"speaking"

"thinking"

On with the story

The next morning came as the sun was rising and shining

Natsu was in bed, as the man was in his demonic form

He turns in his sleep as his face was twitching and sweat started to form around his face


"..you're a weapon…" "…you're just a tool.." "..you're my son…" "just a Puppet to be used" "…a monster…" "I created you.." "..everyone has a soul, so do you.." "you're just a beast.." "get away!" "..live… Natsu.."

Thousands and thousands of voices rang out in his head as they weren't stopping

"…hello there…Natsu…"

A voice spoke before the image of a black haired man appeared and he smiled to Natsu


Natsu's eyes opens wide before he sat up on his bed while taking deep breaths

"…a dream…" Natsu said putting a hand to his face before sliding it down

"meow" Happy meowed as the little feline nuzzles its head to Natsu

Natsu looks to the small feline before smiling a bit as he petted its head

"..thank you…Happy" Natsu said scratching Happy's under chin before giving it a scratch behind its ear

Happy meowed with a smile as it purrs to Natsu

Natsu looks at his right claw as the black markings were spreading even more

He clenched his claw into a fist as the black markings stop spreading before fading away

His claws transform into human hands as he clenched them into fists a few times

"…how long….how long has it been.." Natsu said as his facial features transforms back into human "…since I felt fear?"


Natsu was now at School as the man was reading his book while wearing a pair of glasses

"hey, that guy is the one who made Mira-senpai surrender, right?" "yeah, he must've blackmailed her to make her surrender in the first place" "I agree, it's not possible for a E Rank student to stand up against a B Rank" whispers spread around the class

Natsu merely reads his book before closing it as he takes off his glasses and rubs the bridge of his nose

"ow.." Natsu muttered out as the man was having a headache

"Natsu" Lucy called out as she approached the man "you ok?"

"just a little headache" Natsu replied before sighing and then wear his glasses back "It's gone now"

"you sure? You should go to the nurse office just in case" Lucy said a bit worried

"I'm fine" Natsu said reading his book but he started seeing two

Natsu rubs his forehead as he feels like he was getting a migraine

"Natsu?" Lucy looks to Natsu as the man looks to be in pain "are you alright? let's go to the nurse, your face is starting to pale!"

"I SAID I'M FINE!" Natsu roared out as a huge gust of wind blew out and made Lucy fall down, as well as surprising the class

Natsu realized what he has done as he stands up from his seat before going out of the class


Going to the rooftop, Natsu looks to the clear sky above as he took a very deep breath before exhaling it out

"HoW LauGHAble, ThAT BlONde GiRL feLL DOWn AnD thE LoOK oN hER FaCE. HahAHAhaHA, PrICEleSS!" a dark voice spoke out of nowhere as Natsu looks bellow to a small puddle as he sees his reflection but it showed his Demonic Form "So MuCH fOR HaVINg a NeW FrIEnd, NaTSu"

Natsu squinted his eyes at his reflection before stepping on the puddle as the reflection disappears in the ripple

He started walking to the stairs but his demonic reflection appeared in some nearby puddles

"hEy HeY, You'RE GoING TO ApOLOgizE TO HeR? YoU ThiNK THat shE'LL UnDErStanD And cOMe NeAR YoU AGaIN?" Natsu's Demonic reflection asked as he laughs "YoU'LL Be LuCKY If ShE WANts TO LISteN TO yOU"

"silence" Natsu said before he exited the roof

His demonic reflection sighs before having an evil grin as it disappears


Natsu walks in the hallway as he was heading to his class to find Lucy

As he was heading there, he finds Mira standing in the hallway

He sighs and rubs the bridge of his nose in annoyance to see her

"what do you want?" Natsu asked looking at her bored

"train me" Mira said

"what?" Natsu replied

"train me, I need to get stronger" Mira said clenching her fists "I want more power so that I can beat Red head and the others"

Natsu looks at her before sighing and started walking

He walks pass her as Mira looks to him and awaits his answer

"I refuse" Natsu replied

"why?" Mira asked

"you only want power…..why?" Natsu asked stopping and take a look at her "just to be the best?"

