Meeeerp. Hello people of the internet, how are you?
Thank you all for your previous reviews, so many of you're happy about the development between Lucy and Natsu and I share your excitement.
This chapter some new stuff is gonna happen this chapter I'm thinking.
BTW SORRY THIS IS SO LATE. GRAAAH. FORGIVE ME.
Please review if you get a chance~
2015: Revised
Lucy was cold in Natsu's arms, her fragile frame trembling like a leaf.
"It's cold." Lucy muttered.
The sky was as black as tar, the previous stars swallowed completely by the silencing blanket of night.
Natsu tightened his grip on the blonde, cradling her head against his chest.
"I'm sorry, I should have brought a jacket." Natsu mumbled into her hair.
Lucy laughed shakily, the pain in her leg drowning her in exhaustion, "you're being stupid. I'm just lucky you managed to catch me before I became a wizard pancake." Her tone was joking, but Natsu could hear the sincere gratefulness in her words.
A smile tugged at the corners of Natsu's lips, finally words towards him that weren't venomous snakes trying to tear him apart.
"Porlyuscia is going to be mad we're coming to her so late." Natsu said grimly, his heavy footsteps echoing down the empty halls.
Lucy groaned at the thought, no doubt she'd have questions about her leg.
"And an excuse about my leg." Lucy grumbled.
"Yeah, that too." Natsu said gruffly, he had questions himself, lot's of them. It was frustrating how there never seemed to be a right time to ask them.
"Natsu, how were you flying earlier? I read about about Flight magic once, I've heard it's extremely hard to use and control." Lucy enquired, brown eyes peering up at Natsu.
A sheepish expression morphed Natsu's previously serious face, "ahah yes well, it may sound crazy but I came across the spell by accident, it was one of the books I was planning on throwing at some first years today actually. It was lucky I decided to give the book a quick skim beforehand." Natsu said truthfully, laughing nervously.
Lucy frowned at him, she didn't approve of his brutish bully-like behaviour.
"Oh, I see." Lucy said coldly, gaze hardening.
Sensing he had hit a nerve Natsu frowned, "I'm sorry I didn't mean anything by it Lucy, I just . . ." Natsu's voice drifted off, he didn't actually have an excuse.
"You just what?" Lucy barked, now careening her neck at an awkward angle to make icy eye contact with Natsu.
Natsu swallowed thickly, where had this come from? Just a moment ago Lucy was practically cuddling into his chest and now she was back to spitting verbal fireballs at him!
"Lucy, it's hard to explain . . ." This time Natsu stopped abruptly because the blond in his arms was now squirming wildly.
"What's hard to explain!? You're nothing but a bully, Natsu!" She made an attempt to free herself from his arms.
"Lucy! Calm down!" Natsu shouted, dismayed, trying desperately to keep his hold on the chaotic witch.
"No! Put me down!" With this final indignant scream Lucy had managed to pry herself free from Natsu's arms, but in this process landed roughly on her petite butt.
Momentarily shocked Natsu stared down at the still bleeding and injured blond, dumbfounded. Tears of pain from both her ruined leg and her sore bottom sprang to Lucy's eyes.
"Lucy, are you crazy?!" Natsu hissed, beginning to bend down to pick her back up.
"Don't you dare." Lucy snarled, her pupils glimmering with the vibrant shock of yellow.
Grimacing slightly at the thought of Lucy's turning him into a toad Natsu hesitated, fingers half outstretched towards her twisted form.
"Lucy, I'm sorry." His tone was flat, defeated, onyx eyes soft and guilty.
Lucy's lower lip began to tremble, she was so confused? How did she know she could trust him? What if tomorrow at school he was the same narrow minded jerk he usually was? How could she have let herself almost come to trust him?
"Don't call me Lucy." Lucy said quietly, eyes downcast to hide her tears. "You never did before, why should you now?"
Natsu blinked at her in surprise. So he'd said her name without noticing,
Kneeling down in front of Lucy Natsu let out a long sigh, "I'm an idiot aren't I?" He asked exasperatedly.
"Yes." Lucy responded, brown eyes moving cautiously back to Natsu's face.
"I've done a lot of stupid things in the past few years, to my peers, to younger students . . . to you." Natsu whispered, eyes glued to the stone floor.
Unsure where Natsu was going with this Lucy said nothing.
"I don't even have a reason to be mean. I have good parents, a loving sister, I don't know why I
act like this." Natsu's voice was so quiet, so soft like a feather Lucy almost didn't catch what he had said. "I should be like you."
He wanted to more like her!? For god's sake why?! He had everything! All she had was a selfish, neglecting father, terrible grades and not to mention the recent demon stalker she had required?
"You want to be more like me?" Lucy asked disbelievingly, eyes wide.
A small tentative smile played upon Natsu's mobile lips, gently he sat himself down on the cold tiles in front of Lucy.
"I think I've always wanted to be more like you?" Natsu said.
For a moment Lucy found it hard to breathe, warmth swathing her whole body in a pool of sunshine goodness, "but why?"
What Natsu did next almost sent Lucy into a coma from shock. Shuffling closer Natsu gently took hold of Lucy's cold hands and twined his long, muscular fingers through them.
"Because you were always you. It didn't matter that you had the worst grades in class or everyone thought you were a huge loser."
Lucy winced, Natsu was sometimes a little too honest.
"None of that mattered to you, you just kept doing what you thought was right. Needless of what everyone else thought about you. Even since the first time we met, I was so rude to you, and you just stated your mind; the truth."
Lucy sat there astounded, the previous pain from her bleeding leg was now forgotten; all she could do was sit and gawk as Natsu poured his heart out.
