a kiss on the cheek before going out the door.
Once he was out, the pinkette sighed loudly.
"I'll be back for you later..."
"Promise."
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9:00pm
Natsu's House
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After a few hours and finally eating real food for what seemed to have been years, Natsu brought Crystal back to his house where they would be staying till a new home for her will be rebuilt in a new location.
It was late at night, the half moon was out along with the twinkling stars. Yura was inside, sleeping, while Natsu and Crystal were outside on the grass. Crystal was lying on Natsu's lap while he sat upright.
"Natsu..." The bluenette turned her face to look up at him, "Why didn't you tell me..?"
"Tell you what?" He asked, continuing to thread his fingers through her silky hair.
"About being one of the most powerful demons... Forget powerful, for not being human..."
He stopped his actions and looked at her in silence.
"I told you... You could've been an alien for all I cared, what your race is or what skin colour you are doesn't define you," She raised her hand up to meet his chest, pointing to where his heart was, "Every living thing has a heart... You do as well, Monsters, Demons, Humans. We all have something in common; we have hearts."
"But..." Crystal moved her hand from his chest, going up to his neck, letting her fingers dance along the scar that adorned there, "Since I found out from Taskimada... That bastard, it made me have mixed feelings."
"Mixed feelings?" Natsu grabbed her hand from his neck and rubbed it against his cheek, "How?"
"It made me wonder... How much more secrets do you have? Want to tell me?" Crystal frowned, "Or do you prefer someone else to tell me, like Taskimada?"
"1, we do not bring up that bastard's name. 2, I don't have any more secrets... I'm sorry you had to hear it from him, I honestly didn't want you to find out like that... I was planning to tell you-"
"When? After I've had your baby?" The bluenette rubbed her stomach, "What if it wasn't human? Or a demon? Or both? Did you want me to find out like that? When the Doctor shows me it?"
"Chrissy..."
"No, I'm serious. When were you planning to tell me, huh?"
"On my own time... Preferably before our Wedding."
"Wedding?" Crystal raised up her right hand, looking at sapphire golden ring on her third finger, shining in the moonlight, "S-so this is what this was..?"
"Yeah..." He rubbed behind his head sheepishly, "I kinda forgot to ask you..."
A small giggle came from her, "Well what are you waiting for? Ask me."
"Okay... Um..." Natsu's face reddened, "W-would you... Uhhh... B-be my mate for... L-life?"
Crystal smiled, "Of course Natsu, I'll accept your proposal... You're so cute, just like when we were kids... Just like I remembered."
Natsu raised a pink eyebrow at her, "Eh?"
Her cheeks tinted red, a beaming smile came to her face, "I... I remember... Everything from our Childhood."
"Everything?"
"Everything!"
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Crystala; Fifteen years old
"Holding hands"
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"Okay... So it's like this, right?" The fifteen year grasped her hands together, her face redder than a tomato as steam came from her head.
"You hold hands like this... I... I wanna try this with Natsu..."
"Try what with me?"
Crystal jumped in surprise, squeaking slightly as she removed her hands and turned around, putting them behind her back.
"Natsu! Y-y-you scared me!"
The sixteen year old pinkette grinned at her, "Sorry about that, Chrissy! I'm gonna go on a mission, coming?"
"O-oh! Yeah! Sure! But before we go..." Crystal walked towards her pink haired lover, grabbing his hand and entangling her fingers with his. Natsu looked at her in confusion.
"I just thought... S-since we're a couple..." Crystal covered her face with her other hand in embarrassment but soon raised it back up to face him, "T-that we could hold hands, is all! I mean, I-I know we just got together a few months ago a-and stuff but I jus-just wanted to-"
She was cut short when a pair of warm lips met her own, silencing her. The hand she held gripped onto hers tightly as their lips moved together in sync. The young couple pulled away, faces red.
"Sure! Why didn't ya say so, Chrissy?" Natsu placed a kiss on her cheek, "Let's go!"
"You..." Her face reddened more, "You idiot..."
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"I remember that..." Natsu's eyes widened a bit, "S-so you do remember..."
"I do..." Crystal grinned, "I remembered everything!"
"I'm glad..." Natsu bent his head down to kiss her forehead, "So glad... Happy... Ahh, I just wish that you could've said that a year ago."
"Ahhh, the "first" we met," Crystal giggled, "And you were a perv, I sent you flying out your own house!"
"It was an act we had to put up," Natsu smirked, "And your boobs certainly did get bigger."
"Speaking of all this..." Her eyes suddenly narrowed, "You lied to me when you said it was our first time in France... When we made love. That was actually the second time."
"Jeez Chrissy," The pinkette groaned, "You're busting my balls."
"Let's take a trip down the sexual memory lane! You didn't know what you were supposed to do! You had me laughing the first time, you were so clueless! It was adorable!"
Natsu puffed his cheeks inna childish manner, "I didn't know what my dick was supposed to do. For Christ's sake, I only thought it was supposed to be for peeing."
"I wouldn't blame ya. You were taught by Igneel."
