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[kyraa-arts]

After more than half a year I can finally share my full piece for the @naluzine !!! I really had a lot of fun playing with Lucys zodiac sign theme 💕💕 Hope y'all like it as well (o_ _)ﾉ彡☆

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Also drawn for the naluzine. Highschool AU❤

You can get a physical or digital copy of it->

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[karokitten-chan]

Hi, I’m happy to finally share with you all a piece I did for Naluzine 2018, which was created with lots of other amazing artists! Hope you all like it~! 

You can still support all of our efforts and get a digital copy of the zine on @naluzine! 

PS. I’m open for commissions, so if you interested in one, don’t be shy to message me :)

[teekayeh]

I got the OKAY from the @naluzine to post the full thing so I figured I would! Happy Monday!!!

Check out the NaluZine tumblr to see more info about this project though! Everyone did a really amazing job and I was super happy to be invited on to add some art! 

[mssaltyanchor]

Nalu Zine: Never Ending Journey

Please don’t remove credit to the artist: ©MsSaltyAnchor, when re-blogging!

After what seemed like forever, we’re finally able to post our artwork for the wonderful Nalu Zine. I would like to thank both artist/writes and the mods at @naluzine for their hard work at putting all of it together.

Thank you, everyone, for all the wonderful support!  Sending ya’ll lots of love♥

[scales--and--feathers]

Got my NaLuzine in the mail today! The front cover and back are a little roughed up near the edges but the art inside is intact and absolutely gorgeous! Everything else also made it in one piece!

Thank you @naluzine for putting this all together and all the amazing artist/writers who contributed. I love absolutely all of it! 

[natsuxlucyfanfiction]

Superhero Part 3 (nalu fanfiction)

Yo so what’s good, this is Superhero Part 3 but like...what I wanted to write is a longer idea which in no way I could have written with one post. So basically there’s gonna be a part 4 and possibly a part 5. If you read this and think, “wait, how is this related to Superhero?” it’ll all start to make more sense with the upcoming chapter(s).

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“Congratulations, your highschool days are officially over! Please leave already!” Everyone’s graduation caps flew up as people cheered with excitement, joy, and jubilation. The caps came down in a flurry onto the ex-students. The celebration continued, everyone too caught up in the moment to make a complaint.

Lucy and I did our secret handshake to celebrate while everyone screamed and hugged and cried and leapt for joy. Through our entire lives, we always knew it would happen one day but now it was real. Neat, I guess.

“We did it, we did it, we did it,” Lucy chanted jovially with a sing-song tone. She was the fourth in our class.

“We did it,” I nearly wept with relief.

“This is the start to a whole new chapter of our lives!”

“tHiS iS tHe sTaRt tO a wHoLe nEw cHaPtEr oF oUr LiVeS,” I mocked her. “Lucy, you realize you’re gonna wake up tomorrow and you’re gonna feel zero different and then feel dumb for acting all cliché at your graduation.”

“I hate you!” Lucy whined, hands on her hips. “Why can’t you just let me enjoy the moment for once?”

“What moment? We’re graduating! Why are we all pretending that we liked school? You know how many times I’ve heard people complain about this dumb place?” Giving her a hard time was the best. Her nose always scrunches up and she thinks she looks intimidating, which makes it like 10 times better.

“You are literally the worst, you’re making me want to move to Crocus more and more by the second,” she joked. Freaking Crocus.

“You think you’re soooo much better than me now since you’ve been accepted into Crocus University.”

“No, of course not! Just because it’s the second most prestigious school in the entire world and is extremely hard to get into especially with a scholarship like mine, doesn’t mean that I’m gonna flex that privilege.”

“Very reassuring, thanks,” I say, my voice dripping with sarcasm. It’s not even the best school, it’s the second best. I don’t know why she cares so much. She should just stay here.

“You’re just salty that in less than two months I’m moving hours and hours away,” she said again to tease me, but she wasn’t wrong. There are good universities nearby. Sure, attending Crocus University was a great opportunity for Luce, but she’s leaving everything behind. Even me.

“Yeah, sure. Maybe when you’re gone I can finally get myself a girlfriend,” I said.

