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Time is the Path to Strength	By : Repiece Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail Views: 47111 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 12
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Chapter 4: Natsu Forms His Team

"Ahhhh! I've found a great place!" Lucy grinned and stretched as she laid in her bathtub in her new apartment. She was ecstatic that she was able to find a place for her to live after just joining Fairy Tail two days ago. She loved her new place. Sure there was hardly anything in it since she just moved in, but she was sure to fill up the apartment with furniture and other household items. "For only 70,000 Jewels, it has great spacious rooms and a lot of storage space. The pure white walls, scent of wood, an old fashioned fireplace..."

"Yo Lucy..."

"It even has a cooking stove, but most import...en...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE!" She shouted at both Natsu and Happy who ate snacks in her room. They grinned at her. She could feel herself blush at the sudden appearance of the dragon slayer and his feline friend. Not only that, but she only wore a towel! Just like when they first met, she kicked him, this time in his face. "WHY ARE YOU HERE!" She yelled as Natsu crashed into her wall.

"Natsu!" Happy screamed.

"Ite! What was that for!" Natsu yelled back, placing a hand on his cheek.

"I'm the one asking the questions here! Why are you here!" Lucy demanded an answer, placing her hand on her hips.

"I wanted to check out your new place." Natsu answered, hiding the real truth why he came.

"So you decide to just come in without my permission! That's a crime!" Lucy yelled.

"It's not if you know the person." Lucy gawked at him.

"It doesn't matter either way! It's still a crime even if the person knows you!" Lucy retaliated.

"Really!" Natsu was surprised by this.

"Don't be so surprised! It's common knowledge!"

"What's this?" Natsu asked picking up a stack of papers off her desk. He knew Lucy loved to write and would do anything to prevent him from reading. He saw her run toward him to grab the paper away from his hands and he playfully raised his arm so she couldn't reach it.

"Natsu! Give it back!" Lucy shouted him. Natsu only continued to playfully keep the papers out of her reach. He chuckled at how hard she was trying to grab the papers away from him. She stood on her toes, but not even that was enough. She gritted her teeth in anger and tried jumping to get it. She couldn't, but the jump caused the towel to unravel and drop to the floor. Lucy was oblivious to the fact that the towel she had on fell, but when she saw Natsu's surprised and shocked face, she looked down and her face turned completely red. She was completely naked right in front of the pink haired boy and she instinctively covered herself with her hands and kicked Natsu once again in the groin. "KYAAAAHHHHH!"

Natsu groaned in pain as he was hit in his groin for the second time by the blond haired Stellar Spirit Mage and if it was possible, it hurt more this time than the first. He dropped to his knees, grabbing his groin, causing the papers he held to rain all over the floor. Lucy quickly got down and grabbed the towel to cover herself before running toward the bathroom, leaving a pained Natsu by himself with his blue feline friend. "Natsu! Are you okay!" Happy asked his ailing friend, surprised at the interaction between the two.

Lucy's blush still hadn't disappeared from her face as she sat down on her bathroom floor, She couldn't believe what just happened. She was so focused on getting her novel back that she didn't realize what her movement could have done. She wrapped the towel around her nice and tightly, but apparently not so tight. She was so embarrassed that she kicked him in the groin again. She knew he was only playing around with her and was sure he had no ill intention. She stayed like that for a while before standing up and opening her door a bit to peak into her room. She frowned when she saw Natsu was still on the floor in pain and walked out of her bathroom. The towel was now wrapped nice and tightly around her and walked over to her drawers to get her clothes. She quickly ran back to the bathroom, not before taking one last look at Natsu, blushing a bit, and then closed the door.

Natsu groaned and didn't dare look up when he heard the door open. When he heard it close, though it was hard due to Happy's constant yapping, he raised his head and sat down on the floor. He let out another groan as the pain subsided. He looked at the floor and noticed all the papers that were scattered all over. He collected each one by one until he gathered them all and placed them on the table.

"Natsu! Are you okay?" Happy asked.

"More or less..." He chuckled as he sat down on a chair and at that moment, the door to the bathroom opened. Natsu turned his head and both he and Lucy made eye contact. They both quickly looked away, finding it hard to look at each other. Lucy still had a blush on her cheeks. She looked over to the table and saw her novel neatly stacked on it. She walked over to it and grabbed the papers. She went through them and wasn't surprised that they weren't in order.

