RBFM

Tragedy After Love

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

It was raining with dark clouds that day, that day when everything was lost. When the number one mage guild in the country called Fiore had lost its sacred island and its core members to one single attack by a creature of immense power and dark intentions that could only be one thing; a dragon. And not just any dragon but one with smooth black and dark blue scales that overlap on its body and wings that give it a menacing appearance; he was called Acnologia, the Black Dragon of Apocalypse. Despite combing their strengths with four S-class level Mages and one member of the Wizard Saints or the ten most powerful mages in Fiore, Acnologia was not to be stopped. Now before taking to the air using magic after mere durability and vast strength to the upper hand.

Acnologia used it magic to form a powerful and bright beam that struck the island, causing it to explode. There was only a large gap where the island used to be along with some of the seawater that surrounded it. It was an awful sight and there were witnesses to it. There was a ship that somehow was flying despite its poor shape with a young man with robes and black looking at the island with remorse and longing. Elsewhere in the sea, there was a ship that was also in poor shape but was still afloat with people in uniform looking in at horror and shock at the sight. And yet there were also more but neither the first two groups ever notices.

It was a smaller boat that was already sinking but the two passengers didn't care. Their faces were covered in tears rather than raindrops. They just watched the island, where their friends were and now it was all gone. A closer look that was possible when a beam of light had landed on them through the thick and dark rain clouds.

They were a boy and a girl. The boy looked to be a teenager, 17 years of age and almost 18. He wore a tattered vest, a scarf with scales, a wrist band on his right arm, loose pants around his legs and sandals that were hanging off his feet. He also had pink hair that was spiky and wild with his eyes like that of reptiles. The girl was more normal but also had tattered clothes composed of a shirt and skirt over her bikini that showed off her well-developed figure. Her hair was blonde and long enough to reach past her neck. She just kept her eyes closed as tears kept coming while she held onto the boy in question.

They were Natsu Dragneel and Lucy, formally Heartfilla after she joined a mage guild for real. It was evidenced by the symbol of different colors and at different places on their body. The symbol was like a fairy with a tail which actually says everything about the guild name; Fairy Tail, which has been around for over a hundred years. Yet they were hugging each other like a couple because they are.

Most of the friends and fellow guild mates had thought that Natsu and Lucy with get together because they were rather close. Natsu was the one who had saved her more times to than anyone can count and even brought her to Fairy Tail where she was the most happy in her whole life and have gotten stronger than she ever did back at her former home where she was a sheltered heiress to a company worth millions; she had lost her mother years ago and her father had been ignoring her for the sake of his business. And it all happened seven days ago when the two have finally stopped hiding their feelings,

Flashback Begins: A week ago.

It was just after Cana, a fellow guild mate and friend to Lucy that drinks by the barrel, had invited herself into Lucy's apartment without invitation in order to be partners for the S-class Exams which will decide who will receive the promotion. She was just worried about Cana on how the teenage girl nearly died in the cold or when the heavy drinker of a girl said she will leave the guild if she failed again until Lucy heard a knock on the door. Answering it, Lucy was shocked to see who it was. "Natsu?"

"Hello Lucy. I hope I didn't make your evening worse." Natsu said and before Lucy could respond, "I just ran into Cana and she looked really down. Did something happen?" Lucy didn't know what to make of this new Natsu; he always let himself in without asking and was always blunt about asking questions. "Please let me in Lucy. I just can't sleep with a heavy mind and my heart even hurts."

Lucy was kicked out of stupor, she realized that Natsu was still outside her apartment room. "S-sure." Lucy let Natsu in who took a seat at the couch so Lucy took the one on the other side of a table that is placed in the middle of it. "So what is wrong? You always were excited about these things and you were even nominated to be an S-class mage."

"I know Lucy." Natsu said in a hollow tone that scared Lucy. "It is just that I keep remembering when I met Gildarts in his home after he finally returned. He said that he had a run in with a dragon." Lucy was pecked about this, Natsu always talked about dragons and now she knows they actually exist. "He said that it was a dark dragon that nearly killed him. And Gildarts is are strongest mage under Gramps. In fact if Gildarts isn't so absent minded and clumsy, he will actually been the next Guild Master."

