I decided to change the story name, it will be changed until next episode. Don't worry the content is same. Yep, it's a time skip...

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Demons May Cry – A Fairy Tail Story

Chapter Five: Magician Academy

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Spring, X780 - A flat in Magnolia Town Center

This was a small flat which located in an apartment's second floor. It was containing a bathroom, a kitchen and a bedroom. There was just a girl living in here, so the size was not a problem.

A blonde girl was lying on the only bed in the room, her name was Lucy. She had a young appeareance, sixteen years old. When she was sleeping peacefully a huge clock appeared in the room with a puff of smoke. After than it approached to Lucy and tried to wake her up with shooking her body.

After several attemps Lucy opened her brown eyes and yawned. She looked around and noticed the giant clock staring at her.

"Good morning." She said with a sleepy voice when she was rubbing her eyes. Old clock pulled his hands from her and straightened his body.

"Good morning Lucy, it's 7 o'clock. Good Luck in your first day in Academy." He said and smiled to his younger, then he disappeared with the same smoke. Lucy stared at the smoke with blank looks but it didn't take long and she widened her eyes.

"Yeah, it's the first day in school!" She cried as she jumped from the bed quickly. She was really excited about that. She threw herself to the bathroom and began to prepare herself. Taking a shower, combing hair, eating breakfast and wearing school uniform - actually after an hour, she was ready. She took her bag and opened the door. After that, she closed the door and locked it carefully, it was her first day in the city so she was nervous.

"I am going to be late." She said as she fastened her steps. She was in her school uniform; a white shirt with a blue ribbon wrapped around her collar, a dark - blue coat and a blue short skirt. After several steps, she noticed two boys walking in front of her. One of them was a bit taller than the other one and his hair was jet-black and his eyes were dark-blue.

The other one had a spiky blonde hair, straight face with same colored eyes and a line scar on his eyebrow. His left ear was adorned with an earring but the importing thing was, they were wearing Academy Uniforms. A white shirt with a red tie, a dark blue jacket for their upper body and light blue pants for the bottom but the blonde boy wasn't wearing a jacket.

Lucy couldn't help but approached to them, she was really needing a person to talk. She stood next to them with a shy expression on her face.

"Hi!" She greeted. Boys stopped walking and turned around with serious faces what made Lucy gasp. After a second, the blonde one smirked at her as the other one smiled.

"Yo."

"Hello!"

Lucy wiped the newly forming sweats on her forehead and smiled to them. Blonde one began to jump around her as he studied every part of her body. Lucy slightly blushed as the black haired boy was facepalming.

"W- What are you doing?" She asked, blonde boy smelled her one last time and his grin grew wider.

"You are a Magician Academy student like us, right?" He asked.

"Yeah I am Lucy! I am a first-year." She replied with a smile. Blonde boy flashed another grin to her.

"Sting! I am a first-year too but don't forget my face I am the man who will become the strongest wizard in histo-" He said but interrupted with a punch to his head. The attacker was the older boy.

"If you keep acting like that they won't allow you to enter to school." He said and sighed in defeat.

"I am Gray, second-year nice to meet you." The black haired boy offered a hand to Lucy. Lucy looked at his face, he was clearly older than Sting.

"Nice to meet you too." She said as she shook his hand. They were like brothers, maybe?

"Are you siblings?" She asked. Gray frowned as he pointed the boy who's lying on the ground.

"Hell no. I met with him one day ago and he somehow sticked to me." He said with a mocking voice. Sting recovered himself and took a figting stance.

"What was that Gray-san, you wanna fight?" He asked with an energetic voice. Gray grinned at him and patted his head.

"Okey Okey, I was just kidding. Keep this energy to school, there are so much fights waiting for you." He stated. Sting sent an annoyed look to him but didn't protest. Gray trew his backpack to his shoulder and began to walk.

"Let's go we're going to be late!" He said. Sting took his position next to him with a happy expression on his face.

