Sorry about how long this took guys. Seriously... 5 months. I'm really disappointed in my self. To be honest, I started another account and kind of completely forgot about this one and its stories all together... Anyway, for about two weeks, the updates on both counts (here and at AnimeFairy612) will be slow, but they will be coming at least. It is currently exam week, but school will be over for the year in two weeks time, so that is when I will be looking over and either continuing or deleting my on going stories. I can guarantee that Ocean Secrets and high school games on the other account will be continued, along with this one and at least one school life one from this account. Thanks for being so patient with me.
"LUCE! I picked a mission for us!" Natsu yelled as he ran over to the blonde happily.
"When did I say I wanted to go on a mission?" She asked as she turned to face him, Levy sitting next to her reading a book. Natsu pouted in response.
"Pretty please Luce! I wanna go on a mission with you to celebrate you coming to the guild!" He said happily. 'I hope she doesn't find this suspicious, I have something big planned!' He thought with a smirk.
"Oh fine." She sighed. "How long will it take?" She asked, trying to hide her grin that showed off her sharp teeth, as it slowly formed on her face.
"No more than a day or two!" He replied with a massive lop-sided grin.
"When are we gonna leave?" She asked curiously.
"NOW!" He yelled before grabbing her hand and racing off.
"Bye Lu-Chan!" Levy yelled to the girl.
"Bye Levy-Chan." Lucy sighed as she stumbled to stay on her feet as Natsu dragged her across the guild.
"Mira, we're going on a job!" He yelled over his shoulder.
"Owch!" Lucy yelped making him stop dead.
"Whats wrong Luce?" He asked as he looked at her.
"You just screamed in my ear and I have super sensitive hearing. Try and put two and two together." She glared at him. He just grinned sheepishly at her before she began to walk on her own, making him run to catch up with her.
"Where ya going?" He asked after noticing that she was no longer headed for the doors.
"I'm going to get my cat." She said like it was obvious. "Plue! Come here, we're going on a mission!" She called to the exceed that was currently talking to a familiar white exceed, who seemed to be blushing a lot as Happy glared at them.
"Oh, okay." He said as he quickly few over to them. "Bye Carla!" He yelled with a grin at the blushing girl. Happy flew over to Natsu and Lucy as well.
"Bye Plue, you two tom-cat!" She smiled.
"Wow, Happy. She called him by his name." Natsu smirked at the blue exceed.
"Lucy, can you carry me? Natsu is being mean!" Happy whined. Lucy smiled before picking the blue exceed up from the air as they left the guild and began to make their way to the train station.
"You know, it is nice to be carrying an exceed without them thrashing in my arms." Lucy smiled down at the blue cat who in turn, grinned at her.
"What? But you hold me all the time." Plue said as he flew over and landed on her head.
"Yeah but you always fall asleep and when you do, you thrash and kick." She explained shortly with a sly grin.
"We're here!" Plue yelled changing the subject as he flew off her head and towards the now in sight train station, leaving Natsu and Happy chuckling while Lucy giggled slightly.
"Train will depart in 5 minutes!" The loud speaker rang.
"I forgot to ask Natsu, where are we going?" Lucy asked as they boarded the train and sat down. Natsu next to Lucy on one side and Happy and Plue on the other. Lucy was at the window seat and Natsu at the isle.
"Its a surprise!" Natsu grinned as the train started to move. "Ugh!" He immediately gurgled as he struggled to stay upright. He leaned down and lied on Lucy's lap and looked up at her. "Luce…" He gurgled as he tried not to throw up.
"Oh no! Don't you dare throw up on me!" She yelled at him. "Wait… You get motion sick?" She asked as she looked at the poor boy who just nodded. She tried to stifle her laugh but failed.
"So mean…" He gurgled as he tried to glared at her, but failed when the train rocked particularly hard, and he nearly threw up again.
"So pitiful." Lucy mumbled as she looked out of the window as the scenery passed by. She stopped when her head started to spin and her stomach churned. Suddenly she felt sick as well. Her head pounded as her stomach continued to churn making it hard for her to stay upright.
"Plue… I feel kinda sick…" She grumbled as she turned an unhealthy shade of green slightly.
"Are you okay?" He panicked slightly.
"I think she finally became an official dragon slayer!" Happy cheered. Lucy tried to glare at him but couldn't bring herself the strength to move. "It is a dragon slayer weakness. Motion sickness! Every dragon slayer I know gets it except for Wendy!" Happy said happily. Lucy just groaned.
"Oh great." She mumbled. She no longer had the will to sit straight as she collapsed and her head hit the window. Unconsciousness took over her quickly after.