"Gomenasai!" Lucy made a noise in surprise as she looked down to the floor to see Natsu on his knees and forehead touching the floor. Lucy couldn't help the giggles escape from her mouth.

"It's fine! It's not like you meant to do that." She told him. "Besides, I should be the one to apologize."

"Okay, apology accepted." Natsu exclaimed with a wide grin.

"So quick!" She shouted before sighing and sitting down on the table.

"So, when are you going home?" She asked, laying her head on the palm of her hand.

"What? Not for a while! I came to visit!" He told her with a toothy grin.

"Your so selfish!" She yelled back at him and he only chuckled. She sighed again. "Well, I'm sorry. I don't have any furniture or anything for you two to play or do anything with so there is no point in staying."

"What are you talking about? There is a bunch of stuff to do!" Happy told her, sharpening his nails.

"Don't do that!" Lucy yelled at him and he stopped, pouting. "What do you want besides just visiting me?"

"Nothing really..." He lied. Of course there was a reason for him to be at her place. This was the exact time he would create Team Natsu, along with Erza and Gray, but those two would get involved later. "Oh yeah..." He pounded his fist into the palm of his hand. "How about you show me all the key guys you got?"

"No way! I'll consume a lot of magic and they are not called key guys, they're called stellar spirits." Lucy corrected him.

"How many do you have?" Happy asked.

"6 units." Lucy exclaimed proudly. "See these..." Lucy took out her silver keys to show the two of them. "These silver keys are ones you can buy in stores, while these..." She took out gold keys this time. "...are gold keys that are extremely rare. They open the door of the Ecliptic Zodiac." Natsu still didn't quite understand much about Stellar Spirits, even though this was the second time she was explaining it to him, but it didn't really matter to him. He never judged anyone's magic no matter who it was. She then began mentioning the types of keys she collected and at the mention of crab, both Happy and Natsu got excited.

"CRABS!"

"CRABS!"

Lucy sweat dropped at them. "You get excited over such random things..." She sighed and looked back down at her keys. She then realized something. "Now that I think about it, I still haven't made a contract with Nicola, the Canis Minor that I brought back in Harujion." She then grinned at them. "I guess luck must be on your side today, I'm going to show you how a stellar mage makes a contract with a stellar spirit!"

"OOOHHH!" Natsu and Happy both shouted in excitement. 'Although I wouldn't call it luck if I got hit in the groin again...'

"Ah, wait a minute, you don't have to do a blood seal or anything like that?" Happy asked.

"No, we don't. Just watch." Lucy told him and pointed the silver key in her hand forward. She placed her free hand to her chest and started saying an enchantment. "I am the person who connects the road to the stellar spirit world. Thou...shalt respond to the calling and pass through the gate." Both Happy and Natsu watched in awe as the key started glowing. "Open the door to the Canis Minor, Nicola!" A gust of wind swept through the room and into the area where Lucy pointed her key and with a large poof, a small creature with a drill as his noise popped out. Happy had his jaw dropped to the floor, while Natsu grinned at the creature.

"Oh, it's Plue!" Natsu said out loud, gaining a curious look from Lucy.

"Huh? What are you talking about? Who's Plue?" Lucy asked and Natsu looked at her like she was crazy.

"What are you talking about? Don't you remember th-" Natsu immediately shut his mouth and placed both his hands over it as he realized what he was saying. 'Crap! This is the first time she ever summoned him so of course she wouldn't remember!' Natsu started to panic at the expression Lucy was giving him.

"Okay...what the hell is going on? First you say my name even though we never met before and now you were yelling at me telling me that I don't remember Nicola's name? Who are you?" Lucy demanded an answer and this time, he knew there was no way for him to get out of this situation.

It is best that you do no tell anyone that you know what will happen in the future. It would not only cause chaos, but there could be a possibility that the meeting between you and me will never happen and your friends will die just like they did today.

No, he couldn't let that happen. He had to find some sort of an excuse. The fact that Lucy was glaring at him with daggers wasn't helping his situation. Hell, he just had to wing it. "W-Well when I called you Lucy it was just a hunch because you kind of look like a Lucy and I called him Plue because...I saw him before with another mage and he called him Plue...yeah that's it..." He chuckled nervously.

"Huh? What are you talking about, Natsu? We ne-" Natsu slammed Happy down onto the table to shut him up as he laughed.

"Oh Happy, you're such a kidder..." He said while patting the poor feline on the head. 'Please let her believe me...'

