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Everyone was quite honestly surprised how much Natsu was actually injured.
They had to have Porlyusica help him a lot. No one was able to see him for days on end. And everyone was on the edge of their seats.
Finally, the day arrived.
Porlyusica appeared at the top of the stairs, and entered the guild hall. Everyone stood.
"How's Natsu?" Lucy inquired.
Porlyusica sighed, brushing her pink hair out of her face. "Better. His condition is now stable. Eventually, he will need another boost on magic energy. He received many flesh wounds as well."
"W-what does that mean?"
"It means," Porlyusica took a deep breath. "that Natsu was indeed tortured."
That struck an arrow in everyone's hearts. How dare someone torture their Natsu Dragneel? They were idiots...all of them.
"When will he be better?" Erza spoke up.
"That, I cannot estimate. It is quite possible he suffered metal and emotional trauma as well. And, it seems that he has quite a fever." Porlyusica explained. "But. He should be waking up any time."
Team Natsu sighed in relief. Knowing Natsu was going to be alright, was what everyone needed to hear.
"What are you doing out here all alone?" A girls voice wondered.
Natsu glanced up. "Huh? Oh...um..."
The girl could only be six or younger, his age.
"I-I...I'm waiting for my brother to come back. He didn't want to leave me, but, he needed to get some food, and he didn't want me to get hurt."
The girl sat next to him. "Hm...I guess it's not a very smart thing that he left you without any supervision at all."
"M-my brother is smart! He's super smart!"
"But...where are your parents?"
Natsu's face turned somber. "They died."
"I-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to..."
Natsu sighed, and then smiled a little. "It's a'kay. What's your name?"
"Lily." She smiled, her short blonde hair blew in the wind. "What about you?"
"Natsu."
She giggled. "I love that name. You know that name means summer, right?"
Natsu nodded.
"Summer is my favorite. Everything is so peaceful. People are always out, doing fun activities. Kids are playing, and there's no education to be taught."
Natsu nodded again in agreement.
"Well...I'd better go. I want to go and make some bread. I hope I'll see you around, Natsu."
...
A couple of months later, when Natsu Dragneel went in search of the girl, he finally stumbled upon her house, after asking a lot of questions.
Zeref decided to wait outside, but Natsu was allowed in.
"Um...I'm looking for Lily?"
A woman's eyes teared up, and her hand was brought to her mouth.
"Y-you haven't heard?"
Natsu frowned. "Heard what?"
"Miss Lily...has passed away, due to a terrible sickness."
Natsu was shocked.
The life of someone...taken by something so small, but also so devastating...
Natsu's eyes shot open. He stared at the ceiling...his hands trembled, and he realized...that he was in bandages...
At first, he couldn't remember what had happened. And then it all came back to him.
He sighed.
"Zeref...where are you...?" Natsu mumbled.
It was so silent, there was a ringing in Natsu's ears. It was unlike anything...it was so peaceful.
He had to get out of here...wherever he was. He had to find his brother. Natsu sat up.
He had too...-
"Natsu!"
Natsu's eyes darted around, until he rested on multiple people.
A girl with scarlet hair, a boy without any clothes on except for his under ware, a girl with blue hair, a blue cat, a white cat, and Lucy.
Lucy?
Lucy who...?
Who were these people? How did they know his name?
Lucy saw the confused expression on Natsu's face, and she smiled in relief, and knelt by his bed, placing her hand on the bed.
"How are you feeling?"
There was something about her voice...that made Natsu blush slightly...
"Flame Brain's so in love that he can't even speak." The naked guy taunted.
Natsu furrowed his eyebrows, and looked up at him.
He gripped the sheets.
Who are they!?
"Natsu!" The blue cat suddenly attacked Natsu.
Waves of pain overtook Natsu, and he fell back onto his back.
"I'm so sorry!" The cat apologized.
Natsu coughed, and then closed his eyes momentarily. He had to remember. He felt as if he knew them...
"H-hey..." Natsu stammered, placing his hand on the cat's head. "...buddy..."
Happy's eyes filled with tears, and he smiled. "I missed you...!"
"...Natsu..." Erza sighed in relief, whispering her comrade's name. "...I'm so glad you're alright..."
"How'ya feeling pyro maniac?" Gray wondered, sitting down at the end of the bed after stretching his arms out.
Natsu pushed himself back up painfully, and Wendy fluffed some pillows for him, and placed them behind Natsu's back.
"I-I feel kinda..." Natsu bit his lip to find the right word, and rubbed his head. "...tired."
He was tired, yes, but he also felt sick to his stomach, and pain all over.
Gray nodded, and gingerly placed his hand on Natsu's shin, taking a breath in. "Don't scare us like that, idiot."
A little smile itched on the sides of Natsu's mouth. "Is that a hint of worry I detect?"
"What!? No! I would never worry about you-" Gray stopped himself, and sighed once more. "...actually, yes. It is. Look at yourself Natsu. Put yourself in our shoes for a second, and think, would you be worried if something like this happened to Lucy?"
Natsu dropped his shoulders, and silently nodded.
