Chapter 10: "Because You Love Me"
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Chapter 10: "Because You Love Me"
*Lucy's POV*
I glanced over at my watch...
11:54 pm
Sigh, its been two? no? Three hours? Since Levy-chan was abducted by Gajeel. I wonder what happened to him? Going all And here I thought that he's more logical and sane than Natsu and then what? He just lost sight of Levy-chan and now he's gone berserk? Its been three hours...and I still can't find her...I ca...can't help but think that..no..no I shouldn't she's okay. She's...Haaah. I stood there as I look up at the bright full moon, My tears started falling...My legs are starting to feel numb from running all around the forest and as I feel my eyes getting heavier by the minute and my consciousness passing. The moon, it's making my head...
"Oi!? LUCY!" I heard my name being called making me snap out from the weird feeling I was getting from the moon.
"Hello? Lucy? Can you hear me? Heeeeeeeeeeeey!" I heard his voice coming from the necklace he just gave me.
"OUCH! Grey! Stop that will you!? Stop yelling I can hear you LOUD and CLEAR!" I said as I yelled back at him "What will you do if Laxus or Gajeel heard your voice?"
"Yeah right," He said "Your the one who is yelling the loudest"
"HUUUH? What did you say Ice freak!?" I said, okay..this is the second time I've called him Ice freak and I guess being with Natsu is really bad.
He can rub off you the wrong way.
I've been losing my temper a lot easier since...since this whole mating season happened.
Why? Hmm..Maybe because this morning I was just thinking about how awesome pure love is and that she learned the importance of doing it with the person you love and then when I came to the guild after a long time, you've been told that a mating season is about to start, iron bars won't work, left you in the guild with what?
Nothing but fear cause you don't know what would happen, you play a game you don't really want to then get all red towards his touch, fainted because of him and what's worst? I've confessed my love to a guy while half-naked only to learn that the reason why you are attracted to him because of the pheromones!?
AND JUST WHEN YOU THINK it's about to end and you can have a somewhat relaxing camping in the forest with a hot chocolate in one hand and a marshmallow in another while waiting for the whole crap to end?
BUT HELL NO! Your very best friend was just abducted right in front of you. AND THE REASON IS? BECAUSE HE WANTS HER CHASTITY?
WELL I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF SHITake mushrooms JUST FOR THE FIRST DAY AND NIGHT OF THIS WHOLE THING!? AND YOU DON'T EXPECT ME TO SNAP!?
ARGH! I HAD ENOUGH!
"Err...Calm down book worm" Gray said, interrupting me from my moment of venting my frustrations.
"Did you hear everything?" I asked, worried that he might think that I'm a whiny person or a nag.
"Yup, every single word" He said and the way he just said it,
"Oops. And stop smirking!" I said and for some odd reason I...I just can perfectly imagine Gray smirking at me.
Then I heard him laugh. "Now you're laughing at me!?" I said exasperated as I raised my eyebrow, I know he can't see me doing that but its reflexes you know, can't help it.
"Oh so how did you know I was smirking?" He asked. "Well...I just know!" I said and he laughs again, Argh...I hate it when somebody laughs at you but you don't see anything funny was happening so I have my eyebrows meeting towards each other, I'm just frustrated enough and now someone's laughing at me?
"Okaaay..You just know it, huh" He said "Hmmm..Then I bet a hundred jewels that just now you were doing the raising the eyebrow thingy then you have its end meeting towards each other."
"Ho..How did you know!?" I asked with my mouth gaping at what he just said "Can you see me? Are you somewhere near me?" I asked as I turn around to look if there's any Ice mage at sight.
"What? How can that be I'm way ooover the side you know." He said as he chuckled at me. "You are definitely Miss. Paranoid"
"Para...paranoid? Wow, Gray. Didn't know you know big words like that" I said as I tried to mock him
"...Well...there's a lot more things that you don't know about me" He said, and why does it sound so seductive!? WHY AM I BLUSHING!?
okay, Lucy breathe in and breathe out. It's just his voice, it just sounded so soothing and that's why you're blushing. I told myself as I fanned my red cheeks.
"Quiet now aren't we?" He said, "Wait maybe you're blushing." And I juw5 felt my heart stop! Just how did he know!? Is he actually near me right now? Watching me from afar? Making an embarrassment of myself?
"I...I'm not! Why would I?" I said, okay Lucy! Stop STUTTERING! Ladies don't stutter! "Anyway, how..how did you know the eyebrow thing?"
"...Just...Because." He said. Just because? Can that be a reason?
"Anyway, Gray have you seen anything? Metal stuff? Sexually frustrated dragon slayers or Levy-chan?" I asked changing the subject.
"Hmm...nothing. Just a few branches, big roots, large trees, pebbles, large boulders, some fallen leaves" He said
"Way too go Sherlock," I said as I rolled my eyes at what he said "We are in a forest Gray and you're supposed to see those things in a forest"
"Smartypants," He said
"Am not." I said
"How about you? Did you find anything?" He asked.
"Wait. Gimme a sec," I said then with the flash magic in my hand I tried to see if there is anything strange around me so I keep on walking...walking and.
"KYAAAAAAAAAA! Graaaaay!" I screamed as I desperately grab for something to hold on, letting go of the flash magic at my hand I was able to grab something.
"Lucy what happen?" Gray asked worriedly
"Nngg. Help! Gray!" I said as I feel my hand slipping from the mushy vine I desperately grab.
"Lucy? Where are you? Tell me what is happening?" He asked, his voice sounding frantic by the second.
