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Natsu was feeling a bit pouty.

He had done what he wanted before doing his job which was exploring the Galuna jungles while travelling to his destination. Why was he pouty?

Well the young Hunter had found a lake and his stomach told him to fish; which he did. Little did he know that the fish were twice his size and going to eat Natsu for dinner.

Worst lunch, ever.

The task of trying to stay alive in that interval took longer than he thought and now it was dusk and nearing into night. A time he didn't want to be around.

The closer he came to where he set out to walk he felt something unusual, almost a disturbance in the air but he shrugged it off since it was a sign he was familiar with before going into battle.

He kept trotting up the hill until his vision faltered. He blinked multiple times at the scene in front of him, which used to be a barren island but is now not what it appeared.

Now what he saw were remains of a castle in ruin and only a single tower stood firm in the distance. Not only that, but the tip of the island was cut off from the rest and a very rickety bridge appeared to be the only thing connecting the desolate estate and the stable island together.

It was hot in the area too, even being a great distance from the bridge Natsu was already feeling an immense heat which was most likely lava under the bridge.

"A magical barrier huh? Anyone outside of it can't see all of this…" he thought out loud.

He split a snarky smile on his lips 'So… it ain't a normal Dragon. This'll be a tricky one.' He thought.

He continued to walk further towards the bridge that was practically in shambles but still held on strongly. He stared at the fallen utopia in front of him and wondered what his strategy should be.

He walked closer to the bridge and collected the dirt near the edge where it was the grimiest and more ashen. He rubbed the dirt all over himself including his clothes and equipment until he noticed how dark his hands were becoming. One thing was for sure; it wouldn't take even a minute for the dragon to find him with his previous scent.

His blue sleeveless shirt that had the printing of a dragon on was now smudged and plastered in dirt, but it would be a little hard to get his scent off since the leather straps around his chest and torso were hard to move around since they tightly fitted on him.

Unfortunately his pants had to suffer since they were white, I mean they were badly dirtied to begin with, but now there was no chance of them ever returning back to their original colour. Luckily Natsu didn't even have to worry about his boots since they were already plastered with grime and dirt.

He reached for his sack laid down next to his feet and pulled out a pair of leather fingerless gloves which had a different material on it on the palm side. afterwards he grabbed some throwing knifes and place them in the pouches already on his belt, brought out a bottle of bad mead and snuggly secured it on one of the straps on his back for some reason…

Now all that remained in the sack was a couple of explosives and a chain, Natsu then threw the sack over his back and pulled the string over his head so it could sit nicely and not rattle too much.

With a final huff he looked at the sun as the last bit of rays disappeared beyond the horizon.

It's not going to be an easy night, especially now that he has to face the beast in its prime which he would have preferred to avoid in the first place.

All he could do was shrug and continue. He took one look at the bridge and scoffed as if it wasn't even a challenge to him.

One foot after another the wood creaked in protest but he carried on step by step. Once or twice the wood gave way but he was quick to avoid going through the broken boards by holding himself on the ropes railing. He looked below where the lava lay and was making him reminisce of his home many years ago.

He finally crossed over and felt the tension in the air, usually it was instinct telling him this fact and that the dragon is in waiting and his instinct is always right.

Dragons are hoarders of their treasure so all Natsu had to do was to guess where the beast would keep his riches. So the Princess is included in that category right?

The last bit of light shone against the tower creating soft rays shining against his face as well as reflections of a bright green colour.

Curious, he searched where the green light was coming from. Hiding in a distant corner was a thick, medium sized Lacrima. It wasn't unusual to find one on an island such as this, since demons liked to feast on them if they're starving for power, but what use would it be here? As far as he knew, no dragon ate Lacrima since they never lacked power.

Keeping a mental note on the strange item he walked ever so slowly towards the tower, keeping his hand near his sheathed sword. He stalked at the pace the sun was setting until he noticed the tower was connected to some debris that was still more or less intact. It was part of the castle that laid here before, although it was missing the one side that is now the entrance for the dragons nest.

The sun had finally disappeared and twilight set in.

The Dragon was ready to play.

The Hunter smirked when he heard the beast growl inside and he had internally pat himself on the back for his accuracy.

But Natsu couldn't lie that he was impressed with the beasts hearing since he made a huge effort to cover his sent so as not to be discovered so quickly. On the other hand, Natsu remembered that this wasn't any ordinary dragon.

