A/N: Hi guys! ^.^
I hope you're all having a great day so far. If not then I hope this chapter fixes that :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail
(3rd Person Pov)
"Alright Happy keep your eyes peeled, we need to find the perfect blade for Lucy", Natsu said to his furry companion as they browsed the crowded streets of Fiore.
"Aye sir!", Happy responded with cheer as they both looked at the bright stores around them.
It seemed to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Maybe because the school's tournament was coming up. Which only seem to make Natsu more on edge.
"So what kind of blade are we looking for Lucy?", Happy asked as he flew in front of the stores window.
"Hmm….actually I'm not sure", Natsu said softly as he scratched his chin.
"Then how are we going to know if it's 'perfect' or not?"
"We'll just know once we find it", Natsu replied nonchalantly as he shrugged both of his arms over the back of his neck, as he looked at the busy street in front of him.
'At least I hope we can find one'
"Wait, but Natsu last time I checked we didn't have any money in our bank account", Happy replied with a hint of concern in his voice.
"Ah don't worry about it, I'll find a way"
"I don't think the shop owners are going to give you a blade for free", Happy said as he sweatdropped.
"Then if that's the case, I guess we'll have to compromise-"
"Oi! Flamehead!", a voice shouted at Natsu from the busy crowd completely interrupting him.
A vein popped out of Natsu's forehead as he faced the busy crowd, "Who the hell said that?!"
"..."
Everyone just sent Natsu a worried and confused look.
"I'll ask again! Who said that?!"
"I did Hotsauce!", a hand popped out of the crowd.
"Oi! Who you callin Hotsauce?!", Natsu yelled out at the raven haired boy who had his hand raised.
"You! You idiot", he replied as he smirked.
"Alright! That's the last straw! Hold him down Happy!", Natsu ordered as he rolled up his sleeve, and started marching over to the boy.
"Natsu!", Happy called out as he held Natsu back, "Don't start a fight in public!"
"Well he's askin for it!"
"No...you're wrong", the raven haired boy responded calmly, making Natsu stop his tantrum, "I just wanted to ask you a question, since you look like a fellow student"
"Fellow student?"
"Yeah, you go to Fiore Academy right?"
"Yeah….but what does that have to do with anything?", Natsu asked as he cocked an eyebrow.
"Well if you're a magical assassin then that means you know blades, and I need help with this purchase"
"..."
"Would you buy this blade for 1,000,000 coins?", Gray asked as he raised a beautiful golden blade up to Natsu's face. It looked so elegant and fancy, almost as if it belonged to a king or a queen.
"Hell yeah! Who wouldn't it looks so cool!", Natsu exclaimed as he drooled over the sword.
"I'm glad that you agree with me, if only my partner thought that way. She became so angry with me when she found out that I spent that amount on this sword"
"Why? It looks like it's worth the money", Happy said joining on the conversation.
"I don't know, I guess she thought it was a gigantic waste of money", the boy replied as he smiled softly at the blade in his hands.
"Well if your partner doesn't like it, I guess I could take it off your hands", Natsu said in a joking manner.
"Oh, really now~ Are you sure it has nothing to do with you wanting the blade?", the boy teased.
Natsu let out a long sigh, "Well to be honest, I really do want that blade"
"You do?"
"Yeah….it's perfect", Natsu replied softly, as he continued to stare at the shiny beautiful blade in front of him.
"C'mon Natsu I doubt he's going to give you a blade that costs a million coins for free", Happy said trying to pull Natsu back into reality.
"Actually...", the boy responded making Natsu and Happy perk up, "I might just give it to you"
"Really?!", Natsu exclaimed with joy.
"Yeah, but on one condition", the boy replied with a smirk.
"What?"
"You have to beat me in a duel"
"Say no more! I'll have you on the ground begging for mercy in under thirty seconds", Natsu said in a cocky tone, only making the boy's smirk grow wider.
"Nah…..I think it's going to be the other way around Flamehead"
"Tsk! I'll show you!", Natsu jumped into his battle stance as he pulled out his shiny orange blade.
"Not here you idiot!", the boy shouted making Natsu remember that they were in the middle of a crowded street.
"Oh...yeah I forgot", Natsu replied as he scratched the back of his neck, "Where are we going to fight then?"
"Isn't it obvious", the boy said as he started walking away from the crowd of people, "The training grounds"
…
"So is there any specific rules to this duel? Or are we free to do whatever we want?", Natsu asked as they stood pretty far away from each other.
The small gentle breeze ruffled their hair as they looked at each with determination.
"Nope, no rules. I want you to go all out", the raven haired boy replied as he started to slowly take off his clothes.
"Woah! What the hell are you doing?!", Natsu shouted at the stripping boy making his perk up over to Natsu.
"Uh...taking off my clothes", the boy said casually as he sent Natsu a dumbfounded expression.
"Yeah I can see that! But why the hell are you doing it?!"
"Because I fight better without my clothes", the boy said as he tossed his white coat, and blue pants aside. Leaving him only with black boxers on.
