A/N: A few of my own philosophies in this chapter, I hope you enjoy it!
Natsu's door slid open easily, "I'm home!" He called out, slipping his shoes off and carrying the unconscious Shinobi into his house.
"Natsu, I should inform you drugging a woman and bringing her home unconscious is a serious offense." Theta joked, his hologram blinking to life beside him.
"Very funny Theta," Natsu sighed "Send a message to the school that I left early due to feeling unwell."
"Already done, so why do you bring a Shinobi home?" Theta asked.
Natsu paused, he could have dropped her off at any hospital and gone back to school, he would only have to make up a story to fool doctors "I didn't really think about it." He answered truthfully.
He laid the unconscious red-head on the bed, placing a hand on her forehead and checking her pulse, her heartbeat was a little quickened and she had a slight fever, he left the room and wet a towel, wringing the wet cloth out and folding it he placed it on the woman's forehead, he dragged a chair closer to the bed leaned back put his feet on the edge of the bed and leaned back, rocking slowly pondering his own thoughts 'Why did I bring someone who will likely try to kill me in the morning into my home? Well, she's kind of pretty…wait did I really just?' He rocked too far back and hit the ground with a loud crash "Ow." he rubbed at his shoulder and groaned, he got to his feet and walked out to the second floor balcony, the air was cooling off as it approached the end of the day, he rested on his elbow and sighed he palm on his cheek as the sun went down on the horizon 'I have feeling she's like me, I had Theta to get me out but she is alone, I just need to talk to her and that'll be it, I definitely didn't save her because she is pretty.' He nodded and took another long inhale of the cool air before walking back into the room, lifting the chair, the girl shifted and her face held a pained expression, he picked up the towel and realized it had warmed in his contemplation session, he rinsed it out with cold water and replaced the rag on her head, her expression calmed and he sat back in his chair, watching the clock in his room slowly tick as seconds turned into hours and his eyes grew heavy, his head lulled down and his fell asleep.
The girls eyes opened slowly, she was aware of two things, one she had no idea where she was or how she was alive and two she could smell bacon and she was hungry, she pulled herself out of the bed and her head throbbed painfully, she placed a hand against her temple and massaged slowly in a circle, taking long breaths, maybe one of her group had picked her up? Last thing she remembered was that pink haired boy tackling her, she slid her spare knife out of her boot and made her way down the hallway, pressing her back against the wall and peering around the corner, she recognized the boy who was currently flipping eggs in a fry pan in the kitchen, she glared at eh back of his head as she moved towards him, using years of training to keep her footfalls completely silent, she raised the knife into the air and barely had time to gasp before she was flat on her back looking at ceiling, she frowned she hadn't even seen him move.
"Please retain from attacking him again," A hologram blinked to life above her "Especially after he saved your life."
The red head glared fire at the hologram "You hungry?" Natsu asked nonchalantly.
The red head didn't say anything, just shot him a death glare at sat down on the opposite side of the bench, he slid a plate in front of her and she peered at it for a minute, she lifted her wrist over the meal and a bright blue line appeared at the edge of the plate before scanning over it.
"If I wanted to kill you I would have done it with your knife, or while you were unconscious, or at the school where I tackled you." Natsu said flatly, leaning against the wall and chewing casually on a piece of bacon.
"Why'd your people attack that school?" Natsu asked flatly.
The girl chewed slowly and ignored him.
"What's your name?" Natsu asked
Silence was his answer.
"Most people are more appreciative of people who save them and keep them out of jail." Natsu sighed.
The girl stared at him curiously, there was something in his movements 'Did he hurt himself?' He was hiding it well, almost perfectly, but it was the way he tried to move his left arm as little as possible, her eyes narrowed a little bit "Are you okay?"
"The girl has a voice!" Natsu exclaimed sarcastically.
She glared at him and pursed her lips, Natsu rolled his eyes, pulling his shirt over his head, the girls cheeks colored slightly at she stared at his well defined figure 'Did they chisel him out of stone?' Her mind questioned.
"I assure you I am 100% human," Natsu answered before smirking "And no, I am not okay." He turned slightly, a large purple welted bruise covered his left shoulder blade and it went around under his armpit, it seemed like lifting his arm was excruciating and he had cooked her food like that.
