oh yeah - SEVENTH CHAAAPPTTERRRRR IN GUYYSSSS
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I KNOW I KNOW I SAID I WILL UPDATE EVERY SATURDAYS BUT HOLY SHIT, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THE WIFI DURING MY STAY TO PLAY TF UP. IT WAS NOT FUNNY AND I WAS NOT ABOUT TO TYPE A WHOLE CHAPTER ON MY PHONE. YOU GUYS. I AM SO SORRY.
I'm in the middle of my own personal problems. I'm having a hard time at work, literally on the edge of getting fired because of one fuck up and my school fees are kicking my ass with a solid loan of ten grand. Overall, I'm not in the perfect condition and I hate myself. I just can't deal with this anymore. I'm sorry if this is depressing and shit. I'm just so mad that I could've changed it all with just a simple message. Fuck.
I've decided to get my shit together today and at least make my lack of appearance up with my other stories by having a fuggen long ass, bitch ass chapter. This is three thousand words long! Hope yall enjoy it, you ungrateful fucks. I'm kidding.
I love you. Please don't hate me.
Im sorry.
Thank you to the guest: Nobody for continuously pointing out the spelling errors. I'm actually quite intrigued because I've typed this on Word and no problem seems to pop up at all. Interesting. I'll work hard Nobody-chan! Thank you very much!~
Lucy couldn't bear it all.
Sure she sympathizes a bit with the whole Fairy Tail members when it comes to the memories of their sweet-heart white-haired sister and friend, Lisanna Strauss, but that still didn't give Natsu the right to do what he did and nearly have himself killed over someone that was probably already dead. And as she stood there, she felt her legs already moving to Natsu's side. The room was quiet after Natsu uttered Lisanna's name in the midst of all the members and the master. Her heart was throbbing like crazy. Was it adrenaline? Excitement? Anger? She didn't know. But there was something burning with feelings to be released.
"Luce? I'm glad you're here! I was just telling everyone-" Natsu's eyes lit up at the sight of the blonde agent. Surely she could also contribute to the serious of events that occurred.
"Our partnership is over." The silence in the room was deafening. Natsu looked up to stare at Lucy, who had hung her head low.
"Whatcha talking about?" Was she serious? Natsu watched in utter belief as the blonde slowly lifted her head. His heart throbbed painfully as she looked at him with eyes empty of emotions. Makarov felt the need to make the current situation private, therefore, clearing his throat,
"I'd like to speak in private to you two," Makarov said loudly, as he eyed the rest of the occupants standing in the room in which they nodded and left. The door closed briskly behind them all.
Natsu looked at both Makarov and Lucy. Wait. They don't believe him, did they? Almost instantly, his anger flared and he pointed an accusing finger at Makarov,
"You don't even believe me, gramps! What the hell!" Lucy looked at her so-called 'partner' with pity. If she thought he was crazy when he ditched her like that, then this just proves it. The short man breathed slowly before staring sternly at the pink-haired teen,
"Natsu, it's not that I don't believe-"
"It is, isn't it? That's why you chased everyone out so that you can slouch me with these pathetic talk and make me look like a fool."
"Natsu. That's not the point. What I'm trying to convey is-"
"That I'm going crazy? That all I saw is just my imagination? That I'm still dreaming?"
"No boy. Listen to me, that doesn't matter-" Natsu felt his heart throbbing painfully,
"It doesn't matter? ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT LISANNA DIDN'T MATTER-"
SLAP
There was a stifling of agonizing silence as the only sound heard in the room was the echo of skin. Realization dawned on Natsu as he was drawn back to reality when he turned his head back to face his partner, Lucy and Makarov. Lucy's hand hung limply mid-air and with a slight red hue coloring on her left palm. The stinging feeling reeled within Natsu's cheek as he slowly reached up and gently cupped his right cheek. After looking back at the blonde, he felt as if his heart was going to break from the sight before him. Lucy was crying. Tears were flowing and by the looks of things, she was doing a miserable job at keeping them down.
"Lucy..." the name rolled out of Natsu's mouth before he realized.
