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Chapter 4

Tour of Town

Since leaving they stopped at every open food vendor. It was odd to both girls how much "mystery man" could eat. It was a bit funny that every experience they had together Natsu acted like a child in a candy shop. They walked into many different stores and places till finally came upon a museum of lore; built with statues of different deities from different cultures made of fired colored clay to give an accurate representation of each figure. Natsu looked at the one with Ra, the sun god, and pressed the button for information on it. A woman's voice with an English accent came through the speaker:

"The Egyptian god Ra was the creator of all gods including man and nature. Every god in Egyptian lore has a part of him, as well as he is all of them. Ra's falcon head on top of a human body, is believed to represent how sacred animals were to the ancient Egyptians. He's also been depicted with a serpent, heron, bull, lion, cat, beetle, phoenix and others; but is more widely known with a falcon and his sun disk. His mythology was to sail in a boat called "Barque of Millions of Years" during the day. At the end of the day, it was written that Ra left the moon in charge since he was eaten by Nut. However, that isn't the end of Ra. During his time in "death" he would travel to the underworld and fight his greatest enemy; an evil serpent named Apep lord of Chaos. In some endings Ra defeats the serpent as Mau, the cat. This is one of many reasons why cats are so respected in Egyptian culture. "

At the end of the sentence the voice died out and all was silent once more, as he stared at the statue in disgust at how wrong man was. He was depicted as many things, but a god he was not. He had been born into this world by another force, what's even more tragic was to him, the relationship he had with his moon was way more than what humans could ever realize. None of them had any idea what thousands upon thousands of years would do to a man as he had to wait and watch time go by till the timing was right.

Levy approached him uncertaintly. "Uuuuhhhh… Natsu?"

"They were wrong you know. The Egyptians were far off the mark, oh well I always liked their fashion, knowing how to dress is important. Even back then in ancient societies. I felt bad for the Greek gods though. I never liked togas."

I don't think the scholar in training, nor her female counterpart expected that kind of answer. "You act like you were there."

He shrugged his shoulders and gave a look to both girls with incredibly sharp eyes, that could speak of stories centuries upon centuries old. Then shrugged it off as if it was nothing. "Do I? Ah well probably just a theory."

Lucy was dumbfounded, she felt a warm shiver down her spine as if she should know what he was talking about; which perplexed her even more. "If...you say so. Hey wanna get out of here? I know a park not far we can walk through."

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The park was unlike any he knew man could pull off. The park was filled with oak trees, nut trees, cherry blossom trees, maple trees, fruit trees and flowers of all species for added color. Wind picked up and caused maple leaves to dance beneath an elderly couple's feet while they sat on a wooden bench, acting like newlyweds that never saw trouble in their lifetime. Both girls stopped and admired swooning.

Lucy noticed in her peripheral vision how somber Natsu became, not noticing the weather shift even though his scarf fluttered about at his back. He gazed at the old couple longingly. She walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder.

Unfortunately to poor Natsu that light tap was filled with a natural electricity due to her latent magic. "Ow."

The girl in question sucked on her finger puzzled, its happened to her on occasion but this felt…deeper. "You okay, didn't mean to electrocute you."

"Nah, no sweat. So, what else is there to do in this town? It is midday, the sun is healthy, and the weather is clear."

Levy had been watching them like an owl of Athena and decided she was comfortable enough leaving these two alone for a bit. She wanted to do research on Natsu and where he could have come from. Approaching them both from behind made her presence known since they seemed to have forgotten her momentarily. "Actually, I'm going to leave. I have some things that need to be done in my room to prepare for the week."

A little disappointed and concerned, Lucy gave her an expression asking if this was a good idea. Fortunately, they've been friends long enough that Levy responded in such a fashion dictating that it was fine.

Natsu was oblivious to the whole exchange and said his goodbyes with his hands behind his head. "Ya know, she reminds me of someone…"

"I can't fathom who. Come on, there's more to see newbie." For emphasis Lucy began tugging on his arm back in the direction of the old couple.

Touch. Touch was good and to him she seemed a little more relaxed, but not enough. "Newbie? When will you start using my name?"

"When I feel like it."

"You are willingly touching me."

Her whole curvy being stopped dead in her tracks as she instantly let go as though she held something dangerous. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize."

Happy for the first time, bored out of his mind, spoke up. "Nice going, now she'll never touch you again." The poor blue cat who could fly, had been tagging along from the start, invisible, per his master's wishes.

Natsu was the only the one who could hear it, or so he thought.

"Did you say something Newbie?"

His eyes widened alongside his hitched breath, feeling like the world stopped. Even Happy went still.

"Eh, I guess not. Come on…lets go." Delicate hands went into a warm jacket she had pulled from around her waist, since the air started to cool down.

"So where are we going?"

"The movies."

His shaken demeanor went right out the window when he heard movies. Running up grabbed her wrist and began to drag Lucy in the direction she had them heading.

Her blonde head drooped in defeat realizing that she'd never be able to keep up with this boy. Fortunately, her gut instinct to wear black jeans and steel toed boots gave room for whatever activity they may encounter; that now included jogging into an almost run.

"Do you have ANY idea where we're going, do you even know where the theater is?"

Natsu didn't care, not by a long shot and reacted on impulse by picking her up bridal style to run there. "Nope, but that is okay, we will figure it out together."