His prayers were answered. "Whatever, let's just get on with this contract." She knelt down to Nicola's height and grabbed a pad and pen next to her. She was ready to speak to him when she noticed just how cute he was. He raised his hand to give her a wave and she just couldn't restrain herself. "Your so cute!" She squealed hugging the stellar spirit. Natsu smiled. "Now then, can I summon you on Mondays?" Nicola shook his head.

"Puuuun!"

"Okay, how about Tuesdays?"

"Puuuuun!" He nodded his head.

"Wednesdays?"

"Puuun!" Another nod.

"Thursdays too?"

"Puuuuun!" And another.

"Seems so plain and simple." Happy made a side comment as Natsu nodded his head in agreement as Lucy finished.

"There we go! The contract is now complete!" She smiled widely as Nicola jumped in the air.

"It's pretty easy." Natsu told her.

"It does seem simple, but it's also very important." Lucy told him. "It is very important for stellar spirit mages to keep the contract between them and the spirits. That's why I'll never break any of the promises I made."

"I see." Natsu understood the importance of keeping promises. He had one himself after all.

"Oh yeah! Now I have to name him." Lucy said. She then thought about it and Plue actually sounded like a good name for this stellar spirit.

"You know what, Plue does sound like a good name for him." Lucy told Natsu and he grinned. "Come here, Plue!"

"Puun!" The now named Plue ran over to her and she pulled him into a hug.

"Your just so cute!" Lucy nuzzled into him.

"It's weird..." Happy said.

"What is?" Natsu asked.

"He's a Canis Minor, but he doesn't go woof woof." Happy replied.

"So what? You don't go meow meow." Lucy retaliated. Plue then escaped from Lucy's hold and began moving like he was doing some sort of dance. "Huh? Plue what are you doing?" Lucy asked.

"Oh! I get it! Good idea, Plue!" Natsu suddenly exclaimed surprising Lucy as he got down to Plue's height.

"You can understand him!" Lucy shouted. Natsu then stood up and looked over at her with a grin. "W-What?"

"I've decided. Let's become a team, Lucy!" He told her and she looked back at him in slight confusion as Happy and Plue jumped in joy.

"Team?" She asked.

"That's a great idea, Natsu!" Happy exclaimed happily.

"Puuuuunnn!" Plue agreed.

"Yep, a team. All of us at Fairy Tail are nakama, but we usually team up so that harder requests can be easier." He explained to her. "So, what do you say?"

"Lucy couldn't help but grin at his request. "Mm." She nodded her head.

"Great!" He chuckled. "Not only that, but we already have our first mission together!" He told her taking out a request he hid behind him and gave it to her. Lucy was surprised that he already had a request and looked at the piece of paper.

"Hmmm, Shirotsume Town...that's not that far from here..." She then looked closely at the request and she was surprised by it. She thought her eyes were deceiving her so she blinked several times, but her eyes weren't. "Whoa! All we have to do is get a book back and we get 200,000 Jewels in return!"

"Right, isn't it an easy job!" He chuckled.

Lucy looked closely at the request and her eyes widened. It was a picture of a chubby man with a long mustache, but that wasn't the creepy part she was focused on. It was the words that were next to his picture.

Warning

This person is a womanizer, a pervert and a hentai!

Is now hiring a blond-haired maid!

Lucy gawked at this and began sweating nervously. She looked over at Natsu and Happy who were both grinning at each other. "Lucy is also blond so she would be perfect!" Natsu told Happy.

"Aye! She can sneak in for us!"

"You guys tricked me!" Lucy cried, stunned.

"Hahaha, don't worry! You don't have to do that!" Natsu told her as he and Happy chuckled. Lucy looked at them and let out a sigh of relief.

"So then what? This whole team thing was just so you could use me..." She asked a bit hurt.

"Of course not!" Natsu shouted a bit to fiercely as Lucy looked at him in shock. "Tch! Sorry, I just hate when the word 'use' is affiliated with any of my friends." He told her.

"I see..." Lucy muttered.

"Well, let's go now!" Natsu told her as he and Happy walked toward the door.

"Ah, wait a minute! I need to get ready." Lucy told him.

"Well then hurry up! We''ll be waiting outside." He told her and the two walked out of her apartment. Lucy sighed and placed her hands on her waist.

"Those two..."

