Natsu Dragneel In Dxd - Volume 1 Chapter 19 Its Here???

“You’ve gotta be kiddin’ me? Another Satan?” Issei was nervous as heck. He got the pleasure of having the strongest of the Satans visit his house and the best part was the fact that he wasn’t killed by him! But after having a talk in the morning, Issei found he was pretty chill. But now, this female Satan doesn’t seem as “chill” as Sirzechs. In fact, she seems the opposite: hyper, very emotional, eccentric, has a very weird complex, and last but not least she was crazy.

“Hey, Sona-chan! Sona-chan, hey, hey, hey! Hey Sona-chan, Sona-chan, Sona-chan! Sona-chan, hey, hey!”

‘Please, put me out of my misery Rias Tsubaki hell, even Natsu.’Sona tiredly brought her hand to her head to ease the headache that was surely going to give her much pain. But not as much as the pain she was going through now.

Luckily Rias saw through her pain and went to help. Walking up to the two sisters, Rias intervened, “Serafall-sama, it’s been too long.” Rias greeted Serafall with a smile, happy to see one of her friends. Serafall whipped her whole body around shocking Rias a the sudden movement.

“Ah, Rias-chan! It’s been AGES!” Serafall threw her arms up in a circular fashion to exaggerate her claim. Sona sighed in relief that the attention of her sister wasn’t on her, “How have you been doing!”

“I’m fine, thank you very much. But are you here for Parent’s Day?” Rias knew she needed to stall for Sona or else she would have a mental breakdown.

“Of course I am!” Serafall screamed excitedly, but that excitement was short-lived when her beaming face was replaced with a mean one, “I was so devastated when I heard about this; my Sona-chan didn’t invite me here!”

‘I can see why, though.’Issei and Natsu both sweats dropped at this girl’s actions, both realizing that her character was a bit off.

“I was so mad that I could unleash my sparkles and attack heaven!” Serafall puffed her cheeks in annoyance while raising her pink staff in the air.

“Sp-sparkles?” Natsu was very confused. How the hell can sparkles do damage to anything? Don’t kids like that stuff? If that’s the case, isn’t it dangerous for them to play with it? It was all too confusing.

“I can’t tell if she’s playing, or if she’d actually do that” Issei was very nervous. Attacking heaven? Using damned sparkles? If sparkles were that dangerous then sign him the hell out! He didn’t want to die. He didn’t want to fight in a newly ignited war because of this woman. It was all to nerve racking.

“Oh, oh! Rias-chan, are those two the Dragons wielding boys in your peerage?” Serafall pointed to Natsu and Issei causing the latter to staggered back in surprise.

“Natsu, Issei, present yourself.” Rias commended, having both boys teleport to where she was. Literally, they just somehow appeared in front of Serafall. Were they that scared?

“I-I-I’m Hyoud-dou Issei m-m-m-a’am! A pleasure to m-m-meet you!” Guess that answers the question. Issei was bowing repeatedly, showing his respect in an awkward way causing Rias to forcibly make him stop.

That’s when Natsu decided to speak, “I’m Natsu Dragneel, nice to meet you!” Despite his nervousness, Natsu stuck out his hand happily as Serafall did the same, “But I’m not in Princess’ peerage. I just stick around cause it’s fun.”

“Ooo! That’s so cute, he calls you “Princess” Rias-chan!” Serafall said giddily, jumping up and down like a fangirl.

“Th-that’s just a nickname he gave me. He does that for everyone.” Rias tried to dismiss her thoughts on the subject but seeing as Serafall was already fantasizing, she gave up.

“I wish I had someone like that!” That’s when it hit her, “Wait, are you guys together?”

“I’m always with Rias.” Natsu said plainly, not understanding what the question really meant.

“Oh, no no, we’re not dating, he’s just my brother’s friend and we get along pretty well but that’s about it.” Rias wanted to end this topic so badly. She really didn’t like showing or telling her feeling to anyone. It was embarrassing.

“Yes, this is a dream! Now I can have him for myself!” What she said shocked everyone except for Natsu. He was pretty sure she was talking about being friends, “Having this hunk as my husband; having beautiful children; this is the best!”

“What now?” Natsu’s face slowly formed into one of many different emotions. It was like a someone was molding his face but didn’t know what to form it as and just decided with everything.

“Now that you’re gonna be my boyfriend, you can call me Sera-tan!” She posed herself with her staff held high with one knee going up and her hand in a peace sign in front of her eye.

