Chapter 4

As Natsu watches the disappearing figure of the short black haired woman, he couldn't help but to contemplate if the woman he was just talking minutes ago was the same person he met at the gallery. Still gazing at the crowd, he starts to mumble to himself about how that woman reminded him of the girl. But no matter how much it remind him of the woman, he couldn't grasp the idea that it could be her.

"That can't be her, the girl in the gallery have long blonde hair and she has short black hair. But those eyes, why does it seem to so familiar?" Natsu asks to himself as he watches the people dance in the middle of the room. But his deep thoughts was suddenly cut off when the bartender suddenly places a bucket of beer in the bar. "Sir, here is your bucket of beer. Sorry for keeping you waiting."

Natsu then glances at the bartender before giving a small nod which the man returned the gesture. Soon, Natsu slowly stands from his seat and takes the bucket when suddenly he thought that maybe the man could know something about the woman, so he quickly calls before the bartender was too far.
"Hey man!" The bartender then half turns to look back at the calling man, "Yeah?"
"Do you happen to notice the woman sitting here a while ago?" Natsu gestures to the empty seat before looking back at the man who was trying to recall the customer, "Which one? The girl with purple hair or the girl with black hair?"
"The girl with a short black hair! Do you know her name?" Natsu asks excitedly as he was beginning to feel hope to know at least the girl's name despite the thought that maybe they were two different people, "Oh, I'm not quite sure. She was talking to another girl and if I'm not mistaken her name could be-"
"Zondra" A voice cuts off the bartender making Natsu look to his side as a hand was now waiting in front of him. "Excuse me?" Natsu asks as he tries to take in the sight he was looking at. It was a woman with a purple hair, holding on to a beer which looks like it came from his bucket. When Natsu is about to ask again, the bartender suddenly butts in making him glance at the high pitched man, "That! The girl you're describing to me was talking with her! I think they are friends!" Before Natsu could even reply back to the bartender, another customer has called his attention and soon left them. "Well, are you going to shake my hand or not? Cause my hands are getting tired…" Cana sarcastically says as she raises a brow to the curious man. Soon the man slowly brings his hand to firmly shake her hand making Cana smirk in success. "Nice meeting you…and you are?" Cana said as she kept her hands to his, giving it a little squeeze making Natsu even more curious to what Cana's motives, "Natsu…Natsu Dragneel" Natsu responses before he feels the hand of the woman to pull away. Keeping his gaze to the mysterious woman, he sees that Zondra was sitting in the stool as she swigs her beer. As she puts down her drink, she glances back at him and smirks, "I took one from your bucket."

Natsu then nods at the woman before taking a seat next to her, trying to figure out if the woman. Natsu couldn't help but to doubt the woman he is sitting with after all she just suddenly appeared next to him. He keeps on thinking if the woman called Zondra was really going to help him identify the woman he really wants to know about.

"Well, aren't you gonna drink or will I be drinking the whole bucket for you? Cause I'm done with this one" And with that Cana pulls another bottle of beer from the bucket before swigging it. Surprised to how much Zondra could take in the drink, Natsu shakes his head in disbelief before grabbing a drink and swigs it too.

"So, you're a Dragneel…as in your part of the Dragneel Clan?" Cana suddenly inquires as she gives a quick glance before drinking her beer. Looking at the woman, Natsu nods before answering, "Yeah, I'm part of that clan. I'm the grandson actually."

"Ohh, big shot!" Cana teases making the pinkette the grin as he shakes his head in disagreement, "Not really, more of my grandparents and parents."

"Hmm, humble"

"I'm sorry?"

"I'm just stating facts…don't mind me," Cana says before gulping her drink, "So that would mean that you are part of the Dragneel Art Corp… what's your position there? Manager? CEO?"

"President"

Natsu shortly answers as he just stares at the ridiculous drunken woman who was like interrogating him for an unknown reason. Not minding at first but after one question answered, more questions were thrown to him and the longer it happened the more he was beginning to feel irritated. He was practically being interviewed by an unknown woman, besides knowing her name, which could be fake as well.

