Natsu was relieved now that he didn't have to get Morning sickness that much now that luce was near the beginning of her 3rd trimester of pregnancy. He only just found himself getting clinge onto by luce. She would always, ALWAYS, want to be with him even if he was either showering, going on a walk, eating, and even in the bathroom… it was becoming a bit much for him but he didn't mind it. He would feel moments of nashi kicking in Lucy's stomach that were barely noticeable to Lucy and any human.
Being a dragon slayer had its perks sometimes, and he just was overjoyed he can feel his daughter growing stronger and stronger as time passed. Sure luce would get irritated now when he would call the baby 'Nashi' or assume the baby was a girl. She told natsu plenty of times that they wouldn't know the babies gender till the time of delivery was upon them, but he didn't care. He could feel that it was a girl the moment.. no, even before that he had had a feeling of a fatherly and daughter bond to a mystery person. This was his child who only had begun to show itself in Lucy's womb.
*As dawn broke now through natsu's home, sunlight pooled inside to reveal a king bed in the attic. Their was natsu as he was already awake staring at his wife's sleeping face. He was glad he forced lucy to marry him as soon as possible and had a big shot gun wedding that would have made any bride jealous. He really did love her now, of course he has always loved her.. but damn.. he had the feelings hard now, he just loved her so much that he doesn't feel like he has shown her how much he means when he says 'love'. As Lucy growned in her sleep due to little Nashi moving around, natsu placed his warm palm against her exposed stomach as the movements from inside seem to vanish. He smiled as he thought of what Nashi would be like.*
"Hm.. seems you like papa's warmth. Don't worry my little princess, papa is going to spoil you so much you will learn to Lucy kick me away before walking. *natsu chuckled to himself in a silent way*
*sigh* 3 more months before you can wreck havoc on this world… and papa will support you as you grow up conquering every little pebble and flower in your path… I love you so much my little nashi, you have no idea how much happiness your mama has brought me ever since I met her, … *natsu looks at a still asleep lucy* between us… I think she is the most beautiful person I have ever met, so it's your job now to learn to become the next beautiful princess right by your mothers side… no matter what you and your mama are my queen and princess, while I'm the watchful dragon who guards you both with my life.."
*finally natsu kissed Lucy's stomach as Lucy finally woke up from a dream of princesses and dragons.*
"Good.. *groan/yawn* morning natsu.. how's our baby doing?"
"She's doing well, she had woken up before you just now, I can tell by the way you groaned as she moved. Lucy… you really are an amazing woman, I'm so lucky to have you.. you have no idea.."
*natsu this time hugged her gently as he hid his face in her crook of her neck. He began to … cry?*
*lucy freaked out a bit as she tried getting natsu away from her enough to see what had happened to him but he just grabbed her unwilling of letting her go now. Lucy felt something hot on her cheek as she turned her head to see what it was she could see natsu pant a bit with a blushed look… she reached her hand to his forehead, as she felt that he had a dangerous fever. She only did what came to mind now and that was calling someone who can help her get natsu help. She grabbed her communication lacrima the guild had given her if she ever needed help one day if natsu couldn't help her, as she dialed someone with a relaxed and emotionless face…*
"… hello? Who's this?"
"This is Lucy, um… natsu has a fever…
*as soon as she said those words she had broke down in a messy sobbing mess as she tried muffling her mouth with one hand and the other holding the communicator*
p-please.. I need help.. I can't do anything now because he's grabbing me and won't let go… *sobs* hurry he feels really hot and I'm scared of losing him please!!"
"Woah! Lucy please think about the baby! I'll be right there don't move and try to cool natsu as much as possible.. where are you guys at? At your apartment?"
"No, we are at natsu's house we decided to spend the night here, I'm sorry but *sob* please hurry"
"Just take deep breaths in Lucy! I'll be there with Erza, don't worry!"
