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Winter Storm

Chapter 3

Gray woke up to a banging on his door. He got up with a groan and walked to the door. He opened it and there stood Erza. "Hi Gray, Ready to go?"

"Go where?" He looked at her with a confused expression.

"The hospital."

Gray tilted his head at the woman, still confused, but then it dawned on him. "Oh, Give me a minute I have to get dressed. Come in." He moved out of the way to let Erza into his house.

Erza sat down on Gray's sofa. "Erza, help yourself to any drink or food you want in my fridge while i'm getting ready" She gave him  a nod to signal a thank you and then gray disappeared into his room to get dressed. Gray decided to shower first. After her showered, he towel dried his hair, got dressed, he even wrapped Natsu's scarf around his neck. Once he was ready he made his way back to Erza who was no longer on the couch but sitting at the table eating a piece of cake. 'Looks like she found it, I was gunna give it to her anyway today'

After Erza finished off the cake they both set out to the hospital. Gray was worried, What if Natsu wasn't getting any better, What if he never would?

They got to the hospital and made their way up to Natsu's room. Gray walked inside the room with Erza in tow, but they weren't expecting to see someone already in here.

"Lucy?" Gray looked at the blonde.

"Hi Gray." She gave him a sympathetic smile and stood up.

"Lucy I didn't know you were going to be here so soon." Erza smiled at her.

"I actually came back last night after you called me Erza." Lucy moved over to the two and hugged them both. "He's been asleep ever since I got here,The doctor's said he is going to be fine, he's just going to have to stay here for a little longer, not sure how long though but I have to get going now but please tell him I said hi when he wakes up, and that I hope he gets better soon!"

Gray nodded and she left. A huge relief flooded over him after Lucy said that he was going to be alright and he could tell that Erza was relieved as well.

Gray made his way over to the side of Natsu's bed, he sad down on the chair Lucy was once sitting in and brushed a strand of hair out of Natsu's face. Erza smiled a small smile as she watched the two.

Natsu woke a few minutes later, he groaned as he tried to sit up. "I don't think you should be sitting up yet." Natsu knew that voice. He opened his eyes and turned his head to look at the person the voice belonged to.

"Gray.."

"Yeah baka, It's me." Gray kissed Natsu's forehead.

"Hello Natsu" Erza was now standing next to Gray, she smiled down at the fire mage.

"Erza, you're here too?"

"Of course, You are like a brother to me Natsu!" She wanted to smack the fire mage for even thinking that she wouldn't come but she held back, just this once.

"Lucy was here too but you were asleep, She said hi." Gray spoke.

"Lucy's back in town?"

Gray and Erza nodded and Natsu smiled, Lucy and Natsu were really close friends or at least they used to be before she left, Natsu still considered her a friend and Lucy thinks the same about Natsu, but lets face it, they're just not all that close anymore.

"So When can I leave this place?" Natsu asked.

"Not sure yet" Natsu looked at Erza as she spoke.

"Hopefully soon, I wanna go home." Natsu pouted.

Gray chuckled and kissed him on the lips "you'll come home soon I'm sure."

The doctor came into the room as Gray sat back against his chair. "Ah, I see you've woken up. Well I have some good news for you. You're going to be fine, no life long damage has been done and it seems as if you're injuries have already begun to heal, but that is because we gave you a medication with healing magic mixed in, we couldn't give it to you until we were certain that you were stable enough to take it,also you should be able to go home tomorrow." The doctor gave Natsu a smile as he saw the teens face light up.

Gray smiled "That's great!" Erza nodded as well.

The doctor did a routine check up on Natsu and then left. Gray looked at Natsu who had a smile plastered to his face. "Looks like I get to take you home tomorrow!" Natsu's smile got bigger.

-1 Week Later-

After Natsu was discharged from the hospital he spent all of his time at home while Gray did almost everything for him. Natsu had gotten a prescription of the healing magic induced pills that they gave him in the hospital, he had been taking them every day up until today. He felt great, almost all his injuries were healed, the only injury that had yet to heal was the gash on his head considering it was really bad.

Gray was out buying more groceries because while Natsu was on bed rest all he wanted to do was eat. Natsu was sitting on the couch watching TV when Gray came home. He walked over to the raven and smiled. "Welcome back Gray!"

Gray smiled and placed a small kiss to Natsu's lips before moving to the kitchen 'I love having you greet me at the door Natsu.' , he unpacked everything and then a pair of strong arms wrapped around his torso. "Did you miss me that much?" He smirked.

"Oh hush!"

Gray chuckled and removed himself from Natsu's grip and turned to face him. Natsu looked up at him. "When are you going to take my scarf off?" Natsu grinned.

"Never!" Gray grinned and Natsu laughed.

"Alright, I don't mind if it's you."

Gray placed both of his hands on Natsu's face and smiled. "I love you Natsu."

"I love you too Gray."

Gray pulled Natsu closer into a hug, he then kissed him while pouring all his love into the kiss as did Natsu. Somehow they found themselves in their bedroom laying on their bed, neither one of them breaking the kiss.

Gray's hands traveled up under Natsu's shirt, and Natsu's hands were traveling over Gray's now bare back. Gray moved down placing a kiss on Natsu's neck, he sucked on the spot until a mark formed, this earned a moan from the dragon slayer.

Gray's hands traveled further down until they latched onto Natsu's pants. Natsu intertwined his fingers in Gray's hair. Gray's lips moved back up to Natsu's lips, and I'm sure you know how the rest of their afternoon went.

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Winter Storm

Chapter 2

Natsu...no...please...come back...don't go...'

-Gray's Point Of View-

No words could describe how I felt right now. I could lose the most important person in my life right now. He's in that room clinging to his life! The monitor flat lined! I watched as doctors and nurses filled the room, They pushed me out...I felt as if I couldn't breathe, as if I was having a panic attack.

I fell to my knees and broke down in sobs. I was completely unaware of my surroundings now, I was only brought back to reality when I felt someone pull me up off the ground and then wrap their arms around me in a comforting manner, I knew who it was by the smell, she smelled of strawberries.

"Shh..Gray, I know how you feel, I'm scared as well, I tried to get here when you called me after you heard, I'm sorry I'm late."

"He might not make it Erza! He flat lined! Doctors are in there now..." I gripped her shirt tightly.

I heard her gasp and then she pulled me tighter, we moved over near the chairs after we let go, I sat down and she sat next to me. After calming down a bit more, at least enough to speak, I told Erza what exactly happened. After I finished my explanation she grabbed a hold of my hand in a comforting way and squeezed it. I'm pretty sure right now I had no more tears to shed.

We waited for what seemed like hours even though it had only been one hour before the doctor came back out. I looked at him and he sighed. My heart sank, worried for the answer.

"He's stable but asleep, Go home and get some rest, you can come back tomorrow."

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and Erza patted my shoulder. "come on Gray, Lets go home, you need to get some rest."

I nodded and stood up, I thanked the doctor and left. I went back to my house, Erza walked me there and made sure I was okay before she left. She said she would come get me tomorrow morning to head back to the hospital to see Natsu.

-No One's Point Of View-

Gray shared his house with Natsu, and now with out the flame head here with him, he felt lost. 'He's still alive Gray...Remember that...' He tried to tell himself but it didn't stop the sadness that overwhelmed him.

Gray sat down on the couch, he wanted to just go to sleep so tomorrow would come faster but he couldn't, instead he just balled up his fists and punched the couch cushions. He then stood up and walked to his and Natsu's bedroom. He found Natsu's scarf laid down on the corner of the mattress, Natsu left in such a rush this morning that he'd forgotten it, but his rushing didn't stop his playful banter before leaving.

-Flashback-

Gray was sitting at the kitchen table enjoying a nice cup of iced coffee, Natsu came running down the stairs and nearly fell down them. "Whoa! what's with the rush?" Gray's attention was now on the fire mage as he set down his glass.

"I'm going to the store and I'd like to get there before it crowds up, you know how I don't like being surrounded by a crowd." Natsu puffed out his cheeks as he walked over to the fridge to grab a glass of juice and a slice of left over pizza. "But What I'd like to know is how you can drink a iced coffee in the middle of winter, you're making me shiver just looking at you!!" and to prove his point, he shivered.

"Ash head! that's not breakfast! Why don't you eat something sensible!" Gray tried to reason with the dragon slayer by saying that he would cook him something if he wanted it. "And don't mock my choice of drink!"

"Nah! I'm okay with this!" He flashed his usual grin before finishing off the pizza and juice then placing a kiss on Gray's cheek. "Alright, I'm going!" Natsu grabbed the car key's and was almost out the door before Gray yelled something to him.

"Don't forget about your pill! or else you'll have to suffer through your motion sickness again! and we all know what happened the last time you tried to drive while being sick!" Gray laughed.

Natsu walked up to him and hit him on the top of the head. "icicle, I thought I told you to never bring that up!" The fire mage puffed out his cheeks in an attempt to look annoyed, but it only made Gray laugh more.

"Just take your pill and go" Gray smirked.

"Yeah, Yeah" After taking the pill Natsu had to wait about 5 minutes so he decided to jump at Gray with a tickle attack. They both landed on the floor with a thud and Natsu started tickling Gray's sides.

Laughter roared from the ice mage's throat. This caused Natsu to smirk and tickle him some more and Gray to plead for him to stop. "N-Natsu.. AHAHAHA....S-STOP! HAHAHAHA I THOUGHT Y-YOU AHAHA WERE IN A RUSH! HAHAHA!"

Natsu stopped and leaned forward to plant a kiss to the ice mage's lips. Gray kissed him back with passion and pure love seeping into it. Natsu licked Gray's lips asking for entrance. Gray complied and Natsu slide his tongue in Gray's mouth, Their tongue's battling for dominance but in the end Natsu won. Natsu broke it off with a protest from Gray, this caused the fire mage to grin "We can finish this when I come home.. I won't be gone long." He stood up and walked out the door, leaving the panting mess on the floor that was Gray.

-End Of Flashback-

Gray was now clutching Natsu's scarf in a death grip. He ended up wrapping it around his neck and laying down, pulling the fabric to his nose. It smelled like Natsu.

Once again that day, Gray let out small sobs which were muffled by the scarf. he closed his eyes and tried to drift off to sleep. He just wanted this day to end, he wanted to go see Natsu again and make sure he was alright. He just wanted Natsu to come back home, Like he said he would.