"A dragon."
"Exactly my point!" Crystal looked up at the starry sky, "I wonder, what would it have been like if Igneel were alive? Would he even accept me as your mate?"
Crystal raised her hand up, watching the ring on her third finger, "Would he approve of our marriage..?"
Natsu held her hand and placed it on his chest, smiling down at her, "Igneel would've loved you. I bet he would've started planning the Wedding before I even knew we were gonna be together. That's just the kind of Dragon he was."
"Thanks. My Mom would've loved you too. And my..." Shock filled her face.
"Taskimada..."
"What?"
"...Task... Imad... Nevermind!"
"Crystal..." Natsu growled in a warning tone.
"How are you a demon?" She changed the subject, "Were you born one or created as one-.."
"Changing the subject."
"Just answer me!"
"Okay, okay... Let's see..." Natsu placed a finger on his chin but then he sighed, "I was abandoned as a human baby... I figured that they just didn't want anything to do with me and uhhh... They just... Abandoned me as soon as I was born."
Crystal frowned, "I-I'm sorry..."
"Anyways, after I was abandoned. Zeref found me and brought me to where he lived. But I died a few days later from lack of medical treatment... He told me this story, he learned dark magic and mastered the art of it, bringing me back to life but as a demon deep within a forest, as a young boy. And uhhh, I think Igneel found me and well, yeah."
"Zeref..." Crystal sat up off of Natsu's lap, facing him, "I'm sorry for asking..."
"It's okay, Chrissy!" Natsu grinned, "I'm alive now, aren't I?"
'I can assure you that Sister will not be happy in the future from the very War you raged upon Taskimada. Heed my warnings Dragneel... Or die...'
Yuri's warnings ran through his mind, he shook them away and smiled at his mate with determination.
"And I'll stay alive, we'll defeat Taskimada!"
"We will..." Crystal smiled, "Together."
"And after this whole mess is over. We'll get married and maybe... Try again for another?" Crystal rubbed her stomach around in circles, "I've always wanted to bare children of my own... Even if the Doctors said I couldn't, it wouldn't hurt to try..."
"But Chrissy, I can hurt you by doing... 'That'. Especially during Mating Season..." He placed emphasis on the word 'that'. Crystal moved closer to him.
"It's okay..." Crystal moved in closer to his lips, "I promise."
Crystal closed the small gap between their lips, Natsu putting his hand behind her head, desperately wanting to feel her lips closer to him and therefore, deepening the kiss. Crystal's hands roamed up his chest, her fingers dancing along the thin material of his white vest.
They pulled away before going in for another kiss, opening their eyes to look at each other before pulling away one last time. Natsu stared into her eyes, brushing his fingers against the rough, rigid scar that was set upon the right side of her face that went up to her right cheek.
"Does my scar bother you...?"
"It doesn't, actually," Natsu smiled, "It makes you different from everyone else. Besides, it looks kinda like mine... You're unique."
"Is unique good?"
"Unique is the best," Natsu rubbed his nose against hers and kissed it, making her giggle as her cheeks reddened.
"You make me feel so... So loved..."
"Because you are."
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'Etherious Natsu Dragneel carried Crystala Dragnela; his mate; inside since she fell asleep while looking at the stars. Etherious Natsu Dragneel kissed Crystala Dragnela; his mate; and pulled the covers over them.'
'Etherious Natsu Dragneel has fell asleep.'
The sky blue haired man sighed, closing the book and putting it on his bedside table. It was already 11:00pm, it was late enough but after reading what had happened after he left, he couldn't stop reading.
He took his phone, the bright light made him squint his eyes as he went into his contacts, calling a number and putting it by his ear.
"M-master Taskimada...? Is something wrong..?"
"Midorima. Glad you answered, I know it's late and all but I need you to come over at the guild early tomorrow. Call the 10 as well, including Minami. Seems we'll need her Gravitational Magic for this."
"W-what for if I may ask?"
"The E.N.D. book is what. Dragneel and his useless guild are planning to attack us so since we have this to our advantage, I figured we should attack first and shut them up for good."
"Fairy Tail really is troublesome... Minami and Eilenoise, right?"
"Yeah, they will both come in handy."
"Alright Master, I'll call them."
"Thanks, Rima. Have a good night."
"You too..."
Taskimada hung up the phone and threw it next to him, staring up at the ceiling with a blank stare. His lips curled into a frown, the memories and flashbacks haunted his dreams...
He could never sleep...
"Crystala... My babygirl..."
"Daddy!" A smiling image of her came up in his mind, he lowly growled.
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"I honestly hate your guts..."
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"But then... Why do I feel guilty...?"
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And also, the next few chapters will have "Demonic Flame" at the beginning of it like the Tartarus arc in Fairytail.
For example, "Demonic Flame: Invasion"
And like Fairytail, "Tartarus: The Drops of Flame" (sad af episode btw)
So yep! That's how it's gonna be :D. Once again, I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you all in the next chapter! Bye bye!💕🐣💙