Natsu's Guide to the Apocalypse:
Arc 1: The Essentials
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Apocalypse
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On a deserted street somewhere in Mangolia stood three people, one wearing white shorts, a black tank top and all black converse shoes. Another stood there clad in their jeans and Doc Martins, with no shirt… the other wearing a blue skirt, all white converse and what seemed to be an NFL chest plate. All of them wearing beanies, ski goggles and masks.
In front of the trio stood three dead looking people… Zombies.
The shirtless boy looked around, for anything to defend himself with, he found nothing.
The boy with the tank top was currently searching through his backpack. "Ah ha! I found it!"
The shirtless boy looked at him, only to see tank top pull out a scale looking scarf.
"Natsu!" the boy shouted at his comrade/enemy/friend. "We need weapons not your fucking scarf"
Tank top turned his head and glared at the shirtless boy. "Listen here stripper! My scarf is worth more than your life, so shut it!"
"You wanna go you twat?" the shirtless boy shouted back, getting ready to fight.
"You're on ice brains!" the boy shouted, shifting into a stance that resembled Floyd Mayweather's.
"Natsu! Gray!" the third person shouted, the two boys shifted their attention to the third member of their party. "Now is not the time to be fighting! Finish the zombies then finish your quarrel!"
The two boys saluted "Yes Ma'am!"
Natsu then reached into his bag and pulled out a kitchen knife and a wrench. "Ice Shit! You get the knife!" the boy said throwing the knife up, handle facing the sky, to Gray.
"About time Fire Fuck!" the stripper said as he charged the trio of Zombies with their third companion, Erza, an Olympic prodigy who competed in Fencing, Javelin and Hammer Throw.
Gray could feel the wind pass his face when a Javelin made whizzed past him and landed in the face of a zombie.
Focusing on the opponent in front of him, Gray held the knife in a reverse grip and proceeded to stab the Zombie in between the eyes, neutralizing it.
The Last Zombie was dealt with by Natsu, who smashed it on the head with such force that the head exploded… getting Zombie guts everywhere, and on Gray's clothes and body.
"WHAT THE FUCK NATSU!" Gray screamed as he searched for something to wipe himself with. He found his hands full with a towel, courtesy of Natsu.
Natsu on the other hand, was clean as a bar of soap. "Oi! Isn't that your house Erza?" Natsu asked their partner, who was currently pulling the javelin out of the Zombie's corpse.
She looked up and nodded. "Yeah… lets camp there for the night!"
You couldn't tell it, but everyone was smiling. The three rushed to the house and let Erza open the door with her key. The house had a nostalgic smell of strawberry cake. The three closed the door, took off their shoes and laid their weapons on the ground or against the wall.
Natsu took off his mask, ski goggles and beanie to reveal olive green eyes and pink hair.
Gray chuckled through his mask. "Still can't believe that that dye has stayed in since 8th Grade". He took off his own gear to reveal his matching Onyx eyes and hair.
Natsu responded by flipping Gray the bird before reaching into his bag before grabbing some hand sanitizer, prompting Gray to hold his hands out for some.
Erza was the last one to take off her protective gear, revealing her pure red hair with onyx eyes.
"I wonder if my old stuff is still here" Natsu thought aloud.
"Yes Natsu… your drawer from 10th Grade is still here" Erza replied back before grabbing some duct tape from Natsu's bag and walking through the hallway over to the kitchen, where the fridge was.
"C'mon Gray… I'll show you where we'll be sleeping" Natsu said as he made his way through the hallway to the stairs. The two boys walked up the stairs and entered Erza's room, it was still organized, and clean. In the middle was a king sized bed, and on either side a bedside table, though one was pink and the other a brownish red.
Natsu fished through his pocket while walking up to the red bedside table, he pulled out an old looking key and inserted it into the drawer, twisting it until the iconic click was heard before pulling the handle, opening the storage device.
"Why's your stuff in Erza's room?" Gray asked his friend, looking over his shoulders to peer into the drawer, in there was what seemed to be a switchblade, fire crackers, an open box of condoms and a red leather book underneath.
"Condom's eh... so my theory of you and Erza was right?" Gray snickered.
Natsu's face went red. "It was just one time… and we were really drunk"
"I knew it!" Gray shouted.
"At least it wasn't as bad as your drunk hookup mistake!" Natsu said, gaining the flow of the conversation.
"What do you mean?" Gray asked, slightly confused.
"Step-bro I'm stuck! Help me!" Natsu mocked in a girly voice, to which Gray's face went redder than Erza's hair.
"Shut up!" Gray hissed, causing Natsu to laugh as he put the book and the contents on the bed to reveal army issued sniper gloves and a dog tag.
"Army stuff?" Gray asked as Natsu put on the dog tags.
"Mum's… she died on deployment" Natsu explained. "The rest of her stuff is in my house"
"We're not going there and getting out in one piece" Gray said before muttering "Fucking horde"
Natsu took off the dog tags and shoved them into his pocket before pulling out a pair of zippo lighters and about three tins of lighter fluid.
"That's why we're gonna get a tank and run them fuckers over" Natsu said with vengeance before putting his hand in deeper before pulling out a black bun bag/fanny pack.
Natsu stood up before sitting on the bed and unzipping the bag.
"What's in the bag?" Gray asked as Natsu pulled out a pouch of tobacco, filters and some papers.
