Chapter 8: Reunion

NO ONES POV
"NATSU!" Everyone ran towards the town as the beacon of magic died down.

"What the hell was that? Was that Natsu or the other person?!" Gray yelled in agitation

"What other person!" Levy shouted

"Oh sorry we forgot to mention that, well before we left someone fell from the sky from that white beacon that you might've seen when I went to go get Gray and started to attack Natsu and actually held their own. They must be powerful too!" Mira explained while everyone including her ran to the town.

The town was now a crater and they were at the edge of it, all that was spotted was a tuff of pink hair. They stood there shocked at the town as it was practically nothing and I mean yeah Natsu wrecked a town before, but not like this, unless he was serious. Thankfully the guild building it was still standing, a little damaged here and there, but still standing because Makarov put a powerful protection spell on it after the phantom incident.

"Natsu!" Wendy pushed her way through the front of the crowd and before she could run down into the pit Macao grabbed her.

"Woah calm down, we can't approach Natsu until we know that he isn't hostile anymore and also until we know who that other person is."

Wendy stopped trying to pry her way out of Macaos arms and just watched what was happening just like everyone else. There stood Natsu smirking and the still unknown attacker down into the center of the crater.

Natsu looked to his right where the group of mages were standing and grinned "Looks like we've got ourselves an audience… my Lucia."

"I'm not yours, you piece of trash!" The angered woman spat at him

"My aren't you a feisty one, and I've always heard that you were the cool-headed type." he retracted his gaze from the wizards and stared back at Lucia with daggers as she stiffened a bit, but not out of fright but anger.

"You heard? Who gave you information about me and how? I was watching you for ages now!" She gritted her teeth

"Oh you now just a little birdie, but enough about that I've surprisingly taken an interest in you why don't you come play with me?" Natsu said in a low tone that any girl would swoon over, but that makes sense since he is the king of hell and is pound to know how to seduce a woman or two.

Lucia shivered in disgust "Never. I'd rather die than give my purity to you."

Natsu's hard gaze turned into a playful one, "Well it wouldn't hurt to try- You never know maybe you'll enjoy it."

He leapt forward and was now just centimeters away from her face as she tried her best to recompose herself from his surprise attack. His now hand now engulfed in flames heading straight to grab Lucia by the neck, but was stopped by an outside source of magic. The two looked up to see fairy tail's most powerful wizard and another person who is 'acquainted' with the guild.

Gildarts stood there just a few feet away from the two with a tick mark on his forehead "What do you brats think you're doing messing up the entire town! And why are you two fighting?"

Gildarts stood there waiting for an answer, but then his focus was distracted by an outburst from Gray that was standing in the crowd "Get away! That's not the Natsu that we know, he's too evil to be! And he's really powerful too he might even be as powerful as you Gildarts, be careful!"

Right when Gildarts was about to ask why was Natsu alive, because he had heard he had died when he was out on a mission, Natsu had already made his move on Gildarts by blasting crimson flames at him. "Silence human I'll play with you after when I'm done with her, wait your turn." He had snarled, Gildarts used his shatter magic to protect himself, with that distraction in mind Lucia had kicked Natsu chin with her right foot making him fly back a couple of feet.

"You are not to harm a human while on Earthland, King- Not while I'm here."

She had raised her hand to the sky and chanted "Oh heaven lend me your strength to defeat this demon from hell and cleanse your land from his sinful ways!" Then a glowing light surrounded her sword as she was purifying it "I shall defeat you with the sacred sword of Michael." She took the sword from the air and pointed it at Natsu.

Natsu made a black steeled sword out of his black flames "Now we're talking!" both of them started to attack each other head on making thundering loud sounds from the impact of the swords.

Juvia came from the crowd with a serious look on her face "Love rival?"

Gray looked at Juvia "What love- You mean that you think that's Lucy?"

Juvia nodded "I can tell by her voice… Didn't you hear the similarities and now if you look closer she looks like love rival too." Gray squinted towards the blonde

"That's bunny girl alright," Gajeel looked at the two mages "I can smell her from here, same for Natsu. Even though it's distorted with something that I can't figure out I can definitely tell that it's them. Never doubt a dragon slayers sense of smell." Gajeel tapped his nose while he crossed his arms.

"But how was Lucy able to use requip magic, she's a celestial mage is she not?" Juvia looked at Gajeel hoping he'd know the answer

He spit out "Beats me, I mean she was the last time I seen her before she went under."

"Well how the hell are they here? I mean we all saw their bodies, we were all at their funeral so why the hell are they here! And another thing that's getting me all worked up is that why the hell are they fighting each other aren't we all supposed to be nakama, but they seem like completely different people!" Gray shouted attracting the entire group's attention, shaking in anger and sadness, until someone grabbed his shoulder.

"Laxus? When did you here?"

He shrugged "When those two were too distracted with fighting each other, I thought it best to circle around the crater while I let them wear each other out."

Gildarts came from behind him "Yeah, I mean even I would be at a disadvantage if those two were to team up on me." He fanned the air around him "But in all seriousness I don't know myself how or what they're doing here and why they're fighting each other, but I felt this strange aura emitting from their bodies. Kind of like a blockage, though it's obviously not affecting their magic. Even so, maybe that's why they're acting like this."