“That’s as likely as you attending Crocus University,” Lucy giggled. “It’s the second best university in the entire world, just a quick reminder. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I’m going there.”

“All bow for Lucy Heartfilia!” I’d miss our little banter.

“You’re kinda right though, I’m over this. Wanna go get wings?” Lucy was bouncing up and down with her typical boundless energy. She’s always so excited and full of happiness.

“Tonight, we eat ‘till we drop.” We bumped fists and left graduation in my truck. I gave her the aux cord and hoped she wouldn’t play trash. To my great fortune, the sweet music by Queen flooded my ears. Lucy grabbed the fake microphone we always kept in the back and began singing along.

“Get your party gown and your pigtail down

And get your heart beating baby

Got my timing right, got my act all tight

It’s gonna be tonight my little school baby”

These are the moments I’ll miss. Her next to me, carefree and happy. It’s not like she’s dying, I don’t know why this is affecting me as much as it is. There’s social media which will keep us connected. And she’ll be happy there. She’s been nothing but excited since the second she read “Congratulations!” on her acceptance letter. I spent all my time hoping she would make it in, so I was surprised by how much my stomach dropped when she read the letter to me.

I need to forget about it right now and savor the time I have left. I sped up, way over the speed limit, and lowered the windows. The wind blew through our hair as we both blurted the lyrics to the next song, Hot Blood by Kaleo. I looked cool as heck, but Lucy’s hair flew in every possible direction because it was so long.

Life is good.

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The airport was freaking huge. It took us forever to find Lucy’s terminal. Maybe this was a sign that she shouldn’t go to Crocus. Stop being selfish, Natsu! I kept reminding myself.

“Flight 442, first class passengers please board.” That was Lucy’s flight. Soon they’d call for coach or economy class, whatever it was called.

“This is actually happening,” Lucy said with an out-of-breath tone. After months and months of excitement, it seemed as if reality just hit her. She looked pale and shaky. “Natsu, I can’t go, I’m not ready-”

“Lucy.” I took a deep breath. “Your dreams are coming true. No one ever feels ready to leap into a new era of their life. It’s the few who leap anyway that are the ones who live their happy lives.” I looked in her eyes and saw the same nervousness that I felt. “This is what you’ve always wanted. There’s nothing more that I could’ve wished for than this opportunity for you. I 100% think that this is a great idea.” I 100% want you to stay home, Lucy. Please don’t listen to a word I’m saying.

“You tryna get rid of me or something?” Lucy laughed while wiping unshed tears from her eyes.

“Am I making it too obvious?” I joked along. Of course I don’t want to get rid of her. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad that she’s going and about to live her dream. I just... wish I could be a part of it.

“Flight 442, economy class passengers please board,” the annoying flight attendant announced.

“That’s me,” Lucy whispered with a soft smile on her face. She wrapped me into a hug, squeezing tightly. I hugged her back, knowing this was the last one for a long time. Be happy for her, Natsu. Be supportive, stop thinking about yourself. It was our last moments in person together for who knows how long yet I was silent. I couldn’t think of what to say. Think, Natsu! Come on dude! She pulled away from the hug and I saw more unshed tears in her eyes. I knew she wouldn’t cry here, but the second she sat down in that plane she’d let the tears fall loosely.

Lucy picked up her carry on and pulled out her passport and ticket for the attendant to check. I just stood here and watched her like some creep as she waited in the line. Finally, she was about to go through the gate, I think it’s called, when I shouted out:

“Goodbye, Little Luce!”

She turned around and smiled, a gorgeous smile I’d never forget. “Goodbye my Superhero!” Lucy called out with no shame. She was probably too far away to notice the tears streaming down my face.

The plane left 20 minutes ago, but here I was still at the terminal, as if somehow the plane would turn around and she’d come back running into my arms. A boy could dream. It felt like I was mourning Luce, but she wasn’t leaving my life permanently. We’d still talk everyday.

I drove to my apartment. Usually I’d play some sort of music to fill the silence, but today I just wanted the quietness. Both in the car and at my apartment I just contemplated. What would life look like without Lucy?

A week later I’d start learning at some Automotive school nearby to become a mechanic. I’ve already been working on cars for years so it won’t be too much of a challenge.

