Down Into the Fires of Hell (A Soul Eater x Fairy Tail crossover)

Lies, Lies, And More Lies

It's like the world froze. Natsu is sitting on a crate, covering his eyes with his hands. Maka and Soul are standing in front of me, unreadable expressions on their faces. And me. I am huddled on the ground, looking at no one and trembling. Stupid, stupid me. The world makes no sound as someone lifts me under the arms and places me on the motorcycle. I can see nothing. Nothing but the scene that just happened.

○○○Flashback○○○

I closed my mouth, finished with my statement. Nobody moved. Finally, Natsu moved and shuffled onto the crate behind him. He only met me yesterday, and I'm not even part of the guild, but he was angry with me. When he jumped after me, his eyes were flashing with something, and now I knew. It was hurt. I could tell that his eyes had the same look now. I reached out to him, and he slapped my hand away. Then he slapped me.

He slapped me.

He growled and said,"I forgave you and jumped in a crazy portal for you. I let myself get punched by you and didn't get up to punch you back. And you lied to me. You kept lying to me. You didn't tell me the truth at all. Even your name was a lie. I hate you!" He slumped back down onto the crate and I curled in a ball on the ground. I lay there and thought about it. Why did I care so much? Why did my chest hurt so much? I wanted to rip my heart out. Those two questions kept running through my head until I got an answer.

Maybe I really did love him. And now he definitely didn't love me back.

○○○End of Flashback○○○

I stayed silent the whole ride to the DWMA. My eyes were now just blank and empty as I looked at my surroundings. My best friend had written to me about this place before and I had trained with Lord Death. I thought about what Natsu had said before and a tear dropped from one eye.

I was still lying to him, even now...