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lemonade-of-gods · 6 years ago

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Attack on Osaka (1/??)

Fandom: Fairy Tail

Summary: Zombies and apocalypses were for the movies. Until South Korea made both a reality. And dragged everyone else into the mess. Damn Asians.

Rating: PG-13

Pairings: NaLu, HibiLu, Gruvia (so far)

(NOTE: There are no love triangles in this fic; this fic is a main course of angst and horror with a dash of fluff here and there. I hope you enjoy it!)

(Or, the train to Busan AU no one asked for so here goes)

Five hours ago, a plane en route to Hanaeda airport had crashed into Kawasaki, killing approximately 15 people and injuring a great deal more.

Three hours ago, a man from the military had reported to the government about rabid people biting and infecting any walking thing with a pulse, before doing the aforementioned to the secretary he was talking to.

An hour ago, people watching the news saw reporters describing the apocalyptic situation that had befallen all of South Korea and scoffed at the terms used to describe the erratic behavior of the victims.

“Zombies? Give me a break.” The man seated in front of her jibed as he ran his hand through his spiky blond hair. “I bet on Lector it’ll just be another gas leak or some shit like last time.”

Lucy shook her head as she continued to watch the reporter now talking from her phone screen about possibly infected areas in Japan. “You really think the Busan footage was fabricated? The plane in the crash site came from Gwangju and the attacks started from Kawasaki, remember?”

As if to support her, the cat in the man’s arms purred and rubbed against him.

“She’s right, Sting,” Their other friend Rogue, a man with black hair and a distinct facial scar sitting beside her spoke, “Yukino had called me earlier to check on us. Apparently her sister had gone missing along with the investigation team.”

“Sorano vanishing for five hours ain’t enough to call her missing...”

Lucy sighed, all the sounds turning into background noise. There weren’t any other passengers in their carriage that she could talk to. She wasn’t sure whether she wanted to talk to anyone, come to think of it.

She sighed as her gaze drifted to the window. They had another three hours before they reached their destination, from where they’d have to catch a cab to get to the laboratory. Her reflection stared back at her, blonde hair now properly tamed in a ponytail, big brown eyes staring back at her a little tiredly. The ruby studded pendant of her necklace rested on the hollow of her fair throat, a gift from her fiance.

A smile formed on her petal shaped lips as she remembered the day he’d put it on her. One of his favorite parts about her body was her neck, he had confessed once when he’d gotten drunk with his friends in a bar.

(”And shoulders,” He had muttered sleepily when they’d finally gotten into bed together. Lucy giggled, and shivered when he placed a soft, lingering kiss on her shoulder. “Everything about you...god, you’re sexy.”)

He’d gotten her the necklace on the night he’d proposed, when she was working in her home study. She remembered him fidgeting, rather uncharacteristically. before breaking out into a speech, stumbling over his words and how she didn’t need to change his name and how he could change to Hibiki Heartfilia, which sounded way better not that Lucy Laytes sounds dumb it’s all up to you of course-

She had shut him up with a yes and a kiss. Not necessarily in that order. The ring resting on her finger was a silver band dotted with tiny diamonds. Pretty. He’d then slid it on her finger with an adoring look on his face that had made her blush. I miss you.

As the train drifted to a halt, so did her thoughts as she idly examined the empty platform.

And then she jumped back with a screech as someone banged their face against the glass. In the distance, someone had started to scream.

...

It was bloody chaos. Literally, bloody chaos.

“Fucking son of a bitch!” Gray snarled as he vehemently kicked the zombie clawing at him into the seats, “Juvia, run for the doors and don’t look back! Go!”

“Juvia is not leaving you here!”

“Natsu, keep her safe!”

“NO!” The blue haired woman screamed as another zombie pounced on Gray. A calloused hand grabbed her arm, and she was yanked away by the pink haired boy Gray had addressed earlier.

“GRAY-SAMA!”

“I’m sorry Juvia!” Natsu yelled over the din, pulling her as they both ran for the sliding doors. Tears threatened to spill, but he blinked them back as he shoved Juvia into the next carriage, turning to slam it shut.

