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Super Psycho Love	By : Rhov Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail Views: 9712 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 16

Ending #3: Happy Ending
"I raped her!"
All that filled Gray at hearing those three words were disgust and fury, yet surprisingly not aimed at Natsu. Not completely, at least. He realized Lucy had been trying to tell him something, yet he had acted in anger before stopping to listen. He had jumped to conclusions before hearing her out. He had killed her when she probably wanted him to protect her from Natsu.
Warnings came rushing back into his mind.
"Gray, if you'll just stop and listen…"
"Oh dear. That boy has no patience at all, not even to hear someone fully explain a problem."
"Gray, don't get mad at people before you hear them out completely."
Warnings! So many warnings about his impulsive nature! He had brushed them all off. He never learned to wait and listen for an explanation. He let his emotions control his actions, and that led to the worst disaster of all.
"What have I done?" he shuddered as the truth crushed him.
There was nothing left for him. Nothing in this life worthwhile anymore. Lucy had been everything to him…
And he had been so quick to doubt her loyalty, going off the words of a naïve blue cat!
He glared up spitefully to Natsu. "You sonuvabitch," he growled.
Natsu finished cauterizing the gash in his stomach and smirked madly at the ice wizard. "She was mine from the beginning, Gray. Now I'm gonna kill you for stealing what's mine."
"Lucy was never property," Gray screamed irately. "Lucy was … was an angel! She was a strong woman, and a proud one. She just wanted revenge after you shattered her pride. She just…" He began to break down. "She just wanted…" Gray's throat choked up, and his crushed neck muscles stung to hold back sobs. "I'll finish what she started. Revenge. Justice. Teaching you a lesson. You don't fuck around with the hearts of people, Natsu. And you sure as hell don't hurt the woman I love. That goes for you and me both. We both hurt her. We're both damned."
The pose he took was familiar, legs spread, arms forward, stiff, and crossed in front in an 'X' sign, right arm above the left, right palm facing down; left palm facing up. A pale blue magic circle formed under him, so intense it tinted the entire warehouse. Natsu's eyes widened when he saw it. Magic built up around Gray, and the whole room turned cold.
Natsu backed up. "Hey, wait! You'll die, too."
"No, I'll turn to ice. Lucy's dead, so there is no way I'm sending you after her. I'm keeping you trapped here with me … for all eternity." Gray swung his arms out, releasing the build up of magic. "Iced Sh-…"
He was suddenly tackled from behind. "Stop it!"
That voice! His magic completely shattered. Slowly, unable to believe it, he looked around behind him only to see blond hair.
"L-Lucy?" Was this a ghost?
"Don't," she sobbed. "Please, Gray. Don't. It's over now. It's all over."
Natsu grinned broadly. "Lucy!" he cheered, and he began to run forward.
A knife went to his throat from behind, and a man whispered into his ear, "I don't think so."
Before Natsu could react, magic-sealing cuffs were slapped around his wrists, and he felt all of his power drain instantly. Doranbolt stepped around, keeping the knife poised ready. With a slight motion of his hands, a barrier that was around the edge of the building flashed as it vanished. Suddenly, Natsu could smell dozens of Magic Council soldiers who filled this building. It was anything but an empty, abandoned warehouse. The barrier had blocked all sounds and smells from the Dragon Slayer's keen senses. Soldiers ran out from the shadows of the building and filled the opened area.
"What is this?" Natsu screamed.
Doranbolt remained neutral as he intoned, "Natsu Dragneel, the Magic Council places you under arrest for the rape of Lucy Heartfilia. You have the right to remain silent…"
"No!" he screamed, and he twisted around, fighting off the soldiers who tried to apprehend him. "Lucy! Lucy, make them stop. I can't leave you, Lucy!"
She turned her head away, unable to look at how insane he was. She did not want to remember Natsu this way.
Erza stepped forward, grabbed Natsu in a harsh hold, and single-handedly restrained him. "I'll get him to the wagon. Good job, Doranbolt."
"It's my duty," he said with a small nod. "I'm glad we were able to apprehend such a dangerous man. I'm just disappointed it was someone I once respected. I knew Natsu was destructive, but I honestly never thought it would come to this."
