Chapter 11
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School had started again and Sona was just chatting with Tsubaki while they waited for homeroom to begin.
"Did you hear the rumours about the new transfer student?" Tsubaki asked Sona while they waited.
"Yeah but there is no real information about the student not even their gender. I just hope it isn't some pervert or troublemaker" Sona replied.
"I heard that the student was home-schooled until now. I wonder what made them decide to join a school in our last year" Tsubaki said. Their conversation was cut short by the teacher's arrival.
The teacher entered the class a little later than usual but the students coughed it up to being the first day of a new semester. The teacher greeted them as usual but then told them something that got their attention.
"Today we have a new transfer student" the teacher said then turned to the door, "Natsu you can come in"
All the girls in the glass had their eyes glued to the male student who entered. The man that entered had a lean muscular body, slightly tanned skin, pink hair and onyx eyes. The girls could not take their eyes of the handsome man.
"Please introduce yourself to the class" the teacher asked the man.
"Hello I'm Natsu Dragneel nice to meet you. I'll be in your care" Natsu introduced himself with a big grin showing his longer than normal canines.
This caused all the girls to swoon with quiet words being exchanged.
"Wow he's hot", "I hope he isn't a pervert", "I like his pink hair" and so forth.
"You can go sit down next to Miss Sitri" the teacher said.
Sona raised her hand to show Natsu where he would sit. He thanked her and gave her a smile when he sat down which caused her to blush. The school day quickly came to a close with Natsu either daydreaming in class or disappearing when the class had free time so Sona and Tsubaki could not question Natsu about anything other than greeting him and telling him their names.
"Will you join me when we go and meet the new member of the Occult Research Club?" Sona asked Tsubaki and Saji after she completed her duties as Student Council President.
"Sure, maybe the new member is Natsu" Tsubaki answered.
"If he is we might get some answers to our questions about him" Sona said.
"Who is Natsu?" Saji asked.
"He is a new and mysterious transfer student, we know nothing about his past and we couldn't ask him anything when we had free time because he just disappeared" Sona said before getting ready to leave for the ORC building.
As the group entered the building they only saw the usual crowd.
"Hey Rias so where is this new member?" Sona asked Rias as they could not see any new faces.
"I'm not sure we have been waiting for him to come here since school ended" Rias said.
It was then that the doors opened and revealed Natsu standing there with a box of cookies and backing ingredients. Koneko immediately went to grab the box of cookies only for Natsu to raise it out of her reach.
"Calm down Koneko there is enough for everyone and if you share nicely I will make you some more later" Natsu said before handing Koneko the box.
Koneko quickly handed everyone a cookie while Natsu took a seat on one of the couches. When everyone got their cookie Koneko decided to sit on Natsu's lap while eating the rest of the cookies. Natsu didn't mind Koneko's actions and just reached into the box taking a cookie for himself.
"Hey Natsu so you are the new member of the Occult Research Club" Sona observed.
"Hey Sona, yeah I guess I am the newest member" Natsu said.
"Did you make these cookies they are delicious" Tsubaki said after she ate the cookie she got from Koneko.
"Yeah I find baking to be quite relaxing" Natsu replied.
"So this is why you only arrived now and what is it you got there?" Rias asked pointing to the bag of baking ingredients.
"Oh this it's just some ingredients I decided to get so that I can make thing here as well since you guys like being here most afternoons" Natsu answered.
"How do you know that we spend most of our time here when this is the first time you are here?" Issei asked.
"I have watched over Wendy for her whole life so I have watched you all when you are here" Natsu replied.
"Oh yea I forgot about that" Issei said scratching the back of his head.
"Why were you watching over Wendy, I thought you only transferred here today?" Sona asked a bit confused.
"That is a long story bit if you have the time I can explain it" Natsu said.
"I don't have anywhere to be, how about you guys?" Sona asked Tsubaki and Saji.
