One Hell of a Delinquent

by Amayano

Natsu, who is in the Student Council, wants an easy, peaceful, and lazy life, but he also wants something interesting to happen in it. One day, when he's out going on a "patrol", he sees an innocent-looking blonde beauty...that's surrounded by beaten up and unconscious seniors. Is this really the interesting thing in his life that Natsu wanted?

21. She Who Declared War

-One Hell of a Delinquent-

Chapter 21- She Who Declared War

A/N. GASSSSPPPP CHAPTER TITLE O3O Bound to happen. I seriously wonder how many chapters this will be….hmm definitely not in the 30's though :T Probably like around chapters 25~27? O3O Don't know~! Well, just go read this chapter ;3

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Disclaimer - I do not own Fairy Tail

Lucy's POV

After I ran about at least a block from the mansion, I slowed down to a walk. I walked leisurely, putting my hands behind my head and whistling a random tune. However, I was still cautious of my surroundings. Who knows how many men Minerva has? Just enough proof that she's being paranoid. Stupid as she was, she's actually a pretty good fighter herself. Perhaps even more so than Haruka – who knows? As I walked down another block, I heard a girly-ish yell behind me. I blinked and turned around.

Minerva stood there, somewhat bleeding from pieces of glasses piercing her skin. "You bitch….," She hissed at me, straightening her torn dress. She panted heavily. I noticed that a piece of glass had scratched her eyebrow, leaving it to bleed and flow down her right eye. She must've jumped out of a window. How brave, I thought.

"You jumped out of a five-story mansion. What a brave woman you are," I rolled my eyes. She finally caught her breath and straightened up. Minerva scoffed and wiped away the blood on her face.

"S-Says the one who fell in love with a pink haired brat she was supposed to kill," She smirked. I narrowed my eyes. Shit. Is she planning to kill him herself?

I crossed my arms and grasped my other pocket knife. "…..What of it?" I frowned, pulling the pocket knife out of my pocket slightly. Minerva started laughing.

"S-So it's true. The mighty and cold-hearted Blood Mistress, the one who's famed to kill and slaughter any gang on her own. The one who's famed for spilling blood upon any battlefield without mercy, has fallen in love? How weak of you, Heartfilia!" Minerva spat and cruelly laughed.

I froze for a moment before chuckling slightly. "That's my own damn decision. But if you lay a finger on Natsu, I'll destroy you and your whole organization," I smirked at the end. She chuckled and looked up at the sky, which was currently being covered up by dark clouds. A cold drop fell on down. Then another. And another. Soon, we were being pelted by rain. How fitting.

"This probably means you just declared war, right Heartfilia?" Minerva looked back at me, grinning. I scoffed and grinned back.

"Damn straight, Minerva," I replied, wiping off some of the rain that got in my eyes.

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-Natsu's POV-

I already got bored of playing games. Even though they had about two shelves full of video games, I just simply got bored from it. I walked out of the large game room and back into the…living room? I didn't know what to call it.

"Ahh, dammit it's raining," Lucifer cursed as he threw a small red ball into the air repeatedly. The others were lounging around lazily.

"Eh? How do you know?" I asked him. This was the basement, and every basement doesn't have windows. So how'd he tell it's raining?

Lucifer shrugged and let the ball fall to the ground. It bounced somewhere before stopping. "I can just tell. It got…colder, you could say. It usually gets colder when it rains," He picked up the ball and starting bouncing it in the air again.

"Aghh~! So boring…how long does it take to have a simple talk with Minerva anyway? Maybe she pissed her off though, and then Minerva probably insulted Lucy by saying how weak she is from falling in love with Pinky over there. And then they probably declared war and walked away happily in the rain. THE END," Takumi babbled. I froze when I heard the second sentence.

In…love? NOWAYNOWAYNOWAYNOWAY THAT CANNOT HAPPEN SHE'S A DELINQUENT WHEREAREMYTHOUGHTSGOING?! I panicked. "L-Love…?!" I exclaimed. They all looked towards me.

