Hello again! I got so excited by reading all your reviews on the last chapter, it made me want to write another! I was planning on write a few chapters so I could get ahead but as soon as I wrote this one, I wanted to share it with you all! Thanks to all the people who favorite/followed the story (Firegirl122, yuriko9001, Stacie Kaniko, TheNinjaKitsune, thatonguy666, xskymaiden, Lacey-chi, Kiyuki-sama, Amai Hime-chan, Nalu Grey, hekypu99, WolfSlayerGirl17, XxDrAGonSLaYerXXx, .1 and mre92) and thank you to all who reviewed (Stacie Kaniko, Amai Hime-chan, JellyBeanBubbles, Rose Tiger, xxPerfectMistakexx, ksanta, gingersnappssss, FTLover, and guests).
To the guest who suggested a battle of the bands between Lucy and Lisanna, Lisanna isn't a music major at Fairy Tail I made her a dancer but don't worry, I will work something out! ;)
Also I go back to school in two weeks so my schedule will get busy and I may not be able to upload chapters as quickly as I do now. So please be patient with me, I will not let this story die!
Song used: Demons by TwentyForSeven (it's a cover)
Reminder that I do not own the characters or songs used.
Enjoy!
Lucy and Levy were sitting in their Songwriting class talking and giggling to themselves as they waited for class to start. Their conversation was interrupted when the teacher began tapping her desk to get all the students' attention, "Now, now, everyone settle down so class can begin." The door opened at the back of the room and pink hair popped in through the doorway. Noticing the teacher was writing on the board, Natsu used this opportunity to sneak into his seat. He got a few steps into the room when the teacher shouted, "Mr. Dragneel!" Upon hearing his name, Natsu jumped a little. "I don't appreciate you coming late to my class." The teacher turned around to glare at her student, "Please take your seat; consider this a warning." Natsu bowed gratefully and he quietly took his seat at the table Lucy and Levy were sitting at. "Now, for your next assignment each of you must write a song about someone in your life; it can be either positive or negative, you pick. I am giving you class time today to begin working on it." The teacher then sat down at her desk and began refiling through some papers. Some students started brainstorming ideas for their assignment and others decided to chit chat with one another.
Lucy turned to her pink haired friend on her right, "Really? Late again, Natsu?"
"What was it this time?" Levy added.
"I got a little side tracked."
"Doing what?" Natsu turned his head towards the two curious girls and stuck his tongue out at them, "None of your business."
"whatever, Natsu, but if you keep doing this, you're gonna get kicked out of this class." Lucy said.
"Naw, they can't kick me outta here." Natsu said with a smug look on his face as he leaned back in his chair. Levy raised an eyebrow, "A little cocky, aren't we Natsu?" Natsu sat up and placed a hand on his chest to motion to himself, "Me?! Nooooo."
"Your sarcasm is not appreciated," Levy replied making Natsu giggle.
"You still owe me by the way," Lucy said as she glanced towards Natsu. Natsu gave a quizzical look, "For what?"
"For using me to break up with Lisanna!"
"I got you out of being suspended!" Lucy quickly stood up from her seat and pointed a finger in Natsu's face, "You're the one that got me suspended in the first place!" Natsu stared at her for a moment, neither of them breaking their glare at one another. Finally, Natsu sighed, "Ugh fine, what do you want?" Lucy's face went blank for a moment, she hadn't really thought about how he would make it up to her. "I don't know…" a mischievous smile started to grow on her face causing a bad feeling to set in in Natsu, "but it will be something very embarrassing." Natsu's eyes went wide as he stared at his friend in front of him; he gulped, "…Are you kidding?" Lucy placed both her hands on her hips and leaned forward into Natsu's face and looked him dead in the eye, "Oh, it will be excruciating." Natsu was frozen in fear; he was scared of the look she had in her eye but he was also confused because the only person that has caused him to act like this was Erza. "NATSU!" another voice snapped him out of his daze. The three of them turned their heads towards the voice and saw a guy with blonde spikey hair and a lightning tattoo over his eye marching towards them. Natsu straightened up in his seat and scratched the back of his head, "Oh hey, Laxus." The man reached down, grabbed Natsu by his collar and raised the pink haired boy to his face. "What is wrong with you?!"
