Chapter 41: Festival
The next few days soon passed by quick
Our attention was to the Kenjutsu Club as Natsu sat there while having tea that was brewed by Ikaruga who seems more healthier for the past few days
"here" Ikaruga said smiling as she poured more tea for Natsu
Natsu drinks her made tea as he sighs satisfied
"Rice Crackers?" Ikaruga asked while holding a wooden bowl filled with rice crackers and some tea snacks
"thanks" Natsu said taking a rice cracker and took a bite
"my, don't eat to rashly" Ikaruga said as she picks off bits of rice crackers on his cheeks "there's more where they came from"
"sorry" Natsu said as Ikaruga giggles in response before laying her head on his shoulder, the two now enveloped in some happy positive atmosphere
Lucy, Mira, and Erza on the other hand were near them and they see the closeness the two have
"is it just me or is Ikaruga-san looks so…..happy?" Lucy said, looking at the happy and positive atmosphere
"it's not you" Mira said a bit frustrated as Ikaruga was now part of Natsu's mates "I thought that she was the killing type, not a loving type"
"'never judge a book by it's cover', huh?" Erza said feeling a bit jealous before looking to her side "what do you think, Kagura?"
She asked to Kagura who was in a hug with a Natsu Copy while having a dreamy looking blush on her
"K-Kagura?" Erza looks at her as Kagura heard her and snapped out of her trance
"w-what?!" she asked with a stammer while getting out of the hug
"when the fucking hell?!" Mira exclaimed with a glare
"i-I was feeling a bit cold! Natsu's copy appeared and hugged me!" Kagura exclaimed blushing before the copy hugs her from behind while having a soft smile
"are you warm now? Kagura?" the copy asked as Kagura blushes hard
"y-yes" she replied as the copy chuckled and pulled her closer, getting them into a lovey atmosphere
Hearts flied everywhere as Mira and Erza got really annoyed by it
The door to the Kenjutsu Room soon slides open as Éclair and Ultear came in with two copies of Natsu with them
"sorry, we're late" Éclair said as the copies who were with them disappeared while she went and took a seat beside Natsu and Ultear took a seat and drapes her arms around Natsu's neck, leaning against his back head
"what took you guys so long?" Natsu asked sipping his tea
"preparation for the coming Magic Cultural Festival" Ultear replied "aren't you supposed to know that?"
Natsu closed his eyes for a moment as he sees what his copies did with them
He sees himself doing a dance theme preparation with Éclair and her Club, he sees himself with Ultear talking to some students who wanted to join the swimming club with them
"oh yeah, I just seen it" Natsu replied before he finished his tea and was poured more by Ikaruga "it's 2 weeks from now, right?"
"yeah, this year's Magic Cultural Festival is going to be very important" Erza said while ignoring the fact that the man now had three mates with him "this is going to be the first time Belserion High are allowing in Male guests to come and visit"
"is it that big of a thing?" Mira said "we're just getting guests and show them our club like last year"
"it is important, when you consider the fact that the school is now coed and that we are going to accept new male freshmen next year who are possibly guests from the upcoming festival" Erza said as if she was stating out the obvious to Mira
"new year freshmen, huh?" Natsu said sighing a bit "guess I won't be so special guy the coming next year, huh?"
"what are you talking about?" Ultear said kissing his head with a smile
"you're our special guy" Éclair added in hugging his left arm close to her chest
"always and forever" Ikaruga stated in as the three hugs Natsu who smiled in return
"we should really step up our game" Mira said as Erza nodded in agreement while Kagura, well she's still in her world with the Natsu copy
Kyria was walking around the hallway as she was making her way to Irene's office for a call from her
As she was heading there, he heard a group of girls chattering
"I heard that the upcoming Cultural Festival is going to be a great one!" "really? Why?" "I heard that the Salamander, Natsu Dragneel is going to make a performance with all the clubs!" "the whole clubs? Is that even possible?" "believe me when I say this, that man can make copies of himself!" "that's some wicked magic power" "I heard from others that in the upcoming Rank Advancement Exam, he might get a big jump to the S-Rank Class!" "considering how he won against 4 Empresses in a Magic Duel, I don't see that very surprising" they chatter around as they walk past Kyria who keened her eyes after hearing their conversation
"that guy is making a name of himself already in this school…it's only a matter of time when he challenge the Headmistress for power and take her position" Kyria thought as she could imagine Irene being defeated by Natsu "not if I have a way with it"
Kyria soon heads away as she had a very determined look on her face
Natsu was at the school's Garden, taking a peaceful break time after school
His copies went home with Éclair and the others while he, the original stayed behind to take time to relax
"nice breeze" Natsu said feeling a breeze passing by his hair
He soon took out his book to read as he sits down and leans against a tree
A calm, and peaceful time passes by as Natsu reads his book with a smile before he soon heard someone singing
It sounded feminine but that what he can already guess since he is the only male student in the school and the rest are all female students
omoiegaita ano keshiki wa
tooku ni kasunde
oikakete yuku sono senaka wo
"this song…" Natsu muttered out as he stood up while pocketing his book away
Walking around to find the source of the singing, Natsu went finds Cosmos Fleur, a member of the Garden of the Flowering Club, by the back of the school; singing
tada mitsumete ita
tebanasu riyuu wo sagasu toki mo atta
soredemo kawaranu negai nijinde yuku
she sings the song as her voice wasn't that good but she sang it pretty well
"interesting" Natsu muttered out, hiding behing a back corner, watching her sing
kimi dake wo terasu hikari
itsuka todoku you ni
Natsu soon sees that the plants were swaying around, as if they were dancing to her singing
"Plant Magic, huh?" Natsu said remembering that Cosmos' magic was Plant Magic and she was a very powerful one too
