A/N: Yes, another chapter. I did this because of my lovely two readers; AsmartOne and nathalyleeabadeer01. Love you guys.
LUCY'S P.O.V
As soon as the gate opened, we were greeted by the entire village. I held Happy a little tighter and stood close to Natsu. Erza stood on his other side while Gray stood beside me. Almost everyone in the village had on a light brown cloak with the hoods up to cover their faces. I suddenly felt really uncomfortable, so I took a step closer to Natsu. I saw him look at me from the side on his eye and shift on his feet to stand a bit closer to me. I smiled a little. He's a lot sweeter than he lets on. I shook my head. I need to focus.
After the explanation on when the curse started and the reveal of what the curse did to the villagers, they gave us a house to stay in. Natsu sat leaning against the wall while I laid down right beside him. Happy cuddled with me and immediately fell asleep. I guess he was a lot more tired than the rest of us. I looked around the room and saw Gray setting up his and Erza's makeshift beds in the middle of the room. Erza was leaning against the wall looking as if she's deep in thought. I turned my attention back to Natsu. He looked deep in thought as well, but I was too tired to think.
"Woman," Natsu said. I hummed in response as my eyes closed. "We're getting up early tomorrow to look for clues around the island." I hummed again as I drifted off to sleep.
"Wake up, Lucy," I heard Gray call. I snuggled into my pillow instead. "Come on, Lucy." I decided to ignore him as I drifted back to sleep. "Lucy," Gray said irritably. If I ignore him long enough, he'll go away.
"Would you wake her up, Drag-," Erza cut herself off and cleared her throat. "I mean, Natsu, would you wake her up?" she asked.
I heard someone sigh irritably. "Wake up, woman," Natsu said. I snuggled into the pillow more. "I'm not a pillow, and I will get up so your head hits the floor."
My eyes slowly opened. "What?" I asked. Why does he think I think he's a pillow? I turned to lie on my back and came face to face with Natsu. My eyes widened. "Why are you right above me?" I asked.
He gave me a halfhearted glare. "Why are you using me as a pillow?" What? He must have seen the confusion on my face because he gave a little smile. I felt my pillow move and turn my head to see that it actually was Natsu's leg.
My eyes widened and I sat up quickly. I felt my cheeks flush. "Sorry," I mumbled. I heard Natsu chuckle and stand up. I stood up quickly too and got dressed. Once I was dressed, we started walking out of the village.
"Why do we have to go at first morning light?" Gray mumbled. He was dragging his feet while Erza was leading the way. Natsu and I walked between them.
I looked around and saw that Happy was asleep on a crate. "Wake up, Happy," I called. "Come here and I'll hold you while you sleep."
"Aye," he mumbled and flew into my arms. He instantly fell asleep.
"He's getting lazy," Natsu said.
I looked at him and saw that he was still facing forward. I smiled at him. "It's ok. He's cute and light," I said.
"What if he was ugly?" Natsu asked.
I raised a brow at him. "Well, he is, so there's no reason to think about what I would or wouldn't do in any other situation," I said.
"You're up early!" A man shouted. I turned and saw that we were in front of the gate. I looked up to see a man looking at us. "Couldn't sleep for fear of the demons in the village?" he asked.
"It wasn't you guys, so don't worry," I called up.
I heard Natsu huff. "I'd say that you slept better than any of us last night," he said quietly. I flushed again and looked at the ground. He's more talkative than usual. I'm not sure how I feel about it since what he says keeps embarrassing me.
"Before we destroy the moon, we want to investigate the island. Could you open up?" Gray asked.
My eyes widened. "What?" I asked incredulously. "We are going to destroy it?" There's no way we could destroy the moon.
"Be my guest," the guard said. He opened the gate and we walked through.
As we walked through the forest, I couldn't help but to think about the dilemma we faced. There was no way we could destroy the moon, so there was no way we could complete this request. Then what are we still doing here? "It's impossible to destroy the moon," I stated.
"Correct," Erza said.
"Then why are we trying to figure out how to do it?" I asked.
"For a smart woman, you're slow," Natsu stated. I flushed in embarrassment again and looked away. Apparently I'm the only one who doesn't know. What am I not getting?
"I just said that for the villager's benefit," Gray explained.
"What?" I asked. I really am slow.
"There's something else going on here, and we need to investigate to find out what that something else is," Erza explained. She nodded at Gray. "And nice work on getting out of the village without raising suspicion." That makes a lot more sense than destroying the moon.
We continued walking through the forest, and I continued to become more paranoid. I moved closer to Natsu until our arms brushed every so often. I glanced up at him and saw that he seemed a little annoyed, so I moved a little bit away from him. A sudden loud thumping noise made everyone stop. I jumped. Natsu yanked me behind him and looked around. Gray and Erza looked around as well.
