Hello guys! How long has it been… A week! Please don't say you forgot about the story already!? Anyways thank you everyone who has supported my story. This was the most popular story I have ever written! Also please go to my YouTube channel +ddrock43110 because I have been making a couple of AMVs lately so I would appreciate it if you could go check them out! Anyways what happens at the ball? How does Lucy feel about Natsu? What will Natsu do about these newly formed feelings? Find out in the next What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger!
Previously on What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger:
"Wait!" Emily whined, "Don't you want to go to the ball?"
"Well why don't you protect me, disguised!"
Natsu's eyes didn't leave the blonde's as she looked right back at the handsome pinkette. Both of them were lost in each other gazes until a music filled the silent crowds. That was Lucy's cue to walk down the stairs and meet her fire breathing savior waiting for her.
Before she could continue she felt her hair fall back as she came closer to the ground but the arms of her partner caught her as their faces were only a few inches apart. They both stared at each other's eyes as Lucy's face turned red. Natsu quickly lifted her back up.
At the time Natsu didn't know if or if not he loved Lucy.
But, it was then, that Natsu realized that the emotion that Natsu felt around Lucy; that was love.
Chapter 14: Care
Natsu watched as Lucy found Emily on the dance floor.
"Oh you messed up!" Happy squeaked from behind Natsu.
"W- what?" Natsu stuttered looking down at the blue cat (correction exceed) laughing at Natsu's feet.
"Acting strange. Blushing. Yep you're in love!" Happy teased with a creepy smirk on his face.
"Happy?" Natsu asked in a serious tone. Happy stopped laughing, "If I were to be in love with Lucy, I'm not saying I am but if I was… What would I do now?"
"Well you would tell her how you feel, start dating, get married, have two children named Nashi and Laren or…"
"Wait what? Who said anything about children!"
"That's only if she feels the same way." Happy explained, "Then there is the chance that… well she doesn't like you the same way…"
Natsu felt his legs tremble as he faced one of the few things he couldn't beat with his flame power: Erza, Wendy pouts, and Lucy's rejection. If Lucy didn't like him the same way, what would he do? Would that end the original team Natsu? Just think about it caused for sweat to pour down his face as he nervously wiped his face.
"Natsu! The party is almost over! We need to help Emily," Lucy said from behind Natsu. Natsu turned, still red from his previous embarrassment. Lucy looked at Natsu with a still confused look on her face as she questioned herself on whether or not the dense Natsu Dragneel was actually blushing? Or was the heavens calling for her telling her that her time was almost up. Eventually, Lucy disregarded it and went back to where Emily was chatting with a man only to see she wasn't there.
"Oh Mavis!" Lucy exclaimed holding her hands behind her head as she panicked. Where did she go. She ran up the stairs and looked from the overhead view not finding her. Someone tapped her on the shoulder.
"Would you like to dance?" The masked man asked with a playboy grin on his face. Before Lucy could protest, her hand was taken by the mysterious man as she was lead to the dance floor.
Natsu walked to the seat that Emily was previously taling to a man at and where Lucy instructed for Natsu to be only to see that neither Emily nor Lucy were there.
"Oh no that's not good," Natsu thought as he sniffed the air and table. The scent of Lucy was fresh but Emily's scent was rather faded. If Natsu didn't follow Emily's scent, it would be unable to detect eventually and even harder to find her. But Lucy was still out there. Which one to choose; his job or his love. Well that was easy as he ran off following Lucy's scent which led to the dance floor. There Natsu found his blond goddess struggling in the hands of a man trying to escape.
"HEY LET GO ME!" Lucy yelled but the man simply refused. Then the man suddenly let go of the girl and fell to the floor with a broken nose after a fiery punch hit his face.
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed with a smile on her face, "Great timing we need to f-"
"I know and I still got her scent so lets go!" Natsu stated as he led Lucy off of the dance floor. Natsu quickly went back to the table to get a faint whiff of Emily's scent still there. Then the Natsu Dragoneel walked out of the mansion in search of Emily. He led Lucy up the back stairwell of the house to the empty, up many flights of stairs to reach the door to the attic. There Emily's scent was strong to Natsu so he opened the door with Lucy tightly gripping the keys around her waist. The door opened to reveal Emily in her dress, which was now torn up and a rope tying her to a chair. 5 other men in the room stood near her with a smug look on their faces. Natsu responded only by cracking his knuckles.
