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Some Things Never End Nalu- Ch.4

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Lucy’s mind was drifting off as she stood in the middle of the train station. The bustling people and all of the noise were blurred out to her eyes and ears. Her only thought was what awaited her at the outskirts of Crocus. Would her husband to be, be a nice man? Or would he turn out to be just like his mother and father? Her mind told her it would be the latter. She shook those thoughts off and decided to wait until she got there to deal with it.

I wonder if they got my note….

It had broken her heart to write those words, but it was necessary. If they were all to live happy lives, and continue on with their missions, if the only price was for her to be married to a man she didn’t love, then that would be fine with her. It was fine as long as the man she truly did love was alright.

Though, she wasn’t foolish enough to believe that they would immediately be okay without her. She knew that they all loved her like family. Hell, they were family. But, they would be okay over time. Things won’t stop just because you’re feeling unhappy, or angry. Time moves on and you have to move with it. This was the lesson she had learned when her parents died. It’ll still hurt as much as the day it happened when you think about it, but when you do, you should immediately think of all the good times.  

She bowed her head and continued thinking for a while. The amount of people were increasing, so she knew the train would arrive at any second. She turned her gaze down the tracks and saw the large railway vehicle coming down the tracks.

“I guess this is it.” She spoke to herself these words, in hopes of letting go of her life here to some extent, when she suddenly heard a voice calling out her name. A voice that she wanted to hear so desperately, yet wished would go away.

“LUUUCYY!!” It was Natsu’s rough voice ringing out above the station.

Her tear stained eyes darted towards the source and she saw him. His hair was windblown, he face was beaded with sweat, and his eyes were full of worry. What was supposed to be a look that would make most girls run from him, made her heart race uncontrollably.

“Natsu…” she whispered his name, but immediately wished she hadn’t.

From what she saw, he had been having a hard time trying to find her until she spoke. She guessed that with her scent mixed in with everyone else in the station made it hard for him to locate her, but when she spoke his head darted towards the source and the two connected eyes.

“LUCY!” His usually unmistakable voice was faded out by the sound of the train pulling in.

This is bad. I need to go. With one last glance towards the incoming Natsu, she turned her head and darted for the train, but he was much faster than she was.

A scorching hand wrapped around her wrist and pulled her backwards just before she was able to step onto the train, making her heart race once again.

Natsu twirled her around and grabbed her by the shoulders, careful not to hold on too tight. “What’s going on Lucy?!”

She couldn’t respond nor look at him face to face.  

“What was with that note you left?! Why are you saying you’re leaving?!”

His voice was beginning to break through her defenses, and the tears she had been holding back began to flow freely, “I…..I…” I need to get away.

Natsu’s grip on her shoulders softened as he saw the tears dripping from her face. This wasn’t a sight he wanted to see.

“Why are you crying? Can you just tell me what’s going on?”

“I can’t.”

His anger was increasing, not towards Lucy, but towards whatever it was that was making her feel this way. “You can’t get on this train Lucy!”

“I have to!”

“Then tell me why! Why’re you leaving the guild?! Why’re you leaving all of us?!”

“I CAN’T TELL YOU!”

Finally, she looked him in the eye. And Natsu could’ve sworn that the face she was making ripped his heart straight from his chest.

 What the hell is this?! He yelled to himself as an inexplicable emotion was spreading throughout his body, and washing through him from head to toe. In his chest, there was the worst pain imaginable. It was worse than any of the injuries he had gotten from battle.

His arms began moving on their own, and wrapped themselves around Lucy’s small frame, the urge and want to hold her increasing by the moment.

“N-no..” Her will was beginning to grow weaker by the moment, and the warning bell for the train went off.

Most of the people had ignored their confrontation with each other and boarded the train, so it was just the two of them in the station now. She needed to find a way to leave him and get on the train. Once she was on it he couldn’t follow her. His motion sickness was her advantage here; that is if she could get on the train first.

And suddenly it hit her. She needed to make him let go, just long enough for her to reach the train doors. So, she mustered up her strength, pushed against his chest, lifted her face to his, and kissed him.

His mouth was hot, and it sent warm shivers down her spine. His lips were surprisingly soft, but they were unmoving and she saw his eyes staring down at her in shock. Just as she’d planned.

With the knowledge that this would be the last time she saw him, she felt herself become desperate. Her hand snaked up the back of his neck and stopped at the beginnings of his hair, pushing her lips just a little harder on his before letting go.

