AN: More than a month of not updating. What am I doing in my life. Sorry.
(c) Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail. I own Ami and Lester though.
CHAPTER 07
Lucy Heartfilia was too late to realize that she should have checked who her guests were first. Heck— she should've just slammed the door shut and never go outside until they were gone.
But no, she just had to let them go inside, sit on the sofa and serve them tea and snacks. She was sipping from her cup of tea when she realized her grave mistake. The poor girl almost choked on her tea when the severity of the situation dawned on her but fortunately, she was able to swallow it just fine.
'Why am I having tea with them when I was supposed to be kidnapped!? STUPID LUCY!' Lucy smacked her forehead and stood up with hands on her hips. "Why are you guys here?" She tried to ask the raven-haired boy and the brunette as calmly as possible to hide her nervousness.
"Well… you were taken away by that guy and we were worried about you so we just had to check your unit first…" Ami replied. "We were not able to go here immediately because the police took some time and the school admin insisted that nobody leaves the school grounds until dismissal." She added.
'I must cover this up, quickly!' When she finally got an idea, she straightened her back and told her 'story'. "Ah, that guy was arrested already. He was a creep, you know? Talking about nonsense and other worlds and children— those things are just delusions. Did you think it was real?" Lucy shook her head as she continued, "So I handed his sorry ass into the police and then I got back home safely!" She fist pumped into the air and grinned. Meanwhile, Lucy was internally praying that her friends would buy her cheap lie.
Meanwhile in the bathroom, Natsu was trying his best to not shout at her for talking about weird things like his sorry ass.
"Lucy we heard everything loud and clear in the classroom." Ami and Lester deadpanned. From the looks of their faces, they were really unconvinced with Lucy's 'story'.
'I really can't get out of this.' Lucy sweatdropped, "Uhh so you don't believe me?"
"No."
There goes her luck.
Back in the bathroom, Natsu was trying his best not to laugh at the conversation. 'Luce's a horrible liar. And she's supposed to be a writer.' His thoughts were interrupted though because of a voice that he did not like.
"Lucyyyyy, where is that guy? I have to punish him for being touchy with you!" Lester magically appeared beside Lucy making the blonde slightly startled. "Mouuu, he touched my Lucy with his filthy hands. I cannot believe it!"
'Is he an idiot?' The two girls smacked their foreheads at the same time.
But someone in the bathroom was gripping the edge of the bathroom hard when he heard the lecherous raven boy. His possessive nature is taking over him because another male has approached his lover with obvious intent. Of course, Natsu knew who it was because of his scent. And he didn't like it even one bit, 'How dare he call Lucy his?'
"Uhh Lester I think it's best that you stay away from me…" Lucy sweatdropped as she felt the sudden temperature rise in the unit. Lucy knew that Natsu could hear every word that they were saying because dragon slayers have heightened senses. She knew that dragons are very possessive of their treasures. Since dragon slayers were raised by dragons, their habits and traits were passed on to them through dragon slayer magic which makes dragon slayers possessive of their treasures, too. And she knew that when Lester makes a wrong move on her— a certain dragon slayer's most important treasure, he'll be burnt to a crisp in no time.
"But Lucyyy, I have to disinfect you from that bastard!" Lester whined.
"What now?"
Lester suddenly pulled Lucy against him and hugged her. He pulled away and started to lean closer to Lucy's face. Lucy was struggling to get loose but Lester's grip was too tight. Being a mage, she had the physical strength but she hesitated to use violence on her friend. Well, that was Natsu's thing, not hers. While swimming in her thoughts, Lucy did not realize that their faces were only a few centimeters apart. And then the door slammed open.
"Show's over raven boy. What are you doing to my Lucy?" Lucy facepalmed as she finally had the chance to get away from Lester's grip.
"Oh boy, that's why I told you to back off." Lucy said nonchalantly. "Now if you'd excuse me, I'll just call the funeral homes to reserve their services for you." Lucy deadpanned as she started to walk over the phone.
"Nah Luce, you should just prepare a broom to sweep his ashes off later." Natsu cracked his knuckles while smirking evilly at the now shivering Lester.
"Alright, just don't burn my stuff okay?" Lucy changed directions and sat beside Ami (whose mouth was now hanging) instead and elegantly sipped from her tea cup.