"I'm somewhere south, and...my hand is slipping from the vine. Seems like I've fallen into some kind of hole and...just now I got a glimpse of hard rock thorn looking thingy at the bottom" I said as I try to climb up
"Luce" He said "Listen, you're in the southern whole ravine and just..just don't go anywhere and hold on to that vine until I come"
"Yeah, well it's not like I can just go anywhere you know? I'm hanging here down with a ravine with pointy spiky looking thingy" I said with sarcasm.
"Stop kidding now Lucy!" he exclaimed, is Gray mad?
"Aren't you wondering why that ravine looks like a whole and instead of water and rocks there's a pointy thingy waiting for you if you fall. Those are traps made by the old tribe who once lived here!"
"And why would they make traps like this?" I asked.
"What season is it now?" He said while panting
"Mating Season for Dragon...slayers?" Then my eyes widen in shock
"Don't tell me..."
"Yup, it's for those dragons/dragon slayer's that turned crazy during the first night and the last three nights," He said, "Most of those crazy dragon slayers go SOUTH."
"Why would they go south?" I asked and then he answered, "From what I've heard its because of their instincts to go south to do that."
"So if you know why didn't you tell me earlier?" I asked while trying to grope my way around the vine, then we could have just headed south to look for Levy.
"Sigh, This is a magical forest. Every night they change places so there's no definite map during the nighttime" He said.
Now everything makes sense! This is why Freed and the others chose this place for Laxus! So that no one can come here and since Freed can use runes he can find his way! Okay now if I could just climb up and go straight south then I can find Levy! Okay, I...I can do this! Just a little more push and...
"Lucy stop! Don't move! I'm telling you to stay still!" He said "If you move you'll fall"
"Uh-oh" I said as I saw the vine thing snapping "Too late for that"
And I was falling...
Is this the end?
I don't want to!
I have to save Levy.
I still want to go on missions with Erza, Happy, Gray and Natsu.
There are still a lot of things I want to say to him...
I still want to see Natsu!
Natsu.
"Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatsu!" I scream, as I cried out for his name.
Gosh, what am I doing? Natsu's under Freed's spell he won't wake up until morning comes and its only 11:58.
I feel tears falling down the corner of my eyes as I fall down the deep hole, It feels like Gray was calling out my name but nothing matters anymore...
I'm...I'm gonna die so,...
"LUCY!"
See even now I'm at the doorsteps of death I'm even hearing Natsu's voice.
"Gee, Just how much did I fell in love with him?" I whispered with choked tears as I close my eyes, I feel warm arms wrap around my waist.
"So you love me huh?" A voice said...wait, this voice...its...
"Lucy"
This voice...its...
"Open your eyes"
I felt my heart stop for the second time this night and it's not because I'm falling to some trap or something.
Its because he's right in front of my eyes. This is not a dream, right? I can feel Natsu's warm embrace.
"Natsu..." I said as I try not to cry but it seems like my tear glands and brain went into so much shock that it doesn't listen to me anymore, tears falling endlessly as if all the pent up frustration and emotions inside me was released.
"Oi...stop crying now. Sheesh," He said as he jumps from one rock to the other.
"You're...late...idiot," I said this time, I hug him tight. So tight that I'm afraid that I might fall and everything is just a dream.
"Well not really," He said as he took a big jump towards a safe place "You see just like in those novels that you love, Aren't the heroes suppose to be the last one to arrive to save the damsel in distress?"
"And since *sniff*when did you read books?" I asked still hugging him.
"Well since you've been making one?" He said with that innocent look of him.
Okay, that's it. Pheromones, Mating Season or not. I love this pink idiot.
End of Lucy's POV
-Meanwhile with Cana and Freed-
"Hey Cana are you sure this is the right way?" Freed ask
"Yeah, yeah. I told you to follow Mira's card and it will lead it to her" She said as she drink a secret stash of her beer "So just follow the damn card"
"Sigh, I told you to stop drinking cause you're-"
"Don't you dare say it." She said as she glared at him "Unless you want me to break that pretty nose you have." and that made Freed shut up.
He's pretty strict when it comes to hygiene and stuff so he doesn't really want to spend the rest of the night stopping blood gushing out from a broken nose.
"Cana" Freed asked seriously as he notices something is off the floating card.
"What?" She said looking pretty irritated.
"Are these things supposed to burn?" He asked
"Huh? Of course not!" She exclaimed, "It's protected by my magic so they don't break at all unless..." Cana opened her eyes to see if what Freed said was true.
"Is Mirajane in danger?" Freed asked
"Danger? More like they're halfway there! Mira's changing!" Cana said as she grabs a carpet card from her bag and summoned it
"What's this" Freed asked, amused by the flying carpet.
"Stole this from Aladdin and the magic lamp," She said making Freed look at her with a '-So-you-finally-did-it-huh-' earning him a big lump in the head
"I'm kidding dork! It's a new type of magic card I just bought!" She said as she jumps on it "This is a once in a lifetime chance! I'm going to give you a ride so hurry up!"
"Okay..but let me say one thing..I'm not good at fast, flying things without a...a seat belt and-" And before he can even finish saying it, as Cana made the thing go fast, really fast. While Freed is holding for his dear life.
Asking himself why am I even dating a sadistic girlfriend?
"Because you're a Masochistic Boyfriend and you're soooooooo madly in love with me, this great Cana-sama." Cana said as she glanced over at the pale looking Freed with her trademark smirk.
Did she hear that? Well, yup she did and he bet this hellish ride is just an appetizer for the bigger trouble to come.