Wendy came with beads of tears in her eyes smiling "Really! Then Natsu isn't doing this because he wants to but probably because he's scared and confused, it's not Natsu. Well not exactly him but..."

"Listen here, sorry to tell you this but I don't think either scared or confused- actually he looks like he's enjoying himself," Laxus held her by her shoulders and faced her in Natsu's direction. Natsu was in the middle of fighting Lucy with a grin on his face, dodging strike after strike. "See, it's not that he's scared, but just lost and doesn't even know it."

Lucy started to get agitated with Natsu's fast reflects and her not being able to hit him once, she gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on the swords handle "Michael is my mentor and taught me everything I know I will not disgrace his name!" she plunged the sword straight through Natsu's right shoulder as he grunted in pain. Gasps and cries for Lucy to stop was heard from the crowd as she retracted her sword and raised the sword for a finishing blow to the heart but was too slow. Before she could even move her arm Natsu had punched her straight in the gut with his left hand that was engulfed in black flames. Everyone was taken back by the attack, even Gildarts and Laxus who had killer glares in their eyes because of how they remembered Natsu saying he would never hurt Lucy, but there he was. His fist had collided with Lucy's lower abdomen as she started to cough up large amounts of blood that spilled everywhere from her clothes to Natsu's arm that was still intact. All the females and males of the guild were either crying or activating their magic. Before they could stop the fight from going any further Natsu's charcoal black flames had spread throughout Lucy's entire body causing her to scream in agonizing pain and tears left her eyes.

This was enough to set anyone off Laxus and Gildarts had charged forward with all their might fist forward and magic at hand at Natsu yelling in sync "NATSU YOU BASTARD!" getting his attention causing his attack on Lucy to lessen.

She took this moment to place her palm on Natsu's heart and cast a purifying spell on him as she muttered some of the spell as some words were inaudible, she kept choking on some blood but completed the spell. At this point her body ached everywhere with burns, bruises and blood "Shun the darkness that surrounds your heart and let in the light-let the light in." A bright light emitted from her palm into his heart, which made his heart beat echo in his ears and his eyes widen from overflowing emotions he felt and the flashes of some sort of visions. Before the spell could venture more into his body two fists collided with his right side of his face making him collide with the wall of the crater.

NATSU'S POV (during the purifying spell)

What is this-feeling? It's like- like it's consuming me… no that's not the word, it's more like clarifying things.

"Hey-"

Who is that, I've never heard that voice? Well I don't think so… What was I doing right now, I know it was important… but what.

"Hey Natsu-"

Yes. I know that voice.

"Natsu! Wait up!"

It belongs to the person I love… L-

Before I can fully make out her face, I feel as though that the right side of my face had been hit by a train. I haven't this much pain in a while. Not since-

NO ONE'S POV

Natsu laid there in the pile of rubble as Lucy trembled where she stood, still bleeding "Well that h-hurt."

Her legs gave out, but before she hit the floor Gray caught her in a full embrace.

"Lucy, is this really you… or am I just drunk again?" He chuckled a bit to himself, before falling into silence and took a good minute to listen to her heart that was beating in her chest. He had longed to hear that thumping melody for 3 whole years, he could feel the tears fall from his overflowing happiness at that moment as a smile made it's way to his face.

"Your home Lucy- you don't have to fight anymore." He looked up at her now sleeping face and reached out for the cloth and for those who weren't in on the previous conversation gasped at the sight of their revived nakama.

"LUCY!?" Everyone yelled in unison and crowded Gray to give them a turn at hugging Lucy.

Gray recomposed himself by the time everyone surrounded him and pushed them off and picked her up bridal style "You guys lay off she's obviously hurt so it's best to bring her to the infirmary immediately and skip down memory lane later" he turned around and started to walk towards the guild. Smiles made their way to everyone's face as they all thought the same thing, it's been awhile since we've seen any emotion in him- well besides anger and annoyance when he's drunk.

They all started to make their way towards the guild, but then Lisanna remembered something vital "Hey! What about Natsu?"

"Already taken care of," Gildarts responded in a monotonous voice as Lisanna saw Natsu hoisted over his shoulder "I think it be best if we restrain him."

"Why?!"

"Look I don't want to have to either but if he's capable of all this and hurting Lucy I don't think we have a choice if we all want to remain alive. He obviously doesn't remember us otherwise he would've stopped, but he didn't so let's just see how it goes when he wakes up. We'll decide whether to keep him restrained or not from there."

Hurt washed over her face as she looked anywhere but him because she knew he was right. Gildarts took that as a sign that the conversation was over and walked towards the guild but stopped when his shoulder met hers "We're going to keep him at the top of the guild with an enchanting spell with the help of either Freed or Levy. You can visit as long as Laxus or I is with you." He proceed to walk to his destination.

Lisanna stood there in tears, how long she hoped to see him again just one last time and yet he's here but now being kept prisoner. What was she going to do now?