Lucy

Confusio [Confusion] - V

"At that my moment my heart stopped."

It's been years since, I last saw my dad, the Shinken household, and Natsu. I didn't think it would be easy to find him in such a vast land. But I wasn't going to give up hope yet. I was heading west as much as I could. I was currently in Fiore, looking for as many clues as possible to where Natsu could be. I couldn't leave as quickly as I wanted however, my money was getting low. I needed yet another job. But where would I find one? I might even join one of those guilds. I remembered Natsu's voice the night when he left. Maybe I could join a guild as well. Lucky me, I happen to be close to one of the best guilds around; Fairy Tail.

There was a lot of ruckus in the town square. "It's Salamander!" Salamander? Who was that? Whoever he was, he was a real ladies man. This crowd was full of women. But I was towards the back so I couldn't even see what, let alone, who they were looking at. I pushed through and in that instant, my heart skipped a beat. Whoever he was, he was pulling me in. He was so hypnotic. I just wanted to look at him forever. My brain said yes, but my heart however said no. It didn't feel right. I couldn't have just fallen in love with someone I just saw. But my body went against my heart. I was mesmerized. My body began to take steps closer. I just wanted to be near him. Oh no. How could I stop myself? I just wanted this to stop. I just-

"IGNEEL!" That voice, could it be? I felt relieved. Whatever spell that was on me must have been distilled. When I looked for who it was, I couldn't believe my eyes. It was him. It was Natsu. "You're not Igneel. Who the hell are you?" he asked the mysterious man.

"HOW RUDE!" the crowd of women said as they pummeled him into the dust. Apparently, this guy was a big deal. After receiving such a beating, the crowd dispersed. I saw Natsu on the ground and next to him was a blue cat. Was it stuffed? I'd never seen it before. Whatever it was I was so happy that I could finally see him after so long.

"Let's get going Natsu, we have to head there now." it said.

"It spoke!" I gasped. I picked it up. Was it a celestial spirit or something? I poked at it to see if it had some sort of battery case. "Stop doing that to my best friend." Natsu said. Best friend? This thing?

"Is this someone you know Natsu?" the blue cat asked.

"No." Natsu said.

"Very funny, Natsu." What a weird joke to play on someone you haven't seen for years.

"Are you sure Natsu, she seems to know you." The blue cat said.

"Never met this girl in my life." He said. At that moment my heart stopped. This had to be a joke.

"You mean you don't remember me?" I asked. He shook his head no. "I'm sorry then, I must've confused you for someone else." I didn't want to cause any trouble for him, but I felt so hurt; he didn't even look like he was joking in the slightest. I turned around to walk away.

"Oi!" he said. I turned around. "I might not be the guy you're looking for, but that can't stop us from becoming friends, right?" I was happy and sad at the same time. He was exactly what I'd been looking for. But now I felt torn. "My name's Natsu Dragneel and this is my partner happy. What's your name?" He smiled a wide grin. I see that he goes under a different last name now.

"My name's Lucy. Lucy Heartfilia. N-nice to meet you." I used a different last name too. I no longer wanted to be associated with a family of servitude. But this whole situation was a lie. I knew him, he knew me. What happened the night he left, that would make him forget about me?

"Natsu, we have to keep looking." Happy said.

"Well see you around, Lucy. It was nice talking to you." Natsu said.

"Nice talking to you too, hope we can see again." I answered softly.

"Yeah!" Natsu said. Then we turned and went our separate ways. My eyes began to water. Is this what a broken heart felt like? I tightly clenched the silver celestial key around my neck. What was going on?

Hey guise Tao here. OI MINNA GOMMEN. I didn't know I would be on "hiatus" for so long. Please forgive me! I'll try to update quickly for all of this time you guys have lost. Love you guise!

-Tao orz