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Chapter 2: Bang!

"How did I get into this mess?" Gray complained as he and Natsu made their way towards the Masters quarters.
"Do you always walk around naked like that?" Natsu asked chuckling slightly, this made Gray aware of the situation.
"Where did my uniform go?!" He started to panic looking around, Natsu couldn't hold it in himself any longer. The Academy was pretty modern, his eyes traced the architecture which was somewhat unique. His concentration was broken when he saw Gray frantically looking behind various statues and support beams. 'Man I can't hold it in anymore!" Natsu was at his limit, he had to calm himself.
"Hey, I'll look ahead okay?" Natsu spoke up, seeing that Gray was preoccupied to even notice. What a weird guy. This was a perfect time for him to look around, 'I should avoid gaining any more attention as it is.' He thought as he made a right turn down a corridor and then going up on the second floor.

After quite a bit of time… You would think somebody like Natsu would find his way around, then again he managed to get lost. He looked outside of the window seeing how high he was from the ground floor.
"What floor is this?!" He spoke up pretty much confused, how did he end up being so high up? Natsu scratched the back of his head looking left then right, to his surprise his uniform didn't burn to shreds when he was fighting Gray. 'Was this custom-made?' Even the invitation he got to join Fairy Academy was confusing. Somebody like him in a place like this, not a very well thought out combination. Natsu wasn't really dumb to not see the pattern or connection, someone wanted him to come here, and there is also a reason why he should be here. Now he just had to figure out what it is and who is behind this mess. Honestly, he didn't even want to attend this school… His sigh was loud and clear, focusing on the path ahead. Natsu had to find a way down from here, but the more he went 'down' stairs the more he realized that he was lost again. Cursing under his breath, was logic defying him at a crucial moment like this? When a person goes down, he should clearly go down… Natsu wasn't a person that could make a new theory or change the law of physics, but this was all common sense! His eyes widened in realization. 'Unless somebody is calling me to the top!' There was a possibility, a slight chance that it might be a case. Honestly thinking about it rationally it was probably the only solution to this problem.

Natsu ran as fast as he could going several floors up, how tall was this place? Even he was losing his breath after a couple of floors. 'This is endless!' Then again for some reason his body started to feel heavy, even his breathing wasn't normal. Looking at his current situation he decided to take a break for a moment, leaning next to a window. Was this really happening? Natsu was completely lost. This whole situation became more serious the more he thought about it..
"What if I end up starving to death here?!" He speculated various possibilities of dying from dehydration or the lack of food. Only thinking about the food made his stomach growl. 'I'm doomed!' Natsu continued to walk down the corridor seeing a door half-open, to think that his curiosity got the best of him. Without any caution he entered the room looking around, noticing that it was a wide gymnasium. Wait… Why would a gymnasium be up so high in the Academy? You could see various training equipment, some specially designed for magic use while others were designed for hand to hand combat. Natsu stared in awe, this was so cool! 'Maybe it wasn't so bad coming to this place…' He walked further into the gymnasium, as the door behind him slammed shut making him turn around for a moment. The atmosphere was heavy for a moment, Natsu's senses were acting up. Something was coming.

A strong sound could be heard, as if thousands of birds were chirping in the same moment. Natsu jumped forwards unaware that a lightning bolt missed him by an inch. Coming to the realization that he was being targeted, he heightened his senses, hearing someone laughing.
"Not bad, not bad!" A man with yellow hair confronted Natsu, with a visible grin on his face. The man was tall and muscular to Natsu's surprise, a lightning bolt-shaped scar could be noticed on his right eye. Prepared for the worst Natsu chuckled slightly.
"You haven't seen anything!" He retorted as he jumped backwards sending a fireball. "My name is Laxus." Laxus spoke up blocking the fireball with his bare hand. Though that was clearly impossible which is why Natsu took a closer look, electricity was going through Laxus. "You should clearly know your place." Laxus shortened the distance, with ease slamming his fist into Natsu's face sending him backwards. Natsu skidded on the floor finally stopping at the center of the gymnasium pretty shocked. 'What was that punch..?'

For a while now Gray has roamed through the Academy trying to find his uniform. Without any clues he finally gave up, looking around he couldn't see Natsu. "Where did the flame-brain go?" He commented scratching the back of his head. Gray continued to go down the hall noticing Lucy and Erza talking about something, they both had serious expressions, which is why Gray sneaked closer. Successfully he somehow managed to hide behind some of his fellow students, they all were confused to why he was doing something like that, and then again it was Erza we were talking about.

"Did you notice anything strange about Gray?" Erza questioned Lucy knowing that she was witnessing the fight between Natsu and Gray. 'I knew that she would ask something like that.' Gray thought to himself, still keeping his cover up not to be spotted.

