"Who the hell are you…"
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The deep voice was laced with shock and distrust making Lucy hang her head slightly in shame. She looked back up as a cough erupted from one of her teammates. She hurried over to them, forgetting the words Gray had just said to her to help them.
As soon as she got down on her knees to help them Gray and Erza scooted away quickly, making Lucy frown sadly. "Natsu, come away from her," the requip mage demanded to the boy who was still gasping for air as he kneeled over on his hands and knees.
Lucy looked up at Erza in shock, it was clear that neither of them trusted her, but there was no way Natsu would be able to move on his own. Lucy helped Natsu lay down on his back glancing over him. 'If only I knew healing magic,' she thought to herself, glancing down at her hands. She heard Erza tell Gray something and heard the name Wendy, recalling the small girl she had met at the guild with the white cat.
Looking back to Natsu, she looked over at Happy who had tears in his eyes as he stared at his best friend in pain. "L-Lucy, he's not breathing." Happy breathed out, barely able to speak as a sob escaped the small blue cat's throat. Lucy looked back down at Natsu quickly, her eyes widening as she bent down over him to listen to his chest.
Happy was right, Natsu wasn't breathing. His heart had stopped, and his eyes remained shut. Erza rushed forward pushing Lucy out of the way as Gray followed suit behind her to kneel on the other side of Natsu. "Don't you die on me man!" Gray shouted. Lucy could only watch as her friends sobbed over their friend's body and tears began to sting her eyes as well.
All of a sudden Loke's voice came into her head. "You can save him Lucy, I was watching when he was trapped in the smoke, he has too much of it in his body. It's black magic. Your light magic can dispel it." Loke gave her instructions and she nodded to herself, standing up from where she had been shoved out of the way by Erza she walked slowly over to her team still crying over Natsu. It had only been a minute since his breathing had stopped but to Lucy it felt like years.
"I can save him," she said, dropping to her knees again next to Erza, who shot her head up glaring hard at her. "Do not give me false hope. Let us mourn our friend." Erza glared at Lucy wiping away tears. Lucy hardened her expression and tightened her fists. "If I don't do this now, I can't save him!" She shouted at Erza, making the other mage's eyes widen and she nodded her head, too stunned to speak.
Lucy looked down at the pale boy that had changed her world a matter of days. She recalled Loke's words and bent her head down. She placed her lips over the pink-haired boys cooling ones and dropped her magic barrier all the way. She could hear the gasps of her other teammates as they sensed her power and she shut out the rest of the world, focusing solely on sending her magic to Natsu's darkened lungs. She could feel her magic slipping from her to the boy below her slowly and behind her shut eyes she could see the light from between their joined lips. Finally, when she couldn't sense any more dark magic she sat back on her knees, pulling her lips slowly from Natsu's as she opened her eyes back up.
It took a few seconds and Lucy feared that she had been too late, when suddenly Natsu rolled over to his side, gasping and coughing heavily. Everyone's tense postures relaxed and Erza hugged the pink-haired mage to her armored chest in relief. Even Gray had a look of relief and happiness on his face as he stared at Natsu's squished form. Lucy smiled and stood up again, wobbling a bit to sit on her own over on a piece of concrete from a building.
She hadn't used that much magic energy but the amounts she had given out so quickly took it out of her. It had been the first time in a month since she had used so much, and now she was pretty worn out, so much so that she didn't put up her barrier again. 'I'm probably going to be kicked out again,' she thought to herself, hanging her head. She was deep in thought and didn't notice that someone had called her name until it was too late.
A small blue object flew into her arms and she barely had time to catch the little blue cat. Happy looked up at her with tears in his eyes and he smiled, "Thank you for saving Natsu!" Lucy smiled down at the cat with affection and rubbed his head softly. She couldn't say anything, nothing sounded right so she nodded and held the still crying cat in her arms.
"Yes, thank you for saving Natsu," came a feminine voice from next to her and she looked over as Erza stood with her arms crossed over her armored chest. Lucy nodded, looking back down at the ground in front of her with a soft smile and then realized that all of them had inhaled the dark magic. She looked back up quickly to ask Erza, "how are you guys? Are you guys feeling bad? Can you breathe well?" Lucy had begun to ramble as she stood to face the requip mage, still holding Happy in her arms.
