Chapter Four
Dragon Slayer
"Hey, Natsu I'll go collect the-" Levy once again nearly blew our cover, and once again was stopped by Gajeel
"Come on, Shrimp, you gotta be more careful than that." His large hand covering her face "Thats like the fifth time now." He muttered as he carried her away by her face
"What was that about Natsu?" Lucy lifted her head from my shoulder to look at me
"Nothing, Luce," My charcoal orbs staring passionately into hers "It's nothing."
"No," She leaned back slightly, her amber gaze flicking in between my eyes "What is it."
"Nothing." I repeated, staring back into her eyes
"Natsu." She held a stern look
"Lucy." I looked back at her, my smile fading into a straight face "It's nothing important, just a thing between me, Levy and Gajeel." It felt terrible lying to her. Im not going to be doing this often.
"Fine." Lucy turned her head, a annoyed look on her face
"Oh, come on Luce," I put my hand under her chin, pulling her to face me. She averted her eyes, a sour look still on her face "Luce? Luuuceee?"
She grunted at me, and her face twisted more. You stubborn little girl. Lucy pulled her arms from my neck and crossed them in front of her. I wrapped my arm around her back to keep her from moving away when she leaned back more. I can't ruin the surprise. That'd be rude.
I know exactly what will pull her out of that mood. Just place my finger under her chin and pull her in for a kiss... She'd probably be more confused than anything else as of to why I did that… But she also might kiss me back. Then she'd be mine, and I wouldn't have to be paranoid and possessive like Gajeel. Heh, who am I kidding? I'd be eight times as possessive.
I laughed lightly and let her go "Fine, be that way." I turned around and started walking towards the 'king.'
If she's going to act that way though, I'll just go collect the money and go home then. I danced with her, so Erza isn't going to kill me, I did my job, all I have to do is tell the gang and get the money. It would be nice to dance with her again, this time without her-
"Alright, fine, I'll find someone else to dance with. I dont need you Natsu."
I sharp pain exploded in my chest when she said so. I know she's just being stubborn, and she doesn't mean it in that way, but that really hurt. I put my hand on my chest and kept walking, only to be met by Levy before I could get out of view of the stubborn blonde that I loved.
"Here you go," Levy smiled, pushing a silver suitcase my direction
I looked back to Lucy to make sure she wasn't facing me, then I grabbed the suitcase and headed towards the door "Thanks," I muttered under my breath "If she starts looking for me tell her I'm heading home, but uh.." I looked around "Don't tell Erza…"
"Okay!" Levy smiled
"If she asks I'm not lying." Gajeel huffed duly, ruby red gaze elsewhere
"Alright, bye!" I turned and waved, bumping into someone as I did so
"Hey, you simple-minded buffoon!" The man glared at me, his colorful blue gaze sending daggers
I looked back at him, then raised my hand to a fist and set it aflame with a smile "You wanna go?!" A devilish grin painted its way onto my face
The man looked at my hand, then removed his hat, revealing his short, blue guy had rather broad shoulders, and skinny arms. His hair was curly and everywhere, with the sides shorter than the top. We were about the same hieght, him being a small bit taller. His legs where longer than normal peoples, just like mine. We had a oddly similar build.. It kinda creeped me out… His hair having navy blue tips, with the rest of it being a dull sort of sky blue, if the sky had a light gray tint. His hair gave away the fact that he wasn't a non-wizard, unless he was one of those people. His eyes had navy blue rims, which quickly faded to a very bright blue near his pupil, only for the pupil to be rimmed with white.
His stance and voice quickly changed to something way less formal "Hell ya!" He rose his fists aswell "I didn't know mages went to these kinds of things!" A large toothy grin, similar to mine, plastered on his face
"Wait aren't you-"
"Natsu," Erza's voice startled me "If you break anything here," A cold pause made me gulp and drop the suitcase "You will be a woman by the time I'm done with you."
I crossed my legs and put my hands over my crotch. I then looked back to see the furious red-head glaring at me, her sword in hand "A-aye, sir…" I whimpered looking back to my soon to be opponent "H-how ab-about we go outsi-side?"
"You scared of her?" He looked back to Erza, then started laughing "I'm assuming she's in your guild to have had you scared like that."
