A Fairy Tale

Chapter Two:
Natsu - Starry Eyed

Patrol duty was never enjoyable, ever. Nothing ever happened or will happen. At least not with the barrier in place which kept all unwanted guests out, humans and the like. Supposedly, it was a barrier of magic.
'Yeah right!' Natsu's inner voice exclaimed as his head shook. Magic was everywhere, but nowadays it was difficult to come by. Even the dragons themselves had to limit how much magical energy they used which is why they remained in human form, while it still took energy it didn't take away nearly as much if they were to live in their winged beast counterpart. Natsu perked his human ears, hearing the sound of rushing water close by.

"Must be the Ten No River" he said to no one in particular, he hadn't realised he wandered so close to the barrier. He should head back but when would he ever get a chance like this ever again? Almost never, at least not with that damn power couple in charge.
Shaking his head to and fro trying to clear his mind of any negative thoughts, after all the Ten No River was supposed to have healing properties, maybe it could heal his cold, broken soul. H e doubted it that it would but the least he could try to do was forget life, even if only for a few moments. Without a second thought nor hesitation, Natsu' vest, scarf and pants were hanging from a low-lying tree branch, his sandals lying lop-sided by one of the many roots sticking above the ground. Diving head-first into the river wasn't the best idea, as evident with the (now-forming) bruise on top of his head.. Flipping onto his back, he glanced up at the sky in time to see a bird swoop and glide through the sky in what seemed to be a mating ritual. Grinning he shut his eyes listening to the sounds of the jungle forest around peaceful, with the faint chips of birds scattered and hidden in the trees, hiding from him. The water lapped lazily across his abdomen with every breath he took.

A loud crack woke him from his lazy nap in the river, furrowing his brow, Natsu tried to close off all of his senses excluding his hearing.
'There!" his inner militaristic voice exclaimed. His body hummed with adrenaline as he tried to concentrate. Listening he could hear footsteps that were heavier than a jungle floor dweller, also, they were a lot clunkier than any four-legged animal which lead Natsu to believe that it was either a dragon in human form, or a human. The latter being more terrifying. Lurching from the river he ran over to his clothing, slipping it onto his body in record time, his hands shook from the adrenaline and he could feel his body temperature rising a few degrees as the dragon fire within him began to spark. Making sure his footsteps weren't obnoxiously loud he made his way over to where the footfalls ceased, he continued running lightly until he almost tripped over a blonde female on the lying on the ground. Her blonde hair circled around her like a halo and her face was perfect, heart-shaped with lips he could caress all th- No. What is he thinking? He shouldn't be thinking things like this. He knew he shouldn't, he didn't feel anything for her. That is until she opened a single, brown eye and raked her eye down his body. He had been checked out before, never so blatantly, but he had never had goosebumps cover his skin before. This female on the ground opened both of her eyes and stared into his, hiding behind that brown layer was stars, literally, there were stars in her eyes. Natsu lunged forward, he had to get a closer look, though within the second of the stars appearing they vanished just as quickly and only then did he glance down at the position he was in. His legs were resting on either side of her hips, his arms laying past her shoulders near the small of her back and his face was a mere breath away from hers.

"Natsu have you seen my pa- Oh. Well, am I interrupting something? Should I just leave or..?" An obnoxious voice resonated from the other side of the meadow, as an equally obnoxious face and naked body followed. He peeked out of the corner of his eye at the female blonde who he noticed, smelt like vanilla and some sort of flower though he couldn't place it, but was also going bright red as she stared at Gray's naked body.

"Oi, Ice Princess, wanna put some pants on?!" He yelled across to Gray who was still standing across the meadow..naked.

"Don't tell me what to do, Flame Brain!" Gray retorted before he glanced at the young blonde who was still underneath Natus, bowing low like a gentleman would he spoke to her, "I don't believe you're comfortable down there."
After he spoke, Natsu flew off of the blonde his face a bright pink matching her own.

"I-I'm sorry! I-I didn't..." He cut himself off, realising he was stammering, closing his eyes and breathing deeply he tried to slow his breathing as he thrust a hand out toward the blonde, "I'm Natsu and that Ice Stripper over there is Gray."

"Priva- Oh, I'm Lucy." She answered as her hand made contact with his own, when it did he felt his body temperature rise and his magic spark within him. Jerking his hand away from hers as soon as she was upright he wiped it on his vest. While she was standing he admired her from head to toe, she was quite beautiful. He tried to not look at her cleavage too much, but they were just sort of there, it was hard to ignore. Growling he thrust his lower palms (where it connects to the wrist) into his eyes, rubbing them ferociously trying to rid himself of the image of her. As they walked, Gray leading with Lucy in the middle and himself bringing up the rear he tried to look anywhere other than her, so he admired the view. Of the jungle, not her. Well tried to at least. That is until a pair of grayish-black trousers caught his attention, he called out to Gray.

"Eh. Ice for Brains I think I found your pants." An elated Gray with everything hanging out was his response. He looked away as Ice Princess ran over to the pants hanging off a tree branch and slipped them back on. His gaze met Lucy's as her cheeks went pink and she bit on her lower lip, his eyes traveled down to her lips before he shut them and turned away. Before long they began their long trek back.
Back to Fairy Tale.

A/N: Sorry this is short. Though it's coming out faster than I expected it too, yay! Please review and recommend! Also don't be hesitant to send me a PM. I love PMs. I don't own Fairy Tail, but I'm pretty sure all of us want to. Again, it isn't an uh-maz-ing cliffhanger, but I'm sure it'll tie you over until I can complete another chapter. If you can tell, each chapter will be in a different perspective. So to make it easier, it'll only be in Lucy's or Natsu's. Though later on it MAY change but I will give you a heads up before that happens.

Ja ne,
Snowy