Natsu POV

I looked at Lucy with wide eyes. She was pregnant, with my kid. And Gray beat the shit out of her when he found out.

"Lucy... Come here." I grabbed her arm and pulled her away, out of the sight of others.

We stopped walking and I turned to Lucy.

"Luce, I don't want to sound like I'm dismissing it, or I don't care. But I need you to show me something." She nodded, wiping her tears away.

"What is it?" She asked. "Take off your jacket. I want to see your arms." She looked weirded out, but then realized my purpose.

"I can't do that Natsu." She said, hesitantly. "Lucy, I need to see how bad he hurt you." She sighed and slowly removed her coat.

My eyes went wide at her bruised and cut up arms.

She was wearing a crop top because Gray wouldn't let her have anything else, but it came to my advantage because I could see multiple cuts and bruises on her stomach too.

I put my hands on my head, stressed.

"What the fuck..." I mumbled. I could feel tears building up in the corners of my eyes.

"Natsu, it's really not that bad." Lucy said, noticing my reaction.

"Not that bad? Luce he fucking tore you to shreds! And it's all my fault." She looked at me with surprise.

"Don't say that! It's not your fault! It's just as much my fault and you know it! I didn't resist anything which means it couldn't possibly be your fault!" Tears started rolling down her cheeks as she said that.

She jumped into my arms and hugged me tightly. I stared at her in surprise.

"Don't blame yourself for everything, Natsu. Especially this, you can't blame yourself for this." I slowly wrapped my arms around her also.

"Luce, what're we going to do about this?" She shook her head.

"Let me worry about that." She said. I pulled away.

"I told you Luce, you don't have to hide anything from me and you don't have to do anything alone. I'm here for you and we have to handle this together."

I took her hand and started walking with her.

"Where are we going?" She asked. "To the nurses office." I said, without looking back at her.

We got to the nurses office and got all her wounds bandaged up.

"Thanks Natsu." Lucy said, rubbing her bandaged arm.

We walked out of the nurses office but Lucy stopped right outside of the door. I turned to her, confused.

"What's wrong Luce?" I asked.

"Nothing." She said. "It's just, I think I want to break up with Gray today." I froze.

"O-ok. But um, what do you think he'll do?" She gulped hard and looked up at me.

"I don't know." She said in a shaky voice. "But you can't be there." My eyes went wide.

"Why?!" I yelled. "Because he'll hurt you!" She yelled back.

"I don't give a shit if he hurts me, he already hurt you, and he'll do more if you break up with him alone." I protested.

She tapped her chin. "Then I'll have Gajeel and Levy there. They won't be right next to me, on the side lines where he can't see them. They'll be there just in case."

"But why can't I do that?" I whined. She sighed. "I'm not taking any risks." She said sternly. She walked away and I was left standing there.

I scuffed my shoes as I walked to my next class.

"Stupid Gajeel... Levy... grrmmh." I kept mumbling.

Suddenly, I felt a strong grasp on my arm and I was pulled aside.

"Salamander, hey. So uh, I need to talk to you about something." I saw Gajeel standing in front of me, Levy right beside him.

"Yeah, what's up?" I asked.

"So, Lucy asked us to protect her when she breaks up with Gray, but we thought it's be better if you did it. Plus we kind of have... plans. Can you cover for us?"

"Yeah, sure man." I said, nonchalant. "Thanks Natsu." We did our hand shake and he left.

Inside my head, I was cheering. I got to be there. And it's not like I want to see their relationship end, I just want to be the one to protect Lucy. Nothing more, nothing less.

After school, I went to the spot Gajeel had told me about. I watched Lucy and Gray from afar, not to be noticed by Gray.

It was inaudible for me, but I saw that Lucy had said something. Gray turned red, but not like blushing, like he was filled with anger.

Gray screamed at her and began to put up his fists. I sprinted towards him and grabbed his arm and held it behind his back.

"Back up, you don't get to put another finger on her. Understand me?" I guess my voice sounded scary because when I started to talk Lucy jumped.

Gray released himself and turned around to face me.

"And who are you to tell me what to do, pretty boy?" Gray growled. "Just 'cuz you got my bitch knocked up."

My face expression turned to anger at his last comment.

