new Nalu story! R&R~

Chapter 1: Fears

Natsu's POV:

High school.

Something I'm going to start soon.

It's also a fear.

Mainly because it's hard for me to make friends.

The disappearance of my father, Igneel, shocked me. It almost tore me apart. He left me alone in our home. A few days after, two people who were related found me. Their names' were Mirajane and Elfman.

The two took me in and I had found out they had a younger sister named Lisanna; who is also my closest friend.

They were basically my new family!

Although they were young, they still treated me with kindness. Mira was the oldest being only 13 at the time, Elfman being 12, and Lisanna being only a 10 year old. I traveled with them having no parents.

Apparently, their parents died in a car crash driving home. It was when they were younger, and they eventually escaped from being in a foster home.

And now we're 6 years older, so I'm 17. But... I can't help but feel scared as to going to high school. Lisanna has always been by my side for every grade, but when they found out I was a year older, I was pushed a grade forward.

Even Mira or Elfman aren't going to be there... They're already going to a new collage!

Going to a different high school is hard. Meeting new people, that's going to be hard for me. The only reason I survived my past schools were because Lisanna introduced me. Now, I'm not gonna know anyone!

I always pretend to be happy on the outside, but inside, I'm just sad and depressed. Mira and Elfman think I'm probably the happiest man on Earth, but I'm really not. The only person who knows about this is Lisanna, and she's probably gonna be the only one who will ever know...

Lisanna and I sat at a nearby cafe, 'cause she had something 'important' to update me on. When my coffee and her latte came, she immediately stood up and slammed her hands on the table.

Bam! was the sound I heard. She then sat down after noticing the amount of people that were looking at her. "Well.. As I said before, we have business to discuss."

She then picked up her phone, looked at it, then put it down again. "Whoops, sorry, Natsu. I met one girl from the high school we're going to, and it turns out she's in your grade! She's really nice, her name's Lucy! We exchanged numbers and she said to text me anytime! But our conversation was ended because her boyfriend just had to come. No offense, though, but her boyfriend is kind of mean. He literally glared at me just because I was talking to her."

"Oh." I replied with no emotion.

"Natsu! Come on, be happy! I'm sure you'll make tons of friends there! Oh yeah, that's what I needed to discuss!" As she scrambled to find her bag, I sipped on my coffee. "BAM!" Lisanna yelled out as she slammed a bunch of files on the clear table.

Her shout caused me to almost spit out my coffee. I put down my cup to speak. "Just what is this...?" I put on a confused face as she just smiled evilly.

"Everything you need to know." were the words that came out of her mouth as her evil grin turn into a smile.

~O~O~

She began to make it look straight and neat as I just sat there confused. She's a weird girl... She then opened the first file. "You know that I got valuable information from someone... And it's AMAZING! The person gave me files on people in your class and mine's!"

She began to open the first file that was on her neatly-stacked pile. "Let's start with your class!" She set the files on the edge of the table as she took the one on the top off it.

"First person, Gray Fullbuster. He's very handsome, actually. Black-haired and toned muscles, but not my type... Age: 17, birthday: 2/12/X767, personality: laid-back, marks: a scar on his forehead above his left eye, eye color: dark-blue, hair color: black. He also has some kind of stripping habit. Something you never see him without: a necklace that has a sword with a stone in it."

"A stripping habit?" I asked. "Oh, no. Lisanna, you can't be near him."

She sighed. "Second person, Erza Scarlet. She's very popular for her strict ways and beautiful looks. Age: 17, birthday/year: X767, personality: strict and impatient, marks: none, eye color: brown, hair color: scarlet. She tends to often criticize people which invoke them to obey her to avoid her wrath. Something you never see her without: a pocket knife in her boots."

"Weird."

