Chapter Seven

OK! FIRST THINGS FIRST! DON'T KILL ME! HOLD FIRE! I'm sorry for not updating, it's the Easter holidays and I went on holiday! So-

Happy: OohH! Where did you go? Where there fish? Why didn't you invite us? Huh? Well!

Me: I-I well…I- GAH! ERZA AND GAJEEL! POSITIONS! EVERYBODY! ANYBODY!...Somebody?

*Cue the faint sounds of crickets and a hay stack rolling passed.*

Me: Where did they go?

Happy: They left! They got bored, and-

Natsu: *Yaaaaaaaaaaaawn* How long's it been this time?

Happy: A few weeks!

Lucy: Hasn't broken the record then…

Me: GUYSS! YOU'RE SO MEAAAAAN!

Happy, Lucy and Natsu: Jessie does not own Fairy Tail as much as she would like to! And now, excuse us; we're going to hunt her down!

Me: RRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN!

Enjoy!

It'd only been a few hours since the strange collapsing of Lucy, and now everyone was waiting outside of the hospital doors, anxious just to see if she's ok. Although there was no serious damage to Lucy, she was placed in one of the sick beds and visiting hours were…well just ridiculous.

Erza was leant against the wall with her arms crossed, her gleaming eyes scanning the area until landing on the hunched over Gray. "Where's Natsu?" Was her obviously surprised and confused question.

Gray looked up and scanned the area before he shrugged and looked back. "No idea where the ash for brains could be…I'm surprised he hasn't broken anything yet, considering that he has a patience of a-"

The hospital doors opened suddenly, revealing a green haired nurse who wore a kind smile. "You may go in now." She said softly before walking off down the corridor to tend to other patience.

Erza smiled and opened the doors, walking inside, followed by Gray and looked towards Lucy who slept peacefully with a healthy glow to her cheeks.

"Pretty messed up though, isn't it?" Gray commented, lowering himself down onto the chair.

"Well, nobody just collapses without a reason. But maybe she was tired after the events of the night when Natsu decided to punch that-"

"Since when does Lucy have pink hair?" Gray once again interrupted, blinking once or twice before turning his attention to Erza who stared at Lucy as though she had grown another head. This wasn't, of course, far from impossible.

Erza sauntered forward slowly and pulled the blanket off in all carefulness before retracting her hand and taking a few steps back. A smile decorated her features. "We've found Natsu, I don't think he's been away from her ever since."

Natsu had his arms wrapped around her waist protectively with his head buried in her hair and a hidden smile in her long golden tresses. To them, he looked incredibly childlike and, well, adorable.

"So that's where he's been all this time, the idiot." Gray chucked, rolling his eyes at the scene. "When did he come in here anyway? He would've been noticed by somebody."

"Aye!" Happy called out from behind them, earning anime style shocked gasps. "He was worried about Lucy so he came here a few hours before you did. I had to pretend to be a lamp for the past half hour, but I did over hear that Lucy was just fine."

Erza smiled nodded, crossing her arms over her chest. "That's good to hear," She murmured, placing herself down on the chair. "Now I think-"

The scarlet haired woman stopped at the sound of Lucy's low moan and the twitch of her eyes, before they opened and blinked sluggishly. "Wha…where am I?" She whispered, pushing herself up only to be nailed to the bed by something warm. "What the- KYAAAAA!" She screamed, attempting to mini flair and throw Natsu off of the bed only to stop and stare down at him.

Has he…been here all this time?

"Luuuuuuccccyyy!" Happy wailed, barricading into her chest and sobbing loudly. "You're ooookk!" He wailed while the tears that he shed created a small waterfall.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry for scaring you…I just felt really strange." She murmured, shooting the two a bright smile. "But I'm fine!"

"Good to here, don't go collapsing on us again, though." Gray commented with a smirk. "Happy was a lamp was half an hour just to see if you were ok and…well, Natsu decided to…"

Lucy glared. "I know." She growled, looking back down at Natsu. "Natsu," She called out sweetly, an evil glare entering her eyes. She watched as he shifted and opened his eyes, and then looked up with a grin.

"Lucy! You're alright!" He cheered, sitting up from his position and scratching the back of his head. Once he saw her dark expression he gulped and carefully got off of the bed. "L-Lucy…" He gulped, watching as she morphed into a Lucy-Devil.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" She screamed, jumping out of her bed and chasing Natsu out of the room and down the corridor with a wild roar. "COME BACK HERE YOU FIRE EATING, DIMWITTED PYROMANIAAAAAAC!" She yelled, barrelling after him and disappearing further into the hospital.

"For once I actually feel sorry for the freak." Gray muttered, a bead of sweat travelling down his neck. "Lucy's wrath is…"

"NAAATSSUU! DON'T LOOK INTO THE LIGHT!" Happy cried, zooming after them, scaring quite a few of the doctor's and nurses.

XXX

"This isn't good enough…" The old man growled, clenching his large fists. "It's them…we've got to do something about them. We have let them escape back into the safety of Fairy Tail and they're little puny family, and now the girl is far more protected!" The man snarled, slamming a fist into the marble wall. "You will follow them. You will get her alone and you will do what it takes."

The shadowed figure clenched his fists and bent his head. "We can't keep hurting people for the sake of ourselves. That's all we're doing here! We're not-!"

"Listen to me, boy." The old man growled turning his steely glare towards him. "You abide by my rules; you have no say in what we do. Everything connects to something, and what we are doing connects to power…and that is what I will give you. At the times like this, you are weak minded and frail hearted. You have no strength as to what I will give you, if you follow me."

The boy clenched his jaw and stared down at the ground. You are weak minded and rail hearted.

Weak…

You have no strength…

Give you…

If you follow me.

"Tell me…" He whispered, connecting his eyes with the older man. "What I…I have to do."

The older man chuckled and gripped the younger boy's shoulders firmly. "Bring Lucy Heartfilia…" He grinned, glaring at him through misty eyes.

"To me."

OMG! ATTENTION: PEEERRVVEERRTTT! Nah, well…actually he might be. No…no he's not. Don't worry. ANYWAY- *Look behind* I GOT AWAY FROM-! Lucy…Erza and Natsu…and now you're holding dangerous and sharp looking weapons with a blood thirsty looks.

Crap.

*Dodges flaming torch* Ok, I'm sorry! *Ducks under chain saw* PLEASE! *Jumps over sword.* I WON'T DO IT AGAIN!

Reviewers, Erza, Gajeel, Happy, Natsu and Lucy: THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID LAST TIME!"

Natsu: FIRE DRAGON'S…ROOOAR!

Lucy: I summon three! THE GATE OF THE GOLDEN BULL- TAUROS!

Happy: MAX SPEED!

Erza: Ex-Equipt! PURGATORY ARMOUR!

Gajeel: IRON DRAGON'S…ROOOAR!

Me: KYAAAAAAAAA!