"We're here!" Lucy exclaimed as she, Natsu and Happy hopped of the wagon they took and took a look at the town their mission was requested from. Natsu groaned behind her as the feeling of his motion sickness was slowly disappearing.

"I'm never getting on another wagon again." He groaned.

"That's what you always say." Happy told him.

"Anyway, let's go eat!" Natsu exclaimed, craving food.

"Why don't you just eat your own fire?" Lucy asked as the two of them walked through town.

"Huh? Do you eat Plue or the bull?" Natsu answered back with his own question.

"Of course not!" Lucy shouted, appalled.

"Then it's the same with my fire." He replied.

"Is it...huh..." Lucy sweat dropped.

They eventually found a place where Natsu could stuff his mouth with food as Lucy looked over the request paper, seeing if there was anything they were missing that would be important to the mission. She didn't find anything too suspicious so she put away the paper and waited for Natsu to finish. "Don't you want something?" He asked before chomping down on a piece of meat.

"No thanks. I'm not that hungry." She told him. "Who would be with the way you two eat?'

After they finished eating, they arrived in front of the mansion of the clients and Natsu knocked on the door. "Oi, anyone there!" He called out.

"Keep your voice down!" Someone behind the door yelled at Natsu, confusing all three of them.

"Who are you?"

"Ah! We're from Fairy Tail-"

"I said lower your voice!" The voice interrupted Natsu. "I'm sorry, but can you please enter through the back door, please?"

"W-What?" Lucy asked confused.

"Whatever..." Natsu muttered and started walking around the house to the back. The three of them reached the back door and we're invited in by the client, Kirby Melon and his wife.

"I'm dearly sorry for what happened earlier." Kirby apologized. "I'm the client. My name is Kirby melon and this here is my wife."

"Hahaha! Your name sounds yummy!" Natsu laughed.

"Melon!" Happy jumped in the air in joy.

"Oi, that's rude!" Lucy scolded them as Kirby only chuckled.

"Haha, it's quite alright. I get that a lot." He told her.

"I'm sorry for their personalities." Lucy apologized. 'Although, I could have sworn I heard his name and this town's name as well somewhere...but where...?' Lucy thought. She just couldn't place a finger on it.

"It's quite alright! I would have never guessed that mages from the renowned Fairy Tail would accept my request." Kirby told them.

"Really? I'm surprised that it was still available!" Natsu laughed.

"Aye!"

'It's because the request and reward didn't match so they were being cautious.' Lucy thought at Natsu's words.

"Mind I ask your names?" Kirby asked them.

"Ah, forgive us. My name is Lucy and this is Happy..." Happy raised a paw at his introduction. "...and that's Natsu."

"Yo!" He grinned, with a wave of his hand.

"Well it is nice to meet all of you. I must say you are all quite young." Kirby told them. "Now then, let's talk about the work."

"Alright!" Natsu grinned in anticipation.

"Aye!" Happy was the same. Lucy didn't respond, but gulped seeing as this was her first job as a Fairy Tail mage.

"I only ask you of one thing, to go and incinerate a book called 'Day Break' that the Duke of Evaroo owns. That is all." He explained the request.

"Huh? So you don't want us to steal it?" Lucy asked confused.

"Well, I am asking you to destroy something that is in possession of someone else's hand so it is kind of like stealing." Kirby told her.

"Why don't we just burn the whole mansion down?" Natsu laughed.

"Don't be an idiot! You'll go to jail for that!" Lucy screamed at his stupidity.

"I'm just kidding..." He continued to laugh as Lucy sighed.

"Mind if I ask...just what is that book?" Lucy asked. "I mean if your rewarding 200,000 Jewels it must be an important book."

"Actually...I am willing to pay 2 million for it..." At this, Lucy and Happy eyes widened in shock and their jaws dropped to the floor. Natsu however, wasn't surprised.

"T-T-TWO MILLION! W-Why that much?" Lucy asked.

"Oh my, it seems you haven't heard of the price increase." He deducted from their reactions.

"Oi, you don't have that kind of money do you?" Natsu suddenly asked as Lucy and Happy looked at Natsu like he was crazy. Kirby looked at the dragon slayer with wide eyes.

"W-What?" He muttered.

"Your smell and the smell of this house are two completely different smells. If I had to guess, you are borrowing this home from a friend of yours just too look big so that people can accept your request." Natsu explained. Kirby was shocked at the boy's deduction skills. He was completely right, but how could he tell that his scent was different from the mansion's.

