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Here's chapter 4~
'Sigh...Dammit happy..'
Lucy was sitting at the bar chatting with Levy and mira about weird things and happy flew off somewhere when we entered the guild earlier, so I'm stuck by myself..alone...in a dark corner... glaring and growling at everyone and everything...With a sinister aura surrounding me...What can I say? I'm in a Reeeaaallly bad mood today.
Why you ask? Well it all started earlier this morning...
Flashback: 3 hours ago~
"NATSU! STOP RIPPING UP MY BLANKET!" I growled at lucy as I continued to destroy the innocent blanket on the floor. I don't really know the reason as to why I was ripping it up. All i remember was laying in bed with lucy and the next thing I know, I'm on the floor with my cloak and happy.
I looked up surprised and saw lucy glaring daggers at me while blushing a bright red. She had her blanket wrapped around her protectively. "What the hell were you doing in my bed!? I never gave you permission to sleep on my bed with me!" I gave her a blank look. She doesn't remember what had happened last night?
"Don't you remember what happened last night lucy?" I voiced out my thoughts quietly. Lucy gave me a strange look, "What do you mean what happened last night?" I looked up at her. "Of course I know what happened last you...you perverted creeper!" Happy woke up and hissed, "Shut up lushiee! Stop yelling so early in the morning!" Happy turned over and fell back asleep.
Lucy scowled at happy before looking at me, " You want to know what happened last night? You snuck into my bed after we got home! And you even ate all of my cookies! Who gave you a right to eat everything and sleep in MY bed?!" I felt a sharp pang in my heart. 'Lucy...Lucy doesn't remember? So...What I told her last night was for nothing?'
I never felt this sad before. I didn't know what to do. She forgot. She forgot about last night..She forgot about the one time that I opened my heart and spilled everything to her...What the hell am I suppose to do?
I felt like crying, but I decided against it and grew furious instead. 'She tells me she doesn't remember anything I said or what the hell she did last night? The fact that I had opened up for the first time in forever?' (anyone recognize that line from anywhere? anyone? No? Just me? okay then.)
I saw lucy calm down slightly, "Hey...Are you alright natsu?" I snapped my head towards her and growled. I launched myself at her and she squeaked. She scrambled out of the way as I tackled the blanket.
(Back to the present in the flashback)
The blanket was completely unnoticeable once I finished taking my anger out on it. Lucy stood up with her hands on her hips and snarled, "What the hell do you think your doing?! Why the hell did you rip up my blanket?!" I stood up and held my head down. My hair shadowed over my eyes and my entire body started to shake out of rage and sadness. How could she just go and forget about it? Does she realize how much this hurts me? I had let my guard down...I thought I could...trust her with my feelings...She understood me last night right? That's not something she can just forget!
I breath hitched when I felt something small, warm and soft rest on my cheek. I looked up at her and saw the worry engulf her gaze. "Natsu... I'm sorry that I had forgot about what happened last night..." I stared at her. "I didn't mean to. I was still tired and my memory was hazy for a bit... I didn't mean to hurt you like that natsu.." She pulled back a bit only to give me a hug.
I felt the need to cry increase. I slowly hugged her back and took a deep breath, the smell of strawberries and chocolate invaded my nose. We stayed like that for a bit before we pulled away. I almost cried at the lost of contact when she stepped away from me. She gave me a sunny smile before going to the kitchen. I watched her figure disappear past the wall and made a fist. My heart...My heart was beating fast. I could hear it thump loudly in my ears and hoped that it wasn't loud enough for neither happy or lucy to hear.
'Why is my heart beating fast? Why do I suddenly feel alone?' I shook my head and clutched my shirt that was above my pounding heart. I took a deep breath to calm my thoughts and decided to ignore the feeling. I walked over to my abandoned cloak and put it on. Happy was still sleeping so I woke him up. At first he had hissed at me and tried to move away but I got annoyed and picked him up by his tail. He let out a surprised yowl as I dropped him.
He sat up and rubbed his tail as he gave me a glare. I snickered quietly before the wondrous smell of pancakes and bacon filled the air. I heard happy and I's stomach growl loudly. Happy flew up and into the kitchen excitedly. I stood there for a bit pondering on what to do...Should I stay or should I go is what occupied my thoughts. Well, before I got answer that question myself, lucy called me over. She poked her out of the doorway with some batter on her nose and smiled childishly. My heart started to hammer roughly in my chest without warning.
"Come on natsu, It's to eat! Happy is already eating." She went back into the kitchen. I was frozen in place as her smell made my way to my nose. I don't understand why my fucking heart was beating so dangerously now. I growled in annoyance and stalked my way over to the kitchen. I paused a bit when I saw happy and lucy look up at me with a smile. It seems like they were talking about something before I had entered. I saw lucy's face go red as happy snickered behind his paw. Lucy swiped at happy who moved out of the way in time and continued to eat his fish.
My heart continued to beat as I made my way over to a seat in front of lucy and sat down. I hesitated just a bit but I reached for a pancake and some bacon to put on my plate. I looked at lucy and found her staring at me excitedly. I guess she wants to see my reaction to her cooking. I swallowed thickly and bit into the rather large pancake. I froze and my eyes almost popped out of my skull when I tasted the familiar sweet, rich mouthwatering flavor of chocolate. I looked down and discovered that lucy made different kinds of pancakes.