"A-aye," I straightened up slightly when Erza walked in front of me "I-I would ru-run if I were you.."
"Hello," The blue haired man stuck out his hand "I'm Flask. Flask Dorndale, and you are?"
Erza looked at his hand for a moment, before roughly grabbing his hand, squeezing tightly. The bluenette, Flask, slightly cringed at the pain "I am Erza Scarlet. Also known as Titania, Queen of the Fairies." The boldness of her voice sending chills down my spine.
"Who?"
Erza fell to her knees, amber gaze spaced out to nowhere and her face holding a expression similar to one who's had their heart ripped out, hammered into millions of pieces, then had the dust put back in there chest.
Hmm…
"Anyway…" Flask rose his fists again "Let's go!"
"Yea-" I looked back down to Erza "Can we go outside?" I looked around to see a small crowd surrounding us
"Come on, Pinkie!" He slapped his fist with his hand "Let's amuse the crowd!"
He's one for a show? This should be fun.
I stood up tall and tilted my head to the side, a smug smile on my face. I pointed to myself with my thumb and said "You should prove that you're worthy enough to fight someone as powerful and strong as me!"
Flask lowered his fists "Aren't powerful and strong the same th-"
"Come and find me, Blue!" I grinned before darting towards the ballroom doors, forcing my way through the crowd, and then pushing open the doors and forcing them closed. I jumped onto the roof of the ball room and laid down flat on the slanted gold tiles
Flask burst through the doors, quickly followed by several people. I strong breeze blew up, allowing me to catch his scent, which was thickly covered by the bystanders. I'll sneak up behind him after he runs in whatever direction he thinks I've gone. I watched his face carefully, deeply inhaling his scent. He'll never see me coming. The breeze stopped, before switching directions and blowing down the roof and into the streets. His nose twitched and he lifted his head, nose still twitching. Is he..?
His gaze quickly flicked up to me "I found you!" I grinned, jumping up fist in the air
"Eh?!" With me to shocked to react, her ended up punching me in the back on the head, slamming my face into the tiles, causing them to break "Heh," I quickly rolled over and kicked him across the roof "You did, huh?" I grinned as I wiped some of the shards from the tiles off my face
This kids got the nose of a dragon. I laughed, causing him to change form a fighting stance to a normal one. Lets see if he's got the skills of one.
I ran at him, fists blazing and his stance quickly changed and he just barely jumped out of my way. I jumped up after him and caught him by the leg, spinning and throwing him onto the roof across the street, only for him to catch himself, and skid across the roof. We both ran for each other and meet in the middle, just above a gap that fell down into a alleyway. When we met, I punched him in the stomach and forced him down towards the alley, only for him to grab me by my ankle and slam me down onto the concrete.
"Shit," I sat up, rolling my shoulders "You're pretty damn quick."
He looked at me with a slightly surprised look "You're tough as fuck."
I grinned up and him and quickly ran his direction, landing a strong uppercut. His head snapped back down and he spin around and kicked me in the side, only for me to block it with my fore arm. He didn't give me a chance to attack before he swung his fist around to my face, I successfully ducked out of the way and swung my foot around to knock him off his feet. He jumped just in time and came down with a fist aimed at my chest, and I rolled out of the way.
I forced my legs up, then I quickly rolled back down and landed on my feet, running at him with fists blazing, Flask jumped up and behind me. I quickly turned and caught his fist in between my arms, spinning it around and forcing him to the ground. I threw down my fist, only for him to roll out of the way, causing me to slam my fist into the cold, damp concrete, forming a small hole.
"Fuck," I set my fists aflame again "Hold still so I can kick your ass!" I ran at him again, sending many punches in his direction, only for him to duck out of the way.
"I will if you do the same!" He sent a forceful punch into my stomach, knocking me back slightly
I quickly thrust myself forward, ramming my head into his stomach
Slightly frustrated with the fact that only about 5 of my many advances hit him, I stood straight up, letting my flames engulf my arms "Alright buddy," I crouched down, the grin on my face fading away "Let's get serious."
Flask did the same, but without the flames before he stood up again "Why are we fighting?"
Oh shit.
"Why not..?" I tilted my head to the side
"Fair enough." Flask shrugged, ripping off his suit to reveal a tight navy blue shirt that hugged his chiseled abs
If I were a girl I would probably lick him or something. Um… What...?
