A/N: We were away for ages and we would like to sincerely apologize, but due to the fact that WE LITERALLY WOULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO WRITE THIS CHAPTER WE HAVE BEEN AVOIDING IT LIKE THE PLAGUE. Haaaaah, that feels better.
And now I get my segment, from this day until the end of time it shall be referred to as Maya's Corner, what happens in this corner you may ask? Who knows? It could be everything and nothing all at the same time o.O.
So the flow of the Author's notes is going to flow like this, basically it's what we both want to say, what Maya wants to say and then what I myself want to say, so for me, I hope you all enjoy this chapter, as we said it was really difficult to come up with I hope it's still good!
Chapter 2: Image Shattering Developments!
Seven Years After the events of the first chapter….
She would never understand how it came to this, sitting in a high class restaurant, eating and drinking opposite who she once considered such a strange boy. She stared at the boy opposite her, his light pink hair was still the same length it had been the day she met him, the most notable difference was the pair of black rimmed glasses he wore on his face. He gave her a warm smile and her own face was infected by it, before she was aware he had crossed the table and was holding her left hand carefully, she could feel him shaking slightly as he tightened his grip ever so slightly, he lowered onto his knee and his eyes closed the same warm smile on his face.
"You may be…the most strange existence I have ever met, Erza Scarlet," He started as he removed a small black velvet box from his coat pocket, the box made an audible snap as it opened, the small gold ring inside was nothing except modest, just a simple gold band "And I'd be honored if you became Mrs. Erza Dragneel."
Magnolia High School, the day after the fated? encounter….
Natsu placed his hands in his pockets as he searched the massive board in front of him for his name, the board was the years classes, Natsu scanned over the words towards the first year side of the board, although they shifted and blurred in front of him too much, he rubbed his eyes and removed a small case from his pocket, slipping the pair of black rimmed glasses over his eyes he found his name easily.
'Class 1-A huh?' He thought to himself, he ruffled his hair and sighed 'I completely forgot to get that girls number.' He shook his head lightly and moved into his high school, 'Well, It was just coffee, It's not anything that major it's unlikely I'm even a though in her head at this point.'
"Your thinking out loud again," Natsu winced as someone chopped the back of his head, he glanced around to find his black haired best friend smiling calmly "Take care of me again this year."
"Take care of yourself!" Natsu snapped at him.
Grey locked up in a mock salute "Yes, sir!"
Natsu rolled his eyes and sat down, hooking his back over the edge of his desk, he leaned back and took a deep breath.
"Although, you went on a date?" Grey smirked mischievously as he slid beside him "Why didn't you tell me about it?"
"It's none of your business." Natsu replied coldly.
The classroom door snapped open and a boisterous blonde greeted them enthusiastically.
"Ohh, they grew again," Grey noted with a slight grin, Natsu could have sworn there was a star beside the boys eye, although he quickly dismissed the thought "Lucy, Natsu's being cold to me again!"
"It's cause you're a pervert." Lucy replied bluntly.
Grey made a choked noise as if he'd just been stabbed "Why?!"
"You were definitely checking me out when I walked in." Lucy sat down in front of Natsu and turned around giving Grey a blank stare.
"Damn, I thought I had executed the stare perfectly," Grey snapped his fingers "But guess what!"
"What?"
"Shut it." Natsu warned, closing his eyes and sighing.
"Oh, Natsu doesn't want me to know something?!" Lucy shouted in surprise "Grey! Spill it!"
"Well you see-"Grey cut off as a powerful hit slammed into the back of his head, he hit the desk hard and didn't move at all.
Lucy's mouth hung open in surprise "Isn't that a little harsh?"
"No," Natsu replied without moving "It's no business of either of you."
"It's a girl then." Lucy rubbed her chin in thought
Natsu stiffened.
"You're stupid, so you probably did something unnecessary." Lucy continued.
A tick mark appeared on Natsu's forehead.
"Unless, Was it the dreaded one?" Lucy made a singular odd hand movement and Natsu leaned away slowly.
"It wasn't," He got out flatly, before Grey joined in with the weird finger movements "Don't join in!" Natsu bonked Grey again and fumed.
"Oh! There's a fight!" Lucy exclaimed as she looked out the window, the two boys peered out in curiosity.
Natsu stiffened as he noticed the participants.
"Ah!" He pointed at the left of the two, a red head, although from here that's all he could make out he'd never forget that shade of hair in his life.
"Ah?" The two other questioned in unison
"Could it be…" Grey began
"You're date was with…" Lucy continued
"HER?!" They finished in unison as they snapped to their friend, only to find an empty seat and an open window.
"HE'S GONE?!" They shouted in disbelief.
Grey leaned forward enough to see Natsu rifle out of the bushes "He's off!"
Lucy had a look on her face like she was thinking intensely, something she rarely ever did "I know about that girl, I swear I heard something."
"Well, You're an idiot, but it will come to you if it's important." Grey responded flatly.
'There's no way,' Natsu thought to himself as he dashed around the corner 'I'm definitely wrong about this.'
He slid to a stop around the corner, he was now in ear shot of the group and sure enough, the red head was the girl he had met not long ago, although the image of the cute slightly shy girl who had shared coffee and cake with him just shattered.
"You bumped into us," The student's appeared to be third years, the group looked quite menacing in their own right, Natsu tilted his head as he examined the group, then he turned his attention the girl opposite them "Well, Apologize you damned brat!"
"I refuse," The red head replied flatly "I didn't do anything."
"Huh?!" A dirty blonde stood over the top of the seemingly unconcerned red head.
Natsu continued towards the group calmly "Let's all ju-" He cut of when the blonde landed in a heap beside him.