"Ahh, so that means-"

"Wait up!" Natsu cuts off Cana who suddenly stops mid-way to her sentence, leaving her mouth open, "Why are you interviewing me exactly?"

Cana smirks mischievously as she finally gets the full attention of the man. Turning to fully face the man, she continues to grin, "You wanna know my friend's name right? I can tell you…" Widening his eyes, Natsu answers back, "Then tell me," Natsu commands impatiently as he looks at the purple haired woman with intense gaze, "Because I'm really not quite interested being exposed to people I'm not familiar with"

"And what makes you think I'd give her name to you so easily?" Cana then stands from her stool as she brings the bottle to her lips and drinks the last bits of her beer while keeping her gaze to the stunned man, "She's my friend and I just don't give her name to strangers."

"Well, I'm not a stranger anymore because you know about me more than you should know."

"Nice try boy" Cana then pulls the last beer from the bucket which had 12 beers moments ago, "but no." And with that Cana taps the man at the shoulder when she was about to leave. But to her surprise, Natsu holds her wrist making her stop from her tracks. And before she even knows what is happening, she was being pulled back to her seat, making her tumble with the force. "Ow! Let go baka!"

Natsu then releases her wrist before crossing his arms over his chest and gave an irritated look at the purple haired woman. Seeing that the woman was rubbing her wrist, he couldn't help but feel bad after being too harsh to her, "Hey, look I'm sorry with what I did but…wait, is your hair purple or brown?"

"Huh? What? What kind of question is that?! Are you drunk?"

"Tipsy yes but drunk no…you have streaks of brown hair when moments ago your head was just pure purple," Natsu remarks as he leans closer to check if he was right. To Cana's defense, she leans back when suddenly she realizes that her wig might have loosened making her real hair peek out. With that, she quickly stands up making her stumble backward, hitting the stool to fall down and in a panic she tumbles as well making her wig fall off. Soon, her brown hair falls down perfectly as she curses at her fallen disguise, "Fuck!"

With Cana's loud cursing, the bartender suddenly glances at their side making the bartender bulge his eyes out, "Oi! It's you!"

"Shit! No, it's not me!" Cana scrambles in her position as she tries to grabs her wig, purse and her half way done beer. Seeing the scene play before him, Natsu couldn't help but feel dumbfounded. The woman he was talking with was practically not a purple haired woman but rather a brown haired woman. In other words, the woman was just disguising. So, snapping out of his shock, he realizes that maybe the woman was just some media in disguise, trying to get a scoop out of him. So he quickly stands from his seat and finds that the woman he was talking with was being escorted out of the party.

"Hey wait up! I need to talk to her!" Natsu exclaims as he tries to pass through the crowded party, avoiding being hit and blocked by others as he tries to follow them. Trying his best to keep up with the big bouncers who was carrying a frantic woman, who was flying her arms and legs to get away from the strong grips but wouldn't budge. Getting close to the small group, Natsu hears the woman shout, "Let go! I just had a few!"

"You finished a two bucket of beer already!" the bartender shouts back as he walks behind the bouncers, "No I did not! I only had a tequila!"

"Which you finished the bottle with your friend!"

"Shut up! Put me down!" Cana shouts as she hits the back of the man who was carrying her out but was soon put down to stand on her own.

Quickening his pace and being able to catch up, Natsu immediately calls out to the men which he finally gets their attention. Halting from their track, they realize they were already outside of the bar.

"Hey wait up, can I just talk to her for a second?" Natsu asks as he steps closer to the group. Hearing Natsu's voice, Cana then leans sideways to see the man and onto him to ask for help, "Natsu! Tell them to let me stay! I just had a few drink! I'm barely drunk"

"Wait, wait…I just need to ask you-"

"Cana?" a voice suddenly calls out making everyone turn their attention to the incoming person. And to Natsu's surprise, he was actually standing next to the woman who has been bothering his brain the whole night. "It's you…" Natsu mumbles but the woman seems to unnoticed him as she just walks closer to the brown haired woman.