I took off my suit as well, showing my scarf, which was snugly tied around my abdomen. I untied my scarf and loosely wrapped it around my neck before refocusing on Flask. With a sly grin, I quickly ran up to him, arms still aflame as I threw multiple punches towards his head, only for him to dodge them
"Maybe I should use my magic too." He grinned at me, catching my fists and putting out the fire on both of them with.. water?
"Ugh," I pulled my hands away, flicking of the liquid that made it all the way to my elbows "What the fuck is this shit?"
Flask grinned at me, his blueful gaze giving me chills "I am Flask Dorndale. The Water Dragon Sla-" I punched him in the stomach before he had a chance to finish, then again before he could recover "You cheap mother-" I spun around and kicked him in the head, knocking him down to the ground
"Natsu Dragneel," I stuck out my hand "Of Fairy Tail," He grabbed my hand and I pulled him up and kneed him in the stomach, causing him to lean over on me "The Fire Dragon Slayer," I pushed him off and to the ground, he rolled onto his back, looking me in the eye "And I don't take being a Dragon Slayer as a joke."
I turned around and looked at the large crowd at the end of the alley way, muttering things about Fairy Tail and Dragons Slayers. I began walking towards the crowd to leave, only to be stopped when a wet hand grabbed my shoulder firmly
"You know how to take some cheap shots," His arm wrapped around my neck, slamming me to the ground "I don't take being a Dragon Slayer as a joke either," with one hand placed firmly on my chest, he punched me in the stomach "Cause I am one."
I caught his second punch and rolled him to the floor as well "Prove it." Flames erupted from my feet, allowing me to shoot into the air and onto the roof of the building across from the ballroom again "Fire Dragon…" I held out for a second, then he popped up from the alley "ROAR!" Fire erupted from my mouth, quickly heading towards Flask
"Water Drag-" My flames were too quick and hit him, sending him at least 10 buildings away "Fuck.." He groaned jumping up
I ran at him, vision blurring. Locked on target. "Fire Dragon…!"
"Water Dragon…!"
"ROAR!"
"Roar!"
My flames erupted faster than his, giving me the advantage, but quickly the water started to chip away at my flames. I gave another burst of energy and steam quickly built up in the area. I could hardly see 5 yards ahead of me before I withdrew my attack and ducked under Flask's, trying follow it to his location. His roar was halted, so I quickly threw another roar in his direction.
When the steam started getting worse I knew he was doing the same. I tried pulling the same tactic, but Erza appeared in front of me with Wendy.
Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit ass fuck bitch whore. She's going to kill me and I don't know why.
"Natsu." Erza's amber flecks sent an icey chill down my spine "You were leaving.." SHIIIIIIIITTTTTTT "And you left the suitcase of money behind. Luckily, Happy was watching you and picked up the suitcase before anyone else could."
"Shit.." Behind Erza I could see Flask's shadow
"So you're surprise was nearly ruined," Erza crossed her arms "And you put a heavy layer of fog all over town. Juvia's trying to figure out a way to get rid of it without flooding the town."
"Oh," I moved my head around Erza, looking at Flask, who had moved closer
"I'll take care of it," Flask came into a clear view, his gaze locked on Erza "Ezra, right?" He pointed at her
"E-Ezra...?" Erza fell to her knees again, a very depressed look on her face
"Well Natsu," Flask stuck out his hand "I guess I won't see you around."
"Whaddya mean? We might bump into each other in multi-guild requests." I set my hand aflame before grabbing his, and he quickly reacted by forming a ball of water around his.
"I don't think so," Both of our magic intensified, causing more steam and we pushed our foreheads together "I don't have a guild."
Both me and Wendy looked at him for a while before we huddled up, dragging Erza with us.
"What do you think?" Wendy spoke quietly, amber gaze on me
"Five Dragon Slayers in one guild? We'd win the Grand Magic Games every year!" I stood up tall, before looking back to Flask and leaning down again
"So he's strong?"
"Well of course," I looked back at him again "He's a Dragon Slayer."
Flask looked at us, before looking into the steam and scratching his head.
