Hi everyone! This is the third chapter, and I just want to clarify that updates are every friday (Unless something happens that causes the update to be early or late)!

So in this chapter, we see a bit of impulsive actions from Jellal! And we get to meet Natsu and Lucy in quite a... Fiery way.

Well, enjoy!

Part One:

Jellal

Chapter Three

"Hello, old friend. We have the girl. If you want her, come and find her. We'll be waiting," The voice on the other end of the phone said. Jellal froze. He recognized the voice, it was an old friend who had chosen the wrong path. Glancing over at his cousin, Jellal quickly hung up.

"Who was that?" Ultear questioned. Shivering slightly, Jellal didn't answer. Ultear looked at him, her eyes widening. She knew of only one person who could quell this kind of fear in Jellal.

"Ul...?" Meredy whispered, her smile disappearing.

Suddenly, Jellal pushed back his chair and stood up. Noticing his actions, Ultear began to shake her head, whispering, "No... Jellal, you can't. Don't go after him." But she had spoken too late, because Jellal was already across the room and out the door, along with Ultear's car keys.

"Jellal!" Ultear screamed, chasing after the bluenette. Meredy followed, although she was very confused.

Breathlessly, Ultear shouted again, "JELLAL!" Jellal took one last glance back, then got into Ultear's car and drove away, leaving his cousin and step-niece dumbfounded in the rain.

"Ul... What's happening?" Meredy whispered. Ultear looked down at the confused pinkette and shrugged slightly, a sad and confused look on her face.

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As he drove further and further away, Jellal began to calm down. He thought about what he had done.

He felt regret.

But at the same time he felt anger towards his only friends. Why hadn't they understood that the situation was serious? Why had they still made fun of him? As Jellal thought this, his hands tightened around the steering wheel.

Suddenly Jellal heard an ear piercing scream of the word "NATSU!". He slammed his foot down on the brake and jumped out of his cousin's car and saw... A fire? In front of him, a large oak tree was engulfed in flames, and next to it was an angered blonde girl yelling at a pinkette boy who looked like he was being scolded.

"YOU IDIOT! WHY WOULD YOU SET A TREE ON FIRE?!" The angry blonde shouted, clearly not noticing the confused bluenette watching them.

"I DIDN'T MEAN TO! IT JUST LOOKED SO FLAME-WORTHY!" The pinkette shouted back. He, too, was completely oblivious to Jellal's appearance behind them.

"Uh..." Jellal interrupted. The two arguing teens quickly stopped and stared at the bluenette in surprise.

"I don't mean to be rude, but shouldn't you focus on putting the fire out before yelling at each other?" Jellal suggested cautiously.

"Oh... Heh... Right..." The blonde looked down in embarrassment, but the pinkette didn't seem to understand.

"Why would we put the fire out?" He asked, his voice filled with surprise.

"So there won't be a forest fire?" Jellal replied, dumbfounded by the pinkette's stupidity.

"But fire is amazing!" The pinkette screamed. The blonde walked up to him with an annoyed expression and smacked him.

"Ow... Lucy!" The pinkette complained. The blonde glared at him.

"NATSU! PUT OUT THE FIRE RIGHT NOW!" She screamed. The pinkette quickly scrambled to get up and began to extinguish the fire. Jellal watched in amazement as the fire miraculously disappeared.

"Well, now that that's cleared up, I'm Lucy." Smiling, the blonde stuck out her hand to allow Jellal to shake it.

"Jellal..." Jellal murmured, and shook Lucy's hand.

"Suddenly, Natsu appeared next to Lucy and poked her arm.

Smiling slightly, Lucy said,"Oh, and this dunce is Natsu." Natsu grinned, which confused Jellal. After all, hadn't Lucy just called him a dunce? But then again, he might've not known the meaning of the word if it was true.

"So, Jellal, what brings you to the forest?" Lucy asked.

Shaking his head to clear it, Jellal replied, "Uh... I heard you screaming..."

"Oh. Sorry about that." Lucy smiled.

"No, it's ok. It's just... Nevermind." Jellal turned away from Lucy, thinking about the situation with Erza.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asked, her doe brown eyes showing concern for the upset bluenette.

"It's nothing. I shouldn't bother you with my problems..." Jellal muttered. Surprised, Lucy looked to Natsu for help. The two began to whisper frantically, possibly arguing, and then Natsu turned to Jellal.

"Alright Tattoo-Face," Natsu said, looking at the strange markings around Jellal's right eye.

"Uh... Just Jellal would be fine," Jellal said, glaring at the idiotic pinkette.

"I'm not taking orders from you, Tattoo-Face. Now let me ask you a question: Where were you last night?" Natsu asked, trying to look intimidating.

Jellal raised an eyebrow at Lucy, silently asking her if her friend was being serious. Lucy nodded, and Jellal began to speak.

"Last night I was on my way home when I found this my car was towed -The car behind us is my cousin's- and the bus wasn't running. Then I met a nice woman who helped me out," Jellal explained. Natsu and Lucy were a bit taken aback by his willingness to tell them about his rough night.

"What was the woman's name?" Natsu asked.

"What kind of question is that?!" Jellal shouted. Lucy glared at him and Natsu took a lighter out of his pocket.

Panicking, Jellal quickly answered, "OK! It was Erza Scarlet!" Natsu and Lucy's eyes widened.

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!" Lucy screamed.

"I BET HE KIDNAPPED HER!" Natsu shouted.

"NO! I DIDN'T!" Jellal screamed. Lucy looked at him skeptically as Natsu began to take the lighter out of his pocket again.

"But... I-I know who did kidnap her," Jellal whispered. Natsu and Lucy stared at him in disbelief.

"No you don't," Natsu said, narrowing his eyes.

Jellal backed away and said, "I do. I do know."

"Then tell us," Lucy proposed.

Jellal nodded. "Ok. I will. It's..."

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