Chapter 2: Lucy's Realization
"hm?" Lucy said, letting her attention go from Happy and Makarov, to a shout coming from the door. "Did you two hear anything?" Lucy said as she stood up and walked to the door, "No, I didn't hear anything, did you?" Makarov looked at Happy. Happy shook his head, and flew to Lucyas she looked around outside the door. But before Happy made it to Lucy, he noticed that Natsu was gone.
"Hey, where's Natsu?" Happy looked around and flew around the guild instead. Lucy looked out the door, but she didn't see anything unusual, except a small white piece of fabric on the ground, it was soft when she touched it. "This looks like a piece of Natsu's muffler!" Happy said, snatching the fabric from Lucy hand. Happy examined it for a minute and nodded, "Aye! It is a piece of Natsu's muffler!" Happy cried and flew outside. Lucy and Makarov ran after Happy, calling Natsu's name as they did.
"Natsu, where did you go?" Lucy thought. They searched all night, leaving the three of them exhausted. As the headed back to the guild, they met Mira at the guild doors. She asked what had happened, too exhausted to look at her, Makarov explained everything to her. Lucy on the other hand, wobbled back to her seat at the bar, and fell asleep with her head in her arms.
Several hours later, the guild was filled once again with the usual noisy crowd. The noise woke Lucy up, but what really made her get up from her spot at the bar was a strong hand that grabbed her shoulder. "Lucy, wake up, Lucy!" it was Erza, she shook Lucy hard enough to almost knock her off her seat. "Hm, oh… hey Erza," Lucy said weakly, lifting her head. "I heard what happened, from Mira, so Natsu disappeared?" Erza asked. "So fire idiot disappeared eh? Ha, the wimp." An ice mage laughed as he walked up to the two girls at the bar. Erza gave him a glare and he immediately shut up.
"How could he disappear like that? I mean, he's never done something like this before." Lucy said sadly. "Lucy llliiikkkeeeesss Natsu!" Happy shouted as he flew by, ending up getting hit in the face with a piece of wood. "As if I like Natsu!" Lucy cried, but everyone saw that she was blushing, "Sure, Natsu is my partner, one of my best friends, and he's saved my life a bunch of times. But who would like a hot-headed, pink haired, over powered flame head like him?!" Erza, Gray, and Happy all laughed as Lucy sat there quietly. "How could they still be thinking that I like NATSU?!" Lucy thought, "He's so crazy! And always out of control…but, he's always so nice to me…" Lucy's face starting getting a bit redder. "Oh no, my heart's pounding… is it from all the embarrassment? Or…am I in love with him? We've been through so much… But… what does he think about me?" she put her hand on heart pounding chest. The other three stared at her, and after a long silence, Gray finally spoke up.
"Lucy, we all know you like Natsu" Gray said, putting a hand on Lucy's shoulder, "and we all know Natsu likes you," Lucy's faced turned red and didn't respond, yet Gray smiled. "Come on, let's go find flame head" "YEAH! AYE!" they all said.
-Over to Natsu now-
He was lying there, in a sewer, unconscious, and chained up. "hehehe," a voice said, looming over the unconscious dragon slayer. "You'll be a fine, dragon specimen for my project," it laughed, "Natsu Dragneel….MWAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA"