A few character's age

Natsu 19

Lisana 18

Lucy 19

Wendy 14

Mirajane 21

Asuka 7

In this fanfic, I will not take in account the events of 100 Years Quest

I haven't wrote a fanfic in some time, so, tell me what you think of this one please.

alexeliatrope

Chapter 1: What to do next?

It had now been two years since the war against Alvarez Empire, most of what had been destroyed during the war had now been rebuilt, and life was finally back to normal for the whole population of Fiore, including guild mages.

Right now, Natsu was sitting on a stool in front of the bar, watching the guild he had grown to love so much. Though, he didn't seem as cheerful as he usually was.

It had been two weeks since he last went on a mission, three months since he went with the whole Team Natsu. And, even though he hadn't really been bothered at the beginning, he was now starting to notice something.

His friends were changing, they were growing, moving forward with their lives, but that wasn't what was bothering him. What really saddened him was that it only enlightened the fact that he hadn't changed, that he hadn't been moving forward, he had been quite adamant to stay the way he was, and was only now realizing that even though they weren't doing it intentionally, his friends were leaving him behind.

Gray had started dating Juvia and tend to be spending a lot of time with her, of course Natsu didn't blame him, in fact, even though he wouldn't admit it, he was quite jealous, because he still hadn't mastered the courage to ask the girl he loved to go out with him.

Lucy didn't go on jobs as often now that she had enough money thanks to her book, she also needed a lot of time because she was preparing a new one. Natsu had even made the effort to read it, and he had to admit he quite liked the book.

Even Happy had finally convinced Charle to accept dating him. And he could go on and on with the list, everybody seems to have something now, everybody but him.

So now he was alone at the bar, giving a fake smile to hide his sadness and jealousy. Though, the demonic barmaid could easily see through it. In fact, she had grown quite good at reading most of her guild mates after spending so much time at the bar, talking to every one of them when they were at the guild.

"Natsu?" She asked, but got no answer, he was too lost in his thoughts – which was rare for Natsu – "Natsu?" She asked again louder waving a hand in front of his face.

"Mira? What is it?" he asked confused at her behavior.

"You were lost in thoughts, quite surprising for you"

"Oh, sorry, you need anything?"

"I was just a bit concerned, you seemed to be worried about something"

"You really are good at reading people, aren't you?"

Mira giggled and gave him a grin, "I like to think I am, at least at reading most of the guild members" she answered with a smile

Then, she got a more serious look on her face.

"Though, don't try and change the subject Natsu, really, what's bugging you?"

"It's nothing really Mira, don't worry about it" He tried to push it aside quickly.

"Nuh-uh, don't try to drop the subject Natsu, I can see you're really worried" She insisted

Natsu sighed, resigned, knowing he couldn't do anything to escape Mira's concern.

"It's just that, lately, I've realized everybody has been moving on with their lives." He answered

"I don't see how that's a bad thing", she answered confused

"It's not, I'm really happy for all of them, though, it made me realize that while everybody is changing and growing, I'm still the same, and it kinda makes me feel a little bit sad to realize it."

"But you were never really interested in that before, you were always only interested in fighting and eating, what changed it?"

"What changed is that, even though I still like to fight, I don't want to only be defined by that, I don't want to just be the stupid guy who destroys everything, I'm tired of it" He admitted.

"I'm sure you should go on a mission rather than staying here, it would help you think things straight to get an idea of what you want to do next, it won't be easy, but you've never been one to give up, so I'm sure you'll end up finding your way"

"Yes, I guess you're true, I'll go on a job on my own, that'll give me a lot of time to think, thank you Mira"

And so, he went to look at the mission board to see what was available.

As always, there was Nab looking at the board, still not choosing a job. Natsu started checking different jobs, though, he found nothing interesting him, so he went straight toward the S-class job's board.

There, he saw something quite interesting, a quite weak dark guild – weak compared to Natsu's power, but quite strong for most other mages – located near Crocus, it would take him around two weeks at most. So, he grabbed the jobs and went back toward Mira to tell her he had taken this job.

"Hey Mira! I've got a job, here", he calls, showing her the job he just took.

"Okay Natsu, good luck, even though I know you won't really need it"

Then she noticed Happy wasn't with him, which was quite rare.

"You aren't taking Happy with you?"

"No, he's on a date with Charle, I don't want to bother him while he's having good time." Natsu answered smiling at her.

"Okay, then, we'll see you soon Natsu, how long do you think you'll need?"

"I don't know, I think it won't take more than two weeks, probably a lot less" he said, on his way out.

"Hey guys, I'm going on a job, I'll see you later" he said when he was in front of the table where Gray, Juvia and Lucy were sitting.

"Okay, well then good luck Natsu" Lucy answered smiling at him.

"Thank you Luce, see you later!" he said walking out of the guild.

Now he was hoping to have time to find a new purpose for him.

Well, I hope you liked it, please review