“No thank you. I’m fine.” His words struck her like a bullet through the heart.

“This is all too random.” Saji said tiredly while everyone near him nodded in agreement.

“Onee-sama, I am the chairwoman of the council for this school and I must uphold the rules. Your outfit is too inappropriate for school attire, your actions here have been immature and what you’re saying now is just- it’s just indecent!” Sona yelled angrily in her sister’s face, feeling embarrassed by her once again, “I’m sick and tired of your constant childish attitude.”

“Sone-chan, say it isn’t so! I’ll be very sad if you don’t. You know how much I love Magic Girls, right?” Serafall’s energy was slowly declining at seeing her sister’s angry face, feeling as though she disappointed her.

“Those Magic Girls can be that addicting, uh.” Kiba said curiously.

“Yeah, I saw it with my own eyes.” Issei felt a shiver go up his spine as he tried to forget his horrid experience.

“If that won’t make you happy then I’ll use my sparkles to destroy the Fallen Angels that hurt you!” Serafall yelled , trying despretly to have her sister forgive her.

“No, behave Onee-sama! Your sparkles can destroy this city!” Sona detested , fearing the lives of not only the Fallen Angels but the people residing in the city now.

“Mou, what can I do to make you forgive me, Sona-chan!” Serefall whined, “I can use my sparkles to-”

“Enough with the sparkles!” Sona screamed pissed off at her sister’s antics.

“Seriously, what’s with these ‘sparkles’? What’s so special?” Natsu’s question didn’t as the two sisters still went at it.

“Hey Saji,” Issei walked back to where he was, whispering to his friend, “When Kokabiel came, Sona didn’t call her sister because they hated each other, right? ‘Cause that was the vibe I got when we mentioned her family.”

Over hearing this, Akeno intervened their conversation to share her knowledge with them, “Mhm, Issei, it’s quite the opposite actually. If Sona called her sister then, she would not only attack Kokabiel but reignite the war by blaming heaven for sendingHoly Swordwielders. All because she loves her little Sona that much.” Akeno giggled in the end at seeing their shocked faces.

“Hey, Sona-chan! Sona-chan, hey, listen Sona-chan! Sona-chan please, please, please, please forgive me! Sona-chan, Sona-chan, Sona-chan!” Serafall constantly bugged Sona as the water works were about to come.

“I can’t take this!” Sona’s tears came rushing down her face, shocking all who saw. She turned away heading for the door while she kept on crying her heart out, “You’re so unbearable, Onee-sama!”

“Wait, Sona-chan! Please, don’t go!” Serafall pleaded, starting to chase her sister out of the gymnasium. Before completely running out the gym doors, she turned around, “Bye Natsu-kun! Hope to see you soon!”

“Feelings are not mutual” Natsu said with his eyes closed while shaking his head. And with that the two sisters left, dragging their noisiness with them.

“Well I guess I have to go help the Chairwoman.” Saji sighed heavily walking towards the door in a sluggish manner, “I’ll see you when I see you, Issei.”

“Yeah, hopefully. With all this stuff going on I don’t think we’ll see each for a while.” Issei whispered the last part to himself with uncertainty. Although he was certain about how dangerous the future was going to be.

“See ya, Kaji!” Natsu waved happily with a smiled on his face. Saji just ignored him while mumbling something about getting his revenge.

Rias sighed in relief that Serafall was gone. Even though she was fun to be around, she was also very childish when not faced with the public eye, “I hate to say this about a friend but it sadly applies to the rest of the Satans as well.”

“What are you talking about President?” Kiba asked walking towards her.

“Well, basically when the Satans aren’t being confronted with the public to keep up their appearances, they’re all pretty weird, like how Serafall-sama acted now.” Rias explained, crossing her arms to ease her tension. ‘I just want today to be over.’

“Really? They’realllike this?” Natsu was a bit scared about this news. If they are all like this then what’s stopping them from destroying little parts of the world like it’s their play room? Unfortunately, Issei was thinking the same.

“Satan-sama scary.” Koneko said for the first time during this whole ordeal, taking the last bite of her chocolate cookie.