"You're not saying anything." Natsu muttered nervously, pink kissing his cheeks adorably, his hands; which were still clenching hers tightly began to grow even warmer than before.
"I-I'm sorry, I just don't know what to say." Lucy stammered, her skin was feverish and she was she was sweating bullets.
"I was jealous of you. That's why I was so cruel. Can't you see that?" Natsu leaned in close, his hot breath washing over Lucy's face. "I wish you would tell me what's bothering you, why you're suddenly so different."
His nose was less than an inch from Lucy's, gaze equal, onyx eyes eager and excited, brown eyes timid and shy.
"I-I can't tell you." Lucy whispered, wishing she could tear her eyes from Natsu's, she felt as if he stared into her eyes long enough he would find out the secrets she was withholding without her needing to speak.
"Why not? Whatever you're going through I can tell it's too scary to face alone." Natsu whispered.
Feeling trapped and caged Lucy stalled, mind scrambling "it's crazy. You'd never believe me, you would think I was insane." She shook her head madly, as if she was trying to reject the improbable happenings of her life.
Natsu stilled, his hands still on hers, "Lucy, everyone has their own demons to face. That doesn't mean you have to face them on your own." Natsu's voice was so gentle Lucy had to stop to properly process what he had just said.
Daring to meet Natsu's coaxing gaze once again Lucy pulled her eyes back to his, "you're naive if you think that way." She mumbled, eyes glued to the enticing scar on his upper lip.
How did he get that?
"And you're a cocky fool if you believe you can do everything on your own." Natsu replied, gently unwinding his fingers from Lucy's, shaky fingers cupping her chin.
Face heating up to unrealistic temperatures, Lucy froze, "I don't need to rely on others. That's how friends get hurt."
Natsu's thumb moved from her chin to sit boldly on her lower lip, valiantly he slip his thumb across the smooth, tender skin of Lucy's lip.
"W-what are you doing?" Lucy whispered hoarsely, voice cracking.
"Testing the waters, I want to know what you're lips are going to feel like when I kiss you." Natsu whispered huskily.
Before Lucy could even let out a squeak of disagreement or objection Natsu's lips were pressing commandingly against hers.
Hot as fire Natsu's lips danced against Lucy's, fluttery pecks chaste and beautiful.
Frozen, eyes wide Lucy sat there dumbfounded as Natsu's lips moved against her own, unable to move.
A flicker of retina shattering light flashed behind Natsu's head, snapping back to reality Lucy plants her hands on Natsu's chest and shoves him away from her with a vicious ferocity.
"Who's there!?" Someone from down the corridor shouts, voice faint, lantern flickering faintly.
"Kane!" Lucy gasped, struggling to stand up, forgetting all about the wreck her leg was in.
Hissing in pain, Lucy staggered, not wanting to put weight on her bad leg.
Without hesitation Natsu scooped Lucy in his arms once again, this time under much more desperate circumstances.
The sound of heavy boots hammering against the flagstones echoed behind them, Kane was coming!
Frantic Natsu spurred into gear, running down the hall.
"Natsu!" Lucy squeaked as Natsu whipped around a corner sharply almost jeering her from her spot in his arms.
"Hold on tight Lucy! I'm getting you to Porlyuscia, you need a doctor." Natsu grunted, his face shining with a thin gleam of sweat.
Closing her eyes and crushing herself against Natsu's chest Lucy held herself very still. Natsu was panting heavily, hot breath beating down on her.
"Almost there." He muttered under his breath, keeping up his steady pace.
They both knew the consequences if they were caught.
Not very good.
Stopping sharply to kick open the large infirmary door with his left foot Natsu stormed in, "Someone help! Lucy needs help!"
Cold fingers poked and prodded at her, lifting her into a bed.
"What happened?" A elderly woman asked, her voice distant and foggy.
"She's lost a lot of blood." Another voice chimed in, this one colder than the last.
"Will she be alright Professor?" The familiar voice of Natsu asked eagerly.
"Oh course she will be, she needs rest and I need to disinfect these wounds, now leave!"
Lucy felt her mind slow, her aches and pains cease sluggishly.
I'm sure it'll be okay if I just sleep now. She thought tiredly, the black hole of exhaustion swallowing her up in a blanket of sleep as Natsu gazed down at her worriedly.
~With Angel~
"You've sincerely disappointed me Raven." He said coolly, still sitting in the velvet chair from before.
Raven was a mess, his tux in shreds and his unseeing eyes black, nose bent and feathers sticking out of his hair. He bowed, "I'm sorry Master. But please don't hurt her. She didn't do anything."
Angel frowned, begging didn't suit Raven. "Your people will be very upset with you Raven. You know what this contract meant to them."
Raven swallowed.
"I know, Master."
"Don't call me that Raven for I'm no longer your Master. I'm letting you go."
Raven's throat closed, a 'but' was coming.
"Himua must stay with me. She'll take over for you."
"No!" Raven screamed, falling to his knees, "don't take her! She's only ten she doesn't know how to even change fully yet! Don't make her!"
Angel wrinkled his nose at his grovelling.
"You know the arrangement, Raven. You or your sister, the only two shapeshifters left amongst the native tribes. The ones capable of full transformation."
Raven sobbed, "she's so young . . ."
Angel smirked, "it's for the better boy, the younger she is the more time she'll have to learn from me. Loyalty is given over time."
"No . . ." Raven moaned.
"Good bye Raven, you will not meet me again. Nor will you see your sister. Now wake, time is ticking in the outside world."
Then Raven's eyes fell closed and he too fell into slumber.
Urgh. That was kinda crappy. Sorry.
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