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"So you know me then?" The man asked the exceed but didn't wait for an answer. Instead, he turned his attention to the mages in front of him. "As much as I would like to fight you all…I have to finish my business with a certain someone...but if a fight is what you want, I'll gladly let my men do so…" Behind him, men with their faces hidden by large helmets began to close in, blocking all escape routes.

"What have you done to Natsu?!" Lucy shouted, drawing out her whip; the man grinned.

"Nothing too bad yet." The man snapped his fingers and the guards surged towards the mages, who were being forced to fight. The man began to walk away casually, laughing quietly to himself.

"Coward!" Erza cries as she sliced a guard's chest; but the man was gone and they were left to fight.

"Happy," Gray cried as he threw a guard to the side. "You need to follow him and find Natsu!" Happy nodded.

"Right!"

"It won't take us long to defeat these jerks." Gajeel yelled over the cries of battle. "We'll find you soon." With a final nod, the exceed flew off in the direction the man left in and hoped that the plan would work.

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Natsu heard the door open and looked up weakly to see his kidnapper walking towards him; he heard the distant yells of a battle before the door swung shut and vaguely wondered what was going on. Could someone be trying to help him? But who? Maybe…

"We don't have much time left, you and I…" The man said and grabbed Natsu's waist. The slayer didn't try to struggle; he was growing dizzy from blood loss and all his strength had escaped him. His arms ached and he was in pain- he had lost all the fighting spirit inside him.

"You're behaving now, aren't you my little Pyro…" he muttered and tugged the dragon slayer so hard that two cracks could be heard from his wrists as the chains began to break with the force of the pull. Natsu gave a small cry.

"Come on…I'll make it quick for you…" his abuser pulled off Natsu's shirt and jacket viscously, tossing them to the floor. He then proceeded to pull his own shirt off, so both men in the room were shirtless.

"Not bad…" The man remarked, staring at Natsu's bare chest. His rough fingers gripped his waist and dug his long nails into the dragon slayer's fresh wound. Natsu screamed and tried to pull away but each strain made the pain worse.

"You have to be more quiet…" The man whispered to him once he calmed down, "or this is going to hurt more than it should…" His abuser then began to kiss Natsu's neck roughly with no affection whilst digging his fingers further into his wound. Natsu's breath hitched and he screamed again; this time the man didn't even bother trying to stop him and carried on kissing him and started to undo the slayer's trousers quickly and violently. Natsu tried to fight, but with his energy close to zero and his vision blurred, he could only manage a few kicks.

"No! Don't touch him!"

A sudden blur of blue seized his kidnapper's hair and then the cruel hands were off him and no more lips were on his chest. Natsu closed his eyes began to cry out of relief, not caring what his saviour would think.

There were yells of panic filling the room now, and pained howls. Natsu didn't open his eyes.

A last cry, and the door was opened and shut quickly, as if someone was fleeing in a hurry. Natsu didn't open his eyes.

Then silence. A flutter of wings.

A small, gentle hand on his shoulder. Natsu opened his eyes.

Not hand. Paw.

The blue cat that he had seen earlier was resting a paw on his shoulder comfortingly and was looking at him with kind eyes full of worry.

"Natsu…" it whispered. Natsu said nothing, but was strangely comforted by this cat he couldn't remember. Then, it was gone from his vision again and Natsu could hear the sounds of metal being broken from above him. The chains broke and the dragon slayer fell to the ground, relieved of the newfound freedom in his arms; but with the sudden fall, another wave of pain shot through him and he collapsed against the metal wall, breathing quickly.

"Natsu!" The cat said from above him and the dragon slayer could see it again; he was suddenly comforted with a new feeling of safety and affection for the small cat. He smiled a little.

"I'm sorry, Natsu!" The cat suddenly hugged him, burying its head into his chest, "I'm so sorry! I know you don't remember me but I should've been there to help you sooner! But I wasn't and now…Natsu!"

Natsu looked down at the cat.

Happy, you don't need to apologise…

Memories flooded back to him- finally, the last undiscovered corners of his mind reviled themselves and he remembered everything: going on missions with his friends, being in the guild, all the holidays they had.

The good parts.

The bad parts.

The struggles.

The fun.

He remembered everything that had happened at the guild and everyone at the guild.

Including Happy.

All the fun times they had, when it was just them two fishing; all the useless, immature arguments they would have about what they were going to eat. All those times where he would look at Happy, and smile, knowing that they would never leave each other's side for the world.

Don't cry Happy…none of this was ever your fault. Don't cry Happy, don't cry.

