Damn I'm sorry for those who are following my other story but the manga has been so crazy right now I have too many ideas and I got stuck on a certain part. But worry not I've been planning this story for a long time now. I got the idea from a certain picture I saw once so I decided to make this a little project and see if I expand on it if people liked it. Well without further ado welcome to Sanshōo no ken….if I spelled that wrong someone correct me please ^~^
"Talking"
'Thinking'(when in 3rd person only)
*noise*
flashback
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Natsu POV
I was standing above my opponent he was laying on the ground out cold, man was I tired my legs felt like they were gonna give out any second. The only thing that actually kept me standing was the countless cheers that were directed towards me I've never felt such a such a rush before. I looked at the the crowd and stopped, I saw them the few friends who still stuck with after high school I could see them clearly despite my damn eye, I knew it would heal but it still hurt. Hell my whole body hurt especially my fists the wrappings that were on them didn't do jack shit for me. It moments like this that made me remember just how I got here it seems like just yesterday I was still just some punk who could punch real good and take more than a beating.
5 years ago
I woke up with a start damn alarm I should probably set it on silent I don't care if I'm late not like I payed that much attention anyway. Thee only reason I went was because of my friends. My moments were cut off when at that moment I heard some loud banging on my door. I instantly knew who it was the second I heard that voice only one person I know could scream like that.
"WAKE UP YOU IDIOT YOU HAVE SCHOOL TODAY IF YOU'RE LATE AGAIN I SWEAR I'LL-"
That voice belonged to none other than my pain in the ass grandma I knew I had 5 minutes tops to get dressed ,I always did when she yelled at me to wake up,. Good thing I planned ahead and got my uniform ready last night that's something people didn't think I would do think ahead I mean since. Probably because I didn't get the highest grades...the lowest actually. I changed quickly and ran down stairs as fast I could and into the kitchen where I was greeted by my happy family.
"Finally you're awake" said the voice from earlier she was my grandma Porlyusica apparently I got my amazing hair color from her…...thanks a lot granny. Still she became my legal guardian after my dad died so I'm grateful that she took care of my sister and I for so long.
"Morning Baka" muttered another voice this one belonged to my dear sister herself Meredy we share the same hair color but apparently she has our late mother's eyes luckily the green and pink clashed perfectly increasing her already natural beauty. Meredy was considered the queen of her middle school and is practically unrivaled for the position due to her cold attitude which screamed royalty I guess.
"Good morning Onii-chan" the last voice was cute and innocent it belonged to my cousin Wendy like my sister and I poor Wendy had lost her mother at a young age but younger than us she could barely remember her mom's face and is the you youngest of the family plus she's very shy. Weird that she's very popular though probably because they want to use her to get close to Meredy that's what they usually do.
I ate my breakfast at a fast speed which didn't involve much chewing, thanked granny and, ran out the door not having much time to stay because today was the most suspenseful days in the history of the world for a high schooler. Today was the day we got our exam results every student's worst nightmare especially mine considering I wasn't so good with numbers. As I ran past some kids on bikes I wondered if I actually got a passing grade like that would ever happen but still a guy could hope right? When I finally finished talking to my thoughts ,weird I know, I ran past some short blue haired girl on her bike. I think I've seen her somewhere before probably with Lucy, Lucy did always hang out with different people. She gave me a surprised look I don't know why people always made that face when I ran I've always had pretty strong legs…...and arms and head pretty much everything was strong. People always said I should join a sport like soccer, tennis, football or baseball but none of those were for me because of one thing. I loved fighting and it was no secret to most of my friends that I challenged every single gang in our school. I looked at my old watch and it read 7:24.
"Shit I'm gonna be late" I wasn't but I needed to get there early to hide my score so I kicked it up a notch and arrived at school with a few minutes to spare. Magnolia high home of the fairies weird mascot I know but back a hundred years ago some weird stuff happened which lead to fairies being famous. I never gave much thought but granny said that her father ,my great grandfather, had something to do with it. I stopped thinking about that and looked for my test score so that I could destroy the evidence but a certain someone found it before I.
"Oh my gosh Natsu Dragneel year 2 overall score 210/1000 everyone is gonna love this~" squealed the voice of that certain someone I knew very well. She took a picture of it with her phone and sent it to her entire contacts listen except for her parents for obvious reasons. She laughed as she looked at me "I swear Natsu this is a new low even for you" I looked away with a scowl on my face as she laughed again. This girl was Lucy Heartfillia my best friend/crush she was your basic rich girl with blond hair big boobs beautiful brown eyes and sweet vanillin scent. Even though I haven't known her that long but we've been inseparable since our third year in middle school.
"Sorry Natsu I had to it was too much of an opportunity to pass up" she spoke between giggles. She saw her Grade 900/1000 of course I sighed knowing that Lucy was too much of an early bird to beat I tried to walk away but suddenly a hand grasped mine and I knew exactly who it was
"Looks like flame brain messed up again didn't he" I turned around and was face to face with my other best friend Gray Fullbuster. He was considered to cool type that makes girls go gaga he even had a damn stalker! Apparently he just got the text from Lucy I could tell because of the smirk on his face that smug smirk always annoyed me. He was one of the school's "perfect" guys he got good grades and was captain of the soccer team he got a 976/1000 that smartass. Some people just got all the luck the only position I could even play was goalie which wasn't the most impressive position and I spent all week studying for the exams. I growled at them making the hidden giggles harder to contain which caused me to glare at them with rage. That shut them up they knew when I got mad and that I would lose despite being in school. As I walked away annoyed by all the teasing I got for being all brawn and no brain ,which was only half true, I saw Gajeel grumbling at his own pitiful but passing grade. The same girl I saw on the bike earlier was scolding him I then remembered that those two were an item. Weird that the captain of the football team was dating a bookworm like her but opposites attract I guess.
