"speaking"

"thinking"

On with the story

A few days soon passed after the Festival

School was normal but the chatters of a certain pink haired teenager became the daily hot topic

Natsu was walking to school as he reads his book while walking

"yo" Mira and Kagura met up with him as this was a daily occurrence with them "good morning"

"good morning" Natsu replied while reading his book

After the festival, Natsu was named the Salamander, the Dragon Emperor of Belserion High

"how is Lucy?" Mira asked as Natsu been giving daily visits to her in the hospital

"fine, the nurses said that her body is recovering well" Natsu replied as they pass through the school's gates "she might be coming back to school the next day"

"that's good to hear" Mira said before looking to Kagura who seems to be looking for someone "what's wrong with you?"

"nothing, I'm just.." Kagura said before Natsu cuts in

"if you're looking for her, then don't" Natsu said closing his book and took a glance to her "she hasn't been in school for 5 days straight"

Kagura frowns as she hadn't seen Erza for days

Her defeat against Natsu, costed her reputation and that means her rank also

"Redhead was humiliated at the festival; I wouldn't show myself in school if I went through that" Mira said crossing her arms

The school bell started to rang as it was the sign that class was about to start any minute

"see you later" Natsu said walking in to the building

"yeah" Mira replied before looking to Kagura who still frowns on not meeting with Erza


Natsu walks in the hallway before heading to his class but he stopped when he sensed a murderous glare coming from the end of the hallway

He looks to where it was coming from and the murderous glare was soon gone

Natsu's eyes keen to where it came from before he went into his class when he sees his teacher coming in


Class begun as Natsu writes down notes on his book to learn of his teacher's teachings

As he was writing his notes, the P.E system activates on call

"Natsu Dragneel, please come to the Student Council Office, immediately"

The voice system spoke out as Natsu stands up and excused himself out


Heading out, Natsu reached to the Student Council office and knocked on the door

He waited for an answer but no voice was heard

"I'm coming in" Natsu said as he slides the door open and comes in

Inside there was no one in other than tables and chairs with stacks of papers

"no one here" Natsu said walking in and looks around "who called me here?"

Soon Natsu tilt his head to the side as a sword nearly strikes him

Natsu did a low sweep kick as he made the attacker fall down and he soon got on top with a flaming fist pulled back

"you, huh?" Natsu said as the one who had attacked her was none other than Erza herself

Erza glared at Natsu with her eyes filled with hatred and anger

Natsu looks at her and sees black eyebags, slightly pale complexion and some bruises on her skins

"what's the big idea? Calling me and then attacking me out of nowhere?" Natsu asked before his Demonic Self appeared beside me

"wHAt hAPpenED to HeR? sHE lOoks wORSe WhEN YoU beAT ThE cRAp OuT OF heR IN thE FEstivaL" he asked looking at Erza "yOU wANt to RaPE HeR?"

"shut up that perverted mouth of yours" Natsu told him in his mind

"I'll kill you, Natsu Dragneel!" Erza hissed at him as she kicks his stomach before backflipping away

"so sour of your defeat that you will kill the one who humiliate you, huh?" Natsu said dusting off his shirt from the kick "guess everyone has a secret character to themselves?"

Erza grips the handle of her sword tight as she dashed towards Natsu with the blade pointed at his neck

Natsu stood in his place before he caught the blade of her sword in between his fingers and breaks it into pieces

"child's play" Natsu said as he grabs Erza's hand and flings her behind him

"Gah!" Erza grunted as she fell to the ground hard

"I've wasted so much time because of you" Natsu said clapping his hands before taking a look at Erza who was now crying in tears but her tears only came from one eye "tears only from one eye?"

"why?" Erza asked while crying "why won't you fall? Why can't I win?"

"that's obvious" Natsu replied "you're weak"

Erza cried as she was frustrated of her defeat yet again

"answer me" Natsu said turning towards her "where have you been for the past 5 days? Kagura was looking for you"

Erza looks to him as her tears continued to fall down

Flashback

A day after the festival

Erza was in Irene's Office as the student council's president had bandages all over her body

"I hope you know what your defeat in the Festival means, Erza" Irene said looking at her daughter from her office table

"yes" Erza replied looking down

"you're lucky" Irene said "Natsu Dragneel isn't the type to end his opponent's miserable and useless life."