"I'm sorry that I'm not like Lisanna. I'm sorry that you were dumped with me, someone who has zero experience in the entire agency. I'm sorry that you had to go through all of that," the blonde spoke, and with each word - her voice shook, "I'm sorry that you saw something that made you like this and I'm sorry for thinking that we finally can be a team and put our differences aside." Lucy took a small step towards the pinkette and gently caressed the cheek that she had just struck,
"But most importantly Natsu, I'm sorry for believing in you." And swiftly, she turned on her heel and stepped out. She was done. She had enough of this entire bullshit that had been going on with Natsu. Lucy sucked a deep breath as she left the medical department of the agency and grabbed whatever was left that was hers and made her way towards the front door of the agency.
Makarov stared at the pinkette who stared aimlessly at the door in which had closed over fifteen minutes ago. Eyes waiting in hope as if the blonde would burst in and laugh at the both of them for believing her joke. Unfortunately, Makarov knew that Natsu was having a hard time taking in everything that had just happened over the course in just 24 hours since contact. Deciding it was enough, he pulled a chair to Natsu's side and placed a hand on the boys' shoulder,
"Natsu, listen to what I have to say." Surprisingly, Natsu had turned to face the master. What did he do? He didn't understand why everything felt like the world was going to swallow him up and leave him alone.
"Gramps..." The old man took a deep breath before clasping his hands behind his back.
"If you hadn't realized yet, we all are affected by what you had just reported. Saying this had brought things back that had been buried for too long and now, so many feelings have become undone." Makarov stopped to allow the information to sink into Natsu's head,
"I still don't understand gramps. I don't understand what I did to cause Lucy to become so upset." Natsu stared down in front of him. At his hands. The sting in his cheek had dimmed down but the impact had left him breathless. Pained emotionally.
"Natsu, whilst you were thinking about Lisanna. Whilst you were chasing her. Whilst all you could think about was reaching towards someone, you forgot Lucy in a heartbeat. You forgot your partner. You forgot someone who was alive just to chase someone who is assumed gone. You chased after the past and forgot the present." Makarov closed his eyes before looking at the door, jumping towards the floor,
"Natsu-boy, try and put yourself in Lucy's shoes. She sees someone that she thought was dead. In a heartbeat, she leaves you. But in less than twenty four hours, she has been brought in nearly half dead. You're worried sick but all she could talk about was a dead person." Makarov turned his head to see Natsu. The pinkette had a blank faced expression. He clenched the white sheets almost in anger of himself.
"Tell me something, Natsu," Makarov drawled, "How would your heart take it?" And without hearing a response, the old man turned and walked out of the room.
The silence was deafening. Natsu stared down at his hands in pure anger at everyone around him. But most especially, at himself. His mind raced over the events that had occurred just a while ago. The thought hadn't really strucked him. His heart throbbed painfully as he remembered seeing Lucy hurt after she had stepped in his room.
He was an idiot. That's for sure. But somehow, he still couldn't pass out the fact that he really did see Lisanna. It couldn't have been his mind playing on him. He saw her with his two eyes. He turned his head to glance at the clock that laid on the drawers. It read 7:24am. Thinking that maybe he can reconcile with Lucy would take a hell out of him.
Better make things right with Luce!
Lucy zipped her small bag shut. She had about four hours until her departure to Acalypha for her sole mission and based on the event that had took place, it made Lucy feel a bit down. She stared down at the black bag, her brown orbs glazed aimlessly as her mind wandered. Just as quickly as she daydreamed, the blonde snapped out of her reverie before walking toward the hotel window where she currently resided. Since her apartment had been ransacked, Lucy didn't dare to go back for fear of her safety - and she didn't want to burden any one else in the agency, especially Levy.
So she had mustered out some money and searched for a hotel to stay for a few hours before she was scheduled to leave.
Knock Knock Knock
Lucy straightened out her back and snapped her head towards the direction of her hotel room door. Could it be a mistake? No one knows that she was here besides Levy. Her brown orbs hardened in the doors' direction. Levy wouldn't dare to knock. She would ring in advance or call her name from the door.
