Chapter 3 – Pre-date

Here it is, chapter 3. Wow that that was fast. Anyway enjoy.

~PREVIOUSLY~

"I'll ask Wendy-san out if you ask Lucy-nee." Romeo said with a stubborn expression on his face and a slight blush colouring his cheeks. Natsu chuckled. He knew that when Romeo got like this he would never back down. After all, he was, pretty much, a mini Natsu.

"Deal," they shook on it.

~TO LUCY~

"Wendy, I think Romeo likes you, do you like him?" Lucy asked, teasing. Wendy puffed out her cheeks and pouted. She looked so KAWAI! Lucy laughed.

"I'll take that as a yes." Wendy laughed too.

"I can't stay mad at you, Lucy-san," she said smiling.

~THAT NIGHT : ROMEO'S HOUSE~
*Brrrrrrrring*

Macao, Romeo's father, answered the door to find Natsu standing there, grining like an idiot.

"Natsu," Macao said, his mustache quivering.

'Why is this pink-haired, destructive lunatic at my house?'

"Sup Macao, is Romeo in?" Natsu bluntly laid down the reason for his visit, almost like he read the forth master's mind.

Meanwhile a distressed fire mage looked at his flowers, red roses and blue forget-me-nots, except the colours had faded when he accidently burned them to a crisp.

"…Romeo in?"The purple haired boy perked up when he heard his name. he sprinted downstairs and saw a flash of pink behind his father, Macao.

"Natsu-nii, I need help. I destroyed her present. It's ruined, nothing but a pile of ash!" The worried boy sighed and looked at the floor. He said to himself.

'I'm going to ruin everything. I don't deserve Wendy, she needs a strong man. Strong enough to protect her. Someone who can't cause harm. He let his emotions run high and destroyed the precious gift for her. How in Earthland could he protect her with magic like that?'

"Ro, chill. I have a better idea." Natsu said, his grin was infectious and soon Romeo was smiling to. Macao, however, had seen the evil glint in his eye and silently prayed he still had a house later.

Romeo can use and magic called Rainbow Fire, this ability allows him to change the colour of his fire. Each fire has a different property and Romeo knew five so far.

"So, Ro show me your fires again," Natsu demanded. Romeo held up his hand,

"Yellow, smelly fire."

The fire changed,

"Blue, cold fire."

The fire changed again,

"Purple, sticky fire."

And again,

"Red, normal fire."

For the last time,

"And white," he blushed "Wendy's fire."

Natsu caught the blush and smirked.

"Wendy's fire?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It has healing properties. It's riddled with the Sky magic Wendy uses, so I named it after her." Romeo answered, still blushing.

Natsu lit his finger with fire and scribbled a word in his untidy scrawl to explain his plan to Romeo.

'Fireworks'

Romeo stared at him in disbelief.

"How do you expect me to make fireworks?" he whisper-shouted so his dad wouldn't hear. Natsu just grinned and jumped out the window, beckoning for Romeo to follow.

Once outside, Natsu told Romeo to shoot his different fires into the sky and make them collide with each other. Sure enough he made fireworks. They shot across the sky, illuminating the places the moon and stars missed.

Romeo grinned. Natsu was a genius!

"Let's go then," Natsu said, dragging him out the door and they headed towards Fairy Hills with Happy in tow. Wendy lived in Fairy Hills with the little, white exceed called Carla.

Unbeknownst to the fire users and neko, a shadow was trailing after them. Not a small shadow or a stranger's shadow. This was the shadow of Gajeel Redfox. Wendy was like a little sister to him and there was no way in hell that he was going to trust the Salamander with her well being. He would follow them and if Wendy got hurt, he was going to whoop the sorry little asses so hard, they'll be having nightmares about him til the day they die.

~FAIRY HILLS~

"Lucy-san, could you help me please?" Wendy asked. Lucy had just arrived at Fairy Hills, the female-only dorm, and the boys were due any minute. Lucy squealed when she saw the young drago slayer all dressed up.

"Lucy-san!" Wendy glared at her (she was too like her 'brothers' the two older dragons in Fairy Tail) and Lucy saw she was extremely worried. God, she was taking this date too seriously, but she was a dragon after all. They chose one person in their whole life, a 'mate'. Lucy remembered Natsu telling her.

~FLASHBACK~

"Natsu, why don't you just get a girlfriend?" Lucy asked, tired of paying for the abnormal amount of food her partner ate.

"Can't Luce," he answered simply.

"Why not? "

"One: 'cause I'm a dragon," he said, his mouth still full of food. He swallowed, took a deep breath and began to explain things to the bewildered Lucy.

"Dragons don't 'date' as you call it, we wait, we find our soul mate and we ask them to be our mate. If they accept us, we will share a bond greater than any other and will feel each other's feelings, hear each other's thoughts, speak without words. I, as a fire dragon will have a dragon coiled around a flame appear on my mate when she accepts me (also wherein the brand that belongs to her on myself). This will protect her from all forms of fire. Only males can give this protection. While you marry, we don't. We pledge our lives to each other. Mating is pretty much marriage to us. And two….."

'Who knew Natsu was such a romantic?!'

"….. I have already picked my mate, I'm waiting for her to feel able to accept me for more than a friend."

Lucy looked at him disappointed. 'I guess that means he doesn't like me like I like him. O well, I'll just have to cheer and love him from the sidelines.'

~FLASHBACK END~

She chuckled ad called out Cancer to do Wendy's hair before she started on make-up. Natsu, Lucy, Happy and Carla were accompanying Wendy and Romeo on their date as the kids weren't allowed to go out on their own after dark. The doorbell rang so Wendy, Lucy and Carla went to meet the boys.

Wendy answered the door with Lucy and Carla behind her. Natsu, Romeo and Happy's jaws dropped at the visions of angels standing in front of them.

Gajeel laughed his unusual laugh. 'Geehee, well the Shrimp's in good hands if Bunny Girl's with them.'

With that he left and allowed them to get on with their 'triple date' or whatever it was. He had a girl and a cat to take care of.

Right done, that took longer than expected. Anyway, hope you enjoyed. Please review.