"..."
"So are we going to start this or what?", the boy asked making Natsu snap out of his confusion.
"You bet! I still have to pay you back for calling me Hotsauce Stripper!", Natsu said as he pulled out his orange blade.
"Oi! Don't call me a stripper! It's not like I enjoy doing this! I just have to!", the boy retaliated as he summoned a large blue sword in front of him. It looked as if it had been sculpted out of cold ice.
"Whenever you're ready", the boy said as he pointed the sword at Natsu.
Which earned a smirk from Natsu.
"Bullet Blade"
Just saying those two words made Natsu instantly teleport in front of the raven haired boy. Natsu was hoping to see a shocked expression on his face, but he looked rather calm.
"Was that supposed to scare me?", the boy said softly as he grabbed Natsu by the leg and tossed him away from him.
"Because if it was….then I'm highly disappointed"
Natsu rolled roughly on the ground as he broke his fall.
'Tsk! Why wasn't he surprised?"
"I'll have to admit something though", the boy started making Natsu look at him, "I flinched a little bit"
"Oi! Don't underestimate me!", Natsu charged at him while swinging his blade all over the place, but the boy just evaded all of Natsu's attacks with ease.
"This is getting pretty boring Flamehead, when are you going to land a hit on me?", the boy said intimidating Natsu.
"Shut up!", Natsu landed a fierce kick on the boy's ribs, sending him flying across the grass, and onto the rough ground.
"How was that Stripper?", Natsu asked proudly as he walked over to the boy coughing up blood.
"Hehe, not bad, but….Titania hits harder", he mumbled with a smile on his face.
"Titania?"
The boy pushed himself up and punched the distracted Natsu in the face.
"Oi, mind telling me your name?", the boy asked the shocked Natsu.
"Why do you want to know?", Natsu replied harshly.
"Fine, I guess I'll just keep calling you Hotsauce, since you don't want to give me your name"
"Tsk!"
"So what's it going to be Hotsauce?"
"..."
"Fine! My name's Natsu….Natsu Dragneel"
The boy smiled, "Nice to meet you Natsu, my name's Gray….Gray Fullbuster"
"Fullbuster? That name sounds familiar", Natsu said softly.
"Well I guess I am pretty popular since I'm a very young S-Rank assassin"
"S-Rank?"
"Yeah, but I'm not the only one who's popular around here", Gray said as he smirked at Natsu, "You're pretty popular too"
"..."
"I heard that you're going to fight the S-Rank assassins during the tournament. Is that true?"
"Hell yeah! I'm going to take everyone of you down!", Natsu replied, as he tried to punch Gray, but Gray blocked his fist.
"Yeah, I don't see that happening"
"Fire Style: Fireball"
Natsu opened his mouth and shot a gigantic red ball of flame to separate him from Gray, and to his luck it worked.
"Oh so you use fire magic, interesting. Can you guess what type of magic I use?"
"Is it some sort of stripping magic?", Natsu said as he prepared to spit another fireball at Gray.
"No!", Gray shouted angrily leaving himself wide open.
'Got you'
Natsu opened his mouth and shot out another fireball. It flew at an incredible speed over towards the annoyed Gray. It was sure to hit him.
'There's no way he can dodge it at this point', Natsu smirked to himself.
"Ice Style: Ice Wall"
'What?!'
A gigantic wall of ice surfaced from the ground and shielded Gray from Natsu's attack, leaving Natsu in utter shock.
The fireball and the ice wall both evaporated into the air, leaving a trail of cool mist.
"Impressed?", Gray said with a smirk.
"Tsk! No! That was just a lucky reaction!"
"Whatever you say, but I'm finally happy to see you not holding back. It makes the fight more interesting"
'Uh...I can't use my full strength right now, I'm still injured from the fight I had with Lucy'
"But you're not using every ounce of power in your body since you're hurt, so let's call it a day", Gray's ice sword vanished into thin air, as he started to walk away from Natsu.
"Oi! How did you know I was hurt?", Natsu shouted at Gray's retracting figure.
Gray stopped and turned around.
"I don't know, I guess it was pretty obvious", Gray replied casually as he shrugged.
"Oh yeah! I almost forget! Here!", Gray tossed the golden sword over to Natsu. He barely caught it before it hit the ground.
"What? I thought you were only going to give this to me if I beat you?", Natsu said as he eyed the sword in front of him.
"Well I did technically surrender, and anyways keep it as a reminder"
"A reminder of what?"
Gray smiled at the confused Natsu, "A reminder that you're going to fight me in the tournament"
And with that Gray continued to walk away from the training grounds, until he ran back over to Natsu.
"Have you seen my clothes?"
"Uh….."
"I saw a blue haired girl take them while you guys were fighting", Happy said making Gray panic.
"Dammit Juvia!"
A/N: Hey guys sorry about the late update. I just had some massive writer's block. It was so horrible ;-;
But I think it's gone now, at least I hope.
Anyways! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter ^.^
Till next time! Bye! :)