The sky was dark with absolutely no stars in the sky, with the wind picking up and blowing around a small fire, the only thing that could be spotted for miles was one tent, in that small clearing in the the wind played with the fire, a red-headed girl watched the flames dance. She moved slightly so she could sit closer to the warmth, trying to be as quiet as she did not want to wake the others in the tent, for she only wanted time for herself to think in silence.

"Erza?" A voice asked in almost a whisper. The red-head turned to the tent to see a raven haired boy, looking at her with half lidded eyes.

"Yes Gray?" She asked. Gray blinked a couple of times, trying to see a little better. He got up and silently slid out of the tent, sitting next to Erza by the fire.

"Why are you up this late?" He asked, tiredness leaking out with every word.

"I couldnt sleep." She said. Gray nodded and brung his knee's up to his chest,then slowly laying his chin on his knee's.

" I feel responsible for what happened...you know..to Natsu." The raven said in almost a whisper. Erza turned to Gray with a shocked expression, a hint of anger in her eyes.

" You know it wasn't your fault! He just didn't..."
"He didn't see it coming... I told him to move.." Gray said as he looked back at the tent. Both Natsu and Lucy were sleeping soundly, along with Happy who slept on Lucy's chest. He sighed as he turned his attention back to Erza.

" Gray he didn't see it! it's not your fault he got hur-"

" Erza it's completely my fault! I should have warned him."

" Gray..." She had absolutely no words, glimpses of the fight popped in and out of her mind. They had a mission, chase some bandits out of a town. Good pay for such an easy mission, but a wizard of high strength showed himself as the leader. As they fought the wizard, Natsu got to close to Gray's attack. Not having a good enough chance to get out of the way in time, he got stabbed through the stomach with Gray's ice sphere. The wizard had to chime in, sending a dark wave of magic their way, causing the wound of Natsu's to bleed even worse. It didn't just make the wound bleed, no it also seeped through it and into his body. After defeating the wizard they bandaged Natsu's stomach, earning a few hisses of pain from Natsu. It has been a good fifteen minutes since then, and Gray thought it was entirely his fault.

" At least he is alive"

"Yeah but look at him Erza, he is as pale as a ghost!" He spat, not intending on the amount of venom he let out in the sentence.

" I know you feel bad,but...just look at it this way,this is Natsu we are talking about here, he can get through this."She said, trying to comfort him the best way she could,he shook his head and stood, with a yawn in the process.

"Well im going to sleep, you should to."