"Luce, calm down." Lucy had tears streaming down her face. And Taurus was ready to pounce at her father with her signal. "Taurus, fists only, no axe. Go." Taurus sprinted towards Jude, but Natsu stopped him. "Lucy! As much as I hate your father for hurting Happy and making you cry, this won't fix anything! There are times when you have to control yourself!"
Natsu was struggling to keep the gigantic cow from Jude. "Taurus. Stop." Lucy said. Taurus stopped fighting Natsu and disappeared. Lucy dropped her keys and looked up at the sky. "Is he ok, Natsu?" She was balling at this point. "He's fine Luce." Natsu walked over to Lucy, Happy in arms. "Happy's fine."
"Here." Natsu put Happy in Lucy's arms. Tears fell onto his blue chest as she held him close. "I'm so sorry Happy." Jude was staring at Lucy in shock. "L-Lucy, how did you do that? Who are these people? What's going on?" Lucy looked at her father. "Shut up. You don't need to know what happened."
Lucy looked behind her to see Melody. "Mel, are you coming, or not?" Melody stared at Happy, tears building up in her eyes. "I-I'm coming. But, can I hold Happy?" Lucy handed Happy over to Melody. Lucy and Melody stood up, and all of them left for the train station.
On the train, Happy started to regain some consciousness. "Melody? Lucy?" Melody looked down to the blue cat that was nuzzled her arms. "Hey there little guy. How ya feeling?" Melody said. "I ache all over." Happy looked over to see Lucy asleep on Natsu's shoulder, and Natsu passed out from motion sickness.
The train reached their destination and Melody woke them up. "Natsu, Lucy, wake up. We're here." Natsu's eyes shot open. "What? No more torture? Let's go!" Lucy lost her balance and fell face forward when Natsu had removed his shoulder from under her head. "Oh sorry Luce, but we gotta go." They jumped off the train and started walking back to Fairy Tail.
"Natsu?" Happy said, sort of disoriented. "Hey little buddy." Natsu took Happy from Melody's arms. "Natsu, what happened? I hurt all over." Natsu felt tears in his eyes. "I know you do, I'm sorry..." He looked at Lucy, her face looked pained. he looked back at Happy. "Happy, Lucy's father did this." Happy's eyes went wide. He looked at Lucy. "Lucy?" Some tears escaped from her eyes as she looked at the blue fur ball. "I'm so sorry Happy. I never wanted this to happen."
"It's ok Lucy, it's not like you did it. It was your father." Happy said, reassuringly. "I know, but you guys were there because of me, this never would have happened if I hadn't gone to visit." Natsu walked over to Lucy and put his free hand on her shoulder. "Luce, we can't ask you to not want to visit your childhood home. It's understandable, especially with the anniversary." Natsu said in a soft voice. She looked down.
"Lucy." Lucy looked over to Melody, who looked just as guilty as her. "Lucy, it's not your fault, it's mine. I'm the one who kept you guys waiting, I'm the one who didn't want to leave." Lucy's face softened. "Mel it's not your fault either. Happy was already gone by the time Natsu had gotten into the backyard. my guess was that my dad took him before he could get to the gate."
"I'm sorry Natsu." Happy said. "I wandered off, as usual." Natsu smiled. "Hey, it's ok Lil' buddy. just try and be more careful next time." Finally they reached the guild hall. "Ugh, finally, My feet are killing me." Lucy said, pulling off her shoes.
They all walked in to see everyone huddled around the TV watching something. Levy turned to Lucy. She gasped when she saw Happy. "Lu-chan, what the hell did you guys do?" Lucy sighed as Natsu told everyone the story. "That's why Happy's all beaten up." He finished. "By the way, where's Porliusca? We need her to take care of Happy."
Levy took Natsu and the others to the infirmary, where Porliusca was taking care of Jet, who had hurt his leg while running. Porliusca gasped when she saw Happy. "What did you do to him?" She asked, taking him from Natsu and looking over his injuries. "It wasn't us, ok? We just wanted to know if you could help him. "Of course I can you dimwit."
Natsu sat by Happy's bedside all throughout his recovery. Lucy tried to stay away as much as possible. She didn't want to bring anymore harm to Natsu or Happy, or anyone for that matter. She just stayed in her house for days. Melody knew not to bother her, so she just left Lucy alone.
Finally, it was the day Happy was coming back. There was a party at the guild, Lucy didn't go. "Knock knock." Melody walked in Lucy's room. "Lucy, it's Happy's coming home party, he gets to go home today." Melody said. "Just go away Mel. Lucy turned to her side on her bed, facing away from the doorway where Melody was standing.
Hours passed by and Lucy just listened to the silence of her room. She felt so guilty, she couldn't face Natsu or Happy. Suddenly, she heard a knock at her bedroom door. "Luce?" It was Natsu. "Luce, Mel told me you haven't come out of your room since we got back from your dad's house."
Natsu casually let himself in. When he walked in, Lucy pulled the blankets up to her nose and turned away from him. "Lucy please!" He used her full name. He almost never did that, unless he was being serious. She turned to look at him. Lucy just stared at Natsu, not knowing what to say.
Lucy bit her lip, she let the blanket down to her chin and opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out. She shut her eyes. She remembered how Happy looked when her dad walked out, and Natsu's face when he saw Happy. Tears started to build up in Lucy's eyes. "Natsu I-" she stopped, she had no clue what to say.
Natsu looked at her with a pained face. "Natsu I don't know what to do or say anymore. I feel like if I get out of this bed, out of this room, I'll end up hurting someone again." She looked at her keys on the nightstand. "And I manipulated my power, I nearly used my spirits against my own defenseless father."
Natsu walked over and sat on the edge of her bed. "Luce, you were upset, we all get like that. Me more than I should, but we have to push forward and not stay in the past. You always were an inspiration to me, you're always upbeat and cheery, this gloomy suit doesn't fit you." He slightly smiled.
Lucy sat up in her bed and looked at Natsu. "But Natsu I-" Natsu interrupted her by pressing his lips up against hers. "No buts, Lucy." Lucy turned bright red and Natsu smirked. "You know you could've just told me to shut up." She joked. "I knew that wouldn't work, plus I've been waiting to do that for a long time."
Lucy smiled and jokingly pushed him. "And I've been waiting for you to do it."
I decided to end it there, I know this series wasn't as popular, and to be honest I didn't really enjoy writing it, but i figured I had to end this one before I start another one. I'm going to be making a new gruvia series, so stay tuned!