"Natsu needs to wake up soon", Master Makarov said to no one in particular while he sat with his luggage and a drink. Natsu had been passed out for about an hour and Makarov still needed to know what happened to make him literally explode like that, but his train to Crocus leaves in 30 minutes.
By now most of the guild had been in too see Natsu and everyone of them has tried to wake him up, but he's out cold. There's nothing Makarov can do now but hope Natsu wakes up before he leaves. He had already explained to Ezra what he needed to do and what he thought might have happened. She swore she wouldn't talk to anyone about what she now knows or what could happen. After telling Erza, he thought about explaining everything to the guild, but knowing how everyones opinions always clashed, he'd probably never get any useful ideas or solutions, plus it would just cause an unneeded panic.
"Master, you need to get to the station if you don't want to miss the train", Wendy said as she picked up her things, "Me, Alzack and Bisca are going now. We'll be back in 2, or maybe 3 days, ok?". She looked around for a second and looked back, "Natsu should be fine in a few more hours, so don't worry." She gave him a small smile and turned to leave.
"Wendy, take your time on the mission. I'm going to be back in 4 days, so do something to slow down Alzack and Bisca. I really don't want you to be here, especially now that Natsu had that sort of outburst". Wendy stopped momentarily, thought and then nodded. She then continued to the cart outside with Carla by her side.
Makarov sighed. 'At least i know a few of my children will be ok', he thought, 'but if Natsu is going to be asleep for a few more hours I might as well take my leave'. He got up from his seat and went to find Erza and Mira. When he found Erza, they walked over to the bar and took the seats furthest away from anyone. Mira politely smiled and walked over and gave Makarov his usual drink.
"Thanks Mira. I have to talk to the both of you about Natsu's condition. Erza already knows about, it so let me explain to you, Mira". He then explain the whole situation in about 5 minutes, then sighed. Mira looked sad to hear this, but not surprised. "That's terrible. I knew something was going on, and I heard some of the guys theories, but I didn't think it would be so bad.". She looked up at both of the wizards, with the threat of a tear in her eye, "So the people he is closest with are the ones who get that first?"
Makarov nodded and look at his clock. "I only have 15 minutes to get to the station, so I have to go. I'm trusting both of you to make sure nothing happens to anyone, especially Natsu.". After seeing them both nod, he took a drink of his drink and looked around one more time at his guild. He hopes by the time he comes back he'll have a cure for Natsu and his nightmare would be over.
Makarov grabbed his things and started to the door when Happy grabbed at his coat sleeve. He set his luggage down and ruffled Happys head slightly, giving him the best smile he could, "Natsu will be fine Happy, Wendy said he'll be awake in a few hours so just wait till then, ok?", he said picking up his luggage again. Happy looked down and muttered, "Are you sure? Can you promise?", right as he said it, Makarovs heart broke. A full minute passed of silence between them, Makarov only heard the small chatter of the guild members around them. He couldn't lie to any of his children, but they couldn't know what's really going on either. So instead of an answer, he kneeled down and gave the small cat a hug.
After the guild went immediately quiet, he let go and continued out the doors of the guild and down to the train station. 'I have no choice but to leave, right?' He thought as he sat in the seat number given to him. 'My trip is already planned so there shouldn't be much delay, so if I find it before the second day I should be home early' he thought, trying to calm himself down. Everything he loves and stands for is in danger, but if he can find a cure, than that risk is worth it.
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Natsu felt himself start to stir in the guilds infirmary bed. He was surprised when he didn't feel swore in the slightest. 'Weird', he thought as he swung his legs over the side of the bed and rubbed his head. After a few seconds he noticed something around his neck so he grabbed it and found it was a string. He tried to pull it up to his face, but the string was too small to fit over his chin. Not wanting to break it right away, he walked over to the bathroom and looked at in the mirror. It was a small necklaces that had a thick black string with a small, orange pearl like stone. The stone had a strange reddish gleam to it with a big hole through the center for the string. The string had a knot an inch away from the rock in each direction.
Natsu looked at it for a minute and came to the conclusion that it was a fire crystal that one of his guild mates put on him while he was passed out. He's grateful his friends were worried enough to do something like this for him.
After he finished in the bathroom and had grabbed his scarf from the table, he walked out into the main hall and looked around. He couldn't see anyone, but he could hear small chatter. 'They're probably outside, or something' he thought nonchalantly. It was pretty normal for them to go do stuff together when their bored and with Natsu passed out, they probably needed entertainment.
And though he heard everybody elsewhere, he still thought he heard his teams voices near their usual table. Natsu started to get confused because he didn't see them there, but then he thought about it and he got the idea that they were trying to hide so they could surprise him. 'Ha, they should know i can't be surprised', he thought smirking, before thinking of what to do. The only thing he could come up with is to just plainly jump scare them, he was still too tired to really think. He couldn't think of anything better, so that's what he decided on.
Natsu sneakily ran over to the table and hide up against the side of the bench. After he finished giggling like a little school girl, he jumped over the bench, expecting to land on the seat or smack into Gray, but instead faceplant onto the corner of table. After he yelled out in surprise and the sting, he looked up ready to complain to whoever was closest to him.