Natsu was completely still, and his eyes were firmly connected with hers, “Lucy… you-“

“I’m sorry.” She backed away a few steps from him and tried to give him the smile that she had always shared with him, “Goodbye.”

And with that, her legs unwillingly carried her to through the train doors, just in time for her not to be left behind.

The train began accelerating onwards, and Natsu finally snapped out of the trance he had been in, noticing that Lucy was no longer in front of him. He began running, trying to keep up with Lucy in the train.

“LUCY!” He yelled her name for the third time that day.

She laid her hand on the window of the door, and smiled at him with tears falling down her face, mouthing something he’d never thought of her saying to him.

With his sight that was very similar to that of dragons, he very clearly saw the words she mouthed to him.. through the window.

The simple words that caused his chest to tighten, and his heart to race with emotions he’d never felt before.

The words “I Love You.”


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Natsu, defeated and angry, confused and sad, trudged into the guild not knowing what the hell had just happened. Lucy had left a note saying she was leaving, he’d gone after her, she wouldn’t tell him anything, and on top of it all, she’d kissed him and said she loved him.

Then why the hell would she leave?!  He thought again. He couldn’t get his brain around it. If she felt that way, then she couldn’t have been leaving by her own will. There was something else in this problem, he knew Lucy would never do this by herself, so something or someone must be forcing her to.

Agh!! But what the hell is it?! The answer still wasn’t coming to him, but it didn’t really matter. It’s not like he was just going to give up there. He would find her, kick whoever’s ass was doing this to her, and drag her back here.

“su…”

“Natsu!”

“Natsu!” An armored hand suddenly collided with his face, and he staggered backwards, snapping out of his thoughts.

“Get your ass back down to Earth Natsu!” Erza yelled at him with a slightly worried voice, and Natsu noticed everyone in the guild circling around him, “What happened?! Happy came into the guild by himself, told us that Lucy was leaving and that you went after her. Where is she now? What the hell is going on?”  She finished her interrogation and crossed her arms over her chest, waiting for an answer.

Natsu looked at all the worried faces around him, feeling like the most useless person in the world for not being able to bring her back from the station. He rubbed his eyes, and tried to clear his head before answering, “She’s gone. She boarded a train and left.”

“What?!” A unison of voices sounded throughout the room.

“And why didn’t you stop her?!” Erza yelled at him again.

“I…was kinda in shock there for a moment…and she ran onto the train without me noticing…” Damn, he was feeling like an idiot.

“Shock? Why were you in shock?”

“I…can’t tell you.” The emotions he was feeling earlier rushed back into his body, and he felt his face becoming extremely hot. Damn it! Why do I feel embarrassed?!

“You.Can’t.What?” Half of Erza’s face went dark, and she equipped one of her most deadly swords.

“Ah!” Natsu’s hands went up in surrender, “Okay! Okay! I’ll tell you everything!”

“Good.” She nodded in satisfaction and pointed to a chair that Gray was pulling out of a table that Levy, Wendy, Carla and Happy were now sitting at.

Sighing and feeling extremely fatigued, he made his way over, sat down, and laid everything out on the table, trying to keep his face from going red when he explained the last part.

“O-oh, I see.” Erza, who was obviously happy about that last development, turned her head away from Natsu, trying to hide her blushing face and smile.

“Pfft. You were in shock over a kiss? Some dragon slayer you are.” Gray laughed and insulted him from across the table.

“Shut the hell up you damn Icehead!” Natsu turned his head away from the table of giggles and insults and towards the front of the guild. As he did, he noticed Gramps walking in, holding a newspaper in his hands.

“Natsu!” He called out into the guild as he entered, and Natsu came running to him, grateful to have pulled him away from that table.

“Gramps, I have to tell you some-“

“I think I’ve got the gist of it.” Makarov cut him off, and handed him the newspaper, “I was actually going to ask if you knew about this, but” he surveyed the guild, “from the looks of everyone here, I’d say that you lot are as clueless as me.”

Natsu took the paper in hand, and read in big bold letters on the front “Huge Wedding to be held at the Jurener Mansion by the Town of Crocus!”

He read further, trying to see what was so important about this, and he finally saw it, “The handsome heir to the Jurener family Ainsley Jurener, is to be married to the orphaned heir of the once miraculous Heartfilia family, Lucy Heartfilia. It will be an invitation only party, formal dress required, and will be held two days from the date of today’s paper.”