Slowly but surely, Lucy moved silently to the door. On the way, she grabbed two kitchen knives, hid one in her clothes and grasped firmly on the second. Perhaps it was room service? Not possible.
It was silent. Too silent, Lucy guessed. The blonde reached the door and touched the cold metal doorknob, gripping it tightly and with her other hand, prepared to defend or attack if necessary. Sucking in a deep breath, Lucy eyed beyond the door and counted mentally in her head.
Three
Two
One.
Lucy ripped the door open and was instantly surprised by the person who stood before her. Quickly, the blonde discreetly hid the knife that she had been holding behind her back and offered the stranger a forced smile. The person before her seemed flushed and nervous.
Lucy let out a sheepish laugh before leaning against the door frame.
"Hi, how can I help you?" The person before her seemed nervous to talk. In Lucy's eyes, the girl was the timid and shy type. The girl before her shifted her legs nervously before giving Lucy an apologetic look,
"I'm sorry. I knocked on the wrong door." Lucy blinked. Well, in a way, that was kinda hard to believe but the blonde felt like it was definitely a genuine reason. Quickly, Lucy waved her left palm,
"That's okay. I hope you found what you were looking for."
"Yes. I certainly have." And with that, the girl bowed respectfully before walking away. Lucy stood there, her eyes fixated on the figure that disappeared slowly. Still standing at the door frame, she tucked the second knife into her jeans. Lucy folded her arms and continued to stare into nothingness. Thoughts ran through Lucy's head at that point. There was something that was strikingly familiar about that girl. Snapping back into reality, Lucy shrugged her shoulders and turned to close the door, not noticing a pair of blue eyes that stared her way.
Weird.
Natsu searched the Magnolia Airport for his partner. He went to see Makarov earlier, got his shit together and thought that he had really been stupid for acting the way that he did. Although he wanted to believe that Lisanna was still alive, it still caused damage on not only to the agency, but to Lucy as well. The pinkette shoved his hands into his pockets and stood sourly at the departure area. Damn. He sure was hungry.
"Natsu?" The said boy whipped his head behind and saw the person he was looking for.
"Lucy! Oh thank Mavis, I waited all-"
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" The blonde hissed with anger evident on her face. Natsu stood, although slightly surprised by her attitude to him. But then again, he had been such a dumb-ass so he figured it probably made sense anyway.
"Uh... I'm coming with you?" The blonde walked directly up to him and pointed an accusing finger at Natsu,
"No. You. Are. Not." Lucy emphasized each word with a prod of her finger on Natsu's chest. The said boy looked down onto the girl before him before grabbing her hand and gently pushing it down,
"I'm really sorry Luce. I mean it. I know that the way I acted before was... stupid." Natsu paused, really. He just wanted to get this over with so he had better sort this shit out with Lucy otherwise it might damage their friendship,
"And I know we haven't gotten on the right foot." The blonde before stood still. As if unaffected by him or anything that he said. Natsu sucked a deep breath, sent a prayer to Mavis before putting his hand in front of him, as a meeting gesture. Clearing his throat, the pinkette forced the brightest smile that he could ever produce. Regardless if it tightened his cheek muscles more than his underwear.
"I'm Natsu Dragneel, your partner."
There was a long period of silence. Lucy had stared at him with approving eyes. Natsu felt like his hand was going to fall off due to it waiting for a smaller companion to shake on their meeting. He looked unexpectedly at Lucy, whom looked like she didn't give a damn. And she really didn't. Lucy reached forward and quickly slapped his hand,
"Sorry 'partner', but I don't deal with this kind of bullshit."And with that said, Lucy walked towards Natsu, in which to walk around him and stand in line. The crowed moved around them but Lucy didn't even bother to turn and glance at her so-called partner, who hung his head low. As she passed Natsu, Lucy felt a large hand grip her wrist tightly, locked in hold, as she traced it back to the arm of her partner,
"Get your hands off me." Lucy snarled, trying to shake Natsu's grip off her but the boy held on. His face was firmly pressed with brows knitted. Some people in the airport had stopped to look at the commotion, others had passed by with a glance,
"No."