"Lucy!" Natsu shrieked, but Erza hit him over the head hard enough to knock him unconscious. She looked pained by this horrible duty, arresting the boy who had been one of her best friends for years, the teammate she thought of as a little brother. With sickness in her stomach, she threw Natsu over her shoulder and carried him out to the waiting detention wagon to take him in to be judged and sentenced by the Magic Council.
Gray hugged Lucy tightly. "How … how are you alive? I watched you die!"
Mira stepped forward with Wendy from where the soldiers had all been waiting. "We went after you. Wendy followed your scent to the park, and that's where we found Lucy. She was pretty much dead. Poor Wendy drained all the magic in her just to repair the heart and lungs."
"I'm sorry," the tiny girl said meekly. "I'll get the other injuries Natsu-san made after I rest."
Mira patted the blue hair. "You did an amazing job. You brought her back to life."
"Oh, Lucy-san," Wendy warned, "Don't do too much. Your heart is still healing. It's a really poor fix, just enough to keep you alive, but you really shouldn't walk around much at all."
"We knew we needed to get Natsu to confess," Mira went on. "The sad thing about rape cases is they often devolved into a he said/she said argument. To make it less painful for Lucy, we needed a firm confession out of Natsu. I contacted the Magic Council, since this is a special case. Doranbolt knew that arresting a Dragon Slayer would mean grabbing him quickly and stripping him of his magic instantly. His teleporting ability was ideal for that. So we set up runes to block our presence and have been watching for a few minutes, hoping Natsu would eventually brag about it to you."
"I see," Gray said. "I'm glad you're safe, Lucy. I am so, so sorry." Tears choked him up. "I didn't listen. You were trying to tell me. I just assumed the worst right away."
"We all assumed that, from what Happy said," Mira admitted guiltily.
Gray buried his face into Lucy's hair. "I can't believe … to the woman I love! To the woman I wanted to marry. Can you forgive me?"
Slowly, her brown eyes looked up to him. "Not right away."
Gray felt hands grab his wrists and yank them off Lucy's skin. Then cuffs were roughly clapped around him. He looked to Lucy in shock and protest.
"Lucy!" he shouted.
She looked on sadly. "It might have been a misunderstanding, but you still attempted to murder me. If I have to turn in Natsu, I have to turn in you as well." A tear dripped down her cheek. "I'm so sorry, Gray. I'm really, really sorry. Please … please don't hate me."
His eyes filled with regret. "Lucy…" His head dropped. "How can I hate you? I'm the one who hurt you. I deserve this, and worse. What I tried to do to you was far more horrific than what Natsu did." He looked around at the soldiers grabbing onto him. "I won't resist," he assured them.
Gray was led away in the magic-sealing handcuffs, leaving the warehouse and all of its horrific misunderstandings behind. However, he stopped, looked back, and gazed one last time at the woman who had given him the happiest days of his life.
"I'm not doing anything suspicious," he warned the guards as he reached into his pocket. He pulled out a gift box and dropped it to his feet. "That was for you. It's pointless now, but … it's still for you. I love you," he said ardently.
With tears in her eyes, she whispered, "I loved you, too."
Gray jolted in shocking realization. Past tense! Loved! Lucy was a writer. She would not have used the past tense on accident.
"I'm so sorry," he whispered, and then the guards pulled him away.
Lucy watched through blinding, unstoppable tears. "I feel like I just destroyed a huge part of Fairy Tail," she said numbly with guilt.
Mira patted her arm. "It's not your fault, Lucy. They are responsible for their own actions. I always knew those two would end up getting arrested some day. I never thought it would be quite like this, though."
Lucy walked forward and picked up the gift box. She realized this must be the birthday present Gray went out of town to pick up. When she opened it, she saw a diamond ring inside. Her heart shattered. She suddenly collapsed to her knees, sobbing as she realized just how much Gray must have loved her, how she had used him so selfishly, and how her desire for revenge ruined everything.
Mira walked up to her and knelt beside Lucy. "You're going to be all right."
"But Gray—"
"He did something awful. He'll accept his punishment."
Lucy looked up with reddened eyes. "What about me?" she whispered faintly in misery. "How do I atone? This was all because of me. It's all my fault. Natsu, Gray, everything: it's my fault!"
