*Beware of foul language and mild violence*
Natsu lay sprawled out on the grass of the school's rooftop garden. Above him stood the school's prized rainbow sakura tree. Little beams of light seeped through the leaves of the tree and danced across his still body. His usually rowdy and childish attitude was replaced with a calm and peaceful one. Natsu closed his eyes and enjoyed the warmth the sun gave him.
Rolling over he looked at the only other person with him at the moment; a breath taking girl that seemed to be an angel fallen from heaven.
She was curled up against him using his chest as a pillow while she slept. Reaching over with his free hand he carefully brushed a stray piece of her hair away from her face. He smiled softly as she leaned into his touch, slowly awakening from her slumber. Her big eyes stared loving at him and she smiled up at him, her smile seemingly made just for him.
"Natsu" she whispered his name softly.
God he loved the way his name sounded when she said it.
"Natsu" she said a little louder shaking his shoulder lightly with one of her petit hands.
He wished he could just lay there all day with the love of his life in his arms. Nothing could ruin this moment.
"NATSU!"
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Natsu slowly opened his eyes and blinked to focus his sleepy eyes, his still sleep fogged mind hadn't caught up to the fact that he was no longer asleep and dreaming.
Absentmindedly he closed his eyes and rolled over to cuddle closer to the girl that had been resting in his arms.
Instead of grasping the smooth porcelain skin like he had expected his arms instead grasped a small furry body that was shaking his shoulder (much like the girl had been) and pulled it in for a cuddle.
The furry thing he grabbed apparently didn't like being crushed against his toned chest and began making muffled sounds of panic while struggling against his iron grasp.
"Natsu-nii stop! You're going to suffocate Happy!" a young female voice cried and was followed by a couple of snickers.
Slowly Natsu's mind managed to wake up enough to realise that people were laughing.
Natsu opened his eyes slightly and looked down at the thing in his arms. Instead of seeing the beautiful mystery girl from his dream like he expected; he saw the squirming blue form of his best friend and feline Happy.
Natsu released his cat (who had along with the other cats flown to the school to see their friends) and sat up quickly looking around at his surroundings in a panic, if Happy was the one in his arms then where was the girl? Where was his mate?
"Oi Salamander calm down" the gruff voice of Gajeel caught his attention but Natsu ignored him and continued his panicked search.
"Shit where is she? WHERE IS SHE?!" he roared when he finally realised that the girl was nowhere to be found.
"Flame brain calm your balls it was just a dream" Natsu turned and faced his friends that were watching him with concern. Natsu narrowed his eyes at Gray. "What do you mean it was just a dream?" he asked his rival. Gray rolled his eyes and explained.
"You fell into one of your food induced comas" he started referring to Natsu's habit of falling to sleep after eating a lot. "You've been asleep for fifteen minutes, now would you mind explaining to us why you're so worked up?"
Natsu leaned back against the tree, so it was all just a dream huh? Damn it seemed so real he thought sadly.
He turned his head and looked at the faces of his friends, family, and nakama.
First there was the Strauss triplets, all of them were members of the Fire pack. Next there was Erza, Gajeel's right hand to be, she was a member of the Metal pack. Cana and her boyfriend/mate Laxus were there too, both of them are a part of the Wind pack. Then of course there was Gray, Gajeel, and Wendy. Both Wendy and Gajeel were accompanied by their feline partners; Pantherlily and Charle.
Natsu closed his eyes and scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. He let out a defeated sigh and leaned back resting his head against the tree. He turned his gaze up to the clouds floating overhead.
"I think I may have just dreamed of my mate" he muttered quietly hoping they wouldn't hear him.
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"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" Lisanna, Mira and Wendy shrieked in happiness and tackled him to the ground in a massive hug.
"Natsu I can't believe it congrats!" Lisanna laughed happily congratulating her childhood friend. Wendy nodded in agreement, "Ya Natsu-nii congrats! Mom and Dad will be so happy!"
Ok explanation time
In werewolf society when a young werewolf has a dream, such as the one Natsu had, it means that their 'inner wolf' had decided on a person that it sees fit to be that wolf's mate/life partner. Having this dream also means that Natsu will be able to go through with the coming of age ceremony, which involves marking one's chosen mate.
K that's all
Natsu felt his face get warm as a bright red blush flushed across his cheeks.
