Summery: What if, In the episode 109 Lucy Fire, The Curse doll was not laying coincidently next to Natsu and he is forced to be trapped while watching Lucy's demise?
A/N: This story starts from when Lucy is accidentally saved from Kain's metal body attack. Also, I DO NOT OWN Fairy Tail or it's characters, this is just a fan-based spin off one of my favourite episodes ^_^ . Chapter one is a rerun of the events leading up to the change in story.
"Look out below!" Kain shouted as he plummeted his metal body towards Lucy whom had fallen and was unable to dodge in time. Luckily, she had fallen into the midst of Natsu's battle with Ultear Milkovich. As Kain was about to end Lucy when Natsu attacked Kain with a hard kick to the face. "What the?!" Having aimed his attack towards Ultear, Natsu became very confused very quickly not expecting the impact of his attack to have landed so suddenly, sending Kain flying into the tree behind Ultear.
"Natsu~!" Lucy exclaimed cheerfully, she'd never been so happy to see her closest friend, teammate, and current rival for the S Class trials.
"What the hell are you doing here? I don't need any help taking her down" Natsu told Lucy as she stood up. "I'm not offering" Lucy replied with a blasé expression, she knew full well how Natsu's mind worked and it was that of a duns. "But thanks for getting the Marshmallow off my back" the blonde mage referred to her troublesome, voodoo using opponent.
"I can't believe you didn't see her get a face full of dirt! It was priceless!" Happy amusingly remarked, snickering to him-self. Lucy looked at happy with narrow eyes, displeased "youre getting a face full of my fist if you don't shut up…" she warned.
"Kain… Care to tell me what youre doing here?" Ultear asked, her eyes not leaving her enemies. "Oh yeah sorry…" Kain spoke with a raspy voice rubbing his previously kicked cheek. "I was fighting that girl and I almost finished her off" He stubby finger points at Lucy.
"Looks like she's been giving you a hard time too" Lucy spoke to Natsu, keeping her eyes on the enemy. "I saw her first… hands off…" Natsu replied with a gravely tone sounding serious, but unaffected Lucy glances at Natsu with a dumbfound expression "you have fun with that" she replies with sarcasm.
"Natsu hasn't landed a single hit!" The blue Exceed exclaims "there's no way he can beat her", Natsu faces Happy "I can too, I was just… biding my time, ya'know" He excused. "In that case I guess you can handle the two of them on your own" Happy retorted cheekily. "Yeah I could, but since Lucy is hear I can throw her a bone" Natsu crossed his arms with a smirk of victory to the back and forth banter, causing a look of insecurity from the Celestial wizard.
"Don't get me wrong, we are still rivals when it comes to completing the S class trials" Natsu clarifies with his hands on his hips, Happy copying his expression. "But, I don't mind calling a truce for now" though Lucy could see Natsu attempt at acting all high and mighty in the current situation, she still broke a smile with slight blush, only happiest when at Natsu's side.
Getting ready for the fight, Lucy ties up her blonde lock "Boy, teaming up with you guys sure brings back memories~". Adjusting his pack, Happy agrees saying, "kinda reminds me of our first adventure in Hargeon!" and to finish off, Natsu pulls back his fringe with his steaming fingers laughing with enthusiasm "I'm fired up now!"
With a high five Natsu and Lucy look at their opponents with determination!
"You ready Lucy?"
"You know it Natsu!"
"Don't forget about me!" Happy jumps joining in.
Ultear smirks at their display. (A/N: Kain mumbles something inaudible while clenching his shirt in his teeth frustrated, I couldn't make it out XD)
"That it! I'll take care of these bratty kids! Just leave it to me!" Kain exclaims pointing his finger at them in determination "First I'm going to filet these two! And then I'll barbeque the little blue dog!"
"Forget it Buddha belly! We are sticking with two on two!" Natsu responds, with determined victory V. Lucy and Happy both share an expression shock at Natsu's determination for imminent dead, causing Lucy to reply "Uh… Actually I wouldn't mind taking on one at a time…"
"I'm not a dog, but at least someone acknowledged me" Happy added, not sure if he should feel appreciated or disappointed.
"Very well I'll leave them to you. Destroy them. I will take Zeref to master Hades so we can continue our plans." Ultear allowed, causing Kain to clap happily, excited to take of the Fairy Tail wizards by him-self "That's great news, I didn't realise you'd found him yet".