'I can't wait for the school!' He thought in excitement. Lucy wasn't sure about following them or not, they were looking like good boys but…

"Come on Lucy!" Sting's voice heard from front and he gripped Lucy's wrist. Lucy couldn't find any time to protest, he was already dragging her to school. Somehow, they ended up in front of the school building. Lucy was panting like crazy when Gray and Sting weren't tired a bit.

"Welcome to Magician Academy also you can see the Fairy Tail Wizard Guild's building there!" Gray pointed at the huge building 200 meter far from them. Lucy raised her head and her eyes met with the huge building in front of her. That was big, almost four times bigger than the Fairy Tail building. Her brown eyes widened as she studied it. It was like a palace; a large garden, an ornamental pool with fountains and a giant statue. Lucy turned her face to Gray.

"What's that statue's meaning?" She asked in wonder. Gray stretched his head with a finger and looked at the statue.

"It's Magic Council's emblem. You know this school was built by them." He stated. Lucy nodded his head and continued staring.

"Morning Gray!" A sound came from front as Lucy turned her face to the source of the voice. There was a girl older and taller than herself with a long dark-red hair. She was wearing a pale yellow cardigan on her shirt beside the usual school uniform. Her skirt length was same as Lucy's but her black socks were almost reaching to her knees. With a pair of crystal shaped earrings in her ear, one word formed in Lucy's brain to describe her 'Beautiful'.

"Yo Erza!" Gray replied with a grin. Erza smiled back as she approached to him with a red arm band in her palm. She turned her attention to Lucy and Sting.

"First-years?" She wondered.

"Yeah, they came with me. He is Sting and she is Lucy." He intoduced. Erza cleared her throat.

"Welcome to Magician Academy Lucy, Sting." She said with a serious tone, maybe too serious…

"Thank you, Erza – sa-" Lucy tried reply but interrupted by Sting, he was jumping around in excitement.

"Say say, is she strong Gray-san?" He asked with the same excitement. Gray began to sweat as he understood what he was trying to do.

"Oi Sting, I don't think it's a good idea." Gray said when he was watching Erza with corner of his eye, nervously.

"It means she's strong right?" Sting said as his hand began to glow in white energy. Erza raised an eyebrow as Lucy took a step back. He was gathering so much energy in his palm, Lucy couldn't help but watched him in awe.

"Holy Magic?" Erza asked with a confused face. Sting's glowing hand turned into a fist and it disappeared in white lights. Blonde boy shook his head in negative meaning.

"Nope. I am White Dragon Slayer!" He said as he dashed to scarlet haired girl. Gray already knew the match's result, he was wondering something else; Was he really a Dragon Slayer?

"Hmm, so it's Lost Magic." Erza stated with a wise voice, totally unaffected from Sting's behaivors. There were another Dragon Slayers in this school.

Lucy was angry to Sting for attacking a unguarded girl like that and she couldn't understand why Gray was letting him. She extended a hand to the keys attached to her belt, she was going to protect her.

Dum!

Lucy's eyes widened because Sting was launched to ground with a lump on his head. She coudn't even see Erza's attack, she was so fast…

Erza sighed and approached to Gray again.

"Wear this Gray, first day or not we are on duty." She said and extended the red arm-band to him. Gray sent a tired look to her and took the arm-band, he wore it to his right arm. By the way Lucy kneeled next to Sting, he is breathing right?

"Sting, you okey?" She asked. The blonde boy slowly stood up when rubbing his sore head.

"Aah, it hurts." He said but it didn't take much and he walked to the location which Erza is standing.

"You're super strong Erza-san! Fight me again!" He said with an excited voice. Erza smiled to him, she liked energetic people.

"Maybe later Sting, now we must head to auditorium. Opening ceremony is about to begin." She stated. Sting crossed his arms in an annoyed stance. Gray extended a hand to his head and touched to the lump.

"Aaah! Why did you do that Gray-san?" He cried in pain. Gray smirked as he took his position next to Erza.

