Natsu Hates it When Zeref is Bored

Flower Power

7

Natsu was having a good morning. He slept great at Lucy's apartment, where he stayed so Zeref couldn't find and curse him that week. He slept in, so when he woke, Lucy was already gone. He decided to follow and make his way to the guild hall to get breakfast.

He was halfway to his guild when a little girl with flowers ran up to him. He paused to wonder what she could want. He thought about it, and realized she must be one of those who sell flowers.

She stopped right in front of him and handed the whole bouquet of flowers out to him. Now he was really confused. It must have shown on his face, because the little child bagan to talk.

"These flowers are for you, Mr. Natsu," she said cutely. "They are from a fan of yours. They wanted me to give them to you since they were running late for work already."

Natsu heard this, and it cleared up his confusion. 'So the flowers are from a fan, huh? It could be that the girl is shy and she is the fan, but didn't want to admit it, which is fine.' Natsu smiled a winning smile and took the flowers. "Thank you. If you see this fan again, can you tell them I said thanks as well?" he requested.

The little girl grinned brightly and nodded. "Yes, Mr. Natsu!" she said and then turned to run off again. Just before she took off, she waved goodbye to him.

Natsu watched her go with kind eyes. He always had a soft spot for children. 'Well, I should continue on my way to the guild,' he thought.

It took him a few minutes to get to the Fairy Tail guild hall, with the flowers still in hand. He opened the door and made his way to the bar.

"Hey Mira, do you have a vase?" Natsu asked.

Mira looked up from her work and saw the flowers. She smiled and said, "Yes, I have a vase." she bent down to get the flower vase, and as she was doing that she asked, "Where did you get the flowers?" She came back up with a glass cylinder. "Are they for someone special?"

Natsu noticed the sly grin on Mira's face, but didn't react to it. "No, they are from a fan."

"And they gave you flowers?" Natsu heard the annoying voice of his frenemy, Gray. "Aw, it's sweet that you even kept them. What are you, a girl?"

Natsu growled and replied, "They were handed to me by a little girl. I wasn't about to say no to a young child, melt-brain."

"What'd you call me, smoke face?!" Gray exclaimed.

"You heard me!" shouted Natsu, and the two continued arguing, not noticing anyone watching.

Lucy watched the two fight, and couldn't help the feeling that something wasn't right. 'Isn't it time for Zeref to curse Natsu again?' she wondered. She looked over to the flowers and decided to see if there was a note in them.

She stuck her Fairy Tail-branded hand into the flowers and felt a piece of paper. She pulled it out and began to read it. Her suspicion was right, it was from Zeref. She tried to warn Natsu, but it was already too late.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu shouted as he threw a punch at Gray, however, the flames never appeared. This stunned Natsu, who crashed into a table after Gray dodged his fist. Natsu got up from the broken bits of wood and looked at his hands. He tried to bring up a spark of fire, but nothing happened. "What's going on?" he questioned.

Lucy walked up to him, tapped his shoulder, and handed him the note she found. He took it and read it.

When you touch the flowers, your fire dragon slayer magic will be replaced with flower dragon slayer magic. So if you want to use magic, you have to say the appropriate phrases. -Zeref