"speaking"

"thinking"

On with the story

Erza was walking down the school hallway with Kagura as the two were heading for their class

"it's a nice day" Erza said as Kagura nodded in agreement

"fine weather, no commotion, very peaceful" Kagura said

They kept walking the hallway before Erza suddenly stops

"what's wrong, Erza?" Kagura asked

"Mira?" Erza said as she looks at the library and sees Mira reading at the library with Natsu and Lucy

"Mirajane? At a library?" Kagura asked surprised

"this is very unusual even for her" Erza said as she started walking to the library with Kagura behind


"wrong answer" Natsu said as he reads his book after seeing the question paper, he had given to Mira as a small pop quiz "do it again"

Mira gritted her teeth as she grabbed an eraser and erased her answer before grabbing her pencil and started re-answering the whole questions

She looks at the books, Natsu had given as she tried to find the right answer

Lucy sweatdropped as Natsu was like a strict teacher to Mira

"hey, Natsu. Maybe you should be easy on Mirajane-senpai" Lucy whispered "she's our senior, you know"

"yeah, she's our senior who asked me to train her" Natsu replied while reading his book as he closed it when Mira had given him back the paper

He takes the paper and reads her answer

"1,4, and 5 half correct, do it again" Natsu said giving back the paper

"alright!" Mira said as she grabbed her pencil and Eraser, repeating her previous action

"and besides, it's better for her to train her mind than just her body" Natsu told Lucy "a mage can't be strong with just power, a mage has to be smart to be strong"

Erza and Kagura popped out behind a bookshelf as they watch Natsu and the others

"to think that a man had made Mira come into a library" Kagura whispered in surprise

"yes, very surprising" Erza nodded in reply before the two hides when Lucy turns towards their direction

Lucy looks at the bookshelf before shrugging and then go back to reading

The two popped back out as they watched them


School had finished as Natsu and Lucy were at the track field with Mira

Natsu had some rubber balls in his hand before he threw them at Mira who dodged them with ease

"come on! I can do this all day!" Mira said with a grin "put some punch into it!"

"if you say so" Natsu said as he flicked a rubber ball at Mira and it flew fast and nearly hits her face

Lucy's and Mira's look surprised as they couldn't even see the ball

"come on" Natsu said as he had a basket filled with rubber balls "you said you can do this all day"

Mira gulped before a rain of rubber ball came flying at her in high speed

"wah! Wow! Ya! Gah! Aah!" Mira jumped around the place as she tried her best to dodge all the rubber balls

"hey, Natsu, will this really train Mirajane-senpai?" Lucy asked

"speed training and coordinate training" Natsu said "this'll train both at the same time"

After an hour, the training stopped as Mira fell to the ground dead tired

"I'm…..tired!" Mira said huffing her breathing

"here" Lucy said as she handed Mira a bottle of cold water

"thanks" Mira said taking the bottle and drinks it

"you sure you want to keep training, Mirajane-senpai? This could be kinda dangerous" Lucy said

"it's going to be worth it" Mira said "and call me Mira, don't add in the senpai just Mira is fine"

"yes, Mira-san" Lucy said with a smile

"hey, we're continuing" Natsu said as he was hauling a big basket filled with stone pebbles "we're going to use these next"

Mira gulped as she was already tired and having rocks thrown towards her might be very dangerous

"I think I'm starting to regret it" Mira said as Lucy runs away

Natsu grabs a few pebbles before throwing them at Mira, and just like the rubber balls, the pebbles flew very fast

"AAAaaah!" Mira screamed as she jumps around, dodging the flying stone pebbles


A few days soon passed, and Natsu's demonic training keeps on against Mira's determined will to get stronger

Erza and Kagura watched them train after school and they could see Mira's progress increasing

Natsu threw some pebbles at Mira as she ducks her head before tilting her neck to the side and then moving to the side, she repeated the action as she dodged the stone pebbles with ease

"amazing! She's dodging them so easily!" Lucy said clapping her hands together

"looks like the training is paying off" Natsu said as he reached the basket for more stone pebbles but he ran out "take 5, I'll go and get more pebbles"

Natsu takes the basket as he started walking away to find more pebbles

"here you go, Mira-san" Lucy gave Mira a bottle of water as Mira nodded in gratitude before drinking it

"fuuu, never thought that his training is working on me" Mira said "I'm getting stronger and smarter at the same time"

"yeah but I was kinda afraid that you won't survive his teaching" Lucy said with an awkward smile

"why? He trained you too?" Mira asked

"yeah, but mostly Magic Conservative training" Lucy said with a purple face "under a waterfall, in a boiling hotspring, and within a white blizzard"

"how did you survive?" Mira asked sweatdropping

"but the training worked" Lucy said as she place her hands together and a ball of light appeared as it shines bright before disappearing "see? I can focus my magic even better"

"this guy should really become a teacher if he graduates" Mira said as the two laughed before seeing Natsu coming back

"got more pebbles" Natsu said placing the basket down and then going to Mira with a blindfold in hand "here"

"a blindfold?" Mira asked

"this time, we're going to teach you to sense the attack rather than seeing it" Natsu said as he wrapped the blindfold around Mira and pulled it tight "there"

"sense the attack coming with all your other senses" Natsu said as he went back to his spot with Lucy

He grabbed a few pebbles as they glow red

"I'll start easy!" Natsu shouted before he threw the pebbles at Mira

Mira readied herself as she uses her hearing, her smell, and her touch

WHOOSH!