In The School Hallways:

It was the end of the day. The group of teens separated after everything that went down in the gym. Koneko decided to go home in which Kiba volunteered to walk her there and to keep her company. Xenovia did the same ,but chose to walk home herself when Asia suggested she’d come with. Akeno bid the rest goodbye, also going home via magic, of course. Now it was just the Gremory “siblings”, Issei and Asia that were walking the crowded halls. The whole school was flooded, at the end of the day, with both teachers, students and parent alike. The kids that went to the school toured their parents around the respected school grounds while the teachers showed their own children the place where they might be educated.

As of now, the Rias’ group was heading towards the door to escape the cl.u.s.tered halls. Natsu suggested that they go look for their guardian, but Rias quickly shot down that idea, forcibly dragging everyone along with her towards the exit. Ironically, the people she was trying to avoid just happened to be at the place she was going to escape through. Life can be a bitch.

Rias(being the person she was) noticed their presence and tried to dodge their line of vision by using the many people surrounding them as cover. But Natsu(being the person he was) also noticed them and decided to get their attention as Rias fruitlessly tried to stop him.

“Old man! Hey, over here!” Natsu waved his arms in a very distracting manner which instantly got the attention of both Issei and Rias’ father’s. Although they both heard Natsu’s call, he was only referencing Zoticus, ’cause for some reason, that’s what he called him.

“Oh, Natsu! Great to see you!” Issei’s father said this, smiling at the group of teens while Rias closed her eyes in annoyance, “Come, come here!” He beckoned them over which Natsu didn’t waste a second to do. Grabbing onto Asia and Rias’ arms, Natsu dashed, swerved, wiggled, slid, and pardoned through the many of the people blocking his way. Issei just barely kept up, the people that Natsu had gone by just happened to make his own path harder to go through as they all stopped him on way or another without them noticing.

Stopping in front of the two grown males, Issei opened his mouth to ask a question that was on his mind about the red haired dude, “Um, excuse me, but who are you? I don’t remember seeing from, well, anywhere?”

Chuckling, the man answered still laughing a bit, “Sorry I didn’t introduce myself to you before but I am Rias’ Father. My name is Zoticus”

Issei’s mind was in turmoil. This guy looked so young so at what age did he have Rias!? What he said next is obvious, “Holy shit! But you’re so young and so damn gorgeous! How!?”

“What’re ya talking ’bout? This guy’s freakin’ old.” Natsu intervened, causing Issei’s attention to be on him, “That’s why I call him ‘old man’. I mean, come on, look at him.” He gestured his arms towards Zoticus’ face as he looked at everyone with puzzled expressions, still not getting why they didn’t see what he saw. In his eyes, this guy was like, 45.

“Nope. Still not seeing it Natsu-san.” Asia said positively, still staring at the man’s beautiful face, “Sorry Natsu-san, but I just can’t see what you see. Although, this does explain some things.”

“Explain what exactly?” Natsu said feeling annoyed.

“How Rias got her awesome looks.” Issei answered while his dad nodded in agreement.

“Anyway, I must thank the Hyoudou family for taking care of my children.” Zoticus smiled at Mr. Hyoudou as he just brushed it off like no big deal. But he still detested when Natsu called him “Old man”, he got used to it after some time.

“Wait, but what’s going on here dad? How’d you meet him anyway?” Issei asked rapidly, really wanting to get to the bottom of this. How the hell could this man be so freakin’ young?

“Oh, well that’s the funny part. I met Zoticus here when I was walking out Rias’ class a few hours back. After I saw, we engaged in a fun conversation and just hit it off with each other. Bam-!” Mr. Hyoudou joined his hands together and quickly separated them, imitating a small explosion, “Just like that.” He smiled brightly thinking about his new friendship.

Rias-during the whole thing- kept quiet, not wanting to draw attention from anybody, especially her father. But, since it was Natsu, something was bound to happen anyway.

“Oi, Rias, want to go back home to see those videos?” Natsu curiously asked turning to face the unusually silent Rias.

“Ah, what a great idea Natsu! We can also have a more comfortable place to discuss even more. Zoticus, you don’t mind coming to our house, do you?” Mr. Hyoudou asked, sincerely wanting him to come to his abode.

“Of course I would want to come.” Zoticus said kindly, “Rias, everyone, come now, we must go to have a drink to celebrate the joining of two families.”

“I wouldn’t exactly call it that father.” Rias said obnoxiously, putting her hands on her h.i.p.s in a sassy manner.

“But first we must get this “Pocky” I’ve been hearing so much about.” Zoticus smiled.

