A/N

Hey, so this is Remember, I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: Don't own Fairy Tail

Natsu and Lucy sit on their guild's roof watching as the sun rises on the new day. Today Fairy Tail is attacking the most fearsome dark guild yet, even stronger than Oracion Seis. Umbra Ultricies, the dark guild, is not only a threat to Fairy Tail and Magnolia, but to the entire world. They have made a way to absorb shadows to cloak themselves in the darkest magic. Unlike how Jellal and Lyon tried to resurrect demons, these mages are trying to become demons themselves. Lucy has had feelings for Natsu for a while and worries that if she doesn't tell him now, she might never get the chance, so gathering up her courage she pecks him on the cheek. Natsu turns around surprised and then smiles his signature grin before stealing a real kiss from her. It is Lucy's turn to be shocked; she hadn't expected that Natsu would share her feelings.

"I've wanted to do that for a long time, Luce," he tells her smiling. Lucy smiles back happily. The sunlight makes her blond hair appear golden and her chocolate eyes flash.

"Me too, Natsu. We've had quite a while to get to know each other, huh." Lucy leans on Natsu's shoulder, the one with his Fairy Tail emblem on it.

"Yeah, remember when we first met?" Natsu asks her. Lucy nods and Natsu continues, "You got captured by that fake Salamander and I had to blow up his ship and then you came with Happy and me to Fairy Tail." Lucy laughs, this makes Natsu smile; he loves the sound of her laugh.

"And remember that time when I got captured by Phantom Lord and I jumped out of the sky prison? I'm so glad you were there to catch me; otherwise I would have been a Lucy-pancake!" Natsu's black eyes dance with fire as looks into Lucy's brown ones. She gulps, this is the time to say her feelings, "Natsu," Lucy pauses and takes his large, warm hand in her own, "I love you," she admits almost silently. Natsu with his Dragon Slayer hearing can hear her though.

He squeezes her hand, "I love you too, Luce." He gets that slightly maniacal look, "We'll beat Umbra Ultricies for sure! I'm all fired up and now I have even more reason to win!"

Lucy smiles again at his enthusiasms, but it's slightly sad, "Natsu," she pauses and he looks over at her, concerned at the change in tone, "I have a bad feeling about this attack, that's why I was able to pull my nerves together enough to tell you. In-incase…" Natsu stops her by placing a warm finger from his free hand to her lips.

The familiar glint of determination appears in his dark eyes as he speaks, "Nothing is going to happen. Especially to the girl I love. Not only will you, me, Erza, Gray, Wendy, Master, Juvia and the rest of the guild be there, Lyon, Sherry, Jura, Jellal, Meredy, Ultear and those idiots from Blue Pegasus, Hibiki, Ren, Eve and Ichiya will join us! We ain't gonna lose!" Lucy's eyes shimmer with tears; she loves this boy so much. This crazy, hot headed, rash, irresponsible, sweet, strong, loyal boy. Lucy didn't want to lose anyone from her beloved guild, but definitely not Natsu.

She nods, "Of course, Natsu. But, just incase, you never know with these things." Natsu, knowing his point had gotten across nods and hugs her into his abnormally warm chest. He breathes in her scent; he's not planning on losing, but you can always be on the safe side. She smells like vanilla and lemons; he will never forget this scent, no matter what. Lucy nuzzles her face in the crook of his neck, enjoying his body's warmth. They sit there for a moment, memorizing everything they can about the other. Eventually, they break apart, the sun has risen and they must prepare for the attack. There are no words to be said so they silently make their way down from the roof to the main hall of the guild.

No one questions their sudden appearance together, they're all too agitated. Most are practicing their magic, just a bit more, trying out new abilities and cleaning up old ones. Gajeel and Laxus are in one corner brawling in between Gajeel's snacks of steel. Erza is trying on different armors while Gray practices his Ice Make magic, shirtless like usual. Cana is so intent on her cards that she hasn't even touched her drink. Elfman and Mira turn into their full body takeovers before quickly switching back so as not to exhaust their power.

Master speaks up, "Enough everyone, I am sure that you all with fight well and use your abilities in the best way you know how, we don't want you running out of magic energy before we've even began now do we!?" Everyone stops, but not knowing what to do anymore there's a few people pacing and moving around while some start up little conversations. Natsu and Lucy walk over to Happy, Carla, Wendy, Gray and Erza.

"Hey, guys. You ready for this?" Natsu asks, already psyched.

"I guess, ash-brain," Gray responds, somehow his shirt is back on.

"What'd you just call me pervert?" Natsu retorts, fists burning.

Gray gets into his fight position, "Ice MAKE…" he stops when Lucy lays a hand on Natsu's shoulder. He and Natsu fight consistently, but he thinks he's enough of a gentleman not to get Lucy involved...most of the time.

"Stop it you two! We have a serious battle coming up and we can't be fighting amongst ourselves!" Both aggressive boys nod, calling a truce for now. Just then, the door bangs open and in walks the mages from the other guilds. They walk up to Master and talk with him.

Master yells to the entire guild, "Now is the time! We'll go against Umbra Ultricies my children!" Everyone in the guild cheers, ready to fight. They all charge out of the doors, normally Natsu would be in front only surpassed by Jet, leaving everyone else behind, but this time he goes at Lucy's pace.

