/Author's Note/
I ended up continuing this story first. Haha… This is Natsu's past when he's on a mission to protect Lisanna. And he became a little traumatized of blood after that mission.
Sorry for every mistakes in grammars and spellings..^^;
/Special Thanks to/
darkhuntressxir , Younggirl , Indh13
for the review! ^^
/Disclaimer/
Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima. Not mine.
Chapter 2 / Past Mission
Natsu arrived at his apartment at 5 am, bringing his school bag and the bag of money from his payment. He dropped all his stuffs and threw his body on the bed. It's raining outside.. Reminds me of 'that' mission..
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3 years ago..
"Your mission now is taking care of a 'dragon'." Laxus read the paper. "It's Strauss's daughter. Her name is Lisanna Strauss. Her family received a threatening letter 2 days ago, said that she would be killed unless her parents stopped running their business. Strauss family owns the largest bar in the town. If you involved in that kind of business, you know the rest."
"So, we're gonna split up in two teams?" Rogue asked.
"Correct." Laxus nodded. "Natsu, you must be friend with the 'dragon' since she happens to study in the same school as yours, only she's 1 year younger. Wendy, as usual, you'll act as Natsu's cousin and keep your eye on her. Rogue and Sting, go and collect some informations about who had chances to be the culprits. Gajeel, wait here until those two find the culprits."
And so, the mission began. Deadline: 2 months.
Everything went well. Natsu succeeded in becoming Lisanna's friend, along with his other friends. They even dating after 1 month knowing each other.
Day 52..
"Hey, brat. Rogue and Sting had founded the culprits. Time to kick their asses tonight." Gajeel smirked when Natsu arrived at the base camp.
'Great! Now Lisanna could live peacefully again!' Natsu thought as he smiled to himself.
All of them broke in to the culprits' hideout. They beat them all and called the police. They tied those culprits in the middle of the room and left soon after they heard police siren.
"Mission accomplished. Well done." Laxus said after they came back in to the base camp. "Here's your payment."
Natsu grabbed his bag of money and smiled. 'Starting from tomorrow, I could go out with Lisanna without worrying her being targeted anymore. Hehe..'
The day after..
It's raining heavily in school. Natsu and Lisanna had promised to meet in front of school gate after school's over. After school's over, he immediately grabbed his bag and ran through the corridor towards the school gate in excitement. It's still raining outside, so he took out his umbrella and walked until he saw Lisanna was waiting across the street under the tree in front of school gate.
"Lisanna!" Natsu shouted happily.
"Natsu~!" Lisanna waved and then she ran to cross the street.
KIIIITTT! BAMM! CRAAACK!
Natsu dropped his umbrella. Lots of people surrounded Lisanna's unconscious body, while the car was running away. Lisanna's blood streamed all around the street. 'B-blood.. Lisanna's…blood..'
Natsu fell on his knees under the rain. 'Why… We already finished the mission. Lisanna was supposed to be save! But why is this happening!'
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BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Natsu turned off his alarm. "Urm.. 7 o'clock.. I just slept for two hours then." He stretched his hands and huffed. Lisanna…
Blood scattered everywhere.
"He's just a random human."
"You'll get used to it~"
Natsu's eyes widened when those words from yesterday night's mission suddenly appeared on his mind. He immediately shook his head to get rid of that 'creepy' thoughts and those nightmare.
"Better be prepared for school." He jumped off the bed, took a towel and his uniform to the bathroom. He turned on the shower tap and let himself be washed by a very cold water. I can do this. Yeah.. As long as I have my friends..
After finished taking a bath, Natsu fixed his buttons and not forget to bring his precious white muffler. "Time to go to school. See you later, Happy!"
He closed his apartment door, locked it, and went downstairs.
"Oi! Flame-head!"
"Morning, ice-block!"
Gray threw his arm around Natsu's shoulder. They both often went to school together since their places were not far from each other. "You still look so sleepy, man. What exactly did you do every night? Studying 'til late? What a neeeerrdd."