"Wendy not you too!" he whined, it was embarrassing enough having his childhood friends coo at him about having 'the dream' but his little sister's teasing was too much.
"Oh Natsu don't be such a downer! Now the three of you can go through with the ceremony" Mira said referring to how all three boys (Natsu, Gray and Gajeel) had all had their 'dreams'.
"Damn looks like ash face finally decided to man up huh?" Gray snickered at his rival causing Gajeel to starting laughing as well, secretly both of them were happy for their long-time friend.
Abruptly Mira stood up and clapped her hands together, a devilish smirk caused the edges of her mouth to curl upwards. "Alright now that Natsu's gone through his dream now we can go in search of your mates and bring the six of you together" she said in a too cheerful tone.
Now had this been anyone else that comment would have just been brushed off or shot down. But this was Mira aka Demon matchmaking Mirajane once she got a love related thought in her head then there was no going back.
The three boys in question paled and began to panic.
"It's a trap" Gajeel muttered fearfully.
"Run!" Natsu cried, making a bee-line for the stairs, the other two hot on his tail.
Their friends watched their retreating figures in amusement.
"Mira-nee is it necessary to scare the poor boys like that?" Lisanna questioned her sister. Mira smiled, "I can't help it! They're just too cute!"
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Natsu huffed angrily as he kicked a stray pop can down the dimly lit street. His hands were stuffed in his pockets and a frustrated expression was evident on his tanned face.
Why the hell can't I remember?! He thought sourly.
Ever since he had that damn dream of his, a few hours ago, he couldn't seem to remember exactly what his 'dream girl' looked like. Thus leading to his horrible mood.
Gray and Gajeel walked a few paces behind their troubled friend. Since the two of them had already had their dreams they under stood the frustration of not being able to remember the face of their "mate to be". Luckily for them school was over so they didn't have to worry about Natsu lashing out in anger and breaking school property and getting in trouble.
Or at least that's what they thought until Natsu punched a street lap to let out some steam and nearly knocked the bloody thing over (werewolf strength). Hopefully he wouldn't try and break anything else-
CREEEEEEEEEEEAAKKKKK CRASH
Turns out Natsu punched that street light harder than they thought seeing as how it had just fallen over and had crushed a nearby car.
The boys stared at the car for a moment before the car's alarm cut through the silence of the evening. Lights began to flick on inside the homes on the street as their owners went to look out at what had caused the vehicle's alarm to go off.
"You dumbass!" Gray roared as he brought his fist down on the top of Natsu's head, thus resulting in a large bulge on Natsu's head and an inevitable fight. Gajeel rolled his eyes at their antics, now as much as he would love to watch the two of them clobber the crap out of each other he knew there were bigger problems at hand.
He grabbed the two of them by the collars of their shirts and pulled them into a nearby alley.
"Save the fighting for later you morons, for now we have to focus on getting out of here" he growled at the two idiots getting dragged behind him. If they didn't escape quickly then they would have to explain to the authorities how one teenage guy managed to completely knock over a street lamp.
The two of them nodded and took off behind Gajeel through multiple alley ways until they reached the darker outskirts of town.
"This *huff* is all *huff* your fault *wheeze* you idiot" Gray growled at Natsu as they all attempted to catch their breath.
"Shut up *huff* ice prick" Natsu glared at his rival.
A loud shuffling to their left caught the three boys' attention. They grouped together and toned into their surroundings.
A hunched over figure hobbled out of the shadows towards them. It had a human like appearance but instead of teeth this thing had what could only be described as long jagged bone jutting out of its gums. Its eyes were black and soulless while in contrast to the eyes its skin was a sickly unnatural pale white. Its eyes narrowed at the boys before letting out a horrible clicking hiss (A/N: For those who have played Last of Us it sounds like a clicker) and charged at them with surprising speed.
With little difficulty for the young werewolves the boys jumped out of the way into battle stances.
"What the hell is a crawler doing here?!" Natsu hissed before being forced to jump away again as the crawler charged a second time. Although unlike the last time Gajeel stayed where he was and stared the incoming creature down.
With a practiced hand he turned his arm into solid iron and charged forward to meet the beast.
"Go back to hell you bastard!" he growled crushing the creature's head into the ground causing it to be squished like a pancake, he held what was left of the creature down until the body finally stopped moving. The crawler's blood pooled around the body creating a crimson puddle.