"T-That's incredible..." Kirby muttered.

"Huh? He's right?" Kirby nodded his head. "No way..." Lucy looked at Natsu in shock.

"I guess this means you won't accept my request then..." Kirby frowned.

"Of course we'll still do it." Natsu grinned.

"Natsu..." Lucy looked at him in surprise and smiled.

"Sure we won't get paid, but it's a perfect time for us to develop our team work." Natsu gave Lucy a toothy grin and she nodded her head.

"T-Thank you so much..." Kirby thanked as he slightly shook. His wife walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. Natsu stood up.

"Well, let's go!" He told Happy and Lucy and they nodded their head.

"Mm!"

"Aye!"

"They're good people, aren't they honey?" Kirby's wife asked him as he smiled as the door closed.

"Mm. Yes they are."

"Why are we sneaking in this way?" Lucy asked as the three of them were now on the roof of the mansion.

"Because it's cool." He simply replied.

"Aye!" Happy agreed as Lucy sweat dropped at their answer. Natsu then placed his hand on the glass and right before their eyes, the glass started to melt.

"Nice one, Salamander!" Lucy grinned as Natsu unlocked the window and opened it. The three of them entered and were now in what looked like a storage room. "What is this place?"

"Who knows? Nastu answered.

"Hey Natsu look!" Natsu looked down at his friend and laughed at the mask he knew he would have on.

"Hahaha! It really suits you!"

"Oi, quit fooling around! We can get out of here through this door." She pointed to the only door in the room. Natsu nodded and looked over his shoulder at the small crustal like object with a dragon on top of it before looking back at the door. "Okay, Happy, check to see if the coast is clear."

"Aye!" He saluted and opened the door slightly. He peaked his head out to look at both sides of the hallway to make sure there were no enemies in sight. "The coast is clear!" He told them and they nodded.

"Let's go, but quietly." She told them, placing a finger to her lips. The three of them leaned against the wall and slowly moved across it. They stopped by each door and took a peak inside to see if there were any books inside, but each one they passed, there wasn't. Natsu yawned in boredom.

"Ne, Lucy? Do we have to check each room like this?" He asked, already knowing the answer.

"Of course! We don't want to be seen by anyone." She retorted back at him. "Just be quiet." She shushed him and they continued to move down the hallway in the same pattern.

"Ne, Natsu? Aren't we like ninjas?" Happy asked. Natsu grinned.

"Your right! Pretty cool!" He chuckled and wrapped his scarf around his head to hide his face. Lucy sweat dropped at them as she looked through a door.

"Nothing again." She scoffed in annoyance.

"Maybe it's downstairs." Natsu told her.

"Maybe, but let's just continue looking up here for now." Lucy told him as he sighed.

"I'm telling you it's downstairs so lets go." He told her, feeling slightly annoyed.

"Shh, you too loud." Lucy shushed him once more. Natsu groaned in response.

"Your pretty stupid." Natsu commented and Lucy felt a vein pop.

"I don't need you to tell me that!" She yelled at him and she couldn't believe she just screamed out loud like that. Natsu smirked as 5 of the ugliest maids you would see in a 100km radius came out of nowhere surprising Lucy and Happy.

"Finally! Some action!" Natsu slammed a fist into his other hand.

'He baited me into screaming!' Lucy thought in shock.

"Intruders! We must eliminate them!" The large maid told the others as they charged at the three.

"Yosh!" Natsu charged right back. His right leg ignited into a flame and he kicked all five of the maids, leaving them all unconscious after his attack. Natsu felt disappointed. "Is that all? So boring." He sighed and looked back at Happy and Lucy, who was in shock at easily he was able to defeat all five of them. "I told you it's downstairs so lets go." He told her and he started walking. Happy followed right behind him and Lucy stood up and just stared at him with wide eyes. "Oi, you coming or not?"

Lucy was snapped from her trance and ran toward them. "Wait up!"

The three of them got downstairs and to Lucy's surprise, the library in which she was searching for was indeed where Natsu lead her too. "H-How did you know it was here?"

"The smell of paper." He responded. "The smell of paper came from this room and when there is paper, there is books." Lucy was just amazed at how good his sense of smell was. She figured it was due to his dragon slaying magic, but it was still amazing.

She looked around at the library and saw many books. She was amazed at the collection, but she knew it would be difficult to find one single book out of all of these. "We've found it!"