'Huh?' Natsu thought as he looked at the clearly unconscious older boy beside him. He looked back at the red head still in the pose of knocking the boy flat on his ass, the girl's eyes looked evil as she focused on the group in front of her.
The third years stiffened quickly and bowed their heads "We are very sorry!" The screamed before running away, making sure to collect their friend before they disappeared.
The girl turned her attention to Natsu, who was still standing more than a little stunned from the scene.
"Do you need something from me?!" The red head demanded angrily.
"Erza?" Natsu breathed carefully "You're Erza Scarlet right?"
The girl closed the distance and grabbed Natsu by the collar, a specifically nasty glare on her face "I'm pretty sure I've never met you in my life, so how do you know my name?!"
Natsu sighed and removed the girls hand from his uniform, he pulled his glasses off and gave her a flat look "Remember me now, Scarlet?" He asked coldly
"Dragneel-san?" She stiffened slightly 'He definitely saw all that.'
"I'm having a little trouble discerning which version of you is the real one." Natsu continued matter of factly
Erza took a deep breath, but when she looked up the boy had already disappeared, that sensation of him disappearing like that pissed her off, she clenched her fist and gritted her teeth angrily.
"Oh, that's right!" Lucy snapped her fingers "That red hair leaves no room for error! It's Erza Scarlet!"
"I'm supposed to know who that is?" Grey asked
"I heard in Junior high she took over all of east Magnolia and ruled it with an Iron fist, they say she delights most in making people that piss her off disappear." Lucy explained "They called her Titania Erza I think."
"And Natsu…knows her." Grey noted
"He went on a date with her…" Lucy continued
"So that would mean…" Grey rubbed his chin
"IT'S A DELINQUENT HONOR STUDENT ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE!" Lucy exploded excitedly
Grey's mouth dropped open "I think Natsu might be in actual danger!"
"What? Why, they went on a date right?" Lucy asked
The door snapped open and Natsu returned to his seat with a sigh.
"Oh, He's still alive." Grey chirped
"Of course." Natsu replied "What else would happen?"
"Well, You're girlfriends pretty terrifying." Lucy noted.
"Please don't put us in a fictional relationship," Natsu droned "I will never fall for someone like that."
"He's pretty resolute." Lucy whispered to Grey.
"I guess something did happen." Grey replied in kind.
"Um, I can hear you." Natsu turned a bored glare on the two.
They stared and busied themselves with their schedules.
The classroom door snapped open and Erza walked in, her bag slung over her shoulder, her sleeves were drawn halfway up her arm and her hair was tied in a small side pony tail, she sat down on the opposite side to Natsu, the pair exchanged one fierce glare but otherwise completely ignored each other. The class lit up with hush whispers as the bell rang and the teacher walked in and began a speech.
The bell for lunch took much longer than usual for Natsu, likely due to his own boredom, when it did finally ring he didn't even have a chance to get up before the fiery red head slammed her hands on his desk.
"Come with me, I have something I want to talk to you about." She growled
"No," Natsu responded, pushing his glass back into place calmly "I have no obligation to listen to you."
"Fine, if you want to make this difficult," Erza crossed her arms in front of her "I'm always up for a challenge."
Natsu raised an eyebrow and leaned forward, a challenging smirk on his face.
"There it is, The Honor Student's Competitive smirk!" Lucy cheered, the class was certainly interested in the exchange.
"Honor student huh?" Erza chimed "Perfect, The first exam of the year is coming up soon, If I beat you, You'll do what I want you too for a day."
"Sounds interesting," Natsu clenched his fist together and glared at the girl in front of him "I'm in, same terms!"
"The dragon bares his fangs!" Grey hollered
"Would dragon's have fangs though?" Lucy asked curiously
"Hm, Well, It sounded right, I think they would." Grey sighed
"Then, does that make Erza the knight?" Lucy contemplated
The two were continually ignored as the class went about their own business.
Natsu stared at the exam result sheet in disbelief. Granted, anyone else would have been happy with a score of 98 on their first exam, Natsu gritted his teeth and clenched his fist in annoyance a she glared at the red head currently smirking in victory in front of him.
"Perfect Hundred, Honor boy, now you're gonna be helping me out after school." Erza chuckled in her victory.
Natsu clicked his tongue and stalked off.
"I can't believe Natsu lost." Grey sighed
"Well, If you think about it, it's kind of like that." Lucy shrugged
"Like that?" Grey asked
"You know, The knight always beats the Dragon." Lucy replied
"I'm not a mythological creature!" Natsu growled as he grabbed his bag angrily.
"He's mad." Grey noted
"Really mad." Lucy nodded.
A/N: So, the story will flow like this for a little while, don't worry for the most part it's an attempt at a more anime based story, specifically with the expressions and movements of the characters, so tell us what you think, do you like it this way or the old way?
Maya's Corner time! I like it this way, I mean the great thing about Manga and Anime is the wide variety of expressions, (I'm also incredibly persuasive, so I made someone agree to try this out!) So I like the additions to the characters, it's like…more fun? I guess, I'm not really sure how to explain it (But tell us you like it, that way I'm right, *whispers* cause girls are always right!) Don't blame me it's the rules.
Well, that about sums up most of it, I thought it'd be a bit more fun to throw a few more anime/Manga-like sequences in, I hope you enjoyed them, I do get sort of a good feeling writing like this, so maybe this story will stay this way I'm not sure myself. I also hope you enjoy how we set up the characters, although giving you a sneak-peak of the end was risky in my opinion, when I reveal how they get to that point I think you'll agree it was worth it.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING SO LONG!