“Ohhoho, you’re gonna love it! The brown part is chocolate and insides and ends are crackers. There’s even cookie and cream!” Issei’s father went on about the wonders of Pocky as the two fathers walked out the door leaving the teens behind to witness the strange but silly scene.

“My father doesn’t even know he’s talking to a Devil.” Issei said in slight marvel at his dad’s lack of knowledge. ‘They even forgot to get mom’

“What, ya think we can just tell him that Devils, Fallen Angels and Angels exist and Old man Zoticus is one of the good ones?” Natsu question rhetorically, “Stupid pervert.”

“Shut up Natsu.” Issei commanded threateningly, getting his face up close to Natsu’s, “You think I don’t already know that? I was just commenting on the obvious!”

“Yeah, like how I commented on your ignorance!” Natsu yelled back, smashing his face against Issei’s.

“What ignorance!? That doesn’t even make sense!” Issei pushed his forehead back as the two went back and forth not showing any clear winner.

“You know what also doesn’t make sense! You being an exhibitionist!” Natsu shot back, this time wrapping his hands around Issei’s shoulders to push him back even more.

“It was one time! One God damn time, Natsu! Stop bringing that up!” Issei did the same with grabbing Natsu’s shoulders as the two got into a stalemate.

“I’m gonna win!” Natsu yelled determinedly.

“Screw you bastard! It’s gonna be me!” Issei pushed even harder, budging Natsu from his spot. That was until someone unexpected came into view.

“Hahahaha, you guys surely know how to keep the fun going.”

“Sirzechs-sama!” Issei yelled in surprise. Yes, Sirzechs came. He was walking down the set of stairs that was conveniently set close to the exit door. Letting down his guard while Natsu took full advantage of this, grabbing the back of his shirt collar and flipping Issei on his back. Laughing comically at his victory, Natsu put his hands in his side triumphantly while Issei groaned in pain.

“F-f.u.c.k you Natsu.” Issei, from his handicapped state, shakily sticking up his middle finger high in the air to show his current distaste for Natsu.

“Now I can’t wait to have dinner with our father. Right, Rias?” Sirzechs said happily while his sister ignored him, puffing her cheeks in refusal.

“Like I care.” She said cheekily, crossing her arms in refusal and turning her whole body away from Sirzechs.

Natsu was still laughing at Issei.

Currently in the Hyoudou Residence:

“Such a splendid view!”

“Mhm~, pass more of that sushi thing!”

“Meow!”

These were the things Rias heard in the living room where Zoticus, Sirzechs, Natsu and Mr. and Mrs. Hyoudou were currently residing. That’s also where Mrs. Hyoudou placed the food so everyone could sit down and watch the video tapes they caught on camera. But before they all got here, Mrs. Hyoudou was actually lost in the school and the two fathers did mistakenly forget about her by accident of course. The children then had to go find her themselves with Sirzechs tagging along, much to Rias’ displeasure. Don’t ask why she didn’t like her family at that time she just didn’t because of reasons. Mostly her own. Probably a vendeta of something she can’t remember correctly; she does remember that she’s suppose to be angry at them for some reason.

“This food is set up so nicely Mrs. Hyoudou. My son was right about you,” Zoticus smiled at said woman while raising a fork to his mouth, “Not only does it look good, it tastes as great as it smells.”

“Oh, stop it, you’re too kind.” Mrs. Hyoudou put a hand on her cheek to stop the blush that was forming and smiling at the man that complimented her.

“Mr. Hyoudou caught a good one here.” Zoticus said jokingly.

“Let’s go Zechs! You can’t ever beat me!” Natsu hastily grabbed the bread the was by his face while Sirzechs took a huge spoon of rice in his mouth.

“I can at least try!” Sirzechs emptied his bowl of rice and got his third one. Looking to his right side he saw Natsu already finished with five plus three bowls of soup and four glasses wine What the heck was he?

“You got this Natsu! Come on, chug chug chug!” Happy jumped on the edge of the armrest of the couch, grown-ups cheering his partner on with much enthusiasm.

“Ahh!” Natsu roughly slammed his cup down on the table, taking in the bliss of good wine, “Pass me the fish!”

“Anything but that, Natsu! That one’s mine!” Happy jumped on all fours towards the grilled salmon that Natsu was reaching for and vigorously scratched his hand causing Natsu to jerk his hand back.