"Bite me." I snapped. Gray tried to punch me but I grabbed his arm and twisted it, while kneeing him in the nuts. I then uppercutted him and he fell to the ground.

"N-Natsu? Where's Gajeel and Levy?" Lucy asked, staring at Gray. "They asked me to do it. Said they had plans." I said, smirking.

I walked over to Lucy. She looked at me with wide eyes.

"Why'd you do that?" She said, pointing to Gray. My face visibly turned dark.

"He called you a bitch." I looked at her and she was obviously holding back a smile.

"Come on Luce, I'll walk you home." I said, putting my arm over her shoulders. She laid her head on my arm as we walked.

The next day, there was a new girl named Juvia.

She introduced herself in class and got sat next to Gray.

Juvia saw Gray and Gray saw Juvia. To an outsider, it looked like love at first sight.

They started talking a lot and before you knew it, in two days they were a thing.

It was different from Lucy though. Juvia was pretty bossy and demanding. But she was also sweet and loving. She was just what Gray needed, she was helping him shape up. I think he's actually afraid of her.

Juvia was sitting with our group at lunch, she had quickly become best friends with Lucy and Levy.

Gray came up and put his arms over her shoulders. "Hey babe." His free hand slid onto her thigh. She slapped it away and pushed him.

"Uh uh. No." Juvia said, putting her hands on her hips.

I chuckled and turned to Lucy. We weren't exactly official yet, but we basically were.

Lucy was scheduled to have an abortion. We had both agreed it was the right thing to do.

I heard the bell ring and got up with Lucy.

"Meet me behind the building after school." I whispered into her ear as I walked away.

Lucy POV

I felt a chill go down my spine when Natsu whispered in my ear. I could see the smirk play on his lips when he backed away from me and left.

I shook my head from my trance and grabbed my things, catching up with Natsu and walking to class together.

My last two classes seemed to just fly by. All my attention was kept on the thought of what Natsu wanted after school.

I heard the last bell ring and my heart skipped a beat. It's time.

I hesitantly grabbed my backpack and walked out of the classroom. I dropped off my stuff at my locker and left for behind the school.

When I got there I saw Natsu leaning his back against the wall. He looked over at me and smiled that big toothy smile that I love.

He approached me and my heart started beating fast.

"H-hey Natsu, so what did you need me for?" I asked, tilting my head. I had expected him to smirk, but instead he got kind of sweaty.

"Ok, so here's the thing. IreallylikeyouandIwantedtoknowifyouwouldbemygirlfriend." He spoke so fast I couldn't understand him.

"Natsu, I can't understand you if you speak so damn fast!" I said. He breathed out deeply.

"Ok, fine. I said I really like you and I want to know if you'll be my girlfriend." My eyes went wide. My heart seemed like it was going three miles a minute.

"Y-yes." I said in a shaky, yet excited, voice.

His face seemed to literally brighten up. He picked me up by the waist and spun me around while the both of us were laughing.

I could feel tears of happiness sting the corners of my eyes.

Natsu put me down and I almost immediately grabbed his face and kissed him. I pulled away and tapped our heads together.

"Ahem." We were broken out of our moment when Gray and Juvia made themselves clear to us. Gray had his arms crossed and Juvia was giggling.

"You guys are so cute." Juvia nudged my arm. I blushed.

"Juvia! What are you guys doing here?" I whined.

"Leaving." Gray said, grabbing Juvia by the waist and walking away. Juvia turned to me while walking and put up the peace sign.

"Ugh! We can't ever be alone can w-" I was interrupted when Natsu kissed me again. I closed my eyes and leaned into the kiss.

Natsu pulled away.

"What was that for?" I asked.

"Just 'cause I wanted to do that. C'mon, I'll walk you home, Luce." Natsu said, swinging his arm over my shoulders.

On the way home we ran in Mira, one of my friends. She nearly screamed when she saw us together.

"Ahh! NaLu is officially canon! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!" She snapped a picture and ran away, squealing.

"Welp, guess the word is out now. We can't trust Mira will keep it a secret." I sighed.

"You can't trust that we'll keep it a secret." Natsu smirked. I giggled.

"That's true." I said as we continued walking.

Hey everyone! So, I was going to post this chapter yesterday, but my sister had her graduation! Yay! It was so much fun! Ok, I got to go. Peace.