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Everything went blurry. When it cleared, I was farther back in time to when we had been fighting Zeref and Tartaros. I had come to after almost drowning, first…

I crawled toward Natsu. My body was bloody and filthy. My face still held tear stains from when Aquarius... No… I wouldn't think of her. My brown eyes locked on Natsu's unconscious face. My blonde hair, turned brown from the water, slapped my face as wind ripped through the rubble. Dark purple and blue clouds stretched across the once blue sky. I didn't know what time it was anymore. I couldn't sense the Celestial World like I normally could… Something wasn't right. "N-Natsu. Wake up." A tingling in my body caused the hair on the back of my neck to stand up. "Natsu! Wake up!" I shook his shoulder. He didn't move. I pushed myself into a sitting position and pulled him into my arms, laying his head on my lap. "Natsu please wake up. I'm scared." I hadn't realized tears had started to slide down my cheeks. A tear splashed on Natsu's face. He groaned and shifted. I breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "Good grief. You're just asleep!" the Dragonslayer opened his eyes slowly. "Hm?" he blinked up at me then jerked away. "What the heck, Lucy! What were you doing?! You look weird!"

"Huh?" I was taken aback by his sudden movement.

"What are you?! Some perv? Watching me sleep like that?"

"Oi! I woke you up, jerk!"

"That doesn't change anything! You're totally weirding me out!"

I sighed. "At least you're awake now."

Natsu frowned. Normally, I would shoot back a smart-alack response but I was too scared. He obviously sensed that and said softly, "Hey, we're gonna make it out alive."

I nodded slowly and stood. I forced myself to smile and said "I'm all fired up!"

Natsu grinned "Dang right! Let's whoop those demons' butts!"

I nodded once and helped him up.

A nasty cut ran down my leg in jagged marks. Happy, who had been protecting Charle, said softly "Lucy… Are you okay?"

I nodded and smiled mischievously, seeing his hand on Charle's back. "You loooooove her."

The Exceed blushed through his blue fur. "Lucy! Don't!"

"Why? It's truuuueee."

"Lucy." I looked at Natsu, whose eyes were fixed on my leg. "What happened to you?"

"Oh, not much. I just got tumbled off a ledge."

"YOU WHAT?!"

"Honestly, Natsu, you make such a big deal out of a little tumble!"

"THAT'S NOT FROM A LITTLE TUMBLE! WHO HURT YOU?!"

I saw rage in his eyes and said softly. "You would have died... He was aiming for you..."

He froze then slowly, Natsu looked up at me. "Lucy... Who did this to you?" I had never seen him so serious.

"Natsu, look up."

He reluctantly did as I said and stared in horror at what was above. Two dragons battling it out. "W-who is that….?"

"Igneel came out of you…. I don't know how…. It was so weird... that dragon…. Achnologia, shot something at you... Next thing I knew, I was unconscious." I winced and sank to my knees, my hand shooting to my calf.

I looked up as he knelt in front of me, deadly serious. "Let me see it."

"Natsu…"

"Dang it Lucy, let me see what that accursed dragon did to you!" Slowly I moved my hand off my leg. He summoned fire to his hand and said softly "Luce, this is going to hurt… But it will let you keep your leg."

"Since when did you learn first aid?"

"I dunno. I just remember Mira burning one of my cuts when Erza accidentally sliced me when we were younger. It hurt but it felt better afterward."

I nodded slowly, "I trust you." As soon as he put his burning hand against my leg, I screamed in pain. As soon as the red cleared from my vision, I realized Natsu was holding me and rocking me gently. His salmon hair covered his eyes so I couldn't see his reaction, but I felt something wet fall onto my face. A single tear. "N-Natsu…?" He held me closer to him. "Don't talk Lucy… I could hear your heart giving out… Just don't... you need rest."

"Natsu…."

"I need to get you somewhere safe." He looked around frantically for a hiding spot for me.

I whispered weakly. "There is nowhere safer I'd rather be than with you."
"Huh?" That got his attention. He looked down at me.

I smiled softly. "You heard me."

"You're delusional… Wendy says that happens when someone's in a lot of pain or is really weak." He looked around for a hiding spot. Finally, he found one and carried me to it. He laid me inside and before I could blink, he kissed my forehead and ran off.

The stupid idiot didn't even say goodbye. But I guess everything turned out okay in the end. He ended up asking me out, after some pressure from Mira, who had been with me twenty-four/seven when I was in the infirmary. She had seen me as a complete mess. Which, of course I would never admit to Natsu, I was. Who kisses their best friend's forehead and runs off without a goodbye?! My vision became hazy again. I could still hear the present Natsu screaming my name. Well… I guess I'm no better. Eh? Natsu?