I'm Okay
"Lucy!" Natsu yelled across the yard and was knocked down by the enemy. Natsu spit up some blood and grunted in pain as the leader of the dark mages kicked him in the ribs. He looked over at where another mage held Lucy up by her hair. She was covered in cuts and bruises and had a nasty looking gash running across her abdomen. Natsu struggled to stand. "Lucy...we will make it back to the guild." Natsu started throwing punches at the leader and managed to land a couple blows on him. The dark mage sent another attack at Natsu and sent him flying. Natsu slid across the ground and came to a halt by the mage holding Lucy up. He saw her keys laying at her feet. Natsu grabbed them and punched the guy holding Lucy. Lucy fell to the ground and looked around. They had managed to defeat most of the dark mages and only had two left to deal with.
"You okay Natsu?"
"Yeah. Here." Natsu handed Lucy her keys and she smiled.
"Let's finish things up. Erza is waiting for me."
"All right. I'm all fired up!" Natsu ran at the leader while Lucy summoned Loke and Taurus to take on the last mage. Lucy grabbed her whip and caught the guy's ankle. He grabbed the whip and sent her flying into a tree. Loke punched the mage. Taurus knocked the man back with his ax. The mage was knocked out cold from the force of their attacks. Lucy sighed and sent her spirits back to their world as she slid to her knees and held a hand up to her stomach. She watched as Natsu finished off the leader. When he finished, Natsu smiled at her and walked over to her tiredly. Lucy smiled back at him. They both sat on the ground catching their breath.
"How is your injury Lucy?"
"It's fine."
"Erza is not going to be happy about this."
"I know..." Lucy sighed and stood up. Natsu joined her and they started their trek back to the guild.
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"They have been gone all day!"
"Erza calm down..."
"Don't tell me to calm down Gray!"
"Erza..." Gray decided he would leave her be. He walked back to his food and started eating it. Erza paced around the guild. She was worried about Lucy. Mira walked up to her and made her sit down.
"I'm sure she is fine Erza."
"It's already sunset. They left at dawn."
"Maybe Natsu held them back because of his motion sickness again."
"I hope so..."
"Don't worry so much."
"How can I not? Lucy means the world to me."
"You are so cute!" Mira laughed and Erza sighed. She would have to wait for her friends to return.
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Natsu and Lucy sat on the train. It was a quiet trip since Natsu was sick. Lucy just looked out the window and held her stomach. They had decided it was fine to go home instead of taking care of their injuries earlier. They were almost there anyways.
'Erza is going to be so upset.' Lucy thought. She sighed and leaned her head back. Everything seemed to ache. 'I wonder how Natsu feels.' She watched the landscape pass by through the window and thought about how she was going to face Erza once she got home.
…...
Erza finished her cake and walked over to Gray. He was currently sleeping on one of the tables.
"Gray."
"Huh..." He shook his head as Erza shook his shoulder. "Erza?"
"I'm going to the train station. They have to be arriving soon. Want to come?"
"Uh...sure." Gray stood up and followed Erza out of the guild. They walked to the station in silence.
'Well now I'm alone...with Erza...' Gray thought. He glanced at her and saw that she was showing no emotion as usual. He knew she was worried about Lucy. Only her close friends could tell how she was feeling even though she wouldn't show it. He saw a train pulling into the station and smiled at Erza.
"I'm sure that they are on the train."
"I hope so Gray." Erza waited for the people to unboard the train. She watched as the passengers got off and met people that were waiting for them. She sighed as the steady stream of people stopped but then heard a familiar voice.
"Dammit Natsu! I do not feel like dragging you around!"
"Lucy..."
Gray smiled and ran forward to help Lucy get Natsu off the train. Then he noticed the state they were in and the blood. "What happened?"
"We fought off some dark mages. Don't worry we're fine." Lucy said as she covered up the fact that she was completely surprised that Gray and Erza had come to the station. Erza walked forward and, much to Lucy's protest, lifted Lucy's jacket to see the blood on her shirt. Lucy looked away.
"Lucy...why didn't you guys get your injuries checked out earlier?"
"I said we're fine."
"Hey it's Gray and Erza! Hey guys!" Natsu said as he stood up. He then saw the look on his friends faces. "Are we in trouble Lucy?"
"I don't know about you...but I sure am."
"Come on. Gray help Natsu. We're going to take them to the infirmary."
"I'm fine Erza." Lucy protested.
"You're bleeding Lucy! It looks like you are going to pass out at any moment."
"Let's just go Lucy." Natsu said as he walked beside the blonde. Erza walked right behind Lucy. Gray sighed and followed them.
'Why did I wake up for this?' He asked himself. The four friends walked into the guilds infirmary and Lucy and Natsu got their wounds looked at. Lucy laid down in one of the beds as Natsu was being patched up. She looked up at Erza as the girl walked into the room. She sat on Lucy's bed and handed her some clothes.
"Thanks."
"Lucy..."
"Look Erza. I am fine. I know you're mad that we didn't get our injuries checked out earlier, but we just wanted to get home."
"It was a reckless idea. What if you bled to death on the train? Natsu was too sick to move."
"I knew I wasn't going to bleed out."
"If something were to happen to you...I don't know how I would move on."
"Erza look at me." Lucy held Erza's face and made her look at her. "I'm okay. Nothing terrible happened. I'm going home as soon as Natsu gets patched up. I will be back home with you and we can stay in our room until we are starving for food if you want."
"Promise you will tell me if you need something or if you are in any pain?"
"Yes I promise. Right now I am in some pain, but I'm going to be okay."
"Thank you Lucy." Erza wrapped the younger girl in her arms and leaned her head on her shoulder. Natsu walked up to them and grinned.
"So Lucy when do we get to go on another job?"
"Lucy goes when she is healed AND when I let her leave our room."
Natsu just laughed as his friends kissed. Gray walked up beside him.
"So everything okay?"
"I'm sure it is. Erza forgot about punishing us."
"That reminds me. Lucy, Natsu, you two are going to be cleaning the guilds library."
Natsu groaned and Lucy threw the closest thing to her which was the lamp on the bedside table. Gray laughed and Erza held Lucy close to her.