She let out a startled squeak, realizing she had spoken aloud, she ducked under the table slightly as her cheeks gave of steam, she took a few deep calming breaths "Thank you, for helping me."
"Hm? Oh, yeah your welcome," Natsu answered, lancing at her over his shoulder as he patted the large bruise with a small cotton bud, she assumed there was cream on it off some kind "So does our Shinobi companion have a name?"
"Erza," She bowed her head slightly trying to not stare as intently at his back 'That should be a crime' she thought angrily "But, why did you help me?"
Natsu paused "Back at the school, you wanted to stop your companion from killing the students…why?"
Erza looked at the floor "I don't believe in my comrades cause." She said resolutely.
"You don't want Japan's independence?" Natsu asked, he was a little surprised at the answer "Then why are you in their group?"
"They are the only ones that agreed to train me, after your great government killed my parents." Erza snapped
Natsu raised an eyebrow and whispered something under his breath that she didn't quite catch, she thought it sound like I knew I recognized the profile "I can assure you, the government wouldn't just kill your parents intentionally for no reason."
"They called it 'Collateral damage' and that it was unavoidable." Erza snapped.
"That was the official report," Natsu admitted "Miss Erza Scarlet."
"I didn't tell you-" He raised a hand to cut her off.
"I knew your parents," Natsu interjected "They cared about you a great deal, but the government did not kill them, I certainly would not allow that kind of collateral damage."
"You?" Erza was having a hard time keeping up, this boy knew her? And he was the one who led an attack that killed her parents? 'He hasn't lied to me yet, why would he start now?'
"How much do you know about your Shinobi group?" Natsu asked, leaning over the bench towards her.
"Enough with the secrets! What do you know about my parents?!" Erza demanded
"Your Shinobi groups recruitment plan has always been the same, they make a bombing look like our governments work, then they offer the children of the killed 'revenge' all they have to do is help them with their goals…Sound familiar?" Natsu asked
Erza did remember one thing from her recruitment that always grated her, the man who had come to her had said "We can give you the means to avenge your parents death." But she had never told him that her parents died, at the time her mind was clouded in grief and revenge was the sweetest sounding thing in the world.
"No way," Erza looked shocked "I killed for them! I trusted them! I am going to kill them!" Erza growled darkly, standing from her seat.
Natsu grabbed her arm, she jerked her hand away from him and he winced as she pulled on his injured shoulder "Let me go! You can't convince to let them go, not after this!"
"What is killing them going to do?" Natsu yelled "Killing them isn't going to bring your parent's back! It's not going to make you feel better!"
"I don't care!" Erza snapped "I can't just let them go!"
"Answer me this, If your parent's could see you now, could speak to you now, what would they tell you to do?!" Natsu retorted angrily.
"I, Don't, but-" She slid to the ground as a dam broke, her shoulders shook and she stared as tears fell freely from her eyes.
Natsu leaned against the wall beside her sliding down slowly, placing his good arm around her giving her a reassuring squeeze "Let me tell you a little story, there was this soldier, a really good soldier and when his was little his parents disappeared and he was taught to do anything for the mission, the mission was most important human life was a useless and trivial thing that could be sacrificed for the greater good at a moment's notice."
Erza lifted her head, she still sobbed but she seemed curious "Then what?" she managed to get out.
"He met his father," Natsu's smiled sadly "And he remembered all the things his father had taught him and how important friends were, how important life was, the soldier was like you are now, he didn't know what to do, the point is there is no right or wrong decisions, you are the one that has to live with yourself, you have to wake up in the morning and look at yourself in the mirror, now could you do that if you went and killed those people could you look at yourself in the mirror after doing that, if you could feel free to go," He gestured to the door for emphasis "If you don't want to, you can try to live normally again."
Erza leaned her head against his chest slightly "You are pretty bad at telling stories."
Natsu chuckled "Well, I only just started."
A/N: I didn't originally intend for this cutesy kind of ending, but some improv happened and this is what came out of it, I like it, well I'll see you for the next chapter! Peace!