((Le 9th Chapter! Ok, so I've just spent my entire day, pretty much, painting Igneel. And it's STILL not done. NYAAH.
But anyway, I'm taking a break from painting him today, and going straight to writing this.
How good am I? Cx
Anyway, thanks to Hinaguki Zeelmart for the new review!
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Oh, and there will be a lemon coming up soon. :3
Not this chapter though xD))
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Chapter 9: The Mission Part 3 – The Loved
A few weeks later, Zeref was lying beside Yuuki, whose head currently rested on his upper stomach, her hand resting just slightly lower than her head. She was fast asleep, and snoring gently. Zeref was wide awake still. Today had been very weird. It had first started off with Yuuki and Zeref's usual trek around the wilderness, when they started to look for somewhere to sleep for the night, all of a sudden; the two stumbled across an old, forgotten house. The couple exchanged a look, before wandering closer. With a further inspection, they found the house empty, and looking like no one had been living there for years. They decided they'd take a rest there for the night.
"Nyaaa!" Yuuki had yawned, collapsing onto the couch. "Man alive! I haven't been in a house like this since I went on that S-Class Quest!"
"S-Class Quest?" Zeref repeated.
"S-Class are a group of Mages in a guild that are more skilled than the rest. They go on quests called S-Class Quests, that are a lot more dangerous and difficult than normal ones" Yuuki explained to him.
"Ah…" he said, sitting next to her. Yuuki rested her head on his shoulder.
"This place is nice" she sighed, smiling.
"Indeed"
"Anyway, I'm beat, let's go to bed!" Yuuki smiled, yawning and stretching.
"Ok, is there enough room for us on here?" Zeref wondered.
"We don't have to sleep on the couch, there's probably a bed for us upstairs" Yuuki chuckled, standing up.
"Oh, of course!" Zeref said, also standing up. The couple trekked up the stairs, bringing their stuff (or Yuuki's stuff) with them. They found a nice, soft, warm double bed with white sheets.
"Daaang, that looks comfy!" Yuuki practically drooled.
"Indeed… " Zeref agreed with her. Yuuki stripped off of her clothes in a matter of seconds, before climbing into the bed.
"OHGODTHISISAMAZINGZEREFCOMEJ OINME!" Yuuki moaned at the comfort of the bed.
"O-Ok…" Zeref said, gingerly climbing into the bed. It was extremely comfortable. And warm. And-
SNORE.
Yuuki had fallen asleep.
Zeref smiled fondly at her, as she rested her head on his lower stomach, her hand slightly lower.
I love her.
Natsu dropped to his knees.
no.
No.
NO.
NO.
This wasn't happening, it was too bizarre. Natsu grabbed his hair, as hot tears rolled down his cheeks.
What do I do? He thought.
What do I do?
Oh god.
WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO?!
In front of Natsu and Gray, lay Yuuki. Unconscious. Her clothes were ripped. She was covered in scrapes and bruises.
But the most striking thing was the sword lodged in her torso – her sword.
The blood had spread everywhere, and was splattered on the rubble near her.
Slowly, Gray walked over to her, his stomach doing flips.
She had better not be dead, for Natsu's sake, he thought, as he crouched by her. His hand groped at her neck, as he felt the gentle thump-thump-thump of her pulse. He then checked her breathing. She was breathing, but it was raggedy and not right. Probably from broken ribs. Gray looked back at Natsu, who was silently crying, his fists grabbing at his rosy-pink hair.
"She's still alive, Natsu" Gray said into the deafening silence. Natsu looked at him.
"Sh-She is?" he asked slowly. Gray smiled and nodded.
"Thank god…" Natsu half-sobbed, half laughed.
"But she is still badly injured, Natsu, I need to you to send out a signal to tell all of our forces to get out, now" Gray ordered. Natsu nodded, and sent a large pillar of fire upwards, the flames taking shape of the Fairy Tail mark, before exploding into smaller guild marks, flying off to every member of the Rebel Army. That was the escape signal.
"Natsu, I need you to pull the sword out, I'll freeze the wound to stop the external bleeding, then we need to get out, ok?"
"Got it" Natsu nodded, grabbing the handle of Yuuki's sword. Natsu quickly pulled it out, and Gray froze the wound shut, before too much blood leaked out. He turned her over, and froze the other side – the sword had gone right through her.
"We need to get out of here, quick, she needs immediate medical attention" Gray told Natsu, who nodded, picking Yuuki up, and running for the nearest escape route.
When Laxus had gotten the signal to retreat, he grabbed the three members of the Magic Council he had rescued, and threw them over his shoulders, retreating ASAP. What worried him was the fact that Natsu had sent the retreat signal – Yuuki was the one that should have sent that out. The answer was simple; Natsu and Gray found her injured, or unconscious, or both. Maybe even dead. Gray had probably told Natsu to send the signal, whilst he tried to treat Yuuki. Laxus frowned.
