Word Count: 3, 678 words
Prompt: Where shall we go? (bonus day one)
Genre: Adventure (possible future angst)
Pairing(s): hints of NaLu and Jerza, Natsu/Gray brOTP, team Natsu brOTP
Summary: Special Officer Natsu Dragneel had a pretty normal life. He led his own division on super cool missions and lived with his sister, his cat, and his sister’s cat. You know, pretty normal until he found out that he had an older brother, an actual blood sibling. And okay, maybe that part about the leader of Tartaros calling him “E.N.D-sama” was a little weird too.
Notes: This is a modern (sort of detective) AU. So, yes, I included cellphones, magic does exist, Zeref is still the black mage, and Fairy Tail is an independent intelligence organization. Some things are different, like Zeref’s role, Natsu’s role, and the Exceeds among other things, but those will get explained. Hopefully.
Also, I’m planning for this to be a short story including every single prompt from Fairy Tail Week. I’ll keep posting new chapters (super duper late) as I get to writing them.
Title subject to change; still a working title.
Also, beware the writing mistakes!
Apologies for the late entry! Exams week/preparations are absolutely dreadful.
Natsu Dragneel had been experiencing an exceptionally boring early morning the day it all started. The days that followed were filled with bruises and a few gashes here or there, but everything paled in comparison to a rather fateful encounter that led him to Zeref.
That particular morning, January 4th, x797, Natsu had been lounging in his super comfortable spinning chair (he disabled the spinning feature due to his damned motion sickness) behind his large, spotless mahogany corner desk. With his fingers interlocked behind his head, he must have looked pretty relaxed, lazy and not to mention, like he was slacking off when his supervisor slammed open the door to his office, causing him to tense up immediately in his chair, hands whipping from behind his head to form fists on pure instinct.
He relaxed when he saw a shock of long red hair before apprehension and something akin to fear (but the great Natsu Dragneel wasn’t afraid of the woman, psh) washed over him the moment after he decided that this was not some criminal out to kill him. This woman was far more fearful than the most dangerous of criminal at times.
Erza Scarlet stood in the doorway with her right hand pressed against his door, the left holding a file folder. She was wearing a black suit, which Natsu idly thought contrasted her hair very well. Her expression was a solemn one, and judging from the thickness of the folder, it was quite a serious issue. However, in a matter of seconds, her expression twisted into one of irritation as she laid brown eyes on Natsu’s clean desk. Clean as in “without anything on it clean.”
“Agent Dragneel, what are you doing, passing time by lazing around? Do you not have any work to do?”
Natsu forced his expression to relax as he shrugged. “Actually, no I don’t. I already submitted the report for my latest investigation yesterday, and no one assigned me another one, so…”
Erza frowned before striding across the room. “Well then, you are in luck, Dragneel. I have an extremely important mission for you,” she said as she dropped the file folder on his desk. “And a few others. This ought to get your lazy ass out of this office.”
“Hey! I resent that! I am not lazy, and for your information, I was bored to death without something to do.”
Erza adopted a low level glare. “Is that any way to be speaking to your superior officer, Agent Dragneel?”
… Whoops. Natsu blinked, realizing his mistake. “Oh crap. I mean – my apologies, Chief Scarlet. Also, I’m a Special Officer.“
Erza nodded approvingly. “Yes, yes.” Natsu felt the tension leaving his shoulders; so he wasn’t going to get clocked over the head. That was good. “Good. Don’t forget, Dragneel, and I will be sure to do the same. Now, as for this mission…” She tapped a finger on the folder. “It’s not exactly very difficult in terms of power, per se; however, it is of the utmost importance.”
