Hey guys! Next chapter! I hope you like this chapter as it contains some Nalu! This is the chapter where Natsu and Lucy start to realize that their relationship can become something more!

Chapter 6 – The Roar of the Void!

"What do you mean you abandoned Lucy!" screeched Levy in anger, breaking through crowd to stand before Rico and Felicia.

"How can you claim to be her nakama if you did such a horrible thing to her!"

The silent of the guild broke as everyone started to shout, sticking up for their blond guild mate.

Even Gajeel who never really took much interest in the affair of his fellow fairy tail mages glared at the two who had now took a hasty step back from Lucy.

"Look! That's why we came! To apologize!" yelled Rico sweating at the sudden united uproar.

Lucy looked at her two old friends and then clutched her head, trying desperately to remember about what they could have done. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't remember, only one memory of her playing with them and nothing else.

"You can't remember can you?"

Lucy flinched and looked up to see Rico crouching in front of her again.

"I didn't even know who the hell you guys are when you came in. I only just remembered playing with you as a child and that's It." said Lucy feeling physically and emotionally drained.

Rico and Felicia looked at each other and nodded. They looked back at Lucy with new determination in their eyes.

"You're very special Lucy. More special then you'll never know." Said Felicia emotionless.

"Don't you remember? The dream we had? Don't you remember what you are?" asked Rico looking hard at Lucy.

"Now wait a minute!" growled Natsu as he ran towards Lucy, intent on wrenching her away from these people who claimed they had abandoned her.

Felicia gave the Salamander a death glare and flung out her arm, Green thorny tendrils broke from the ground creating a barrier between him and them.

"Don't interfere!" screamed Felicia as Natsu's whole body lit on fire in pure anger.

"DON'T YOU REMEMBER TENGOKU!" screamed Rico causing everyone to divert their attention back to them.

Lucy, Wendy and Charle gasped.

Erza who was about to interfere with the event before it escalated out of control stopped and turned a question stare to Wendy.

"Tengoku!" gasped Levy and quickly pulled a brown leather book from her bag as everyone looked at the script mage.

"Isn't Tengoku the void dragon? The dragon who rules over five elements?" Levy quickly flicked through the pages looking for the information she required.

"I'm sure I read about it! Where is it!"

Lucy couldn't take this anymore, gripped by a sudden fear she leaped to her feet and away from the two in front of her.

"How do you know about him? And what do you mean you abandoned me! Why can't I Remember!" yelled Lucy who started to hyper ventilate.

Rico and Felicia looked at each other once again and Wendy could have sworn she saw a faint flicker of a smirk on the man's face.

"Maybe it's best that we leave. We'll come back again eventually and explain everything, we promise!" said Rico turning to leave.

"I'm so sorry Lu! I promise I'll tell you everything and make it up to you!" cried Felicia and she quickly followed Rico out of the door.

"OI! COME BACK HERE!" yelled Natsu, flame spewing from his mouth and he went to follow them but Gray grabbed his shoulder, pulling him back.

"Not now flame-breath!" hissed Gray and pointed at Lucy who fell to her knees and began to cry.

"Why can't I remember!" Lucy wailed as she pulled at her hair.

"What's happening to me! Why can't I understand!"

"Come one Lucy." Said Wendy gently as she hooked on of her arms under the blonde's and tried to pull her up but she was too heavy for the little sky mage.

Natsu stared at his nakama and then marched over; he wrapped his arm around her back and pulled her straight to her feet. Lucy looked at her friend with teary eyes and sniffed.

"I'm sorry, I'm just really tired." Lucy wiped her tears away and tried to smile but Natsu only continued to stare.

"I'm taking Lucy home." Stated the salamander and he began to half carry half walk Lucy out of the guild.

"Well, that was intense!" smiled Mirajane brightly as everyone looked at her in disbelief.

"Tengoku?" whispered Levy as she pulled book after book from her bag and flipped feverously through the pages, looking for the info she could have sworn she had read about before.

"Tengoku the Void Dragon huh?" grunted Gajeel to his exceed partner Lily.

"Do you know something?" enquired lily raising an eyebrow to his partner, but Gajeel only shook his head and grinned. Things were finally starting to get interesting around here.

Lucy sat gloomy on her sofa, a steaming hot cup of tea that Natsu had clumsily made for her. Lucy looked gingerly down at her cup and sniff; she coughed at its foul smell and quickly poured the contents on the potted plant that sat on her coffee table near her.

Lucy sweat dropped and shiver as she could have sworn the leaves started to curl, the colour green taking on an unhealthy hue.

"How's your tea?" grinned Natsu wolfish as he leaped out of nowhere and landed next to his nakama on the sofa.

"Natsu my sofa you great big idiot!" snapped Lucy as she whacked him hard on the head, Natsu rubbed his head and grinned.

"That's my Luce!" he said smiling as the blonde looked away, the blood rushing to her face.

