Hello my fellow readers! I decided to write another story with Say That Your Mine. I hope you all like this story and review! And for those who are currently reading and waiting for Fairy Tail Academy and Say That Your Mine, an important note for them: I truly apolozige, I am such a bad author. My school started from July 1 and I chose Science although I'm in 8th grade only. Life has been busy and hectic, my tutor came and I had to do homeworks that there is barely time for me to write. Say That Your Mine Chapter 4 will be coming in a day or 2. And for Fairy Tail Academy, it will take a few more weeks because I don't know what to write for next chapter. Anyways, I hope all of you like this story and please read and review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or its characters. I only own the plot.
The paint brush swished silently as a blue-haired lad was painting a picture of a scarlet haired lass, he smiled at the picture.
Every part of the picture was of richness, it was a masterpiece unlike any of the picture's he had ever drawn. It was filled with mystery and yet richness.
The lass's face was covered by her big hat with the red rose tied with a red ribbon in the side but, the warm and sweet smile was visible enough to make anyone smile at the picture. As he continued to shade the lines here and there for the parts that needed a bit more shading, he began to be drowned in the sweetness of the lass's smile.
It was the first time he had ever felt this strange attraction to any picture he had ever drawn.
Yes, he was always captured and paid full attention to his picture but this picture was unlike anything he had ever drawn. Everything was perfect, almost a little too perfect.
But of course he was not painting a picture out of his imaginary, he was painting the picture of a scarlet-haired girl who was standing not more than 15 feet away from him engrossed in a conversation with another girl. The lad chuckled for a bit as a cute thought covered his mind, the lass had no idea that someone was painting a picture of her.
Her scarlet hair was very mezmerizing and on top of that, the smile that curved her lips was too sweet for anyone not to notice.
It was truly a wonder why the lass and her friend had not moved from the spot, the lad thought that perhaps they were waiting for some carriage or one of their friends but all in all he was truly pleased that he could draw the picture.
He averted his gaze to the front for a while where he saw the titan of the sea, the most fastest ship in all of Fiore who would start her maiden voyage in about an hour, the FGS Utopia.
She was to start its maiden voyage in Hargeon Town Port and arrive at it's destination, the country in the far west, Gabria.
It was anchored about 50 feet away from the pedestrians, looking fierce and proud as the sun bathed its light on it.
He then averted his attention back to his picture but before he could continue his painting, he felt a hand in his shoulder and knew who it was. He turned his head around to see a lad with rosy-pink hair that looked a few years younger than him.
The pink haired lad had a grin plastered in his face that made him look more childish than he already was.
"...Natsu..." the blue haired lad whispered with a small smile and the said lad replied," Hey cousin...".
The pink-haired lad was Natsu Dragneel aged 17 and the cousin of the pink-haired lad was Jellal Fernandes, a artist with financial problems.
He had gotten a cabin with 2 beds in the second-class quarter to share with his young cousin. They had won the ticket for boarding the FGS Utopia from a lottery in hopes of going to Gabria and start his painting business as it was rumoured to be a fabulous and rich place of art.
Natsu watched his cousin and somewhat an older brother gaze at his left side towards a girl with scarlet hair talking to a blonde haired girl with no clue at all. He followed his cousin's gaze and immediately, his gaze was locked on the girl with blonde hair.
It was as if the two cousin's were in there dreamland, staring aimlessly at the two beauties infront of them. Again the same small smile curved Jellal's face as he continued to swish his paintbrush and thats went Natsu snapped back to reality.
Putting his elbow on his cousin's shoulder, he leaned to get a better look of the picture his cousin was drawing and immediately he knew.
" Ohhhhh...so thaaaaat's it..." Natsu whispered stretching his words to show the dripping suspense in his voice.
" Whats what?" Jellal asked keeping his eyes locked on the masterpiece infront of him.
" You got a good catch, couz. Good-looking and all but...you do realize that you can't hit a ball without a strong goalkeeper right infront of you, right?" Natsu asked eyeing a gentleman that just arrived infront of the two ladies talking to the scarlet-haired girl while holding her hand.
" I just can't seem to make heads or tails out of anything you are saying now Natsu. Are you positively sure I don't need to take you to the Hargeon Mental Hospital?" Jellal asked his voice dripping with sarcasm as a small smirk appeared in his lips.
"Why you..." Natsu growled before sighing as he began," Look, I'm just giving you a good piece of advice...it's your fault if you get into a reeeeally sticky situation." with his hands on the back of his head.
" Yes yes, I'll be sure to remember that." Jellal replied keeping his eyes locked on the picture infront of him completely ignoring his cousin's growl from the back.
