HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHO-CHAN! THIS CHAPPIE IS FOR YOOOOOOU~~~~~~ ^_^ MUCH LOVE AND HUGS AND KISSES. ^_^ YAYE FOR SCENTED CANDLES!
… Sorry for lateness my lovelies. I'd tell you why it's so late but I won't bore you with my life story. Oh, and anyone with tips on studying for exams those would be most welcome! I love you all!
And again to ALICE KNIGHTGALE HEARTFILLIA. I am unable to PM for some reason I think you may have changed your settings.
And… I'm sorry I trolled you. You may punish me if you wish. *braces self* I'm truly sorry.
-Lucy-
I bring my knees to my chest and rock back and forth on my heels. I whisper his name in my mind. Unable to speak, desperately hoping he can hear me. I punctuate each rock with his name
Natsu. Natsu. Natsu.
Unmoving, his stillness frightening me. How can anything other than a corpse be so still?
Natsu. Natsu. Natsu.
Wendy's hands are over him, mouth frantically mouthing the words that could save him from death.
Natsu. Natsu. Natsu.
He's not even breathing.
Natsu. Natsu. Natsu.
His skin is cold to the touch.
Natsu. Natsu. Natsu.
Silent tears stream down my face. I bring my knees closer to my chest.
Natsu. Natsu. Natsu.
Wendy wipes sweat from her brow and looks at me with desperate eyes. It's not working. He's not healing.
Natsu. Natsu. Natsu.
I don't care that it's cold, or that I soaked. And I'm only dimly aware that the rain is torrential, sharing my grief and displaying it to the world.
Natsu. Natsu. Natsu.
Wendy sits back on her heels. Natsu's still frozen and panic overrides me. Is she giving up? She still has magic left! She could heal him! I scream the words at her. Her eyes brim with tears but I don't care. She can heal him. She can… She has to. I'm on all fours, hurling abuse at her. She sits there and is quiet, knowing she can't stop me. I can't control my actions and I break down onto his chest and sob.
Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu. Natsu.
Please be alive. Come back to me.
I can't hold in my distress and fear, and it soon consumes me and I fall into a pit of darkness.
-Sting-
She's still unconscious. She fainted a few hours ago and still hasn't woken. We took her and Natsu back to the house and the council member who saved our butts tagged along and made himself at home. Natsu had started breathing properly again, but he hasn't moved yet. Lucy scared the shit outta poor Wendy. Yelling and screaming different things at her but I think she was just scared. If Natsu died… Lucy'd be a wreak. She already had a fever from being in the lake and his condition hadn't helped her feel better.
I walk over to the bedroom and stand in the doorway. Wendy's draped across Natsu's bed, exhausted from healing him. Lucy was in the bed beside his, restless in her sleep. It hurts to see her like this in such a fragile state when she's usually so full of life.
-Jaxson-
"You're telling me, you're a member of the Magic Council?"
I nod. "That's right. Sort of. Doranbolt is my uncle. He was supposed to do this, but he's… Preoccupied."
"With what?" The man's, Laxus I think, eyes narrow.
"His wife's having her babies in a few days! I think you're suspicious of me." I inform him he opens his mouth to protest but I raise a hand. "Why wouldn't you be? I'm a random kid who showed up claiming to be a member of the Magic Council. I'm not really, but I should be. I've been 'running errands' for them for years. And I'm under age and stuff. But still you'd think after I saved your sorry asses you'd be a little more accommodating."
"It's not that." The dark-haired man says.
"No Rogue. It's exactly that. How do we know we can trust this kid? He could be-"
"Quiz me! Ask me anything about the mission!"
They look at each other then begin to fire off questions at random. The first few were easy.
"Who got here first?"
"Lucy then Sting then Lily."
"Who got here last?"
"Natsu."
"How many stages to the mission?"
"Five."
"How long do we have to complete it?"
"Six months in total."
"How many Acnologia devils are there?"
I think hard to when the mission first began. I wasn't sure they were briefed on when a dragon was killed.
"Fourteen not including the mother herself."
"Why are you here?"
"I'm supposed to help you. The M.C is worried about you guys and I get regular contact from my cousin about the mission."
"Cousin?"
"Doranbolt."
Sting's voice comes from the doorway behind me.
"Thought you said he was your uncle?"
I shrug. "Uncle, Cousin, I dunno, he's related to my ma though."
"How can you not know if he's your mother's brother?"
I look him square in the eye.
"My ma is dead."
Silence.
-Sting-
I don't like this kid. He seems more than a little cocky and he's a special kind of stupid. Though the way he holds himself kinds reminds me of the lion spirit Lucy has under contract, Loke I think his name was. But, I don't think he's lying, if he is he's very good at it. When people lie, their hearts speed up and their eyes twitch. So either he's mastered the art of lying, or he's telling the truth. I feel something warm bump into me and I turn my neck to see Lucy standing behind me, eyes red and face pale.
"Drink please?" She croaks out. Laxus stands so she can take his seat and I wander off to get her a drink.
"Are you okay miss?"
"Yeah. Thanks Sting." She says accepting the drink. "I'm sorry, but do I know you?" She says, now addressing Jaxson.
The kid jumps up and take her hand in his.
"My name's Jaxson."
"Ah, pleased to meet you." She says cordially.