"Depends on who you ask," Natsu grinned. Laxus threw Natsu back into his chair and continued yelling, "You idiot! You could have gotten me into a lot of trouble with that stunt you pulled last night!"
"Ah, come on Laxus, we were just having a little fun-"
Laxus grabbed Natsu by the collar again, "Well next time you decide to have a little 'fun,' make sure you take it up with your manager first!" Laxus released his hold on the pink haired singer's shirt and trudged out of the room making sure to slam the door on the way out. "What was that about?" Levy asked.
"Laxus is our band's manager so he handles all of our performances and stuff. Technically, according to the rules, all outside school performances have to go through the manager before happening."
"Oh I get it!" Levy proclaimed as she snapped her fingers. "Wait, get what, Levy-chan?" Lucy asked.
"Remember when Natsu and Gray sang that song last night?" Lucy nodded in response. "According to the rules that is considered a performance by Audio Uproar and it could have gotten them into a lot of trouble." Lucy's eyes widened and turned to look at Natsu who was very nonchalant about the situation. "Eh, it's no big deal," Natsu said as he leaned back in his chair with his arms resting behind his head.
The bell sounded signaling the end of class so Natsu, Lucy and Levy began packing their stuff up. Just as Natsu lifted his backpack onto his shoulder his phone sounded; he took it out of his pocket, looked at the screen and say he had a message. "What's up, Natsu?" Lucy asked.
"Nothing, Laxus wants to see us," Natsu said as he tucked his phone back into his pocket, "I'll see you guys later." With the wave of his and, Natsu left the room. Levy and Lucy walked out of the classroom together and down the hall; "So what do you want to do until our next class, Lu-chan?" Levy asked.
"Hmmm… Oh! We could head up to one of the music rooms and work on a new song." Lucy suggested. Levy gave Lucy a thumbs up, "Sounds good!" Together they walked up to a quiet music room and began brainstorming.
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Natsu walked down the halls until he came to the old music room Audio Uproar called their 'home.' He opened the door to find the rest of his band was already there. "What took you so long Fire Breath?" Gray asked.
"For your information, Ice Face, I was in a class which happens to be one the other end of the building, so excuse me for taking so long."
"You're excused." Natsu slammed his face into Gray's, "You wanna go, Stripper?!"
"Bring it Hot Head!" Gray and Natsu started hitting one another causing Jellal to sigh. "Do you guys really have to do that here?" Gajeel asked.
"Stay out of it!" Both of them yelled at Gajeel which caused him to enter the fray. The three continued fighting until Laxus walked into the room and yelled at them all to sit. "Seriously what are you guys a bunch of children?! Grow up!... Anyway, I called you all here because I have news for you all. I've booked you guys for another concert in a few weeks so you guys need to start preparing for it." The four boys started cheering at the news. "Also, to promote the concert I have scheduled you guys for an interview with Wakaba."
"Wakaba?! His show is the most popular show on the radio!" Natsu screamed.
"Hence the interview, idiot." Natsu slouched in his seat pouting while Gray chuckled at him. "I will let you guys know more when it gets closer so for now just work on song line ups and your stage presence. I will handle all the rest so don't worry about it; got it?!" All four boys stood up and saluted their manager, "Aye, sir!"
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The room was silent except for the faint ticking of the clock as it counted the seconds, neither of them had moved from their spots since they got there an hour earlier. Levy laid on her back on a piano bench, staring up at the ceiling and Lucy sat in the window and stared outside. "Anything?" Lucy finally spoke. Levy sighed, "Nope, nothing."
"I don't get it; writing always came so easy to me, why do I suddenly have writer's block?" Lucy complained.
"Don't worry it happens to the best of us." The room went silent again.
