"speaking"

"thinking"

On with the story

A few days soon passed as things at school has been a tad different than last semester

Natsu was in the Magic Duel arena as he had just sent a male Freshman student flying to the air with a right uppercut to the chin

His opponent fell down on a pile of other beaten up male freshmen students who had challenged Natsu for his title and rank, but the result was as clear as the blue sky

"there he does it! All 20 challengers defeated with ease by the Dragon Emperor himself!" The MC exclaimed as the crowd cheered for Natsu who sighs in annoyance before walking to the exit hall but was soon blocked by a group of freshmen students who were all challengers "and here comes the rest of the challengers! All ready to kick his butt!"

"this is getting tiring" Natsu thought as his opponents went charging to attack

Natsu cracks his knuckles as he was going to teach them to never challenge him again

BOOM!


The scene changes to that of the School's hallway where Natsu was walking around, passing by some students who were all looking at him

"first day, gets lots of stress…now I get challenge so regularly while being watched by them….so tiring and annoying" Natsu thought as he yawned

Natsu's hair was now back to Salmon and spiky as he was now very famous in school and in town. Just as he was going to school, he was crowded by some fans who wanted his autograph and then reporters who flashes camera to his eyes, nearly blinding him

"I'm starting to regret my decision to come back to the showbiz" Natsu thought while walking around the hallway, going to the Kenjutsu Clubroom where the girls were at

"please! Go out with me!" Natsu soon heard a loud boy's voice as he looks at the stairs nearby and sees a freshman student confessing to Sayla who was looking at him "i-i! fell in love with you the first time I met you!"

Sayla looks at the man before tilting her head

"who are you?" she asked as the young man looks in shock

"i-I'm your c-classmate…" the boy replied

"are you? I do not remember seeing you before" Sayla replied flatly, Natsu could hear the boy's heart going to crack soon "I do not know why but I am not interested being in love with you"

CRACK!

That was the last break, the boy's heart cracked and shattered into pieces, the confession of his love to Sayla was downright rejected

Sayla walks away as she heads downstairs while the young man had fallen to his knees, heartbroken from the rejection

"poor guy" Natsu thought with an amused smirk before his eyes look at Sayla who was out of sight "is she really the same vampire? And why isn't Mira going after her?...could it be a hypnotism spell that disguises her from others? what is that bastard thinking?"

Natsu thoughts were soon broken when he was crowded by some girls who were asking for his autograph, selfies, and a handshake

He sighs as he just gave them what they wanted

"man, I'm going to be late" Natsu thought as he signed a girl's shirt with a red marker


Meanwhile at the Kenjutsu Clubroom, the girls were in a big discussion with each other

"so! let's start making some renovations!" Cana exclaimed while holding the blueprint of Natsu's house and photos of it in her hands "we got to make it the best and great looking house ever!"

"where did she get that?" Lucy asked with a sweatdrop

"from Dan, apparently" Kagura replied

The girls got a look at Natsu's house and could say that they want to add some decorations of a feminine touch to it

"I knew that it was a wreck, but this is just something else" Mira said as she holds some photos of the house's interior which were all black and smudgy, filled with dust and cockroaches "we should call in a bug exterminator there first, ain't no way I'm going to a place filled with cockroaches"

"agreed, there's even a photo of the kitchen and I can see a rat here" Erza said holding a photo and showed it to the others

"ew, that is just nasty" Lucy said, a bit scared of seeing the rat that was nearly the size of a cat

"not to mention the garden near it" Ikaruga said as she looks at the photo of the house's garden and could see how much wild weeds had grown "such an unkempt garden"

"wouldn't it be better if we just restore it with Ultear-san's magic?" Kamika asked while looking at Natsu's house blueprints

"there's a limit to how my magic can restore things." Ultear said while looking at some photos "even if we could restore it with my magic, there's still the problem of the bugs and rats in it. My magic doesn't work on sentient things"

"oh, looks like the house got a basement too" Cana said while looking at some photos that showed the house's dirty and dark basement "perfect place to store wine!"

"are we renovating Natsu's house for him or for you?" Kagura said to the Card Mage who just grins excitedly, thinking of putting in the wine cellar in his home

"so, let's just get the bug and rat exterminatory first" Éclair stated while holding a photo of the house from the front side "and some germ exterminators as well"

"already on the call" Mira said as she takes out her lacrima phone, dials a few numbers and called the exterminator services

"in the meantime, we should pick on the color of the outside and the inside!" Lucy said as she takes out color plates that had an assortment of colors from her bag "a best house has to have a best color to it!"

