Five days after the confrontation between Natsu and Jellal, the angel had not yet woken up, and Lucy was becoming more and more worried, unlike his wings, which improved with each passing day, the fractures had practically healed, and the broken feathers replaced by new ones, Natsu hadn't moved an inch, and in some very scary moments for Lucy, he didn't seem to be breathing.
The first time Lucy thought Natsu was not breathing, she had sent Taurus to fetch Porlyusica, at first the healer seemed to share her concern, but after a quick examination, her expression had soured, she explained with much ill will, that The angel's body was diverting all of its power to heal the wounds on the wings.
Natsu was more than used to battlefields, but this was by far the worst of all, bodies had been piled up in mountains so high they touched the sky, the blood that flowed from those mountains created deep rivers, and in the middle of this hellish scene, a golden star shone against the darkness.
Natsu was running desperately towards the light, but his feet were being sucked into the ground, he tried to fly, but his wings were gone, being replaced by two black stumps, dripping with blood.
He forced his way, tried to crawl across the floor. until his fingers were nothing more than misshapen masses of blood and bones, he did not know why, but he had to reach that star, before it was too late, with every second he spent there, her light dimmed.
After hours of trying, Natsu saw the light disappear, the darkness advanced as fast as a snake, and the stars disappeared.
He didn't know why, but a terrible desperation arose in his heart, Natsu simply stopped caring, let what he had hidden in his chest for so many years leave, and the world turned into flames.
Lucy was asleep in the chair next to Natsu's bed, when the angel finally woke up, the improvised bandages turned to ash, the black wings opened, and moved downward, creating a gust of wind so strong that knocked Lucy out of the chair. , and launched Natsu into the air, before Lucy could process what was happening, the angel exploded in flames.
In the nanosecond it took for the flame to reach, Lucy saw her life pass through her eyes, she never imagined that that would be the way she would die, darkness took over her mind, and she prepared herself for the pain, but the only thing she felt, was her power to be drained.
"" Princess, are you okay? "" Lucy recognized the two voices, and felt relief spread through her body, she opened her eyes, and realized she was in a tight space, with a small glass door.
"I am, thank you, Horologium, Leo." She was in the spirit of the clock, and standing in front of him was the spirit of Leo, a Werelion over two meters tall, a monstrous mixture of man and lion, dressed from head to toe in golden armor.
Leo waved at her, and turned his attention to the fiery angel, he growled with such force and fury, that the room shook, he extended long claws that looked like small swords, a golden aura around his body.
"DO YOU DARE TO THREATEN MY MASTER, FALLEN? !!!" His voice was a deafening roar, his face was contorted with fury, the immense canines showing. "After she forgave you once, saved your miserable life, helped you recover, DO YOU DARE TO THREATEN IT? THIS TIME THERE WILL BE NO FORGIVENESS !!! "
The angel didn't even blink in the direction of the golden nightmare, his eyes were blurred, as if he were still sleeping, turned to the wall, the black wings turned into flames, and each time they moved, a fiery hell swept the room.
Leo advanced towards the angel, his claws became blurs of light, flying towards the angel's neck, Natsu still distracted, he used one of his wings as a shield, Leo stepped back, his hands let out black smoke, and his claws were gone.
"DAMN, I WILL BREAK YOUR WINGS !!!"
Natsu's eyes regained focus, but instead of calming down, Leo's comment only made him even more furious, his pupils turned into slits, their orbits filled with red flames, an incandescent halo appeared over his head.
"You can try kitten."
The smile that Natsu gave sent chills down Lucy's back, and the steps Leo took back, his too, the flames that swirled around the room gathered in two spheres in front of the open wings.
"Goodbye, Kitty." The spheres began to spin at a frightening speed, he moved his wings backward until they touched, then threw them forward.
"Enough !!!" Before she could understand what she was doing, Lucy had stepped out of the clock, and ran until she was standing between the two idiots, Leo looked like he was about to have a heart attack, while Natsu was so surprised, that the flaming spheres disappeared. " If either idiot destroys anything else in my house, I will personally kill you. " She looked at Leo, who returned to his humanoid form, a man in his twenties, orange hair burnt from where two cat ears come out, dressed in a black suit, then looked at the angel, who extinguished the flames on his wings, and closed against the back. " Now, pay attention, this is the third time you almost kill me, if it happens again, I will pluck those wings, understand? "
Lucy looked around to assess the damage in her room, but was surprised to see that everything was untouchable, no furniture was out of place, there was not a single black soot stain, she looked back at the angel, and her surprise increased , Natsu's face was changing very fast, going from murderous fury, to confusion, to a smile, when he realized she was just playing.
"You can get that stupid smile off your face." Natsu wisely obeyed. " And go take a shower, you stink. " Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a smile break across the face of the Lion's spirit. "Leo will show you the way, and help you, if you need anything., Any objection?"
