Three Years Later
A pink haired man stood at the counter in front of the large window of the convenience store, slurping up the noodles from the steaming hot cup of ramen noodles he held in his hands. He brought the cup to his lips and drank what was left of the hot broth, placing the empty cup next to the two others already on the counter. The man let out a heavy sigh, scanning the sidewalk in front of the store, his eyes searching, for someone.
A girl, no more than the age of sixteen, who wore the uniform of the store walked up to him, and thrusting her arm out and handing him a large coffee cup. "Here Mister." she said grumpily. Once he had taken the cup. she folded her arms, "Hey, you've been here for three nights in a row, how long do you have to stake out the place for?"
Natsu blinked at the girl's rudeness and ignored her question, "Thanks, for the coffee." He turned back to the window and gave a casual wave to the car across the street where his colleagues sat.
In the car sat two detectives, both with dark hair and bored expressions. Gray Fullbuster had been a detective for two years with the homicide department. With his cool attitude and level headed smarts, he was one of the best on the force. His current partner, Gajeel Redfox was a man a few words. Tall and brooding, his pierced face helped him blend in with the slums and gain valuable leads and his cunning allowing him to go undercover with ease.
They had been on the trail of a robbery gone wrong suspect, he had been spotted in the area, thus leading to the week long stakeout they have been on.
Gray sighed, and stretched his arms above his head, glancing over at the store window. He put his arms back down turning to Gajeel, "How many nights has this guy been volunteering for undercover work?"
Gajeel didn't even look from his newspaper, "Three weeks, every night."
Gray let out a low whistle, "That's some dedication." More than he had, that was for sure.
Gajeel flipped his page, "Word is that he wants to get moved up to our division. He's trying to impress the Chief." He looked over at Gray, "But the Chief won't hear him out."
"With all this effort the Chief should at least hear him out." Gray said, "I kinda feel bad for him." He looked over at the store one last time before his phone rang. Gray knew who it was before even looking at it, and Gajeel did too.
The taller man sighed in frustration, "I wouldn't have let you date my best friend if i knew this was going to happen every time we have to stay out overnight."
Gray just grinned and quickly swiped to answer the phone,"Juvia, you know I'm working..."
Meanwhile in the store Natsu was beginning to grow bored, he had been here all week and the perp still hadn't shown up. He sighed and started eating his fourth cup of ramen when the bell above the door rang.
"Welcome!" The girl said behind the register.
Natsu looked up, checking the reflection in the glass before pulling out a piece of paper from his looked back up to the glass once again and felt a smirk form on his face.
"Show time." he said under his breath.
The man wore a cap and sunglasses and was currently shoving a sack at the poor girl, demanding that she give him the money in hushed tones. Natsu waited until the man's attention was solely on the money and crept up behind him.
"Freeze!" Natsu shouted once he was completely blocking the exit.
The man whirled around, and immediately lunged at the pink haired man, waving a knife pulled from his pocket. Natsu leaned out of the way and reached out to disarm the man, but the man reached out and pulled down a nearby display down and onto Natsu.
Natsu brushed it off, unfazed by the action and lunged to grab the man, but suddenly his body felt heavy, and the man grabbed him, pushing him back and through the glass door, shattering it into little pieces. The man barreled right past Natsu and off into the night.
The girl ran out to the passed out pink haired man, "Are you okay Mister?!"
Gray and Gajeel raced out of the car and to the man's side. Gray quickly turned Natsu over and checked his pulse, and let out a sigh, "He's fine. Just sleeping."
Gajeel frowned, "He's...sleeping?" he kneeled down to the ground, "This jackass, is sleeping?" He peered at Natsu's face, "Wait until the chief hears this..."
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A/N:
Just a quick Update for those who are following this story, another chapter will be up within the week!
Happy New Year guys~!
Xoxo
Marina Rose
