Hey everyone! I'm back with the second chapter after a long wait… I'M SO SORRY I PROMISE that I will update consistently further on. Hehe. And enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: IF I ACTUALLY OWNED FAIRY TAIL, I WOULD MAKE EVERY EPISODE HAVE AT LEAST 10 NALU MOMENTS AND MAKE NALU CANON SINCE EPISODE 10, BAHAHHA. ANYWAYS, ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO HIRO MASHIMA. THE ONLY THING I HAVE GOING FOR ME IS THIS STORY..T^T

Chapter 2: The Heart Wavers

"Zeref…Will Natsu d-d-I mean pass away once he defeats you?" Dead silence followed the daunting question, the sound of the pin dropping would even be resounded across the vast plain.

With a wavering look in his eyes, the raven-haired wizard gave in and nodded. In that moment, a surge of fury rose in my very core, at the same time, my eyes reflected a sense of disquietude that seemed to pique Zeref's interest.

"Yes, I did love my brother. It's not like I wanted to kill myself along with him. However, I knew that the best person to slain my neglected self was my very own brother, is that really wrong?" My face creased into a frown, unwilling to empathize with the man right in front of me, but I perceived his perspective as somewhat understandable.

My chagrin dissipated right with the realization of what Zeref's intention was. My tense and stiff body loosened a little, a presentiment of my fleeting anger. A tense dead air followed once again, before Zeref started orating.

" You can choose what you want to do with this knowledge. You can convince Natsu to not kill me and risk Earthland's safety…or you can keep it to yourself and let Natsu take my life along with mine and receive the greatest honour of protecting the innocent citizens of Earthland? There's no way you can choose both either, that's all you have to know." Countless thoughts and scenarios flew through my petite little head until a question popped into my head. "So… after Natsu had finally defeated you, would he die instantaneously?"

He shook his head from left to right, every shake lessening my apprehension, until he replied, his volume so low that his answer resonated more like a whisper than a proper statement," He won't die instantly, because demons have different anatomy as compared to humans, he has seven days to live, until he perishes from this world."

My thundering heartbeat began again, each thump filled my head, disallowing me from hearing anything else except its attention-seeking hammering. I put my hand up to my mouth to prevent myself from hurling out any contents I had been digesting after the huge shock being experienced. One imminent sentence was stuck in my mind as I hung my head down.

Would one week be enough?

As I looked back up to face the cursed wizard, he had already vanished. My eyes widened from complete astonishment. I staggered back to the Fairy Tail base, my eye hollow, fully devoid of any emotion.

As I was going to open the huge wooden doors, I let out a sigh and stopped any urges of crying, so that no amount of salinity would trickle down my cheeks, not even the slightest tear. With an immense amount of courage that I had to pick up from somewhere deep inside my heart, I pushed the guild doors open. Returning to the guild has always been a pleasant feeling. I wonder what happened to the euphoria that overwhelmed me every single time I entered the place I called 'home'.

What was worse about opening the guild doors was that the first person my eyes landed on was the fire dragon slayer. And the first set of eyes to return my gaze belonged to the man with a head of pink (or salmon) hair.

Oh boy, this is going to be a long day.

To be continued…

Hehe. Sorry for that cliff-hanger. I still gotta keep my readers hooked to this story, am I right? ;)

Reply to my first ever review EVER: {Adelene900: This is not fair! You're making it suspense! Just the way I like It! But Still! I wanna know what's next! Keep Updating please! And good luck with the story!} Aww, thanks for your kind support, Adelene900. It means a lot to me and at least, now you have the second chapter! ;D Haha, sorry for the suspense though, this is the way to get more people hooked though, glad that you enjoy my story, I promise to not give up on this story, no matter what. A little good news: I am going to post chapter 3 on the same day ;) Over and Out!