She felt wind passing by and she heard a loud whoosh coming past her as it was the pebble

Mira jumps to the side as she dodged a pebble before getting hit with one

"gah!" Mira grunted in pain as the pebble hits her abdomen

"don't stop moving!" Natsu shouted before he rapidly threw more pebbles at her

Mira gritted her teeth as she hears more incoming

She instantly did several backflips as she dodged some flying pebbles but some grazed her skin

"tch!" Mira did a side flip before a barrel roll as she tried her best to dodge all the flying pebbles

Erza and Kagura watched the field as they see Mira barely succeeding in her training

After 30 minutes, Mira dropped to the ground with some cut wounds on her hands and some black bruises on her stomach

Lucy tends to her as she applied some band aids and some lotions on her wounds and bruises

"man, this is tough" Mira said untying the blindfold "it's hard to dodge what you can't see"

"that's why you have to use all your senses" Natsu said crossing his hands "just using one ain't gonna cut it, use all six senses"

"hah? You crazy? Humans only have 5 senses" Mira said to him with a weird look to him

"yeah, for humans that is" Natsu said before raising up six fingers "mage have six senses"

"what's the sixth sense?" Lucy asked curious

"magic" Natsu said "magic is a gift, it's love, it's power, but it's also one of the mage's six senses"

"tell me, how do you know what magic another has without knowing it?" he asked as Mira and Lucy started thinking

"by looking at it?" "by hearing it?" they answered

"wrong" Natsu said "the answer is by sensing it with your own"

"how?" Mira and Lucy asked

"simple" Natsu said before pointing towards the roof "right there, on the roof are two members of the Empresses, the Titania, and the White Ribbon"

"what? Erza and Kagura?!" Mira exclaimed before looking to the roof, and sure enough she sees the two "when!?"

"since last week when you started training" Natsu said "I sensed them since then"

"and you let them see me train?!" Mira exclaimed

"it's a school, and we've to learn here, right?" Natsu asked "and besides, even if they see you train, doesn't mean that they can get strong just by seeing, can they?"

"he has a point" Lucy said as Mira sigh

"anyway, let's continue tomorrow" Natsu said walking away "I got homework to do, and I've got to buy some cat food for Happy"

"ah! Wait!" Lucy said catching up to Natsu before bowing to Mira "see you tomorrow, Mira-san!"

"yeah" Mira said waving goodbye


Erza and Kagura watched them as they saw Mira's training

"her abilities and skills are maturing even more….Natsu Dragneel…he is a strange man" Kagura said crossing her arms

"yes….yes he is" Erza said nodding


Going home with a plastic bag in hand, Natsu reached to his apartment as he went in and was greeted by Happy

"I'm home" Natsu said while petting the little feline before going in and closes the door

Feeding Happy, getting a bath, doing his homework, Natsu did all of that before he rested down on his bed with Happy jumping up to it

Happy meowed before Natsu petted the kitten's head and then giving its chin a scratch

The little kitten purrs before Natsu started scratching its back

"haaaaaaaa…" Natsu let out a long sigh as he slowly transforms into his demonic form "what a day…"

Natsu soon hears a ring as he reached into his pocket and takes out a phone

Lacrima Phone

A handy item that allows long call distance, photo taking, and messaging device

Natsu looks at the caller as it was Lucy

He coughs a few times before grunting a bit as his voice changed

"hello?" Natsu said answered the call

"hello, Natsu. Sorry to bother you this time of the night, but can you give me a picture of today's homework? It's kinda hard trying to find the answers" Lucy asked while laughing a bit

"alright" Natsu said

"thanks" Lucy said before hanging up the call

Natsu pressed a button on his phone as he pressed more buttons before pressing the send button to Lucy's number

He then placed it away before hearing a door knock

"yes!" Natsu hollered as he transformed into human form before answered the door "yes? Who is it?"

To his answer it was Erza and Kagura

"what do you two want?" Natsu asked looking at them with squinted eyes

"we saw how you train Mira" Erza said crossing her arms "I say that I'm quite impressed"

"like I said, what do you two want?" Natsu asked again

"we're here for your answer" Erza said "whether you want to join the student council or not"

Natsu looks to her before sighing "no, I told you that a week ago, a no is a no"

"why?" Kagura said "Being a member of the student council gives you power, and power is absolute in Belserion Highschool"

"and I thought that Mira was the muscle head in the Seven Empresses" Natsu said rubbing his chin "I guess I was wrong"


Mira was at her home as she was doing some lifts up before she sneezes

"bless you" a voice spoke from the kitchen of her home


"what did you say?" Kagura said, keening her eyes at Natsu

"I guess I was wrong" Natsu said "I guess that there are two muscle heads in the so called famous Seven Empresses"

Kagura's hand reached for her wooden sword but Erza stopped her

"I see, if that is your answer then it is alright" Erza said "then may we request something else instead?"

"and that is?" Natsu replied

"a magic duel" Erza said "a tag Magic Duel"


That's a wrap!

Bye bye