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INFIRMARY

Natsu froze with his arms still around his partner, not believing he had heard the question she just asked right. He was so confused, he only managed a combination of the words 'what' and 'uh' to form "Whauuuh?"

Lucy looked at the pink haired man in front of her like he had two heads. "Well, I've never met you. What's your name?" She asked, seeing the man's face softened as she asked.

"Good one, Luce! You had me there for a second. Like you could ever forget the Great Salamander!" Natsu said, pounding his chest with a fist proudly.

Everyone watched Natsu as he tried to process the question. It wasn't that he didn't believe her, because he did. The look in her eyes that showed suspicion and no trust told him that. She didn't have the same warmth in them like before. Natsu just didn't want to accept the fact that he had been forgotten about.

"Gray! Who is this?" Lucy turned to ask the Ice Mage when she received no answer from her question before other than she was joking. Gray winced, seeing Natsu's stare turn toward him. There seemed to be heat radiating from the Fire Dragon Slayer, but no one said anything because it didn't seem like Lucy was affected by it. In fact, she seemed to lean closer to him.

"She remembers Gray… but not me?" Natsu asked softly and slowly in thought. No one confirmed this to him.

"She is right next to you and can answer you!" Lucy said, annoyed at him. He seemed like an idiot to her. Lucy let out a giggle, making everyone wonder what was going through her head. Pink-haired idiot Lucy thought, giggling a bit at it. She didn't know why she found it funny, but she did.

"This is Natsu. Do you really not remember him?" Gray asked curiously, taking a step forward only to get a glare from Natsu. Gray stopped where he was, deciding not to push Natsu at the moment. Natsu narrowed his eyes at his rival/ friend but quickly turned to looked at Lucy, who happened to be shaking her head no. Natsu's eyes lost all their warmth and fire. His smile turned into a frown in a matter of a second. His fists clenched not in anger, but in sadness. He tried to keep in the tears that threatened to drop.

"L-Lucy… doesn't remember me…?" Natsu asked slowly and cautiously. He didn't want anyone to confirm this. It would hurt too much. But he needed to know and accept the facts. His partner had no idea who the hell he was.

Natsu slowly walked toward the door with everyone staring at him. They parted to give him room to the door and Natsu swayed a bit as he walked. He seemed to be lost in thought and wasn't paying attention to where he was going.

"N-Natsu!" Levy called out, grabbing onto his shoulder. Natsu froze when he felt her hand, eyes going wide. "Lucy doesn't remember me!" Natsu shouted spinning around fiercely to look at the crowd in the infirmary. Natsu gulped as he glanced around, hoping for a denial to come from one of them. He breathed heavily as everyone remained quiet. Thoughts flew by in Natsu's head as he tried to grasp the situation he was in at the moment.

The temperature around Natsu increased a lot while he slouched over in thought. "Lucy. Lucy. Lucy. She doesn't remember me. Lucy doesn't remember. Lucy. Remembers Gray but not me? Lucy." Natsu's mutterings echoed throughout the silent room. Natsu's head slowly raised and he stared straight at the forgetful blonde. "Do you remember everyone else in this room? Can you name everyone?" Natsu asked seriously, not blinking at all.

Lucy glanced at everyone in the room and nodded. She recognized all of them in the room except for the distraught pink haired guy in front of her. "That's Levy." Lucy said, pointing to the blue haired girl who had grabbed Natsu's shoulder. "Erza." She said pointing at a red haired girl. "Mira." She said pointing to the white haired bar maid. "Happy. Carla. Jet. Droy. Juvia. Master. Lisa-" Lucy named everyone as she pointed.

"I get it! Stop!" Natsu interrupted her. It hurt too much to see this, for her to remember everyone but him. She looked at him with wide eyes. "I'm sorry. I... I just..." Natsu started to say, but couldn't find any words. Natsu turned and ran out of the infirmary, slamming the door behind him. He couldn't stay there with her. Not when she didn't know him. Not when he couldn't hug her and have her hug him back. Not when he couldn't kiss her and not have her kiss back. It was too painful.

"Is he okay?" Lucy asked, staring at the closed door.

"He's... uh... not taking this very well." Gray said, looking for the right words to explain this. Lucy looked at him with questions in her eyes. Gray sighed and bit his lip. He didn't want to be the one to explain this. "He was, no is, your partner. Before you got hurt and lost some of your memories. He also considered you to be his mate."

"Mate?" Lucy asked.

"He's a Dragon Slayer. They only have one mate for life and if their mate dies, they will soon follow. He's probably hurt that you don't remember him." Gray explained.

"But... But I don't know him!" Lucy argued, confused over Gray's explanation.

Gray looked down, wondering how to tell Lucy of her missing memories. "Lucy. You knew him. He brought you to the guild. He's your partner. He made a team with you. Erza and I joined yours and Natsu's team. You're his mate. You're his best friend. You're his weakness and his strength. You're his everything." Gray told her.

Lucy still looked confused. "H-How did I lose m-my memories?" Lucy asked.