"huh? Where's Happy?" asked Lucy looking around, normally the blue exceed was always with his fire breathing partner.

"He's in your kitchen fast asleep after eating all your fish!" grinned Natsu widely.

"Stupid cat…." Muttered the blonde darkly.

"so… are ya gonna tell me just who those guys were?" asked Natsu no longer grinning, his slightly serious face turning towards the stellar mage as she froze.

"I can't…. because I'm not too sure who they are." Stated Lucy looking down, her thoughts returning to her old "nakama".

"I can't remember anything about them apart from the fact we once to play together years ago. That's what's frustrating me! I just can't remember!"

Natsu stared at his friend then snorted.

"Weirdo…."

"I'm not a weirdo!" screeched Lucy turning around to whack the salamander across the head again when suddenly she froze, Natsu's face unusually close to hers.

They both stared into each other's eyes, neither of them moving as a blush started to creep across their faces. They both felt something stir within them, a feeling that is completely new yet exciting and at the same time scary.

Natsu's scent of ash seem almost intoxicating to the stellar mage and she couldn't help but breath in more of his scent. Unknown to her, Natsu is doing the same. Lucy's scent of cherry blossom seem more appealing to him than usual, and he wanted more of it.

"Luce…." He muttered and without thinking, both of their heads started to close the gap between them.

Before their lips could meet they both quickly turned their heads, their faces burning a bright red.

"ermmm… well I – errr…." Stuttered Lucy as she fiddled with the helm of her skirt. Natsu suddenly took great interest in one of painting on the wall, refusing to meet her gaze.

Both mages felt extremely awkward now and filled with uncertainty, their relationship status changing and both didn't know what to do next.

"You liiiiiiiiiiike each other!" sniggered a voice.

"Stupid cat! I'm gonna skin you alive!" snarled Lucy red-faced as she leaped from the sofa. Natsu stared at his blonde nakama as she gave chase to the now crying Happy, ("Waaaah! Natsu! Lucy's being mean!") And felt himself growing hot at the unfamiliar fluttering in his well-toned chest.

Lucy stared almost longingly at the flickering campfire before her, she fidgeted a little in the bush she was hiding in and growled as her stomach growled with her.

It had been two days now since the girl had eaten after her food rations had run out. She sniffed the air and smelt the scents of two people near, she look at the fire and licked her lips. Maybe if she ran and quickly eat the fire she might be able to escape without being detected.

Lucy still had doubts but the hunger gnawing away at her finally made her get up and run towards the campfire, quick as a flash she grabbed handfuls of the fire and greedily stuffed them in her mouth, devouring the tasty hot flames with delight.

"Hey! Who are you!" shouted a voice. Lucy flinched and slowly turned around.

A black haired girl around her age and a light brown haired boy who seem to be a few years older stared back at her. They gasped with shock however as they saw the unknown girl's mouth full of fire.

"Rico look!" exclaimed the girl excitedly as she leaped forward and crouched in front of Lucy, shocking her.

"She's eating fire! She's eating it and it's not burning her! wooooooow!"

Lucy couldn't help but blush at the girl's words and quickly swallowed the fire in her mouth.

"My name is Felicia! What's yours?"

Lucy started to fidget with discomfort as her eyes darted around her, not looking at the girl.

"L-lucy…" she said timidly.

"Nice name!" grinned Rico coming closer after getting over his shock, it's not every day you see someone eating fire!

"Are you on your own Lucy?"

"Y-yeah…" replied Lucy finally making contact and smiling shyly.

"I ran away from home…"

"Oh really! So did we!" exclaimed Felicia in delight.

Lucy looked at them in shock, had both of them really ran away from their homes like she did?

"Hey Lucy, what to join us?" asked Rico which made the blond gasped.

"yeah! Come and join us Lu!" smiled Felicia widely as Lucy blush at her nickname.

"We're planning on one day starting our own magic guild! The best magic guild in all of Fiore!" yelled Rico with determination as he stood up and pointed to the sky.

"So.. You want to join us and our dream?"

Lucy looked at the two before, after a while she broke into the biggest smile she ever had since before her Mentor Tengoku disappeared.

"Sure!" she said happily and Felicia glomped her in a hug.

"Yay! We have a new friend! A new nakama!"

"Nakama?" thought Lucy stunned, and then she began to laugh with delight.

Her first ever friends, her first nakama's!

"Oh! Before we continue, how the hell did you eat that fire!" demanded Rico, curiosity lining his face.

"I know how to use Void Dragon Slayer magic! My Mentor taught it to me! And my mother taught me how to use celestial magic!" smiled Lucy happily as the other gasped, staring at her in amazement.

"Lucy! Wake up! I have a mission for us."

Lucy gingerly opened her eyes and looked up at her fellow teammates at the table they were sitting at.

"Heh? S-sorry! I didn't mean to fall asleep!" muttered the blonde apoplectically as Natsu sniggered and Gray snorted.