"Cigs" Natsu replied as he pulled out a packed of pre-rolled cigarettes and a mini-bottle of fireball whiskey. "And fireball"
"Let's save that fireball for later" Gray said as Natsu shoved everything but the gloves, switchblade and the book into the mini bag.
"Yeah… when we get into an actual base" Natsu stated as he pocketed the blade.
"What's the book about then?" Gray asked as Erza walked into the room, duct tape in hand.
"Funny you mention it" Natsu said, picking the book up and showing them the title.
Natsu Dragneel's Guide to the Apocalypse
Book One:
The Essentials
"Follow this and we're bound to survive the apocalypse" Natsu said with pride as Gray grabbed the book.
"Book One? So there's more?" Gray asked.
"Yeah! Three in total" Natsu said "Each book contains knowledge on how to do certain things… I made it for my 10th Grade Project!"
"The only thing he got an A for was this project" Erza stated with a chuckle.
"I don't remember that" Gray said putting a hand to his chin.
"Yeah… caus you where away for a year in the snowies remember?" Natsu reminded his mate, who made and "ooooh" sound in response.
"Anyways… let's get some food in us and then go to sleep" Erza ordered. "We'll have to figure out what we want to do tomorrow, tomorrow"
Gray and Natsu nodded before the three looked for some tinned food…
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About 2 Months ago, Natsu's apartment.
Natsu was hungover, his one free night he had spent drinking with Gray, and it ended well, but the headache made Natsu think twice about going out on a regular basis. The TV was turned on, and was on the Today Fiore morning show.
"In celebration of this year's Day of the Dead, we have decided to bring in a Zombie" The hostess of the show said as a zombie looking person stumbled onto the stage.
"As you can see, this Zombie is real folks" the woman continued as the Zombie walked towards the hostess without any sign of slowing down.
Natsu chuckled. "People on TV are always looking for new ways to get better ratings"
He stood up and turned away from the TV.
"H-Hey get your hands off me!" Natsu heard the hostess shout, out of curiosity he turned around to watch the TV and was met by a gruesome sight. The hostess was screaming as the Zombie bit into her neck.
"The Fuck?" Natsu thought aloud as his phone buzzed and his door was being knocked on.
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Natsu gasped for air as he woke up to the sound of the door being fiddled with, though it wasn't Erza's door to her bedroom. Natsu put his pants and shoes on, feeling for the switchblade in his pocket.
He nodded before slipping downstairs but not before waking Gray up and telling him to be quiet.
Sneaking down the stairs, Natsu saw the door open before a figure slipped into the house before closing the door quietly.
He heard panting as he stepped into the hallway.
As quietly as he could Natsu got the switchblade out of his pocket and creeped towards the intruder.
He was about halfway down the hallway when he pressed the button to open the blade.
The click signifying the blade was opened echoed through the house, dwarfing the sounds of the hushed pants coming from the stranger.
Then a reactionary click, though more hushed echoed throughout the hall as a ray of light lit up the dark way.
Natsu was blinded by the light as a scream echoed throughout the house.
He shielded his face with his hand to stop the light from blinding him before running towards the girl… he needed to shut her up otherwise the zombies would hear her.
"Get away from me!" she screamed as Natsu sprinted to her cowering form, now holding the light like a two handed sword.
As he reached her Natsu dropped the knife and slid down to her level before putting a hand over her mouth.
"I'm not going to hurt you" Natsu said while grabbing the torch and switching it off. "But I need you to be quiet and trust me… the zombies like the light and sound."
Natsu looked at her face, though he couldn't make it out well, the after effects of being blinded still a reality.
As far as Natsu could tell she was still scared of him.
"Oi Natsu!" a hushed shout came from the other end of the hallway.
"Gray… it's a person… come over and help me get her upstairs quietly" Natsu said in a quiet tone before turning his attention to the person he had 'captured'.
"Can I trust you not to make a sound?" Natsu asked. "Nod and I release you, but you have to keep your word"
From what Natsu could tell the girl nodded, and as promised he released his hand off her mouth, and his grip of her hand.
"Okay… now mind the knife I dropped and walk over to Gray… he's trustworthy" Natsu instructed the girl, who slowly stood up.
Beginning to get his sight back Natsu stood up and walked over to the side of the hallway where the weapons and protective gear was. He put on his mask and goggles before slipping on the NFL gear and grabbing the wrench and the kitchen knife.
"Gray I'm going to see how many there are… and get rid of them" Natsu said as he slipped on his beanie and put on the dog tags.
Natsu opened the door. "I'll be back" he said before closing the door.
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An Extract from Natsu Dragneel's Guide to the Apocalypse, Book One:
"CHAPTER I: Basic Safety
Welcome to Chapter I, the topic of this chapter is Basic Safety.
What you're going to need to do if the apocalypse breaks out is to find something to protect yourself with, anything from a kitchen knife to a tank, just make sure you can use it to its maximum potential.
Make sure to choose something that suits your build, like a quick and agile person should use something light like a knife, while those who are built like a body builder should use a sledge hammer or axe. But that isn't to say you should rely on this book to make your decision, ultimately pick something you feel comfortable wielding.
Once you have your protection remember to keep in stored in an accessible place like a backpack or in your pocket."
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So I decided to make another Fanfic... sue me?
Anywyas I was inspired by 'Capturing her damaged heart' - I'm sure you've heard of it, if you havent check it out, its really good!
Please review and tell me what you like and dislike about this, I'm currently working on chapter 2, it might come out soon or even hours after this chapter... idk :)
Till next time
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