"Sure thing." And the next thing that Lester saw was stars.
Since Lucy's condo unit has no divisions, everything inside the place can be seen in one glance. And so, if one would peek through the unit's door, a battered raven-haired man can be seen sprawled on the floor of the receiving area.
Also, Natsu was grumbling about 'another man's scent in his treasure' and 'must clear it to make Luce clean again'.
Natsu intertwined his hands and stretched his arms forward. When he was done, he reached for the blonde haired girl and pulled her towards him while he sat on the sofa across where Ami was sitting. The sudden movement made Lucy stumble and fall into Natsu's lap. He moved her body so that she could sit properly on his lap while he wrapped his arms around her waist. Now, Lucy was facing towards Ami and Natsu was facing Lucy's back. He briefly buried his head on her back then pressed his cheeks on her right arm so that he could glare at the poor Lester's sorry state.
Lucy felt awkward because of their current position. She sighed. 'Someone's watching us— in an awkward position— for Mavis' sake!' She thought. And then Lucy heard a simple cough. It was Ami.
"So Lu-chan, care to explain?" Ami looked at Lucy then at Natsu.
Lucy gulped while she squirmed into Natsu's hold. She knew that Natsu will not let go of her as long as Lester won't back off from her. Well technically, Lester's now kissing the floor unconscious but Natsu still doesn't want to let go. Back to Ami's question, Lucy thought that she should tell her friends about who they really are.
"Sorry, Luce." Natsu frowned because he did not follow Levy's orders of not standing out. But that stupid guy was a threat to Lucy so he was not able to control himself. "You know I can't help it…"
Lucy smiled as she lifted her right arm and swung it around his neck. She ruffled his hair and replied, "It's okay, Natsu. Kinda expected that." She giggled and kissed his head. 'What an adorable dragon.' She turned to Ami and took a deep breath. She should really spill everything that she knows and then Natsu would fill up the remaining details later on.
"Ami-chan, you and Lester are my precious friends here on Earth so I think you deserve to know what really is happening." Lucy saw Lester reach for an available seat and hauled himself into it so that he could sit down properly.
'Nope, you had no choice because you were busted because you're a horrible liar.' Ami thought.
"First of all, I think we need to introduce ourselves. As you two know, I am Lucy Heartfilia. But what you don't know is that I am a celestial mage—" Lucy then gestured at Natsu. "—and this is Natsu Dragneel, a fire dragon slayer. We are from a guild called Fairy Tail."
"Sup!" Natsu grinned.
Of course, Ami knew about these things already. But she did not expect that the knowledge she gained from Lucy's novel actually exists in real life. Earlier, she put one and one together then bam! She had already deduced that Lucy's novel about Fairy Tail was really about her personal adventures in her world.
But on the other hand, Lester was having a hard time digesting these ridiculous ideas and was about to say something but Ami interrupted him.
"Shut your mouth will you? A fly might come in there." Ami scolded Lester. "Let Lu-chan finish before you do anything stupid." Usually, Ami is a cheerful, sweet girl but now is not a good time to become one. Lester finally closed his mouth and behaved in his seat.
'Ami-chan's kinda scary…' Lucy tried to suppress her nervous laugh and continued, "The world that we live in is called Earthland. It's pretty much similar to this world but the technology is different. In this world, machineries and industrialization is the thing but in our world, magic is used for a lot of things. We magic users are called mages. Only ten percent of the population are mages, though." Lucy removed her right arm from Natsu's neck and let both of her hands rest on her lap.
She suddenly remembered the first time that she and Natsu met. She was babbling about mages and guilds without knowing that Natsu was actually a mage himself. She blushed for a bit because of embarrassment.
"You okay, Lu-chan? Your cheeks are flushed."
"Don't worry, I just remembered something." She glanced at the fire dragon slayer and resumed her story. "Mages make a living by doing jobs. These jobs could be anything as long as it requires the assistance of magic. Usually, jobs are mediated by guilds. A guild is an association for mages. It is said that mages won't be considered full-fledged until they join a guild. And Fairy Tail is one of those. Fairy Tail is situated at the city of Magnolia in the Kingdom of Fiore. Currently, our guild's the strongest one out there!"
