Private Chapter 1: Task, a fairy tail fanfic

PRIVATE

I do not own Fairy Tail.

Natsu is an undercover agent who has a task to spy on the Heartfilia's daughter. Everything was going smooth until the girl gets a suspicious phone call… and starts to set her eyes on him. College AU.

- O – O – O – O – O -

"Any details or information I should take note of?" asked Natsu to his boss.
"The boss says there is no other action that needs to be done," replied a feminine voice.
"I tell you to stop talking like that." Natsu laughed lightly. "That makes me uncomfortable."
"Okay Natsu, my boy."
"Silly, Mira." Natsu shrugged before letting himself out of the room.

Mira tapped a finger on her office desk.
"I can't wait for you to discover that Lucy's-"

Just then, the door opened to show Natsu again.
"W- what is it? Isn't today your first day of classes?"
Natsu raised an eyebrow. "I left my bag."
Mira frowned then looked over her desk to confirm it.
"I've always told you to knock before entering."
"Oh, come on," said Natsu as he slung the bag over his back. "There's no fun in that."

Once again, he let himself out.
Mirajane decided to wait a few more minutes before speaking her thoughts out loud again.

- X – X – X – X – X -

Lucy Heartfilia
Freshman in Fairy Tail University
Working Student

Natsu hummed as he read what's left on the ID card he was holding.
So they were of the same age, while he himself was also a working student. Kinda.
The client was probably a stalker of the Heartfilia family but that was out of his borders.

The picture in the ID clearly showed the girl's simple beauty, which told him she would look good in any attire, probably even while naked.
The thought made him snicker.

How convenient was it that they had almost the same set of extracurricular classes, the only chance he'd see her in class since their courses were quite different after all.
To be honest, he could go without any college education but he would rather digress from the topic.
History would never be something he would look forward to, figuratively.

Three out of his eight total units for the whole semester coincided with his target's schedule.
Entering a lecture hall for his first class, Natsu easily spotted the blonde hair of the Heartfilia's daughter.

'She likes to wear dresses!'
'I don't think I'll ever use that info…'
'You'll never know.'
'sigh… What else?'
'She's got bright blonde hair and a big pair!'
'Pair of what?'

Silly him. What else could become a big pair in a girl?
Especially when it's Mira talking about girls.

With the university having no dress code, of all the possible set of clothes, Lucy Heartfilia chose a tight Heart Kreuz brand set which emphasized her curvaceous body.
She was already talking to two other girls, one with a deep blue hair who was particularly expressive and another who looked so much like his boss. What was her name again?

'So read carefully about their profiles.'
'But I'm just spying this Lucy right? What's the need for the others?'
'You wouldn't know who'd become friends with your Lucy here.'
'That's a lot of students, mind you.'
'Don't worry. I've narrowed the list!.'
'By what standards?'
'Ooh. Isn't it unlike you to ask questions like that?'
'Answer-'
'This one's my sister, you know? Her name's Lisanna!'

Lucy turned her head to look at him with a puzzled expression then proceeding to whisper to her friends.
The two other girls laughed and seemed to tease him.
That was when Natsu realized he had been blocking the doorway for a while now.

"Hey, are you just gonna stand there or what?"

Natsu turned around to see a student… with no shirt.
Apparently, the person was starting to attract attention and he was meant to be the first one to entertain the man.
"So what if I will, Gray?" said Natsu, playing the smug guy.

'You've heard of Ur, right?'
'Codename: Delio-'
'Yeah. Don't speak of the name here.'
'What? She has a child in the university?'
'Two. They're both adopted. This one's Gray.'

"Huh?" The raven-haired person frowned. "How'd you know my name?"
"You have a secret fan."
"Eugh. That's gay," remarked Gray, twisting his face in disgust.
'I wasn't talking about myself.' Instead of continuing, Natsu just shrugged and went to a vacant seat behind the Heartifilia's company. "Whatever, ice-brain."
He could not be bothered by one of Deliora's sons.

