Hey guys! Sorry for the late update- I was in Niagara Falls last week, so I couldn't update. But now I have written my part, so HUZZAH! Anyways, I felt like, in recent chapters, that Natsu isn't as dark as he should be, like what some reviews have made me realize. They were positive reviews, of course, not like a judging kind or anything. But still, it got me thinking that Natsu should be a bit more… friendly (I think?) Well, Natsu is still going to be colder and cooler than the normal Natsu we know and love, but he isn't going to be as dark as other Acnologia-raised Natsus, like what Nwandu225 did with him in "Wrath of the Insurgent Dragon Slayer." Anyways- ONTO THE STORY!
Hargeon- Year 784
"MAN!" Lucy groaned as she kicked a few pebbles into the water stream, "That guy was a rip-off! He knocked off only 1,000 jewels?! FOR THIS?!" Lucy glared at the newly bought Celestial Key and sighed. She gazed out at the sea in front of her with big, caramel eyes.
"Hopefully this doesn't come back to bite me in the ass…" Lucy brushed her blonde hair to the back of her ear as she headed toward a hotel.
"Maybe I have enough money to buy a hotel before setting off to find a guild for jobs. That way I don't have to come back home to face… him." Lucy thought as she reached in front of her to open the hotel door. Before she even touched the handle on the door, however, she was quickly pushed down onto the ground.
"WHAT THE-UMPH!" Lucy felt a foot stomp her on the mouth as she heard squealing from above her.
"OMG! IT'S SALAMANDER!"
"HURRY! HURRY!"
"I WANT TO SEE HIM!"
"HE'S SOOO HOT!" Lucy froze.
"Salamander?" Lucy thought quietly. Soon, everyone in that area flew to the side as Lucy began shoving through people like a maniac.
"If I can somehow befriend Salamander," Lucy thought excitedly as she kicked a small little girl out of her way, "I can totally come to his guild- FAIRY TAIL!" Lucy thought of the famous people that resided in the #1 guild in Fiore. Erza "Titania" Scarlet- Gray Fullbuster, the Ice Mage- Cana Alberona, the world's best woman drinker- Salamander, the Fire Dragon Slayer- and the most famous of them all-
"THE SLAYER OF DEATH!" Lucy squealed inside her head. This wizard is currently #6 in the Wizard Saint ranking, despite that there were rumors that he was only 21. No one except his guild, the other Wizard Saints and his clients has ever seen him. The dark guilds he has taken down stated that they were knocked out so quickly they didn't even have the chance to see him.
"If I can get into the guild, I might have the chance to meet him!" Lucy grinned, increasing her speed drastically.
Finally, Lucy reached the town plaza, panting in exhaustion. She spotted a huge circle of squealing girls surrounding one person in the middle of them.
"Finally!" Lucy wheezed, shuffling to the crowd. When she finally got to the circle she pushed some girls out of the way to see a glimpse of the Salamander. He was… stunning. Lucy found her heart beating a thousand times a second as she held her hands close to her chest.
"Ladies, ladies!" Salamander said grinning, his cape whipping dramatically around him, "I'll sign your autograph's one at a time, please! Give me some room to write!"
"SIGN MY SHIRT!"
"SIGN MY BACK!"
"SIGN MY FOREHEAD!" Hearts flew out of Lucy's eyes as she felt herself drawing closer to him.
"Is this," Lucy thought, "Lov-"
"Move." A figure pushed her onto the ground. Lucy lost sight of the gorgeous Salamander at that moment. Lucy whined in complaint before glaring at the person who shoved her down and was about to bark at that person- but stopped. The look on that man's eyes… it was so cold. Void of anything that has made Lucy happy, replaced with silent anger in those obsidian eyes. A worn-out black cloak was the only thing that covered the rest of his body that resonated with the strongest magic aura that Lucy has ever felt in her life. At that moment, Lucy felt nothing inside her. Only fear. The rest of the women felt that aura as they, too stepped back from the man in black. Salamander felt the presence of another and slowly turned around, his smile wavering when he looked into the cold eyes. For a few moments, Salamander looked completely dreadful before forcing a smile on his face.
"W-well then," Salamander stated, choking slightly, "Young man, do you want an autograph-"
"Are you Salamander?" The man asked, raising his hood to reveal his pink hair. Lucy would've laughed at the sight of the hair, but for now she was only filled with dread. Salamander snorted, forgetting how fearful he was a moment ago.
"Of course! I am the genuine Salamander- ARGH!" The man suddenly lashed forward, grabbing Salamander's head and bashing it into the nearest wall. The women surrounding Lucy screamed and sprinted away from the scene as fast as when they first came into the plaza. Lucy, along with a few others, stayed put, paralyzed in fear. The man pulled out Salamander's head, which was already heavily bruised.
