The Blood Sorceress (Natsu x reader)

Chapter 11: The Black Dragon

Y/n's POV

Master walked up to me. "Thank you for helping the others out in the fight with Grimoire Heart,"

"You don't need to thank me. I might be distant, but I'm still part of the guild," I smiled. I didn't realize Natsu was listening to our conversation.

"So, are you planning to go away on missions as you used to or will you stay this time?" he asked, seriously.

"I'll go as soon as we head back," I wanted to ask him to take care of Joy but someone interrupted us.

"You're going to leave?" Natsu asked, behind me. Why did he have to make things so complicated? He didn't I was going to stay, did he?

"The S-class Promotion Trial is not happening. There is no reason for me to stay any longer," I said in a monotone.

"Are you sure there's no reason?" he asked, clearly hurt.

"Yeah, I'm sure," I said, without a second thought.

"I can't believe you could just say that so casually. Like it didn't even matter," he said. Now, everyone was looking at us. I rolled my eyes.

"What do you want from me?" I groaned, trying to walk away but he caught my hand. I turned around as I tried to pull my hands, but his grip was too tight. It was actually hurting a bit. His eyes were fixated on mine. Was he trying to read me or something? Why did things always turn out so complicated? I sighed.

"What's the matter with you?" I said, coldly. He pulled my hands and took me away from others.

As soon as he stopped, I pulled my hands back.

"Do you really not care?" he asked, turning to me.

I looked in his eyes. I was going to say 'yes', but somehow, I could not speak. I realized I couldn't lie to him.

I looked at my feet, "I never said I didn't care. We're in the same guild and we used to be friends,"

"Used to be? Is that we're were now? You saw Lisanna, right?" he said.

"Why do you even care so much? It's been years since we last talked. Why don't you just take the hint and move on?" I asked coldly.

"Because we're friends. Friends don't give up on each other, ever. Just like I said before, I don't care how long it takes, I'll never give up on you, ever. I can't afford to lose you," he said.

Flashback~

"Please, don't leave. I can't afford to lose you, too," Natsu cried. I pulled my hands from his grasp. My bangs were covering my eyes, "I'm sorry, Natsu,"

"Y/n, you can't be serious. Lisanna is not here anymore. We're both suffering. We need to stick together," he said with wide eyes, tears spilling.

"You don't understand. I just can't be here. I-I need some time," I said, as calmly as possible.

"Y/n, please don't say that. We promised to never leave each other's side. You're...my best friend," Natsu pleaded.

"Natsu, from this today, we're not friends. It's time we move on. I'm sorry, but I need to go. Come on, Joy," I said.

"Are you actually leaving?" Gray asked, hiding his tears.

"Are you sure?" Erza asked, sobbing.

"I...I'll be back soon," I lied. They nodded.

Flashback ended~

That was the last time we talked until today.

"And I know you don't actually mean that we're not friends. You just said you cared. I know you. I know you care about me and our friendship as much as I do. I don't know what happened and you don't need to tell me, but please don't give up on our friendship, just yet. I beg you," he said, tears falling from his eyes. He wiped it as he turned to walk away.

I fell on my legs. Tears rolled down my cheeks like a stream of water.

"I'm sorry for hurting you. It's just too hard. I am so confused and scared. I don't know what to do. Every day just seems like a blur. I miss you all so bad, but I just can't...go back to the way it was. I just can't...I am sorry," I cried. I sobbed. I had never cried since that day. Until today. I just couldn't help it. That is why I never wanted to come back. So that I didn't have to go through the pain, again. Selfish, right? I ended up hurting the rest of those near me.

"Y/n, wh—" Just as he was about to ask, a loud dragon cry interrupted him. My heart had never beaten so hard as it did at that moment. I felt as if the grim reaper was coming to take our souls but in the form of a black dragon, named Acnologia. As the dragon landed in front of us. It roared, and it was like something I'd never seen before. Its power seemed so out of my reach. Something that I never thought I would ever see.

My eyes widened. It all happened so fast. I could hear Master asking us to leave, to run as he transformed in his giant form. Natsu took my hand and ran as fast as his legs could take him. I ran behind him, closely following. There was one question in all our minds. What was going to happen now? We couldn't shake the fact that this might actually be the death of all of us, and Gramps would probably be the one to die first.

None of us had felt so helpless. There was nothing we could do except run for our lives. I stopped.

"Are we actually going to run away?" I asked. Everyone looked at me. They had guilt all over the faces.

"I'll go help Gramps. You guys evacuate as fast as possible," I said. I pulled my hands from Natsu's grasp before he could react and ran back.

As I returned, my legs were shaking. I tried to remain in a calm posture. Master was about to collapse. That was my chance, but somehow, I could not move. Just then, a fire dragon roar hit the dragon. Then a Lightning Dragon Roar followed several other spells. I gave my best Blood Dragon Roar I could muster at the moment. All of our attacks combined could have easily torn down the whole Magnolia. But somehow the dragon remained scratch less. For a split second, I thought it looked at me with widened eyes as if it recognized me.

I breathed heavily. My attack had weakened me. But it was not over. I couldn't shake the feeling that the dragon was toying with us. Like our attacks were only like a tickle on its huge body. As I studied it, I realized it was true. We were actually helpless. All we could do was wait for our death.

Master then asked us to hold our hands to combine our magic powers and attack it with all we've got. I realized that if we did that, we might actually have a chance. To stay alive, not defeat it. Defeating it seemed as though impossible.

We all trusted each other. As the dragon roared, combined our magic powers and created a final attack to end it all. The impact was frightening. After that, everything vanished as we all fell into a deep slumber that lasted for seven years.

Was it finally over? Was I going to get my wish? Would I meet Cassie in the afterlife? Would I get the chance to apologize to her? But I didn't want to. I didn't want to die just yet.

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