Chapter 3:The Reunion
Hey guys hope you enjoyed my little cliffhanger *mwahahah* I'll try not to do it for this chapter but no promises! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. All characters belong to Hiro Mashima
*Natsu's POV*
I woke up to the sound of the door shutting, I guessed it was Lucy. I looked at the clock on the wall and noticed that it was almost 1 in the morning, way too late for Lucy to be walking home by herself. I got up and went after her to make sure she got home safely. When I got outside I noticed that she wasn't in my sight of vision. She must have run but why would she run? I shook that thought from his head and started jogging towards Lucy's sent. I noticed that someone else sent mixed with Lucy's, I growled with anger and worry. I followed the scent until he came to a dark ally. I didn't like it, soon I heard a muffled scream and then he heard someone yelp. "You bitch! You'll pay for this" This isn't good. I need to get to Lucy as fast as possible! I rushed to where I heard the scream but when he got there there were three people in the alley. One was Lucy, another was a really tall, buff guy with many tattoos and the other was a fairly tall guy with short wavy brown hair. "How dare you try to do something like this to Lucy!" The wavy hair guy yelled. Who the hell is he and how does he know Lucy?
*Lucy's POV*
What the hell is happening?! Who is this guy and why is Natsu just standing there like an idiot?! He should be over here saving me! I didn't really know what was going on but I did know that 1. I was attacked 2. Someone had come to save me and 3. my hero was not Natsu Dragneel, it was a complete stranger. "Hey! Who the hell are you?!"
"Just shut up and don't get in the way!" My hero said. Did he just tell me to shut up? Oh no he didn't just say that to me! I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind! And once im done with the weirdo I'll give Natsu some too for just sitting there on his lazy ass! "Hey bucko! I think I can take care of myself!" And with that I Lucy-kicked him right in the gut. He made an 'Oof!' sound and fell to the ground. The guy who attacked me on the other hand had ran off. Good riddance I say, he wasn't worth a Lucy-kick anyways. I walked over to my hero and finally got a good look at him. He had short sandy brown wavy hair, he was probably about as tall as Natsu or Gray if he stood up, and he had icy blue eyes that felt like they were piercing into me when I looked him in the eyes. He was wearing a white t-shirt with green stripes on it, he had on a pair of khakis and a pair of black converse high tops. When I got a full look at him I felt like I had seen him before but I just couldn't remember. Man I must be going old if I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff. And I'm not even 20 yet! "Hey you! Who are you and have we met before?" I asked and he gave me a puzzling/disappointed face.
"Well I don't blame you for not remembering me.. I mean it has been like 13 years since we last saw each other. I'm Cyprin Oak, we used to play together all the time when we were little. It would always be just the two of us" I have absolutely no idea who he is or if he's telling the truth or not. Well might as well trust him for now, if anything happens I'll just go to Natsu. "I'm sorry but I really don't have any idea who you are. I haven't been having the best time with my memories lately so yea." I quietly looked down at the ground and then I was suddenly pulled into a firm hug. "It's alright Lucy, I'll help you remember about the past. I'm just glad that I found you again"
*Natsu's POV*
I did not like this. I did not like this at all. Some random guy who claims to be Lucy's childhood friend is hugging Lucy. My Lucy. Who the hell does this guy think he is! when I'm done with him he'll wish he had never met Lucy. "Oi! What do you think you're doing?" I loomed over him "Let go of Lucy. Now." He glared at me and hugged Lucy closed to him. Did he just glare at me and then pull Lucy closer. No one does that but me! And maybe some of the girls but mainly me! "Hey, I said let go of Lucy!" I grabbed her wrist and I was just about to pull Lucy away but then she stopped me. "It's alright Natsu, I'm not in danger anymore. To be honest I'm actually kind of tired and just want to go home"
"Oh I'm terribly sorry Lucy, I'll escort you home then" Cyprin said and then pulled Lucy up with him."Now then where do you live?"
"Hey stupid! I'll be the one escorting Lucy back home. I actually know where she lives and I'm stronger than you so I can protect her" I growled my voice getting louder with each word. "Ha! You protect her? You just sat on the ground staring at the fight! You didn't even through a punch or anything! You can't even protect yourself you loser" And with that I cracked, I punched him square in the face and sent him flying backwards. "Natsu! Leave him alone!" Lucy shouted at me.
"Oh so now you're gonna take his side?! A complete strangers side who you don't even remember over your best friend and partner?!" She glared at me with fury in her eyes, she was pissed and I was dead. But I didn't care I was pissed too. How could she be taking his side when she doesn't even know him? I'm her best friend and nakama, she should trust me the most out of everybody.
"Natsu, he may be a stranger to me but he said that we used to be childhood bestfriends. Maybe he can help me bring back some of those memories.I know he went a little bit too far but please, just leave him be for now" She looked at me with pleading eyes and I sighed. "FIne but if he does anything to try and hurt you then I'm kicking his ass straight out of Magnolia"
"Great! Alright now Cyprin lets go to my house" Lucy went over to Cyprin and helped him up. They walked a few feet in front of me, but I was still within hearing distance, and he just talked about all the stuff that him and Lucy used to do in the past. I got bored with it and just tuned them out. We finally arrived at Lucy's house and I went straight for the fridge. "Hey Luce, Where's all your food?"
"You dummy. You ate it all remember?" And I actually remember I just liked to make her mad. "Alrighty then Cyprin, do you have a place to stay tonight?"
"Um actually I don't" He said shyly. "I was gonna ask if I could stay here for a while, if thats ok with you that is?"
"Of course it is! You can sleep on the couch tonight.I'll go get you some pillows and blankets" And with that Lucy disappeared into the other room. "Hey" I growled at him from the other side of the room. "If you do anything that might hurt or upset Lucy consider yourself dead"
"Well then, the same goes to you, loser" He made me want to punch him until there was nothing but a few brain cells left in him but I had promised Lucy I would be nice to him. "Alright I've got the pillows and blankets for you, now if theres anything else I can get for you just let me know"
"Thank you Lucy. I really appreciate it. Well goodnight Lucy"
"Goodnight Cyprin. Natsu, shouldn't you be going home now?"
"No. I'm going to say here for the night. Now go to sleep Lucy" She gave me a concerned look but then she turned away from me and fell asleep fairly fast but she's always done that. Once I knew she was completely asleep I went over to her bed and crawled in beside her. I pulled her close against me and kept a snug grip on her waist. Lucy, I don't want to lose you . Was my last thought before I slowly drifted off to sleep.
_Wow this actually turned out longer than I intended it to but oh well. I hoped you guys liked this chapter. Please tell me what you think about the story and give me suggestions, that would be great! Well see you next chapter!