I grabbed the remote and switched on Netflix. After a bit of scrolling, I found out all of the Indiana Jones movies were on Netflix. “Sweet!” I selected Raiders of the Lost Ark then grabbed blankets, snacks, and drinks for Lucy and I. It was only when I got back to the couch that I remembered Lucy wasn’t there anymore. Force of habit, I guess.

Man, getting used to this is gonna be tough.

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*9 months after graduation, 7 months since Lucy left*

The thing that surprised me the most was that I was actually learning a lot in school, I thought I knew everything. A mechanic at the nicest shop around took me in as his assistant. My schedule was full between school and the shop. When I get my certificate in a year and a half, I’d begin working there full time.

Lucy and I used to talk every single day for hours. We‘d constantly text or facetime or snapchat, but both our lives have gotten so busy. We still talk everyday (streaks) but not one conversation hasn’t been cut short due to one of us needing to do something.

“Morning Luce!”

“Good morning! Dude have you seen the trailer for the new Avengers movie?”

“No, it’s out?! I’ll check it out when I get home. Class is starting, I’ll call you later.”

Looking back at these past conversations made me realize how short and choppy they were. That wasn’t either of our intentions but that’s how it was turning out and it just really sucks.

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*11 months since graduation, 9 months since Lucy left*

My phone vibrated from the charger when I was watching Brooklyn Nine Nine. I checked it, hoping it wasn’t anything important and I wasn’t called in to work so I could enjoy my day off. It was an instagram notification from Lucy. Apparently she just posted something. After switching my phone off silent, I opened instagram to check it out but was stopped when I got a call from her.

“Sup Luce.”

“Did you see my post on instagram?!” She practically screamed. I turned down the volume a bit.

“You mean the one you just posted literal seconds ago?” She ignored my comment and continued on.

“Check out the post now! Do it! Open Instagram! Like the post so I know you saw it!” I opened up the app and her post was the first one on my feed.

“‘Mark the day, everybody,’” I read, “‘because today is the beginning of Mark and I’s relationship’? Lucy you have a boyfriend?!” She never even told me she was talking to somebody! I know communication has been tough with both of our busy schedules but I didn’t think we were drifting apart so much so that she wouldn’t tell me something like this!

“Yup, he asked me out today. We’ve been talking for a while now, if you know what I mean,” she said with a suggestive tone.

“Congratulations, though I don’t even know who this mystery Mark is.” Making sure to add a laugh so it didn’t look like I was calling her out, I awaited her response.

“If you did know him, you’d love him Natsu. You guys would get along so well.”

“But I don’t know him.” My voice conveyed the frustration that was starting to stir in me, becoming a little louder and more aggressive. Luckily, it was subtle enough for Lucy not to catch.

“Stop being a little wuss,” Lucy joked. “He’s my boyfriend, not yours. You don’t need to know him.” Her tone was so lighthearted, yet I took the words so seriously.

Is that supposed to sting? This whole conversation really just isn’t doing it for me. Not only that, but for some reason now I feel sick too. My gut feels weird. “Well I hope y’all live happily ever after in that dream castle you’d always draw on the back of your tests. Wanna continue this conversation later? I gotta deal with a client for the shop.” I was currently sitting on my couch with a show on Hulu paused.

“For sure, see ya!” And with that, one of the hardest phone calls of my life came to a close. I don’t know how I feel about this Mark guy. Whoever he is, I don’t want Lucy dating him. It’s not my choice, that’s obvious, but I thought she’d at least consult me about whether she should date him. Or, you know, tell me about him! Is our friendship slowly deteriorating? Maybe I’m just thinking about myself too much, or like, being too possessive of a best friend. She doesn’t have to tell me everything. Lucy can do whatever she wants.

I ignored the tight feeling in my chest and continued watching Brooklyn Nine Nine. The episodes passed by but they didn’t register. My thoughts consumed me. Anxiety about my friendship with Lucy just made that already weird chest pain feel worse. I didn’t cry but boy did it feel like I was gonna. Was our friendship dying? All I know for certain now is that I’m the king of overthinking.

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As I said earlier, there will be more. Please leave a comment, for real, I legitimately wanna know what’s good and what’s not and how I can fix whatever to make the experience better for y’all.