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Winter Storm

Chapter 1

It was the middle of winter and there was a nasty storm outside. A pink haired teen was caught in the middle of this raging storm as he was driving back to his house. He had left his house early that morning to make it to the store before a crowd showed up and it the sky was clear  at the time, but now he was wishing he had stayed inside the store building. Natsu was a careful driver but that didn't mean anything in a storm, anything could happen and it scared him, he was panicking as he drove back home, panicking was not something you should be doing while driving because it controls your thoughts, takes over your mind and you have trouble paying attention to your surroundings and because of this Natsu didn't see the car that was swerving towards him. -CRASH-

There was the sound of metal hitting metal as the front bumper of Natsu's car was smashed upon recognition the other car had less damage done, they had swerved and hit Natsu's with the side of their car. The front windshield of Natsu's car was smashed and the front of the car was dented so bad it couldn't be repaired. Natsu's head came forward and hit the steering wheel and he was knocked out cold, he had a giant gash on his head that was bleeding badly, glass scratched his skin and covered everything. The person from the other car wasn't badly injured and rushed over to help the pinkette. They called 911 and soon Natsu was rushed to the hospital. A raven haired teen rushed into the hospital when he got the news, he ran to the receptionists desk and asked for Natsu's room number, the blue haired woman said that he couldn't see the pinkette yet as they were still treating him. The raven sat down as he waited to hear when he could see the fire mage. He frantically tapped his foot as an hour went by, he was getting impatient. 'He better not die...' the raven thought to himself as he covered his face in his hands to block the view of any tears that streamed down his face. Another half an hour and a doctor came out. "You here to see Natsu?" The ravens head shot up and nodded at the doctor. "Follow me, are you related to him" "No, I'm not." "Thats alright, you can still see him but there's something I need to inform you of" they stopped infront of a door that lead to Natsu's room. The raven gulped and nodded. "He has a deep gash on his head that almost wouldn't stop bleeding but we managed to stop it, at least for now, there's no guarantee that it won't re-open. He has a few broken bones, including a fracture in his skull. But the worst news is that he may not make it through the night. I'm sorry" The ravens heart just about stopped and this time he didn't even try to hide the tears flowing down his cheeks. 'No..Natsu...' his body moved on his own and he found himself walking into the room and up to the bed that Natsu layed on. Natsu layed almost lifeless the only thing that showed he was alive was the heart monitor showing that his heart was still beating. He sat down next to Natsu's bed and held the pinkette's hand. "Natsu...you'renot supposed to look like this, you're not supposed to look so fragile...you're not supposed to be on your damn death bed!!" The raven placed his head down on the bed and cried his eyes out. "You baka!!" He stayed that way for a half an hour or more before he felt a hand run through his hair. He quickly looked up to see brown half lidded eyes looking at him. "Natsu!" "Gray..." "Shhhh...don't use your energy!" Gray sat up and cupped Natsu's face before placing a kiss to his forehead, avoiding the bandaged gash. "Hang on, I'll get the doctor." Gray left the room and found the doctor, they both made there way back to the room, Natsu had his eyes closed until the door, he opened them again and looked at the two. "Ah, it's good to see you're awake, this changes things. There's a better chance now" "A better chance of what?" Natsu's voice was stuttering. "You were expected to never wake up and probably not make it through the night, you were in a very bad crash today, do you remember?" The doctor spoke. Natsu nodded but he started to shake, but who could blame him, he had just been told that he was on his death bed for crying out loud! Gray sat next to him again and took his hand in his own once again. "Shh..calm down Natsu..don't stress yourself" Somehow Gray managed to sooth the fire mage and he stopped shaking. "I'll leave you be, I have paperwork to complete." The doctor left the room and Gray sat on the bed. "You don't know how much I panicked, they didn't tell me anything over the phone, I thought you died..." the ice mage started crying again and covered his face with the hand that wasn't holding Natsu's. Natsu squeezed Gray's hand and gave him a small smile. "Sorry, I guess I wasn't careful enough." "When are you ever careful?"Gray chuckled and caused Natsu to smile a bit more. "I'm careful when I drive, but I was in a panic today, this storm scared me" Natsu looked away and sighed. "It's alright, you're alive right now, that's what matters." He kissed Natsu's cheek and sat back down on the chair. Then something happened, Natsu started clutching his chest as if he couldn't breathe 'The doctor didn't say anything about his lungs!', Gray thought, Natsu was lid down and his eyes shut, suddenly the monitor flat lined. Gray panicked and started crying again. "NATSU! NO, WAKE UP! YOU GOT TO WAKE UP! DON'T LEAVE ME! I love you!!!" He was cupping Natsu's face and shaking. Nurses and doctors rushed into the room and ushered Gray out, he put up a fight but they managed to lock him out, he fell to his knees and sobbed until a familiar presence came and helped him up, pulling him into a hug, he welcomed the red haired woman's embrace and sobbed into her chest. 'Natsu...no...please...come back...don't go...'

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Façade

I'd Listen to the song with this fic If I were You!~

-Natsu's point of view-

I sat staring out my window, nothing really interested me out there, it was only trees but I wasn't really looking at anything, just staring off into space, my thoughts overtook my mind and they wouldn't stop.

I don't know when it happened but I somehow ended up in the guild, everyone was having drinks, eating, looking for a job or gone on a job. My team, Erza, Lucy, Wendy and Carla, and Gray were all sitting at one table chatting away, well most of them, Gray seemed as though he wasn't really paying attention, but he does that a lot. I made my way over to the table and sat down next to him while at the same time putting up a facade. I smiled and greeted them as if I wasn't shattering on the inside.

"Hi Natsu!" Lucy greeted me with a smile.

"Hey Luce, What'cha doing?"

"We were talking about taking another job, What do you think?"

Everyone at the table turned to look at me, waiting for my answer, even Gray had his eyes on me, although he looked away as soon as my eyes locked with his I silently sighed and answered Lucy's question. "Yeah, a job sounds great right now, I'm running a bit low on food and money!" I smile and scratch the back of my head.

Erza stood up "Alright, me and Lucy will go find a job" she pulled Lucy over to the job board, wendy and carla followed them saying they wanted to help too and left me alone with Gray.

Me and Gray had been getting along for a while but now it seems as though he's doing everything he can to avoid me, I don't know why. He once told me that I could reach out to him when I needed someone to lean on, I told him all of my problems, he was comforting, but now, I don't know anymore, he seems to ignore me for some reason.

-Gray's point of view-

I really wish I knew how that fire breather could act cheerful all the time, I could tell it was all just an act, after everything he's told me, I know he's hurting, but why won't he show it to anyone else. Hmph, probably the same reason why I don't.

I started to avoid the flame brain after a while, I couldn't bare to hear anymore of his problems and then see him act all cheerful as if nothing was bothering him.

I did tell him he could tell me anything, but now I feel like taking it all back, that's another reason why i'm avoiding him, but here we are sitting side by side because the girls left to find a job flyer.

I glance over at him and I saw that he wasn't smiling, not one bit, he was basically just staring off into space. I remember the last time he did that.

The last time Natsu looked that lost in thought was the first day he confided in me.

-Flashback-

He was thinking of Igneel that day and he started to cry. I had never seen Natsu cry like that since...well never. I made my way over to him and sat down next to him. "Natsu, what's wrong?"

"Why should I tell you stripper! You probably don't even care about me!" I was shocked, of course i'd care about him but I guess we never really showed each other that we ever cared anyway. I sighed and placed a hand on his shoulder, this caused him to look up at me.

"Natsu, you can tell me anything, I'll always be there for you."

Natsu was hesitant to believe me but I knew he would be, yet he still spilled his heart out.

"I'm just thinking about Igneel, and thinking about what my actual dad looked like or acted like, considering I don't even remember him. I always seem to act like a child but that could be because I never actually had a father to teach me otherwise."

I was shocked at what he said but I listened to everything he had to say and when he was finished I pulled him into a hug. Natsu was stiff at first, I guess he wasn't expecting it but he soon gave in and hugged me back.

"Gray?"

"Yeah?"

"I can always count on you right?"

I thought about it for a moment before speaking "Yeah, you can."

-End of Flashback-

Ever since that day Natsu has confided in me whenever he had a problem. That is until the day I started to avoid him.

-Natsu's Point of view-

The girls came back and they told us that they had picked a job, I took the flyer from Erza's hand and scanned it. Seems simple enough, we just had to defeat a couple of rogue mages that were stealing from a wealthy man. I nodded at it, smiled and handed it back to Erza who then told Gray about the mission.

After hearing what Erza was saying gray got up and walked out of the guild. He must have wanted to get away from me. I'm going after him, I want to know why the hell he's avoiding me now.

I get up from the table and follow Gray out of the guild. I followed his scent until I found him sitting by the river we used to fight at. "Oi! Stripper!"

"Go away ash head!"

"No! Not until you tell me why you're avoiding me!"

Gray looked at me and sighed. "I don't want to hear anymore."

"What, Do I bore you with my problems? Is that it?" I started to shake.

"No, I just can't stand looking at you and watch as you act all cheerful when I know you're hurting, Just let down you facade Natsu. Then Maybe i'll come around again."

I looked at him completely shocked and angered. "I put up my facade because that's who I am and if you don't like it screw you! This is all I'll ever be! That is my flaw, I hide because I'm scared of people seeing what's behind my smile, I'm scared they'll turn their back on me, which is exactly what you are doing!!" I was now shaking uncontrollably and Gray noticed because he looked at me with shock and tried to step towards me but I backed up "I guess this is just one more mistake I've made in my stupid life! Trusting you!" I heard Gray gasp as he shouted after me but I ran.

-Gray's point of view-

I was so shocked, I made Natsu think trusting me was a mistake! What have I done! I watched as Natsu ran away and I yelled after him, telling him to wait but he kept on running. I was afraid of what he might do so I chased after him. It didn't take me long to catch up to him and when I did I tackled him to the ground. I hugged him as we fell to the ground, he was still trembling and now so was I, Natsu was crying. "Natsu I didn't know you thought trusting me was a mistake, I'm sorry I made you feel that way!"

Natsu looked shocked for a minute I didn't understand why he would look shocked until his next words left his lips. "Gray, You're crying..." "I don't care, I'm crying because I was scared at what you were going to do! I'm crying cause I'm sorry for hurting you! I don't want to hurt you Natsu!" "Gray..I can only let my walls down around you...believe it or not, you're the only one I can trust enough with showing my true emotions. " He was still shaking but I was listening to him again, he needed me. I need him too.

"Natsu, will you let me confide in you too?" "Of course!" He smiled a genuine small smile at me.

"I think I love you." I looked down, waiting for his answer.

"You love me?"

I nodded and he hugged me tightly, I hugged him just as tight.

"I think I love you too, That's why I trust you so much..."

-No one's point of view-

The two mages stayed like that, still trying to calm their nerves before getting up and walking back to Natsu's house since it was closer, Gray stayed with Natsu that night and they each spilled their hearts to each other before falling asleep.

Natsu could fully trust gray now and Gray finally got the nerve to open up to Natsu.

It doesn't matter who you are, we all have our scars.  

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Bullied and Loved

Chapter 2

-Gray's Point Of View-

Another day, another sleepless night. I sighed as I checked the time. 7:45. School starts at 8. I pull myself up to a sitting position and swung my legs over the side of the bed. 'Why must my family keep me up all night with their constant bickering' and the times my 'Brother' came in my room just to pick a fight with me, that only left me with a few bruises.

I open my door to head to the bathroom only to be met with silence, seems like everyone is gone. I sighed and made my way to the bathroom to shower. I make the water hot, I don't like hot water but it feels good against my bruises.

I got out, got dressed in some black jeans, a blue t-shirt and a leather jacket after I towel dried my hair. I really wasn't in the mood to go to school mainly because I always tend to take my frustration out on the first person I see and then that makes me more frustrated because I don't want to do that.

I make my way to my car and start making my way to the school. I drove past someone's house, I noticed someone basically slamming his car door shut, I guess his car won't start. I didn't really pay attention to the person and just drove to the school.

Once at the school I made my way to my locker, everyone avoided me, but that's to be expected, they don't see me as someone who's friendly. I sighed once again and roamed around the halls, when the bell rang I hid for a bit, at least until the the halls were empty then I skipped off class like I usually do and kept on roaming the halls.

After the bell rang to signal the end of the first class so I blended in with the crowd, I kept my head down, I only looked up to notice that the halls were once again empty except for a pink haired guy, Natsu. That's when I let out my frustration.

-Time skip-

I was walking down the sidewalk after I dropped my car off at my house, I had witnessed another fight between my step brother and my step-mom, I tried to break it up but all I did was make it worse, Lyon came straight up to me and pushed me a few times, I straight up punched him and yelled a few curse words at both of them. That's when I found myself walking down the sidewalk, like i'm doing right now.

