when stars meet

10: A Cold Fist

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Star X

Natsu POV
I tried looking for Luce but I felt a cold fist. It was cold as ice that's been in the freezer for a decade. The fist hit my cheek and it got really cold and numb. I couldn't even open my jaw.

There was only one person who would punch me that hard. Gray.

"Oi Flamebrain! Why did you ditch me?", he moaned with the look in his eyes.

I tried to warm my body up especially the cheek. Jeez, he's giving me goosebumps.

"This ain't a stripping club, this is a gambling club!",I replied with my face rubbing his face so hard it could squash like a bug.
Then we stepped back and started a fight. We stood in our fighting position. The audience started to run out of the arcade. 1...2...3...4...START!
Our fists were about to hit each other but I didn't hit him. I heard a sound as if there was a cold breeze passing by a bell.

It was...

Lucy POV
Me! He punched me! It hurts so much. I just got hit by a pistol!! I tried to stop them but I only got to stop gray. I made Natsu punch the air but Gray hit me in the arm. Sadly, I collapsed on the stop and could only stand for a few seconds.

The last thing I saw was my friends surrounding me. Then my vision went pitch black. Who knew these people are stronger than look? I feel so weak that I can't move a muscle.

*timeskip-a few hours later*

~dream~
I'm at the celestial world again? I wonder what that dragon wants now.
I wonder around to find the spirit who called me because lately I've been sent to the celestial space.

After what seemed like 10 minutes, I found someone hiding behind a pillar. I looked behind it and it was a man with red hair, mysterious eyes , a ragged black cloak and sandals. I don't sense any magic coming from him. He just looks like someone powerful and unknown.

I asked him,"Who are you? Were you the one who called me?", as I walk closer to him slowly with my hands ready to grab my keys.

"You don't remember me? Look at the key that's glowing!",the man replied revealing his true culture. A funny, careless person. I looked at my keys and he was right but this key. It's the one that stupid dragon decided to join.

I thought about it carefully since he already knows about my keys. Red like the dragon, careless like him...OH ITS THAT DRAGON!

"Seems like you remember me now:)
Also it's glowing, not because I want you to summon me, I'm just trying to send you a message saying that I'm sorry because of my son..."

"Your son? Who?"

"That silly salmon head"

"NATSU, THAT IDIOT?"

"Yes, well I've got to go now so when I want you to summon me, the key will glow and brighter than the sun that it will blind you...", He trails off as it gradually gets to blind my eyes.
~dream ends~

I wake up and hear the sounds of beeping beside me. I open my eyes slowly and see that I'm on a hospital bed. Beside me, Gray and Natsu are there sitting down messing with their fingers. The window is slightly open and I can see Juvia peeking.

I ask them,"What happened?"

"Gray punched you really hard on the arm but your bones aren't broken, the nurse just told us that his icy punch left your arm really numb and gave you a large bruise",Natsu replied looking at me in the eye. I could see the guilt in his eyes.

"Anyway can you move your arm?",Gray asked while looking at my arm with sorrow.
I move my arm but it felt kind of numb.

"I'm okay, thanks for staying behind and Gray, I think Juvia's trying to eavesdrop", I replied while pointing at the window.

Gray looked at the window and walked up to it. He opened the window more and kissed her on the head. It's like Romeo and Juliet. Is Gruvia going out now? So romantic and cute.

Her face is the same colour of Erza's hair. She froze for a moment and fell off the window. She'll be alright because this is the lowest floor.

Natsu POV
I watch Lucy as she sits on the hospital bed. It was all my fault for fighting him in the first place. I feel so guilty for my dads death and Luce's injuries. I wonder if that rumour about making a wish on a shooting star is true. I'm starting to think that it's just bad luck and only finds the opposite of my wish.

"Hey Luce, Would you like me to walk you home? Please let me pay my debt", I ask sadly.
This is still part of my plan. Hope it works and well done to the Ice Princess. I expect no less.