"As I said, there are so much fights waiting for you. Come on!" He called. Somehow Lucy and Sting followed them.

"What about this arm-bands?" Sting asked and placed both of his hands on his nape.

"It's showing that we are members of Discipline Board." Erza replied when she was still walking.

"Wow!"

Auditorium

Lucy stepped in with the small group, she couldn't help but widened her eyes in excitement. The auditorium was huge, there were at least five hundred people inside. She couldn't even see the back seats. When she was looking around with nervous eyes, Sting called her with a hand sign.

"Come on Lucy, we have a seat in there!" He said as he pointed the middle-seats with his finger. Lucy blinked and nodded, she followed him. They began to walk until Lucy noticed Erza heading to another direction. She turned her face to boys in wonder.

"Where is Erza-san going?" She asked. Gray turned to her, actually he was about to explain.

"She's going to show up on stage as Discipline Board's chairwoman." He stated. Another thing to make Lucy amazed. Erza was beatiful, she was strong and she was in a serious position in school. Suddenly Erza became Lucy's idol.

"Wow, she is perfect isn't she?" She said. Gray and Sting flashed two smiles to her.

"Yeah she is…" Gray said when his voice was turning into a frightened one.

"..but mostly scary." He said as he hung his head when his memories with Erza rushed to his brain. Lucy and Sting facepalmed and tried to comfort him.

"It's over." She patted his back and like she was trying to save him from a trauma. Gray took a deep breath and smiled to them. They heard a microphone rumble and quickly headed to their seats. Someone walked forwards to the stage with a microphone in his hand. There was an ordinary suit on him and his jacket was adorned with a magic council emblem. He placed his fist in front of his mouth like he was clearing his throat.

"Good morning. I am spokesman of Magic Council. Firstly, welcome to Magician Academy of Fiore. It's not easy to win this school, congratulations!" He said and a cheer-applause wave covered the air. After the rumble died the man continued. Lucy raised an eyebrow and turned her face to black haired boy.

"Isn't he the principal?" She asked. Gray didn't looked at her but replied her question.

"This school have no principal. School Council manages that job but Magic Council always says the last word, by the way Council members are just students like you and me." He explained. Lucy found it weird but didn't complain. The man's sound heard again.

"You have a long education year, focus on your lessons. Don't forget, finishing this school is not easy but… If you graduate, you will become a honorable wizard." He said and the same applause wave covered the air. Lucy listened him carefully until he began to tell same stuff again. She was waiting for Erza's appearence and as far as she understood from Gray and Sting's faces, they were too. After minutes, he finished his speech.

"Allright, I want to call the chairwoman of School Council to talk to you. Irene Belserion!" He said and pointed the door with his arm, he got off from the stage. Lucy locked her eyes to the newcomer but she wasn't aware of a thing, everyone were doing the same thing.

After a while, a girl walked in. She was wearing the same uniform as Lucy but somehow she thought that Irene's is nicer than Lucy's. For her lower body she was wearing the same skirt but her legs were adorned with black tights. She was clearly longer than herself, no she was longer than Erza too. A pair of braided scarlet hair were sagging on her shoulders, they were long… long enough to reach her abdomen.

First Erza, now this girl, there were so many beatiful girls in this school. The girl named Irene stood in front of the crowd and smiled to them, some of the crowd cheered.

"She has so much fans, isn't she?" She said with a shocked voice. Gray and Sting nodded their heads and tried act like they weren't affected from her smile. Lucy hung her head in defeat then began to listen to Council Chairwoman.

"Good Morning Everyone." Irene said with a ladylike voice and another applause wave covered the air.

"Welcome to Magician Academy of Fiore…"

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"…I don't want to bore you with same words but we care about discipline in this school so let me introduce you the Chairman of Discipline Board." She said with a smile and extended a hand to sideward.

"Erza Scarlet!" She called. Erza stepped in and began to approach her, after a while she stopped and turned her body to audience. She bowed in front of them with respect and gained an applause wave from the people. Council chairwoman talked about another things when Erza was standing in the same location.