-Line Break-

All the mages are fighting their hardest, but these mages of Umbra Ultricies are incredibly powerful and play dirty. Gray is cornered by three of the dark mages and can't use offensive magic. Erza is busying herself destroying one particularly strong dark mage who is wrapped in shadows, his red eyes glowing. He sends out a shadow tendril that starts choking Erza until Cana destroys it using a lightning bolt from her cards. Erza sends a grateful glance her way while catching her breath before beginning a renewed attack in her Heaven's Armor. Lyon and Sherry are facing off with two dark mages and, Gajeel and Natsu are fighting the master of the guild. Lucy even has a mage to herself as Happy and Carla are helping Wendy and Natsu.

"Open Gate of the Lion!" Lucy calls, summoning Loke, her trusty lion spirit to battle. The dark mage smirks, and speaks into her mind "A celestial mage, huh. I love destroying these ones, their shadows are so tasty!" Lucy shivers as the words vibrate in her head.

"We'll see about that!" Loke shouts back, having heard Lucy through their celestial connection. As Loke throws his punches at the mage, he zips away and appears behind Lucy, pushing her to the ground. Before Loke even realizes he's been outmaneuvered, the dark mage touches Lucy's forehead and starts muttering. Luckily, just in time, Gray tackles him having broken free of the mages that had cornered him. The spell is interrupted, but who knows what effect what he managed to do may have anyway. Gray quickly casts a magic spell on the dark mage that pierces through his torso before freezing him solid. Lucy's eyes flutter and she reaches out to Gray as he looks back at her.

"T-tell Natsu I'll always remember," she bids him as her eyes close. Panicked he checks to see if she's still breathing, she is so she's just unconscious, but why would she tell him that like they were her final words? Gray shrugs, she'll probably be fine, she was just being overdramatic like usual. He goes back to join the fight, leaving her in the hands of Wendy and Carla who aren't fighting, just taking care of the wounded. Markarov joins the battle and soon most of the dark guild is wiped out. There are a only few stragglers left. Jellal takes care of one and Gray another. Erza finishes off two and Master, Natsu and Gajeel beat the dark guild's master to a pulp. Both Natsu and Gajeel were scaly from the amount of power they used, eyes and hair resembling a wild animal's. After dragging their comrades out of the dark guild, Natsu has the honor of demolishing it. He gets that impish grin as his entire body is engulfed in flame and he punches the guild into rubble.

When Natsu's done he looks around puppy like for Lucy, when he can't find her among the healthy he starts to freak out. "WHERE'S LUCY!" he screams.

He starts running around frantically until stopped with a good punch in the jaw from Gray who isn't tending to anyone wounded. "She's over there you flame-breath idiot!" Natsu nods and doesn't even call Gray a name before rushing over to Lucy.

Natsu's worry level isn't relieved when he sees her laying there unconscious. "What'd you do to her, frostbite-boxers?!"

"I saved her from that creepy dark mage who was doing a spell on her, pinky!"

"Oh," is Nastu's only response to that. He leans down and whispers in Lucy's ear, "Hey, Luce, it's me, you can wake up now." He's disappointed when she doesn't even move, she looks dead, the only indication that she lives is the light pulse in her wrist.

Gray squats down next to Natsu, "I almost forgot to tell you, but before she went unconscious, she asked me to tell you that she would always remember, whatever that means."

"Thanks, Gray," Natsu replies quietly, staring at Lucy's face. She has a large gash on her cheek and loads of minor scratches everywhere. Her clothes are torn, but nothing more than usual is being revealed. Nastu kisses her on the lips and Gray's eyes widen.

"Whoa, dude! You can't take advantage of a girl like that!"

"I wasn't taking advantage; she wouldn't have minded, she told me she loves me this morning," Natsu replies calmly, an attribute that is never associated with him. Gray looks a little surprised, but nods and wanders off to check on others. Soon, everyone is patched up by Wendy, well everyone except Lucy who's exterior wounds are healed but is still unconscious. "WHY WON'T SHE WAKE UP?!" Natsu demands stomping around, eyes and fists burning.

Not knowing what else to do for the blond girl, Natsu scoops her up in his arms and carries her as everyone goes back to Fairy Tail. During a moment when he thought no one else was watching, Natsu allowed a few tears to slip from his eyes; Lucy had said she had a bad feeling and something bad had happened.

The trek back to Fairy Tail is long and Natsu is very tired when he arrives, but he can't rest yet. Natsu brings Lucy upstairs to the guild's infirmary rooms. He chooses one with similar décor to her house, a bed with pink comforters, a desk and a nice dresser. Natsu lays her gently in the bed and covers her with the blanket.

Placing his head in his hands he mumbles to her sleeping form, "I'll wait, Lucy. I'll remember and stay here until you come back to me. I know that you should be awake by now, but you're not. Don't worry me like this Lucy, wake up already! I-I feel like I may have to wait a long time. I'll wait for as long as I have to though, I'll take care of you. I'll be right here when you wake up." Happy flies in, lies down by Lucy and cries quietly, also sensing that she may be gone for a long time.

No one expected how long.

A/N

And that's the first chapter! Please tell me what you think, I love anything I get. Please forgive me if I didn't portray the characters quite right and for not having a very long battle scene; I didn't really know what to do with it and it was supposed to be about Lucy getting hurt.

~Maggie