A/N: HEYY KIDZ it's time for more feels. Actually, not much goes on in this chap. just tons of dramatic dialogue LOL.

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"R-really?" Jellal's face breaks out in an open-mouthed grin. Natsu just stands there against the railing, trying to prepare himself for what he had just gotten himself into. His eyes become wet with tears because of the pain he was going through, but to Jellal, they were tears of remembrance and joy.

Suddenly they are interrupted by Gajeel's loud, rough voice, "Bro, what is this?!" The two turn to see an angry Gajeel walking towards them, saying, "Do you know how much I looked for you?" Alarmed that he would give away his spur-of-the-moment plan, Natsu runs over and blocks him from reaching Jellal.

Gajeel cocks his head at the sight of blood on Natsu's pink hair and face, his angry tone turning into a worried one, "What's wrong with your face?" Then he looks at Jellal who had a look of confusion on his face. Gajeel asks bluntly, "Who's that?" Panicking that Gajeel would say something stupid and ruin it all, he mutters, "Go in the room."

Still, Gajeel stubbornly persists, "But who are you, Mister? Why is that person over here this late? Who are you?" Natsu keeps trying to push him away from Jellal and into the small rooftop house, but it is difficult for him as he is wounded. Gajeel turns to Natsu and asks with Natsu's nickname, "Su, who is that guy?"

Despite the slightly rude man who had just come, Jellal smiles because it was a confirmation that this man was really Lucy's brother. I'm glad he made a friend during this time when he was away from the family, Jellal thought, happily. Gajeel continued with his rants trying to squirm away from Natsu blocking him, "What is this guy doing here in the middle of the night?

Very anxious to get Gajeel out of this situation, Natsu pushed Gajeel into the rooftop room. "Huh?!" Gajeel protests, "Why are you being like this? Tell me! Bro, what's wrong. Did that guy somehow do this to you?" Natsu kept pushing him up the stairs, trying to smother his stupid yelling as Jellal hurried up the stairs behind them, wanting to invite Natsu back into the PL Group's household. He wanted to do this for Lucy's sake, since she had lost her father a year ago.

"What are you fricking doing!?" Gajeel shouts just as Natsu shoves him into the room and stays outside. Not until he locks the door from the outside does he relax. Gajeel, who is locked in the room alone starts knocking wildly on the door's windowpane, ever so persistent.

Jellal arrives at the scene and stands there, a bit hesitant to ask Su about what he would do as the heir of PL Group. Natsu takes a deep breath and uses a voice of reason with his back to the door, "As you can see, I don't think we can talk today. Let's talk next time." At this, Jellal outstretches his hand quickly and says, "Su." Natsu looks at him and repeats a bit more firmly, "I said we'll talk next time. I'll call you." At this, Jellal became slightly disheartened that Su couldn't come with him immediately.

Meanwhile, Gajeel is still knocking nonstop on the door, yelling, "Su!" The door finally opens and he blinks in surprise when Su barges in and shut the door on Jellal's surprised face. His eyes wide with confusion, Gajeel asks, "What's wrong?" Seeing Natsu's apparent distraught and heavy breathing, he taps his shoulder and questions noisily, "Did Sting send that guy? Or President Jiemma?"

He'll hear you, you idiot! Natsu thought as he turned to Gajeel rapidly and clamped his mouth forcefully with his hand. Suddenly, Jellal started knocking and calling out Natsu's nickname. Gajeel's eyes turned wider than ever as he tried to talk but was muffled by Natsu's hand. He tries to jerk away from Natsu's strong hold but for the sake of his plan, Natsu keeps Gajeel's mouth shut as Jellal knocks away.

Finally giving up, Jellal stops knocking much to the relief of Natsu who was sweating from panic. Jellal exhales, and his breath is visible in the cold night. "If you saw the newspaper, then maybe you will already have known, but your father passed away a year ago," he says to Natsu and Gajeel listening inside.

