Tuesday

--- Natsu's POV ---

On Monday, I slept in and missed my first two classes. But I felt very little guilt. It was nice sleeping in... But not nice getting scolded by Erza.

Also, on Monday, Makarov officially agreed to the field trip. Which will be held tomorrow... Really early in the morning. That meant arriving to school at four o'clock in the morning because we had to be at the mountain by six.

And back to the present, I am refusing to take a test for I feel that the subject would never even help me out in my life time.

I mean... Mr. Clive, or Gildarts, doesn't even put that much thought and effort into his teachings. He just sits at his desk reading his stupid, pervy, magazines.

Lucy, however, was taking the test. But she looked rather exhausted and even I could tell she was bubbling the wrong answers.

I let out a silent sigh and glare back down at my sheet. Just pictures of flames, dragons, flowers... Yes, flowers.

I attempted to draw Lucy but it ended up looking a bit like George Washington.

"Five more minutes." Gildarts announced from behind his book... Which shielded his magazine.

I roll my eyes and cocked my head to look at the seat behind me, where Bixlow sat. He, too, ignored the test, and began texting someone. Probably Lisanna, Laxus, Freed, or Evergreen.

"Psst..." I hissed to him. "Bixy~"

"Don't call me that." He scoffed in a low tone, so that the teacher wouldn't hear him. "What do you want?"

"I drew a picture of Gray. I want you to tell me if it looks like him." I grin.

He gave me a look but nodded reluctantly anyway.

Slowly, I passed my paper back to him, with my head facing the front of the classroom. I smiled knowingly when I heard him snort and shove the paper back into my hands so he wouldn't see it any longer.

"Oh! Passing notes, are we?" Gildarts cooed as he walked over to the two of us.

Bixlow started laughing nonstop as the teacher snatched the paper, and slammed it under an ELMO without even looking at it. [A/N- if you don't know what a ELMO is, it basically projects a paper onto a surface]

I glance over at Gray, who sat up from his seat, and marched to the ELMO with a face that could murder with one look.

Everyone started laughing with Bixlow until Gray slammed a horrible picture of me over my horrible picture of him.

It was a donkey with pink hair...

"So he's literally an ass." Someone said from somewhere in the room.

"Hey ice princess! That's not at all funny!" I stomped up to him.

"Says the guy who drew me as a walrus." He crossed his arms. "That doesn't even make sense."

"Why you—" I started but tackled him instead of finishing my sentence.

--- Lucy's POV ---

I watched as Gildarts pulled the two apart easily with the most unemotional face ever.

I had finished my test but overall, I had no confidence in my answers. But I relaxed a little once I saw that everyone in the room were also a little nervous. Except Natsu, whom looked like he didn't care.

"I'm assuming by all the noise, you guys are finished?" Gildarts smirked, thinking he was being original.

I rolled my eyes while everyone else scoffed at him, obviously aware of the phrase.

"Okay pass your tests to the front." He ignored our complaints, and we had no choice but to follow his orders.

"Yo. Lucy." Natsu grinned as he walked over to me at the end of the class. "I was wondering if you wanted to get a coffee with me after school."

"Oh um... Sure." I hesitated, not used to him being the one to invite me. "Why me?"

"Just because." He smiled broadly, showing his teeth. I blushed and quickly looked down into my backpack, looking for something to work with.

"Oh by the way... Mr. Linholm, the lawyer you met, found some information on Zeref... Your brother." I say softly, glancing up at him to see a very cautious look.

"Oh?" He said simply.

"He says he also might have found something about Igneel but he isn't so sure yet..." I added.

Natsu's eyes widened in shock and opened his mouth to say something else, but was interrupted by the bell... And Gray dragging him somewhere.

---

"Princess." Ms. Virgo smiled and invited me to the front of the room. "Do you mind reading the poem for us all?"

I quickly hurried to stand beside her with my notebook clasped in my hands. "O-Okay."

I clear my throat and tried my best to project my voice.

"Is it an illusion?
Fate.
It seems so imaginable.
Unreal.
To have one soul mate.
Forever.
And a certain friend.
Together.

Maybe fate is real.
However.
How would I know?
Clueless.
It's a abstract subject.
Art.
It twists your emotions.
Endlessly."

Everyone looked up at me wordlessly, though Gray broke the silence by applauding really loud.

"That was great, Princess." Virgo smiled and took the poem from my hands and placing it on her desk. "I'll just keep this to myself."

I smile nervously and sat down next to the still applauding Gray.

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---Natsu's POV---

"Hey Lucy!" I exclaim as I found her after classes ended. "You ready?"

Lucy looked up at me and smiled. "Yeah. Let's go."

I returned her smile and swung my arm around her shoulders.... In a friendly manner of course. "I'll race you there."

She suddenly smirked and swiped my arm off of her. "Challenge accepted. What do I get if I win?"

"You'll see." I chuckled and rolled up my sleeves. "That is if you win."

She rolled her eyes and copied my actions. "Ready..."

"Set..."

"Go!" We yelled together, bolting off the school property and towards the coffee shop, neck and neck.

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--- ????'s POV ---

"Fairy tail high boarding school?" I hummed to myself as I flipped through the papers on my desk. "It's been awhile since I heard that name again."

I tapped my finger against a picture of a blonde girl. "You ended up going there... Huh? Maybe I can get in touch."

I sighed and put the papers in a near pile before looking up the boarding school on my computer.

"Ah..." I laughed and clicked on a certain image, containing a goofy photo of a bunch of kids, posing for the camera. "I recognize this face..."

Smiling softly, I brushed my fingers across the screen. "Natsu... It's been awhile."

After a couple moments of doing nothing, I heard someone open the door, making me close the computer with haste.

"Mr. Dragneel sir..." A voice said sternly. "We finally pin pointed the location of Natsu Dragneel and—"

"I'm afraid I beat you to it." I smirk and opened the computer once again, spinning it so she could see. "Fairy Tail High boarding school. Please make arraignments so that I may speak to him...."

"Yes sir."

"Oh... And there's another girl I want to talk to... Her name is uhh... Lucy Heartfilia." I nodded and handed the woman my papers. "Thanks."

She simply bowed and left me alone in my study.

Such tired eyes, I thought to myself as I found a better picture of the pink haired boy, what happened to him? He used to look so happy.

"Well Natsu... I'll make sure you become happy and bright again. I swear." I grin. "I won't let that blonde girl get all of Jude's things. It will all belong to us."

I stood up from the desk with a proud posture. "I am your brother after all."