"Are you sure?" Wendy whispered
Flask quickly looked over to Wendy, his colorful orbs wide with insult "Of course I'm a Dragon Slayer!" He huffed angrily "You wanna take me on little girl!?" Her clenched his fists
"Well," I laughed "He acts like one!" A grin on my face as we turned back to Erza, who was still on the floor "What do you think Erzy-a… Erza?" I gulped hoping she wouldn't notice the slip of her pet name
"I think another Dragon Slayer would be wonderful!" Erza quickly stood up, facing away from all of us "I'll make sure he never forgets my name again." I could see her grin from the other side of her face as she held her fists up
Flask ignored Erza's comment, and began eating the steam the heavy cloud of mist quickly dissipating away as he did so. He cleared most of it before he had to take a breather, accidentally letting out a small cloud of the fog. "Jeez Natsu," Flask looked up at me "For a Fire-type mage, you sure as hell know how to deal with water."
"What can I say?" I grinned standing up "It's not just me thats hot."
"Erzy..." Wendy repeated, to low for a human to hear. "I don't think another person for you to fight 24/7 would be healthy for you Natsu."
"Oh come on Wendy!" I grinned at her "This would be great for me! I could fight them both and get stronger! I wouldn't have to worry about Erza anymore, and I could finally make it to S Class!"
"Heh," Flask finished the steam before letting out a loud burp
"If that's not worthy of Fairy Tail, nothing is!" I walked up to him and patted him on the back, before looking over to the building the ball was being held, Lucy and the rest of the gang waiting by a carriage. I looked over to Erza, who was still facing away from everyone and mumbling something about Flask
Now's my chance…
I grabbed Flask by the ear and lowly whispered; "Follow me if you get motion sickness."
Before he had a chance to ask why, I began running towards the gang, Gajeel in sight. He watched me run at him for a second, before his stance became aggressive "GAJEEL NOW IS THE PERFECT CHANCE TO RUN!"
Gajeel raised his brow at me "From what?"
"A WONDERFUL FOUR HOUR RIDE IN A CARRIAGE!" I ran past him, Flask swiftly following
"WELL SHIT, I'D WALK FOR HOURS ANY DAY!" I heard Gajeel yell behind me, but louder than it would have been if he stayed where he was, so I knew he had decided to follow
I started to slow, then I heard a fourth pair of footsteps. Curious, I turned to see Erza in her normal armour, and it nearly scared the actual shit out of me "FUCK SHIT BITCH FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!" I screeched, the fear causing me to run faster, leaving Flask and Gajeel behind
I assume Gajeel caught on, because he was right next to me quick "I don't get what's so scary about her." Flask spoke, a bit behind me and Gajeel
"Fuckin'." Gajeel spoke back, his voice cracking "Everything…"
We're going to turn, and he's not gonna know that he was supposed to turn and he's gonna get caught by Erza…. But that gives me and Gajeel a chance to escape….
I looked over to Gajeel, and we both nodded at each other, and abruptly turned.
"Shit!" I heard Flask huff, then the skidding from his shoes when he tried to stop "SHIT!" He yelled again, and I heard the familiar 'CLONK' of Erza's sword on concrete "SHIIIITTTT!" Quick footsteps made their way towards us
Not without fear, I looked back, relieved to see Flask running towards us, with Erza struggling to pull her sword out of the concrete. A low whisper caught my attention "Split up?" Gajeel looked at me, his ruby red eyes
"Ye-"
"I don't know where I'm going." Flask huffed, running up next to me
"Okay, never mind." I looked back, to Erza, terrified when I couldn't see her "Where did she go?" I skidded to a stop, quickly followed by the other two
"I don't know," Gajeel turned to my side, looking next to us, and Flask did the same, us three making a triangle "I'm not sure we should be stopping either…" Gajeels gruff voice rang in my ears
I looked down one of the alleyways, before looking back to the border of the town, where it fades into forest. A chill ran down my spine and I gulped. Suddenly, the carriage pulled around the corner, and angry Erza in control.
"HOLY SHIT!" Gajeel quickly darted away, followed by me and Flask
We headed towards the forest before looking back to see Erza on our tails. Without any further hesitation we ran into the forest hoping the trees would stop Erza
"WHAT THE HELL DID WE DO TO MAKE HER CHASE US LIKE THIS?!" Flask scream, continuing to run deeper into the forest
"HOW THE HELL DO I KNOW?"