"isn't it obvious? This school worship power over everything" Mira said "without power, a mage is just a useless someone"

Natsu looks at her before looking away

"only a foolish mage will need power to be the best….tell me, what is magic to you?" Natsu asked

"it's power, what else?" Mira replied

"what a stupid answer to a great question" Natsu said chuckling a bit "till the time you find the true answer to my question, then I will consider training you"

Natsu then started walking away as Mira looks at him

"the true meaning to Magic?" Mira thought as his question sounded easy yet her answer was not the right answer


Natsu walks into his class as he finds Lucy sitting by her desk, talking to some of her friends

He approaches her as some of the girls backed away from Lucy who looks to Natsu

"Lucy…look, that time..i" Natsu uttered out trying to apologize

"it's fine! I'm the one at fault!" Lucy said with a smile "I was too concern that I tried to rush you out, it's me the one who should be apologizing!"

"no, It's my fault as well" Natsu said looking down a bit "I'm the one who raised his voice, for that, I'm really sorry"

"it's fine!" Lucy said a bit embarrassed


The school soon ended as everyone soon started to go home

Natsu was walking out of the school before Lucy joined him

"mind if we go home together?" Lucy asked with a smile

"is my home that close to yours?" Natsu asked

"yep, it's just down the block" Lucy said "brown apartment, you can't miss it"

"I see" Natsu said before looking ahead and sees Mira standing at the gate

"Mira-senpai? Is she waiting on someone?" Lucy said as Natsu walks towards her

"what?" Natsu asked

"Magic is a blessing, it's a gift from god, that's my answer" Mira said as Natsu shook his head

"try again" Natsu said before walking pass her

"tch!" Mira clicked her tongue as she clenched her fists tight

"don't mind me…" Lucy walks pass Mira as she hurried her way towards Natsu

"ne, Natsu. What was that all about?" Lucy asked him

"she wants me to train her" Natsu replied "but I told her a question that if she got the answer right, I will train her. But her answer was still wrong"

"what was the question?" Lucy asked again

"what is magic?" Natsu said to her "what would you answer?"

""what is magic?", if it were me, I would say that it's a gift from the heart" Lucy said putting a hand to her chest

"why so?" Natsu asked raising an eyebrow

"my Mother used to tell me that magic was born from the hearts of people, and it originated from Love" Lucy explained "magic is like a gift that is to be cherished, just like we cherish people. That's why Magic is Love"

Natsu looks at her before chuckling and then started laughing

"w-what?" Lucy asked a bit embarrassed

"hahahaha, to think that you got it right! Hahahahaha" Natsu laughed a bit before stopping "correct, Magic is Love, Love can only be given, it can't be taken just like Magic"

"then I got it right?" Lucy asked as Natsu nodded

"still, to think that someone managed to get the answer right, hahaha, the world's starting to get smaller, Igneel" Natsu said

"Igneel? Who's that?" Lucy asked

"my dad" Natsu replied

"oooh, is your dad a mage?" Lucy asked

"yeah, used to be" Natsu said "he died 10 years back"

"i-I'm really sorry" Lucy said looking down a bit

"it's fine, I moved on" Natsu replied "and besides…"

Flashback

Natsu was in the barbeque restaurant as he was given a warm meat porridge by the old man

"eat up and you'll be energized!" the old man said with a grin

Natsu looks at the old man before to the meal as he takes a spoon and takes a mouthful of the porridge

His eyes shined a bit as he takes another bite and then another

"hahaha, you must've been really hungry!" the old man said with a laugh before taking a seat "the name's Igneel, what's your, kid?"

"N-name?" Natsu asked looking confused

"don't tell me you ain't got one" Igneel said crossing his hands "I can't keep calling you kid, so…"

Igneel started thinking names after names before looking at Natsu's hair color

"how about Natsu? Your hair looks like vibrant sunshine and its pink like the Sakura Tree!" Igneel said

"Natsu…." Natsu repeated the name before smiling "I like it…"

"it's official! Your name is Natsu!" Igneel said with a grin

Flashback ends

"he gave me a nice name" Natsu said smiling

"I never thought that I get to see you smile" Lucy said

"what?" Natsu asked

"well, I never saw you smile at school, it's nice seeing you smile" Lucy said

"shut up" Natsu said looking away

"is someone getting embarrassed?" Lucy asked with a snickering smirk

"am not" Natsu said

"are too" Lucy replied

"am not" "are too" the two keeps going on back and forth while they are heading home as it keeps going on till the sun was setting


Natsu reached home as he went to his room and was about to unlock it when he noticed that the door was unlocked already

"a broker?" Natsu thought before he slides open the door and was greeted with the sight of Erza Scarlet and a woman, he had never seen

"welcome home, Natsu Dragneel" Erza greeted Natsu


That's a wrap!

Bye bye