Chapter 1- Split Soul

In the number one guild in Fiore, FairyTail, a fire dragon slayer stood, staring at the quest board with one hand running through his unique cherry blossom coloured hair, his other reaching for his white and black scaley scarf wrapped round his neck. His black, sleeveless, open vest revealed his muscular and tanned chest and his muscular arms. His red guild mark, branded on his right shoulder.

" Have you found one yet Natsu?" his small blue sidekick asked as he wondered over, nibbling on a fish.

" hmm…. nah. They're all too boring." the dragon slayer replied.

Natsu dragged his feet towards the bar where he sat and threw his head onto the counter with a grunt.

" What's wrong Natsu?" the barmaid , Mirajane , asked him.

" There's no good jobs for me and Happy to do." he whined

" A new one came in this morning, I haven't had a chance to put it up yet. Wanna have a look?" She asked waving the paper in her hand

"hmmm….guess so…" he took the paper and studied it. The job was to help a young woman find the remaining shards of a soul. A soul which had been shattered into 6 pieces ( 3 of which, had already been found and restored ) and scattered around the different towns in Fiore. The reward being 20,000 Jewels, Natsu pondered it. Happy hovered over Natsu's shoulder, reading the quest himself.

' Well…it's better than any job up there. We'll take it. " He said slamming the paper back on the table, grinning.

Mirajane took the paper back and smiled " Okay , I'll let the master know. Good luck!" the barmaid smiled as she waved the two off.

" I wonder who's soul it is.." the blue exceed said as he and Natsu walked to their home to pack.

" Beats me… but must be someone pretty important if they're asking Fairytail help…" the fire mage stroked his chin.

" Shouldn't we have asked Gray or Erza to come with us Natsu?"

" Hell no. I aint working with that stripper! And Ill pass working with Erza too… she scares the hell outta me sometimes…" Natsu shivered at the thought of the scarlet haired mage. " And anyway, ice princess and Erza went off on a job already. Something about helping clean up a town after a bad storm."

Happy sighed but laughed at his best friend. He knew if they got in any serious trouble, Natsu would get them out of it. He was the Salamander. A very very powerful fire dragon slayer who's fire punch was enough to burn down a village.

/ Later on that day, in an apartment on Strawberry Street /

A young blonde women sat on her soft bed, in the dark, running her hand through her silky blonde hair.

" I wonder if anyone has accepted the job yet…probably not… nobody would waste their time with something like that-" Before she finished her sentence, there was a knock at her door. She peered out the window, only to see a flying blue cat right at her window. The young woman screamed as she quickly shut the curtains, shaking. " W-what the hell.."

The blue cat flew back down to the door. " She screamed and shut the curtain Natsu..am I really scary…?" the exceed frowned.

" Nah. Not at all Happy. " Natsu grinned and patted Happy's head. " Is she gonna answer the door or what?" He said. Just then, the door burst open and a woman yelled.

" What the hell! Are you trying to give me a heart attack you stupid cat!" suddenly she noticed the young man with the cat and she suddenly hid behind the door.

" A-are you here to hurt me..?" she whimpered

Natsu raised his eyebrows at her sudden mood swing, " um…hurt you? Not at all. We're here to help you! Im Natsu Dragneel. Fire dragon slayer from Fairytail!" he grinned as the woman open the door a little more and a the pair saw her more clearly…A curvaceous, beautiful blonde stood in front of them, slightly trembling. Natsu awed at her.

" Hey are you alright..? You're shaking…" Natsu questioned, still admiring the beauty.

" S-sorry…the cat just scared me and I got mad… I didn't think my request would be answered…well at all." the blonde mumbled as she offered the pair to come in.

The three of them went to the blondes room, where Natsu and Happy perched on the couch while the blonde beauty sat opposite them.

" U-um…w-what's your names…?" she asked.

" Like I said before, Natsu Dragneel." the dragon slayer stated

" O-oh…sorry I must not have heard.." she turned to the blue cat. " what about you..?"

" Happy!" Happy cheered. Natsu laughed at Happy's enthusiasm and he turned back to the blonde. " What about you? What's your name?" He smiled as he asked.

" L-Lucy…Lucy Heartfilia. " she tried to muster a smile, but she just couldn't.

" Luigi?" Natsu teased

" LUCY!" Lucy yelled as Natsu laughed.

" I'm only teasing. Lucy huh? I like it. " He grinned. Something about him, made Lucy feel something unusual… He made her feel warm inside…

- what is this feeling he's giving me..? Is it a bad feeling..? I don't think so but.. I can't really tell right now..- Lucy thought to herself.

Natsu stood up and stretched. " Well, we should get going. Lets start searching!"

" D-don't you need to hear more details about the job?!" Lucy asked

Natsu put his hands behind his head and smiled " Yeah, but I'll find out on the way. After all, we'll need something to talk about…" he paused " Plus I wanna get to know you on the way too " he rubbed his head and Lucy seemed confused.

" Anyway… let's go. IM ALL FIRED UP! " The dragon slayer fist pumped the air as Happy cheered.