Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail all rights reserved for Hiro Mashima.
Full summary: Lucy was freaking out. Her rent was due in a few days and she had pleaded Natsu to go on a mission with her. Three days later Lucy came back. But only Happy was with her. Why was she and Happy crying? And what was the mark that looked like red flames on her right arm?
Lucy's POV
I paced in the living room of my adorable apartment.
Only one problem; if I didn't get 70,000 Jewel in three days, it wouldn't be my apartment for long.
I need to go on a job with Natsu and Happy.
I arrived at the guild within ten minutes of leaving my house, before walking to the bar and asking Mira for a glass of soda.
Natsu walked up, shaking his head to easy dizziness I suppose from his last fight with Gray, Happy perched on his shoulder, munching on a fish.
" Hey Luce! How's it goin'?" Natsu grinned his infamous smile, the one that would stretch his face in the cutest way.
" Not much. But I think I need to take another job. My rents' due in a few days and I only have half of it." I sighed thinking of my stuff being throw out my window, by my violent land-lady.
" Well then, let's look for a good one with good pay. I'll be careful!" Natsu grinned again.
" Aye! All or nothing, right Lucy?" Happy smiled.
I smiled and nodded.
A day later we were packed to leave, already seated on the train.
Natsu turned green the moment we got on, and I put his head on my lap, running my fingers through his spiky salmon hair, hoping it would ease some of his motion sickness.
Apparently it did, because he smiled softly before burying his face in my stomach, instantly falling asleep.
He's so cute.
TIME SKIP OF TRAIN RIDE AFTER MEETING WITH THE CLIENT TO THE FIGHT
" NATSU!" I screamed seeing him be smashed into the concrete, blood going everywhere.
We were covered in it.
All of us.
Most of it was Natsu's. He had taking hit after hit for me, after finding out that the beast we were fighting was interested in eating celestial wizards for their power and saw a lot of power in me.
The beast stepped on Natsu's already damaged body.
I'm pretty sure I saw red.
Normal POV
" NATSU!" Lucy screamed seeing him be smashed onto the ground, blood spewing everywhere.
They were covered in it.
All of them.
Most of it was Natsu's. He had taken hit after hit for Lucy, after finding out that the beast we were fighting was interested in eating celestial wizards for their power and saw a lot of power in her.
When the beast stepped on Natsu, Lucy saw red.
She cracked her whip and bound the beast, calling out Leo at the same time, as well as Virgo asking them to take care of the thing.
" Go to Natsu." Leo glanced at her once before dealing out one Regulus Impact on the beast knocking it out cold.
Lucy ran over to Natsu without even having to be told twice, throwing herself down next to him, not paying attention to the throbbing in her ankle from when she tripped.
" Natsu? Please wake up! Please! You have to be ok! Don't leave us!" Lucy pleaded and cried crouched over Natsu's unmoving body.
" Luce..." Natsu gurgled, and coughed up blood.
" Natsu! Don't talk! We'll get help! Just don't die. Please don't die.." Lucy sobbed.
He gently but firmly gripped her right upper arm, and his fire surrounded the appendage for a minute before receding inside her body, leaving a mark which looked like red flames on her mostly unmarred flesh.
" You'll never be alone." He said, before turning to Happy and repeating the action.
Once he finished his hand dropped, and his eyes closed.
Lucy stared at his in horror. " N-Natsu?"
Her only response was the howling of the wind around them.
She choked. " N-No! Natsu please! This isn't funny! Please, wake up!"
No answer. Natsu; the happy-go-lucky idiot, Dragon-slayer...was dead.
Lucy fell forward onto Natsu's dead body, sobbing on his chest.
Happy shakily hugged Lucy, who reluctantly turned from Natsu's body to hug the exceed to her chest, still crying heavily.
" Don't worry, you're never alone. I'm always there, guys. Stay strong, Luce, Happy." A gentle whisper glided through their ears, sounding like a dearly departed Fire Dragon-Slayer. As the mystery person said this, the flames on Happy and Lucy's skin turned red and a comforting warmth radiated from it, lulling the two into unconsciousness.
TWO DAYS LATER...
Lucy sat with Happy on her lap, on a train headed for Magnolia, eyes red from crying.
When they had woke up, they were back in the town where the client had summoned them to destroy the beast. The mayor said some kind of blazing fire had carried her and Happy to the clients house, covered in wounds, blood, and tears. Also Lucy had been wearing Natsu's scarf, but it was on his body when he died.
The mayor had sent a troop of soldiers to the woods to collect the beast and return the body of their friend. Only, when they returned, the soldiers said they couldn't find the body of a Dragon-Slayer. Not a trace.
They had saw that the Dragon-Slayer was not with them and bought them train tickets home.
When they offered to dispose of Natsu's pack, Lucy and Happy snatched it from them, claiming to never let it go.
" Miss? Are you alright?" A attendant asked Lucy.
She didn't respond.
" We just lost someone we knew and had been extremely close to. She's closed herself off." Happy spoke for Lucy, knowing she wouldn't talk.
" Oh. I apologize. I'll just let you be." She bowed and walked away.
The train stopped three hours later, at Magnolia.
Happy and Lucy got off, heading for Fairy Tail.
They opened the doors, and were bombarded by smiling faces.
" Hey guys!"
" Lu-chan!"
" Bunny-Girl."
" Welcome back."
All normal pleasantries, until one asked a question that made Happy and Lucy flinch as if they had been struck.
" Where's Natsu?" One simple question. Who knew one simple question could cause such reactions from the two.
Almost automatically, Lucy broke down in tears, seated pitifully on the guilds floor, while Happy tried looking strong and hugged Lucy.
Fairy Tail knew this reaction well. This is what Mira and Elfman looked like when Lisanna disappeared. Or what was thought as death.
So Natsu was...dead?!
" My children." Master Makarov gravely said, and both the exceed and celestial wizard looked up, tears rolling down their faces.
Makarov reached out to touch the rig of flames that surrounded Lucy's right arm.
" DON'T TOUCH IT!" Lucy screamed, caressing the mark (along with Natsu's scale-patterned scarf), and fire appeared around her and Happy as of shielding them from some unknown threat.
Happy did the same action Lucy did, keeping the guild from seeing the mark they held so precious.
Mira tried putting a sleep-spell on them, but a ring of warm fiery magic energy slipped over Lucy and Happy, who instantly relaxed and slipped into a dreamworld.
The energy swirled around the guildmates, taking it's time, as if reassuring the members of a dear friend that was still there.
" Natsu.." Lucy mumbled and clutched the mark and scarf tighter.
How was Fairy Tail to approach the matter now?
TBC
Well, first chapter! I think I did ok...
I got this idea from another story where Natsu doesn't come back from a mission and Lucy changes from sweet to nearly goth.
Here's who said what when Lucy and Happy entered the guild.
" Hey guys!" Most everyone
" Lu-chan!" Levy
" Bunny-Girl" Gajeel
" Welcome back" Erza and Gray
How will the guild cope without their loud, partially stupid, family member? Is Natsu really dead? How did Lucy end up with Natsu's scarf?
Questions will be answered in due time!
Don't let four year olds drive, and I'm going back to school tomorrow. Good thing I rode a horse today and now I'm sore as fuck. No gym for me, suckas!
-Always,
FireHanyou14-