"yes" Erza replied again as she clenched her fingers tight into a fist

"your Rank, and your position in the Student Council as the president still remains, but your status as an Empress…..it has been downgraded" Irene said as she turns around on her seat "that is all, you may leave"

"yes.." Erza said frowning a bit as her mother didn't show any care to her

Erza turns around and started walking to the door

"this is what I get from having you?...i've better chance if I didn't have you at all" Irene said as Erza felt her heart stung by her words

"excuse me, Mo- Headmistress" Erza said as her tears drips from her eye

She soon left the office before she broke down in tears

Flashback ends

Natsu looks at her as Erza cried in tears nonstop to remember the words, her mother had told her

"well? I'm waiting" Natsu said as Erza didn't tell him on where she had been for the past 5 days

Erza looks away as she stands up and wiped her tears

"none of your business" Erza said harshly before she went out of the room as Natsu looks at her

The door closed shut as Natsu looks to the door before sighing

"both Mother and Daughter are a pain" Natsu said rubbing the back of his head


After the attack from Erza, Natsu went back to class only to hear the bell rang as the sign of lunch break

"great, she made me waste a good 40 minutes of studying" Natsu said sighing as everyone went out of class

He went into his class as he sees that the black board had many magic formulas written on it

"great" Natsu said as he went to his seat and started copying the writings on the black board to his notes

As he was doing the notes for a good 2 minutes, Mira and Kagura came in

"yo, wanna head for lunch?" Mira asked as both carried their lunch box

"go on ahead" Natsu said copying the notes "I'll catch up after I finish making my notes"

"alright" Kagura said as she made two bento and one is for Natsu

The two heads out while Natsu stayed and copied a lot of notes before finishing

"Levy" Natsu called out as the blue haired girl was in the middle of talking to Cana and Juvia

"yeah?" Levy replied

"mind lending me your notes? I was gone halfway to class and all" Natsu asked

"sure" Levy said lending her notes to him

"thanks" Natsu said before he leaves to catch up with Kagura and Mira


At the roof top

Natsu was copying Levy's notes to his while conversing with Kagura and Mira

"Erza did what!?" Mira said in shock as Natsu had told them of her attack on him

"she was very vented on killing me after the humiliation I made her go through in the festival" Natsu said writing his notes before taking a bite out of the bento box, Kagura made for him

"do you know where she is now?" Kagura asked, raring to go and find her friend

"who knows?" Natsu replied writing his notes before finishing and putting them aside

"still though, I never knew that redhead was the type to hold in a grudge" Mira said

"people have secrets" Natsu said eating the bento box, Kagura made for him "even her"

Natsu soon remembered on how Erza only cried with one eye

"hey, do you guys know that she can only cry with one eye?" Natsu asked

"oh yeah, you don't know that redhead has a fake right eye, huh?" Mira said "the thing is, she lost her right eye in an accident or something"

"accident, huh?" Natsu said before finishing his meal


School soon finished as everyone was going home

Natsu, Kagura, and Mira were at the track field as they were training

Mira was doing some backflips as she was dodging Enryuo Yoroi which is automatically attacking her without Natsu wearing it

Kagura was standing on one leg while her arms spreads to the side and her other leg folded

Natsu placed a bowl of water on top of her head and to both of her arms

"balance is the key in fully learning gravity magic. Keep the water balance and do not let them ripple from any sudden movement

"yes" Kagura replied doing the intense training as her body was shaking a bit while trying to keep balance on one leg

"hey! How long?!" Mira exclaimed as she dodged a furry of punches from Enryuo Yoroi "am I going to keep on dodging!?"