"Hey! That's why I'm able to finish all my homework and get a good mark, right? Unlike your terrible mark, ice-block! Hahaha." Natsu pushed Gray in a friendly way.
"Aaaww shut uuuupp.. At least I could still pass the test, flame-head." Gray pouted while throwing his hands behind his head.
Although their family background were totally different and opposite, both Natsu and Gray were still becoming best friend since the first day they met in junior highschool's opening ceremony. And it's been more than 4 years they had been together.
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"Guys. Remember the math test? It's for tomorrow, right?" Lucy suddenly broke the peaceful moment of their lunch time.
"Crap! I totally forgot!" Loke dropped his bread.
"Me too! Me too!" Gray shouted in panic. "Hey, flame-head! You always wrote some notes, didn't you? How about after school's over, we all go to Magnolia Library and study there together?"
"Agree!" Loke raised his hand eagerly. "I never paid attention to Mr. Fried's math class at all. And even if I did, I wouldn't be able to understand his…'alien' language in explaining. Haha.." Loke laughed sheepishly.
"You guys are totally helpless, you know? Hahaha. Fine then, let's study together. I hope I could explain all the subjects well." Natsu grinned.
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After about 3 hours studying in Magnolia Library..
"Uuh… Sorry, guys, I can't go home too late. Happy needs me. Haha.." Natsu said.
"As usual, huh? 'Secret night job'? Hahaha." Gray teased.
"W-what? No way! I've told you it's because of Happy." Natsu tried to defend himself. "Okay then, I'm off. See you tomorrow, guys! Bye!"
The five of them continued studying after Natsu went. That's until Erza realized Natsu left his notebook. "Than reckless Natsu. He forgot his own notebook. How could he study for tomorrow, then?"
"Oh, that's okay. I could deliver it to him on my way home." Gray took Natsu's book. "Looks like I better go home now. My brain couldn't take anymore lesson. Need some rest. Haha."
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"Happy! I'm home!" Natsu opened his apartment door.
"Welcome home.."
He recognize that voice. The pink haired boy closed the door, furrowing his eyebrows. "What do you want.." Natsu turned his head to face the voice's owner. "…Laxus…"
"Another mission." Laxus dropped a brown envelope on Natsu's table. "Oh, and Natsu, how many times to I have to tell you to address me as 'boss'?"
"…Right. So, what kind of mission,…'boss'.." Before Natsu could sit down, the door bell rang.
RIIIIIIINNNGGGG!
"Who is it?" Natsu opened the door slightly.
"You left your notebook, silly." It's Gray. "Here you go." Gray returned Natsu's notebook.
"Oh.. Thanks, Gray. Haha." Natsu took his book.
"Natsu, who is it?" Laxus suddenly stood behind Natsu.
"Good evening, sir. My name is Gray, Gray Fullbuster." Gray offered Laxus a hand-shake.
"Good evening, Gray. I'm Laxus, Natsu's uncle." Laxus smiled and grabbed Gray's hand.
"It's nice to meet you, sir." Gray bowed a little. "Okay then, I better go home now. Enjoy your time with your uncle, Natsu. Bye!"
"Yeah. Thanks again, Gray. Bye!" Natsu waved good bye and immediately closed the door. "My 'uncle', huh? Very funny, 'boss'.." Natsu said mockingly.
Then the two of them sat on the couch face to face, separated by the table with the brown envelope on it.
"Who's that?" Laxus asked as he grabbed the envelope and tore it.
"…My…friend.." Natsu answered hesitantly. "What? There's no rule that prohibits me for making friends, is it?"
Laxus watched him for a while. "Here's the mission." He pulled a picture from the envelope and dropped it in front of Natsu.
"Eliminate this person."
A/N: Any questions? Feel free to ask. Or maybe some advices? Thanks for reading! ^^