Title: How Will You Know
Pairings: Lucy/Natsu, some Mirajane/Freed, some Levy/Gajeel, some Gray/Juvia, some Elfman/Evergreen.
Rating: I'm gonna stick with M just in case of later chapters.
Plot: Lucy has had a rough time since coming back from Tenrou Island. To make matters worse, her and Natsu seem to have crossed over the line of friends. Confused and hurt, Lucy goes on a quest to clear her mind, with Natsu hot on her trail. (Bad Summary) R/R NaLu.
Ah! Sorry to those who have been waiting, I've hit a somewhat writer's block XD I know point A and point C. just trying to figure out how to make point B connect them. Lol. Also, Skyrim has been eating my life away. Lol. Also somewhat random…I had a small thought pop into my head the other day for a Elfman/Evergreen oneshot. Do you guys like the pairing at all? I found their interactions on Tenrou island pretty funny. ;D
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. I just love it to death XD
Chapter 5: His Head
"They were, untouchable. You would get burned. She left, a while ago, but it still hurts. Their love, is breathin' here, without a word… His head will never let her go. Though his arms are tired He still holds on But he can't hold them together. She was, his fantasy. His every dream." His Head by BECCA
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"Natsu. I think you should go after her." Lisanna urged, breaking the dragon slayer from his thoughts.
"No, it's fine. Let's go fishing" he returned to his smile.
As they stood up from the table the guild doors burst open once more.
"Natsssssu!" He heard his name called.
His eyes widened as he saw a petite young woman walk into the guild, her hands on her hips. He followed the maroon dress up to see the young white-haired woman giving him the sharpest of glares.
"Mira-neesan" Lisanna called out to her hesitantly, unsure of her sister's intentions.
"Oi Mirajane! It's ok if I take Lisanna fishing right?" he grinned, not reading the situation very well.
"Natsu…" she started, her eyebrow arching and foot tapping on the ground impatiently. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Uh sure…" Natsu started and headed towards, Lisanna in toe.
"Alone." Mirajane spoke in a very serious tone, one that sent a chill down her sister's spine.
"It seems I'm just getting in the way today…" Lisanna scratched the back of her head and started to walk away.
"Sorry Lisanna…I'll explain later." Mira gave her a warm smile and then returned to Natsu.
"Can we talk outside?"
Natsu merely nodded and started to follow the newlywed through the backroom of the guild. Mirajane opened a door slowly and stepped outside into a garden, letting Natsu walk through before closing the door behind him. Natsu sniffed the air slightly and smiled, looking around at the plants.
"Wow I didn't know we had a garden. Was this always here?"
"Freed had it built for me with Droy's help." Mirajane blushed slightly and quickly returned her thoughts back to the matter at hand. "That's not why I brought you here. Natsu…"
"If its about Lisanna don't worry! I'll have her back in no time. She's stronger now. No Anima is going to come and suck her up." Natsu grinned and turned around to look at some of the roses growing. "Hehe reminds me of Erza. Pretty but thorny at times."
"Natsu!" Mirajane shouted.
Natsu noticed the change in her voice and spun around quickly to see Mirajane hovering in the air. The dragon slayer gulped a little as he looked up at her, this was his first time seeing her Take Over magic.
Natsu then chuckled, cracking his knuckles. "You wanted a fight Mirajane? You could have just asked. I haven't fought you before so I'm getting pretty fired up! Getting to see Satan Soul in action."
"Fool. Do you have any idea as to why I'm angry at you?" Mirajane glared.
"Who cares? Let's fight!" Natsu shouted and lunged towards her.
Mirajane just scoffed and dodged him instantly, sending him tumbling into the garden fence. Don't want to ruin the garden Freed made for me, didn't think that through very well Mirajane she thought. Mira flew over the fence and out of the garden extending her arm out towards the dragon slayer. Natsu recovered quickly and jumped towards Mira again, flames engulfing his feet.
"Fire Dragon's Claw!" he shouted, attempting to kick her.
Mirajane reached out and grabbed his ankle easily, stopping him in his track as he started to dangle before her. Natsu quickly kicked her arm with his other leg, breaking out of her grasp. Jumping back he landed on his feet gracefully, bringing his hands up to his mouth, flames forming.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Mirajane extended her arm out towards him again, a dark seal forming. Natsu let form a stream of flames towards her, seemingly engulfing her. The flames cleared slowly and Natsu's eyes widened as he saw his opponent unscathed. Mira smirked and let the seal form completely.
"Darkness Stream!"
Large hands composed of dark energy started to form and reached out towards Natsu. Natsu quickly started to dodge them, having a hard time keeping up. His eyes widened as he saw Mirajane right in front of him, feeling her place her hands on his bare chest. A seal quickly formed and Natsu scrambled to get away.