Time skip : 5 hours later, Natsu's POV
Natsu woke up, to find himself in a hard bed with Lucy laying next to him. The room was practically empty, leaving the two of them all alone in the cramped room.
"What happened?" He mumbled as he tried to find a clue to what happened.
"Natsu? You're awake?" Happy called as he came flying into the room with Plue following behind him.
"What happened to us?" He asked, sitting up in the bed.
"You're just lucky that you told me where you were taking her or we wouldn't have been able to fly you two off the train after the two of you fell unconscious." Happy said with a worried look on his face.
"Why did Luce fall unconscious?" He asked looked down at her sleeping form.
"She got motion sickness for the first time." Plue said as he flew over and sat on her stomach.
"Huh… What happened…?" Lucy mumbled as she stirred awake and opened her eyes slowly.
"You got motion sick on the train then collapsed!" Plue explained worriedly.
"What!" Lucy yelled, sitting up in the bed immediately. "I never yet motion sick!" She yelled in defence.
"Well ya just did." Happy snickered as Lucy flushed in embarrassment.
"Ugh this is so embarrassing!" She whined as she covered her face in her hands.
"Whats the time Happy?" Natsu asked as he faced the cat.
"Its 11 o'clock at night." Plue said happily.
"Then lets go to that surprise!" Natsu yelled as he literally jumped out of bed.
"Natsu its too late to go now!" Lucy scolded him.
"Too bad!" He yelled happily before grabbing her hand and racing out the door. The two exceed's quickly followed behind the stumbling girl. She managed to catch her steps and keep up with his pace. He seemed to be leading her through a forrest.
"Natsu! Where are you taking me! Slow down dammit!" She yelled at him but he made no move to slow down at all until…
"Luuuuuuucy!" Plue yelled to her from behind. It was a yell of panic. Lucy snatched her hand from Natsu and turned around, making Natsu stop and turn too. They were faced with a giant green monkey.
"A forest vulcan!" Natsu yelled in shock. "Are you kidding me?! Is it impossible for me to have a normal day with my best friend?!" Natsu yelled in anger.
"Natsu!" Happy cried. The two looked up at the vulcan to see in its hands, the two exceed's being squeezed tightly.
"PLUE!" Lucy yelled in fear as she stared up at the small exceed. Before Natsu or the Vulcan could even blink, Lucy had raced forward, jumped up into the air and gave the Vulcan a swift kick to the jaw. The vulcan stumbled backwards. He turned around swiftly and raced of at break-neck speed.
"Get back here with my exceed you bastard!" Lucy yelled as she was about to charge after them.
"Lucy wait!" Natsu yelled at her as he grabbed her wrist.
"Natsu! Let go this instant!" She screamed at him as she struggled to break free of his hold.
"Look at the fog in the forrest! There is no way you could possibly find your way back, or that vulcan if you charged off letting anger cloud your mind!" He yelled as he continued to hold her back. She stopped struggling for a few seconds.
"Then- Then how can we find them?" She asked with her voice low as he bangs covered her eyes.
"Um have you forgotten that you're a dragon slayer?" He asked as he raised a brow at her. Her eyes widened in realisation. "Also, don't the stars work to your advantage as well?" He asked as he pointed up at the sky. She jerked her head up to look at the thousands of stars in the sky.
"Right!" She smiled happily. She took a quick sniff of the air and quickly caught Plue's scent. "This way!" She declared as she pointed northwards. She then ran in the direction of the scent and Natsu followed her quickly.
She took sharp turns. Left and right, straight ahead until she was lead to an empty clearing with one massive tree right in the middle of it. They ran into the clearing and looked around, hoping to see the dark green vulcan around here somewhere.
"Oh! Boy and girl did come for cats!" A voice yelled startling them both. The vulcan jumped down from the top of the tree with the exceeds still in his hands.
"Give me back my cat." Lucy yelled as she charged forward and raced up the vulcan's arm. She raced up to his head and kicked him in the face. He stumbled back and dropped the exceeds as he did so. Natsu raced forward and caught the unconscious exceeds.
"You jerk! I'm gonna make you pay for hurting Plue!" Lucy yelled as she kicked him in the face again. She jumped back down to the ground after the vulcan had been knocked out. She then just 'Hmph'ed and crossed her arms before turning away.
"Wow Luce… Just… Wow…" Natsu mumbled as he looked at the girl with a wide grin.
"Wipe that grin off your face and tell me where we are going! Its not safe to be round here at night!" She huffed with a small pout.