"you brought that to school?" Erza said sweatdropping

The girls continued discussing before the door opened and Natsu came in, looking tired

"what took you so long?" Kagura asked while the others were still discussing on what should they add to his house

"fans" Natsu said as he sat down before yawning and then look at what the girls were doing "I see, that you guys are busy discussing"

"do you like red or Magenta?" Kagura asked while holding a color table and showed Natsu the color choices

"Magenta" Natsu replied as Kagura looks at the color and hummed

"I think red is better though" Kagura said before taking another color table "and violet match it well, don't you think?"

"why did you even ask for my opinion?" Natsu thought with a sweatdrop as girls be girls in this sort of things

The girls continued discussing as they add in ideas of their own to Natsu's home

While they discuss, Natsu got a call on his lacrima phone

He takes it out and sees the Dan on the caller's id

"yeah?" Natsu said, picking up the call "yeah, I'll be there…..what?..on the third floor?...how?...i got it, just call the previous owner and get some info on it…ok"

Natsu hanged up the call before he dials some numbers

"what's wrong?" Éclair asked while holding some photos of Natsu's future house

"Dan said that there was something weird in the house, and asked me what to do" Natsu said as he press the call button and waited for the caller to respond

"something weird? Like what?" Mira asked, hearing the conversation

"a chained and locked door on the first floor" Natsu replied before the call got connected "hello?...yeah, it's me….i know it's been a long time….yeah….just got a new home, it's old and filled with rats and stuff….yeah…that one….make it strong…I know….nah, Dan and the others are on it…ok thanks"

After hanging up the call, Natsu pocketed his phone before sighing

"a friend?" Ultear asked as Natsu nodded

"Dan just said that the little infestation is bigger than we had thought" Natsu said as he yawned "just add more stress to the day"


School was soon over as Natsu and the others were picked up on a limo that was being driven by Dan

"I told you to use a normal car" Natsu said as he took a seat before Cana and Mira took the seats beside him "you're making us stand out too much"

"sorry, Big boss. All rental cars were in use and the limo was the only one up for grabs" Dan said as he drives the limo away from the school "and also, there's no car that can fit 10 people"

Natsu sighs as he was right and there was no complaining it

"ah, and by the way" Dan said as he holds a paper up "this came in from the mayor back at Hixs town"

"what?" Natsu said as Ikaruga passes the paper to him

Natsu reads the paper as it was a letter from the mayor, his eyes read the content as his eyes twitched

"are you kidding me?" Natsu said as he grumbles in annoyance

"let me see" Mira said as she takes the paper and reads it "to Natsu, I'm sorry to say that we have a little problem at your farm. Hyrus, Ash, and North had gone west, heading to your town. They might be sick of waiting you to come back and decided to go there and be with you' oh boy"

"a Hydra, a wyvern, and a blizzard wolf in a town like Magnolia…it's going to make a big panic" Kagura said

"what should we do, Big boss?" Dan asked as he spins the wheel, turning a corner on the street

"I'll deal with those three, just drive" Natsu said grumbling as he leans back against the chair and just grumbles on "these days are filled with just stress…."


After a 30 minute drive, they arrived at Natsu's new or rather old looking home

"man, it's more uglier when seeing it up close" Mira said, seeing how bad the house's condition was

"yeah, and what is that smell?" Erza said as she pinched her nose while fanning around "it's so horrible"

"that would be the pesticide and the rat killer gas" Dan said as he gets out of the car while wearing googles and a mask on "best if you all wear these so that you won't suffocate in there"

"wait, we're going in there?" Lucy said while pointing at the house

"of course we are" Mira said as Dan distributed mask and goggles to everyone "can't renovate a house, only on the outside, you know"

"and we're a bit curious on this locked and chained door" Ikaruga said as she wore the goggles and mask

"are you guys serious?" Lucy asked while looking a bit creeped of the house

"if you don't want to come in, just stay outside" Natsu said as he wears his mask and goggles on "kill some rats that are hiding around here"

"on second thought, I'll come with" Lucy said, all ready to go in

"seriously" Kagura said, already wearing her mask and googles


They got in the house as it was the definition of a haunted house.

