As we finish our last song we come back into our own world. During our live sets, the four of us go into our own world and any issues off the stage are lost for that half an hour or so. We agreed amongst ourselves ever since we once went on stage after having a massive fight together and we played the worst we ever had, that we would leave it all behind while on stage. It doesn't matter there and then. We were just there to play music and enjoy ourselves along with the audience. We would only start to worry once we were offstage.
We come off stage to see the boys like they always were at the side of the stage. Juvia immediately runs to Gray, Levy runs to Gajeel, Erza runs to Jellal and I run to Natsu who each pulls the other into a hug. We all can tell that they know what is happening but there is nothing any of us can do to stop it. This amazing journey is coming to an end and it will all be over soon.
"It's okay" I hear in my ear as Natsu hugs me tight. "I am not letting you go. We will find a way."
All I can do is nod and savour this moment with Natsu. Before we all know it, the guys are pulled up on stage while we stand in our usual spot and watch them perform. I watch as the boys in turn go into their own worlds, taking any anger and frustration out on their instruments just like we had just done.
I stood between Juvia and Erza. Levy was silently crying alongside Juvia and I saw her grab Levy's hand. I could tell what Levy was thinking. We all were thinking it. We knew that it was eventually coming. We just hoped that it would be a little longer than this. Truthfully I hoped that it would never end. We knew that the tour was coming to an end very soon and that we all would have to leave.
We sat there watching for the next fourty or so minutes holding hands and silently crying. We were all taking in that this will be one of the last times that we are all together as two bands and as partners together. Natsu caught a look at me, saw me crying and winked at me. It meant the world to me that he cared about me, even when he was in his own world.
They were nearing the end of their set when we saw Natsu walk to the front of the crowd, look at the boys and nod his head. They all nodded their heads in return leaving us all baffled on what they had planned. Natsu turned to look at me for a split second, smiled and turned to the crowd to shout into his microphone.
"Thank you guys so much for coming out! We have loved this tour so far and we only have a few weeks left!" They crowd went wild screaming the names of their favourite member. "Along the way we have met some wonderful people and we heard some sad news today that they will be leaving for good soon. So as a way of telling them that we will completely miss them, we want to dedicate this next song to them. This is 'Your Guardian Angel."
With that the boys looked us in turn and nodded our heads to us with smiles. As one our stomachs flipped and tears started anew. They were dedicating a song to us! Oh my God this is amazing!
Natsu ran to grab his acoustic guitar offstage and came back on to another round of cheers! Natsu hardly plays his acoustic but when he does it is amazing! He starts playing, he closes his eyes letting the music taking over and he starts to sing the first line.
When I see your smile
Tears run down my face
I cant replace
And now that I'm strong I have figured out
How this world turns cold and it's place in my soul and I know
Ill find deep inside me I can be the one
I will never let you fall
Ill stand up with you forever
Ill be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
Its ok, its ok, its ok
Seasons are changing
And waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one
I will never let you fall
Ill stand up for you forever
Ill be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
Cause you're my
You're my, my, my true love
My whole heart
Please don't throw that away
Cause I'm here for you
Please don't walk away
Please tell me you'll stay
The girls and I just stood there in shock. We had never heard this song before but it was full of the collective emotions from the boys. The tears continued to fall and the grips on our holding hands tightened as the meaning of the song hit us hard. They never wanted to let us go. They loved us as much as we loved them. They didn't want this to finish either.
The next thing we knew it was not just Natsu playing, Gray, Gajeel and Jellal were thrashing their instruments as a cacophony of sound hurtled out into the crowd and the emotion of the song grew. It was perfect. We watched as they pulled every emotion they had into this song like it was a desperation for us all to stay.
Woah, stay, woah
Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And i know i'll be ok
Though my skies are turning grey
I will never let you fall
Ill stand up for you forever
Ill be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
I will never let you fall
Ill stand up for you forever
Ill be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
I will never let you fall
The crowd erupted into the biggest cheer we had ever heard. It was completely deafening. The boys all turned to look at each other, laughed and turned to look at us as we were standing at the sides looking like complete messes crying over the enormity of what they were saying in the song. They never want to let us go and we don't want to let them go either.
So we do the only thing that we knew to do at that moment. We all grabbed each other's hands and ran onstage to our respective boyfriends and hugged and kissed them. My arms encircled Natsu's as I cried unshed tears. I pulled back far enough to kiss him with all of my heart and all of my soul. For those precious moments, it is just us. The ever screaming audience are gone from us all. We don't hear them cheering us on, nor do we feel the security tapping on our shoulders telling us that we need to get off the stage.
"I love you so much Natsu Dragneel" I say to him once we part and walk off the stage. We all stay for the last few songs of the set, grab the boys as soon as they are off the stage and we all have our own separate nights savouring the moments that we have left before this all ends in two weeks.
Say hello the penultimate chapter! That's right! There is one more chapter then it is the end of the first book! Have no fear! I am in the midst of writing the second book as we speak and it is AWESOME! I'm so excited for you all to read it! I hope that you love this chapter! I am not one for writings songs in fanfics but I think that this song was just so perfect for that moment, I had to put it in! This was one of my favourite chapters to write and I hope it is one of yours to read!
Thank you so much for all of your continued support. It really means so much to me that you read these! Especially since you all have kept me inspired! I even have another story on the go that is on hiatus because I don't have inspiration for it but it is definately not the case here! Believe it or not this story has had 15,000 views! 15,000! I could kiss you all! That is just amazing!
Like usual - I do not own anything to do with Fairy Tail, I just own the storyline!
If you wanted to listen to the song (which I suggest you do because it is epic!) while reading the story, the lyrics belong to the song 'Your Guardian Angel' by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.