The hissing of the beast became louder; his feet were starting to move at the sound of his claws scraping against the ground.

Natsu unsheathed his sword immediately and flipped a switch on the side igniting the sword and blazing it alight.

He couldn't see the beast but it was more than likely that the beast could see him.

The growling stopped and not a sound was made…

He was going to pounce.

Next thing Natsu saw were grotesque white, glowing eyes from the shadows and then heard a powerful intimidating roar before the beast leaped toward him. The Hunter only had the option to temporarily retreat by running back before the beast could crush him. Natsu could only tell when Acnologia landed if the earth shook.

Once the beast landed he took a proper look at the beast; hideous to the eye and frightening to the faint hearted.

He was as black as night, Natsu could say, if it weren't for the beasts blue markings on his body he'd have more difficultly fighting the beast at night. Thankfully his blue markings were everywhere from his wings to his face and even outlining his jagged body shape. His face was beak-like and cluttered with deadly teeth that reeked of death and decay. Like all dragons, he was no exception to having a large frame but to be fair, Natsu's size only took up half his leg length. If memory served right he would be the second biggest dragon he ever fought against.

His eyes were the nastiest part of him- Beady, lifeless, and dangerous. Natsu didn't care though, as he did with the others, and just returned the foul beasts' death glare with one of his own.

With a smirk he raised his voice "So, do ya speak mongrel?"

Normally no, the disease that swept the country ten years ago made all dragons mad and blood thirsty, liberating them of their intelligence to speak. Although a few which Natsu encountered could speak, but they were naturally blood thirsty, unaffected of the disease that most of their kin caught.

Acnologia growled in response, clenching his teeth while baring them. That was a clear sign to Natsu that he could speak but refused to.

'Interesting.' He thought smirking

Acnologia's patience snapped and he swiped his claw at the hunter in attempt to slice the pinkette in half. Natsu countered the beast by blocking his claw with his flaming sword and singing the beast in the process.

With a hiss the beast withdrew his claw and went head first to masticate the hunter. The pinkette ducked and rolled under the beast, bringing his blade to his underbelly. The dragon roared in discomfort and Natsu made his way at the back of the beast. He noticed that the damage underneath was nothing fatal which meant at this rate he won't get the job done before getting killed himself.

It was ruled out that this dragon doesn't a soft underbelly, if it were so easy…

Natsu had to go to the basics again- Eliminate strengths.

The Wings were the first that came to mind, if the beast took flight at any time it'd be nearly impossible to kill him. Following that were the eyes which were probably better than any twenty/twenty a human would have, if he didn't render the beast blind he can kiss his guarantee of victory good-bye. The tail was going to be a problem, it is the most annoying factor since dragons use them for swatting, but getting rid of a tail is too much work thus should be observed during battle. And the hearing; which can give away his position if he decided to hide out and attack, can be dealt with by the little friends he placed around the area before the sun set. Finally… whatever he spits out his mouth, which, no matter what way you look at it will be bad, is sure to have a flaw.

First he wanted to deal with the wings. No easy task thanks to the size difference but given the location Natsu had plenty an opportunity.

Without thinking twice about it Natsu ran to whatever was still intact and climbable, the dragon swung his body around destroying what he could with his tail and charged towards the hunter.

The dragon was quick no doubt since he used his wings to practically glide towards Natsu. The beast skid across the ground and swiped him with his tail that unfortunately nicked the pinkette on the side. He flew into one of the remaining walls which shattered on contact.

He climbed out without any hesitation or concern of the pain he was in but brought his thumb up to his bleeding cheek and smirked.

"Is that all you got ya bastard?" he taunted

Acnologia opened his mouth slowly and showed a dim light appearing inside which grew brighter. Natsu's eyes widened and he ran for cover. A burst of blue left the dragons mouth; creating a ray of some sort, only to take up a chunk of the land where the hunter was standing.

Natsu held his ground where he took cover, grinding his boots in the ground and sheathing his sword. He then leaped up and ran onto the drake's tail. Holding on for dear life as the beast didn't hesitate to shake him off, Natsu tapped his feet together to make a knife on each boot shoot out from the tip.

His dug his foot into the beast, making sure he could climb up without being thrown off. Although the beast was highly irritated and decided to sprout his wings and take flight.

Natsu was on Acnologia's back holding onto the beast's scales and grinding his boot-knife further into its skin. He couldn't let Acnologia get to an altitude he can't handle so he continued to climb till he was near one of the wings.

