I just wanted to point out the simple intimacy I see in these arts.
Lucy leans into Natsu’s touch and he holds her delicately and slightly presses his head on hers, her hand lightly placed on his chest. Both of them enjoying the warm embrace. Natsu’s goofy grin and Lucy’s gentle smile.
Gray holds her carefully so Juvia doesn’t fall, his hands gently pressing on her thighs. Both of them staring at each other with loving gazes.
And the sexy couple! Jellal being the forward one with an intense gaze, Erza melting into his soft touch. They hold onto each other’s arm as he delicately cups her cheek with his other hand.
I love how intimate these arts are. Them always in each other’s physical touch in their own way
Natsu protects everyone in his guild because theyre family. But the way he protects Lucy is different. It drives him nuts when she gets kidnapped or when she’s hurt. He loves her differently.
Hey! I found an angsty prompt for a Fairy Tail fanfic a while back and have been wanting to write it for a long time. Can’t remember where I saw it, but if I figure it out, I’ll make sure to tag them in this! Anyways, hope you like it! And if anyone understands the references to the book/movie in this story, you are awesome!
The feeling of the old leather book cover was hardly noticeable to Lucy, as she was engrossed in her book. The book had seen better days, having been damaged from being read over and over. She was so focused on the story, traveling to a far away land only found in the pages of this book, that she didn’t notice a certain pink haired wizard coming up behind her. “Lucy! Let’s go! I got our next job.” But the celestial mage didn’t hear him, turning to the next page in the story. Natsu stopped and looked over Lucy’s shoulder, reading the next line out loud. “To die would be an awfully big adventure? What does that mean? Sounds stupid.” This time Lucy heard him, and jumped at realizing how close he was. Then when it registered what he had said, she jumped to her favorite book’s defense, chasing Natsu around the guild hall. “Its not stupid! The hero of the story is cornered by the villain but is still trying to be brave for his friends! He is scared, but doesn’t want to scare his friends! This is a great story, with great writing, and don’t you dare insult it again! As Lucy stands there, out of breath, Natsu walks up, grabbing her wrist. "Sounds sappy to me. Come on! We have work to do.”
Natsu, and Lucy had made camp for the night, just a little ways outside of the town where their job was. Gray, Erza, and Wendy would meet them in the town tomorrow afternoon. While they sat around the fire, Lucy pulled her book out again and read by the fire light. Natsu just stared at her as she was reading for the longest time. Until Lucy finally looked up. “What? Why are you staring at me?” Natsu looked at the tattered book in Lucy’s hand. He had seen her reading this book several times before. “Tell me something. Why do you love that book so much? You read it all the time. Surely it gets old after a while.” Lucy looks at Natsu, before looking down at the book cover fondly. “Well, its because of the memories I have with this book. This was my mother’s favorite story. She would read it all the time, and then finally when I was ten, she read it to me. It was an amazing story filled with adventures and sword fights and even a few pirates. We must have read it together a dozen times.” Lucy paused, her smile fading from her face. “But then, mom got sick. So I would read it to her every day. It always made her smile when I did. Not long after that, she passed away. After that, I always kept this book with me and would read it all the time. It was one of the few connections I still had with my mom. Any time I read it, I felt like she was right there with me. I love this book, because my mom loved this book and its a way to still be close with her.”
Natsu just sat quietly listening. He understood what Lucy was talking about. It was kind of like him and his scarf. It was a connection to Igneel. Lucy looked back up at Natsu. “Sorry to dump all that on you. I know to you its just a sappy book, but to me its the best book I have ever read. Anyway, we should go to bed. Its late and we have a job in the morning. The two got ready for bed, and Lucy quickly fell asleep. But Natsu decided to do something else. He crept over to Lucy’s pack and grabbed the old book. He went and sat back by the fire and turned to the first page. He spent all night reading that book. In the morning, before Lucy woke up, he slipped the book back in her pack and laid on his bed roll. He was exhausted, but he had to admit, it was a good book. Maybe if he had slept instead, he wouldn’t have been so tired, and he wouldn’t have gotten hurt.
Lucy heard Natsu yell from behind her. They had gone into town to get the information for the job, but were ambushed. The job was a fake, posted by a dark guild that wanted revenge for a Fairy Tail team roughing up their members. It was only Natsu and her in town, the others hadn’t arrived. So they were on their own. Natsu had taken the leader, and Lucy was dealing with the others. There weren’t that many opponents, so it should have been fine. She had just finished with her opponents when she heard Natsu yell. She whipped around just in time to see the leader’s sword go through Natsu’s stomach. She stared in horror as Natsu collapsed to the ground. She summoned Loke to keep the leader busy and raced to Natsu’s side, praying to anyone who would listen that he was alive.