"R-really? A dragon was that powerful?" Lucy was getting even more scared since she was aware on how powerful Gildarts was when she first saw him in person. Just how strong is this dragon to nearly kill a powerful mage like Gildarts?

"The worst part is something that I have learned from Igneel before he disappeared." Igneel was also a dragon and the one who raised Natsu to use his magic and become a mage. "That when a dragon loses his prey, it will keep looking until he finds it again; when a dragon does find its prey once again, they usually don't make out alive a second time." That set Lucy off for sure.

"Are you saying that this black dragon could be still looking for Gildarts, to finish him off and anyone one of us that happen to be there too?" Lucy had to ask but the answer was not pretty to say the least.

"I don't what to think!" Natsu go up after his sudden outburst while holding his head like he had gotten a headache. "All this is tearing me apart! I just don't know to make of it anymore! I don't like this feeling." Natsu lost his voice and begun to mumble, like he hopes that Lucy won't hear him; she did.

"Please Natsu, I am still your teammate. Please tell me what is troubling you." Lucy said as she switched couches and sat right to next to Natsu.

"Funny you should bring that up. Lisanna was just with me, hanging out like separated friends until she said something I never thought she would." Natsu, after a few minutes of silence, finally said. "Do you remember on how everyone keeps saying your look like Lisanna and that you were also like her?" Lucy nodded. "They will even joke about me seeing you as a replacement for Lisanna." Lucy nodded, it was harsh but it was still a joke so it shouldn't hurt, right? "She actually wanted you to leave our team Lucy."

"WHAT!?" Lucy couldn't believe it, she always wanted to meet the girl that Natsu called friend but to leave the team that they had made themselves, it was unthinkable.

"I know Lucy. I couldn't believe it either so I refused." Natsu then placed his hand on his right cheek and when he passed it over, Lucy gasped to see a red marking of a human hand. That was the mark made by the slap from an enraged woman; like those times where their boyfriends cheat on them or break up with them. This one looked like it still hurt. "I really couldn't believe that Lisanna will do such a thing and she didn't even say she was sorry after she slapped me. Lisanna just left me and said that there is no room in the team for her if you stay around Lucy. That is why I am here, to figure out what to do about." Natsu said in his down tone that mad Lucy feel sorry for him.

"You poor thing. Here, like me kiss it." Lucy said and she closed her eyes as she moved in to kiss the mark, hoping it will hurt less but she didn't count on one thing; that Natsu will hear the wrong way and turn his head wrong way.

"Kiss wha~!" Natsu and Lucy couldn't believe what happened next; they were kissing each other on the lips! Natsu then felt something that he never did even around Lisanna; it was like his body stopped listening to him and instead followed what his heart was telling it. And one of those orders were to never beak up the kiss; another was to make it deeper. Natsu found himself doing just that until he needed to breathe.

"L-lucy…?" Natsu was the one that is scared at the dumbfounded and shocked look on Lucy's face. That meant only one thing to the pink haired dragon slayer. "I'm sorry Lucy." That was loud and clear.

"W-what are you sorry for Natsu?" Lucy said and Natsu was confused; like he was expecting a different answer altogether.

"I am sorry that I took your first kiss. Most girls hate when guys do that." Natsu spoke from seeing woman slap men who try to kiss them.

"Then I must be better than most girls because I enjoyed losing my first kiss to a boy like you. I was even thinking about doing that." Lucy said to be clearer. Natsu was really shocked and confused so Lucy explained. "You see that I have learned from my mother is that when you love someone, you love everything about them even their faults. Your faults are from being poorly raised so I had built up a toleration to it all. With all that, you are a very handsome, sweet and caring man. That is why I wanted to kiss you, because I feel warm and happy around you. I feel terrible after seeing you sad and hurt. I just want to listen to your voice giving me hope and light. That is love Natsu and I love you."

Natsu then felt warm himself after seeing Lucy smile without hesitation or shame after confessing her love to him. That last part was like the life lesion Natsu needed, the last part of the puzzle, the ultimate answer. Natsu still didn't say anything and just kissed Lucy again.

"Lucy, I feel the same way. When you are happy, I am too. When you are sad, I feel the same way. When you were hurt, I felt hurt myself. I wanted to see you happy every single day and be safe. You have finally told me what love feels like. I love your good parts and your bad parts. I love Lucy." That was long but had a lot of heart in it and Lucy just teared up and kissed Natsu again.

