Beh Laziness but at least I managed to do this :D I've noticed the lack of Natza fics lately so I decided to get some work done and add another chapter :P Btw, Natsu will be OOC throughout all the Story but he will have his moments xD and Erza will also be quite OOC but Yenno :P Anyways enjoy the story!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail! It belongs to Hiro Mashima and (SPOILER ALERT) WHY HIRO WHY U DO DIS. (Chapter 334)
Chapter 4: Erza Scarlet's Past and the Dragon's Promise.
1800 Hours
Natsu and Erza had landed just a few hours ago getting almost taken out of the skies by Fairy Tail Artillery because of the chopper that had a Phantom Insignia but Erza opened the side doors and screamed at them to stop whilst flailing her hands around. They had landed on the helipad on the roof of the barracks. Erza helped Natsu out of the chopper since he had an injured arm and he was tired flying the chopper. Now we unfold in the infirmary with Erza tending to his injuries as she wrapped the white cloth around the bullet hole which she had taken the bullet out of course.
"Erza, really I'm fine!" Natsu said as he gave thumbs up with his injured arm but winced in pain failing horribly to make a smile appear on his face.
"No Natsu! You will get treated from the wound and will stay here until it heals!"
"But Erza!"
"What?!"
"I'm... hungry..." And his stomached his growled to add more effect.
"Ugh fine let's go to the bar and ask Mira if she can get you anything."
They both stood up and left the infirmary room and entered the barrack's hall. People were just idling around talking to one another laughing and cracking jokes. On the far side of the Hall was Cana holding a barrel full of beer and gulping it all down in mere seconds whilst wobbling around the area trying to stabilise herself. On the far left of the Hall sat Lucy and a small blue haired teen called Levy and they were reading books whilst talking (Idk how it's possible but just go along with it.) Erza and Natsu sat at the bar resting his head on the hard and cold wooden surface of it. Mira then appeared with a motherly bright smile as she turned to Erza and asked:
"So, Erza how was the mission?" She said as she bent down to the small refrigerator located under the bar and took out a slice of strawberry cake.
"Oh it was alright, the usual, apart from Natsu throwing some weird bomb Nova thing that he created." She dug into her cake in about 5 seconds before Mira took the plate and put it on the side.
"A Nova bomb? Those things are hard to make! I wonder how he managed to do that..."
"Makes me wonder sometimes as well Mira..." Mira walked over to Natsu
"So! What would you like Natsu?" she asked as she put her finger to her chin.
"Hmm, I would like some chicken and 2 bottles of Tabasco sauce if you guys have any." Mira's eyes widened.
"Uhhh Sure I'll go get it in a second... 'What a strange request... well I shouldn't judge seeing as though I only met him like a few days ago.'Moments later Mira came back with 3 pieces of chicken leg and 2 bottles of Tabasco sauce. Natsu then screwed off the top of the 2 bottles and gulped one of them down in a few seconds ignoring all the shocked faces and stares that were sent at him. As he was putting Tabasco sauce on his chicken Erza was happily eating her cheesecake but Gray decided to interrupt her happy time when he was thrown at Erza ruining her strawberry cheesecake (Oooo Shit, just hit the fan!) Erza's eyes glowed red and a murderous aura was floating around her as she glared swords at Gray and the rest of the soldiers in the Hall. Cana stopped drinking, Gray was shitting himself. Elfman was trying to get away, Loke hid in a corner and Natsu was just... being Natsu.
"YOU GUYS RUINED MY CHEESCAKE! YOU WILL ALL PAY THE PRICE!" Erza yelled as she began on her rampage of fists hitting anyone she saw leaving a beaten-to-a-pulp Gray twitching in the corner. Natsu sat there; a question mark was floating near his head as a chicken piece was hanging from his mouth.
"Whfts upth wivth Ersha?" Natsu asked Mirajane.
"Well... you see she has an obsession with... cheesecake." Mira sweatdropped slightly. Natsu then had a flashback of when he looked in Erza's fridge. 'So that's why she had all those cheesecakes...' Natsu facepalmed loudly remembering the fridge with cake filled up the brim. Natsu watched as she rampaged throughout the hall currently beating up Loke for throwing Gray into her.