One was chocolate chip, another was banana, one was blueberry, honey apple. I couldn't believe it. This was like...like pancake heaven! The pancakes were fluffy and melted in your mouth! I stared at lucy in surprise as she giggled and held back a squeal, "So? How do you like my pancakes?" I nodded slowly and gulped down the pancake i still had in my mouth. I stared at the bacon. I took one and bit it. The bacon was extremely crispy and mouthwatering as well.
'How in the world did she make this?' Lucy seemed to understand my expression and giggled, " Like I said last night, Just like the cookies, I made them with my mother. She taught me the basics in cooking and after a while I started to create my own style." Happy had took one out of curiousity and purred. Lucy and I looked at happy who started to devour the pancakes. I stared in surprise and lucy looked at me, "Why do you look so surprised natsu?" I glanced at her slightly, "Happy has never ate anything that isn't or doesn't have fish in it. This is the first time I've seen him eat anything else besides fish."
Lucy nodded and watched happy who finished eating, "Ne Lushee! You should run a bakery. Imagine how much money you could make if you sold these!" Lucy gaped at him before putting her hand on her chin in a thinking pose. We both stared at her waiting for a response. She nodded and smiled, " That sounds like a brilliant Idea happy! But how about I start making some things at the guild from time to time first? See what everyone thinks?" Happy whined at the idea but agreed nonetheless.
I gave lucy a small smile when she looked at me. She looked like a child getting candy. "That sounds like a good idea luce. I doubt anyone would get tired of these." Lucy grinned and abruptly gave me a hug. I stiffened and my heart leaped into my throat. She pulled back and started to clean up since we finished with the food. Happy and I left the kitchen quickly so we could get ready to leave for the guild.
Happy flew in front of me and gave me a sly smirk, "What's the matter natsu? You looked rather flustered back there when lushiee hugged you." I flinched, "What the hell is that suppose to mean happy?" Happy sighed, "Is your heart pounding right now?" I blinked. My heart wasn't pounding after I left the kitchen. I scowled at him, "No, in fact its not even pounding. Its beating like it's suppose to!" Happy's ears twitched, "Okay...Then does your heart pound when your around lucy?" When I heard lucy's name, My heart rate started to pick up again. I clutched my chest loosely and looked at happy. "...What if it is? What does that mean happy?"
Happy brightened up and snickered, "That, you'll have to figure out for yourself." I growled at him, "The hell you mean by that you damn cat?!" Happy shook his head and flew over to the window as soon as lucy came in dressed. My heart stopped for a bit when I saw her outfit.
She wore some skinny jeans and a gray crop top that said 'Lost in a dream.' with a black tank top underneath. Her hair was in a side ponytail. She had on her belt that consisted of her whip and keys that rested against her hip. She had on a pair of white and sky blue sneakers.
My snapped out of it when lucy snapped her fingers a few times in front of my face, "Hellooo? Anyone in there?" I gulped and growled. I turned away and marched out of her apartment angrily as she followed. We found happy near the entrance eating a fish. " Let's get going happy." "Aye sir!" All three of us made our way to the guild. It was pretty warm out. Maybe around 80 degrees or so. Like yesterday, there were a few gusts of cold air that past by.
I lagged behind as I tried to figure out what happy meant earlier when he had asked me that question. Is there a reason why my heart is beating around her? Is it a bad thing? Should I be worried about it?
The more I thought about it, the more angry and frustrated I got. I couldn't help but grow even more angry when I realized that there were some guys staring at her. "What the hell is with me? I shouldn't be giving a shit about her looks at her.'
I felt something hit my head. I stopped and slowly, a sinister aura surrounded me. I turned in the direction of whatever hit me and saw the same dudes that was looking at lucy stare at me as if I committed murder, which in fact was about to happen. I glanced down and saw that it was an empty crumbled up soda can. I growled darkly and gave them a look that made them run for the hills.
After that well..I was pissed for the rest of that morning.
(phew) Back to the present-
I sighed again as I tried to calm my nerves. I looked around and saw a few mages look at me slightly frightened. I rolled my eyes and decided to well, eavesdrop on lucy's conversation.
"Lu-chan! How was your morning?"
"It was good levy-chan, Though I kinda freaked out hehe.."
"Freaked out?"
"Yea, Natsu and happy spend the night at my house after the mission."
"oh ho? Natsu spend the night with you lucy?"
I saw lucy blush, "S-shut up Mira! It's not like that at all!"
Mira had rolled her eyes and giggled, "Whatever you say lucy."
Lucy stuck her tongue out at mira who started to serve some people and went back to talking to levy.
"Lu-chan, Have you read any interesting books lately? Oh oh! How's that novel of yours coming alo-" Lucy covered her friends mouth quickly with a blush. She raised a finger over her lips and made a shushing noise, "Shhhhh! I don't want anyone else to know I'm writing one yet!"
Levy chuckled nervously, "Oops..sorry lu-chan..I just go excited. Promise me that I'll be the first one to read it, Pleeeaaaase please please pretty please?" Lucy was blushing out of embarrassment. She nodded in defeat and levy gave her a bright smile. She jumped on lucy, "Ohh thank you thank you Lu-chan! I'm looking forward to it!"
