Calming the chaos | NALU FF

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Natsu stood by the door, leaning against the wall. I raised my brow at him. Is he just going to stand there while explain why we brought the book back? He made eye contact with me. We had another staring contest, which he won this time. I sighed and turned around. Leave me for the sharks, why don't you? I looked over my shoulder to see if he actually was staying there. I sighed again once I saw he was still watching me as I walked to the client. Happy sat down beside him and looked everywhere but at me.

Rolling my eyes, I turned and gave a smile to the client. I held out the book to him. "I want to give this to you," I said.

Mr. Amelon suddenly became angry. "I told you to burn that book not bring it to me," he shouted.

I instantly stiffened and forced myself not to flinch.

"Get that thing out of my sight," father yelled. He glared at me intensely.

I trembled in fear but held my ground. "But I made it for you, Daddy. I thought you might be hungry," I said.

His glare intensified. Blood drained from my face. Nothing good ever happened when he glared the much. I turned to run, but I wasn't fast enough. He grabbed my arm, yanked me around to face him, and backhanded me. I cried out in pain, so he hit me again. "I don't care what you though, useless brat," He yelled at me. "I didn't tell you to make this! If I was hungry, I would call the chief! I don't want to see such a disgusting thing in my office again," He yelled. He finally let my arm go and turned around. He stared walking to his desk but stopped. "And take the rice ball with you."

Everything becomes blurry, and I look at the ground. I shake my head to get rid of my memories and blink rapidly to get rid of the tears in my eyes. Once I've accomplished both, I look back up at Mr. Amelon with a smile. "If you want it burned, I would much rather you do it yourself," I said.

His eyes widened, but he made no movement to grab the book. We stood there for a few minutes. My arms are starting to hurt from holding the book out to him this entire time. I heard an irritated sigh from somewhere behind me. "Take the book already, old man," Natsu commanded.

The client flinched and quickly grabbed the book. I stepped back. His wife went and got a match for him. When she came back, she handed him the match, which he promptly lit. He took a shaky breath before moving the flares close to the book. "This book caused my family great shame. He stopped writing after this book. He called it a piece of trash. He was so ashamed of it, so I'm going to burn it so he wouldn't have to be ashamed anymore."

I can't let him burn it! "Wait," I yelled. He stopped and looked at me in shock. "You might want to look at it before you burn it."

He looked down at the book. It started to glow. He covered his eyes and held the book away from himself. "What's going on?" He asked.

Words started flying out of the book in a rainbow of colors and swirled around the room. I smiled at Mr. Amelon when he finally uncovered his eyes. "The author of the book is Kenmu Zaleon, but that wasn't his real name. His real name was Zeku Amelon." I smiled as I looked behind me to see Happy smiling as he watched the words fly around the room. Natsu even had a small smile on his face. I turned my attention back to Mr. Amelon. He was your father, right?" He nodded, so I continued. "He didn't stop writing because he wrote his worst book. He stopped writing because he finished his masterpiece."

The words around the room finally flew back into the book and the title lifted off the pages. The letters rearranged themselves to read 'Dear Kaby.' "He used the last of his magic energy to rearrange the words in the book to satisfy Everlue, the book was always meant for you," I explained.