I Spy

NATSU

Chapter Three

I felt someone poke me in the side, so I responded with a,"Five more minutes!" I came to my senses as people started laughing around me, and I blushed as I realized I'd fallen asleep in class. I'd been up all night thinking about Lucy. She was just so...perfect. But there was something off about her. She couldn't be…? No, that wouldn't make any sense, I thought to myself.

"Mr. Dragneel, would you care to solve?" Mr. Lee said as he pointed behind him to the blackboard with an equation written on it. I was standing there, mortified about what I should do. I had know idea what the answer was, and I guess Lucy noticed when she hopped up from her seat, went over to the board, and solved before I had a chance.

"Ms. Heartfilia, I understand that you are new here, but at Fairy Tail Academy, we raise our hands before we ask or answer questions," Mr. Lee scolded.

Lucy was completely calm as she replied innocently,"But Natsu didn't raise his hand to solve the equation?" The class erupted in laughter and "Go New Girl!"s. I found myself smiling at her, as she turned around to face me and she...winked? I guess I'd misjudged her personality. I thought she was just another sweet nerd that would sit quietly in class, reading her book, but I guess not. I found myself blushing when she age me a weird look and I noticed that I was staring.

Quickly looking away, I heard her giggle and stand up from her chair.

"What's wrong, Natsu?" she asked as sweetly as possible. Gosh, she could be such a devil.

I avoided looking her in the eyes as I said,"What? I'm fine. Completely fine." Yeah, okay, maybe not the most convincing answer.

I heard her giggle again and found myself loving the sound of her laugh and the way her eyes lit up when she laughed. She was...beautiful. No! No, I couldn't be thinking those things. She was going to ruin everything if I wasn't careful. I always lose my focus too easily, and I'd been doing so well, too!

I peeked over at Lucy, and this time she was the one staring at me. Just like me, he blushed when she was caught, but before I could call her out on it, the bell rang throughout the halls.

"See you later!" Lucy said smugly as she walked out of the classroom. It was our last class of the day, so unless I bumped into her or went over to her dorm room again, there would be no chance to tease her about her staring. Oh well, I thought to myself, I'm not as cruel as her anyway.

I packed up my books and followed Lucy out the door, but she was already gone. Sighing to myself, I started the short trek back to the boys' dorm. I shared a room with Gray. Although he and I were rivals and all, we went way back.

When I opened the door to my room, I found Gray sitting on the couch with some guy playing video games. The new guy had spiked blonde hair, not unlike my own salmon hair, and bright blue eyes. He and Gray seemed to be close enough, but that guy must've been new, since I new every face on campus, and I'd never seen him before.

"Hey," I said hesitantly, waiting for some sort of introduction or explanation.

"Oh, hey," Gray said, still engrossed in Grand Theft Auto 3, or something.

The new kid looked over at me and smiled. "Hi, I'm Sting, I'm new here."

Something clicked in my head and I realized that he must've come with Lucy, since they both started on the same day. Otherwise it was just a really weird coincidence.

"Natsu. Do you, um, happen to know a girl named Lucy?"

Sting's eyes lit up, and I could tell he cared deeply for her, but then they kind of clouded over for some reason. "Yeah, we're childhood friends. How do you know her?" he asked skeptically.

"Oh, I just met her yesterday, and showed her around campus. And then I came to her dorm and she, Gray, Erza and I watched horror movies." I smiled, cherishing the fact that this seemed to be news to him. I didn't know why, but I was jealous of the fact that this guy new Lucy better than me.

"Yeah, she didn't mention you. Like, at all." Sting stole my trademark smile and threw it right back in my face. I felt a pain in my chest when I heard the words.

So, I covered myself. "Oh, I'm not too worried about that. We've basically been talking nonstop since we met. We have a bunch of classes together, and I gave her my number." Sting's eyes widened and looked at him like I was some sort of god looking down on a lowly commoner. I had won that backhanded argument.

"Whatever," Sting said as he retreated back to his video games.

I figured that it was probably a good idea to take a walk, since the two idiots in my room were making a ton of noise, and I didn't really care to be around that Sting guy.

I walked on a narrow dirt path that went through the park around a small lake on the grounds of the academy. I stopped when I reached my favorite spot on campus. It was a tree hanging low over the water, but if you were careful, you could sit on it and it was a great place to think or listen to music.

I pulled out my iPhone and earbuds and started listening to some Fall Out Boy. They were one of my current favorite bands. I was also into Panic! At the Disco, and Imagine Dragons. Well, technically, Imagine Dragons was my favorite band of time. They just never fell short of my expectations.

To be honest, I hadn't been on campus for much longer than Lucy, but I had already fallen in love with it. The whole school was on big family, and it really appealed to me, being an orphan and all. Actually, I didn't know who my parents were, but I had an adopted father, Igneel. The only problem was, he abandoned me at a young age, so I had to find a new place to live.

"Yes, I know, I know. I'm focused! Hey, I took this mission as a favor for you!"

I took out my earbuds and shut off my music when I heard someone walking by and talking on their phone. It took me a few seconds to realize that it was Luce. And...mission?

"I mean, yeah, I want to kill him too, but it's all just so…. Yeah. Uh-huh. Okay, okay. Got it. Hey, I'm the best spy in the whole school, don't doubt me!" She laughed into the receiver. "Yeah, yeah. Okay, so I'll report to you when I have news. Bye."

She just kept walking away from me, and I couldn't fully process what had just happened. Then, I took out my phone and dialed.

"No, I don't have anything new. Well, at least not directly concerning the target." I took a deep breath before I said,"There's another spy here."\


Oh. My. Gosh. Our little trio isn't the only group of spies on the campus of Fairy Tail Academy. This is getting pretty interesting, if I must say so myself. What do you think Natsu will do now that he knows that Lucy's a spy? What if he's ordered to eliminate her? Or maybe they'll work together to kill the man who murdered Lucy's parents. Or maybe Natsu's on another case altogether? Who knows? Please leave reviews if you have any comments and keep reading!