Hiddenray's note: Okay... don't tell anyone but, come closer...closer...closer...okay too close, I just wanted to say that I don't really own Fairy tail or Elfen lied... big surprise right!? Yeah... I was really surprised when a friend told me.
And on with the story...
(Natsu and Kaede are kids by the way...)
It had been over a year since his dad left him without a word. He had never met his mother, she died giving birth to him. He didn't have any brothers or sisters, and now... he was alone.
Natsu was bored, he was bored because fishing became less exciting when it turned into a chore.
"Stupid fishes... stupid dad... stupid world..." Natsu muttered as he stared at his fishing pole... it was still empty.
He was sitting in a small boat in the middle of a lake.
Natsu closed his eyes, ' I keep having these strange dreams, an island, a giant tree and people holding hands? ...sigh... why did dad leave me? He used to come back in less than a month... I feel so lonely...'
The young boy's eyes snapped open when he heard a noise, at the shore there was a group of boys punching a helpless girl.
'Not on my watch!' Bending his knees, he prepared to jump into the water...
(Meanwhile)
Kaede winced as the boy punched her in the stomach, she was restrained by one of the five boys while the other four took turns punching her.
'Why? Why are they doing this to me? What did I do to deserve this?' The pink-haired girl though as she tried to keep her tears from falling.
"Why aren't you crying!?" One of the boys shouted at her as he punched her face. "Normal girls cry! You're just a freak! A freak with horns on her head!" He hit her again, and again, until her nose started bleeding.
Kaede rubbed the blood off her nose and glared at the older boys. "I'll never cry for you!" She closed her eyes waiting for the next hit...
"STOP HURTING HER!" an angry voice shouted.
The boys stopped to look at the strange boy, he had pink hair, a white scarf around his neck, a black sleeves shirt and white pants.
Kaede also looked at the boy, 'Who is he, is he trying to help me? No...no one ever comes to help me...'
The oldest boy in the group stepped in front of Natsu, he was half a foot taller than the pink head.
"Get lost kid! Can't you see we're busy!?"
Natsu glared at the boy, "I'm not leaving until you stop hurting her!"
Kaede's eyes widened, 'He's helping me! But what can he do? He's the same age as me, and they're older...'
When the younger boy refused to move, the bully pushed Natsu, "Last chance kid..."
That was when Natsu smirked, 'No...that was your last chance!'
Natsu swung his fist right into the older boy's stomach.
The bully looked at the fist, and laughed, "HAHAHAHAHA! Is THAT all you got shrimp!?"
Natsu's grin widened, 'waaaait for it...'
Then his hands set in fire, burning the bully's shirt and sending him screaming into the lake.
The other boys looked at the grinning boy who still had fire in his hands, Natsu took a step...and that was all it took to scare them away, followed by the wet boy that came out of the lake.
"HE'S A MONSTER!"
Once they were alone, Kaede got on her knees, 'Oh no... he's going to kill me, I don't want to die!' "Please! Please don't hurt me!" She pleaded to the boy.
Natsu made the fire disappear and held his hand out to the frightened girl, "Why would I do that?" He asked with a cheerful smile.
Seeing his smile almost made Kaede smile. She took his hand and stood up, "Um, t-thank you?"
Natsu grinned, "Your welcome!" Then he noticed her horns, "WOAH! Are those cat ears!?"
Kaede covered the horns with her hands, "No! They're horns!"
Natsu got confused, "So, are they cat ears or horns? Oh! Maybe they're CAT-HORNS!"
Kaede was getting irritated, 'I knew it... he's just here to make fun of me, just like everybody...'
Kaede turned around, " I bet you think they're ugly dont'ya ?"
Natsu walked in front of her and looked her in the eyes, "I think they're cute... like cat ears."
Hearing someone call her horns cute made her blush, "W-well ... they're horns, and uh, thanks."
Natsu's eyes widened remembering something, "Oh! I almost forgot!" He grabbed her shoulders, "You're hurt! I'll take you to a hospital!"
"No! I'm fine..." Kaede tried to reason with the boy, after finally convincing him that it wasn't as bad as it looked he reluctantly let her go.
"Okay...if you say so..."
Kaede looked at the boat in the lake, 'Its his boat, he stopped what he was doing just to help me...'
"Natsu."
"What?" Kaede asked.
"My name's Natsu! What's yours?" Natsu asked with a bright smile.
'Why does he keep smiling?' "My name is Kaede..."
Noticing that she was staring at his boat gave him an idea, "Hey, do you want to help me catch some fish?"
Getting her chance to repay him for his help, she nodded her head.
Natsu turned to the lake, "Okay then, I'll go get the boat! You wait here!" Saying this, he jumped into the water and started swimming to the boat.
Kaede watched as the boy rowed the boat closer to the shore. 'Why is he being so nice to me? He's the nicest person I've ever met...'
"Hey! Kaede, jump on already!"
Kaede blinked seeing a hand in front of her face.
"Come on, grab my hand and get on, the fish won't wait all day you know!" He had his hand stretched out, offering his help.
With a blush, she grabbed his hand and got on the small boat.
(A few hours later)
The sun was now setting, and it was getting dark.
Natsu rowed the boat closer to the shore, "You're awesome at catching fish!" She got off the boat and smiled at him, "Thank you for being nice to me Natsu..."
Rubbing the back of his head, he saw that it was getting dark really fast, "Yeah...I had fun too...you know, I could drop you off at your place if you want?" He offered.
Kaede had a sad smile on her face, "No, I can get back to the orphanage myself, you were really nice... I'll always remember you."
Natsu got confused, "Why? We'll see each other again tomorrow won't we?"
"W-we will?" Her voice wavering.
"Of course! We're friends now!" Natsu waved as he rowed to the other end of the lake, "Remember! Same place, same time tomorrow!"
Kaede waved back to the boy, '...my friend.'
chapter end
Aaaaaaand that's a rap! Great Job reading everybody! I hope to bring a chapter two very soon.