Cobwebs, dead rats, and a foul odor everywhere

"my god, even with the mask on I can still smell it" Cana said while pinching her nose behind her mask

"the smell will probably go away in another hour or so" Dan said as he holds a flashlight and leads everyone in

Everyone looks around as they could see the interior of the house

"the interior is nicely designed," Erza said as she looks at the ceiling that has some holes

"it would be, if it weren't for the fact that there are Rat feces everywhere," Kagura said, being careful on where she steps

Mira and Lucy look around as they were in the living room area and were looking at some old couches, broken picture frames, and a lot of rat feces

"the rats sure made a home in this place" Mira said disgustedly

"and some dead animals" Ikaruga said, holding a hand over her mask when she saw a dead cat that was covered in maggots, behind the couch

"with some mushrooms" Kamika stated as there were mushrooms growing at the dark corner

"and I thought my place was bad, this place is like a graveyard" Cana said, not wanting to get near the stinky and icky stuff

"are you sure that you really want to live here?" Ultear asked as she touch a glass vase that soon crumbles into dust "this place is beyond renovating"

"forget renovating, this place isn't going to hold any longer" Lucy said while trying to hold in a puke

Natsu was looking around the place, with Éclair beside him as he sees so much dust and disgusting things everywhere

"how did you find this place, Dan?" Natsu asked turning to look at the man

"by the housing office, they said that this place was for sale and was the cheapest like you asked" Dan replied

"I guess I forgot to tell you to find one that is clean and hygienic" Natsu said as he poke a door that instantly fell down, dust instantly flied out "forget renovating or decorating, tear this place down. We'll just build a new place"

"on it" Dan said as he takes out his lacrima phone and start to make some calls

"in the meantime, I want to see this chained and locked door" Natsu said as he walks into the hallway before going to the stairs. The girls following behind


Going two levels up while not taking the stairs as the structure wasn't holding up, so instead they flied up

Natsu flied up first while carrying Éclair and Cana, the two clings onto him tight before they landed on the third floor, soon Erza and the others came landing next with the others who can't fly

"is that it?" Cana asked while pointing at the front where there was a chained and locked door that was surrounded with junk furniture everywhere

"I think so" Natsu said as he walks towards the door, the others following behind

As they approached, Natsu sees a red glow coming from the cracks of the door

"hey, Dan. You didn't told me that it had something glowing inside" Natsu said, taking a look at Dan who just looks confused

"It wasn't glowing when me and the gang were checking around" Dan said as Natsu keens his eyes and looks at the door

"Natsu" Éclair called out as he looks to them and sees that his mates' dragon marks are glowing crimson red. "something is going on"

Natsu looks at them before to his left hand as it was glowing before a flaming dragon mark appeared on it, glowing and shining in crimson

"this is" Natsu said as he looks at the dragon mark before to the door

He approaches it as the glow got stronger

Natsu grabs a hold of the door before yanking it open with force

The door was pulled off the frame before Natsu throws it aside

Looking inside, Natsu's eyes widen a bit when he finds a crimson red, metallic Dragon head shaped shield inside; chained within a cage

"this shield…" Natsu muttered out as he looks at the shield before to his left hand, the dragon mark glowing in response with the shield

The shield breaks out of the cage and chains before it floated towards Natsu, equipping itself on his left hand

Éclair and the others sees what is happening before they see that their gifts from Natsu was glowing

Natsu's weapons that he had given to them appeared as they shined red before equipping upon Natsu

Catastoras neighs as the mechanical Horse had flames covering its mane and hoofs with a flaming tail coming out of its behind

Natsu looks at himself as his armor glowed red before dimming

"just like…" Natsu thought as he saw a vision of Igneel wearing the armor before he burst into flames

Red static soon dance around the armor as the weapons soon breaks apart from each other

"wha?!" Natsu gasp in surprise as his weapons soon glowed red before going back to the girls, returning to the crimson accessories, Natsu had given to them

Natsu looks to the girls and sees that they were looking at their accessory where his weapons were stored within

Before long, the shield was glowing while still equipped on Natsu's left hand before purging off him

The shield shined before Natsu's black left gauntlet appeared beside it, shining red as well

Everyone watched the two weapons as they floated to Mira and Kamika

The shield floated in front of Mira, and the gauntlet to Kamika

The weapons shined before they transform into balls of light that went to the two girls

On Mira's left hand, a metallic crimson bracelet while on Kamika's neck, a red metal choker

"oook….what just happened?" Lucy said, bewildered on what they had just witnessed at the moment

Natsu looks surprised before looking inside the door and finds a book lying around, and it was a diary book

"this diary" he said as he picks it up and dusts off the cover, before looking inside but the content was all smudged up and torn but he did find the name of owner of the diary at the very last page "..Igneel?"


That's a wrap!

Bye bye