"Have you thought about how you would get Natsu back?" Levy asked. Lucy sighed and turned towards her roommate, "No, not yet…. Do you have any ideas?"
"Not really." Lucy turned back to looking outside; her eyes looked down at the commons area and she watched people walking around back and forth from building to building. "Whatever you do should be really embarrassing," Levy chuckled, "I would pay to see Natsu embarrassed." Lucy's ears perked up and she turned back to her blue haired friend. "What did you say?"
"I said I would pay to see Natsu embarrassed," Levy slowly replied; she was confused as to why her roommate was asking her. Lucy eyes drifted to the floor as her mind began to hash out an idea, a very cynical idea that made a creepy smile crawl across her face. Levy recognized the look and smirked at the blonde, "You have an idea don't you, Lu-chan?" Lucy's eyes met Levy's as she replied, "Oh yeah!"
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"Good job, you three. Now…. Audio Uproar, you're turn." The four boys took the stage and prepared themselves for their acoustic performance for the class. Gajeel took his place at his drum set, Jellal stood behind a keyboard, Gray placed the acoustic guitar over his head and made sure it was tuned all while Natsu introduced the song. "For our acoustic assignment, we chose Demons by Imagine Dragons." Natsu turned his attention to his band to make sure they were all ready and when each gave him a thumbs up Natsu turned his attention forward and took a deep breath, then he began with Jellal on the keyboard soon following.
When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood's run stale
Gray joined in, slowly plucking the strings on his guitar.
I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
Gajeel slowly joined in.
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
1-2-3-4
At the curtains call
It's the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you've made
Don't wanna let you down
No, I don't wanna let you down
Know this is all for you
Don't wanna hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I wanna save that light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's light inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
The song ended and the class applauded at their performance. Mid applause, the bell rang and the teacher released all of the students. Natsu, Gray, Jellal, and Gajeel were still on stage putting away the instruments they used. Lucy glanced at her bandmates who all gave her a thumbs up and then she turned her attention towards the pink haired singer at the front of the room, evilly smirking at him before approaching him. "Hey, Natsu," Natsu spun around to see Lucy standing at the front of the stage. "Can I talk to you for a second?" Natsu put down whatever was in his hand and walked towards the front of the stage to her. "What's up, Luce?" he asked as her jumped off the stage so he could be closer to her. "I'm off tonight so I was wondering if you wanted to go grab a drink just the two of us." Natsu was shocked at the blonde, "Just us two?" Lucy nodded. "Alone?" Lucy nodded again. The three guys behind Natsu were stunned as well at what was happening; the three girls on the other hand were trying as hard as they could to not bust up laughing. "So what do you say, Natsu?" Lucy said as she took a step closer to Natsu. He couldn't help but stiffen a little; he didn't understand what was going on. "Umm…"
"Pllllease…" Lucy pouted her lip and gazed up at Natsu with puppy dog eyes. Natsu couldn't help but not look away from those big, beautiful brown eyes of hers; he just couldn't say no to her in this moment. "Sure?"
"Great!" Lucy shouted, making Natsu jump a little. "Meet me outside my dorm at 8pm, and don't forget to wear something nice; I've got big plans for you!" Lucy chimed as she booped his nose. Lucy walked back to the other girls and together they all walked out giggling and laughing. All four guys stood there stunned, none of them knowing what just happened; "What the hell?" Gajeel said and the others shook their head in reply.
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Much to what his gut was telling him, Natsu was outside Lucy's building at 8pm waiting for her. He wore a pair of dark, slightly wore black jeans that were secured with a black leather belt, a pair of red converse, a plain white shirt, a black leather jacket and of course, his favorite scarf which he always wore. Natsu propped himself up against the building and stared at the ground as he thought about what was happening. "Natsu~" a voice chimed. Natsu snapped out of his thoughts to turn and see Lucy standing near him. He couldn't help but widen his eyes and slightly blush at the sight of her. Lucy was wearing sandals, a pair of really tight skinny jeans, a deep purple sleeveless shirt and a long necklace with a key on the end; her hair was pulled up into a messy bun with some curled strands hanging down around her face. Natsu rubbed the back of his neck, "You look good, Lucy."