He averted his gaze back to the scarlet haired lass who was talking to a lad with golden hair and golden eyes.
He suddenly had the urge to hit the lad full in the face, but he erased the thought and tried to turn his attention back to his picture.
As he was swishing his paintbrush and Natsu humming a song while leaning on a tree, they heard a loud voice yelling," On aboard, ladies and gentlemen's!".
They looked up to see a chubby yet muscular man with a huge mustache and a long beard yelling to all the pedestrians boarding the FGS Utopia.
" Oi, whats the time?" Natsu asked and Jellal replied," Hmm...12:45, Natsu.".
Jellal started to wrap his artbook and all his paintbrushes while Natsu was desperately trying to carry his luggage.
When Jellal had arranged everything, he looked back at the spot where the scarlet haired girl stood with her friends to find it empty.
He looked around and saw the girl and her friends with the golden haired lad boarding the ship and a small smile escaped his lips which did not get unnoticed by Natsu even though he was desperately trying to carry his luggage.
"Oh ho...my my, your in love dear cousin." Natsu teased him and Jellal ignored him just like before earning a growl from behind his back as he and Natsu made there way towards the ship.
The FGS Utopia was huge and your just-a-chance-to-see-it-once-a-lifetime worth ship.
It was painted a blackish blue in the iron part with the starboard painted a creamish yellow to look like a real star. To make it look more luxurious, it had light purple big flowers painted around the stern and the whole main body of it.
It was a luxurious ship with the deck looking very comfortable yet somehow mysterious to some people. Inside, the ship was luxurious and comfy just like your own home, not to mention it had everything anyone would die for at the moment.
A swimming pool, huge library ready to make the bookworms die out of pure happiness, a rich 5 star restaurant, a ballroom for traditional balls and parties, a basketball court, a hockey court and a bakery filled with all the things that people with sweet-tooths would crave for.
The first-class rooms were of rich and luxurious quality, it symbolized royalty itself. The first-class rooms had a LCD TV, a kitchen with porcelein tiles, a beautiful balcony to look at the sky and the sea, a big bathtub along with a small fridge to store drinks, a king-sized bed with rich silk sheets and fluffy pillows. All in all, it was very pleasant for all those who booked the first-class rooms.
The second-class rooms was not as luxurious as the first class, but it was still pleasant. It had a normal TV, a clean kitchen with marble tiles, a small balcony to look out to the horizon, a bathtub without a small fridge, and a queen-sized bed with soft sheets and warm, fluffy pillows.
The third-class rooms was unlike anything you would have ever expected. Barely any space was there with 2 beds and not-much-comfortable sheets and pillows, a risky balcony that looked as if it might fall any second, a small kitchen and instead of a bathtub it had a shower in it. A very huge difference between the first-class and the third-class, indeed.
Everyone was very busy boarding the ship and with the number of uncountable luggages, it was a very difficult task to move about.
As the crowd of people seemed to increase more and more, unfortunately for Natsu he got separated from his dear cousin. He started to go here and there searching for a speck of blue hair but, his hardwork did not result in anything.
He started running about in the crowd of people with his luggage to look for Jellal when suddenly by all the push of the pedestrians, he bumped himself onto the person he least expected to, the blonde haired lass who was talking to the scarlet haired lass just 10 minutes ago.
As they bumped against each other leading them outside of the crowd, the girl fell down as her tied hair loosened and her hat fell down allowing Natsu to take this opportune chance to examine the beauty infront of him.
The girl was fair skinned, and had elegant blonde hair reaching up to her back, she had a slim figure and was wearing a sleeve-less pink dress with high heeled shoes and had as most girls usually had in Hargeon Town, large breasts.
But aside from all that, the thing which captivated Natsu the most was the girl's chocolate eyes piercing his owns as a small blush was visible on her cheeks.
It was only then he had noticed the uncomfortable position the both of them were in, he blushed as well.
The bump actually caused both of there luggages to fall and Natsu to fall over her, well literaly half of her.
Natsu's hands were placed a few inches from her back and the girl had her hands placed in her back to stop her from falling in the ground while Natsu's body was halfway down hers with her legs laced around his not to mention the fact that her hat was laying in the ground as they were locked in a gaze.
Immediately as Natsu realized the very odd and embarrasing situation they were in, he got up with the blush still visible in his cheeks and helped the girl stand up as well.
" A-ah...um...thank you..." the girl stammered in a shy voice as she stood up, she felt nervous.
" Ah...d-don't mention i-it..." Natsu strangely stammered as well rubbing the back of his head when he realized that he was still holding onto the blonde girl's hand and quickly let it go.
