Hi guys! Sorry for taking almost a month to update. I got really busy with row (you know, like rowing a boat), basketball, and goal ball (not going to explain because it will come into this story later). Plus, my teachers decided to load us with homework. So, yeah. Sorry for taking so long.

Anyways...

Here's chapter four!

Natsu's POV

School had finally ended. We were now walking home. The first day is always the most boring. Meaning nothing interesting happened. But one thing kept bothering me. Lucy. She looks familiar. I just don't know why.

A hand waved in front of my eyes, pulling me from my thoughts.

'Natsu... Earth to Natsu.' Gray was signing. I must've zoned out.

'What?' I signed back, annoyed at losing my train of thought.

'Did you see what I signed?' I shook my head no. 'We're meeting Gajeel and Jellal at the café later today.' I nodded my head. Then something occurred to me.

'Jellal is here?!' I signed frantically.

'Yeah.'

I pumped my fist in the air, excited at seeing my old friend. The Fullbusters and him are the only people that know sign language and can communicate with me without someone having to translate. He already knew it when I met him. The thing is, he can't talk. Literally. It's a long story, so I'm not going to sadden the mood with the memory.

A smile was plastered on my face as we entered our house. We walked to the kitchen and were greeted by Ul, Gray's mom and the woman that took me in from living on streets. In a way, I owe her and her family my life.

Ul was wearing a brown V-neck shirt that stopped just above her belly button with a tan coat, unzipped, overtop it. Her black jeans reached the ankles of her bare feet. Her navy blue hair was styled in a pixie cut that framed her young-looking facial features.

Gray started a conversion with his mom, but his mouth was moving, meaning he was talking, so I couldn't join in. Ul's kind eyes sparkled as she opened her mouth and seemed to be laughing at something Gray told her. I decided to plop down on the couch and watch tv, reading captions, of course. It hadn't been too long when a commotion in my peripheral vision caught my attention.

Turning my head, I saw Lyon, Gray's one-year-older brother, had arrived home from school. His frosty-white hair was spiked up like mine. He wore an ice blue T-shirt and baggy blue jeans. The only resemblance he shared with his younger brother were his eyes, which were dark blue, almost black in color.

Currently, the two brothers seemed to be arguing, calling each other names and whatnot. They do this often. Heck, sometimes I join in and the whole argument/fight gets signed in sign language. It must look really funny when we do it in public.

I stood. I started signing as I walked over to Ul, who'd turned her attention toward me.

'Gray and I are going to meet up with some friends later today.' I signed.

'What time?' Ul asked via sign language.

I pondered this for a moment, before realizing Gray never told me what time. 'Hold on a second.'

I walked over to the still battling brothers and grabbed both their ears, giving a firm pull to drag them apart. Their mouths opened and I bet they just yelped in pain. I sent Lyon a warning look, like 'don't interrupt or else', and he backed off. Trust me, no one wants to see what I can do when one pushes my buttons.

I turned to Gray and signed, 'What time are meeting with the guys?'

He collected himself before replying. 'In about ten minutes.'

I turned to Ul and she nodded like she saw our signed conversation.

I grabbed my wallet and phone, Gray did the same. I looked to Gray, who pointed to the door in an 'it's time to go' signal. We waved to Ul and Lyon on our way out.

The walk to the café was a quick five minutes. Gray and I made idle chit chat (or should I say sign chat?) the entire way there. Before I knew it, we were standing in front of the Love and Lucky café. We entered and sat down at booth for four.

I stared out the window impatiently. I couldn't wait to catch up with Jellal. It had been too long since I last saw him. Finally, he and Gajeel arrived. Gray and I stood up. Jellal moved closer and we fist bumped before starting a signed conversation. After the initial greetings, we all sat down. I sat next to the window with Gray next to me. Jellal was seated across from me with Gajeel next to him, across from Gray.

A waitress came. Jellal and I told Gray what we wanted via sign language and he translated it to the waitress. She left after taking everyone's orders. We started a conversation. Gray translated what Jellal and I said to Gajeel. Jellal translated what Gajeel said to me.

We were in the middle of conversing about what we did over summer and what we were planning to do this school year when a different waitress came with our coffees. She looked oddly familiar. How could I forget that wavy ocean blue hair and navy blue eyes?

Gray exclaimed something.

Jellal gave me a confused look. 'Juvia?' he signed.

Ohhhh, the girl that was with Lucy today. One of her sisters, I think. 'Girl from school.' I answered Jellal's question.

Jellal signed, 'Oh', before signing the conversation between Gray and Juvia.

