Everyone at the table stared at Natsu with disbelief. He was standing right there, with a white cherry blossom in his hands!
"WHAT! Flame-breath, how did you get that?!" Gray screamed, his eyes widening in defeat. Giggling, the said boy twirled the small white flower by the stem.
"That's a secret ice-brain." Groaning, the raven head boy started complaining how his money was going to be gone in a day.
"Natsu!" Lisanna squealed excitedly. "Can I have the cherry blossom? Please?" The pinkette shook his head, the smile still on his face.
"Sorry Lis, but I borrowed this from someone, I have to go give it back now." Turning away Lisanna caught his arm.
"Why do they need it back?" she complained. "Let's just keep, I doubt they need it anyway."
Natsu shook his head. "No Lis, I promised her. Now if you'll excuse." He turned away again leaving the silver haired girl mumbling something bitter under her breath.
Walking around he spotted the blonde surrounded by other people. Must be her friends, he hummed. Walking closer he heard high-pitched screams making his ears ring. Coming up closer, he saw how the kids were yelling, punching, slapping, and kicking the poor girl. "Hey! What're you doing?!" he yelled.
They all turned around surprised to see Natsu there. "Natsu-kun? Wh-what're you doing here?" A girl in the group stuttered. There were about five girls and two boys. In the middle of the group was a beat up blonde, panting heavily on the ground.
"Well I was here to return something to her," the said boy explained angrily, pointing at Lucy who had a stunned expression on her face. All of them looked at the blonde then back at the jock. Natsu growled, "And what do I find? Her being beat up by all of you! Now scram before someone really gets hurt." All of them started scattering in different directions, not wanting to know what the pinkette was going to do to them.
Sighing the jock ran a hand through his pink fluffy hair. Walking up to her, he noticed how she would back up a little with each step. He raised an eyebrow at her. Bending down to her level, he held out the hand that had the cherry blossom in it. She looked up at him confusingly. He was giving the flower back to her? She let out a whimper when he inched closer to her.
"I'm not going to hurt, I promise. Did they hurt you bad?" He whispered. Using his free hand he touched one of her shoulder that caused her to wince painfully. Pulling back he tugged the top of her shirt down to see a big bruise staining her skin. Frowning, he put the flower behind her ear before picking her up bridal style.
Walking down to the nurse's office, he knocked gently on the door. "Come in," a sweet voice called. Struggling not to let the girl drop from his arms he managed to open the door swiftly. Nurse Strauss looked up smiling witch dropped when she saw the blonde in the boys arms.
"Oh my what happened?" the nurse gasped, getting up from her chair to study the girl.
"She was getting beat up." He frowned with the woman.
"Come, come. We have to patch up the poor girl." She commanded, leading Natsu to one of the infirmary's beds.
"Now let's see what we have here. Can you tell me where it hurts dear?" the nurse asked sweetly. Lucy just pointed to her shoulder and one of her legs. It hurt around the arms too, but she couldn't risk letting them see the scars she had. Nurse Strauss went busy to bandaging her shoulder and beat up legs. When they were done, the last bell rang telling everyone that was school was over.
"There," the silver haired woman chirped, cutting the bandage off the roll. She turned to the boy, smiling sweetly, "Natsu, do you mind helping Lucy get her stuff and make sure she gets home safely?" The pinkette smiled, nodding his head in agreement.
Helping her off the bed, he slung one of her arms around his shoulder. Leading her out, he asked. "Hey, where's your locker anyway?" Lucy pointed to the right,
"Down that hallway, locker 777..." Nodding, the jock helped the nerd down the hall to her locker.
Doing her combination, she pulled out her backpack, which Natsu snatched away from her. Looking at him strangely he smiled down at her, "I'm not letting an injured person carry their heavy ass backpack home." Smiling gratefully up at him, they made their way to the front of the school.
The next thing happened in a blur. Lucy was pushed to the ground and let out a sharp yelp in pain when she came in contact to the floor. Two arms were sung around Natsu neck as a pair of lips met his.
When Lisanna parted from Natsu she smirked evilly at the girl who was struggling to get off the ground but her deep scratched legs kept her from doing so. "What're you doing with this little girl, Natsu? Is she bothering you? I can take care of her for you." Hearing that the blonde's eyes widened as she scooted away quickly from the couple, unshed tears sparkling in her eyes.
The boy noticed the scared look in her eyes. Putting a hand on his girlfriends shoulder before she could take a step forward. "Don't Lis, she's not bothering me at all. And she's been beat up already, so why would you do it?" She gave her boyfriend a glare, a scowl tugging her lips.
"Oh come on Natsu! She's like, the school's punching bag for Pete's sake! She's meant to beat up. Why are you defending her?!" the said girl yelled.
Glaring back at her, he stalked passed her and helped the blonde up, gently putting her in the same position she was in before. Walking out of the building he peered over his shoulder to see the silver haired teenager gawking at them. "I thought you were better than that Lisanna. The Lisanna I knew would always help a person in need, especially when they needed it most."
Walking the rest of the way in silence she heard her mumble something. "What was that?" he asked.
She looked up at him with a frown. "Why did you help me? I'm a nerd and you're a jock. You're supposed to be beating me up right now while laughing about how pathetic I am."
He scoffed, "Why would I do that? I want to see people happy, not sad. And look at you, you look like you've been sad for a while, am I right?" she nodded shyly, looking away with a slight blush on her cheeks.
After a few more minutes of silence, the blonde pointed up ahead. "That's my house, the bright brown one." Nodding, he led her all the way to the front step.
"Do you need help getting inside?" he asked.
She shook her head, "No, but thanks anyways." She opened the door but before she could go inside Natsu called out to her,
"By the way, I'm Natsu!" She smiled; her chest ached with a new feeling that she's never felt before.
"I'm Lucy!"
A blonde man groaned, his back slumping against the plane seat. "Are we there yet?" he asked glumly. The other blonde glared at his younger brother.
"No, can you be quiet now?"
The younger one groaned again, "How much longer?" the older man growled in irritation.
"Ten hours, then we have to go on another plane that'll last three hours."
The blonde moaned in agony, "Laxus, I want to see Lucy now though!"
Laxus glared at his brother, "And you don't think I want to either?" he shrugged.
Sighing, Laxus pinched the bridge of his nose, "Sting, I know it's hard. We haven't seen Lucy in five years, but you got to be patient. When we get to the next airport we'll call her to check up on her, okay?"
Sting's look brightened immediately, "Alright!" he cheered.
Settling down in his seat, the blue-eyed male closed his eyes and started snoring loudly making tick marks on Laxus's forehead. This was going to be a long flight.
A/N: Hello everyone! How's it going? I've read your reviews and it make me happy you guys are supporting me through this. I just want to say thanks to all the follows, fav's, and reviews.
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Glorianna21- That was one of the points of the story, to have a white cherry blossom in it! I hope you like this chapter!
Tacolady22 (Guest)- Thanks for the late birthday shout out! I still haven't said anything about the school the characters are going to are a high school. Thanks for the great comments! Hope you come by soon!
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