"…There are several clubs in this school, you can join one of them as you want. Of course you must ask to the chairmans." She stated in her last words and let the students go to their classes. Lucy simply followed Sting and Gray and they stepped out from the large room.

Lucy found herself in front of a theather typed classroom.

'Everything is huge in this school.' She thought and turned her face to Gray who's reading Lucy and Sting's lesson timeline.

"…there is no constant classroom in this school so you'll go where is your lesson is." He said and pointed the class.

"Your lesson is in here now, hmm its name is Introduction to Sorcery." He said and handed back the timeline to Sting.

"Allright, thanks Gray-san. Did you pass this course?" He asked. Gray simply nodded.

"Yeah, my course is on the second floor but there are another second-years in your course." He said with a smile and turned around but he remembered something and looked at them over his shoulder. Several students passed him and entered to the classroom.

"If you need anything don't hesitate to ask…" He said. Sting grinned and Lucy returned with a smile.

"Thank you Gray-san." Lucy said.

"Don't worry I'll give you a headache with my questions." Sting said with the same grin. Gray sighed as he turned around again.

"This is what I'm scared of…" He grumbled as he headed to stairs when waving to them. Lucy stepped in and took a look into the class. It was full of students who are around her age. Sting made his way to inside and noticed two empty seats in the back desks.

"There." He said and pointed the empty seats, Lucy nodded and they began to walk. They passed several students; happy, nervous, badass. Lucy sent curious looks to everywhere, she wanted to recognize them.

Before she arrived to her seat, she noticed a boy sitting in front of the empty seat. Actually he was lying, his legs were crossed on his desk and a part of his head was resting on Lucy's desk. There was a small book on his face so Lucy couldn't see his face, all she saw was his pink hair and red hair tips. Probably he was sleeping, his chest was moving up and down.

Of course he was wearing the usual school uniform but he wasn't wearing a tie and the first and second buttons of his shirt was open. There was a grey hoodie on his white shirt and strangely his left hand was covered with bandages. Sting frowned and approached to the pink haired boy. Lucy noticed this and pulled him from his shirt.

"It's okey Sting, In any case he is going to wake up when the course starts." She stated. Sting looked at her.

"Okey, if you say so." He replied with a straight face and sat to his seat when Lucy did the same. After a while waiting, teacher entered to the classroom. Actually he wasn't a teacher, he made his way to the teacher's table.

"Good Morning. My name is Macao Donbolt, I am a Fairy Tail Wizard." He said to the class and gained a big 'wow'. Fairy Tail was most of the students' dream.

"Only for today I'll be here to talk with you, after today your teacher will lecture you."Blue haired man stated.

"..and Natsu correct your posture." He said with tired voice. Lucy was waiting for this because that boy in front of him was sitting in a unrespectful style, she wasn't aware of him his name but probably it was him. The boy named Natsu didn't make a move, Lucy was watching him carefully, this was her chance to see his face. After several seconds, Natsu straightened his body and pulled his legs from the desk. He took the book on his face and looked at the teacher.

Lucy noticed that he had obsidian eyes until they began to turn into unusual red ones from inside to out, she almost gasped. Like it was natural to him, this was what happens to his eyes when he wake up. He placed the book to his desk, he was looking so… bored. Lucy couldn't say he is scary or handsome.

Macao sighed as he turned his face to class again.

"So what was I saying… hmm yeah, guild masters will be here when you are graduating. They'll invite you to their own guilds. You can join one of them with some sort of tests."He stated with the same voice. Students grumled in annoyance, there were too much test to pass.

"Hehe… Did anyone say it's easy to become a wizard? Now introduce yourselves to the class one by one." Macao said with a smirk and class did what he said.

"Zato."

"Crissy."

"Lulu…

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Lunchtime

Lucy and Sting walked around and finally found the cafeteria. Guess what, it was huge. They looked around, there were too much people inside. One of the running girls bumped Sting.

