I'm done with chapter 5 much earlier than I expected. :) And it's a big one too! :D
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The swift of a punch was heard, which was followed by the sound of a blow. "Damnit." A punch. "Damnit!" Another punch, though this one was harder. Natsu ignited his arm in flames, and with a final cry punched the tree that was in front of him. "DAMNIT!" The sound of a tree falling disturbed the animals and birds in the forest, and they all quickly fled away from the sudden noise.
This was the fifth tree that Natsu had knocked down. His knuckles from both his hands were bleeding, scratches and bruises were formed on his hand. But Natsu didn't give a damn about it. All he cared about, was how weak and utterly useless he was right then. When they took Lisanna away from him.
Natsu clenched his fists, and yelled at the sky above him, "DAMNIT!"
Erza poked her strawberry cheesecake with her fork. She lifted up her head a bit from her palm when she heard the yell. She frowned, recognizing it as Natsu's voice. Even from the East Forest in Magnolia, she could still here Natsu's cry. She was about get up and see how he was handling all this, but decided against comforting the angry Dragon Slayer.
Besides, even she did try to comfort him, he would only turn her down and make him feel like he was a toddler than needed help. She poked again at her strawberry cheesecake, "Yes, my strawberry cheesecake. Not even you can make me feel better right now."
"Natsu..." Happy trailed off as he saw his partner panting, blood dripping from his knuckles. "We should go back to the guild now. Everyone's worried about you."
There was silence for a while, the only sound was the sound of Natsu's pants. "I'll be there in a while Happy. Go back to the guild." Happy sprouted his wings, and began floating, waiting for a moment before flying out of the forest. He knew that Natsu wanted to be alone for a while, and so he let him.
When Happy arrived at the guild, worried faces greeted him. "Is he okay?" Lucy was the first to ask, as she squeezed Gray's arm while holding on to him. Gray watched as Happy shook his head.
"Natsu's still depressed." Happy answered, as he walked past the group surrounding him. Mirajane sniffled a bit, wiping away tears that were starting to form in her eyes.
"I told him that I don't blame him." She said. "That he did the best he could to protect her."
"Trying to protect another man's sister is a man." Elfman said half-heartedly, as Mirajane leaned into him. They had both broken down when the news hit them, after they found Natsu offshore of the pier in Magnolia.
Lucy bit her lip, and after a few moments, said, "I'm going to make him feel better."
"Lucy?" Everyone said in surprise. Gray shook his head, but smiled lightly. "I'll go with you." He said.
"No, I'd be better if I went alone." She smiled at the ice-mage. "But...maybe you could just walk me there, and then wait for me at the entrance of the forest."
Gray sighed. "Fine. That pyro better not hurt you, or else I'll beat the shit out of him." Lucy giggled.
"Alright let's go." And so the pair left the guild, and walked to the East Forest of Magnolia in search of the Dragon Slayer.
As they walked through the streets, passed the market sellers and customers, they finally arrived at the East Forest. The duo walked through the tall trees. Lucy looked up at the trees as she walked, and because she wasn't looking at the ground, she bumped into a rock with her foot. She tripped over it, and right as she was going to gasp and fall, arms wrapped around her waist, stopping her from falling.
She blushed as the arms helped her up, and looked up to see Gray worried. "Are you alright? Did you hurt yourself?"
Lucy laughed. "I'm okay Gray. Thank You. Let's keep on walking." This time, Lucy made sure to watch where she was going. When they saw Natsu clear ahead, just a few yards away, Lucy held out out her arm, stopping Gray from moving any further. "You promised," she said, and Gray nodded.
"If anything happens, just say my name, and I'll freeze that pyro into a popsicle." Lucy lightly smiled as Gray walked away, hands in his pockets. She took a deep breath and began walking toward Natsu.
When Lucy was only a few feet away from him, Natsu smelt her scent, and relaxed. "Hey...Natsu." Lucy said, and stood next to him. "May I sit here?" Nastu nodded, and through a rock into the pond in front of them. Lucy slowly sat down next to him. Think of something interesting to say Lucy! Lucy scolded herself.
"Um...Natsu, how have you been?" Lucy mentally screamed at herself for being so stupid.
"...Not so great..." Natsu said, not even looking at Lucy in the eye, as he picked up another small rock and through it at the pond. Lucy took another deep breath and decided to get to the point, this was Natsu after all! "Everybody's worried about you...I'm worried about you." Lucy said sincerely and looked Natsu with pleading eyes. "Come back to the guild, we all miss you."
Natsu stopped throwing rocks at the pond, and his bangs hid his eyes. "I bet Mira and Elfman hate my guts right now."
"No they don't!" Lucy insisted. "They're worried about you too! They know that you wouldn't lose Lisanna on purpose." Lucy eyes went soft. "In fact, they want you to come back to the guild. So we can all rescue Lisanna." Hearing her name, Natsu stiffened. But when he heard of what else Lucy said, he looked at her with his onyx eyes, and lightly smiled, which made Lucy blush.