"I ask again," The man said stoically, although his eyes were still filled with hatred. "Are you Salamander?" Salamander hacked up blood.
"W-Wha-"
"Wrong answer." The man tossed Salamander up into the air. When Salamander started diving down, head first, the man grabbed Salamander's head and slammed it into the ground at lightning speed, causing a huge shockwave, sending Lucy and the girls there flying backwards. Lucy flew onto a metal pole with a huge bang. She screamed in pain, a little bit of blood coming out of her mouth. Lucy dazedly glanced around to find the other girls knocked out in pain. Lucy squinted toward the middle of the battlefield to find the man, who was kneeling down, pulling Salamander's head out of the pavement. By now, Salamander's face was unrecognizable, and was covered in blood and bruises.
"Are you Salamander?" the man monotonously asked again.
"No! I'm not!" Salamander screamed out before the man could bash him into anything again.
"Then who are you?"
"My name is Bora!"
"What were you going to do with the girl's here?"
"I was gonna sell them into slavery!" Lucy felt goosebumps forming on her skin.
"I was this close to be going to be sold into slavery?" Lucy thought dreadfully to herself as the man picked Bora up with one hand, using his other hand to wipe the dirt off Bora's clothes.
"See, that wasn't bad." The man murmured. Bora groaned.
"Please don't hurt me more!" Bora pleaded, tears brimming in his barely-visible eyes.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you anymore..."
"FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" A flash of light surrounded the area, and before Lucy knew it, Bora was slammed right into a clock tower nearby, causing it to crash down on him. Dust surrounded the entire area as Lucy put her hand over her eyes to make sure she didn't get any of it in her. When the dust settled, Lucy found in Bora's place a boy with a blue vest that was unbuttoned to reveal his body, baggy white pants, sandals and a scarf. He had black hair and warm, black eyes that contradicted his partner's cold obsidian eyes.
"… I'll let my brother do that." The man finished.
"Damn…" the boy cursed, a tick mark appearing above his right eye, "That guy tricked me! I thought that the Flame Dragon King Igneel was here, not this douche!"
"AYE SIR!" A flying blue cat wearing a green backpack jumped out of nowhere to reply. The man rolled his eyes.
"I have already told you, Romeo," the man retorted, "My father killed the Flame Dragon. And, even if he was somehow still alive, he would be living in the mountains, not Hargeon."
"Whatever," Romeo gritted his teeth, "Can we go back home?" the man trudge to the destroyed clock tower, tossed away a few huge rocks like they were a pile of dirty laundry, and pulled out Bora, who was completely drenched in blood and unconscious.
"We can go back home I guess. We'll let the Rune Knights clean up this area." The man answered, flinging Bora to the side before walking to where the train is.
"U-um," Lucy managed to croak out "Excuse me." She winced when the two males (and the cat) turned around to stare at her. She was already regretting her action.
"What?" The older man asked blandly, looking back at her.
"U-um-"
"Stop saying "Um" and say what you want to say." The older man stated impatiently.
"A-alright-"
"And stop stammering- it looks like you want to piss yourself."
"That's because I already did…" Lucy thought, crossing her legs to hide the stain.
"I just wanted to say thanks for stopping Bora." Lucy said, gulping. The older man just stared at her, before snorting and walking away.
"Whatever," the man replied roughly, "I just can't believe you hadn't recognized his charm magic before you were captivated by him. I am actually surprised you managed to obtain three Celestial Keys when you're as dumb as a cow."
"You noticed?" Lucy thought out loud, covering her pocket that had carried her keys. "AND DID YOU JUST TELL ME I AM AS DUMB AS A FRICKING COW?!" The man winced, holding up his hands to his ears.
"Your voice is so loud. Calm down." Lucy was steaming in anger.
"I don't care if he just man-handled Bora!" Lucy thought angrily, "No one says I'm as dumb as a cow!"
"Natsu," the boy named Romeo cut in, "Can we just go? I want to beat up Gray again."
"And I want to eat my fish again!" The blue cat stated, nodding sagely. Natsu sighed.
"Alright," Natsu murmured, lifting up his hood again, "Let's go-"
"GROOOOWWWWWLLLLLLL." Everyone froze and turned to stare at Romeo, who was holding his belly.
"Romeo…" Natsu growled. Romeo sighed.
"Alright, alright, I didn't eat your awful bento like you asked me to- sue me." Natsu pinched the bridge of his nose in agitation. Lucy watched the scene unfold as she found the perfect way to pay the trio back for what they did.
