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Story Title: Gentle Summer Breeze

Rated: T

Pairings: NatsuXGray

Warnings: Swearing "Bad language", AU, Shonen Ai….. (You can call it Yaoi, BL, Anything you want. So please, if you are not a fan of it, you've been warned.)

I'll try to keep them in character as much as I can.

And finally, I don't Own Fairy tail. Or it's characters. This is just a fanfic that meant to be for entertainment.

…Chapter Begins ….

Hibiki lates, Ren Akatsuki, Eve Tearm along with Ichiya were suspecting something.

"Don't you think that they pushed us away unlike each time?"

"Yeah. I think they know something…. I have a bad feeling about this."

"I will find that out." Hibiki was determining on finding out what was going on in the 'Fairy tail' bar.

From the moment I saw that pink-haird's break down on the straw bales, I knew he was trouble. My thoughts that he is a trouble…. But…. Not actually dangerous. Everyone has instincts and I trust mine… maybe not too much, but I am positive that Natsu Dragneel is not a threat to anyone and I don't know why the hell he left the bar like that as if accepting the fact that he is dangerous and worse! Strengthening the actual idea for the audience.

"Natsu! Wait!"

My throat has dried from calling his name. After he ran from the bar, I ran after him hoping that I'll find an answer, but he was surprisingly fast. I could locate him because of his hair. That was my only guide, and as soon as he acknowledges my presence, he just disappears. I wondered how he does that.

My breath was beginning to fade by the time I saw him finally stop. He panted and gave me his back. Because of that, I took the opportunity to pant too while standing almost ten meters away from him. When I calmed down, my gasps were short pants and the same went for Natsu.

We stood there for almost ten minutes in awkward silence. The only thing that could be heard was the bird's chirping and other biological lives sound. I didn't know what to do. To initiate the conversation, or to let him do it.

"What do you want?"

"Ah… silly question, but anyway….. You can start by explaining what those…. Guys said in the bar." I still had difficulty in breathing which indicates how far the idiot had dragged me after him.

"And if I say no?"

"Natsu. Now. Explain NOW."

Losing my patience, part of me wanted to get rid of him after being an unwanted guest in my apartment, but the other part was pleading me to listen to him as he looked so lonely and scared. He wasn't showing it though. I knew he was lonely from the moment my eyes saw him, and that weird feeling inside of me kept nagging on the fact that I should look after him which can be there from Erza's threats of chopping my head if I didn't….. Or it was purely me. If it was me, then I hate myself.

"No." He said, but turned that time to face me with cold eyes that I've never seen on him before.

Sure he was always pissed off, mainly because of me, but I have never actually seen him look this cold. I curled my palm into a fist and gritted my teeth mostly because he was vexatious to me and I couldn't stand it.

"Then, you'll explain by force."

I wanted to knock some sense out of him. "You have the choice Natsu. I think I deserve learning the truth after I had saved your life."

Natsu looked scarier. "Ha? Did I ask you when I was dying to save me? No body forced you! Stop blocking my way."

"Natsu. You left me no choice." As soon as I finished my words, I sprinted forward with my fist prepared to clash with his face, surprisingly my ultimate punch was stopped by his hand, and no matter how much pressure I applied on his hand to move, it wouldn't work so I raised my other fist and he stopped it too. Not only that, but also I felt my hands' bones were being crushed by him.

"Ahhhgg…." It did hurt… a bit.

To prevent that pain from growing, I kicked and he released me to dodge. I stood holding my hands and rubbing my palms. They hurt a LOT, Natsu was a monster.

"Finished your move Gray?" I blinked…. Twice, before I saw him in front of me. I mean really close. When the hell did he disappear? …. He was just-

"-It's my turn now."

Before registering in my mind what had happened, I felt my stomach clench from the pain. He…. Kicked me hard, and shortly, he punched my jaw drawing blood from my mouth and before I fall on the ground, he gathered his fists and gave me a hard hit on the back. After his series of punches, kicks, and hits, I was on the ground, hardly breathing… while Natsu didn't have a single drop of sweat on his face.

I used my remaining energy to stand. In my mind, this wasn't about Natsu anymore. It was something about pride. I wiped my blood and took a fighting pose. "You are strong and that what makes it interesting."

"Thanks. It won't be so interesting when I beat you into a pulp though."

"Do you think that I will let you do this?"

"Yeah. Pretty easily because you are weak."

I gritted my teeth as I felt myself a mock for Natsu. Damn. He was really provoking me. Without a second thought, I attacked him again, but it was different this time. I felt my anger was providing me with all the power I needed. We were equal, or so I thought. Natsu was strong; he dodged every single attack, but didn't approach me at all.