A look of worry was spread across the Fairy Tail wizards faces "Oh no! We have to stop her, If she gets away with him were all screwed! They want to bring about some grand magic world and kill all non-wizards" The blonde mages expresses seriously towards Natsu
"That sorry sack of tears still has to pay for messing up my scarf!" Natsu growls holding his now white and pure scarf remembering how Zeref bleached it black with his unintentional death fog. "He's not going anywhere until I get my revenge!" The pink hair boy pushes forward with the intention of starting the battle "Lets get this party started!" Only to be palmed in the face heavily by Kain and thrown backwards in the air.
"No! Natsu!" Happy shouts worried for his buddy.
"Kill them quickly, we have no time to waste, show then the fury of the seven kin-man. Hurry back to the ship once youre done decorating the forest with their entrails" Ultear sadistically instructs Kain, whom then proceeds to disagree with her instructions "No way! I have a stomach to fill and the main course just got served, there wont be any left overs to decorate with".
Natsu smirked and wipes his face with his forearm "Bring it on!" He then dodged out of the way of Kain's first slam attack "I've got the porker Lucy!" He informs as Lucy turns to follow Ultear who is getting away "Okay, that means I'm going after her" the blonde mage replies. However, to no avail as Kain casts a spell causing Lucy to gasp and widen her eyes in shock and confusion, she can't move!
Natsu notices Lucy just standing there in a position to run but without any movement, mistaking it for her not doing as she said "Hey! What are you doing? She's gunna get away!" he exclaimed, both Natsu and Happy looking at Lucy with confused expressions. "Look I'm trying to move but I can't seem to budge!" Lucy replies with a strain in her voice as she tries her best to move at least one muscle.
Kain then exhibits his cursed doll with a smirk, the cursed doll now possessing one of Lucy's blonde locks. "I snagged one of your blonde bristles while I was chasing you earlier" Kain explains sincerely, causing Lucy's expression to turn into one of panic "W-What?! How did you-". "Now that you and mister Cursey are connected, It's time for me to serve up your just deserves" Kain declares, remembering the poses and positions Lucy had forced him to do through the actions of the cursed doll earlier. With that in mind Kain has some fun spinning Lucy and forcing her to do sexy poses for them, Lucy couldn't help but feel humiliated doing these things in front of Natsu. The Pink haired Dragon slayer and blue Exceed could only stare dumbfounded at Lucy's forces actions, until Natsu finally asked "do you have any idea what's going on here?" However, Happy simply replies with a witty response still trying to figure it out "Just looks like a couple of friends bustin' a move~".
"CUT. IT. OUT!" Lucy whimpers and cries as she is forced to do exposing poses in front of her team mates, though she wouldn't mind of her own accord in the appropriate circumstance, this particular situation did not call for it. "Looks like youre enjoying it to me" Kain smirked teasingly, Lucy denied it instantly "No! its all in your head" she tried to defend herself.
Happy then figured out what was going on and proceeded to explain it to Natsu who still had no clue but was enjoying the scene in front of him. "For some reason, when ever diaper man does something to that doll, it happens to Lucy too!" he exclaimed. "Whoa, that's cool" Natsu responded still dumbfound but secretly loving it.
(A/N: Narrator proceeds explaining what a cursed object is and how bad it really is, breaking the forth wall Natsu then changes his mind saying its not cool XD)
"Hippity Hoppity little wabbit" Kain says more then enjoying himself making Lucy bounce around like a bunny, Natsu worsens the scenario by asking Kain to have Lucy tickle herself which in return she scowls "Hey! Do you wanna die!"
Kain takes this remark seriously and decided to start taking the battle seriously "I think that's exactly what he should do!" and with that he pushes Lucy, through the actions of the cursed doll, towards Natsu with the intent of making Lucy fight her teammate. "Ahhhhhhhh NATSU! Out of the way!" He screams heading towards him at great speed before pushing a punch, only for Natsu to dodge, however, to do so Natsu had to jump over Lucy like a hurdle, his hand touching her rear unintentionally. Of course Natsu doesn't have the mental capacity to realise this but Lucy does and blushes deeply in humiliation and anger "Are you coping a feel?!" she exclaims and finds her body back kicking Natsu right in the face "You deserved that!" Lucy growls before moving again and round-house kicking Natsu in the back making his fly away and land with a groan "ugh!..."
This behaviour reminded Happy of the time in Edolis where the alternate Lucy would constantly beat on Natsu.
