Bet You Didn't Know

6. Dragon's Treasure

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Here is today's useless fact.

Bet you didn't know that Donald Duck comics were once banned in Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.

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Dragon's Treasure

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Natsu hated everything in the world right now. Everything. He hated his father, his teacher, his food, the sky, the land, numbers, grass, trees, birds, flowers, fire, bunnies, everything.

He hated the so called 'napkin' wrapped around his neck right now.

He hated the so called 'chop sticks' he held in his hand right now.

Right now, Natsu Dragneel hated a lot of things. He watched his teacher furiously and yet enviously as she handled her chopsticks with ease, grabbing her food and lifting it to her mouth with the flick of her wrists. Natsu stared at his completely filled lunch box...

Completely. Filled.

He wasn't to blame for never handling chop sticks before, it was his Father's fault for teaching him to eat with his hands. Igneel kind of felt bad for his son, staring at him stare at Lucy eat her dinner. There was nothing he could do though so he sighed and rested his head down. His son would get it sooner or later, he was a fast learner.

Natsu stared at his own lunch box once again and tried to use the two stupid little wooden sticks he could break with no problem whatsoever, like he had done the first time. Lucy wouldn't allow him to eat at all though without them and considered him to be lucky that there was an extra set in the bag. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Natsu Dragneel tried to pick up the sushi roll.

He was successful for about three seconds before it fell back into his lunch box. Lucy, just finishing her own, took the napkin around her neck and wiped her mouth off. She turned towards her student and sighed, seeing as how he made no progress at all.

"Want a hint Natsu?" Lucy asked.

Natsu glared at her but gave her a quick, short nod. Lucy looked both ways, as if it were a secret, then bent closer to him.

"Ask for help." She whispered with a smile at the end.

Natsu blinked. What was worse, losing his pride or starving to death? Well, he already lost his pride when he submitted to learning and when Lucy beat him with her stick, I guess that answered that.

"Help me." He said through clenched teeth.

"I didn't hear a-"

"Pleeeeeeaaaaasse."

Lucy giggled and walked over to Natsu, she stood behind him and stretched her arms over his shoulder. It was a weird position that had Natsu questioning what she about to do.

"Alright, so you're supposed to hold them like this." Lucy said further reaching over his shoulders.

She was leaning on his back now, gripping his hands as she repositioned the chop sticks he held.

"Then you do this, pick it up, keep it steady, and bring to your mouth."

Lucy never took her hand off of Natsu's as she helped him pick up a sushi roll and bring it to his mouth. Finally, Natsu cried in his mind as he swallowed. Now if only he could finish the rest. Lucy stayed leaning on Natsu as she helped he eat two more sushi rolls before getting back up. Even so, she still hovered around him to make sure he wasn't having as much trouble as before. Seeing as how he was half way done with his lunch box now, Lucy thought he had enough experience and walked over to the other bags Igneel had brought her.

As she started going through the bags, finding the various learning and medical supplies she had asked him for, she'd often peek behind her shoulder to see how Natsu was doing. He was eating this time, and was having less trouble, but still took him two or three tries to finally get the food in his mouth. It was a big improvement from five minutes ago.

"Papa?" Lucy asked.

"Yes Daughter?" Igneel yawned.

"Thanks for dinner and everything, but I wonder... how'd you get all this? You're huuuuuuge! I don't think you could fit in a store." Lucy said.

Igneel rather not tell his daughter how he terrorized a town, clawing off the rooftops of stores as he tried to find everything she listed to him then grabbed a clawful before flying over to the next store and repeating the process or how he accidently sneezed and lit the town on fire meaning he couldn't go back and get supplies there for a while now that he had completely burned down the town. Instead he decided to lie to her, only to protect her innocence he told himself.

"I found this nice human walking into town and asked him if he could get me everything since you know, seeing how big I am." Igneel lied.

Lucy was a genius, or at least a genius in the makings, but she was also a little naïve and seemed to believe whatever her Father told her. Still though, questions lingered in her mind and curiosity got the best of her as she cocked her head to the left.

"How were you able to pay for everything?" She asked in a light tone.

Igneel froze. He had not thought of a follow-up question coming from her.

"With my treasure, yeah! With my dragon treasure." He nodded.

Lucy cocked her head to the right.

"They accept dragon treasure at human stores?" She asked.

"Yes! Now enough questions little one, go... start a fire or bully Natsu or something." Igneel roared.

Little Lucy wasn't scared by his roar this time, instead she walked over to his head and hugged his jaw.

"Thank you Papa." She mumbled.

Igneel smiled and patted her lightly with one of his talons.

"You're welcome little one."

"But I'm afraid I have some bad news." Lucy frowned pulling away.

Igneel leaned up and stared down at her, "what's that?"

"It's about Natsu. I don't think two days a week is going to cut it." She said pointing back at said person.

They both looked back and saw Natsu lift some rice towards his mouth before he lost his grip and it all came falling down. Natsu then growled and proceeded to curse under his breath as he tried again.

Igneel shook his head at his son and sighed turning his attention back to his daughter, "I thought as much. How does three days a week sound?"

Lucy hummed, "I'll try it. If he doesn't improve though you might have to make it four."

Igneel thought about it. Would he rather have a stupid, really strong son or a smart, almost as really strong son...

"We'll see about that."

Lucy smiled and laughed before turning back towards Natsu.

"Huh? NATSU! WHERE ARE YOUR CHOP STICKS?! PAPA!"