"And I'm the strongest mage in Fairy Tail!" Natsu interjected.
"Yeah, yeah. Erza and the other S-class mages are stronger than you though." Lucy teased.
"Hah! I'll beat them to a pulp when we get back!"
"Alright, but let me finish first!" Lucy playfully smacked Natsu's head. Ami and Lester sweatdropped.
"Anyway, as I was saying— we mages accomplish jobs in order to make a living. And now I'll explain how I got in your world." Lucy took a deep breath and looked one last time at Natsu. Natsu's right hand moved from Lucy's waist to hold her right hand. He nodded at Lucy and she smiled.
"It started with a simple job of catching a dark mage. A dark mage is someone who uses magic for evil. His name was Kyrios, a portal magic user. He was terrorizing the city of Rosencrow and was making the townspeople disappear. Aside from Natsu and I, our team consisted of the S-class requip mage, Erza Scarlet, Ice-make mage Gray Fullbuster and Natsu's flying blue cat or Exceed, Happy. Yes, we have a flying blue cat so please gather your jaws from the floor. Anyway, the mission itself was smooth-sailing. We were able to subdue the dark mage and temporarily tied him to a tree until the Rune knights arrive. The Rune knights act as the police of the magic world. They are directly under the Magic council. The Magic council is comparable to the government here in Earth." Lucy tried to make her explanation as simple as possible that's why she explains magic jargon as she goes.
"Unfortunately, we let our guard down and I was engulfed by shadows. I'm not sure what happened because my senses were already blocked when I realized what was happening but I'm guessing Kyrios attacked me somehow." Lucy looked at Natsu. "Care to enlighten me, Natsu?"
Natsu was frowning while he recalled the event. "That bastard cast his final spell on you. It was a spell that throws you into another world and messes up with your head. That's the reason why you're here and you were not able to remember right away. It convinced you that you are a true citizen of this world. I was furious at that moment but even before I laid a hand on the bastard, he was already dead. Seems like his final spell killed him." He held Lucy tighter as he remembered his wrath and loneliness.
"We never believed that Lucy was dead. We tried to find her everywhere but we had no luck. Levy was the one who figured out that you were in another world. Since Kyrios was already dead, the process of figuring out how to get you back home took a long time." There was a clear sign of sadness shown in his eyes. "But who cares about that now! We just have to get your keys back from your mansion and we can finally go home!" Natsu grinned.
'He's such a happy-go-lucky guy.' Ami thought.
"Geez, Natsu." Lucy giggled. "I just realized that this world has an unlimited supply of magic power unlike in Edolas. I mean, I saw you use your fire and we're supposed to get home using my keys. Did someone give you some x-pills or something?"
"Nah. Somehow, Levy deduced that the world that you're in have magic so yeah guess we're lucky." Natsu shrugged.
"Well, that's Levy for you." Lucy smiled as she recalled how intelligent her female bestfriend is.
"Edolas?" Lester inquired.
"Ah sorry. It is another world. Like your world and our world, Earthland. One day, magic users were sucked into an interdimensional hole called an Anima. Edolas' magic supply was running out so the King devised a plan to suck out magic from Earthland— which has unlimited magic supply. It is a parallel world of our world so we got to meet our Edolas counterparts. I'm not sure if Earth is a parallel world but it is definitely in a different dimension."
"We had to battle against the kingdom to stop the King's selfish desire of obtaining magic for his own personal gain. In the end, the three dragon slayers of Fairy Tail— Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel, beat the king. We also found out that one of our guild members was from Edolas and was the prince. He planned to suck out all of the remaining magic from Edolas and transfer it all to Earthland where magic is abundant. He wanted to be the villain but something happened and he got the sympathy of the citizens." She lightly nudged Natsu and snickered at him. Natsu turned away to hide his small blush.
"We got home because we have magic in our bodies so we got sucked into the reverse anima, too." Lucy concluded.
"U-Unbelievable…" Lester gasped.
"Yeah, I know." Lucy grinned.
And then a thought crossed Ami's mind. She knew that her request would sound stupid but she just… had to. It's now or never. "Lu-chan?"
"Yes?"
"Can you show us your magic?"
