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They messed up again.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Natsu stood at front, hand clenched around his mic. "Just listen to me!"

Gray, and Wendy stood awkwardly. "Lucy and Erza's gone because she went to this annual writing thing, and now we're back on square one!" he yelled, pointing an accusing finger to the trio. "We need to be able to play perfectly for the performance at Edolas Anima!"

Gray tch'ed. "It's not helping that you're just yelling at us that we suck, Natsu." There was a vein ticking in Natsu's forehead. "So what!"

Wendy stepped in front, placing a small hand on Natsu's shoulder. "Gray's right, Natsu. You have to calm down." Natsu took a deep breath.

He raised his flaming red guitar. "One, two, three!" he shouted, then hit the reverb button on his guitar as he swept a hand up and down its coiling strings. Wendy had the tune set to bass flute as she played a string of chords that fell on top of one another as Gray slammed a hand down to his drumset.

Then one of Gray's drumsticks went flying to hit Natsu's head.

Natsu leapt up, guitar crashing to the floor. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?" he roared. Gray gave him the stink-eye. "Nothing. You on your period?"

Wendy winced as Natsu reddened slightly and bellowed, "I'M A BOY, IDIOT!" Gray glared straight back into Natsu's eyes. "Yeah, you are. And I'm a man, whereas you're the idiot."

Natsu marched up to Gray and slammed his hand so hard on his drumset, it shook. "Listen up, Icy Pants."

And a second later, Gray's shirt was on the floor.

"PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!"

The next day, at Natsu's house, they were taking a break from practicing as Natsu started to pour out steaming hot water from the pan, when…

"AAARGH!"

Gray held up his hand, blistered and burned from the water spill. "WHAT'S YOUR DEAL?" he bellowed. Natsu roared right back. "MY DEAL IS THAT YOU WEREN'T WATCHING CAREFULLY!"

Wendy rushed up to Gray, bandages in hand. "Just stay still," she cautioned, gently rubbing healing paste on the swells. Gray winced as she wrapped the bandages around his fingers. "It's not even a serious burn," mumbled Natsu. Wendy gave Natsu a mild glare as she finished wrapping Gray's fingers. "Natsu, this is a really serious burn! Apologize!"

Wendy didn't get angry often, but when she did, you had to do what she said. "Sorry," grumbled Natsu.

Gray leaned against the wall, barely moving his fingers. "I can't play drums," he grunted. Wendy put her hands on her mouth. "Oh no!"

Natsu yelped. "How are we supposed to get another drummer in time?"

Gray growled. "This is all your fault, Pyro!" Natsu glowered. "It's not my fault you're clumsy, Mr. I-Never-Do-Anything-Wrong!"

Wendy yelled, "Stop arguing!"

And then it spiraled all over again.

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At band practice, Natsu slammed his head on his guitar, Wendy right next to him. "How are we able to play with a two-man band?" he moaned.

Wendy frowned. "Well, I asked Mira if there's any replacements, and she did mention this one guy that's coming over today…" Natsu groaned into his hands, "As long as he's a drummer, we're good."

"Oi."

A rugged voice cut through the moody air of the stage, belonging to a burly guy with iron piercings all over.

Natsu tensed. This guy looked like trouble.

He strode up to the two. "You two the guys who need my help?" he grunted. Natsu glared at him. "Yeah. You a drummer?"

He bellowed out a laugh. "I can play a lot of things. Rock guitar, key, drums, viola…" "Viola?" echoed Natsu.

The guy squinted. "Do I know you from somewhere, Salamander?" Natsu tch'ed. "Probably. You go to Magnolia High?" He scratched his head. "Nah, I'm gonna transfer there next year."

Natsu fought to keep a straight face. "Then how'd you know my nickname was Salamander?"

The guy snorted. "'Cause you look like one."

Silence awaited the three.

Then Natsu roared, "WHAAAT?"

The dude shrugged. "Take it or leave it. I'm a heartbeat away from walking out this door."

Wendy stepped in front of the two. "Wait, we do need you. Can you play the drums for us? Please?" she pleaded.

The guy smirked. "Since you need my help so much, I'll cooperate. Name's Gajeel."

Natsu lowered his eyes, trying to keep control. "Fair enough. Natsu Dragneel." Gajeel snorted. "Even your last name makes you sound like a salamander."

Wendy smiled. "My name is Wendy, it's nice to meet you!"

Gajeel unzipped his backpack. "For starters, I have music." Natsu frowned. "Nah, we already got music good enough."

Wendy took a look at the sheet music, comparing the two. Then her eyes brightened.

She snapped her fingers. "Let's combine the two!"

Natsu and Gajeel blinked.

"Combine?"

Wendy muttered to herself as she crossed out notes and transferred them to another sheet of paper, mixing the two sheets of note music.

Natsu warily studied Gajeel. "What kind of music do you like?" he found himself asking. Gajeel looked up. "Punk and jazz." Natsu snorted. "Seriously?"

Wendy finished. "Done!" she said happily, then handed the sheets of paper to Natsu and Gajeel.

Gajeel squinted. "Why's it so cheerful…" Natsu pumped a hand in the air. "I'm all fired up now!"

Then he glanced at the clock and startled.

"CRAP! WE GOTTA GO NOW!" he screamed. Wendy and Gajeel looked at him, confused.

He pointed a shaking finger to the clock. "WE'RE ON AT THREE!" The clock read 2:30.

Slowly realizing it…

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, LET'S GO!" roared Gajeel as he grabbed Natsu and Wendy, other hand clenched on Wendy's foldable keyboard and Natsu's flaming red guitar.

Then he threw them into his truck and started to drive fast to the Edolas Anima Hospital.

Nervous, Natsu took the spotlight.

The crowd was filled with people in wheelchairs, doctors, and a dude that looked like the hospital mascot, a metal-clad dragon.

Natsu didn't like this place- Lisanna was here.

Lisanna.

He shook his head, trying not to let the memories consume him as the crowd patiently waited for their music.

A Side Note: This one is Three Dragon Slayers.

Behind him, Gajeel clicked his metal-coated drumsticks, one two three times.

He slammed his sticks down on the drums so hard they almost snapped in half. Next to him, Wendy's little fingers danced as she hit key after key, a booming sound ricocheting across the floor.

But Natsu was probably the most impressive.

His guitar vibrated the floor as he ran a hand down the strings of his famous red guitar, the music sounding as if it was made of flames themselves.

Wendy slammed her petite hand on her keyboard as the other tuned the sound, sometimes viola, violin, and bass flute. Gajeel backed it all up with a steady beat and a rugged feel, and Natsu plucked string after string, each note vibrating and rocking the entire stage and crowd to the beat. Hollering, the crowd stomped their feet and clapped their hands to the amazing and yet rugged beat.

Natsu was grinning the whole time. We didn't even practice, he thought. But we still rocked it.

In the crowd shone Lucy, Erza, and Gray's blinding smiles, Gray's hand wrapped in a cast. Natsu shouted, "You guys back?"

Lucy shouted something back, but it was indistinguishable with the amount of noise in the entire hospital itself.

Natsu could almost let go of the past then, him whipping a hand back and forth on his rocking red guitar with his buddies.

But somewhere, inside of Edolas Anima Hospital…

A loud beeping sound echoed through a hollow room. A hand twitched.

And a pair of blue eyes opened.

AHH THE SUSPENSEEE

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