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Gray expected Natsu's house to be quiet; after all, there was no one living there any longer.
What he didn't expect was a mixture of screams, shouting and extremely loud curses.
"What the?" Gray muttered and looked at Happy. Happy shrugged and they moved forward, more slowly, and tried to see what was going on through the bushes.
There was a alarming smash from the left (Natsu's house) and two girls ran past; one was carrying a large stick and another was holding a tiny spoon- the girl with the spoon Gray recognised form the train- she was sitting next to him. She had a long ponytail and a dirty denim jacket on.
"Fight me!" She screamed and waved the spoon in What Gray guessed was a threatening way. The ice mage looked away from the scene, lost in thought.
If those two were with Natsu on the train…that meant that Natsu couldn't be far, right?
"Argh right! I'm all fired up!"
Gray snapped his head back so quickly that it caused whiplash, but he didn't care. All he could think of was Natsu. The ice mage glances at Happy, and knew it wasn't his imagination.
Natsu, Natsu, Natsu, Natsu…
The exceed and the ice mage stared at the spot in front of them, waiting…
"It's on!" A stranger's voice cried and two other teens came running into their view; one of them had brown hair with glasses- he was carrying a large stick in his hand. The other?
The other was Natsu.
He was grinning, just like he used to, and was waving a stick in the air like a sword.
"Fight me!" The dragon slayer yelled and the two teens charged together, laughing and yelling joyfully.
"It's really him." Gray muttered- a little too loud. Natsu had a amazing sense of hearing after all.
Natsu immediately froze, much to his companion's confusion. Gray cursed mentally and looked at Happy- to find he wasn't there. Where was he? Gray did a silent search and was shocked to find the blue cat hovering above the bushes, staring at Natsu.
"What's that?!" Another boy came into view- he had black hair and looked quite sulky. Natsu shook his head.
"I dunno…"
Gray realised that it wasn't him Natsu heard at all…it was Happy. Gray knew the game was up, and stood up from his low crouch. A green haired boy swore.
"Where did they come from?!" The loud mouthed girl cried and stepped back.
"Natsu…" Happy murmured very quietly, so that almost no one heard him.
"Who. Are. You?!" The ginger haired asked, dropping her stick. Gray didn't answer, but stared at Natsu. Natsu stared back, but not with recognition- just confusion.
"Are ya a hobo?" The blonde girl asked in the silence. Happy suddenly flew towards Natsu and hugged him around the waist.
"Natsu!" The exceed cried, burying his head in his shirt. Natsu froze for a second, and Gray instantly knew something was wrong. The dragon slayer's breaths were coming more quickly and his eyes were round. Frightened. But why? Natsu never had shown this behaviour before…
Natsu was frozen for a few seconds longer, but then, unexpectedly, he ripped Happy away from him and tossed the cat to the floor, then stepped a few steps backwards.
"Hey!" Gray yelled and jumped out of the bush to help Happy, who was picking himself up from the ground. Gray could see the exceeds eyes were full of tears, and felt pity for him.
"Why are you 'hey'-ing us?" The brunette asked rudely, "we should be hey-ing you for spying on us!"
"PERVERT!" The green haired teen yelled dramatically, pointing at Gray. The group all started laughing, and a big black dog came bounding up to them, wagging its tail.
"I'm not a pervert!" Gray yelled impatiently, "it just happens that you are vandalising a friends property!"
"Ooohhh!" The blonde girl said and they fell about laughing again; Gray wanted more than anything to freeze their mouths shut, but knew that would probably be breaking some guild rules. And it would not be a good impression on Natsu, if he had amnesia.
"That house is abandoned!" The ginger haired cried. Unknown to them though, Gray had just set off a small alarm in his hand.
The 'alarm' was just a thing that, when activated, tell Erza and Lucy where he was- it was so that if one of them found Natsu, then the others would know as soon as possible and make their way to that location.
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"I don't believe it…he's found Natsu!" Lucy cried suddenly, looking at the blinking light on her wrist. "At…at Natsu's house…" Erza looked at her wrist and found that her alarm was lighting up too.
"Natsu…" she muttered before ordering, "there's no time to loose! Let's go!" Lucy nodded and they ran in the familiar direction to Natsu's house.
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"We could call the police!" Yuki yelled and threw a stick in the direction of the ice mage. Natsu watched, amused, but still cautious. He was caught completely off guard when that weird blue flying cat hugged him, muttering his name. How did it know his name?
Natsu didn't like getting touched, and when this cat touched him he panicked; something at the corner of his memory stirred unpleasantly whenever someone tried to touch him, it seemed, for reasons unknown to Natsu. A bit like the whole 'muteness to strangers' thing.
The stupid mage was still staring at him. Natsu looked away from his gaze, uncomfortable, and stroked Villain instead, scratching him around the ears.