"What the heck are you doing Lucy!" Natsu cried out angrily, not understanding the full concept that it wasn't her actions, "I'm sorry! It's not me! Its that creepy doll!" he whines, now sat in front of Natsu. Before she knew it, she had landed another punch dead centre in Natsu's face, Lucy's expression turned to a mixture of apologetic and panicked. "Ow… that hurt…" Natsu groaned, he sighed turning his face away a bit as Lucy kept punching him, though it didn't seem to be causing too much damage it was starting to piss Natsu off "Okay this isn't as fun as it looked…" He sighed before moving behind Lucy and holding her arms with his "would you just stay still!" attempting to lock her body so she couldn't be moved.
The dragon slayer clenched his jaw and groaned as he tried his best to hold her still, shocked at the amount of strength Lucy had at this moment but also slightly worried that this will turn south soon. "Jeez, when did you get s-so strong?" He asked, stammering a bit as he tried to hold her as still as he could "Either you've been doing extra push ups or that doll thing is giving you a major boost!" He tried to reason, looking at Lucy from behind, he could see she was trying her best to resist but seemed to be in some sort of pain when she tried to resist.
"Don't you tow have any decency! Quit being all cuddly and Kissy in the middle of the battle field!" Kain ranted, holding his cursed doll in one hand and pointing in disgust with the other. Lucy blushed at that comment and for a slit moment so did Natsu, both looking at Kain with wide eyes before shouting in unison "We're not doing either of those you Perv!"
"Whatever, They're totally in looovvveeee~" Happy smirked, knowing exactly how his dad/buddy felt about Lucy. He'd also noticed the looks Lucy give Natsu when he isn't looking.
Lucy whimpered in discomfort as her body tried to move on its own inside of Natsu's tight back-grip. Natsu held her firmly not wanting Lucy to damage herself and couldn't help but feel a sting in his heart seeing Lucy in pain. It wasn't long lived, as Kain managed to find a way to get Lucy out of Natsu's hold.
Something about the vibe Natsu and Lucy gave off made Kain mad "Fine! You wanna hold hands in front of me! Take this!" Kain made Lucy death hug Natsu's middle super tightly "I'll make you hug your boyfriend so hard his spine turns to jelly!" Kain shouts before adjusting the position again, forcing Lucy to Natsu on the floor and pull his leg up straining his back and legs, and finally another position having Natsu on Lucy's shoulder and pulling his back into an arch "stretch him like he's made of toffee!" Kain spats amusingly, having fun with this.
Kain's eyes narrow with a dark smirk "This is just a taste of the power witching-hour cursed magic, you're future is looking very dark indeed" He's voice low and gravelled, before pitching up a few decibels as he realises Happy has stolen 'Mr Cursey' and is flying! "Mr Cursey! Why does everything I love always run away from me!" Kain cries out with a panicked expression mixed with sadness.
"I managed to snag the doll away, what do you guys want me to do with it?" Happy asked flying upwards out of Kain's reach. "Nice going Happy!" Natsu smiled, recovering from Lucy's assaults. "Awesome!" Lucy followed, her hands in fists of excitement, happy to be free. Though, it was short lived as Happy got a cheeky idea.
The naughty blue cat smiled, looking at the doll for a few moments mentally contemplating the perfect choice of use for the doll before picking his favourite, as it was a once in a lifetime opportunity after all. Laughing, he positioned the doll; Lucy unwillingly grabbed Natsu's head and buried his face in to her breasts "You're dead!" Lucy exclaimed blushing deeply at her unwilling actions, Natsu moaned in shock at the motion and couldn't help but blush deeply too, luckily his face was hidden in the best place it could be, in his opinion.
Happy's fun was over before he'd even gotten started, as he was attacked mid-flight and the doll was knocked out of his paws. Kain tried desperately to reach for the falling doll but Natsu grabbed it first "It's mine now bub!" he grinned, unknowing that every way the doll was thrown and grabbed, Lucy's actions followed painfully along with fearful scream, not enjoying being tossed around.
"Fire Dragon! Talon!" Natsu reverse roundhouse kicked but missed Kain by an inch, making him open for Kain's head-butt attack sending Natsu up in the air but not badly damaged "What gives?! Why is he so fast?!"
"Did you really think that a wimpy official guild could go toe to toe with us!" Kain exclaim as he attacked Natsu, he got in another hit straight to the face before kicking Natsu in to a cliff-side so hard the rocks cracked and broke, falling with Natsu to the ground and trapping his lower body completely!