I don't blame you.

"Happy…" Natsu murmured, then louder. "Happy…don't cry…" he wrapped his arms around his friend and hugged him tight.

"Natsu?" The exceed looked up to find the dragon slayer smiling at him. "You remember me?" Natsu nodded. Happy smiled and began to cry out of happiness. "You remember!"

"I could never forget you for long." Natsu said, smiling. Happy nuzzled him and pulled away. His eyes fell on the blood that was running steadily from his waist to the floor; he gasped at the jagged line that started from Natsu's back and ended at his hip.

"You're hurt!" He cried, now understanding the reason for his friends sudden weakness and the paling of his skin.

"I'm fine…" Natsu muttered, stroking the blue cat absentmindedly, but his eyes were not looking directly at anything in particular, giving a glazed look. His eyes were fluttering shut at random intervals and Happy could only watch helplessly as his best friend began to fade from him.

"The others will be here soon! And then we'll be able to go to Fairy tail again!" Happy began to talk to keep Natsu's mind active. Natsu smiled and shifted his gaze over to him.

"Who's with you?" He asked.

"You know, the usual: Lucy, Gray and Erza. Oh- but Gajeel has came along too!" Natsu laughed.

"Stupid iron head…" he said, mainly to himself. "How did you manage to chase that man away anyway?" Happy grinned.

"I pulled his hair really hard-"

"Didn't realise you could be so viscous. Better watch out next time I steal some of your fish…"

"You're really mean when you do that!"

"I'm hungry though! I gotta eat!"

"Eat off Lucy's plate, not mine!"

"Lucy scares me!"

"Steal some when she's not looking then!"

"She always guard's her food around us. Don't know why…"

"Anyway," Happy continued, "I didn't just pull his hair! I scratched his eyes! Hard!"

"Viscous Happy."

"I was defending us!"

"I'm never going to steal your food again. It may be the last thing I do…"

Happy nuzzled into Natsu affectionately.

"I don't mind if you steal my fish." He said. Natsu closed his eyes.

"Now I really want some fish…" he muttered. Happy giggled.

"Hey, Happy! You in here?!" Erza's voice cried from the end of the hall.

"I'm here! I found Natsu!"

Cheers erupted and Gray appeared at the door with Gajeel behind him.

"I found them!" Gray cried. He gestured to the others to come. "In here!"

Lucy and Erza appeared at the door with Natsu's kidnapper, unconscious, in their arms.

"We found him trying to run away." Lucy said to no one in particular, "I think you blinded him, Happy."

"Hey guys!" Happy interrupted as the mages walked over to them, squinting in the dim light. "Natsu remembered everything! He remembered us! Isn't that right, Natsu?" Happy turned to the fire dragon slayer but he didn't answer. "Natsu?"

Natsu didn't respond.

"Wake up!" Happy cried and shook him gently. The mages ran over to them; Erza and Lucy dumped the kidnapper's limp body on the floor.

"He's lost too much blood." Erza verified and immediately started to put pressure on the wound. "We need to try and get him to wake up or…" she didn't finish her sentence.

"Hey, Natsu!" Lucy cried, "Wake up! Come on! You need to!" Natsu stirred and the mages held their breath in hope.

"Geez, Luce…you don't need to shout…" Natsu opened his eyes a crack and grinned weakly at the celestial mage. His voice was barely a whisper, but it got heard.

"I was trying to wake you up, you idiot!" She said but smiled.

"We need to get him back to the guild quickly." Gray muttered, "I'm not sure he's going to last long if this wound is left untreated."

"He's been drugged something too." Gajeel added, "and I don't like the smell of it…"

"Oi Flamebrain!" Gray said at the wounded slayer, "can you get up?" But Natsu was already dozing off again and Gray took that as a no.

"I'll carry him outta this place." Gray said and began to pick up Natsu and put him on his back. Natsu moaned and visibly flinched at the pain it was causing him; the mages looked at each other and knew they had to get Natsu back to the guild as soon as they could.

"We can send a distress signal once we're out of here." Erza said and she began to stride out. The other mages followed. "That will get him back quicker."

Happy flew beside Natsu, refusing to leave his side whilst Gajeel and Lucy picked up Natsu's kidnapper, accidentally-on-purpose knocking him on everything that they passed.

"I just hope we get to the guild in time." Gray muttered and sped up as much as he could without jostling Natsu.

"I promise you can have all my fish when you get better," Happy whispered to the fire dragon slayer, "and I won't complain ever again."

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