Seeing Red

Lucy has seen a lot of red before. She used to love the color red. It is the color of her lover's hair. Lucy got used to seeing red and became more in love with it as she fell deeper into love with Erza. But Lucy soon found out that seeing red wasn't always a good thing. She never should have allowed Erza to go on that job alone. Lucy had a bad feeling in her gut as she waved goodbye to Erza. Now she was going to have to live with seeing the red blood gushing out of her lover. Lucy was seeing so much red as her anger set in.

…...

Lucy and Erza sat side by side laughing and eating Erza's favorite. Strawberry cake. Lucy leaned into Erza and kissed her cheek. Erza set her cake down and grabbed Lucy and pulled her onto her lap. They enjoyed tickling each other until Makarov walked over to them grinning. Erza and Lucy stopped and looked at him.

"Hello girls!"

"Hi master!" Lucy said curling into Erza.

"Can I speak to you Erza?" Lucy sighed and jumped off of Erza's lap and walked over to Natsu. Erza leaned in closer to Makarov.

"Yes master?"

"I need you to go on a job Erza. Someone has requested that we remove some bandits from their town. Will you do it?" Erza thought about it for a second and then nodded.

"I'll have to let Lucy know though. We had plans today, but I'm sure she will understand."

"Thank you Erza." He walked away and Erza got up and walked over to where Lucy and Natsu were staring at each other. She tapped on Lucy's shoulder.

"Yes Erza?" Lucy continued to stare at Natsu.

"I need to talk to you." Lucy turned around and Natsu started dancing around.

"Sure." Erza took Lucy's hand and they walked over to the guild doors.

"The master asked me to go remove some bandits from a town. We will have to reschedule our date."

"It's fine. Just come back to me safe and sound." Erza smiled and pulled Lucy in for a quick kiss.

"I will and I'll try to hurry back. Until then, keep everyone in check." Lucy laughed and watched as Erza turned to leave. She started waving and Erza waved back. Lucy slowed her waving down as a strange feeling rose in her gut. She tried to ignore it as Erza finally disappeared. Lucy turned around and went to sit by Natsu again. The only problem was that she could not remove the strange feeling she had.

…...

It had been three days since Erza had left. Lucy had become more and more worried. She started pacing in the guild and everyone glanced at her with worried expressions. They hadn't seen her like this before. Lucy once again walked over to the master to see if he would allow her to go find Erza.

"Please master!?"

"It's too dangerous Lucy." She growled and marched off to find Mira. She would tell her.

"Mira! Where is that town?" Mira looked over at the master then back at Lucy and sighed.

"About two hours north of here." Lucy nodded and grabbed Happy and Natsu. Gray ran off after them.

"Hey Lucy! I was eating!"

"We're going to look for Erza."

"Really?" Lucy nodded and they all took off running. Happy flew above them and told them when they had reached the town. Lucy looked around and saw that nobody was around.

"Where is everyone?" Gray shrugged his shoulders and took a step forward. They all heard a crack and looked down. Gray had stepped on a bone. Lucy pulled out her whip and walked on.

"Stop right there!" They all turned to see a man grinning at them. Lucy held up her whip and glared at him. "Hey…you're from Fairy Tail right?" Gray stepped forward.

"Yeah we are." The man laughed and waved his hand forward. Two other men came out of a building dragging something. Lucy snapped when she saw the red hair. She lurched forward and snapped her whip at the man laughing. It hit him in the face and he growled. He punched her in the face and sent her crashing into a pile of burnt bones. She got right back up and charged him again. Her vision was clouded with red. Her anger had taken over. She had no idea if Erza was even alive. All she knew was that Erza was bleeding profusely right now and the men holding her were not going to let them escape so easily. Lucy ducked as the man tried to hit her and she sprinted past him and kicked one of the men holding Erza. Natsu and Gray had decided to enter the fight after they got over the fact that Lucy had lost control and let her anger take over. Lucy hit the ground hard as the other man punched the side of her head. She ignored the pain and tackled him to the ground. They rolled around for awhile punching, biting, and kicking. Soon Lucy was growing tired. She hit her head against the guy's head and knocked him out. She held her head after realizing that it wasn't a good idea to do that. Natsu and Gray had taken out the other bandits and rushed to Lucy's side. She pushed them away and crawled to Erza. She felt for a pulse and sighed in relief as she found one. It was faint, but it was still there.

"She's breathing." Natsu and Gray sighed and bent down by her. "Erza?" They got no response. Natsu picked Erza up and Gray carried Lucy on his back. They started running towards Fairy Tail. They needed to get help.

…...

Erza woke up feeling groggy and in pain. She felt a hand caress her forehead and opened her eyes. Mira was staring at her.

"Mira?"

"Erza…I'm so glad that you're okay."

"What happened?"

"We don't know what happened to you, but Lucy was stubborn and well she got me to say where you were and took Natsu and Gray to find you. I'm really glad she did that." Mira started crying.

"Mira…this is not your fault. I was ambushed by the bandits."

"So it was a set up?" Erza nodded.

"Yes. Is Lucy okay?" Mira smiled.

"You ask her. She's right there." Erza looked to her left and saw Lucy sleeping by her arm. She had bruises on her face and some cuts.

"She fought?"

"From what Natsu and Gray said she lost control and attacked the bandits as soon as she saw you." Lucy started waking up and Mira took her leave. Erza stroked Lucy's hair.

"Lucy?"

"Hmmm…"

"Wake up." Lucy yawned and opened her eyes. It took her a minute to realize that Erza was awake.

"Erza!"

"I hear that you're my hero."

"No I'm just a really worried girlfriend. You're not ever leaving again!" Lucy hugged Erza and started crying.

"I'm sorry that I worried you Lucy. I'll try my best to not do it again." Lucy and Erza fell asleep in each others arms. Lucy still liked red, but sometimes it brought her back to when she had to see the love of her life bleeding to death in front of her. Seeing red can be both good and bad.