The phone from the opposite end had hung up as Lucy began to kick the blankets off her and natsu which helped let some cool air brush against her skin and natsu's. All of her worries came crashing on her as she thought of what natsu had said to her before he passed out.
"You fucken idiot! You can't tell me the most sweetest thing like that right after you catch a fever and pass out.. *hiccup* I don't want you to die natsu, not like this… you still have to meet Nashi remember? *hiccup/sob/chuckle* look at me.. I'm finally accepting that this child, is a girl and her name is Nashi…"
*lucy cried in a bitter laugh as all the horrid scenarios played through her head, natsu dying of a fever before meeting his child, him leaving her alone to raise their only child, and Nashi growing up without a father. It just made her think about how she grew up without her mother which taunted some more tears to swell up in her eyes as she waited till someone came to get natsu's iron grip off her… even as he ran a fever he wouldn't let her go… the sad irony in that scared lucy the most*
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"Stupid idiot… making Lucy scared like that is gonna cause her more danger then anything… fucken moron.."
*grumbled grey as he rushed to a treehouse by magnolia after speaking with Erza about what is happening, Erza agreed to meet him at natsu's place while he went to go get Porlyusica…*
*BANG BANG BANG*
"OI! OPEN UP ITS A EMERGENCY PORLYUSICA!!!"
*a door came swinging open pushing grey back as he avoided getting hit by the swinging door*
"DO YOU NOT HAVE ANY RESPECT!!!!HOW DARE YOU KNOCK LIKE A CAVEMAN!!"
*A pissed off pink elder women came barging out with a small fuse. As she waited with little to no patients left to hear greys sorry excuse*
"I'm sorry for showing up like this but, I need you to come with me… there's no time to explain"
*as he held her wrist, he was met with a blow to his head finally managing to land as the woman looked down at him.*
"What do you mean 'no time to explain!' You just managed to waist 3 seconds in which you could have told me what was wrong! Now tell me what's wrong so I can get my equipment! Or do you think I'm some sort of miracle doctor!"
"Natsu's running a high fever, won't wake up, Lucy's pregnant and freaking out!"
*Grey had his eyes shut as he yelled out a short explanation of what's happening without wasting time*
"Alright I have my equipment now lead the way."
* Porlyusica had quickly gathered her equipment as grey listed what was happening and ready in those 3 seconds. It was truly amazing the way she worked which is why she was always respected because she was their ace on the team, she can really bring them back from the brink of death..*
Erza had arrived at natsu's house and barged in, happy wasn't home at the moment so she excused herself as she rushed through every room to try and find Lucy. When she opened the attic's door next she saw lucy and natsu laying on the bed as Lucy cried muffled cries. She made herself known that she was their now which made Lucy feel better, but suddenly natsu sat up with hair covering his eyes as he growled in pain but only slumped back on the bed reaching for Lucy once again but this time with her baby bump in between them.
"Lucy, are you ok? Is the baby ok? I thought he wasn't responding?"
*Erza began to ask Lucy from a safe distance, she had no idea why but after natsu sat up to growl had given her the impression to 'not' move.
"I don't know either Erza, he just reacted now.."
*lucy made effort to look at Erza now but found it useless as she could feel natsu restrict her from turning now.*
"Does he still feel hot? Let me open the window up here, this should help bring in some fresh air."
*Erza made her way to open the skylight, lucy just counted the steps she could hear as she layed her eyes on natsu whose face she can see clearly now.
He looked like he has been bed ridden for a few days, his face looked blushed from his forehead and cheeks but also pale. He was panting which was a sign that his body was overheating and was trying to cool itself down like how a dog usually does. And his hair was starting to stick to his forehead as he began to build a sweat. Lucy thought back to anything natsu had down the past few days to suddenly take a toll on him like this. As she reached out to touch his face, she could feel his fever still present but somehow it was lower then when they were covered with the blankets that were on the floor. Suddenly natsu groaned weakly as he opened his eyes halfways to look at Lucy's collar bone.*
"D-dont worry, ..... I'll … never let anyone… touch what's mine… you and my child won't suffer.. I promise.."