Lucy dropped to her knees beside Natsu, looking for any signs that he was alive. When she saw that he was breathing, she almost collapsed in relief. But he was bleeding too much from his wounds. She pulled some bandages from her pack and pressed on the wound, earning a groan from Natsu. He started to wake up, and looked at Lucy with eyes fogged by pain. He could see the battle between Loke and the dark guild leader behind her and it wasn’t going well. If Lucy stayed here, she would be in serious trouble. "Lucy, listen. You need to go. Run and go find Gray, Erza, and Wendy. They must be close, so it won’t be hard to find them. Go!” Lucy didn’t even look at him, to focused on stopping the bleeding. “No! If I leave, and don’t stop the bleeding, you’ll die! I won’t let you die.” Natsu gave her a pained smile. “To die would be an awfully big adventure.” Lucy jolted hearing that line, and looked right at Natsu, tears in her eyes. Natsu grimaced, but smiled at Lucy again. “That’s it right? That’s the line from that sappy book of yours, right? Hah, nailed it!” Lucy almost lost the grip on the bandages in her shock. “You read the book?” Natsu’s smile was becoming more strained as the pain in his stomach grew unbearable. “Last night, didn’t finish though. But I got to that line you love so much. And it may be sappy, but its a good story.”
Natsu was quickly fading and that was obvious to Lucy. She replaced the now blood soaked bandages and pressed down on the wound again, but it wasn’t doing any good. The bandages were quickly soaking through with blood again. Lucy grabbed more bandages, even knowing it was doing no good. She couldn’t sit here and do nothing! She just had to keep him alive until Wendy and the others got here. She had to keep trying. Her voice shook as she tried to keep Natsu talking. “Well, then you have to get better. You have to finish the book. We can finish it together. And W-We can go on tons of adventures. Together. All the time, any time you want. Every day for the rest of our lives, will be full of adventure and excitement, okay? I promise, we will have the best adventures of our lives. But you have to get better Natsu. You just have to! Please don’t make me break that promise. Just hold on!” Natsu’s eyes closed, but he was still smiling. His voice was quiet now, quieter than Lucy had ever heard it. “Yeah, sounds like fun Lucy. Let’s go on more adventures…” Natsu trailed off, and Lucy felt her heart stop. “Natsu? Natsu?! Please Natsu, wake up!”
Tears streamed down Lucy’s cheeks, but she wouldn’t give up. His breathing was slow, as was his heartbeat, but it was there. He was still breathing and his heart was still beating. And that was enough for Lucy. She heard Loke yell from behind her, and felt his gate close. But she wouldn’t leave Natsu. If she left, he would bleed to death before Lucy got back. So she stayed focused on Natsu, even as she felt the footsteps of the dark guild leader approach her from behind. He had long since abandoned his sword and started punching Lucy from behind. But Lucy wouldn’t let go of Natsu. She would never just let him die. Then, just as darkness started to invade her vision, she heard someone call, “Natsu! Lucy!” She felt a blast of cold behind her, and when she looked, the leader was now completely encased in a blast of ice. She looked at the tree line and saw Gray, Erza and Wendy running toward them. Good. Wendy is here. She will help Natsu. With that last thought, the darkness completely took over Lucy’s vision.
When Gray, Erza and Wendy finally got to the two unconscious wizards, they were horrified to see the condition of their friends. Wendy got right to work, healing Natsu as best she could. She was able to stabilize him, but he remained unconscious. Lucy was healed when Wendy recovered, and woke up pretty quickly. Now, Lucy sat by Natsu’s bedside in the guild’s infirmary. She wouldn’t leave his side. She wanted to be here when he woke up. She had started passing the time by reading that old book to him. It seemed silly, but she had always read to her mom when she was sick, and it just seemed right to read to him now. She was about half way through the book, and she had arrived at that scene. Where the hero is cornered and says that line. That line Natsu had said while he lay bleeding in front of her. She instantly started to cry, remembering that horrible day. She hung her head and silently cried. But then she heard a quiet, raspy voice. “Why did you stop reading Lucy?” She whipped her head up and stared into the now open eyes of Natsu Dragneel. “Why did you stop? You were just getting to a good part, and I want to know what happens next. And maybe after you finish the book, we can go on those adventures you promised me?” Lucy smiled, tears of happiness now running down her face. “Yeah. Lets go on an adventure!”
Hiro Mashima LITERALLY confirmed Nalu and Gruvia in his latest 100 Years Quest chapter! Did yall read it? If so, how do you feel about it? AND what do you think this means for Fairy Tail now.. a hint for a next generation or just confirming ships. Anyway, I screamed when I read it