Two hours later
"Boy…" Lucy remarked, her eyes widening as she watched a twelve-year old boy gobble down a turkey in only 2 seconds, "You… sure eat a lot."
"Yeah!" Romeo remarked, slurping down a large bowl of ramen while getting some of the soup on his lap, "I'm eating more than usual since I didn't eat Natsu's bento- OW!" Romeo got the side of his head slammed by Natsu's fist.
"Romeo," Natsu briskly said, "Manners, please." Natsu was currently drinking pomegranate juice, which looked more like blood to Lucy.
"And pomegranates are the food of the dead…" Lucy couldn't help but remark quietly to herself.
"Sorry." Romeo started eating more slowly. Happy, the blue cat, was too busy eating his fish to say something.
"So…" Lucy tried to start a new conversation, "A talking, flying, blue cat, huh?" Happy finished eating his fish to look at Lucy.
"Yep. And a talking, idiotic, blonde bimbo, hm?"
"YOU STUPID NEKO!"
"WAH! ROMEO! LUSHIE'S GOING TO EAT ME!" Romeo laughed when Happy dove behind him as he finally finished eating his food.
"Thanks for the food Lucy-san!" Romeo said happily.
"Well," Lucy grinned as the waiter brought the check to the table, "It was no big- TWO-THOUSAND JEWELS?! THAT'S ALMOST ALL MY MONEY!" Lucy wailed in despair. Romeo eyed Lucy warily.
"You know, you could join me and Natsu's guild!" Romeo remarked. Lucy glanced up from the check to stare at Romeo.
"Really! Thanks! What guild are you from?"
"Oh," Romeo grinned at his brother, who glanced away in agitation, "We come from Fairy Tail!"
"FAIRY TAIL?!" Lucy cried out in disbelief, "I'VE BEEN DINING WITH MEMBERS OF FAIRY TAIL?!" Romeo shrugged.
"I guess?"
"Hold on," Lucy leaned forward as she slapped her money onto the check, paying for the food. She remembered when Romeo had attacked Bora.
"Are you… SALAMANDER?!" Romeo raised an eyebrow.
"I… guess?"
"BUT YOU'RE SO YOUNG! HOW THE HELL CAN YOU BE THE LEGENDARY SALAMANDER!"
"Welp," Romeo answered as Lucy slumped down onto the seat, "I am, believe or not." Lucy held her hands to her head for a while before glancing at Natsu.
"And don't tell me... is he….?" Natsu silently slurped his pomegranate juice. Romeo glanced back at Natsu again.
"If you're wondering if he is the Slayer of Death, then yes, he is-"
"HOLY SH*T- WHAT THE F*CK, I'VE BEEN DINING WITH THE SLAYER OF DEATH HIMSELF?! AND I ACTUALLY YELLED AT HIM?! HOLY SH*T, HOLY SH*T, HOLY SH*T-"
"I swear on Acnologia, she is more annoying than Mira and Erza combined," Natsu murmured, rubbing his ears in pain.
"CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE ME TO FAIRY TAIL?! PLEASE?! I'LL DO ANYTHING- ANYTHINNNNGGGGG!"
"Anything?" Happy questioned. Romeo smiled at Natsu.
"Can we take her there? Please Natsu?" Natsu tensed up, staring at Lucy, who was eagerly staring at him back.
"If I say no?" Natsu questioned.
"Then I'll tell Dad to send those pictures of you in your birthday suit to Sorcerer's Weekly."
Magnolia
"Is it true that you placed a lacrima in Romeo's body to give him the powers of a dragon slayer?"
"Yes."
"Is it true that you once destroyed a dark guild with only a pinkie?"
"Yes."
"Is it true-"
"OK," Natsu's right eye was twitching uncontrollably as he was about to explode from all the questions Lucy had asked him, "We're here, so shut up." Lucy stood before the Fairy Tail guild, gaping.
"I can't believe it," Lucy thought out loud, "Today I will become a Fairy Tail mage!"
"Well," Romeo ran to the entrance along with Happy, who was flying next to him, "Are you ready to go in?" Lucy nodded vigorously.
"Yeah!" Romeo grinned and kicked the door open.
"WE'RE BACK!"
You're probably wondering why Romeo is in this story. Simple- I SHIP ROWEN! :D. So, if you didn't realize, I'm going to have Lucy hero-worship Natsu for a few more chapters before she finally settles down. So, next chapter we get introduced into this universes' version of Fairy Tail! Please review! And check out "The Daily Life of A Fairy Tail Mage!"
