- - The Next Day - -
Natsu's POV
When I woke up this morning I felt a weight on my chest and not the normal kind of weight I get when Happy ends up sleeping on me. It wasn't an uncomfortable kind of weight it's just different from Happy... But then it only took me a couple of seconds to realize that it was Lucy who was on my chest since she is the only other person in my house right now and when I felt her breathing was even I knew she was still sleeping... When I finally opened my eyes I can see that her little head was on my chest and both her little arms were curled up on both sides of her but I can see she was being very careful of her sprained wrist and that made me very happy to see cause I really want it to heal the right way...( By the way it was her right wrist that was sprained )That's when I also notice Happy was curled into my left side and he was also still sleeping and every now and again I would hear him mumble about fish in his sleep... After a couple of minutes with just laying there I looked to my side where my clock was and when I read that it was 11 in the morning and I looked down at Lucy and Happy and it looked like they weren't going to wake up any time soon... We did get home pretty last night and I really don't want to wake her up because she looks so peaceful but... I'm getting really hungry and I really REALLY want some food and its getting late...
" Luuucyyyyy... Lucy it's time to wake up " I say with my sweetest voice while rubbing small circles on her little back hoping that this would also wake her up... After a couple of minutes of just laying here rubbing her back I felt her stir a little
" But Natsuuuu " Lucy mumbles with a very sleepy voice and then she started to rub her eyes with her little hand that is not injured and I lightly laugh at her cuteness
" No buts... It's almost noon so it's time to wake up little one... We can also go to the guild and get something to eat for lunch " I say in my sweet voice again and the moment I mentioned food Happy sat up really fast with a bit of drool coming out of his mouth... Probably thinking about fish like he normal does... " How does that sound? " I add
" Okay... Dat sounds good... "Lucy says while sitting up a little while rubbing her little eyes more and when it looked like she was going to get off me fully, and crawl off the bed I just wrapped my arms around her and got up out of bed, because I really don't want her walking right now when she looks like tired still while her leg is still injured... When I got out of bed I made my way out of my room and over to her room so she can get dressed and ready for the day...
" Do you need help getting dressed or do you want to do it by yourself? " I ask while setting her down carefully on the ground next to her bed
" Ummmm... Ummm can you help me please? " Lucy asks very shyly while looking at the ground while twisting her pointer fingers together and I just lightly laugh at her shyness...
" Of course... What do you want to wear today? " I ask while walking over to her closet where all her stuff are all at... When I didn't hear her say anything I look back at her and she had a little thinking face on while her little finger was on her chin... I lightly laugh with a smile on my face and I just wait for her to decide... After a couple of minutes of her thinking over what she wanted to wear Lucy finally picked a light blue dress with a dark blue bow in the middle, so when I grabbed the dress out of the closet I walked over to Lucy and helped her get out of her pajama's and then into her dress... After I help Lucy get ready for the day I carried her out to the living room and turned on my TV lacrima for her to watch something while I get ready myself. When I walk back in my room I asked Happy to sit out with Lucy so she isn't alone and it only took me a couple of minutes to get dressed... When I was ready for the day I walked back out of my room and over to the front door to my shoes on and I also grabbed Lucy's little shoes and walked over to the couch to put them on her then I finally turned off the TV lacrima" Are you ready to go to the guild? " I ask with a big smile
" Yes please... " Lucy says with a big smile on her little face and then she put her little arms up silently asking to be picked up. After I picked Lucy up she rested her head on my shoulder and she also grabbed my vest with her good hand. When I felt another weight on my other shoulder I made my way to my front door and out of my house while locking the door behind me. Then I made my way to the guild; When we got to the guild I open the door carefully again and I make my way over to the bar where Mira was standing cleaning a glass...
" Good afternoon Lucy and Natsu " Mira says when I sat down and placed Lucy on my lap and Happy fly off of my shoulder and on the bar counter
" Good afternoon Mira " Lucy says with so much happiness in her voice and with a big smile on her little face
" Afternoon Mira " I say with a small smile
" What can I get you guys? " Mira asks while putter the glass and rag down
" Can I get my extra spicy chicken wings... what about you Lucy? " I say to Mira and ask Lucy
" Can please get... chicken nuggets and a strawberry milk shake Mira " Lucy asks extremely sweetly
" Of course you can.. I'll be right back with your food " Mira says and then she heads back to the kitchen to get started on our order... That's when I decided to move over to a booth so I picked Lucy back up and I walked over to an empty booth and sat down while setting Lucy next to me; After we finished our lunch there was a blinding light right next to me for a couple of seconds
DING DONG
When the light died down I looked to my side and found Aquarius floating there but I didn't understand why she was even there... I didn't even see Lucy summon her here...
