{Gray's pov}
We are on our way to the Belial village, that's the village from the job request. I still can't get off of my mind that Lucy passed out, she did tell us it was because she didn't eat the night and the morning before the job.
"I'm hungry!" I heard the annoying voice that interupted my thoughts.
"So, what?" I said, annoyed.
"I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to Happ- oh yeah, Happy's not here." Natsu said.
"Oh yeah, why didn't he come, again?" Erza asked.
"He went on a job with Wendy and Charla instead.." He answered.
The two of them talked for some time, so I got to see what's with Lucy. She didn't say a word since the hospital.
"Hey.." I said.
"Oh, hey Gray." Lucy said and looked away.
"Are you okay? You haven't said anything for a long time now." I said and scratched the back of my neck.
"I'm fine, just thinking.." She said, not paying too much attention to me.
"Okay, look at me." I said as I picked her by her cheeks and made her to look at my eyes.
"W-What..?" She said, blushing.
"Tell me what's bothering you-" I didn't get to finish my sentance because of the fist that came in my jaw.
"What the hell, Natsu?!" I yelled, confused and annoyed.
"What were you doing to Luce?" Natsu said, you could hear the poison in his voice. He was really preparing to fight me, for real.
"Chill out, I'm not trying to take away your girlfriend. I was just talking to her." I said calmly. To the word girlfriend both of them turned red, but before Lucy could see, Natsu turned the other way. 

{Lucy's pov}
Well... thanks to Gray, I finally stopped thinking about the dream. I really can't get it out of my head, but it's fine.. for now.
"Hey, Gray?" I said to get his attention.
"Yeah?" He said as he looked at me.
"Thank you.." I said, looking at his eyes.
"Thanks for what?" He asked, confused.
"Thank you for worrying about me." I said with a smile.
"It's not big deal, you're like a little sister to me. I have to worry about you. " He said and that made me smile more.
"Thanks, I see you as my big brother as well." I said and he smiled warmly.
"Hey guys, what'ca talkin about?" Natsu said out of nowhere.
"We're just talking, don't get jelaous again.." Gray said and I think that made Natsu angry.
"I wasn't jelaous, jackass!" He said and punched Gray.
"Now you've done it!" Gray said and they started one of those pointless fights.
"You guys are hopeless.." I said as I looked at them and facepalmed.
Lucy..
What the hell was that? I thought as I looked around me.
I'm waiting for you...
Who is this? I asked the unknown voice.
Oh, my dear Lucy, don't you remember the name Naraku... and if you let anyone know about me, everyone from your beloved guild will die.
His voice was deep and intiminting. It filled me with pure fear. The name Naraku... why should that be familiar to me..?
"Hey Luce, why did you stop walking?" Natsu's voice snapped me out of all this.
"W-What? Oh.. um.. just thinking about something." I said as Natsu came in front of me. Erza and Gray are ahead of us so they can't hear us.
"Luce.." Natsu said worriedly and hugged me around my neck. At first I was shocked, but soon enough hugged him back.
"What's wrong, Natsu?" I asked worriedly, concearned if he was feeling okay.
"If you want to share something with me or any of us, you can.." He said and it filled me with fear. I wanted to tell him so bad, but I can't risk anything. My eyes started watering, but I quickly wiped the tears away.
"Thank you, Natsu, I will." I said and let go of him.
"Come on, lets go. We're far behind!" He said and took my hand. We begun running towards the others.
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{Natsu's pov}
"We're here!" I yelled as I looked around to see Belial village. It was nice, the houses were made out of wood, but there was no people.
"Where's everyone?" Gray asked as he stood next to me, along with Luce and Erza.
"We shall check it out." Erza said and began to walk in the village.
"That's weird." Gray said as he looked around.

~After 30 minutes of walking around~

"Hey, there's someone!" Luce yelled and all of us followed her gaze.
"You're right, Lucy! Good job!" Erza said as she 'hugged' Lucy, she pressed her head against her armor. Ouch, that's gotta hurt.
"Ow, yeah, no problem. Anyway, let's go talk to that guy!" Luce said and we all begun running to him.
"Excuse me, mister, we are here for the job request. Do you know who is the requestor?" Erza asked.
"Oh.. yes. I'm the one who sent the request to your guild." The man said as he read our job request.
"So, what do you want us to do, old man?" I asked with a smile.
"Please, help our village. Two people are already missing, we can only assume it was the man from before." The man begged.
"That's terrible, don't worry, we will do everything that's in our power to stop him." Luce said with a reassuring smile. I couldn't help but smile at her, she got so much stronger trough the years. At first she was that annoying blondie who followed me to the mountain and now she's strong, independent and beautiful woman I fell in love with.
"Natsu, stop spacing out and let's go!" Erza said, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Wait, what happened? What did he say?" I asked in major confusion.
"Nothing important to you, we're going to the library to find more information." Gray said. As rude as ever, I see.
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"We won't find anything here, let's go sleep at the hotel!" I whined.
"Natsu's right, it's late. Let's go." Erza said and we left to the hotel.

"So, who's with who in the rooms?" Gray asked and we all looked at each other.
"I think that the best option is that Natsu sleeps at Lucy's room." Erza said and both Lucy and I looked at her.
"W-What? Why?" Luce asked while blushing.
"It's simple, Natsu is always sleeping at your house and bed, so it's no harm to anyone. Besides, if Natsu and Gray were at the same room, I don't think that this hotel would stay in one piece to the morning." Erza said and that honestly made a lot of sense.
"She's right, Luce.." I said and she nodded her head in agreement.
"Alright, fine." Luce said and we all got to our rooms.

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That's it for this chapter, I hope you liked it. ❤️