Hey! Welcome to chapter 7! Hope you enjoy this chapter. And I'll try my best to make as little as mistakes as possible! So hope you like it! It takes me alot of thinking and time to make each chapter, and its alot harder then you probably think. But on to the story!

Talking -- "War, war never changes."

Thinking -- 'War, war never changes."

Spell -- "FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!"

{Beginning}

Natsu's stomach grumbled loudly, he groaned in protest. He had been walking for a few days north, only occasionally stumbling across wildlife to eat. The food he brought with him long gone.

A narrow valley traveled for hundreds of miles long, bare with nothing but green grass enveloping everything. Two mountains stood on both sides, each nearly identical. At least a thousand feet high, covered in grass with the occasional rock protruding out of it.

Any animal was rare, even birds were missing from the bright blue sky. His stomach growled again, louder this time. "WHY ISN'T THERE ANY FOOD ANYWHERE!?" Natsu shouted in frustration, he fell to his knees dramatically. Clutching his stomach. He whimpered weakly, incincoherent sounds left his mouth. Drool escaped his lips as he thought about roast beef, pork, ham, bacon, and many more delicious foods.

He sat there for several hours, clutching his stomach the whole time. 'This it. This is where I'll die.. alone, hungry, and like a total wimp... This isn't how I imagined i would go.. It would be something with more explosions, and fighting. Not me just starving to death.. Flames would be good right now.. Juicy succulent fire.. What if?.. I ate my own fla-'

"What the heck is wrong with you?" A feminine voice snapped him out of his thoughts. He whipped his head around, to be greeted with the sight of a petite woman. Half his size.

"I... need.. food.." The words barely came out as nothing more then a faint whisper. She looked at him confusingly, not understanding what he had said. He tried again, this time louder.

"I.. need.. food!" Again, except it came out slightly more pronounced.

"Did you say you need food?" He weakly nodded his head.

"Well, I have some cold soup if you want that, will that do?" She shuffled through her bag, and pulled out a metallic container. His sharpened senses allowed him to hear the sloshing sound of a liquid in the canister.

As if the heavens sent him a angle in disguise, he nodded his head furiously. Cold soup would beat starving over any time.

She pulled out a small cup as well, filling it to the brim with soup. Carefully she handed the soup to him, which he grabbed and downed in less then a second. She took the cup back and filled it again, handing it strait back when it was full.

On his third cup he was replenished enough to stand back up. Not even close to full, but it was enough regardless.

"How could I ever repay you!" Natsu dropped to his knees and bowed to her, praising her for her kindness.

She turned bright red, mimicking a tomato. Taking a step back, she stuttered out barely understandable words, loosely making a sentence.

"Th- the- theres n- no nee- need to tha- thank m- m- me!"

"Oh. Well alright!" He hopped onto his feet as if nothing had even happend. When suddenly he winced, he grabbed his upper thigh. And pulled out a red gem, that glistened in the sun. Soon after blood stained his white pants.

"Stupid thing.. Must of pricked me when I jumped up." He glared at the red rock before an idea came to his mind. "How about in return for what you did to me, I'll give you this rock! Sam said it was worth alot of jewels! So this will be my way of repaying you." He grinned happily, satisfied with his idea.

"Al- alright, thank you for your gift. But I have to go now, I'm a business manager. And I've been hired by- actually never mind that, im not legally aloud to tell you that." She gratefully accepted the gift, dropping it into her bag.

She briskly started walking away, barely making it ten feet before Natsu started following her. "Why are you following me?"

"Im not. This is the way I was going in the first place." Natsu said.

She made a annoyed noise, continuing to walk away. Natsu following close by.

{Middle}

"-And then Gray froze half the town! We lost all of are payment, even having to pay for some of the repairs with are own money!" Natsu and Trina, who told him her name along the way. Laughed and giggled as Natsu continued to tell storys of his adventures with his friends. Leaving out the ones where he was the cause of the destruction.

Natsu had learnt that Trina was shy, kind, smart, as in really smart, and easily flustered. Which he used to his advantage, constantly making fun of her. Of course he never was mean about it, which she understood.

Not until a while later did he take in her appearance. She had jet black hair, that reached her mid back, she was insanely pale, and wore black glasses, her eyes were dark brown. Which he thought suited her.

As for her physical appearance, she was at most 5'5, she had a slender build, quite skinny and no sight of fat on her anywhere, her breasts were of a modest size, not even close anyone like Lucy or Erza. At least DD cups, her rear end shaped like a heart, decently sized and perky.

As for her clothe, she wore a white button up shirt which was tucked in her pants, skinny jeans covered her lower half, her hair was pulled into a pony tail.

"Whats that?" Natsu was taken out of his observation. Trina pointed in front of them. Natsu squinted his eyes, he could make out a massive building, smoke billowing out of it. No sign of plant life around it, likely died due to the harsh conditions. Behind the thick black smoke, dead plant life, and overall dreary atmosphere. Lay a massive billboard, which read in bold letters:

"FRYICER'S MERCENARY COMPANY".