kono michi wo tsunaide yukou
kogarete iru ano mirai e
Natsu hummed in amusement as he sees the roses blooming and then started dancing
kanawanai nante daremo ga iu
soredemo shinjita
kimi wo sutenaide sono hitomi wa
Cosmos sang her song before she hears someone else singing with her, that someone is Natsu
kagayaki tsuzukeru
namida suru yoru mo hitori janai kara
tsuyogaru sono kata wo azukete hoshii
the man got out of the corner as he sings gently to the song
Cosmos looks at him in a bit of surprise before she smiled and decided to join singing
kimi dake ga mitsukedaseru
ashita ga aru kara
kono michi wo tsuzuite iku yo
yumemite iru sekai no hate e
the two sang together as the nearby plants swayed around to the singing
taguriyosete wa tsumugu kizuna moyou
mekurumeku toki no naka de mata miushinatte mo
boku wo yobu sono koe ga
nandomo yobisamasu kara
ano hi no kotoba wo wasure wa shinai yo
some flowers bloomed as they sparkle
kimi dake wo terasu hikari
itsuka todoku you ni
kono michi wo tsunaide yukou
ano mirai e to
finished singing, Cosmos took a deep breath and smiled
"I never knew that you could sing very well" Cosmos said to Natsu
"I never knew that you like to sing" Natsu replied while having an amused smile
"you could say that I love singing when I was a child" Cosmos replied before a plant vine waves around near her "but I love plants too"
"is that so?" Natsu said amused "you should think of performing for the upcoming Cultural Festival. Nothing attracts attention than singing"
Natsu soon started walking away as Cosmos looks at him before looking away while rubbing her chin
Éclair and a copy of Natsu were in the dance room as they were in a discussion with the club members
"so, do we have everyone's agreement?" Natsu asked, wearing his glasses while holding a piece of paper filled with marked names "if you have second thoughts, it'd be better to come out with it before it's too late"
"no!" everyone replied as Natsu grabs a pen and signed his signature on the paper
"alright, everyone. we're going to be training really hard for the upcoming festival, and that means no wasting time. Be sure to tell your parents" Éclair stated as every member nodded before they all leave the room
"that takes care of that" Natsu said taking off his glasses before rubbing the bridge of his nose "now…."
Natsu closed his eyes as he connected with the other copies, and sees them doing the same as he was
"I guess we're going to be fine for the festival" Natsu muttered out before Éclair hugs him from behind
"good work" Éclair whispered before kissing his cheeks and leans her head to him
"thanks" Natsu replied with a smile as he holds her hand and caressed it before Éclair soon turns and sat on his lap
She drapes her arms around his neck as she leans for a deep hug
Natsu holds her waist with his left hand while he caresses her cheeks with his right
Éclair leans against Natsu before she reached and kisses his lips
Natsu smiles as he gives a kiss in return before they soon started kissing each other
"even at school, huh?" Natsu said after separating from the kiss
Éclair smiled with her cheeks tinted red, she leans her hands to his shoulder before going down to his chest, stomach and then to his pants
"I can barely wait…" Éclair whispered lowly as she rubs her hands around his pants before going for the zipper
"can't this wait for tonight?" Natsu asked with an amused smile that got Éclair to pout adorably to him
As Éclair was about to unzip his pants, the door to the clubroom was slammed open, causing both to stop on what they were about to do
They look to the door to see who it was, and it is Kyria
"you again" Natsu said as the two stands up before he got in front of Éclair, thinking that Kyria might do something again to her
Kyria smirks as she holds some sort of dagger in her hand
Natsu's eyes turned reptilian when he saw the dagger, his fists ignited in flames as the man had an offensive stance
"this time…" Kyria said as she lifts up the dagger and licks its blade "I'm going to have you.."
"Éclair, get behind me" Natsu said as Éclair nodded while getting behind Natsu for protection against the crazed Empress member
Kyria chuckles with a smirk before she disappeared
Natsu spins and grabs Éclair close to his chest as he then kicks his leg up, kicking away Kyria's hand which appeared out of nowhere
"not yet!" Kyria exclaimed as she dashed towards Éclair with the dagger readied
Natsu pulled Éclair close him, as he soon swings his left hand up, catching the dagger in between his fingers before kicking Kyria's gut hard
"guh!" Kyria grunted before she smirks as she had a second dagger out of nowhere
She soon swings it as the dagger pierced through Natsu's side
"Natsu!" Éclair screamed as Natsu grunted a bit before he ignites his left fist in flames and punches Kyria's face hard, sending her flying through the window in a loud crash
Natsu soon grabs a hold of the dagger as he pulled it out before black static started to fly around his body
"AAgggghhhh!" he screamed out before disappearing into red particles
Éclair soon ran out of the clubroom as she went to find the original Natsu
Éclair ran around the hallway before she met up with Ultear and Ikaruga with the others
"what has happened to Natsu-han?!" Ikaruga exclaimed "he suddenly screamed in pain before disappearing!"
"Kyria-senpai attacked him! She stabbed a dagger through his side!" Éclair explained while they run around the hall, trying to find the Original Natsu
"then what happened to the real Natsu?!" Mira exclaimed as they look all around before they went outside of the school and sees a crowd forming around by the school yard
They run towards the crowds as they went in
Everyone soon gasped in surprise as they find Natsu on the ground, with black blood pooling below him
"NATSU!" they all screamed as everyone soon went and holds him
Kyria crashed into a tree after receiving a full blow fire punch at her face by Natsu, normally she would be furious after such defeat but she had a smirking grin on
"now…show everyone your true form" Kyria said before chuckling and then started laughing
Weekly Power Status
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Ranking 
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