2 Hours passed and Erza eventually stopped and she and Natsu decided to head back to her place.
"Ahhh, I'm so full!" Natsu said as he patted his stomach. Erza nods as she continued to eat strawberry cheesecake.
Natsu walked to his spot but then spotted a black cloth on the table beside Erza's bed. He got closer and realised it was an eye patch. 'Was she a pirate? Pfft, no. What the hell am I thinking? But why does she have an eye patch?' Natsu picked it up and observed it. It was old and dirty with dried blood on it. The strings were snapped in 2 and the outer rim of the patch was all torn showing loose strings coming out of it. Before Natsu could think the eye patch disappeared and Erza stood next to him with teary eyes.
"Erza? Erza! Why are you crying?!" Natsu exclaimed as he put his arms on her shoulders. "Is it the eye patch?" Erza nods as tears fell from her eyes.
"N-Natsu... I need to tell you something..." Erza looked at Natsu and what Natsu realised that she wasn't crying from her right eye but she was crying from her right eye.
"E-Erza... y-your right eye! W-why are there no tears coming out of it!"
"Because it's... it's... it's... an artificial robotic eye, in short 'ARE'."
"Artificial what now?" Natsu said as his eyes widened and a look of worry swept over his face.
"Come on let's sit down I better tell you the whole story..." Erza patted on the spot next to her. Natsu let out a sigh of defeat and nodded whilst sitting next to her.
"Well, where to start. When I was small my town was raided by the Zeref Cult and they would take the children for human trafficking as slaves to build this project called 'Tower of Heaven' this was the project to revive a very powerful person."
Natsu just sat there mouth gaped open in shock as he had heard that name before. "Z-Zeref?"
"Yes, he was a very powerful person and this project somehow had the capability to revive him. I was sold as a slave to help build the Tower and of course I made a few friends." She started smiling and gazing out the window "They were called Milliana, Simon, Rob; although he was more or less like a father figure to me, Wally, Sho and..." Erza hesitated as tears started again to form at the corner of her eyes. "J-Jellal..."
Natsu looked at her when he said the name. He had heard that name before around the town of Gherts as he was passing through and the rumours that he had forced slaves to build this project he was working on for 8 long years.
"Jellal was my first friend but I really wish I had never met him..." Erza cried as Natsu put an arm around her.
"Now Erza, could you tell me how you got the Artificial Robotic Eye of yours?" Erza nodded
"It started when..."
*Flashback*
The alarm was giving out an ear piercing wail as a small group of children were running through the thin dark corridors running through the maze like headless chickens turning left and right.
"Come on!" Sho yelled "It's this wa-"A soldier had shot his gun at the boy's calf sending him on his knees as he screeched in pain.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" the sinister voice came out of the shadow revealing a black clad tall man with a hat shadowing the features of his face. "Escaping are we?" his voice sent shivers down the children's spines.
The children stood in fear holding in their breath as the man walked from person to person inspecting them until he came upon Erza.
"Ah, she's perfect." An evil smile crept up on his face pulled out his gun and shot Erza square in her right eye.
"ERZA!" Sho, Milliana, Simon, Wally and Jellal screamed out.
"BE QUIET!" His voice boomed through the corridors instantly silencing the children. "Let that be a lesson for trying to es. She will not die-"He put his gun back into his holster. "The bullet didn't touch the brain but she will be scarred for life..."
Normal Time
Erza was at her breaking point tears endlessly falling down her face and Natsu just sat there stunned not knowing what to do. His bangs covered his eyes as he walked up to Erza he pulled out a vial with green liquid in it and wafted the aroma to Erza. Natsu turned around and put on his black trench coat arming himself with his sniper as he heard a small thud and creaking from the bed. 'Sorry Erza, I just can't bear to see you like that... I'll find the answers myself.'
With that said (or thought?) he put his hood up and walked outside to the dark rainy forest.
Natsu's POV
Now, let's try to think here... Who is the best healer in this Army? Well I better go to the Barracks, see if General knows anything. I walked down the road in the pouring rain... Ugh, I can barely see, I could just see the lights of the barracks and so I followed it. Didn't really expect this tree to come out of nowhere though, where the hell did this come from?! Meh, I punched the tree causing it to split into small pieces. Hehe, Oh! I can see the doors now!
Normal POV
Natsu entered to a Mirajane pointed of what seems like a G36C directly at Natsu.