"Gray. There is no use. I won't be defeated like this." Natsu said. "Thanks for your… kindness, but I need to leave now."

His tone was bold in the time I thought it was sad. He gave me his back and walked forward. I watched him walking….. He was leaving….. And suddenly I felt everything was slipping through my fingers. First my guardian, then my brother and now…. Natsu.

Natsu didn't play a big role in my life, no. somehow I have strange feeling about him, I can't let him just go. With that thought, I dashed and wrapped both of my arms around his chest, pulling his back to me.

"What the hell?" He tried to break free from my grip and elbowed my guts few times, and it was easy to hurt me like hell. My arms were like steel, trapping him mercilessly. "Gray! Let go you moron!"

"No way! You tell me first why are they accusing you, and I'll let go." Natsu growled and did everything a monster can do, but I wasn't about to release my cage and that only angered him.

"Gray…."

Natsu hissed and it was the first time in my life that I see a human body releasing steam. His body was suddenly, very hot….. Trust me it wasn't from anger. It was hot, burning and I was facing a hard time being glued to him. It was the same feeling I had when holding a boiling pot by mistake.

"N-Natsu… what the-Ahhhg!"

"All of you…. Don't understand…. All of you… you just want to kill me…" Natsu was mumbling words in low tune, but scary enough to draw sweat from my whole body.

"I… trust no one…. What… what DO YOU WANT FROM ME?" Natsu shouted the last part and for my shock, I saw his whole body release flames. It was unbelievable, but I got no time to stay shocked. Parts of my clothes were burning and I felt my inner parts of my body burning too.

"N-Natsu….. calm down… please AHH! I…. Don't want t-to k-kill you… NATSU!"

I shouted as I felt that the heat is eating me alive, but I couldn't let go of him.

"Then what do you want? You all do!"

"N-No…. L-listen…."

"What makes you any different?... In the end you want to get rid of me too!"

I was at my limits of bearing as I felt my whole body melting with his fire.

"I…. am… a F-friend… N-Natsu. S-Stop…."

After my words came out with few seconds, his fire begun to fade and die down.

I gasped and buried my face in his hair panting heavily. "Thanks…. Natsu." He turned his face backward to look at me, but he wasn't able to do it because he suddenly blacked out leaning on me. I barely knew how to deal with this situation especially after seeing the stupid tears on his face.

Damn it. I should be the one crying from the horrible pain, not him. After resting for a while, I carried him and since my back hurt like hell from his dreaded hits, I was forced into 'Carrying' him if you know what I mean and I wasn't his fucking husband for god sake.

"YO! Gray!"

Great. That was what I needed. "Yo… hibiki, Eve, Ren." The stupid handsome faces.

"Gray. You do know that what you are carrying in your hands is what we ask for… right?"

I paused examining their words' meaning.

"So?" The blonde Eve said.

Honestly I was in no mood to talk.

"Gray. See what he did to you? I think that proves how dangerous he is." Hibiki told me while Ren just nodded.

"Move out of my way. Now."

I carelessly continued walking and passed through them easily. "Gray you can't!"

"Just give me a chance. I will contact you if things got worse." I was lying, but I had no other way.

Gray sneaked into his apartment, not wanting anyone to question him or Natsu until things calm down. When he got home, he closed the door with his foot and headed to the bedroom and laid Natsu on the futon. When Gray's skin stung, he felt that he needed a shower for the burns he got from Natsu's mysterious fire which he needed to ask about. Seriously. Fire? Coming out from normal human being? A. w. k. w. a. r. d.

Gray's dark blue eyes stared at Natsu's tired figure and he was proud of himself when he saw some scratches on Natsu's face from the fight. At least he did put some mark on him after the fight.

He growled and eventually went to grab the first aid that Erza personally prepared for every employee. He begun to apply treatment to Natsu's scratches and after he finished, he went to shower.

When Natsu opened his eyes, he found his surroundings familiar. He was in Gray's room. Again. Funny, that he almost added the word 'home' to the thought.

"Up already?"

Natsu groaned and got up feeling bad in the head. He looked around to find the room being lit by the moon showing from the window.

"The electricity has been cut…. I think it'll be back soon." Came Gray's voice.

Natsu tried to see in the dark. After his eyes had adjusted, he saw Gray half naked as always, and there was a bandage on his left arm, some burns, and minor scratches.

Gray was able to catch the clear white crystalline liquid on Natsu's face in the dark.

"I didn't…. want any of this to happen…."

Gray had no Idea what to do. He wouldn't say that he wasn't pissed from the pink-haired, but as he looks to a guy who is crying…. He considered forgiving Natsu after all.