She sighed once more. "Oh here's Lucy!" She gave me the picture. "Third person, Lucy Heartfilia. She's stated as the "Girl of every guys' dreams", causing her to have guy compliment her. Age: 17, birthday: July 1, X767, personality: clever and kind, marks: none, eye color: brown, hair color: blonde. She's passionate for literature while keeping up with her boyfriend, Dan. Something you never see her without: a black bracelet."

"..." She's really pretty... Too bad she has a boyfriend...

As Lisanna finished her incredibly long list of whose in my class and her's, we got up to leave.

"So now you know all you need to know!" She exclaimed and smiled.

Sure…. But the only person I was actually interested in was Lucy… She's with a guy named Dan, who looks waaay too ugly for her. I'm not saying I'm that good-looking, but I know I look better than him!

Lisanna looked at me with eyes of fear. "What's wrong?" I asked her.

"That's the guy… Who goes out with Lucy…" She said as she pointed to a red-haired guy beating up someone.

"You dare to look at my girlfriend, huh?!" He screamed as he kicked the man in-front of him repeatedly. What is he doing, that idiot. I walked over to where Dan was and pulled the man he was kicking away from where his feet stood.

"Who are you, you punk?!" He yelled at me as the man ran away.

"That doesn't matter right now, does it? You're just an overprotective boyfriend who just comes at guys who look at your girlfriend." I retorted, with an annoyed tone. "If you're gonna hurt people you don't even know, you might as well fight me." I said as I looked at his girlfriend, Lucy, who looked scared with no humanity in her eyes.

"Hey, Lucy, you wanna know something? I think you're very, very, very beautiful." I said bluntly, emphasizing the last very. I looked at Dan who was red of anger and watched him stomp over to me. And all I did was… Smirk.

"Oh, you're a very forward guy. But, you shouldn't have said that." He stated right before his hand turned into a fist and I saw it move from his side, trying to attack my face.

I held his fist in my hand as it came close to my face, just an inch from arriving to its' destination. "I don't think you should've done that." I returned the favor by using my other hand ball into a fist punching his stomach as I held his fist tight. He let out a howl of help as my fist dug deeper punching his skin.

I looked over to his face, which was an expression of being shocked, scared, and hurt.

His fist was released from my grasp, which was let down from his pain. I turned my fist back into my normal hand stance as it held his stomach tightly, then was pushed to cause Dan to stumble back.

As he let out a breath from being in pain, he held his own stomach from being hurt. He lifted up his shirt a bit to only see a giant red mark made from yours' truly.

I chuckled in response to his pain. "You think you're so tough just because you pick on weak people, but guess what?" I came close to him with a serious face as I lifted him up by his collar with one hand. "I'm not someone who you should just try to hurt or even fight. And to add to that, I'm definitely not someone who is weak."

I threw him and he slid across the sidewalk, causing him to have a little cut. He started to wail because his skin was 'ruined'. "You're such a big baby." I stated as I walked away, with Lisanna running after me. I could just feel his glare against my back, although it didn't really scare me.

We arrived home as I slumped on the couch and began to watch TV.

"What exactly are you doing?" Mirajane came over to me and asked.

"Watching TV." I answered her question, which no emotion in my words.

"You do realize that you were on the news." Mirajane stated. "You saved a lot of people, I
heard!" She smiled at me.

"Eh."

"Eh? Don't eh me! You saved some guy from getting beat up! Good job, Natsu!" She flattered me.

"Good for him." I said.

She sighed. "Natsu! You better cheer up! You're starting school soon, you can't just be sad all the time, you have to be positive! I'm just looking out for you, nothing good will happen to you if you're just without emotion! Just be happy." She smiled, and patted me on the head. "And don't worry; you'll make a lot of friends!" She hummed happily as she started to go to the kitchen.

She's right… I should be happier. Just because Igneel left me doesn't mean I have to be
like this. Even Mira noticed! I only told Lisanna, and even Mira could tell. I shouldn't act so sad all the time. Alright! I'll be friendly and happy from now on!

You're starting school tomorrow, Natsu, don't be afraid!