Chapter 9

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That evening Gray walked home feeling very proud himself. He had just gotten his first job...Well he almost got his first job, Mr. Redfox did say that he would think about it.

"Mommy!" He suddenly heard the voice of a little boy scream.

It was coming from an alleyway. Out of both curiosity and concern, Gray quietly crept toward the alleyway and looked over to see a very large and mean looking thug mugging a woman and her son.

"Please don't hurt my son." The woman pleaded.

"Give all your money lady or the brat won't make it to first grade!" He held a switch blade near the frightened child's neck.

"Alright. Whatever you want." She said going through her purse. "Just don't hurt him."

Now normally when Gray saw confrontations like these he thought it was best to not get involved. He normally would just walk away and pretend that he didn't see anything. In fact his usual voice of fear urged him to just keep walking and he would have listened to it but he in that moment he heard a second voice telling him that it wouldn't be right to just leave them like that.

"Ten bucks!" The thug said when she handed him the dollar bill.

"That's all I have." She said.

"Yeah right! You've gotta have more!"

"I don't! Please believe me!"

"Liar! If you're not going give me all you've got then your kid is screwed!"

"No! Don't!"

But before he could cause the innocent boy any harm, Gray kicked him from behind causing him to fall over and drop the boy.

"Get out of here!" Gray told the victims.

The woman grabbed her son and fled for both of their lives. The thug stood back up and looked Gray as if he could kill him with just that one gaze.

"Meddling punk! You'll die for this!"

He charged for Gray with his blade but the young man jumped high up, out of the way and clung to a nearby fire escape.

"What are you doing up there?!" He demanded angrily.

"Staying away from you." Gray replied. "Nice outfit you got there, did your husband give it to you?"

He grabbed Gray's legs and pulled him to the ground, hitting him in the back of the head which made him fall down. He then got ready to finish him off with his switch blade only for Gray to kick him under his legs knocking him down. He then did a back flip up and landed on his feet.

"Wow those are some impressive moves you've got kid." A police officer said.

Apparently that woman who Gray had saved went to a nearby payphone and called the police who arrived to his defense right away.

"You take karate kid?" The police officer asked as he and his partner arrested the thug.

"No. Not really."

"Huh..."

As Gray watched the police take the thug away he couldn't help but think about what he just did. Did that really happen? Did he just take out a criminal and save someone? Was he really capable of doing that? He must have been considering he just did that.

"Wow. Natsu is never going to believe this."

Speaking of Natsu, at the moment he was signing up for the wrestling match. He had just changed into his costume and mask that he had made himself due to him learning how to see when he accidentally signed up for home economics back in Middle School. He never thought that those lessons would prove useful until now. The costume was nothing too extravagant. Just a red suit lined with gold in the style of scales and a matching mask that had holes for his eyes and mouth.

When it was his turn to sign the woman at the desk looked at him skeptically.

"There's no feather weight division small fry." She said. "Next!"

"No, no, sign me up." He told her.

"Okay. You understand that we are not responsible for any injury you may and probably will sustain while participating in said event and you are indeed participating of your own free will?"

"Yes."

"Down the hall to the ramp. May God be with you."

She signed him up and he went down the hall. The room was filled with people screaming and shouting wildly, goading on the humongous, undefeated, wrestling champion to destroy anyone who went up against him.

"Will the next victim please enter the arena at this time?" The announcer said. "If he can withstand just three minutes in the cage with Skull Crusher the sum of $3000 will be paid to..."

He turned to Natsu.

"What's your name kid?"

"Name?" Natsu had forgotten to think of a wrestler name. He looked down at his costume and came up with an idea.

"Red Dragon." He said.

"The terrifying, the deadly, the amazing Red Dragon!"

Natsu was then shoved into the ring while the crowd booed and hissed at him. He gulped at the sight of his opponent and began to wonder if this was a good idea. But it was too late to reconsider now because at the exact moment a cage was being lowered over the ring.

"Wait a minute! I didn't sign up for a cage match!" Natsu shouted fearfully at announcer who locked the cage. "Hey! Unlock the thing! Take the chain off!"

"Hey freak show!" The wrestler shouted. "You're going no where! I've got you for three minutes!"

"Uh-oh." Natsu said.

Skull Crusher grabbed Natsu and prepared to slam him down but he responded by kicking him in the face. He dropped Natsu but he wasn't giving up that easily. Next thing Natsu knew, he was getting slammed into the iron bars but he was quick to react. He wrapped his legs around Skull Crusher's head and pulled him into the bars twice as hard. He was surprised that such a skinny man could be so strong.

Once free from the wrestler's grip he swiped his leg under Skull Crusher's feet, making him fall over. He then held him down with his incredible strength. Once the bell rang the match was declared over.

"The winner!" The announcer said. "Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the new champion, Red Dragon!"

Natsu felt a great sense of pride come over him. He had taken down a champion wrestler and would be paid a thousand dollars for it. As far as knew, things were only going to get better for him from now on.

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