A/N: To those of you who were confused by the previous chapter, here I am to explain.

Remember the couple Igneel brought to the bakery? They went to their house and talked about their problem, which is about Natsu, who is their real son, but he doesn't recognize them anymore (*le gasp*).

So now you know (but if you still don't, I will seriously find you wherever you are and strangle you), I hope you'll enjoy this chapter! I've been wanting to go to Beijing but can't so I decided to write my dreams in my stories instead (what a sad life I have xD).

Enjoy~! :DDDD (too much smileys, I must be on crack today).

Natsu Goes to China

Natsu knew. He knew better than confront Igneel about this. If they were his real parents, he had to avoid them as much as possible. They were the ones who left him behind at that old, rotten orphanage where Igneel found him. They were the ones who made him experience hell since he was an infant.

And yes, even though he could be such an idiot sometimes, he still had a brain and he knew that nothing good will ever happen if he said something.

That's why he kept quiet. Natsu was mum about this, and so was Lucy. He decided that he'll just ask Igneel about this once he grows older, expecting that the man will finally trust and tell it to him.

But what he didn't expect, was that Igneel would bang on his bedroom door at 5 in the morning, proudly waving tickets to China, or something like that, since Natsu could barely see anything with one eye slightly open.

"Ah, f*ck my life..." he grumbles as he gets up to pack.

XXX

"I'm so excited for this! Aren't you?!"

Natsu pauses his game of Tekken and momentarily looks up from his PSP to flash Igneel a bitter look, "No."

His father, who was sitting next to the plane's window, only pouted and sighed, turning back to the sky again.

Chuckles were heard and Natsu scowled again, flashing Lucy a disapproving look.

"What?" she asked between giggles.

'Why is she here again?' he rolled his eyes and focused on his game, inwardly cursing at a freeloading Lucy, who literally screamed at bloody 5 AM when she learned that they were going to China.

And by "they", I mean her together with Natsu and Igneel.

"Oh come on, Nat-chan! I mean, it's China! Why wouldn't I come with you? Who knows? Maybe I owe someone a favor back there! So can I please, please, PLEASE come?!" was what she said.

But Natsu doubted that she has friends there.

'Speaking of favor, I wonder who's the next one?'

XXX

The voices of the women chattering around, the large crowd gathering in all places, lanterns hung around, and people yelling and talking in rapid-fire Mandarin.

Yep, Natsu's in China alright.

He shook his head and placed the thoughts aside, trudging quickly behind a very excited Igneel, who was practically skipping with every step, much to Lucy's amusement.

The trip to Beijing was literally decided out of the blue, so Natsu was still in a daze that he was finally in China, Jackie Chan's home country (Natsu didn't even want to ask his father where or how he got those tickets).

'I better watch those kung fu movies in the hotel room.' he noted to himself, 'On second thought, maybe not. I probably won't understand anything they're saying.'

"Ne, ne, Nat-chan." Lucy poked him from behind, "Can we go tour later?"

The pinkette nodded, making the ghost squeal, and quickly walked inside the hotel, wanting to rest already.

"Just make sure to get down at 12 so we can eat lunch, okay?" said Igneel.

"Hmm..." he hummed in response while imagining the pillows he'll be hugging.

XXX

"Natsu, wake up!"

"Natsu! Natsu! Wake up!"

"Wake up!"

"I SAID WAKE UP YOU GODDAMN PINK HEADED BRAT!"

"WHY DID YOU KILL MR. FLUFFY?!" Natsu jolted out of the bed and placed his hands on the shoulders of a very confused looking Igneel.

"...What are you talking about?"

The lad immediately blushed in embarrassment and retreated his hands from his father, clasping them together and fiddling nervously, "S-sorry..."

Igneel raised a brow but nonetheless, stood up, "It's almost noon, you might wanna get up 'cause we're going to eat."

Natsu absentmindedly nodded and looked around the room, eyes scanning for a blonde ghost, only to realize she was nowhere to be found.

'She must've gone somewhere.' he shrugged and ruffled his hair, following his father out.

"I originally planned to eat at the hotel but I found this really good Chinese restaurant and made reservations." Igneel grinned, "The food's delicious there. I promise you that you'll love it!"

"I love every food." he replied, to which the man chuckled at.

After a 5 minute walk, the father and son found themselves in front of the so-called restaurant and got inside after speaking with what they assumed as the waiter. Thankfully, Igneel can speak the language so less the trouble for the both of them.

"I gotta go pee now, you order for us, okay?" he whispered as he hurriedly got up and ran.

"O-oi, wait-!" Igneel didn't seem to hear the boy as he continued to run to the bathroom.

'But I can't speak Chinese...' he thought dejectedly while staring at the menu.

"Hello!"

Suddenly, a silver haired girl appeared in front of him and Natsu visibly cringed at this. How the hell is he supposed to talk to the waitress now?!

"U-uh...h-hello..."

The waitress raised a brow but shook her head and continued to say something. When she realized Natsu was simply staring at her, she chuckled and greeted in perfect Japanese.

"Irashaimase~" she grinned, "Is there anything you'd like to eat?"

"Y-you can speak Japanese?!"

"Kinda. So is there anything you'd like to eat?"

Natsu nodded and pointed to a bunch of pictures, since he couldn't understand what was written. Once they were done ordering, the waitress bowed and went back to the kitchen.

Finally, he can relax...

"Nat-chaaaan!"

...Or not.

Natsu knew that voice. He knew it very well. He threw his head to the side and found Lucy waving at him.

"I finally found the person we're helping!" she yelled, but Natsu didn't seem to hear it.

"Where have you been and how did you know I was here?"

Lucy looked taken aback at first before grinning, "Well, first of all, I've been out to search for our next target since Kami-sama said she's here. Ain't that great?! And second, Igneel has been giggling nonstop about this restaurant for the past few hours so I kind of figured out that you'll be here. Now, for our next favor-!"

The ghost pulled out a picture and smacked it on the table, revealing a long, silver-haired, blue-eyed beauty.

"And she is..?" Natsu asked.

"Mirajane Strauss, and we need to find her sister."

Natsu paled, "Are you kidding me?! Do you know how many people are living in China?!"

"Chill, dude. I managed to narrow down the searches so I guess it'll be a little bit easy from now on. All we need to find is a girl that looks like her, and she lives in Beijing! How lucky is that?!"

He nodded and continued to look at the picture, "But where on earth is her sister exactly?"

Little did they know that the sister they're searching for, is the same waitress earlier.

TO BE CONTINUED