A/N: Hello everyone and thank you for clicking to read my story! This is my first fanfic, so please leave reviews and suggestions for me so that I can make it even more enjoyable. This first chapter is going to be a little short because I'm just introducing the basic theme. The next update will hopefully be soon. Enjoy!

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The cherry blossoms drifted slowly down the soft, green ground and rested there gently. It was the perfect scene of natural beauty, a painting waiting to happen. The park was full of soft chirping and running water, and undisturbed peace floating in the air.

The soft padding of feet could now be heard, the sound belonging to a tall blonde entering the park. Her name is Lucy Heartfelia, a seventeen year old girl attending the prestigious Magnolia Academy located in Magnolia Town, Fiore. She majors in creative writing and music, and is considered the hottest and most popular girl in the school.

Lucy continues her stroll, golden hairs intertwining with the soft pinks of flying petals. She smiles wide, her brown eyes shining with wonder at the nature surrounding her. I should walk home through the park more often. She is completely unaware of the impending danger she faces.

A shot rings out, disturbing the quiet peace of the park. A bullet strikes the ground just beside Lucy's foot as she sidesteps the shot. Her eyes are now narrowed and alert, searching the nearest areas that could hide someone with a sniper rifle. A bush rustles to her left and her head snaps in that direction to catch a glimpse of a figure in all black.

Once she was sure the sniper is gone, she stooped to pick the bullet from the dirt. To anyone with an untrained eye it was a regular bullet with nothing special about it, but to Lucy it was evidence that she was being targeted by a dangerous organization. Phantom Lord.

A young man in all black quickly runs from the scene. His name is Natsu Dragneel, an assassin at the top of his class graduating from the Phantom School for Young Potential. He had always hated the name of the school, giving off the façade of normal academic activities. The true colors of the school were black and scarlet for the uniforms of murder and the blood of their victims. Anyone who wanted someone dead came to them and put in requests, there was no one that could compare to their efficiency on the job. Natsu was one of the best at the school, no one showing as much promise as he did since the time of the great Zeref.

Natsu had taken position in some bushes off to the blonde's left, polishing and positioning his gun for the perfect kill shot angle. He had been shadowing the Heartfelia girl for weeks to gather every piece of information about her. He knew when she woke up, ate, got to school, talked to friends, did homework, and slept. She had never been alerted to his presence, and he was able to keep a close watch on her. It was pure luck that she had decided to walk home alone through the park today. It was uncrowded and quiet, the perfect conditions for an assassination.

He had taken aim while she admired the cherry blossoms floating in the air. She was smiling wide, and he almost felt bad to have to kill such a beautiful woman, but a job was a job. His finger tightened around the trigger and the shot rang out. A deafening silence ensued.

His eyes must have mistaken him, because there was no way she just dodged that bullet. But there she was, unharmed and alert to the new situation. I missed something. The way she's standing and searching the area, it's not how any normal student would act. And then there's the fact that she somehow dodged my shot, which no one has ever done. He had seen his chance and sprinted from the bushes that were concealing him, leaving no trace of his existence. I'm all fired up!