Then, for the rest of the night, the couple never remembered their troubles or their worries. It was like paradise on earth as they never left each other's company and embrace. Lucy even stayed with Natsu in her comfy bed, where Natsu admitted to be attracted to Lucy's scent on it strong. It was the greatest source of the wonderful scent in the entire apartment room other than Lucy herself. The girl just adjusted herself so that Natsu can get a huge whiff of herself.

When morning came, the couple had breakfast while playfully feeding each other like they were kids again. Still no one but themselves knew that they have become a couple but they also knew plenty of people who will not take this new development easily. The couple agreed to act no different but also loyal to one and other in case someone tried to go out with one and another. They also realized that if they were going to a couple, no secrets must be kept from each other and they cannot afford to pull ranks based on might or intellect; they had one more week to do it and they will give it their best.

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And so, a week of training and dating had flew by for the new couple. Natsu had ran Lucy to ground in order to catch up on physical training and building her magic reserves. In return, Lucy will teach Natsu her knowledge on refining his behavior that just made him even more understanding of human interaction and also even more romantic. Natsu then found out that his role as Fire Dragon Slayer was no coincidence as he tried to learn basic fire magic from some books on simple magic from the local library and he took to it like a prodigy. With this section of magic as well as the other simple ones, he learned how to not destroy or melt with his primary magic which pleased both Natsu and Lucy greatly.

The dating went really well too, Natsu trying to be on his best behavior while wearing a stuffy suit while trying to keep the drunken boys off of Lucy since they are prone to play rough and dirty in order to get her into their tight grips. They went to restaurants, diners, parks and also to where you can get the best sunsets in all of Magnolia, the main city of Fiore. All the while, no one knew about their relationship; not even Happy, the blue talking and flying cat that was Natsu's main partner in both profession and crime.

But now it was time. Time to get in with their partners for the Exams. Yet it didn't stop the couple from hanging out with each other on the boat ride to Tenrou Island, where the S-Class exams always take place. Despite the rude advantage by a couple of competitors, the other teams made it to the island; that was where Natsu and Lucy said goodbye in case one of them gets dropped out of the guild.

Pretty soon, that will happen but no in the way no one will ever even imagine.

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The S-Class Exams were actually put on hold when the Tenrou Island was attacked by a dark Guild that was interested in the magic held there at the grave of the very first master, Grimore Heart. Fairy Tail were ambushed but they fought back and in the long run, they won. But since some many people had been injured, the S-Class Exams were actually cancelled; the promotion was given to no one.

It was now when the members trying their best to recover enough to leave the island and try again later. The Third Master was scolding his grandson who had been expelled from the guild a few months earlier, yet that man still set foot on Fairy Tail's sacred island. Cana had finally revealed to Gildarts that he was her father; it turned out that Gildarts had been son obsessed with missions that his wife had left him with their unborn child. But while everyone was chatting, Natsu was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is that idiot? Did he take that announcement too hard!?" The master who was short but powerful old man yelled at the top of his voice. No one seemed to know what the problem with Natsu was. No one but one, Lucy, his girlfriend. She knew where he was and where he was going. While everyone was arguing on how to look for Natsu, Lucy left the campsite and no one noticed.

After a long walk, Lucy found a small and hidden pier that had a floating boat and Natsu was there with his bag inside and trying to untie the ropes. Before she could say anything, "I was about to go and look for you Lucy." Natsu said while not pulling his eyes towards her to focus on his work.

"So why are you leaving? What about the rest of the guild?" Lucy asked, she could be angry but the new Natsu will never do something like this without a good reason; she then noticed that his face was covered in tears. When Natsu was done, he didn't say a word until he placed his hand on Lucy's forehead for some reason and strangely, his hand glowed bright yellow. But then Lucy started to feel like she heard harsh voices of her guild mates say all sorts of bad things about Natsu and that they hate him for dating Lucy. "W-what is this?"

"Magic that the first guild master had given me once I found her gravestone. I just had to see it for my own because I was tired of waiting but it seemed that the first master guided me there." Natsu actually answered, "She told me to leave with you because no one will ever notice or even care since they wanted a guild without someone like me that will never change for the better."

