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"Natsu!"
"It's really him!"
"NATSU!
"I knew he was alive!"
"I can't believe it!"
Natsu stared back at the faces that were smiling at him, confused and bewildered. He didn't recognise any of them, but they seemed to know him; some were getting up and walking up to him in disbelief, others were still staring at him in shock for reasons he did not know.
"What's going on here?" A voice asked from the back and all the guild members turned around to the source of the voice.
"Master…" a white haired girl said, "it's Natsu…they found him!" The sea of people parted and a small man (a very small man) walked over to him; in his hand he was holding a staff with a smiley face on top of it. Natsu recognised him from somewhere…
Wait! Wasn't that the guy that he tripped over?! That meant…that he had tripped over the guild master of this guild. Oops.
"Get back from him." The guild master said quietly and the guild members obeyed hesitantly.
"Natsu…" the guild master turned to him and Natsu was getting irritated at the fact that everyone seemed to know his name somehow. The dragon slayer glared at the guild master for a couple of seconds, then, to let out his frustration and anger, aimed a spit at him; the whole guild gasped at his action and Natsu turned his head away from the master's gaze smugly.
"Yes dude!" Myron cried after a few silent seconds.
"Master…" the white haired girl said unsurely as Natsu watched out of the corner of his eye. The master shook his head.
"I thought so…" he said sadly and then spoke to the mages that captured him and his friends. "Put him and his…friends in one of the spare rooms please. Lucy, do you mind keeping an eye on them please? Loki would be happy to help you."
"Sure." Lucy replied.
"Is this a nice room?" Haru asked, "cause I'm not really keen on messy room, you know…I don't like the feeling of old germs spreading everywhere…"
"Do we have room service?" Mika asked when no one answered Haru. The best reply was a shove in the direction of the mysterious room they were getting moved to.
"I bet they are going to murder us all there." Rinn said darkly as he got led away. "Then they'll chop us up into-"
"Shut up!" Mika yelled as Myron and Yuki grinned.
"Another horror movie?" Myron asked and Rinn nodded. "HEY! I want my fucking dog to come with me! That's the least you can do before you chop us up!" Myron yelled suddenly as two guild members were trying to restrain Villain.
Trying.
Natsu snorted at the scene that was unfolding: two guild members were slowly getting dragged by Villain, who was completely oblivious to them, and was wagging his tail whilst walking towards Myron.
Eventually, the two guild members given up and let go of the dog. Villain ram over to them, barking happily. Natsu smiled and let himself get pushed to the room they were sent to. He caught Haru's eye, and smiled warmly at him; Haru smiled back and rolled his eyes as if to say : 'can you believe these guys?'
Natsu smiled at the ground and obediently walked up the wooden stairs, past two rooms with closed doors and entered the third one.
The room was dull; it had no curtains, no shelves- just a small bed in the middle. Natsu could see why this was one of the unused ones.
"Talk about a fixer upper…" Mika said into the silence as they were pushed in- Natsu was pushed seemingly less rough than the others, for reasons unknown to him.
"Jesus…okay, okay…" Yuki muttered and sat on the bed, glaring at the mages.
"Just shout if they give you any hassle." The knight girl said to Lucy. Lucy nodded.
"Thanks. I'd rather do that then get Loke out…he'll probably start declaring his 'love' to me again…" She muttered in a quiet tone only the dragon slayer could hear. Natsu laughed, covering his mouth.
"What?" His friends chorused as Lucy moaned. The two other mages (and blue, flying cat) backed out of the room, smirking slightly. Natsu beckoned his friends over and whispered in Haru's (as he was the closest) ear.
"That girl's got some love problems…this guy likes to 'declare his love' to her…" Haru snorted and passed it on to Mika, who then shouted.
"Oh my god! Lucy's got looove problems!"
Everyone apart from Lucy laughed. Natsu collapsed on the bed, laughing weakly. He looked up and saw that Lucy was staring at him. Strange. Why was she looking at him? That was rude.
Natsu raised his eyebrow as if to say: 'do you mind?!'
Lucy looked away again, embarrassed.
"What's her deal?" Myron muttered. Natsu shrugged.
"I think she fancies you." Yuki whispered. Natsu and Myron stared at her, mouth open.
"No fucking way!" Myron whispered back.
"I don't think so, either…" Rinn muttered, sliding next to Natsu on the bed; it was getting pretty full now, but that didn't stop Haru wedging himself in between them all. Lucy looked at them questionably, but didn't say anything.
"I think she's looking at you in a different way…" he muttered, glancing up at her.
"Nah." Mika said. "I agree with Carrot top." Yuki rolled her eyes at her nickname, and combed some of her crazy, orange hair out of the way.