Lucy giggled with mira who came back. Mira served lucy and levy drinks. Lucy had a strawberry milkshake while levy had chocolate. "Hey lucy? Do you know why natsu was in a bad mood this morning? I mean, he's always somehow in a bad mood, but this just takes the cake." Mira gestured over to me and I flinched. I had to look away when levy and lucy spun around to look at me. I could feel her intense gaze on me and could feel my heart beating against my chest. I cursed silently.
"Hmmm...I don't know actually. He seemed fine this morning...Maybe happy would know?" I almost jumped when I heard happy's name.
"That sounds like a good idea lu-chan."
"Alright, I'll go call him over." Mira started to call happy over. I panicked and jumped up. I stomped over to them quietly and took a seat next to lucy. A few of the guild members went quiet and watched me head to the bar and sit. Happy came over curiously, "What's wrong mira? Did we run out of fish?" Mira shook her head and smiled, "We wanted to know- Oh hello natsu! I see you cared to join us today?"
Lucy and levy went still. They both turned to look at me and almost jumped out of their seats in surprise. I scoffed and rolled my eyes, "Yea..I guess so. Give me Fire Whiskey She-demon." Mira chuckled and disappeared behind the kitchen door. "Hey natsu? Are you alright? You look like the devil that just came out of the pits of hell." I blinked at her and growled. Lucy shrugged and continued to drink her shake.
Happy walked over and sat in front of us, "Hey hey lushie? Can you make us those cookies again?"
Lucy smiled, "That's right, you never got to eat those cookies I made. Sure! As a matter of fact I brought some with me to eat as a snack." I perked up and stared at lucy with gleaming eyes. Happy whooped. Levy looked over at us as mira came back with my drink. Lucy took out a rather big sky blue bag that was tied with a pretty lavender color. She untied it and the delicious smell of chocolate chip cookies filled the air.
Mira and levy looked at her, "Ohh can I have one Lu-chan?" "I would like one as well." Lucy grinned and gave happy, levy and mira one. Lucy took out two more and handed them to me. I blinked and gave her a small smile as thanks and took them. Happy purred when he bit into it, his tail was swaying back and forth happily. Levy and mira looked at each other before biting into it. I snickered in my head when I saw them stiffen up. A sudden aura of joyful sparkles came from the both of them. Lucy giggled. Levy and mira looked like they died and went to heaven as they ate the cookie slowly, as if to savor the taste like it was the only one they would ever get.
"Oh...My...Mavis..." Levy held her cheeks and promptly passed out with a smile on her face. Mira also held her cheeks but she looked dazed, "I never tasted anything like this before. I don't even believe that this was a chocolate chip cookie." Mira grabbed a glass and filled it up with water. She took a gulp and let out a happy sigh. Happy poked levy while I started to eat my second cookie slowly. At first even I couldn't believe something so simple could have this kind of taste. Sure mira's cookies were good.. But this is on a different level of delicious.
Gray came over without a shirt and gave a look at mira and levy.
He glanced at me before looking directly at lucy, " What the hell happened to them? They look like they just had a shit load of alcohol." Happy grabbed a cookie and shoved it in gray's face, "Why don't you see and find out?" Gray pushed the cookie away, " Back off. I don't even like chocolate chip cookies anymore." Lucy looked at him. Me and happy caught lucy's sad expression and almost freaked out. She looked like a kicked puppy, I used my magic and hit his foot, causing him to shout and happy used that chance to shove the cookie into gray's mouth, which made him choke slightly. He started to chew and he stiffened up.
Lucy looked at him hopefully. Gray relaxed once he finished and was silent, "...U-um...I-it was tasty..I guess..." Lucy gave him a grin. I saw him blush slightly and I growled at him. He took that as a sign to leave now. Gray stiffly walked away with another cookie that he stole from happy.
Lucy looked at me, "Did you see that natsu? They loved it!" She bounced in her seat like a little girl. I let out a smile and chuckled, "We told you didn't we?" She nodded.
I watched as happy woke levy up and mira seemed to snap out of her daze. They started to ask her questions about how she made it and stuff. I never felt so calm and...happy before. I smiled unconsciously. I heard a few gasps and snapped out of it quickly.
I looked up and saw levy and mira giving me a surprised expression, which quickly turned into an excited one. "Natsu! You smiled!"
'Huh?'
"I never seen you smile like that before. Or ever really.."
Lucy and happy were giving me small smiles. "I...You both are seeing things. I never smiled." I put on a stern expression and glared at the two. Lucy smacked my shoulders, "Cut it out you buffoon. Be nice and stop glaring at everyone and everything." I could feel myself shrink slightly at her tone. I huffed and turned away, "Whatever blondie." She whacked me, "It's L-U-C-Y. LUCY GOT IT!?" I chuckled, "Loud and clear luce." Mira and levy squealed, "Oh my mavis, he called you luce! He gave you a nickname!" Lucy blushed, "S-shut up! I-it's only fair since i'm his partner! Don't get any more ideas!"
I watched as they attacked her with small teases and squeals. Happy sat beside me eating a fish. "Hey natsu?" I hummed, "What is it buddy?" Happy pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to me, " Can we do this mission with lushie?" I took the paper and examined it. The job request says that they need mages to help them around a bakery. They needed a cook and a waiter/waitress. I smiled and happy grinned, " Sounds good no?" I nodded and tapped lucy who looked our way. I handed her the paper, "Do you want to come with us and do this mission? You're going to need the money for rent and food ya know." "Aye! The last mission we took, we couldn't get it because we didn't do what we were suppose to do." Lucy looked at it and I saw her eyes widened. She started to look back and forth from me to the paper.