I wasn't that into my surroundings but I was pulled back to them when I heard someone scream, Not as high pitched as a girl's scream so I knew It was a guy, I bolted to where the voice was coming from, I wasn't expecting to see what I did though, I saw Natsu but I also saw someone I didn't know holding a knife over the guy. I didn't get there in time though, the unknown guy had already stabbed Natsu. "NATSU!" I ran over to him and noticed the attacker was gone, strange I thought but that's not exactly what I was worried about at the moment, I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone dialing someone for help, I realized I only had 2 contacts on my phone which were Lyon and my mother, I panicked and then grabbed for Natsu's phone, luckily he didn't put a lock on it and I called the name that said 'Dad'. As the rings were going through I ripped Natsu's shirt and put pressure on the wound to help stop the bleeding the best I could. Then suddenly someone picked up.

"Natsu? What do you need?" "Uh hello sir, this Is one of Natsu's um...Friends..Gray" My voice shook with fear.

"Did something happen to my son Gray?" I could hear the fear in his voice and I could tell that this was the first time someone other than Natsu called this man. "He was stabbed, I just happened to be around at the time. I'm with him now but he's bleeding bad."

"Where are you" I gave him the address and he said he lived about 10 minutes away so he wouldn't take that long to get here. I kept trying to get Natsu to wake up, he wouldn't wake up, I kept the pressure on the wound until his father showed up. About 3 minutes later he was here and he jumped out to help me put Natsu in the backseat of his car. I sat in the backseat with him so I could still keep pressure on his wound. I could tell his father was holding back a sob, but who wouldn't when they find out their son was stabbed and clinging to life.

Natsu's father sped to the hospital and we rushed into the building. The doctors took Natsu and rushed him away. Me and Natsu's dad were told to stay in the waiting room until they told us otherwise. I sat down and Natsu's dad was pacing the room, I felt a little uncomfortable around him and started the think that I should leave, but I didn't want to leave. You all may think I hate the pinkette but I don't, I'm actually jealous, he could come out as a homosexual and he wouldn't get hate from it, at least I don't think he does, except for me, I happened to take frustration out on him sometimes and then I feel extremely guilty for leaving him with bruises and without an apology, he probably hates me but I don't blame him, I'd hate me too.

Natsu's Dad turned to me, I was lost in thought so I didn't notice when he stopped right in front of me. "Gray? What happened?"

I was snapped out of my daze and looked up at the man.

"Um...I didn't see everything but I was walking down the street and heard someone scream who I now know was Natsu. The only thing I seen was someone who I didn't recognize because I couldn't see his face,they stabbed him. I ran to Natsu and the person who stabbed him seemed to have disappeared, that's when I tried to help him and I used his phone to call you sir. "

"I see..I'm glad you were around Gray...I never would have known. You can also call me Igneel." The man who I now know as Igneel sat down finally and hung his head. I felt a little even more uncomfortable but I wasn't leaving anytime soon.

It had been a few hours before a nurse came out and told us about Natsu.

Igneel bolted up and ran to the room that held his son, I followed hesitantly. I stopped by the door.

"Son, How are you doing?" I heard Igneel ask. 'Natsu must be awake' I told myself and smiled.

I waited a bit longer before entering the room, Igneel left and told me I could go in so I did. Natsu looked at me and he froze, he looked at me with a look of hatred and something happened, I felt my heart shatter at the look he gave me, then he spoke, with a voice laced with venom. "You.." "Look Natsu, I know you hate me but please hear me out." I pleaded and his face softened.

"Okay, speak, Why are you here?"

"You were stabbed.."

"WAS IT YOU!?" I was cut off by him yelling at me. "No! I promise you that! I witnessed it and helped you, I saved your life, well helped save your life, really the doctors saved you." I rambled a little and he looked down.

"Oh, But why? I thought you hated me?"

"I don't hate you Natsu. I was jealous of you, I'm also really sorry!! For everything." I sat down on his bed.

"Jealous, Why?" he looked confused.

"You could come out of the closet and live your life without any problems, I know I was a problem for you, but I came out to being Gay to my father a year ago and he left. I kept it hidden but I'm telling you because you need an explanation." I looked away.

He didn't say anything and it worried me, but after a few minutes he pulled on my sleeve and I was pulled into an awkward hug. The hug wasn't awkward for long because I turned so he could hug me better and I returned the hug.

"I really am sorry Natsu. I also hurt you because I was frustrated with my family now and I let it all out on you."

We let go of each other and he smiled at me. I did take notice of the black eye he sported but his dad probably thought it was the attacker that gave it to him and I tend to keep letting him think that.

"Can we start over? Maybe as friends?" I asked him.

He took a while to answer but he did.

"Yeah, Let's start over Gray." He smiled and I smiled as well.

"Thank you"

-time skip-

Me and Natsu had been getting along well as friends and now we were more, Natsu was my boyfriend now, and we were happy. A lot of his friends become my friends but a lot of them also looked at us as if they still couldn't believe what was happening, I didn't blame them though, If I was in their position I would have a hard time believing what was happening between me and Natsu as well. I chuckled to myself as Natsu grabbed my hand.

"Gray! Let's go!"

I was dragged away from the school and to my car so we could head back to his house. We had planned to play video games. Once we got back to his house we ran into the living room and plopped down on the floor and Natsu turned on his playstation. We played for a few hours before Igneel came home and he greeted us with a smile. Natsu asked me if I wanted to stay for dinner and I replied saying. "Only if i'm not intruding."

"Of course you aren't, anyone who's a friend on my son is welcome" Igneel said from the doorway leading to the kitchen and he gave us a wink. Both me and Natsu blushed from embarrassment and Igneel laughed before heading back to the kitchen to get dinner ready.

After dinner I stayed a bit longer because it was the start of the weekend, but I eventually had to go home, Natsu walked me to the door and we said goodbye. He leaned up and placed a kiss to my lips which I returned eagerly.

"Goodnight Natsu, I'll see you tomorrow, Ash for brains!" I chuckled as I used an old nickname for him, His face turned to a look of betrayal before grinning and shouted back at me as I ran to my car.

"Yeah yeah, you stupid Popsicle!"

I got in my car as he shut the door and then I headed home, not even my family could dampen my mood right now.

Me and Natsu were getting along great and we plan to stay that way.  

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Bullied and Loved

Chapter 1

-Natsu's Point Of View-

My name is Natsu Dragneel, I got to school like every other normal person, the school I go to is called Fairy Tail High, we all have magic there, but i'm not normal, I just happened to be gay and because of that I get picked on almost everyday, so needless to say, I hate going to school but I have to.

"Natsu! Wake up!"

"I am awake dad!" I yell back at my dad, his name is Igneel, really he's my foster dad but I consider him my real dad since I don't even know who my real one is.

I pull myself out of bed and drag my feet towards the bathroom to take a shower, I made sure the water was really hot before I get in. I know I have about an hour before I have to get to school so I can take my time. After I shower I dry my hair, It spikes up in all different directions without me having to do anything, I like that. I look through my closet before deciding to put on some black skinny jeans with a black t-shirt and a black and white checkered button up, I also wrap my scarf around my neck, Igneel gave it to me so it's special.

"Come on Natsu, breakfast is on the table!"

"Alright!" I make my way down the stairs to our little kitchen, dad had made pancakes, My favorite.

After scarfing down my breakfast I grab my car keys and my winter jacket. I really hate the cold weather and sadly it's the beginning of winter. I just hope my car starts...I put the key in the ignition and try to start the car and sadly it won't. I sighed and pulled out my phone and texted Lucy, one of my close friends, she doesn't pick on me for being Gay. I dial her number and wait.

"Hello?"

"Hey Luce. Any chance I can get a ride with you? My car wont start."

"Yeah, Of course, I'll be there in 5 minutes! Okay?"

"Alright. See ya."

Lucy showed up exactly 5 minutes later and we drove to the school, Once we got there I groaned.

"Oh, come on Natsu. It probably won't be that bad." "Says the one who doesn't get bullied." I glared at her.

She sighed and dragged me into the school ignoring all my protests. She dragged me all the way to my locker, made sure I got the books I needed and then walked with me to my class.

We had the same class but I sat in the back while she sat in the front. I fell asleep which was normal for me.

After class I made my way to my locker and grabbed the books for my other class.

I tried to be quick so I could avoid the school bully, my bully, Gray Fullbuster. I hated his guts but at the same time he was not bad on the eyes if only he wasn't such a jerk then maybe... No Natsu don't think that, you hate him and he hates you and besides he's probably straight. I sighed, shut my locker and made my way to my next class which was magic studies. I was so lost in thought that I didn't notice someone walking up behind me.

"Oi! Pinky!" a familiar voice called out.

I didn't stop, instead I walked a bit faster, that voice belonged to Gray. Yet Gray caught up to me and pushed me into the lockers. I let out a groan and Gray just laughed.

-No one's point of view-

Gray laughed as Natsu slid to the floor, he had pushed him and Natsu hit his head off the lockers. Gray then kicked Natsu and called him a faggot, Natsu reached for his book so he could still make his way to his class but Gray kicked them away and punched Natsu in the face. Natsu was sure he'd have a black eye from that. Once Gray was finished with the fire mage he walked away. Natsu was left leaning against the lockers in a lot of pain. Natsu sighed and thought to himself 'one of these days if this doesn't stop, he's going to put me in the hospital.' When Natsu was okay enough to get up he made his way back to his locker, threw his books in it and walked out of the school.

-Natsu's point of view-

That stupid ice bastard, he can really throw a punch though. I sighed and placed my hand on my eye but instantly removed it because it hurt, really bad, I guess I'll go home and put some ice on my eye. I made my way back to my house, My dad wasn't home because he was gone to work so I was alone, I was glad to be alone because I really didn't want to deal with the concern right now.

I made my way to the fridge and grabbed an ice pack from the freezer, then I went to my room and lid down while placing the ice pack over my eye. I sighed. I kind of wanted to try my car again and maybe drive around but I already know that it won't start. So I rolled over and closed my eyes falling asleep.

I woke up to Happy digging his claws in my arm, I accidently threw the poor cat off my bed. I apologized to him and promised to give him extra fish for supper. I checked my phone and noticed that I had 5 missed calls from Lucy and 10 text messages from her as well, whoa guess i must have worried her. I sent her a text and said that I went home early and that I never replied because I fell asleep. She came back saying okay and that she was worried about me.

I decided to take a walk, but I didn't realize I was being watched. I got attacked about 10 minutes after I left my house, someone jumped me, we wrestled for a while but I was punched in the face which knocked me to the ground, then my attacker was standing above me and they stabbed me. I blacked out from the impact to the ground but the last thing I heard was someone yelling out my name and then my attacker was gone and then everything went black.  

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I’m Coming home

Gray Fullbuster lived a peaceful life. Even if he was only a worker in a local café called Fairy Tail, he was still happy.

Gray was just waking up from an alarm he had set so he could wake up for work. The Ice mage groaned before pulling himself up out of the bed. He started his morning routine. He put on his work uniform, grabbed his car keys and made his way to his car after locking his front door.

Work was boring but his co-workers were some of his closest friends so he enjoyed coming to work. "Morning Gray!" A white haired female greeted him as he was putting on an apron.

"Morning Mira" Gray gave the female a gentle smile and started taking orders.

This week was Gray's morning shift week, he never did work a full day unless Mira, who was the boss asks him to because someone can't make it or they're sick.

Lunch break came around, that signaled the end of Gray's shift. He made himself a coffee and grabbed a muffin.

Lucy was the one who was supposed to take Gray's shift but she was running late. She finally made it nearing the end of the lunch hour. "Mira, Gray, Sorry i'm late!" "Hi Lucy" Gray greeted as he grabbed his coat. "It's okay Lucy, just hurry and get ready! And Gray you have a nice afternoon, see you tomorrow!" She waved as he was leaving.

