The Heart of an Artist Chapter 5, a fairy tail fanfic

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Chapter Five: Ground Zero, Viva La Vida, and Whatever it takes

The silent in the guild hall continued to linger for a little while longer. Everyone in the building was still trying to process the lyrics of the two songs that they just listened too. On one hand, it didn't make sense for Natsu to make songs about what they think is about loosing a child before they were even born. While the other hand, there was much about Natsu that they have seen to not know about to make a claim like that.

"...Can… can we pick a happier song now?" Lisanna broke the silence that everyone else was in, getting everyone to look at the youngest of the Strauss siblings.

"Y-Yeah that seems like a good idea." Alzack agreed with the Animal Take-Over Mage.

"I second this." Freed also voiced his own agreement with Lisanna's suggestion.

Everyone else simply nodded, as they didn't really know what to say at the moment, the songs "My Child" and "Color of Your Eyes" were still playing in their heads.

"Alright… uh… I guess I'll go pick one myself then." Lisanna informed the others.

With no voice of opposition, the younger sister of the Strauss siblings walked over to where the bag with Natsu's music disks was at. Everyone else simply remained silent, as they didn't want to discuss what they heard. The only thing they know is that the two songs made them sad and dampen the mood. Hopefully Lisanna can find a song that is more upbeat and light hearted.

Hopefully.

"Let's see…" Lisanna trailed off, trying to find a music CD that wouldn't make everyone so silent and depressed. She knew she had to be careful, since even a song title that may sound happy may be misleading.

It didn't take long though for her to find a CD that peak her interest. Taking the music disk out of the bag full of then, the white haired woman saw it was called "Ground Zero". To Lisanna, she knew there was basically a fifty/fifty chance of this going to be a happier song, or another sad song. But she knew she couldn't waste all day, so she decided to go with this one.

"I got one!" Lisanna called out to the others, getting them to snap out of their thoughts and look at the white haired Animal Take-Over Mage.

And with that, Lisanna made her way to the radio, put in the music disk, and proceed to hit the play button.

It didn't take long for the music to start up, which seemed to be more upbeat compared to the last two songs. Before anyone could comment on it, the lyrics were then heard by them all.

So, let me tell you a story about a simple man
I used to think I was bigger than Superman
I went around the world without you in my life
But without you my world's like kryptonite
Oh! When I'm at the red light
You give me X-Ray Vision, Super sight!
Hey everybody, can you hear the sound?
You got me feeling so good
And the time is now!

We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
He's the one that makes us fabulous
We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
Cause without you, it's so dangerous!
It's an emergency
Cause I can't life my live without you

Hearing this song got everyone to be lifted out of their previous thoughts. Many of them were even smiling and nodding their head to the music, as they had to admit the song sounded pretty catchy to them.

No one made a noise as the lyrics were heard once again.

You can hear us for miles
You can feel us for days
If your soul is in need of a
Hip Hop Praise
Bringing the message
At the speed of sound
So, Mr. Talkbox, lift us off the ground!

, Now we got the green light
El shaddai coming through tonight!
So lift your hands high all around the town
We're gonna leap this track in a single bound!

We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
He's the one that makes us fabulous
We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
He's the one that makes us fabulous
We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
Cause without you, it's so dangerous!
It's an emergency
Cause I can't live my life without...

He's The One Creator
There's no one greater
Gonna lift you up
To everyone, in every town
This is how we rock
We gonna break it down!

We go, hey, we at, ground zero!
Hey, he's the hip hop hero!
Hey, we at, ground zero!
Hey, he's the hip hop hero!

'This is good.' Makarov thought to himself as he saw everyone he considered his children in a better mood. Natsu certainly knew how to make songs that affected their emotions, in both a good and bad way. He didn't ponder too much longer as the lyrics were heard again.

Fabulous!
Hip hop Hero!

We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
He's the one that makes us f-f-fabulous
We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
He's the one that makes us fabulous
We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
Cause without you, it's so dangerous!
It's an emergency cus,

Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
He's the one that makes us fabulous
We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
He's the one that makes us fabulous
We at, Ground Zero
He's the Hip Hop Hero!
Cause without you, it's so dangerous!

It's an emergency cus,

It's an emergency cus,
I can't life my live without you!

It's an emergency
Cause I can't live my life without you!

The song immediately ended after the lyrics did, leaving the guild hall with no music playing at the moment.

"I like that one." Happy exclaimed happily, no pun intended.

"Yes, I agree that song was much livelier." Erza gave her thought on the song with a smile on her face. The red head also imagined Natsu singing this to her personally, as the certain lyrics "I can't live my life without you" played over in her head.

The S-Class of Fairy Tail wasn't the only woman who was imagining and thinking of that either, as others like Lucy and Lisanna imagined Natsu singing that to them as well.

"Okay, I'm going to pick one now." Bickslow announced, as his floating "babies" as the Thunder God Tribe member calls then, repeated what he said.

And with that, the Seith Magic User walked over to the bag of music to pick a CD himself. However, since he didn't feel like wasting time to search for one that may get him interested, the man simply picked up a random disk before walking over to the radio.