"You don't look to bad yourself." She started walking towards their favorite bar and Natsu walked beside her. "Don't you find it a little odd that you're still going to the bar even though you have the night off?" he asked.
"No not at all," Lucy answered with a huge smile. "Are you okay, Luce?" Lucy was a little shocked, "What do you mean?"
"Well, it's just you're acting weirder than usual."
"Are you saying I'm weird?" Lucy puffed out her cheeks. "A little," Natsu answered honestly.
"You want a tip?" Natsu looked at her quizzically, "Uh, sure?"
"You don't earn points with a girl by insulting her."
"Points? What are points for?" Lucy face palmed; it was amazing Natsu had ever had a girlfriend. "Let's just go inside, okay?"
"Sure!" Natsu answered with a huge grin. They both walked in the bar and Natsu instantly noticed that the bar was full of women, there wasn't a single guy in sight. "Uh, Luce?"
"Hmm?"
"Why are there a bunch of women in here?" Lucy turned towards Natsu and smiled at him, "Because it's Lady's Night, silly!"
"I probably shouldn't be here then." Lucy grabbed a hold of Natsu's wrist, "Oh no, Natsu, you can't leave." Lucy had an evil glint in her eye that caused Natsu's stomach to turn and his face to turn pale. Lucy pulled Natsu with her as she made her way to the front of the room; Natsu glanced around the room for help but instead received weird looks from all the women inside. "Uh, Luce?" Natsu tried to get Lucy's attention but she paid no attention to him. Lucy and Natsu reached the front of the room and both of them stepped upon the stage (well actually Lucy pushed Natsu up there). Lucy grabbed the mic of the nearby stand and addressed the bar, "Can I have your attention ladies?" The music stopped and the entire bar turned their attention towards the two people on stage; Natsu started to feel nervous, "Lucy-"
"We have a very special treat for you this evening! Natsu, give the ladies a wave." Natsu blushed and rose his hand a little, "Aww, isn't he precious girls?"
"Lucy-"
"For one night only you get this very handsome and well trained stud!"
"WHAT?!"
"The bidding starts at 25 jewels!"
"LUCY!"
"25 jewels!" A random woman shouted as she waved her hand wildly in the air. "30!" another shouted, "45!"
"Come on ladies is that all you got? Not only is he strong and handsome but he can sing a play the guitar! He is in a band too!"
"50!" The women near the front of the stage started to reach up and touch Natsu but he kept swatting their hands away. "Why are you doing this to me?!" Natsu plead to Lucy.
"Oh, you know why." Lucy answered him with a maniacal smirk on her face; that's when it dawned on him, this was payback. This whole night had been planned to embarrass him… but then a thought crossed his mind, the plan fails if he isn't embarrassed. His face slowly changed from a look of shock and embarrassment to a cocky smirk; it was Lucy's turn to be shocked. "Two can play at this game, Lucy," Natsu whispered into Lucy's ear before turning back to the audience. Natsu took off his leather jacket and tossed it at Lucy's face; then he began strutting around the stage in an erotic matter. He slowly pulled off his scarf and began swinging it around his head before throwing it back at Lucy. The bids kept increasing and women throughout the bar were yelling and screaming. Lucy couldn't believe this, she was trying to embarrass Natsu but he was actually enjoying it! Figures, she thought, he is a rock star, of course he would shine in the spotlight.
Natsu started slowly lifting the bottom of his shirt so a little bit of his abs were showing and the women went crazy; "You wanna see this?" Natsu yelled to the crowd and they all screamed back. Natsu reached down with both hands and lifted his shirt up over his head and threw it out into the crowd. Women jumped up to grab it in the air and began fighting over it. The women near the front of the stage began screaming and throwing out even more bids. Natsu walked over to one woman, grabbed her hand and smeared her hand across his abs. The woman blushed extremely and fainted causing Natsu to chuckle. "5000 jewels!"