We continued running, then we paused for a moment, all of us tilting our heads to see if we could hear her running, or driving, or slicing her way to us.
"I got nothing…" I huffed scanning the darkness around us
"Neither do I…" Flask lowered himself to the ground, pressing his ear to the floor
"Nadda." Gajeel sat down, his legs crossed and back straight
I looked around and ripped a branch from one of the trees. I easily broke it into three pieces before setting the tips on fire and passing one of them to Gajeel and another to Flask. I gripped my torch tightly and waved it around, hopping to see, and yet hopping not to see Erza. I looked back to see Flask pressing his hand to the ground, a thin layer of water going all around us.
"What are you doing?" I asked walking towards him
"I'm trying to see if she's following us still." He focused on the water, his eyes flicking around to see any change
"How exactly?" I raised my brow with a frown
"Ripples." His gaze flicked up to me, a slightly annoyed expression on his face
"Ah." I looked back to Gajeel
"Well I'm not going to sit here and find out." Gajeel stood up, his ruby gaze looking down to Flask "And I'll bet you 100 jewel she's going to be faster than whatever ripples she's possibly causing."
"Oh I don't doubt it." He looked over to Gajeel, adjusting his position "I'm not watching for the ripples, I can feel them."
"Oh, good for you." Gajeel spat turning around "I'm still not waiting."
"I'm with Gajeel here," Flask's gaze flicked up to me "We got a long walk ahead of us."
"Fine." Flask stood up, his hand lifting from the ground, then being followed by a long trail of water wrapping itself around his arm before evaporating away "Lets go."
I looked down at my bare chest, pulling my scarf down lightly. I want my vest.. I sighed before I began walking, then I lazily jogged up to Gajeel who had already started walking. Flask wasted no time in catching up with us, his gaze flicking around in the darkness as we walked.
We walked for about an hour with the only noise being the crickets and distant frogs. The frogs only ribbited every now and then, and every time we grew a small bit closer, and Flask got more excited.
Waterboy likes water. How surprising.
A loud snap to my right caught all of our attention. I blew a stream of fire in the direction, the thin stream working in between the trees, lightening the area. When I found nothing, I closed my lips, and the fire quickly went out "Gajeel," I looked back to Gajeel, who the entire time was inhaling loudly "You catch anything?"
"Nothing not normal." His blood red orbs flicked from me to Flask, who was crouched down on the ground "You catch anything?"
"There were a few very small things, but they were most likely mice." He pulled his hand from the ground, the water doing the same thing it did before
"Do you have to do that every time?" I asked my eyes flicking from his arm to his face
"No, but this way is a quick way to get rid of the water, otherwise it just stays and goes away on its own."
"When it evaporates can you still..?"
"I can control water. I can make it hot or cold, but ice and steam do their own things."
"Oka-" Another snap, this time to my left
Without hesitation we all went back to our investigating position. I had to shush Gajeel, for he was breathing to loud, but after that I caught something.
"Heavy breathing…"
"I can feel something.. way bigger than a mouse…"
"The wind is blowing in its direction…." He stepped forward
"It's coming towards us.." Flask whispered, his normally colorful gaze a icey blue
"This should be fun." I looked over to Gajeel with a grin "The one who lands the blow to knock it out wins?"
"Hell yeah." Gajeel's arms turned dark gray
"Sounds fun." Flask walked up between us, his fists clenched inside balls of water, with the trails wrapping all the way around his arms
The wind shifted and all three of us took it in. I grinned, becoming nostalgic. I still hate these things.
"Vulcan."
"And lots of them."
Okay. Never mind on whatever day I tell you. Even if I tell you that I already wrote, edited and typed a story and will post it tomorrow, it will be late. I also just recently learned that my second favorite Dragon-Slayers eyes were red, not gray. So yeah. :I
I'm not even going to tell you guys when I might upload next, just expect one within at most a weeks time.
This will get better when school starts. I'll be on a regular sleeping schedual, CAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M KINDA SLEEPING 16 HOURS A DAY. Not all at once of course, I sleep for about 12 hours, then I take multiple naps because no matter how long I sleep i'm tired.
Alright. Well. I'll try to post again by Friday but who knows. Maybe it'll be in 8 years.
:D But I will post again soon.
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