"Thanks, I'll handle her." Lucy then holds Cana's arm, making the men step back and return back inside to do their job. As the men disappear, Natsu quickly helps the short black haired woman by helping her carry the finally passed out woman. Wrapping Cana's other arm to his shoulder, Natsu stands straight making the whole weight of the woman lean on him.

Lucy surprised to the sudden help, glances at the other side and sees that the pinkette was there. "Wh-what are you doing?"

"I'm helping, isn't it obvious?" Natsu then grins to his signature smile making Lucy blush unconsciously. Feeling her own cheeks to heat up, she quickly looks away and continues to walk towards the corner to stop any incoming taxi.

As the three waited in the corner, they were just silent until Natsu decides to break the silence and start having a conversation. "So, uh, she's your friend?" Natsu asks, trying not to lean forward to look at the raven haired woman. Hesitant to converse, Lucy bits her lower lip contemplating if she should answer or just leave him hanging. But to her guilt she answers back, "Uh, yeah. A colleague too."

"Really? What do you two do?" Can't help himself anymore as he leans forward to see the beautiful woman on the other side. Keeping his gaze and smile, Lucy couldn't help but be stunned to the heart warming gaze and grin, "Um…we're consultants"

"Really?! Cool…we'll I'm somehow a consultant too...I work at the Dragneel Art Corp. Natsu by the way!" Natsu then extends his free hand for a handshake making Lucy surprised. Staring at the hand, she was debating in her head if she was to shake the hand or not. But before she could even deny the act, she held her free hand and gave it a firm shake.

Doing the handshake, Lucy couldn't help but notice how his hands were larger than hers and how his hands were actually soft when it looked rough. Another thing she noticed was how his hands were so warm despite being outside in the cold night. "Your hands are warm…" Lucy babbles her thoughts out loud accidentally which made her stiffen when she realize it was meant to be kept to herself.

Surprised to her remark, Natsu couldn't help but to give her hand a little squeeze, "Yeah, I have weird body temperature…"

Hearing his respond, Lucy quickly pulls her hand away and looks far to avoid being seen flushed. As she stares at the street, she suddenly notices a cab coming and so she quickly calls the attention of the driver. As she waited, Natsu suddenly asks again making her stunned, "Sorry, but I believe I didn't get your name?"

Before Lucy could even answer, the cab stops in front of them and she opens the door for Cana to step inside. Helping her friend get in was a lot of troubles because she just keeps on tumbling out of her seat. When Lucy finally pushes Cana to lie down to the taxi, she stands up straight, fixes her loose hair and looks back at the taller man.

"Thanks," Lucy says her gratitude with a smile then turns to take her seat in the cab to leave. But a hand suddenly grasps her hand, making her stop. The hand that held her hand was too familiar, it was the same warm hands she just shook before the cab came. Looking back at the man, Lucy couldn't help but wonder at the almost blushing man, "What is it?"

"Okay, don't find this weird but a while ago I told you my name. So I was hoping I could know your name, you haven't told me your name yet" Natsu sheepishly smiles as he keeps his gaze at the curious woman. Soon enough, the woman before him breaks into a smile and just giggles before turning her back once more. Without a word, Lucy closes the door and rolls down the window to look at the stunned man.

"Bye Natsu…" Lucy smiles before looking away and starts to roll the window up, but it suddenly stopped when a hand suddenly stops it from doing so, "Wait! I didn't get your name?!" Natsu panicking to lose the chance once more to know her name

"I didn't give it." And with that Lucy signals the driver to speed off making Natsu stumble a bit.

Watching the descending vehicle, Natsu couldn't help but exhale disappointedly because again, he didn't get the name of the girl who has been clouding his thoughts. As the car made its turn to the next corner, Natsu softly mumbles to himself in defeat, "I just wanted to know when I will be able to see you again…"

To be continued…

HEY MINA!

I just want to clarify, Lucy Heartfilia's name in the first part of the story is LUCIYA HART. There is a back story to it, but it won't be told until it gets to the middle of the story and its FAR from the climax of the story...so yeah...just a thought to advise you.

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