Dragon Slayor Mating Season

Chapter 20

Natsu's POV
I'm really glad and relieved that Wendy is alright but I think Romeo was the most worried one out of all of us. I started walking towards the group in front of the bar, when I felt a pain in my side. I winced at it but shrugged it off because it didn't seem serious. I walked up to them. "What's up. Whatcha talking about?" "We're just talking about things." Ice Princess answered. "What kind of things?" He scowled at me. "Things some dimwit like you wouldn't get." I scowled back at him. "I'm pretty sure you're the dimwit here. Not me." He put up his fists. "You wanna fight Fire Breath." I smirked. "You betcha Popsicle Brain." And with that, our fight began. It wasn't long before Erza came in like a freaking monster of the shadows and put a stop to it. I rubbed the spot on my head she had hit. Pretty sure there's gonna be a bruise there... or a bump. "Stop fighting like little children. It's ridiculous how you guys fight over stup-" *Insert crash of plate and squishing of Erza's beloved strawberry cake sounds [R.I.P. StrawberryCake 2017-2017.1]* Uh-oh. Elfman is gonna pay for that. Erza stared at the cake for a solid 3 seconds before going into mass murder mode. "ELFMAN YOU ARE GONNA PAY WITH YOUR LIFE!!!!" Gray went pale and started yelling things like, "TAKE COVER!" Or "THE BEAST HAS BEEN RELEASED!" I scrambled to my feet and dove for cover as Erza beat the crap out of Elfman. I was gonna laugh and mock him but that pain in my side was back and it started spreading up to shoulder and down to my wrist. I tried to shake it off but it got worse. It got to the point where I was having trouble breathing and black dots were clouding my vision. I stood up and immediately regretted doing that as I got immensely dizzy and toppled onto someone. They shouted for me to get off but I couldn't. My vision was getting worse by the second and I smelt something rotting and blood. I got up again using Erza's shoulder for support. I heard her say something but she sounded warbly and weird. I slipped somehow and hit my head hard on the floor. I remember seeing something burning before passing out.
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................. Wake up demon..........
You are not allowed to awaken the beast inside you yet.............
.........................WAKE..........UP.
You are not yet ready..............
.....................................WAKE UP

I bolted upright, drenched with sweat. What is happening to me?!

Lucy's POV
Natsu scared the crap out of everyone when he got up stumbling and grabbing Erza's shoulder. She tripped him and made him hit his head and was about to beat his ass but we stopped her. We noticed that Natsu was sweating a lot and didn't look so good. We didn't think anything of it until he passed out, indicating that he was not ok. We took him to the infirmary and Wendy checked his blood pressure, heart rate, and a bunch of other things to see if he was sick. She came walking out of the room smiling. "He's fine. His heart rates up a little but overall, he's fine." I smiled at the fragile girl. "Thank you Wendy. For everything." Mira said. Wendy smiled, a brush of pink across her face. "It's nothing Mira-Nee." Romeo started sneaking up behind Wendy and motioned for us to keep her distracted. I giggled at his childish ways. He's like Natsu except in a tiny, younger body. We distracted Wendy until Romeo hugged her from behind yelling 'BOO!'. Wendy screamed and turned to face Romeo. While she was yelling at Romeo about scaring her, I noticed a familiar salmon colored head leaving the guild. 'Now why would he leave after PASSING OUT?' I thought to myself. "I'll be right back k?" I notified the group. They nodded and went back to teasing Wendy and Romeo, well mostly Romeo. I walked out of the guild and started down the stairs when someone grabbed me, covering my mouth and muffling my screams. "Shut up Luce! Geez, are you trying to attract attention?" I stopped screaming after recognizing the voice as Natsu. He removed his hand from my mouth and looked around. "Natsu why wou-" "Shhhh." He covered my mouth again. After a moment he brought me to look around the corner. "You see that?" I shook my head. He growled softly and directed my head to the start of the woods. I saw the same salmon head in his clothes walking into the woods. I looked at Natsu... or whoever this was. How could I know if the person in the woods was the real Natsu? I removed his hand and backed away. "How do I know that you are the real Natsu?" He pointed at his scarf. "The other guy didn't have the same scarf as me..." He trailed off looking back into the woods with a curious look on his face. I grabbed his arm. "Promise me you won't follow him," "But Luce." I squeezed his arm. "Promise Me!" He looked at me, shocked. I loosened my grip after a moment of silence. He pulled me into a hug. "I promise Lucy." I knew he was gonna follow it later on but I just want him to be safe for once. He's always protecting me, making sure I am always safe...he would always get hurt. I wish he would let me make sure that he's safe for once. *Sigh* "I love you, Natsu." He hugged me tighter. "I love you too, Lucy"