“What the heck Happy!” Natsu yelled rubbing the back of his hand. Happy just hissed at him. Looking back towards Sirzechs area, he saw that he was ahead of him in their very recent eating contest, “Damn it, I gotta get back in the game!”

“What a lively house this is.” Zoticus said happily, taking a sip from his cup.

“Oh yes, ever since you let your children here this house was never the same.” Mr. Hyoudou gladly informed as he looked towards the screen that was playing the videos that they had captured, “Oh look, it’s Issei! This is my favorite part!”

Everyone turned to look at what he was talking about, only to see a video of Issei falling face first on his desk from his drowsiness. That seemed to wake him up entirely as he jerked his head back to its original position and dumbly looked around to see if anyone noticed.

“Hahahaha! Look at his face!” Natsu yelled gleefully, holding his stomach to help calm the laughter.

“This is my favorite with Natsu!” Mrs. Hyoudou pointed towards the screen as the people saw Natsu being called on by the teacher. Sweat seemed to form around his forehead as he suddenly dashed from his seat towards the door, roughly pulling it open. After that, his figure was never seen walking back in ever.

“Hahahahaha! You choked! What a dumbass!” Issei walked inside the living room at this particular moment, pointing towards the replay of a scared looking Natsu.

“Since you think that’s funny” Natsu picked up his half-eaten bowl of soup and lunged it at Issei’s face, covering it with sweet juices and making his hair drop down. The bowl slowly slid down his face, hitting the ground as everyone saw his very displeased expression, “Hahaha! Now that’s comedy!” Suddenly a pizza slice hit his face, with the cheese and toppings sticking all over his angry features.

“You’re right- that is funny!” Issei yelled triumphantly, wiping some of the vegetables that were still on his face.

Peeling the cheese and pepperoni off his face and dropping them in his mouth, Natsu spoke, “Thanks for the meal pervert. Now I’m gonna hafta repay ya.”

“Now, now, settle down Natsu.” Zoticus said raising his hand up and then slowly down to show his point, “There’s no need to start a fight after a little joke. Just go clean yourselves up.”

“Whatever Old man, I guess you’re right.” Natsu got up from his seat and walked pass Issei to the kitchen to get a cloth to clean himself. Unexpectedly, a white cloth hit Issei’s face.

“What?” Issei looked at the towel in his hands with confusion.

“Come on, aren’t ‘cha gonna use it.” Natsu said smiled, looking towards Issei with his face fully cleaned.

“Uh, yeah, thanks man.” Issei felt awkward now. He just threw a pizza at Natsu’s face and now he’s acting all “buddy buddy”. ‘How does he change his attitude so quickly? Ah, whatever.’

“Now with that out of the way, let’s watch a video of Rias.” Sirzechs said cheerfully, grabbing the remote from the table and switching it to show Rias looking back at the camera in an annoyed manner.

“Ooo, she’s always so feisty.” Zoticus joked getting laughs from the rest of grown-ups.

“This this just has to be a new kind of torture.” Rias covered her face with her hands in desperation, wanting to get away from these people as soon as possible. Or at least having them leave as soon as possible. She was currently in the other room: the kitchen, which is also where Natsu was at the moment. She was sitting around the table with her elbows resting on it while her hands were still on her face.

“Oh, look, Rias is answering the teacher’s question!”

“How cute!”

That was it. She has had enough of this. Her brother was always doing this. Treating like a child; someone who need to be protected and nurtured. She already figured out that Sirzechs sent Natsu here to protect her, only because with a Satan doing the job would severely gain the distrust of the rest of Devils, making them think that he cares more about his sister than the underworld. He always thinks he can just control everything that in her life; acting like a puppet master that pulls the strings of the people around her. She hated it.

“I can’t take this! Why’re you so mean, Onii-chan!” Rias ran from her spot in the kitchen, dashing to the stair case with haste.

“President! Rias, wait!” Issei yelled for her in an attempt to get her back, but it seemed she ignored everything he said, ‘What’s up with all these sibling problems?’

“Princess, wait up!” Natsu jumped over the counter and rushed to fetch Rias back. He didn’t know what her problem was with Sirzechs but he did know that he had to help a friend in need. It wasn’t hard for him to find her. It was a relatively small house and there weren’t many rooms he had to chose from. Walking through the hallway, Natsu went to Rias’ room which was the one second to last at the end of the hall. He got to where the door was, but was suddenly feeling unsure about this. What did he know about a girl’s feelings? Heck, back on Earthlandhewas the one who caused the girls there to have those weird mood swings, with him either saying or doing something that triggered it.