"I am sorry." She apologized and continued to run. Sting turned around with a confused look.

"No prob." He managed to say. Lucy looked around and her eyes searched for Erza or Gray - her only friends in this school. Finally she managed to notice them because Gray was waving to them. Lucy poked Sting and caused him to see them. He grinned to Gray and the black haired boy lowered his hand. Sting and Lucy selected their meals and headed to the table with trays in their hands. There was someone else sitting next to Erza, a silver haired girl.

"Yo! Erza-san, Gray-san." Sting said and placed his tray to the table and Lucy did the same.

"Hi everyone!" Lucy greeted. Erza and Gray smiled to them and replied with similar greetings. Erza pointed the beautiful white haired girl with her hand.

"She is Mirajane – another member of Discipline Board. Also she is working at Fairy Tail as a barmaid." She said. Mirajane sent them an angelic smile and nearly gave a heart attack to Sting.

"Actually it's a part-time job. Hi there, Lucy and hmm… Sting." Mirajane greeted. Lucy returned her smile with another one as Sting sent her his signature grin.

"Hi, Mirajane-san!"

"What's up!"

Erza turned her face to Lucy and sent a caring look to her.

"So, how was your first lesson Lucy?" She asked.

"Actually, it wasn't a lesson. A Fairy Tail wizard named 'Macao' chatted with us about everyhing, it was more like a orientation." She stated. Erza nodded and focused on her meal again. Sting was starving so he did the same when Lucy was watching around. She noticed a big muscular boy sitting far from herself. There were two boys and a girl sitting next to him.

The boy was blonde and there was a lightning shaped scar on his left eyebrow. With a serious look on his face, he looked strong. Anyway, Lucy turned her face from him and began to eat. Meanwhile, Erza blinked and straightened her body. She extended a hand to her ear and touched to the mini radio. After a while, a serious expression covered her face.

"Okey, where?" She asked to the radio and waited for an answer. She listened for a while and nodded her head.

"Allright, I am sending Gray." She said and pulled her hand from her ear. She let out a breath and turned her face to Gray. Before she said anything Gray stood up.

"Where?" He asked.

"Garden, around the pool." She replied with a straight face. Gray nodded his head and began to walk away. Sting jumped in excitement and followed him.

"Wait Gray-san I want to see too!" He yelled as he rushed. Lucy blinked several times and turned her curious face to Erza.

"What's going on Erza-san?" She asked. Erza sighed and took a bite from the meat.

"There are people fighting in the garden." She stated. Lucy sent a confused look to her as Mira was listening them.

"Fighting is forbidden right?" She asked. Erza simply shook her head in negative meaning.

"Not really. If both sides accept the duel, we are just inspecting the match. If they don't, we are not letting them fight." She said with a monotone voice. Lucy thought for a moment and nodded her head, it made sense.

Outside

Gray made his way to the crowd which formed around two person. Sting did the same and they arrived to the area. Gray pushed the crowd and intoduced himself.

"Let me pass, Discipline Board." He said with a straight face, boys and girls recognized the arm-band on his arm and stepped aside. Sting found a chance to pass and walked forward the crowd with Gray. Gray stood in front of the fighters and stared at them. One of them was certain take-over wizard, Elfman Strauss. Gray recognized him easily.

And the other one was… like a first-year. She was a slim girl with purple hair, her face was extremely serious. Her uniform was tight and there was a sheathed white katana in her palm. Gray stepped forward.

"My name is Gray Fullbuster from Discipline Board. Are you two accepting this battle?" He asked. Elfman raised both of his arms.

"Of course, she spoke badly about menfolk!" He roared. His opponent sighed and tightened her grip on the sword.

"I have no choice then, I am - Kagura Mikazuchi – accepting your challenge." She said with a calm but serious voice. Gray sighed as he stepped back slowly. Sting was watching them carefully and hoping that the show might teach him something. Elfman raised his arm as a purple magic seal appeared on it.