"Chase that cat away, will you?" Natsu muttered to the dog. Villain barked, and suddenly started to charge towards the blue cat. The cat yelled and hid behind the mage; the black dog didn't stop though. He charged into the mage, barking loudly. Natsu and the others started to laugh hysterically- Mika had sunk to the ground in a fit of giggles.
"Wait a go, you fucking mage!" Myron yelled as the mage tried to get up, but was pinned down again by Villain; the dog didn't realise this though- he was just trying to get to the cat, who was flying just out of reach.
"Nice one, Creeper." Yuki said, watching the scene amusedly.
"No problem." The dragon slayer answered. "He was really starting to piss me off…" The ice mage tried to get up again, but was unsuccessful- Villain was now starting to lick his face, thinking he was a friend.
"I'm sensing major déjà vu here. Wasn't this guy the one on the train?" Haru asked, trying to make out a face under the black fur.
"OH YEAH! He was!" Mika yelled, "the stripper!"
"Oh my…a pervert and a stripper…wow…" Rinn said, picking at his nails. They laughed again. The mage was now pushing Villain off him slowly, and the blue cat was trying to help by lifting the dog off the ground. Again, this process was very slow.
"Gonna need more effort than that, you lazy fuck!" Myron yelled. Haru tutted.
"Language." He said.
"Fuck you." Myron shot back.
"STOP WHERE YOU ARE!" a ordering female voice suddenly yelled from behind them. Usually, people would obey. Not this lot.
"Geez lady…we weren't moving in the first place…" Rinn said and turned around; the teen pulled a face at whatever he was seeing. "And who are you meant to be? My royal knight? Well, it's about fucking time…" Natsu snorted and looked around to see who was at the receiving end of Rinn's wrath, grinning.
Their were actually two people there: one of them had long, scarlet hair and was wearing a metallic suit of amour; in her hand was a long, silver sword and Natsu could see why Rinn had called her a knight- she certainly was as bossy as one, and that glare she was giving could kill a town- no, city.
The other girl next to her had blonde, shortish hair and was wearing some kind of blue matching outfit. On her belt was a small, leather wallet-looking thing which seemed to be bulging with something, but Natsu couldn't figure out what. Surely girls didn't carry around that much money….
The blonde girl was staring back at him with a clear expression of shock on her face. Natsu looked around and saw that the knight girl was also staring at him. Weird.
"Who the fuck are you?" Myron blurted out. Haru rolled his eyes but didn't tell Myron off for his language.
"Are you from a circus?!" Mika asked typically, squinting at the knight girl. The knight girl shot a glare at her and looked over her shoulder; she saw the ice mage buried under a enormous dog and gasped.
"Gray!" The blonde girl yelled and ran over to him.
"We better go…" Haru muttered and they all nodded.
"I don't like the way the knight girl is staring at me." Natsu muttered and shot a quick glance at her from under his fringe, which was now almost covering his eye. It had been a long time since it had been cut.
Yep, she was staring at him. Creepy.
"I see what you mean." Yuki muttered, following his gaze.
"When I say?" Haru muttered back and they nodded simultaneously. Villain came running back to the group, and they knew that the stripper had been freed.
"Thanks, Lucy." The ice mage thanked and Mika couldn't resist mocking him.
"I owe you my life, Lucy!" She yelled.
"I owe you a fuck, Lucy!" Myron said and they all laughed again.
"Three…" Haru muttered quietly as Lucy snarled at them.
"Two…" Natsu and his friends got ready to sprint into the crowd of trees in front of them.
"One…" The knight girl was starting to walk over to them with her sword raised threateningly.
"Now."
The group suddenly started to sprint towards the trees with Villain leading.
"STOP!" a voice yelled but they kept running as if they were running for their lives. Which they probably were, seeing as one of those mages had a giant sword in her hand.
They were almost there…
"What the fuck?!" Myron yelled from behind them. Natsu suddenly felt his feet stick to the ground; the dragon mage looked down and saw them covered in ice up to the knees.
"What the fuck?!" Natsu echoed and tried to claw the ice off him.
"What the hell?!"
"Fudge nuggets!"
"Fuuuuuuuuuck…"
"This must be illegal."
Natsu was still trying to scrape off the ice when metal boots stopped in front of him.
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Unknown to anyone there, a secret pair of eyes was watching the dragon slayer intently from underneath the bushes.
The figure smiled and pulled out a small walkie-talkie from his pocket and spoke into it quietly.
"Hey boss…I found your dragon slayer." He muttered and a voice replied:
"Perfect…keep an eye on him, I don't want him escaping me again."
"On it. He seems to be heading to the fairytail guild in Magnolia…looks like some of those fairies were looking for him too."
"Follow them. I will be there shortly. Don't let him get away!"
"I won't. Over."