Shakily bringing his hand his hand to the door knob, Natsu heard something through door, “You can come in Natsu.” It was Rias but she sounded so lifeless and empty, which is the opposite of what Rias usually sounded like. Still unsure, Natsu slowly opened the door and walked through the small portal, only to see everything was dark. He stumbled through the room and eventually tripped in the middle, falling on his buttocks.

“My room is spotless, Natsu. How do fall like that when there’s nothing on the floor?” He heard her chuckle a bit causing him to smile, but that chuckle then turned into a heavy sigh.

Natsu took the current silence as an opportunity to look around the room. Even though it was very dark, he was able to make out some stuff. There’s was a small desk with a chair that was next to him in the middle and was to the right side of the door. There was many objects on top of the desk and he figured that it was her work place. Turning to the back, Natsu witnessed many posters but couldn’t tell of what, and below that were some small plastic figures that he guessed were her collectables from different franchises. The bed, which Rias was currently in, was to the left of him and Natsu saw many lumps and bumps forming tough he thin outline that formed around Rias. He could tell that she wasn’t being covered and her body was spread out all over the bed like a starfish with her head digging deep in the pillow.

Deciding to see what the problem was, Natsu nervously spoke, “Hey, Princess. Recently you’ve been acting like this around and Zechs and everyone else in your family. I-I just want to know what’s going on. I could probably help fix what the problem is although I may not be so good at fixing things.” He finally said what he had in mind. Even though she might not take the offer immediately, Natsu was glad he at least got the invitation out. But, he sat there in silence once again, staring blankly at the bed Rias was in getting no answer, no response, not even the slightest movement from her, “I get it if ya want to be alone. I’ll leave if-”

“Natsu…” Rias said plainly, cutting off Natsu as said man looked back at her figure in anticipation, “… do you regret coming here?”

“What?” He was confused. What did she mean? Why would she ask that? ‘I’ve got to think this through. I really don’t want to mess things up like I usually do. Come on Natsu, use that head!’

“Are you are you glad you met me?” Now he was in a pit hole. Natsu didn’t know how to answer that. He knew that from experience there were two ways to answer this andonlytwo ways. Natsu stood up from the soft carpet and stared down instensely at Rias’ bed, “It’s okay if you hate me it’s okay if you think that coming here w

as a mistake I just”

“Rias,” Natsu’s voice had a deep undertone to it that showed how serious he was about this, “Don’t you ever think that. I will never regret nor think that meeting you was a mistake. When I came here I sweared on my life to your brother that I would protect you, no matter what. And it wasn’t because I had to, I did it because I enjoyed being around you. You guys are my family and I will defend your lives with my own. So don’t ever think that I regret coming here and meeting you ’cause I certainly don’t.”

Rias still didn’t move from her spot. Natsu walked over to her bed and sat on the edge feeling as though he failed at what he thought he was supposed to accomplish. His head hung towards the ground in disappointment as he laid his elbows against his legs, getting into a leaning position. His mouth was in an obvious frown and his eyebrows furrowed together while he ruffled his nose. ‘Just thinking about having someone hurting her it just infuriates me! I want to give her a life she very well deserves but I don’t think I’m the one to do it. Not after failing at something as simple as making her feel better.’Natsu’s thought was interrupted when he heard a mumble coming from Rias. Turning to his left to look at where the sound was coming from, he saw that Rias now sitting upright.

“I just want to” Rias’ voice was very low to the point where Natsu only heard hollow breaths coming from her.

“Could you speak up. I couldn’t hear you.” Natsu leaned in towards Rias’ side to get close enough so he could hear. Once again, all e heard was mumbles.

“Natsu I just want” This time he heard what she said.

“Huh? You want what now?” That’s when the unexpected happened.

Rias tackled Natsu’s waist, pushing him down in the middle of the bed with a loud thump. Quickly, she placed her hands on his chest and hopped around the bed to sit on his lap. Natsu never got a chance to register anything that was going on ’cause it was happening too fast. Opening his eyes to see what was happening to him in the dark, Natsu vaguely saw Rias’ face coming towards his own but this time he didn’t even think about stopping her this time he was just shocked. Her puckered lips touched his gaped mouth, initiating his very firstofficialkiss. His eyes widened but he didn’t move. He couldn’t move; his body was frozen stiff like being in one of Gray’s spells. The kiss went on for a few more seconds and he still didn’t move, but he did relish the smooth, warm, soft lips that were touching his face. When he felt her body rising off his, Natsu looked up to see a liquid substance glistening in the little light that was allowed in the room.