He unsheathed his sword and set it alight, and tapped his feet again to make the knives retract. With a silent prayer and some silent counting Natsu leapt to Acnologia's feathery looking wing and sliced through a good portion of it as if it were butter. The hunter quickly grabbed onto what he didn't destroy and felt gravity start to work. Dragons don't usually feel pain in their wings and Acnologia was the same, although just like the rest he was angry that his wing was butchered; by a human no less.

They didn't fall straight down to the ground, but simply glided with the help of the other wing still intact. Although when Acnologia did land Natsu fell face first on the ground with the Dragon's mighty claw on top of him and crushing the hunter under it.

Natsu listened to the ugly beast's breathing that was now rigid and getting closer to his skin. It sent a cold chill down his spine, one he hadn't felt in a long time, and he liked it…

The beast inched forward closer to Natsu's face "Imprudent human! Did you really think you'd kill me?" Acnologia hissed, speaking for the first time to the hunter.

Natsu was smiling though, bearing his sharp teeth in a wide grin "Talking now? Been waiting to hear yer disgusting voice, Acnologia." The pinkette mocked.

Acnologia hissed again bringing his face closer to Natsu's in an attempt to intimidate the human "I don't speak to trash, but I'll make the exception for you since you actually did some damage" the black drake referred to his wing.

Natsu smirked "You make this sound like this is the end of our session."

Under Acnologia's grasp Natsu's fingers were getting closer to what he needed to reach but Acnologia wasn't biting at his distraction. It was getting too hot for Natsu to handle this time but he was so close to wiggling his way out like he naturally could do.

"No Hunter, it's the beginning of my meal!" The dragon roared.

Natsu panicked, his hand was trying to reach for one of his hand bombs and Acnologia's mouth had already charged for his head. The pinkette flinched but a deafening roar echoed though his ears that suddenly came from Acnologia.

The drake's claw retracted off Natsu and the pinkette looked at the cause of the sudden retraction. His dark orbs noticed that an arrow penetrated the beast's eye and was nothing short of a perfect shot.

He jumped to his feet and looked in the direction where the arrow came from. He became annoyed instantly as he saw another knight holding a bow standing on the steps of the crumbled castle, a very poorly suited knight he might add. It didn't annoy him that he received the help, no, he was angry at the fact that this knight might be here for the same reason Natsu was; and that was to rescue the princess. And more important than anything, he wanted, needed in fact, to kill Acnologia as tribute to his father's wish.

Natsu growled at the unnamed knight and voiced his displeasure "Oi! This is my kill noob, swim back to whatever stinkhole ya came from! "

The Knight just stared at him and ignored him completely as he did so charging to the top of the staircase and pushing an unstable large wall on top of Acnologia trapping him temporarily. It was smart of him, the beast is already distracted by trying to pull the arrow out his eye-socket and now will have to struggle to get out from the debris and a well known fact that Natsu is aware of; is that Dragons are terrible at multitasking.

Natsu yelled again "Are ya deaf? You ain't stealing my job so get outta here!"

The knight descended down the staircase and his hands grabbed onto the sides of his helmet slowly pulling it off.

Gold was the best colour he could describe as the first thing he saw, the second thought he had was mostly cusses.

She was beautiful though, and she was the last person Natsu would have expected to be under that helmet. Before leaving for his job he asked about the appearance of the trapped princess of the tower. They said she was beautiful so that was strike one, second was that she had golden coloured hair which makes strike two. And thirdly was that she was very much trapped in a tower, yet she was out here, fighting… in a suit of armour.

"I don't really care much about your job dear sir, but I'd like to get out of this place alive. So will you accept my help or not?" she finally spoke, with a voice that could melt ice.

Natsu was taken aback by her kindness despite his brashness towards her and how his head scolded him not for her to take over.

But her voice was not only heard by Natsu, Acnologia heard it loud and clear and it made him furious! The drake thrashed the arrow out his eye pulling his eye with it and raced toward the golden haired maiden.

Natsu's eyes widened and he immediately took action by taking off to protect the princess. While running to her with great speed he grabbed the mead on him and took a mouthful without swallowing it. He made it in front of her before the drake and stood in a battle ready stance, rubbing his gloved hands together vigorously.

Lucy had been surprised at the boys speed, as well as the fact that he had survived this long with Acnologia. The previous knights didn't even last five minutes with him, yet this strange young man had the dragon dancing in circles… well, until she intervened that is.