For Natsu and your son's sake, for everyone's sake…please be ok, Yuuki, he thought.
When Lucy, Cana, Loke, Gajeel, Pantherlily and Happy got the retreat signal, they still had yet to defeat the three weirdoes in front of them.
And even with the doubling in numbers, they were still struggling.
Whoever these guys are, they're strong.
"We need to find some way of stopping them so we can get out, but how?" Loke frowned. Lucy frowned alongside her celestial spirit. How indeed? She thought. She then grinned evilly, noticing a small puddle of rain from the night before.
"Open! Gate of the Water Bearer! Aquarius!" Lucy called out, as the moody mermaid appeared.
"How many times do I have to tell you NOT to call me from a dirty puddle!"" Aquarius glared.
"Sorry, just wash away those guys, 'kay?" Lucy asked sheepishly. Aquarius grumpily agreed, sweeping up Lucy and everyone else in the process. Luckily, however, it took them closer to the nearest escape route. The group picked themselves up, and brushed themselves down.
"Something's wrong.." Loke frowned.
"What do you mean?" Lucy asked.
"Natsu sent the escape signal…" Loke muttered.
Wendy, who had been back first, was taking care of the Magic Council members, when Lucy, Cana, Gajeel, Happy and Pantherlily stumbled in.
"Oh? Is everyone returning now?" Carla asked.
"Yeah, Natsu sent out the retreat signal" Lucy informed them.
"Natsu-san?" Wendy asked, confused.
"Wasn't Yuuki supposed to be sending the signal?" Carla asked.
"That's what's gotten us confused as well…" Loke sighed.
"What happened? How did you three get separated from her?" Carla asked.
"We ran into Zeref. She told us to leave, and we did…didn't feel comfortable about it, but we did" Gajeel told everyone.
"You left her alone with Zeref?!" Cana yelled in disbelief.
"We had too, besides, she can handle herself around him, they did have a kid together you know" Gajeel retorted.
"Still! Back then he was nowhere near as dangerous as he is now!" Cana yelled.
"That's enough you guys, I'm sure Yuuki's fine" Lucy said, trying to calm things down.
"I wouldn't be too sure" Laxus said, emerging with three Magic Council Members on his back. He placed them on their feet before continuing. "Natsu and Gray heard her screaming, and went to go and rescue her, naturally. So she must be injured, or something, which is why Natsu sent the alarm – Gray would be busy freezing shut her wounds"
"You don't think Zeref could…kill her, do you?" Wendy asked nervously.
"I don't know, I'm sorry. All we can do is hope she, and everyone else returns unharmed"
Juvia, Jellal, Lyon and Meredy stumbled in after that, covered in minor scratches.
"What's happened? I heard Gray's name" Lyon asked.
"Gray-sama?! Is he hurt?!" Juvia panicked.
"Is Erza or Yuuki back yet?" Jellal asked.
"Or Ultear-san?" Meredy asked.
"We're just worried about the fact Natsu sent out the retreat signal, and not Yuuki. We're hoping she's ok" Lucy informed the group.
"As for Gray, it's likely he's freezing any wounds Yuuki might have – she ran into Zeref" Laxus said.
"Shit…I hope she's ok" Jellal frowned. Just as he said that, Gray burst in.
"Wendy! Medical…attention…Yuuki!" he panted. He was covered in blood.
"Gray-sama!" Juvia cried, going over to the blood-drenched Ice Mage.
"What happened?" Cana asked.
"Yuuki got really badly beat up, assumingly by Zeref…and he stabbed her with her own sword…she lost a lot of blood, but I froze the wounds close – Natsu's bringing her" Gray said, as aforementioned Dragon Slayer entered, carrying the even more blood-drenched, bruised and battered looking Yuuki in his arms. The sword remained in its sheath, strapped to Natsu's thigh. Red stained ice signified the area where she had been stabbed.
"I can heal her, take her to her room, Natsu-san, and me and Grandeeney-san will take care of everything!" Wendy ordered, determinedly.
"What about Ryfar?" Cana asked.
"I'll take care of him" Lucy said, smiling. "He's such a little cutie!"
"Ok, let's go Natsu-san!" Wendy yelled, rushing Natsu to Yuuki's room.
"Natsu-san, when we're healing her, you should probably leave, do you mind?" Wendy asked, when the pair reached her room.
"Yeah, I understand. I'll be there when she wakes up, though" Natsu told her. Wendy nodded.
"You really do love Yuuki-chan, don't you?" Wendy smiled.
"With all of my heart and soul"
/TBC/
((Not my most exciting cliffy ever. xD
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this mostly uneventful, yet somewhat bloody chapter. All will explained next chapter. Cx
For those of you that enjoy Pokémon, I have started – for some unknown reason (wow, there's lots of n's in unknown) – a fanfic for NxTouko! FERRISWHEELSHIPPING!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, I will update soon! Please review!))