Chapter Four

"Um... Natsu...?" An extremely timid voice asked shyly.

"Hmm?" Natsu looked up from his phone, his spiky pink hair swayed a little from the motion. "What's up Wendy?"

"I was just wondering how you got a cut like this? It's not very deep thankfully but it's jagged like you sliced your hand on a serrated knife or something." The girl asked, voice softer than butterfly wings.

Natsu viewed the smaller girl and couldn't help the smile. Wendy Marvell was his little cousin, she had midnight blue hair that was usually styled in twin tails, however she had it down for once, the length brushing the small of her back; and wide brown eyes that shimmered with kindness and compassion like no one else he knew. Natsu shook his head from his thoughts as he realized that she was waiting for an answer. Putting his phone on the side table he reached down to grab the keys that were on his belt loop. He un-clipped them and held them up for the younger girl to see, watching as her eyes suddenly shown with curiosity.

"I slipped and landed on these." He shrugged, tossing her a smile.

"How did you slip?" Wendy asked in shock. She knew her cousin, almost better than most besides his closest friends and she knew Natsu to be extremely agile. He could have been an acrobat with all of the daredevil tricks and jumps he preformed for the band, if he ever wanted to go down that road. He also had an unlimited supply of energy, unless his little problem came upon him when he was travelling. Sure she knows of a few times when he's tripped but they were usually when he had just been reckless and wasn't paying attention to whatever was around him, blind to everything except what he was doing.

Natsu seemed to think about it for a few moments before grinning and rubbing the back of his head. "No idea!"

The smaller girl just stared at her cousin for a second or two before giggling into her hand. "Oh Natsu..." She shook her head in bemused exasperation.

Natsu blinked in confusion, his head cocked to the side a bit. "What?"

"Nothing." Wendy hummed before finishing up his hand. "There you go, all done!"

Natsu checked out his hand and couldn't help the grin that spread across his face as he noticed that the bandage that she had used was a red color that wrapped all around his hand. He wiggled his fingers a bit, and barely noticed the pain as he flexed a bit. "Thanks Wendy! You're the best!"

The younger girl blushed gently before smiling back. "Your welcome, Natsu! But just as a warning, I would refrain from doing anything excessive for at least three days, and that includes anything on the guitar." She said while eyeing the guitar beside him.

"What? You've gotta be kidding me Wendy!" Natsu started whining immediately. He understood where she was coming from, but that didn't make it any less painful to know that he had to refrain from playing any music for the next three days. Singing was great and all but he loved playing on his guitar, writing the lyrics. Music spoke to him on a whole other level. It was how he communicated when he couldn't actually say the words he wanted too. Music was his anchor, the thing that grounded him when his thoughts started to consume him. Looking down at his hand, Natsu couldn't help the curse that escaped his mouth, and he suddenly felt like blaming the owner of the keys for ruining the next three days for him.

"I mean it Natsu." Wendy's soft voice continued and he glanced back up at the bluenette. "No guitar." She told him once more in a more firm voice before packing up the things she had used to bandage his hand and putting them back in the First Aid kit. "I'll see you later!" She waved to him before leaving, her long blue hair swaying behind her as she walked to the door. Natsu watched as the door shut behind her before letting out a long groan and leaning his head back against the chair, his onyx eyes closing from exhaustion from the concert. In his minds eye he saw blonde hair... shimmering like gold in the lights, a joyful smile on her face and expressive chestnut brown eyes. Natsu slowly opened his onyx eyes and grabbed a pen and pad of paper to start writing. He had an idea for a song after remembering the golden haired girl, and he wanted to get it all down less he forget. After writing what he could he gathered up the rest of his things when something clattered to the floor. Looking down, he saw a small silver light and realized it was the keys that he had managed to cut himself on. Picking them up he shrugged and decided to see if the car was in the vicinity, so he placed them in his pocket so that he could grab his bag with his good hand after slinging his guitar over his shoulder. He exited the building after waving to one of the workers that was cleaning, the door slamming shut behind him.

