Hey guys, I'm back with another chapter! Also, happy MONDAY ;-;
In the last chapter, Natsu opened up to Lucy, unintentionally spilling some of the beans of his life to the others. Doing so, informs them of some potential reasons of why he acted the he has, but is that really the reason? HAHA, yeah, it's gonna be covered in this chapter, confining whether or not this is true. And if we all remember the black haired man, what exactly is he up to and why? Who is this brother he speaks of? All this and more in this and coming chapters! :D
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- bahall1964
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL OR ANY REAL WORLD REFERENCES IN THIS STORY!
Key for story(More will be added IF needed):
BOLD - anger
Italic - thoughts, dreams, other end(s) of a phone call, singing and song titles
All her hopes of a completely drama free day had gone down the drain when she'd had her argument at lunch with Gray, but now, she could tell that not only did they dislike each other, but they'd go all out to one up the other as well. During their fourth period which was gym, her father introduced himself to her class, making a few remarks. Only a few recognized him to be her father, but didn't really say anything in regards to that. Luckily, all of her friends shared the same class as her, making her feel much more comfortable. There was only one problem now, which was the fact that Gray and Loke were in their class. Both Natsu and Gray would glare at each other when either her father or Erza weren't looking.
When all the students were let loose to do as they pleased, as long as it was a physical activity, the two boys made their way to the starting point of the outdoor track. Gajeel, seeming to want to join in, lined up next to them, and all three began running. It seemed almost inhuman that they ran as long as they did, considering that one lap around the oval shaped track was one fourth of a mile. Her father seemed impressed that the boys collapsed after about ten miles, which was approximately a couple minutes before the bell rang.
Lucy walked over to Natsu, who was panting on the ground, covered in sweat and looking like he was about to die. She had grabbed his water bottle so he wouldn't dehydrate, and handed it to him.
"Th-Thanks." he panted as he sucked down at least half the thing straight away. She nodded with a sigh.
"Wasn't that a little overkill? And what the hell are you anyway, running that much, going that fast?" she questioned.
He looked back up at her after he took his mouth off the bottle. "I run around our section of the neighborhood 20 times a night." he said.
"That's not normal."
"Oh well." he said with a grin before he chugged more water down. She blushed as she noticed that his athletic figure was shown through his damp clothes as they hugged his body. Her mind began wandering, thinking about what it looked like underneath.
Thankfully, her friends snapped her out of her trance before he noticed her staring.
"Lu!" yelled Levy, "Is he okay?"
"Yeah! He's just a little tired!" she replied. She noticed the bluenette was beside Gajeel, helping him up and handing him water. Just like Natsu, he sucked quite a bit down. Cana seemed to be having a field day, pairing the two up as she looked at the two, smirking the whole time. While that was happening, a blue haired boy was chatting with Erza. Natsu, who got up, rubbed her head. "Thanks for bringing me my water, Luce!" he said, that same grin coming over his face. She blushed a little and smile back, knocking his hand off her head playfully.
"No problem, just don't expect me to save your ass every time you tire yourself out." she said, earning a laugh from him.
"Sure, we'll see." he said as they walked inside. By the time it took her to register what he said, he was walking into the boys locker room. She wondered what he meant by that statement, and earlier thoughts re-invaded her mind against her will. As she and the other girls changed, she took note of the competition. The girls in the class had varying bust sizes, some such as Erza and Mira, seeming slightly bigger than hers, not that she thought that having extremely large breasts was neither a bad thing or a good thing, but she attempted to reassure Levy, who seemed to be less than average.
"Why me?" she cried.
"Lev-"
"Don't be such a worry wart! I'm sure Gajeel like 'em small." teased Cana, causing the bluenette to blush furiously.
"W-What the hell are you talking about, Cana!?" she cried.
The brunette laughed at her friends bashfulness on the subject. Lucy just sighed and finished getting ready. She remembered when Natsu was talking about where he lived, and decided to ask him to walk home with her.
"As for you," said Cana, suddenly gripping Lucy's breasts from behind, "I have no doubt that either Gray or Natsu would loooove these~"
Lucy squealed as the brunette felt her breasts, twitching at the feeling until Erza cracked her hand down on Cana's head.