He seemed to know a lot about Acnologia's body type, perhaps he had been in situations like this before… she doesn't know. She didn't know his fighting style nor of his equipment, which definitely surprised her for he started to do something odd right before her.

His hands that were gloved and were vigorously rubbing together caught alight in flames. She didn't pay attention to the dragon making his way towards them but was entranced by the pink haired knight. He thus commenced to clasp his hands together creating an 'O' and with his mead filled mouth he brought it to his hands.

With a large blow he created a gush of fire sprouting forward towards Acnologia, startling the beast. Natsu didn't stop there though, he spat fire to block the beast's pathway and the flames were brilliant, they reached so high that Acnologia couldn't go over them, especially now that Natsu got rid of his one wing.

Once Natsu stopped he harshly pulled off his gloves and examined his hands that had been scorched slightly. He hissed at the pain which made Lucy concerned albeit still amazed at what she just saw moments ago. Her brown orbs glanced at his hands and without a second thought her hand tried to reach out for one of his.

He didn't let her as he took hold of her arm itching closer to his hand. The sudden contact startled her and made her look at his face which was blank. He shook his head at her, telling her not to worry about him and he pulled her off somewhere so they could hide temporarily. She obliged as he yanked her off which was the best option for now since the fire wasn't going to hold Acnologia off for long.

He found a wall that they could hide behind for now and they ducked so their heads wouldn't be seen. Once crouched down, Natsu was very close to the princess and his hand was still on her arm, tingling from the touch of her skin or perhaps his skin hardening from it being burned from the gloves he hijacked from Gajeel. Either way his throat wasn't supposed to be clenching the way it was now, and that had nothing to do with the gloves.

He shook off his current thoughts and looked to the blonde maiden "Are you Princess Lucy?" he asked lowly.

Her heart thumped at the sound of his voice and stopped her own voice from coming out so she simply nodded instead.

His brow lifted "Why are you dressed like… never mind we don't have time to chat. I need to get you out of here."

She nodded again although she desperately wanted to ask him so many questions of her own.

He lifted his body up to peak over the wall and spotted the flames still high and blazing enough for Acnologia not to pass. Natsu was getting anxious now that the princess' life was on the line, it wasn't something he wanted to do but he can't kill the beast with his own sword.

"Princess, I need you to listen." He said seriously.

Her posture straightened at his tone and nodded at him.

"I don't have the time to kill the drake the way I usually do now that you're here. I'm going to drive him into the volcanic lake by the bridge."

Lucy's brow furrowed in irritation "I came to help you so I could escape once and for all and you're going to treat me like baggage?" she frowned.

His eyebrow twitched "My job is to kill him and bring you to the mainland, no disrespect princess."

She was going to open her mouth again but he stopped her "My distraction isn't going to hold on any longer, please just cooperate. If you want to help, tell me anything that'll be helpful in weakening him."

Weakening Acnologia was the only guarantee that he'll go down the volcanic lake without struggle, but Natsu was getting tired and his strength was dwindling making him doubt himself.

Lucy's angry expression softened at the sight of his worrisome face, he definitely wasn't like the rest that tried to rescue her. He was rough, tactful and considerate. Even though he didn't particularly like that she tried to help him earlier, it wasn't out of arrogance, but he clearly was stubborn in the way he worked, maybe it was just work ethic or his own personal morals Lucy wasn't sure.

"There is actually something that could help." She piped.

His attention was quickly grabbed as she spoke "I'm sure you noticed the green lacrima on the land" she pointed to one in sight.

"I don't really know how to explain this, but the dragon was once originally a wizard that made the taboo of transforming so he could live longer. Those lacrima have kept him strong as a dragon over the years, maybe if you break them you could weaken him"

Natsu's expression was onc that couldn't believe what he had heard. He had been told the tale before but thought that was just a rumour.

"Tell you what, my dear lord dragon hunter" she said cheekily "Why don't I take care of the lacrima? I know where most of them are, and you can distract Acnologia." She proposed.

Natsu's expression was sceptic but he had to admit it wasn't a bad plan. His head though kept telling him not to get her in trouble, his money counted on her being in one piece.

"Come on sir knight, I'll be safer that way than sitting like prey." She persuaded.

"Natsu."

"What?"

"Don't call me 'dear lord' or 'sir knight', my name is Natsu Dragneel. Your temporary partner." He smirked sticking out his hand.

