Stories

The moment the school bell rang, Natsu heaved out a relieved sigh. Lucy had immediately appeared in front of him and told him to hurry up, which he happily complied to for some reason.

Now, after-school hours weren't the best time to run at all. In fact, the hallways are so packed not even a body could freely move. Natsu clenched his fists and let out a deep inhale before allowing himself to be part of the crowd. If he forces his way out, that should do it, right?

"Hurry up, Natsu!"

Natsu threw his head to where the voice came from and scrunched his face, 'Lucky ghost,' he thought as he saw Lucy's floating body.

How he wished he could just fly.

"Ooops," a couple of students giggled as Natsu's books fell from his bag, making the latter kneel down and fix it. He was used to it. This wasn't the first time people would pick on him. Everyone thinks he's weird anyways.

As he stood up to walk, he could already catch the smug grin on the group's faces. A flash of light entered his eyes and before he could already notice it, the students were lying on the ground. Face flat and piled together.

He would've been confused if not for the smug grin on Lucy's face.

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"So what do you want?" he quickly spat out as they reached the rooftop. Even if he closed his eyes he could already see the excited expression on the ghost's face. The faster she tells the story the better, right?

The ghost, however, didn't mind his bitter mood, "Waah~! First of all, really, really thank you sooo much, Nat-chan! Thanks for helping me!"

She buried her face on the latter's chest and continued crying. Well, fake tears actually, but still. It messed up his uniform and made it wet. Thus souring the pink haired teenager's mood more, "Just get to the topic." he hissed.

Normally he would've accepted the hug. Hugs are supposed to be warm. But Lucy's felt odd however.

"I've been lonely for so long," the blonde pouted, "I've been dead for almost a month, from what I can remember, at least. But somehow, I haven't had anyone to talk to! But then, you came!" she squealed and proceeded to hug him once more, muttering about how he was 'the one' or something about that.

"You see, this girl's poor little soul has been floating around the earth for so long now. I was about to make my way to the afterlife when I-what are you doing?"

"Smoking," Natsu answered as he lit a cigarette, stating as if it was the most relaxing thing to do in the world.

"That's dangerous, you know," Lucy scowled and snatched it away from him, just like a mom telling her son to stop eating candy.

'Who are you? My mom?' Natsu only scoffed and gestured for her to continue.

"As I was saying, as I reached the gates, I saw someone standing in front of it. The old man told me he's the ruler, or something like that. But from what I saw, I guess he was the just gatekeeper," Lucy rambled on, "now, while he was looking at my records, he noticed that I have a lot of regrets."

"A lot?"

"Yep," she nodded and sighed, "he told me I can't go back unless I can't 'fulfill' those regrets of mine. He said he'd give me one person who can help me on my quest. He even quoted that he'll 'kick yo skinny blonde ass back 'ta Earth to get your sh*t togetha'. And guess what, he really did it and it really hurt!"

The blonde ghost tried to lean on Natsu's shoulder, only to fall face flat on the cold, hard floor, "Oww...that hurt.."

"Get off. You're too heavy," he said as he stepped away from the girl.

"Hey! I'm a ghost and I don't weigh anything, thank you very much," she pouted at him and opted to stand up instead, but failed and just floated.

"That's not what my body is telling me..."

"Anyways, before you so 'nicely' interrupted me, I was telling you about how you can see me. Turns out the old man was talking about you. He said that the angels are gonna guide me, but for some reason, I was brought back to this school," she said, "thank goodness I found you though! Because I really need your help or else I'm never gonna reincarnate! And to think I was about to graduate too..."

Natsu only groaned as he came face to face to the ghost in front of him. Of course he took pity for her but he took pity for his ears. They're probably tired and sore from all the rambling Lucy's been doing.

He sighed as he watched the girl happily float around. Seriously, was she even a senior about to graduate? She acts like she's five!

"Wait," he uttered, narrowing his eyes, "you said you've been dead for a month now, or from what you could remember, and that you were a senior. So how do I not know you? And why haven't I seen you before, huh?"

Lucy immediately stopped on her tracks, an upset look plastered on her pretty and soft face. Natsu regretted asking it, of course. But come on, human curiosity! Plus, he just met the girl yesterday!

"It's probably because we're in different grades," she explained, "I'm a senior, and you're a junior. And since you don't even care about your fellow classmates, I doubt you'd give a damn about the students in the higher grade."

'True.' he thought and nodded in agreement.

"But still!" she continued, jabbing a finger in his chest, "I'm like, one of the few transfer students! How could you not know me? At least you know about that, right?"

Natsu fell into deep thinking. Transfer student? Senior? Know? Is she famous or something?

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"Oh yeah!" he snapped his fingers in delight, "'Lucky Lucy' of 4-B!"

A hot flush crept onto Lucy's face as she cringed in horror, "Wha-what?! What kind of a nickname is t-that?!"

"Don't blame me," he crossed his arms at the girl, "there's even more! Like, 'The Golden Girl', 'Princess of the Campus', and 'The Most Intelligent Goddess In Human Form'!"

"Hey-what?! I bet some of those are just things you made up!" the girl pouted, disturbed by the latter's cheeky misfits of laughter.

From what Natsu could remember (blame his gossiping classmates), Lucy is a transfer student who came to school during her second year from a rich academy. Also known as the 'definition of perfection'. She's intelligent, athletic, a beauty with a model's body, and has a golden heart. People say she can never say 'no' to you.

"Anyways," he coughed, "what is your regret?"

"Well," the blonde laughed cheekily and scratched the back of her neck, "favors, actually."

"Favors?"

"You see..." she merrily laughed and came closer to whisper the story.

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"WHAT?!"

"Wait, wait, wait," he shoved her aside and scowled, "you said you found me. Meaning to say somehow that you 'picked' me. But why me!?"

"Nobody other than you fits, silly!"

"What sorta weird criteria were you using anyways?!"

"Hey, hey, hey," Lucy pouted and crossed her arms, "you have nothing better to do, right? So why not you instead? Please? For the sake of the people?"

"But what if they think I'm just pulling their leg? Or if I'm just joking around?" the latter frowned at her, "I'm not like you, Lucy. I'm not well-liked by the people. I can't just help them and they'll throw their arms openly around me like they would if you were the one doing that!"

"I...I don't wanna let you down..."

Natsu bit his lip to try not to say anything anymore. Of course, he wanted to believe in the girl. Maybe it was time to have someone around after all? A friend? Maybe she was encouraging him? But maybe she's also trying to trick him? But then again-

"Then don't, idiot!"

He looked up and widened his eyes to see a furious Lucy, "You're a retard, aren't you? That's the problem with you! Acting all 'gangsta' and sh*t! If someone doesn't make the first move then how will things change, huh?! Come on, Natsu! I saw a light in you! I know you can do this!"

He gulped and sighed, this time looking straight into her eyes, just where is this agreement gonna go to? "Alright fine. What do I have to do?"

Lucy let out happy squeal before giving him a bone-crushing hug, "I LOVE YOU, NAT-CHAN!"

Damn Lucy and her cuteness...

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