Beast Arm : Black Bull!

His arm grew more muscular and covered with black fur. He dashed to his opponent and sent a punch to her chest. Kagura raised her sword and easily blocked the attack with its hilt. Elfman tried to punch him again and again but he failed. Kagura was a strong opponent. People were enjoying the show, even some of them cheered at them.

Kagura slashed her sword which blocked by Elfman's arm, this force sent him backwards. Another magic seal appeared on his arm and his black arm replaced with a iron one.

Beast Arm : Iron Bull!

He attached to Kagura again but she suddenly disappeared from his sight. He looked around and looked for her but couldn't see her.

"I am here." A sound came from behind as he felt a huge pain on his back and fell to ground with a line wound on his body. He lost his consciousness. Gray immediately headed to the area and stopped the match.

"Allright it's over. Winner is Kagura Mika.. err Mikazuchi." He said and touched to his mini radio. He spoke with someone and took Elfman from ground, he wrapped Elfman's arm to his own shoulder and turned his face to Sting who is looking at Kagura with all of his eyes, probably two...

"Sting come here and help me!" He said with a loud voice. Sting nodded quikly and took Elfman's another arm. They headed to the infirmary. Meanwhile, the girl named Kagura left the area without a word. They left smiling, grinning and frowning faces behind.

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The pink haired boy stretched his arms, the floor wasn't comfortable enough to sleep. Actually he had no intention to sleep, he just wanted to watch the clouds. Yes, he was on the roof. He stood up and closed his hood, it was cold; at least his body was cold. He let out a breath and leaned to railings, began to watch the students. After a while, he closed his eyes and felt a little burning sensetion in his orbs.

"What do you want, Dimaria?" He asked with a cold tone without looking back, wasn't he alone right now? In a second a figure materialized behind Natsu. She was a buxom girl with short yellow hair, though she was slender. There was a coat wrapped around her waist.

"Chairwoman is calling you." She said with a monotone voice, clearly she wasn't glad of being used as a messenger pigeon. Natsu sighed tiredly, he placed his elbow to the railing as his chin was resting on his palm.

"She can come here if she want to see me that much…" He said with a bored voice. Dimaria gritted her teeth as he appeared behind the pink haired boy with a dagger in her hand, she pressed the weapon to his neck.

"If you talk about her like this again, I'll kill you Natsu!" She frowned at him. Her voice was treathening and her eyes were dangerous. Natsu rolled his eyes, this girl was always hasty. He straightened his body from the ceiling and it caused the dagger to be pushed to his neck more. Strangely nothing happened to his neck, he turned his body to the girl and pushed the dagger away with his hand.

"…" Dimaria wasn't suprised, she already witnessed moments like this. She didn't know the reason but her daggers never could cut him. Natsu approached his poker face to the blonde girl, actually this was the thing what made Dimaria suprised.

"Do you really think that your little toy can kill me?" He whispered to her ear. Dimaria pulled her head back as she felt Natsu's chilling breath in her ear. She stepped back in a defensive posture.

"Just go!" She yelled in annoyance. Natsu looked at her for two seconds and put his hands to his pockets when his hood was still covering his head. He didn't care about her actions and made his way to stairs. Dimaria watched him leave and let out a relief breath. She put a hand to her ear and stroked it, tried get rid of the stange sensation. After a while, she headed to stairs.

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Gray and Sting headed to cafeteria and sat to their seats, their seats were still empty thanks to Erza and Lucy. Gray placed his back to the chair and tried to comfort himself.

"Aah I am too old for these kind of jobs." He said triedly. Erza frowned at him, poor boy raised his arms and tried to protect himself from her gaze.

"Joke! It was just a joke ha haha." He said nervously and tried to support his words with a fake laugh. Erza sighed and her serious face disappeared.

"And? How did it go?" She asked with a wondering face, Lucy was in wonder too so she listened carefully. Gray looked up and tried to remember every detail.