She stood in front of me, "Can we really do this? Really really?" Happy raised a paw, "Aye sir! We can leave now if you want. The bakery we have to go to is nearby, maybe 4-5 blocks away from the guild."
Lucy grinned, "Well what are we waiting for? Let's get a move on!" I nodded and took the paper from her before handing it to Mira. She took out a stamp and stamped the right corner of the paper. "There you go, Have fun at the bakery!" I stood up and walked over to the front door with lucy and happy. "Let's go." They nodded and we were off to the bakery.
Mira smiled as she watched us leave. Levy took a sip of her drink.
"I never seen natsu look so..."
"Happy?"
"Yea." Levy and mira watched the door.
"Maybe lu-chan can bring the old natsu back.."
"I sure hope so...Because those two are my next project!" Mira's eyes twinkled with mischief. Levy sweat dropped and silently prayed for the two mages for whatever mira has planned for them in the future. 'Good luck natsu and lucy...You're both in for one hell of a ride.'
I'm so excited! I get to go to the bakery with natsu and happy!
I had a small bounce in my steps as I walked next to natsu. Happy was flying next to him chatting, natsu only responded with either small words, a nod, or he just made a noise, like a grunt. It took us at least an hour and a half to reach the little town. I started to think of what recipes I could use at the bakery when natsu stopped me. I looked up at him only to see him looking straight ahead. "What's the matter natsu?" I turned my head to see what he was looking at and gasped in horror.
The bakery and almost all of the buildings surrounding it was destroyed. The entire place looked like a ghost town. I slowly walked forward and glanced around.
Happy flew over and hovered next to my head, "W-what happened here?" Natsu walked over carefully. This was horrible... Who would do such a thing?
Natsu's head snapped towards the bakery that we were supposed to go to and started to run over. "N-natsu?!" Happy and I looked at each other before we chased after him.
Natsu walked into the bakery and tensed up. I came up from behind him along with happy. "Natsu?" He didn't move. Happy and I glanced at each other before peeking around him. I let out a surprised gasp and ran around him. On the floor was a child holding a baby that looked no more than 4 months. The child looked about 3 years old. Two bodies were near a corner sitting up. I landed on my knees in front of the children while happy went over to the adults.
The child, which now I realized was a boy, Flinched.
"Lucy! The people over here are alive!" I looked over and saw a man holding his shoulder that was bleeding heavily and a woman who was leaning against him knocked out. Natsu walked over to the man, "What happened here?"
The man gasped, "S-salamander? E-everyone was ambushed... This...this mage came out of no where and started destroying everything in sight. So many people perished before our eyes.." The man closed his eyes and started to shake, " W-we were saved... A woman with scarlet hair and armor saved us... She said she was apart of fairy tail."
Happy's and natsu's eyes widened, "Are you talking about Titania? Erza Scarlet?" The man nodded weakly. "T-that's right.. It seems that she was after him in the beginning... I... I think she said that this was an S-class mission." Natsu abruptly stood up and went over to me. He glared at me for a bit before he shoved his scarf in my face. "Keep it safe for me luce. I need to go help the she-demon take this bastard down. He won't get away with this."
He ran out of the door quickly, his cloak fluttering behind him. "Natsu!" Happy chased after him quickly, He paused at the door and glanced at me before looking out. He looked torn as to what he should do.
"Happy.. Go with natsu, I'll take care of them. Hurry!" Happy looked at me surprised before he hesitantly nodded and flew out. I stared out of the door for a bit before I wrapped the scarf around my neck. My hair was under it and I didn't bother to fix it as my face sunk into the familiar warm and soft fabric. I stood up and quickly ran over to the man. His shoulder was gushing blood heavily, It was a rather deep wound. I torn a piece of table cloth I found nearby and carefully wrapped it around his shoulder. He hissed in pain and jerked violently, causing the woman next to him to jolt awake.
"Sorry, please bare with me for a bit sir." I finished tying it and the white cloth immediately turned a dark red. The woman stared at me fearfully. "What are your names?" I glanced at the children to make sure that they were alright. The man grunted as he responded, "M...My name is Genta...This is my wife Emiko.." He huffed heavily in pain and gulped. I looked at the children, "What about them? Are they yours?" Genta glanced at the children quietly and shook his head, "No..Our daughter died 2 years ago in a fire..She was our pride and joy. Those kids there though... We can't get them to talk to us at all. They've been there ever since Ms. scarlet brought them here.."
I looked at the children fully and saw the young boy who looked terrified. I frowned and cleared my throat to get their, or his, attention. He flinched and looked up at me fearfully. I gave a reassuring smile, which caused the boy to look at me blankly. I tilted my head confusingly and he suddenly started to cry. I panicked and ran over to them, "Shhh shhh! I-it's okay it's okay, don't cry sweetie..Don't cry, I'm here." I approached the boy and girl slowly and pulled them towards me gently. The boy stiffened before he continued to wail. The baby girl seemed to sense his pain and started to cry as well. I ran my fingers through his spiky black and blue hair. I realized that the baby had a light purple, almost pink hair color with hints of white. I rocked them both in my arms and whispered soothing words to them.