" O-oh! Your luggage!" Natsu exclaimed as he hurried to the girl's luggage and picked it while the girl gave a small smile saying," No no, its ok. I didn't mind, I hope your not hurt anywhere?".
" N-no, not at all! Are you sure you don't need help carrying the luggage?" Natsu asked in a shaky voice, his palms were sweating.
" Ah, I'm sure about that and anyway-" but before the girl could continue a voice from the back shouted," Lucy!" and the two of them turned around to see the same scarlet haired lass and the golden haired lad hurrying towards them.
The scarlet haired girl pulled the blonde haired lass into an embrace and said," I was so worried about you, I thought you got lost or something. What were you doing?".
" Ah...well actually, I was buying ice-cream from that ice-cream over there-" she pointed at the ice-cream truck not more than 20 feet away from them,"- and well...I bumped against him...and you found me." she explained pointing at Natsu who was grinning stupidly.
" Ahaha...I'm Natsu by the way, Natsu Dragneel." Natsu said with a sheepish smile and the scarlet haired lass replied," Erza Scarlet, nice to meet you.".
" Hibiki Laytis." the golden haired lad replied in a bored voice and lastly the blonde haired girl beamed a warm smile at him saying," Lucy Heartfilia, nice to meet you!".
Natsu felt his heart flutter for some reason, he felt warmth spreading all over his body as he gazed at her smile.
" Ah well, I hope we meet again Natsu! We have to get going, see you in the Utopia!" Lucy said brightly and Natsu nodded saying,"Yeah...see you too...Lucy.".
He watched as Lucy, Erza and Hibiki made their way to the ship defeating the crowd of people who wanted to push them back, he had actually forgotten that he too would have to be boarding the ship and look for his cousin.
" Ah! So... here you were Natsu!" Natsu heard a voice and he turned around to see a heavily-panting Jellal with his luggages in hand.
" Ah...well, hehehe yeah...guess I got lost..." Natsu replied rubbing the back of his head and Jellal only replied," How can you get lost in here?" as the 2 cousins made there way towards the crowd of people who was boarding the ship.
"Uwaaaahh! Ne ne, look at the town! It looks just like an teensy-tiny ant!" Natsu pointed his finger at the fading Hargeon Town with his infamous grin plastered into his face making him, in Jellal's point of view, look like a complete idiot.
" Yes yes, so would you please stop repeating that over and over again until the security guards comes and drags you to the cargo? Oh how I wish that would happen..." Jellal murmured painting his picture again as Natsu glared at him from the back saying," Says the guy who keeps on drawing some damn picture...seriously lame if you ask me".
Both of them were in the stern of the ship with the other passengers. The sun was starting to sink across the horizon as the sky was painted a beautiful shade of orange and scarlet, oh how gentle the breeze was.
Jellal had placed his art-stand and artbook in a corner where he could have the perfect view of the ocean, the sky and the fading Hargeon Town; he felt his soul calm down when he looked at the scarlet sky.
As Natsu was looking at the fishes dive up and down and ask a chubby man how tasty it would be to fry one of those, Jellal caught a sight of scarlet hair and turned around.
His mouth slightly opened at the sight of the beauty walking up to the stern, he was completely mezmerized by her beauty.
A beautiful sleeve-less dark blue dress framed her figure perfectly, exposing her perfectly beautiful and curvy body. The dress was very simple except for the white daises that covered the down part of the dress in a slanted way up to her hips.
Her hair was left loose and brushed very neatly while her red locks framed the right side of her face as her white feathered hat hid half of her face making her, in Jellal's opinion, more mysterious and beautiful.
While he was gazing at the beauty infront of him, Natsu had stopped his food conversation with the chubby man the minute he heard no paintbrush swishing noise.
He looked around to find his cousin's gaze locked on the scarlet haired lass, but then he averted his gaze to her side to see the one person he wished to see from the afternoon, Lucy Heartfilia.
He too like his cousin was mezmerized at the beauty infront of him, oh how pretty the blonde lass looked.
A simple pink tank top framed her upper body with a white skirt framing her downer body up to her knees. Along with that, high heeled white shoes adorned her beautiful legs as the sunny smile appeared in her face which Natsu longed to see since he first met her.
Immediately as Natsu stared at her, Lucy turned around to find his black eyes staring into her chocolate eyes and a refresing smile escaped her lips as she exclaimed," Natsu!".
Natsu had not at all realized the fact that those chocolate eyes were staring at his pearl black eyes and it took him a couple of seconds to register what Lucy had exclaimed when he saw Lucy hurrying towards him.
He rubbed the back of his neck as he replied,"Oh...h-hey...Lucy" but his sudden change in voice and personality did not get unnoticed by Jellal who stopped his gazing when he realized that his cousin unexpectedly for the first time in history, was staring at a girl.
