Bonds ~Fairy Tail

Ch.2

Ch. 2 Shock…

“Of all times to be late, he decides this would be a good time!” exclaimed an outraged Erza. Natsu had not showed up at the guild yet, and they only had 20 more minutes if they were going to leave in time to catch a ride with the train to the resort.

 

“Maybe we should go and check on him…” wondered Lucy.

 

Just then Natsu walked into the guild, stumbling slight and quickly covering it up. Immediately everyone saw that he had gotten worse, he looked a lot sicker. The first thing noticed about Natsu was that he was ghostly pale, which led everyone to the two things that showed his health was drastically plummeting. His eyes themselves were terribly blood-shot, and underneath them, as if to complete a set, were practically black shadows.

 

Natsu, in Lucy’s opinion, looked like he himself would rather be pitched off a cliff than be standing. He walked a little farther in the guild hall, towards where Erza and the others were standing by the bar, and tripped, struggling to regain his balance as he proceeded in nearly falling face-first. Gray, fast with anxiety, quickly was by Natsu’s side laying a hand on his chest and upper back to steady him.

 

“Maybe I shouldn’t go.” commented Natsu miserably. “But-” Lucy was cut off by Gray.

 

“Have you been sleeping, at all?” he asked Natsu. Natsu only barely had time to nod before collapsing, falling against Gray who was beside him. “Hey!” protested Gray.

 

“Somebody help me carry this oaf.” demanded Gray. “Lucy wait for us here, okay?” Lucy nodded, and Erza quickly came up to Gray grabbing one of Natsu’s arms and together walking him to the infirmary.

 

“Hey! Lucy, what’s wrong with Natsu?” asked Mirajane. “If he’s a man, he’ll be fine Mira.” Elfman answered. Mirajane kept looking at Lucy with high worry etched onto her face. Lucy slowly shook her head, that meant she didn’t know.

 

Together, Gray and Erza set a half conscious Natsu on the closest white cot. Natsu’s eyes just barely open.

 

“Natsu, get some rest. We’ll cancel the trip.” Erza turned to go and tell Lucy, but a very hot hand wrapped around her wrist stopped her.

 

“No, you guys go. I’ll be fine, I don’t need rest.” Natsu tried to lift himself out of the bed, but quickly double over in a new found pain in his head and stomach.

 

“Fine. We’ll go, but you still have to rest.”Gray insisted from where he stood on the other side of the cot.

 

“No.” Natsu whispered. He stared at the floor, he was clearly under a lot of strain from drowsiness. “Wait here, Natsu. Gray some with me for a second.”

 

When Erza and Gray were far enough for Natsu to be un-able to hear them. “It will only upset him if we don’t go. And that’s not what he needs right now.” Gray commented, staring back at the door of the infirmary.