"How would you know?" She whispered to the boys. "You're not girls."
"You're right." Myron said. "I will never understand how girls managed to hide their feelings so well…when you think you know what they are thinking…" he mock shuddered. Natsu snorted and Mika giggled. The dragon slayer then looked up at Lucy again, and couldn't help but think that he had seen her before. Even the name 'Loke' had sounded oddly familiar to him.
Actually, the whole guild did.
-#!-#!-#!-#!
"Amnesia?" Mira-Jane echoed in the guild hall, voicing everyone's thoughts. Master sighed and nodded sadly.
"I'm afraid so." He answered.
"Damn." Gajeel muttered, slamming his fist on the table. He, also, voiced what everybody was thinking.
"Will he ever recover his memory?" Wendy asked from the back, "Maybe my healing magic would do something-"
"Thanks for your suggestion Wendy." Mokarov said, "But that wouldn't do any help at this point.
"Could we trigger it back in any way?" Macao asked.
"Yeah, That could work!" Elfman cried.
"I've still got his scarf. Maybe if we show him it…" Erza said.
"Then maybe…" Gray muttered.
"I'm planning to see Natsu separately and see how much he actually remembers," Mokarov said, speaking to all of the guild, "and then we shall see what we can do from there. But I do not want to scare him anymore than he is now, so I will take it slowly."
There was a sudden shout from upstairs and a bang, then the unmistakable sound of Lucy's shouting.
"We should probably go and help her." Gray said and started to go to the abandoned room again. Erza, Happy and Mokarov followed.
-#!-#!-#!-#!
After lots of shouting, tantrums, swearing and fighting, the mages (along with the extra help of Macao and Gajeel) had finally managed to get Natsu on his own, and sat down on a chair in Mokarov's office (if you want to call it that.) and now the dragon slayer was kicking his chair.
"I just want to talk with you. Is that okay?" Mokarov asked; Natsu looked up at him and once again the guild master noticed the scratch that was streamed down his face, narrowly missing his eye.
"Then you can leave." Mokarov added and Natsu slowly nodded. "Thank you."
"First, is there any questions you want to ask me?" Natsu looked at him, expression unreadable, and opened his mouth to say something; however, after a few seconds, the dragon slayer looked down at the floorboards. Mokarov watched this happen, and came to a conclusion for his behaviour.
"Mute?" The guild master asked gently and Natsu didn't nod or shake his head. Mokarov didn't push the matter, and moved on to some of his questions gently.
"Do you think I'm here to harm you and your friends?" He asked. Natsu nodded viciously and made Mokarov laugh.
"Well, I can assure you I'm not going to. Or any of the guild members around here." Natsu looked up at the guild master less shyly.
"I simply want to help you stay safe." He continued, sensing that he had caught Natsu's attention, "That is what this guild does." Mokarov saw that Natsu was intrigued, through he was trying not to look it. Typical Natsu.
"All I ask of you is, with your friends if you like, to stay here for a few days, that's all. Would you like that?" Natsu hesitated, then nodded slowly, still cautious. "Good!" Mokarov cried, "I'm sure that Fairytail would welcome your stay." The guild master purposefully put stress on the word Fairytail in hope that it would trigger some of the dragon slayer's memory; Mokarov felt that he should introduce parts of Natsu's lost memory over a few days, and not overwhelm him straight away and tell him everything- words wouldn't help bring his memory back, would it?
Sure enough, when Mokarov glanced at Natsu again, the dragon slayer was staring into space, apparently deep in thought.
"Do you want me to show you to your room?" He asked; Natsu jumped slightly and nodded after realising who was speaking. "Follow me." Mokarov opened the door and lead Natsu out of his office and down the guild stairs; immediately all talking stopped and everyone turned their heads to him and Natsu.
"Gajeel, Gray, Erza?" Mokarov asked the three mages, acting like it was completely natural for everyone to be staring at you when you exit a room. "Could you tell the teens you brought in earlier that they have a new room that they can stay in for a couple of days? Tell them that their friend said so." They nodded and made their way to the room from before. Mokarov saw that Natsu was looking around curiously at everything around him.
"You like this place?" He asked. Natsu nodded a little and proceeded to follow the guild master to his new room for a few days. The guild master opened the door and gestured Natsu to go inside; the dragon slayer entered cautiously, looking around the room. Eventually, he sat on one of the beds and looked out the window.
"Is it okay?" The guild master asked. Natsu nodded. "Good. Well, I hope you enjoy your stay here." The master walked away to give Natsu some privacy, praying that his plan would work and the dragon slayer's memories would return.