They started to calm down slightly and both genta and emiko stare at me surprised. The boy clung to me tightly while he held the girl close to his chest. I rubbed his head, "Hey sweetie, Hey...Can you tell me your names?" The boy looked up at me with teary gold eyes. I gasped in surprise at his gaze, "...Yuto...Nao..." I smiled, "It's nice to meet you Yuto, I'm Lucy. I'm a fairy tail mage. I'm going to get all for of you out of here." Yuto gripped my shirt tightly and whimpered silently. Nao gazed at me with light pink eyes. She made a small sound before she leaned against me.
I smiled softly at them and slowly stood up, both of them in my arms. I pulled out a silver key, "Gate of the clock! I open thee, Horologium!" A ding dong and a poof happened before a large grandfather clock appeared. "Ho ho! Hello lucy-sama. What can I do for you?" I smiled, " Hello Horologium. Can you do me a favor and send these four to the guild? I'm sure mira can help them." Horologium nodded and open the glass door. Genta and Emiko stared at me in wonderment. Emiko stood up slowly, "Your a celestial mage lucy?" I nodded, "Yup!" Genta shifted a bit, "How many keys do you have?" I held up my keys, "I have exactly 4 gold keys and 5 silver keys."
They gave me a small smile. I smiled back and I felt Yuto and nao turned in my grip. Yuto gaped at the clock as nao squealed in amazement. Yuto looked at me, "Your a mage too?" "Too?" I tilted my head and watched yuto nod excitedly. " Yea! Im a mage too! I can use solar cosmic dragon slayer magic. Nao cant use it yet, but she's a lunar melody dragon slayer. Its not a strong type of dragon slayer magic though..." I stared at them in surprise, "So you're both dragon slayers?" Yuto nodded and I smiled.
I looked at the couple who was smiling slightly. "You two can get in horologium. He'll take you to fairy tail." I walked over and waited for them to go in. Once they did I placed yuto and nao in there with them, but he clung onto me tightly. "Let us stay with you please..." I frowned, "It's too dangerous. I need to go find natsu and happy..." Yuto shook his head, "We can help! Please? Don't leave us with people we don't know!"
Yuto teared up and I sighed.
"Fine.. But you need to stay close to me." Yuto smiled and nao made a cute little squeal. I giggled. Horologium closed the door, "Well I shall be going ms. lucy." Horologium walked out of the building and made his way down the road. I picked yuto up and bolted out of the building quickly, yuto clung to me tightly as he held nao. I looked around and heard an explosion on the other side of town. I ran over and gasped.
The armored scarlet red head, or erza, was in this somewhat revealing armor. It was black and had wings. It showed off her stomach and her hair was tied up. She held two thin black swords. She had a few bruises here and there and she was out of breath. Natsu on the other hand, was covered in this black and blue flame. I couldn't help myself but stare as he moved to a mage that was in front of them. From what i could gather so far, he was a bit older than us, about 25 probably. He had dirty blonde hair and silver eyes. He wore this tight shirt with a trench coat, and held this blueish silver blade that glowed black. I gulped and stayed at a far distance.
"Lushie!" I turned and was almost thrown back when a blue fur ball smacked my face when he tried to hug me. I groaned in pain and happy climbed on my head. " Whats the matter happy?" Happy purred and looked over at erza and natsu, " Natsu told me to get back. That mage seems to be looking for some people. He kept yelling "I will have them" and stuff." I looked up at happy slightly, "Who's them?"
I jumped when someone shouted in surprise, I looked over and saw the mage that natsu and erza was fighting was running towards me. I squeaked and natsu and erza shouted for him to stop, well natsu told me to run. I felt yuto shake and nao whimpered. I hesitated but I started to run away from the mage. Natsu bolted after me while erza flew.
"Bring back those kids you brat!" I gulped when I saw that there was a dead end up ahead and I skidded to a stop. I started to think of a plan and took off my whip. Natsu and erza was pretty far away so I would need to defend them and happy till they get here. I put the two children down and stood in front of them. I cracked my whip as happy jumped down and in front of yuto.
"What do you want with them?!" I narrowed my eyes and started to look for ways to keep him busy.
' I can do what I did to natsu... Or I can summon a spirit.. Taurus and virgo? no..I never made a contract with her yet.. and He may be able to escape..'
The mage growled, "It's none of your business little fairy. Hand them over or else." I shivered at his cold eyes. I stood my ground, I'll be damned if I show my fears to the enemy. " Or else what? I won't hand them over to you. You would have to go through me first to get them!" He smirked, " My pleasure." He launched himself towards us and I gasped.
" Happy! Take them back to natsu, NOW!" I cracked my whip and flicked my wrist so the end was sent flying in his direction. He dropped down but wasn't able to dodge it in time. The end nicked his cheek lightly, causing some blood to seep out. Happy grabbed the back of yuto's shirt and flew up. The man growled and pulled out the dagger from earlier. I panicked slightly because I knew I was at a disadvantage. From what I saw so far, he's quick. I summoned taurus and both taurus and I attacked him.
"Rampage!" Taurus swung his ax down hard on the ground and created a small earthquake that headed straight for the mage. The mage jumped to the right quickly and I smirked. I sent my whip towards him and made it wrap around his whole figure. The mage yelped in surprise as I pulled him down. He crashed roughly against the ground as Taurus moved forward and aimed for the mage's stomach, but he had freed himself and kicked taurus away. He sent him towards a wall, which crashed once he made contact. Taurus went back to the spirit world after saying sorry.