Gajeel stepped back and watched with the rest of the guys as the crawler's body turned to ash and disintegrated.
Gray kicked the remaining ashes around as Gajeel attempted to wipe the blood off his arm.
"Hey Salamander you smell any more surprises around here?" Gajeel asked Natsu, out of the three of them Natsu had the best nose.
Natsu tilted his head up slightly and closed his eyes sniffing the evening air for any more danger that may be lurking. His eyes snapped open.
"Shit" he muttered.
"More crawlers" Gray stated rather than asked.
Natsu nodded, "Ya and blood, lots of it" he said before taking off down the alley that the crawler had come from earlier.
The two dark haired males swore under their breaths before taking off after the pink hair teen.
Looks like this was going to be a long night.
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Lucy unsheathed her twin blades (think machete) from their crossed sheaths on her back and faced the large group of crawlers in front of her. Her blonde hair flowed past her shoulder blades and swayed in the slight breeze. With the setting sun her she glared at the hellish creatures that stood before her.
She stood there back to back with her blood sister Juvia (A/N: a blood sister/brother is someone you have fought along with in battle and have formed a sisterly/brotherly bond with). Her navy blue hair fell around her waist flowing like ocean waves, her whole body was illuminated by the glowing magic circle beneath her feet.
Both girls smirked at the terrifying creatures before them.
"Come and get it boys" Lucy purred.
The crawlers cried out in unison before charging at the two "defenceless" girls.
Lucy and Juvia pressed forward, both of them going in opposite directions.
Lucy charged head long into the mob and let her body go into auto pilot, something that could only be achieved through years of hard laborious training. Jump, slice, sever, stab, and kill it all became as natural as breathing. Killing these things never bothered her, except for when it came time to wash her clothes then it was annoying. If killing these mindless killers bothered her in any way then she never would have been able to become a protector of humanity; A hunter.
Lucy's eyes fell Juvia as she fought her portion of the mob. She watched as Juvia's water practically turned the crawlers around her into bleeding pin cushions.
One crawler after the next fell as Lucy and Juvia plowed through the shrinking horde with ease.
Eventually there was only one of the damned creatures left, it looked back and forth between Lucy and Juvia unsure of what it should do.
"How many have you got so far Lucy?" Juvia asked looking around the crawler and at her blood sister.
"57" Lucy said with a grin, the two girls challenged each other by counting how many crawler they kill in one night.
Juvia smirked in return, "then it looks like we're tied"
Both girls' eyes fell on the final crawler that stood a few feet between them. Without so much as a word both girls took off the soon to be (re)dead creature.
Just second before either girl could land a hit on the thing a muffled pop suddenly sounded from the top of a nearby roof top, a bullet whizzed through the air and imbedded itself in-between the eyes of the crawler. The creature shuddered slightly before its knees gave out and it fell forward turning to ash before it hit the ground.
Both Lucy and Juvia frowned at the disappearing creature before glaring at the crouched figure on the roof top.
"59! Suck it ladies!" cried a small pixie like girl with wild sky blue hair.
"Looks like Levy wins again" Juvia said with a sigh, Lucy nodded and crossed her arms over her large chest as she watched her other blue haired sister jump around the roof in celebration. "She only won because of that stupid sniper rifle of hers" Lucy muttered childishly, she nodded at the large firearm that was now strapped to Levy's back along with two smaller hand guns strapped to her thighs.
Levy tightened the straps holding her "baby" in place on her back before taking a running start off the edge of the building. She did a slight front flip and landed on her hunches a few feet away from the other two.
"Don't be such a sore loser Lu-chan" Levy teased in a giddy tone as she skipped over to her sisters, "I won fair and square"
Lucy stuck her tongue out playfully
"Come on you two we should head back to the guild, master said he wanted to talk to us remember?" Juvia said reminding about the request they had been briefed about earlier that day.
Levy nodded and started to take off in the direction of the woods that housed their guild and home, but before she could even start running she was stopped by Lucy. More specifically Lucy's outstretched foot trying (and succeeding) to trip her.
THUMP
"LU-CHAN!"
Lucy burst out laughing and took off running, knowing better than to stick around. Levy scrambled off the ground and sped off after the blonde, all the while cursing her. Juvia giggled at her sister's antics before she too took off after them.
The three girls were completely unaware of the three figures that had watched the entire battle from the shadows.
This was going to get interesting….
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