She smiled smugly and grabbed his hand but got interrupted by a large thump from the ground behind them.

Natsu and Lucy looked to see Acnologia came through the weakened flames in a fury and quickly looked to each other, nodding their heads and Natsu went off to start his distraction.

He threw an explosive behind the drake so Lucy could make her way without being spotted. She unsheathed her own sword she admired for so long and finally put it to use. The sword weighed her down while running but her will kept her running just as fast.

At the sight of the first Lacrima she spotted she brought the sword back while running so the momentum could break though better. The lacrima was basically a weak crystal, demons could easily bite them so it only took two swings of her sword to break though.

Natsu kept blocking Acnologia's attempts to slash him or bite him while Lucy made her way around the grounds. Her deduction was right; when she got rid of the second Lacrima Acnologia took notice of their plan.

He was slowing down, much to Natsu's pleasure, and when he noticed Natsu was felt cocky and started to play with the beast tauntingly. The Drake glared through his one eye at Natsu who simply played a smile back. With a slash of his tail Natsu jumped back to dodge the attack, although Acnologia wasn't planning to strike the hunter but to distract him and to dash off somewhere else.

Natsu's pupils constricted at the realisation of where Acnologia was heading and immediately ran after the beast.

Whilst on Acnologia's tail, so to speak, Natsu took hold of the chain inside the sack he brought. Bringing it out he attached another piece at the end that appeared to be a sharp and large hook.

He swung it vertically to get momentum and threw the hook side at the beast's other wing. The Dragon felt nothing but Natsu tugged as much as he could to distract the drake.

A ripping sound emerged and that was the end of Acnologia's remaining wing. This befuddled Natsu… how come the wing tore like paper? Was it because of Lucy's destroying the Lacrima, rendering the drake weaker in form too?

The rip caught Acnologia's attention and became hot with rage and charged at Natsu firing a breath attack his way. Natsu readied himself for the attack so he could doge it at the last second. He observed the blue beam that was building up in his mouth was extremely dim compared to the first time and even when he dodged it, it wasn't nearly half as powerful as the first time.

Lucy smirked on the opposite end of the battlefield, observing how her deductions were right and Acnologia was terribly weakened just by taking out four of his powered filled Lacrimas. The Drake's body was now suffering too which was favourable.

Natsu saw her from a distance, he even had to admit; the princess looked stunning, which was odd for Natsu to think because he never particularly took interest in fawning over woman. Many women on occasion at the guild would try taking him home for the night; he never sought to think they were anything attractive; especially the ones that would try their best to look good enough to drag men home with them.

No, the princess had something else going on for her, she was clad in armour, face browned with dirt from the battle, not to mention sweaty. Natsu couldn't take his eyes off her in that very frame.

He shook his head and signalled to her from the distance that one more Lacrima should do and they should make a b-line for the exit.

She proceeded to her last Lacrima nearby which caught the attention of Acnologia. Natsu threw a bomb in his face to draw his attention back which he succeeded.
Although Lucy wasn't successful in destroying her last Lacrima, try as she might the Lacrima was much sturdier than the rest of the brittle crystals; in fact it was rock solid.

Panicked, she looked to Natsu who caught sight of her as well "It won't break!" she yelled.

Acnologia snapped near his arm but Natsu easily blocked it but wasn't concentrating at the Drakes tail swinging again at him, slamming him in the direction of Lucy.

"Natsu!" Lucy cried.

With a thud to the ground again Natsu's head was spinning and he was seeing three Lucy's. She panicked as he dizzily got up and almost toppled again.

The Dragon surprisingly wasn't running straight for them because they were in his blind spot which Lucy picked up. She tapped Natsu and pointed it out for him.

The Lacrima was the only thing standing in their way of really getting the upper hand and not to mention the crystal was not going to break easily.

Natsu sighed disappointingly as he went to his sack again to pull out another explosive that was a little different from the others and placed it next to the lacrima. He stood up quickly, grabbed Lucy's arm and kept in Acnologia's blind spot, and then finally threw one of the other bombs to the one side of the Drake to distract him.

It worked perfectly and Natsu tugged Lucy when he began to run, she obliged when she realised they were heading to the bridge but that didn't make sense since they didn't destroy the large lacrima.

They ran past the Dragon while he was distracted temporarily but Acnologia caught on quickly and continued after them. Lucy's heart raced as Acnologia closed in on them, she thought many terrible things but Natsu pulled her out of it.

