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Natsu POV
I woke up in a hospital, not knowing what to expect I slowly got up from the bed I was laying in. As I was getting up, I felt a stinging pain all over my body. Did I get that hurt during the battle? I ask myself, I walked out of the room just to have one of the nurses push me back in the room
"Are you stupid or just crazy?!" The nurse whisper yelled at me
"Wha-what do you mean?"
"After what you and that other guy did at the temple made news reporters start bombarding this hospital looking for answers from you about what happened!"
I was shocked at first, but I realized that what she was saying to me made sense. So I simply nodded.
The nurse turns around to leave, but I grab her arm. "What about everyone... Are they fine?"
The nurse looked at me at smiled at soft smile, "they are alright, so don't worry get some rest" I just looked at her plainly
"O-okay, thank you"
"You're welcome Mr. Dragneel"
Having her address me as 'Mr. Dragneel' felt wrong. "Just call me Natsu"
"Alright then, Natsu-Kun. Goodbye then, I will be back later to check up on you" she then leaves the room, the feeling of security was quickly erased and replaced with the feeling of guilt, and depression.
"I hope everyone's okay..."
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Gajeel POV
"Hey shrimp, how're you feeling?"
"G-Gajeel-Kun, I'm fine. Don't worry about me, please"
"Okay then, I have to get back to school. I'll come back after school, I promise"
"Okay, bye!"
I next left and made a b-line for school, I knew I was late. Who cares, seeing Levy was more important.
I'm almost to school, until I see a shadow in the trees "Who's there!" I yell out to the shadow figure
"So I guess you're as smart as people say, you can't be fooled yeah?" The shadow figure jumps down from the tree and I see his face in clear day
"R-rogue?"
"Yes, Gajeel. It is me Rogue, and I have something to talk to you about"
"Well get on with it then, hurry" I say to him
"Well first things first, about Natsu"
"What about that idiot?"
"Cause of him, the balance in the world has shifted"
"What do you mean?" I take a step forward towards him
"After his and Lucy's incredibly powerful attack at the end of battle last month, or should I say. The move that killed the wrong person, Gray was never the evil one" he says in a deep monotone
"Then who is evil?"
"He won't know it for some time, but the true evil is within Natsu himself. Natsu's "shadow" is the reason why Gray decided to try to kill everyone, Natsu's alternate self did it"
"How is that possible? Natsu couldn't do anything that involved using his brain"
"It is quite possible, Natsu's sub-consciousness did it. Right now, he thinks this is all Grays doing. There is a way for Natsu to overcome the Shadow"
"How!!?!!?"
"Two ways to be precise, either he kills the five people linked to his power, or..."
"Or?"
"Or, Natsu Dragneel must kill himself"
My eyes widen on shock at that statement, "who must he kill, the five people I mean"
"You, Wendy, Laxus, Sting, and myself"
"Why us? Why can't he just kill five random people?"
"Because just like him, we are all Dragon Slayers. Remember? You know you're one, stop denying it"
I look up at Rogue
"I know..."
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Natsu POV
The nurse later came to see me, with a tear in her eyes. I examined her for a second before she spoke.
"Na-tsu... It's Mirajane... She has stopped breathing..."
I froze, not sure exactly what to do. "What room is she in!" I scream at the nurse
"Room number 3-18..."
I ran as fast as my legs would let me, I arrived at the room and dropped to my knees
"Mira!! Come on Mira. Get up, start breathing damn it!" Then it hit me, maybe I could use my lightning magic as a make-shift defibrillator. It's worth a shot, alright let's do this.
"One..."
"Two..."
"Three!"
Dammit, why isn't this working!
"One..."
"Two...
"Three!"
Fuck! Why!
"One..."
"Two..."
"Three!"
Come on... Please work... I put my head down on Mira's chest, with tears streaming from my eyes.
"I'm sorry, Mira. Please forgive me, I didn't mean for this to happen. I'm so god damn sorry"
"I forgive you Natsu"
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One Fire, Twelve Keys
FanfictionNatsu and the gang go to Magnolia High, a high school for students and such. It's an ordinary high school, until strange things start to happen to Natsu. Not knowing what to do, he freaks out. Natsu has to Survive, his new found ability, Lucy, and H...