"Shut up natsu.., just focus on getting better…"
*lucy had calmed down now that she knew she wasn't alone anymore and that Erza had begun to help lucy find ways to cool natsu down. All what she thought now was to pray to mavis natsu would get better*
".. d-dont cry l-luce, … this is .. *groan* n-nothing .. just let m-me take … a n-nap for five more minutes… I'll be up soon…"
*natsu began closing his eyes as he couldn't keep them open any longer due to the pounding headache now. Lucy took this a sign he was getting worse so she slapped his cheek gently to wake him up and keep him concious.*
"Natsu.. please wake up!…. You can't sleep yet! Don't leave me alone!.. *sob* please! Do it for Nashi!"
*this gave natsu some strength now to fight whatever it was that was forcing him to sleep to sit up from his laying position to putting both his arms on Lucy's both sides of her swollen abdomen. Lucy flinched as she felt natsu's boiling skin brush against her belly as he hugged and panted some heated breaths that she swore had some fire in it. Natsu placed his wet forehead on her belly gentle as he closed his eyes he began to notice that he was indeed sick, this angered him because he hadn't noticed till now feeling his daughter moving inside lucy almost as if she was worried about papa..*
*natsu cried some hot tears that fell on Lucy's stomach*
"d-dont worry Nashi, papa's n-not *pant* going anywhere.. *pant* I won't let anyone… *pant* beat papa… *pant\sob* "
*Erza finally saw that natsu was sitting up almost pinning lucy underneath him as he had his head on Lucy's stomach*
"Don't worry natsu, you focus on hanging in their I'll make sure nothing happens to lucy and the baby."
"No! *growl* I won't let anyone take lucy and Nashi,
*natsu became like a vicious animal with a bad case of rabies, he began snarling at Erza! This was a unseen side lucy never seen natsu act. He looked down in erzas direction almost as if he already knew she was in the room and as his breath dragged on, he began to spew puffs of smoke from his mouth. Natsu looked like a dragon ready to attack the person who threatened to take his treasure! Lucy noticed his fever was skyrocketing now, she began to grab his face to make him look at her but hissed as her hands burned a bit at his seething hot face. Natsu snapped out of his anger as he noticed lucy was hurt and looked at her and began to clumsily grab her hands with little strength now*
"No.., *pant pant* I'm sorry lucy!… *pant pant pant* I'm sorry I hurt you with my fire… *pant pant pant* I won't let it get out of control again… *pant pant pant*"
*Suddenly Natsu stumbled a bit as he catches himself before he fell on lucy he crawled away from lucy leaving her to freely sit up now as she watched natsu make his way to the open window. He sat, or tried to sit but tripped on his knees and collapsed finally the fever getting to him… lucy covered her mouth as she began to cry and Erza rushed to her to calm her down*
"ERZA!! Help him please!!! He's dying!! *sob/whaling* please!! He has to live to see his daughter!!! Please!!"
"Lucy! Calm down! He won't kick the bucket easily now that he has more reasons to live for!!
*Erza grabbed Lucy's shoulders now as she shook her a bit*
He has you and the baby to live for!! For the love of Mavis!, calm down! He won't DIE EASILY EVEN IF YOU TOLD HIM TO KILL HIMSELF!!"
Suddenly a loud bang was heard as the trap door of the attic slammed open and came out a blur of pink and red. Grey came out right after as he flinched at the scene of a disheveled bed, blankets scattered on the floor, a crying lucy in Erzas arms and the strong stubborn fire breath on the floor in a corner away from them unconscious but breathing raggedly now. He never had fear for losing natsu not once but right now he felt a level of panic as he watched in a frozen posture as Porlyusica began checking natsu as he looked like he was on deaths door.