But instead when he looked up, he only seen Lucy. She looked like she had been hit by a truck. Her eyes were red and puffy, her cheeks were flushed with tears streaks and her hair messily hung in her face. Before Natsu could process any of it, Lucy tackled Him off of the bench, sobbing more than she already was. With a small thud, they were lying on the ground with Lucy curled up next to him with her head buried in Natsu's shoulder.
"Lucy what's wrong with you? Why are you crying? And where is everyone?", asked frantically, not even trying to be calm. He tried to move her away to look at her but she refused to move. He kept trying to ask her what happened, but she cried even more everytime he asked. After a while Natsu calmed down a little and took the hint that he wasn't helping so stopped asking. He tried to think of the reasons she could ended up alone in the guild, crying with no one ever noticing. He put a hand on her back and sat up. He put his other arm around her and lightly rocked back and forth, continuing the motion until she was no longer crying, but just breathing heavily.
"Hey Luce", Natsu asked in a hushed voice. She looked up to him as he stopped rocking. "What happened?". Lucy hugged Natsu tightly and dug her head in his chest again, "all of them left. Everyone.", she looked up into his eyes, "I thought you left too, but I guess I was wrong". She said with a small, genuine smile.
Natsu looked at her in disbelief, "Everyone? But why? Why would they leave you?". Lucy sadly pulled a folded note out of her pocket and handed it to him, Natsu unfolded it and read:
To Lucy As a guild, we have decided to relocate for reasons that don't concern you. It was a simultaneous vote to leave you there and as well to take your keys with us. To us you are no longer a member of this guild, nor apart of our family. Workers will be there at 3:00 pm, Sunday afternoon, to take down the old building, so I recommend you leave. Do not try to contact us or come for your keys, we have already explained to the authorities you are a dangerous wizard and you cannot be trusted with magic. With that, farewell. ~fairy tail Makarov Dreyar
Natsu read the note 3 times over and still didn't understand. He knew it was Erza's handwriting and Makarovs signature, but still couldn't comprehend. Lucy grabbed the note and put it down. "It's ok, I'll figure it out eventually. You don't need to worry about it.". Natsu felt so angry, but he couldn't be furious. He couldn't picture his guild, his family, abandoning another member.
He looked down to Lucy and tried a smile to cheer her up. Lucy just giggled and got up. She walked behind the bar and grabbed a glass of water. After Natsu got up and followed her, she got a glass for him and started walking out until she saw her reflection on a frying-pan hanging on the wall. "Oh god I really look horrible", she said quietly trying to fix her bangs after putting Natsu's glass on the counter. Natsu walked behind the bar with her and grabbed the water. "You don't look that bad", he took a drink, "you could never look bad.".
Lucy look over at him and smiled brightly. She flung herself around his shoulders and said, "I love you Natsu, you're the only one who actually stayed with me. You're a true friend".
Natsu felt a twinge in his stomach, and then an achy feeling throughout his body. His throat got tight and started to burn, it felt like his mouth was being ripped open. A blood curdling screamed filled the hall as out he fell to his knees. Lucy tried to help but he was to heavy to lift, so she went to the ground with him and tried to find anything wrong. "Natsu please, what happened. Did I do something wrong?, please tell me I didn't do something wrong again, NOT AGAIN!".
Natsu felt numb soon after he got used to the pain. He heard Lucy talking, but couldn't understand what she was saying. He tried opening his eyes, but only managing to open them partly. The first thing he saw was Lucy. Then he noticed how beautiful she was. With the light framing her face perfectly and the grim expressionshe had, Natsu wanted to hold her and never let go.
Then his stomach started twisting again but this time instead of pain, his mouth and throat felt sensitive. He moved his tongue around and noticed it felt strangely good. Lucy noticed what he was doing and questioned him, but Natsu wasn't listening. After a few seconds he came back to reality. He looked at Lucy and asked, "what was that?", Lucy said she didn't know and Natsu tried to sit up. He managed to get half way up by himself, but he lost his balance and fell towards Lucy. She caught him by putting her arms around his chest and holding him steady.
Natsu looked up to apologize for being weak, but stopped dead when he seen her bare shoulder. She was wearing a simple light blue tank top and dark blue skirt. He looked her over and was amazed by how beautiful she really was, not how he always saw her, but how she truly was.
Natsu lost all control of his body suddenly and tackled Lucy to her back. She screamed as Natsu held her arms down and stared down at her. Natsu couldn't control himself, he only watch as he unwillingly terrified one of his best friends. He couldn't even say anything, he couldn't apologize, he couldn't tell her it wasn't him doing any of this, he couldn't do anything. He felt weak. He hated being weak, and the fact that he helps protect her from danger makes him feel even worse, because now, he was the danger.
Natsu came back from his thoughts when he heard Lucy whimper below him. When he saw Lucy on the ground, he thought she's even more beautiful than before. 'Why am I thinking like this? No,Why is any of this happening. The whole guild just up and left, the stupid mission screwed everything up and now I can't use my fucking body. WHY IS EVERYTHING FUCKED UP!', as he thought about it, his body began to heat up. Lucy felt it right away and screamed in fear, "Natsu please, don't", she looked into his eyes, "please, I don't know what happened or what I did, but please let me go.".