" Aqua what are you doing here? " Lucy asks while turning her head to the side... So Lucy didn't summon her here...
" I came to have a word with the fire dragon slayer " Aquarius says with a bored tone and I was shocked that she wanted to talk with me " But I need to speak with him alone... If you don't mind little one? " Aquarius adds
" Of course Aqua " Lucy says with a sad tone and I didn't like the tone she was using and I was about to say something to make her feel better when I heard the front doors open and I see Laxus and Bickslow with his ' babies ' walk in. That's when I had the best idea so I pick Lucy up and stand up
" I'll be right back " I say to Aquarius and I didn't even wait for her to respond and I just walked right over to Laxus and Bickslow " Yo Laxus... Would you mind looking after Lucy for a little bit? " I ask with some hope in my voice
" Why? " Laxus asks and I take a deep breath
" Well I was hoping you can look after her while I speak with her Spirit Aquarius over there... She wants to talk with me alone and I figured she would feel comfortable being alone with you guys... Right Lucy? " I say to Laxus and at the end I ask Lucy while looking down at her
" Yeah " Lucy mumbles while looking down
" So can you watch her for a little please? " I ask now looking at Laxus
" Sure " Laxus says and then he walks closer to me and I hand Lucy over to him and when Laxus was carrying Lucy she rested her head on his shoulder. With out another word Laxus, Bickslow and Lucy goes to the second floor and I walk back over to where Aquarius is floating
" Do you want to speak here or do you want to take this out side? " I ask
" Outside I don't want Lucy over hearing us " Aquarius says and I just nod my head and we make our way over to the back doors. When we got outside I made sure we were at a good distance away from the guild just to make sure Lucy doesn't accidentally over hears us...
" What did you want to tell me? " I ask as soon as I turned around to face Aquarius
" I know what Jude was planning to fully do to Lucy " Aquarius says with a little bit of a sad tone and that made me worry
" What was he planning?? " I ask needing to know what that man was up to and what he wants to do to Lucy
" As you already know Lucy got two lacrima's placed in her left eye but...Jude was wanting to take things a little further and well he was wanting to place one more dragon slayer lacrima in her left eye... I don't know what element but she ran away before he was able to do it.. I was just glad when she did.. " Aquarius says with so much sadness in her voice and I didn't know what to say to that... Why does he want to put his own child through that kind of hell... I know my inner dragon was growling and it took me a lot to not go and find that bastard and beat him to a pulp for even thinking of doing all that to our kin...
" Do you know why he wanted to put three lacrima's in Lucy? " I ask really needing to know this
" The only thing I know is that Jude was going to sell Lucy to a dark guild right after he placed the lacrima's in... I know after he placed the first one in she became a second generation dragon slayer... When he placed the second lacrima in her eye we found out that she immune to all eye magic... I have no idea what the third would do... That's if she even survived from it... Lucy barely made it past the second lacrima... " Aquarius says and after hearing I almost lost her before I even got the chance to meet her just made my blood boil and I had to take a deep breath before I spoke again...
" So do you think he will try to get her back? " I ask but I think I already know the answer to that question...
" Yes " Aquarius says and after a couple of minutes in complete silence there was this bright light again that made me look away. When the light died down I looked back up to see Aquarius gone and I stayed outside for a little bit longer to calm myself down before going back in the guild... After about 20 minutes of calming myself down I walk back in the guild and I go over to the stairs and then I walk up to the second level to come to sight I always like seeing... Lucy was sitting on the floor with Bickslow and they were both laughing at something and his ' babies ' were floating around them. I didn't want to interrupt them so I just stood at the top step looking at them with a small smile. Then out of no where Laxus comes over to me with Mira by his side and when they get in front of me I never take my eyes off of Lucy
" What did the sprite want to tell you? " Laxus asks with a bored tone and I took a deep breath and I look at them and I told them what Aquarius told me quietly and I kept looking over at Lucy making sure she doesn't hear what I'm saying... After I told them everything Mira looked horrified and Laxus looked just as pissed as I was when I first heard it... So I gave them a couple of minutes to process everything that I've said... Mira just walks back down stairs looking really sad and Laxus and I walk over to where his team was sitting and I just sat down looking over at Lucy and when she saw me she flashed her bight big smile at me and then continued doing what she was doing with Bickslow and his ' babies '.
I hope you guys are enjoying this story... I only had up to chapter 3 already writen so I dont know when I'll have chapter 4 up...
And thank you to those who have been commenting on my other 2 chapters