*Porlyusica wasn't calm either, she had assumed natsu maybe caught the summer flu like anyone else since they only mentioned fever, but when she heard Lucy's whaling's from the attic she knew there was something not right. She was correct the moment she opened the door she saw that stubborn dragon knocked out cold as he layed their like a pathetic animal. She was not going to lose him to this illness, she is a proud member of fairy tail who everyone relied on. Now was the second time natsu needed her help more than ever, she took a glance at lucy and already knew her state, swollen palms that hinted she had touched natsu and got burned, hyperventilating, and if she didn't calm down now she would have a miscarriage. Porlyusica only did what anyone wouldn't as she yelled at lucy now from natsu corner she had gotten too.*
"LUCY IF YOU DONT CALM DOWN RIGHT NOW, NATSU WONT BE THE ONLY ONE YOU WILL LOSE TODAY!! NOW BE QUIET AND LET ME FOCUS ON SAVING YOUR HUSBAND BEFORE YOU GO INTO A PRELABOR!!!"
*those words where so sharp everyone seemed to snap out of it as the room stilled quiet now except for natsu's harsh pantings. Porlyusica began her scan on natsu checking everything, she sucked in a breath of dreed, she saw many symptoms of many illnesses on natsu. She didn't believe how natsu was still breathing now but soon he will go into a seizure if she didn't solve this soon. She was sure if the seizure didn't do him in, a heart attack would since his body is working so hard to fight off all these germs and bacteria that seemed to be growing out of natsu… her brain started connecting points now… she looked at lucy who seemed fine even if she had been in contact with natsu. She looked actually healthy, then she looked at Lucy's hands*
"Lucy, when did natsu burn you?! I need the truth"
"H-he didn't burn me, I had touched him when he began to grow aggressive twords Erza who had assured him I would be safe with her if something were to happen to him, I tried grabbing him to calm him down because he was raising his fever but I got mildly burned which made him react and move away from me.."
*lucy spewed every detail she could to porlyusica, she wanted to save natsu. And only porlyusica can do that now.*
"Got you. I know what's wrong with him! Grey hurry freeze your hands and help me move him outside now! Lucy and Erza follow us!"
* Porlyusica and Grey grabbed natsu's arms roughly as they began taking natsu outside as his body dangled like a corpse now while lucy and Erza walked behind them*
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Porlyusica threw natsu in the middle of a dirt area where he just panted in low and weaker breaths showing signs he was beginning to lose the battle against the bacteria and antigens. Porlyusica turned to lucy as she bandaged her hands covering them from seeing the swollen burn marks she instructed lucy to not cry at any cause and to hide her hands behind her back. Make sure that natsu didn't see those burn marks. She also made her promise to go along with what porlyusica said and to pretend that natsu wasn't even there. 'Don't acknowledge the brat' As she got ready to treat natsu, she was stopped by Grey who was angry.
"Porlyusica! Hurry please he won't hold out long anymore we will really lose him! I never saw him this sick!"
"Shut up brat! You never saw him sick ever because he never needed to deal with such things! He's a real gentleman I give him that but that stupid brat is gonna have to get a beating from me after this.."
*she rolled up her sleeve as she began walking twords natsu. She made him smell something on a napkin that made him regain consciousness now. He looked up at Porlyusica with only half lidded eye as she grinned at him*
"What are you doing natsu? Did you grow so weak that they had to call me to treat your little fever? How pathetic you are… and you still think you will be able to protect lucy and that little girl you keep boasting about! Face it you can't even fight a cold, let someone else take care of them since your so weak and useless now.."
*Erza, grey and lucy couldn't believe their ears as Porlyusica kept talking down to natsu who was so sick he just stared at her feet. What is wrong with her!?*
" *pant pant pant* no, …. *pant pant pant* I… *pant pant pant* can't.."