"I guess your right," Natsu said and stood up. He gave his hand out to Lucy, and Lucy accepted. She then thought it was now or never. She had to tell her feelings about him right now, before she regretted it forever.
"Natsu...?" Lucy asked, and Natsu looked at her in confusion as he saw her red cheeks.
"Are you okay Lucy? Are you sick?! You're cheeks are burning!" Natsu said the last part after he placed his cool hand on Lucy's cheeks. Lucy blushed even harder.
"N-Natsu, I need...to tell you something." Lucy said.
"Are you dying?!" Natsu said worriedly and Lucy shook her head. "Not it's not that." Natsu sighed in relief.
"That's good. So what did you want to tell me?" He asked smiling, and Lucy took a deep breath. "I like you." Thought it came out as barely as a whisper, Natsu still heard.
"What?" Natsu's smiled slightly faltered. Lucy saw his reaction and her heart began to drop. She knew that he was in love with Lisanna, but she had to hear the truth from him. "I love you, Natsu." Lucy confessed. "I have been every since you saved me from my father. But I know it's selfish of me to tell you this, when you're in love with Lisanna."
Stay strong Lucy. She told herself, thought it was more she was trying to convince herself. "But I just wanted to let it out, so I don't regret it." Lucy closed her eyes, awaiting the rejection. But what she got was strong arms wrap around her. She opened her eyes and saw Natsu looking past her shoulder.
"It' true that I love Lisanna." He said softly, which broke Lucy's heart. "But that doesn't mean that you are unimportant to me. You are part of Team Natsu, my nakama, and an important person to me. Don't ever think that I would think low of you just because I love Lisanna."
Lucy sniffled a bit, and began quietly crying. One, because she was rejected -though she did saw it coming- and two, because of what Natsu described her to him. "Arigato Natsu." Natsu lightly smiled. "Besides, there are many men who want you to go out with them. So don't believe that just because I didn't choose you, doesn't mean other people will."
Lucy smiled and nodded. "Hai. Arigato...Natsu." Natsu smiled his toothy grin, and looked pat Lucy's shoulder again, where a figure stood, watching the two of them embrace.
Gray silently thanked Natsu, as he could confess to Lucy freely in a couple of months -after she got over Natsu of course- and be the one to have her love. "Let's go home." He whispered.
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"Let me out of her!" Lisanna banged her hands on the bars of her jail cell, as she glared at the three people standing outside the cell.
"Ha. Not a chance dead meat." A blue-haired woman, stood in the middle of two men, her arms crossed. Her green eyes pierced Lisanna's ocean blue ones, as strands of her long hair fell onto her shoulders. She wore a long-sleeved short black dress over a fishnet shirt and stockings and black high-heels.
"Don't be mean like that, Lyora," a red-headed young man told her, as his brown eyes skimmed Lisanna. He licked his lips, "She would look so hot if she yelled my name after I take her with me to my room and f-"
"Shut it, Azazel." Damien said, as he looked at Azazel in digust. "Lord Deliquoro wants her well, alive and non-tainted."
"You always ruin everything, Damien." Azazel hissed and glared at him. He turned his attention back to Lisanna's frightened expression. "But maybe, sweets, we can sneak in a little "play time"." He walked up to Lisanna's cell, and forced her chin to look at him, as hot tears fell down her cheeks. His look of lust and hunger scared her, as she tried with her might to force her face away from his.
Azazel suddenly let go of her, sending her head to the ground, as she yelped in pain. Lyora laughed at her pitiful form, while Damien silently tried to telepathically send her a message: I will set you free.
The door opened to the cell's and in came Second Division captain, Koby. Koby walked in the room with a frown when he saw Damien. Koby glared at him, "Why hello there, First Division Captain." Koby said with venom. Damien stopped glaring and just frowned.
"Will you stop being jealous of my position for once, Koby?"
"Shut up!" Koby yelled, his emerald eyes gleaming in hatred. "Lord Deliquoro should've given that position to me a long time ago!"
"But he didn't now did he?" Damien said coolly, as he crossed his arms. Azazel snickered.
Lyora sighed. "Men are all the same."
"Why you-!" Koby took a deep breath, forcing himself to relax, as he closed his eyes. When he opened them, he finally spotted Lisanna sitting a good distance away from the bars. Her chin had to red marks for when Azazel grabbed her. Koby grinned.
"Well, Mrs. Strauss, how nice to finally meet you." Koby walked up to the cell bars, and bent down. "Don't worry, I don't bite at all."
Lisanna glared. She knew better than to trust him. Koby made a 'tsk'ing sound as he moved his index finger. "Now that's not very nice." He grinned evily.