"Taurus!" I glared and started attacking him again quickly. The mage growled since he was forced to dodge my whip. The mage threw his dagger at me and I rolled out of the way last minute. When it made contact with the ground, It exploded and sent me through the wall. I yelped in pain as the wall caved in and some pieces of the building crush my leg. I bite my lip tightly and held my breath. I looked up at the mage wincing.
' Why can't I be stronger? I'm about to frickin die! I could have handled him! Why am I so weak?'
The mage smirked and stalked over to me. He made another dagger appear and aimed it at my head. I teared up slightly and glared at him harshly. He smirked, "I'll make this quick and simple since you aren't worthy my time Fairy scum. I'm surprised you even landed a few hits on me, Titania was having some trouble in hitting me. But a whip isn't enough to stop me, You should pay more attention to your enemies." He kicked me in the face and I started to see stars. I groaned before i caught something move in my peripheral view. I took a deep breath and forced the whip to wrap around his legs.
I smiled painfully, " Actually, I think you should be paying attention. I hope you didn't forget that there were 2 other mages right?" I smirked and the mages eyes widened. A fiery black and blue fist came out of nowhere and punched the mage in the face, causing him to fly to the right harshly. A pair of swords slashed the mage quickly, causing him to slam into the wall. The man screamed in pain before glaring at me darkly. He said something and made several daggers appear. He swiped his hand to the left and launched them at me.
I screamed as it made contact with the building and slammed my eyes shut. I could hear natsu and happy shouting my name in the distance. ' This is it. Im going to be crushed. This is how i'm going to die..'
Right before I was crushed by a rather large piece, I felt the rock on my leg move and someone roughly grab my arm and yank me away from the collapsing building. The building crumbled and dust, dirt, debris, scattered everywhere. I opened my eyes slightly and saw erza gripping onto me. She let out a sigh before looking behind her. I did the same and saw natsu towering over a now half dead mage. Natsu was growling like crazy and like earlier, was covered in deadly black and blue flames.
"Are you okay?" I looked up at erza and nodded slightly. I winced in pain because of my leg, there was a really deep gash and it felt like it was broken. "Lucy!" "Lushie!" I looked up and saw happy flying over to me with yuto and nao with tears in their eyes. I spread my arms out and they crashed into my chest. I gently spoke to them, saying everything was okay and such as natsu walked over, extinguishing his flames. Erza slowly moved away from me and tied up the mage while natsu stood over me glaring.
I swallowed thickly and shook a bit out of fear because natsu looked absolutely furious. If looks could kill, I would have been dead a million times over and be sent to the deepest darkest part of hell.
"Na-" " you...YOU STUPID DUMB BLONDE!" I flinched. Happy squirmed out and flew over to erza in safety to avoid the furious dragon slayer. I looked down hurt and glared at the ground in shame. Natsu snarled, "What were you thinking blondie? You almost got yourself killed AGAIN! Why the fuck did you run away?!" 'You had told me to run you dolt..' I rolled my eyes and pouted childishly. yuto stared at natsu while Erza came over with happy with a sympathetic expression. Happy placed a hand on natsu's shoulder as if to comfort him, but he shrugged him off.
Yuto glared up at the furious pinky, "S-she did it so she could protect us.. Don't blame lucy!" Nao made a sound, like she was agreeing with yuto. Natsu glared harshly at them, " She wouldn't have gotten hurt in the first place i it wasn't for you brats." Yuto flinched and teared up slightly as he clung to me. I glared at natsu, "What the hell natsu? They are just children!" he turned his gaze to me. He let out a frustrated sigh, " This is the second time you did something reckless blondie. You should be glad that erza pulled your pathetic ass out in time. We don't have time to help weak people!" Happy gasped as I froze.
'...He thinks..I'm..w-weak?'
My chest started to hurt and I teared up. Natsu seemed to realize what he said and cursed. " Blon- Luce... I didn't mean to say that you were pathetic! Or weak! I'm just really angry that you put yourself in harms way again! I-I mean... I really didn't mean that!" I stayed quiet and tightened my grip on Yuto. I forced myself to stand and started to walk, ahem, well limp away. "Lu-" "Shut up natsu. You don't need to apologize for stating the obvious." Natsu stopped talking and made a fist. He snarled, " Fine then blondie. Don't expect me to come save you next time." Natsu walked away pissed. I kept my head down as happy came over. " Hey happy? Can you give this back to him for me?" I took the scarf off and handed it to the sad happy.
Happy nodded after a bit. "Lushie...Natsu really didn't mean it like that...Please make up with him soon. He's really hurt." I looked up at happy and saw him looking in the direction natsu stomped off to. I turned my head out of defiance and frowned, "I will once I don't hate him and he apologizes." Happy gave out a sigh before nodding and flew away to find natsu.
As happy flew away with the scarf, I gulped and shivered from the sudden cold. I ducked my head and glared at the ground. The scarf was so warm and I didn't really feel alone. Erza walked over after the little exchange and patted me on the shoulder. I looked up at her and blinked some tears away. Erza smiled, "Give natsu some time. He'll come back around sooner or later." I looked down slightly and nodded. Erza gripped my arm, " Let's hurry on back to the guild and patch you up. Oh, and welcome to fairy tail lucy." I gave a small smile and nodded before limping my way back with erza's help.