"Hmm… It looked like he was having fun." Lucy spoke biting her lower lip, to think that Gray was enjoying a fight that much, something was strange.
"For a delinquent that isn't really anything new." Erza spoke up, closing her eyes she could only imagine Gray as a delinquent. Being in the student council she would usually get reports of him stripping down to his underwear without any warning. Gray nodded in agreement, even he would agree with Erza if he wasn't so scared of her.

"But something was different, even the new student." Lucy added looking up at Erza, which in return looked back a bit startled. Something different? Thinking about it even Erza found something strange about the new student.
"Natsu Dragneel, wasn't it? It sounds really familiar." Erza spoke up, for a moment she felt a chill as if somebody was watching her. Gray made sure he wasn't spotted, even he could react to the slightest movements of Erza.

"I've heard rumors that he is a Dragon Slayer." To those words both Erza and Gray were startled.
"Dragon Slayer?!" Erza and Gray spoke up. Lucy and Erza looked at Gray who appeared without any warning. It only took them a few seconds to realize that he was eavesdropping. Gray had a composed face, acting as if he just came by. But then again that composed face quickly faltered when he noticed that he wasn't wearing a uniform.

"So, what's that rumor about Natsu being a Dragon Slayer?" Gray spoke up, trying to distract both Erza and Lucy from seeing that he was missing a few things.

"Yeah. Even Wendy knew about him, though she only knew that he was a Dragon Slayer and nothing more." Lucy spoke up, gaining Erza's attention which made Gray sigh in relief.
"Loki had a smug expression again." Erza pointed out, she was known for noticing those simple details.
"Maybe he knows something we don't." Gray added walking closer to Erza and Lucy, looking to the side. "I'm going to look into things myself. You two stay out of it!" Gray spoke, walking away from them.
"Wait, what? You can't do this on your own!" Erza grabbed Gray's wrist pulling him back, Gray turned around showing that he was serious about his choice.
"This can get ugly. That's why you should just forget about it." Gray replied, but couldn't move away since Erza's grip was way too strong.
"But what about you? You can't expect that we will just let you go." Lucy had a serious tone, which didn't suit her usual appearance of a 'rich girl'. Gray couldn't believe he was hearing those words from Lucy herself, what were the odds?
"It's a delinquent's job to do the dirty work…" He spoke lowering his head, both Erza and Lucy heard that and felt a bit ashamed of all the mean things that they said behind his back. "That is why you should go to the library and gather some information, ill scout around the school and use my 'connections' ". That last part surprised both Lucy and Erza which nodded in agreement. Gray looked up with determination clearly noticeable in his eyes.

After a few moments they split up in two teams, Erza and Lucy were heading to the library, while Gray was going to try to collect some information from his sources. "Where the hell is that guy anyway?" Gray couldn't help but worry about Natsu. He was probably lost around the Academy. Yeah, that's what happened. No need to worry Gray, that's the only thing that could have happened. 'Who am I kidding!' Gray picked up his pace, running through the hallway. 'There's no way that guy won't pick a fight!'

The atmosphere was burning, Natsu couldn't stand up for the moment being. As if a stun gun that could put down an elephant hit him. What strength, what brutality. Clearly this guy Laxus wasn't joking around. But that speed was something new to Natsu. He couldn't even see that coming, what irony.

"Tsk. You're just a weakling." Laxus spoke standing above Natsu, looking at him with a dissatisfied look. "I was hoping you would play with me a bit more." Without any warning Laxus slammed his foot into Natsu's chest making him lose his breath. "You can't even defend from my attacks." Laxus then picked up Natsu by his tie, looking at his face. To his surprise Natsu had a wide grin on his face, licking the blood that came out of his mouth. Even his black eyes showed how 'fired up' he was.
"What's wrong?" Natsu spoke up grabbing Laxus by his wrist. "It looks like you saw a ghost." Natsu twisted his wrist with ease, making Laxus flinch from the pain and release his grip. Using that opportunity Natsu slammed his forehead into his face, dazzling Laxus and making him step backwards. "Thanks for putting me up on my feet." He spoke brushing the rest of the blood that was on his lips. "Guess I'll stop playing around now." Natsu's look changed, his grin was now gone, he was dead serious… Laxus looked back at his opponent noticing that something wasn't right. He started to chuckle. "You're finally going to go all-out?" Laxus took a defensive stance. "Come!" With those words Natsu charged with full speed at Laxus, his body was burning as his fiery emotions couldn't be controlled anymore. The clash between the two mages created a loud bang that was heard throughout the Academy.

"Natsu!" Gray could sense the raging flames, there was no doubt about it! He dashed towards the gymnasium, unaware of the sight that he was about to witness…

To be continued…