"Oh yeah!" Natsu beamed as he seemed to remember what they were here for. "Come on this way!" He beamed as he grabbed Lucy's hand and begun to race off, leaving her stumbling behind him and the exceed's flying to catch up.
"Natsu can you please tell me where we are going?!" Lucy yelled at him as she caught up with his stride and continued to run behind him.
"Nah then it won't be a surprise!" He said as he turned his head back to grin at her.
'What is so important that he wants everything to be a surprise?' Lucy thought as they continued to run.
"Look we're here!" Natsu yelled as he came to a sudden stop. Lucy wasn't given enough time to stop so instead decided it would be nice to crash into the back of his head (note the sarcasm).
"Owch…" She mumbled as she rubbed her nose and stepped out from behind him to see the place that he was so excited about going to. She gasped as she looked up. She felt like screaming and crying at the same time out of pure joy. Tears welled up in her eyes slightly as she gazed up at the mountain in front of her.
This was the place where the two of them had spent their time with Luna and Igneel. This was the place they had grown up together. It seemed like nothing had changed. The fountain that sat at ground level next to the mountain. The cave less than half way up the mountain, where they would sleep… Everything.
"Natsu…" She mumbled as she continued to gaze at the scene. A few tears trickled down her cheeks as she begun to remember some of the best times of her childhood with her best friend.
"Come on!" Natsu grinned as he took her hand in his and began to run towards the cave. Once the two of the made it into the cave, Lucy gasped once again. There were fairy light twinkling all around the cave from all sorts of different heights. In the middle of the cave sat a couch for two, facing towards a large screen set up on the back wall.
"Natsu… What is this?" She asked with a gentle smile as she turned towards the boy. Tears still gleamed on her face slightly, making her eyes shined as she looked at him.
"Come sit down." He smiled as he pulled her over to the couch. "I had a friend from a nearby guild set this up for me." He grinned. They turned their heads to the screen as a picture started to load.
"Hey Natsu! Its about time you woke up! Come on in!" A six year old Lucy's voice called. The young girl showed up on the screen sitting at the bottom of the fountain floating around in the water.
"Hey Luce!" Seven year old Natsu yelled as he came running towards her. He came diving into the water, creating a big wave splashing Lucy.
"Hey!" Lucy laughed as waved her hands to splash him right back. The two were laughing and splashing each other for a few more minute after that. Lucy then splashed him right in the face before ducking under the water and hiding from him.
Natsu dived under water after her and tried to swim after her as she kept swimming away from him. She then stopped and pointed upwards before heading up and taking a gasp of breath as Natsu followed her and did the same. Once they were caught up on their breathing, Lucy erupted into a fit of giggles and Natsu laughed with her.
The screen turned black again for a little while. Lucy had tears of joy rolling down her cheeks as she watched what seemed to be a memory on the screen.
"How did you get this?" She asked as she faced the pink-ett.
"There is a guy at Sabertooth and basically his magic is memory make and he can turn memories into anything he wants!" Natsu grinned at her. Lucy was about to say something else but a new picture began to load.
'Hey Luce!" An eight year old Natsu beamed as he ran over to his friend. "I wanna show you something!" He beamed before grabbing her hand and running into the forrest. He took her over to this tall tree.
"Natsu, what is so important?" She asked as she looked at the tree.
"I wanna show you the new trick I learned! Watch this!" He smiled as he faced the tree and closed his eyes. He opened his eyes suddenly and cupped his hands around his mouth. "Roar of the Fire Dragon!" He yelled as he released fire from his mouth and burnt down the tree in a swift movement.
"Wow that is so cool! I wish I could do that…" Lucy pouted as she looked at the ground. "You always keep advancing and learning new tricks but the only thing I can learn is the iron fist…" She pouted more as she slumped down.
"Don't worry Luce! I'm sure you'll get it soon!" He beamed happily. He smiled at the girl with reassurance and that gave her, if only the slightest, hope.
"I remember that day…" Lucy mumbled as the picture turned off again. "Thank you Natsu… Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me. She smiled at him. She wrapped him in a sudden hug. "Thank you…" Was all she said before they slowly parted.
"Wanna just sleep here? … Like old times?" Natsu asked with a grin. Lucy nodded and wiped her now dry tears off her cheeks. … Like old times.
I hope this was worth the wait. To be honest, Once I remembered this account and saw how long it had been since I updated this story, I put it off more and more, cause I thought you would all hate em for leaving it so late. So a month turned into two, then three, until we got to where we are today. Agaian thanks for being so patient. Please review and tell me what you think about my absence, I want your honest opinion, so just let it all out.