After both of them said they had nowhere to be Natsu started explaining how he was asked by Wendy's mother to look over her before she passed away and that he had been in the shadows looking out for her, her whole life.
"That clears things up a bit" Sona said after Natsu finished his story.
"So are you part of Rias' peerage?" Tsubaki asked.
"No I'm not part of any peerage, and before you ask I'm not a devil either" Natsu replied.
"Then what are you because you can't be a human because you have magic" Saji asked.
"If you think humans can't have magic you don't know a lot about the supernatural world do you?" Natsu asked.
"Hey I know a lot about the supernatural world Sona taught me a bunch of things" Saji defended himself.
"So you didn't tell him about all the human mages? Is it because you didn't know either or is it because of some other reason?" Natsu asked looking at Sona.
"I know of a few human mages I just didn't tell him because human mages aren't a problem here" Sona explained.
"Back to you question of what I am, well I am a hybrid between a human, demon and dragon" Natsu said, "Not really human anymore though" he added in a sad tone remembering his past with his brother.
"What do you mean with 'not really human anymore' did something bad happen?" Tsubaki asked after hearing his sad tone.
"Yeah but I don't want to talk about it right now. Anyway I still have a few things to do for my stay here in the human world so I'll see you at the house. Rias, Wendy, Asia anything specifec you want for dinner?" Natsu said before turning to Rias and Wendy and asking his question.
"Anything you make is ok with me" Rias said.
"I don't mind as long as you make it" Wendy said thinking about the delicious food she would get when she got home.
Asia just shook her head showing she had no requests.
Natsu had surprised the two girls with the best breakfast they had ever had when they woke up that morning. They quickly learned that baking wasn't the only thing Natsu was good at in the kitchen.
After Natsu left everyone else chatted for a little while before heading home for dinner. The week went by without much excitement but Natsu did socialize more with his classmates. Friday afternoon after school Issei informed the ORC group that his parents invited everyone over for dinner.
That evening the group arrived at the Hyoudou residence. They were greeted by Issei's parents and invited in. Miki Hyoudou is Issei's mom and has dark brown hair that reached down below her hips and she has light brown eyes. Gorou Hyoudou is Issei's dad and has brown hair, brown eyes and wore glasses. When everyone introduced themselves Miki excused herself so that she could go prepare the food.
"I'll come help you Miss Hyoudou" Natsu offered getting up.
"I couldn't possibly ask that of you please sit and enjoy yourself" Miki said waiving her hands in front of her.
"I insist Miss Hyoudou, please let me come help you" Natsu insisted.
"He won't give up Miss Hyoudou, plus he is quite skilled in the kitchen" Rias said not wanting a drawn out back and forth that will end in Natsu helping anyway. Natsu was just too suborn and once he set his mind to it nobody would be able to change his mind.
"If you are sure then I guess I can use your help" Miki said in a defeated tone.
"Thank you very much Miss Hyoudou" Natsu replied bowing his head a little before following her to the kitchen.
"What a nice young man, why can't you be more helpful Issei?" Gorou asked his son.
"Hey I help around the house sometimes" Issei sulked quietly.
"So these are your friends Issei? Tell me a bit about yourselves if you don't mind" Gorou asked the remaining group.
Everyone told them a bit about themselves. Koneko mentioning her love for sweet treats, Kiba saying he like swords, Asia saying she was a nun before she started attending Kuoh Academy, just some basic trivia like some of their likes and dislikes. Gorou also told them about his job as an office worker.
In the kitchen Miki and Natsu were getting the ingredients ready for the meal.
"So where did you learn to cook Natsu" Miki asked starting up a conversation.
"Well I always had a love for food and when I was younger I used to pester the people who made food where I stayed to make me things to eat. One day one of the cooks got tired of my constant asking for food and decided to teach me how to cook so that I can leave them in peace" Natsu said laughing at the memory.
"Were your parents rich or something?" Miki asked wondering about the fact that they had people to make them food.