"They're wrong!" Lucy said and she tackled her boyfriend in the chest, "They all are wrong! I thought they were all out friends but they didn't want us to be a couple just to have each other for themselves!?" Lucy stopped her ranting and started to cry again. Natsu just held her until he started to smell something foul and even feel in in the air; it smelled of dragon scales! But this was nothing like Igneel at all, it was more like blood than flames and the feeling in the air was foul and human hating that Igneel never gave off.

"Come on Lucy. They don't want us and the first master gave her orders." Natsu then boarded the boat while guiding Lucy into it. Once they had their stuff on board, Natsu rowed away from the island until it was nothing but a shadow in the horizon as dark clouds followed after a black dragon. Not doing anything was not in their rulebook but against a dragon like that, what else can their do? That day was to be their biggest regret but they could only do what the first master had guided them to; maybe things can go right after all.

Flashback Ends!

"Ready to go Lucy? We have as little guild members as it is." Natsu said and the blonde girl nodded. Thankfully for some one that gets motion sickness like Natsu, he already had found a solution. Channeling his fire magic to his bare feet, he caused them to be ignited and lift himself off the sinking chunk of wood with Lucy on his back.

Changing direction by altering the amount of magic flow to his legs, Natsu rocketed in the direction he remembered from where the boat to Tenrou Island came from. It took long since the rain forced Natsu to burn a lot of his magic reserves to keep them from crashing into the sea. But still they made it and Lucy got back on the ground after Natsu but she won't leave the warmth that radiated off her secret boyfriend even in the rain.

Speaking of which, the sadden couple just trudged their feet to the Guild Hall to tell them what had happened if those Magic Council Members had already brought it hard and blunt. Speaking of the devil, those same people were there and the remaining members were crying their eyes. Even more when they saw Natsu and Lucy coming; that only mean those two were the only ones to survive.

"Natsu-nee-san, Lucy-nee-chan…" Romeo, a young boy who wasn't the right age to be a mage yet, was glad that his role model and his girlfriend still lived but was scared. Fairy Tail kept its place on the top with those powerful mages as members and now they were gone. "What is going to happen to us?" Natsu just kneed down and took Romeo into his arms in which the young body returned.

"We are not going to give up." Natsu said that was so loud that everyone heard him but the dragon slayer didn't care. "We are going to live on. We can rebuild our guild."

"B-but how…?" Macao, Romeo's father and a lesser member of Fairy Tail, said. "We only have so little members and now we are the only one without S-class mages to back us up."

"So we will train." Natsu said simply. "I mean we all are going to improve and become stronger. If we give up and let ourselves rot, than gramps and everyone on the island had to disappear for nothing." That made perfect sense and everyone agreed. "So let's just find out if Gramps had decided on possible successors in times like this and meanwhile, everyone will still take missions and grow stronger. We will be reborn and we will make it out of this mess even better than before! Let's do this!"

"YEAH!" That was enough to lift everyone's spirits and they hurried to forgo their drinks and meals to take missions. Meanwhile, Macao and his best friend Wakaba had hurried to where the Makarov Dreyar, the Third Guild Master, had kept his notes in hopes of finding something. Natsu just patted Romeo on the hand before looking for a mission himself while Lucy just watched the busy and excited guild all thanks to her boyfriend; Natsu Dragneel has come a long way so far and if it kills her, Lucy will see that Natsu will remain the beacon of hope in Fairy Tail.

"Come on Lucy. We got a mission to do." Natsu said gently to get his girlfriend's attention and she nodded.

"Yeah. I will go where ever you do." Lucy responded and the couple kissed before leaving together into the light filled exit of the guild. No matter how long it took, Fairy Tail will wait for the members they have lost to return, in one way or another. And once they do, they will see that they were wrong about Natsu and his most precious girl.

End of Chapter 1

*Here you have it everyone! Another story and the second one this month! It sure took all day in order to complete so I better get back to my other stories.

If you think I am bashing most of Fairy Tail, don't because it merely Natsu and Lucy learning about all those negative feelings and emotions that the guild members keep bottled up. And it was all part of Mavis's orders so you can't blame the couple for following orders from the founder of Fairy Tail, the only one who knows what to do in situations like this one. That is why we must never go into people's minds, there are always stuff in there that can even destroy the strongest of bonds.

Please mind that because I don't plan on 'bashing' any Fairy Tail members in the next chapter. Please let me know what you think and have a nice day!*