I'm back! I realize I forgot my disclaimer, and I'm horrid at remembering them, so you can safely assume that nothing except for the idea, Grotee, Whirl, Kyu, and Empra, is mine. It will be the same for the rest of this fic. Also, as you've noticed, I had to swap Bora's gender. Prepare to see the same for some other characters, but no one too major.
DragneelHarem, I'm uncomfortable writing romance, and as I've said, this fic is relationship free. (Well, aside from what happens in the show, so yea.) That being said, let's go!
Lucy reached up, grasping Natsu's hand. "I guess you're right, I'm Lucy." She let go of Natsu's hand, and grabbed Happy, who was attempting to burgle a fish from a nearby vendor. "And this is Happy. Now I feel kinda bad, how about I make it up to you!" Lucy tapped her chin, getting lost in thought.
Natsu laughed. "Don't worry about it! It is kind of my fault, I shouldn't have stopped where I did." Lucy ignored him.
"Hm… You probably don't want a gate key… I know! I've been to Hargeon a few times before, so I know all the good restaurants. I treat you to lunch!" Lucy exclaimed. That definitely caught Natsu's attention.
Lucy couldn't help but stare, in slight awe. On one side, there was a perfect stack of dirty dishes, and on the other was a mountain of food. 'There goes the money I saved at that old mans store…' "So Natsu, what brought you to Hargeon?"
Natsu paused, he had been munching on a pizza, and swallowed before answering. "Well, I heard a rumour that a member of the guild I want to join was here, but it looks like she was just a fake. Why are you here?"
"Well, I heard a rumour there was a strong gate key here, but it was just a rumour." Lucy sweat dropped, in the time it had taken her to finish a single sentence, Natsu had almost finished eating.
"Well, I'd better get going." She grabbed Happy, who was munching on a fish. "See you Natsu!" She placed some money on the table, and left the restaurant. 'What a weird guy…'
Natsu stretched out on a park bench. "Aw man, that was a great meal. I do feel kind of bad though, she didn't really need to buy me lunch. Oh well." He pulled out a copy of that weeks Sorcerer Weekly.
"Wow, Fairy Tail destroyed seven homes!? And only to catch a few bandits… Man, I wish I knew what the qualifications are. I'd definitely fit in." Rustling from a nearby bush caught his attention.
"Huh? Who's there?" Natsu stood up, and readied himself for a fight, only to relax.
You see, who popped out of the bush, was none other than Celestial. "I've been looking for you cutie!"
Natsu deadpanned. "Yea? And you were in a bush why?"
Celestial paused for a moment. "That… That doesn't matter. I wanted to invite you personally to the party on my yacht!" She winked, making sure some of her cleavage was showing.
"Sorry, I don't do transportation." Natsu glared at her. "Creep."
"Creep! Why would you call me that! And come on, surely we can work something out."
Natsu heard footsteps behind him, but ignored them to focus on the lady in front of him. "No. I'm not going to your party." Celestial sighed. "Oh well, I was going to offer you a Fairy Tail membership."
Natsu whirled to face her. "You? A member of Fairy Tail? Ok, then let me see your guild mark."
Celestial sighed. "You should have just come, it would have made this so much easier…" She nodded to someone behind Natsu, and before he could turn, he was knocked out by a hard hit to the back of his head.
The burly man who knocked Natsu out laughed, and clapped 'Celestial' on the shoulder. "Good job Lora. This sucker never saw it coming!"
Lora glared at him. "Don't call me that. It would have been so much easier if he just fell for my charm magic. He must be pretty strong to resist, though. He'll fetch a good price. Take him to the ship."
Lucy leaned back against the railing, ignoring the view of the ocean behind her in favour of relaxing. Happy sat next to her, munching on yet another fish. Where he kept on getting them from was beyond her, she hoped he wasn't stealing them. "Hey Lucy, think that's where Celestial is having her party?"
"Who cares." A cat call over to the side caught her attention. She cracked one eye open, seeing three men over to that side.
"Oh man, Celestial is so hot! Why didn't I go to her party!?"
"Celestial? Who's that?" The man who asked was clubbed on the shoulder by one of his buddies.
"You don't know? Ha! She's a totally famous Fairy Tail wizard, man. She's totally sexy."
Lucy whirled around and eyed the yacht. "A Fairy Tail wizard, huh?"
She didn't need to say anything to Happy, he knew what to do. A few moments later, the two were in the air, sailing towards the glowing ship.
Once they were over the ship, Lucy pulled out one of her gate keys. "Open, gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!" There was a bright flash, before an anthropomorphic cow appeared, wearing nothing more than a pair of underwear, gloves, boots, a cow bell, a nose ring, and toting a massive axe.
He crashed through the roof of the ship, followed by Lucy, who was lowered down by Happy.
It appeared Lucy chose just the right place to crash through, as 'Celestial' was looking at her, shocked. Lucy glared at her. The same burly man from earlier was there, and nervously pointed at Taurus. "Why is there a cow, Lora?"
Lora glared at him. "I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!"
"I know her. she was kicked out of the Titan Nose guild a few years ago, for bad behaviour." Happy remarked.
Lucy's glare only intensified. "I know for a fact that you aren't a Fairy Tail wizard."
Lucy pulled off the gloves she had been wearing, revealing a pink guild mark on the back of her hand. "Because I'm Lucy Ashley of Fairy Tail, and I've never seen you before."
One of Lora henchmen pointed at her. "S-sh-she's the real Celestial!" In a moment of panic, Lora fired a spell at Lucy, and actually succeeded in knocking her off the boat. Taurus took the hit for her, but still ended up pushing her over the side.