Natsu immediately calmed down as he saw the fear in her eyes, but also something else, something he couldn't place. He started feeling heavy as he fell on top of her. Lucy squeaked as his weight hit her unexpectedly. Natsu felt himself go limp. He groaned as he tried to move, 'what's happening to me? Why is it happening?', he thought as he laid there. 'Something's in my head. It's telling me to do something...I don't know what it wants...what I want'.
Natsu sat up with is eyes closed, facing away from her. He couldn't face her, especially without an explanation. He sat there while Lucy laid on the ground too shocked to say anything. she stayed like that and waited, hoping it was over. After 3 minutes went by with nothing but her thoughts, Lucy sat up and quietly said, "Natsu, you know I love you, right?".
Immediately after she said it, Natsu snapped. He was just trying to think of what had happen, but no. Something was in his head and it commanded him to do something, something that he couldn't understand, but he still had to do it. He turned and once again lunged at Lucy, but instead of attacking her, he kissed her.
He really know what he was doing or why but he was doing it. It was Natsu's first real kiss, so he wasn't great, but it felt good so he kept going. He didn't really think of anything, not even question what he was doing.
At first he was gentle and shy, but soon gained more confidence and tried more things. He decided to go along with whatever popped in his head, thinking instincts would tell him what to do. Soon he wanted more, but he didn't know what to do.
Then Natsu thought back to when he was 12 and Master Makarov and Gildarts had to give him 'the talk'. He had already been weirded out by everything they told him, (especially because they were drunk the whole time) but to make things worse, Erza demanded she be there so they wouldn't 'tant the mind of an innocent child'. He didn't look at a single girl for 2 weeks after that. But he seriously wasn't thinking about doing any of that with Lucy though, right?
Lucy was fully into the kiss by now but Natsu ran out of air, so he was about to break the kiss, when Lucy licked his bottom lip. A chill went down his spine as she did it again. He was surprised that something so simple could feel so good. Right after she did it again, she bite his lip hard enough to shock him and he gasped. She went on with her plan and pushed forward, sticking her tongue in his mouth. Lucy started moving in a rhythmic motion as Natsu melted into the kiss even more.
Lucy was dominant for about 7 seconds, then Natsu caught on and kissed back. After 20 seconds, neither of them could hold their breath any more so they broke apart, breathing heavily. Natsu set his forehead on her shoulder and breathed.
After a few seconds, Natsu had caught his breath and was more confused then ever. Lucy was still breathing a little heavy and judging by her silence, just as confused as him. "What are we doing?", Lucy finally asked sounding more like a question for herself. Natsu stayed still, trying to think an answer or at least something that didn't make him sound like a complete retard.
He picked his head up and looked at her. Her eyes were shaded and her bangs pushed behind her ears. He unintendedly leaded forward and kissed her again, gentler than before.
Again the kiss deepened, making Natsu sure of what he wanted to do next. He broke the kiss and started kissing down the side of her neck. Lucy's eyes closed as he moved over a sensitive spot. She made small noises as Natsu licked her neck roughly.
Natsu then felt it again. He's losing control. He felt himself be pulled into the back of his head and only able to watch. He was terrified, more than any other time in his life. Even though he lost control, his body continued as if nothing happened. Lucy pushed his shoulder back to make him look at her but he wouldn't move.
She whined his name and tried again, but still nothing. When she tried the third time, his body lost it. He slammed her to the ground with almost enough force to knock her out. Almost. She screamed as he held her wrists above her head, tight enough that he definitely left bruises. He lowered his head close to her neck again, and licked her. She screamed again, making Natsu hate himself more than he already did.
Everything around him seemed to stop as he had started tasting blood. Lucy screamed in pain as he bite into her neck, drawing blood right away. Natsu couldn't do anything to stop himself. Then eleven simple words popped into his head, silencing everything to him.
'God this is perfect, let's hope she doesn't die too soon.'
Everything Natsu had stood for. Everything he had sweared to. It's all compromised; his loyalty, his strength, his love. It all went against him.
Natsu heard Lucy screaming again. His eyes were closed and his body still focused on one thing, but he still knew what was happening. He was burning her alive. Natsu started freaking out, when he realized. 'This has to be a nightmare. None of this would ever happen in real life, it just wasn't possible. Ever since I woke up everything was wrong, so this is nightmare. I just have to wake up and everything will be fine, right?' Natsu thought. Lucy shrieked in pain again. 'Just because this is a dream doesn't mean it's any less disturbing though...Why does this taste so damn good?' He mentally asked himself.
Natsu tastes blood all the time when he fights with Gray or Erza but he never thought it tasted good. Lucy's blood was almost sweet with an irony taste behind it. It's weird because it doesn't taste like his at all. Natsu caught himself when he realized he was thinking about how good it was. 'Fuck, I hope this is over soon. When I wake up I hope I won't remember this'
Right as he finished his thought a voice echoed in his head. 'You'll remember everything Natsu... Every. last. moment.'