Ever since she was a child, Ami has been interested in fantasy. She even wanted to have magic. She played pretend games often. And now that her bestfriend's telling her that she's someone that she wanted to be, she wanted to see for herself. Yes, she saw Natsu's fire but it was just a spur of the moment and she wasn't even looking properly at what Natsu has done.
Lucy softened her gaze at Ami. "Actually Ami-chan, you heard that I lost my keys, right? As a celestial wizard, I need my keys to establish a connection between our world and the celestial world to be able to open the gate of a constellation. Unfortunately, I lost my keys so I won't be able to summon my spirits." Lucy noticed Ami's disappointment. "But don't worry, when I get them back, I'll show you my magic!"
"Yeah! And Luce's magic is pretty and strong! Her spirits loves her, too!" The salmon-haired boy exclaimed proudly. "I'll show you mine instead if you want to!" Natsu moved his hand away from Lucy and produced a fire.
"Why give her a choice if you're gonna do it anyway?" Lucy remarked then sighed. "Be careful not to burn anything."
Natsu extinguished the fire and sheepishly grinned.
"Natsu-san, your magic is fire dragon slayer magic, right? So does that mean you killed dragons in order to obtain the magic?" "Ami asked. 'But… maybe it's just a name? There's no way dragons would—'
"What? No! I was raised by a dragon!" Natsu widened his grin.
"Seriously!?" The non-mages chorused.
The mage couple laughed at their faces full of shock. "Don't worry guys, that's a normal response even in our world." Lucy winked at the two. "But the dragons disappeared seventeen years ago. Natsu has been looking for Igneel but unfortunately…" Lucy frowned and glanced at Natsu who was also frowning.
"But I'll definitely find him someday! I just know it." Natsu's eyes were determined and his heart was fueled with his will to find his foster father.
Ami smiled. She knew that this guy cares for his important people a lot. And now she's convinced that Lucy is safe in his hands. "I know you'll find him, Natsu-san. If you found Lu-chan in another world, then why wouldn't you find a dragon that's as large as a building?"
Natsu laughed. "You're right. Thanks Mami!"
"It's Ami…"
"By the way Lucy-chan—" Natsu glared at the raven-haired boy but he continued anyway. "—Uhm err who's Nashi? You broke down and remembered a lot of things when you heard that name."
Lucy and Natsu looked at each other until they seemed to reach a mutual agreement. They both nodded and Lucy answered, "Nashi is our dear daughter."
"You have a—" Lester pointed at Lucy.
"We have a daughter." Natsu emphasized on the first word. The salmon-haired lad smirked as he now revealed his deep connection with Lucy to the cowardly idiot.
"Natsu, I know what you're thinking. You're already twenty. Act like it." Lucy scolded Natsu.
"Ehhhh. What's wrong with telling him that we have an adorable two-year old daughter?" The fire dragon slayer pouted but Lucy just shrugged it off.
"O-Oh my… so I really was not hearing things wrong…" Ami spoke as Lester was still fazed. "S-So y-you h-had uhm yeah when you were fifteen?" Ami blushed when she asked the question.
"Fifteen?" Lucy raised her brow in confusion. And then she remembered that she was told by her mother that she's seventeen here in Earth. "Oh! Sorry for the confusion. I had Nashi when I was eighteen. I am actually twenty now. Well… technically I'm supposed to be twenty-seven right now but something happened that made our time stop for seven years so yeah…" The blonde scratched her cheek with her index finger.
"Also, nobody knows Natsu's exact age so we just assumed that we have the same age."
Lester's heart shattered because of the information that has been sinking into his brain ever since Lucy began her story. The love of his life is a magician of another world, has a daughter and is older than him by nine years. She also has an overprotective partner that won't let go of her even now. They did not even blush when Ami asked them the sex question. He wanted to glare at the salmon-haired man who was holding the love of his life in his lap and beat him up to finally get Lucy but he knows that he doesn't have a chance of winning. And he'll feel horrible if he tried to break a family apart. 'Maybe this will be enough as a reason to let go…' Lester sighed and scratched his head. "I guess it's over for me huh?"
"What was that, Lester?" Lucy asked as she did not catch what her friend was saying.
"Oh that was nothing, Lucy-chan! I just find it hard to process everything that you had said about your world, that's it." Lester laughed.
"Oh, alright."
