A confused and incoherent Lucy, coming up!

(c) Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail. I own Ami and Lester though.

CHAPTER 3

'Honestly, why do people think that my hair is pink!? It's salmon! There's a big difference!' The intruder grumpily cursed as he continued to filter the scents in the air. 'I know I smelled it here…'

Once again, he looked up and there she was.

Her brown colored orbs became wide as saucers when their eyes met. 'Those eyes that were full of emotions and will see through your soul in a single gaze.' Her pink, plump mouth was slightly parted mainly due to shock. Her long blonde hair looked silky as ever that he remembered how much he wanted to run his hand through it over and over again and lull her to sleep. Her vanilla scent filled his nose and indulged with the nostalgic scent.

Yup, nothing's changed. His Lucy Heartfilia is still the same as ever.

The intruder looked at her for the last time before he took a few steps back. After letting out a breath, he started running into the building. The students were startled and confused on what the intruder will do until Lucy's classmates gasped as they suddenly saw him climb into their window. 'How the hell did he do that!?' The students backed away as they saw the intruder let himself into their classroom through the window. 'The classroom's on the fucking fourth floor. How the fuck did that happen?' Every student thought of the same thing. But not all students moved from their spot. A blonde girl remained still on her position.

"Whew, this is kinda higher than Luce's apartment."

"Use the damn door, it's there for a reason!" Lucy Heartfilia stood one meter away from the intruder.

"Well, are you still not used to it?" The salmon-haired guy chuckled. 'Yup, never changes.'

"No! How can I get used to something that I have never encountered in my whole life?" Lucy pointed a finger at Natsu.

"Ouch, that hurts." Natsu frowned.

"You're supposed to be in my damn novel so why are you here—" Lucy turned to Ami who's now keenly observing the two. It seems like Lucy was convinced that the person in front of her came out from her novel.

"A…haha Ami-chan, am I still not done with the storytelling session?" Ami just looked at her, also confused with what's going on but was suddenly alarmed that it was an intruder who's in front of her best friend.

"Lucy! Get away from him! He might be dangerous!" Ami tried to grab Lucy's arm until the intruder spoke.

"Luce." His dark onyx eyes were focused on her.

Lucy was confused with her feelings. She was supposed to be scared with this man but hearing him utter 'Luce' feels very nostalgic. And she did not expect what she'll be doing next.

"Natsu." Lucy spoke. She immediately put her hand on her mouth and did not know why she uttered that name. She did not know how or why she said it with utmost care.

"You're weird."

"I'M NOT!"

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"Luce." She froze when she felt the sudden change in his voice. The first time he called her 'Luce', his voice was ordinary. Now…it has a hint of tenderness but was dominated by the feeling of longing. There's also some relief in his voice. Suddenly, she felt her right hand being touched by him. He continued, "It's gone." Now his face turned into a frown while rubbing his thumb at the back of her hand in circles.

Lucy blushed from the contact as she quickly withdrew her hand. "Y-You're a creep!"

"Get away from my dear Lucy!" Lester tried to punch Natsu on the face but was stopped by Natsu's free hand.

"Who are you?" Natsu glared at Lester. Lester cowered in fear but still tried to retort, "I-I'm L-Lucy's boyfriend!"

One vein popped from Natsu's head.

"I VIGOROUSLY DENY EVERYTHING!" Lucy denied with all of her power. "A-And you! What's wrong with my hand!?" After she woke up from coma, she felt that something felt wrong with her right hand. Naturally, she just shrugged it off but now, this person named Natsu was saying that something's gone in her hand. She thought that she just have to take her chances on knowing what it is.

Natsu's glare has intensified a hundred fold. Lester must've released buckets of sweat already for he's really drenched. He figured that he's just a waste of time and finally let go of his hand. Natsu noticed that there were now a lot of people in the room. The students from the other rooms filled the corridors of the room they're in. 'Ah crap, Levy said to not stand out too much!'

"Your..." He whispered in reply as he returned his focus to Lucy who's now busy smacking Lester.

"What the hell were you doing, you idiot! You could've died!" Lucy reprimanded her friend and smacked him once more.

"But Lucy, he's hurting you!" Lester rubbed his now swollen head.

"No! He's very gentle actually. He'll never hurt me! You on the other hand… I don't know! Maybe you'll be turned to ashes!" Lucy gasped as she realized her words too late. She did not even know why she said that. She did not have any evidence that this person… Natsu was a good guy. But then based from her novel… he is good so maybe she's just being biased. 'But Lucy he's a character from your book but this guy who looks like Natsu is a real human! Get a grip!'