"Cana! Please refrain from doing that!" she growled at the brunette who was rubbing the bump on her head.
"Ow! Ok, geez!" she grumbled. "I was just messing around!"
Juvia in the meantime was staring dead at Lucy, muttering something like 'love rival' again, while sizing up her own breasts. Cana remarked that Gray might like hers, and the poor girl fainted on hearing the comment.
Yup, she loves him. Thought Lucy with a sigh.
When she exited, she and all the others in her class had gathered in the gym, waiting for the final bell to ring, she walked up to Natsu who was back in his clothes. He was finishing lacing up his brown brown boots when she got over to him. Jealous greyish-blue eyes watched them as they conversed.
"Hey Natsu, would you mind walking home with me and my sister today?" she asked him.
"Sounds good!" he said smiling. She nodded with a smile. "Oh! Please forgive her, she's a little shy around new people." she said. He nodded in understanding, hopping up from his seated position, stretching. Thankfully, the 4:00 pm bell rang, and they were released. The two walked into the large lobby where they found Wendy waiting for them. When the younger girl saw Natsu, a worried look came over her face. Lucy smiled reassuringly at the bluenette.
"Hey Wendy, how was your day?" she asked.
"I-It was fine, thanks." she said, her nervousness showing.
"By the way, this is Natsu." she said gesturing to the pinkette. He flashed a grin at her, which the girl eased into a smile of her own.
"N-Nice to meet you, Natsu." she said.
"Same here!" he said. The bluenette gave him a smile which Lucy noticed was a more genuine smile, less nervous than the last. This confused her and she reminded herself to ask her sister about that later.
They began their walk home, passing by other students. A large, yellow bus came from behind them, Levy, sticking her head outside the window and waving at them. As she waved back, the blonde assumed would be one that picked up those around her house. By the time they had reached their house, she noticed her father's van in front meaning he beat them home.
"Hey Natsu, would you like to come over for dinner tonight?" she found herself asking. This surprised him as well as Wendy.
"Are you sure your parents won't mind?" he asked.
She shook her head. "My mom loves to cook." she explained. "I'm sure she'd be happy to have you over!" she smiled.
"What about your dad?" he asked. She froze for a second, wondering how'd he would react. Had he heard about Natsu from other teachers? If so, what did he hear? She sighed, deciding to risk it. "If he has a problem, I can be very convincing." she said. He smiled and scratched his head. "Alright, I'll be around, say, is 7:30 okay?" he asked.
"That's fine!" she smiled. "Great! I gotta run and take care of happy before I head to work, I'll see you in a little bit!" he bolted towards the woods behind their house. She waved goodbye, while Wendy just stared at the boy.
They walked into their house, welcomed by their father, staring at her with a suspicious look. "Was that Natsu I just saw running into the woods?" he asked.
"Uhh, yes?" she said, nervous about what he would do.
"Dear, they just walked in. Give them time to settle down after their first day of school." said their mother who was at the table with her laptop.
He huffed and joined her at the table, sipping on a drink he pulled out. The girls sighed and began unpacking their bags. Wow. thought Lucy, He's going to chew me out, isn't he? Wendy gave her a sympathetic look before running upstairs to her room. Lucy walked into the kitchen where her parents both stared at her. She fiddled with her fingers. "He's just a friend, okay?" she said.
"Oh reeeally?" purred her mother with a smirk, causing the blonde and her father to gape at her.
"Mom!" she cried.
"Seriously Lucy." said her father, getting to what he wanted to ask. "What exactly is your relationship with that boy?" He narrowed his eyes.
"I just met him, dad! I can't just date someone I just met, can I!?" she said, annoyed.
"I'm just concerned about you." he said. "I've hear-"
"Let me stop you right there." she said, cutting him off and surprising both the adults.
"Lucy, wh-"
"I've already heard enough of the things said about him, unjustly said if I might add." she said, angrily. She'd never gotten really angry at them, note even upset with them. This was a totally different level which surprised everyone in the room.
Her father narrowed his eyes again, recovering from his shock. "What has gotten in to you?" he asked, slightly annoyed himself.
"You remember the story about my biological father, don't you?" she said firmly.
"Yes, of course, but that had-"
"He has no one."
They looked at her. "What do you mean, no one?"