"Natsu, it's not funny." Lucy pulled again, this time, using her other hand to push his large hand off. She glared at him.
"Let go or I'll rip it off." There was a brief exchange, but by the looks of it, he wasn't going anywhere. Lucy relaxed her wrist and took a step back for stability. Taking her trapped hand, she quickly rotated her wrist towards Natsu's thumb, pulled it from its vice grip and grabbed it. This caught Natsu in surprise but Lucy wasn't done. Lucy used her free hand to grab the back of Natsu's neck, firmly cupped the top where the junction of his neck met his head, and with all the energy mustered she could muster in her leg, she curled her leg back and aimed it at her partners' chest. Natsu's eyes widened as he figured at last that she was serious.
Unfortunately, it was too late for him to realize her scheme before his chest met her leg. His body stilled in shock as her leg pushed his breath out of him. Lucy released him and stood as she watched him drop to his knees and hold the area where her leg attacked. This time, there was a load of people watching out of pure interest.
Lucy stared down at the boy before her and knelt on one leg down to his level, one hand grabbed a fistful of pink hair and brought his head close to hers,
"Don't ever touch me again." And she got up, dusted off imaginary dust and walked on. Natsu stared at her back. This was too much. He had fought Gramps to put him on the same flight as Lucy, fought Levy to give Lucy's details to him, and of course, fought the she-devil Mira and her red-haired Erza to let him go to Lucy unscathed. It was a battle to death with these agents. Snapping back, Natsu forced his body to move on its own, and with all his will, pushed his legs to move.
Lucy wasn't too far when she heard the thumping of foot steps behind her. Turning slowly around, she saw Natsu running towards her. Her heart skipped a beat. Her body froze up. Her mind turned to mush. What is that idiot-
Two large arms wrapped themselves around her and squeezed gently. Lucy eyes were wide with shock. She felt him breath a relaxing sigh.
"You stubborn, thick-headed violent pain in the ass weirdo." Natsu breathed with a light chuckle. The blonde glared at him through the corner of her eyes.
"Me? Well I've got some news for you buddy. You're a piece of sh-" Her anger flared.
"I'm sorry Lucy. For everything." The blonde froze up. Natsu looked her from the corner of his eyes and saw tears welling up. Slowly, she brought her hands up to grip the back of his shirt and dug her face into his chest.
"You bastard." Natsu chuckled lightly, well, at least she didn't full roundhouse kick him when she had the chance. Because judging by the way she kneed him, well shit. The blonde is deadlier than she looks.
"I'm serious, Luce. I never realized how stupid that was. Of me. To just, leave my partner in crime. I'm really sorry." Lucy muffled her response, it was really hard to still be mad at him. Although her heart tugged stubbornly, she tried in vain to push down her hopes,
"I hope that you will forgive me. I still want to be your partner." Natsu fought the growing feeling in his chest. Damn. He just met her like in three days and already, his heart was soaring into the clouds. Lucy slowly pushed herself out of Natsu's arms and looked at Natsu with a look that said she had given up.
"Luce, I'm sor-" the blonde put a hand before her. A shaking gesture. And she slowly looked up at the pinkette with a dazzling smile,
"Partner?" Natsu grinned. Stepping forward, he clasped her small hand and shook it gently.
"Partner."
"Paging passengers, Lucy Heartfilia and Natsu Dragneel, your aircraft is due for departure. Please go to your gate. All passengers on this aircraft are waiting for you."
"Let's go," Natsu yelled, grabbing the blonde and dragging her over. Before turning back and giving her a smile, "Luce."
I wonder who that girl was?
And thats it. Trust me, I've got my story sussed but I just either couldn't find the time, or I'm just deadbeat tired from life. I think I'll just chuck you guys a sneakpeek of my life: I've got ten siblings. So there's 11 of us. I'm the second eldest. So juggling my younger siblings, with social life, with university, with sports and with work is such a pain. I hope ya'll are living the smaller-than-four-siblings life. Coz I envy you, fuckers.
Anywho, I shall continue to stay with this story until the end. I'm trying to aim for less than 30 because more would be too boring. Please review as well.
Churr I love yalll...
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