I do not own Fairy Tail. That would be Hiro Mashima.
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Chapter 1
"Come on. We finished the job and no one got hurt. Mostly."
The pink-haired Dragon Slayer said to his team. They were heading back to their guild after just finishing a mission.
"We would have had it done a lot quicker if YOU didn't alert the crooks."
The Raven-haired Ice Wizard told his comrade. He, for once, had his clothes on. He was staring angerly at the Dragon Slayer. The front of the ice wizard's hair was still smoking since the Dragon Slayer had accidentally set his hair on fire.
"I told you Gray, the fire… with your hair… That. That was an accident. Although, you have a wicked new hairdo."
Natsu told the Ice Mage with a grin. Gray looked at him with a menacing glare.
"Natsu! You always end up burning something, whether that being a town, my clothes to where they hardly cover me, and now Gray's hair. When ever you do burn something, you act like it isn't your fault."
The blonde-haired Celestial Wizard shouted with a great deal of anger to the Dragon Slayer. She had anger in her eyes and on her face. She wasn't in the best mood at this time, but it could be worse. She turned to her other comrade, a Scarlet-haired girl.
"What about you Erza? You are awfully quiet. Do you believe that Natsu could be a little careful with his fire? That he is too careless?"
Erza was in deep thought. She was thinking about the mission that the team had just completed and had not said a word. Normally she would be scolding him. She was unusually quiet.
"I think Natsu could be a little more careful with his fire abilities. He…"
"I get it. I don't need a lesson from you all. I know that my fire is destructive. I told you all this before and I know I sometimes go a little overboard, but as I told you we got the job done. So, I don't get why you are scolding me for completing the mission."
Natsu interrupted Erza. He spoke with a slight anger in her voice. Lucy then spoke up.
"Natsu, we only say that you need a little more… uhhh… training with your powers. You know, so you have more control with your powers."
Natsu stopped in his place and turned to face Lucy. He had a look of anger on his face. Lucy suddenly wished she had kept quiet.
"I was trained by Igneel! The only way I could get more training is if he had never left me. Or if Gramps never found me, Igneel might have been there the whole time and thought that I had ran away, that I didn't care about him like he did me. What I get from what you are saying is that you wish that Gramps never found me."
Natsu shouted at Lucy. His eyes were starting to water as he spoke of Igneel abandoning him when he was a kid. The others looked at one another. Natsu had made what they were trying to say worst. They had forgotten that Natsu was taught his Fire Dragon Slayer magic from his adopted father. Igneel, the fire dragon.
"Well?"
The others were in silent. Secretly, they sometimes HAD wished that Natsu wasn't around. Natsu had said that in hopes that it wasn't true for he knew that the others thought that he only gets in their way. No one spoke up. They looked away from Natsu and couldn't meet his eyes and Natsu could tell that they were embarrassed by him finding out the truth.
"Okay. I get it. I am just a distraction to you. You want me gone. I will give you your space for now. I will see you around… or not." He paused. "MAYBE FARIY TAIL WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF GRAMPS NEVER FOUND ME!"
Natsu ran off. His friends could see the hurt look in his eyes.
"Natsu! Wait!"
Lucy yelled as he ran off. Erza walked up to Lucy and put a hand on Lucy's shoulder.
"Let him be. He feels like we hurt him, so he just needs some space to calm down. We will talk to him in the morning."
Lucy nodded as she watched Natsu run off out of sight. She hated to see her friends in pain or have much sadness. She wished she didn't say anything about him needing more control with his powers. She thought back and anger boiled up in her. It wasn't her fault that Natsu was upset. They had gotten onto him when he made a mess of their mission.
Natsu might be right. It might be better if Master never found Natsu at all. The Magic Council would be off Fairy Tail's back. He was the cause of most complaints. Fairy Tail would be better off without him.
This is what the three of them were thinking.
Lucy pov
*****The Next Morning*****
I had just woken up and I was feeling sad. I had hurt Natsu and last night she didn't feel bad about it. Now, she felt awful about hurting him. He must be really mad at me because he didn't even bother to come over to her house. 'He must still be mad at me.'I thought this as I took a warm shower and headed to the Guild Hall. I sighed as I walked into the Guild Hall. I walked in to see everything as it had been when they left, except that there were no burns on the walls. 'Man do they clean the Guild fast.' I looked around to try and find Natsu but failed to find the Pink-haired Fire Mage. I just found a place at the bar table and just took a seat at the counter and talked to the barmaid, also known as my friend. Her name is Mirajane, or Mira for short. I was telling her about the mission we had just completed.
"I just wish Natsu would be a little more responsible with his abilities. Don't you agree, Mira?"
I had just completed telling her what had happened with the last mission. Mira had looked confused when I said 'Natsu', which had puzzled me for a moment, but I continued my story. I had told her everything that had happen and how Natsu made a complete mess of it.
"Hey, um, Lucy is this what your novel is about? It sounds really cool and that Natsu character sounds like a handful."
Mira was just smiling. I became very puzzled.
"Mira, what are you talking about? Natsu is our friend! He is a real person! How could you pretend to not know to know him? Wait, did Natsu put you up to this up?
I was starting to get a little angry. Mira had known Natsu since they were kids. Even if Natsu told Mira to pretend to not know him, she wouldn't do it to her. How could she even pretend to not know him? Mira looked at me with a look of concern in her eyes. Mira looked like she was thinking something was wrong with me. She walked over to me and touched my forehead.
"Lucy, are you feeling alright today? You are acting kind of funny."