“We can’t leave Gray-sama out there!” She sobbed as they helplessly watched him struggle. A horrible, horrible feeling washed over him when he saw the matted white hair of the attacking undead as she - for it was definitely a she - sank her teeth into his best friend’s neck.

An urge to hurl had him clap his hand over his mouth as he stumbled to the floor. In a few minutes, Gray Fullbuster would join his family in the ranks of the walking dead and would try to extend that courtesy to them. They couldn’t stay there. He had to protect Juvia. He had to protect her. He couldn’t fail again.

“Natsu-kun!” She screamed, and he looked up to see Gray’s ugly face smack against the glass, his eyes cloudy and the veins on his neck prominent. They had to go. As if reading his mind, Juvia extended her hand and yanked him up by the arm.

“Run...” He hoarsely whispered as they dashed to the other side. A horrible cracking noise could be heard and barely had they reached the next set of sliding doors before the sound of glass breaking reverbrated through the carriage.

“RUN!” Someone screamed and the rush of adrenaline and the furious beating of his heart propelled him on as he shoved her in front of him. People screamed and the dead roared as the air grew thicker with the smell of blood.

The compartment they stumbled into had very few people, two blondes and a scarred man the closest to him. Juvia made to slide the door shut, and then slid down to the floor and began to cry again.

“What the fuck is going on?” One of the blondes, a man with slanted eyes demanded as the other one - a girl who looked Natsu’s age - made to comfort Juvia. The scarred man gingerly approached the doors to take a look at the bloodbath behind.

“G-gray-sama...” Juvia sobbed, burying her face in her hands.

“Those fuckers got in?” The blond swore, and then grimaced on looking at the bloodstained windows. Outside the train, they could see more zombies clawing at the glass and snarling at them.

“We need to go...” Natsu breathed heavily, stumbling into the nearest seat available, “There’s too many to fight...we have to get off this fucking train.” He ran his fingers through his hair, and caught the eye of the girl comforting Juvia.

She bit her lip in a contemplative manner. “Rule out the platforms. If we put enough distance between us we can at least hide out here. The train’s a frying pan but outside’s the fire.” She then blinked, and then extended her hand to him. “Lucy Heartfilia.”

Natsu stared for a few seconds before it processed. “Oh yeah, right, Natsu Dragneel.” His hand engulfed her delicate one as they shook. She looked classy in her cream coloured blouse and black slacks.

“This is Rogue and Sting.” She continued, motioning at the scarred man and the blond respectively.

“I’m Juvia.” Juvia said quietly, her sobs now subsiding. Sting opened his mouth, but was cut off by Rogue, whose eyes widened.

“We need to go.” He mumbled, pulling Juvia to her feet. A glimpse through the glass had Natsu jump to his feet, nausea beginning to form in his stomach. The zombie brigade had spotted them and was stumbling over towards them. At the forefront was the white haired woman who had turned Gray.

“How strong is the glass?” Lucy sounded terrified.

“Against this death wave? We gotta high tail it outta here,” Sting said shakily.

BANG! They jumped back as the undead snarled against the doors, more and more piling up by the second. He heard Lucy stumble with a faint curse. He turned and caught Rogue’s eye.

“Drop everything and run.” How could he sound calm right now? But Rogue was going good on his word, pushing Sting behind him and moving to Lucy. “Lose the heels Lucy, you can’t run in them-”

“Drop ‘em on the way,” Natsu said and started pushing the two of them towards the retreating figure of Sting, who had also taken Juvia with him. They’d barely made it halfway before Juvia’s scream stopped them.

“Motherfucker, they’re here too?!” Sting yelled as they heard snarls from the other side. The sound of cracking glass made the hair on the back of his neck stand up.

“We have to get out of here!” Juvia whimpered as she frantically looked through the windows. The window to their right showed the zombie infested platform and the nauseous feeling increased.

"The emergency window.” Lucy suddenly muttered and moved for one of the windows on their left. The left platform was suspiciously empty, but a quick look at the doors told them that they had no choice. Rogue and Sting followed and began helping her.

“Natsu-kun?” Juvia whispered suddenly, her hand moving to grip his arm, “I’m scared.”

“Natsu keep her safe!”

“Don’t worry,” He whispered back, watching the window open, “I’ll protect you, okay? Let’s go.”

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