"No parents, and no relatives. He didn't really have any friends either!" she said. "I remember feeling the way he did, when you first took me in! Alone and scared, I couldn't help myself but feel bad for him!"
They listened to her as she told them the major events of the day. Slowly, she saw them beginning to understand his situation.
"So he lives by himself, in the woods out back?" her mother questioned, earning a nod from her daughter. "Yes. Look, I'm sorry I got angry, it's just-" she felt terrible for getting angry at them, especially since they didn't know beforehand what Natsu's circumstances were. A lone tear streaked down her cheek as the two got up and hugged her.
"It's okay, Lucy. Don't worry, we know you were just trying to defend him." her mother said smiling. "And we're proud of you for standing up to that boy."
"Just next time aim lower." laughed her father, earning him a punch in the arm from his wife. "In the meantime, now that you mention it, do you know where he works?" He questioned. Lucy shook her head. "I was about to ask, but he had to take care of his cat, Happy." she said.
"Interesting." Suddenly, they saw a flash of pink run out from the woods. "Well, you could ask him now."
Lucy nodded and went outside, to ask him. She noticed a bus coming down the street, one of the transit ones she'd seen in the city. He was bolting for it with a large guitar case in his hands. She waved at him. "Natsu!"
He noticed and almost face planted when he tried to wave back, tripping over his feet. In a couple of minutes, she had her parents permission to go with him to his job to see him perform. The story was that Mira and Elfman's parents owned a bar, and had offered to let Natsu perform there for about twelve dollars a song. She was surprised it was per song, but she suddenly understood, considering their mother was a supermodel, and that their father was the owner of the bar in the city, which happened to be the most popular around. According to what Natsu said, he wasn't the best, but he tried. Some nights, he would take sing song requests from the week before, which Mira provided for him. She wondered how well he sang, and what types of music he could play.
When they arrived, the building that contained the bar was quite large, and she found this to be even more so when they walked inside. The place was packed with people ranging from college students, to elderly folks. Some music was playing in the background as they walked to the bar. The blonde noticed Mira and Elfman behind it, which the former waved to them.
"I see you've brought Lucy tonight!" chirped the girl. Natsu nodded. "Yup! You mind if she stays to watch?"
"Not at all!" she said smiling. Natsu waved to her as he went over to the stage, setting up a stool and pulling one of the microphones to the edge. Elfman offered to take over Mira's part so she could keep the blonde company as they sat at a table close to the stage. Natsu sat on the stool, holding an acoustic guitar that he had pulled out of the case he brought. Other men and women were on the stage with other instruments. He tested it, then began to strum his guitar.
"Oh, so he's going with his favorites tonight!" Mira chirped, clapping her hands together. Lucy stared at the boy, not recognizing the tune. As the others on stage seemed to pick up their parts of the tune, Natsu began to sing.
Been flyin' solo for so long
Nobody's singin' the harmony
Up there just me and my shadow
No bass, no guitar, no tambourine
And I found you like a melody
You were singin' in the same key as me
We had 'em dancin' in the streets
Lucy was captivated by his voice. It was beautifully in tune with the instruments as she watched him sing. His eyes had been closed when he began, but now they were looking around until they found hers. It seemed as though he was singing to her, and only her.
I don't wanna be a one man band
I don't wanna be a rolling stone, alone
Puttin' miles on a run-down van
Baby, we can take our own show on the road
I'll lay down the beat, you'll carry the tune
We'll get tattoos, and we'll trash hotel rooms
Baby, take my hand
I don't wanna be a one man band
He continued to sing the rest of the song, every once in a while, glancing her way as a smile would come over his face. When he finished, the room erupted with applause from the customers as he switched to the next song. Mira explained that he tended to sing more country based songs. The little things she knew about them from when they were younger was that he sang them based on where he was raised by Igneel, out in the country.
The rest of the night was pretty interesting. He sang multiple country songs, but a couple more contemporary, and even a few rock songs. His range of music was incredible, and all the while, he seemed to be enjoying it.
"You know," Mira said at one point, "I've never seen him smile so much." she smirked at the blonde.
"O-Oh, really?" she asked, seeing where she was going with this conversation.
"Yes. In fact, I think it's because of you."