"Um… it's fine….. No. It's not fine. You almost broke some bones here and there and you opened my damn lip. You had stubborn head. If you did listen to me back then, none of this could've happened. I told you I'm your friend."

"I'm sorry. I just couldn't…. trust anyone anymore."

Gray was about to crush Natsu's head, but stopped when he heard Natsu's coming words. "But…I've never had a friend before…. When you said that… I think you made me happy. Thank you." With the end of those words, Gray saw more of the crystalline liquid on the boy's face.

Gray's stomach felt weird or…. Funny. The black haired unconsciously stood and went to sit in front of Natsu, his next move was to rest Natsu's head on his shoulder, so that the pink-haired's face was buried between his shoulder and neck. Gray didn't know why he did it. It was very rare when Gray tried to do a physical contact with anyone and not just any physical contact. He wasn't fighting. He wasn't trying to kill someone. Hell no! He was comforting. The damn word was poisoning and hard for Gray to even pronounce it. He couldn't believe that he, of all people, was initiating such a gentle act and with whom? A guy!

Gray surprised himself.

Meanwhile, Natsu gasped with the beginning of the contact and was struggling, not knowing what to do after he found his body heat up once more. "It's…. a friend's hug… take it or leave it. The choice is yours." Gray tried to mask his nervous voice, but Natsu knew that it was embarrassing enough for the black-haired.

"It's not….. so bad. I can manage."

"Good for you…. Haha…"

Strange feelings were rushing through both bodies. Something alluring and breathtaking because neither were able to perform the breathing function regularly.

Gray wanted to beat himself mercilessly for sweating and trembling and Natsu was feeling incredible amount of warmth radiating for the black-haired male.

"Are you… sick? Gray?"

"Ah….no no." Natsu pulled back and gave a questioning look. "Then why are you…. Feeling so hot?"

Gray thanked god for the electricity cut, because he was a red mess in the face. "I don't um… think so."

"Right…."

"A-Anyway, you have to explain the fire I saw coming out from you idiot."

Natsu sighed. "Um before I do so…. May I?"

Natsu had his hand close to Gray's cheek where there was a burning spot. Gray hesitated a little, but finally shrugged. "Um… sure?"

Natsu did something that made Gray flinch, but when Natsu returned back his hand, there was no sight of the burn on Gray's face.

Gray thought it was…. A dream.

After Natsu has taken away every burn he caused from Gray's body, he was ready to talk.

"What you saw… was a form of magic."

"You take me for an idiot?"

"You saw it yourself."

"…."

"Anyone can do magic. Mine is fire, who knows what kind of magic yours can be?"

"But how?"

"Well I think I'm special case since I grew up and my father training me. I had great experience from him."

Gray was shocked, but he couldn't help but to wonder about that matter. "I… can do it?"

"Yes you can, but it's not simple. I remember my first time discovering my magic type. It took me a few days to do it and it needs a huge amount of concentration."

"Oh."

"There is a little trick that I learned from my father, maybe it'll help me to know what kind of magic you can do." Gray's face turned into an excited one. It was all crazy, but if he really can do magic, Gray thought it may change something in his life.

"I'm gonna need your hand for awhile." Natsu said.

Gray nodded and Natsu took both of his hands holding them.

"Gray, I want you…. To concentrate. I will now try to make a connection between my soul and yours to get to know what is the color of your magic. Don't try to block me out. I'm….. a f-friend…"

Gray smirked and elbowed Natsu playfully. "I don't need to hear it from you. I know it moron."

Natsu chuckled and closed his eyes followed by Gray.

Natsu was invading Gray's mind which was like a shortcut to his way to the soul, but as imagined the human mind was powerful to not be violated easily. Natsu saw himself surrounded by many flashbacks of Gray's life. Or so he hoped.

Normally, there would be pictures, people, or events that happened in the human's life, but Gray had blank flashing views and Natsu wasn't able to know the reason. Was he hiding these things from Natsu?

'Can you hear me Gray?'

'Yes…. W-wait! I'm not talking?'

'yeah. It means that I was able to create a bond.'

'What do you want me to do?'

'I will need you to concentrate with me. I need you to allow me in.'

Both were closing their eyes, and Natsu had achieved a connection with Gray that will allow him to know Gray's magic.

Natsu saw a portal which leads to the fact he wanted to discover.

The boy headed forward and tried to enter, but couldn't because of a powerful barrier.

'Gray. Calm down and let me in.'

'I-I am… doing my best.'

Gray was already sweating from the pressure Natsu was applying on his soul and mind. It wasn't easy as he thought it'd be.

'Since you can't let me in easily, I will need to apply a little bit pressure myself to get in. are you ready?'

'Yes. Do it.'

Natsu gathered all his energy and tried to break the barrier only to be thrown away with an incredible force.

