Day 7 of NaLu Week: The End

Trigger warnings: Death

Lucy looked at the book in her hands. The book of END. The book of her friend, the book of the love of her life.

"What do you want me to do with this?" She asked Natsu with as much control in her voice as she could muster.

"I need you to do what you do best: write," he told her.

"Write what?" She asked with panic rising in her chest.

"Luce, I need ya to write the ending," he told her as he caressed her cheek.

"Natsu, I can't. What would that do to you?" She whispered.

"Don't worry about me. Worry about Zeref. I'm the only demon he has left. If I go, he goes. He's my brother. We're linked together," Natsu told her. Lucy started to cry.

"Please, Natsu, I'm begging you, don't make me do this," she sobbed.

"Luce, look at me," he said as he held her face to make her look at him, "you need to do this. You have to for Fairy Tail. You all need to live." He gently shook her.

"Natsu, it's not living if I don't have you," she whispered.

"Lucy, you'll always have me. I'll be right here," he told her as he put his hand over her heart.

Suddenly, the wall to the room they were in splintered and broke apart in an explosion. As the smoke cleared, a dark figure made its way through the fallen rubble to stand in front of them.

"I believe you have something that belongs to me," he said.

"Zeref, it's my book, so I think it's mine," Natsu shot back.

"My dear brother, you couldn't end my life earlier, what makes you think that you have the power to stand up to me now?" Zeref taunted.

"Because I have my family to fight for. I won't let you hurt them!"

"Oh, really?" Zeref said as he raised his hand towards Lucy, "Death Pillar."

"NO," Natsu yelled out as he ran to shield Lucy. He barely made it, his fire mixing with Zeref's magic. Neither one really winning the battle of strength.

"Natsu!" Lucy yelled as she took in the scene. She needed to stop this. She needed to do something.

"Lucy, finish the story," Natsu told her.

"I told you, I can't!" She cried.

"Lucy, I told you, you have to do this. For Fairy Tail, for Fiore, please," Natsu begged.

"Fine!" She yelled while rubbing her tears away. She sniffled as she pulled out a pen. How could she do this? With slight trepidation, she opened the book, but to her dismay, it was blank.

"Natsu! There's nothing in it!" She yelled.

"So write somethin'! I'll hold him off."

Lucy looked at the page with trepidation before she started to speak while she wrote, "Once upon a time, in the magical kingdom of Fiore, there lived a Princess. She was a lonely Princess, but that all changed the day she met the demon, END. The Princess became friends with the demon, they did everything together. She even learned to love the demon.".

Natsu's eyes went wide as he fought Zeref, "You love me?"

"More than you could ever know," Lucy whispered, however with Natsu's hearing, he heard just fine. He began to fight back harder.

"Keep going, Luce!"

"The Princess and the Demon were happy until the day that the Demon's creator came back into their lives. He threatened to take it all away. He was unbeatable, or so they thought. The only way to defeat the creator was to defeat the demons he created. The Princess, Demon, and their friends had defeated all of the other Demons but one. They didn't know that their friend was a demon. But when they learned the truth, they considered letting the creator live. However, the Creator had evil intentions and wanted to destroy the world. He had to be stopped. No matter what cost, even if that meant the Princess letting go of her love," tears were freely streaming down Lucy's face now.

"You're doing great, Lucy. "

"The demon fought the creator, throwing back his scarf that had saved him once before. He knew he was going to die, but he did it anyways. The demon was a hero, a prince in disguise. He was going to save the world."

Natsu threw his scarf towards Lucy, "Keep it safe, will ya?"

Lucy nodded as she sobbed, "The Demon let the Creator's magic hit him. He breathed it in, absorbing it all." Natsu let the magic envelope him, the black air suffocating his lungs.

"You fool! How are you supposed to beat me if you're dead?" Zeref asked.

"If I die, you die, too," Natsu declared.

"Good. Then killing you will bring me pleasure because my existence will come to an end," he said as he threw more power at Natsu. Lucy noticed that Zeref was starting to break apart as Natsu suffocated.

"Lu-cy," Natsu choked out. Lucy ran to his side and held his hand.

"Yes?" she asked. Tears were streaming down the sides of her face as Natsu's hand reached up to wipe them away.

"I knew you could do it," He smiled at her, causing her to cry harder. Lucy could see he was struggling to hold on.

"Please don't leave me," she whispered.

"I…always….loved you," he said with his last breath. His hand fell limply from her face.

"Natsu? NATSU!" Lucy sobbed over his body. The book in her hands started to shimmer and fade away as she scrambled to write one last thing.

"The Princess thought that she was going to lose him for good, but the power of the One Magic saved him, bringing him back to her," she frantically scrawled. As she finished writing the last letter, the book disappeared from existence. She looked over at Natsu, for anything, for a sign, for him to smile at her, but nothing came.

Lucy swallowed.

"And I will always love you," she whispered before gently leaning down to kiss his lips. She pulled away, wiping at her eyes before getting up to walk out of the room.

"Wow, Luce, way to leave a guy for dead," a voice came from behind her.

"Na-tsu?" She asked.

"Yeah," he nervously laughed, "I don't know how, but I'm still here." He scratched the back of his neck.

"One Magic," she whispered in awe.

"One Magic?"

"The power of love. Mom was right," she told him.

"Love? It's gotta be pretty strong to work, right?"

"I guess so," Lucy responded with a blush.

"Hey, Luce?" Natsu said as he tilted her chin up to look at him.

"Yeah?"

"Our love beat death," Natsu grinned at her, "I'm pretty sure that means it's about time I did this." Natsu's hands cupped either side of her face before he leaned down to kiss her. It started as a gentle kiss, but then became a passionate one.

"Natsu Dragneel, you better not put me through that hell again," she told him.

"Don't worry, I'm never letting you go again. That's a promise," Natsu said as he pulled her into him and held her close.

"Oh really? How are you going to do that?" she asked.

"Easy. I'm gonna marry ya," he smirked, "that way you can write 'and the Demon and the Princess lived happily ever after. The End.'"

"I like that."

"Good. I do, too." He laced his hand into hers and walked out of the room, the two of them never looking back.