A/N: I'm back with another NaZa story! This was supposed to be a NaLu story, but I decided to change things up a bit! Well on with the story!
The day was still young and a team consisting of two powerful mages were out on a mission. Their goal is to protect a chest of two travelling merchants. They were informed that inside the chest were items that were worth millions upon millions of jewels. With that much in hand, it's not surprising for a few thieves to try and snatch it. One of the men was dragging a wooden cart with the treasure on it, while the other one secures it. They were now in the forest and almost at the city.
"Why is it only us two?" an annoyed dragon slayer shouted with his hands behind his head.
"Lucy was tired from the last mission and I don't know what Juvia is doing with Gray." A beautiful redhead replied beside the dragon slayer.
"Ughh… how much longer until we're there?" Natsu sighed. "We've been walking for three hours!"
"About an hour more until we reach our destination." One of the merchants said.
"Calm down Natsu, and enjoy the nature." Erza smiled.
The redhead closed her eyes inhaled some of the fresh air that was coming from the forest and exhaled. She opened her eyes again to see the dragon slayer gone.
"Where did he go?" Erza asked her two clients.
"I'm over here Erza!" Natsu waved behind from a bush.
"Natsu get back over here. We have to complete our mission."
"Wait until you see this!" Natsu hid under the bushes.
"Stop acting like a child and get over here!"
"No, you must see this! It's awesome!"
"I'm not leaving this spot."
"Aww Erza! You're missing out!"
Curiosity was now killing Erza. She wanted to see what the dragon slayer had found, but she can't just leave the treasure.
"Erza Erza! You won't believe this!"
The redhead sighed. "I'll go check what he is doing. You two stay here."
"You can't go! What if something happens to the chest?!" One of the merchants said.
"It'll only be for a few seconds." Erza marched to the dragon slayer. "So what is it?"
"Look!" Natsu said pointing at the ground. Erza looked at the ground to see a frog.
"…"
"Awesome isn't it?" Natsu grinned.
"You called me here to look at a frog…?" Erza's death aura surrounded her.
"HELP! SOMEONE STOLE THE CHEST!" A man yelled. Erza and Natsu quickly looked up to see that the two merchants were panicking. The chest was gone from the cart.
"What happened?" Erza questioned.
"WE WERE ROBBED BY A GROUP OF NINJAS WHEN YOU TWO WERE GONE!" One of the men yelled.
"In that short amount of time?" Erza asked.
"YES!" The other man yelled.
"You have failed the mission!"
The two merchants stormed off deeper into the forest to reach the next city by themselves. Now that the chest is gone, there was no need for them to be escorted. Erza glared at Natsu again.
"This was all your fault!"
"What?! How?!"
"IF YOU DIDN'T WANDER OFF, WE COULD HAVE COMPLETED THE MISSION!"
"But you're the one who came to me!"
"You're the idiot who got hyped over a frog!"
"But you're the one that—"
"Sometimes I wonder why I even talk to you…" Erza began to walk back to the guild. Natsu was trailing her from behind, with his head down.
When they made it back to the guild, everyone was present, including Gildartz. Erza informed Makarov about their journey and how they failed the mission. Natsu was at the bar, with his head on the table, looking downer than ever.
"What's wrong Natsu?" Mira sat beside the dragon slayer.
"I think Erza hates me." Natsu mumbled.
"What makes you think that?"
"Well she yelled at me in the forest and never talked or looked at me when we came back."
"And why does it bother you so much?"
"I don't know…"
"Maybe it's because you like her." A blonde said out of nowhere. The blonde slowly landed on the table top and patted Natsu on the head.
Natsu brought his head up to see Mavis.
"Whoa, master Mavis!" Natsu said surprised.
"Hello Natsu, Hello Mirajane!" The first master nodded at the both of them. The two of them nodded back.
"Natsu, if you like Erza, just tell her how you feel." Mavis smiled. She too, loved some good romance, just like Mira.
"First master! I never knew you were into these things!" Mira cheered. Finally someone other than her wants to see romance bloom in Fairy Tail.
"It's exciting, isn't it?" Mavis smiled.
"So Natsu, are you going to tell Erza how you feel?" Mira asked.
"You know what? You're right! I will tell her!" Natsu waved his fist in the air while stepping on the stool he was sitting on. Mira patted him on the head and went back to serving other mages.