Erza shook her head, giving Lucy a light smile. "It appears that Natsu inhaled the most of it. You pulled me and Gray out quick enough that it wasn't as affective to us and Happy managed to get out of it very quickly." She said glancing down at the cat in Lucy's arms who nodded in agreement. Lucy sighed in relief and nodded her head again before sitting back down. She let Happy go and he flew off to check on his friend.
"I'm sorry I never revealed my full power," Lucy said, hanging her head in shame and embarrassment. "I understand if you kick me out of the guild for not telling you all the truth in the beginning." Lucy looked up as she made her comment, watching as the redhead thought about her statement and began to nod, making the blonde's heart sink.
"There is no way in hell Lucy is being kicked out of this guild. Ever." A new voice growled from behind the two female wizards. Lucy turned around and stood up quickly as she faced a scowling Natsu. His arms were crossed over his bare chest, having lost his vest sometime during the fight with the beast. Behind him stood Gray, smirking slightly at Natsu's outburst. "I have to agree with the flame brain today, Erza. Lucy saved all of our lives. And to be honest, she's a serious badass. I would much rather she be on our side than fight against her." Gray gave Lucy a wink and the blonde blushed but gave an appreciative smile.
Natsu glared at the actions that occurred between the two of them and then turned back to see a slightly shocked Erza. With a small smile she nodded her head and looked between the two friends, glad to see the two of them getting along and agreeing on something. "Very well, but I wasn't going to kick her out. I owe her mine and my guildmates life." With a grateful smile and nod to the blonde-haired girl, Erza turned and walked away towards the home of their client.
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As the Fairy Tail team told their client the good news, the client and the rest of the town rejoiced, throwing a large feast in celebration of the monster's defeat. The Fairy Tail wizards drank and ate, Natsu and Happy especially ate more than their fair share of the delicious food, and Lucy had never smiled so much in her life. The wizards and all of the townspeople laughed, drank, and partied throughout the night.
During the party, Lucy had been sitting a bit off to the side from the others, still not entirely sure around large crowds but surprisingly, her hearing was fine from the noise, making it easier to relax and have a good time.
Natsu stumbled over, his cheeks slightly flushed from the alcohol and his wide toothy grin etched on his handsome features. He leaned on Lucy's shoulders with an arm around her, leaning in close to her ear, "Happy told me you kissed me earlier," Natsu said in a normal voice to be able to be heard over the crowd. Since he had spoken in her bad ear Lucy winced a bit and moved her head away before blushing brightly.
"You idiot, I didn't kiss you, I saved your life." She replied indignantly, her chocolate eyes flaring a bit at Natsu. She hadn't even thought of what she had done as being a kiss. Natsu chuckled and leaned back in, though this time he whispered what he said, "a kiss of a lifetime." With that he walked away, laughing loudly as he went, leaving a flushed and shocked Lucy in his drunken wake.
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Two days after the beast had been slain and the party that Lucy still thought about. She was back at home, lounging happily on her couch with a good book. Thanks to the reward that they all got Lucy was able to not have to worry about rent for a few months, meaning the blonde girl could relax and enjoy some time off.
"Heya Luce," came a voice next to Lucy's ear as she lost herself in her book.
She screamed and threw the book at the intruder's face making him grunt in pain. "Ow, Luce what was that for?"
Lucy realized that the intruder was actually Natsu and sighed, glaring at the boy. "What are you doing in here? And how did you get in?" she questioned suspiciously. Natsu pointed at the open window to her apartment and she shook her head with a smile. 'Of course, he came through the window' she thought to herself.
Lucy looked at the grinning boy and sighed, "so what was it that you wanted?" she asked curiously, turning on the couch to face the pinkette that now sat cross legged on the floor. Natsu's face turned into a pout and he crossed his arms. "You weren't at the guild and Happy is trying to fish for a present to give to Charla and I got bored of waiting there for him." He said, rubbing the back of his neck a bit awkwardly, "and well, I missed you." He mumbled, covering his mouth over his scarf to hide his words and a blush that seeped onto his cheeks.
Lucy, with her precise hearing smiled at the words the boy had mumbled, 'I'm definitely going to be happy here.' She thought to herself as she stared at the blushing pinkette happily.
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Alright! I thought I'd post another chapter for ya'll today! So I actually wasn't planning to end it like this, but it does sound like a good ending right? SOooooo should I continue this story or end it there? Let me know what you guys think!
~animebandmusic