Huh. People like this.
…Weird. Wasn't expecting that to be honest. Well, anyway, here's another chapter for you all to dislike.
As about the harem, I'm planning on keeping it small this time because most of my other stories with harems tend to be a bit large. As for whose in it, so far I got Erza, Juvia, and Mira. Probably two more then it will be done. Like I said, I don't want to make it too big and crazy like my other stories. Don't know who would be in it though; you are free to offer your suggestions. I would make a poll but I already have one up and I don't know when that one's going to be done.
So for now, give me suggestions in the reviews if you want. I mean you don't have too though. And as someone asked, yes I do plan on making Natsu being comforted by his eventual lovers.
Anyway, enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.
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Chapter Two: No one needs to know
Natsu was feeling horrible.
He had return from his mission last night, however he didn't go to the guild and head straight home. This was unusual for the Fire Dragon Slayer, as he tends to go to the guild hall to announce his return and hang out with his friends.
But right now that was the last thing he wanted.
The pink haired male slowly got out of his bed. Natsu still looked distress. It was clear by the sight of him that he didn't sleep at all through the night. The incident from the mission still hung over his head like a rope. Natsu was thankful that Happy was still out on his mission with Wendy and Carla. He didn't want the blue Exceed to see the state he was in. Happy would have just start asking questions, or worse, head to the guild to tell everyone about his behavior.
"Why?" Natsu questioned as he slowly made his way into the bathroom to wash up, "Why did I do that?" The pink haired wizard of Fairy Tail wondered in worry and fear. He took a man's life. He killed a man, and for some forsaken reason he liked it! Why?!
Natsu splashed some water on his face as he turned on the sink. He remembered what happened afterwards, after he killed that man. The Fire Dragon Slayer simply told the mayor of the town and the Magic Council guards that came to arrest the dark mages that the dark guild master got away. He splashed more water on his face as he looked at himself in the mirror.
"I-It will be alright Natsu," He told himself with a nervous smile, grabbing the towel next to him to clean his face, "You can keep this hidden. They believed you after all. It will be alright." He continued to talk to himself as he went to leave the bathroom.
It will be fine. No one has to know what happened. The guild won't know that he killed a man. No one will find out. Natsu kept assuring himself as he got ready to leave his house.
"Y-Yeah, there's nothing to worry about," Natsu kept on talking to himself, with him still smiling enviously, "There won't find out. No one needs to know. No one needs to know. No one needs to know." He kept repeating that same sentence over and over again as he made his way out of his house.
He'll just go to the guild like usual and put this whole thing behind him. No one will found out. He won't be kicked out for the guild for killing. No one needs to know.
And he'll make sure that no one finds out.
'LATER'
Natsu slowly opened the doors to the guild hall, and sighed in relief to see that hardly anyone was here just yet. This was expected however, as it was still rather early in the morning. The sun was only starting to rise after all. There were only a few guild members already here.
The pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer saw Macao and Wakaba at a table in the corner talking about who knows what, probably something perverted. He saw Nab standing in front of the mission board like always. It seems like he would never pick a job. Natsu also saw Reedus simply painting in another corner of the guild.
And of course, at the end of the building behind the bar was the lovely Mirajane herself. She was always one of, if not the first one to arrive at the guild to open it up. The white haired barmaid of the guild looked to see the pink haired male walking to the bar.
"Hello Natsu!" She called out to him with a smile and a wave. Natsu simply smiled back softly as the Dragon Slayer wave backed as he got to the bar.
"Hey Mira." He simply replied with a rather quiet voice, taking a seat at the bar. Mira raised her eyebrow, why did he sound so quiet? Usually he would be more energetic and loud. She didn't think much of that though as she walked to where he was sitting.
"So I take it you just got back from the mission?" Mira asked him with her ever bright smile. Natsu froze for a moment, but managed to relax again before she noticed.
"Actually, I got back last night." The pink haired male informed her. This got Mira to be a bit surprised. Usually Natsu always headed to the guild first when he got back from a mission or a search for Igneel.
"Really?" Mira questioned him on confusion, "You didn't show up at the guild though last night." She pointed out.
"Oh, I was just really tired when I got back. So I headed home to get sleep." Natsu lied, not wanting to tell her the main reason for avoiding going to the guild. Mira merely looked at Natsu, as if she was trying to figure out something. Her simply gazing at him made Natsu feels a bit nervous, "Uh… is there something wrong?" He asked her, hoping it would get the white haired woman to stop staring at him.