However, his comment was not well-received as Gray followed him and stomped his arm chair.
"Who're you calling ice-brain?"
Natsu looked up to an angry face with a bored expression.
'I've got other things to take care of,' he thought, sliding a peek at Lucy Heartfilia.
"I was talking to myself." Natsu mentally rolled his eyes, not even keeping the sarcasm seeping out of his voice.
Gray's face blanked. "Oh, are you? My bad."
'What the food?! He actually believed it!'
The naked boy took his clothes from out of nowhere and took the nearest vacant seat, which happened to be beside him.

"So, what's your name?"
Amidst the urge to put his face on his palms in disbelief, Natsu decided he could entertain the guy for a longer time.
"Natsu. Dragneel."
"Dragneel? What's that? Are your parents dragons or what?"
"Well, are your parents Mika and Silver Fullbuster?"
"Wh- what?!" burst out Gray. "How'd you know that?!"

Natsu felt like the guy was testing his patience.
He actually wanted to instill fear and doubt in the guy's mind but it was just making him curious.
Natsu sighed. "Let's just say I know a lot of things."
"Uhuh…"
Maybe it did work after all.

Just before the class started, Lucy seemingly turned around to make eye contact with him.
He couldn't make more of her expression before it turned back to her friends.

- X – X – X – X – X -

"Crap. Aren't we supposed to only have greetings and introductions for the first week of classes?" Gray complained.
Natsu rolled his eyes. How unfortunate for him to discover that he was going to be stuck with the Fullbuster for the whole semester, having the same course with all but two units without him. Rather than focusing on the Heartfilia, there he was being distracted by the idiot.
"Yes, we are supposed to." Natsu left it for the guy to decipher whether he was being sarcastic or not.
"Come on…"

They were walking to their next classroom and Natsu was fortunate enough to find Lucy to be his classmate in that class too.
Better to have something interesting to look at than boring writings on a blackboard.

"Natsu, can I ask you a question?"
Natsu raised an eyebrow at his tone. "Hmm? What is it?"
Gray whispered, "Say, did Lucy catch your eye?"
"Yeah…"

'She's a very smart person! She graduated at the top of her class in high school!'
'How is that supposed to interest me?'
'If you aren't for looks, then what are you looking for in a girl?'
'I don't chase girls, Mira.'
'Oh, really?'

"Dude, having a crush this early on is bad!"
That statement brought him back to reality, scowling. "Don't call me dude, ice-brain."
"Alright. Call me ice-brain but you're definitely the one thinking too much. Is she that beautiful for you?"

Well, he couldn't just tell anybody about his job.

"If I told you I had a spying job or that I had a crush on her, which would you believe?"
Gray fumbled for words, stuttering incomprehensible replies.
That brought Natsu a few seconds to once again look at the Heartfilia's only child.

'You don't have to do anything actually.'
'"But?"'
'No buts. Just keep her in sight.'
'How am I supposed to know if I'm doing the right thing then. I could just ignore the mission and get paid for it.'
'Acting clever now? No, we'll know.'
'Eh… Keep her in sight then what?'
'Oh, try not to get close with her.'

As a spy, that could mean lots of things.
Maybe he should keep his identity as an agent secret.
Maybe he should avoid talking to the girl.
Maybe he should not come into physical contact with her.
Maybe he should-

"Of course, I'd believe the latter. Spy things are lame and not true! " Gray shook his head as if unimpressed.
"Whatever you make of it."
"Don't act so uninterested on me now."
"I am uninterested," answered Natsu. Then he immediately looked at Gray.
Hopefully, that was not too harsh of a reply.
Part of being a spy also included remaining civil as a person of the community.

"What if I make things interesting then?"
"Hmm? Is that a dare or something?"
"Let's have you talk to Lucy after this class."
They just entered their destination and took the seats behind the Heartifilia's company again.