"W-What's that supposed to mean?"
"He liiiikes you~" purred a familiar voice.
"Cana!" cried the blonde. After they calmed down, the brunette explained that she like hearing him sing when she drang here, otherwise it would be a dull night.
"And just how do you drink alcohol here? They can sell it to minors!?" Lucy whispered. Cana showed her a fake ID, but in all honesty, It would pass as a real one.
"Wow, that's pretty good!" she said as she stared at the card.
"Yup! My finest life's work!" Cana said proudly, earning a sigh from the other two.
Eventually when 7:00 pm came, Natsu got his pay that added up to about $360 dollars. The blonde stared at him as he put it in his case, locking it in with his guitar.
"I still can't believe they give you that much!" she exclaimed.
"I know, right?" he said. "They insisted on paying me that much to help me out."
"Wow."
They walked to the bus stop and stood there waiting for the bus. When it came, they climbed on, and their eyes widened to see familiar faces. Gajeel, Laxus, Erza, Jellal, and Gray were all on board. They joined their friends, minus Gray who narrowed his eyes at Natsu and turned to face the window.
"What are you all doing here?" asked Lucy, curiously.
"We just saw a movie." explained the redhead, smiling. "I assume you went with Natsu to watch him perform?" The blonde nodded. Gajeel just chuckled while Jellal and Laxus just smirked silently. The bus drove off as they began discussing their nights events. Suddenly, Jellal spoke up.
"Hey, this place doesn't look familiar." he said, pointing outside. Lucy hadn't been throughout the entire city or rode this bus before, so she didn't know.
"Speaking of which-" started Gajeel, but he was cut off when a gas started filling up the bus. They all coughed as they slowly fainted.
When she woke up, she was in a small, grey room, with nothing but a window and metal door. She ran and pounded on it. She prayed in her mind that she was hallucinating or dreaming, but felt a sharp pain when she pinched herself. She gaze through the window and saw a familiar face with pink hair.
"Natsu!" she cried, pounding on the glass.
He was held down by restraints onto a table, and he seemed to be struggling. He also didn't seem to hear her, meaning that the glass was soundproof. But that couldn't be true because she could hear him. He was hurling insults and curses at who were apparently their kidnappers. Suddenly, the door opened and all the white cloaked men in the room, turned to the person coming through. The man had short black hair, and black eyes. He held a small smile on his face, and he knee-length black coat over a black shirt and matching pants. His shoes were also black, making his favorite color obvious. He walked over to a table that had tools on it.
"Sir, what are you doing her?" asked one of the men. She couldn't see their faces, due to them having masks over them.
"This one," he said, "I wish to do myself." His smile never leaving his face as he picked up a syringe that seemed to have an orange liquid in it.
"Get the fuck away from me!" screamed Natsu, glaring at the black haired man.
"Oh dear brother," he said, but Natsu cut him off.
"I don't have a brother! And I don't know of any brother of anyone who'd do this shit to people!"
The black haired man smiled, grabbing Natsu's arm and steadied the syringe's needle to it. Lucy kept pounding on the glass, crying for the man to stop.
"Now, now. Don't say such rude words in front of your lady-friend." he said, causing Natsu's eyes to widen.
"What the hell have you done to Lucy!? Where is she!? Where are my friends!?"
The man just pushed the syringe into Natsu's arm, causing him to flinch. After the liquid went into his bloodstream. Natsu suddenly started thrashing around, screaming like he was in pain. This alarmed the black haired man. "Evacuate the building!" he said. Leave the ki-" He never got to finish his sentence before Natsu caught on fire.
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.
Song(s) in this chapter:
- One Man Band by Old Dominion
New character's ages in this chapter:
- None this chapter! :P
Holy cow! A lot went down here. We got another view of Natsu's and Gray's hatred for each other, as well as Lucy's growing attraction to the boy(you're welcome fellow NaLu fans ;3 ) As for the singing part, it's revealed that Natsu like country music, which will be introduced more. I plan only including parts of the songs, so that I can keep this story focused on the plot. Also, it seems that Natsu, Lucy, and the others are in trouble!
What was that liquid in the syringe? Who is this man? Why is he doing this? And Why is Natsu on fire? This and more coming soon!
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