"Goodbye Mira!" Gray waved as he made his way to his car. The ice mage sat in the driver's seat and took out his phone. Usually he wouldn't have any messages but he noticed a voicemail from an unknown number. Hesitantly he checked it and when he did he almost dropped the phone, a voice he recognized had said "Gray...I'm coming home... I'll see you in 5 hours."

Anger, sadness as well as happiness filled the ice mage as he listened to the voicemail over and over again. He'd know that voice anywhere but there was something else, something that voice didn't say, and that was that they were hurt... they needed Gray, they needed help, and comfort. Gray took in a shaky breath and drove to the grocery store, he needed to pick up a few items if he was having a guest.

Gray parked in the parking lot and made his way inside the grocery store, grabbed a basket and walked down the isles, he picked up a few items that were necessary and then grabbed a few groceries. He made his way to the check out and placed his items on the counter.

"Hi Gray, Running low again?" the cashier joked.

"Hi Lyon, No, I have someone coming over to stay for a while."

"Oh, mind me asking who this person is?" "Let's just say they've been gone for 5 years today." Gray had a sad look in his eyes that Lyon picked up on instantly but that was only because they were brothers and he knew exactly who that person was.

"Ah..Okay, Well this will be 1000 jewel." Lyon said.

Gray paid for his items and said goodbye to his brother. He packed the bags in the back seat of his car and drove home.

Once back at his house he unlocked the door and brought the bags inside, then started packing away the items.

Gray sighed and sat down on his couch once he finished up. 'What to do now?' He thought to himself. Gray still had 4 hours to go. He decided to take a nap.

Once Gray had woken up again he checked the time. "Whoa, I slept for 3 and a half hours!" he got up "Maybe i should clean up a bit." He scratched his head and took a look at the room. There were plates on the coffee table that were from yesterday. He picked up the plates and carried them to the kitchen. He washed up the dishes and swept up the floors in less than 20 minutes so he then decided to clean up the guest room.

The voice mail may not have said that they were staying with Gray but with the tone of voice used, he could tell.

A few more minutes passed and there was a knock on the door.

Gray hurriedly answered the door and there on his door step stood Natsu Dragneel. Gray's breath caught in his throat at the sight of the fire mage in front of him.

Natsu looked at Gray and was about to speak before he was pulled into a tight embrace. Gray yanked Natsu inside and they fell to the floor hugging each other but when they let go Gray slapped Natsu across the face. Natsu sat there and took it, he deserved it. "I deserved that."

"Yeah you did! How dare you leave for 5 years without notice and then never call anyone! Never call me!" Gray stared at him with tears threatening to leave his eyes but he also glared at the dragon slayer.

"I know, I'm sorry. I have no excuse for what i did." Natsu looked down so his eyes were shaded with his hair that was now noticeably longer.

Gray expression softened. "So what brought you back?" "I missed everyone. I missed you." Natsu looked up at him.

"Yeah I missed you too ash breath!" Gray got up and helped Natsu stand as well.

"Mind if I shower?" "No go ahead, still remember where the bathroom is?"

Natsu nodded and made his way there.

"Towels are moved to the closet across the hall!" Gray shouted after him. He then made his way to the kitchen to make something for them to eat.

Once Gray was finished cooking Natsu came into the kitchen. "Smells good!"

"I thought you'd be hungry." He grinned at the fire mage and placed plates of food on the table, he then sat down.

Natsu sat down as well and started eating. "Thanks Gray." Gray smiled and nodded.

After they finished eating they went to the living room but Gray tackled Natsu to the floor and they fought for a bit before they both stopped and grinned at each other, they then got up and walked over to the couch. Gray noticed something off about Natsu. The fire mage was walking with a limp and he kept holding his shoulder.

"Natsu, are you hurt?"

With that simple question the fire mage tensed up but sighed. "I am"

Gray gasped and rushed over to the dragon slayer. "And you didn't think to tell me?!" "I didn't want to worry you, I broke my ankle and my shoulder while I was away and they didn't heal properly. I'm gunna be like this probably for the rest of my life." "Baka!" he hit him upside the head. "Stop it! I rested but it still didn't heal properly!" Natsu spat back at Gray. Gray chuckled and pulled him down onto the couch as to not hurt him anymore. "I'm glad you're back, I still love you, you know." "I still Love you too Gray. I'm not leaving anymore, I promise" Natsu hugged the ice mage and they sat together on the couch. "But tomorrow you're getting a haircut!" Gray teased as he played with Natsu's ponytail.

"Hey!" Natsu batted his hand away.

Gray laughed.  

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Fixing You

Final Chapter Chapter 11 Two months had passed, Everyone in the guild had gone back to the guild before Gray and Natsu, That included Erza, Lucy, Wendy and Carla. Happy stayed because he wanted to stay with Natsu. Over the past month Natsu was getting better. He was feeling happier and less down, sure he still has his down moments but they weren’t as bad anymore. If anything his temper sure came back at full capacity. This irked Gray a bit, sure he was happy Natsu was returning to normal but his temper was one thing Gray was not too fond of. “Gray! Fight me!” Gray groaned. “Got some energy to burn fire breath?”Natsu nodded and grinned. Gray dragged Natsu to an open field and shot some ice spikes towards the dragon slayer who eagerly crushed them with a fiery fist. They probably  fought for a good two hours before they were both tired and bruised. Natsu layed down on the ground and Gray layed next to him when he found the energy to make his way over to the fire mage. “That was fun.” Natsu laughed but coughed as he held his stomach. Gray had landed a punch to his stomach not long before the battle ended.Gray looked at Natsu “You alright?” Natsu looked over at Gray as well “I’m okay.. I think I got you back pretty well anyway considering the bruise that’s already forming on your stomach as well” He grinned.Natsu also hit Gray smack in his stomach as payback for punching Natsu in his stomach. Gray groaned, Natsu was right, he probably felt just as bad as the dragon slayer right now.After they got the energy to get up they both made their way back to the Inn. Natsu decided to take a shower and Gray just wanted to lay down. Natsu exited the bathroom in only a towel. Gray looked over and blushed deeply, sure he’s seen Natsu naked before when they would share a room on missions or in the hotspring they had at the Inn so he had no idea why his face was heating up so much. The ice mage turned away quickly and lid on his side. Natsu put on some boxers and sweatpants and crawled over next to Gray, he wrapped his arms around the ice mage. Gray turned around in the embrace and grinned. The ice mage rolled so he was towering over Natsu, The fire mage grinned and lid on his back while placing his hands on the ice mage’s chest. Gray looked over Natsu’s body, his eyes scanned every curve and ridge, he scanned Natsu’s abs and arm muscles but he noticed something sticking out from that wristband the fire mage always wore.Gray grabbed a hold of Natsu’s wrist before the fire mage even knew what was happening, Gray removed the wristband and stared in shock at the fading scars still visible on the tanned skin, along with a fairly fresh one. “Natsu…What?” Gray couldn’t find any more words at the moment, he just sat there and stared at Natsu’s wrist. “Gray…” Gray’s instinct kicked in and he checked Natsu’s other wrist, there were no marks there considering he doesn’t cover that one. The ice mage checked everywhere Natsu possibly could have marked. “Natsu are you still doing this?” “Gray…I…No not anymore. “ Natsu put his head down and shaded his eyes with his hair. “Baka! You better not! Why would you do this?!” Gray looked at Natsu with a pained expression. How could he have missed this. He’s been with Natsu every night. There were fresh scars…The only time Gray was never near Natsu was when Natsu or him went to the bathroom. ‘Oh Natsu…’Tears threatened to fall from the dragon slayer’s eyes but he forced them shut. “I did this to feel that I am alive, I wanted to feel the pain to know I’m alive. I’m sorry..”“And you don’t do it anymore?? Right??”Natsu shook his head to signal a ‘No’ and Gray wrapped his arms around the trembling mage. Natsu calmed down after a few minutes but Gray hadn’t. Natsu decided to kiss the ice mage’s neck, he kissed all the way down to Gray’s chest and then back up to those icy lips. Gray was finally starting to calm down so Natsu kept kissing him. Gray pulled away with a small protest from the dragon slayer. “Natsu, tell me the truth.”“Gray..I’m fine. I promise you I stopped and I promise you that I am actually okay!” “Alright. I believe you”Natsu smiled and resumed what he was doing. (I’m not writing it because it will suck! Let your imagination take over hehehe)The next day they got ready to head back to the guild. -2 Years Later- Natsu and Gray were coming back from a job, they both had no scrapes,cuts or bruises so the job must have been pretty easy. “Hey popsicle! Race ya!” Natsu grinned deviously at the ice mage and took off running in the direction of the guild.“Hey, Flame head! Get back here!!” Gray sported a smile of his own and chased after the dragon slayer. Gray soon caught up to Natsu and they both burst through the doors of the guild hall at the same time. Members looked towards the loud crash with annoyed  glares, while other members just paid no mind to it or were grinning at the duo who crashed through the doors.Natsu was on the floor wrestling Gray until Erza came and broke up the fight. Both boys scurried away from the glare they were receiving. Natsu and Gray were still together as a couple but that doesn’t stop the constant fighting, more so now that Natsu was feeling like himself again. Gray smiled to himself, Natsu was now laughing with the others and Gray felt a sense of achievement and tenderness at the sight. The ice mage was happy that Natsu was back to being the happy, loud and childish person, He loved that part about the dragon slayer.  Natsu was surrounded by Lucy and Erza and they were squealing. ‘Damn they must have spotted the silver band on Natsu’s finger.’ Gray thought to himself and chuckled, he then took a look at the dragon slayer and noticed the face that clearly screamed ‘HELP ME!’. The ice mage grinned and pulled his fiance away from the screaming girls. Natsu jumped onto the ice mage’s back and they  both made their way to their apartment.