"till you can counter attack against a speed opponent," Natsu said as he sits down and takes out his book "you're a power type, and you are strong against Power type only. You'll be in trouble against speed type opponents, that's why keep on dodging till you can dodge without even seeing the attack"

"even thought it's just a magically controlled armor" Mira said as she dodged a punch but her cheek got grazed by the wind of the punch "it's faster in its movement!"

Natsu reads his book while they train

An hour soon passed as Mira and Kagura dropped to the ground, tired and sweating

"it's not easy when you're going against an opposite type, right?" Natsu said reading his book before closing it

"how can…..something….heavy….move so fast?!" Mira said huffing her breathing

"that's just half of its speed" Natsu said pocketing his book before snapping his fingers as his armor disappeared "if I wear it, the speed is 10X faster"

"you're….kidding, right?" Mira said

"do I look like I am?" Natsu asked raising an eyebrow before standing up

Natsu soon looks to the roof top of the school as he sees scarlet hair blowing in the wind

"take a quick break, after that run along the track 10 times" Natsu said as he started walking away

"where are you….going?" Kagura asked while trying to rest

"walking around" Natsu replied


Erza stood on top of the roof of the school as she looks at the ground bellow

"this is high enough" Erza said as she gets up on the edge and looks to the ground

Her body slowly fell forward before a hand reached out and pulled her back

She fell to the floor and looks to see Natsu

"what are you doing!?" Erza exclaimed at him

"that's my line" Natsu replied leaning against the edge "doing suicide, huh?"

"none of your business" Erza said getting up

"couldn't beat me, get humiliated by me, and you were shunned by your mother; your life went upside down and you want to kill yourself to end it, huh?" Natsu said before sighing "what a pain you are"

"you're one to say" Erza said as Natsu looks to her

"what?" Natsu said

"you're so lucky, aren't you? You've got power, friends, and a good life. While I, I had to struggle just to get to where I am…" Erza said with a dead glare "or where I was"

"you think I got what I have now is because of my power?" Natsu replied

"isn't it obvious? Power is power, fame is fame. You've got them all with ease. I had to earn my mother's respect! You have no idea on how I lived, do you!?" Erza exclaimed before she grabs her right eye and pulled it out of her eye socket "I've went into a horrible childhood! And no one was there to save me!"

"I didn't have power! I didn't have fame! I was helpless! My bastard of a father was a drunkard! And he took my right eye! I was forced to live like a slave! Living in garbage! Begging every single day!" Erza shouted "I wanted to die so badly! I wanted to die every single day! But my mother was the one who came and took me in! I worked hard to make her proud of myself! Every single day! I achieved something amazing! I wanted to hear her praise me! 'good work, Erza! I'm so proud of you!' I've wanted to hear them so badly!"

"and? How is this supposed to concern me?" Natsu said closing an eye

"I knew you won't understand…you don't know the struggles some people have to endure….you don't show any care for others rather than yourself" Erza said scoffing "ever since you've come to this school, my mother started to go farther away! She showed more interest in you! A stranger from who knows where than her own daughter who has her own blood!"

"that festival was my last chance of getting rid of you! To make my mother proud! To earn what I've always deserved! Her praises! Her love! But now….i can't get them anymore…..she no longer has any use of me, her own daughter!"

Natsu looks at her as he showed no interest her story

Demonic Natsu soon appeared as he watched Erza burst out her own heart at him

"yOu kNOw, sINce sHE wAntS TO DiE aND aLL. CaN WE kEEP HeR AS a sLavE?" Demonic Natsu asked "I'll ProMISE TO tAKE gooD CarE OF Her"

"don't care" Natsu said to his demonic self as he watched Erza now crying as she let out her outburst

"I can't stand the humiliation! The students who had looked up to me as their idol! Now look at me with pity! Like I'm some sort of poor slave!" Erza exclaimed before she had a dagger in hand "If I'm to die…then I will die after I kill you!"

Natsu looks at her as he sighs

Erza dashed towards Natsu with her dagger pulled back but her hand was caught by Natsu

Natsu soon grabbed the dagger before grabbing Erza's cheeks

"kill, huh? Easy word to say but…" Natsu said as his eyes went reptilian "..do you have the guts to do it?"