On the other hand, a certain fire dragon slayer heard his whisper due to his excellent hearing. His face snuggled Lucy's back and smiled. 'I am actually feeling sorry for the guy. But… hopefully he finds someone else soon.' Natsu's not a cruel guy. He might have seen Lester as an enemy for Lucy's affection but he never doubted Lucy's feelings for him so he doesn't really have any hard feelings to the guy. And since he's Lucy's friend, he's kinda his friend, too. Not that he'll admit it though. And he looks like Gray so much.
"Natsu?" Lucy noticed his weird behavior.
"Ah sorry. Do you want me to put you down?"
"Ah no— actually…"
"I suppose that you two are married, aren't you?" Ami interrupted the two. Strangely, even though they did not blush at the sex question, they actually blushed at Ami's wedding question.
"A-Ah n-no…"
'There's obviously wrong with these two. They're hesitating at the wrong question!'
"But we will." Lucy's head turned abruptly towards Natsu's direction. His face was still blushing and he was scratching his head but his face was dead serious. He did not stutter at his straightforward answer.
"What?" The salmon-haired boy—no, man said nonchalantly. "Did you not think that I'm gonna marry you?" Lucy sent him an 'I'm-gonna-talk-to-you-later ' look. But eventually, the blonde beauty smiled.
"You two are soooo cute!" Ami squealed as her eyes sparkled in amusement. Lester just 'tsked' but smiled later on.
Lucy and Natsu grinned sheepishly at her remark.
"Aaand it seems that we have interrupted something when we came back here so—" Ami smirked. "We're going to leave soon."
"You bet. I can't stand their flirtiness anymore. I mean, that—" Lester pointed at the pair with Lucy still in Natsu's lap. "Is definitely saying something that we should not stay any longer. And I hated that pink bastard anyway so we'll take our leave." Lester shared a knowing look with Ami and smirked.
"It's salmon, damn it!" Natsu protested.
"You guys!" Lucy's face was now a hundred shades of red. Ami and Lester stood up and gathered their stuff. Natsu finally let go of Lucy so that she could accompany her Earth friends to the door. She gave Ami one last hug before she opened the door.
"Lu-chan, when are you leaving?" Sadness laced Ami's voice.
"I'm going to leave immediately after I get my keys. So I'm gone in the next three days, I think." It pained Lucy's heart to leave her newfound friends in this world but she really had to go back to her Nashi. Nashi can't grow up without a mother—and a father since Natsu's with her now.
"I'm going to miss you."
"Me, too."
Lester was silent the whole time. Lucy's eyes went to his direction and she smiled. "Hey, Lester."
The raven-haired boy looked at the blonde girl as she enveloped him into a friendly hug. "Even if you're annoying sometimes, I'm gonna miss you, too."
Tears sprouted from the corners of Lester's eyes. He couldn't keep his sadness any longer and he cried loudly in Lucy's arms. "Lucy-chaaan!"
"There, there." Lucy patted her friend's hair to soothe him. "Tell the class that I'm just doing fine, okay? I can't have them worried sick about me."
"Okay." Ami replied.
Lester pulled away from Lucy and wiped his face from his tears. Ami and Lester waved one last time at Lucy and walked away from the blonde's home.
Natsu saw the sad parting of the three friends. He did not even glare at the man who was crying at his beloved arms. He knew that he did not mean any harm at all so he did not dare to interfere. Those people took care of Lucy when he was not able to be by her side so he should be thankful to those two. He smiled as he looked to the ceiling and closed his eyes then let out a long sigh. He finally stood up from the sofa and walked towards Lucy. He hugged her from behind to soothe her aching heart once again.
AN: I know, I know I don't have any excuses aside from writer's block but I'm doing my best to write the rest. I only have one stock chapter left (chapter 8) and chapter 9 is still in-progress. Well... drawing NaLu stuff is part of the reason why I update so late. The urge to draw is overriding the urge to write! Sorry! :(
Another part of the reason is reading nalu fanfictions and tumblr. ha...hahahahuhu.
But I will not drop this, ever. Eh, I already have the outline so why not finish it? I just uhm write slowly. But my chapters are getting longer (from 1k to 2k+ to 4k+) so yeahhh
Thank you for reading! ;u; and favoriting and following and reviewing huhu I love you all!
-platinum-breaker