"Shoot him in the other eye!" he cried out snapping her back.

He let go of her arm for her to do so, but in that instant Lucy felt her heart twinge. It was something that felt foreign, but it wasn't bad at all… no, if anything it felt pretty invigorating.

He smirked at her and she returned it. She sheathed her heavy sword and grabbed the bow on her back along with an arrow, her finger twitched as she drew the arrow back but it was two hard to run and do so.

She couldn't get a clear shot as she wasted two arrows, and it was beyond frustrating her. Natsu though had a solution when he found her struggling as he grabbed her and threw her over his shoulders. She squeaked from the sudden action but then didn't let it faze her too much as she refocused on her main objective.

It was still bumpy but much steadier than before, not to mention the dragon was so much closer that he was snapping a few times at the two just behind.

Breathing in she pulled back the arrow, focused, closed her eyes and let go.

A roar erupted.

She smiled with her eyes closed as she found serenity by the roar reassuring she did it. Natsu smiled wildly as well, almost proud in fact, but that would be weird since he doesn't know her at all.

Once they were near the bridge he stopped and let her down and looked at the beast as he yanked his other eye out with the arrow and was most furious. He didn't move though, no it looked like he was focusing on the movements of the land. Even the drake knew he had to be calm in order to soak in the other surroundings.

Natsu put his hand out in front of Lucy indicating she must not move. Although he did hold three fingers up that went to two and finally to one and an explosion went off were they were previously, shattering the sturdy lacrima.

Acnologia howled in pain and lost all sense of control as he tracked their scents, Natsu pushed Lucy in front of him and they made a break for the bridge. It was in shambles as it was but as the two ran across, it was on a thread and was falling into the lava below.

Acnologia didn't know that though and decided out of rage to climb on the bridge too charging at them, quickly too… which panicked Natsu. He sheathed his sword and stayed in place.

Lucy noticed and stopped too, holding onto the rope as the bridge rocked tremendously because of the dragon.

"GO! I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT!" he yelled at her.

She didn't move but Natsu was on edge "I SAID GO! DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT ME! GO!" he screamed.

Her eyes watered slightly and hesitantly turned around to run to the other side for safety.

'He isn't like the others God, so please let him live' she prayed as she made it to safety, clutching her hands together.

Natsu was sweating furiously from the heat and from fear… it was seldom that happens really but Natsu doesn't let fear limit him. In fact it reminded him of the first time he felt this way, which was ten years ago…

He shook his head from the traumatic memory and finally lit his flame sword alight and was ready for Acnologia's attack.

The sightless beast was ragged and on the doorstep of death, in fact letting him suffer this long felt wrong to Natsu.

So he made the first move, swinging the sword across the drake's leg then across his chest and it tore the skin this time. Blood gushed down into the magma as it ate it greedily.

Natsu proudly smirked at that but got a claw scraped across his chest for his cockiness. Natsu yelled in pain but internally thanked his lucky stars that the attack was shallow or he'd not be standing in one piece. His blood poured out too but the wound could be treated in time.

Natsu ran off and Acnologia struck him again, making Natsu topple off the bridge. Lucy gasped at what she saw and was ready to take flight to the hunter but her legs were unable to move from fear.

He held on the bridge dangling for his life and closed his eyes for a silent prayer.

"It's the end for you Hunter!" Acnologia bellowed.

Natsu smirked "Go to hell!"

Natsu swung his sword upwards slicing the bridge ropes in half and gravity did the rest for Acnologia. The pinkette held on tight waiting for the wall to make contact and with a thud he almost let go but hastily began to climb upwards.

The roar of Acnologia rang through the two human's ears as he was being seared and engulfed by the volcanic lava down below and as he went further Lucy could of swore the roar of a dragon morphed into the scream of a human.

She looked blankly at where he sunk and muttered "And so the great dragon was hurled."

The gruff of Natsu caught her ear as he managed to climb up the broken bridge, even though he was basically dragged through hell, he managed to add onto what she stated.

"Wasn't that the dragon was hurled into a lake of sulphur, not magma?" He said smirking and finally on his feet.

Lucy's heart was near imploding at seeing him alive and was on the brink of tears which made Natsu panic.

"Are you okay? Oi don't cry!" he said freaked out.

She shook her head and ran to embrace him, even though his chest was bare and covered in blood she was so relieved to see him alive.

And before she knew it, she kissed him.

I'm evilly stopping it here.

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