Protector (Nalu)

Part 4

-Gray-

Walking back into Magnolia I had one mission, just one. That was to find the others, and I did, I saw the familiar blonde hair of Lucy, I could tell it was her because of her keys, she wore a different outfit then I was used to but I ran up to her as she turned a corner and slammed into me. I caught her arm to stop her from falling

"Gray?"

She looked more calm then I thought she would, her fairytale mark was still there.

"I needed to talk to you Lucy...I got word saying some place went kaboom and I thought of flame brain"

"You mean Natsu? Yeah..he's here"

"Okay, Lucy this is important, meet me at the old guildhall with him, I have news and I need to find Juvia"

She scoffed at me, her glare making me move away from her

"I have a life Gray, I won't just drop everything, I love the guild I do, but we're all gone, evrything we worked for. After guild master"

She choked on her word and held her bottom lip between her teeth

"Gray...Look I know where everyone is but I'm not doing this, It's too much"

She handed me a paper and left, I wondered for a second why she refused then remembered her last words

"Whats the point?! Everything we love..is gone! Everything..."

Watching her walk away I looked at the paper, everyone but me and Natsu were wrote on it, everyone had a location. I instantly saw Juvia, she wasn't to far but the closest person was...Wendy so I went to where she was, she was in another guild but had no mark. When she saw me she ran and hugged me

"Gray...you're alive! Me and Juvia searched with Lucy everywhere for you and Natsu but we heard you and him both died..."

I looked at her, a white headed girl was standing and watching

"Gray."

The voice..its familiar Carla

"How are you...human?"

There was a silence, so I let it go

"Listen...do you know if you can meet me at the old guildhall?"

They looked at each other but nodded. I thanked them and went to Lucy's place, finding Natsu and Happy talking and laughing, the looked at me

"Ew it's Ice princess"

I got mad and there was a small fight, probably ruining a lot of Lucy's things

"FLAME BRAIN MEET ME AT THE OLD GUILD HALL"

He looked at me, disgusted but shrugged as I left, off to find Juvia, back then I did secretly like her, but I still pushed her away.