It's time for chapter 2 guys! I had a little break within the weekend that I fist published this story because of a swimming competition. I was feeling a little bit of writers block when typing it up, so sorry if its not the best! ;-;

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Key for story(More will be added IF needed):

BOLD - anger

Italic - thoughts, dreams, other end(s) of a phone call.


She stared at the boy until, and he stared back at her, his face unchanged but showing no hostility. This made her question what he was about. She wasn't going to lie, he was kind of hot. His eyes drew her in, but looked away, not wanting to seem weird. He sat down in the seat next to her, laying his chin on his arms, gazing at the board as Gildarts went back to teaching. His bag looked old, and his clothes didn't look new, but still had no tears of holes. She glanced out of the corner of her eye, and noticed him take out a notebook and began writing notes.

She began once more to wonder exactly why he went into the woods that late at night. She found herself sneaking glances at the pinkette every so often, which didn't go unnoticed by her friends. After their first period ended, she began walking to her next class, which she seemed to only share with Levy. Though, she did notice that Natsu was on the same hall.

"Is a certain someone catching your eye?" she chirped.

The blonde felt a warmth in her face as a light blush dusted her cheeks. "N-No Levy!" she stuttered, "I was just curious as to who he is!" she said, trying to brush off the bluenette's suggestion. The next class, being chemistry, went surprisingly fast. When the bell rang at 11:50 am for their hour of lunch, the two walked toward the cafeteria, where Cana and Juvia were just sitting down.

"So," said the brunette, raising what seemed to be a corkcicle mug towards them, "how's yer first day been so far, Lucy?"

The two sat down across from them. "It's been pretty good so far, though it's a little early to say whether I'll enjoy the semester or not." she replied. As Cana took a swig of her corkcicle, Lucy caught a whiff of alcohol. She sweat dropped at the girl.

"Is that, alcohol?" she asked, wanting to confirm her suspicion.

"Of course!" the brunette grinned. "I have some every day!" The two bluenettes sighed and nodded in confirmation. "You won't say nothing, right, Lucy?"

The blonde shook her head. "N-No, I won't. It's your business what you drink." Even though you're underage. She thought with a sigh.

"Hey there." said a familiar, cool voice. They all looked to find Gray and Loke, along with whom she assumed were a couple other friends of theirs. Juvia looked about ready to burst, while Lucy blushed slightly. Looking at him this close, she could tell he was athletic, as well as handsome. His spiky black hair, stroked backwards in a more organized way that the pinkette she'd seen earlier.

"You're Lucy, right?" he asked. She felt her heart beat a little faster as she nodded.

His lips curled into a small smile. "Cool. Are you enjoying your day so far, being new and all?" he asked, his hands in his pockets.

"Y-Yes, thank you." she said, feeling drawn to his cool and calm composure. In the background, she heard Juvia whisper something along the lines of 'love rival' or something. But something was off. He sure seemed cool, but his remark about Natsu earlier had thrown her for a loop. Just what kind of guy was he truly?

"Gray, about Natsu," she asked. Before she could continue, she saw his face go from a small smile to extremely annoyed. "What about that idiot?" he said curtly. She knew it. All respect, and attraction she had previously felt toward him flew away with that remark. She frowned.

"What's with the attitude towards him? Do you have some sort of grudge against him or something?" she asked, annoyed herself.

"Tch, that idiot's the most destructive, annoying son of a bitch in this building!" he growled. "He should've been kic-"

She shot up, slamming her hands on the table, causing him to jump slightly. It not only shocked him, but grabbed the attention of almost everyone previously chatting amongst each other in the loud room.

"You're an ass, you know that?" she snapped, "Before you judge someone, how about you take a walk in their shoes! He could have gone through something painful to make him like he is!"

He looked stunned, as well as about everyone else. "Why are you sticking up for him?" he growled.

"Because he's not the only one here who's been taunted and made fun of! Whose been excluded because of how he acts, based on how he was raised!"

"So what?"

She'd had enough. So she did the only logical thing she could think of in that moment: she slapped him. Gasped erupted throughout the entire cafeteria. She stared at the noirette with narrowed, angry eyes, as he looked at her, unable to do anything as he felt his cheek.

"What's going on here?" demanded a female voice. They all whipped around, while everyone except the furious blonde shuddered in fear."Shit!" he squeaked.

She turned to find an average high girl with long scarlet hair, and brown eyes, walking towards them. The way in which she walked showing authority, she walked right up to Gray, grabbing him by the collar.

"What are you doing, Gray!?" she growled.

"U-Um," he stuttered, trying to find something to say to get him out of this predicament.

"Who's that?" Lucy whispered to Levy.

"Erza Scarlet. She's a senior and one of the well known and studious girls around the school." she replied. "She's also the president of the student government, and a star and captain in softball, track and field, as well as the swim team. Not to mention one of the people you don't want to mess with or to find out you've been picking on someone, not that it reaches her ears a lot."

Lucy was shocked, and as she finished chewing out Gray, Erza turned to her.

She smiled sincerely at her. "I'm sorry. Gray and Natsu don't exactly get along, no matter how much I tell them to." she said glaring at the noirette again, as he turned with his group and left. She sat down with them. "As for Natsu, he doesn't really talk much to anyone more than he needs or wants too." she said.