I looked at Mira with the same concern look that I had gotten from Mira. I got up out of my seat and walked slowly to the door.
"I don't know what is going on here but you know what I suddenly don't feel that great. I think that I will be going home now. Well, when I start to feel better I will be seeing you soon. Okay. Bye."
With that I bolted out of the Fairy Tail's Guild Hall and went funning to find anyone who might know where Natsu could be and to find out why Mira was acting like she didn't know Natsu.
Gray's Pov
I was walking down the street. He was heading to the Guild Hall when I stopped half way there. How was Natsu going to react to seeing me after the fight we had last night? I didn't want to find out, but I was going to have to face Natsu sooner or later. It would be best to face him now then to pretend it never happened. I saw Elfman walking from the guild hall. Maybe he knew if Natsu was in a better mood now. Knowing Natsu, he most likely forgot about their fight and would be back to his fiery self again. I called out to Elfman.
"Hey Elfman. How are you? Is, um, uh, Natsu in there and if he is, is he still mad?"
Elfman looked at me, but his look that he gave me made it look like he thought I was crazy. Elfman walked right up to me and craned his neck down. I was shorter then him so that made since. I explained o him what happen, from the mission and to the fight that we had last night.
"I am a man. A man is always right. As for this Natsu fella, he sounds like a man. If you did something to anger him then he would seek revenge. That is if he is a real man."
I just stared at Elfman. Why was he acting like he didn't know who Natsu was? Then I realized something. I smiled slightly. This must be Natsu's way at getting back at me. I shook my head and let out a heavy sigh.
"Okay, Elfman. You can cut the act. I know Natsu put you up to this to get back at us, or maybe mostly just me. I know this is all just a prank. You can tell Natsu that this isn't funny."
I started to laugh at Natsu's attempt to prank us. I am slightly annoyed with Natsu that he would even think that this little trick would even fool us. Natsu could have at least tried harder with this joke. Elfman will do anything you ask of him he sees it fit for 'a man', as Elfman puts it. I shook my head even more at this poor attempt. I look up and Elfman just blinks. I look at him and stop smiling when he doesn't laugh, smile, or even say anything.
"Umm, Elfman, you okay, man?"
"Gray, I think you are the one not okay. As a man, I would never forget another man. Natsu is not a man I have heard of."
With that Elfman walked away to head to his job request. I was still stunned and was just standing there. What just happened? Why didn't Elfman remember Natsu? Is something going on that I didn't know about? I thought it was best to go find someone and figure out what was happening around the guild. I started to run off, away from the guild hall.
Erza's Pov
I was doing my warm up. I feel that in order to maintain a high level, such as an S-class wizard, I need to stay in a certain level in my training. I was doing just fine until I saw a Happy. The flying blue cat looked a bit worried. He hadn't gone on the mission because he was sick after eating a spoiled fish. Happy had met up with them after the mission and he was witnessed to the group's fight with Natsu. Since he had known Natsu his whole life, he also that it would be best to leave Natsu alone till he calmed down. Or until morning. Whichever came first.
"Hey Happy. Is everything alright? You're looking a bit worried there."
The blue cat looked over at me. He flew right over. He landed next to me and his wings disappeared. He looked up at me and he looked as if he were about to cry.
"I don't know. Natsu hasn't come back yet. Everyone is acting strange too. I ask if they have seen Natsu around and they act as if they never even heard of Natsu. At first, I thought it was a prank to get back at you guys, that is until I told them to stop pranking me. 'This isn't funny' I told them. They just looked at me. They tell me that they don't know Natsu. Erza, have you seen Natsu? Wait! Do you even know who Natsu is?"
The blue cat wailed. I found his story hard to believe. How could Natsu, in just a few hours, convince everyone to pretend to not know of him. I sighed and shook my head. I looked at Happy and I was stunned. Happy was not happy. He was crying. He only cries if something is really wrong. Well, every time I have seen him cry, something was really wrong.
"Okay, Happy, say I do believe you, then if everyone forgot Natsu, how is it that only you and I know of Natsu?"
I asked the talking cat. Before Happy could answer, I heard someone, no, not one. Two people running toward me. I got into a defensive position and was ready just in case it was an attacker. From my right a blond-haired-girl came running, and to my left a Raven-haired-boy came running. They saw me and tried to stop to late. I didn't want to be crushed so I stepped backwards out of the way. Lucy and Gray collided together. They both fell backwards.
"Hey, why don't you watch were you're going?!"
Both of them shouted at each other not realizing who it was. They both got up and took a step back. I looked at both of them. They both had different yet similar expressions. They looked in a way scared, nervous, and confused. What was going on? I wanted to see if everything was alright.
"Gray, Lucy, what is going on. I want answers and I better get them."
Gray and Lucy looked at me, then each other, then back at me. They both started talking at the same time.
"I was talking to Mira and she doesn't know who Natsu is and…"
"Elfman thinks that Natsu is someone he doesn't know and…"
I hushed them. So not just me and Happy remember Natsu. This doesn't make any sense.
"So, you both remember Natsu and no one else knows of his whereabouts or of him in general?"
Silence. It would appear that I had hit the spot. I nodded. I was going to say that we should see master Makarov when I sensed a weird presence. No minute had pasted before I could understand what I had sensed when Lucy screamed.
Author's note: Well, this is officially the first chapter of Be Careful What You Wish For. I will post chapter two as soon as I can, but I am still in school so I don't know when that will be. I hope I can post it soon. I hoped you liked the first chapter of this story. Team Natsu just started on their next new adventure. :)