Aisaka scratched her head. "Oh…we should've have said 'love'. 'Like' doesn't really fit the bill. I guess after trying to charm you, she ended up falling in love herself. Oh well, the cat's outta the bag," Aisaka shrugged and yawned.

"H-HOW CAN YOU SAY IT SO NONCHALANTLY?! LIKE SAYING 'Oh, it's no big deal~!' NO BIG DEAL MY ASS!" I yelled, pointing an accusing finger at them. I could tell I was blushing massively because my cheeks felt like they were on fire. Suddenly, Takumi whipped out his cell phone and put it in front of my face.

Click! "Yay. Picture taken," Takumi commented in a somewhat lazy and bored tone. The rest whipped out their cell phones, too.

"Ooh! Send the picture to me! I'm going to send it to Lucy!" Haruka waved her pink phone around. I blushed harder, if that was possible.

"H-Hey! Don't just take a picture of me and send it to people!" I complained. They all stared to each other, nodded, and looked back at me.

"It's for fun. Duh," Daemon rolled his eyes. I gaped at him.

"W-What?" I muttered. "Taking embarrassing pictures and sending it to each other is for fun?"

The two most mischievous of the little gang nodded. "Duh. We got nothin' better to do. All the dangerous gangs are wiped out thanks to Lucy and us, and the only thing we gotta worry 'bout is Minerva, who hasn't taken action yet. Any that we know of, anyway," Lucifer yawned and threw the ball behind him. And just like that, the door burst open. We all whipped our heads to the door, where we saw Lucy soaking wet and panting.

"Damn the rain and damn her," Lucy chuckled and slowly walked towards the hallway, slightly shivering along the way. Lucifer looked at me as if to say 'I told you so!'. I looked away and ignored him.

"So how'd it go?" Aisaka called out. Lucy stopped in her tracks and turned around.

"Mm….kicked a bunch of weak asses, Minerva crushed the fake item, she exploded. I ran away from the mansion she was at, making sure none could escape unless they jumped out of a window, which she did. Then we had a little talk while insulting each other at the same time, and we declared war. Then, I headed back here," Lucy summed it up in a nutshell and continued her walk towards the bathroom.

"WHOA! MY BABBLING CAME TRUE!" Takumi yelled, his eyes sparkling. Aisaka slapped the back of his head hard. "Ouch! What was that for?" He hissed slightly at the pain, rubbing the sore spot.

"Idiot! We're in a war with Sabertooth. Don't act so happy over it," Aisaka scolded. I gulped. War? Is this a full blown war or just a gang war? Am I going to be part in it? I thought, panic and fear consuming my mind. As it to answer my question, Lucy stopped walking.

"Natsu, you don't have to…fight in the gang war. It's best if you don't. I'd rather like you as the innocent and baka Pinky than a guilty and horrified Natsu who most likely had intentionally fatally injured a man," She chuckled slightly before continuing, "I don't think I'd be able to forgive myself if you turned guilty for the rest of your life. 'Kay, Natsu?" She turned her head to look at me. I nodded slowly, biting my bottom lip nervously. She smiled – a true smile. "Well, that's that. I'm going to take a shower before I catch a cold," She looked at me again before finally going into the hallway, leaving a trail of water.

"You heard her, Natsu. You going to…fight or no? I also think you should just stay out of this," Lucifer sighed. I closed my eyes tightly. If I do help…I might kill someone. No, I'll have to, or at least injure them. I don't think I'll be able to live with myself if I ever killed someone. Just like Lucy said…..but then Lucy might seriously get hurt and I don't want her to leave me. What should I do….? Her last injury has just barely fully healed. What if the injury was somewhere else?

"Natsu, there's no pressure. We've been accustomed to killing and wars. We're not like you, who is innocent and barely injured anyone seriously," Aisaka patted my shoulder. I nodded. "But somehow, I get the feeling you're going to be involved no matter what. Minerva knows you two are in love. She'll use that to her advantage. So, we'll be leaving you here with Juvia, Gajeel, and Lucifer."

"Hai, Natsu-san," Juvia came from the stairs that led to the café, with Gajeel following. He waved to me.