"Uh… shouldn't you see what CD you picked?" Evergreen pointed out to her teammate, who looked back at her with his grins.

"Nah, I want to be surprised." He told the light brown haired woman, as his "babies" repeated what they said.

With that out of the way, he went on to put the disk into the radio and activated the machine.

Immediately afterwards, an instrument what sounded like a violin was heard throughout the guild, getting everyone interested. It didn't take long for the lyrics to be heard by them all.

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listened as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead long live the king
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you'd gone there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

Everyone widen their eyes as they listened to the lyrics. Honestly, they didn't really know what this song was about. It seemed liked to be about something sad, but in what way exactly? Why did Natsu make these songs so hard to understand?

It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

Oh oh oh oh ohh oh

I Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

The song went on with that sounded like Natsu humming for a bit. But eventually both that and the music died down, thus ending the song.

"Uh… what did any of that exactly mean?" Gajeel broke the silence, as he looked at everyone else to see what their thoughts were about the song they just listened too.

"How should we know?" Gray responded back to the Iron Dragon Slayer. It wasn't like he would know what goes on through Flamebrain's head when he makes these kinds of songs.

"It sounded a little sad." Lucy pointed out; as she couldn't help but noticed how Natsu seemed… sadden as he sang the song.

"Okay, let's not go down that path again," Laxus responded to them all as he got up from where he was at, "I'll go pick a song of my own now."

No one stopped the Lighting Dragon Slayer as the S-Class went over to see what kind of song he would be able to pick. Since Laxus didn't want to waste too much time, the blonde man quickly looked into the bad before grabbing one that caught his attention,

"This one doesn't sound bad." He muttered to himself, as he looked at the song title "Whatever it Takes"

He then went over to where the radio was located, and proceeded to put in the music disk and hit the play button.

The music started as nothing but a guitar playing. At least they think it was a guitar doing that. But then a beat started to play, and it didn't take long for the lyrics to be heard by everyone in the guild hall.

I do whatever it takes to make it
Break through anything I'm face to face with
It's true, you gon' make me lose my patience
'Cause victory is mine and I'mma take it

So put your hands up high
Now wave them side to side
Now when I pull out the nine
You better wave bye bye
So take a page from my book
Roll it up and get cooked
Watch these ladies get hooked
While all these haters get shook
So put your hands up high
Now wave them side to side
Now when I pull out the nine
You better wave bye bye

The lyrics got everyone's attention as they were all listening in intensely. From first guess, the song seemed to be about someone who kept on going with… whatever they wanted to do.

They stayed silent as they tried to listen closely more to the next lyrics.

We gonna rise up to the top
We've been through it all
Been to f**king hell and back
Our backs against the wall
Got the dove and grenade flag on display
And every f**king critic's gonna listen when we say

I do whatever it takes to make it
Break through anything I'm face to face with
It's true, you gon' make me lose my patience
'Cause victory is mine and I'mma take it

They all were listening as the tried to piece the song together. If they could guess it right from what they heard so far, it seemed to be about Natsu pushing forward, not giving up despite what other people may be saying to him.

This got some of them, like Team Natsu and the Strauss siblings, to have a somewhat worried look. It was no secret that they would tease Natsu, or in Gray and Elfman's case, punch him and start a fight with him. When they were younger, they wouldn't even believed that Natsu was actually raised by a dragon. So… was this song also meant towards their behavior towards him through his life? Was this song aimed against them?

So just understand nothing gets in my way
I can show you firsthand if you got something to say
If you're thinking you can hold me down, you better think twice
'Cause I've been waiting for this moment every day of my life
These f**king people always say the same old thing
But you can't slay or conquer the king
I'm from a nightmare, but I'm living the dream
You need to back up if you're not with my team

'Cause I do whatever it takes to make it
Break through anything I'm face to face with
It's true, you gon' make me lose my patience
'Cause victory is mine and I'mma take it

You better wave bye bye
You better wave bye bye
You better wave bye bye
You better wave bye bye

The song ended quickly after the lyrics did, leaving the guild hall once again in silence. So nothing has changed with that.

"…Huh, neat." Pantherlily was the first to show his liking of the song.

"So Salamander basically made a song to tell any haters of his to f**k off huh? Now that's something I can get behind." Gajeel spoke up with his usual grin.

"Gajeel! Language!" Erza shouted at the Iron Dragon Slayer, her thoughts moved from the song to the black haired Wizard.

"What?! Salamander just words like that just now! Why are you only getting on me about that?!" The Iron Dragon Slayer shouted back at the red head.

Everyone else simply sweat drop from the argument they were now listening too.

And done. Next time we'll do one more of this, and then afterwards we'll see how Natsu's doing.

See you all next time, whenever that will be.

Songs that have played so far:

Skillet: Fire and Fury

Beast in Black: The Fifth Angel

The Script: Hall of Fame

Def Leppard: Pour some sugar on me

Smash into Pieces: Burn, Color of your eyes

Disturbed: My child

Byron Mr. Talkbox Chambers: Ground Zero

Coldplay: Viva la Vida

Hollywood Undead: Whatever it takes