'Juvia? You work here?'

'Yeah.'

'Cool...'

'Who's that?' Juvia gestured to Jellal.

'This is Jellal. He's in our class, too.'

'It's nice to meet you. I'm Juvia.' She extended her hand to Jellal, who shook it with a small smile.

Juvia glanced at her watch after setting our drinks down. 'My shift just ended.' Jellal was still signing what she said. 'It was nice to see you guys. I'll see you tomorrow. Bye.' And with that, Juvia exited the café, giving us a wave on her way out.

I took a sip of my coffee. Mmm, hazelnut. Jellal was blowing on his coffee while Gajeel was picking at the piercings on his face, a habit he's had ever since it happened. It only worsened the state of his face when he tried to pull them out. Luckily, Jellal noticed and nudged Gajeel.

I looked to my right. Gray was staring at the door. I poked him. He jumped, then turned to me.

'Dude, stop staring.' I signed.

'I wasn't staring. I was lost in thought and happened to be looking that way.' he retorted.

'Yeah, sure you were.'

He glared at me while shooting me the bird. He then turned to Gajeel and started talking. I stuck my tongue out at him before signing to Jellal.

I don't know how long we stayed in that café, but when we came out, it was already getting dark. We said our good byes and went our separate ways.

Gray and I decided to take a walk before going home. We walked in silence (no pun intended). This gave me some time to think about Lucy and where I might recognize her from. Nothing came to mind from after I went to live with the Fullbusters, so I must recognize her from either the orphanage or when I was living on the streets.

'What're you thinking so intensely about?' Gray asked me.

I left my thoughts for a second before replying, 'Lucy.' I then went back to my thoughts, ignoring Gray's dropped jaw.

'Do you like her? Like, like like her?' Gray seemed to be surprised.

'No, you idiot. I recognize her from somewhere. I just don't know where.' I corrected him.

'Oh. Is there any way I can help you remember?'

'Probably not. I think it was before I met you.'

Gray didn't reply to that. My past is a touchy subject that we all try to avoid.

We continued our walk, then decided to go home because it was near dinnertime.

It didn't take long to reach the house. Ul greeted us then went straight to asking about how our friends are while she was cooking, like, three different things. Talk about multitasking.

While Gray answered all of Ul's questions, I sat next to Lyon on the couch. Seeing me, Lyon turned the captions on the tv. I started reading them. Since I came in halfway, I didn't really understand what the news reporter was telling about, but I did get part of it. Something about the Heartfillia Konzern needing an heir since the previous one was disconnected from the family for reasons unknown.

The captions read: For reasons currently unknown to the public, the owner of the Heartfillia Konzern, Jude Heartfillia, disconnected his only daughter from the family. For security reasons we are not allowed to reveal the name of the disconnected family member. All we know is that something happened five years after her mother, Layla Heartfillia, passed away that caused the daughter to be unable to run the business.

The camera shifted to show a maid of the mansion.

The captions read: Here with us is Ms. Spetto, a maid of Mr. Heartfillia's. Ms. Spetto, what's going to happen to the Heartfillia Konzern if there is no heir?

Ms. Spetto started talking. I continued reading the captions: I honestly don't know. I fear for the business, but I fear for Ms. Heartfillia more. Ms. Spetto turned to fully face the camera, which zoomed in to only show her face. Princess, if you're listening, please give me a call. Everyone is so worried about you. We wish to know that you are safe.

A picture was shown of a younger Ms. Spetto and Jude's daughter. The daughter's face was pixilated so you couldn't make out her face, just a bunch of colors. One of those colors was blond.

Blond...

It rang a bell.

Blond...

I vaguely remembered something.

Blond...

It was when I was living on the streets.

Blond...

The girl in the photo and the girl I remember were so similar.

Blond...

I swear they were the same age as in the photo on the tv.

Blond... and brown.

The girl I met had blond hair and brown eyes. The girl in the photo, even though pixilated, obviously had blond hair. And there was some brown pixilations where her eyes would be.

The same hair. The same eyes. The same age. It all fit together.

I remember!

Somehow, Lucy fits into this too.

Sooo, how was it?

Love and Lucky is actually where Lucy's parents met, for anyone that doesn't know. It'll come back in this story.

I have made a decision about the POV problem I was having with the back story extra things, but you'll just have to wait and see what I decided to do. There'll be one more chapter before a back story extra comes out.

I'll try to update again before the holidays, but I make no promises.

Thanks to everyone that's reading this story!

-AlphaDemon