"Yo, Salamander!" He grinned. I cracked a small smile.

"Salamander here needs some protection, ehh?" He walked over to me and patted my back – though with his strength, it felt like he was hitting the air out of me.

"Juvia congratulates you and love- Juvia means, Lucy-san, on your relationship," Juvia smiled. I blushed and looked away.

"W-We're not dating…" I muttered. Then I felt knuckles grinding into the sides of my head. "I-Itai!" I tried to get the hand off.

"You can admit it, Pinky! Not like we don't know," I heard Lucy's voice. She stopped grinding her knuckle into my head, allowing me to turn around.

"A-Ah! Lucy, when did you finish showering?!" I exclaimed, blushing.

"Some time ago. Anyway, we're da~ting, right Pinky?" She said the syllables of 'dating' slowly and swung her arm around my shoulder, grinning. "You basically said you loved me, hm?" She whispered into my ear.

"By the way, Juvia," Lucy thankfully changed the topic," aren't you and Gray dating? I haven't actually heard from him much so I thought you'd be doing some things," She smirked. Juvia started blushing.

"N-No! Gray-sama j-just took Juvia to some dates, that's all. But Juvia thinks this isn't the subject to talk about right now. I think we need to know when the war is exactly," Juvia instantly changed to being serious, since she stopped referring to herself in third person.

"I agree~!" Haruka exclaimed. The air in the room instantly turned serious and tense. Lucy even let go of my shoulder, instead crossing her arms and closing her eyes.

Lucy opened her eyes and spoke loudly, "Whoever makes the first move, war will be initiated." My eyes widened. There were even little mutters and curses.

"Whoever makes the first move? So if we were to attack one of Minerva's men, the war starts? And if she has one of them attack us, it also starts?" Takumi confirmed. Lucy nodded.

"Damn that's tough. We also need some time to prepare," Lucifer cursed. I bit my bottom lip nervously again. Gajeel leaned back on the wall, closing his eyes, while Juvia simply stood there with her arms at her side. Aisaka and Haruka were on the couch, head turned so that they could face us. Daemon simply sat at one of the recliners.

"Well that's how it goes. We have to be on guard at all times. Natsu, don't get too cautious and paranoid because I'm making sure Gajeel or at least someone is with you, if I'm not there," Lucy instructed. I nodded. "Now then, as for the rest of the gang-"

I interrupted her. "G-Gang?"

She nodded. "Yeah, didn't I explain everything to you? We have way more people than this, you know. This is just where we," she pointed to Aisaka, Haruka, Takumi, Daemon and Lucifer, "hang out and live. The real base is in a warehouse," She grinned.

"O-Oh."

"As I was saying, the rest of the gang is to stand by. If they confirm there's a spy from Minerva, they will report to you guys," she pointed to her friends including Juvia and Gajeel, "or me. If there's truly a spy, that will be my call to start the war," Lucy grinned and jerked her thumb towards herself. "That's all. Any questions? God I feel like a teacher," She muttered the last sentence just loud enough for us to hear.

"No, Lucy-sensei, "They all simultaneously said in monotone. Lucy's eye twitched.

"Alright then. I'm going to sleep. C'mon Pinky," She grabbed my wrist and practically dragged me to her room.

"W-What?!" I cried out, reaching out desperately towards the others. They all shrugged or stuck out their tongue at me. "W-Why am I coming?"

She kicked open the door. " 'Cause I want to. We should get familiar towards each other, hm?" She grinned sadistically – in a "good" way – at me. I gaped at her. Why?! I just got totally embarrassed with this stuff and now this?!

"B-But what about my parents?! I've practically been sleeping here on the couches and whatnot so my parents must be worried! I should just head-" She interrupted me.

"Oh. Them. I said that we were going to work on a school project and would need plenty of time together to work hard on it. They said we could take as much time as we want," She grinned evilly as I stared in horror. "Now suck it up."

