Author: Fiamatta Montague
Her smile, her Laugh, her presence, defined the world to him. His hair, his protection, his whole being, made her life complete. And they wonder why they could not live a happily ever after. NaLu.
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Chapter 3
Fire.
Anger.
Determination.
Makarov cleared his throat as he addressed the people inside the guild. Everybody was straining their ears to hear what their master wanted to say. Even Natsu and Gray who were bickering since they arrived earlier in the guild stopped what they were doing.
The master walked up to the counter of the bar and stood there with all of his height. He cleared his throat, which Mirajane took as a cue for her to step out behind the counter for a little while. Makarov eyed all the present mages in the guild with his knowing eyes as he opened his mouth to speak.
"I am afraid that I have unwanted news for everybody to hear." Makarov paused for a bit before his eyes flickered towards Natsu. "It seems our dearest Lucy decided to prolong her absence for a few more months. She said her father needed assistance in rebuilding their lost riches and getting back their old estate." Makarov ended his statement with a voice that demanded no questions to come from any of his children, because deep inside his heart, he himself doesn't even know how to answer those possible inquiries.
The table where Natsu was seated suddenly broke from the impact of his strong punch. He stood up proud and tall on top of the bench he was seated at and sent Makarov a look that clearly said 'I don't give a damn about what you said.'
"GRAMPS, YOU ARE LYING!" Natsu shouted with anger in his voice. "Lucy would never abandon us in exchange for her father. She never did when the phantom lord attacked us and she never will go back there because WE are her family." He was still breathing hard from his outburst when he felt Erza's hand pulled his scarf.
"Natsu, that's enough." Erza's statement was full of authority. She looked at Natsu straight into the eyes with her own. Understanding passed through Natsu's eyes before he looked over his shoulder and gave Gray the same look as Erza's.
"Master, I think, Natsu, Gray, Happy and I would like to have a vacation as well." She reached for Gray's shirt and pulled Natsu down from where he was standing. Happy flew to the three of them and decided to rest on Natsu's right shoulder.
The trio gave Makarov their most innocent look as they grinned all together.
'Stubborn kids.' Their master nodded his head in approval, clearly not in the mood for a heated argument with one pissed Erza, annoyed Gray, and an angry Natsu. Happy was certainly out of the question.
"Now, please excuse us master for we still need to pack for our much needed vacation." As Erza started to walk out of the guild, the door from the kitchen suddenly opened; revealing a puzzled Levy on the door.
"Chicken, anyone?" Levy asked innocently.
Boiled.
Steamed.
Nothing beats a good cup of Chamomile tea.
Lucy and Loki were travelling together for almost four days. They were walking silently along the luscious green paths which led to the open and busy city of Song.
Song was mostly famous for their soothing and healing teas. It was a town which was always in a buzz especially when winter kicks in and everybody wanted to have a taste of their famous tea leaves.
Lucy was glad that when she woke up from her embarrassing fall, Loki agreed wholeheartedly to become a messenger to Makarov. She didn't mean to lie to the old man but one lie wasn't so bad, right? It's not as if she wasn't going back to the guild. She just wanted some time alone to travel to places and take her mind off Natsu for awhile.
The Lion spirit didn't even bother telling her about what transpired between him and Makarov, all that matters is, right now, they were clearly on a vacation, a vacation that she deserves, without trouble, and without a certain pink-haired idiot behind her back.
"Lucy."
"Yeah?" Lucy looked over at Loki's side with a puzzled look on her face. She doesn't really know what runs inside that head of his. Loki is a great man and a good friend, but, he is certainly someone that Lucy could never understand by looking.
"You should know by now that Natsu is someone who never gives up. He would surely follow us wherever we go until that nose of his sniff us out of our hiding place." Loki gave out a short laugh. "Erza can also be stubborn at times, and would never stop until she reach her goal, and that is, to find you. Not to mention that Gray would undoubtedly use that ice magic of his if that could mean stopping time and preventing us from going somewhere far from their grasp."
Lucy shrugged her shoulders from what Loki had said. She is very confident to say that those three idiots would never chase after her since she hadn't talked to them for the past few months, let alone see her for the past week.
She gave out a small chuckle towards Loki. "Nah, I am pretty much sure that we are safe on our journey. Whatever reason you told Master would have been enough to keep them off my tracks."
The gates of Song city was just ahead of them. The metal door frame was decorated with various leaves and flowers. The busy buzzing sound of people chattering and enjoying the day can be heard from afar.
"Loki, you know, a nice hot cup of tea would certainly be refreshing."
The Lion spirit adjusted his dark glasses before grinning back at Lucy. "Sounds like a date to me."
"You wish!"
Laughter: a cure to all loneliness.
"I sure feel bad that we had to leave like that from the guild." Gray was munching on some roasted fish, courtesy of Natsu and Happy, while leaning his head back on the tree trunk where he was seated.
The team were enjoying a peaceful rest under the setting sun in the forest. At first, the boys were hesitant to take a rest and eat, but Erza pulled out her scary moves that stopped all other arguments.
Natsu nodded his head in a response to what Gray uttered. This surely was a first since the two would never agree with each other. "I feel the same way, I didn't even said any goodbyes to Lissana, and I don't feel guilty about it. Lucy's worth more than anything. That's for sure." His fish was now giving off a smell of burnt which meant that it was ready to be eaten.
Erza smiled at how Natsu was coping. She couldn't wait to get her hands near Lucy and scold her like there's no tomorrow. It was simply foolish to just run away like that.
At first, Erza thought that it was better to let Lucy have some time on her own, but now, the tables have turned. And if Lucy doesn't realize how important she was to them, they are the ones who would make her step into the light.
The mood was starting to be relaxing but then Happy just had to pull the moves.
"OOOHHHH, I bet Natsu is IN LOVE with Lucy. I can't wait to see to see those pink-haired babies with brown eyes popping out soon." Happy was laughing so hard as he flew towards Erza and Gray who sat across from Natsu.
"SHUT UP! I AM NOT IN LOVE!"
Blink.
The lights fade.
Blink.
The dark dissipates.
Blink.
And then, there was you.
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 y a n a h r i · Wed Jun 06, 2012 @ 12:07pm · 0 Comments |