"Who are you?" She asked in a sweet smile despite the gun in front of her.
"Really Mira? You shouldn't have your gun out that far or else this will happen." He swiped the gun from her hands and pointed it back at her.
"...!"
Natsu put down his head revealing his pink hair and the Dragon-like fangs as he smirked and started laughing at the Barmaid's face which could be described as a goldfish.
"N-N-N-NATSU?!" Mira screamed as she blushed furiously and hid her face with her hands turning away from him.
"Do you want your gun back or not?"
"Yes please..."
Natsu then handed the gun back to her turning the safety pin on. "Say, that's a pretty nice model you have there. German type? G36C Commando version of the German standard G36, packs quite a punch! Used it myself in Germany."
"Oh?" Mira said as she leaned on the table hands on her cheeks and elbows on the table. "Do tell me more? German standard weapons are one of my favourite weapon types."
"Soon, right now I've got to talk to the General." Natsu said as he walked to the stairs
"At 12 midnight? Must be something important." Mira smiled. Natsu laughed sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head whilst ascending on the stairs. "Y-Yeah. It concerns Erza." Mira tilted her head in a confused manner before seeing Natsu disappear in the Office.
Makarov's Office
Natsu stood in front of the desk which had the General with his feet up on the desk reading some kind of ero-manga. Natsu stared at the General until he looked up from his Manga and hid it behind some drawers in his desk.
"O-Oh! Natsu! What are you doing at this time?" Natsu took a seat and removed the hood. "I want to talk about Erza's Past."
Makarov's face grew serious. "Hm, Very well then, not many people know her past and she would usually keep it to herself not letting anyone know any hints about her past. I guess because you two are acquaintances I must tell you her back-story..."
2 hours had passed since Natsu had heard of Erza's story. He was in utter shock that she had to go through all that pain whilst losing her very loved ones and being betrayed by people she thought were her friends, and so here we are with Natsu in the forest destroying the poor trees around him with his bare fists unleashing his anger out knowing that Erza was hurt and betrayed and had the most terrible childhood.
He had then decided to go back to Erza's house/cave and entered seeing Erza on the ground with his weapons and ammunition all scattered in a neat format and Erza was concentrating really hard, or that's what Natsu could make out. Natsu could see pieces of paper next to his guns with the question mark written on the pieces of paper next to each and every gun.
"What are you doing there?" Natsu said as Erza slightly jumped from his voice. "W-Well... I wokeupandyouwerenthereandIwasboredand.." Erza answered way too quickly
"And?"
Erza sighed in defeat. "I found a suitcase and it was quite heavy so I got curious opened it and well yeah-"She gestured to the weapons on the ground "This happened."
Natsu walked up to weapons and picked up what seemed to be some laser type weapon.
"Hey Natsu, I noticed that these weapons are not registered on the weapons gallery, how is that?"
Natsu picked up a glowing blue ammunition clip and loaded the laser weapon. "This is called a HP-LP21."
"But I've never heard of that gun before..."
"And you never should." With that said Natsu had already packed all of his firearms back into the black suitcase.
"By the way Erza."
"...?"
"I know about your past." Erza's face grew from shocked to understanding. "I'm really sorry Erza, your past was painful and so was your childhood."
"I-It's fine..."
"No it isn't." Natsu said as he slammed his hand on the table scaring Erza. "I do not ever want that to happen again, and I never want to see you cry... it doesn't suit you... and it breaks me..." He whispered the last part.
"N-Natsu..."
"I promise Erza, I will get rid of your fears and I promise nothing shall make you cry no more."
Erza was too gobsmacked to say anything until she smiled stood up wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him close.
"I love you."
"W-Wha-"
Natsu never got to finish. As Erza plunged her lips onto his and started a fierce battle of tongues. They started grinding and kissing fiercely. 2 minutes passed until they had to separate because of this pesky thing called air. Natsu smiled as she looked at Erza.
"I guess I love you too Erza." Erza's heart melted at his words and both fell asleep, dreaming dreams that they have never dreamt of before-
Each Other.
Ah, that flaff, sp yeah how did you like it! Read and Review! Tell me what I did wrong and tell me what I did right :P I would like some feedback ^-^ Thanks for reading! I probably will be writing the next chapter quite slowly but not like 9 months slowly xD