Rias was crying.

“Natsu!” Rias voice was cracking and hoarse as Natsu felt the tear drops hit shirt and leak through to his chest, “I just want to be with you! I don’t want to be here anymore! I want to run away with you so nothing bad can happen to us! I I just know that something bad is going to happen in the meeting and you’re somehow going to get hurt!” She broke down in front of him, letting out all her anger, all her emotions towards the clueless boy. She laid her head on his torso, in between her two arms, “Natsu I don’t want you getting hurt. I want us to be together forever.”

“Rias, what makes you think I’m gonna get hurt? Come on, no one’s going to get hurt- I swear on my pride as a Fairy Tail member that none of my friends will get hurt.” Natsu said determinedly, looking down at Rias with soft eyes that instantly calmed her down. Rias stared longingly into the simmering charcoal orbs that Natsu had no display. Even in the cold darkness of her room, Rias found warm and belonging in being close to him.

“Natsu I I-I lo I lo” Rias took in a deep breathe to calm her nerves that were going haywire throughout her body. Closing her eyes and opening them back up, Rias looked straight in the confused and innocent eyes of Natsu Dragneel, “Natsu I love y-” Their moment was disturbed when the lights flashed on and the door rushed open to reveal the person standing at the door.

“Hey Rias, have you seen Natsu? I saw him rocket up stairs and- oh” This was when he knew he had screwed up.

“Onii-sama!” Rias hastly got off Natsu with her face becoming as bright as Mars. Rias quickly picked up her closes pillow and infused her magic in it, throwing the soon-to-be-bomb at the intruder. Luckily the explosion was caught, contained and released due to the person’s superb skills with magic.

This person was no other than Sirzechs.

“I see that I interrupted something I guess I shall be going.” Sirzechs turns awkwardly towards the side to walk away from his fuming sister but was stopped by a familiar voice.

“You not shall be going Zechs. This is the perfect opportunity for the two of you to make up.” Natsu dumbly stated, totally oblivious to the situation

“Natsu it’s “shall not”. No one says “not shall”.” Rias said with her face still red but not from embarrassment.

“Oh, really? Is that okay with you Rias?” Sirzechs asked uncertainly.

“No, totally fine Onii-sama.” Rias said through her gritted teeth. Accepting the invitation gratefully, Sirzechs walked towards the middle of the room and pulled out the chair he was hidden underneath the desk. Watching her brother sit down carefully, Rias began to speak, “So, what brings you here Brother?” Her voice sounded restrained, like she was holding something back.

“Well, yes, there is of course.” Sirzechs said, sitting idly in the surprisingly comfortable chair.

“What is?” Natsu asked curiously, “Do you want me to go out and destroy somethin’! It’s been awhile since I went on an adventure with Happy!”

“No, that is not the case.” With that, Sirzechs completely destroyed Natsu’s excitement but went on with his speech regardless, “I came here so I could talk to Rias with you around Natsu,. This might concern you too in you know what.” Sirzechs sent many subliminal and hidden messages to Natsu but the boy wasn’t getting them. ‘I guess I have to explain the situation to him alone if that’s the case.’

“Come on Brother, spill it already.” Rias said impatiently.

“Well, after your battle with Raiser and then Kokabiel, I’ve begun to change my mind about something.” Sirzechs regular smile was back on his face when he felt the tension that his sister previously have get replaced with curiosity.

“Are you gonna change your mind about me goin’ on an adventure?” Natsu asked irritably with a small frown on his face, like a child not getting their promised candy.

“No, that will never be the case Natsu,” Sirzechs looked at the boy for a second before turning his focus to Rias, “Listen well Rias, you’ve expanded your family as a peerage and strengthened your them as your armament forces- and you should keep doing that. So, I think you can handle him.”

“Wait, you can’t be talking about him, can you. He’s too dangerous, even you said to send him-” Rias was cutting off by the stern stare her brother was sending her at the moment, showing that he wasn’t done.

“Do not doubt yourself, Rias. You can do it. Go and release him- release your other Bishop Rias.” Sirzechs said as the seriousness was replaced with a heartwarming feeling.

“Woah you’re saying that there’stwoAsias?”