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Fixing You

Chapter 10 Gray looked at Natsu and thought ‘I need to talk to him tomorrow.’ The next morning Gray woke up before Natsu. He looked down and found the dragon slayer sprawled out on his side of the bed, snoring away. He smiled and got up, showered, and got dressed. When he came out of the bathroom Natsu was sitting up in bed rubbing the sleep from his eyes and yawning. Gray strode over and placed a sweet kiss on the fire mage’s cheek. Natsu sighed in contentment and smiled. “Morning Gray” “Morning” Gray sat down on the bed as Natsu got up to shower. He got dressed in a red t-shirt and his regular white pants, He finished wrapping his scarf around his neck as he walked over to Gray. “Lets go get some breakfast” Natsu nodded and they headed down to the Inn’s cafe. Gray managed to shed off his jacket already, it was his white one with the blue trim. Natsu picked it up and put it on instead of giving it back to the ice mage. Erza was sitting at a table in the cafe eating a piece of strawberry cake, Gray got a coffee and sat down across from her while Natsu came and sat next to Gray with a plate of food piled so high his head was hidden from Erza’s view. Erza took notice that Natsu was wearing Gray’s jacket almost as soon as they walked into the cafe with each other and grinned. “Morning boys” “Morning Erza” Both teens said. “I see that Natsu stole your jacket.” She grinned at Gray. Gray looked at Natsu and blushed. The fire mage was indeed still wearing Gray’s jacket, and Gray thought that it looked damn good on him too. He also noticed that Natsu was still wearing the necklace that Gray gave him. He smiled and turned back to his coffee. Erza finished off her cake and looked at the two boys again. “So what are you two planning on doing today?” “Not sure yet. ” Natsu answered. “A few people decided to go check out the water and theme park they had here, its all in one so there’s multiple activities to do. You should come.” She got up “Also Wendy gave me these to give you.” She placed a bottle containing small white pills in Natsu’s hand. “There troia pills, they are more powerful then her spell so they should work on you, that way you can go on the rides. anyway, I’m off to find Lucy.” She smiled and left. Natsu grinned “These would be perfect. I think we should go Gray!” “Yeah, it sound like fun” He smiled and finished off his coffee. Natsu had already finished eating and was getting up. Gray got up as well. “We should go get our swim clothes in case we go on water slides as well.” Gray suggested. Natsu nodded and they headed back up to their room. They each packed a small bag and made their way to the park Erza mentioned. Natsu’s eyes lit up when he saw everything. Gray chuckled and pulled him over to a change room. They changed into swim clothes but kept on their shirts. Natsu wanted to go on the roller coaster that went under water on a loop so he took one of the trioa pills and dragged Gray to the lineup. They got on the ride in the very front so they’d hit the water first. Natsu grinned widely and Gray chuckled. 'I still need to talk to him’ Gray thought to himself. As the roller coaster went under water Natsu had his mouth open and ended up swallowing a mouthful of water and spitting out what he couldn’t swallow. Gray laughed a little when Natsu started laughing. They went on many rides and played a few games. Natsu was now hugging a plush that looked kinda like Happy, he carried it back to the dressing room and placed it in his bag and then dragged Gray over to a water slide. They had both already lost their shirts, Gray lost his shirt faster than Natsu though. Natsu had dragged Gray to the tallest slide they had, it was probably 100 ft high, it also had a bunch of turns. They climbed the tower of stairs,  and Natsu sat down and gestured Gray to sit behind him. Gray sat down and wrapped his arms around Natsu as they both went down the slide together, both laughing loudly. When they hit the water Gray came up first but Natsu was no where to be seen. Gray panicked and looked around for him, little did he know that the fire mage was sneaking up behind the ice mage. When Natsu was close enough he Grabbed Gray’s waist causing a yelp to escape the ice mage’s lips. Gray heard the familiar laugh of the fire mage and couldn’t help but smile, although when he turned to look at Natsu the smile left his face and was replaced by a glare. “Baka!!” Natsu shrugged and laughed again. This time Gray joined in on the laughter. They raced each other to the other end of the pool, there was no winner, just a tie, but they sure did argue over who won. Their argument turned into a splash war once again and there was also no winner for that battle either. They both got out of the pool and decided to go change and get something to eat. They headed back to the change rooms. Natsu changed into his white pants and now a black t-shirt he secretly stole from Gray’s drawer when the ice mage was in the bathroom. He then put on gray’s jacket once again. Gray changed into some black pants and a blue t-shirt. They both walked out of the park and went to find a restaurant to eat at. Natsu had his scarf in his hand and seemed to forget about it until Gray looked at him. “Hey Natsu, Why aren’t you wearing your scarf?” “Oh! I forgot!” He stood in front of Gray and wrapped the scarf around the ice mage’s neck. Gray looked shocked at gesture but smiled. “I want you to wear my scarf Gray, at least for now.” Natsu smiled “Cause i’m not giving you back this jacket anytime soon!” Natsu chuckled. Gray laughed “You can wear my Jacket as long as you want, It looks good on you” He grinned. They came across a restaurant and went inside, of course Natsu ordered almost everything on the menu. After eating they went to a small but peaceful park and sat down on the ground by a tree. “Hey Natsu?” “What is it?” Natsu looked over at the ice mage. “I got to tell you something.” Gray stared into those brown eyes of the dragon slayer. Natsu nodded to let Gray know he can continue. “Well…Every time we go on a mission and I or anyone else gets hurt you blame yourself and then after that you get all sad, I know you don’t want me to bring it up but what happened that one day at the lake a few weeks ago..that scared the shit out of me Natsu. I really don’t want to see you do that again…or attempt it…You really need to stop blaming yourself, when we get hurt it’s not your fault. It will never be your fault no matter what. I really just wanted to say that. None of us are leaving and we are all here for you, we just want you to be you again, no one wants to see you unhappy.” Gray Watched Natsu. Natsu had looked away and put his head down. He understood what Gray was saying. If Natsu was unhappy, Gray and everyone else was unhappy. He unknowingly caused his family and friends pain just by being sad. He sighed and Gray wrapped his arms around the fire mage. “Lets go back the Inn, Okay?” Natsu nodded and they got up. Once back in their room at the Inn Natsu curled up on the bed with Gray, neither of them bothered to remove their clothes, they just stayed like that and fell asleep.

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Fixing You

Chapter 9

everything seemed to be back to normal, well almost everything, The guild had been rebuilt but Natsu was still down in the dumps. He was pretending again, some day’s you didn’t notice the small hesitation of that smile and other days he wouldn’t smile unless someone spoke to him.

Gray had talked to the master about finishing their vacation, it was agreed to but he also said that all of Fairy Tail would be going as well, everyone could use a vacation now.

Gray made his way back over to Natsu’s table and told him the news. “Hey”

“Hey..”

“Well I talked to gramps, he said the entire guild is going on vacation for one month but whoever wants to can stay longer if they so desire.” Gray smiled at the dragon slayer

Natsu nodded “When do we leave?” As soon as the words slipped past Natsu’s lips Master shouted.

“Okay! Everyone go home and pack, we are taking a one month vacation as of now, we meet at the train station in 2 hours!”

Everyone cheered and rushed home to pack up. Natsu and Gray’s things had been brought back to their apartment so they headed back there to pack up. That’s when it dawned on Natsu that he lived with Gray in his apartment and that last night he could have slept there, instead he was so defeated he had forgotten and went back to his old home.

Once they finished packing they decided to grab something to eat, it only took then 30 minutes to pack so they had an hour to kill before heading to the train station which would take up the rest of the time they had to spare.

“Hungry Natsu?”

As he was about to answer his stomach decided to answer for him by letting out a loud growl.

“I’ll take that as a yes aha” Gray chuckled at the fire mage before heading into the kitchen. Natsu followed him and snaked his arms around Gray from behind and also burying his face into his shoulder. “You alright Natsu?”

“Yeah, i’m just happy you’re here, with me.” Natsu hugged him tighter.

“Hey, I thought I told you I’m never leaving? Didn’t I say that?” Gray grinned

“You did, I just wanted to hear you say it again!” Natsu smiled against Gray’s shoulder. Gray felt it and smiled as well.

“Alright well I have to cook now.”

“Can’t you cook this way?”

“Yeah probably” Gray was still smiling as he brought some bacon in a frying pan over to the stove.

Natsu never let Gray go as he cooked the bacon, he sniffed the air a few times. “That smells really good!”

‘Well at least his appetite is coming back again.’ Gray smiled and fed him a piece of bacon. “If it smells so good then how does it taste?”

“Amazing!”

“Good to know!” Gray chuckled

Natsu finally let go and leaned on the counter. Gray handed a plate to him and had one for himself. When they finished eating they realized they wasted a bit too much time and they now had to run to the train station. “Race ya” Gray said as he sprinted off.

“Hey! Get back here!” Natsu sprinted off after him. They both made it to the station at the same time, they bickered on about who won until Erza broke it up.

Everyone was already on train, Gray dragged Natsu onto the train and they found their seat, the whole team was sitting together along with Wendy and Carla.

“I’m excited for this! I wanted to come along last time but I was out on a job!” Wendy exclaimed.

“We’re happy you both came along as well as the entire guild too” Lucy smiled at Wendy.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t cast Troia on him” Wendy frowned at Natsu’s sleeping form on Gray’s lap.

“Eh, It’s alright, it ’s better if he’s asleep” Gray smiled.

Erza and Lucy smiled with childlike smiles, 'They are so cute together’ They both thought.

After three hours passed everyone got off the train, some decided to go looking around while other’s went to the Inn. Gray carried Natsu princess style to the Inn.

Natsu woke up before they reached it and groaned while burying his head in Gray’s chest. “Put me down…This is embarrassing..”

Gray chuckled and put him down on his feet. Natsu swayed a little before getting his balance back. “So where are we going first?”

“How about we go drop our stuff off in our room and then go walk around for a bit?”

Natsu nodded. “Sounds good”

They made their way to the Inn and grabbed their room key, they had room 12 while Erza, Lucy and Wendy had room 15. Levy had a room with Gajeel and they happened to be right across the hall from Natsu and Gray.

Natsu jumped onto the bed and layed there for a little bit. Gray dropped off the bags and unpacked his stuff. Natsu soon got up and unpacked as well. Once everything was unpacked and they freshened up they left the Inn and started walking through the town.

“I wanna go back to the hot spring, that was so relaxing!”

“Yeah we can do that, later though I want to look around the market for a bit, is that okay?” Gray asked

“Yup that’s fine with me” Natsu reached for Gray’s hand and intertwined their finger as they walked to the Market area.

They passed a few of their guild mates who smiled at them as they walked past. Gray pulled Natsu over to a shop that sold baked goods such as cookies, cakes, pastries and more.

Natsu almost started to drool when he caught a whiff of the freshly baked cookies. Gray chuckled and bought some for them to share. They stopped at a park bench and sat down to eat the cookies.

Once they finished those off, Natsu dragged Gray to the hot spring. More of their guild mates were there and they all smiled when they saw Natsu and Gray.

The rest of that night was mostly Gray and Natsu splashing each other once again while the others got annoyed at not being able to relax properly, then they would join in on the splash war, at least most of them. They were all laughing, Natsu as well, some of them didn’t laugh though, just grunted in annoyance but they did smile when Natsu laughed, it had been a while since everyone heard a real laugh come from the dragon slayer.

Gray looked at Natsu and thought 'I need to talk to him tomorrow.’