"Elfman and a girl were fighting, probably Elfman was the one who started that…" His eyes searched for Mirajane but she was already gone, probably she heard the event and went to infirmary.

"The girl beat Elfman in a second and I brought him to infirmary, the end." He stated and studied his meal, it was cold. Erza sighed in defeat, it was first day of the school and Elfman was making a scene. She couldn't help but hoped that he is healthy.

Meanwhile Lucy was staring at someone, though half of the cafeteria were staring at the same person. The councilwoman was sitting in a table and she was alone. Her legs were crossed and she was drinking something from a stylish cup. She turned her face to Erza.

"Erza-san, why the councilwoman is alone? I thought she has so much friends." She asked with a curious face.

"Hm?" Gray and Sting turned and tried to see what Lucy is talking about. Erza took a sip from her tea and raised her face. She noticed a pair of scarlet hair, yes it was her. She had no idea, she didn't know her personally. Maybe she liked to be alone, who knows?

"Who knows…" She said with an unconcerned voice but suddenly her face replaced with a suprised one…

He is here.

Certain pink haired boy stepped in - hands in pocket - and continued to walk slowly. He didn't even looked around and headed to the table. His hood wasn't on his head.

"What happened Erza-san?" Lucy asked with a wondering voice because Erza was looking at something with wide eyes. Erza heard Lucy's voice and blinked.

"N- Nothing." She said and took the cup from table nervously. Lucy moved her head aside, she couldn't understand but Gray was completely aware of the situation. He turned his head and his eyes met with pale skin and pink hair. Natsu passed them and stood in front of Irene's table. Sting looked around, at least ten people were looking at the newcomer. He finally noticed him.

"Oh, isn't he the sleepy one in the classroom." He said. Lucy nodded her head.

"Yep, he is. I couldn't see his face clearly at that time, it looks a bit scary…" She stated and kept looking at him. Sting made an unconcerned face.

"Hmm, is that so…" He didn't care about his face. They heard a rumble and turned around, Erza had stood up from the chair harsly. For a reason, her face was angry.

"Erza-san?" Sting wondered. Erza didn't reply for two seconds but her lips finally moved.

"I have to go." She said and did what she just said, she walked away with quick steps. Sting and Lucy were speechless, why Erza was acting like this?

Gray let out a breath and turned his face to them.

"Do not mind her but don't speak too much about that guy when Erza is around." He stated with a serious face. These words just increased their worry, when they were about to ask again Gray interrupped them.

"I'll go and check her, take care you two… and don't forget about your next course." He said and quickly moved away. Sting and Lucy blinked several times and looked at each other.

"What was that now?"

"No clue."

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Natsu pulled the chair back and sat, there were already a meal waiting for him but he locked his eyes to the girl sitting in front of him. Irene smiled to him and put the cup to its coaster.

"Welcome Natsu, how are you?" She asked. Natsu's expression didn't change though he didn't have an expression.

"Same." He said with a monotone voice. Irene's smile grew larger, she almost grinned, she liked his tough personality. She placed her elbows to the table and approached her body to the pink haired boy.

"Don't be like that Natsu, you know I am caring about you." She said with a soft voice. Natsu leaned back and comforted himself, he looked up and closed his eyes. He could hear the whispers coming out from students mouths, they were talking about Irene and him.

"So? Will you invite me to your team again?" He asked. Irene smirked.

"Maybe…. But I already know your answer so there is no need for this." She said. Natsu opened his eyes and looked at her, scarlet haired girl continued.

"Why are you in this school Natsu?" She asked, it was the main question.

"Who knows…" Natsu replied. Irene thought that he is not replying her question again and puffed her cheeks in annoyance. Natsu noticed it and sighed in defeat.

"I really don't know…" He turned his face to the window and watched to the sky. Irene stared at Natsu's bandaged arm and licked her lips.

'You must be on my side Natsu, at least your power must.'

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End of the Chapter.