Speaking of opposites I saw a gloomy girl standing behind a corner staring at a certain raven haired soccer ace. I swear everyone knew about her obsession with him most thought it was creepy especially Gray but she didn't care she was too head over heels for him to do so. How do I know all this you ask? Easy because she's Meredy's best friend and probably her only friend too. Her personality does a 180 whenever she's when Juvia it's creepy I tell ya Wendy likes her too even granny doesn't hate her. She also constantly bugs me about Gray trying to get anything she can off me I tell her anyways because I like seeing him lose his cool attitude once in awhile. That and I usually get the lunches she makes for him the ungrateful bastard and her food's actually pretty good.
As more and and more students came I decided to go to my secret hiding spot by the lake at the back of the school. I don't know which idiot I had a great idea to build a system right by a lake but I don't complain. Anyway I had ten minutes so I decided to punch the old punching bag I set up there to relief stress. It was nice to have something to keep me calm though I had to return for all of my lunch break because of all the teasing sadly I broke the bag…..again.
After lunch I was late for class which got me a greeting in the hallway with a redhead her eyes burned straight into my soul this was Erza Scarlet the student body President and rule enforcer of the school. I knew escaping would be in vain so I got my ass kicked I couldn't fight back against the president luckily I was saved by a demon named Mirajane Strauss. Mira and I went way back to when I hung out with her sister Lisanna who was studying in Europe for some reason she never told me. I was lucky to have escaped with my life Mira and Erza's fights were extremely destructive even teachers feared them. Besides that though today was pretty uneventful not counting to embarrassment I got from my score spreading around the student body like wildfire. After school ended I didn't want to go home right away so I decided to head downtown and look for some fun. I walked to the train station sounds weird but trains and subways were the primary source of travel for those without cars I was only 15 so train it was.
I have to say though...today was not my day on the upside I was currently surrounded by a gang that thought that they could beat Natsu Dragneel with sheer numbers. Man were they wrong but after I kicked all of there asses easily no problem I proceeded to walk out of the alleyway they cornered me in when suddenly I was grabbed in the shoulder by someone as I turned around my heart stopped standing in front of me was Laxus Dreyar the strongest guy I knew. He had a reputation for being unbeaten of course I had a similar record all of my losses were only towards him Erza and Mira. He saw the blood on my knuckles and sighed here we go again I sighed in my head read for the lecture.
"You're wasting your potential Natsu just like I did-" I stopped listening there I heard this speech so many times he just said how I needed to get into a good school and stuff about my brawling. He could just screw off for all I cared he's just the old man's grandson that's why he was so strong he got some fancy training when he was little. After a few minutes he sighed and walked away shaking his head he was disappointed just like everyone else.
I took the train back home after that, it was barely 7 but Laxus ruined my mood that spoiled prick. On my way to the station I passed by a pharmacy weird thing to state but I stared at my knuckles for a bit they had dry blood on them and they hurt too. It couldn't hurt to have something so after a few seconds of thinking I walked inside few minutes later I walked out with a roll of medical tape in my jacket pocket.
It was 7:45 when I walked through my door I saw the usual sight on a Friday evening granny asleep already, Wendy doing her homework in her room with her friend Chelia, and Juvia came over to ask Meredy for advice on how to get Gray's attention. I walked into the kitchen and ate some leftover potato soup for my dinner. Good thing it was Friday as well as a three day weekend for students to recover from the exams that meant no homework for me. I was thinking about catching up on sleep and reading some manga the new diamond no ace chapter came out so that was something. I finished up my dinner and put the bowl in the sink when I heard Meredy's voice.
"Oh Naaaaaaaaatsu~" my dear sister called out to me, I grumbled under my breath as I walked into the living room. "Natsu can you walk Juvia home? It's late and a lady shouldn't be walking alone at night." I was about to ask about Chelia when Meredy continue "Oh and Chelia is staying the night so don't bother us" of course she was, her cousin was probably busy with that playboy boyfriend of her's miracle that they were still together. I sighed this girl really annoyed me sometimes I looked at Juvia as she got some of her books. She looked at me for a second with a small and we started walking to her home which was about 15 minutes away. The moon was out but so were the stars but so were some clouds I should probably call Lucy and Gray to apologize when I get home my plan was interrupted by something that totally threw me off.
"I wonder if it'll rain tonight. . .I hope it does my name means rain so I always enjoy it when it rains" she had a shy smile. She then looked down on the ground she looked at me and asked "Natsu-san do you like the rain?" I nodded in response. She gave me a smile at my response "Natsu-san did you know Gray-sama hates the rain?" Aw crapbaskets here comes the tear fest "maybe Juvia should change so that Gray-sama will love her." I sighed Juvia might be annoying most of the time but she was a good person I opened my mouth to speak but I felt a raindrop hit my forehead. It then poured heavily I grabbed Juvia's hand and ran the rest of the way to her home. She lived with some girl named Cana that also went to school in an apartment which wasn't strange since she got money from her parents every month to pay for living expenses they were always traveling apparently. Anyways we were about a block away when we heard a roar it wasn't like anything I heard before I motioned for Juvia to stay behind me.
What we saw would change our lives forever, an old man who looked like a freaking tree was fighting some sort of monster! "What are you two doing here?! RUN" he yelled but I couldn't some voice in my head was telling me to stay.
"What the fuck. . ." I muttered in shock as Juvia clung to my shoulder in fear.