Chapter 4:

The Press and the Memories

Natsu Pov.:

*TIME SKIP 4 hours later*

"What the hell," I yelled as the old man put another needle is my arm then quickly pulled it out.

"Natsu your hands are on fire, again," Romeo said and I looked down at my hands to flames coming out of them while Wendy went to grabbed the fire extinguisher.

"No, Wendy not that again, it hurts. Let me just," I said then I put my hand in my mouth and ate the fire.

I put my hands into my mouth and eat the flames then Makarov, Romeo, and Wendy stared me as they yelled, "WHAT THE HELL!?"

"That tasted actually pretty good," I said with a burp and they snapped out their trance.

"Natsu can eat fire, that's cool," Romeo commented.

"Yea that is," I replied then we high-fived.

"Oh boy," Makarov said.

Lucy Pov.:

"Hey Lucy," Juvia said.

"Hello Juvia," I replied as I looked at her.

"That was a great article you wrote about the Grimoire Heart Labs explosions," Juvia said as she took a seat across from me at her desk.

"Ya, I was on the sense so I got notes and Jellal was taking pictures," I replied and I smirked.

"Well, I can't for this weekend," Juvia said, "You finally gonna get together with Natsu. I know who you feel about him."

I blushed and looked away as I said, "I don't know, you know Natsu, he is so dense. I don't know if he'll even understand what the word love even means."

"Personally, I would give him a chance," a girl with white hair said as she stepped up to my desk.

"Afternoon, Mirajane," Juvia responded.

"I don't have time to waste on Natsu, right," I said, "I'm going out with on a date with cute nurse I meet at the Grimoire Heart Labs explosions, tonight."

"Oh, whats his name," Juvia asked as she got excited.

"Loke," I replied, "He has cute orange hair."

"Does Natsu know," Mirajane asked.

"No, I don't want to tell him," I answered as I leaned back in my chair.

"Oh, why," Juvia asked.

"I just don't want to," I replied.

"She doesn't want to make him jealous because she knows Natsu likes her," Mirajane said with a wink.

"Oh Mirajane just give it a rest," Jellal said as he walked up to me.

"Okay but Lucy, I think you really should tell Natsu how you feel," Mirajane said as she left and Jellal rolled his eyes.

"Lucy, Gajeel wants us to do a report on Hades, apparently he has some news regarding the explosion at Grimoire Heart Labs," Jellal told me, "The press conference is in one hour so if we leave now we can grabbed some food at Panera."

"Alright," I replied then I got my bag and we went out the building. 'Goody, Gajeel is letting me do the follow-up article on the explosion at Grimoire Heart Labs," I thought as cheerfully skipped down the street.

"Lucy, slowed down," Jellal yelled but I was too happy to stop let alone slow down.

"Jellal, Erza is always at these type of press conferences, you aren't at least a little excited," I called out to him.

"Yea, it will be nice to see her before this weekend," Jellal said and went into his daydream mode.

"So come on if we get there early you and I might be able to get a one on one interview with her," I said which snapped him back into reality.

"Alright, Alright, I'm coming," Jellal replied then we broke out into as we headed to Panera then to the press conference.

Natsu Pov.:

I was about to get in a chamber when my cellphone started to ring, I looked at the caller ID and I saw Igneel Dragneel aka my dad. "Wendy, its dad, I've got to take this or he'll get worry and come see me," I said.

"Is that true Wendy," Makarov asked.

"Yea, our dad can be a little bit of worry wart," Wendy replied.

"Alright, you can answer the call but remember your powers stay secret," Makarov told me and I nodded then answered.

"Hi dad," I said.

"Natsu, I was so worry about," my father yelled, "I saw you on the front cover of Fiore Times, you the heck were you thinking!"

"I was thinking that I wanted to protect the love of my life," I replied.

"What do you mean." my father asked.

"I love her dad, I did what I thought was best and I'm fine," I responded.

"Natsu, you're so reckless," my father said.

"I know but I had to protect her," I said.

"Alright, I was thinking about visiting you and Wendy this weekend," my father said.

"Actually, we're going on camping trip this weekend," I replied.

"Oh, well, then maybe next weekend," my father asked.

"Sounds great." I responded.

"Alright see you a week from this Saturday," my father replied.

"See ya then ," I responded then I hung up the phone.

"So Natsu, what did dad want," Wendy asked.

"Wanted to check up on me and let us know that he'll be coming down a week from this Saturday," I replied.

"Oh man," Wendy responded.

"Natsu, leave your cell phone out here and get inside the chamber all ready," Makarov said, I nodded then handed my phone to Romeo and got inside chamber.

As I got inside the chamber, I started to have a flashback from high school.

FLASHBACK:

"Natsu," I heard Wendy call from the up stairs, I ran up stairs and saw flames everywhere.

"Wendy," I called out.

"I got Carla and Happy," Wendy said as she crawled up to me.

"Alright, let's get out of here," I said and we crawled to the door.

Once we were outside, I saw my dad but I didn't my mom. "Dad, where's mom," I asked.

My father was crying and there was body cover next him and my eyes widened. "Your mother was surrounded flames and I couldn't get to her," My father said, "Natsu, she's die."

Wendy and I broke down in tears and held each other. "Why, why," I repeated to myself. After that day, I promised myself to become a fire fighter and save everyone from fires.