"That was fast!" Lucy gawked at them in shock.

"Hahaha, guess I'm just lucky." He chuckled mentally as well as he already knew where the book was from the beginning.

"Aye!" Happy agreed.

"R-Right..." Lucy sweat dropped.

"Alright then, let's burn it!" Natsu smirked, igniting his hand.

"Wait a minute!" Lucy cried out and took the book from Natsu's hand. "T-This author is Kemu Zaleon!"

"Who?"

"He was a mage and a writer as well." Lucy added. Her face became filled with excitement. "I'm a big fan of his! I thought I read all of his books, but I can't believe there was one I never heard of before!"

"Whatever, let's burn it!" Natsu interrupted her as she looked at him in shock and pressed the book to her chest to protect it from him.

"What are you talking about! We can't just burn literature like this one!" Lucy retorted.

"But it's our job!" Natsu angrily yelled back.

"But I'm a big fan!" Lucy yelled back.

"I don't care." Natsu said back and then his ears twitched. "Fine then, read it here and now as fast as you can. We have company." Lucy blinked at him in confusion.

"I see...so that was what you were after, byoyoyoyo!" A voice was heard as someone popped out of the floor, spinning to a stop as the person was the Duke of Evaroo. He stroked his mustache and smirked at them. "I knew if I let you do whatever you want I'll be able to find out what you were after. I'm so smart."

"Oi, Lucy." Natsu called to her as she looked at him. "I'll give you until I kick their ass to read that book. I recommend you read fast." Lucy looked at him in awe and nodded her head. She sat down, opened the book and began reading.

"Byoyoyoyo! I believe you are underestimating me, you filthy mage of Fairy Tail. It's not like I came here unprepared." He grinned and snapped his fingers. Natsu turned his head to see two book shelves begin to move as a secret entrance opened and two figures stood. "Byoyoyoyoyo! Allow me to introduce to you, the Vanish Brothers!"

"It's finally time for our business." The figure on the right said.

"If we get paid without actually doing any work, Mama will get mad at us." The other figure spoke.

The two figures walked out of the secret entrance and revealed themselves to Natsu. "Good afternoon!" The bald headed brother greeted Natsu.

"These are the mages of Fairy Tail, they don't seem so strong." The other brother said. "Mama would be surprised too." He made a side comment.

"Natsu look!" Happy exclaimed. "Look at the cloth on their arms! They are from that mercenary guild called the Southern Wolves!"

"Hehe, like I care who they are with." He smirked, pounding his fist into his free hand. "Let's just hope these two do better than those maids."

"What a joke." The bald one said. "It seems he is underestimating us."

"Mama would be so angry at him! We need to show him some manners."

"Right let us g-" The bald one started, but was shocked when Natsu appeared right in front of him, giving him a wide toothy grin and grabbed both brother's heads and then slammed them together. The brother's bot spat out blood and saliva at the sudden attack and collapsed to the floor. The Duke of Evaroo's eyes widened and jaw dropped at how easily the two men he hired were defeated. Natsu looked down at them and grabbed their heads again and buried them into the floor so that they wouldn't interrupt him kicking the fat guy's ass.

"Now then, you're next!" Natsu smirked.

"W-Wait a minute...a-alright I get it, you can take the book and..." Natsu started to crack his knuckles while walking toward the Duke of Evaroo.

"Natsu! Behind you!" Happy shouted as the Vanish brothers appeared behind him. Natsu turned his head to look back at them and frowned.

"Take this you brat!" The bald one shouted as he swung a large frying pan at Natsu.

"Mama will get angry at us if we lose, so we can't lose!" The other swung a fist.

Natsu sighed. "Too slow..." He said and raised both his hands to block their attacks easily. The two brother's eyes popped out of their eye sockets at how easy he was able to block their attacks.

"Y-You got to be kidding me! What kind of mage are you!" The bald one asked.

"What kind?" Natsu spoke and then grinned. "I'm a mage of Fairy Tail!" He ignited both his arms and pulled the two of the toward each other. When they got close, he delivered two strong punches tot he side of their heads, sending them crashing into two book shelves. "Haha, I win." He smirked. "Now then..." He turned his head toward the where the Duke of Evaroo stood, but he was no longer there. "Crap! I let him get away!"

"Natsu..." Natsu turned around to look at Lucy.

"W-What is it?" He asked.

