The Opal Sphere

Her.

Natsu's POV:

Her smell captivated me. Her whole being and presence was my everything. I had fallen in love with her,why didn't i realise this sooner? I'm like the Devil and well she's an Angel. She has the golden locks for it anyways.

" Natsu?" I shook my thoughts away and turned my head slightly down to gaze into her chocolate tinted eyes. "Are you okay?" 

Am I okay?

The question baffled me for a second, was I okay? Natsu you are my home. Does she love me back? She had too good of a heart to love someone like me. I think i'd be okay just being her best friend and dedicating my time to being just that if she didn't love me back, It would break me, but her presence just made me a better person.

" Lucy..." Words struggled to escape my mouth, was I nervous? Her eyes were tranquillising, they were like constellations, beautiful but mystifying.

"Thank you for being my best friend Natsu" She cut my stuttering cleanly, maybe I was just a friend. 

"Anytime Lucy" My smile was shaky and i focused my pupils to the horizon that was laying in the distance. Maybe I was just a friend. 

It had been awhile since we spoke. Our thoughts not shared.  I had been carrying her and walking with a slight speed to it, I had gone round bends, stairs, just following the scent of the outdoors. Light became familiar again, it seemed too easy to reach outdoors again. 

"Well we are one step closer to home"  I said, still hurt from the friendzone that I had been trapped inside.

"I guess we are, I think I can walk from here, Natsu" She said, starting to place her soles on the grass, I held he hand making sure she was okay getting down. "Are you sure?" I said to her, I wanted to hold her more, feel the warmth of her breath tingle my skin, have our hearts together only divided by skin and bone. "Yeah i'm pretty sure" she answered, she was stood, her spine straight, clothes torn but her face was still perfect. She deserved the galaxy and I was willing to give it all to her.

***

Probably hours passed and I started to recognise the scenery, Magnolia. 

A smile lit up on her face and her pace turned into a sprint. "Lucy, wait" I started to run aswell. We were side by side running, running towards the guild, running towards our comrades and the place were we can all call home. 

We still didn't exchange any words, only small breaths and the sound of our footsteps beating against the floor. we nearly to the guild. Thud! Lucy had stopped running and her body was laying on the floor. 

"LUCY!" I screamed, stopping and kneeling down to her sides, I could hear her breaths so i scooped her up like ice-cream and started running towards the guild. What had happened to her while she was in that contraption.

Gray's POV:

The guild was full of noise, like usual, but it didn't have a cheerful tone to it. It had the tone of worry, I wonder if they were all okay. Juvia was in the infirmary, asleep again. But this time when I left her, she had a smile glazed upon her face whereas last time she had a pain stricken face.

The guild doors burst open and everyone's heads turned towards the two people at the door. Natsu was there carrying Lucy, who seemed to be unconscious.

"Natsu?" My voice broke the silence, everyone wanted to say the same thing. What happened?

He didnt speak a word, instead he just rushed up into the infirmary with Lucy in his arms. Ignoring all of our questions, you could clearly tell that his main priority was Lucy, we cared for her well-being too, but not as much as him, he may be an idiot but he certainly knew how to love someone. And that someone being Lucy. 

Mira came in with the girl from the cafe, she told us not to disturb Natsu and just to leave him be for awhile. The girl by her side was recognisable instantly. She was the girl that got threatened at the Cafe, her name was Siriko Ushada i think. Mira and Siriko had returned awhile ago, they had told us that Erza, Gajeel, Sting and Rogue were following theses mages to see if they led to Natsu and Lucy, I guess they don't need to now. But we still need to find out why they took Lucy and what they are planning and where the hell Yukino is. I think Warren is still trying to get into contact with them, but I still think that they should go and investigate the mages and what dark guild they belong to.

"Lucy is not waking up" Natsu yelled to us all. 

"She's just unconscious" Mira replied with her sweet voice. It was very calming and soothing. 

"No no no " Natsu's voice became a worrisome mess. " I sense it you see, somethings wrong with her, look"

I ran up to the infirmary to Lucy laid in a bed next to Juvia's, I could see why Natsu thought something was wrong with Lucy, her arm had started up with a purple sort of rash, it ha different colours blending in with it, but still in cool shades. It hadn't spread far it just looked more gruesome. 

What had happened? 

Natsu hadn't told us anything yet