"Oh," said the blonde. She looked around the cafeteria for the pinkette, wondering if he heard the argument, but couldn't spot him. "Speaking of him, where is he?"

"Normally, he goes to the roof and eats by himself." she responded. Immediately, the blonde stood up and walked out of the cafeteria, leaving the girls confused at what she was doing.

"Gihihi. Looks like blondie's going to try and talk to him." chuckled a tall boy with long, spiky black hair, as he walked up to the girls.

Another boy, taller than him with shorts,spiky blond hair walked up next to them. "She won't get anything out of him, Gajeel."

"I know, Laxus." replied the noirette. His pierced face forming an amused smile. "I'd pay to see him flip out at her!" he laughed. The blonde rubbed his lightning bolt scar running over his eye and shook his head.

"Now boys," came a female's voice, "be nice. Maybe he'll warm up to her." said the girl walking up to them. He silvery-white hair glistened in the light as a boy with similar hair, but tall and muscular physique walked up beside her.

"Mira's right. It's not manly to make fun of girls." he said.

"Shut up, Elfman!" grumbled Gajeel, crossing his arms. Laxus just shook his head. "Well, Mira, I actually hope you're right. The girl nodded.

It's about time for someone to befriend him. She thought. I just hope she's the one that will break him out of his shell.


As she made her way to the roof, she wondered how Natsu would react. Would he be bitter, or would he be shy? She scratched the latter off as not possible due to the look in his eyes earlier. He didn't look shy. More like a person who would prefer being alone. But wasn't that being shy? No, it couldn't be. Should it? The conflicting statements and questions in her head kept jumping around in her brain, making her feel slightly light headed. She reached the door leading outside to the roof, slowly and quietly turning the handle. She cracked the door open, looking outside.

Sure enough, there, sitting on the edge of the roof, was Natsu. The back of his head facing her, and seemingly not noticing her presence. She slowly shut the door behind her, noticing he was looking up, probably in thought.

"Why?" he said aloud.

She questioned what he said and why.

"Why'd you have to leave, Igneel?" he asked to no one in particular. "And just where the hell did you go?"

She figured this Igneel was probably his father, meaning that his father left him. But what about his mother? More questions flooded her head after those few words. After a while, he spoke, but she was surprised at what he said.

"I know you're there."

Huh? Is he talking to maybe a dead relative? Maybe like people do to themselves when-

"Are you just gonna stand there?" he said, slightly annoyed. She realized he was looking at, and speaking to her.

Her face flushed pink when he stood up and walked up to her, his faded jade eyes staring in her chocolate brown ones. He was so close to her, she could feel the hot air from his nose. His eyes were only slightly narrowed, not angry or annoyed, but in a curious fashion. His short, messy pink hairs fidgeted as a slight breeze blew through.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"What?"

"I said, who are you?" he repeated, still looking her dead in the eyes.

"L-Lucy, Lucy Ashley." she replied, nervous at how close they were. Silently, they stood there as he continued to stare at her.

"What do you want?" he asked. The way he did so, again, wasn't annoyed, but rather curious.

"W-Well, um," she began, not knowing where to start. "I just thought, you know, I'd get to know you." she said.

He raised an eyebrow, surprised. "I'm sure you've heard everything people say about me, so why would you want to get to know me?" he said, crossing his arms.

"Well, not everyone is perfect." she said narrowing her eyes and placing her hands on her hips. "And you can't just judge someone by a couple of things they've done or said."

He looked at her silently, then began laughing. "Oh man! I don't know what you see in me, but thanks!" he said, wiping a tear from his eye. After he calmed down, they sat down on the ground.

"You know, normally I don't act this way around people." he admitted. "I'm never this welcoming when talking to others. I don't know why, but you seemed easier to talk to, I guess."

That made her blush a little, which he noticed, causing him to look away from her with a small blush of his own.

"Why exactly does Gray have problem with you?" she asked. She hadn't gotten a straight answer due to her cutting him off. He huffed. "Hell if I know." he said, eyes narrowed. "Believe it or not, we actually used to be friends."

She looked at him, wondering how things got to this state if they were friends.

"I used to have a friend." he said. "Her name was Lisanna Strauss. We were pretty close for a couple years, but then…" he stopped, his face darkening, a look of sadness coming over it. "A few years ago, she was killed in an accident. A truck hit a bus she was riding, on the way to visit me, and she never came out of the fire. Not even her bones remained." She heard a slight crack in his voice and saw a tear stray down his cheek. She felt her heart wrench at the thought of losing someone close to her. She couldn't imagine how he must have felt.

"She was one of my only friends." he continued. "As you probably heard me asking why a person named Igneel left me, that's because he was my father. He wasn't my real father biologically, but in my heart, I know he was more than anyone could ever be. Before Lisanna died, he had disappeared without a trace, or even a note to where he was going." he said. "Gray and I were friends long before she came to be my friend. When Lisanna died, Gray then started acting like it was my fault. I found out that he had liked her and resented us being close."

"O-Oh." she said, understanding a couple things now.