"I have a fire in my belly that I'm just waiting to get out!" Natsu exclaimed as his fist ignited causing for a flame to form.
"FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!" Natsu yelled as he punched the closest guy to him.
"CELESTIAL WATER DRAGON ROAR!" Lucy yelled causing for two other men to be easily taken down.
"FIRE DRAGON ROAR!" Natsu yelled causing for flames to engulf the rest of the men.
"OPEN GATE OF THE CRAB, CANCER!" Lucy yelled causing for Cancer to appear, "Cancer I need you to free Emily!"
"Got it baby." Cancer confirmed as he easily cut through the ropes that tied Emily up. Emily stumbled at first but then ran to Lucy and hugged her.
"LUCY! I missed you!" Emily exclaimed squeezing Lucy to death.
"I… need- t- breath!" Lucy squeaked out as Emily let her go. Natsu could only laugh in the background as his partner got squeezed to death.
"LUCY KICK!" Lucy screamed as she kicked Natsu in the gut. Natsu only curled up on the ground, groaning in pain.
"Lucy you know that hurt!" Natsu exclaimed. Emily gasped.
"I SAW ONE OF THE LUCY KICKS IN PERSON! OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS!" (okay so other than the part where Emily wasn't wearing blue, I gave her some qualities that resemble my own such as my fan girling and the 'Oh my goodness gracious' moments. But because she was NOT WEARING BLUE she is not truly a resemblance of me because if she was, she would have locked Natsu and Lucy in a room, would have been wearing blue a lot, and would not be as pretty as I made her be *trust me I'm a ugly hag*)
Lucy gaged. Natsu tried to contain his barf. Emily just squealed.
"Great she is just like Mira," Natsu complained.
"Anyways we should be getting back or else Mr. Lobster will become worried," Lucy warned as she opened the door to the attic.
"Oi! Don't leave me!" Natsu complained. Lucy ignored.
"Why do I love this girl?" Natsu thought as Lucy turned.
"You did this so that I could pay my rent, right?" Lucy questioned with one of her signature smiles. Oh yeah that was why he loved her. Her smile, her hair. Even in the now muddy dress she still seemed to have the glowing aura. Natsu followed as if he were in a trance with Emily gleefully skipping behind. (okay now I totally gave up with the somewhat like me part to the story) _ _
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…And Then:
The next day Lucy and Natsu received their reward and headed back by carriage in 3 hours (and in Natsu's eyes it was hell).
Natsu was revived after the carriage ride as they walked through the streets of Magnolia. People stared and pointed as the two (including Happy can't forget him!) as they walked back to the guild hall.
"WE ARE BACK!" Natsu yelled as he forced the gates of the guild hall open. The guild was silent.
"G- guys what's wrong!" Natsu questioned but he was answered with a hand. There stood the person Natsu never wanted to see again (over exaggeration). The person who could end their lives right then and there. The person who represented all evil… ERZA. Master Makarvo obviously wasn't there. That meant Erza was in charge. Not good.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUILD?" Natsu demanded
"OH NOTHING! NOTHING AT ALL!" Erza stated stuttereing, obviously bluffing.
"Erza what did you do?" Lucy questioned
"Nothing we couldn't forget your birthday right?" Erza exclaimed. There everyone in the guild came out from different corners of the guild.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCY!" The guild exclaimed as streamers and confetti flew everywhere. Lucy only face palmed. Natsu just stood there stunned.
"YOU IDIOTS NOT KNOWING THAT HER BIRTHDAY WAS DAYS AGO YOU ALL MISSED IT!" Natsu yelled. Everyone froze. You could compared the guild to Gray's ice; stiff and still.
"Um yeah guys my birthday was July 1st!" Lucy exclaimed. That finally broke the ice.
"What you never told that to us? So are you telling me that I looked through all of those files for nothing?" Levy exclaimed.
"Well there is always a next year!" Lucy comforted sarcastically. Natsu laughed.
"HAH YOU GUYS FORGOT HER BIRTHDAY!" Natsu exclaimed between his laughs.
"Didn't you forget it too?" Mira questioned.
"Who said I forgot it?!" Natsu exclaimed as Lucy's face turned red.
Well that's it for now! Next chapter will be Lucy's b-day! I completely forgot about Lucy's b-day! Well not really I made a picture on Instagram but I couldn't put up a chapter in time! So sorry about that! Anyways please review and follow! I appreciate it!