~Meanwhile with natsu and happy~
Happy flew through the forest slowly as he clutched the scarf in his paws.
'I need to find natsu and get him to apologize to Lushie to make her happy again.'
Happy looked around and called out natsu's name repeatedly. Happy huffed as he flew some more before he saw a flash of pink. Happy hid behind a few trees and saw natu standing in the middle of their training area. Natsu was growling and punched a nearby tree out of rage, causing it to fall over with a loud thump. Happy frowned and flew out hesitantly, "Natsu?"
Natsu stiffened before turning his head slightly and glared. Happy knew that natsu didn't like him to see him in this state. Natsu turned some more and crossed his arms. He growled slightly, "What do you want happy? Can't you see that i'm busy right now and that I WANT to be alone?"
Happy rolled his eyes and flew over to the enraged sulking crybaby he called father. Happy flew in front of his father figure and shoved the scarf in natsu's face. Natsu yelped as he took the scarf off with irritation and relief and wrapped it around his waist. Happy dropped to the ground and looked up at natsu, "Natsu... You can't keep doing this." Natsu looked up at the sky, " What am I doing happy?" Happy frowned and flew up so natsu was looking at him. "Natsu... You can't just leave without trying to make up with lucy. You did this all the time with lisanna."
Natsu snarled, "Shut up happy. I can do what I want when I want. I don't want to see blondie at all and you can't make me go apologize!" Happy stared at natsu and caught a glimpse of sadness, anger, and hurt make it's way into his eyes.
Happy smiled, "Natsu, I know that you miss lucy right now and that you want to go make up with her." Happy paused and thought for a moment before smirking, "And that you possibly want to kiss her senseless and do "Other" Things with her as an apology." "HAPPY YOU DAMN CAT!" Happy cackled as natsu's face turned a dark red. Natsu went to grab for happy but he flew up and snickered behind his paw.
"Admit it natsu~ You fell in love with lushie!" Natsu's face turned even darker if it was possible and stomped his foot as he held a fist and shook it, "I DO NOT! I don't like or even L-l-l-love luce like that!" Happy grinned deviously, "You sure natsu?" Natsu nodded rapidly. Happy sighed, "You are so dense! You totally love her! You never, and I mean never, let anyone touch your scarf. let alone give it to them so they could wear it. You never let lisanna or anyone in that matter wear your scarf. You would have beaten them to a pulp, AND you are like an over protective boyfriend when it comes to lucy." Natsu's face turned a maroon color, which isn't really possible but he some how did it. Steam escaped his ears as he weakly glared at happy, "S-shut up! This is your fault! You're putting this in my head and making me feel things for her dammit!"
Happy sighed and shook his head. " You'll see what I mean later on natsu. But right now...you are completely and utterly hopeless." "What's that's suppose to mean?!" Happy shook his head and decided to sit on natsu's head. He pulled out a fish and started to eat it, " You'll figure it out natsu." Natsu huffed and looked up at the sky slightly before walking out of the forest. Natsu paused once he reached the edge of the forest and gulped. Happy looked down at him, "What's wrong natsu?" Natsu stayed quiet for a bit before looking down, causing happy to fall off. Happy yelped in surprise before he summoned his wings and hovered in front of his face.
"Maybe...Maybe I shouldn't go see lucy now...She's probably mad at me..." Happy frowned as he recalled the hurt expression on her face. Natsu gripped his chest under cloak painfully as he remembered the hurtful words he had told her. Happy suddenly grinned, "Hey natsu! Why don't you give lucy a gift as an apology? I'm sure she'll forgive you then!" Natsu perked up slightly and stared at happy with hopeful child-like eyes, " She'll forgive me if I get her a present?" Happy nodded excitedly, "Aye! You can get her some chocolates and something special?" Natsu nodded slightly and placed a hand on his chin in a thinking matter, "But what else can I get her?"
Natsu didn't notice the sly smirk happy had on his face as he pulled out a piece of paper.
"How about getting her this?" Natsu looked up slightly. His eyes widened when he saw the request and the reward. "Is that..?" Happy smirked, "Aye sir! You can get lucy this key!" Natsu gazed at the key, It was a gold key with an arrow crossed with a line near the triangular tail, stamped on its bow In green located in the middle. Natsu squinted as he tried to remember the name of the key and snapped his fingers, "Ah-ha! This is the key for that horse guy right?" Happy sweat-dropped, "It's Sagittarius natsu..." "I was still right!" Happy face-palmed.
Natsu smiled sheepishly before looking at the request with a serious and blank expression. " So..We need to go to Galuna Island?" "Aye! We have to go stop a curse. They claim that this curse is what's causing them to change into demons." Natsu nodded and suddenly his face turned green. Happy looked at natsu confused, "D..Does that mean we...we have to take a...a b-boat?" Happy snickered, "Aye!" "Don't aye me happy! Do you think you can fly us over?" Happy thought for a moment before grinning. Natsu looked at him hopefully, "Nope!" Natsu deflated and groaned.
"Come on natsu! Let's hurry up and do this mission!" Natsu weakly nodded before both natsu and happy left for the S-class mission.
~Back to Lucy~
Erza took lucy to the infirmary once they arrived at the guild. Gray and mira were currently taking care of lucy's wound, well mira was. Gray was asking way to many questions. Erza smacked him upside the head, causing him to face-plant the floor with a loud smack. Erza crossed her arms as mira finished up.
