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Onto chapter 3! Mush Happy~!

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"Natsu?" The voice of Natsu's father, Igneel, snapped him out of his thoughts.

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"I'm going to visit your mother today, would you like to come?" Igneels voice was very soft now, and they both knew why, this topic was always delicate with the two.

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"I think I'll go later, but not right now."

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"Okay, bye Natsu, love you."

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"I love you too, dad."

Drip.

Then Natsu zoned out again, thinking about the past week. It was crazy, from kissing Gray to Lucy and Erza. 'Ugh, my head hurts just thinking about it'

-Flashback-

"Then he just kissed me..."

"My little Natsu's growing up!"

"What?"

"Natsu don't you get it? Your in love with this guy!"

"What?!"

"Natsu, Lucy is correct. That's the fuzzy feeling you get when you see him. I swear, if he forces you to do anything you don't like, I'll kill him!"

"Th-thank you Erza but I think I'll be fine, anyway I probably won't meet him again..."

"Why not Natsu?" 'Shit! I didn't tell them that he is a dark born.'

"W-well he isn't one of us..."

"Natsu?" They are both concerned for me, I guess I can trust them.

"He is a shadow, but he is good!"

"I don't know Natsu, I mean remember your-"

"I know Lucy but he is different, he saved me!"

"Saved you? Natsu please do explain" Erza said. So I explain the whole Gajeel thing but I didn't tell them about how he kissed me.

"That's so romantic~!" Lucy had stars in her eyes now and Erza looked like she was about to kill me.

"You let a stranger into your house?! Alone?!" Pow! Then I woke up to find myself on the floor with Erza standing over me, her hand raised.

"Erza don't kill Natsu! He just started growing up!"

"Natsu, when shall you introduce us to this 'Gray'?" Erza asked, acting calm, like she didn't just hit me a moment ago.

"Eh?! I barely know him, and I don't know if I'm ever going to meet him again."

"Natsu! You can't fall in love and do nothing! Go get your man!"

"What the-. Lucy, I don't know where to 'go' if anything.." Erza's eyes now had stars in them as we'll.

"Then we shall find him," she grabbed me and hugged me, harshly. "Natsu we will find your love for you!"

"It'll be just like a fairy tale!" I finally gave up on them and sneaked out when I saw an opportunity.

-End Flashback-

"Hey, Happy," Happy woke up from his nap and looked at Natsu.

"Aye?"

"Watch the house, I'm going out for a little."

"Aye sir! Be safe Natsu!"

"Aye, aye, Happy," with that he closed the door. 'Hmm, I guess I should head to the flower shop, I know how much mom loves her white roses.' Natsu mused. He remembered how his mom loved simple things that had a twist. Instead of 'plain red' roses she loved white ones. Instead of baking her cakes, she loved to set them on fire, purposely, so they had 'a nice crunch'. Instead of snowmen she always made snow dragons that 'protected the house'. Instead of buying her son a regular pet, she bought him a blue talking cat that could fly, which they named Happy.

"Ohayo, Wendy," he said as he entered the flower shop, seeing his friend Wendy at the counter.

"Ohyao, Natsu-san! How are you?" The dark blue-haired girl asked.

"I'm fine, how are you Wendy?" He asked looking around for the white roses.

"Great, thank you for asking~! Oh, Natsu-san, are you looking for white roses?" The pinkette rubbed the back of his head.

"Yeah, but I don't see any..."

"Oh! Grandeeney asked me to save some in the back for you! I'll go get them~!" Natsu nodded and watched the girl go into the back room. The flour shop was pretty big, but it was so full of different kinds of flowers, it had little room to move. It overwhelmed Natsu every time he went came into the corner shop, but it was also very pretty. Natsu liked flowers, they were pretty and they smelt nice, so who wouldn't like them?

"Here you are Natsu-san, your flowers. I apologize for the wait." Natsu smiled at the girl, she was always so kind.

"Thank you Wendy, here is a few jewels."

"Ummm, Natsu-san, this is too much, here."

"Nah, keep it Wendy, that's for holding the flowers for me, have a nice day Wendy."

"You too, Natsu-san!"

With the white roses in hand Natsu left the store, and headed towards the little dirt road. The one that went passed the old shops, the deserted playground and eventually lead to the church. He counted the flower patches, like he always did. 'One, two, three, four, right' He turned right at the fourth flower patch and went down the little paved road. The walked for a few minutes down the little road that was surrounded by overgrown trees and bushes. He finally came to the black iron gate that we was looking for, inside we're stone tombs and a few huge trees.

Natsu entered the graveyard with a loud, rusted creek and headed directly towards one grave. The stone graves were in rows, on the left side they were in rows of 8 while on the right side they were in rows of 6. It was the strange way the sidewalk cut the grave yard in half, or more like tried to but did it at an angle since the entrance was more towards the right. The left side of the grave yard was covered in shadows from the large trees above, while on the right side the grave yard was lit up by the sun. Since the clouds were clearing from yesterday it, with a few stragglers in mind, most of the right side was covered in light from the sun.

He finally reached the 7th row of graves and counted, two graves down. He stood in front of a dark marble grave, and placed his roses down, respectfully. Natsu went down on his knees in front of the grave, took a deep breath then looked at it again.

"Hi mom, I got you your favorite flowers. I know last week I brought you lillys but their only your third favorite so I had to get you something nice this time." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, knowing well that crying solves nothing.

"So mom, last week a met a dark born, but don't worry! He is actually really nice and he saved me from another shadow who tired to attack me. It really was a crazy day, and don't tell anyone but he also kissed me." Natsu smiled remembering the thought and touching his lips.

"I felt funny every time I saw him and Lucy said that's it love. I don't know what to do mom, I mean he is darkness and I am light, shouldn't we hate each other? I'm so confused mom, do you think you could give me a sign to tell me what to do or something? I mean would you even approve that I might like someone from the darkness? I don't want you to be angry with me or anything." The slight breeze started to pick up and Natsu covered his eyes. When he opened them he looked up in the sky to see a cloud... shaped like a heart. 'Holy crap!' Is all he thought.

"Is that's your sign mom? So it's okay, I'm not betraying you this way?" The wind started again but this time not as harsh, it caused a few leaves to fall from the tree in front of him and one few directly onto his nose. The place where is mom used to always kiss him, right in the middle of his nose. A few tears fell from Natsu's eyes and he smiled.

"I guess that's a yes, I love you mom, thank you. See you next week, ne? And this time I'll bring a bunch of white roses, maybe even a few lillys. I hope your okay, up there in heaven, and don't forget about me."

Natsu wiped his eyes and turned to leave only to see a huddled figure in the shadows. Natsu thought he looked familiar and walked over to the figure, which made them turn around.

"Gray?"

Drop.

Tehe~! Me and my dad actually made dragons in the snow when we visited snow places. Snowmen were evil monsters and the dragons were the 'protectors of the castle'. :D I was a silly child!

Tali: Woot! Two chapters in one day! I'm on a roll. I'm evil, I left it on a cliff hanger, sorry guys~! Don't hate me! I'll post the next chapter as soon as I write it! :D

Happy: Aye!

Tali: Happy?! Your alive! *hugs to death*

Happy: Aye! Now let me go!

Tali: TT^TT Why must I be alone... Review for me please? Oh Carla~!

Happy: I'm sorry! 3':

Carla: Its too late he-cat, you hurt her feelings!

Tali: *snickers*