"Are you okay?" Mira suddenly asked, catching him off guard by her question, "You seem really out of it for some reason." She told him. Natsu was still feeling nervous from her questions.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Natsu replied, lying to her again, "I'm just still tired that's all." The pink haired male replied, hoping that would sate the barmaid. She didn't need to find out about what he did. Mira still looked skeptical.
"But didn't you say you went to sleep when you got back?" Mira pointed out, getting Natsu to stiff a moment before it went away. He just put himself in a box didn't he? Luckily the white haired woman didn't seem to notice his sudden stiffness, "You did get a good rest did you?" She asked, now feeling a bit concern. Natsu didn't want her to worry, nor did he want her to find out the real reason for his behavior.
"Yeah I did," Natsu managed to reply with a smile, a nervous smile, but still a smile none the less, "I just heard something loud which woke me up that's all. Since the sun was coming up I didn't see a reason to head back to sleep." He told her, hoping that would be enough to settle her questions.
Mira simply raised her eyebrow, thinking that Natsu wasn't telling the whole truth. However she decided his answer to be enough for now.
"Alright, if you say so," Mira simply replied, before her usual smile reappeared on her face which got Natsu to blush a little from seeing it, "So you want the usual?" She asked him, knowing that he tends to eat at the guild most of the time. This got Natsu to calm down a bit, glad to see that Mira wasn't pushing it anymore.
"Yeah, I would like that." The pink haired male replied with a smile.
Mira then left to get his meal. Natsu couldn't help but look at the white haired woman as she walked away with a small blush on his face.
'She's so beautiful,' Natsu couldn't help but think to himself with a small smile as he watched her, 'No one deserves her other than me. Anyone who tries to take her from me I will rip them apart!' He thought aggressively to himself.
His eyes widened as that thought came to him, making him shake his head a little. He even punched himself in the face to get that thought out of this head.
'What the heck? Where did that come from?' Natsu wondered in confusion. He never thought of something like that before. A visible frown was now seen on his face as he looked to see a happy Mira making him his dish, 'Don't get ahead of yourself Natsu. Mira deserves better. Besides, she would never go for an idiot and murderer like you.' Natsu thought to himself, feeling more depressed then he did earlier.
Despite popular opinion, Natsu wasn't dense. He knew about women and how beautiful they can be. Mira was one of the few women that made him feel this way. But he knew that they wouldn't go for him. There were better people out there than him to take care of them. Not only that, they didn't need to be with a murderer like him. They would hate him if they were to find out about what happened during his mission.
He was snapped out of his thoughts as Mira returned with his usual flaming steak. After thanking the white haired woman, he began to dig into the meat to help take his mind off of the recent event and thoughts.
Mira couldn't help but giggle at seeing him digging into his food. To be honest, in her opinion, it made him look cute. It was also refreshing to see him looking normal while eating. It did confuse the white haired woman why he was already up so early in the morning, since he usually shows up later in the morning.
Another thing that she couldn't help but find odd was about him heading straight home after getting back from the mission. Natsu did say that he was tired, but even then there were some instances she remembered with Natsu arriving at the guild to announce his return before heading right back home to sleep.
The white haired woman then shook her head.
'Maybe I'm just over thinking this,' Mira thought to herself as she saw Natsu finishing up his meal, 'Yeah, I'm just over thinking.' She figured that there was nothing wrong with Natsu just heading straight home last night.
"Ah… that was delicious as always Mira." Natsu told her with a smile. This got Mira to have a small blush of her own.
"It's no problem Natsu." She simply replied with a smile of her own as she took the empty plate from him. Natsu then proceeded to get up from the bar.
"Well, I'm going to go find a mission to do." He stated. This got Mira off guard. Natsu already wanted to leave on a mission this early in the morning? He just got back from one though!
"Another one already?" Mira couldn't help but asked in confusion. Natsu turned around to look at the white haired woman.
"Yeah, I see no problem to go do another one." Natsu told her. However his main motive was so he could get away from the guild. The pink haired male didn't think that he was ready to be in the guild hall full of everyone just yet. He still needed some time to get over the fact that he killed.
He would make sure to pick a simpler mission however. Natsu was in no mood to fight another dark guild at the moment. Bandits were okay though.
"Okay, if you say so." Mira responded as Natsu went to the mission board. It was odd for Natsu to go on another mission already; she figured he would wait for his team this time. The white haired woman wanted to talk to him more, as she still felt like he was keeping something from her. However she decided against it. Like she thought to herself earlier, it was probably nothing to worry about.
At least, that's what she hoped.
Okay, here you all go, so what did you all think? Good? Bad? Want me to commit seppuku? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