"" No, ma'am. "" The two spoke at the same time, Leo ran out of the room, Natsu right behind.
Lucy left the room, and went downstairs to her kitchen, she urgently needed a cup of coffee.
That was one of the best sensations that Natsu had felt in his entire life, the jet of hot water hit the top of his head, and ran down his body, relieving the tension that had formed over the days he had been sleeping, and it still helped him to get rid of the shame he was feeling, that had been the first time in millions of years, that he had lost control, in his defense he doubted that anyone would be able to remain calm, upon waking from a nightmare, face to face with a Werelion in armor, who had the audacity to threaten his wings, but knew that this did not justify putting his benefactor in danger.
Although he was ashamed of his actions, the more he remembered the events that had happened, the more he became more fascinated and surprised by the princess of the zodiac, he couldn't remember another being who would have the same courage to stand between him and the lion spirit, and even more so to give orders to the two, without ever considering being disobeyed.
"Are you still going to be long, idiot? The princess is waiting, and her mood is terrible. " Natsu was surprised by the tone of voice of the spirit of Leo, the imposing Werelion, seemed terrified by the idea of irritating the princess even more.
Natsu didn't respond, instead, checked if any traces of blood or broken feathers remained on his wings, he turned off the shower, and used a spark of his power to dry his body, he donned the clothes that the Lion had given him, black combat pants and boots, and a red button-down shirt, with two slits in the back, where its wings could pass, fastened by clips.
Natsu came out of the bathroom, and was faced with the lion spirit, who was still furious, the two stared at each other for a few seconds, waiting for the other to start fighting again, without a single word, Leo turned, and headed towards the stairs .
Lucy was sitting at a table full of bread, cakes, cold cuts, juices and a silver teapot that gave off smoke, Natsu felt and heard his stomach growl as loud as a roar.
"I thought the two idiots would have killed each other" Lucy lifted the cup to her lips, and took a sip of the hot drink, and even though it was obvious that she was still furious about what had happened.
Natsu sat on the opposite side of the table, and watched the lion spirit take a body guard position behind the Princess.
"If you're hungry better eat fast, we have to leave." She took the teapot, and poured herself another cup of the steaming drink, Natsu attacked the food with voracity, taking whatever was within reach, only stopping to breathe once in a while.
"Where are we going?" He asked between a bread stuffed with cold cuts and a slice of cake, while looking curiously at the silver teapot. "What's that?"
"Coffee." She took a clean cup, poured some sugar, filled it with coffee, and handed it to the angel, Natsu sniffed the drink, took a sip. " I need to take you to the Guild, Master Makarov, is the person in charge of the city, and he will decide what to do with you. "
"O.K" Lucy contained a cry of surprise when she saw him turn the rest of the coffee in one swallow
"This is very good, can I have more?" Lucy nodes and he poured himself another cup, without any sugar. "Even better."
"Leo, you can go back now, or the King will be furious with you" The spirit bowed, and with one last angry look at the angel, disappeared in a flash of light. "Are you done?"
"Yes"
Lucy felt the last vestiges of her bad mood disappear while she watched the angel, as soon as they left her house, Natsu looked at the building curiously, Lucy lived in a rented two-story apartment, the walls were painted red, with a brown roof, a simple building, but the way the angel looked at it, made it look like a palace.
After a few minutes, the two followed the street of strawberries, until the main avenue, and from there they went towards the guild headquarters, for Lucy it was fascinating to observe the reactions of the angel, everything in hisrl path seemed a novelty, the flowers that decorated the streets of the city, the most varied shops, the vendors who set up their stalls on the streets, but mainly the electrifying mixture of people, normal humans walked side by side with the most different Mystics in perfect harmony.
Natsu was so distracted by everything around him that he did not notice when they arrived in front of the Guild headquarters, a three-story castle, built with gray stones, red roofs, and a golden bell on the top floor, above the iron gates, there was a sign with the name 'Fairy Tail' written on it.
"Welcome Natsu, to the Fairy Tail Guild, home to the most powerful magicians and Mystics on the continent of Ishigar." Lucy tried, but couldn't resist the hint of arrogance in her voice, beings a member of Fairy Tail was one the things she was most proud of in her life, she observed the angel, and smiled when she saw his excitement. " What do you think?"
"Impressive." Lucy felt a shiver, Natsu was looking at the guild door with such curiosity, albeit in a cold and calculating way. " I found the city impressive, seeing so many different beings live in peace was something I had never seen before, but this place escapes anything I could imagine, they are not only different, some of the energies that I feel here are from creatures that are mortal enemies, and very powerful, but I don't feel animosity between them. " He looked back at the guild's name, and confusion took over his face. "Why Fairy Tail? Isn't it common knowledge that fairies don't have a tail? "
Lucy let out a laugh, since the day she joined the guild, three years ago, she had heard that same question more times than she cared to remember, she had even asked it when she saw the name for the first time.