"That can't happen," said Natsu, lowering the conversation's voice to whispers. "She has a separate class after this."
"Ooooooh. You already knew her schedule, eh…"
'Crap.'
"…or is that just a guess?" Gray continued.

Natsu mentally sighed. It was the first time thick-headedness of a person actually saved his skin.
"Yeah, a guess. Who knows? We wouldn't know anyway."
"That's why we're going to talk with them, right?"
Natsu narrowed his eyes. "You're just going for Juvia Lockser, right?"
"Ah…" Gray blinked. "Who's this Juvia?"

"The girl with the blue hair and eyes of a darker blue color."
"Natsu, you're kinda freaking me out," said Gray uneasily.
"Yeah, I know her." Natsu shrugged. "So are you interested on her?"
"Ah…" Gray scratched his head. "Okay, you got me."

"So, how about we make a deal?"
"What deal?"
"Hear me out."

The conversation continued, with the boys ignoring the class which had already started a while ago.

- X – X – X – X – X -

"See you tomorrow." Gray waved a hand before going on a separate way.
Natsu stretched his hands behind his head.
He was surprised to find having a random companion to be actually fun, although Gray did become an obstacle for more than a few times for him to set his eyes on Lucy.
It rather exhausted him to an extent.

Natsu had an upcoming class while Lucy had a break for one more hour.
She was sitting alone on a small café table, with Juvia and Lisanna on their separate classes; while he was sitting alone on another table, with a plate of dessert to satisfy him for the moment.
How he wanted to have more than a plate, but decency was important.
She was quietly sipping coffee from a cup, surprisingly looking elegant even with her casual Heart Kreuz clothes, almost like she was actually wearing a neat dress.

Natsu was trying to decide whether to skip the first day of class for the specific subject when Lucy started talking to her phone.
'Maybe this is what Mira wanted me to keep track of.'

"Yes? This is Lucy."

Natsu realized she had her headphones on, meaning he could not possibly know what the other end was saying.

"Oh hello, Jane."

'Jane…' mentally noted Natsu.

"Oh, first day's actually going fine. Got lucky to be seated with fun people. Yes. Yes. Ah, wait."
Lucy turned to her bag and pulled out a notebook.
Natsu could hear the pages flipping but other than that, he could not make himself peek.

"Oh, Gajeel Redfox? No? Gray Fullbuster? Wait, I don't know."
Flipping pages was heard once again as the conversation paused.
Natsu absently realized he was licking his spoon over and over again, focusing more on the fact that his friend's name was mentioned. 'Who is this Jane?'

"Oh that one. Pretty sure he's normal. No, he wasn't loud. The Fullbuster one attracted a lot of attention though." Lucy laughed. "Yes, I don't know how but he would suddenly have no clothes and all!"

Natsu noted the casual type of conversation she was having.
It limited the types of person she could be talking to, probably just a high school friend.
'What would she pull out a notebook for though?'

"Yeah. We made a few eye contacts. I don't think that's the case. No. No. No. AH!" Lucy laughed again.
Hearing the laughter, Natsu realized he got a weird feeling. It was making him feel warm inside.
'Wh- what is this about? Focus, man.'

"What is it again? Deliora's?!"

'What?! She knows Deliora?!'
As far as Natsu knew, there was no restaurant or place remotely similar the codename to make such confusion. He probably heard it right.

"But… Ah, wait."

Natsu could hear her writing fast, as if copying notes from a speaking professor.

"Ok… Got it. Poly… Porl… what? P. O. R. L. Y. U. S. I. C. A. Ah, okay."

'Th- that's Wendy's Mother!'

"Ah, so the Dragneel's the next one? What do you mean? Ah, okay. I'll check it later. Thanks. Okay, soon. Don't kid about that! Silly. Thanks, Jane."

- O – O – O – O – O -

The spelling is Porlyusica right? I myself keep getting confused on that name. Correct me if I'm wrong.

My gosh. I accidentally left a comment to my own story. That's an extra note. Sorry T_T

-IdolizedFan 04/27/16