Erza looks at him petrified of looking at his eyes before she was pushed down and Natsu got on top of her, pointing her dagger at her neck

"you say that you want to kill me…..but once this dagger takes the blood….your hands will be soaked in the same blood that won't disappear no matter how many times you wash them" Natsu said having a smirk "you clean it and clean it…but that blood on your hands won't disappear…..no matter what"

Natsu soon lifts up her chin as he watched Erza tearing up

"what's wrong? Crying? Afraid of me now?" Natsu said before leaning his mouth near her ears "don't worry…you want to die right?...then let me do it for you"

Erza watched as Natsu points the dagger to her cheeks

"but it's a waste to let you die quickly" Natsu said as he gently slides the dagger's blade on her cheeks "….maybe I should do it…after I rape you….does that sound good?"

Erza's eye widen as she started to tear up and wanted to scream but she was too terrified to even let out her voice

"a flower that dies so quickly is a huge waste after all" Natsu said as he pulled the dagger down to her clothes and picks it up with the tip "should I do it slowly and painfully as I rape you? Or should I just make it swift and painless? But that would be too convenient for you, right?"

"no….no…." Erza voiced out so weakly as she was afraid

"no? why?" Natsu asked leaning his head close to her ear "you want to die, right? Then let me take your chastity before you go…..it's been a while since I've tasted such a prime and delicious apple after all"

Natsu's tongue sticks out as he licks Erza's ear who soon shivered to the wet and moist feeling

Erza wanted to get away but her legs were shaking, her body not responding to her wishes

"would you rather die after being raped?...or would you like to live and stride for a better future?" Natsu said looking at her

"…what…." Erza muttered out

"life isn't something that you can easily take" Natsu said while looking at her straight in the eye "don't say that you want to kill so badly when you don't have the guts to even do it"

"if you feel humiliated and shunned, then just ignore it. You've been through hell from a drunkard father and was forced to live like a slave? I've been through worse than that" Natsu said putting a finger to her chin "I've lived in hell since the day I was born. People abuse me, they treat me like trash every single day, and used me as their toy. I would've died because of them but I'm not dead now, am i? I'm alive because I faced through them, I beat every single one that tries to use me for their own good, I'm alive because of my reason in this world. I'm alive because I want to live"

Erza looks at Natsu as the man gets off of her before throwing away her dagger to the side

"if you want to die so badly, then do it. jump off this roof and die miserably like a humiliated, worthless, and cowardly pathetic fool. Or.." Natsu said before reaching a hand out to her to take "take my hand and I'll help you find your reason in this world…the reason of your own existence"

Erza looks to him as she sat up and stared at him with pure confusion

"…why….why are you so willingly want to help me…..after what I did to your friend….and after how I tried to kill you…." Erza asked

"who knows….it might be because of a lesson from an old friend of mine….or it might be my reason to live in this world" Natsu said looking at her

Erza looks at him before her hand slowly reached out, Natsu's hand soon grabbed her hand and pulls her up to him

"you're life isn't worthless…you have a purpose in this world, and I'll help you find it" Natsu said as he place his hand on her right eye

A red glow illuminated around his hand before he pulled it down

Erza slowly opened her right eye as she could see with it

She touched her right eye slowly as she had a right eye that allows her to see through it

Tears started to well up as they were coming from both of her eyes

"consider it a gift for not killing yourself like a fool" Natsu said before Erza hugs him and started crying on him

"…thank you!...thank you!..." Erza cried out as she cried out her heart

Natsu looks at her and sighs before patting her back

Demonic Natsu looks at them before to the side

"hEy" Natsu called out as he took a glance to the side and sees Irene in the shadow

The Scarlet haired Headmistress looks at them before she turns and disappears in the shadow

"wHAt do YoU ThINk sHE waS HeRE fOR?" Demonic Natsu asked

"like I care of what that witch was doing here" Natsu replied before looking to Erza who hasn't stopped crying

"I guess they're not the same after all" Natsu thought as he lets Erza cry to him


That's a wrap!

Bye bye