"I never knew my birth parents they died when I was very young" Natsu said with a sad tone. He didn't want to tell her he was the Dragon King with a palace and all seeing as she is unaware of the supernatural world. So he decided to just tell her a selected truth.
"I'm so sorry" Miki frantically replied.
"Its fine you didn't know and I love the place I grew up in after my parents passed away" Natsu said.
"Why do you like cooking so much" Miki asked changing the subject.
"I find it really relaxing and seeing the happy faces when someone eats something I made is an added bonus" Natsu answered grateful that the subject was changed.
"I know what you mean it is the biggest compliment when you see people enjoying your food" Miki replied with a smile.
They conversation that Gorou and the rest had was interrupted when Miki called everyone for dinner. The food was amazing and everyone gave compliments the chefs. They continued to talk while eating and just having a nice time. After dinner Miki disappeared to the second story of their home only to return with a photo album.
Much to Issei horror Miki started showing everyone his baby photos. When they reached his early childhood Issei was a depressed mess sitting in the corner mumbling about how his mother ruined his image and similar things. Kiba saw a photograph of Issei and one of his friends playing at the friend's house with a sword in the background. After a minute of him staring at the photo he excused himself and thanked the Hyoudous for their hospitality.
The rest of the group found his behaviour a bit odd but didn't pay it too much mind. They continued looking at photos and hearing stories of Issei's childhood. When eleven o'clock came by everyone got up and started leaving not wanting to overstay their welcome thanking their hosts for the food and hospitality.
During the following week the ORC was tasked with taking out a stray devil at an abandoned factory. When they arrived Rias told them their plan of attack.
"Kiba you will guard Issei while he powers up. Koneko, Wendy and Asia you will keep its attention away from them while Akeno and I bombard it with some ranged spells. You don't have to engage it just skirmish around and make sure you don't get tangled in a long conflict with it" Rias instructed.
The plan was working well until the stray decided to attack Issei and Kiba after failing to do anything to the rest of the group. It charged at them and easily swiped Kiba away through a wall making it collapse. Issei had to use the power he managed to gather to shoot a Dragonshot at the stray. It wasn't as powerful as he would have hoped and did not defeat the stray. Wendy formed a tornado under the stray lifting it up while Koneko rushed forward to deliver a hit to the stray's head. The battle continued with the group gaining a few injuries. But after a long battle they finally managed to eliminate it.
"Kiba are you all right the attack that sent you flying normally wouldn't be a problem to you to block" Rias asked her knight.
"Sorry my mind wasn't fully on the fight" Kiba said with an embarrassed expression.
"What is on your mind?" Wendy asked him hoping she could help.
"Don't worry about it I'm fine" Kiba said as he walked away.
Rias decided not to press the issue at the moment but Issei followed Kiba worried about him.
"Hey Kiba what's on your mind? I can see something is troubling you?" Issei asked.
"You're not going to let this go right" Kiba said with a sigh.
"Well if you must know something of my past came up and my purpose in life is to get revenge on the Holy Sword Excalibur" Kiba said before walking off at a brisk pace leaving Issei behind.
Unbeknownst to them Natsu had followed them as well keeping to the shadows.
When Issei retreated and was out of sight Natsu made his presence known to Kiba.
"You have friends who care about you and will help you out you know" Natsu said startling Kiba.
"I don't want them to get involved" Kiba replied after getting over his scare.
"They will get involved whether you want them to or not. That's just something friends do. And think about maybe talking about it to someone it usually help a lot to get it off your shoulders" Natsu said.
"You wouldn't understand the suffering I went through" Kiba said with hate in his voice directed at the events that happened to him.
"Oh yeah try me" Natsu said.
And that is where Chapter 11 ends. Hope you enjoyed the story so far. Yea so Natsu joined the school and he is in Sona's class. I will try and add some scenes with Natsu at school if you want. See ya next time.