'Ah crap, she's confused with what's happening.' Natsu scratched his head as he saw Lucy pull her hair in extreme frustration.

'Natsu, Lu-chan might have gained another personality in that world because of Kyrios' magic. She might become someone she's not. Please knock some sense into her so that you could get back immediately.' Natsu recalled Levy's words as he let out a deep sigh. 'So this was the thing that Levy meant… what a pain.'

Ami, who's been behind Lucy after she attempted to get Lucy away from Natsu, took a step forward and tried to cover Lucy. "W-Who are you exactly? W-Why do you know Lu-chan?" The petite brunette's gaze was unfaltering. She always liked the Natsu in Lucy's story but seeing a person who looks like him and has a same name as him and knows Lucy is very suspicious. Basing from Lucy's reactions, she knew that this guy was not used as a reference for the novel. There seems to be something fishy about this thing.

Natsu stared at the girl for a minute and replied, "Who are you?"

"I asked first!"

"Uhhh…" Natsu scratched his head.

"What?" Ami tapped her feet as she waited for his answer.

Grinning at the brunette, Natsu answered. "Natsu, Fairy Tail mage."

Ami glanced at Lucy who's now looking at the floor. She did not know if Lucy really know this person— 'Ah, maybe he's really a reference person— WAIT WHAT MAGE?'

"W-What are you talking about? A mage?" Lester stood up still rubbing his sore head from Lucy's smacking. "Ne, Lucy. This guy has some loose screws! Mages don't exist!" He laughed because he thought that Natsu's words were very ridiculous. "Or wait is he some kind of an entertainer?" After Lester's intervention, the people in the room began whispering about what happened. Then, they all looked at Natsu like he's a clown.

"Hey Heartfilia, I did not know you had a mage friend. Oooh so what does he do? Does he make things disappear? Or or or does he breathe fire? Which circus did he come from?" One of her classmates shouted with sarcasm. It was followed her classmate's laughter. But Natsu and Lucy glared at the guy who mocked mages.

"SHUT UP!" Ami shouted at her classmates. "You have no right to say that to a person you don't even know." Lucy was shocked by her best friend's actions. It's like… she believes in Natsu.

"Actually, he's right on the last thing he said."

The whole class was shocked as they saw Natsu's flaming hands. "I can't let a breath right now— I might kill you but yes, I breathe fire. I also eat them, you know. They're tasty."

After that, the students were silent until someone shrieked.

"HE'S A MONSTER!"

And in a few minutes, not only the classroom, but even the whole building became empty leaving only four people: Natsu, Lucy, Ami and surprisingly… Lester, who wasn't able to run because of fear and Lucy.

"Natsu!" Lucy shouted.

"Hey! I just showed them that I could actually do that!" Natsu pouted while he defended his actions.

"You scared them!"

"But they're making fun of you, Luce!" He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Now Lucy became speechless. She was not supposed to know this guy— well, he acts like the one in her novel but who knows what he'll do. 'And HE SUDDENLY BURSTS IN FLAMES WHO THE HELL DOES THAT!' But… she felt his sincerity in defending her by proving that mages exist. His onyx eyes looked like they never lied. He probably felt that she felt really angry after her stupid classmate mocked mages. 'I mean, it's might not be highly possible that they exist BUT there's still a possibility of mages existing! Like right now! A mage is in front of me! So don't they ever mock them! They have their prides and hone their abilities to help people by doing jobs!'

And then there was silence.

Lucy gulped and tried to speak. 'This whole thing is getting ridiculous. It's been minutes since Natsu came in and the police might get in and arrest him for breaking in! I probably should… talk to him.'

"Natsu-san." Lucy added an honorific because she remembered that he's a stranger. She really tried so hard to separate her novel from reality. She took a deep breath and continued, "What is the reason that a mage like you… are here? And why do you know me?" 'There. I hope nothing would interfere this time. It's been asked a lot of times already!'

Natsu's heart cringed when she heard her say his name in an unfamiliar way this time. But he took this opportunity to finally get the girl back. Before, he was confused on how he'll explain things to Lucy so he decided to answer her questions by a single name.

A name that made Lucy's eyes tear up to the brim as she fell on her knees while clutching her right hand using her left.

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"Nashi."

AN: So yeah, another chapter. I just started writing a new chapter today so I'm sorry if this was delayed. I do not have a uniform posting schedule but I'll try to keep up. Thank you for reading. It makes me happy ^u^

By the way, I'll just warn you. Natsu and Lucy might be a bit OOC in this fic. They're older in this fic and yeah circumstances happened so yeah lol