Natsu breathed in the fresh crisp air of Magnolia. Of home. He suddenly felt like running through the streets in his excitement at being back after what felt like forever. He actually almost felt excited about going back to school. Keyword: Almost. He shook his head, reveling in the breeze that suddenly swept over him, his pink hair twisting in the wind. He was about to head off towards his place when he remembered the keys in his pocket. Rolling his eyes, he figured he'd help out the person who lost them by at least finding their car and maybe throwing them inside or something so that they only needed someone to unlock their car instead of getting new keys. Clicking the unlock button he saw flashing lights behind him and immediately turned only to see red. A grin crossed his features, an excited gleam entered his eyes. It was like destiny. He scrambled over to the red Camaro and gently placed his fingertips against the cold metal of the car. He almost got goosebumps from the adrenaline rush he knew his body yearned for. Looking both directions, he quickly opened the backseat door and threw his things in. Glancing around one more time he shut the door and opened the driver's side before slipping in.

His calloused hands gripped the steering wheel tightly after turning on the ignition. The engine roared to life and set Natsu's teeth on edge as he felt the vibrations. Cracking another grin he cranked the music up in the vehicle before frowning and actually listening to the lyrics. He shook his head with a slight smile as "Stitches" By Shawn Mendes came on, the owner obviously liked more than just his music. Lowering the volume just a bit he put the car into gear and almost tentatively pressed on the gas only for it to race off. Natsu grinned as he took a sharp turn before trying to slow down, given he didn't want too, but this was still someone else's car and he gave himself a mental high five for remembering. Easing up, he noticed that the turnoff to his house was coming up and he immediately swerved to get onto the dirt road. After a good ten minute drive he finally pulled into his small driveway and parked, his body hummed from the drive. He couldn't wait till tomorrow to return the car and get his own to go home with. He figured one night wouldn't hurt anyone, and if he really had to blame someone for his rash decision it was the owner of the car.

Locking the car up he went inside his place, and dumping his bag beside the door and placing his guitar on it's stand closer to the back of the living room. "Happy I'm home!" He called out to his feline friend, watching as a blue face emerged from the kitchen, a loud meow coming from it. Natsu rolled his eyes in amusement. "I know I'm late, but you know how it is after each concert." He shrugged nonchalantly before unwrapping his signature scaly scarf from around his neck and then stripping off his shirt. "Gimme a minute and I'll go make us a late dinner." He casually walked off towards his bedroom on the second story and as soon as he entered, he threw his shirt on the floor somewhere and placed his scarf in it's usual spot on his dresser so it was the first thing he grabbed the next day. He changed into a pair of baggy shorts before leaving and skipping downstairs and into the kitchen where he found his blue cat waiting for him. As soon as he entered he received another meow from the feline, this time it sounding a little disgruntled. "Yeah yeah, I'm workin' on it."

After their dinner, if anyone could really call it that, Natsu wasn't the best in the kitchen. The two occupants of the little log cabin was found snuggling in bed, Happy laying up by the head of the pink haired boy. Natsu turned his head to look at his best friend before rolling his eyes as a soft snore escaped the cat. He thought back onto the vehicle parked in his small almost nonexistent driveway and grimaced. He could get into real shit over this, although, he grinned as he thought about everyone's faces if he considered the small heist as a prank. If it was anyone's fault it was the owner for just losing their keys like that in his opinion. Deciding that was the end of that, Natsu rolled over and closed his eyes to try and get some well deserved rest.

The next day Natsu woke up at around 11 and lazily went about his usual daily activities. He fed Happy first because the cat was usually crankier than he was and would start attacking his feet unless he fed the glutton, he then went ahead and ran through the shower to get rid of yesterday's grit and grime. Exiting the bathroom with a huge cloud of steam surrounding him he headed off towards his room. Grabbing something from off the floor and giving it a good sniff to see if it smelled alright, he shrugged and slipped it on, along with a pair of his favorite cargo shorts before grabbing his scaly scarf from his dresser and draping it around his neck. He checked the mirror that was hidden behind his door, not even caring what he looked like but figured if he ran into Erza later he might as well look decent. Smirking to himself he realized that the shirt he had managed to grab was one of his favorites with a dragon's silhouette outlined in a flame of fire.