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Fixing You

Chapter 8

The next day everyone started to rebuild the guild once more. Gray had been discharged from the hospital along with Lucy, Gray decided to help the guild members before he went to get Natsu. When the guild was about halfway to being done, Gray took off in the direction of Natsu’s house, he knocked once before opening the door, he then made his way to Natsu’s bedroom when he didn’t see him in the other rooms. He opened the bedroom door slowly in case it creaked and startled the dragon slayer. Natsu was curled up under the blankets with Happy snuggled up against his chest. Gray grinned at the sight but as he got closer his smile faded, he noticed tear tracks on Natsu’s cheek. ‘He must have been crying all night..’ he sighed and decided to let him sleep a little longer. Gray sat down on the edge of the bed and placed his hand on the fire mages cheek to wipe away a stray tear that rolled down his cheek. 'What’s he dreaming about…whatever it is it can’t be good…’ Happy stirred awake, he crawled out of Natsu’s grip and yawned. “G'morning Happy” The exceed jumped a little at Gray’s voice. “Oh, Good morning Gray, I wasn’t expecting to see you..” He smiled at the ice mage. “Yeah I came to check on Natsu” “Oh, Yeah he seemed pretty upset last night I heard him crying.” “Yeah…I could tell he was” Natsu stirred awake at the voices and sat up. “Morning Natsu” Happy said to the dragon slayer. Natsu didn’t say anything he just looked at the exceed and gave him a small smile, he then looked at Gray who was smiling at him. Natsu’s eyes showed pain and sadness. Gray sighed and hugged him. Natsu didn’t do anything, he just stayed there. Gray sighed and let go, “What’s wrong?” “Nothing Gray.” He turned his head away. “that’s bull, there’s obviously something wrong.” Gray’s voice rose a little. “It’s nothing different then what you already know, it’s about yesterday…” “Yesterday is in the past. It doesn’t matter anymore.” Gray tried to reassure him. “It still happened.” “Quit blaming yourself, you did nothing wrong… you were being controlled, Blaming yourself only leads to you falling deeper into this depression I know you don’t wanna be in, Stop blaming and just forget about it! Where’s the lovable, up beat guy we all know and love?” Gray snapped a bit and Natsu flinched a little. “Right now, it feels like you’re gone. You’re changing.” Happy chimed in. Natsu didn’t say a word he just sat there and looked down. Happy sighed and jumped off the bed, “I’m going to the guild, Maybe they could use some help”. with that he left. Gray sat closer to the dragon slayer and Natsu leaned on him. “Are you hungry?” “No” Gray was taken aback by the blunt reply. “Well do you want to do something then?” “Like what?” “I don’t know, we could go to the market, the park, we could go to the river and maybe duke it out for old times sake?” Natsu thought about this for a moment before speaking. “Would you mind letting me take some frustration out on you?” “Nah, Not like you could land a hit on me anyway!” He jumped up to avoid getting punched. “What are you talking about frosty! I so could land a hit on you!!” Gray ran out of the house with Natsu following behind. Gray chuckled at how easily Natsu got riled up, even when he was sown in the dumps. Soon enough they were at the river side, Gray was on one end and Natsu on the other. They charged at each other, no magic was used in this fight, it was just an ordinary physical fight. About and hour or so later Gray and Natsu were both panting, Gray let Natsu take a few hits on him and he held back a little as not to actually hurt the dragon slayer, he’d never admit it but they were equals when they fought for real. Natsu fell to his knees and Gray did as well. “Ah, I’m beat!!” Natsu shouted “Yeah, I know how you feel!” Gray sighed “Feeling any better?” Natsu took a moment too long to answer. “Natsu?” “Oh, uh, yeah i’m feeling a bit better” “Good” Natsu crawled over next to Gray and leaned on him once again. “I’m glad I never actually hurt you, or worse.” “Yeah me too aha” Gray put his arm around the dragon slayer and they stayed like that for maybe half an hour. “You want to do anything else?” “I don’t know, I wish we could finish that vacation we were on before we got interrupted!” Natsu sighed “Me too, I was glad to see you happy again” Gray smiled a little. “Maybe we could once the Guild is rebuilt, Erza and Lucy, Happy too could go back and finish the vacation.” “I’d like that” “You wanna go see the progress the guild is at?” “ah…Yeah, lets go.” He got up and Gray did too. They made their way to the guild and saw that it was already almost finished. 'Man they work fast’ Gray thought. “Natsu!” Lucy ran over to the teen and hugged him tightly. Natsu hugged back slightly. “Hey Luce, How are you?” “I’m A-Okay!” She smiled at him. “Let me help you guys.” Natsu and Lucy walked over and helped drag some boards over to some of their other guild mates. Gray watched as he helped the other members and how they all welcomed him back as if nothing happened. Of course they wouldn’t think any differently of him, they didn’t blame him for anything, they still loved and cared about him. 'We all will get the cheerful dragon slayer back. I’ll make sure he returns to normal’

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Chapter 7 Master Gasped “Shadow Flame Dragon” Erza looked at Gray and took notice on how bad the burn is on his chest. She furrowed her brows and yelled to him. “Gray, When did he change?!” It took a while for Gray to take notice of the other two in the room but when Natsu turned his attention to the door way he snapped out of it and looked in that direction, that’s when he registered that he had been asked a question. “Ah…About 5 minutes ago” Natsu turned to face Erza and she took notice of the battle stance he was now standing in but before she could do anything an ice shield formed in front of her, followed by a spiral of black flames. She was taken aback, this was not Natsu, he would not willingly attack his friends. He was being controlled “He needs to take this in 24 hours or he wont change back!” She held up the vile to show Gray that she had the cure, Gray’s face turned hopeful, he looked back at Natsu and charged at him in hopes to tackle him to the ground. Natsu didn’t let him touch him, he dodged Gray’s attempt and punched him in the back, Gray fell to the floor in pain, his back now sported a burn. He got up and charged again, this time he got a hold on Natsu’s waist but they ended up crashing through the window, that didn’t slow the fight though. Gray got back up and took a stance “Ice Make: Cage!” A large cage trapped the fire mage. Erza, Happy, Lucy, Wendy, Carla and Master rushed outside. Gray was down on a knee and Lucy was the one to notice that he now had burns covering almost all of his chest, she sent Wendy to heal him. Not long after Gray was healed, The cage broke. Pieces of Ice flew towards everyone. Gray hugged Wendy to protect her while Erza requppied into an armor with a shield to protect everyone else. Gray looked up at the dragon slayer and noticed something that took him off guard, he noticed tears. Natsu was crying, but only from the eye that was normal colored. ‘Natsu…He’s being controlled, he’s trying to fight it…’ Gray thought to himself as he stood, he took a step towards the dragon slayer but Natsu noticed and sent a wave of black flames towards him. Gray was quick to form a shield this time but it melted as soon as the flames touched it, that’s when Natsu took off. Gray ran after him, he ran through a forest, dodging branches as he chased Natsu, Erza wasn’t far behind, along with Lucy and Happy. Natsu came to a cliff and stopped. Gray caught up to him. “Natsu!” The dragon slayer turned his head only to look at Gray, he then turned back and looked at the cliff’s edge. “Don’t you dare!! we can help you!” Gray was now in panic mode. Natsu looked back at Gray and tilted his head as if he didn’t understand what the ice mage was saying. Gray took slow steps towards him so he wouldn’t cause Natsu to run away again. Happy had somehow flew right above Natsu’s head in case he did jump, he was prepared to catch him. Luckily Natsu didn’t notice the exceed above his head. Gray crept closer and closer, Natsu still had a confused expression on his face. Erza followed behind Gray just as slowly. Natsu took a battle stance when he registered that the two mages were getting closer to him. Gray stopped abruptly but it was too late, a wave of black flames came spiraling in their direction. He managed to shield himself from them and Erza did the same after running back to the others so they were safe too, but Lucy got hit with the flames. Erza silently cursed herself for not staying back with her, Lucy was now unconscious and sported several burns on her left side. The trees behind them had been caught on fire. Natsu had taken off again but this time no one saw where he had disappeared to, or so they thought he took off. He was sitting on top of a branch in one of the trees and watched them. He spit out fire balls and surrounded them in a cage of fire, the flames were so high that Happy’s magic would have been at zero  before he even reached the top, then he took off towards Magnolia once again. The heat coming from the flames surrounding the group was too much for two of them to handle, Erza had requipped into her flame empress armor, Gray tried to cool himself down with ice but it didn’t work, the ice melted as soon as he formed it. Lucy was still passed out on the ground from her hit, Gray was soon to follow, he fell to his knees and collapsed as the heat over took him. Happy collapsed soon after. That left Erza, the flames were still hot for her but she could handle it, although, she had no idea how to get out of this situation. Natsu had made his way back to the town and everyone ran from him as soon as they spotted him, but who wouldn’t, black flames danced around him, his body was arched so he walked with a slouch, his normal eye was hidden by his hair and his black eye was now glowing red, no pupil could be seen. The black markings that he sported on his arms and chest had now multiplied while covering his Guild mark. He made his way to the Guild hall while setting everything in his path on fire, there was only one thing on his mind 'Destroy Fairy Tail.’ He made it to the guild, and his flames grew, They surrounded the hall, Gajeel smelled the smoke first and told everyone to evacuate, they all ran out the back door to avoid getting burned. Natsu sensed that the Guild was now empty and the flames grew, engulfing the entire building and turning it to ashes. Every member then became visible and they all looked at the fire mage with a shocked expression. Gajeel smelled the tears Natsu had running down his face. He turned to the Master. “Salamander’s crying, He’s being controlled. I think it’s the markings covering his body” Master nodded and looked at Freed. “Trap him” Free nodded and trapped Natsu in magic canceling box, he then went inside the box, Natsu tried to punch but Freed dodged every attack sent his way, he then pressed in on Natsu’s pressure point causing him to black out immediately. Freed then lifted the spell and Laxus hoisted him over his shoulder. Natsu was placed down on a clear patch behind what was once the guild. “Gajeel, Wendy, Go find the others, Erza has the cure.” Gajeel nodded at the Master, him and Wendy ran towards the forest, they could smell the others, but they could also smell burning flesh. When they got to the others, Wendy rushed over to Erza who was leaning against a tall rock. “Erza! Are you alright!? What happened?!” Erza waved her hand to show she was okay “I’m alright but Natsu trapped us in a flame like cage, Lucy was burned and Gray and Happy passed out from the heat..I think they may have a heat stroke. ” Wendy gasped “can you walk?” Erza nodded. Gajeel picked up Gray and Lucy. Carla helped Erza just in case and Wendy picked up Happy. They all made their way back, Wendy told Erza about the Guild so she was ready to face the pile of ashes. Carla told Wendy she was to no longer use her magic as she already used it too much so Gajeel brought Lucy and Gray to Magnolia’s hospital. Erza walked up to the Master and nodded at him, She took the vile she somehow still had in her hands and placed it to Natsu’s lips. She made him drink to liquid. 20 minutes passed before anything happened, Natsu suddenly began to squirm on the ground, he let out one loud cry and bolted upright. No sign of black markings were to be seen and both of his eyes were now normal. He looked around confused and suddenly everything dawned on him. He curled into a ball and buried his face in his hands sobbing. Erza wrapped her arms around the trembling fire mage, and everyone looked at him with sympathy in their eyes, no one blamed him, he was being controlled, his actions were not his own. Master surly didn’t blame the fire mage for anything he did, he knew Natsu never would have done this if it was his own choice. Happy woke up in Wendy’s arms, Wendy hugged the exceed and then brought him over to Natsu. Happy was quick to hug the fire mage and soon everyone was hugging him, even Gajeel and laxus. When Natsu finally calmed down enough to speak they all let go. “I’m S-So s-sorry!!” “Natsu, Don’t blame yourself, it wasn’t your fault!” Erza tried to reassure the trembling teen. “Where’s Gray, and Lucy?” “In a hospital, Lucy had some pretty bad burns and Gray passed out from heat stroke….” Gajeel spoke this time. Natsu reached for his scarf but when he just grabbed air he panicked “My scarf! Where’s my scarf!” “Gray has it, I picked it up when were sent to find them, I placed it on him until we got back but I guess I forgot to grab it, Sorry” Wendy frowned. “O-oh, O-okay, I want to s-see them” Erza looked to Master and he nodded, She helped him stand up and they made their way to the hospital. everyone they had passed looked at the fire mage with fear in their eyes and some of them glared. Once they got to the hospital they were taken to Lucy and Gray’s room. Lucy’s burns were treated by a healer  and she was now resting. Gray had a cold cloth placed on his forehead but he was awake. Erza smiled at him and he smiled back, but when Natsu stepped into the room his eyes went wide and he tried to get out of the bed. Erza and stopped him “Gray! You need to rest!”  she managed to get him to sit still but his eyes never left the dragon slayer. “Natsu?” Natsu looked up and met Gray’s eyes, Gray noticed that he was crying. “Natsu, Come here!” He opened his arms for a hug but the fire mage didn’t move. “I’m sorry! I hurt Lucy, I hurt you!!” his voice shook as he spoke. “It’s okay! It wasn’t your fault!! Don’t even say it was because it wasn’t! This could have happened to any of us! now come over here!” Natsu slowly moved over next to Gray and he was pulled down by the ice mage, he was pulled into a hug. Natsu hugged him back but his sobs only got louder. Gray rubbed his back as he comforted the fire mage. They let go of each other after 10 minutes, Gray pulled Natsu in and kissed his lips gently. “I’ll be out of here tomorrow, and maybe Lucy will too. They’re keeping me here to make sure i’m definitely okay, i’ll come see you as soon as i’m out of here so go home and get some sleep!” Gray gave Natsu a small smile. Natsu nodded and walked back over to the door, he took one last look at Gray and Lucy then Erza walked up to him. “Ready to go?” He nodded and was about to leave when Gray shouted “Wait! Your scarf!” Natsu looked back at Gray and walked over, Gray was lifting it off the stand next to his bed and held it out to Natsu. The fire mage took it and wrapped it around his neck, he was pulled in for one more hug. “Thank you.”  Gray nodded and then Natsu turned to leave. Erza walked him back to his house and they said their goodbye’s, she told him that Happy will be there shortly and that he should get some sleep. Natsu went inside and went straight to his room, he climbed under the covers and layed there, Happy soon came home just as Erza said and he curled up next to Natsu. Natsu had pulled Happy to his chest and hugged him till he fell asleep. Natsu could smell Gray’s scent on his scarf, it comforted him a little but he still fell asleep silently crying.

