A dragon needs a … demon (mate): Chapter 4 Consolation and rejection

Author note: thanck you for your reading and reviews, here it goes chapter 4

Last time

'You will be fine, I promise Mira, no matter what I have to do' thought Natsu carrying Mira back to the guild.

Let's start

When threy reached the guild everyone stopped and looked at the 3 mages who had entered the guild and then Erza asked "Natsu, what happened to Mira and Efman; where is Lissana?" "I will tell you, but first I need to get Mira to the infirmary" responded Natsu and entered the infirmary. Then he put Mira on one of the beds, Elfman laid in one bed near his sister. Natsu then existed the infirmary and said to Jet "Go get Porlyusica, we need her to attend Mira fast!" then he went back to infirmary and sat on a chair next to Mira who was asleep and waited for the healer to come to the infirmary. Then Porlyusica came to the infirmary and forced him to leave and he exited the infirmary but not before kissing Mira's forehead. He wished she were alright, but inside his heart he knew that she was going to be ok physically, but she would have a hard time dealing with her sister's death and he would do everything he can to help her. He was snapped out of his thoughts by Erza who asked/demanded him to tell her what happened. "I don't know exactly what happened, but from what I know and predicted, I will tell you" he paused and sat down on the chair next to the bar while everyone listened to him "Mira had defeated the beast, then she had Elfman takeover the beast, then he lost control of his body, Mira was in shock and didn't defend herself; the beast broke her arm and leg, then Lissana came to help her and she was send flying by the beast, she landed beside Mira then she vanished into the air. I defeated the beast and then I carried Mira and Elfman to the guild" Natsu finished his story and he continued "I want you not to disturb Mira and Elfman with questions about what happened, they just lost their sister, so it is best for us to comfort them and not to remind them of this tragic event". Porlyusica came out of infirmary and said "She wants to see you, Natsu, so go and talk to her, but be careful, she is hurt both physically and spiritually". Then Natsu went to the infirmary. What he saw, was like an arrow going straight to his heart, he saw her the love of his life crying, and then he said: "Mira, please don't cry", and he sat next to her, letting her put her head on his shoulder; he didn't say anything for a while, he just sat there, holding her, hopping that his presence was enough for her to get better. Then she said "I should have taken you with us, maybe Lissana would have been with us now!" said Mira between tears and sobbing on his chest. "It is my fault I…" he stopped her by putting a finger on her lips and said "No, it is nobody's fault, accidents happen and we cannot control this things, what we can do is remember the person that we lost and live for her and try not to happen again, I will be there for you, no matter what, Ok" finished Natsu. "Can you stay with me? I don't want to be alone in a moment like this, please Natsu, I need you right now!" said Mira with pleading eyes "Of course, I will stay with you as long you need me to and want me to be here" he responded.

He hid not leave her side, not for once, not for a moment. He helped her from the day when the accident occurred until the funeral. At the funeral Mira was sitting on the front seat with Natsu on her right side and Elfman on her left side. The funeral was simple, with a few words from Mira, Elfman and the Master. Natsu was silent all time through the funeral; the only thing that he did was holding Mira's hand to encourage her. After the funeral only Mira, Natsu and Elfman were left at the graveyard "A real man will not give up to his grief and will help his family, are you a man or not Elfman? We all know that Lissana would never want us to be sad, she would want us to be happy the way she was and would ever be, right Elfman…Mira?" finished Natsu 'he is right, Lissana would never want us to be like that over her death' Mira was thinking at that moment "Elfman could you leave us, I want to talk about something with Natsu alone, please?" said Mira to her brother and he said "Ok nee-chan, see you at home" and he left them alone. "Natsu I want you to help me with two things please: firstly, I want you to stay closer to me and help me get over Lissana's disappearing, at this moment I really need a friend by my side, please, and secondly, I think I lost my magic, can you help me get it back?" said Mira to him. "Of course, I will help you get better and about your magic, I think it is because of the stress and the recent lose you suffered and we should be able to reverse the process and you will have your magic back" said Natsu.

And indeed he helped her a lot, he even moved from his house at the forest to a new one in the city, near Mira's house to be there in case she needed him. It took him almost a month to help Mira with her magic, but he succeeded and she was even stronger. After two more months Mira was 100% ok, and she became nicer to everyone. She took 3 jobs: first she was a mage doing quests, second a bartender and third a photo model for "Weekly Sorceress". She was wearing dresses, especially a pink one, every day.

Now she and her best friend Natsu are at the park on a bench. "Mira it is something I wanted to tell you!" said Natsu "What is it Natsu you can tell me everything" said Mira 'here I go, hopefully this will go well' thought Natsu and he kneeled in front of Mira and took Mira's hand and said:

"Mira, I love you and you are the woman that I want to spend my whole life with, so, please, do you want to be my girlfriend?" said Natsu, hope filling his heart. Mira was shocked, she slapped him on the face and said "You are a jerk, you want to replace my sister with me, we are not your toys" and she left him alone and broken.

Next chapter A dragon needs a … demon (mate) A tortured soul.