"You were poisoned." Mira stepped up and said. Lucy gasped in surprise, hand flying down to touch the healing wound on her side. It was almost closed, just a little scab left. Lucy traced the scar that was left slowly, lost in thought. "And that pink-harked guy-" Lucy started to say. "Natsu." Mira told her his name patiently. "Yeah, Natsu. He helped me? He defeated the guy that did this?" Lucy asked. Mira confirmed by nodding. Lucy smiled softly, happy that he had helped her, but also sad that she didn't remember him.

"Natsu! I promise I will remember you!" Lucy whispered too softly for anyone to hear, even the Dragon Slayers didn't hear.

I definitely will Lucy thought determinedly.

GUILD HALL

Everyone who had stayed out of the infirmary turned to the stairs when they heard stomping. However, once they saw the Fire Dragon Slayer angrily walking down with steam literally coming out of his ears and nose, they kept their stares off of him, afraid he would turn his anger on them. "Um... Natsu? How's Lucy?" Romeo asked, the only one confident that Natsu would not attack them, even in the state he was in. Natsu glowered at the young boy, not answering. He tensed up when Romeo had spoken, not wanting to speak to anyone. "She's fine." Natsu growled out. Everyone could sense his reluctance to talk.

"What about you, Salamader?" Gajeel, now being the only one brave enough to talk to the angry pink haired Fire Mage.

Natsu's slitted eyes landed on the Iron Dragon Slayer. "I'm fine!" He snapped, storming toward the guild doors. An iron club to the head is what stopped him from leaving. Natsu slowly got up and growled loudly, his head facing down. Gajeel calmly watched this happening while walking to stand right in front of him. The next thing anyone saw was Natsu right in front of Gajeel, punching him in the face with a flame covered hand. Gajeel fell backwards onto his back just from he strength of the punch, not to mention the addition of the fire. Right after that, Natsu stormed angrily out of the guild, leaving scorch marks on the floor where his feet stepped.

"Why'd you have to do that?" Gajeel's black exceed asked the grumbling man who was sitting up.

"He looked really stress. I was trying to get him to relieve some." Gajeel mumbled to him, glancing in the opposite direction with a small blush.

Panther Lily smiled, thinking how weird it was seeing Gajeel like that. No matter what people say, Gajeel will always help his friends, just like the rest of Fairy Tail.

OUTSIDE

"We may have to wait for a bit longer." A male with a deep voice said. Even though they couldn't see what was happening in the guild, they could get a pretty good idea just from the noise from the rowdy guild. Plus, the most destructive member of the guild had just stormed outside. The member who thought of their target as important.

"Why can't we take her while he's gone? He would be the most trouble when we do try." Another man asked. The leader of the group who had spoke before this man thought about it. It couldn't hurt to try.

"Maybe we will..." He said thoughtfully.

"I agree with you. I will follow you anywhere." The final member and only girl of the group spoke to the second man who had spoken.

"Why?" The man asked, melting at the love-filled smile that was given to him from the girl.

"Because I love you, Will." The woman responded, letting her black hair fall.

"Time to start." The leader said, walking to the side of the guild. He pressed his hands to the guild wall and let them generate his magic. A dark blue orb was created on each hand and grew larger with every second. The orb looked almost bubble like and the wall of the guild seemed to be sucked inside it. As soon as the full wall was inside the growing bubble, the man pressed his hands as hard as he could to the wall, stepped back, and watched his magic happen.

The wall, along with the dark blue bubble, exploded, creating a huge hole on the side of the guild.

GUILD HALL

"What's that?" Romeo asked, pointing to the dark-blue light that seemed to enveloping the wall. Everyone turned to see this. After the whole wall was covered with the bubble, it seemed as though hands were pressed against the wall because even through the bubble, everyone could see the handprints of what seemed like a man's.

"Get down!" Gajeel shouted, a second before the wall and bubble exploded, sending rubble flying into the guild, hitting a few people.

"What was that?" Gray was heard asking as everyone that was up in the infirmary came running down. Gray had a hold on Lucy's hand to make sure she was okay and safe. When they saw the damage to the guild, they grew angry.

Three mages stepped into the guild, carefully stepping around the now ruined wall that laid in pieces on the ground. "Who are you?" Erza asked them , or more like ordered them to tell her.

"We don't have to answer that." The second man said, getting Erza's attention. Her eyes widened in recognition.

"You're..." Erza trailed off at the smirk Will had on his face.

"That's right! I'm the man who almost killed her!" Will said proudly, pointing at the blonde who Gray now pushed behind him. Gray's glare was fierce and protective. He was not going to let Will even look at Lucy. "Why did you come?" Erza asked, now requipping a sword out from her endless storage of them. The mages started laughing at the question, an evil laugh that sent shivers down the Fairy Tail guild members' spines.

"We will be taking Luce now." Will said in a mocking tone. "That statement would have had a better reaction if that pink haired guy was here." Will said pouting.

"Happy go get Natsu!" Erza ordered, requipping into an armor.

"Aye sir!" Happy yelled flying out of the guild.

"Why's Natsu needed?" Lucy asked.

"Because he will protect you." Gray whispered to her, getting her eyes to widen.

"He will... protect me?"

AN: Again, I'm so sorry it took me so long! Please review.