Natsu eyes opened in shock, he wasn't expecting.. This! Usually mercenaries are mainly small and weak, with a small headquarters. But this one. It was massive! Easily dwarfing the guild hall, about the size of two Cardia Cathedral's combined!

Not only that, the building was made of thick slabs of greyed stone. Each a foot tall, and three feet in length. He couldn't tell the width of them, but he was sure they were thick.

"That looks like my stop, guess we'll be departing soon. It was nice knowing you." She held out a hand, likely wanting to shake hands.

"...Thats my stop to! What a coincidence!"

"...Huh?" She let her hand fall to her side.

"Why are you going there?"

"I'm going to blow it up!" Natsu shouted without a care in the world, never taking into consideration that his words may be taken the wrong way.

"What?!" She visibly recoiled away from him, shock plastered on her face. multiple thoughts of him blowing up the place with a evil grin filled her mind.

"They destroyed families and ruined lives. And for that they will pay." Natsu frame visibly shook, fists clenched with bottled up rage. He stayed like this for a moment longer, until he let himself calm enough to stop.

"I- I didn't know.." She was shocked and furious, if not for him she would be working there, along with criminals. Making her no better then one.

"Its not your fault." He said warmly whilst patting her head. When she huffed, annoyed at his antics, he stopped. Only to resume a moment later.

"Would you quit it?!" She swatted his hand away, which he skillfully avoided as he continued to pat her head. This went on for a minute until Natsu, got bored of it.

"Since we wasted so much time, I should probably go blow the place up now. Err.. Not sure what you should do though." Natsu wasn't sure what Trina, was supposed to do once he blew up the place, considering thats where she was originally traveling to. He was about to suggest she travel with him for now, but was cut off by her.

"Wait! Dont blow up the place!" He look at her in confusion. Not understanding why she would not want him to blow up a place full of horrible people.

"Instead, why don't you just take down the CEO of the place and take the deed for your self? Not only would you be risking their lives, but it would be a waste of money! But if you were to take over the place, you could change it to be a different type of company. Imagine how much money you could make? If you were to let me manage the place, no doubt you'll be racking in money monthly, witha paycheck of seven digits."

He stared at her in shock, still processing her words. She was right though, he might of accidentally killed them without even realizing. Not only that, he began to imagine what he could do with that kind of money. He could buy an endless amout of food, without having to do a single job!

"You're brilliant!" The silence began to worry her. But that quickly changed when he praised her for her brilliancy.

"So I'll be able to buy as much food as I want, if i take down only the big boss of that place?"

"Err.. Yes!" She sweat dropped at his priorities.

"Then what're we waiting for! Lets go! I'm all fired up now!" He grabber her before dragging her along with him, Ignoring her protests.

They arrived right next to the massive factory, they chose to hide behind a dead bush for the time being. Considering their plan was set entirely opon being stealthy. If they messed this up, there go's all of Natsu's food. He shuddered at the thought.

"Here's the plan:" Began Trina.

"I've worked in enough company buildings, like this to know the basic layout. Which makes this a whole lot easier then it would of been. Aright, see here? Thats the most likely place where the boss of this place is, if you can't find them there, then try this area next. Make sure you take the boss down as quietly as possible, and destroy as little as possible as well. Once you've done that, search the room for the deed for the land and company. From there, you'll take me into the main room. And I'll do the rest. You got it?" She made a make shift map of the building on the ground with a stick she found, it was entirely based on guesses. But it was the best they had.

"... Could you repeat that again?" He laughed nervously, not understanding a bit of it.

{Middle}

After explaining it to him for the umpteenth time, she managed to drill it into his thick skull. The soft glow of the moon illuminated them, the plan had taken the better part fo the day. But in a way it worked, considering night would be the best time to strike.

Every thing was set. Now it was time to initiate the plan.

"Are you ready Natsu? Because we can't make a single mistake, or else this would all be for nothing"

He nodded his head in confirmation. Before leaping onto the ledge of a window, which is the most suspected room with the boss.

He peered inside, only able to see a sliver since the curtains were closed. As far as he could see, it was.. Actually really well decorated in his opinion. But then again, his knowledge on looks, style, decorations, and beautywas limited.

The sliver of a wall he could see had a flaming wall paper, which looked real. Like it was burning dowm the room. But he clearly see the room was perfectly fine, the floor was Dark Mahogany. That was everything he could see.

So with carefulness he would normally not use, he gently melted the glass window. Until he realized it wasn't melting. He looked at it confusingly. Pushing more magic into his hands until it was hot white, the glass finally began to melt.

{End}

I'm so sorry for not updating! Life has kept me super busy. And I havent really had the inspiration to write recently. I sincerely apologize for my absence. But..! I hope you liked the chapter! Do you like where this is going so far? Any tips would be appreciated! Until next time!