He trailed downstairs, slipping on a pair of sandles before going into the kitchen and seeing nothing he wanted, he grabbed the keys that he found and stepped outside, breathing in the crisp fresh air. It was one of the main reasons why he loved where he lived, away from the city, immersed in nature. He even had a small pond on his property that he would fish in if he felt like, which was all the time if he wasn't messing around with his music. Taking another deep breath of the clean air, he headed towards his accidental heist, the keys twirling around one of his fingers, before unlocking the doors and slipping in. He casually started the car and drove off after waving to Happy who he saw was in the window. Cranking the music up a bit he drummed his fingers on the steering wheel as he made it back into the hustle and bustle of downtown Magnolia. After a few minutes of going up and down the street, he finally pulled over next to a little cafe that he knew was serving brunch. Getting out and locking the car he casually strolled over to the place and ordered his 'small' meal.

It was the car's sound alarm that alerted the pinkette first. He glanced up from his food only for his mouth to hang open in shock as he saw two police officers standing outside inspecting the red Camaro. Throwing a hundred on the table he hastily got up and moved towards the back of the establishment when he glanced back over at the officer's and paused mid step as they stared at him. Sweat beaded on his brow before he decided that running was better than getting caught. Crashing through the back of the cafe he surprised the chef working but only tossed a strained smile as he ran the rest of the way to the back door and yanked it open only to ram into someone. Glancing up he gulped as he noticed the police officer standing there with an almost sadistic smirk on his face. Immediately the burly man turned Natsu around and placed hand cuff's on him before the pinkette could do anything about it.

As soon as Natsu realized what had happened he immediately started resisting the arrest. "Oi! What the fuck! I didn't do anything! You can't do this!"

"You were seen making an immediate exit in the presence of a stolen car." The officer replied simply. "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you-"

"Hey! I didn't do anything! You've got the wrong guy!" Natsu struggled with the officer.

"You have the right to an attorney if you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you."

"It was a fucking accident! It just kind of happened! I want my phone call dammit!"

"Are you serious?" Gray asked the lead singer of their group and watched as the pinkette bobbed his head up and down, a relieved smile on his face. Gray glared at his best friend, though he would never admit it, his eye twitching a bit.

"OW! What the fuck Gray!" Natsu exclaimed as he used his free hand to massage his rapidly bruising cheek.

"You MORON!" Gray glared at the pinkette. "You committed a felony! What makes you think that stealing a car and even ADMITTING it would let you get off the hook?"

"In all technicalities..." Levy spoke up from behind Gray and Gajeel, still at Lucy's side. "If he was resisting arrest, that's a misdemeanor too."

"Oh that's just perfect!" Gray threw his hands up. "A felony AND a misdemeanor!"

"Chill out before they get ya too." Gajeel's gruff voice sounded out.

"Gray! Your shirt!" Lucy finally said from the back of the group.

Gray turned to his friends, his hands at the button of his jeans again. "I'm stressed, okay!" He hastily did up his pants and stalked out of the room.

Everyone watched him leave the room and then soon out of the precinct, the door slamming behind him. A few moments passed before the door opened again and Gray appeared, a dark blush on his pale cheeks as he stomped back to his friends, only to swipe his shirt from off the floor and then proceeding to leave the police station.

"So... who's posting my bail?" Natsu asked with a cheery grin.

A/N: I'm so sorry this chapter is short! I had ended it in just a perfect way that I just knew I had to stop it right here, I'm working on Chapter Five right now! A special thanks to the people who have reviewed, favorited and followed my story! This is my first NaLu as I'm sure you guys know, and getting the positive feedback just brightens up my day every single time! I hope to hear more from you guys! And don't worry the music will be coming soon! Along with a better description of Natsu and Lucy since they're the main. Just please have patience with me!

Thank you all so much!

~*~ Sanity Challenged ~*~