Lisanna gasped as her eyes widened. She saw her arm lifting itself up all on his own. "W-What?!" Her other arm begin lifting up, and soon, both her feet. Koby moved his finger in a circling motion, and Lisanna started walking to the bars. She grunted as she tried to fight against her body, commanding it to stop moving. But her body wouldn't listen, and soon she made it to the bars where Koby was standing up.
"I knew you would be polite and listen to me." Koby smirked, as Lisanna looked at him with both fright and shock. Lisanna struggled against the invisible force, "What did you do to me?!" She yelled out. Koby chuckled.
"Ahh," he smirked, "you want to know, huh? Well, let's say I have Blood Magic. My magic helps me take control of all the blood in your body, and makes you do whatever I want you to do."
Azazel smirked, "I wish I had that kind of magic, then I could use it to make any women be at my will. Maybe I can ask Koby to do me a favor, and force Lisanna to make love to m-"
Damien elbowed him in the stomach to stop him from saying anymore, "You disgust me."
Azazel coughed and glared at him, "B-Bastard." Lyora laughed at Azazel.
Lisanna's hair stood on end, her fear reaching her and tears starting forming to her eyes, "Mira, Elfman, Erza, Gray, Lucy, everyone...Natsu...help me." She whispered, her voice started to crack as the pain became almost unbearable.
Koby smirked at her whimpering form. "Aww, is the little girl getting scared?" Koby smiled even wider when he didn't hear a response. Was it really this easy to harm a Fairy Tail wizard? Koby inwardly chuckled. 'And I thought they were one of the most powerful guilds in all of Fiore.'
The dungeon door opened, and in came a young woman who looked about in her early twenties. Her long light blue hair was pulled in a low ponytail, as she wore a grey sweater that was unzipped revealing a green T-shirt underneath. Her brown eyes spotted the three teens, and the one Fairy Tail wizard prisoner she was told about.
When her eyes landed on Damien she instantly blushed and began to fidget a bit, her heart pumping in her chest. "U-Umm...Lord Deliquoro wants me to make the prisoner more comfortable and meet the guild."
Koby's smirk faded, and he began to frown. "But where's the fun in that? Me and Miss Struss over here are having a good time right?" Koby looked at Lisanna at the last sentence, and smiled evilly. His mind trying to tell her to agree with him now, or he would make her suffer. Lisanna sensed what he was trying to say, and nodded as best as she could.
"Y-Yes we are!" Lisanna squeaked, fear overtaking her. The light blue haired woman saw through this and frowned.
"Let go of her Koby. Lord Deliquoro wants her ready in an hour." Koby's eyes became hard, and he quickly walked toward. With his hand, he moved two fingers in a circle motion, and instantly the girl screamed.
The other teens jumped and looked at the young woman, whose body was being forced to twist in different ways. Koby glared at her, "Is that what you say to one of your Division Commanders?! You useless piece of sh-" Koby stopped when he felt a hand grab his arm hard. Koby grunted in pain and instantly stopped his magic. Both Lisanna and the young woman fell to the ground, sweat coming from their foreheads as they panted.
Koby followed the hand upward until he saw the owner of it. He hissed, "Damien. Let me go!" Koby struggled, and was about to us his magic when Damien took out his sword and grabbed Koby's neck, put the sword close to Koby's neck.
"If don't want to get hurt, I recommend you stop terrorizing or threatening to kill the guild members." Damien let go Koby, who took deep breaths of air and coughed.
"Fine." Koby said venomously, as he huffed and stormed out of the jail room, harshly closing the door behind him, which made both Lisanna and the blue-haired girl wince.
Azazel smirked. "Well that was interesting."
Lyora nodded. "Indeed." Damien turned his attention away from the door, to the blue-haired girl. "Are you alright?" Damien asked. The light bluenette lightly blushed and nodded. "That's good." Damien said. "Why does Lord Deliquoro want the prisoner to get ready?"
"H-He wants her to meet the guild." She squeaked, and Damien nodded. "Alright." Damien took some things out of his pocket. One of them, Lisanna recognized was a key, and the other was handcuffs. "Don't try anything." Damien warned.
Lisanna nodded, as the cell door opened. "Show me your hands." Damien said, as he waited near the door, holding to light green handcuffs. Lisanna hesitantly gave him her hands, and winced when she felt how tight it was.
"Sorry," Damien apologized which surprised everyone in the room, including Lisanna. "Is that better?" He asked, as looked up at Lisanna, only for her to notice that he was too close to her face. "Y-yeah." Lisanna took a step back.
"Those are magic restraining cuffs, so you can't use your magic no matter how powerful it is." Damien explained, as he pointed to the bluenette girl. "Go to..."
"Manami." The blue-haired girl answered.
"Go to Manami," Damien repeated, "she'll get you a clean shower and some new clothes. You'll be meeting Lord Deliquoro in about an hour."
And so the plot sort of thickens! DUN DUN! :D
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