[tuxiedjabberwock]

For What We’ve Lost - Fairy Tail one-shot

late af but my piece from @naluzine

1691

Rated K

Action/General

NaLu

The town of Hibisco was larger than most of the villages they’d passed through, but not too remarkable overall. It was built in a large forest clearing, so they had a lot of monster problems, as the bartender told them, but there was an especially troublesome breed of Vulcans about. Hence, Natsu and Lucy.

Grabbing her roughly by the hip, Natsu pinned Lucy against a nearby tree by her wrists, his hand moving against her torso along the curve of her armor. She smirked at the action and raised her leg, digging her boot into his muscled stomach. “Try a little harder than that next time and you might just do it.”

“Hrrngh,” he grumbled, pulling away and crossing his arms. Unlike any other human or wizard she knew, majority of his skin was decorated with ruby red scales, and curly black horns jutted from his temples. His ears were pointed, his knees and ankles bent oddly for a bipedal, and while he lacked wings, the bones of his shoulder blades were large yet elegant. She straightened and pulled a few pine needles free from her hair.

“You won’t get your scarf back unless I want to give it—unless you want to start a fight right now?” She went into a loose fighting stance with a gloved hand on her sword and he snorted, turning his head away. He was sulky when it came to his scarf, but she did it for the good of the people—and for their pay. Her and Natsu usually wouldn’t mess around like that, but the autumn forest was quiet and still, and she trusted Natsu to warn her if he smelled anything ami—

Natsu’s pose went rigid, then he took her by the hip again and yanked her against his body. She didn’t have time to be surprised before a massive figure dropped into the brush where she was standing moments ago. The tree next to them exploded as the trunk was split from a melee attack.

“Pretty woman,” a deep voice said, followed by echoed cackling. Lucy moved from his grip and drew her sword, facing off against the…very large…three Forest Vulcans. “Pretty woman, pretty woman,” they said to each other. (Natsu snorted with laughter, which she ignored.) The closest Vulcan, the largest one of the pack and with a white circle on its forehead, reared back and swung its arm faster than she could visually track. She raised her sword defensively, but the impact knocked her from her feet. She would’ve been stomped if not for Natsu rushing forward to grab its foot.

“Ngaah!” Digging his feet into the soft earth, Natsu hurled the Vulcan backwards into its friends, causing them to collapse into a pile.

“These Vulcans are stronger than usual.” He nodded in agreement, then his eyes narrowed as they began to rise again, now grumbling angrily. A growl built in his throat. “One of them might’ve taken over a wizard. Can you tell?”

He shook his head, a quick and abrupt movement, before raising an arm to block the largest Vulcan’s punch. He was forced to take a step back but otherwise held his ground. The other two caught Lucy’s attention as one tried to distract her with a swing, the other attempting to move behind her. She ducked beneath the first’s arm, causing it to strike its friend instead. She drove her sword into the first’s arm, right in the crease of the elbow. It roared in pain and stumbled backwards into a tree. It bellowed and slapped her sword away as she drew close before its fist drew near, but after almost a year on the road, Lucy was quick on her feet. She dodged the punch and kicked off from the tree to dodge the next, causing its hand to get stuck within the bark. No, she wasn’t as weak as she was before.

“Virgo…Capricorn…Sagittarius,” Lucy whispered, feeling tears make tracks through the smears of blood on her face. Her friends lay on the grass slowly fading back to the Celestial Realm, defeated. Her broken and injured arm ached, but it was nowhere close to the pain in her heart. She tried to make her way towards them, past the rubble that was once the Heartfilia estate, then a pale hand seized her Keys before she could get close. Rage quickly took the place of sadness, and she forgot her utter defeat of seconds ago to shout at the intruder. “Return my friends now!”

“Or what?” Zeref was as calm as a nighttime lake. He looked over the Keys with a critical eye as she made her way over, stumbling over debris with her bare, bruised feet.

“Give them back! Give them!” she yelled over and over, until she grew close enough to see the faint reflection of the sunset in Zeref’s dark eyes. But suddenly they weren’t dark anymore, glowing red like fresh blood. A chill ran through her body and she collapsed to her knees as if by some divine power. He turned to face her, black robes rustling faintly in the wind.