This man she knew for less than three days had the audacity to carry her and tell her that they'll "find" the movies. "Put me down."

"Nope."

"Put me down."

"Nope."

Lucy felt her right eye twitching and when she went to hit him, Natsu caught her wrist then boldly intertwined their fingers.

"I am not going to let you go so easily." He caught himself again, swallowed his pride then added. "I can get us there faster this way."

Lucy wasn't going to stand for it, she planned to kick him then ditch him there, till he spoke his declarations. Which caused a sudden peace that overwhelmed her entire being replacing her irritation.

"Alright fine but," Natsu was too busy watching her and not where he was going.

He got a face full of tree branches and leaves knocking them both to the ground.

"Watch where you're going if you decide to carry someone!"

"Oh well, tell me how we get to the movies."

After brushing herself off and checking for scrapes or tears, began walking in the same direction she was being carried in. "You have a good nose, its actually right this way."

The park wasn't far from the city mall, which is where Magnolia's most popular theater was. While walking in silence side by side, a maple leaf with changes in its color drifted in front of Lucy's hand, allowing her to catch it gently in mid-air. "You know, this land has always been weird."

Natsu stayed quiet, afraid she wouldn't say anymore, and to his relief Lucy continued.

"Earthland has had quite a few continental shifts, the desert used to be an ocean, now it's a wasteland. It was said the continent that we live on, was close to the equator but shifted through time closer to the north. The town of Domhan is closer to the forest but you have to walk weeks through a forest before anyone can get here. Like our own personal hidden location, but we still get all kinds of strange weather. It will rain on one side of the city with a torrential downpour that causes flooding but look like a drought on the other. That's just in the summer time. Winter is more consistent and a little scarier. One year there was two or three months with constant snow and frequent blizzards. We have heating generators built into the streets that kick in to keep the snow down so the city doesn't turn into a frozen relic…"

Her voice trailed off, he could tell she has had some lonely nights in her past. What concerned him was how freaky the weather got, he was surprised they hadn't suffered from some nasty tornadoes.

"What about now?"

"Since we can't count on our weather system, I go by the month and since its September I say we're going to get really close to Fall. It's only in the summer when our freakazoid weather patterns happen. It's not unheard of for them to happen during fall or winter, just less likely. We all look forward to it because it gives the city consistency."

"Even if it means dangerous weather?"

"We are resilient, we have a course of action for any given situation. Ah we're here."

"I want to see a horror movie!"

She sighed unable to say no to this man. "Of course you do."

Natsu's attitude made it seem like he could start bouncing off the walls any second.

The theater was made of marble and looked like a mini Egyptian palace with two Anubis statues on either side to the entrance. The custodian's window had been fashioned to replicate the Forties, the man's attire was dressed to match the era's bellhop. He had a red button-down shirt, with gold trimming.

Black hair, dark eyes and an attitude that spelled boredom. "Welcome to Anubis Theater, let the magic of movies sweep your soul away."

"Hey Gray, two tickets to "Tale of Two Sisters" please."

"Oh hey Luce, no problem that'll be fifteen tikkers. Who's this weirdo. He looks like he just ate a mountain of sugar."

"He's our new classmate, he goes to our school his name is Natsu. Say hello Natsu."

Natsu already didn't like the look of this guy and it simmered his excitement down. "How do you know Lucy?" This earned him a smack upside the head.

"Pay him no mind Gray."

"Whatever, enjoy your movie. Ah, before you go, wanna go hang? I'm off about the same time the movie is done."

"Nah I have to show this weirdo around. He's okay, I promise."

"Uh huh. I'll give you a call later, that okay?"

"Sure thing."

Finally getting their seating in and snacks prepared sat into comfortable reclining seats.

It was irking him. This Gray fellow had a super close relationship to his moon. He gently nudged her shoulder then thumbed back in the direction. "Hey, who was that guy…and what are tikkers?"

"Relax, that's Gray he and I have been looking out for each other since grade school. We're more like siblings than anything else. It's just we have opposite schedules and opposite classes so we don't see each other much. Tikkers are our money system. There's no taxes or cents here and everything is a flat fee. We have a different worth for each tikker piece." Lucy pulled a handful of colorful rich crystals of blue, red and yellow, crafted into perfect thin circles. Pointing to each piece explained what the colors meant. "The blue one is counted as a five-piece tikker. The red ones are ten-piece and yellow is twenty-piece. There are other colors that aren't here; like orange is a fifty-piece, white is a hundred-piece, purple is one thousand and a black tikker is one million piece. You really are new, aren't you?"

Natsu understood the currency well enough but only commented on his first question."So…he is not your betrothed?"

Lucy had to stop and process that for a minute. "Be-BETROTHED?!" She ended up going into a fit of laughter. "The day Gray and I date is the day that the sun turns into a human and pops from the sky."

The blonde woman had no idea how much that statement scared Natsu. "What if that actually happens."

"Point is, won't happen. I don't see him that way. What if…you're so weird sometimes, Now, shhh…movie is starting."

During the movie Lucy got scared out of her wits while clinging onto Natsu in the process, not that he minded, and they got out around closer to late afternoon.

"Hey Lucy, does this mean we can be friends now?" Hearing her giggle at the sudden question wasn't the response he expected.

"What do you think Natsu?"

At the use of his name he gave a tender smile filled with relief.

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