Ch. Five
~Team Natsu~
~6 months later~
"I'm telling you, ice princess, it's My Lucy!" Natsu shouts angrily.
"And I'm asking you, lava-lips, why would Lucy be involved with monsters?!" Gray cries with frustration.
"Gee, I don't know, why would anyone want to kidnap My Lucy?!" Natsu snaps. He just said 'My Lucy' again. Gray, Happy, and Erza noticed but they didn't say anything. He's been saying that since Natsu came back, got Fairy Tail back together, and discovers Lucy has gone missing. Not even Master, who kept in touch with the celestial spirit mage, knew what happened. They understood how he felt. Everyone in the guild knew how the dragonslayer felt about the celestial mage. It was as if his feelings tripled in size when he left. What they don't know is that Natsu knows exactly what he's saying. He has wasted enough time beating around the bush because he was too scared that his instincts may be wrong. The moment they find her, he's claiming her as his in every way possible, and never letting her go again.
Natsu suddenly stopped walking through the forest, snapped his head to his left, and he took off in a run leaving Gray, Happy, and Erza momentarily confused then surprise plus realization hits before they ran after him.
'Lucy. Lucy. Lucy!' That's all Natsu kept thinking about as he ran faster and faster toward that dark chocolate and soft vanilla scent he loves, her scent. But when he pushes through the trees what he saw at the end of the trail wasn't Lucy but a giant demon beast with four horns on its head and two spikes down its back. Its black fur made its white eyes appear as though they were burning. The beast with the body of a feline yet the face of a canine pulls back from the dead animal carcass it was feasting on, blood dripping from its snout and fangs, and it snarls furiously at him.
Natsu couldn't help but growl back. "Why do you smell like My Lucy?"
The beast simply ignores him and continues to growl. "Where is she?!" Natsu roars as he lit his fists aflame. The beast growls before it charges at him and Natsu charges at the beast in return. The beast and Natsu are in a battle of strength when Gray, Happy, and Erza finally catch up with him.
"Flame brain! What is that!? I thought you were tracking Lucy!?" Gray shouts as he creates a lance and joins the fight. Erza pulled out a sword and jumped in as well.
"This demon smells like Lucy but it won't tell me anything!" Natsu said as he kicks the beast in the side but the beast was able to recover from the hit quickly. Gray uses the moment to attack but it was quickly sent flying by a hard headbutt. Erza charges in but a powerful shock wave from its howl sends her back.
"Tell me! Where is my Lucy!?" Natsu cries. 'He did it again.' Gray thought.
"You better start talking you fucking mutt!" Natsu exclaims. The beast roars angrily before it sends two howling shock waves back to back towards them. Gray, on the other hand, was luckily not in its line of fire so he was able to sneak up on the beast and stab it with a new lance he made. The beast roars in pain and shoves Gray away.
They watch as the ice rapidly melts off of him and yet there was no wound on the demon. How was that possible?! Suddenly, the sound of lightning sounds above them. A black portal opened up over their heads and what came out was a massive black two headed crow each with four red eyes, four wings, and giant powerful claws. In fact those very claws are open and ready to snatch something.
"Evade! Evade!" Erza commanded. They dive away just when the crow slams down and grabs the beast. The crow cried at them before it took flight again. Natsu wasn't going to give up that easily. He jumps from tree to tree and attempts to grab onto one of them but he came up short and fell back down and watched as they flew away.
~Back to Lucy~
Six months. That's how long it has been since. . . well. . . everything. I haven't seen another human or have been close to another village since that incident. Can you blame me? After what happened I began to fear not only for myself but also for my children. Yes, I see them as my own. It's hard not to. But even though I now see them as my own, I need to get this problem reversed before I create any more that I already have. I've created a total of fifteen in the past eight weeks. Fifteen! There's a total of twenty-five! And that's just when I'm awake! Just how many am I going to make?! Mavis, what I wouldn't give to have control over this. If this keeps going on the freaking apocalypse is going to start!
Sadly, it also took me that long to discover just where the hell I am. I was way out in the country that doesn't even have a name. Weird, right? How did I get all the way out here? At least I now have a demon who can never get lost and can also create portals so I don't need a map or ask for directions. Which is how we got back to the countryside of Fiore.
I trip over a root for the fourth time that day but instead of hitting the ground, a large hand wraps around me, lifts me up, and places me on their shoulder. I glance over at the forest salamander with long forest green hair and hard dark skin. I pat him on his head in thanks. Even though his expression never changes from that blank stare I can tell in his bright lime eyes that he's proud of being helpful to me.
He carries me until we're out of the trees before he places me back down on my feet where I am instantly tackled by Titan on my front, a child bat hybrid that isn't older than ten that I've named Renny on my back, and Jack dives right into my chest. Again.
Hey brat, let go of Mama. I saw her first! Titan snarls at Renny.
I don't think so shortie. You back off! Renny growls at Titan.
Both of you back off! I want Mother for myself! Jack announces, shaking his fists at them. They growl and hiss at each other as they cling to me tightly. I pat each of their heads in a loving/greeting kind of way. That got them to stop growling and hissing at each other, at least. They snuggle into me with a hum of joy. The little ones move their clinginess to my arms while Jack just burrows himself into my boobs.
Unexpectedly, a pain I've never felt before pierces my chest and I scream out in pain. I collapsed from the pain even though Titan and Renny tried to help. Jack flies out of my chest, damp from the blood pooling out of me, and shouts, Shayshay! Maymay! Get over here now! Mother is hurt! I fall unconscious from the rapid blood loss.