A/N: This is a NaLe (NatsuxLevy) story I'm writing with Jalis. Updates should be within two weeks of each other maybe a little later we'll just have to see. Anyways enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 1: Punishment
Natsu was sneaking along one of the outside walls of Fairy Tail Academy with his scarf wrapped around his face and hair leaving only his eyes and a bit of his salmon hair visible. He was there to steal the steal the answers to an important upcoming test. Though the test was a little over two months he knew that all the test were made during the summer, so the staff didn't have to worry about any major test just the small little one they do for 20 or 30 points. He reached one of the back doors and reached into his pocket. He pulled out a set of keys he took from the janitor.
"Thank you for Macao for teaching me how steal with my fire magic." Natsu said to himself.
Natsu went through the set of keys till he found the one that worked. "Why is it always the last one you try?" Natsu asked no one with a small smile.
Natsu snuck through the halls of the school. The school was a four story building with classes on the first three and faculty offices are, along with the test answers. Natsu had to be careful not to set off any of the magic traps that were installed in case someone is trying to steal something, like test answers for example.
Natsu got to a stairwell, but was on the wrong wall and had to cross the hall to get to the stairwell itself. Natsu slowly and carefully started to walk across the hall. When he got half across the hall when his foot hit the ground and a purple magic circle glowed beneath it. Natsu's eyes widened and he instinctually dove forward. A purple rope like substance came out of the magic circle at lightning speed and was flailing around wildly trying to grab something. Luckily Natsu was able to avoid them and slammed into the wall. After a few seconds of flailing purple rope stopped and vanished along with the magic circle.
Natsu let out a sigh of relief before getting a scowl and mumbled. "Why did I have to draw the short straw?"
He picked himself up off the ground and started making his way up the stairs, but not using the stairs themselves, no he used the hand railing to make his way up the stairs. When he made it to the fourth floor he carefully got down off the railing off to the side as to avoid any magic traps that might be close to the stairs.
Natsu looked down the main hall of the fourth floor and swallow. He was proud of himself of thinking to use the railing to avoid any magic traps on the stairs, but he had to extremely careful here on the fourth floor.
There has never been a successful stealing of any test questions, not even a rumor, because of the amount of traps on this floor. He knew if wanted to succeed we was going to have to be extremely careful and not his usual brash, 'smash through whatever got in his way' attitude.
Natsu took a single cautionary step forward and a red magic circle appeared.
'OH SHIT!' Natsu screamed inside his head before grabbing the railing and vaulting over it.
There was a bright flash and a loud bang and Natsu's face cringed in pain as his ears were assaulted by the loud bang, leaving them ringing. Natsu hung off the railing until the ringing in his ears subsided. He climbed back over the railing and said to himself. "This is going to be a lot harder than I thought."
Natsu closed his eyes and started sniffing the air to try and see if he couldn't find out where a few of the traps were. However his effort was for not as the traps had been there so long it all smelled the same to him.
Natsu let out a sigh... tonight was going to be a long night.
He slowly made his way through the minefield of magic traps, setting one off every 3 to 5 steps. Natsu found out that even the walls had traps when he dove to the wall to avoid a trap only to active another.
After about 2 hours a very tired Natsu was finally able to make it to the principal's office, where the test answers were being held. He reached for the doorknob, but stopped just before touching it. 'If there were that many traps on the way here then chances are there will be a trap on the door.' Natsu thought.
Natsu stood in front of the door puzzled on how to get in without making it look like he broke in. His friends and he had planned the little heist. The plan was to get in and past all the trap, get to the principal's office, take a picture of the test answers on his phone and get out without break anything, so it looks like whoever tried to steal the test answers just gave up part way through.
Natsu got frustrated and sat down on the floor, unable to think of anything. Natsu looked up at the ceiling, which was those big white ceiling panels, and remembered an episode of "Burn Notice" he was a while back, were Michael crawled through the roof since he was too big to use the air ducts. Natsu smiled and stood up. He ran a hand along the area his foot was go to use to push off the wall to get to the roof. After finding no magic traps in the area Natsu backed up the path he used to there. He then rushed forward and pushed off the wall with his feet. He used one hand to push the white panel up and the other to grab onto the ledge made by moving the white panel. Natsu pulled himself and into the ceiling. Natsu replace the white panel and crawled to what he guess was about center of the principal's office. He removed the white panel and poked his head out to look around in the office. It was dark in the office since the lights were off, so Natsu didn't see the small elderly man sitting in the dark corner of the office waiting for someone to try and steal the answers; like Natsu.