"NAH!"

Gray's eyes flew open to see Natsu thrown to the end of the room.

"Natsu! Are you alright?" Gray helped Natsu to get up.

"Yes. Idiot, I told you to let me in!"

"Hey! I did that… or that's what I think! You can't blame me…."

"…"

"Anyways…. It seems that we got no result after all."

"….No we have a result Gray."

The taller male looked doubtfully at Natsu who rubbed his head. "How can I explain this?... I think…. Your magic… isn't a friend of mine. It's a type of magic… that mine can't go along with."

"Huh…. What could that be?"

"I don't know."

Natsu was taking shower after the electricity came back, and all the guessing with Gray of what his magic might be.

Gray was a strange person to Natsu. No one has been empty or sad in Natsu's point of view in the way he believed Gray to be. Natsu has lost many things, but even though, he never felt or experienced what the other was feeling. His mind…. It has no pictures of any flashbacks. It was so sad and wistful and that pushed Natsu to think of what might caused Gray this problem.

"Hurry up! The meal is ready!"

"Give me a minute!"

Natsu yelled and closed the shower's tab.

He got out and wore his black shorts and red/white T-shirt. He was going to thank Gray again because he bought clothes for him. It seemed that Gray wasn't a total bastard to him after all.

Natsu looked for something that he can brush his hair with so he opened the mirror that was on top of the hand washing tab. And looked for a hair brush. Natsu was disappointed when he found none, and his eyes was attracted to a small picture that was turned upside down so he curiously took it and huffed away the dust it was carrying. When he looked closer, he saw Gray with a woman.

Said woman was ruffling his hair and it was the first time for Natsu to see Gray smiling with a blush on his face. He looked…. Very handsome. That is what Lucy was talking about the other day about Gray having good looks.

'No…. He's just a jerk!'

Natsu declared in his mind.

"Natsu! HURRY UP!"

Natsu almost dropped the picture from surprise, also his heart skipped a beat. He panted and returned the picture back to it's place.

Who that girl might be? Gray's….. girlfriend?

Natsu slapped himself for even caring about the bastard.

"What took you so long?"

"I was searching for a brush. Apparently you don't have any."

"I usually put it in my room."

"Yeah right."

"Stop being annoying and eat."

"I'm not the one who asked!"

"Whatever."

They were eating after Natsu got out.

"So Natsu. Tell me. What caused you such a mess in your life? Where did you come from?"

Natsu sighed. Eventually he had to tell Gray everything.

"I was raised in Okinawa, it's not far from here you know."

"Ah…"

"I can perform magic and my father too, but it's not just us."

"You mean there are other persons who can too?"

"Yes. There is a place…. A dimension to be exact where only magic users can enter and it is magnolia. A city of magicians. When you go there you'll see varieties of magic and mages. My dad… well, my spiritual dad isn't a human. He's a dragon."

"…"

"I know… it's too much for you to take in….. I… I… don't expect you to fully trust me."

"…. Go on."

Gray drunk water. Of course it was too much.

"There is an enemy for me there. The guy called Zeref. He wanted me to work for him, but my father refused so I did too. No one wanted to be a friend of mine or my father, and many betrayed us because of Zeref who…. Spread bad rumors about me and my dad."

"…."

"Zeref used a dragon named Acnologia to attack me and my father. I think he saw me as a threat… I can't really understand his twisted motives. My dad protected me and pushed me out of Magnolia to here…. And he died."

Gray just wanted to laugh as to how Natsu was taking a dragon 'if it existed' as his father, but stopped himself. The matter seemed sensitive to Natsu.

"I'm sorry…."

"I know that you are a bastard and that you want to laugh so hard, so you don't need to fake it."

Natsu was irritated, but Gray rolled on the floor trying to contain the laughter that Natsu unleashed, while the pink-haired was tearing up.

"You are a sadistic moron!"

Natsu threw the bowl of rice at Gray who was able to dodge at the final second. "Haha…. Sorry it's just too dramatic for me."

"Yeah right."

Natsu stabbed his food with chopsticks and continued. "That Zeref is chasing me here, that's why I asked you to keep my name secret."

"So you can't defeat him?"

"I don't think I can alone and it'll take time gathering friends. For now I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me. Igneel….. And anyone will stand in his way…. Will be gone."

Gray nodded and held a laughter once more. "Ahem…. I wish there was um…." He held a snicker, "-A way to help you… Natsu."

Natsu rolled his eyes. "I didn't think that you'll sympathize with me, but oh why I feel totally insulted right now? GOD please give me enough patience not to burn the moron."

Gray choked.

"H-Hey! No burning!"

Natsu smirked. This was going to be fun.

….Chapter Ends ….

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