"This book...we can't burn it...we have to give it back to Kirby-san." She told him as she took off her Wind Reading Glasses. He blinked at her before smiling.

"Alright then." He told her.

She smiled at him. "Well then, let's go back. I mean we got the book so we don't have to stay here any longer." She told him.

"Not yet." He told her.

"Huh? Why not?" She asked confused.

"That guy...he had one of those keys..." He told her.

"Huh?" She looked at him before her face glowed with excitement. "R-Really!" Natsu laughed at her reaction.

"Yep!" He nodded. "Let's go then!"

"Mm."

"Damn those two idiots! I pay them good money and they lose so easily!" The Duke of Evaroo growled in anger as he started to pack his things to get out of his mansion for a while. The door to his room opened and his eyes widened in horror as he turned his head toward the door and saw Natsu, Happy and Lucy there. "W-Why are you here! I told you you could have the book!"

"Sorry, but we're here for something else!" Natsu smirked.

"Huh?" The Duke blinked at them confused.

"That key that you have..." Natsu pointed toward his pocket.

"Why would you want my Stellar key?" He asked.

"So you do have one!" Lucy exclaimed. "We'll be taking it from you now!"

"Why the hell would I give it to you criminals!" He yelled at them.

"Oh? Such a pity! I guess you would have to end up just like your two body guards back in your library." Lucy teased him as she placed a hand on Natsu's shoulder. Natsu smirked as he ignited one of his hands in flame.

"Waaaaahhhhhh!" He screamed in horror as tears ran down his eyes. He went to grab his Stellar Key and tossed it to them. "Here just take it! Leave me alone!" He got into a fetal position as Lucy picked up the key and smiled.

"Arigatou!" She thanked him with a wink and the three left, leaving a crying Duke in his room.

"Oi, Melon guy! We're back!" Natsu yelled as he opened the door. Kirby looked toward the door and stood up,

"Did you...?" He asked, hoping they did.

"Well not exactly..." Lucy muttered as she showed him the book and his eyes widened.

"W-Why? I told you to burn it!" He yelled at them.

"I know that, but you have to listen to me! This book..." Lucy tried to explain. Kirby however, didn't care for her explanation and grabbed the book and reached into his pocket for a lighter. "Wait a minute!"

"You should listen to her Melon." Natsu told him as he crossed his arms. You should at least listen to what others have to say before you make a decision." He told him as Lucy sweat dropped.

'Says the guy who does anything he wants...' Lucy looked back at the man and gave him pleading eyes. "Please, Kirby-san...that book...that book was written by your father...right?" Kirby hesitated a bit before nodding.

"Yes, yes it was. My father...he was forced to write books for that man and because of it, he decided to give up on writing and it eventually lead him to his death. That is why, I have to get rid of this book." He told her, lighting his lighter again and pointing it toward the book. The book suddenly shined a bright light and the words on the cover began rearranging themselves from 'Day Break' to 'Dear Kaby'. "W-What is this?"

"Your father...cast a spell on that book. He did it so that the real contents of the book wouldn't be seen by anyone else but you. Everything in that book were letters written to you by your father." Lucy told him as the book opened and the letters all began floating around them. Natsu and Happy were amazed by this as they playfully tried to touch the letters. "The real reason why your father quit being a writer was not because he wrote the worst book, but because he also wrote the best book. This book was everything your father wanted to tell you..." The letters all returned to the book and Kirby opened it, to see that the text was indeed different. "You were always on my mind...That is what your father truly wanted to leave behind." Lucy smiled and Natsu grinned at the tears Kirby was releasing.

"Dad...I never really understood him..." Kirby cried.

Lucy smiled. "Of course! If you understand how a writer's mind works, you'll lose the pleasure in reading a book!"

Natsu and Happy chuckled as Kirby hugged the book closer to his chest. "T-Thank you...I won't burn this book after all..."

"Alright then, now that's all settled we should head back to Fairy Tail!" Natsu grinned.

"Aye!" Happy agreed.

"Huh? What about the re-" Lucy was about to ask when she remembered that Kirby was only borrowing his friend's mansion. She frowned disappointingly before nodding her head. "Alright! Let's head back!" Natsu nodded and the three waved goodbye to Kirby and his wife.

"I think we should have told them we did have two million Jewels to give to them." Kirby's wife said.

"Haha, something tells me even if we did they wouldn't accept it." Kirby laughed.

"Yeah, your probably right."

To Be Continued...
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