"Aye!" said Happy as he cast a sly glance at Lucy, a large fish clasped in his little tight paws.

"That dream memory whatever! At least it explains how I got to known Rico and Felicia." Thought Lucy scrunching up her nose thinking.

"Here's the mission I've picked out." Stated Erza as she placed a sheet of paper on the table, Lucy leaned forward and began to read to the words out loud.

Help wanted!

Strong mages needed to take down a demon currently terrorizing the town of Gwendo! Many loses and casualties caused by this demon's rampage!

Reward? 1,000,000 Jewels!

"1,000,000 jewels!" gasped Lucy! Even with it split between them it is still a lot of money.

"All right! I'm all fired up!" roared Natsu as he burst into flames causing Gray besides him to yelp in alarm and fall off his chair.

"I'm glad you're all willing to take part in this mission." Smiled Ezra as she rolled up the slip of paper and headed towards Mirajane.

"All that money…. I just have to hope you two knuckle heads don't destroy the town and make us lose the money!" glared Lucy as Gray gingery picked himself off the ground cursing under his breath.

"What! It's not my fault the buildings get in my way!" yelled Natsu flinging his arms out accidently (or not) hitting Gray in the face causing him to crash to the floor again.

Lucy sighed and got up from her chair as a red faced Gray launched himself snarling at the Fire Dragon Slayer, ice issuing from his twitching fingers.

"Urgh! Do we really have to take the train!" gurgled Natsu sluggishly as he and the rest of his team walked down the train looking for a compartment to sit. Even though the train wasn't moving yet, the salamander could still feel the motion sickness rapidly kicking in.

"You know, you can rest your head on my lap again if you want?" Lucy said with a slight high-pitched voice, looking away so her nakama couldn't see her blushing face.

"Really! Thanks Luce!" exclaimed Natsu as he hugged the blonde thankfully.

"I love your lap! It's so soft and warm!"

Lucy blushed even harder at his statement but nevertheless smiled warmly.

The train ride to their destination took nearly four hours and for once the Fire Dragon Slayer hardly suffered with his motion sickness, he was fast asleep peacefully with a big goofy smile as Lucy gently stroked his pink hair feeling quite contented in a long time.

What little bliss and happiness Lucy felt on the train was now completely destroyed. No sooner had Team Natsu arrived at Gwendo Town they were instantly assaulted by the demon.

The demon looked like a bat from hell; it was the size of a three-story high building. Large crimson bat like ears swirled in all direction as its large veiny transparent demon wings kicked up a storm of wind every time they flapped,

Lucy cringed as she noticed various building being knocked down mostly through her team then the demon itself.

"Open! Gate to the Lion! Leo!" shouted Lucy finally joining in the action as she lifted a golden key.

Loki appeared in a flash of light.

"My, doesn't MY princess look very appealing in all her glory today! Every time I look into your eyes, it's like staring into heaven itself!"

"Please stop flirting with me and help me take that thing down ok?" groaned Lucy at her friend's antics as she grabbed the whip from her belt.

"Regulus Punch!" yelled Loki jumping high into the air towards the demon, his fist emitting a golden like flame.

Lucy ran as fast as she could and flicked her whip with all of her strength, but it was useless, she might as well had thrown a sponge at the damn thing! At least everyone else was doing damage.

Lucy stamped her foot in frustration, she knew her spirit friend is helping to take care of the demon but she still felt slightly useless just standing there.

"There must be something else I could do!" Lucy growled in anger.

Suddenly a tingling sensation flickered inside her, the very same sensation she had when she was being strangled by Ted. Only this time it didn't seem to stop growing, the unknown yet familiar sense of magic began to overwhelm Lucy.

"What the hell!" exclaimed Lucy as the magic flared stronger, almost asking to be used. Without thinking the blonde closed her eyes and tapped into the now swirling vortex of magic inside, roaring to be set free!

Lucy planted her legs firmly in the ground and felt the sensation travel up her throat, the blonde had no idea what was happening and fear flashed across her mind but it was too late.

Lucy flinched as she felt her cheeks puff out, her mouth filling with the strange powerful magic. Suddenly she opened her jaws and a blast of intense magic issued from her mouth.

The cracking, burning grey coloured blast shot into the sky and hit the demon squarely in its hairy chest. The demon gave an agonizing screech and collapsed from the air, landing on a couple of (hopefully vacant) houses.

Normally Lucy would cringe and cry at the demolished house's (remember, more damage less jewels) but instead she stood cock-still with a look of bewilderment on her face.

"I don't believe! I… I just did a dragon's roar! It can't be!" Lucy looked at the crumpled form of the demon as her team-mates surrounded it looking confused. (Except for Natsu and Happy who were doing a victory dance over its dead carcass.)

"Does this mean? I really am a Dragon Slayer?" The sudden revelation and understanding caused the blonde mage to fall to her knees. She took one bemused look at Natsu who is still dancing on the demon's dead body before she closed her eyes and her world went black.