"I'll be rooting for you Natsu!" Mavis cheered and the salamander took off.
Natsu took Mavis' advice to heart. He was going to tell Erza how he felt, whether she liked it or not. He marched over to where the redhead was at. She was sitting alone at a table, munching on her strawberry cake. He was about to tap her on the shoulder until he tripped over his own feet and fell over. When he got up, he saw a demon glaring at him. He shook his head lightly to get his vision back. When his vision cleared, he saw Erza with strawberry cake all over her face. He had made Erza face plant onto her cake, and now he knows that he is screwed.
"NATSU! I WISH YOU WERE JUST OUT OF MY LIFE!" Erza yelled as she wiped the cake off her face.
Everyone in the guild was speechless. No one was able to say a thing. The demon, Erza had just exploded and Natsu was now looking hurt. His eyes were covered with his bangs, and he ran off from the guild.
"Erza… don't you think you were a little harsh on him?" Mira came over with a worried look.
"He deserves it. I've put up with his stupidity for long enough! I wish he can just stay away from me!"
Everyone at the guild was lost for words. They knew Erza was scary, but now she was on a whole new level of scary.
"Do you really mean this, Erza?" Makarov walked up to her.
"I don't know… I just want to be alone right now…"
The redhead left the guild and went back to her home in Fairy Hills. Makarov just shook his head silently, with a disappointed face.
It was night now and Erza had just finished taking a long, warm shower. She got into her purple pajamas, and slipped into bed. She was thinking about how she treated Natsu, but then fell into a slumber due to fatigue.
"Erza…"
"Who's there?!" Erza opened her eyes to see a cloaked figure wearing a mask in her room.
"I'm here to make your wish come true." The voice said.
"My wish?" Erza raised a brow.
"Yes. You wished for Natsu to be out of your life, right?"
"I-I did s-say that…"
"Well now I'm going to grant it." The cloaked figure then waved their hand in the air. "Your wish has now been granted."
The cloaked figure then began to levitate and fly through the roof of her house.
"WAITTTT!" Erza screamed.
The redhead opened her eyes from the sunlight shining over her face.
"Oh… it was just a dream…" She was covered in sweat from the nightmare she had.
She went to take a quick shower and dressed into her usual attire. She put on the heart kruz armor and her blue skirt.
"Maybe I should apologize to him for yesterday. I was a little harsh on him."
The scarlet mage decided to give the dragon slayer her apologies for yesterday as she didn't know what she was thinking to explode on him like that. The more she thought about it, the more guilt consumed her.
She went to the guild a little later than usual, thinking of a way to apologize. She knew that she was not good at these situations and needed to practice.
She walked into the guild and everyone was present except for Gildartz and the dragon slayer she was looking for. Erza spotted Lucy sitting alone at the table where the blonde and Natsu usually sat at.
Erza tapped the blonde on the shoulder. "Hey Lucy, have you seen Natsu?"
Lucy turned around with a confused look.
"Hey Erza… who's this Natsu you're speaking about?"
The redhead raised a brow in confusion.
"Natsu…" Erza repeated.
"Natsu who?"
"The dragon slayer."
"The only dragon slayers here are Wendy and Gajeel. Are you feeling okay today Erza?" Lucy asked worried.
Erza then left to talk with Gray who was sitting with Juvia at another table.
"Gray, have you seen Natsu?"
"Who's that?"
"Juvia never heard of a person named Natsu."
"What's wrong with you guys today?"
"I should be asking you that…" Gray said confused.
Erza then ran into the master's office.
"MASTER! HAVE YOU SEEN NATSU?!" Erza said, panting.
"Who's that?" Makarov said, confused.
"NATSU DRAGNEEL?"
"Never heard of him. Is he someone you like?"
Erza stood frozen for a second. She then quickly ran back into the main hall and stood on a table.
"DOES ANYONE OF YOU KNOW NATSU DRAGNEEL?!" Erza yelled.
No one replied to her question. She slowly got off the table and stood frozen. She thought back about her dream from yesterday.
"I'm here to make your wish come true."
"That wasn't a dream… Natsu is really gone…!"
A/N: So how did you guys find this so far? Should I continue or no?
Also, if you're looking for more NaZa action, then check out my other story, "I'll Look After You."
