Natsu was no Where to be seen. Gray was bored without Natsu to fight, actually the whole guild was board without Natsu there.
"Gray tell us a story." Lucy whined her head on the bar table.
"What? Why me?" Gray asked Lucy was the writer shouldn't she tell a story or levy? He thought to himself.
"Because your have a lot of good stories." Erza said agreeing with the blonde wizard.
"Fine. What story do you won't to here?" Gray asked unaware that the girls had planned this of already.
"How did you get your necklace?" Lucy asked it it any hesitation. And looked at gray with hopeful eyes.
"You want to low how I got my necklace?" Gray asks dumbfounded as he looked down at the pendent he always had on.
"Yes we do." Erza insisted.
"It's not a very long story but I'll tell you half your going to have to hunt down someone else for the other bit." Gray said with a shig and the girls looked at each other with quizzical looks.
"What do you mean?" Erza asked.
"Let me tell you my bit first." Gray said with a smug smile.
"It was let's say six years ago?
Flashback
"Gray! Natsu! Stop fighting!" A little red head shouts at the two fighting boys.
"Aye sir!" They both say with a bad happy impregnable said cat was sleeping on Natsu's head at the moment.
"Good now go take jobs." She said and walked off to sit and eat her cake in peace.
Natsu was the first to the request board and took a job to get rid of a monster for almost 10 thousand jewel. At the time that was the biggest reward the boy could take since hr was still new to the guild only about a year he had been there.
Gray took a job at the same amount since it was just going to be easy cash for him. His birthday was in two days and the guild was already getting ready for it since he was young the uild wanted to celebrate all birthdays for te youngsters who had not reached 15 years old yet. Gra was one of them.
The two boys went to the master and said hey we're taking the jobs.
"Alright but be back in time for the party gray. And Natsu don't destroy as much this time please." The master said.
"Yes master!" Gray said with a large grin. He tried to Natsu to say a mean comment but saw a sad face on the Dragon slayer that changed instantly to a big grin and Natsu ran out the guild doors without another word.
Gray a deft latter that da to the town and it took v chile I destroy the mister he was hired to take care off he got bam the nth Erie the part and fell asleep immediately with a large grin on his face now that he had some extra spending money.
He woke up in the morning and get dressed. Newer to the guild with a large grin on his face.
He entered the hall to a huge "SURPRISE!"
The party was under way in a matter of minutes. Later on in the part a message bird gave gray a package.
He opened it to find a pendent necklace and a letter. He read the letter aloud.
"Dear Gray,
Sorry I Couldn't be there at your party just not a huge birthday fan is all. But I got you this while on my mission when I saw it I thought you may like it. Keep it sell it I really don't care just don tell me what you did with it.
~Your friend, Natsu."
Gray stared at the necklace with aw. Normally he would get rid of anything Natsu gave him but the necklace was really nice. He put it on and enjoyed the party not really questioning Natsu's motives or his strange letter.
End flashback
"And that's how I got my necklace. Happy now?" He said to the girls with a bored tone.
The night started at him slack jawed.
"Natsu gave you the necklace?" Lucy asked it really believing her ears.
"Yeah. I still don't know why he did it but the necklace has become as important to me as my magic." Gray said with a shrug.
"How did Natsu get his hands on the necklace?" Erza asked him.
"Honestly I don't know. I told you my bit. Now go find him a ask his bit." Gray said getting up and left the building his hands shoved in his pockets.
The girls look at each other and Erza was the first to speak.
"We need to find Natsu." She said and Lucy noded in agreement.