OK HERE WE GO AGAIN. I have indeed noticed comments from some of my stories seeming rushed, and I know EXACTLY what you're talking about, and it's mainly because some catastrophe happens, interrupting my work, causing me to forget my plans, and quickly escape _

So I am UBER DETERMINED to keep this going for AT LEAST 10 chapters. And it would also help greatly if you gave your thoughts, and opinions on what should happen and I'm inspired greatly by your support! Thanks all :D

Natsu pushed through the crowd of people, relieved to hear the final bell go off. Now he knew everyone hated school, he certainly wasn't the only one, but it didn't help when everyone made fun of him "behind his back". Or they thought they were, but he heard every word. That he was secretly a thug, and that he'd end up dropping out by next month, hell, people were even taking bets.

He hated the whole school system, because they only taught how THEY thought everyone learned. Well sadly enough, he didn't register words and numbers on a board, and no matter how many times he re-read, re-listened, and even STUDIED (he did that once, yes) he just could never best the tortures known as Math, History, English, etc etc.

But he WAS good with his hands. He was good with Auto Shop, Art, Sports, and he did decent in Chemistry as long as his partner handled the real thinking. Heck, he could even play guitar pretty well also, but no school, or their students, cared about that. In the end his final grade was always horrible. It would be better if he had a friend here that would reassure him, but he had none.

Natsu was what was known as "The Outcast", or "Third Wheel". No one appreciated his presence, so he figured he didn't care to try anymore. Words were useless to him by this point, and he really only liked communicating with his fists, which is why he was always spotted disappearing into dark alleys when classes ended.

No, he was NOT a thug or gang member... But he did visit Fairy Tail, where his good friends were.

Fairy Tail was nothing short of a fight club. It was messy, unsophisticated, filled with drunken adults, and had a ring surrounded with wooden panel barriers, where people would, well, fight. And it came as a shock to everyone that this 17 year old, amongst this group of 18-25 year olds, was probably one of the best fighters there.

Natsu had actually found the place when he had bumped into Gray Fullbuster, in an alley and got into a "punch out" match with him. Gray eventually decided to take him to Fairy Tail, just to see how far he could make it, and Natsu ended up wiping out over half the club in 30 minutes to an hour.

So yeah, call him a thug, a delinquent, he couldn't care less. As long as he had a good excuse to punch someone in the face, he was fine with being called anything.

"S-So you'll call me?~"

"Nah, sorry"

With that, the guy across from her stood and walked off.

Lucy swore, the only time a guy ever called her back was when he was actually a telemarketer, trying to sell her towels or something.

It was no secret that Lucy Heartfilia had HORRIBLE luck with guys, she went on a 300 dates in a year, and all of them never stuck around, stood her up, mysteriously disappeared, and whatever the hell else had happened, she really lost count.

She was always made fun of for never being able to get a boyfriend from the girls in school, but she was started to not see the point anymore. Guys all seemed like jerks to her, so why should she care? All she cared about was becoming just like her late mother, Layla Heartfilia. A beautiful woman and dancer, who was the most graceful lady alive. Lucy still had a long way to go if she wanted to catch up to her mom, and her mentor, Aquarious, made a point in telling her every day she came in to practice.

Lucy still trained as hard as physically possible each day, to hopefully be as amazing as her mama one day. With a goal like this, how could she even be thinking about boys?

Well, now she had a reason to. For her dance instructor had decided their end-of-term exam would be, teaching someone to dance, then preforming that dance in front of the whole school. And this was no exam Lucy could afford to fail! it made up 70% of her final grade!

So with a new passion, she made sure she was the first out of the school, dead set on finding the perfect partner. He needed coordination, good reflexes, able to make any bad situation good, and hopefully drop-dead-gorgeous too. But with all these fantasies there was probably no way in hell she was gonna get a partner anytime soon. She knew this, but chose to ignore it for now, and focus on guy-hunting, once again

Natsu hummed pleasantly to himself, hands shoved in the pockets of his black jacket, as he made his way swiftly down the alley, headed home for the night after another tiring, yet very satisfying, day of beating the shit out of people for the fun of it with no negative repercussions. Honestly, the best feeling ever in the world.

His speed quickened into a sprint as he leapt onto a brick wall, which was his shortcut home, only to find the usually quiet alley filled with a gang of guys. Smoking, getting high, getting drunk, you name it. He hated it when those morons did this. He mentally claimed this as his alley, so he felt they didn't have the right, but whatever.

He was about to ignore them, until they all suddenly turned to see someone walking down the narrow pathway. A girl. He had to admit she was pretty, and probably would've tried flirting if his mind worked like a normal teenagers, which everyone knew it didn't.

He decided to maker his appearance as the guys made a grab for the blondie, and he smirked as he stood upright, hoping he looked as badass as he felt right now. "Hey. What are you doing?" He said in a steely low tone, his sharp eyes seeing their slight shiver, and his sharp ears hearing the faint 'gasp' from the cute girl behind him.

'Heh. So far so good~' He inwardly congratulated himself

"W-Who're you?!" The leader of the posse finally spoke up, the loyal dogs behind him muttering in agreement

"The guy who's got a one-way ticket to the emergency room for ya if you assholes take another step closer." Came Natsu's swift response

"Wh-Why you-"

"That's a step." The poor sucker didn't even notice his movement, but instantly regretting it as the pink-haired demon incarnate charged at them.

The guy made an effort to punch the oncoming disaster, but Natsu was already gone, feet planted firmly against the alley wall, before using it as a springboard to plant a hard kick in the gang members jaw, knocking half his teeth out in the process. This signaled the attack of the 5 other guys, but Natsu was nothing if not agile. (Ok, maybe a powerhouse fits the bill) but no matter what came at him, he was able to keep up with all 5 enemies without breaking a sweat. Mind reading his opponents moves as he feet quickly guided him to safety.

His fighting style always had a smooth motion to it, yet it was rough at the same time, but the fluidness of his fighting really had shown in his dodging, but it all impressed the young girl who was watching, entranced by his every move. And despite his odd hair color, and rough posture, and possible attitude problem... He could definitely help her.

When the last guy fall unconscious, Natsu turned on his heel to finally get a good look at his prize. She had medium length blonde hair, big, curious brown eyes, perfect hourglass figure, and he could tell from how toned her body was, she was no stranger to exorcise either. So far, her looks DEFINITELY had him interested.

"I don't think I got your name" He finally spoke, chest heaving from that little dance session he just had

"I don't think I offered to tell" Her curt response came

Natsu's dark, almost reptilian, eyes, widened immensely at this. He was beyond shocked, admittedly. A smile tugged the corner of his lips, before he laughed lightly

"I'm Natsu Dragneel~"

"Lucy Heartfilia... Hey, think I could get your number?"

He had to be an idiot not to hear the slightly sinister undertones in her voice, but hey, cute girl, who cared? He easily handed her the piece of paper with his cell scrawled out on it, before they had a brief goodbye and parted ways.

It was now he took the chance to analyze what just happened. What the hell was he getting himself into?

Lucy laid in her bed, holding the paper above her, before a small smile appeared on her face "I wonder how if I could get him into being my dance partner?~" She hummed happily to herself.

'I just gotta lure him in, and make him want to do anything for me~~'

...

'crap I forgot I had bad luck with guys...'