"I'm just glad you're okay." Wendy smiled.
"Aye." Happy agreed.
"You do have a fever..." Lucy muttered, removing her hand from Natsu's forehead.
Said mage was obviously oblivious that she was feeling his forehead.
"I-it's nothing, Luce." Natsu smiled reassuringly. "I'm sure i-it'll just pass."
"Stop fooling yourself, child." A strong powering voice demanded.
Natsu made an "mmph" sound in the back of his throat.
Carla jumped up on the bed. "It will not just pass if you do not treat it."
Natsu shrunk back in his bed. "Alright..."
Gray had stopped talking and started staring at Natsu's hands, deducting his signs of trauma...he was hiding something as well.
The Ice-Mage would have to come and visit him later...
After Natsu had visits from basically everyone in the guild, they finally left him in peace, and it was very dark outside.
Zeref...Please? Where did you go?
I need you...
come back...Natsu thought.
The infirmary door unexpectedly creaked open, and Natsu stared at it, a figure came into the dark room, and closed the door.
Natsu squinted. "Gray?"
Gray Fullbuster nodded, and stood at the edge of Natsu's bed.
"W-what are you doing here?" Natsu asked, feeling a little intimidated.
Gray glowered down at him. "I know you aren't feeling good Natsu, in fact, I'd assume you are feeling terrible. But, you are neglecting to tell me something."
Has Gray always been this scary...? Natsu thought. What am I thinking!? He's not scary...
"..." Natsu was at a loss for words. "W-what do you mean?"
Gray rolled his eyes. "Natsu, the truth. I know you're hiding something, what is it?"
"I-I am not hiding anything."
"You aren't paying attention, Scale Skin."
"W-what?" Natsu queried, confused.
"Anyone know's you aren't paying attention...when you don't have your scarf around your neck."
Natsu immediately reached up and touched his neck.
"I swiped it off you earlier, to see if you'd notice." Gray said, nonchalantly, placing his hands on his pockets.
Natsu replaced his shocked expression with a glare. "Where. Is. It?"
"Right here."
Natsu snatched his scarf from Gray, once he did it though, he regretted it, because of hard pain.
"That was plain proof. Natsu, tell me. What is it?"
Natsu looked away. "I...I...I can't tell you."
There was an uncomfortable tension in the room.
"Does it involve Zeref?"
Natsu made the world famous sound in the back of his throat, and looked at Gray.
"Why was he there, Natsu? Do you know?"
He came to save me...
"No." Natsu lied.
"He seemed to know you."
"Well...h-he..." Natsu sucked in. "...he's...strange."
Gray sighed. "Nat-"
Abruptly, the urge to vomit overwhelmed Natsu, and he gagged, leaning over the bed, and letting out the scarse remains in his stomach.
Gray was shocked, but decided it best to move to assist him, he leaned over and started rubbing Natsu's back, as the Fire-Mage retched.
It's starting...once the book...once it is opened...Natsu thought.
Gray gave Natsu some water, and then stared. "You're crying."
Natsu looked down again. "I am."
A couple of days later, Natsu was finally able to go downstairs into the guild hall. He could barely walk, but he didn't want any assistance.
He limped, and basically clambered to the stairs, until he gasped...this was taking up to much of his energy...
A hand appeared before Natsu. He looked up, to see Lucy smiling down at him.
He sheepishly took her hand, and she helped him down.
Once he was at the bar, Mirajane gave him some food, for free.
He couldn't suppress his urge to eat...but he also didn't want to. It didn't sound appetizing. Adding onto that, he still had a lot on his mind, still so much that it was giving him an immense headache.
Natsu stared at his food.
"You won't be able to taste anything by staring at it." Lucy chuckled.
Natsu snapped out of his thoughts, and smiled momentarily, slowly starting to eat.
He wanted to tell them...but it was to much. He couldn't have his friends looking down on him. Not now...he needed to sort things out. He had to talk to Zeref.
Natsu was unable to control himself, he stopped eating, and slammed his fist into the bar, making a loud: CLANK sound.
He immediately rued his decision to do that. First, it hurt. Second, all eyes were on him.
But he was angry.
Why did Zeref leave!?
It was unanticipated, that Natsu would start choking. It wasn't on his food...it was on something else...
Damn it!
Zeref! Where are you...!? Natsu thought desperately.
He eventually controlled himself...but he couldn't help but still be angry.
"N-Natsu?" Lucy asked.
"I'm fine."
Minutes turned into hours, and days began to turn into weeks.
Five weeks. Natsu was acting slightly more like himself...but he was still furious. Every moment he thought of it.
He was healing tremendously, but occasionally there was some pain.
Natsu and Happy were walking home, at a slow pace, for Natsu's sake.
"I can't wait for some fish...mmmmm..." Happy sighed.
Mid way, Natsu noticed a figure following them.
"Let's go to Lucy's..."
Happy shrugged. Natsu kept looking into the corner of his eye, and once they entered Lucy's house, the shady character stopped following them.
Still...
Natsu couldn't help but cover the feeling that...it was some type of demon...or worse...a demon slayer.
Who was that?
And would they return?
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