Gajeel's face crumples into a look of puzzlement at this information and obstinately tries to pull himself away but Natsu, with all of his might, keeps him at bay, mentally begging him to stop moving. Jellal continues on the other side, "It seems like you're upset that I came for you now, but your dad had problems, too." Jellal looks geniunely worried for the man who he thought was Su.

As Natsu's eyes open wide of shock while in this sticky situation, Jellal goes on unknowingly, "Su, your one and only sister, Lucy, is waiting for you." A ton of things are going through Natsu's mind as Jellal says, "Think about Lucy."

Standing there, Natsu suddenly remembers of Laxus telling him about his name, the memory pierces him like a dagger. "Ah, my mom wanted me to be somebody who would protect my sister and the world." Then he remembers the blind woman that same day, asking him to read a letter from Laxus. He remembers the name Lucy on the letter as he opened it to read.

His mind takes him back to the scene of Laxus's unjust death. He remembers it clearly, as if it was yesterday. Pinned to the ground by the police, all Natsu could see was Laxus's lifeless body on the pavement, and next to him standing at the curb, waving her hand desperately for a taxi, was Lucy, not even knowing her brother was dead at her feet.

Now that this man had come, thinking that Natsu was Su, causes him to put the pieces together. Laxus, who is gone from the world, was Lucy's brother and the affluent PL Groups' heir, now that their father is also dead. Take into mind, reader, that Natsu had a huge debt to pay off by the end of a 100 days, or you'll know what will happen.

Jellal says, "It was your dad who upset you, not Lucy. It's not her fault. Su... she can't see. She's blind. You're the only person she can lean on." There is silence, and Jellal knocks on the door once more, saying, "Su? Su!"

Becoming agitated by his constant persuasions and wanting time to brood by himself, Natsu yells harshly, "I said I'll call!" Jellal moves away from the door, slightly startled, and relents, "I will leave for today. You must be confused," he says, understanding that he may need to think about it. "When... you calm down, contact me," Jellal repeats, wanting to confirm it.

Jellal walks down the stairs and looks up once more at the closed off house, before leaving the building. As soon as he heard Jellal's footsteps vanish, Natsu removed his hand from Gajeel, who let out an exasperated breath and shook his head in incredulity and confusion. Natsu rushes over the window in a hurry and Gajeel, who leans on the wall, asks indignantly, "What's wrong with you?"

Gajeel walks up behind him and looks out the window, asking with a scowl on his face, "What are you looking at?" Jellal's car was parked outside and the blue-haired man approached it and opened the car door, as if to step in. Natsu and Gajeel both squinted at him, while Gajeel was mostly just looking because Natsu was.

Jellal stops and slowly turns around to look at the window from where Natsu and Gajeel were looking. When he looks, Natsu hurriedly pushes himself and Gajeel away from the window, hoping that he hadn't seen them. Gajeel stares at Natsu, trying to make sense of his odd behavior. Getting into the car and finally leaving, Jellal heaves a sigh and bids the driver to take him home.

Natsu then looks out the window and watches the car leaving. His eyes seem to get smaller as he finally loosens up and his face becomes less tense. Then, suddenly, he looks around crazily, as if searching for something that might save his life. He finally finds what he is looking for at the foot of the desk, a large bag containing a few things they salvaged from their previous house.

His frenzied eyes darting about, Natsu bends down and rummages the bag wildly. Gajeel observes him with bewilderment, saying, "What are you doing? Say something, why are you being like this?" Natsu ignores him and ruffles through the bag, throwing aside books and binders, nearly giving himself a paper cut in the process. Although a paper cut wouldn't even compare to the things he just went through.

Not finding what he exactly needed in the bag, he nervously looks to his left, where a box sat. He pulls the box closer to him roughly, and opens it, his hands going this way and that, in a frantic search. He picks up a wallet and pulls out Laxus' old id card. He puts it back in the wallet compartment and opens the wallet to find a picture of Laxus' family portrait. A young Laxus stood next to his mother who sat next to a man with a young Lucy -Natsu assumed- sitting on his lap. It was sad that only one of these four were alive now.