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Fixing You

Chapter 6

It’s been 3 days since Natsu collapsed for the second time and he has yet to awaken. Master had sent everyone on a frenzy searching for a cure. Every now and then someone was sent to check on the dragon slayer. Happy was sent this time to go check on Natsu, he flew up to the room and he landed on Natsu’s bed. The exceed placed a paw on the dragon slayers arm but instantly removed it. Natsu was cold. Very cold. Happy panicked and flew straight to the master without checking for a pulse. Gray noticed happy quickly flying out of the room and followed him along with everyone else when they noticed Gray take off. Happy was already talking to Master when they got there. “It’s Natsu! H-He’s so cold!” Happy was crying now. Everyone who heard let out a gasp and Master quickly made his way to the room. Gray pulled Happy in for a hug to comfort the exceed. “Happy, Was he breathing??” Gray was afraid of hearing no. “I…I don’t know…I forgot to check. He was so cold I just quickly came down here!” He cuddled into Gray’s chest and cried a bit more. “I hope we find a cure!!” “Me too happy, Me too..” Gray walked up to the room with the others to see how Natsu was doing. Master was checking for a pulse when he entered the room. “Is he alive?” Lucy spoke. “Yes..He still has a pulse so he’s still alive but it seems we don’t have much time left before all his magic is gone.” “If we are able to find a cure will all his magic return?” Erza questioned. “I’m not entirely sure, but, if there was ever a cure then I would think that yes, all his magic should return..” Gray sighed and walked over to the bed, he placed a hand on Natsu’s cheek and then noticed there was absolutely no heat radiating off the teen. “C'mon, we should go back to finding a cure. we may have only a few days left, and then again we could have a week to month, I don’t know.” everyone followed the master out of the room, Everyone except Gray, he stayed back for a little longer. Happy was still in his arms. “Gray, What’s going to happen?” “I don’t know…I really wish I did though.” They headed back down to everyone else. An hour had passed, Levy and Freed had been sent to search for a book in any bookstore they could find. Lucy was in the Guild’s library but she couldn’t seem to find anything that could be a possible cure. Erza was sent back to the village they got attacked in to ask around and see if anyone knew anything about the type of magic and if there was a cure available. Gray was getting frustrated “Argh!! Why did the one spell that has no cure have to be the one that idiot got hit with!!!” He slammed the book his was reading shut and ran his hands through his hair. “Oi! Shut up or i’ll come over there and make you!!” Gajeel yelled at Gray. “Do not pick a fight with me right now!!” As soon as Gray spun around to face the iron dragon a loud scream came from Natsu’s room. Everyone stopped in their tracks and Gray bolted to the room, Master and happy following behind. Natsu was tossing and turning in his bed clutching the sheets in tight fists, his face was contorted into an expression of pain. Gray ran to his side and planted both of his hands down on Natsu’s chest in a attempt to keep him still. “Natsu! What’s wrong!” “Hurts!!! AHHH! Everywhere!!!!” A low growl escaped his mouth that caused Gray to take a step back. When Gray backed up Natsu flipped himself over so he was half kneeling on the mattress, his face was buried in a pillow that he was biting really hard on, His hands gripped the sheets in tight fists once more. He still screamed but they were muffled by the pillow. Gray turned to Master “ What do we do?!” “Happy! go get  Wendy!” “Aye!” Happy flew out of the room and soon after Wendy came running in. Wendy placed both of her hands over Natsu as both Gray and Master held him still. She gasped and took her hands away. “we have less then a hour before all his magic will be turned to dark magic. I actually thought it was a poison that sucked your magic out but instead it taints it and turns it in to dark magic!” “We have to get a hold of Erza, she’s asking about the wrong thing!” Gray’s voice shook with panic. “Yes, I’ll go try to reach her on the communication lacrima!” Master ran out of the room and straight to his office. Gray watched as Natsu curled into a little ball before passing out once again from the pain being too unbearable. Freed and Levy returned empty handed almost as soon as the Master left the room. About twenty minutes later Erza entered the guild with a vile of some kind reddish orange colored potion. “Master! I got the potion! I have the cure!” She ran up to the Master and handed him the vile. “We have to give it to him after he transforms but it has to be before 24 hours are up or else we can’t save him!” They heard a loud bang and a scream before both her and Master rushed back up to Natsu’s room but what they seen was not what they had been expecting. Gray was crouched in a corner with Wendy behind him, his face showed pain and fear, there was a long burn mark across his chest. Natsu stood a few feet back, Black flames circled around his fist. His eyes were different colors, one had turned black while his other eye was normal. There was purplish black markings running up his arms and chest. Master gasped “Shadow Flame Dragon”

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Fixing You

Chapter 5

They fell asleep hugging once again but it didn’t last long before a big bang 

was heard outside the inn and screams followed soon after. Gray and Natsu shot up and Gray threw on some pants, then they both headed out the door, Guests were running around and away from the entrance. Gray and Natsu ran towards the entrance and met up with Erza and Lucy. “Happy fly me up!! I wanna get a better look!” “Aye Sir!” Happy grabbed onto Natsu’s shoulders and lifted him up over the running crowd of people. Natsu seen the problem. In the middle of the street stood a hooded figure casting magic spells, dark magic spells.   “Happy! Drop me!” Natsu was dropped right in front of the mysterious figure and soon a flaming fist was thrown at them. The hooded figure stumbled a little before throwing a spear made from black matter at the dragon slayer, Natsu dodged with ease and shouted “Fire Dragon’s Roar!” the enemy dodged the spiraling fire coming their way only to get hit by a bunch of ice shards. “Natsu! Don’t go off yourself!” Gray ran and stood back to back with Natsu as more hooded figures appeared. “Sorry but I wanted to see who was causing so much trouble!” “Ice Make Shield!” Gray put up a shield just as a couple more dark spears came their way. “Fire dragon’s wing attack!” Natsu hit another two enemies and sent them flying into more enemies. Natsu noticed the girls were fighting a group of their own. Looks like it was up to Gray and him to defeat this group. He threw another punch at an enemy but got hit by a spear instead. Dark magic circled around him before his body absorbed it, he started to get dizzy before everything went black and he dropped to the ground. The last thing he heard was Gray going on a rampage. Natsu woke up and found himself layed in the room him and Gray were staying in at the inn, he sat up and instantly fell back to the bed after feeling an intense pain run through his abdomen. Gray walked into the room and noticed that Natsu was awake and he made his way over to the side of the bed. “Hey, Nice to see that you woke up” He smiled at the dragon slayer and sat down on the bed. “What happened?” Natsu groaned. “You got hit during a fight, do you remember anything?” “Um, yeah, I remember the fight, Do you defeat them?” “You know I did!” Gray grinned but it faded “they hurt you, there’s no way i’d let them get away with that” Natsu grinned “Great! But I feel like shit!!” He groaned as he tried to roll on to his side, when he let out a gasp Gray rolled him back over onto his back. “No moving!” “What exactly hit me?” “Well I don’t exactly know what it was but it was some type of dark magic, it was the shape of a spear and somehow your body absorbed it.” Natsu looked as if his brain couldn’t process what Gray was telling him. Gray chuckled at his reaction. and leaned down to place a kiss to his forehead. “Lets not worry about this right now, we can head back to the guild later because Wendy needs to check on you, We need to make sure you’re okay.” Natsu nodded and closed his eyes drifting off back into sleep. When Natsu woke up again he was at the guild, but something didn’t feel right, Wendy had already checked on him and she was now talking to the master. “He was hit by some type of poison, and it drains your powers and replaces them with the same dark magic that is in the poison.” Master looked at Wendy and sighed, it was just as he suspected. Carla’s vision was coming true. Natsu sat up in the bed, he was no longer in pain for some reason and he got up and walked down to the others. Gray noticed Natsu and ran over to him. “Natsu what are you doing out of bed!” “I’m not in pain, I feel fine right now, well something feels different but i can’t place my finger on it.” He placed a finger on his lips and thought but he looked way too confused to deal with it. Master came out of his office and looked up at Natsu “child, come with me, along with the rest of you as well.” Natsu followed the Master into his office and they all followed as well. Master sat down in his chair and motioned for everyone to sit as well. “I have some news about what happened to Natsu, it’s not good news.” Natsu swallowed a lump in his throat as he waited for the master to continue, Gray looked uneasy as did the rest of the team. “Natsu, you were hit with a spear with poison laced in it, The poison is making its way through your body, it will eventually suck out your magic and replace it with the magic that made the spear and poison..and there’s nothing we can do to stop it right now…I’m sorry , we will keep looking but so far there is no cure.” The team was left dumbfounded and Natsu teared up, Gray snapped out of his shocked state and wrapped his arms around the dragon slayer who was now shaking. “Shh, Natsu don’t worry we will find a cure, we will fix this, that poison will not take you magic.” Gray tried his best to comfort the dragon slayer but nothing he said seemed to work. Master let them stay in his office as he went to find levy and Freed. Natsu didn’t know what to think, what was this going to do to him? He definitely didn’t want to lose the power that Igneel gave him, he was afraid, would the dark magic change him? Would it take control over him? He panicked and something took over, he started to feel dizzy again and everything went black once more, the last thing he heard was someone shouting. “NATSU!!”

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Fixing You

Before I start this chapter there’s something I need to say, Natsu is the way he is because i’m basing him off of myself right now, that’s part of the reason I said he had suffered more. I had no intention of comparing back stories, that was not what I wanted to do. I didn’t word it right when I said Natsu suffered more. I had said it because Master knows some things, Because of Carla he knows that Natsu will indeed lose quite a few people close to him in the future. I wasn’t going to explain this but I feel the need to right now.