“If these Keys can help me attain Fairy Heart, they’ll be returned to you,” he said in a deceptively level voice. She had no clue what “Fairy Heart” was, but if Zeref wanted it, it couldn’t have meant good news. He turned towards the path leading to town and Lucy let out an angry noise, reaching towards the tail of his robes. He didn’t turn again. “You can find me and try to get them back anytime you want, but know that it will be your life.”

“I’m not that weak, not anymore,” she muttered as she dove to the ground, snatching her sword up. That moment where she removed her eyes from her opponents was a mistake: a foot collided into her back as she straightened, sending her in a rolling-skid across the dirt before she crashed into a tree trunk. Hard. The impact took her breath away and pain radiated through all her limbs. She lost her grip on her sword and struggled to her hands and knees as the two Vulcans advanced. From the corner of her eye, she saw Natsu wasn’t faring any better. He could take hits well enough, as displayed when he received the same punch-slam combo as she and simply brushed it off with a shake of his head, but his non-magical attacks were mainly chip damage.

I’m still weak. She squeezed her eyes shut. How can I beat Zeref like this…? Natsu’s furious noise dragged her from her loathing, and she looked up to see him being piled by two Vulcans now. The last one, the alpha, was rushing towards her. She glanced at Natsu again, fighting tirelessly despite the odds. I have him. I have Natsu to cover the chinks in my armor now. Maybe I’m not strong enough alone, but together, we’re…

She forced her arm to move to the straps of her armor, undoing the buckles and letting the dented plates fall to the earth. She untied the scaled fabric from her waist as the Vulcan caught her torso in a vise grip, pinning her against the tree. Her ribs ached in his grip but she refused to cry in pain; instead, she used her free arm to toss the scarf over. “Natsu!”

Natsu’s eyes snapped over and upon sighting his scarf, a maniacal grin crossed his face. Pushing away from his assailants, he tensed his legs and leapt into the air, snatching the bundle and winding it around his neck. Almost immediately, his scales faded entirely, his horns retracted, and his claws shrunk to broken nails. He hit the ground with a fanged grin and flaming fists.

“Lucy’s just given all the permission I need,” he said, voice a little hoarse. “I’m gonna roast you guys for dinner.” His fire blazed higher and hotter as he swung at the shocked Vulcans. The first was thrown backwards, plowing through twenty feet worth of trees before coming to a stop in a mini-crater. The other attempted a fight, feinting a kick before throwing a punch at Natsu’s side. He jumped onto its fist and used it as a springboard to drop a fire-powered axe kick on its head, burying it in the ground. He hit the ground and turned to face the alpha Vulcan, who released Lucy (with an undignified yelp on her part) to face Natsu. He cracked his neck, grin widening, and steadied his stance. “I’m fired up now. Gimme your best shot!”

“Die!” the Vulcan roared as it charged, locking its hands together to swing down, then to the side. Natsu jumped to dodge the first, then raised his arms as the second shredded a nearby tree, sending wooden shrapnel everywhere. He landed on his hand and propelled himself back in the air as the Vulcan’s next few attacks came faster, then it managed to land a punch in his face. Blood spurted from his nose but did nothing to deter him as he grabbed the Vulcan’s wrist and slammed his feet in its face. It stumbled, then Natsu put out a hand and jetted a whirlwind of gold and orange fire. The Vulcan screamed in agony before its voice gave out, and when the flames died, it hit the ground and didn’t rise. Natsu didn’t spare it another glance, rushing to Lucy’s side.

“You’re alright?” he asked with wide eyes. She waved off his concern.

“I’ll be fine.”

“Zeref was here, you know. I smell him.”

“Of course.” Her voice lowered with anger and she took a calming breath. “We should tell the mayor the Vulcans are dealt with.”

“Then we leave. Keep moving to Magnolia,” he said. “For Zeref.” She nodded and pushed herself up.

“And whatever awaits us along the way,” she added. He grinned in response.

“Whatever adventures await.”

It wasn’t easy, a Celestial Wizard without her Keys, but Natsu at her side, she felt hope. She would be strong enough and she would win. She nudged his arm around her side, helping support her weight, and smiled.

“Lead the way, my dragon.”