"Evil Spark!"
Natsu let out a scream as he felt electricity course through him, sending him flying. Mirajane quickly landed on the ground, looking down on him.
"Are you done yet?" she asked angrily.
"You kidding? I'm just…getting started…" he groaned and slowly got to his feet, a few cracks of electricity coming off of him. "By the way…thanks for the meal."
Mirajane's eyes widened slightly as she saw both flames and electricity flowing from him. I thought it was just that one time on Tenrou Island…how is he still able to do it? I clearly hurt him…Mirajane pondered, watching him closely. Natsu took a few steps closer before stumbling a bit, the electricity vanishing from his body, leaving only flames.
"Shit…" Natsu swore under his breath as he tried to regain his balance.
Mira took the chance to lunge in, slamming him into the wall of the guild, keeping him pressed against it with a hand to his throat. Natsu's eyes widened and he coughed from the impact, struggling to get free.
"You haven't won yet!"
"Natsu!"
"I'm still just getting fired up!"
"Natsu!" she shouted louder and moved her face in closer to his, glaring him down.
Natsu stopped struggling and cowered slightly. It had been a long time since he had feared Mirajane the Demon. Tears starting to form at his eyes and Mirajane sighed, releasing her grip on his throat. Dropping to the ground, Natsu started coughing harder and gasped for air.
"I'm sorry Natsu…" Mirajane sighed and kneeled down, patting his head.
Natsu looked up at her and saw she was now back to normal, giving him her usual smile.
"Don't cry, you know I'm weak to your crying. Although its nice to see some tears from you, you hardly ever cry anymore…" she continue to pat his head.
"Why…did you fight me?" Natsu asked slowly, quickly wiping his eyes.
"I wanted to talk mostly." She sighed and sat down next to him
"About Lisanna?"
"No…Lucy." She continued to give him a smile, noticing he was now averting her gaze.
"What about Lucy?" he now stood quickly, walking a few steps away.
"You broke her heart didn't you?" Mirajane asked quietly.
Natsu's eyes widened and he spun around, looking at his guild mate. He started to pace nervously. What does she mean? What does she mean? I don't know what to say…
"Lucy…I saw her on the way to the guild. She bumped right into me but didn't even notice, she was crying so hard." Mirajane continued.
"Crying?" Natsu looked back over at her.
"Yes she was crying. I can only assume it has to do with you. I told her to try and talk to you about what happened. To get everything sorted out. What did you say to her?"
"I…I didn't say a thing. I didn't even get a chance to say a thing! She quickly blurted 'forget about it. I was just lonely' and took off!" Natsu clenched his fists tightly, getting angry. "Crying…? He asked again.
That bastard was always making Luce cry…I told her I wouldn't make her cry and now I'm the source of her tears? Natsu you are a bastard… Natsu thought angrily to himself. He groaned and squatted, running a hand through his hair before punching the ground in frustration.
"You two…never say what you mean do you?" Mirajane sighed. "Knowing Lucy she probably had every intention of telling the truth. Something probably quickly changed her mind."
"Changed her mind?" Natsu asked quickly, confused.
"What were you doing when she came over?"
"Planning a fishing trip with Happy and Lisanna. Lucy didn't want to do a quest with me." Natsu pondered, not sure what Mirajane was getting at.
Mirajane merely sighed, picking at the grass next to her now. "And who was going on this trip?"
"Why is that important? Just Happy, Lisanna and I."
"Maybe that's why Lucy became insecure….?" Mirajane spoke slowly, hoping Natsu would get it.
"Mirajane I don't get it." Natsu groaned and ran his hands through his hair.
"You tell her to forget about that night and then she sees you planning a trip alone with another girl. What do you think she gathered from that?"
"Um…" Natsu sat there somewhat stumped.
Mirajane sighed again, burying her head in her dress for a few seconds. I don't see how he could say so many amazing things to you Lucy and then be so clueless.
"Maybe she thought that you had told her to forget about it because you love Lisanna. Hence a trip alone with her."
"Huh?" Natsu jumped up, looking at the young woman confused. "But I don't love Lisanna. She's my childhood friend."
Mirajane smiled "But does Lucy know that?"
"Er…no…I guess she dosen't." Natsu sighed, "I'm not good at these things… I was somewhat surprised with myself that night. Before I knew I was in bed with Luce… I realized that deep down I did have…feelings for her."
"Oh?" Mirajane asked slowly, not wanting to interrupt hearing the dragon slayer's thoughts finally.
"She was always smiling or getting mad at me you know. I think I started to realize when she was dating that bastard that she was important…really important. She's always in my head you know? Almost as much as Igneel. Whenever she was gone it felt…empty."
