I KNOW I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A FREAKING LONG TIME AND I'M SORRY!

I have just been very busy with my other stories in progress, and lots of homework. And some personal problems. Rarely writer's block, I just don't have enough time to put my ideas on paper! Sorry!

Also, I'm sorry if the story is going to include slight swearing. Not too much though. Only 'fucking' is repeated a little often...

Frienemy = Friend + Enemy

After a looong time, Natsu and Gray finally reached Magnolia safe and sound.

Natsu literally jumped in joy after leaving the airplane, dancing and twirling, humming unknown tunes and so on, while Gray was doing his best in not-killing-the-fucking-idiot because he promised Makarov he won't fight with him. To calm himself, the black-haired boy decided to punch a wall with all his strength, trying to stop his annoyed growl.

"We're heeereee!~", Natsu sang, making a gracious twirl. "No more airplanes required to reach our destinatiooon~!"

"Stop singing and dancing you fucking dork and lead the way to your damn brother's house already!", Gray growled, furiously shoving his hands in his pockets.

Natsu stopped dancing and took a thinking pose, humming. After a few seconds that felt like torture for Gray, the salmon-haired boy scratched the back of his head with a sheepish grin.

"Oh, I forgot to tell ya'... I don't know where Gajeel's house is..."

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Gray took a deep, deep breath to calm himself and not punch Natsu square in the face.

"Flame-brain", he started off calmly. "Give me one reason. ONE. FUCKING. REASON. For me to not kill you right now and just go on my merry way", he finished in a sarcastic tone.

Natsu smirked and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Didn't Gramps tell us to not fight while we're in Magnolia, droopy eyes?", he spoke teasingly. "Is that reason enough?"

Gray clenched his fists, growling annoyed. After a short pause, he calmed himself and sighed. "Let's just find that damn house and get this over with..."

Natsu grinned ear-to-ear, triumphantly, and followed his frienemy. Thus they started searching far and wide for Gajeel's house. It was noon.

The sun was starting to slowly descend from the middle of the bright blue sky, and there was no sighting of anything familiar to Natsu or Gray.

They were walking in silence, searching with their eyes everywhere for any sign of Gajeel's house. Natsu was sometimes forgetting about their quest and was just drooling in front of fast-foods. Luckily, there was always Gray beside him to remind him that they only had money for transportation, and there was no friggin' way they were going to remain stuck in Magnolia, a totally unknown city to them, just so Natsu could eat. And so, Natsu was walking grumpily, looking left and right, thinking of a way to find the house faster.

An idea finally popped in Natsu's head. Delighted, he stopped from his tracks, signaling Gray to stop walking as well. His frienemy turned to him, hope sparkling in his dark blue eyes.

"Why did you stop? Did you find it?", he asked quickly, turning his head left and right quickly.

"Nope."

Gray raised an eyebrow, confused and slightly annoyed, and put a hand on his hip. "Then why in the world did you stop, idiot?"

"I think we should split up", Natsu suggested.

Gray's eyes widened. "ARE YOU FREAKING CRAZY? We have no fucking idea where we are and you're suggesting we should just split up and get lost in this huge city?!"

Natsu shook his head, annoyed by Gray's outburst. "No, you damn idiot, we could find Gajeel's house faster."

Gray calmed down and pondered for a while. "Hmm... How will we find each other if one of us finds your brother's house?"

"Gajeel will find a way. He has eyes everywhere in this city... or, that's what he told me..."

"Okay. For once, I agree with you. We'll split up", Gray decided.

Natsu smiled pleased.

"BUT!", Gray shouted. "If this doesn't work out, it's your fault!"

Natsu rolled his eyes and started walking a different path from his partner. Gray eyed the distance between them, and smirked.

"Looks like you have a brain hidden in that girly head of yours, squinty eyes. Too bad you don't use it", he joked.

"WHY YOU LITTLE-"

But before Natsu could catch him, Gray was already far away, snickering at his joke.

~ some time later ~

The sun was setting behind the tall buildings of Magnolia and Natsu still hadn't found Gajeel's house.

Natsu walked sloppily in a park and crashed on a bench nearby. His stomach growled furiously, making Natsu groan. He was hungry and tired...

A blond man watched carefully from a market as Natsu almost fell asleep on the bench. People who passed by stared at the salmon-haired boy awkwardly... The man cautiously exited the market with a baseball bat in his hands and approached Natsu carefully. He poked the snoozing boy with the bat.

Natsu groaned loudly, slowly waking up... but received a bat in the head. This made him jolt awake, holding his head with his hands.

"WHAT THE HELL?!", Natsu shouted loudly, startling a few doves nearby.

"I know you!", the blond man yelled, trying to hit Natsu again. "You're one of those criminals that pretend to be poor, homeless men sleeping in parks!"

The man started chasing Natsu around the bench. Natsu ran, trying to defend himself. "Are you crazy?! I'm no criminal!"

The blond ignored him, continuously shouting. "Not today man! Not today!"

"L-Leave me alone!", Natsu cried. "I'm just looking for someone!"

"For me, of course!", the man continued. Natsu suddenly tripped and fell. The blond took this opportunity and nailed the boy on the ground, preparing to hit him again with his dangerous baseball bat.

"NO! I'm just looking for my brother, Gajeel Redfox!"

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The man stopped his rage. Natsu already wrapped his arms around his head to defend himself.

"Gajeel-san? He is your brother?", the blond spoke quickly, helping Natsu get up.

"Yeah, what's the problem with tha-". Natsu stopped talking when the man quickly threw himself on the ground.

"I deeply apologize! I didn't know I was confronting a relative of Gajeel-san!", the man squeaked. "I should've believed you! Please forgive me!"

Natsu sweatdropped and helped the blond man raise from the ground. "O-Okay, I accept your apologies... But how do you know Gajeel?"

"I will help you! I will take you to his mansion tomorrow morning!", the man decided.

Natsu turned gloomy. "Why tomorrow morning?"

"Well, it is evening already", the blond chuckled. "I don't think Gajeel-san would like me to visit him at such a time."

Natsu looked at the man pouting, before sending him a sad smile. "Okay sir. Good night!", he said, making himself comfortable on the bench.

The man squeaked, and stopped Natsu from sitting. "No no no NO! There is no way I'm letting a relative of Gajeel-san sleep on a bench! You shall stay in my house!"

Natsu's eyes sparkled happily. The man took Natsu by the wrist and started guiding him to his house.

"THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS SIR!", Natsu said loudly, letting a big, toothy grin form on his face.

The man turned his head to him and smiled kindly. "Please. Call me Jude."

Soo... How do you like it?

As you can see, I have changed the summary. Hope you don't mind it too much.

And again, SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING IN SO MUCH TIME! I deeply apologize to you, my fellow readers!

I'm out!~