5 parts Complete "You're weak Lucy!" Natsu slammed his hands on the table, "That's why you can't come on this job. You'll die."
Lucy started to cry, "I'm not weak, Natsu," she shook her head as he walked away.
"Yes you are. You haven't trained like Gray, your power isn't as strong as Erza's, and you can't match a dragonslayer with celestial spirits," Dragoneel looked over his shoulder, "I waited this long to tell you. It's time to face the facts."
This set her off. She felt as though she deserved to be revered as strong because of all the things she and Natsu had done together: the jobs, the everyday crisis, even when he almost said he liked her.
But now his words pained her, they shot her in the heart and she realized that Natsu never liked her.