Natsu sighed again, reaching for the scarf that wasn't there, instead placing the hand on the back of his neck.
"Natsu please continue. I want you to confide in me." Mirajane requested.
Natsu gave her a small nod and continued, "I was really confused, whenever I saw her with that bastard my chest would start to feel tight, like it was on fire. I don't normally feel heat so much…I knew she wasn't happy and she tried to hide it but I knew she was crying. It made me so angry, especially when I could smell some other woman's scent on him."
"Another woman?"
"Yeah…" Natsu replied angrily, "That bastard tried to deny it and insisted he only had Luce in his heart, but it was all lies. The smell never went away and he stood Luce up all the time. I thought beating him would teach him a lesson but he just kept coming back."
"Wait…you would beat him up?" Mirajane asked. "Lucy told me he was always showing up in cuts and bruises."
"He never told her?"
"Not that I know of, Lucy seemed confused on the matter."
"Bastard, he knows how to keep at least one promise then" Some flames started to radiate off Natsu's back.
"Natsu…calm down." Mirajane motioned to his back.
Natsu groaned and the flames dissipated quickly. "This is all my fault anyways. It's true I told her to forget about that night. But I guess I didn't express myself very well. Heh. I was always more eloquent with liquor in my system."
"Did you mean something else then?"
"It wasn't how I had planned things to turn out. I realize that I do in fact love Lucy Heartfilia, at least my gut is telling me these passionate feelings are. That night I was drunk, she was drunk, she started crying, I became angry. She…still had his scent on her. It drove me crazy, I wanted her to myself." Natsu started to get worked up again, flames erupting from his body again.
"N-Natsu…" Mira started but stopped when she saw he wasn't done.
"I'm a jerk, a bastard. She's heartbroken and still scrambling to put the pieces together. All I did was make it worse for her. I had no right to force my feelings on her that night. I wanted to wait, I should have waited…for a time that was right. There is no way she will return my feelings now."
"Natsu…I understand your feelings but Lucy dosen't. You need to tell her. You'd be surprised at how wrong you are about some things." Mirajane urged him, standing up now.
"Wrong…?" The flames vanished instantly again as he felt the woman's hand on his arm.
"I can't say any more then that, its not my place to say." She smiled and placed something in his hand.
He looked down at his hand as he felt it placed there, hearing a jingling sound. He looked back at Mirajane somewhat worried before looking back down at his hand: Lucy's keys.
"She dropped them when she bumped into me. I didn't get the chance to return them. Maybe you can exchange them for Igneel's scarf? Lucy said you forgot it."
"I didn't forget it…" Natsu almost whispered to himself.
"Hmm?" Mirajane asked confused.
"I didn't forget it…I left it with her, to protect her." Natsu explained, with a somewhat disturbed look on his face.
"N-Natsu…are you okay?" Mirajane asked now, worried.
"I need to find Lucy now! Her mission!" Natsu started to run towards the guild's back door, trampling over a few plants.
"Natsu what's wrong?" Mirajane shouted after him, ignoring her plants momentarily.
"Cana's reading!" was all she heard in return and she stopped running after him, looking down at her trampled plant.
She dropped to her knees slowly and attempted to scoop it back into the soil before stopping. Her heart felt heavy. All she did was leave her keys. I read the quest when Gildarts showed me, its not a dangerous one. Why is he so worried? Now I'm worried…Natsu is never one to believe in superstition like Cana's readings…
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Lucy sat down on a rock jutting out from the ground and sighed. She still couldn't believe she had said something so stupid. She should have known he wanted to be with Lisanna, that is why she reacted that way…right? She is back from Edolas now, I'm sure there was a lot he wanted to do with her, to tell her. He was just comforting me, as a friend…or something… Lucy buried her head in her knees and shivered a little.
It was still the middle of winter and yet she still decided to wear a skirt, a choice she was regretting. She looked back up at the sky, noticing clouds were rolling in.
"No time to mope Lucy. You have a quest to do." She stood and tried to cheer herself on.
Taking a few steps further, Lucy pulled out her request note, trying to follow the directions on it.
"It should be around here…" she sighed and looked around, not seeing anyone.
"She answered my request…this is just too good" a young woman smirked from the distance, watching the blonde mage.
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Another chapter done! Some action this time! I hope I did it well, I'm more of a romance person then an action/adventure person lol. Look forward to new characters and some old villians soon :D but man, I was so scared I wasn't going to get through this. Stupid writer's block. But hey, being a night owl helps! I tend to get most of my inspiration at night. I finished at 7:30am….lol. Also for the record, I don't hate Lisanna, I just don't see her as a love interest for Natsu. XD
::hands out mirajane plushies::