Natsu began shaking in anger, his whole body felt like it was practically vibrating,“WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!” he roared out towards the paper in his hands, and crumpling the sides of it.

“What is it?” Erza and the rest who were at the table came and stood behind Natsu, reading the paper for their selves.

“So, she says she loves you, but now she’s getting married?” Erza voiced out her thoughts.

“I know!” Natsu turned around to Erza, “I don’t get anything either! I mean, just what the hell is this?! Why couldn’t she tell me?! What’s she thinking?! What is this damn feeling I have?!”

“Natsu!” Erza put one hand on his shoulder, “Calm down. Nothing will be solved if you start to lose it.”

“How the hell can I calm down?!” He turned around, shaking off her hand made his way for the entrance of the guild.

“Where are you going?!” Gray called out after him.

“I’m going to go find her. She’s going to Crocus right?! I’ll just go there!”

“And what will you do when you get there?! We need a plan Natsu! Calm down!” Erza tried to reason with him.

“I have a plan. I’m going to go kick this bastard Ainsley’s” ass and bring Lucy back!”

Erza stopped following him, and equipped a very large hammer, “I said, CALM DOWN!!” She swung and connected with Natsu’s body, though it wasn’t enough to bring him down.

“Ack!” He rubbed his side, and turned back to her, “What the fuck?! What was that for?!”

“You’re acting too rashly, Natsu! I already have a good idea about what’s going on, so hear me out!”

“She’s right Natsu.” Gray came walking out of the guild, along with Happy, Carla, Wendy, and Levy. “We need a plan. We can’t just barge into a wedding and steal the bride.”

“I never said that we wouldn’t.” Erza’s voice changed from a reasoning one, to one that held a plan behind it. Her face held a sort of devious look and she held her fist up in determination.

She motioned for everyone to gather around, and informed them of what she thought was going on, and what they were going to do.

“That’s the plan, okay? No one is to do anything other than that, understand?!”

“Aye.” Everyone voiced in a scared unison.

“Alright, it’s late now so everyone should go home. We’ll head out in the morning.” She dismissed them, and everyone began giving their goodnights, disappearing one by one.

Just as Natsu and Happy were about to leave, Erza stopped them, “Natsu, come here for a second.”

“What is it?” His voice lacked his usual tone. It sounded incredibly dull and tired.

“I think it would be best if you were to sort out all of your thoughts and emotions tonight. I caught what you said earlier, that “what is this damn feeling I have?!” She impersonated his voice on this part, “And I’m pretty sure I know what it is, but I want to know if you think you might know.”

“I…I think I do.” He scratched the back of his head, embarrassed to have to be saying this to her.

She smiled, and patted the top of his head, “Well that’s good. Make sure that you’re positive about it tomorrow. Goodnight.”

“Yeah, night.”

Erza turned her back and disappeared in the direction of the girls housing.

“Natsuu…” Happy came walking up to him, looking even sadder than he did when they were at Lucy’s place earlier.

“I know Happy,” He bent down, scooped him up in his arms, and began walking them to their rarely occupied house.

My feelings, huh? Natsu began thinking to himself as Happy fell asleep in his arms. He’d never thought that Lucy would say that to him. Of course, to him, she was much more than just a friend, but he’d been too clueless about things like love and such to realize why she was more than a friend.

Now that he was thinking about it, and he knew her feelings, it seemed painfully obvious that he loved her.

Woah…love huh? This is what it feels like? There’d never been a time where he thought that one friend of his was more important than the other, or more special to him, but this was different. Everyone was still important, they were still his friends, but Lucy was just… different somehow.

He didn’t understand it, nor was he going to try, but he knew what he knew. He knew that not seeing her again wasn't an option, and that the thing he wanted most right now was to save her from what made her cry by herself the other day.

Happy stirred in his arms, as they were nearing their home. Natsu’s mind had been set, and his determination was flaring up. He went over the plan in his head once more, and entered the house, leaving his confusion at the door.

Phew~ it's done.c: :iconteatimeplz:

I'm trying to update my fics more often. I've been feeling that I'm leaving to much of a gap in between
my uploads.... I don't write when I'm tired. If I do, then the chapters come out looking half-assed.

Anyway, hope you like it:3 Comments and opinions are very much appreciated!c:

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NashiDragneel13's avatar
Good. She confessed. Now "Ainsley", DIE