"Sold!" Lucy screamed, "Come on up honey, he's yours!" The middle aged woman came screaming from the back of the room until she jumped on the stage. The woman handed Lucy the money and then squeezed Natsu into an awkward hug, "I got him!" Some women cheered for her and others booed her. Then she grabbed Natsu's hand and yanked him off the stage and towards the door. Before being wrenched off the stage, Natsu was able to grab his jacket from Lucy. Lucy couldn't help but chuckle at the look of distress on Natsu's face as he was pulled out of the bar with some strange woman. "That was amazing, Lucy!" The blonde turned her head towards her manager as she stood at the foot of the stage near her. Lucy went to hand the money to Cana, but instead, she folded Lucy's hands around it, "You keep it, you've earned it." Lucy looked at Cana surprised and then they both broke out in laughter together.
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It was about 12:30am now and Lucy was just leaving the bar. After Natsu left, Lucy stayed to help Cana out since none of the usual male employees were working that night. She didn't want to set Natsu's scarf aside for she feared she would lose it while working, so she work it around her neck. Lucy was surprised at how soft and clean the scarf was. For as long as she had known Natsu, she had never seen him without his scarf so she was surprised at the condition it was in. It must be special to him if he wears it all the time, she thought. She couldn't help but blush slightly at the times she caught his smell from the scarf; it was an odd ashy or smokey smell but she loved it.
Lucy walked out of the bar and stopped when she saw Natsu leaning against a wall a few feet from her. He was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest which was slightly covered by his leather jacket. "Back so soon?" she asked.
"You would never believe the night I've had." He replied, never looking up at her. "Care to enlighten me?" Natsu turned to face her, his annoyed face meeting her cocky smirk. "I was taken from this bar to another bar where I met her friends and they made me sing and dance for them, then she paraded me around the mall, we took pictures in a photo booth, she ordered Chinese food and then she took me back to her place and watched a movie. A few minutes later, her husband came home and ran me out of the house; barely escaped with my life."
"Sounds like fun." Lucy said as she walked over to Natsu and handed him his scarf. As he was putting it back on, she noticed a scar on the right side of his neck. "Eh, Susan's a lovely woman," Natsu replied, obviously being sarcastic. "It wasn't really the night I had planned expected." Lucy placed her hand on her hip, "What did you expect?"
Natsu shrugged, "I would go out and have a drink with a pretty girl, we would talk and laugh and then we would take a peaceful walk back to her dorm where I would give her a kiss goodnight." Lucy cocked an eyebrow at the comment, "Oh really?"
"Okay, maybe not that last part." The two began walking back to the campus dorms. As they were walking, Lucy noticed that she could see her breath in the cold night air. She remembered that Natsu wasn't wearing a shirt and she looked over at him, but he didn't seem to notice the temperature. "You know you're gonna have to make this up to me right?" Lucy stopped and turned to Natsu, "Make it up to you?! This was payback for the whole Lisanna thing; there's no way I'm making this up to you. You should be lucky I didn't take any pictures."
"So you're telling me I got all dressed up for no reason?"
Lucy smirked at Natsu, "No, Susan sure enjoyed it." Lucy turned back around and continued walking.
When Natsu and Lucy reached Lucy's dorm, Lucy turned towards Natsu and held out her hand, "No hard feelings?" Natsu raised an eyebrow at her and Lucy gave him an apologetic grin. Natsu caved and took her hand before pulling her in close to him. She gasped at the sudden action and blushed after she realized how close she was to him. Their hands were still closed around each other and her other hand was on Natsu's bare chest; their noses inches apart. Natsu leaned forward and placed his lips near her ear. "I hope you now, Lucy; you've just started a war, so you better be prepared for the future." Lucy's eyes widened even more and the blush spread across her face. Natsu slowly released his grip on Lucy and turned to walk away back to his dorm. He raised one hand, told her goodnight and then walked away out of her sight. Lucy stood there for a few moments stunned at what just happened; once her brain started to work again, it was focused on what Natsu said. A war? She thought, bring it on!