She helped me up and led me into her room. It wasn't that bad, actually as I thought it'd be. It wasn't too small, or too big, and her walls were painted dark blue with around a poster or two of a band. There was also a dart board with a dart nicely fit into the center – the bulls eye. Across the room was a black desk with papers and pencils scattered about. On the wall next to the desk was a long whiteboard with the words TO DO LIST neatly written on it. The other words were too small for me to read from this distance. In the corner of the room, near the desk, was a medium-sized black bed that was barely big enough to fit two people. Next to the bed was a small stand, which I assume to put the alarm clock on. On the left side of the room, was a sliding mirror door, which I also guessed it to be the closet.

"Ah~! So comfy," Lucy jumped onto the bed and laid down with her arms and legs spread out. She then crawled under the covers and snuggled into her pillow. "This bed is big enough. Don't be a chicken," She rolled her eyes.

I tried to find an excuse. "U-Um….b-but….uh…I don't have any pajamas!" I quickly blurted out. She raised an eyebrow.

"Lucifer's room is across mine. You can just borrow some pajamas there," She pointed to the blue door across the hallway. I nodded and sighed in defeat. I walked over to the blue door and opened it. It was also fairly plain, like Lucy's, except the colors were different. He also had a desk but it was white. His bed was also bigger, and blue instead of black. He didn't have anything on the wall except a photo of him and Takumi posing in front of an amusement park, with the rest of their friends, including Lucy, in the background. I went over to the closet, and picked out a white shirt and just some basketball shorts. It's not like I could tell the difference between his normal clothes and pajamas, anyway.

I walked back to the room, changed, and saw Lucy already asleep. I cracked a small smile and slid into the empty space on the bed next to her. I didn't bother facing her though, because I was too embarrassed to do so. I blushed and pulled the covers closer to my body. "G'night, Lucy," I muttered and closed my eyes, drifting off to sleep.

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-Normal POV-

Lucy snapped her eyes open, smiling at Natsu before her. She chuckled and whispered, "You should really be on guard, Natsu, if you can't tell between a conscious person and a sleeping person. I know it's kind of cruel for me to leave you alone like this for now, so I won't expect you to forgive me. Actually, I kinda expect you to since you're too much of a nice guy," She chuckled again and ruffled his hair. She sat up and carefully got off the bed, making sure Natsu was truly asleep. She stretched and headed out the room.

"Lucy, you think it's okay to leave Natsu there?" Aisaka was leaning against the wall next to the door, eyes closed. "You always said that people are most vulnerable when they're sleeping."

Lucy stopped in the hallway and put her hands in her pockets. "Yeah. Lucifer is in his room. Natsu just failed to see him in the closet," She chuckled. "He's gonna be in the room with Natsu. You wanna help him?" She raised an eyebrow.

Aisaka shrugged. "Perhaps, I guess. Two is better than one. Where are ya going?" Aisaka opened an eye to look at her.

"I'm just paying a visit to Virgo. Take good care of Natsu," She answered and walked off. She lazily waved as she walked down the hallway. In the distance, Lucy called out, "Haruka, you're with me." Haruka appeared next to Lucy, walking down with her until they disappeared from Aisaka's sight.

Aisaka sighed and looked into Lucy's room. In the bed was Natsu's sleeping form, his chest rising and falling with each breath.

"What a nice sight. Try to picture Lucy next to him, sleeping in peace," Lucifer commented. She nodded. She could already picture it – the peaceful scene of Lucy and Natsu sleeping soundly. She chuckled bitterly.

"That, sadly, can't happen right now. Not while Lucy and Minerva declared war," Aisaka looked sadly upon Natsu's sleeping form.

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ASDFGHJKL; WHY LUCY DX U LEFFTTT HIMMMMM *turns Lucy into a weak and wimpy character and crushes her with my foot* BWAHAHHA But wait I'm the author I made her like this :T Well I just wanted Lucy to do that e-e Yes, they love each other. Okay, maybe not SOOO much but, you know, yeah. J-Just imagine it _ That little "war rule" I put in there was based off the Gintama arc Kabukicho Four Devas Arc. The law (or rule) was that if one of the Devas (leaders) were to take action, the other 3 would destroy it. Sort of similar, but I changed it for this story :p

-Amayano