"When our Guild was founded, fairies were nothing more than a myth, no one had ever seen one, our first Master was fascinated by myths, and created a name, which represented them, in addition to being a charade." Lucy took a deep breath, and adopted the tone of a storyteller. " Do fairies have tails or not? Do they even exist? An eternal mystery, an endless adventure. " She let out another laugh, remembering something. "From what the Master says, on the day that fairies appear in this world, leaving behind their exile, the first thing he did when he saw one was to ask if she had one. tail, he still has the scar to prove it. " Natsu joined her in laughter. "After that day, the name became a pun, with Fairytale, fairy tales, fantastic adventures."
Lucy was smiling towards the huge wooden doors, and with a little effort opened them, she was surprised by a chair that flew towards her, Natsu was so fast that Lucy didn't even notice him moving, in a moment she was at his on the other side, in front of him, he was turning the chair into ashes, the Guild was immersed in a great generalized fight, bottles and plates were flying from side to side, some tables were thrown like freebies.
In the midst of the confusion and chaos that was the hall, some people were scattered on some tables, some were reading, others were talking and eating and drinking as if nothing was happening, naturally dodging flying objects.
"I think I'm going to like this place." Lucy was not surprised, if the manic smile that took his face when looking at the chaos and confusion that unfolded, was any indication, Natsu would fit in perfectly with the other idiots.
While distracted by the confusion, Natsu did not notice the ice demon flying towards him, Lucy was going to try to warn him, but it was too late, Gray hit him hard, and the two fell to the ground, in half a second they were standing, growling at each other like two animals.
"Why don't you get out of the way, Fried Chicken?"
"Why don't you pay attention to where you're going to fall, ice cube?" They had spoken at almost the same time, and they growled even more when they realized that, the two of them punched each other, and they beat each other until they got into the mess.
"Great, another idiot for the Guild. "Although she was right, Natsu had fit in perfectly with the other idiots, Lucy was not happy with that fact, Fairy Tail urgently needed calmer people." NATSU. " The angel looked at her, holding Gray by the collar of his shirt, fist frozen in the air a few inches from the demon's face. "After you're done, look for me at the bar." She pointed towards the counter, Natsu waved, seconds before being hit by a right hook.
Lucy plunged into the crowd, dodging everything that flew in her direction, as soon as she joined the Guild, she had spent the first few months with constant injuries, but when someone becomes a member of Fairy Tail, the first thing you learn is to navigate through confusion without getting hurt.
The surroundings of the bar counter were considered the safe area of the guild, the only place in the entire hall where no fighting was allowed, this fact said a lot about the guild's only bartender, Mirajane Strauss, Mira, with her crystal blue eyes, long white hair, and a breathtaking body, was considered one of the most beautiful women in the entire Kingdom of Fiore, was also one of the nicest people in the entire world, and was one of the few people scary enough to put the super powerful idiots of the Guild on the line, an ex Rank S, and just like Gray, a demon.
"Hi, Lucy."
"Hi, Mira, how are you? Any news on the Guild? "
"You tell me, you, Erza and Jellal haven't been around here for over a week." Mira tried not to show it, she was drying a glass with an indifferent expression, but Lucy knew her well enough to recognize the curiosity shining in the demon's eyes.
"I don't know anything about Erza and Jellal, but I've been taking care of Natsu this whole time." She pointed to the angel, who had just been hit by a kick from the demon, and was flying towards a tall, muscular man. " The pink-haired idiot, who just hit Elfman. "
"How do you know each other?" Mirajane had abandoned the expression of false indifference, and assumed the curiosity she was feeling, Lucy knew that the demon had imagined even the three children she would have with Natsu.
"I'll tell you later, Mira, but first I need to talk to the Master, is he in the guild today?"
"I will charge you, and the master is right behind you."
Lucy looked at the crowd, and realized that the idiots of the guild were beginning to use magic, Elfman had transformed his arm into that of a demon, Gray was half covered with a black mark, and cold air emanated from him, Natsu fists were covered in flames.
In the middle of them appeared a gigantic shape, surrounded by golden light, emanating so much magical power that the building was shaking.
Natsu stopped in surprise, just a few seconds. he had used the ice demon as a club, and now held it by one leg, Gray looked indifferently at the master, not minding that he was hanging upside down.
"Who was the idiot who started this mess?" The giant's voice was full of power, the hall that a few minutes ago was full of screams and laughter, was in complete silence. "Will anyone answer me? or do I have to end all of you? "
" Hyperion?" The angel's voice, filled with surprise, echoed in the silence of the hall.