"What's that?" Happy asked. I hugged him a bit tighter.
A giant rat suddenly came out of the forest and screeched at us. Everyone gasped. Natsu quickly pulled me in front of him so he was between me and the rat.
"A rat?" Erza asked.
"It's huge," Gray yelled. The rat puffed up its cheeks as if preparing to blow something on us. "You're thinking of blowing something at us? Well, with my ice-make shield-"
The rat blew gas at us. It smelled disgusting. I started coughing. This is the most disgusting thing I've ever smelled. It'll take a long time to get this smell off.
"That stinks!" Gray yelled. "What is that smell supposed to be?" Let's hope it just stinks and isn't poisonous. I looked behind me and saw Natsu unconscious on the ground.
"Get up, Dragneel," Gray yelled. "That's just pitiful."
"His nose is more sensitive than most," Erza explained between her coughs. "We need to get out of this stench."
"Fly, Happy," I said. He suddenly flew out of my arms. I turned around and pulled Natsu's arms around my shoulders. I hooked my hands under his knees and lifted him up, so I was carrying him on my back. I started to run after Erza and Gray. I was much slower than them, but I kept running as fast as I could.
Gray noticed that I was falling behind, so he turned around and waited for me to pass him. "Ice-make floor," Gray yelled. The rat slipped and hit its head on the ground, which instantly knocked it out.
"Good job, Gray," Erza said as we stopped.
Natsu burrowed his nose in the crook of my neck and took a deep breath. My cheeks flushed. Why did he do that? I looked around and spotted a building. "Look, there's some building," I said. "Let's make a break for it while we can."
"Let's break this thing's head while we can," Gray said as he starting hitting the rat's head. I raised a brow at him. It's already unconscious. What's the point of hitting it more?
"Let's go," Erza said. We followed Erza into the building. My eyes widen a bit. It's a temple.
"Wow," I said. "This is huge." I turned to see Gray, Erza, and Happy looking around too.
"It's falling apart," Happy said.
"Just what age was this thing built in?" Gray asked.
"There are marks that look like the moon," Erza said.
Gray nodded. "I heard that this island was originally called the Island of the Moon," he said.
"Island of the moon," I mumbled. "Curse of the moon, and a moon symbol. There's something not right about this ruin."
"You're right," Natsu mumbled sleepily. I yelped in surprise and almost dropped him. "You can put me down now, woman." I let go of his legs so he can stand. He unwrapped his arms from around my shoulders but didn't move away from me. I flushed a bit. Isn't he too close?
"Lucy, look at this," Happy said. He held up a bone for me to see.
I felt a bit uncomfortable. Who or what was that bone from? "That's really cool, Happy," I said with a shaky smile.
Happy smiled. "Come here and look. I found more," he said.
I started walking over to him and tripped. I caught myself by stomping my foot on the ground. Then the floor broke.
"Lucy," Erza yelled angrily.
I flinched. "I'm sorry," I said as we fell. I felt Natsu wrap his arms around me and pull me to him. He gave me a disapproving look. I closed my eyes and held on to him with a heavy weight in my stomach. I didn't mean to break the floor.
"What a freakin' weak-willed floor," Gray yelled.
"Since when did floors have any will at all?" Happy asked as he fell down with us. Can't he fly?
We landed in a pile of rubble. It was surprisingly soft though. I opened my eyes and saw a black and orange shirt. My eyes widened. I looked up and saw Natsu under me. He broke my fall. I scramble off of him. "I'm sorry. Are you okay?" I asked.
Before Natsu could answer I saw Erza glare at me. "We're on an S-class mission," she yelled. "Any wrong move could mean our death. We're lucky we didn't die just now. Think before you get us all killed." I flinch and look at the ground. "We shouldn't have taken you on this mission. You aren't ready."
I flinched again. "Useless and untrained! That's exactly what you are!" My eyes filled with tears at the memory. "You're only an embarrassment!"
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "I'm so sorry." A tear slipped down my cheek.
"Sorry? We were almost killed and you say 'sorry'?" Erza asked. I flinched again.
"Enough," Natsu commanded. He knelt down in front of me and softly pats my head. I quickly wiped away my tears and looked at him. My eyes widened when I saw the soft look in his eyes. "Be more careful," he said. I nodded and gave a tiny smile.
"What's that?" we heard Happy ask.
"What?" I asked. Natsu turned around, and I looked over his shoulder. I gasp when I see a giant monster in the ice.
"There's a huge monster frozen in ice!" Happy yelled.
"Deliora?" Gray asked in horrified shock. "That's impossible! Why would Deliora be here?"
FINALLY! I have completed all changes that needed to be made! I know Erza was a little too rude, but I gotta agree with her, they would have died had they not been the main characters.
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