Just so all of you know, I do not hate Lisanna. The Lucy in my story hates her. I personally like Lisanna. I just had to clear all of that up so none of you NaLi fans hated my guts... also I would like to thank all of you for reviewing!
A sound soul
Dwells within a sound mind
And a sound body
Lucy was now on her way to FTWMA for a new day, the second day of having Natsu as her partner. As she was walking, she got lost in sudden thought. I hope Natsu doesn't ask questions about last night...especially since I'm not fully prepared to supply him with any answers.
Now at the school entrance, Lucy looked around hoping not to see her meister. She thought all was well until...
"Hey" she heard Natsu's voice behind her.
"Hey yourself" she replied, knowing that even thought she didn't want to admit it- Natsu was, in fact, going to ask her questions. The duo made their way inside the school in complete and utter silence, too silent for Natsu in his opinion.
Natsu stared at the blond before him, debating whether or not to say anything since he could clearly see she didn't want to talk. But, he was never one for concerning himself with other people's fellings.
"So...your 17 right? Why do you live alone and not with a friend or family member or something? Or did you just move out of your parents house?" he had a playful banter going on at the last question. As he looked at Lucy, he could tell she was debating whether to say anything or not, but finally she sighed. Besides, he was going to find out sooner or later, right?
"I live alone because I don't like being around people very much. And no I didn't just move out. I've always lived alone. You see, my parents died when I was seven years old. Since then, I've lived on the streets until two weeks ago." Natsu couldn't believe his ears. Lucy was an orphan? And wait...she was homeless?
Natsu was beginning to feel disgusted with himself for all the years of picking on Lucy. She had to wear the same clothes for multiple days because she couldn't wash them right away. She was always dirty because she didn't have a shower...she probably did those things in a lake or something.
"Lucy... I didn't know. I'm sor-"
"Don't. I don't need or want your pity. Ok?" Natsu could hear the strain in her voice. She probably didn't even want to tell him but she did it anyway.
Natsu and Lucy walked into their classroom and was instantly bomb-borded by Lisanna.
"Oh hey Natsu! I am so sorry you had to become partners with someone as dirty as Lucy," Lisanna gave Lucy the "evil" eye and continued, "God Lucy why are you following him around? Don't tell me your stalking him now?" Lucy looked at her abuser blankly, then turned away and walked to her seat, not giving Lisanna the light of day.
And Natsu found this unbearably hilarious. But on another level, he felt he had to defend Lucy.
"Shut up Lisanna. Lucy isn't dirty and she wasn't stalking me. In fact, I came up to her and started walking with her. Oh yeah, I'm getting all my things out tonight. I'm moving in with Lucy." Natsu said to a wide-eyed Lisanna and then walked over to where Lucy was, sitting down next to her.
Lucy was shocked. He could ruin their friendship for defending her. So why? Natsu apparently saw her expression and smirked.
"Your my partner now, Luce, so now we have to stick up for each other. Hey, your not as bad as I thought you were. I thought you really stuck-up, but your not." Natsu admitted.
"Really? If we are being truthful, I thought you were a narcissistic bastard. Guess I was kinda wrong" Lucy admitted back and Natsu smirked at her response. Natsu just knew he and Lucy were going to get along just fine.
"Why do you have so much shit!?" Lucy asked Natsu. They were currently at Natsu's old apartment, moving his belongings to a moving truck. So far, all they had put in was his bed, a dresser, a living room set, a coffee table, and his laptop.
"I have so much shit because you have no shit. Make sense? Besides, it's not like I'm taking all of Lisanna's things. I bought everything I'm taking with my own hard earned money. Besides, aren't you glad I have so much shit?" Natsu asked. Lucy had to admit, she was glad. Now she didn't have to buy said things herself.
Lucy nodded her head and Natsu swelled with a sense of victory. Now they had all of Natsu's things in the truck. Lucy looked around his old apartment and noticed how much emptier it looked. Not as empty as her apartment is but still plenty empty.
"Alright, let's go" Lucy said as she took her place in the drivers seat. Natsu hummed an Ok and hopped into the passenger seat. The drive from his old apartment to Lucy's was about a 15 minute one.
Now there, they started unloading. They finished setting up all of Natsu's things at around two in the morning. All Lucy could think was how much she missed the emptiness. But she had to admit, it did feel very...comforting.
"Good thing we have no school tomorrow, huh?" Natsu said.
Lucy breathed a laugh and said, "Yeah. Are you even tired? Cause if not, I can make a light snack to make up for the dinner we skipped." Lucy offered. Natsu's face shinned like a little kids would. Lucy took that as her answer and started making the food.
Natsu looked around his new home. He liked it. Yes, it was still his things, but the only difference was his roommate. He couldn't believe it. Two days ago, Natsu was making fun of Lucy and calling her mean names. And now...he was her partner AND he was living with her. To make it worse, he actually liked her a bit.
"Foods all done" Lucy said as she came to the couch Natsu was now sitting on with a plate of cucumber sandwiches. While they were eating, they were telling each other stupid jokes and stories, making the other laugh. By the time it was four in the morning, Natsu and Lucy finally decided to call it a night.
