Die For You (On Hiatus!)

The Mission That'll Change Everything!

The mission was supposed to be simple.

It was a request for Team Natsu to take down a small Dark Guild that has been destroying and killing villagers in the near area.

Unfortunately the whole team wasn't present. Lucy, Wendy, Carla and even surprisingly Happy had went on another mission to stop a small group of bandits that's terrorizing a small town.

Either way, the remaining team members had accepted the desperate request; not wanting to ruin the guilds reputation.

That leads to the present, where the three were finishing up their task.

The last member being the Dark Guild Master. And to make the matter worst, Gray and Erza were already down. They were too tired and empty with magical power to help.

But thankfully, so was the Dark Guild Master, as well.

But then all of the sudden, the Dark Guild Master had enchanted a spell.

A spell that not only will kill its appoint but also the caster.

Sensing something was about to happen, Natsu ran ahead with a flaming fist and a roar to stop the Guild Master...

But, it was to late.

"NO!" He shouted as the spell was sent in their direction. Without any time to waste, he suddenly threw himself in front of the exhausted Gray and Erza; shielding them from the deadly attack.

Everything went in slow motion, as Gray and Erza watched, helplessly, as their fellow guild mate shielded them from the spell.

Their eyes widening in horror and in shock. Images of their loved ones from their past had flashed before their very eyes as they watched Natsu shield them and get pierced.

"NATSU!!!" They'd shouted.

A loud piercing scream ripped through Natsu's throat and echoed across the destroyed guild; the sound haunting them, forever.

Crimson liquid gushed, everywhere.

With a loud, sickening thump, Natsu collapsed backwards and onto the rubble; laying cold and motionless.

Blood leaked down his forehead, down his chin, then the floor; making more blood surround him.

His chest heaved; desperately, gasping in for much needed air to enter his bloody lungs, but it was hopeless from the large, bloody gash through his chest.

The two instantly stood up; ignoring their aching muscles and exhaustion.

They stood frozen and in horror from the scene they just witness and what lays before them; before they shouted the fallen boy's name and ran to him.

They fell onto his bleeding side and instantly held onto his pale hands, tightly, into their own warm ones as if he'll disappear any moment, if they didn't.

Natsu struggled to look up with blurry, dulled eyes to them who's staring down at him with horror, concern, and tearful faces; a look he had never seen from the two, before.

"Gr-ay?... Er-za?" He coughed loudly and chocked on in blood; sounding so weak and so little with his stuttering; the sound send pain and sadness to their aching hearts.

"Idiot! What were you thinking?!" Gray sobbed, not caring about showing his emotions to them.

"You're so reckless!" Erza agreed and cried, besides him.

Natsu coughed loudly, again; hacking up a large amount of blood and making the two flinch and become more alert.

His blurry eyes looked back up only to distantly find the two looking terrified and anxious. And as his vision, slowly, blacken, he whispered. "I-I...I rather s-sacrifice myself, t-then to s-see you bo-th die." He stuttered.

They looked down at the younger boy in tears, pain, and anger. "Natsu! You can't leave us! You told me 'We don't die for your friends, we live for them'! So live, Natsu!!!" Erza sounded close to breaking.

Gray nodded, shakily, besides her. "Yeah, Flamebrain! You can't give up! You can't die now! PLEASE! What will Lucy, Happy, and the others would do without you? WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT YOU?!" Gray cried, harder.

Natsu looked up at them painfully. "Guys..."

"Ye-yes?" They questioned.

"Y-you two and the o-others will need to move on. Y-You will h-have too. Please, l-live on f-or me." He raised his hands from their strong grasp and to their cheeks; shakily wiping away their tears. They grabbed onto the boy's hand's to their teary cheeks.

"Please... PLEASE, DON'T LEAVE US!!! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU!!! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANYONE, ANYMORE!!! NATSU!!!!" Erza shouted out, hysterically.

"I-it will be a-aright.... I p-promise... I'm not g-going to l-leave f-forever.... We'll s-simply be s-separated for a-a short w-while, thats a-all.... We'll s-see each other, o-one day." He tried to reassure them.

"W-When that d-day comes, we'll a-all be t-together; con-continuing o-on our a-adventures.... I-I promise... Until, t-then... P-Please, live o-on for m-me...." He whispered and stopped breathing.

His chest stopped raising.

The hand's that were touching their cheeks, had fallen limply onto the cold, bloody ground.

His head slumped back. His pink hair leaning against the ground. His eyes were left open; the light disappearing, and dull green eyes stared upwards at nothing.

Time seemed to have stop for them, and they didn't recall screaming, as they slowly watched their beloved comrade pass away in front of them.

~Fin!