Mira touched Lucy's broken wrist and a hole in her blouse where Gray had stabbed her. "You've suffered more than enough, Lucy. Come on," she urged. "I know it's not much of a birthday, but come to the guild anyway. You'll see for yourself. All of your family is here to support you. Fairy Tail will take care of you."
Lucy walked without feeling her feet. Her whole body was numb now in shock.
She knew already, it would be years before she could recover from this psychotic love.

Ten Years Later
Lucy was just coming back from an S-Class mission with Wendy, whom she was training as Fairy Tail's newest S-Class member. The two women laughed together, joking about how the monster they had defeated that terrorized a town for so many years was really nothing more than a bewitched rabbit in a mechanical suit.
"Oh! Do you think Carla's baby is here yet?" Wendy asked. "I hope we didn't miss the egg hatching."
"I hope not either. I've never seen an Exceed egg hatch," Lucy smiled to the young woman beside her.
She had adopted Happy after Natsu's arrest, letting him come live with her while they both healed from losing their old friend. So with Carla and Happy now expecting a baby, she almost felt like she was about to become a grandmother … and she was not even thirty yet!
At least Happy had grown and managed to move on with his life. Lucy sometimes still fell trapped in the past, lost in moments of intense depression. She could not trust men and rarely dated. The few men she did go out with, she always stopped the relationship before it could get physical. She got panic attacks at some of the strangest things, even now, ten years later. Keeping busy, always doing missions, and being around friends was the only way she managed to make it this far.
Some years back, she finally gave up on dating altogether. She hated to admit it, considering what happened in the past, but she could never find a man who captured her heart like the ice wizard had.
After ten years, her bitterness turned into placid acceptance. No one back then was right. All three did something wrong. The only reason Natsu and Gray were in prison while she was free was that what she did had merely been immoral, not illegal.
She and Wendy stepped into the guild, and there was a collective gasp. Lucy wondered why everyone stared at her with terror. Greetings like that were usually reserved for Erza.
"Lu-chan," Levy said hesitantly, coming up with her toddler in her arms. She looked worried, too. "I'm here for you, Lu-chan."
She suddenly realized there was someone new in the guild, a man with long black hair pulled into a ponytail, a goatee with a day's growth of stubble on the rough cheeks, and a large traveling pack still on his shoulder. When he looked over to her, she was shocked by something.
Those eyes! Blue like a winter sky, with a scar above his brow.
"Oh my God," she gasped softly.
Gray gave her a small, cautious smile and nodded in familiarity. "It's been a long time, Lucy."
"Ten years." She had almost forgotten the sound of his voice. It only now dawned on her. "Your sentence must have ended."
"I was released from prison last week," he nodded. "I didn't really have anywhere else to go. I know I probably won't be allowed back in Fairy Tail, but I at least wanted to talk to some old friends before heading east."
"East?"
"I thought I'd return to where I grew up."
"I see," she muttered, surprised she felt sad to hear that he was not staying. "You—" She eyed him up and down. "—look different." The muscles of the past were gone. He was lean, his goatee had silver strands speckled in it, and the long hair pulled off his face, showing the entire length of his facial scar, definitely made a huge difference.
"You're the same as I remember," he whispered. "Even more beautiful." He froze when he said that. "I'm … I'm sorry. That was inappropriate."
Master Erza was careful as she watched these two. Gray's arrival had certainly surprised all of them, and most of the guild had privately hoped Lucy and Wendy would be gone a few more days. Now, she wondered how to handle this.
Same as she always did. Let the brats sort it out on their own.
"You're welcome to stay as long as you want, Gray," Erza announced. "I believe in giving people second chances, so if you decide to stick around … the Fairy Tail mark is still on your chest. Feel free to take a mission if you need the money."
Gray looked back at the redheaded guild master in surprise. "But … I … I was in jail all this time."
"You repaid your debt to society, Gray. It's not the Fairy Tail way to hold a grudge forever, no matter how we may have been hurt in the past. I think everyone here understands that."
She looked up to Jellal and squeezed his hand. Levy gazed up to Gajeel, who reached around her and let his fingers play in their toddler's blue-black hair. Laxus looked away as he realized he too had done great sins, only to be forgiven, and Mira patted his shoulders. Yes, it was the Fairy Tail way to forgive.
Lucy realized Erza was right. Gray had ten years to reflect on his sins. So had she. She had come to forgive Gray at some point in time.