He bends down and kisses her hand.
"I assure you Miss Lucy, the pleasure is all mine."
My eyes narrow as she flushes slightly, bringing a little colour back in her pale cheeks. Playboy. Cobra snickers and Wendy wanders into the room to sit beside him.
"Let's do something fun." Rouge says suddenly. Ah, what the fuck Rouge?
"What?"
Lucy shakes her head violently. "No, no, no. I couldn't leave Natsu alone when he's like this. I mean, it'd be irresponsible and-"
"Come on Lucy. Do you really think Natsu would want you to sit next to his bed and mope?" I can see her considering his offer.
"We can go clubbing!" Wendy giggles jokingly.
"That's what I was thinking." Rouge waggles his eyebrows ridiculously causing both Lucy and Wendy to burst out laughing.
"Are you high?" I ask him.
"Seriously though, the only remotely fun thing we've done was Lucy's party. She's 18 and she had a two minute party. Even I had a bigger one than that."
"Dude, we are not taking the girls clubbing."
"Why the hell not?" Laxus bangs his fist down on the table. Something is seriously wrong here. Why would they want to go clubbing? Rouge HATES loud places, Wendy can't go, Cobra would get an earache, Lucy would be stressing about Natsu, the Exceeds would be denied entry, Gajeel would, would, would fit right in actually. But still, it's bizarre. I glance over at the kid, he's got this little smirk on his face like a kid who's gotten everything on his wish list and more.
"I don't think it's a bad idea." He says brightly
" 'S'long as I get to choose the club." Gajeel mutters under his breath.
"I can't go can I?" Wendy asks.
"Most definitely not!" Carla snaps.
"No, but I'm not going either." Cobra tells her.
"I'll stay with you Carla." Happy proclaims. Apparently, he thought Natsu was going to make it through just fine and he didn't need to worry.
"I don't think I should-" Her voice cuts off and her eyes glaze over. After a moment she snaps out of it. "Yeah, let's go. It will be fun."
"But- But-" I try to think of a good reason not to go. For some reason my gut was telling me it was a very, very bad idea to go. "You don't have anything to wear." I say to Lucy.
"Yes, I do!"
"No you don't!"
She sticks her tongue out at me, sets her half-empty glass down and flitters back to her room to change.
"I'm leaving now. You lot can follow or whatever." Gajeel stands and leaves, followed by Laxus and Jaxson.
"Wendy! Can you give me a hand?" Lucy's voice echoes from the bedroom. Wendy rises, opens the bedroom door and slips inside.
"I'm going to go somewhere quiet." Cobra says to no-one in particular. He walks out, leaving me with Rouge.
"I'll escort Lucy, you go." Rogue says quietly, looking at his feet.
"What the hell was that?" I demand.
"I don't know. It was like, I couldn't control myself, I didn't want to say those things, but my body was compelled to say them. I did try to hold it in, but I felt as though I were going to be sick if I didn't speak."
"Think that kid had anything to do with it?" I jerk a thumb at the door.
"Possibly. Go follow him and keep an eye on him."
"As long as you take care of Lucy."
"Deal."
-Rouge-
I can't shake that feeling of being controlled. It was awful, like nothing I've experienced before. I replay it over and over in my mind. There was a split second before the loss of control when I had made eye contact with the boy. His eyes pitch black and a small, inconspicuous flick of the wrist and then, nothing, no power, no speech. It had to have been him. I could find no other explanation. Wendy come out of the bedroom giggling.
"What's the joke?" I ask her.
"There's only one club in this town." She informs me.
"Okay?"
"If you are not dressed the their standards, and still demand entry after the first refusal, they take you in a room and force dress you."
I shrug. "At least I don't have to worry about what I'm gonna we-" I look at her suspiciously. "How do you know that?"
She stops laughing and looks guilty instead. She mumbles something so quiet I doubt even Cobra could have heard.
"What did you say?"
"Carla got sick one time and I needed money… So Cana offered to take me on a job and after she wanted a drink and…"
"You're still a virgin right?"
"Rouge! Don't ask her thinks like that!" I look up at Lucy and nearly choke. That dress! She sported a tight fitting black dress with long sleeve and the shoulders cut out and it came halfway down her thigh, the dress clung to her curves and would be sure to make every boy stare. She wore what I think were called stilettos, they were gold and climbed up her calves with thin straps. Her hair had been curled and tied half-up, half-down to reveal her gold dangling earrings. They were shaped like little flames and were accentuated with tiny rubies and she carried a small gold purse.
"You like?" She spins for me and the dress hitches up a little.
"Yeah." I choke out. "But isn't it a little-"
"Nope!" Wendy chirps. "She might be a little underdressed."
Lucy smiles. "Take really good care of Natsu for me okay."
"Of course." Lucy gives me a once-over.
"Are you going like that?"
Wendy bursts out laughing and Lily snickers. "Don't worry Lu-nee. They'll fix him when you get there!" Something weird is going on here.
That's the last thought I have before I'm shoved out the door.
Yeah. Having major writers block. And this was the best I could come up with. DX Not many reviews for the last actual chapter (which may account for the reason a serration joke was played) So heaps on this one would be nice of you, might even get me motivated again. Also, any ideas for the next chapter; What you want to see, thoughts on the strange boy, the Dragons, the Guild whatever.
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