Lucy sighed and held yuto and nao gently. "So...Who are they lucy? Erza?" Lucy looked down at mirajane slightly. Lucy gave a small smile and gestured to the children in her lap, "This boy here is Yuto. The baby girl is Nao." Erza stepped forward, "I saved them on the mission I was in the middle of doing. Along with the couple over there." Lucy smiled, "As you already know, I was the one who sent them here."
Mira nodded and smiled gently at the children. "Hello Yuto, Nao-chan. I'm Mirajane. But you can call me Mira." Yuto looked up at her silently and gave a small shy smile. Nao babbled slightly before she went quiet and started to play with lucy's fingers. Mira giggled and walked over to the old couple to check on their wounds. Gray stood up rubbing his head and pouted, he crossed his arms, "So where exactly is the almighty rude salamander and blue cat?"
Lucy twitched at the nickname. "...I don't know where he is." Lucy scowled at the floor quietly as she thought about what had recently happened when they had separated.
Erza went ahead and smacked him upside the head again, making him fall forward and hit the floor...again.
Gray yelped and looked up slightly at erza hurt, "The fuck was that for Erza?! What did I do?!" Erza glared sharply at gray who cowered slightly, "You had mentioned the demons name." Gray looked up confused because erza sounded annoyed when she had said that. He looked back at lucy and the children and stiffened when he saw their expression. Yuto and nao was looking up at lucy worriedly while she glared daggers at the floor.
She suddenly stood up and huffed, "I'll show that pink haired bastard just how strong I am. I can take care of my damn self. Mira!"
Mira looked up at lucy concerned, "What is it lucy?" Lucy set Yuto and nao down on the bed before looking at her determinedly, "I'm going to go on a mission. Whatever I choose, you have to approve." Lucy paused for a bit, "take care of those two," She pointed to the children before pointing at the door that led to the main part of the guild, " And make sure he doesn't go looking for me."
Mira hesitated as she thought it over before she sighed, "Alright lucy.. but either gray or erza has to join you on the mission." Lucy pouted before glancing at both gray and erza. Gray was pouting on the floor while erza started eating a random piece of cake.
I sweat-dropped and gazed at mira who was smiling patiently. I sighed and pointed to erza, "I can trust her." I grinned slightly and pointed at gray who was in the middle of stripping, "But I can't trust this thing that loves to strip when he gets the chance." Mira giggled and nodded as gray scowled, "Hey! I can be trusted! And I can't control what I do!"
I moved away slightly and a small idea made its way into my mind. I rolled my eyes, "If you can't help but take of those clothes..." Gray's widened and he pointed at lucy, "Don't you dare!" She looked up and pretended to think, "And show off to all the ladies.. and possibly men."
"Lucy! Don't you dare say it!"
lucy smiled and pulled out a small card and paper before shoving it into gray's hands, "You can work at a strip club!" Gray immediately chucked the stuff out the window, "Hell no!"
The old couple laughed quietly. Mira and Lucy walked over to them, "Hey... Are you alright now?" Genta and Emiko nodded while smiling. "We are thanks to you and the Miss over there." Erza gave a small nod and smiled at them. Emiko chuckled, "That young man would make a lot of money if he worked at that male strip club near hargeon." Lucy turned and started to laugh while Gray yelped when he realized that he was already in his boxers and started to put his clothes back on. Mira and erza shook their heads while yuto was glaring at him, making sure to cover nao's eyes.
Once gray had his clothes on, he shoved his hands into his pockets with a small blush and scowled at the still laughing celestial mage, "Its not funny Lucy!" Lucy continued to laugh before she took a deep breath and wiped the tears away as she smirked slightly, "Of course it was funny stripper." Gray threw his hands up before walking out of the room angrily. Lucy chuckled before returning her attention to Genta and Emiko or were smiling.
Mira smiled at them, "Please rest a bit more. It would make me feel at ease if your wounds healed completely." Genta nodded while emiko laid back down. Yuto and Nao looked up at mira. "Mira-onee chan...Can we stay with you?" Mira giggled and nodded. Erza and lucy smiled as mira turned to look at them. " I know a mission you three could do."
Lucy tilted her head slightly, " Eh? and three?" Mira handed her a paper, "Yes, three. As in you, Erza and gray. You want to prove yourself to natsu that you can take care of yourself right? Go here and get rid of a curse that tainted this island. And be careful please, This is really an S-Class mission." Lucy looked at the mission and hummed slightly. She tensed up when she saw the reward. She quickly looked up at mira, "They're giving out a gold key?! Erza! Let's do it!" Erza nodded, " Let's hurry and find ourselves a boat to use to get there." I smiled brightly at mira, "Thank you so much." Lucy ran out to catch up with erza who was dragging an unconscious gray behind her.
Mira smirked slightly as she watched them leave, "This better work happy. If they don't make up...I wouldn't be able to get them together! Oh dear." Mira ran down to the bar and started to serve everyone. She smiled slightly as she looked at the doors.
'Natsu...If you mess up your chance of getting her to forgive you..I'm going to kill you.'
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Hey guys! Sorry for taking such a long time and that it sucks! Yes, I know I probably left a cliffhanger and all. Just bare with me guys! I'll fix this chapter up when I get the chance. That is, If it needs anything else... Just give me your opinion on this chapter guys, Please and thank you!