"Lucy," the ice wizard whispered, walking up to her, all too aware that the whole guild was watching them intently. "Let me buy you dinner, for old time's sake."
She nodded and led him away from all those cautious, worried stares. They walked awkwardly together, neither speaking at they strolled aimlessly through Magnolia. They passed many restaurants they had eaten in before, but Gray bypassed them all. Instead, he took her to the park. It was still public, but they had a bit more room to speak without eavesdroppers.
"Have you heard anything about Natsu?" he asked quietly.
"He got twenty-five years. I heard he made a bargain. If he can go through some psychological counseling for three years, then serve with the king's magic militia for another two years, his sentence will be reduced to fifteen years. Still, he'll be in jail a while longer."
"You sound relieved."
She knew the truth made her sound like a coward, but still— "I can't face him yet. I don't think I'll ever be able to. Master Erza has already had Natsu's guild mark removed. He's not allowed to rejoin Fairy Tail. Ever! Some things can be forgiven, but other things…" Her voice trailed off.
"Can you ever forgive me?" he asked with hopefulness.
She looked up with a reticent smile. "I want to think that I do."
"But you're not sure?"
She faced him with all the stern composure of a Fairy Tail S-Class wizard. "It's one thing to think about you and say I can forgive you, and it's another thing to have you right in front of me, remembering that day, what you did, right here in this park, and try to find forgiveness in my heart. You tried to kill me, Gray. Although you were deceived by false information, you still stabbed me through the chest." She hugged her arms and walked away from him. "I want to forgive you," she said in anguish. "I … I still have feelings for you."
He looked stunned. "Aren't you married?"
She laughed at his astonishment. "Who told you that?"
"Well, no one but … I guess I assumed … I mean, it's been ten years, and I come here to see Mira married to Laxus, Levy and Gajeel with a baby, Erza and Jellal with a family, Elfman and Evergreen practically making a whole clan of their own, and … well, I just assumed all the old crew had married and settled down."
"Not all of us." She supposed, at her age, that was a little odd. He was right. Of the group who were once known as Team Tenrou, all but her and Wendy were married, many with children. "I don't even have a boyfriend. I … I haven't been able to have a serious boyfriend since you."
"Because of what Natsu did?" he asked in pity.
"That might be part of it," she realized, "but also because…" She looked back to him with a sad smile. "I never stopped loving you. Even when I knew I should, even when my psychiatrist said I had to stop blaming myself, I still couldn't put the blame fully onto you, and … and I could never … come to hate you."
"Lucy," he said with a relieved smile.
"I don't think I can date you," she warned quickly. "Not yet. I need to get used to this. I should definitely talk to my psychiatrist again, just to make sure I don't rush into a mistake. I don't want to hurt you again, Gray, and—" She cut her words off with a cringe of guilt. "No offense, but I need to make sure you're not going to hurt me."
"Friends then," he decided.
"How about teammates?" she generously offered. "It's me and Wendy mostly, and Romeo sometimes joins us. Wendy has become powerful, almost scarily so. People are calling her the next Erza. And Romeo … well, he's a hothead, plus he's totally head over heels for Wendy, we all know it, but those two … they're really outgoing when they fight, but they're adorably bashful when left alone together. I end up feeling like a third wheel. A fire wizard, a Celestial Spirit summoner, and a powerful female fighter: we could use an ice wizard." She laughed awkwardly. "It'd almost be like old times, only better this time. No rivalries."
Gray was amazed at her offer, yet he had to tease, "Who says I won't be Romeo's rival?"
"Because he can probably kick your butt right now. That kid learned some amazing elemental fire abilities over the years. He's one of the strongest fire wizards in Fiore."
"Ten years locked in a magic-sealing stone prison, totally out of practice: I wouldn't doubt that he could beat me in a flash, but I'll catch up."
Lucy slowly reached out and took his hand. Nervously, she squeezed his fingers. She had almost forgotten just how cold those hands felt against her skin. She looked up at him. He had aged, yet those eyes were the same, making her feel like a bashful teenager once again.
"Join our team?" she asked timidly.
He was about to simply accept, but then he grabbed her and crushed her in an embrace. "Thank you," he said with a shakiness in his lung. "For a second chance at life … a second chance at Fairy Tail. Thank you."
