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Prompt 1: Formation
Summary: At first there were two. And then there was three. And in two rivals. And then add two more. Finally, your family is complete.
At first there were two: Happy
At first, Natsu had been alone for a while. Igneel had left him, and he had traveled around the forest for a while. When he had found Fairy Tail, he had found a family. Sure, most of the members annoyed him, especially Gray, but he put up with it. At least he wasn't alone anymore. It also helped there was a bunch of kids in the guild. Kids he quickly made friends with- or rivals in the case of Gray.
Then he and Lisanna had found the dragon egg. It had all been a fluke, the egg wasn't a dragon's egg. However what had come out of the egg was just as cool. With the help of Lisanna, he had raised what could be considered a little baby. Of course this little "baby" needed a lot less care than an actual one.
Happy had been added to the equation.
And even when he and Lisanna weren't together, Natsu had Happy. Natsu wasn't alone anymore and that's what mattered.
And it was good.
Then Lisanna was gone, but by then Natsu and Happy were known to be the team.
It was known, were Natsu went, Happy would follow and vice versa. They grew up together.
And it was that way for years.
And then there were three: Lucy
If asked, Natsu would always have the same answer when asked why he had made Lucy part of his team: he thought she was nice.
To be honest, he wasn't even sure himself. He had been eyeing the Daybreak job before he had decided to go look for Macao.
Of course the only reason it caught his eye was because he had happened to meet a pretty blonde would've been awfully helpful had that idiot Duke Everlue not been so wacked up.
Sure, at first he had just thought to use her for her looks but that outlook had changed at Mount Hakobe.
Lucy was loud, and whiny, but he had to admit he was very surprised at her eagerness to follow him. She hardly knew him, had just seen Romeo crying, him walking away, and next thing he knew she was right behind them.
Later on, during the entire Phantom Lord deal, her eagerness had made sense. She too had "daddy issues."
So yes, in the beginning, adding her to his team had been a fluke, simply a way to get some easy money.
But getting, damn, it had been one of the best failed flukes he had ever done. Without meaning to, Natsu had made an addition to his closest family.
She had proved to be quite some family member. She was still as loud as she was when they had first met them but she really knew how to take care of them.
And in some rivals: Gray and Erza
Unfortunately for him, the days as a trio for his little team had been short lived. Erza had come back, and requested Gray and himself to follow her.
He didn't know why she wanted him and Gray.
Then again, she seemed to buy it every time they faked their "friendship." (Unbeknownst to them, the only reason Erza still did that was because she secretly loved to watch them almost piss their pants. She could see through their act like glass.)
Thank Mavis Mira had asked Lucy to go with them. He didn't think he could take a whole train ride alone with Erza and Gray- Happy had a tendency to disappear at the kitchen cart during the rides.
When the demon had shown up, it had been so easy to defeat that thing between the three of them. He had picked up Master briefly say something about the strongest team but he didn't put much thought into it.
By the time they came back with Master, the entire Fairy Tail knew about Fairy Tail's strongest team. There was no question about it, and really, everyone accepted it. They were Fairy Tail's stronger team.
After that first mission, Natsu's world had shone with new light.
The strongest team.
Natsu had never thought of that before. He knew Erza was strong; she took the title of strongest woman in Fairy Tail easily. He could also, begrudgingly, agree that he and Gray would be at par with strength. But together? A whole new world or opportunities opened up to them, especially with Erza!
Teaming with an S-Class mage would be great training.
It shouldn't have made sense. He and Gray were as opposites as their magic. And frankly he was just too scared of Erza. But somehow, having Lucy there made it all easier.
And just like that, they were a team. Team Natsu. And nothing was going to take that away from them.
And then add two more: Wendy and Carla
Another Dragon Slayer. That upon itself was amazing. Add to that that she also had an Exceed, someone like Happy.
After learning that it was only natural that Natsu would want to know more about Wendy.
Of course there wasn't much talking that could be done while they dealt with Nirvana.
Natsu also didn't want to intrude after the young girl had lost her guild.
He knew a guild was a family, and if Wendy had been left around the same dates he was…this would've been doubly traumatizing for her. No one knew how they were going to make it better for her.
As a result, no one had questioned when Erza had kind of adopted Wendy into their team.
Everyone saw her as a little sister, especially Gray and Erza. Lucy and Carla protected her like a mother. And Natsu well, Wendy was guild mate, a fellow slayer, and a sister of sorts. Somehow, a closer family because of their shared dragon parent past.
And just like with the rest of the team, he would protect her to no end.
He was also very glad for Happy, who now had a fellow Exceed who he could relate to.
Team Natsu was big, yeah, but with the seven, it was complete.
Finally your family is complete: Team Natsu
Fairy Tail's strongest team.
That's what they were known for, who they were.
Had it not been for Raven Tail, that would've been the lineup for Team A in the GMG.
Sure, they're team was larger than a normal. Still it was their own little family. A family within a family.
They were Fairy Tail's strongest team, and they wouldn't trade it for the world.
