You're Warm (Fairy Tail)

Conflicted Emotions

You're Warm

Chapter 15: Conflicted Emotions

In anger, Sakura snarled where the patients warily looked over to her direction in caution. With heavy pants making her chest constrict, she glared at Erza with all her might before wincing at her bullet injuries. "You people are nothing more than pathetic little pests that do nothing more than to irritate me whenever you ignore her," she seethed before pushing Takuto away.

With one final inhale of Igneel's scent, she snarled and felt the need to splatter some blood all over the floor. Slowly lifting up her glowing red eyes, she began to walk over to Gray where Takuto wrapped his arms around her to prevent her from getting any closer to the raven.

"Let me stain his blood into my hair and make it grow more bloody crimson! If only she didn't exist - If only she didn't come into his life and overtake his freedom! She took away my only family that knew who I was!" she screamed before more the same doctor that had treated her came running to their direction in the hallway.

Her eyes filling up in tears, she gave out a painful bellow where their hearts sunk into their stomachs. Giving out a roar that was strong, yet wavering with nothing more than pain and sorrow, she slowly sunk to the floor as her body shook and jolted at the overbearing emotions that flooded her.

Eyes all directed at her as she punched the floor where a small crater was made, she laid there on the floor. "She doesn't deserve this amount of pain... No one does... But why is she causing this for all of us? Lucy's innocent - Why hunt her down?" she continued.

Giving out a stressed sigh, Takuto slowly went on his knees and was about to scoop her up into his arms. Erza and Gray widening their eyes as they watched her reject his actions, they looked at each other in confusion before guilt settled into their bodies. They once believed that following Natsu was a good idea since he was always the positive one - Now look at the results.

Everything around them was slowly chipping and breaking apart.

The one positive and bright child was now a weak, and an isolated woman. The one that had a burning, passionate love for everyone around her was now a torn up and inflicted person. The one that was seemingly innocent and curious... Was now a demon tearing up the hearts of what she seems as a threat to her life...

Watching as Sakura slowly hauled herself up from the ground, their eyes followed her as she unsteadily walked down the hallway in silence. Her bangs covering her dull, emotionless eyes; She continued to walk before she disappeared as she made a sharp turn at an intersection.

"This is all messed up..." Gray sighed as he felt an icy shiver running up his spines. Walking over to the seats, he dropped himself onto the plastic furniture and looked down to his shoes as if it were to be so amazing that he entered into his own little world straight away.

With the other three watching, Erza shook her head and crossed her arms as she turned her attention from Gray over to the mysterious boy that would only talk to them when necessary. Her eyes trying to decipher his emotions as he slowly stood up, she opened her mouth to speak.

She needed to tell him what they knew. She had to. She knew she had to since he too, disliked Lisanna from top to bottom.

Sakura and her boyfriend, Takuto, hated Lisanna to their very soul. They know things that they don't - They are the force which holds things together and prevents bad endings from happening...

"She's blackmailing him..."

"We know..." a voice replied. Everyone's heads turning to Sting and Rogue, she raised a brow as Sting crossed his arms with his brows furrowed. "We know, and we don't plan on letting her touch the blondie," he added on where Takuto sighed and walked passed them.

The boy stopping in between them but at a distance, his hidden eyes glinted a deadly intention. "Do not disappoint her," he muttered under his breath before turning to look at the doctor that was watching them with observing eyes.

Cocking his head, the doctor simply nodded and followed where Takuto began his search for the crimson that was possibly relieving some stress somewhere far away to make an emotional escape.

As the two of them left, Erza opened and closed her mouth in shock as no words were forming in her mouth. For so long, she had forgotten their existence within the school that she has attending for years. To now know that Sakura was well prepared for the upcoming future, she swallowed down her bewildered feelings to only give them a very stern look.

"You've been stalking Lucy?" she asked as she balled her fists.

Sting scoffing, he shrugged her accusations off and gave her a smug look. "Ever since her little runaway moment, we haven't even seen her in school. Do you think we even know where she lives?" he cockily replied to which Rogue gave him a pointed look.

The Shadow Dragon Slayer turning to look at her, he gave her a expressionless look - Something that he had stopped doing since their former principal's disappearance. "You can't be angry at us. We're here because Sakura gave us a chance. You however... Are the people that you should be angry at," he stated where Erza's face dropped.

Her fists unrolling, she ran her fingers through her long hair with a long agitated sigh. "I'm sorry. I'm just annoyed that we've neglected Lucy for this long," she apologised.

Rogue rolling his eyes, he then shook his head as he slipped his hands into his pockets. Looking at Sting, they began to walk away where Sting suddenly stopped to look back at them. "We'll be back. While we're away, don't let the bitch nor her puppy come into the room," he said before walking off without another word left behind.

Gray looking up, he looked over to Erza that was frowning. "We should've apologised to her earlier," he muttered where she dropped onto the seat beside him.

Her head resting against the wall, she closed her eyes and sighed. "I know. We were foolish to follow him. Look where it had lead us to now," she replied before the door of Lucy's room opened to reveal the doctor in charge of her case.

"Where's Sakura and her mate?" he asked as he wearily eyed the two.

Both of them standing up, they looked at each other before Erza replied to him. "They left sir. You can tell us the details and we'll relay them to her," she said where the doctor shook his head.

"I'm sorry but I believe I should tell Sakura rather than giving confidential information to two individuals that haven't visited this hospital before," he replied where Gray eyed his name tag.

"Doctor Samuel. Aren't you breaking your code of conduct by telling Sakura?" he accused where the doctor widened his eyes.

Samuel shaking his head, he slipped out of the room and turned back to say something to the nurse helping him before closing the door slowly. Holding his clipboard to his side, he stood straight and still. "Sakura has been here helping our hospital since her... Family member passed. She has been helping us and has received a certificate in healing patients with a high degree. She is an on-and-off certified healer here in this hospital," he informed before checking his clipboard.

"I am certainly not breaking any laws by informing an employee on Miss Heartfilia's condition," he bluntly concluded before excusing himself.

Before he brushed pass them though, he stopped. "You're able to visit her by the way. Just don't wake her up," he stated before walking off.

Gray balling his fists, he began to walk towards Lucy's room where Erza stopped him. "We shouldn't go in..." she said where he gave her a bewildered look.

"She's our childhood friend," he reasoned where she shook her head.

"She's our childhood friend that we've broken," she stated.

His head dropping, he clicked his tongue before they walked away from the door which separated the blonde from themselves. Knowing that she was far from the Lucy that they've known for so long, they knew that they have no other choice but to be angry at themselves for not being able to bring their mistreatment to a stop.

Walking, they listened to the echoing roar from who they knew was the crimson. With their heads hung low, all they knew was that they've ruined an irreplaceable bond with the two conflicted girls.