"I reacted back, considering I went into a depression after she was gone. And, well, things are how they are." he finished. She attempted to absorb it all in, but had a hard time doing so.

"What about your father?" she asked. "Do you have any other family?"

She regretted asking that. She felt she was prying into his life and annoying him. To her surprise however, he shook his head. "Nope. I have no relatives to speak of, or as a matter of fact, I live on my own."

"What?" she gasped. "H-How?"

He chuckled. "I live in the woods, in a small shack I built myself." he said proudly. "It's just me and my cat, Happy."

"By the way Natsu," she said, "since when are cats blue?"

He looked at her, his face showing he was surprised. "How'd you know he was blue?"

Her face reddened, realizing she basically admitted to watching him. "W-well, I k-kind of saw you pass by my house." she said.

"Oh! So you were the one who followed me!" he said in disbelief."

"What!? It looked like you were going to break in to our house!"

"Just who do you think I am?" he said, feigning hurt. Lucy rolled her eyes, smiling at his antics. He laughed eventually, and smiled at her.

"You know what, Luce?" he said, causing her to blush at the nickname he gave her.

"What?"

"I think I'd like to get to know you as well." he said. His grin was infectious, causing her to grin as well.

"And this is where they begin the action in the bedroom."

The two's faces reddened like tomatoes as they jumped up. Their heads snapped to the door that had been previously shut with multiple heads peeking out.

"C-Cana!" squeaked a redhead, gaining Natsu's attention.

"Erza!?"

"What the hell is going on here!?" cried Lucy.


As everyone sat down on the roof, they all made they knew each other, exchanging names and a few bits of info with the blonde. Lucy officially met Laxus, Gajeel, Elfman, and Mira, as well as getting a reintroduction to Erza. Natsu seemed to know them all, and seemed to be at slight odds with Gajeel, since they kept trying to fight each other. She sighed, but once again witnessed Erza's authoritative power as she stood and glared at the two, immediately calming them down.

"Now that everyone has exchanged names, and stopped making vulgar comments," Erza said, glaring at the brunette. "Would you be willing to call us your friends as well, Natsu?"

Natsu stared wide eyed at her, as well as everyone else. "First off, why would you want to become friends with me? Out of pity?"

"You're willing to become friends with Lucy, so…"

"Well I can tell it's not out of pity, but in sincerity." he said.

"As do I. If you don't believe us, let us prove it to you. If any of you would be willing to be friends with Natsu, raise your hand." It was almost a child-like way of solving his doubt, but it seemed to work considering everyone raised their hands. Including the two who seemed like they wouldn't: Laxus and Gajeel. She looked at Natsu, and could see a sincere smile. He seemed so happy to see them all raise their hands. In all honesty, she was glad that this situation came to be. She was helping out a troubled friend, which was one thing she loved to do.

"We all know you're not the best behaved," said Erza, "but that shouldn't stop someone from being friends with someone they don't know the truth about."

"Wait," he said, "You all heard that whole conversation, didn't you?" he said worriedly.

A couple snickers and sweat drops came upon those around them. His head hung low in defeat. Lucy giggled at him. When the bell for lunch to end sounded off, they went to their next classes, promising to see each other again. Lucy, now having multiple friends on her list, including Natsu, smiled to herself. This year was already turning into a favorite of hers, and she hoped for the best. Then she remembered her last class, being the one her father taught, and one she'd share with pretty much everyone who was on the roof. As the third period bell rang, she began her third class wondering how Wendy was since she hadn't seen her. She made a mental note to ask her if she made new friends, and tell her about the ones she made herself.


A man with short black hair walked up to a window. He gazed out overlooking the city and all of its residents. A smile formed on his face. He reached into his black, knee-length coat, pulling out his cell phone. He dialed number and waited until someone picked up.

"Boss." a man's voice said, "My underlings are ready to move out for the next batch. We're just waiting on you're signal."

The noirette smiled. "Good. I think it's time to bring in another group of subjects." he said. "Unfortunately for you thought, most of the ones we already had didn't survive. You better hope some of these will suffice."

"Of course, sir." The man replied. "Soon, you'll have what you need."

"Stand by afterwards for my next orders."

"Understood." With that, he hung up.

Soon. He thought, turning to a photo on his desk. Soon, I'll achieve my goal, brother.


Shame on me for realizing this now that all the times I used noirette, pinkette, etc., that those words are used to describe females. I'm bout to lose it. Tbh though, I don't really care considering I'm too lazy to find the proper male versions. If anyone finds them, feel free to let me know so I don't look like any more of an idiot than I already do lol.

IMPORTANT NOTE!: some topics in this story from here on out are NOT to joke about. I will only be using them in this story to develop the plot. If you have depression, or know someone with it, either help them any way you can, or call the National Helpline. Depression is a serious topic and I apologize if the mention offends anyone.

New character's ages in this chapter:

- Erza, Laxus, Mira: 18

- Elfman, Gajeel: 17

As for this chapter, looks like the somewhat closed off Natsu has opened up to Lucy and the others, her more than the others it seems. What will happen next, who is the black haired man, and what is he up to? Find out next time!

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