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Please enjoy the new chapter. Sorry that its shorter than the others.

After Lucy chased Natsu around for a couple of minutes, she finally gave up huffing in defeat. She looked around in search for a good shop; after finally deciding to go into a Pharmaceutical shop to grab some more medicine and first aids. She wandered through the aisles slowly and cautiously, she didn't want any unwanted visitors jumping out and grabbing her. Lucy slowly turned into the next aisle. Her ears and eyes were on high alert; she was just waiting for something to jump out at her. Her ears pricked up at the sound of metal hitting the floor she quickly hid and listened closely. She could hear soft footsteps and quiet breathing. She raised her scythe up, her breathing became deep and even. Lucy could hear the footsteps get closer and closer until finally the footsteps were just around the corner. She waited until it was just about a step away from appearing when she jumped out and thrust her scythe forward. Just before the scythe hit the things neck it quickly dodged the blade and grabbed the hand that was tightly gripping the handle.

"WHOA! Luce! What the hell!?"

"Huh? Natsu? You idiot! I could've killed you! What are you doing sneaking around for?!"

"Well, I noticed that you stopped chasing me and came to look for you… when I saw you in here I hid and I was gonna jump out and make you jump…" Natsu chuckled shyly while using his free hand to rub the back of his neck. "Didn't work as well as I thought that it would've… you kinda ended up scaring me."

Lucy held an exasperated smile on her face.

"You Idiot…"she whispered.

Natsu just grinned widely. His goofy grin made Lucy giggle slightly. I could never say mad at him, he's like a little kid in a teenagers body. She thought to herself.

"Is the rest of the place clear?"

"Yeah, I checked about as I was sneaking about and there was nothing."

"Come on. Let's get what we need in here and move on to the next shop."

"Mmm… 'Kay…" Was all that he said before wondering off into one of the aisles to grab what they needed; After they scavenged the pharmacy they moved on to loads of various other shops to grab more clothes, food and water supplies. It took a few hours and a few zombie eliminations but they were able to make it back to the cars without a major hitch.

Once everyone returned from their hunts for more supplies, they all hopped into the cars and drove back through the bumpy, unforgiving streets. It took them an hour before their base came into view. As they approached the gates, Lucy took out a short distance radio and contacted the person who controlled the metal gates.

"Hey Wakaba open up!"

She waited for a moment before hearing the old man's rough voice.

"What's up Lucy? You back already?" he replied.

"Everyone's fine. No one got hurt… well… not by the zombies anyways… "

On the other side of the radio she heard Wakaba sigh and she just knew he had an exasperated smile on his face as he chuckled lightly.

"Lemme guess… Erza hit the 2 morons after they started to get violent?"

"Yep."

"Damn. The poor bastards. Hope they're alright."

"Eh… they'll live. On the bright side, it seems that the numbers of zombies are starting to die down. It's not taking as long to get more supplies. Maybe in a few years they'll all be gone."

"Just 'coz you guys aren't fighting as many, doesn't mean that they're not out there. They're brain dead but in some form are smart and tricky. Don't forget what happened last time." Wakabas voice had turned sorrowful. Lucy sighed and frowned and looked over to Natsu. Natsu had been quietly listening to the conversation and when Wakaba mentioned the incident a slight frown took hold his lips and he tensed up slightly.

"Hey Wakaba. Let's not talk about this now. Open up the gate would ya. We're nearly at the gates."

"Yeah, no problem."

Then Wakabas voice was replaced with a loud beeping sound as the gates opened up ahead. As they drove through the gates, Lucy looked back over to Natsu. He still had a frown on his face; Lucy just sighed and looked out the window. No one liked to talk about what happened on, what they called, the Day of the damned. It was a gruelling experience for everyone. Good people were killed. Good and close friends were either turned into a walking corpse or put 6 feet under. Everyone lost someone. Natsu lost his father, his only blood relative and a close friend. Lucy lost a very old and very close friend, they had been together for longer than she could remember and Lucy had watched as her friend was eaten alive as she was dragged away by other survivors. She hated to think about it but it was on her mind quite a lot of the time… but she never said anything to anyone. Lucy was sure that it was the same for everyone else too and talking about it always brings everyone down and emotions start to fly out of control. It's a nightmare. It's a curse of a memory and everyone just wished it would…. Disappear.

"Hey. Natsu…"

"Yeah…"

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah. I'm fine Luce."

"Natsu… are you sure? You can tell me anything, I will always be here for you."

Natsu pulled the car to a stop and looked over to Lucy. He had a shy smile on his face but his eyes were serious.

"Luce. It's because you're here that everything in my world is alright and balanced. I told you before any of this zombie stuff happened and I'll tell you again. You're the best Luce and you make everything better when things are turning black."

Lucy smiled and a light pink blush was dusted onto her cheeks.

"Thanks Natsu. You make everything better for me too."

Natsu showcased his signature toothy grin.

"You're a weirdo Luce."

"HEY! What do you mean I'm a weirdo! WHY YOU! GET BACK HERE!"

Natsu Quickly jumped out the car and ran away from Lucy's wrath. Lucy following after him.

After storing the supplies and chasing Natsu once again. Everyone split ways after making arrangements to meet up a bit later for a quick beer and chat.