Not even a minute later, a massive wave built up, and threw the ship onto shore. Men scrambled out of the wreck, taking off and running for their homes.
Lucy, meanwhile, glared at her spirit. "Next time can you not sweep me away with the ship?!" The mermaid spirit crossed her arms. "That was an accident, I ended up hitting the ship as well."
"You were aiming for me?!"
"Don't call me for awhile, I'm going on vacation with my boyfriend." She gave Lucy a small smirk. "My boyfriend."
"You don't need to rub it in!"
Lucy sighed, and as her spirit vanished, she turned her gaze back to the wreck. "Now just to deal with Lora, and then I can go home and have a nice, long, warm bath." Then, a figure on top of the boat caught her attention. "Natsu?"
"Finally, the damn ship stopped moving!" He brushed away the remains of ropes, though they appeared to have been cut through clearly, and they were dripping with water that had no way of getting there. "What the hell is wrong with you!" He glared at Lora.
Lora attempted to regain her composure, pointing to one of her men. "Roast him!" The man in question quickly cast a spell, sending a wave of fire towards Natsu. Lucy went to run towards him, before noticing her foot was stuck in fishing rope. She scrabbled at it, trying to free herself so she could help Natsu, but she was too late.
The fire swirled around Natsu, until Lucy couldn't even see his silhouette. Lora sighed, turning away. "That's what you get, the bigger the talk, the weaker the man."
"Gross!" Lora looked around at her men. "Wh-who said that?"
"I did." This time Lora turned to the flames, as Natsu's silhouette was now visible, and he was… Eating?
"This is the worst tasting Fire I've ever had! Are you really a fire wizard?" Finally the last of the flames disappeared down his throat, and he swallowed, before wiping his lips. "Either way, thanks for the meal."
Then he began started slashing his arms, as if in an imaginary sword fight, where his arms were his swords. "Water Dragons Blades!" A small, blue magic circle appeared on each of his wrists, and each place he slashed, a watery blade appeared, before shooting towards Lora. Natsu then held his arms together, so the two magic circles were connecting, and lowered his hands, and when he raised them again, a massive water blade took shape.
"Take the Water from my left wrist, and the Water from my right, put them together and you get… Water Dragons Slicing Storm!" The big water blade exploded forwards, shooting towards Lora, who had no chance to dodge. She took the hit, and went flying backwards, crashing through a few buildings before flying into a church bell, which clanged loudly.
Natsu glared after her, before turning to a shocked Lucy. "W-w-w-what… What was that?" Natsu grabbed and broke the rope around Lucy's ankle.
"That was just my magic."
Lucy stood up shakily. "I… Um… Wow… You said you wanted to join a guild, right? How about Fairy Tail?" Natsu smiled brightly.
"That's the guild I wanted to join!" Just then, shouts were heard from over a building. Natsu's eyes widened. "Crap… The army…" He grabbed Lucy's arm, and Happy's tail. "Run!"
"Hey! Where do you think you're going!" Natsu turned and smiled back at Lucy. "Well, I can join Fairy Tail, right? Then let's go!" Lucy couldn't help but smile back at him.
Natsu, Lucy, and Happy finally stood in front of the guild hall. Lucy pushed the doors open, and was greeted by a wave of noise and the smell of alcohol. "We made it back alive!" Happy cried out, while Lucy kicked a fellow guild member in the face. "You lied! There weren't any powerful keys there!" "I told you! It was just a rumour!"
A few moments later, and a full blown brawl exploded within the guild hall. Natsu threaded his way through the fight, like he had been doing it his whole life. The person he headed towards was the only one who wasn't drinking, stripping, surrounded by women, or brawling. "Hello! My name is Mirajane! What brings you here?" Natsu turned away from the girl chugging a barrel full of alcohol, and back to the barmaid. "I'd like to join."
"Certainly, where would you like your guild mark, and what colour?" "Can I get it in red, just below my right shoulder." "Of course!" Mirajane pulled out the magic stamp, before pressing it firmly to Natsu's arm. When she pulled away, there was a brand new guild mark.
Natsu touched it, before grinning widely. "Alright! I'm a member of Fairy Tail!"
The girl who had been chugging alcohol earlier put her barrel down, and pulled out a stack of cards, a green magic circle appearing in front of her. "Will you all be quiet? So much for having a relaxing drink." The stripper was next, holding his hands next to his side, as the air around them chilled. "Oh yea? Well I'm not backing down!"
Lucy grabbed a hold of her gate keys, while a burly man with white hair let a magic circle envelop his arm, and as he pulled his arms back, it was coated in stone. "Man!" A ginger haired man in the corner, surrounded by girls, grasped his ring, preparing a spell as well. Before anyone could make a move, a giant appeared in the middle of the crowd. Everyone froze.
"I can't turn my back on you brats for even a minute!" The giant eyed the crowd. "Hmm? Are you a new member?" Natsu shot him a thumbs up. "Yep. You're the master, right?" The giant chuckled, before he started shrinking. Once he was half the size of Natsu, he stopped. "Why thats quite right. I'm Makarov, as you know, the Master of this guild." "I'm Natsu, Natsu Dragneel." "Well Natsu, welcome to Fairy Tail."
Natsu turned, unaware of the stare he was getting from the master. 'He's been through a lot. I can only hope Fairy Tail can help him recover.'
Aaaaaand that's a wrap! I can safely say, I never expected the response I got from only the first chapter, oh man. I actually fell out of my chair when I saw how many people had followed/favourited. Thanks guys! And, as always, any criticism is totally welcomed. ~ShadeShadow