"Natsu!" Lucy shouted in panic and worry, seeing her best friend and teammate trapped under tons of rocks. She sat on her knees exhausted a few feet away from where the rocks had imprisoned Natsu, she watched as he struggled "Egh… I'm stuck!" he growled hoarsely, trying his best to push the rocks or tug himself out. "Its no good! I can't get out!" he growled, flames coming out of his mouth in rage and frustration. Lucy suddenly had a thought "I'll summon Virgo to help set you free!" she told him reaching for her keys, however, she was suddenly hit with strong dizziness, holding her head she tried to stay conscious and breathe "N-No… This is not the time to run low on power…" he criticised herself.
Meanwhile, Kain had picked up his cursed doll and put it away for the moment, now wanting to finish off what he had started. He walked slowly behind Lucy, whom was still holding her forehead out of dizziness.
"LUCY! Watch out behind you!" Happy shouted from the distance. His shouting brought Natsu out of his rage to be free, his eyes widening in pure panic for Lucy's safety.
"RUN AWAY!" Natsu screamed at her, almost begging to get through to her, he could see that Lucy was on the brink of exhaustion, his heart almost stopped at what he saw next.
Kain chopped Lucy from behind with immense power causing Lucy's body to create a shallow crater in the ground, her body went ragged as she cried out in pain, unable to move and shivering from the affliction.
Natsu's heart began to pulsate fast "LEAVE HER ALONE!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, trying his best to get out of the trap he'd gotten into! He couldn't let this jerk hurt 'his' Lucy! No more! He had to escape and save her!
"Relax little guy, you've got a front row seat to tonight's execution" Kain told Natsu with an evil victorious grin. These words lit a huge fire in Natsu's eyes, full of anger and revenge, his glare towards Kain could kill, however, Natsu felt helpless, trapped, he panicked intensely trying more to punch the rock, push it, anything to get free and save 'HIS' Lucy! "ugh! Ah! YOU BASTARD!"
"Let her go!" Happy shouted, just as worried as Natsu, flying down to Kain and trying to get in a few hits, however, though he may think he is strong, his soft paws did nothing, it only got him a fist to the face. Happy was sent flying back and hit against a rock "I gave it a shot, but he's too strong…" He whimpered sliding down the rock with tears in his eyes.
Lucy glanced over weakly towards Happy's direction, even though she was in the worst state at this moment, she couldn't help but worry about the little guy "H-Happy..."
"Get out of here Lucy! You've gotta chase down that broad or we will lose her! Don't worry about me! Just keep running and don't look back!" Natsu tried to order, looking intensely at his injured female friend, he was trying everything he could to get Lucy out of this situation! 'Please! Lucy! Run! I can't watch you get hurt like this!' Natsu thought desperately hoping Lucy would move.
Lucy did not…
"N-No way…" Lucy responded, to be honest with herself, she doubted she'd be able to even stand at this point, her body was badly injured and she'd used up all of her magical power. At Lucy's response Natsu's eyes widened more, if they could, he couldn't believe what he was hearing! He had a slight frown of confusion and dread for the girl he loved.
Then the worst happened, Kain stomped on Lucy's back with a force that made Lucy shut her eyes tightly, she convulsed out of agony, and let out a blood curdling scream that pierced right through Natsu's heart and being. As the stomping continued at least 4 more times, all Natsu and Happy could do was watch in horror. The blue Exceed watched with tears streaming down his face, he felt useless, unable to do anything to save his second best friend. Despite that, Natsu, the all mighty dragon slayer, felt one hundred times more heart ache, tears were beginning to rim at the corners of his eyes, his fingers clawing the ground wanting, no… Needing to escape!
Kain lifted Lucy's head slightly once he'd stopped stomping on her "I-I refuse to run away" Lucy forces herself to speak loud enough so Natsu can hear, though her voice clearly has pain and agony flowing through it. "I wont do it" she continues, once her head is lifted enough, she struggles to opens her eyes and look at the one person in this world that makes her heart flutter. "I'd rather stay here with you, I-I can't think of anything happier" she rasps with a pained, but sincere smile towards Natsu.
At those words Natsu's frown softens into a look of sorrow, a hint of happiness reaches his heart at her words but is quickly replaced with dread as he continues to watch her be pulled up off her feet in to the air by her head "I guess that's one way to say goodbye" Kain expresses.