Natsu was awoken by a loud banging on the front door of his new home. He looked at the clock and found out it was one in the afternoon. Shit. Who the fuck is that? Lucy apparently heard it was well since she, as well, was shouting-
"Who the hell is that!?" Natsu laughed at the way she sounded. It sounded like she had a hangover. Natsu got out of bed and walked out into the hall, meeting Lucy there as well.
"Let's find out, shall we?" Natsu said, trying to hide a small nosebleed. Lucy was in silk crimson pajama pants with bats on them with a gray sports bra on. But he wasn't complaining, seeing as how he only had red sweat pants on. But the thing that pained him was the gash above her right hip and Natsu had to live with the fact that it was his fault for listening to Lucy in the first place.
The two go to the door and Lucy unlocks it and opens it, revealing none other than Natsu's friends.
Not knowing they were Natsu's friends, Lucy rudely asks, "Who the hell are you people?"
Natsu's friend, Erza, raised a red eyebrow in a curious gesture. "Were we interrupting something?" Erza asked.
"Yes. My sleep" Lucy says while Natsu was trying his hardest not to laugh.
"So this is Lucy?" Natsu's friend, Gray, asked.
"Yep" Natsu responded.
"Temperamental little thing isn't she?" Gray said. Natsu shook his head in agreement and allowed Erza and Gray inside, much to Lucy's dismay. Natsu lead his two friends to the living room as Lucy went to the kitchen, getting some cokes.
"Heads up" Lucy said as she tossed Natsu, Gray and Erza their drinks as she was walking in. Lucy plopped down and the black La-Z-Boy and reclined the footrest.
Natsu snickered, "Now aren't you glad you finally have a living room?" he asked. Lucy shook her head yes in response, her eyes closed.
"So Natsu. How you settling in? Fine? Sorry we woke you two up, I didn't know you were still asleep. I just wanted to meet the partner of my friend." Erza said, looking at Lucy who still was attempting to fall back asleep.
Lucy, who sensed that the girl was talking to her, decided to introduce herself, "Name's Lucy Heartfilia. Yours?" she asked Natsu's two friends.
"Erza Scarlet. Nice to meet you Lucy."
"Gray Fullbuster. Nice to meet ya" after the three of them exchanged their greetings, Natsu turned to Erza.
"Is meeting Lucy the only reason you came here?" he asked.
"Unfortunately, no. Lord Death Makarov has requested you and Lucy, as well as us and our partners, come to the Death Room immediately." Erza said. It was then Natsu noticed the two were still in their Pajamas.
"Fine. Let's go, sleepyhead" Natsu said as he pulled Lucy, who grunted in response, from his chair.
As Lucy, Natsu, Erza, and Gray entered the school, they noticed other people there too. All of whom were either in their pajamas or casual clothes. Lucy guessed that when the word was "Immediately" it was literal.
"Lucy, these are my friends. Jellal, Juvia, Levy, Gajeel, Romeo, Wendy- my little sister, Lisanna- which you already know-, and Laxus." Natsu told her. Lucy nodded her head in a silent "Hello" and left it at that. Natsu was wondering why she was acting like this.
Lucy noticed and said, "I told you, didn't I? I don't like being around people very much." As the group of ten made their way to the Death Room, a blue headed girl made her way to Lucy.
"Lucy, right? I'm Levy! It's nice to meet you Lu-chan! Can I call you that?" Levy asked her. For some reason, Lucy liked this girl.
Lucy smiled and said, "It's nice to meet you to Levy-can!" Levy's face brightened after Lucy said that and then they started talking about random things. Books. Music. You name it.
Finally, the group reached the Death Room, which was a room that was designed to look like a desert with black cross headstones and a fake blue sky and clouds. The only other thing in the room was a large mirror and a large sized coffee table.
Makarov noticed some of their attire and commented, "Oh my. I didn't disturb any of your sleep did I?" to that question, Lucy and Natsu raised their hands.
"So sorry. Anyways, I called you twelve here for a reason- or, more specifically, the meisters. You see, I am assigning each of you to a special mission.
Erza and Jellal. You will go to Egypt and collect the soul of Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour. He raped homless children them murdered them and ate their souls.
Gray and Juvia. You will go to London and collect the soul of Beverly Allitt. She killed four babies in her care and ate their souls.
Levy and Gajeel. You will go to Croatia and collect the soul of Vinko Pitaric. He murdered five people including his wife and ate their souls.
Romeo and Wendy. You will go to Hungary and collect the soul of Elizabeth Bathory. She was a countess who killed servant girls and ate their souls.
Laxus and Lisanna. You will go to Australia and collect the soul of Eric Edgar Cooke. He killed eight people and ate their souls.
Natsu and Lucy. You will go to Italy and collect the soul of Leonarda Cianciulli. She murdered 3 people and ate their souls.
Now. Do any of you have any question?" Makarov asked. Everyone shook their heads "no" and makarov dismissed them. Please, my children, be safe and try not to get hurt.
Just so you know, I am not lying in this story. These serial killers are real people and they killed the number of victims that I put down. I was doing reaserch so I could make my story more...is authentic the word? So if none of you believe me, go to google and type in "a list of serial killers" and there should be an option for wikipedia. Click that and there should be a reeealllyy long list of people.