When the blonde haired girl called Natsu's name and rushed towards his cousin, Jellal noticed the scarlet haired girl giving a small smile and start talking with, Jellal hadn't noticed him at all,a golden haired lad.
He smiled at Natsu and the blonde haired girl and gave a unreadable look at the golden haired lad who was completely oblivious to the fact and began painting again.
" I'm soo glad that we met again! I actually missed you!" Lucy exclaimed giving a sweet smile as Natsu's cheeks became a shade of red.
" Ahahaha...I kind of...did miss you too Lucy..." Natsu said in a unsure and hesitant voice and Lucy beamed a smile at him before asking, "So, are you going to Gabria with someone?".
" Ah...yeah...my cousin..." Natsu said as he pointed at Jellal who was silently painting his picture.
" Ah...I see. Your cousin's an artist?" she asked looking up to him as she rested her hands on the side of the ship.
" Ah yeah, his name's Jellal Fernandes...so, your going to Gabria with um...Erza-san was it? and Hibiki Laytis...right?" Natsu asked leaning against the stern and Lucy nodded while staring at the dolphins that were swimming around.
" Erza is my best friend and Hibiki-kun is her...fiance..." Lucy whispered with a small smile and Natsu gulped while saying inwardly, You got no chance couz.
" We are going there because Hibiki-kun's family is there and they want the wedding to be done there...Erza invited me to come along as I won't be doing anything in my home. Say Natsu...what is Jellal-san painting?" Lucy asked curiously and Natsu just grinned and said," Come along.".
Lucy looked at him suspiciously but followed him as he made his way towards Jellal.
Jellal noticed footsteps behind of him and turned around to see his cousin and the blonde haired girl, a mischevious smile appeared on his face as the girl greeted," Lucy Heartfilia, nice to meet you!".
" Jellal Fernandes...nice to meet you too, Lucy-san" Jellal replied eyeing his cousin with a smirk in his looked at Jellal smirking at Natsu who was glaring at him and found it cute but then she noticed the picture and her jaw dropped.
" Oh my god! Its Erza's picture!" Lucy exclaimed and Jellal raised an eyebrow at Natsu as Natsu grinned in return.
" Oh my...the picture is soo beautiful! Its a masterpiece Jellal-san!" Lucy said beaming a smile at Jellal who smiled and asked," I appreciate what you said...but who is this Erza?".
" Oh! I completely forgot! The girl in the picture you drew is my best friend, Erza Scarlet. She's the girl over there" Lucy said pointing at Erza who was engrossed in a conversation with the golden haired lad.
" Erza...Scarlet..." Jellal repeated the words and felt a warm feeling in his heart.
" I know! Let me call Erza to see this!" Lucy said cheerfully and before Jellal could protest, Lucy already made her way towards Erza.
Jellal sighed as Natsu said," You should thank me, I made an opportunity for you to talk to your love...".
" I told you its nothing like that...really I should be the one to tease...tell me all about what reeeeaaallly happened when you...er...got 'lost' boarding the ship." Jellal smirked as Natsu's cheeks went scarlet as Erza's hair.
Natsu grumbled something about ' how sneaky his cousin was' and walked to where he and Lucy once stood leaving Jellal alone watching Lucy talking to Erza who seemed surprised.
Then surprisingly Erza turned around to look at Jellal who gave a small smile as she began walking up to him softly.
Erza walked close to where the blue haired lad stood and looked at the picture in awe, it was truly a masterpiece.
" I...this picture...is...fabulous..." Erza whispered trailing her fingers across the surface of the picture infront of her, she couldn't believe that it was indeed her.
Jellal chuckled as he said," I'm pleased. But I should thank you for standing there in the little garden talking to your blonde haired friend, Lucy-san. If you hadn't stood there for that long, I wouldn't be able to draw this picture".
Erza turned her head around to look at him and with a small smile said," I'm Erza Scarlet...pleased to meet you ".
Jellal chuckled for a bit before saying," Jellal Fernandes...same here ".
Both of there gazes met and for a couple of seconds the 2 seemed to be engrossed in a silent conversation that they only knew until Erza tore the gaze by turning her head around to the side making her head drop as her red locks blocked her eyes while saying," The picture...was truly...beautiful...once you finish...could...I have it?".
Jellal smiled at her request and replied," Of course" making her smile which was seen by Jellal.
Erza walked away bidding a soft farewell to Jellal; after she had joined her best friend who was chatting with Natsu, Jellal breathed a sigh.
He looked at the sinking sun and whispered," Let us meet again, my scarlet maiden.".
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