Not seeing anybody Natsu dropped from the ceiling with a soft thud. Natsu lite his hand on fire illuminating the room in a soft red-orange glow. Natsu's back was to the elderly man, so he didn't see him. He went over to the filing cabinets in one corner of the room. Natsu opened all of the drawers and searched through them, but found nothing. He tried to open the last drawer only to find it locked. Natsu took the set of keys he took from the janitor. He tried all the keys, but none of them worked. Natsu thought it was unlikely that the janitor would have the key that opened the locked drawer. He then searched through the principal's desk in search of the key. He found the key and smiled. He went back to the cabinet and unlocked the locked drawer.
He searched through the unlocked cabinet till he found the file he was looking for. Natsu smiled widely and opened it and took out his phone. Suddenly the lights came on in the room surprising Natsu. He turned to where the light switch was located to see Makarov and paled.
Makarov had a scowl on his face. "Sit down Natsu." He said pointing to one of the chairs in front of his desk.
Natsu hung his head and trudged to the chair and plopped down. Makarov sat down in his chair and stuck out his hand. "Give me the keys."
Natsu handed Makarov the key to the cabinet then dug into his pocket and pulled the janitor's keys and gave them to Makarov. Makarov put the keys in his desk.
"Now then." Makarov said and used his magic to make his arm stretch all the way to where the open file with the test answers was and grabbed it, then brought it back. "It appears you were trying to get the answers to the first nine weeks test in two months."
Natsu crossed his arms and looked away.
"Now this little heist seems too good for you to have done this by yourself, so I'm guess you and your friends planned this." Makarov said.
Natsu got irritated at Makarov's remark and angrily said. "Hey I did this by myself."
"I would believe you, but the fact that nothing is damaged or destroyed makes it kind of hard." Makarov said knowing Natsu's destructive tendencies.
Natsu opened his mouth to protest, but realized Makarov was right. "I still did this by myself."
Makarov couldn't help but smile slightly at Natsu. He knew Natsu was lying since one of the teachers over heard him and his friends, Gray, Jet, Laki, and Droy talking about it.
"Okay Natsu I'll make you deal. If you tell me who helped you plan this then I won't expel you for this." Makarov said.
"I'm going to be expelled?" Natsu asked in shock.
"Yes this is a serious offence." Makarov said.
Natsu started to sweat, but he stuck to his guns and said. "I did this by myself."
Makarov had to commend Natsu on protecting his friends and decided to reward Natsu on it. "Alright, I'm just going to believe that you did this by yourself, even though I have a good source that says otherwise, so I'll make you another deal."
Natsu was a little by what Makarov said and asked. "Okay what is it?"
"I have a friend who owns a library and needs help organizing all the books in it. If you help out there, and are useful, until after this test," Makarov held up the file Natsu was after, "Then I won't expel you."
"I'll do it." Natsu said quickly so Makarov won't have a chance to back out.
Makarov held a hand. "I'm not done yet. You also have to make at least an eighty-five percent on the test as well as no acting up, which means no fights, no tardies, no misbehaving in class, and no F's on anything. Understand?"
Natsu deflated at the extra clauses to the deal. "Come on an eighty-five? I'll be lucky to make a seventy-five on that test."
"You have two months to study for the test plus you are going to be in a library for those two months I'm sure you can find a book or two to help you study for the test." Makarov replied.
"But…" Natsu said, but was cut off my Makarov. "You do accept the deal or not?"
Natsu sighed and said. "Fine I'll take the deal."
"Good." Makarov said and took out a pen and a piece of paper. He wrote something down on the paper and handed it to Natsu. "That is the address of the library be there tomorrow, after school, no later than four."
"Do I have to be there during the weekends as well?" Natsu asked.
"Yes." Makarov said.
"Oh come on." Natsu said.
"Don't worry you won't have to be there till the same time as you do during school days." Makarov said knowing how everyone liked to sleep in during the weekends.
"I guess that isn't so bad." Natsu muttered.
"Good now go and get some rest tomorrow is a school day." Makarov said.
Natsu nodded and got up. He walked to the door, but stopped remembering the magic traps.
"Don't worry Natsu I turned the magic traps off." Makarov said.
"Thanks" Natsu said and walked out the door. He got about 4 steps before a magic trap went off wrapping Natsu up in the red rope. Makarov popped his head out of his office and said with a smile. "I guess I forgot one."
Natsu glared and Makarov, but kept his mouth shut because of the deal he was just given.
Makarov snapped his fingers and the rope disappeared. "There you go. All other traps should be off now."
Natsu got up and dusted himself off. He then walked away grumbling.
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