This story was inspired by one I red about Natsu and Lucy have fun.
Natsu was doing what Natsu did best; that was destroying things. Lucy tried to stay out the of the main fighting and pick off the enemies further away from the chaos that was Natsu, Erza, Gray and Gajeel.
Lucy was finding it hard to beat this latest opponent she was facing. The bandit she was fighting held a set of shackles in one hand and a chain in the other. For some reason he seemed to be attempting to attach the shackles onto Lucy's wrist, but she kept dodging out of the way at the last moment. Lucy could feel herself getting more fatigued by the second, if she didn't end it now then she was in big trouble. Lucy jumped out of the way again but lost her balance and took a moment to right herself; but it was that one moment the gut needed to swipe his chain and latch a shackle to her wrist. Lucy felt a sharp burst of pain as the chain lashed across the side of her head, then all was black.
Wendy saw Lucy go down from the corner of her eye, she rushed over to Lucy's limp body; blasting the bandit Lucy had been fighting with a wall of wind, sending him tumbling away some distance. Wendy got down on her knees and inspected the wound on the side of Lucy's head, it was a nasty gash on her temple that ran into her hairline. the wound was bleeding and it matted her blonde hair to the side of her face. Wendy got to work in a flash to stench the flow of blood.
Happy, Carla and Lily stopped and saw why Wendy had left so suddenly. Happy and Carla dashed over to her side whilst Lily kept anyone else from getting to them. Happy had his paws on Lucy's arm, he looked worried for his friend and tears started to pool in the corners of his eyes as he waited for her to open her's again. All the others went on with what they were doing, having not noticed Lucy's lack of lucidity. people getting to her.
Natsu glanced over his shoulder after punching some other bandit in the face. He hadn't heard Lucy summon one of her spirits for quite some time now, and he was starting to get a tingling scent of iron, which made him feel very uneasy. his eyes widened in horror as he was greeted with the sight of Lucy on the floor his heart lurched in panic. movement to Lucy's right grabbed his attention and he saw Wendy rushing over to her. Natsu sprinted to reach Lucy and Wendy but one of the bandits got in his way. Natsu let out a roar and charged into the chest of the man full force. Natsu balled right into the guy knocking him over,l Natsu then leapt back to his feet ready for an attack but none came since the bandit was out cold in the dirt.
It was shortly after Natsu charging like a bull that Erza and everyone else finished up their separate fights. Everyone gathered round Lucy and waited impatiently for her to regain consciousness. Lucy's eyes fluttered open to see worried faces, blood was still caked to the side of her head but the wound was closed now so no more blood flowed into her eye.
"I'm okay," She said sitting up slowly, though as she did so a wave of pain like the worst hangover throbbed inside her skull and she winced. Everyone sighed with relief but still looked concerned when she placed a hand to the side of her head with a groan. Erza placed a hand on her shoulder to steady her, she looked pale and like she was about to faint again.
"Here," Natsu said holding out his hand for her to take, Lucy took it gladly.
"Thanks," she said through clenched teeth, but when Lucy's hand toughed Natsu's the spare shackle that was fastened to her wrist suddenly latched onto his.
"What the!" Natsu yelled trying to pull it off but no matter how hard he tried it wouldn't budge. Lucy looked none to happy about Natsu pulling on the shackle, as it sent pain through her arm as well as the sudden jerking jolting her sensitive head. Wendy rushed over and stopped him before he pulled his and or Lucy's arm off in his vein attempts to get himself free.
"That won't help with a binding spell!" Wendy squeaked. Gray started to laugh at the sorrowful look on Natsu's Face and the way Lucy looked green.
"How do we get this off of them?" Erza asked leaning over to look at the shackles more closely, they seemed to have engravings running round them.
"I don't Know, I mean I know what it is but not how to break the spell. We need to get them to Levy," she said nervously. Natsu and Lucy stared at each other in despair, and Natsu give one last pull that failed and only resulted in a smack upside the head from Lucy.
"This is going to be interesting," Gajeel chuckled looking at Natsu slump over in defeat and Lucy sending him a death was just as Gajeel said. On the way back to magnolia Natsu fought against the chain binding him to Lucy's side, it got to the point that Erza had to knock him out and carry him most the way, which Lucy was most grateful for Ssince her headache showed no signs of relenting.
They entered to guild with Natsu slung over Erza's shoulder like a sack of potatoes and Lucy having to keep pace with her, which was harder than it looked at first, since hers and Natsu's hands were now joined together she had to followed behind Erza like a lost puppy.
"Levy we need you to come and look at something," Wendy called. Levy looked up from the book she was reading and trotted over to them saying a brief "Hi" to Gajeel.
"Oh my! This is a pickle," she muttered glancing over the engravings on the shackles, "You were right in saying it was a binding spell Wendy, well done," Wendy's cheeks reddened at the complement, "But it looks different from most somehow," Levy pondered, slipped her glasses on.
"Why is that?" Erza asked watching Levy inspect the shackles from separate angles reading the markings.
"Hum, Give me some more time, about thirty minutes," said Levy peering at them over the rim of her glasses intensely. time passed and everyone sat at a table so Levy could look at the binding spell with more care. Gray was starting to gt bored and jittery.
"Well got anything?" he asked over Levy's shoulder. Erza had deposited Natsu on the surface of the table and Lucy sat with her head resting on it wooden surface, having nothing else to do but try and get over the throbbing in her head, why was it still there?. A moment passed, then a minute then five.
"AHA!" Levy let out triumphantly.
"WHAT!?" Every one said rushing over to her, exept Lucy who just snapped her head up but soon paid the price as her head felt worse for a moment.
"Do you know how to get them off?" Lucy asked wincing and slowly moved her head to look at Levy.
"Um well no, but I know what the spell is that's binding you and Natsu," Levy's brow creased together, "It's a little confusing, you see. You have to know what or who you're binding for a binding spell like this to work, and that includes their magic. You and Natsu have two completely different types of magic and yet these are rigged to- here it says it here that it's rigged to bind dragon and stars," Levy looked up at every one.
"How did they know what magic Lucy and Natsu used?" Gray questioned glancing at Natsu who had began to wake up.
"Who knows," Levy shrugged her shoulders. Natsu let out a groan and was now sitting up on the table rubbing his stomach,"But until we know how to get them off you two are stuck together," she said addressing Natsu and Lucy with a little more glee than one would have expected from the situation.
"WHAT!?" Natsu and Lucy yelled in unison which was another thing Lucy regretted. The horrified and pained looks on their faces caused everyone in to guild burst into fits of laughter. Levy gave Lucy a sympathetic smile. Lucy rubbed a hand over her face and flinched when she felt the dried blood. She needed a bath, wait a bath? She looked over to Natsu, who was trying again to pull free. A bath would be near to impossible.
End of chapter one. THIS IS A REWRITE HOPE YOU ALL LIKE IT AND THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE COMING SOME TIME SOON! LEAVE A REVIEW.