"Look at you?! You can't even fight back against me now!!! Where did your stupid temper and stubborn attitude go??! …
*natsu glared at her now as he felt like he was experiencing severe heat stroke from the fever*
now if you are ready to feel better will you do what I say?
*natsu looked back at her feet as he layed on the dirt, he dug his fingers into to soil as he looked back at porlyusica trying to control his breathing now*
good, now natsu when was the last time you used your fire?…"
*everyone flinched as they just barely noticed they haven't seen natsu use his fire in these three months.. was that the cause of his fever?*
"Haha… I hav-ent … used it… in *pant* a while"
*natsu confessed and know well enough what Porlyusica was gonna ask of him*
"Then natsu, why don't you use it now. I need you to engulf your body in the hottest flames you can muster up."
*natsu agreed but flinched as he smelled Lucy's and Nashi's scent that told him they were nearby*
"No, I can't… *pant* I'll burn lucy and Nashi if I did that"
* Porlyusica already expected this answer from his stubborn personality as she made a made a frustrated sigh as she began to leave a laying natsu alone now.*
"Im sorry lucy, I tried saving him but there's nothing I can do anymore. I'm sorry for your lost.."
* Porlyusica smirked at lucy, lucy got the hint as she began to shake her head in a disapproval way and hid her face in Erzas armored chest. Grey began to try picking a fight with Porlyusica but was punched on the head by Erza to stop his foolishness.*
".. lucy where are you planning to go now? Are you going to give the child up now?"
*Porlyusica mentioned out loud for natsu's hearing to pick it up which earned some groaned noises from him as he tried getting up but couldn't now as his body had begun to shut down from the lack of strength. Porlyusica grabbed a vile of Lucy's blood that she had withdrawn from her before waking natsu as she got ready to break it. She pinched Lucy's arms and apologized in a whisper next to Lucy's ear as she broke the vile on Lucy's bottoms part of her dress she was wearing at the moment.*
"Ouch!"
"Oh no! Lucy, your going into prelabor! Hurry grey and Erza go get me some towels and some water. The stupid father is not my priority now, lucy your child is going to be born still born, I need you to know you did a wonderful work growing the child but this isn't your fault. It's that stupid husband of yours who COULDNT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PROTECT YOU. I'm sorry for so much pain in one day but I need you to deliver the baby now.. focus on the labor"
*lucy knew this wasn't real but somehow hearing the possibility that her child could have been born today dead brought tears to her eyes as she began to hold in her cries and began to moan out some cries that would escape*
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-Natsu's pov-
No… this isn't how I imagine today would go,… I was supposed to be eating and bathing with lucy by now with her and Nashi by my side….. no this is all my fault… if I hadn't gotten sick, any of this wouldn't happen…
*natsu's thoughts froze dead cold on his track as he smelled something that made all pain in his body stop at once.. he smelled Lucy's blood..*
No… don't tell me… Nashi...
In a matter rod moments a huge fire sprung out as natsu let out a huge cry as the flames erupted from his body. He was on his knees now as he yelled twords the sky, his flames became so high that even from the guild some members can see natsu's flames glowing and licking the sky. Natsu let out a long and huge roar as he felt all his fatigue ness melt off him and no longer cared what happened in this world. He cried wet tears that would turn into vapor as they fell from his cheeks. He kept crying till his flames had finally disappeared as he had his eyes closed still whimpering now as he just sat their on his knees crying. He didn't want to turn around afraid what he would see if he did.. would he see a bloody lucy and Porlyusica hold Nashi's little limp body. His thoughts came back to that one dream he had 3 months ago of him holding that dead little girl in his arms. That took out some more muffled cries out of him as he slammed both of his fist to the ground underneath him. He wanted to fight something now, he was in pain, not from his sickness but from his heart. As he made a shaky step to begin his walk to wherever he could get himself lost in.. he froze as he heard Lucy's voice.
"Natsu… *sob*.."
"Luce … I'm sorry but I can't look at you right now. I can't let you see me right now either.."
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