Gajeel leans his head forward to look at the picture, still not sure as to why Natsu was rifling through Laxus' old stuff. But Natsu quickly closes it and moves on to a thin album filled with old articles of PL Group. There were certain sentences that were highlighted and underlined, most likely done by Laxus. Realizing that Laxus was definitely PL Group's heir, Natsu closes the book, sets it back in the box, dazed from the sudden mental jolt he received. He sits on the floor, leaning on the bed like a rag doll, full of no emotion and blankness.

"What is all this?" Gajeel questions, seeing that Natsu calmed down. With his jaw slightly open in shock, Natsu wordlessly reaches into his coat pocket, takes out the PL Group business card that Jellal had given to him, and lets his hand flop on the floor like a fish. Gajeel reaches down and takes the card from his hand. As he straightens, he brings the card closer to his eyes to read what is written.

"PL Group. Lawyer Jellal Fernandez?" Gajeel says, flipping the card over to see if there was anything else, not really getting what was Natsu's point. Natsu's eyes dilate as he stutters, "L-Laxus was really PL Group's son."

Grinning, Gajeel chuckles, "No way!" Still stunned, Natsu continues, "Su, whose dad passed away. He was looking for Laxus. He was looking for him." Gajeel's carefree smile disappears, and he plops down on the bed, his eyes locked on Natsu's dumbfounded face. "Really?" Gajeel asks, in disbelief. When Natsu didn't reply, Gajeel looks away apathetically, saying, "So what? He's already dead." Turning back to Natsu, he asks without much concern about it all, "Did you tell them he died?"

Natsu slightly shakes his head no, and Gajeel says, "No? Why not?" Natsu turns his head to stare at Gajeel who lifts his eyebrows as if to prompt him to speak. "I... don't know," Natsu utters the truth, "I just... I just pretended to be the dead Su." Gajeel's look of indifference turns into one of shock and horror. "What? WHAT?!" Gajeel sputters.

The scene changes to Natsu out for a jog in Magnolia. He has on a black tracksuit and all of his wounds are patched up and bandaged. One part of his lip is still slightly bruised. His face is not one of gladness, however.

Back at the rooftop house, the balcony and floor are covered with snow. Gajeel is doing the laundry as Levy stands next to him with large, orange, and slightly outrageous earmuffs protecting her ears from the sharp cold. Gajeel shouts at her while holding a wet shirt, "Yeah, we're crazy. We're freaking insane. So what?!" Levy exhales, and stares at him with annoyance. "He looks like he's going to die, so why not help us out even more!? Gonna rat us out? Go ahead and tell, ya brat!" Gajeel spits out as he flings the shirt angrily on the rack.

Taking off her earmuffs, she glares at Gajeel, saying with contempt, "Do you think I won't, you crazy bastard?" Gajeel retorts, "No, I know you'll do it, you insane brat. Go ahead and do it!" He walks around the laundry rack and stands in front of a pissed Levy. "Your sister is dead and she is still bothering Natsu. You're alive right now and you're annoying Natsu. Why don't you two sisters go ahead and kill him?" Something cracks inside of Levy at the mention of her dead sister, and Gajeel adds salt to the wound by saying, "What did Natsu do to you guys, for you to act like this?"

With dead seriousness, Levy looks daggers into Gajeel's eyes and mutters, "He threw away my sister." Gajeel yells, "If he doesn't like her, then he has every right to throw her away." At this, Levy sharply raises her hand to throw a punch despite her height, but Gajeel grabs her by her wrist and continues, "If a boy and girl don't like each other, then it's natural to break up! What's the problem?"

Levy's hard glare slightly falters as tears threaten to fall from her wet eyes. Gajeel, noticing her eyes tearing up, scowls and lets go of her arm, muttering, "Crying for no reason..." They stand there still in anger and in awkwardness when Natsu returns from his jog.