Chapter 4

It’s been a week since the team took the vacation that the master set up for them, Natsu and Gray were now sitting at a bar, Natsu was basically drooling over all the food options available and Gray was about to order a drink before Natsu interrupted him. “Hey what are you getting?” “probably just a beer, you?” Gray didn’t really have to ask the dragon slayer what he was getting cause if he knew Natsu he knew he was going to order a bunch of food, but Natsu had surprised him “Just one plate of fire chicken” “That’s all?” “Yeah, I’m not very hungry anyway..” Natsu called the waiter over and ordered, Gray ordered as well. Their food and drinks were brought over and Natsu dug in. It didn’t take him long to finish. Gray finished off his beer soon after. “What do you wanna do now, hey Natsu?” Gray shifted on his stool so he could face the dragon slayer. Natsu put his hand on his chin as he thought, this made Gray smile at how childish it made him look. “How about we go to the beach, i’d really like to go swimming” “Yeah we can do that, Lets get the girls too, they probably went shopping” “Okay!” Natsu paid for his meal and Gray’s drink under Gray’s protest, but Natsu grabbed gray’s arm and dragged him to the shopping area. Gray scanned the shops looking for Erza and Lucy as well as looking at the items in the shop. Natsu on the other hand was only looking for the Girls. “Hey Natsu, We’d probably find them quicker if we split up” “Yeah, you’re right.” “Okay you go that way and i’ll stay in this area, Sound good?” Natsu nodded and sprinted off in the other direction. Gray had told Natsu that it’d be better to split up because it would be but he had also noticed something in the shops window which he thought Natsu would love, he’d love anything the ice mage gave him anyway but he wanted to get this one item that caught his eye. -Back at the Guild- Master was anxious over something, Carla had mentioned something that made him uneasy and he wanted to get the team back as soon as possible, he hated that he had to cut their vacation short but something was going to happen, Someone was going to get hurt again or worse. “Master, I don’t think there’s anything we can do, we’ve tried to avoid one of Carla’s visions before but it didn’t work out in our favor.” Mira was watching the Master in concern, she wanted to avoid this from happening but really there was nothing they could do. The Master sighed “You’re right Mira, Maybe we should just leave it be” Tears welled up in his eyes as he stalked his way back to his office. -Back with the Team- Natsu had found the girls and was already heading back to find Gray. Erza and Lucy along with Happy were watching Natsu with a smile on their face, they were happy to see how eager the teen was to go to the beach, they knew that, that would make him happy, he would have fun with everyone there. Erza was the first to notice Gray moving away from a shop with a small box in his hand, not small enough for a ring though, secretly she was disappointed that there was no ring in that box but she knew that he had bought something for the now cheerful teen as he spotted Gray and ran up to him. Gray had to quickly hide the box in his hand as he was almost bowled down by the fire mage. Natsu jumped on his back and insisted on a piggy back ride. Gray happily complied to it, he carried Natsu all the way to the beach since they were already wearing their shorts and the girls had their bathing suits on under their clothes. Once they reached the beach Natsu jumped off Gray, threw his shirt and scarf at him and ran into the water. Gray chuckled and walked over to where the girls went and placed Natsu’s stuff down by theirs, he then threw off his shirt which he surprisingly still had on and ran out to the water as well. Natsu had dropped to his back so he could float and Gray splashed water at him. Natsu gasped and stood up, then grinned and splashed Gray back, they laughed as another splash war broke out between them. Soon after the war broke out the girls joined in on the fun and then everyone was splashing each other, Happy was flying above as he watched Natsu smiling and everyone having fun, but Natsu grabbed his tail and pulled him into the water causing the exceed to let out a small yelp. After they all were tired of splashing water at each other they all decided to go back to the beach and lay down for a little bit. Natsu walked up and sat under a tree, Happy curled up next to him and Gray sat down on the other side of him. Erza and Lucy sat next to happy and looked at the dragon slayer. “So are you having fun Natsu?” Erza spoke first. “Yeah, I am” He gave the red head a small smile before looking down at Happy who had fallen asleep. He knew that this was fun to do, especially with everyone there, they were part of his family, they were his closest friends, but he knew that this wouldn’t last, he had a feeling that something was going to happen but he didn’t know what. “That’s good to hear, we all want you to be happy. you too Gray, we want you to be happy as well.” Gray nodded at Erza to tell her thanks and both her and Lucy gave them a smile. They all lid down and stared at the sky which was now darkening, yet they still stayed there until the whole sky was covered in stars. Gray now had his head layed on Natsu’s leg and Natsu was running his fingers through the raven locks. “Maybe we should head back to the inn, it’s starting to get cold” Lucy spoke as she shivered and shifted closer to Erza. “Yeah, lets head back, i’m getting tired anyway.” Natsu spoke as he yawned. Gray sat up and stretched before grabbing his shirt and Natsu grabbed his own shirt and scarf. The girls grabbed their clothes and they made their way back to the inn, once they got back they all said goodnight and each disappeared in their own rooms. Gray walked into the room and reached into the bag he had with him for the small box, once he found it he looked over at Natsu and called him over. “What is it Gray?” “I found something that I think you would like.” He smiled and handed over the box to Natsu. Natsu opened the box and his eyes lit up. Inside the box was a pendant on a chain that was a flame encased in ice. “Gray….I love it!” Gray smiled and kissed the dragon slayer tenderly. They pulled apart and Gray placed the necklace around Natsu’s neck so it was visible under the scarf. “Thank you Gray!” “You’re welcome” Natsu moved to the bathroom to get ready for bed, Gray had changed into boxers and got in bed, Natsu came out of the bathroom and noticed that Happy had already went to bed and smiled before getting in bed next to Gray. They fell asleep hugging once again but it didn’t last long before a big bang was heard outside the inn and screams followed soon after.

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Fixing You

Chapter 3

The day after the mission that almost killed Gray, He was told to get as much rest as possible, to rebuild his strength. Master then turned to Natsu and told him that he could stay by Gray’s side as long as he wants, but who would pull the dragon slayer from Gray’s side now. Natsu clearly needed to be with him, know that he is still alive and wont wake up to it all just being a dream and having Gray actually be gone.

Master knew everything Natsu had gone through, ever since he had shown up at the guild he had been carrying a burden, one that would never go away until he found what caused it. Then Natsu met Lisanna and Master could see that the girl cheered the dragon slayer up tremendously, he also noticed that a certain raven made him happy as well, no matter how many times those two would fight, Gray made Natsu happy.

Then Natsu found that egg, when it hatched he had another one he could call his friend, Happy. Natsu was so cheerful since then, but that didn’t last long, the day Lisanna never came back from a mission was the day another crack had appeared in his heart. He distanced himself for a while, but it was Gray who brought Natsu back, he helped Natsu, made him happy again but it was only when Lisanna came back was when Natsu returned to his old self.

The day came where Natsu finally found Igneel only to have him get killed right in front of his eyes. More than one crack appeared in the dragon slayers heart and he became depressed but once again Gray managed to bring him out of that darkness, it took a while but Natsu returned to his cheerful self, up until two weeks ago, Master noticed something had changed, something happened between Natsu and Gray.

The days Natsu barely showed up at the guild had frightened everyone and worried Master quite a lot, then the day that Natsu didn’t show up at all he had planned on sending Erza, Lucy, Gray and Happy to go get him but Gray had already bolted out of the guild, Master knew something terribly wrong was going to happen if Gray had been the one to go first. Master sent the rest of the guild after Gray, they all had a right to know what was going on but they weren’t expecting to see what they did. Gray had saved Natsu that day, the master still hung his head at the thought that he had almost lost one of his children forever, twice. Gray had saved the dragon slayer so many times that Master was positive that Gray could save him again and bring him back to his old self, but he also worried that if Natsu lost one more thing that means the world to him, even if Gray was still here, they would lose him forever.

Natsu layed curled up next to Gray in the infirmary, he had layed his head on the ice mages chest so he could listen to his heartbeat. He almost lost him, and Gray almost lost Natsu the same day. He sighed. ‘I’m a mess’ He fell asleep listening to Gray’s heartbeat.

The next day Gray awoke to find Natsu asleep on his chest. He smiled a little but it soon faded when he realized where he was to.

Master walked in after Gray had sat up and settled Natsu down on his lap.

“Gray, I have something to tell you.”

He nodded for the master to continue.

“I want you, Natsu, and the rest of the team to go on a two month vacation. You and especially Natsu need it. I have already told Erza and she gathered your things and Natsu’s as well so don’t worry about that, when you are ready you can meet them downstairs and head out.”

Gray smiled “Thank you Master.”

The Master nodded. “Take care of him child…and take care of yourself as well.” With that said he left.

Gray ran his fingers through Natsu’s hair and watched as that made the dragon slayer curl closer to him and grip his shirt. Gray sighed and shook Natsu. The fire mage woke up and looked at Gray.

“Master came in a few minutes ago, we are going on a two month vacation with the team. He never told me where, but Erza knows. She had grabbed our things so we didn’t have to.” He smiled down at Natsu.

Natsu sat up and nodded, giving Gray a small smile “Okay”

Natsu got off the bed so gray could get up. Once Gray was standing he grabbed Natsu’s hand and they both made their way down to the rest of the team.

Erza smiled at them and Lucy hugged them both. Happy landed on Natsu’s head which made the fire mage smile.

“Ready to go?”

Gray and Natsu nodded at Erza and they all headed out to make their way to the train, Surprising though Natsu didn’t even bother to protest 'He must be thinking about everything’ Gray thought to himself before pulling Natsu into a hug before getting on the train.

Both girls and Happy looked at them with knowing looks. Once they got on the train and sat down, Natsu’s head was instantly layed on Gray’s lap so he could sooth the sick teen.

The train pulled to a stop about three hours later and Gray lifted Natsu up since he fell asleep and carried him to the inn they were staying at. The inn was huge, and luxurious, they had two rooms, one for the girls and one for the guys. Gray put Natsu down on the bed after the girls handed them their room key and he curled up on the soft mattress.

The ice mage then started unpacking his own stuff. Not soon after Gray had finished, Natsu woke up, he sat up yawning and stretching. He looked around the room and panicked a little when he didn’t see Gray.

Gray came out of the attached bathroom and noticed that Natsu had woken up. “Hey, You finally woke up!” He smiled at the dragon slayer.

Natsu looked in Gray’s direction and smiled. He opened his arms, inviting Gray in for a hug, to which he happily complied, He wrapped his arms around him and hugged him tightly. Natsu still needed to know that Gray was still here, and Gray did too. Both boys still needed reassurance that the other was still there.

Gray pushed Natsu down on the bed and kissed him with so much love Natsu thought his heart was going to explode from all of it. They kissed until they had to come apart for air. They looked into each of their eyes and both boys seen pain hidden behind the tender love. They suffered almost the same pain, yet Natsu was the broken one..Natsu still suffered a bit more.

Gray layed his head on Natsu’s chest and cried. This shocked the dragon slayer and he wrapped his arms around Gray.

“I’m sorry! I am just scared! I don’t ever want to have to stop you from doing what you almost did ever again! Promise me you’ll never try that again!”

Natsu didn’t answer, he was too shocked.

“Promise me! Please!” Gray clutched onto Natsu’s jacket tightly.

“I-I Promise, I promise Gray, but you have to promise me something too…”

“Anything!” He looked at Natsu and the dragon slayer wiped away the remaining tears on Gray’s face.

“You scared me too, and i’m still scared that it will happen again, promise me you won’t throw yourself in danger just to save me” Natsu never removed eye contact.

“I promise, Natsu, I promise..”

They stayed curled up with each other for an hour before getting up and heading out to check out the inn and what else there was to do. Erza had told them that there was a hot spring and they both wanted to check that out.

They made their way to the spring, luckily no one was there, at least in the male side. No doubt Erza and Lucy were on the other side of the bamboo wall considering they could hear Lucy shouting how wonderful the water is and Erza agreeing with her.

They both stripped and settled down into the water, Natsu instantly relaxed at the heat. Gray hissed as he got in but soon relaxed as well. They needed this.

About an hour of soaking in the spring, Erza heard water splashing from the other side of the wall and then they heard someone shout. “HEY!” No doubt that was Gray’s voice, but what she heard next made her smile, she heard Natsu, she heard Natsu laughing.

Gray had smiled so brightly when Natsu laughed, it had been so long since he heard it and he wanted to hear it again, forever.

Natsu got splashed back and heard Gray laughing as well. That’s when a splash fight broke out, it ended a while after with both boys laughing with each other. Gray moved closer to Natsu and placed a hand on his cheek. “I missed your laugh” He smiled and kissed the dragon slayer who kissed him back.

Natsu leaned into the touch, his face showed content but he sighed on the inside. he had to admit, that was fun and it did make him happy, but it wasn’t enough, He closed his eyes and leaned against Gray’s arm when Gray took his hand away from his cheek.

When they got back to their room, Natsu put on some pajama pants while gray just layed down on the bed in his boxers. There was another bed in the room but Natsu let Happy take it and he climbed in with Gray. They both fell asleep holding onto each other.

Both or them fell asleep, still scared that they will wake up and everything would have been a dream, and the other wouldn’t be there.

AN-Well here’s the third chapter, hope you enjoyed it.

Well here’s chapter 3