Not a second chance with them. That had to be sorted out over time. The right to love one another had to be re-earned, for her as well as for him. At least for Lucy, she was willing to open her heart again, but she had learned her lesson not to rush into these things, to take relationships and feelings seriously.
"Welcome home, Gray," she whispered, hugging him tightly as a tear dripped down her cheek.

Five Years Later
"He's out."
Gray looked up from the map he was studying in preparation for their team's next mission.
"Natsu," Lucy clarified, slowly putting down the newspaper. "They wrote an article about it. He's out of prison. He's free."
Gray walked up to her and sat by her side. She was pale, and her eyes gazed out blankly. "If he comes within a kilometer of you—"
"Gray," she warned.
He squeezed her hand. "I'll get you out of there. I won't let him meet you if you don't want to. And if you do want to meet with him, I'll make sure he behaves."
Her head dropped. "I don't know. I'm not sure if I can face him. Fifteen years, but still … I just don't know."
"Then he's not allowed, not until you're ready." Gray hugged her around the shoulders. "I'll protect you this time. Just tell me, okay? Even if you need to see him alone, still tell me. Otherwise, I'll freak out and think he forced you."
She smiled up at him. "You have an even harder time with this than me, I think."
"I know I'll never forgiven him," Gray admitted. "It's okay if you can, though. A part of me hopes you do."
She shrugged and leaned into him. "It's best not to confront him yet. For now, at least. Until the baby is born."
Gray put a hand on her large belly and smiled with pride. "I'll protect both of you," he promised, and Gray kissed her on the forehead. "When you're ready, just tell me."
She nodded and smiled up at him. "I'm glad you're here, Gray."
He kissed her gently and let her rest on his shoulder. They cuddled in silence as they thought about what it took to get to this point. It had not been an easy five years. Guilt and fear had kept them strictly just friends for two years, always with memories of the past in the back of their minds: dreams of passion and sex, nightmares of blood and pain, the silence that sometimes hung between them as they wanted more, but feared going down that path again. Then it was cautious dating, no rushing into things this time. They waited a year before talking about the possibility of marriage, discussing it so thoroughly that there was no surprise when Gray formally proposed.
He smiled as he thought about the last couple of years. One hand rubbed her belly and the child they were about to bring into this world. Lucy smiled as she placed her hand on top of his. Her diamond ring, that same ring he had bought her as a birthday present so long ago, sparkled in the sunlight streaming through the window curtains. Suddenly, Gray felt a light kick in her belly.
"I know I say this so much it's annoying, but … thank you for giving me a second chance," he whispered.
She laughed and curled up against him. "Thank you for finally trusting me. You know what? I think I'll write to Natsu. It says here in the article, he's in Sabertooth. I'll write a letter, just to let him know I'm doing okay, I've moved on, and we're a family now. A real family."
Gray teased her, "Don't brag too much about the unbounded joy I've been giving you these past two years as your adoring husband."
"Oh!" she scolded, lightly smacking his hand. "You'll never stop being his rival, will you?"
"Nope," Gray said, hugging her. "But at least I have you. I know you'll keep us in line. You always did."
She hummed at memories of childhood, these two destructive boys who were constant trouble, and she smiled at those good memories of the past. If she could hold onto those times, and file away that one dark moment in her foolish youth, maybe she could forgive Natsu.
No … maybe she could forgive herself for her role in all of that.
"Gray?"
He hummed and stroked her hair lazily.
"Say you want me."
He smiled knowingly, placidly. She requested that bit of emotional reassurance as often as he thanked her for the second chance.
"I want you," he whispered, kissing her golden hair. "I need you. And I'm going to be with you. Every day, and in every way."
She sighed, reassured of his gentle, tender love.

The End

A/N: Please tell me which ending you liked best, or how you would like it to conclude. It'd be fun to see how others would end this story. I'm willing to add another chapter with various endings from the audience.
Once again, the plot to this story is by the talented Moonlessnight126 and her AMV at http://youtu.be/bxk1LwjcJ10. I don't own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima has that pleasure, nor do I own anything to do with the song "Super Psycho Love." I only borrowed from it as per the video's plot.
Thank you for reading, and please don't go "super psycho" on any lovers.
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