Seeing Natsu, Gajeel turns and leaves in a huff. Levy remains there, as still as a statue. As he walks up the stairs, he shouts to Natsu who walks straight to the balcony, "Do you know what this bitch just did? She said she's going to PL Group and telling them that you're a fake." Levy stands mutely, taking his jeers. As he reaches the top of the stairs, he yells, "She said when 91 days pass and you die from Sting's hands, she's going to send a freaking flower."

While Gajeel speaks, Natsu calmly bends down and washes his hands from a basin at the balcony. "Report Sting to the police," Levy says.

Gajeel, standing above the two, says, "You really like reporting us."

With a scoff, he yells, "The police are sure to help if we report a guy who has the police at his back. Are you saying that because you don't know Sting?" Levy stares at the edge of the balcony and the snow-covered town of Magnolia.

"Everything that he does isn't noticed by the heavens or the earth, which is why his nickname is Heaven Earth," Gajeel says, "Call the police? You're just asking to die!"

He glances over at Natsu saying, "Natsu was stabbed a week ago, and yesterday was beaten to a pulp. What else do you need to know for you to leave us alone, you psycho!?"

Natsu straightens and just as calmly walks over to a chair and sits down. Levy's eyes become watery as she tries not to cry and instead focuses on her breathing. She listens to Gajeel walking away and slamming the door shut to the rooftop room. She looks over at Natsu and walks toward him.

Standing a few feet from him, she asks, "Do you really want to live like this?" Natsu keeps his eyes on Magnolia's landscape as Levy continues, "Why is a man so scared of dying?" He is briefly reminded of Sting stabbing him that night as Natsu observes the wintry houses and stores of Magnolia town.

"If you're that scared, then what about my sister?" Levy asks, bitterly, "Your life is meaningless anyways, right? It doesn't matter if you die." Reminded of Levy's sister, Natsu comes out of his musing and takes a glimpse at Levy whose eyes begin to water even more. "What is the reason that you have to pull a con for you to live? Do you actually want to live?"

Unconsciously ripping out his old scars which had not even healed, Levy says, "You, who was abandoned when you were born. What, do you want to find your mother who left you for revenge?" Her spiteful words induce a painful flashback...

Natsu, as a young teenager, was handed a bundle of jewels by a student. Before leaving immediately, the student turned back and jerked his head toward a woman hiding behind a wall and staring at them. The lady backed away from the wall and out onto the streets. Wobbling on her high heels, she backed away to the opposite curb. Desperate to communicate with his mother who abandoned him, he tentatively tried to get closer and said, "Stay. If you're my mom, then stand there. If you know me-" The woman ran on the sidewalk and called, "Taxi! Taxi!" Natsu's face became streaked with tears as he yelled, Stop! Please, wait!" The lady rushed into the taxi, which then drove away. Her eyes were wet with tears as she watched Natsu in the rearview window, running onto the street trying to catch up, but he ran out of breath. The taxi disappeared in the midst of many cars as Natsu slowed down, screaming and crying, "I won't ask for us to live together! I just want to talk.." He clenched the bundle of jewels in his hand as he sobbed in the street. The flashback thus ends.

"After she abandoned me under a tree, she only came to see me once. That woman who gave me 60 jewels," Natsu finally utters, "Why would I have any feelings for that woman?" With a bitter chuckle, he says, "So do I want revenge on her? No, not really."

Unfazed by his sudden remark, Levy asks, "Then why? You have no reason to live. Why? All you're doing is just forcefully eating each meal like a pig just to keep living, but what's the point of it all?"

Natsu counters, "Do you have to have a grand reason to live? Even if I don't have a reason to live, I live because my eyes open in the morning. Because I can still breathe. If a person doesn't have a reason to live, does that mean he can't? If living like this is embarrassing, then I'm embarrassed right now," At the end of his sentence, his eyes become glazed with tears and his bruised lips slightly tremble.

"But you know, Levy, because I'm still alive, I want to continue living."


A/N: real dramatic. c: well this is our last chap before hiatus so thanks for yo reviews and stuff! we'll be back soon~ maybe my other story, What I'm Here For, will be updated during our hiatus cuz Jenny is not TOO busy, at least for now. baii and we love you!